Wishing for economic collapse!-----3 out of 4 economists predict a U.S. recession by 2021, survey finds - The Washington Post

3 out of 4 economists predict a U.S. recession by 2021, survey finds - The Washington Post
"Most economists believe the United States will tip into recession by 2021, a new survey shows, despite White House insistence the economy is sound.
Nearly 3 out of 4 economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics expect a recession by 2021, according to poll results released Monday.
...Larry Kudlow, Trump’s economic adviser, made a similar assurances on the Sunday morning talk shows.
“We’re doing pretty darn well in my judgment. Let’s not be afraid of optimism,” he said, adding that low interest rates could boost demand for houses and cars..."
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‘When It Snows In Hell’: Trey Gowdy Isn’t Apologizing To James Comey Anytime Soon | The Daily Caller

‘When It Snows In Hell’: Trey Gowdy Isn’t Apologizing To James Comey Anytime Soon | The Daily Caller:

Former South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy isn’t offering any apologies to former FBI Director James Comey, who’s requested apologies from his critics.
While the most recent Inspector General report did not recommend criminal prosecution, it did conclude that Comey “failed” to safeguard “sensitive information obtained during the course of his FBI employment.”

The Misogyny of Climate Deniers | The New Republic

The Misogyny of Climate Deniers | The New Republic

• Why do right-wing men hate Greta Thunberg and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez so much? Researchers have some troubling answers to that question.

"...the idea that white men would lead the attacks on Greta Thunberg is consistent with a growing body of research linking gender reactionaries to climate-denialism—some of the research coming from Thunberg’s own country. 
Researchers at Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology, which recently launched the world’s first academic research center to study climate denialism, have for years been examining a link between climate deniers and the anti-feminist far-right.
In 2014, Jonas Anshelm and Martin Hultman of Chalmedominated by their form of masculinity.”...
rs published a paper analyzing the language of a focus group of climate skeptics. The common themes in the group, they said, were striking: “for climate skeptics … it was not the environment that was threatened, it was a certain kind of modern industrial society built and
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The "connected" always walk free-----Christine Lagarde convicted: IMF head found guilty of criminal charges over massive government payout | The Independent

Christine Lagarde convicted: IMF head found guilty of criminal charges over massive government payout | The Independent
"International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has been convicted over her role in a controversial €400m ($437 million) payment to a businessman.
French judges found Ms Lagarde guilty of negligence for failing to challenge the state arbitration payout to the friend of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
The 60-year-old, following a week-long trial in Paris, was not given any sentence and will not be punished..."
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Sooo, lawbreakers are depressed cuz they might get arrested?-----Undocumented immigrants grapple with anxiety, depression under Trump

Undocumented immigrants grapple with anxiety, depression under Trump
"...The Trump administration’s ongoing threats of ICE raids are exacerbating the daily fear and anxiety experienced by millions of undocumented immigrants across the United States.
Without legal rights to reside or work in the U.S. or in many cases qualify for benefits such as health care, driver’s licenses or higher education, experts say many undocumented immigrants struggle with mental health problems often without the ability to seek treatment.
...Researchers and immigrant rights advocates have only recently begun to study the effects immigration laws and political rhetoric can have on undocumented immigrants..."
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This Is The Most Important Religious Liberty Decision Since Masterpiece Cakeshop | The Daily Caller

This Is The Most Important Religious Liberty Decision Since Masterpiece Cakeshop | The Daily Caller:

A federal appeals court has revived a legal challenge to the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA), ruling for the first time that religious business owners can invoke free speech rights when refusing to service a same-sex wedding.
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Carl and Angel Larsen, a Christian couple who operate a video production company called Telescope Media Group. The Larsens want to expand their business to include weddings, but state officials say the MHRA requires the Larsens to accommodate both same-sex and opposite sex partners.

