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What happens when you put the foxes in charge of the henhouse? The answer to that riddle is nothing good, unless you’re one of the foxes. In economics, that question is built into a concept called regulatory capture, which is a bad thing. Here’s a good definition: Regulatory capture is an economic theory that says regulatory agencies may come to be dominated by the industries or interests they are charged with regulating. The result is that an agency, charged with acting in the public interest, instead acts in ways that benefit the industry it is supposed to be regulating. In...

Texans are well known for bragging about superlatives associated with the state. They brag about the biggest this or the biggest that. They probably won't brag about the giant ( the sixth position on the Fortune Global 500) corrupt Texas energy corporation named Enron (aka "the Crooked E" ) that created what Weather Channel founder John Coleman calls "the greatest scam in history." before filing what at the time was the largest corporate bankruptcy in U.S. history Lawrence Solomon published an expose' in the May 30, 2009 Financial Post detailing how the Enron corporation paid scientists and environmental groups to...

Black History Month this year follows on the heels of the deadliest month of the coronavirus pandemic. We have long known the virus is more often fatal to Blacks than Whites but new headlines scream of something insidious afoot as we begin to deal with the virus: Blacks are being vaccinated at lower rates than whites. Here’s why, according to Kaiser Health News, which commissioned the study that prompted the flurry of news stories: “African Americans are being left behind because of barriers stemming from structural racism, as well as a failure to address nuanced hesitancy and mistrust about the...

Today, Operation Rescue released a new video that documents 67 medical emergencies that took place at American abortion facilities in 2020, including one abortion-related maternal death. The video vividly shatters the rhetoric of the Abortion Cartel that attempts to convince the public that abortion is safe. The number of medical emergencies documented by Operation Rescue dropped from 100 recorded in 2019. That decrease reflects the impact of the China Virus on abortion practices, including temporary clinic closures and mandatory shutdowns that kept some pro-life activists, who witness and report incidents, off the streets for a portion of last year. Out...

Teen athletes have traditionally been classified as "boys" or "girls" so that girls can participate in sports without having to compete against boys who are usually stronger and faster than girls. This system worked as long as everyone agreed on which athletes were girls and which athletes were boys. Today some disagree about who qualifies as girls and who qualifies as boys. One thing hasn't changed. There are two different genetic types of athletes. One type has two "X" chromosomes. The other has an "XY" combination of chromosomes. Athletes who have an "XY" combination of chromosomes are usually stronger and...

Joe Biden wants Congress to finance the practices of Planned Parenthood that Pastor Clenard Childress, Jr., justifiably calls "black genocide"? Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide defines genocide as ... "any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: (a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or...

Are Democrats afraid of Donald Trump running again because they don't believe Joe Biden's victory was legitimate? If Democrats believed Biden won without any tricks they wouldn't be so afraid of a possible rematch. If Biden defeated Trump once in a legitimate election Biden should be able to defeat Trump a second time.

Most of this was previously posted. Some of the links may no longer work.]. Lawrence Solomon, executive director of Energy Probe and Urban Renaissance Center, has reported that Enron played a major role in pushing the global warming scam, including establishing the Kyoto Protocals. In the nineties, Enron executives came up with a new get rich scheme. Enron owed part of its early success to sulphur dioxide emissions trading. Basically emissions trading was established as a way for some companies to profit from pollution while allowing other companies to continue to produce the chemicals that can cause acid rain. Enron...

We are in a war in which our Iranian enemy had pleaded with unspecified individuals or groups for help removing President Donald Trump from office. There were even unofficial reward offers, such as a multi-million dollar bounty , for killing President Trump. The Democrats' attempt to use impeachment to remove President Trump from office would have given our Iranian enemy's leaders what they said they wanted . Wouldn't that mean the Democrats would have given aid and comfort to our Iranian enemy? Isn't giving our enemy ''Aid and Comfort " what the Constitution calls "treason" ( Art III Sec 3)...

