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One knee-jerk decision in 2014 under the auspices of making government more efficient. Resulted in 12 fatalities, 10,000+ children exposed to lead, 79 lawsuits, and a half-billion-$ clean-up over 10 years.
www.mlive.com/news/flint/2...
www.mlive.com/news/flint/2...
EPA lifts emergency order on Flint water after city completes requirements
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said "lifting this emergency order is a cause for great celebration for residents of Flint."
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May 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
One knee-jerk decision in 2014 under the auspices of making government more efficient. Resulted in 12 fatalities, 10,000+ children exposed to lead, 79 lawsuits, and a half-billion-$ clean-up over 10 years.
www.mlive.com/news/flint/2...
www.mlive.com/news/flint/2...
Remember 2008? If not, maybe we'll have another now one as a reminder.
www.ft.com/content/a05a...
www.ft.com/content/a05a...
FirstFT: US poised to dial back bank reserve rules
Also in today’s newsletter, oil prices drop and record ‘reverse Yankee’ deals
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May 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Remember 2008? If not, maybe we'll have another now one as a reminder.
www.ft.com/content/a05a...
www.ft.com/content/a05a...
Proof of the Greater Fool Theory. 764,000 fools helped 58 people become multimillionaires. Not to mention the $324 million in fees paid to the creators. Caveat emptor.
May 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Proof of the Greater Fool Theory. 764,000 fools helped 58 people become multimillionaires. Not to mention the $324 million in fees paid to the creators. Caveat emptor.
Only looks like the radical left if you're looking from the radical right.
May 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Only looks like the radical left if you're looking from the radical right.
Don't panic, says Barron's. It's just a Death Cross.
April 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Don't panic, says Barron's. It's just a Death Cross.
According to Carl Cohen, Fascism has three elements:
1. Absolutism: all power lies entirely in the hands of one leader.
2. Organicism: the state acts as an organic unity, overriding the will of any individual.
3. Irrationalism: the express denial of the competence of reason to guide human life.
1. Absolutism: all power lies entirely in the hands of one leader.
2. Organicism: the state acts as an organic unity, overriding the will of any individual.
3. Irrationalism: the express denial of the competence of reason to guide human life.
April 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
According to Carl Cohen, Fascism has three elements:
1. Absolutism: all power lies entirely in the hands of one leader.
2. Organicism: the state acts as an organic unity, overriding the will of any individual.
3. Irrationalism: the express denial of the competence of reason to guide human life.
1. Absolutism: all power lies entirely in the hands of one leader.
2. Organicism: the state acts as an organic unity, overriding the will of any individual.
3. Irrationalism: the express denial of the competence of reason to guide human life.
The House GOP adopted a budget framework that would cut $800 billion from Medicaid (which currently benefits 80 million people). Also, they would cut taxes by $1.5 trillion for the richest 1% of taxpayers (about 1.5 million people). National debt will increase $3 trillion.
This is kleptocracy.
This is kleptocracy.
April 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The House GOP adopted a budget framework that would cut $800 billion from Medicaid (which currently benefits 80 million people). Also, they would cut taxes by $1.5 trillion for the richest 1% of taxpayers (about 1.5 million people). National debt will increase $3 trillion.
This is kleptocracy.
This is kleptocracy.
The Tax Foundation estimates the tariffs would generate $2T over 10 years, about a third of the White House's estimate.
April 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The Tax Foundation estimates the tariffs would generate $2T over 10 years, about a third of the White House's estimate.
Hedge fund CIO Spencer Hakimian posts data suggesting insider trading on the latest change to tariffs.
April 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Hedge fund CIO Spencer Hakimian posts data suggesting insider trading on the latest change to tariffs.
If the executive branch doesn't have the power to regulate, does that mean executive orders have no teeth? Article 2, Section 3, says that the President "shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed,..." Since the 1880s, this has included regulations which has been upheld by the courts.
April 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
If the executive branch doesn't have the power to regulate, does that mean executive orders have no teeth? Article 2, Section 3, says that the President "shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed,..." Since the 1880s, this has included regulations which has been upheld by the courts.
Buy low. MTG bought 19 different stocks at the market low point potentially totaling about $300,000.
April 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Buy low. MTG bought 19 different stocks at the market low point potentially totaling about $300,000.
Quote from POTUS: "Our opponents are not afraid that our America First policies will fail, they’re terrified that our strategy will succeed and we’re going to get bigger and stronger and better … and that is what’s happening …"
That's what's happening? 80 years of US hegemony wiped out is success?
That's what's happening? 80 years of US hegemony wiped out is success?
April 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Quote from POTUS: "Our opponents are not afraid that our America First policies will fail, they’re terrified that our strategy will succeed and we’re going to get bigger and stronger and better … and that is what’s happening …"
That's what's happening? 80 years of US hegemony wiped out is success?
That's what's happening? 80 years of US hegemony wiped out is success?
Chrysler has laid off 900 people in response to the tariffs. Here we go.
April 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Chrysler has laid off 900 people in response to the tariffs. Here we go.
Short sales of GM stock surges BEFORE the tariffs were announced. Not the only one. Gee, call the SEC?
April 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Short sales of GM stock surges BEFORE the tariffs were announced. Not the only one. Gee, call the SEC?