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U.S. Government Funded NewsGuard Seeks to ‘Purge AI of Any Evenhandedness’
/in Cyberwarfare, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report They will purge AI of any evenhandedness. We must not allow them destroy artificial intelligence like they did with social media platforms and search engines. The left wing funded media-ratings giant NewsGuard is taking on artificial intelligence to strip it of truth and facts. The “government-funded” disinformation organization was called out […]
Bond Agency Downgrades US Sovereign Debt
/in Economy, Featured, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel US government bonds are considered by the investment community to be “risk-free.” They are low risk to be sure, given the ability of the US government to both tax and print money, but risk-free with our current fiscal trajectory seems a stretch. So, Fitch, the bond rating agency called it as they […]
A World Dedollarized is Gold Remonetized
/in Economy, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Peter C. Earle From August 22 through 24th, an extended coalition of over 40 nations which has become known as BRICS+ will meet in Johannesburg, South Africa. Among the likely topics of discussion is the feasibility of setting up a jointly-owned international financial institution. It would be funded by gold deposits, issue a currency, […]
Medical Malpractice Insurance – Everything You Need To Know As A Physician
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Healthcare, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Justin Nabity @ Physicians Thrive All content presented here and elsewhere is solely intended for informational purposes only. The reader is required to seek professional counsel before beginning any legal or financial endeavor. For those working in the healthcare industry protecting yourself is essential. Malpractice insurance for doctors is an extra but essential expense […]
Household Names Helping Ban Gas Stoves: Patient Zero
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Ken Braun Author and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman wrote The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century. The 2005 book wasn’t advocating the agenda of the Flat Earth Society, and Friedman likely hasn’t used the proceeds to help fund such a ludicrous group. But the charitable foundation he runs with his wife […]
The Stealth Bull and Bear Markets In Gold and Bonds
/in Economy, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Mark Wallace Almost a half-century ago, legendary trader Richard Dennis of C&D Commodities put on a famous trade: long (soy)beans and short bonds. The trade reflected the established bull market in commodities and bear market in 30-year U.S. Treasury Bonds. It was an era of high inflation (peaking at 14 percent during the disastrous […]
Amazon Labor Union Accuses Israel of ‘Apartheid’ and ‘Genocide’
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Featured, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy Jihad Watch The 8,000 members of the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) – the tiniest drop in Jeff Bezos’ bucket, for Amazon employs 1.6 million people – held a protest in late July which had nothing to do with wages or working conditions at Amazon, but rather, had only to do with the tiny Jewish […]
Inflation is NOT Gone or Reduced – Just Another Biden Regime Lie
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Royal A. Brown III Wayne Allen Root on his great Saturday Show Americas’ Top 10 on Real America’s Voice (a livestream program) tells the TRUTH about INFLATION — see article below. The Biden regime is lying to us by saying inflation has gone/eased up. Remember this as well – food & fuel costs are way undercalculated […]
White House Dumps Another Truckload of New Regulations That Will Cost Americans Hundreds of Billions
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report The one constant in Democrat rule always the same — bad for America, hurt Americans. Biden’s Summer Regulatory Onslaught White House Unleashes Hundreds of Billions of New Legislation as Congress Breaks fore Recess The Biden Administration’s regulatory onslaught is more unrelenting than the heat. With Congress leaving town, the White House […]
Why EVs Are ‘Piling Up’ at Dealerships, Despite Massive Taxpayer Subsidies
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Jon Miltimore Federal lawmakers created a glut of EVs with their meddling, and it’s likely to have an adverse impact on both the auto market and the environment. Ford Motor recently announced it is slashing prices on its F-150 Lightning, an electric vehicle the company rolled out in 2021. The Lightning now carries a suggested […]
Overbought Conditions In Stock Market Sentiment and Momentum
/in Economy, Featured, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel What a run it has been! The S&P is up better than 20% and the tech-laden NASDAQ is up better than 45% year to data. Label it as either a new bull market or a bear market rally, it has been strong. The stock market seems poised to challenge old highs based […]
Elon Musk Describes ESG as ‘Communism Rebranded’
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report In an interview, Elon Musk shared sharp criticism of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) principles, characterizing them as a reframe of on old communist ideas. Elon Musk Slams Woke ESG Initiatives: It’s ‘Communism Rebranded’ By Daily Wire News • Jul 31, 2023 Elon Musk slammed environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) during […]
Public Sq., RedBalloon Step in to Help Laid Off Bud Light Workers Find Jobs
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council The 350 casualties of Bud Light’s July layoffs may not have to look far for new employment. After the beer company was forced to slash its workforce over the ongoing boycott, conservative marketplace Public Sq. is stepping in to help the hundreds who lost their jobs by connecting them with “non-woke […]
FLORIDA: Electric Companies Now Charging a State Approved Estimated $12 Billion in ‘Storm Surcharges’ to Every Floridian
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Royal A. Brown III You may have noticed starting with your April-May power company electric bill a new charge entitled Storm Surcharge which varies based on the number of kWh of power you use. This is different from another state approved charge which you’ve been billed for entitled Storm Protection Charge which has occurred […]
Energy Industry Fears White House Will Declare COVID-Like ‘Climate Emergency’
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report They promoted lie after lie on Covid and got away with murder, literally. Why wouldn’t work for the fetish hoax on climate? “Every single prediction they’ve ever made has been wrong… They still haven’t, after 30 years, shown us that human emissions of CO2 drive global warming.” Energy Industry Fears White […]
