Monthly Archives: January 2018

Did Obama Knock General Electric Off the Dow Jones?

Posted on 31 January, 2018 by alfin2101

During the Obama years, General Electric rode the federally subsidised green energy steamroller to the limit. GE assumed that Hillary Clinton would be the next US president, and that the green scam would continue endlessly into the future. But with … Continue reading →

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Russian Update: Demographics Changing

Posted on 30 January, 2018 by alfin2101

Understanding Why Birthrates are Dropping Russia is undergoing a significant decline in the number of women of child-bearing years. As a result, we are starting to see a decline in birthrates which is likely to continue for decades to come. … Continue reading →

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Tax Reform Latest Boon to US Economic Growth

Posted on 29 January, 2018 by alfin2101

So far, 273 US companies have announced bonuses, rate hikes, and 401K match increases as a result of US President Trump’s tax reforms. Just weeks after the federal government adopted the biggest tax overhaul in three decades, the effects are … Continue reading →

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George Soros Panics: Threatens Trump to Disappear

Posted on 28 January, 2018 by alfin2101

The 46th richest man in the world — who has lost at least $1 billion betting against Donald Trump’s economy — made a recent prediction in Davos, Switzerland that Trump will “disappear” by 2020, or sooner! Soros only profits in … Continue reading →

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Europe: Cold, Dark, and Growing Poorer

Posted on 26 January, 2018 by alfin2101

While the US is pumping record amounts of oil and is producing unbelievable levels of natural gas, Europe has chosen the intermittent and unreliable energy path. And the continent will pay dearly for its mistake. Europe’s energy policies are worse … Continue reading →

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Technology Enabling $20 a Barrel Oil Costs

Posted on 23 January, 2018 by alfin2101

“Really, it’s quite easy” to be profitable at $20, “when you sit down and add up all the ways there are to save money in our industry, and how much waste there is,” added Blake Burnette, CEO of IoT-eq (pronounced … Continue reading →

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Should Hillary Clinton Be in Federal Prison?

Posted on 20 January, 2018 by alfin2101

Update: Timeline to infamy for Hillary, Obama, and a tainted FBI/DOJ How did a piece of opposition research, described by former FBI Director James Comey as both “salacious and unverified,” become the driving force behind the allegations that Trump colluded … Continue reading →

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Clever New Nuclear Fission Reactor Prototype Opens Doors

Posted on 19 January, 2018 by alfin2101

Nuclear energy provides energy densities not available from any other readily available source of power and heat. Nothing else even comes close. And nuclear fuels such as uranium and thorium are relatively cheap and readily available. If used wisely, Earth’s … Continue reading →

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Mind Where You Go: Travel Risk

Posted on 19 January, 2018 by alfin2101

Traveling is fun, but it can be risky. In many countries of the world, rates of crime and communicable disease can be much higher than in most countries of Europe and the Anglosphere. Kidnappings, dangerous infections, corrupt law enforcement, and … Continue reading →

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US Petroleum Output Rocks Global Economic Calculus

Posted on 17 January, 2018 by alfin2101

Unleashing U.S. energy exports has the potential to upset longstanding geopolitical and economic arrangements across the world. __ US Poised to Shatter Production Records This Wasn’t Supposed to Happen According to the conventional wisdom of energy economists, US petroleum production … Continue reading →

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Perhaps Because She Doesn’t Look Like Angela Merkel

Posted on 12 January, 2018 by alfin2101

Why Do So Many German Men Want a Sexbot? Sex dolls are currently in use in legal brothels in Austria and Germany, where the world’s first ‘doll-only’ brothel opened in Dortmund last year. … According to a survey, now more … Continue reading →

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American Universities Ripe for Neo-Revolution

Posted on 8 January, 2018 by alfin2101

The Old Revolution is Dead. Long Live Neo-Revolution! American colleges have been devastated by a 50 year revolution that has taken them away from educating students in favour of indoctrinating them. If this ongoing revolution of progressively leftist intolerance proceeds … Continue reading →

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The Tragic Misconstruction of the Human Life Cycle

Posted on 6 January, 2018 by alfin2101

Modern humans have somehow come to believe that the human life cycle stops in young adulthood. Choosing to forego the critical step of procreation — and spending almost all their resources trying to maintain themselves at the young adult stage … Continue reading →

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Are People with Low IQs Doomed to be Left Behind?

Posted on 4 January, 2018 by alfin2101

Lower intelligence is a limiting factor when it comes to education, employment, and economic success but IQ has nothing to do with dignity, friendliness, compassion, honesty and a host of other positive human attributes. Access to all the opportunities imaginable … Continue reading →

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Can Africa Rise Above Its Poverty and Low IQ?

Posted on 3 January, 2018 by alfin2101

Curse of Poverty and Low IQ The poverty of sub Saharan Africa is a perpetual problem which has long troubled western global analysts. Since the days of Albert Schweitzer, charitable persons and institutions from the advanced world have been lavishing … Continue reading →

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