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He’s not wrong. The 93-year-old billionaire co-founder of Home Depot railed against “socialism” for why nobody wants to work and warned capitalism is in dire straits. In an interview published Thursday, Bernie Marcus told Financial Times that “nobody works, nobody gives a damn,” blaming socialists and “the woke people” for the country’s troubles. “‘Just give […]

As 2022 comes to a close we can recap many historic milestones of the year, like the Earth’s population hitting 8 billion and the global economy surpassing $100 trillion. In this chart, Visual Capitalist’s Avery Koop visualizes the world’s GDP using datafrom the IMF, showcasing the biggest economies and the share of global economic activity

The video is fascinating. The smartphone camera has come a long way since the early 2000s, and its impact on the overall camera market cannot be understated. In fact, modern smartphones have become so sophisticated that the CEO of Sony’s semiconductor manufacturing company predicts that smartphone cameras will soon produce better quality images than DSLR

Well worth the read! Ableism: the idea that ability, competence, achievement, and merit are somehow better than their opposites. A disgusting remnant of a White, patriarchal society that must be eviscerated with all due haste. Bigotry: opposition to any belief or opinion held by a “progressive.” Conservatism: an existential threat to our democracy, practiced by

I’m glad Idaho is on that list. Eleven states will reduce their individual income tax rates on Jan. 1. Arizona, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, and North Carolina will cut the individual income tax rate on New Year’s Day, according to the Tax Foundation. Over the past two years,

Fascinating. And the USA is well on top. This year has been shaped by uncomfortable macroeconomic headwinds. Trillions of dollars were erased in public company market capitalizations, investor confidence waned, and cost pressures squeezed consumer pocketbooks. Taken together, many of the world’s largest companies experienced sharp declines in market share. Still, a few companies in

 From Fox News: MOSCOW, Idaho – Authorities have a suspect in custody in the Nov. 13 murders of four University of Idaho students, a law enforcement source told Fox News Digital. A man in his mid 20s was taken into custody by local police and the FBI at 3 a.m. in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the law

If Congress were doing its job, the states wouldn’t have to. Why isn’t Idaho on this list? Rep. Brian Seitz (R-Branson) will enter his third session when the Missouri General Assembly convenes in Springfield on Jan. 4 and, for the third time, he is sponsoring a bill that would require state lawmakers to scrutinize and,

Many industries were hit hard by the global pandemic, but it can be argued that air travel suffered one of the most severe blows. The aviation industry as a whole suffered an estimated $370 billion loss in global revenue because of COVID-19. And, as Visual Capitalists’ Carmen Ang explains below, while air travel has been

Alternatively, you could choose not to live in a desert. Arizona’s Water Infrastructure Finance Authority has been tasked with reviewing a proposal for a multibillion-dollar project to construct a water desalination plant in Mexico that would pump water through a 200-mile pipeline to the border state as part of an effort to counter its drought-driven

 They are the War Party when a Democrat is in the White House. Then they pretend they are doves. The Democrats position themselves as the party of virtue, cloaking their support for the war industry in moral language stretching back to Korea and Vietnam, when President Ngo Dinh Diem was as lionized as Ukrainian President

Lithium is often dubbed as “white gold” for electric vehicles. The lightweight metal plays a key role in the cathodes of all types of lithium-ion batteries that power EVs. Accordingly, the recent rise in EV adoption has sent lithium production to new highs. In the infographic below, Visual Capitalist’s Govind Bhutada and Sam Parker chart

 Politicians and many scientists (those who profit) have lost sight of the scientific method and scientific debate. Musk revealed in the Twitter Files—a collection of internal emails and communications made public by Musk—the company suppressed early treatment options for COVID-19, and vaccine safety concerns, Dr. Peter McCullough said in an interview on Newsmakers by NTD

Imagine that! Allowing the scientific method to work. Twitter CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet Wednesday he is enacting a new Twitter Policy related to post on the platform about science. “New Twitter policy is to follow the science, which necessarily includes reasoned questioning of the science,” Musk wrote. No further details of the

 And because Biden is in the White House, the Dems have become war hawks. A Swedish group that assesses catastrophic risks warned in its annual report this year that the risk of nuclear weapons use is higher today than at any point since the US dropped nuclear weapons on Japan in 1945, AFP reported on

I’m reminded of an old ‘Night Gallery’ episode on television. In the episode, all students reaching a certain age were required to take a special academic test. Students that did too well on the test were eliminated (literally). This is done in the name of “fairness” and “equity”.  Let’s punish the achievers and reward the