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The Economy Starts to Slow?

The fact that the number of new jobs created last month was a paltry 75,000 is a good indicator that the economy may be on the brink of a slowdown. The New York Times has a report here: Jobs Report Signals Cooling Economy. This job figure is pretty pathetic and reinforces, yet again, the view […]

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Homeland Security Money to NYC

The annual grant of cash to New York City and to Washington DC has been cut 40% from last year. The New York Times has the story here: Homeland Security Grants to N.Y. and Washington Slashed This has to be a joke right? The Homeland Security Department apparently has “refined” its analysis of risks and […]

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Grab Bag

A few days ago I mentioned the false story circulating about the Iranian government’s proposal to make non-Moslems wear some form of colored identification. That story turned out to be a pack of lies written by Amir Taheri. I speculated that the story was an attempt to lay some groundwork so that the administration could […]

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