Social Issues

'Progressive' democrats in this country are seemingly becoming completely unhinged.  A party that is run by the 'peaceful' hippies of the 60's who, at least at the time, considered themselves among the most vocal advocates of free speech, now openly supports the suppression of free speech on college campuses.  A party that abhors violence saw one of it's voters last week carry out an attempted assassination of numerous Republican congressmen...not to mention the several violent protests that erupted after November's election that resulted in untold amounts of property destruction.  A party

A professor at a Connecticut college said he was forced to flee the state after he received death threats for appearing to endorse the idea that first responders to last week’s congressional shooting should have let the victims "f**king die” instead of treating them, according to the Hartford Courant.

The median age in most areas of the US is rising, while the population is growing more diverse, according to Census Bureau data released Thursday. America’s median age - the age where half of the population is half younger and half older - rose from 35.3 years on April 1, 2000, to 37.9 years on July 1, 2016, according to the data. Meanwhile, the population of White Americans is growing at a much slower rate than most minority groups: The number of whites living in the US increased by 0.5% last year to 256 million.

Some very simplistic math from Moody's helps to shed some light on just how inevitable a public pension crisis is in the United States.  Analyzing a basket of 56 public plans with net liabilities of $778 billion, Moody's found that just a modest downside return scenario over the next three years (2017: +7.2%, 2018: -5.0%, 2019: 0%) would result in a 59% surge in new unfunded liabilities.  Moreover, given that total unfunded public pension liabilities are roughly $5 trillion in aggregate, this implies that a simple 5% drop in assets in 2018 could trigger a d

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Earlier this year, we broke the story of 4 Chicago Teens In Custody After Broadcasting Kidnap Of Trump-Supporter Live On Social Media . It was a gruesome news event displayed for the world to see on Facebook Live. The victim was repeatedly kicked and hit, partially scalped, all while he was tied up with his mouth taped shut. The suspects in the video could be heard yelling, “F*** Donald Trump! F*** white people!”.