Economic Conspiracy Con-Game.......

NEW YORK (Reuters) U.S. shoppers spent 6.4 percent more this Black Friday weekend than last year and hit department stores and clothing shops, rather than focusing on discounters as they had done in recent years. Retail stocks have rallied in recent months as national chains have reported month after month of improving same-store sales as the economy has stabilized and they have paid down credit card debt. On Friday, the S&P Retail Index was hovering near a 52-week high, after rising 30 p ...

The backbone of America is hurting. Will Obama "fix it" this time? http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/06/Unemployment-Rate-Rises-to-8-4-Percent-in-Rural-Counties ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pending home sales unexpectedly surged in October, hinting the economic recovery has legs. Also, the four-week moving average for jobless claims fell to a fresh two-year low, though new claims were higher for the week. "Fear is evaporating ever so slightly. The economy is not falling off a cliff, giving investors a glimmer of hope," said Kim Caughey Forrest, senior equity research analyst at Fort Pitt Capital Group in Pittsburgh. ...

Economy was not so good leading up to the election, and companies closed/laid off. But AFTER the election the numbers increased even more. Here are some of the business closings that were announced in just the past two days: Caterpillar Inc. will close its plant in Owatonna Minn. Mount Pleasant’s Albrecht Sentry Foods The Target store at Manassas Mall Va. Millennium Academy in Wake Forest NC Target Closing Kissimmee FL Location The Andover Gift Shop in Andover MA Grand Union ...

that whoever you are, you have the same chance as anyone else to rise, with pluck, industry, and talent. But they imagine wrong. The U.S. today lags behind many of its First World rivals in terms of mobility. A class society has inserted itself within the folds of what was once a classless country, and a dominant New Class—as social critic Christopher Lasch called it—has pulled up the ladder of social advancement behind it.... ...A complacent Republican establishment denies this change h ...

It makes no difference in terms of the economic impact on wages whether an employer exports the work to where the cheap labor is located, or takes advantage of cheap labor that comes to where the work is located. The only difference is that one means used to drive wages lower and keep them low is legal, while the other means is not. Think about it. Just about everyone on this forum hates what offshoring has done to OUR wages, and yet some support illegal and/or unrestricted immigra ...

Excerpt of statement from the NY Times Editorial Board, link to entire statement below. "Early this year, it was widely acknowledged that the economy was in for a tough patch. The “fiscal cliff” showdown at the end of 2012 had led to higher payroll taxes and had locked in earlier cuts to jobless benefits, while “the sequester” — deep and arbitrary federal spending cuts enacted to end a previous debt standoff — kicked in on March 1. The only consolation at the ...

is running into much the same intractable head-butting instead of sensible solutions here as the rest of the country. “I’ve been in politics for 30 years, and I saw firsthand after I was elected the split within the Democratic Party,” said Eric Johnson, who was in the Georgia legislature for 15 years. “Now you’ve got the rural conservative Republicans and the suburban moderates and libertarians. I don’t think you have as broad an ideological split as the ...

median income would soar by more than $22,000. Nearly 26 million jobs would be created. The unemployment rate would fall to 3.8%. Those are just a few of the things that would happen if Bernie Sanders became president and his ambitious economic program were put into effect, according to an analysis given exclusively to CNNMoney. The first comprehensive look at the impact of all of Sanders’ spending and tax proposals on the economy was done by Gerald Friedman, a University of Mas ...

state of U.S. competitiveness says political gridlock is getting in the way of strong economic growth. What it fails to mention is that Democrats are the ones blocking the pro-growth proposals the report advocates. The latest HBS report paints a bleak but accurate picture of the current economy -- lackluster economic and productivity growth, an incredibly slow rate of job creation... ...no meaningful progress on the critical policy steps to restore U.S. competitiveness... ...Don' ...

From Forbes magazine 20 hours ago: English: Official photo cropped of United States Senator and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) What do you do when the Congressional Research Service, the completely non-partisan arm of the Library of Congress that has been advising Congress—and only Congress—on matters of policy and law for nearly a century, produces a research study that finds absolutely no correlation between the top ta ...

