Reinke Faces Life

Every educated person should understand basic supply and demand. If someone is in the business of laking laws that the rest of us must adhere to, they should ABSOLUTELY have a basic understanding of supply and demand. Sadly, economic ignorance is widespread among both the public and lawmakers.

Source: Ocasio-Cortez’s rise reveals rampant economic illiteracy in US

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It’s sad that some one so “uneducated” could be elected.

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There are people out there who we describe as anti-gun who may not want to take away your guns. They might want to make it virtually impossible for you to buy any more, sell yours, or leave them to your kids, but they don’t actually want to take them away from you.

Source: Maryland Shooting Illustrates What Will Happen If Guns Are Confiscated

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Interesting that NO ONE knew who sought the protective order.

I predict that police, or others, who seek to enforce such orders will come out on the losing end.

“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand? . . .” — Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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Robert Wenzel

Source: EconomicPolicyJournal.com: THE GALL: Bernanke Says the Fed Needs System to Bailout Shadow Banks

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No conflict of interest here!

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You have to hand it to James O’Keefe and his group of undercover journalists: Time and again they have caught Left-wing Democrats red-handed doing immoral, improper, and often illegal things. And now it’s Robert “Beto” O’Rourke ’s turn or, at least, some of his campaign staffers .

Source: Project Veritas uncovers staffers for Beto O’Rourke appearing to illegally spend campaign funds on caravan aliens

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The pair appears to be using “pre-paid credit cards” and therefore it would, according to an attorney with Project Veritas who viewed the footage, be likely the pair violated Federal Election Commission rules.

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Anyone surprised?

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ST. AUGSTINE, Fla. — Authorities say a man was found injured after breaking into a Florida zoo and jumping into a crocodile enclosure.

Source: Man breaks into crocodile enclosure, gets bitten

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Crocs must be getting old and slow?

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Zebra stands for Zero Evidence but Really Adamant.  Zebras are people who see things in black and white.  They are sure of their own opinions and they disdain information or science which undermines their beliefs.

Source: Don’t Be a Zebra, Be a Giraffe | Innovation Management

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A great addition to my vocabulary.

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Nobody at Georgetown Prep expects special pity in light of these experiences. Indeed, the problem is that almost any institution could be broadly caricatured in the underhanded way we have.

Source: Life at Georgetown Prep after the Kavanaugh smear machine rolled through our school | Fox News

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Sounds like the “press” slandered a good Catholic school?

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On Monday, Senator Elizabeth Warren released the results of a DNA test confirming what everyone already knew: The “vast majority” of her genetic makeup is European, but she may have a Native American ancestor in her distant past. That makes her, as Barack Obama once said in a different context, a “typical white person.”

Source: Elizabeth Warren, typical white person – The Boston Globe

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And, a typical politician. What an embarrassment!

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– Be living with myself and my two pets, a cat and a dog;- Dog barks at everything and cat never give a **** about anything or anyone;- Be asleep;- Hear my dog barking;- He shuts up after 30 seconds;- I try to fall asleep again;- After two minutes my dog start barking again like crazy;- I go down to tell him to shut up;- When I get down there is a freaking burglar on the bookshelf;- Ski mask and all;- On the floor lies a gun;- Beneath bookshelf is my dog barking and jumping up after him;- On the couch sits my cat looking like he found my tuna stash;- I call the police;- They arrest the guy;- I give my dog a sausage for being a good guard dog;- A couple of days later a guy calls from the station;- During the interrogation the burglar admitted that he broke into my house, kicked my cat and lured my dog into a closet;- My dog jumped him two minutes later;- The burglar didn’t know my dog can open doors;- He can’t;- My cat being “**** everyone else” – king of the house can though;- Taught himself so he can come and go as he pleases;- My cat must have become pissed and released my dog so he could attack the burglar;- MFW my cat is a ****;- MFW I added animal cruelty to the charges.

Source: 25+ Of The Most Unbelievably Smart Things Animals Have Done That Surprised People | Bored Panda

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I thought this was hysterical!

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Is my Facebook account impacted by this security issue?Based on what we’ve learned so far, your Facebook account has not been impacted by this security incident. If we find more Facebook accounts were impacted, we will reset their access tokens and notify those accounts.

Source: An important update about Facebook’s recent security incident | Facebook Help Center

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Seems worth it to check.

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“We can’t allow rules to apply to one business but not another when they essentially provide the same service,” said Assemblywoman Vainieri Huttle, D-Bergen.

Source: 3 New NJ Tax Hikes Start Now | Patch

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Why not?  And, why all these taxes (i.e., thefts)?  Cut expense and cut taxes!

Argh!

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Unlike here in the states or in Europe, the Icelanders told the bankers to piss off. Instead of bailing  them out, they were sent into bankruptcy. The results were a fast and sharp decline, followed by a rapid, post-crisis economic recovery — faster and stronger than any other country in the world.

Source: BBRG: Iceland Found Another Way to Clean Up a Financial Crisis – The Big Picture

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The bailout of banks creates what the economists call a “moral hazard” because they don’t learn from their mistakes.

That’s our big mistake.

Argh!

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After participating in a special promotion that would eliminate early termination fees on a lease, a Hyundai customer gets an unexpected bill.

Source: Man terminates car lease under special promotion. Then a collection agency came knocking. | NJ.com

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Absolutely unacceptable!

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Your phone number is increasingly tied to your online identity. You need to do everything possible to protect it.

Source: How to Protect Your Phone Against a SIM Swap Attack | WIRED

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Something else to try and prevent?

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S-1265/A-3634 (Turner, Cruz-Perez, Singer/Jasey, Pinkin) – Provides that no more than 120 credits will be required for baccalaureate degree awarded by a public institution and no more than 60 credits for associate degree.