Trucking Giant Shuts Down After 99 Years, 30,000 Could Lose Their Jobs
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Yellow, one of the largest and oldest U.S. trucking companies, shut down Sunday after succumbing to substantial debt and a lengthy standoff with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). The 99-year-old company had more than 12,000 trucks moving freight across the country for Walmart, […]
The Existential Threat of Bob Iger’s Yacht
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Craig J. Cantoni If climate change is an existential threat, should the government ban yachts, mansions, Disney cruises, Disney World, and green phonies? In 2021, the Disney Company issued its 183-page Corporate Social Responsibility Report, which included a section on environmental sustainability. Disney CEO Bob Iger is currently having a superyacht built for himself […]
Why Hollywood is in Real Trouble This Time
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Excellent analysis form Hollywood veteran director and writer John Nolte. Experts have been predicting the demise of Hollywood for as long as Hollywood’s been around. Not me. People love stories. They love movies and TV, and that will never change. But the entertainment industry is in serious trouble today, primarily because […]
The Disaster of “Free” Universal Health Care
/in Economy, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Mark Wallace When a Far Left screed like The New York Times publishes a first-page article that is harshly critical of some “free” or low-cost socialist program, you know that (1) it’s got to be really, really bad, and (2) what The New York Times is writing about it just has to be true. […]
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America: July Update
/in Economy, Featured, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Wolf Richter 3rd Year-over-Year Price Drop in a Row. Monthly Increases Are “Just Seasonal”: Robert Shiller Home price rise since 2012 “may be coming to an end”: Shiller. Biggest YoY drops: Seattle, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Phoenix, San Diego, Portland, Denver, and Dallas. “Probably what’s happening with the increase in home prices, it’s just […]
Take An Inside Look At The New Conservative Company Fighting Back Against Corporate America’s Woke Agenda
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Launched nationally only 13 months ago, PublicSq. — a new “parallel economy” for conservatives — went public on the New York Stock Exchange this week. PublicSq. aims to be the platform where “freedom-loving” Americans can find “quality products, services, and exclusive discounts from values-aligned businesses.” The company describes its values as “Pro-Life, […]
Supreme Court Issues Order Allowing Work to Resume on West Virginia Gas Pipe
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report One small step for reason, one giant step back for the lunatics.. Supreme Court Issues Order Allowing Work to Resume on West Virginia Gas Pipe By Jack Phillips, The Epoch Times, July 27, 2023: The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Equitrans Midstream Corp. to resume the building of the Mountain […]
Weekend Read: DEI and the End of the Constitutional Order
/in Economy, Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Christopher F. Rufo Critical race theory was never designed to reveal truth—it was designed to achieve power. The American Mind is pleased to present this excerpt from the new book America’s Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything by Christopher F. Rufo. Copyright © 2023 by Christopher F. Rufo. Reprinted by permission of Broadside Books, […]
Navajo Nation Leader Says Biden, AOC Energy Policies Cripple Tribe’s Economy
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy J.J. Brannock Members of the Navajo Nation in the southwestern U.S. say the federal government is leaving their people behind with its energy policies, crippling their economy and leaving more people in poverty. Republicans on the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources are attempting to overturn such Biden administration policies, including the Department of […]
FedNow Isn’t a CBDC [Central Bank Digital Currency], But It Is Dangerous
/in Economy, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy David Brady,Jr. Starting in July, the Federal Reserve will be rolling out a new payment service dubbed “FedNow.” Among many on the dissident side of politics, there is a growing worry that this new service may be a trojan horse for a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The concern is a valid one. A […]
Fed Resumes Interest Rate Hikes To Highest Level Since 2001
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The Federal Reserve hiked its benchmark federal funds rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday after skipping the previous hike, bringing the rate to the highest level since 2001. The rate hike brings the Fed’s target rate within a range of 5.25% and 5.50%, making this the eleventh […]
No Place to Lay Your Head: How Economic Policy Makes Housing Unaffordable for Young Working Families
/in Economy, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy H. Shelton Weeks and Victor V. Claar When it comes to the decision whether to rent or own, most of our parents gave us counsel that went something like this: (1) move out (!), (2) rent something inexpensive while you save until you can afford a downpayment on a home, and then (3) finance […]
Bud Light Tried To Celebrate The NFL’s New Season. They Were Met With Angry Americans
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Just leave, Bud Light. Just leave. Ever since Bud Light decided to partner with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, it’s been a speedy downward spiral for the beer giant. The Anheuser-Busch brand has been hit hard with boycotts and backlash, leading to plummeting weekly sales and tanking stock prices for A-B. And on top of that, they […]
Tale Tale Of Two States’ Policies: Comparing Arizona and Colorado Economies
/in Economy, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Lauren Scott Arizona and Colorado had similar policy decisions in recent years but diverged on a number of them. A new report says the Copper State’s pro-growth moves have resulted in outsized economic growth compared to its northern neighbor. Partnered with the Arizona Chamber, the Common Sense Institute of Arizona used research from partners […]
Tale Of Two States’ Policies: Comparing Arizona and Colorado Economies
/in Economy, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Lauren Scott Arizona and Colorado had similar policy decisions in recent years but diverged on a number of them. A new report says the Copper State’s pro-growth moves have resulted in outsized economic growth compared to its northern neighbor. Partnered with the Arizona Chamber, the Common Sense Institute of Arizona used research from partners […]