21 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Stock Share Buybacks Now Bought Out — American Enterprise in Decline
Stock Share Buybacks Now Bought Out — American Enterprise in Decline
Published originally on The Great Recession Blog
I have pointed out in previous articles how most of the growth in stocks over the past few years has been due to stock share buybacks. Without this hideous (and at one time illegal) practice, there would have been no bull market over the last few years.
21 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Visualizing 200 Years Of US Immigration
Visualizing 200 Years Of US Immigration
While the common narrative is now that Donald Trump is dividing the United States along racial lines, it would appear that 200 years of widespread immigration (some more integrative and some less) – as the following stunning animated graphic shows – the proverbial melting pot, after 8 years of an African-American president, during which black inequality has worsened dramatically, is boiling over by its own volition.
Here is everyone who has emigrated to the United States since 1820 (1 dot = 10,000 people)
21 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on "Government Ain’t Fixable But It Will Correct!"
"Government Ain’t Fixable But It Will Correct!"
As the next Presidential election nears, optimism regarding candidates and political parties ebbs and flows. Voters like to believe their candidate sees the problems and will fix them. This fundamental belief drives voting. But what if it isn’t true? What if government ain’t fixable? Or can’t be changed? What then?
21 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Secret (US-Instigated) History Of ISIS
The Secret (US-Instigated) History Of ISIS
It appears, once again, Donald Trump is correct…
Crooked Hillary Clintons foreign interventions unleashed ISIS in Syria, Iraq and Libya. She is reckless and dangerous!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 21, 2016
21 May, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Taliban Leader Mansour Killed In US Drone Strike Inside Pakistan
Taliban Leader Mansour Killed In US Drone Strike Inside Pakistan
Earlier today, a veteran White House correspondent laid out his version of how Obama “gets away with it” in a news cycle when everyone’s attention should be glued to the economic failures of the lame duck president. One thing he forgot to mention, however, was the use of such conventional “rally around the flag” tactics as taking out a key symbolic nemesis of the US to drum up patriotic fervor.
