Wednesday, April 9, 2014

THE TEA PARTY ECONOMIST 04/09/2014

How Black Players Made It onto Southern NCAA Teams
Open entry is a powerful force. We see it in the free market. But we see it even more clearly in sports. Numbers trump color in sports: points on the scoreboard. In the free market, only two colors matter: black ink and red ink. Here, everyone wants black. THREE PHOTOS This is from the 1965-66 […] READ MORE

State of the Unions: Labor Statistics Across America
Union membership is declining across the board, across America. Check out this graph to see which areas are most affected and how the labor market is doing away with unionization.   READ MORE


Medicaid Population in U.S. Exceeds Population of Entire U.K.
The number of Americans who were enrolled in Medicaid at any time during fiscal 2013 exceeded the entire population of the United Kingdom, according to new data published by the federal government’s Medicaid and CHIP Payment Access Commission (MACPAC). Were Medicaid a nation instead of a U.S. entitlement program it would be the 20th most […] READ MORE


Which Of These Burglary Victims Would You Prefer To Be? It’s Easy.
According to the gun-grabbing left, no American needs a gun for self-defense ever, but one 83-year-old man is very happy he had a weapon to ward off an intruder to his Huntsville, Alabama home. From Alabama Media: According to a police report, the 83-year-old man said someone in a hooded sweatshirt came to his home […] READ MORE

European Quantitative Easing Hinges On… German Vacation Spending?
Whether or not the European Central Bank will take the quantitative-easing plunge is on the minds of investors around the world, including in the U.S. But in the end, the decision, or at least it’s timing, could revolve around German holiday-makers and the prices they pay for their spring vacations, argues Standard Bank’s Steven Barrow. […] READ MORE

Was This Teacher’s Altercation With A Student Out Of Line, Or A Good Move?
As shown in a viral video that flew through social media, California teacher and wrestling coach Mark Black took advantage of his takedown prowess during a classroom brawl to subdue a student he suspected was selling drugs. Black was put on temporary leave by Santa Monica High School pending the completion of an investigation. The […] READ MORE

Global Warming Guru Reverses Himself, Slams U.N. Report
(Special Report) Green guru and geophysicist James Lovelock, considered one of the pioneering scientists of the 20th century, has officially turned his back on man-made global warming claims and the green movement’s focus on renewable energy. Lovelock conceived the Gaia theory back in the 1970s, describing the Earth’s biosphere as “an active, adaptive control system able […] READ MORE

Ukrainian Unrest Continues As Pro-Russian Citizen’s Riot
Anti-government protesters calling for closer ties with Moscow seized regional government headquarters in two cities in Ukraine’s east on Sunday, in the most serious unrest there in the past month. Around 200 pro-Russian demonstrators broke into the government building in the industrial city of Donetsk, raising a Russian flag and demanding the local council call […] READ MORE

Kentucky Congressional Race An Argument Over Illegal Immigration Policy
Matt Bevin, Sen. Mitch McConnell’s primary challenger, told a group of Kentucky voters that American workers are less productive than immigrants. “For those who think that all these fifteen to twenty million [illegal immigrant] people are here just to take advantage of us and ride the system, you’re wrong,” he said at a diner in […] READ MORE

Computer Models Create Some Remarkable Images From A Strange Concept
A computer rendering posted online Thursday shows what would happen if a giant moon-sized mirror were launched into orbit. The video, which has since gone viral and amassed nearly 1.5 million views on YouTube, has fascinated individuals online. “I dont know why this video made me say woah,” one individual commented. “As if I was […] READ MORE

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