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Go Woke Go Broke: DC Comics Cancels Gay Superman Due to Lack of Sales
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report As if being a parent wasn’t tough enough, now you must shield your children from the world, 24/7. The left’s depraved obsession with sexualizing children is the death knell of the American era. Sick. National Review: DC Comics is canceling Superman: Son of Kal-El, a book series it launched last year […]
Social Security’s 8.7% COLA Will Protect Retirees From Inflation, but Will Hasten Program’s Insolvency
/in Economy, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Rachel Greszler Editors’ Note: Democrats make a lot of political theatre every time someone points out that the emperor has no clothes. The subject here is the king of all government programs, Social Security. Who can forget the classic television ad of a Paul Ryan lookalike pushing a gramdma in a wheelchair off a […]
Obamacare a Self-Inflicted Wound
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Healthcare, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Skirmish – Liberato.US The dictatorial Biden administration just made five million more Americans eligible for Obamacare with the stroke of a pen. Workers who are offered family coverage by their employers that is deemed unaffordable can now get subsidies to purchase Obamacare family policies, instead. This decision, done by administrative rule-making, should have been […]
Easy Money and Hard Economic Times
/in Economy, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Craig J. Cantoni Editors’ Note: As the article below indicates, a new magisterial history of interest rates and central banking has been published. The author, Edward Chancellor wrote a previous book just before the last great financial crash called Devil Take the Hindmost, which was extremely timely if not prescient. This new book is […]
BOOK REVIEW: Easy Money and Hard Economic Times
/in Economy, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Craig J. Cantoni Editors’ Note: As the article below indicates, a new magisterial history of interest rates and central banking has been published. The author, Edward Chancellor wrote a previous book just before the last great financial crash called Devil Take the Hindmost, which was extremely timely if not prescient. This new book is […]
Inflation Stays Sky-High As Core Prices Soar Above Expectations
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Inflation increased 0.4% in September from August as “core” inflation, measuring the price of goods excluding food and energy, soared above expectations to a 40-year-high, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Core inflation rose 6.6% year-over-year and 0.6% month-to-month in September, beating year-over-year expectations by 0.1%, while the Consumer […]
The Coming Radical Political Shift
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Gun Rights, Liberty, Life Advocacy, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Bruce Bialosky Editors’ Note: The following article defines today’s Democrat party accurately. One no longer has to dissect through their ‘moderate’ messaging that has hidden their true agenda for decades. What you are seeing is what we get when today’s Democrats have unbalanced power. The Founders’ design of our Republic made every citizen sovereign […]
Arizonans Unhappy With Country’s Direction
/in Economy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Tom Joyce When it comes to the direction of the country, Arizona residents have a pessimistic view, according to a new poll. The Goldwater Institute released a poll that shows that 67% of Arizonans believe America is on the wrong track, while just 22% believe it’s on the right track; 11% said they don’t […]
Cancel Culture Irony: Thousands boycott PayPal for threatening users with $2500 ‘misinformation’ fine
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy MercatorNet – Navigating Modern Complexities Cancel culture is so out of control that its worst purveyors are now cancelling themselves. Proving that irony can indeed be delicious, this week thousands of PayPal customers closed their accounts after the payment platform threatened to fine users thousands of dollars for promoting “misinformation”. The bizarre policy update […]
Biden’s Energy Chaos: The Who, What, When, Why and How?
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Rich Swier Cheap and reliable energy is what makes our nation strong. Without it we devolve into a second rate nation. Biden’s key policy is to create chaos in our ability to discover, mine, drill, extract, refine, transport and provide cheap and reliable energy to every American family, community, business and government at […]
Major Rail Union Rejects Biden-Backed Deal, Reigniting Strike Fears
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Labor & Unions, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller One of the largest rail unions in the country rejected a Biden administration-brokered deal with railways Monday over concerns regarding working conditions, forcing both sides back to the bargaining table and raising the specter of a potentially devestating strike next month. The vote drew record turnout, with nearly 12,000 members of […]
Democrats Nap Peacefully Through Border Crisis They Engineered
/in Economy, Featured, Healthcare, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Deroy Murdock Editors’ Note: If the reader is like us, this border chaos is beyond frustrating. The Biden administration and those supporting it act as if nothing is wrong. The administration and Congressional leaders regularly trot officials forward to say the border is “under control.” The outright lying and the choice to simply ignore […]
The West Didn’t Become Rich Because of Slavery But in Spite of It
/in Economy, Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Lipton Matthews The blockbuster film The Woman King has resurrected the myth that slavery furnishes wealth. While irate critics argue that the film downplays the fact that the Dahomey Empire derived its wealth from slavery, however, this observation wrongly conflates political success with human flourishing. The state and individual are two distinct entities, and […]
MASSIVE BACKLASH: PayPal Now Says Company Will Not Seize $2,500 From Users if They Spread ‘Misinformation’
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report It’s coming down fast, people. The left elite are making it impossible for us to do the work. They are crushing any and all opposition. Paypal backed down. But for how long? It’s hard for me to openly criticize a company I used to love and gave so much to. But […]
Result of Poor Municipal Leadership
/in Economy, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Bruce Bialosky There are many reasons for people to relocate within the United States. Traditionally, it has been because of physical environment, job opportunities or family ties. Recently there have been reasons added to that such as the cost of housing or the nature of the government in the state or locale in which […]
