Percy Blakeney

"They seek him here, they seek him there, those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven or is he in hell? That damned elusive Pimpernel."

A Broad Based Study Of Islamic Beliefs and Practices


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Introduction Have you ever wanted to know what Muslims beliefs about Islam are? There are many different sects. Sunni’s make up about 85%, Shi’ites about 10%, Sufis, Baha’is, Ahmadiyyas, Druze, Alevis, and `Alawis together make up the rest of Dar al Islam, the Muslim world. Well wait no longer the information has been extracted, compiled … Read more

Why Is Redistribution Needed?

Redistribution by government is primarily the result of interest groups using the political process to have resources transferred their way. Whether we are willing to admit it or not, this is independent of whether redistribution has an eye toward inequality reduction or not. We have reached a point where we are satisfied with justifications for … Read more

Big Tech cuts off the money supply

Part III: Will Market Competition Solve These Issues?

Who Done it? Luigi Zingales is an Italian born MIT doctorate, now Professor at the University of Chicago. He is the author of two widely reviewed books: “Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists” and “Capitalism for the People: Recapturing the Lost Genius of American Prosperity”. Economic and financial journals have published his work extensively. He has … Read more

Big Tech cuts off the money supply

Part II: Big Tech Differences

Who Done it? Luigi Zingales is an Italian born MIT doctorate, now a Professor at the University of Chicago. He is the author of two widely reviewed books: “Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists” and “Capitalism for the People: Recapturing the Lost Genius of American Prosperity”. His work has been published extensively in economics and financial … Read more

Big Tech cuts off the money supply

Part I: A Case For Caution with Big Tech

Who Done it? Luigi Zingales is an Italian born MIT doctorate, now a Professor at the University of Chicago. He is the author of two widely reviewed books: “Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists” and “Capitalism for the People: Recapturing the Lost Genius of American Prosperity”. This academic has published extensively in economics and financial journals. … Read more

Cortez Debates Imports

Border Wall… To fund or not to fund

For those who did not listen to the President about the need for a southern border wall here’s a synopsis in my words. The full text is available here. Introduction America has a tradition of proudly welcoming millions of lawful immigrants. They enrich our society and contribute to our nation. But currently, our customs and … Read more

Yo Vote

The Integrity of Voter Rolls Is Important… Right?

What happened? NH Secretary of State Bill Gardner has to be watching with interest as Judicial Watch announced signing a settlement agreement in its law suit with the State of California and County of Los Angeles (Judicial Watch, Inc., et al. v. Dean C. Logan, et al. (No. 2:17-cv-08948)). Under the agreement both government entities … Read more

Highlights of the New Democratic House Rules

If we want to understand what is changing in the District of Columbia we need to grasp the changes the Democrats have made in the Rules of the House of Representatives. Ready Here goes. 1. Motion to Vacate the Chair Under current House rules, a Member may offer a privileged motion to vacate the chair … Read more

Rashida Tlaib Koran

Muslim Congresswomen Wear Hijab And Are Sworn In On The Koran

Two Muslim women wearing ancestral clothing took their respective oaths of office on the Koran prior to entering the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Omar used her late grandfather’s Koran. Rep. Tlaib used the same Koran Keith Ellison used. The media has made stories of the events. So, is this something to celebrate or something … Read more

Behavioral Economics

You Don’t Need to Vote on That

Behavioral Economics is the study of psychology as it relates to economic decision making processes. That’s quite a mouthful, right? The two most important questions in the field are: Are economists’ assumptions of utility or profit maximization good approximations of real people’s behavior? And, do individuals maximize subjective expected utility? In an ideal world, all … Read more

Is the Women’s March a Racist Showcase?

Organizers of a Women’s March slated to take place in northern California next month have canceled the event. In announcing cancellation they expressed fear the participants would be “overwhelmingly white.” Why would they announce cancellation of an event for fear of having too much white participation? Wouldn’t the expectation normally be cancellation for lack of … Read more

Government now controls 50% of all our goods & services

When our nation was founded, we the people allowed the government, all forms of government combined; municipal, county, state and federal, to control about 10 percent of all of the goods and services produced in the American economy, our economy. That status remained true, more or less, for about 150 years. During that period America … Read more

We Can’t Balance the Budget But We Can Grow Government

What will the new House of Representative bring us? That’s right, and you better believe it. It is called planning to fail. The new U.S. House leadership has big plans for the next two years. More government is better government right? Here’s a preview of what the Democrats intend, besides impeachment hearings, when they take … Read more

Our Constitution is the articulation of a set of values

America was the freest nation on the earth. She became a fascist nation and is now on its way to becoming a socialist nation. Some argue we have not lost our representative government. It is my fear that we soon will if we do not change. Our government is becoming large enough and powerful enough … Read more

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We Americans are ‘one’, but united as distinct individuals

The inscription on the Statue of Liberty is a challenge to the world amounting to this: Keep your guilds, family names and titles. Keep the all the ideas your governments use to keep people down in your societies. Send us those who you claim cannot make it, those you believe do not add to your … Read more

Kirsten Gillibrand

Sexist, Racist Leftist Gillibrand for President… Really?

Don’t you just love it when leading Leftists like Kirsten Gillibrand, senator from New York, lamented the fact that three white men are leading the polls to be her party’s presidential nominee in 2020? It seems there is too much, not just white privilege, but white male privilege. That is nothing, if not both racist … Read more

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Integrity Is A Cornerstone of Character (Take 2)

California Senator Kamala Harris has gone on record asserting she had no knowledge of harassment allegations leveled against her top aide Larry Wallace. The allegations arose from incidents which occurred while Harris was serving as state Attorney General (AG). Now, in a piece by Alexei Koseff December 14, 2018, the Sacramento Bee reports the California … Read more

Taxing Texting..

To Democrats, everything should be subject to taxation including free speech. California has plans to tax text messaging according to the Bay Area’s Mercury News. The specifics of tax collection are unclear. The likelihood being the tax will be applied as a flat tax with regulators saying it “could be applied retroactively for five years.” This could also mean higher cellular service charges.

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Want To End Federal Corruption?

Power is the fuel of corruption. Do you think that corruption, fraud and abuse at the federal level are a serious problem? Are lobbyists and bureaucrats the movers of the levers of power? Do you think the current system undermines the will of the people while at the same time growing the bank accounts of … Read more

Integrity Is A Cornerstone of Character

Earlier this month Kamala Harris, now California Senator Harris, said she had no knowledge of harassment allegations against her top aide Larry Wallace. The situation the allegations arose from occurred while she was serving as state Attorney General (AG). Now, the Sacramento Bee (Bee) reports the California Department of Justice (CDoJ), the agency she oversaw, … Read more

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