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Making the Fifties Real and Great Again

Another part of making America great again are the beliefs of the fifties. You really have to be around during that time period. There was a carry over into the sixties. August 28,1955, fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was lynched after being tortured by two white men near Money Mississippi. The story as detailed. The two brothers […]

China warns the Philippines

Bried Commentary: Mainland China warns the Philippines against any interference with their routine patrols. China’s State Council revealed it intends of establishing a nature reserve spanning 3,500 hectares (8,650 acres). The site is the disputed islet of Scarborough Shoal, a contested territory claimed by both China and the Philippines in the South China Sea. More than […]

New Deal democrat’s Weekly Indicators for September 8 – 12

– by New Deal democrat My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. While job growth has almost completely stalled, and inflation shows signs of picking up, both consumer spending and the stock market continue to plow forward at full speed. It’s an odd situation that may be powered almost exclusively by people at the top […]

Some More Lies and Story Telling from the White House

Twist and turn the realities of the occurrences to those who had no part in what events occur. When you harvest the events of promised violence, you sometimes find it comes back at you. Silence is often times far better. This will all pass as well as his time in the White House. It is […]

Yet another good reason to get vaccinated

Shingles can be extremely painful. So much so that some people with shingles contemplate suicide. Shingles is caused by a virus. In fact it’s the same virus that causes chicken pox. The virus can hide out in ganglia, typically in the trunk area, and then escape later in life to cause a painful rash. Fortunately, […]

Responsibility for Murder? I Do Not Recall a Deluge of Threats Coming from Dems

The murder of a fellow human being is not acceptable (period). Prof. Heather has a good take on what took place and want has been said. September 12, 2025 Letters from an American Since a gunman murdered right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at an outdoor event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, both social media […]

Trump Tax Cuts Benefiting Healthcare Companies More than People

A partial of a much larger report. The complete report can be found here. As taken from: Americans for Tax Fairness “Sick Profits.” This portion of the article looks at the differences in profits and where those profits are going. The additional profits (mostly gained from tax breaks) are not going to reductions in healthcare […]

Ultra-processed Foods and Cardiometabolic Health

Briefly . . .Ultraprocessed Foods and Cardiometabolic Health. Characterizing foods people are eating today . . . people in the US aged 1 year or older obtain an average of 55% of their calories from eating ultra-processed foods. Maya Vadiveloo, PhD, RD, an associate professor in the department of nutrition at the University of Rhode […]

Vehicle sales in August looked pre-recessionary

– by New Deal democrat The QCEW for Q1 of this year will be released at 10 AM Eastern time this morning. It should also finalize the numbers for last year. Why is that important? Because it will also set the preliminary benchmark revisions for the monthly jobs numbers last year and into this year. […]