Income Inequality May Take Toll on Growth By ANNIE LOWREY WASHINGTON — Income inequality has soared to the highest levels since the Great Depression, and the recession has done little to reverse the trend, with the top 1 percent of earners taking 93 percent of the income gains in the first full year of the recovery. The yawning gap between the haves and the have-nots — and the political questions that gap has raised about the plight of the middle ...

At first the outlandishness was mildly entertaining. Now, it is getting tiresome. Yet the sane citizens will continue on disregarding the tinfoil hat crowd, as always. ...

No mistake that Obama's detailed, lengthy, speech on Iran Deal at American University, referring to all sorts of history and other analytical and factual items---ended at a time that the "girls" on Fox's Outnumbered were on duty...LOL...above their heads. ...

Why People Believe Conspiracy Theories Why people who believe in one conspiracy are prone to believe others By Michael Shermer | Saturday, August 18, 2012 | 106 Image: Brian Taylor On Wednesday, May 16, I spent several hours on a hot bus in a neon desert called Las Vegas with a merry band of British conspiracists during their journey around the Southwest in search of UFOs, aliens, Area 51 and government cover-ups, all for a BBC documentary. One w ...

To sum up the article: "We found that in their search for explanations under such uncertain and confusing conditions, people rely partly on projection -- the assumption that others would behave much as they would." *** Some of the truths I have learned in my life: It seems like the ones who "squawk" the loudest are the ones who have the most guilt or are hiding something. Also, the person who most emphatically tells me "I would never do that" is most likely the same pers ...

First we have the revelation of an actual birth certificate. Now we learn that Obama ACTUALLY DID HAVE GIRLFRIENDS before he married Michelle. Maybe he is a real boy after all, blue fairy. ...

And found some interesting info from a fairly recent study about it. Belief in Conspiracies Linked to Machiavellian Mindset Know any conspiracy theorists? No doubt they’ve tried to convince you that man didn’t really land on the moon or President Obama was born in Kenya. In fact, they were imparting genuinely interesting information — about themselves. New research suggests belief in such theories may reveal a Machiavellian mindset. “At least ...

This is my favorite board on MTStars. No drama and hate over here. I spend more time on this board than any other! ...

Follow steps below--not as complicated as it first looks. I'm Zippy Diapersniffer. Use the third letter of your first name to determine your new first name: a = poopsie b = lumpy c = buttercup d = gidget e = crusty f = greasy g = fluffy h = cheeseball i = chim-chim j = stinky k = flunky l = booger m = pinky n = zippy o = goober p = doofus q = slimy r = loopy s = snotty t = tulefel u = dorkey v = squeezit w = oprah x = skipper y = dinky z = zsa-zsa. Use the second letter of your last ...

The actual document versus what the Obama birthers see: ...

In April, media types were crowing that CNN had brought in Eric Lichtblau who had been, in the Washington Post’s words, at “the forefront of the New York Times’s reporting on the relationship between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia.” It was “an investment in investigative reporting and the sprawling Russia story”. It didn’t take long for the investigative investment to sprawl badly. Lichtblau has resigned from CNN in a growing scandal over a Fake News story about a Tr ...

SUPERB video! It's only about 6 minutes. Hopefully this will make you stop and think. ...

Have you heard about the video game they're putting out where you can be the terrorist killing other people (I didn't catch the name)? I think it's disgusting. My husband thought I was joking when I told him. I think they ought to ban it. Terrorists have bombed our naval vessels (USS Cole, I believe), the WTC garage, flew planes into the WTC towers and have done countless other things against us. And some ________ (we're not allowed to swear so I ...

I watched this film on HBO last weekend. Somebody obviously does not like Sarah Palin!!! They certainly made her to appear very ignorant and stubborn with campaign manager, Steve Schmidt. Evidently John McCain did not like they way they portrayed Palin on film either. He says he does not plan on viewing this film, as it is an assault on her character. I am certainly not a fan of Sarah Palin, but feel disturbed after watching this. This just tears her apart -- ...

Anyone into the HBO series or reading the books. I am on the third book in the series. I really am not into fantasy-type reading, but this series is incredible. Just wondering if anyone else is into it. ...

How about coming up with possible aliases inspired by MT'ing? BillyRubin gave me the idea. Your turn! ...

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