Leftists Attack 'Dude Walls' With Portraits of Distinguished Men

Leftists Attack 'Dude Walls' With Portraits of Distinguished Men
"If the left is so loving, tolerant and inclusive, why is it so driven by unquenchable bitterness? 
...The insanity emanating from leftists today is overwhelming.
...Let me give you a typical example. 
NPR reported that MSNBC's Rachel Maddow was at Rockefeller University a few years ago to present a prize to a prominent female scientist. Upon entering the auditorium, someone heard her say, "What is up with the dude wall?" 
One side wall was covered with portraits of award-winning scientists from the university, and Maddow was distressed that they were all men.
Maddow was not alone. 
"One hundred percent of them are men," said Leslie Vosshall, a neurobiologist with the university. 
"It's probably 30 headshots of 30 men. So it's imposing." 
Her word choice is instructive.
Vosshall explained that Maddow's comment made her realize that for years, she had been uneasy about seeing rooms and hallways at scientific institutions adorned with portraits of white men..."
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Enjoy!-----Big Don

History for September 3

History for September 3 - On-This-Day.com
Ferdinand Porsche 1875, Mort Walker 1923 - Cartoonist ("Beetle Bailey"), Eileen Brennan 1935


Al Jardine 1942 - Musician (The Beach Boys), Charlie Sheen 1965 - Actor ("Two and a Half Men"), Shaun White 1986 - Olympic snowboarder


1783 - The Revolutionary War between the U.S. and Great Britain ended with the Treaty of Paris.


1838 - Frederick Douglass boarded a train in Maryland on his way to freedom from being a slave.

DiGenova: Prosecutors 'must' interview Obama - WND

DiGenova: Prosecutors 'must' interview Obama - WND:

Joe DiGenova, a former U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, says those who are investigating the investigators of now debunked Trump-Russia collusion claims must interview Barack Obama under oath.
The comment came in a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity after the Justice Department inspector general reprimanded Comey for leaking sensitive government information in violation of FBI policy and his employment contract.

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Listening to democrats kills!-----More Millennials Are Dying 'Deaths of Despair,' Report Says | Time

More Millennials Are Dying 'Deaths of Despair,' Report Says | Time

"There’s been a marked uptick in so-called deaths of despair—those involving drugs, alcohol or suicide—among millennials over the last decade, according to a new report released by public-health groups Trust for America’s Health and Well Being Trust.
Drug, alcohol and suicide deaths have risen in nearly every age group over the last decade, but the increase has been especially pronounced for younger Americans. 
Between 2007 and 2017, drug-related deaths increased by 108% among adults ages 18 to 34, while alcohol-related deaths increased by 69% and suicides increased by 35%, according to the report, which drew on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. 
All together, about 36,000 millennials died “deaths of despair” in 2017, with fatal drug overdoses being the biggest driver..."
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The Poorest 20% of Americans Are Richer on Average Than Most European Nations - Foundation for Economic Education

The Poorest 20% of Americans Are Richer on Average Than Most European Nations - Foundation for Economic Education
"A groundbreaking study by Just Facts has discovered that after accounting for all income, charity, and non-cash welfare benefits like subsidized housing and food stamps, the poorest 20 percent of Americans consume more goods and services than the national averages for all people in most affluent countries. 
This includes the majority of countries in the prestigious Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), including its European members. 
In other words, if the US “poor” were a nation, it would be one of the world’s richest..."
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Scott Walker Responds To Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Saying That Millennials Are More ‘Informed’ Than Other Generations | The Daily Caller

Scott Walker Responds To Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Saying That Millennials Are More ‘Informed’ Than Other Generations | The Daily Caller:

Former Republican Wisconsin governor Scott Walker responded to Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after she claimed Thursday that millennials are more “informed” and “dynamic” than older generations, asking the New York Democrat how many millennials fought and died in a World War.
“How many members of the true Greatest Generation fought and died so @AOC and her generation could have the peace & prosperity they enjoy today?” Scott Walker asked in a social media post.

Bernie Sanders is coming for your newspaper

Bernie Sanders is coming for your newspaper
"In a little noted op-ed published in Columbia Journalism Review, socialist Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders outlined his "plan" for journalism, headlined: "Op-Ed: Bernie Sanders on his plan for journalism." 

