Commercial Real Estate Threatens "Hundreds of Banks"

In case you've still got money in a bank, Bloomberg is warning that defaults in commercial real estate loans could "topple" hundreds of US banks. - PETER ST ONGE
"Leaving taxpayers on the hook for trillions in losses.
The note, by Senior Editor James Crombie, walks us through the festering hellscape that is commercial real estate.

Pre-Bailouts and Free Money

• To set the mood, a new study predicts nearly half of downtown Pittsburgh office space could be vacant in 4 years. 
• Major cities like San Francisco are already sporting zombie-apocalypse downtowns, with abandoned office buildings baking in the sun...

Black swan!

 

Former inmate tells Riley Gaines male 'opportunists' are using trans policies to get into female prisons | Fox News

Amie Ichikawa spoke about male condom dispensers being installed in female prisons

"...So they're coming from these level four men's prisons, they’re maximum security, and entering women's general population, which is completely not segregated," Ichikawa explained.

• "It’s like a kid in a candy store. And the women's prison is like an unshucked oyster. It's just waiting to be discovered because there's so many opportunities for extortion. It's a gold mine for them...
• Gaines agreed, saying, "There are opportunists and that is what the systems that we have in place – we’re allowing ourselves to be taken advantage of because of the opportunists."

#1 This day 1989-----Mike + The Mechanics - The Living Years (Official Video)

To be used equally against all offenders?-----10 more surveillance cameras to be placed at Muskegon area intersections

For example, if investigators are searching for a suspect driving a red pickup truck with an American flag image in the rear window

MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – New high-tech, crime-fighting surveillance cameras will be installed near nine significant intersections in Norton Shores.
The city council unanimously approved installation of 10 “Flock” cameras at a cost of $66,500 for two years...
“It’s a way to have collaboration among agencies.” VanderStelt said. “There’s a lot of other agencies around us that also have that technology.”...

Redefining words. Destroying our country!

 

Why Teens Rarely Babysit Anymore - Intellectual Takeout

I stumbled upon a recent article in The Telegraph which asked, “Where have all the teenage babysitters gone?”

"...Intrigued, I read on to find that the standard revenue stream for young people is heading the way of the dinosaurs, largely because many parents are afraid to entrust their young children to the care of those in their early adolescent years...

• By bypassing young teens for the job, we not only deny them one of the few sources of income available to them in a workforce governed by multiple regulations, but we also deny them the opportunity to accumulate greater responsibility and foster their own maturity...
• In essence, the bubble-wrap mentality with which they were raised becomes a tightening noose which hinders them from breaking free and practicing responsibility...

Their hypocrisy is clear.

 

History for March 22

History for March 22 - On-This-Day.com 

Allen H. Neuharth 1924 - Founder of USA Today

• 1457 - Gutenberg Bible became the first printed book.
• 1622 - Indians attacked a group of colonist in the James River area of Virginia. 347 residents were killed.
• 1794 - The U.S. Congress banned U.S. vessels from supplying slaves to other countries.
• 1935 - Persia was renamed Iran.
• 1954 - The first shopping mall opened in Southfield, Michigan.
• 1960 - A.L. Schawlow & C.H. Townes obtained a patent for the laser. It was the first patent for any laser.
• 1997 - Tara Lipinski, at 14 years and 10 months, became the youngest women's world figure skating champion.

America has morphed into ... OPPOSITE LAND - WND - by WND Staff

America has morphed into ... OPPOSITE LAND - WND - by WND Staff: 

In fact, Democrats’ 180-degree moral-inversion modus operandi has become so reliably extreme that it has evolved into something of a crystal ball, allowing one to discern not only what the far-left ruling elites are secretly doing right now, but also what they intend to do next.

How can that be? By carefully noting the crimes, conspiracies and corruption which Democrat leaders falsely accuse conservatives of perpetrating, one can gain uncannily accurate insight into the very crimes, conspiracies and corruption they themselves are covertly pursuing right now – and planning for the future.

The way we were-----The Lowdown Murder of Morgan Earp

WOKE Ted Talker ADMITS That PED0PHILIA SHOULD BE LEGAL!

Instapundit - UPDATE NEWSPEAK DICTIONARIES ACCORDINGLY

Instapundit - Holy S**T Is Right! Google just quietly changed its search results for "bloodbath definition"!

Too Dumb for Harvard? Lemon's Too Dumb for Twitter

Too Dumb for Harvard? Lemon's Too Dumb for Twitter

• "...Lemon was baffled by Musk's claim that "if we lower standards for what it takes to become a board-certified surgeon ... then more people will die than if we don't lower the standards, therefore we should not lower the standards."...
• Lemon's response: "Do you understand how by saying just that standards are being lowered that you're implying that they're being lowered because people are less skilled and less intelligent, and you're talking about people of color?"

What on Earth do liberals think "affirmative action" is?
Does Lemon understand that when universities fight like wildcats to hide their black students' SAT scores, they are also kind of implying blacks are less skilled and less intelligent?...

SCOTUS judge makes craziest argument censorship ever heard | Blaze Media

SCOTUS judge makes craziest argument censorship ever heard | Blaze Media: 

Glenn Beck is floored, saying that Jackson’s statement is a “cry for help on understanding any of the amendments, let alone the first one,” and that it’s shocking it’s coming from a Supreme Court Justice.

