Mike Norman Economics

These Public-Private Partnerships seem to be gaining ever more acceptance on both sides of the aisle and not just in aerospace but also in transportation, utilities perhaps others ... might be a good form for solving the US Healthcare issue...Great to see @SpaceX complete another successful launch from @NASAKennedy Space Center in #CapeCanaveral tonight. Sen Rubio recognizes the importance of public-private partnerships in the #spaceindustry & is committed to strengthening them through...

Oh noes!: On the other hand, there are those who serve themselves, who do not hold any moral principles, who want to demolish the family and the nation, exploit workers to make themselves unduly wealthy, foment internal divisions and wars, and accumulate power and money: for them the fallacious illusion of temporal well-being will one day – if they do not repent – yield to the terrible fate that awaits them, far from God, in eternal damnation. Frustrated platonist priest threatening the...

What a joke!The White House said Friday it has information that individuals linked to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro have incited violence at protests in the United States spurred by George Floyd’s death. U.S. Sen Rick Scott also highlighted a similar report earlier in the week, promising Wednesday on Twitter that the U.S. government would crack down on any operatives tied to Latin American dictators who instigate conflict in Miami as part of the protests.. Neither offered proof of the...

Another instance of blame the victim.The reality is that if the person was breaking the law, he should have been taken into custody. If he resisted, only enough force to control the person should have been used.This is an example of amateur policing, indicating the the police were either not well trained or else lacked discipline.Policing both art (skill) as well as a science, and failures should be addressed as either personal failure on the part of the officer or  management...

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Steve Bannon's latest attack on the Chinese government. Videos. The Unz ReviewBoomer Bannon Shilling Some New China Regime Change Project Anatoly KarlinSee alsoNewt piles on.Fox News — OpinionGingrich & Christensen: Coronavirus was a wakeup call – Now US-China policy must be reimagined Newt Gingrich, Claire Christensen

Constitutional crisis brewing?Associated PressAnalysis: White House, Pentagon tensions near breaking pointRobert Burns

Backgrounder. Conditions have changed.Elijah J. MagnierSyria: Will the Great Middle Eastern War Begin in the Levant?

Academic studies have found that past economic crises led to noticeable shifts in how consumers behave. Our research indicates that the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis could lead to similar changes. What we’ve learned is that people around the world are thinking carefully about the future; they are searching for more financial stability, safety, and security amid rising uncertainty. Yet what has struck us most is how much those goals—and what they mean to people—have changed.......

As I have been saying, it's not primarily a matter of "a few bad apples," it is rather the police culture. Larry Johnson reports the police officers' behavior that resulted in the death of George Floyd was straight out of the department manual. Thus, it appears it could have been "an unfortunate accident." The larger question is why the US has such a deadly domestic security force in the first place.  The second question is why minorities appear to bear the brunt of the violence,...