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Our Biggest Creditor {China} Tells Us "The good old days of borrowing are over"
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Birthplace o Independent Conservatism Liberty -vs- Tyranny As the chickens come home to roast... Unbelievable we have been this stupid. ( Reuters ) - Global leaders on Saturday arranged a round of emergency calls to discuss the twin debt crises in Europe and the United States that are causing turmoil in financial markets . After a week that saw $2.5 trillion wiped off global stock markets, they are under pressure to show political leadership and reassure markets that Western governments have both the will and ability to reduce their huge and growing public debt loads. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who chairs the G7/G20 group of leading economies, conferred with Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron ahead of a call planned for this weekend by G7 finance ministers and central bankers. "They discussed the euro area and the U.S. debt downgrade. Both agreed the importance of working together, monitoring the situation closely
How to Set Up a Non Profit Business...
"Buddhanature is the innate primordial freedom of the mind, which is naturally imbued with wisdom, compassion, power, and bliss." Karl Brunnholzl Today's guest post is by Karyn Winrich. She is a personal accountant with over 20 years of experience in the field. She believes that with some strategic planning, anyone can take charge of their financial wellness. This is the reason why she created Financial-Literacy , to offer helpful and practical advice to people from all walks of life to establish a more financially secure present and future. Without further ado, on to the informative article. Image via Pexels 14 Simple Steps to Setting Up a Nonprofit Organization Do you want to start a nonprofit organization? Maybe you’re thinking about ways you can improve the lives of people in your community, or perhaps you want to help people going through crises nationally or internationally. Whatever your goals, it’s essential to know what you’re getting into so
Stand Up For America...
Why God Does Not Exist...
(1) Capitalism = Selfishness, According to Adam Smith & Milton Freidman's Logic... (2) The 2 Reasons Why Marxism Is Becoming Popular Again: China & Capitalism
"Buddhanature is the innate primordial freedom of the mind, which is naturally imbued with wisdom, compassion, power, and bliss." Karl Brunnholzl Capitalism is, or is soon to become a dying economic practice (system). The reasons are certainly many, complex, and interconnected. But the primary reason is that capitalism, particularly in the USA, has become entirely focused on increased productivity to maximize profits and increase shareholder's stake, ie increase the wealth of individual shareholders. Which means in truth, as well as in straight talk, to insure that the real (and obscene) wealth is funneled to and concentrated in the top 1 or 2 percent of the nation. When self interest becomes the driving force behind every decision, and selfishness essentially becomes a "virtue" as it is with folks like Trump, then the footing on which a society stands on begins to crumble. Which is precisely the situation America is finding itself in today. In these pr
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ReplyDeleteThanks Shaw. No posting until next Friday!
ReplyDeleteI will be logging in occasionally for a brief stay fom time to time.
RN, are you stalking me? I'm on vacation at 5pm today! Get my son back to college then I'm going to the mountains!
ReplyDeleteHave a great vacation!!
The mountains, no better place to rejuvenate! Have a super vacation as well!!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the vacation. We will hold the fort down.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jerry!
ReplyDeleteWe may differ on some things Jerry but we sure as hell agree Trumplestiltskin is a jerk that MUST be defeated.
No doubt about that!
DeleteAnd PLEASE DON'T come Back!
DeleteHey Ted are you a Trumpian Troll?
DeleteIf so feel free not to return to this fine rational weblog. For if you do you shall NOT be published.
Have fun!
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Thanks Jersey.
ReplyDeleteThere is an online edition of our local newspaper where the following exchange took place (I thought you might find this interesting):
ReplyDeleteANTHONY IOVINE - Today at 12:40 PM
"Your last sentence is absolutely ludicrous. What you said was that "EVERYONE" who supports a lunatic as Trump has no moral backbone. Isn't that the same as saying that everyone who supports that "PATHOLOGICAL LIAR" Hillary has no moral backbone also."
(O)CT(O)PUS - Today at 1:23 PM
" Mr. Iovine,
An interesting point you raise. So I surfed the Internet to check the facts - the percentage of true versus false statements made by Trump and Clinton respectively - and this is what I found (as reported by PolitiFact.com):
True statements — Clinton 16, Trump 4
Mostly true statements — Clinton 48, Trump 10
False statements — Clinton 15, Trump 65
Pants on fire statements - Clinton 1, Trump 30
Here are the overall rating as provided by PolitiFact.com:
Donald Trump — False 60.13 of the time, True 2.53% of the time
Hillary Clinton — False 13.33 of the time, True 13.33 of the time
So it appears Donald Trump is the “pathological liar” as well as the lunatic. Thus, on both measures, Donald Trump has no moral backbone."
(Whether this lets air out of the buffoon's balloon is another)
In my opinion (O)CT(O)PUS it will have zero effect on the Trumpian buffoon or anyone else that prefers truthiness to actual acts. unfortunately...
ReplyDeleteThe above should read..
ReplyDeleteTo actual facts .
That aside, I just finished watching a Hannity segment on Faux News with Gingrich, Trump, Walker, Giuliani, and the favorite Milwaukee sheriff. The untruths and hypocrisy was glaring. But the audience ate it up. Therr remains little credibility left in the GOP.
Unfortunately the democratic party and HRC have a credibility problem as well. However, it hasn't reached the magnitude of the GOP and the rightwing yet.
2016 will be a year to remember. If Trump wins and his "vision" becomes reality we will have lost our democratic republic. Likely for good.
Back this Friday or Saturday.