Why the People of Vietnam Have Surprisingly Warm Views of Americans, Despite the History
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) Anti-Americanism in Vietnam is less pronounced than in many other parts of the world, and it likely stems from Vietnamese views about wealth and capitalism. You would be forgiven for thinking—and it would be all too understandable if they were—that the people of Vietnam are anti-American. But the opposite […]
Socialized Health Care: The Communist Dream and the Soviet Reality
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Healthcare, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) NOTE: This column was originally published on Friday, December 19, 2008. The utopian ideal of equality of circumstances has captured people’s imagination since ancient times. If only everybody could have the same of everything the world would be different. There would be no envy, no crime, no poverty, no […]
Democrat Mark Kelly in Debate Claims a Letter He Wrote to Biden Was Enough Work on Energy, Voted for Anti-Fossil Fuel Agenda
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Jordan-Dixon Hamilton Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) touted a letter he sent to Joe Biden asking him to ramp up oil production in the Gulf of Mexico in a debate Wednesday, but in reality, he has voted for the anti-gas-and-oil Biden Agenda 94 percent of the time, including the leftist green energy initiatives in the […]
Carbon Lifestyles of the Rich, Famous and Hypocritical
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Craig J. Cantoni If global warming is truly an existential threat, then the nation’s elites are a threat and should be dealt with accordingly. Of all the varieties of hypocrites, carbon hypocrites are among the worse, because they harm poor people the most. You’ve heard about the two-faced archetypes: Uber-wealthy and powerful, they say that […]
The Great Food Reset
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Marc Morano America’s food security is being threatened by the forces of the Great Reset led by the World Economic Forum in Davos and under the thumb of the United Nations “sustainable development” Agenda 2030. “Biden Says to Expect ‘Real’ Food Shortages Due to Ukraine War,” blared a headline from Bloomberg News in 2022. […]
U.S. Adds Fewest Jobs This Year As Labor Market Cools
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The U.S. labor market cooled once again in September, adding the fewest jobs this calendar year, according to a Friday morning report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), fueling investor hopes that the Federal Reserve might reduce the intensity of its anti-inflation campaign. The U.S. added 263,000 jobs in August, […]
U.S. State GDPs Compared to Entire Countries
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) It’s pretty difficult to even comprehend how ridiculously large the US economy is. Click here to view the U.S. State GDPs Compared to Entire Countries map. The map above (click to view and enlarge) matches the economic output (Gross Domestic Product) for each US state (and the District of […]
Biden Regime Negotiating With Dictatorship Venezuela For Oil, Refuses To Negotiate With Texas, North Dakota, Oklahoma & Other Oil Producing States
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Treason: the crime of betraying one’s country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government. One has to wonder what catastrophic event has to occur for the American people to finally see that the Democrat party is the enemy of the people that seeks our utter destruction. Clearly, […]
RNC Files Complaint Alleging Google Suppressed 22 million RNC/GOTV Fundraising Emails
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report The Democrats hold all the levers of power in this country and their are beating us to death. RNC says Google suppressed more than 22M GOTV, fundraising emails in September, exploring ‘legal options’ If you have gmail, Republican get out the vote efforts go to SPAM folder. Google did the same […]
PODCAST: A review of hot news, issues and commentary from DrRichSwier.com & Joe Biden Sees Dead People
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Healthcare, Immigration, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Conservative Commandos Radio Show GUESTS AND TOPICS DR. RICH SWIER Dr. Rich Swier is a “conservative with a conscience.” Rich is a 23 year Army veteran who retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. He was awarded the Legion of Merit for his years of service. Additionally, he was awarded two Bronze Stars with “V” for […]
Democrats Attack Lake as ‘Extremist.’ 2024 Republicans Flock to Her
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Philip Wegmann Editors’ Note: In less than 21 months, from the very beginning of the Biden Administration and with razor thin majorities in the U.S. Senate and House, Democrats have devastated our nation, its citizens, and their liberty in so many ways. Severe induced inflation, an open southern border and historic invasion of America […]
The US Dollar Hits a 35 Year High
/in Economy, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel The US dollar has been on a tear rarely if ever seen before. This has been helped by soaring interest rates. For example, we began the year with the bellwether 10-year Treasury bond at 1.6% while last week’s auction saw rates above 4%. While the nominal change does not seem that large, […]
OPEC Ignores Biden’s Pleas, Decides To Cut Oil Production
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller OPEC+, which includes the 15 OPEC members and the consortium’s Russian-led allies, voted Wednesday to cut oil production by 2 million barrels per day even though the White House urged the group to pump more oil, according to Bloomberg. OPEC and its Russian-led allies will reduce crude oil production as they are […]
‘Drugs Aren’t Going to Smuggle Themselves’: Billboard Thanks Democrat Mark Kelly for Open Border
/in Economy, Featured, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Wendell Husebo Are you fed up? Are you worried that America in rapidly sliding into a neo-Marxist state by the radical left in control of Washington with historically narrow majorities in the U.S. House and Senate and an Executive controlled by unnamed far leftists in place of a clinically incompetent President Biden? They are […]
Are The Bond Vigilantes Looking for a Hanging?
/in Economy, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel Prior to 2000, it was common in the economic and investment literature to read about “bond vigilantes.”Credit for the term is generally given to investment guru Edward Yardeni. James Carville, the snake-headed political advisor to the Clinton campaign in 1994, remarked that if there were such a thing as reincarnation, he would […]