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This is a story about the closing up shop of the Podesta Group.   This might give you, as Ms. RightAngles might say, “a terminal case of schadenfreude.”

“The firm as it existed is essentially over,” one Podesta Group staffer said. “The vast majority of people are going their own way.”

At an emotional staff meeting late Thursday afternoon, Fritts told staffers they could clear out their offices and said that Wednesday might be their last payday.    “We will try to compensate you on the 30th, but we can’t make any promises,” Fritts said, according to one staffer who was in the meeting.   …

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“I kind of feel like the ball’s in his court after last night,” one Podesta Group staffer said, referring to Podesta. “His name’s on … Continue reading →

Sorry I have been off the air, the latest salvage operation has been a bit consuming. Today I have a happy client who just got a financial reprieve. He can keep his business if he can just deliver his plan.  Some small town bankers who bet on character still exist, despite many attempts to eradicate them by our elites.

I find myself watching less news as the frenzy of charge and counter charge on moving targets on he said she said media amplified things long past play out.

Meanwhile, I sense a desperation from the GOPe on the course ahead.  If the tax bill passes in any form, the economy will explode into growth not seen since the 1980s. If the usual gang of Senators block it, it … Continue reading →

“…one of the primary ways that democracy is degraded by platforms such as Facebook and Twitter is, for obvious reasons, typically ignored in such discussions: the way they are used by American journalists to endorse factually false claims that quickly spread and become viral, entrenched into narratives, and thus, can never be adequately corrected.”

https://theintercept.com/2017/11/05/four-viral-claims-spread-by-journalists-on-twitter-in-the-last-week-alone-that-are-false/

It’s that time of the week again, when we connect for another town hall meeting in the Village of the Darned.  Anyone else who wants to start earlier may post a comment or edit if you have admin. powers.

Jam a topic in the comments below and let people read up if you like.

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If you need a different number (calling from Uzbekistan, say), let us know in the BDB … Continue reading →

Senator Alexander posted this Washington Examiner article onto his website.

The Senate voted 49-46 on Wednesday to confirm business lawyer Peter Robb as the next general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, the main federal labor law enforcement agency.

Robb replaces President Obama’s appointee, Richard Griffin, who gained a reputation for pro-labor activism during his time on the board.

Robb was the attorney who litigated President Reagan’s firing of the striking Air Traffic Controllers Association members in 1981.

The rest is here:

https://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/newsarticles?ID=27D29560-6C82-4EC3-A550-E36E83B06C53

The American Heart Association and The American College of Cardiology are lowering the blood pressure level at which one is considered to by hypertensive. It will now be 130/80.

I’ve long said that Austin is an invasive cancer in the body that is the great state of Texas, and Austin constantly proves me right:

Austin mayor skipping Veterans Day parade over Confederate flag

“While Mayor Steve Adler announced he will not march in Austin’s Veterans Day parade Saturday “because that parade will include groups carrying the Confederate flag,” … Instead, Adler said he will honor veterans on Veterans Day weekend by volunteering at the Central Texas Food Bank, which he said serves a large number of the local veteran community”.

So not only does he insult Texans, the manages a concern troll AND virtue signaling in one stroke with the food bank comment. Texans should wall Austin off, Escape From New York-style, physically containing it the … Continue reading →

As I mentioned on the call on Wed., I’m a grad student at UIUC, in their accountancy program. I love it. It is just challenging enough to be interesting without being overwhelming.

I want to teach accounting at the undergraduate level. Evidently, there is a shortage of accounting instructors, and many colleges have full time positions that don’t require a Ph.D. I’ve seen perhaps 3-4 job postings that only require a bachelors in accounting. I’ve seen a few that are tenure track, and the minimum education to apply was a masters. Of course, the top universities still want a Ph.D., but community colleges and smaller colleges are advertising jobs and only require a masters to apply.

Anyway, I have some general ideas about accounting education at the undergraduate … Continue reading →

http://www.dailywire.com/news/23375/watch-chinese-go-crazy-over-trumps-mandarin-joseph-curl

So we have a video at the link of  the President’s granddaughter singing a song in Mandarin, for the Chinese audience.

Let that sink in a bit.

To position America to the Chinese population, he set up this as the face forward.

We will either become wary cooperators with China for mutual interest or we are in for a very rough time.  They are not going away.

This is even better than ping pong.

Save us from professional diplomats.

And now, a perspective from another viewpoint entirely…

https://www.lizcrokin.com/hillaryclinton/mueller-president-trump-pulling-biggest-sting-history/

If this is true or even close, it will rip the bubble to shreds….