...Then he gets into something to send some shivers:

Real journalism is different from the gossip, punditry, and clickbait that dominates today's news. Real journalism, in the words of Joseph Pulitzer, is the painstaking reporting that will "fight for progress and reform, never tolerate injustice or corruption, [and] always fight demagogues."

Hear that?  
Bernie wants to define for journalists and their viewers, listeners, and readers what "real" journalism is, picking and choosing the right sort of material for all of us, seeking to reward what he likes and punish what he doesn't like.  
In so doing, he's choosing what's better for us, because only Bernie knows best.  
That tabloid stuff is bad for your health, see, so no Katy Perry stories for you.  
It's central planning in spades.  
Mao; the Sandinistas; Kim Jong-il; and Sanders's early role models, the Soviets, certainly would understand.

It then gets worse....

We must also explore new ways to empower media organizations to collectively bargain with these tech monopolies, and we should consider taxing targeted ads and using the revenue to fund nonprofit civic-minded media...

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Don Surber: Highlights of the News

Don Surber: Highlights of the News
"ITEM 1: Politifact ruled that it is mostly false that Joe Biden rode in a parade alongside a Grand Wizard in the Ku Klux Klan.

He was an Exalted Cyclops, so there.


I thank them for clarifying the matter. 
We dumb Republicans don't know the various ranks in the KKK like the Democrats do."...
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Trial Date Set For Men Charged With 9/11 Attacks | The Daily Caller

Trial Date Set For Men Charged With 9/11 Attacks | The Daily Caller:

The trial for five men charged with planning the September 11 attacks that left almost 3,000 people dead in three cities across the U.S. has been set for Jan. 11, 2021.
Col. W. Shane Cohen, an Air Force judge, set the trial date Friday, the New York Times reported. Five men were arrested in 2012 and charged with the death penalty following plane attacks in New York, Washington and a Pennsylvania field that killed 2,976 people on September 11, 2001.

Chick-fil-A deal prompts boycott calls by KU faculty; 'feelings of safety' threatened - Washington Times

Chick-fil-A deal prompts boycott calls by KU faculty; 'feelings of safety' threatened - Washington Times
"Kansas University’s Sexuality & Gender Diversity Faculty and Staff Council is livid with the expansion of Chick-fil-A on campus and calling for Jayhawks to boycott the eatery.
The popular fast-food chain is in the crosshairs of yet another college group due in large part to Dan Cathy, the company’s president and CEO, supporting the traditional definition of marriage in 2012.
...“Moving Chick-fil-A to the Union and granting it a role at the start of all home football games violates the feelings of safety and inclusion that so many of us have striven to create, foster, and protect on campus, and sends a message that the Union, KU Athletics, and the administration at large are more concerned about money and corporate sponsorship than the physical, emotional, and mental well being of marginalized and LGBTQ people,” he continued..."
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Planned Parenthood: Teach your preschoolers 'their genitals don’t determine their gender' | Fox News

Planned Parenthood: Teach your preschoolers 'their genitals don’t determine their gender' | Fox News
"Apparently children as young as 4 are not too young to be told that gender and sex are different and that their genitals don't indicate their gender, according to new Planned Parenthood guidelines for parents.
On a page of its website titled “How do I talk with my preschooler about their body?” the abortion provider says if a child inquires why boys and girls have different bodies, a parent should introduce the concept of transgender identity.
“While the most simple answer is that girls have vulvas and boys have penises/testicles, that answer isn’t true for every boy and girl,” the organization says.
“Boy, girl, man and woman are words that describe gender identity, and some people with the gender identities ‘boy’ or ‘man’ have vulvas, and some with the gender identity ‘girl’ or ‘woman’ have penises/testicles. Your genitals don’t make you a boy or a girl.”

Planned Parenthood thinks parents should point out to their child that genitals do not definitively establish gender, and that their children can make that decision based on your values and how you plan to talk with your kid about gender as they grow up. (Reuters)

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