Increased labor costs are potentially insurmountable and uncontrollable challenges facing the automobile industry for the government mandates in wealthy countries for lower emission EVs. The UAW strike that began September 14th by 146,000 UAW union members seeking a 46 percent pay raise, a 32-hour week with 40 hours of pay, and restoration of traditional pensions will […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/uaw-stroke-scaled.jpg20902560Ronald Steinhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngRonald Stein2023-10-07 00:28:262023-10-06 11:19:37Will the UAW Strike Perpetuate the Death Spiral Already Mandated for the Automobile Industry?
Elon Musk toured the U.S. southern border in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Thursday as illegal aliens continue to stream across the border. Musk, the tech mogul and CEO of X, formerly known as Twitter, livestreamed portions of his trip, saying he wanted to show the “real story” of what is happening on the U.S. border with Mexico. […]
Unless one is familiar with portfolio theory, you may not be aware that for many discussions, and for many strategies, US Treasury Bonds are considered “risk-free”. Therefore their “risk-free” return is used as a lodestar to assist in comparing investment strategies. For example, in many decisions, investors must look at the trade-offs (what is the […]
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The FBI is successful at getting speech censored from the internet 50% of the time, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a September court filing as part of an ongoing free speech lawsuit. DOJ Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar said in a September court filing that the FBI successfully convinced social media platforms to remove online […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1464768424-scaled.jpg17072560James Lynchhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJames Lynch2023-10-04 00:32:162023-10-04 08:26:35The FBI Has “50-Percent Rate” Of Getting Speech Censored From The Internet, Court Filing Says
The U.S. is rapidly liquidating its position as the world’s foremost superpower. As the world teetered on the cusp of nuclear Armageddon in early 1961, President John F. Kennedy famously declared in his inaugural address, “Man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/xiandputin-scaled.jpg17072560Paul Ingrassiahttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngPaul Ingrassia2023-10-04 00:30:232023-10-02 06:51:04The East and the Rest
This testimony was delivered on September 20, 2023 during a hearing of the Military Personnel Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee. Chairman Banks, Ranking Member Kim, my fellow panelists, and the members of this Subcommittee. The military must only consider factors of personnel, programs, and policy that genuinely better the Armed Forces’ ability to […]
There is a battle brewing in Washington over our annual national budget which is supposed to be in place for the new fiscal year, beginning October 1st. The entire discussion is about whether the House Republicans will have the budget’s twelve elements ready by the deadline. The alternative is to once again invoke those favorite […]
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Total encounters reported at both the northern and southwest land borders in August was 304,162, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. It is the greatest total number of illegal entries of any month in recorded U.S. history, according to CBP data. Total encounter data excludes nearly 30,000 gotaways at the southwest border reported by Border Patrol […]
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“There were relatively few secret police, and most were just processing the information coming in. I had found a shocking fact. It wasn’t the secret police who were doing this wide-scale surveillance and hiding on every street corner. It was the ordinary German people who were informing on their neighbors.”—Professor Robert Gellately, author of Backing Hitler […]
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Since early 2021 we have witnessed somewhere between 7 million and 8 million illegal entries across the now-nonexistent southern border of the U.S. The more the border vanished, the more federal immigration law was rendered inert, and the more Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas spun fantasies that the “border is secure.” He is now written off as […]
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Will the UAW Strike Perpetuate the Death Spiral Already Mandated for the Automobile Industry?
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Ronald SteinIncreased labor costs are potentially insurmountable and uncontrollable challenges facing the automobile industry for the government mandates in wealthy countries for lower emission EVs. The UAW strike that began September 14th by 146,000 UAW union members seeking a 46 percent pay raise, a 32-hour week with 40 hours of pay, and restoration of traditional pensions will […]
“NORMALIZING INSANITY”: Elon Musk Decries Open Border in Visit to Eagle Pass, Texas
/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Virginia AllenElon Musk toured the U.S. southern border in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Thursday as illegal aliens continue to stream across the border. Musk, the tech mogul and CEO of X, formerly known as Twitter, livestreamed portions of his trip, saying he wanted to show the “real story” of what is happening on the U.S. border with Mexico. […]
The Assumption is US Government Bonds Are “Risk Free”
/in Economy, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Personal Finance, Politics/by Neland NobelUnless one is familiar with portfolio theory, you may not be aware that for many discussions, and for many strategies, US Treasury Bonds are considered “risk-free”. Therefore their “risk-free” return is used as a lodestar to assist in comparing investment strategies. For example, in many decisions, investors must look at the trade-offs (what is the […]
The FBI Has “50-Percent Rate” Of Getting Speech Censored From The Internet, Court Filing Says
/in Culture War, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by James LynchThe FBI is successful at getting speech censored from the internet 50% of the time, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a September court filing as part of an ongoing free speech lawsuit. DOJ Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar said in a September court filing that the FBI successfully convinced social media platforms to remove online […]
The East and the Rest
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Paul IngrassiaThe U.S. is rapidly liquidating its position as the world’s foremost superpower. As the world teetered on the cusp of nuclear Armageddon in early 1961, President John F. Kennedy famously declared in his inaugural address, “Man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of […]
DEI Threatens The Integrity Of Our Military—And Our Republic.
/in Culture War, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Will ThibeauThis testimony was delivered on September 20, 2023 during a hearing of the Military Personnel Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee. Chairman Banks, Ranking Member Kim, my fellow panelists, and the members of this Subcommittee. The military must only consider factors of personnel, programs, and policy that genuinely better the Armed Forces’ ability to […]
It Is Time for Hysteria
/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, Latest News, National Security, Personal Finance, Politics/by Bruce BialoskyThere is a battle brewing in Washington over our annual national budget which is supposed to be in place for the new fiscal year, beginning October 1st. The entire discussion is about whether the House Republicans will have the budget’s twelve elements ready by the deadline. The alternative is to once again invoke those favorite […]
August Border Encounters Of More Than 322,000 Highest Monthly Total In U.S. History
/in Arizona News, Culture War, Economy, Education, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Bethany BlankleyTotal encounters reported at both the northern and southwest land borders in August was 304,162, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. It is the greatest total number of illegal entries of any month in recorded U.S. history, according to CBP data. Total encounter data excludes nearly 30,000 gotaways at the southwest border reported by Border Patrol […]
A Nation of Snitches: DHS Is Grooming Americans to Report on Each Other
/in Culture War, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by John W. Whitehead“There were relatively few secret police, and most were just processing the information coming in. I had found a shocking fact. It wasn’t the secret police who were doing this wide-scale surveillance and hiding on every street corner. It was the ordinary German people who were informing on their neighbors.”—Professor Robert Gellately, author of Backing Hitler […]
Here’s How Biden Admin Destroyed Our Immigration Law
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Featured, Healthcare, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Victor Davis HansonSince early 2021 we have witnessed somewhere between 7 million and 8 million illegal entries across the now-nonexistent southern border of the U.S. The more the border vanished, the more federal immigration law was rendered inert, and the more Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas spun fantasies that the “border is secure.” He is now written off as […]