Editors’ Note: We agree with much of the foregoing analysis. We would add that transfer payments for COVID relief, or any other purpose, financed with debt, is simply wealth borrowed from future generations for the benefit of the present generation. We made ourselves richer and our grandkids poorer. Is that a moral way to get […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/moneyspiral-scaled.jpg17062560Bruce Bialoskyhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngBruce Bialosky2024-02-11 00:30:132024-02-09 05:44:37How We Got A Lot Richer
A December 19, 2023, article by Brett Arends on MarketWatch caught my eye with the oh-so-clickable title of “This Is the Scariest Number for Social Security.” Given the fact that many corporate media articles today focus on pointing out to the Rubes how their senses are wrong and, gosh golly, everything is just peachy, it did […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/social-security-1.jpg408612Karl Streitelhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngKarl Streitel2024-02-11 00:28:542024-02-09 06:13:26Social Insecurity: It’s Not Wrong to be Concerned about Facts
Editors’ Note: We agree that it certainly looks like Mr. Trump will be the Republican nominee. It would be very helpful to avoid similar abuse again (likely coming from another pandemic or for reasons of environmental extremism). Mr. Trump publicly should say he was wrong, and today sorry, for the COVID-19 abuse that began under […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/trumpfauci.jpg5051032Jeffrey Tuckerhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJeffrey Tucker2024-02-07 00:26:512024-02-05 08:26:36Will We Ever Get the Truth? [The Covid Crisis and Lies]
Editors’ Note: It is amazing to us that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief proponent of the “Great Covid Panic”, can give closed-session testimony, reveal his errors in judgement, and so little consequence follows from those admissions. Here is a man who funded the research that set this plague loose on the planet, working hand in […]
Pretending it’s not happening will only make the consequences worse The Biden administration’s continuing effort to conceal or lie about the historic rates of immigration into the country is fast becoming a crisis in its own right—a socially-toxic version of The Emperor’s New Clothes. “It’s not unusual,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre casually remarked […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/iStock-615741676-scaled.jpg17072560Steven Camarotahttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngSteven Camarota2024-01-19 00:30:132024-01-17 06:56:32Unrestricted Immigration Is a Real Problem
Trauma dumping on the “for you page” sucks young girls into a pit of self-loathing. The winning TikTok formula is videos produced by teens for their peers. In that sense, it is hugely kid-friendly. Yet in 2019, TikTok paid a settlement for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. Then in 2021 TikTok users were […]
As a record number of migrants invade the U.S., wreaking pain on New York City and other communities, one group is winning big-time: the public advocacy lawyers. Their business is to constantly sue to win more so-called rights for migrants. Rights to shelter, rights to meals, rights to health care, and even the right to […]
Francis Collins was head of the National Institutes of Health – Anthony Fauci’s parent bureaucracy – during the wreckage caused by the Covid response. Ultimately, Dr. Collins bears a huge measure of the responsibility for the disaster, even if he played the role of the stooge. It was he who wrote Fauci with the demand […]
The Constitution created three branches in the federal government: the legislature to make the laws, the executive branch to enforce the laws, and the judiciary to settle disputes about the laws. Yet the federal government we know and very much do not love doesn’t operate the way the Constitution says it should. Instead, unelected bureaucrats write more […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1270527152-scaled.jpg17082560Tyler O'Neilhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngTyler O'Neil2023-12-29 00:32:062023-12-28 06:18:11Authoritarian? Conservatives Want to Restore the Constitution. The Left Can’t Handle It.
