Mike Norman Economics

Both India and China have much larger populations than the U.S. so they will become more powerful eventually. The analyst here, Jill Schlesinger, says it's not a problem as the standard of living in the U.S will remain the same, but what is concerning is the U.S lack of investment in its people. China, she says, is using A.I. to teach children in the remotest parts of China in preparation for new technologies, while the US lacks any such innovation.There were articles posted here last year...

The Western protection racket gears up.I can't see what Russia has done wrong? Crimea? But the Crimean people had an referendum and voted to become part of Russia again, a right written into their constitution. No figting, no loss of life, no thousands of troops marching in, no tanks, and no NATO photographs showing any of this, but Europe is arming up for war, a war that would leave no winners because everyone would die in the nuclear winter that follows.  Following the announcement last...

Diagram (abstraction) below of how it appears the academe is currently bifurcating mankind via the two different methods of training it employs.One should NEVER directly cross the red line; this is how we are presently ending up with all the current reification errors with regard to the figurative "money!".  Right side people (morons) are directly shifting from lower right side (Figurative) to upper left side (Real), directly crossing the red line.99.99% (abstraction) of the "out of money!"...

File under "stuff you can't make up."Zero HedgePublishers Warn Trade War Could Lead To Bible Shortages, "Think Of The Children"Tyler Durden

Do the names Sheldon & Miriam Adelson, and Bernard Marcus right a bell?Lobe LogTrump Has a $259 million Reason to Bomb Iran Eli Clifton

Has America become a police state? This reporter suggests so. (But you knew that already unless you've been out to lunch since 9/11 and the "suspension" of civil liberties and constitutional rights because "terror.")BTW, I encountered similar treatment traveling to East Germany in the Sixties, although not as harsh.The InterceptI’m a Journalist but I Didn’t Fully Realize the Terrible Power of U.S. Border Officials Until They Violated My Rights and Privacy Seth Harp

MMT affiliated legal academic here approvingly citing a report from the future Peterson affiliated David Walker headed GAO from 17 years ago... what for I have no idea...What ever happened to all the bs "neoliberal framing!" concerns?  Getting confused over the figurative "framing!" maybe?  Maybe thinking "neoliberal framing!" is an actual literal framed picture of the the word "neoliberal!" hanging on the wall in Larry Kudlow's  Whitehouse office???7 part tweet thread endorsing a David...

Good identification of  dialectic TDS nut-job left moron hypocrisy here: President Obama:Killed thousands of innocents with drone strikesReceived a Nobel Peace PrizePresident Trump:Decided not to retaliate and kill 150 people over an unmanned droneCalled a warmonger? — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) June 21, 2019

Looking increasingly like Trump may be biased anti-war.. or he is at least not biased pro-war...  safe to say if we elected Jeb or Hilary there would be (at least!) 150 dead Iranians... svengali Trump quantifying the human toll for us here... ....On Monday they shot down an unmanned drone flying in International Waters. We were cocked & loaded to retaliate last night on 3 different sights when I asked, how many will die. 150 people, sir, was the answer from a General. 10 minutes before...

Good explanation of really went down.Elijah J. Magnier — Middle East PoliticsIran and Trump on the edge of the abyss Elijah J. MagnierSee alsoStrategic Culture FoundationIran goes for “maximum counter-pressure” Pepe EscobarAlsoGold, Goats 'N GunsWho Survives the Iran Counter-Offensive? Tom LuongoAlsoIndia PunchlineUS credibility dented in Iran standoff M. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign ServiceAlsoMoon of AlabamaWhite House Pushes 'Trump Pulled Back' Story - He...