For the past week or so, I’ve been warning readers that the supposedly “liberal” state of New York has some of the most repressive voting laws in the country. Before reading the rest of this post, I suggest refreshing your memory on just how undemocratic New York is by checking out the following: Published April 13th: Hillary … Read more
Last week, I wrote a post titled, Hillary Clinton Will Win New York, Because New York is Running a Banana Republic Primary. Here’s an excerpt: Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’ll know that New Yorkers go to the primary voting booths on April 19th. Unfortunately, only a small sliver of the population will actually be … Read more
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it … Read more
Paul Krugman made the above statement in 1998, and while I stand guilty for plenty of bad forecasts, Krugman’s internet call is arguably the worst prediction in human history. Naturally, that doesn’t prevent the man from retaining his tenured position of punditry at the New York Times, a perch from which he continues expose millions of unsuspecting Americans to his incoherent, … Read more
Asher Edelman just penned a powerful endorsement of Bernie Sanders in the The Guardian titled, I’m the real-life Gordon Gekko and I support Bernie Sanders. So who is Asher Edelman? According to the paper: Asher Edelman is an art collector and financier. He worked on Wall Street from 1962 to 1988 and taught a course at … Read more
The French people have been protesting new labor laws for a couple of weeks, but what I find particular interesting is the potential for these gatherings to turn into a full fledged political movement. We all know by now that the status quo doesn’t care if the peasants get out in the streets for a few … Read more
The increased use of eminent domain to transfer property to powerful political interests, the ramifications of the wars on terrorism and drugs, and the violation of the property rights of bondholders in the auto-bailout case have weakened the tradition of strong adherence to the rule of law in United States. We believe these factors have contributed to the sharp decline … Read more
17 links today. Enjoy. The Dutch Referendum Shows How the Internet is Taking Back Power from Our Europhile Elites (Must read by Nigel Farage, The Telegraph) Jamie Dimon Tells Us We Need to Leave Too Big to Fail Banks Alone (Excellent, Naked Capitalism) The TSA Spent $1.4 Million on an iPad App That Randomly Points Left … Read more
Nothing would please me more than to see Bernie Sanders defeat Hillary Clinton in the state of my birth, and where I spent most of my life: New York. While it’s not going to be easy, the latest poll from Quinnipiac shows Sanders narrowing her lead to only 12 points. There’s a little less than three … Read more
America used to be the land of opportunity and optimism. Now opportunity is seen as the preserve of the elite: two-thirds of Americans believe the economy is rigged in favour of vested interests. And optimism has turned to anger. Voters’ fury fuels the insurgencies of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders and weakens insiders like Hillary … Read more