Down from 2022 highs: San Francisco -12%, Seattle -11%, Portland -6%; Denver, Phoenix, Las Vegas -5%; Dallas -4%, San Diego -2%, Los Angeles -1%. But new highs in 8 metros. Today’s S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index for “October” is a three-month moving average of home prices whose sales were entered into public records in August, September, […]
https://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/fallinghome.jpg339509Wolf Richterhttps://thepricklypear.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngWolf Richter2023-12-29 00:30:492023-12-28 06:07:08The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America, December 2023 Update
How We Got A Lot Richer
/in Economy, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, National Debt, National Security, Personal Finance, Politics/by Bruce BialoskyEditors’ Note: We agree with much of the foregoing analysis. We would add that transfer payments for COVID relief, or any other purpose, financed with debt, is simply wealth borrowed from future generations for the benefit of the present generation. We made ourselves richer and our grandkids poorer. Is that a moral way to get […]
Social Insecurity: It’s Not Wrong to be Concerned about Facts
/in Economy, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, National Debt, Personal Finance, Politics/by Karl StreitelA December 19, 2023, article by Brett Arends on MarketWatch caught my eye with the oh-so-clickable title of “This Is the Scariest Number for Social Security.” Given the fact that many corporate media articles today focus on pointing out to the Rubes how their senses are wrong and, gosh golly, everything is just peachy, it did […]
Will We Ever Get the Truth? [The Covid Crisis and Lies]
/in Featured, Foreign Policy, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Jeffrey TuckerEditors’ Note: We agree that it certainly looks like Mr. Trump will be the Republican nominee. It would be very helpful to avoid similar abuse again (likely coming from another pandemic or for reasons of environmental extremism). Mr. Trump publicly should say he was wrong, and today sorry, for the COVID-19 abuse that began under […]
Fauci Admits to Multiple COVID-19 Missteps during Closed-Door Hearing
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics/by Jon MiltimoreEditors’ Note: It is amazing to us that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief proponent of the “Great Covid Panic”, can give closed-session testimony, reveal his errors in judgement, and so little consequence follows from those admissions. Here is a man who funded the research that set this plague loose on the planet, working hand in […]
Unrestricted Immigration Is a Real Problem
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Election Integrity, Featured, Foreign Policy, Healthcare, Latest News, National Security, Politics/by Steven CamarotaPretending it’s not happening will only make the consequences worse The Biden administration’s continuing effort to conceal or lie about the historic rates of immigration into the country is fast becoming a crisis in its own right—a socially-toxic version of The Emperor’s New Clothes. “It’s not unusual,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre casually remarked […]
The TikTok Spiral
/in Culture War, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Life Advocacy/by Faith KuzmaTrauma dumping on the “for you page” sucks young girls into a pit of self-loathing. The winning TikTok formula is videos produced by teens for their peers. In that sense, it is hugely kid-friendly. Yet in 2019, TikTok paid a settlement for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. Then in 2021 TikTok users were […]
Stop Funding ‘Rights for Migrants’ Legal Scam
/in Culture War, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Betsy McCaugheyAs a record number of migrants invade the U.S., wreaking pain on New York City and other communities, one group is winning big-time: the public advocacy lawyers. Their business is to constantly sue to win more so-called rights for migrants. Rights to shelter, rights to meals, rights to health care, and even the right to […]
Grand Inquisitor Says Oops [A Covid Story]
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, Personal Finance, Politics/by Jeffrey TuckerFrancis Collins was head of the National Institutes of Health – Anthony Fauci’s parent bureaucracy – during the wreckage caused by the Covid response. Ultimately, Dr. Collins bears a huge measure of the responsibility for the disaster, even if he played the role of the stooge. It was he who wrote Fauci with the demand […]
Authoritarian? Conservatives Want to Restore the Constitution. The Left Can’t Handle It.
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Environment, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Tyler O'NeilThe Constitution created three branches in the federal government: the legislature to make the laws, the executive branch to enforce the laws, and the judiciary to settle disputes about the laws. Yet the federal government we know and very much do not love doesn’t operate the way the Constitution says it should. Instead, unelected bureaucrats write more […]
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America, December 2023 Update
/in Arizona News, Economy, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Personal Finance/by Wolf RichterDown from 2022 highs: San Francisco -12%, Seattle -11%, Portland -6%; Denver, Phoenix, Las Vegas -5%; Dallas -4%, San Diego -2%, Los Angeles -1%. But new highs in 8 metros. Today’s S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index for “October” is a three-month moving average of home prices whose sales were entered into public records in August, September, […]