Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
The re-miliarization of Japan has been on my radar and caused me much concern in recent years. I’ve covered the topic on several occasions, with the most recent example published over the summer in the post, Japanese Government Shifts Further Toward Authoritarianism and Militarism. Here are the first few paragraphs:
Donald Trump has announced plans to a withdraw the U.S. from the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) on his first day in office, by signing an executive order. The President-Elect published a video on Monday saying that his very first job as President will be to issue a notification of intent to withdraw from the TPP, and thus void Obama’s “free-trade legacy”.
Trump won the 2016 presidential election, in large part, due to the support of the working class population in the Midwest that has suffered for decades as manufacturing wages have stagnated and jobs have been transplanted to lower cost regions like Mexico and China. On election night, Trump vowed to change the fate of the American middle class by pledging that "the forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer."
Submitted by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog,
In Part One of this article I discussed the arrival of Grey Champions in previous Fourth Turnings; their attributes, deficiencies, and leadership skills; and why Donald Trump is the Grey Champion of this Fourth Turning – whether you like it or not. Now I will try to make sense of what could happen next.
After epic back-to-back meltdowns at concerts in San Jose and Sacramento, Kanye West has decided to spare his fans from any additional exposure to his rapidly deteriorating mental condition by cancelling all of the remaining 21 dates left on his "Saint Pablo" tour. According to Bloomberg, Kanye will sacrifice roughly $30mm in ticket sales from the cancellation of the remaining concerts.
The Forum, where Kanye was expected to perform tonight in Los Angeles, was the first to announce the cancellation.