Daily News: Rent spike scares residents

Moscow has the highest taxes in all of Idaho because progressives think they can tax themselves (and others) into prosperity.  Yet the word “taxes” never occurs once in this article.  From the Moscow-Pullman Daily News:  Mobile home residents in and around Moscow are searching for solutions as they face dramatic rent increases they fear could […]

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Tennessee’s HB0726 restores sovereignty by nullifying federal laws that exceed its enumerated powers.

I do not understand why a state needs to pass a Bill to restore their sovereignty when the 10th Amendment already acknowledges that.  Their sovereignty was never denied. It just was never exercised.  HB 726 – Tennessee House (113) – Open States Details on Tennessee HB 726 (Tennessee 113th Regular Session (2023-2024)) – General Assembly

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Senate committee passes bill to ban sex ed before fifth grade

Legislation would prohibit instruction related to sexuality, sexual orientation, gender identity.  As if a Kindergartener needs sex-ed from the government.  And of course, the libs want to instruct in sexual orientation.  The Senate Education Committee voted 6-2 Monday to pass legislation prohibiting sex education of all types before fifth grade. SB 1071 would prohibit instruction

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Global Life Expectancy: Closing the Gap

You’ve been lied to again.  We’re told repeatedly that we need socialized medicine just like Europe because Europeans live longer.  Nope.  Aside from declining fertility rates and the trend towards smaller families, a global increase in life expectancies is the main driver behind the ongoing transition towards older societies. Thanks to global progress in ensuring

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One of the biggest landlords in Los Angeles just defaulted on $755 million in loans for two sky scrapers as remote work keeps offices vacant

The descent picks up speed. Brookfield Corp., parent of the largest office landlord in downtown Los Angeles, is defaulting on loans tied to two buildings rather than refinancing the debt as demand for space weakens in the center of the second-largest US city. “We believe DTLA’s decision to default on these two assets increases the

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Idaho Bill introduced limiting governor’s powers on disaster orders…

They better have a veto-proof majority.  But this is much needed. Governors ran the covid lockdowns like tyrants with no checks and balances on them.  Senate State Affairs introduced a bill Wednesday similar to those introduced in the past that would limit the governor’s ability to extend a state-of-disaster emergency order, Ruth Brown of Idaho

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US Navy Lifts COVID Vaccine Mandate For Sailor Deployment

It’s about time.  But I don’t think this is a change of heart. Rather, a pragmatic solution to their recruiting woes.  The U.S. Navy will no longer consider the COVID-19 vaccination status of sailors when making decisions about their deployment, according to newly updated Navy guidance published this week. The updated guidance comes shortly after

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South Africa To Host ‘Strange’ Naval Drills With Warships From China, Russia

BRICS is an acronym for five leading emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The first four were initially grouped as “BRIC” (or “the BRICs”) in 2001 by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill, who coined the term to describe fast-growing economies that would collectively dominate the global economy by 2050; South Africa was

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