“I appreciate your willingness to say, 'I really don’t have a clue as to what I’m doing here,'” Glenn says, before laying out the facts.

“The government can speak and say, ‘Hey, this is bad, you shouldn’t do this,’ but when governments coerce people, especially businesses, well, they’ve got an awful lot of power, and that can turn into tyranny quickly,” Glenn explains, noting that there’s a reason the Bill of Rights applies to citizens and not to governments.

Room Sits In Stunned Silence After Black Woman Says What Few Will Admit

Week Long Seattle Drag Camp for Kids. What Could Go Wrong?

Is there some reason, aside from sexual perversion, that everybody on the Left wants to have kids watch and participate in drag shows? - DAVID STROM 

...it will also be the fault of the federal and state governments who pour millions into the Museum, and the Board of Directors determined to push the boundaries... 

Lunch video-----Supreme Court Justice Discusses The First Amendment

"Biden appointee Ketanji Brown-Jackson is concerned that the First Amendment makes it difficult for government to censor speech.

• The 53-47 vote included support from all 50 Democratic-voting senators and Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah. 

Noon-toon

 

New York Times admits the truth about COVID school closures and the long-term harms of fear-based decision-making | Blaze Media

New York Times admits the truth about COVID school closures and the long-term harms of fear-based decision-making | Blaze Media: 

The New York Times is admitting to the extensive, long-term damage of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on schoolchildren and their learning. Four years after politicians shut down schools, the New York Times published a new analysis on Monday admitting there is "broad acknowledgment among many public health and education experts" that school closures significantly harmed children despite not stopping the spread of COVID-19. Relying on the most recent data about pandemic learning loss, the Times drew several conclusions about why school closures were bad policy.

Every issue is only a weapon, as long as needed, for the left.

 

This Stanford professor has led an unprecedented and devastating assault on mathematics standards in the name of equity in California.

Her efforts contributed to the removal of Algebra 1 from 8th grade and helped introduce racialized math, among other injustices. - Eli Steele @Hebro_Steele

"...Again, all done in the name of racial equity. 

...has in 52 instances misrepresented supporting research she has cited in her own work in order to support her conclusions. 

These include the notions that 

• taking timed tests causes math anxiety, 
• mixing students of different academic levels boosts achievement, and 
• students have been found to perform better when teachers don’t grade their work...

As the predators invade her cities!

 

Why's the Biden Regime Funding The CCDH? - EMERALD ROBINSON

The Biden regime just got caught outsourcing its censorship campaign against American citizens 

"...to a UK-based cabal called: the Center for Countering Digital Hate...
If the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) sounds familiar, it’s because I wrote about it in a Substack post (in February 2023) when I called out the fake journalist Taylor Lorenz for using its “research” in a hit-piece.
CCDH is operated by a Muslim British fruitcake named Imran Ahmed.

• Why would a British Muslim political operative live in Washington DC while pretending to be a social media expert? 
• And why would he try to deplatform America citizens from American social media companies?
• And who’s funding this fruitcake?

Elon Musk has the same questions...

#1 This day 1981-----REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You (Video Version)

High-tax states are running out of things to tax, so they resort to lawsuits - American Thinker

So they resort to lawsuits to get more money since they can't print it. Lawyers are some of the biggest Democrat supporters. - Jack Hellner 

"People and businesses are moving out of Illinois, New York and California because of their far-left policies...

• Lawyers are some of the biggest Democrat supporters.

Chicago is now suing oil companies for their supposed damage to the climate.

Mayor Johnson, City Of Chicago Sues Oil And Gas Companies For Climate Deception

Taxpayer protection, climate justice at heart of complaint.

These lawsuits have been going on for a while. 

Six years ago New York sued oil companies for the same thing:

New York City sues Big Oil for allegedly misleading consumers about climate change

The City of New York has filed a lawsuit in state court against Exxon Mobil (XOM), Shell, BP (BP), and the American Petroleum Institute for allegedly misleading New York consumers about the role their products play in climate change and for allegedly “greenwashing” their practices to make them seem more eco-friendly than they are....

Benghazi!

 

Supremes take up Biden's 'Orwellian' censorship in historic case

Supremes take up Biden's 'Orwellian' censorship in historic case: 

The Supreme Court heard arguments about a Biden regime agenda to push, using the influence of the federal government, social media companies to censor ideas and comments that the administration dislikes. And Jenin Younes, litigation counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance, which brought the dispute to the court system, said it's just not allowed under the Constitution for politicians to pick "disfavored" statements and order them suppressed.

Know anyone thinking of getting another COVID shot? Urge them to watch this short video on vaccine injuries first!

If you know anyone who is considering getting more jabs, please urge them to watch this short video. It was created nearly 1 year ago and has over 1M views. The end is tragic. - STEVE KIRSCH

"The video ends with the compelling testimony of Stephanie de Garay describing her daughter Maddie’s participation in the Pfizer 12-15 year old trial.
Maddie de Garay, who was 12 years old at the time of the trial, was permanently disabled less than 24 hours after her second Pfizer shot in the clinical trial with 1,131 kids (aged 12-15) getting the shot...

AM Fruitcake