The Constitution clearly defines impeachment as a procedure for removing individuals from federal office. "Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States" Obviously the person must hold a government office at the time of the trial or the removal question is moot The Senate cannot remove a the person from an office the person doesn't hold. Nothing in the impeachment provision authorizes the Senate to try private citizens even those who once held government office. Our system...

Donald Trump's voters need to recognize that companies like Twitter and Facebook don't want to do business with us. So we should stop trying to do business with them. For example, someone with money in an anti-Trump bank could withdraw the money and deposit it in a pro-Trump bank. Maybe a conservative news site could keep a list of companies that don't want our business

The biggest impediment to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, dream of a society in which color is not considered important is the continued used of the extremely racist term "African-American". The term implies the descendants of slaves are a separate race whose members belong in Africa rather than the United States even though many have ancestors who were living in North America long before the American Revolution. The term "African American" arbitrarily segregates people by skin color. The term treats people with dark complexions as if they only had African ancestors even if more of their ancestors came from somewhere...

President Donald Trump has been attempting to prevent the type of violence that occurred on January 6. He didn't incite the violence that occurred on January 6 because the rioters entered . the Capitol before Trump finished his speech. Congress provoked the violence by ignoring the concerns of protesters who believed eyewitness accounts of suspicious activity by election workers meant Joe Biden stole the election . I doubt that any eyewitness would claim a machine could switch vote totals between candidates without seeing someone demonstrate this feature. If Donald Trump's voters behaved like Banana Republic voters they would have been...

Normally an incoming president would expect the spotlight to be on him. Unfortunately for Joe Biden, Rep. Nancy Pelosi and other dingbat Democrats would rather let President Donald Trump hold the spotlight a little longer even though the action means increased publicity for Trump's charge that Biden stole the election. If the dingbat Democrats remove Trump from office Washington won't have room for the protesters. \\censored by facebook you have my permission to pass this along without my name or this message \\

We are in a war in which our Iranian enemy has pleaded with unspecified individuals or groups for help removing President Donald Trump from office. There have even been unofficial reward offers, such as a multi-million dollar bounty , for killing President Trump. The Democrats' threat to use impeachment to remove President Trump from office would give our Iranian enemy's leaders what they say they want. Wouldn't that mean the Democrats would be giving aid and comfort to our Iranian enemy? Isn't giving aid and comfort to our enemies what the Constitution calls "treason"?

The presidential election result is Joe Biden’s application for the job of POTUS. Like any job applicant Biden may have to prove the election results he is claiming are legitimate. The burden of proof rests on Biden and the Democrats because there are too many eyewitness accounts to ignore.

SCOTUS justices must order a new presidential election or admit they are not the guardians of the Constitution they claim to be. The U.S. Constitution states "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government." Providing this guarantee is one of the Supreme Court's most important duties. Vote-flipping machines and allowing the dead to vote which were reported in some states are not consistent with "a Republican Form of Government, " Ordering a new presidential election is the only practical way to deal with an election that has wide spread irregularities. The United...

Georgia Democrats are reportedly asking Democrats in other states to "move" to Georgia for the Senate election. Are Georgia revenue officials checking to see if newly registered voters are paying Georgia taxes?

The normal procedure for dealing with questioned elections in the Americas is for public protests after which the military may intervene and order a new election. The U.S. Constitution states "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government." Providing this guarantee is one of the President's most important duties. Vote-flipping machines and allowing the dead to vote which were reported in some states are not consistent with "a Republican Form of Government, " If the election involves a political issue rather than a judicial one as SCOTUS implied then President Donald Trump...

On the first day of Christmas I gave to charity one chocolate-cherry milk shake. On the second day of Christmas I gave to charity two turkey legs, and one chocolate-cherry milk shake. On the third day of Christmas I gave to charity three baked potatoes, two turkey legs, and one chocolate-cherry milk shake. On the fourth day of Christmas I gave to charity four scoops of dressing, three baked potatoes, two turkey legs, and one chocolate-cherry milk shake. On the fifth day of Christmas I gave to charity five cherry pies, four scoops of dressing, three baked potatoes, two turkey...