Source: Murphy Signs 13 Bills Into Law, Makes Big School Security Push | Patch

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Why is the State Gooferment involved in this?

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Incentives are important!

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Unemployment compensation in labor disputesA bill sponsored by Senate Labor Committee Vice Chair Joseph F. Vitale and Sen. Vin Gopal to permit individuals who are unemployed because of a labor dispute to collect unemployment compensation under certain circumstances is now law after being signed by the governor.The new law, S-1046, will allow unemployment compensation during a labor dispute if it was caused by the failure of an employer to comply with an agreement or existing labor laws. It specifies that if a dispute is caused by any other reason, unemployment compensation would not be available for the first 30 days of unemployment.The bill outlines that a waiting period would not apply if the employer hires a permanent replacement worker and that any hired replacement workers would be presumed to be permanent unless the employer certifies in writing that the unemployed individual would be able to return to their position when the labor dispute ends.”It’s been long recognized that workers’ rights are human rights and that it is just and fair to uphold workers as they struggle to better their working conditions, compensation and benefits,” said Vitale, D-Middlesex. “This bill provides the framework needed to protect New Jersey’s workers from financial hardship while they exercise their right to fight for safe and fair working conditions.”

Source: Gov. Murphy Signs 19 Bills Into Law, Mandates School Recess In NJ | Patch

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“Workers’ Rights”?   What about employers’ rights?  And we will all pay in higher prices.  Argh!

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https://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/08/walter-e-block/the-hypocrisy-of-the-heritage-foundation/

The Hypocrisy of the Heritage Foundation

The U.S. is fighting separate wars, whatever the government chooses to call them, in some half dozen nations all at the same time: some hot, some cold, some lukewarm. We have roughly 800 foreign military bases in over 100 different countries. Since World War II our country has bombed the following nations: China 1945-46, Korea 1950-53, China 1950-53, Guatemala 1954, Indonesia 1958, Cuba 1959-60, Guatemala 1960, Belgian Congo 1964, Guatemala 1964, Dominican Republic 1965-66, Peru 1965, Laos 1964-73, Vietnam 1961-73, Cambodia 1969-70, Guatemala 1967-69, Lebanon 1982-84, Grenada 1983-84, Libya 1986, El Salvador 1981-92, Nicaragua 1981-90, Iran 1987-88, Libya 1989, Panama 1989-90, Iraq 1991, Kuwait 1991, Somalia 1992-94, Bosnia 1995, Iran 1998, Sudan 1998, Afghanistan 1998, Yugoslavia – Serbia 1999, Afghanistan 2001, Libya 2011.This is not a national defense, it is a national offense.

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Source: Free-Market Hypocrisy – LewRockwell

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Sigh, when will we EVER be at peace?  Let’s convert the Pentagon back to the old Department of Defense from what it has become.

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Based on the principle of compound growth, the T.R.U.S.T. Fund for America calls for the government to set aside a one-time amount of $7,000 for each child born in the United States, and to repeat this annually for the next 35 years. The money would be placed in an investment portfolio determined by an expert panel appointed by the president and Congress. After 35 years, the government would receive back its initial outlay, plus inflation, and use the proceeds to fund the program for children born during the next 35-year cycle.

Source: Personal Finance Expert Ric Edelman Reveals Solution to the Social Security Crisis

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It’s at least a start.  Most realistic idea that I’ve heard yet.

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Previously, Girard Mayor James Melfi said the city wasn’t aware of the speed limit change until Jan. 7.

Source: Conspiracy alleged in Girard speed camera case filing | News, Sports, Jobs – Tribune Chronicle

How convenient?

7,000 tickets!

Wow!!!

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Industry Groups Want to Control Access to Legal Rules and Regulations San Francisco – A federal appeals court today ruled that industry groups cannot control publication of binding laws and standards. This decision protects the work of Public.Resource.org (PRO), a nonprofit organization that works to improve access to government documents.

Source: Win for Public Right to Know: Court Vacates Injunction Against Publishing the Law

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That would be “funny” peculiar if you could know the standard a law was passed to enforce.  Anyone see where this trend takes us?  Secret laws to go along with secret (FISA) courts!

Argh!

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New Jersey now has a law on the books that allows the government to confiscate guns from anyone considered a threat without anything approaching due process. There’s a slightly more complicated process, but in its essence, that’s pretty much exactly what is at play.

Source: NJ Veteran Claims Police Tried To Take His Guns Without Due Process

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Big Brother testing what they can get away with?

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Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media

Source: The Economics of Subsidizing Sports Stadiums – The Big Picture

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Why should the Taxpayers subsidize Big Sports?

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What is it about family that makes it so you can be absolutely convinced that despite them engaging in a criminal act, they’re still somehow angels? I ask because it seems that no matter what the circumstances, when someone gets shot, the family will invariably step up and pontificate on just why that person shouldn’t have been killed.

Source: Man Shoots Burglar, Family Predictably Cries Foul

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My sympathies go to the shooter who will have to live with it for the rest of his life.

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This year marks the one hundredth anniversary of one of the United States Marine Corps’ (USMC)’s bloodiest battles of the Great War: the forgotten assault on Blanc Mont. | Big Government

Source: O’Donnell: The USMC’s Forgotten Epic Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge

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Sadly, a waste of many good men in “Mister Wilson’s War”!

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The digital dollar can serve as a powerful tool for enforcing “good” behavior. That is one more reason to lower your dependence on it.

Source: War on Cash | The Deviant Investor

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Time to fight for the right to use cash.

Use it or lose it!

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