If we believed our own rhetoric about the climate crisis, support for nuclear would be much higher. If you still needed proof that nuclear energy has returned to the conversation after decades of disfavor, it came with an unexpected celebrity boost last month. Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the Canadian singer Grimes separately used their star power to advocate […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/nuclear-power-plant-4535760__480.jpg480720Jason Bordoffhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJason Bordoff2022-01-10 01:55:442022-01-08 06:48:203 Reasons Nuclear Power Has Returned to the Energy Debate
Pennsylvania county election officials were caught on tape plotting to hide alleged violations of state election law. New whistleblower videos capture Delaware County, Pennsylvania officials plotting to recreate missing election data from the November 2020 contest, with one official later bragging that the local Democrat district attorney “owes him.” These recordings represent the latest evidence […]
An extra-special cocktail of three powerful ingredients with no cherry on top awaits us in 2022. Super-inflated asset prices such as housing, stocks, and bonds; massive inflation; and central banks that have started to react. Many central banks have started pushing up interest rates; others have ended asset purchases. And Quantitative Tightening (QT) – central […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/interest-rate-money-stack.jpg336512Wolf Richterhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngWolf Richter2022-01-09 15:00:062022-01-07 08:04:22What I See for 2022: Interest Rates, Mortgage Rates, Real Estate, Stocks & Other Assets as Central Banks Face Raging Inflation
Given the recent outbreak of the Omicron variant and much still unknown about it, the facts surrounding the Delta variant provide a cautionary tale of how misinformation about SARS-CoV-2 variants provides cover for people who have caused widespread harm and countless deaths. Government officials and media outlets have often blamed the Delta variant—and are preemptively blaming the Omicron variant—for: […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/fake-news-virus.jpg339509James D. Agrestihttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJames D. Agresti2022-01-09 02:05:072022-01-07 07:54:27Genuine Facts About Omicron, Delta, Naturally Acquired Immunity, and Vaccines
Editors’ Note: Discussion of “Minsky Moments” may strike the reader as obscure. However, it is noted in this article that the whole world, including real estate much of the private corporate sector, has become more leveraged than before the 2008 financial crisis. With the sharp rise in inflation, global central banks have the difficult choice […]
A disaster for students and good teachers alike. “All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service. It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management.” The above caveat about government unions – usually known by the kinder and […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/school-buses.jpg339509Larry Sandhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngLarry Sand2022-01-08 02:05:082022-01-07 07:27:58It’s Time To Abolish The Teachers Unions
The controversy over Covid management is not a medical disagreement but a political fight. It’s also a free speech issue, the question of whether those who disagree with the political/medical status quo should be silenced. Although we have learned more over time about the origins and development of Covid, there is no question it is […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/images.jpg157321Thomas C. Pattersonhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngThomas C. Patterson2022-01-08 02:00:512024-01-17 10:22:51Free Speech And The Great Barrington Declaration
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced his support for constitutional-carry legislation on Wednesday. The announcement was made at Adventure Outdoors, which touts itself as the “World’s Largest Gun Store” in Smyrna, outside Atlanta. Kemp was joined by other Republicans supporting the move. Constitutional carry refers to the carrying of a handgun, either openly or concealed, without requiring its […]
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Traditionally it has never been questioned, either in doctrine or practice, that the legislature possesses the power, as it was put in early years, ‘to inquire into the honesty and efficiency of the executive branch.’ Under the American system it is this that is the heart of the investigatory power. … [I]f it lost the […]
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi should have taken leadership lessons from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s January 6 Commission was supposed to help Democrats hold onto their slim majority during tough 2022 midterm elections. Instead, it stumbled out of the gate, failed to gain legitimacy among the public, and has […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/nancy_pelosi.jpg6751200Mollie Hemingwayhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngMollie Hemingway2022-01-07 02:05:132022-01-21 14:20:08Pelosi Owns The J6 Commission, And That’s Why It Failed
3 Reasons Nuclear Power Has Returned to the Energy Debate
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics/by Jason BordoffIf we believed our own rhetoric about the climate crisis, support for nuclear would be much higher. If you still needed proof that nuclear energy has returned to the conversation after decades of disfavor, it came with an unexpected celebrity boost last month. Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the Canadian singer Grimes separately used their star power to advocate […]
New Videos Capture Pennsylvania Officials Hiding Evidence Of Alleged Election Fraud
/in Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Margot ClevelandPennsylvania county election officials were caught on tape plotting to hide alleged violations of state election law. New whistleblower videos capture Delaware County, Pennsylvania officials plotting to recreate missing election data from the November 2020 contest, with one official later bragging that the local Democrat district attorney “owes him.” These recordings represent the latest evidence […]
What I See for 2022: Interest Rates, Mortgage Rates, Real Estate, Stocks & Other Assets as Central Banks Face Raging Inflation
/in Economy, Featured, Politics/by Wolf RichterAn extra-special cocktail of three powerful ingredients with no cherry on top awaits us in 2022. Super-inflated asset prices such as housing, stocks, and bonds; massive inflation; and central banks that have started to react. Many central banks have started pushing up interest rates; others have ended asset purchases. And Quantitative Tightening (QT) – central […]
Genuine Facts About Omicron, Delta, Naturally Acquired Immunity, and Vaccines
/in Featured, Healthcare, Politics/by James D. AgrestiGiven the recent outbreak of the Omicron variant and much still unknown about it, the facts surrounding the Delta variant provide a cautionary tale of how misinformation about SARS-CoV-2 variants provides cover for people who have caused widespread harm and countless deaths. Government officials and media outlets have often blamed the Delta variant—and are preemptively blaming the Omicron variant—for: […]
Covid-19 Economic Zombification
/in Economy, Featured, Politics/by Daniel FenandezEditors’ Note: Discussion of “Minsky Moments” may strike the reader as obscure. However, it is noted in this article that the whole world, including real estate much of the private corporate sector, has become more leveraged than before the 2008 financial crisis. With the sharp rise in inflation, global central banks have the difficult choice […]
It’s Time To Abolish The Teachers Unions
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Larry SandA disaster for students and good teachers alike. “All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service. It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management.” The above caveat about government unions – usually known by the kinder and […]
Free Speech And The Great Barrington Declaration
/in Culture War, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics/by Thomas C. PattersonThe controversy over Covid management is not a medical disagreement but a political fight. It’s also a free speech issue, the question of whether those who disagree with the political/medical status quo should be silenced. Although we have learned more over time about the origins and development of Covid, there is no question it is […]
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp Pushes Legislators to Pass Constitutional-carry Bill
/in Gun Rights, Liberty, Politics/by Bob AdelmannGeorgia Governor Brian Kemp announced his support for constitutional-carry legislation on Wednesday. The announcement was made at Adventure Outdoors, which touts itself as the “World’s Largest Gun Store” in Smyrna, outside Atlanta. Kemp was joined by other Republicans supporting the move. Constitutional carry refers to the carrying of a handgun, either openly or concealed, without requiring its […]
Can the January 6 Investigation Serve Congress as an Institution?
/in Liberty, Politics/by Phillip WallachTraditionally it has never been questioned, either in doctrine or practice, that the legislature possesses the power, as it was put in early years, ‘to inquire into the honesty and efficiency of the executive branch.’ Under the American system it is this that is the heart of the investigatory power. … [I]f it lost the […]
Pelosi Owns The J6 Commission, And That’s Why It Failed
/in Culture War, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Mollie HemingwayHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi should have taken leadership lessons from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s January 6 Commission was supposed to help Democrats hold onto their slim majority during tough 2022 midterm elections. Instead, it stumbled out of the gate, failed to gain legitimacy among the public, and has […]