Category Archives: Collapse of America

No social contract lasts forever. If government doesn’t last forever, what’s forever for?

Food prices ARE going down

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Dropping food prices isn’t my overactive imagination or a local competitive price war. Bloomberg reports that retail food prices have dropped 5%. While some of that is due to increasing competition, it is mostly due to energy being a major … Continue reading →

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“The” debate

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Hofstra University on LonGuyland New York will be the scene of the “debate” that may well decide the 2016 election. Hofstra has lots of contacts with the TV Networks and proximity to Manhattan. Is it worth college tuition? Hard to … Continue reading →

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More Mujahideen chickens come home to roost

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Fred Stiening

NY Post story Based on his age, I had speculated elsewhere that given the Chelsea bomber was born in 1988 in Afghanistan and his father later immigrated to the United States, that dad may have been a Mujahideen fighter who … Continue reading →

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The Trump Trade

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Fred Stiening

“When Hillary Clinton coughs, the Mexican peso gets tuberculosis.” Mexican Peso Slides to Record Low as Clinton Flags in U.S. Polls Someone seems to think Mexico may be paying for that damn wall after all

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19% of blacks now will vote for Trump?

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Fred Stiening

NY Post story What changed?

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If you thought slavery in the South was ended by the Civil War

Posted on September 17, 2016 by Fred Stiening

This is pretty alarming. If you have seen the movie Cool Hand Luke, this won’t be a total surprise – but up until 1928, the State of Alabama would arrest black men unable to afford a lawyer and ship them … Continue reading →

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The Colonial Pipeline leak

Posted on September 17, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Local coverage Colonial statement The Colonial pipeline #1 carries 1.3 million barrels a day of refined products from the Gulf Coast up to Washington DC. Its companion pipeline #2 normally carries diesel fuel, although either pipeline can carry any product … Continue reading →

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Hillary does Greensboro

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Hillary’s speech today was at University of North Carolina – Greensboro. UNC-G has been a campus traditionally more aimed at women. It emphasizes arts, music, history, languages, nursing – no intercollegiate athletics just intramural sports like flag football, inner tube … Continue reading →

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Is this Hillary’s “nurse/doctor”?

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Fred Stiening

NY Post explains Without citing a source, the NY Post attempts to explain away the crazy conspiracy story that Hillary has a nurse, with the explanation that the woman is actually Christine Falvo, a former State Department employee who currently … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump has a child care plan!

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Fred Stiening

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/fact-sheet-donald-j.-trumps-new-child-care-plan Many of the actual details are not complete enough to be announced. There are two main pieces. For 6 weeks of “paid leave”, the implementation is Mom would get six weeks of unemployment insurance as if she was unemployed. … Continue reading →

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