Strong Economy Bodes Well For Neoconservative Resurgence

From politico: The strengthening economy — and an improving government fiscal picture — has already transformed the political conversation in Washington. The kind of federal debt and deficit scolding that helped drive the tea party movement to power is now significantly less potent. While the longer-term deficit picture remains bleak with the expected glut of… Continue reading Strong Economy Bodes Well For Neoconservative Resurgence

2014 – An Awful Year For The SJWs

2014 has been a terrible year for the social justice warriors, and it just keeps getting worse. Let’s take a look at recent SJW defeats: UVA Rape Scandal (Rolling Stone story quickly debunked, SJW coalition takes irreparable credibility hit.) Gamergate (Overall internet consensus favors the gamers) Shirtgate (Like gamergate, internet commentators overwhelmingly sided with science… Continue reading 2014 – An Awful Year For The SJWs

The System Worked: How the World Stopped Another Great Depression

Found this gem on Amazon that somehow eluded my attention until today, The System Worked: How the World Stopped Another Great Depression In The System Worked, Drezner, a renowned political scientist and international relations expert, contends that despite the massive scale and reverberations of this latest crisis (larger, arguably, than those that precipitated the Great… Continue reading The System Worked: How the World Stopped Another Great Depression

Why There is No College Bubble

Finally someone tells these college bubble heads to put up or shut up: I’d like to take this opportunity to triple-dog-dare Peter Thiel For years, the left has insisted that college, like the stock market and housing, is a giant bubble that is on the verge of popping. Like many predictions of doom and collapse,… Continue reading Why There is No College Bubble

Countering Bearish Arguments

As anyone who reads this blog knows, I’m emphatically bullish about America, its economy, and the stock market. To bet against America means betting against the best and brightest individuals that comprise it. It means betting against Web 2.0, high-IQ people, MIT & Caltech, competent policy makers, the tireless consumer, exports, favorable demographic shifts, and… Continue reading Countering Bearish Arguments

Why the US Economy is Doing Great or Bad (depending on how you look at it)

Why the US economy is doing great: GDP growth back to 90’s and 00’s rate record high exports record high consumer spending record consumer credit record profits and earnings stringent lending standards and less borrowing for home ownership: fed never raising interest rates again (or at least not for a loooong time) flat wage growth… Continue reading Why the US Economy is Doing Great or Bad (depending on how you look at it)

Stocks Rocket Higher; Biological Determinism Bull Market Can’t Be Stopped

In the span of just two days, the S&P 500 has gained a staggering 4% – the largest 2-day gain since 2011. Regarding the fundamentals of the US economy, between 2009 and now nothing has changed except higher stock prices and fatter earnings: interest rates still never going up again and consumer spending can’t be… Continue reading Stocks Rocket Higher; Biological Determinism Bull Market Can’t Be Stopped