Britain's Problems Didn't Begin with Brexit

Quite right! Even before PM Thatcher, the UK had some serious problems in the 1970s that is why she was elected in the first place!

"... Britain had once outperformed its closest Continental peers on the back of a market-friendly economic model created by Thatcher, preserved by Major, and adapted by Blair. Since the disastrous premiership of Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Britain has sickened itself with the same maladies that have since left most of Western Europe stagnating. ..."

Britain's Problems Didn't Begin with Brexit | The Daily Economy

Figure 2: Government Debt to GDP Ratios in the UK, France, and Germany

New York State halts construction of all new data centers

Sounds like a stupid move by a Dimocratic Party governor!

What about e.g. the financial industry in NY and NYC? Perhaps, they would like datacenters in proximity.

"New York became the first state to halt data center construction after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order today that temporarily bars the state from approving new permits for large projects. ..."

New York State halts construction of all new data centers | TechCrunch

Nordbrücke in Bonn gesperrt: Der Verkehrs-Kollaps in NRW geht weiter

Wie die Bananenrepublik D zusehends zerfällt!

Nordbrücke in Bonn gesperrt: Der Verkehrs-Kollaps in NRW geht weiter "Sofortige Vollsperrung der Rheinbrücke Bonn-Nord: Bei Untersuchungen wurden irreversible Schäden festgestellt. Über die Brücke führt die Bundesautobahn 565, die die A 61, A 555 und A 59 miteinander verbindet. Das Verkehrschaos ist vorprogrammiert."

This Great, Bipartisan Housing Bill Has a Major Flaw

Another example of how the road to hell is paved with good intentions!

"... the bill includes a provision, Section 901, that would hollow out its core promise."

"Titled 'Homes Are for People, Not Corporations,' the provision requires large investors who build or purchase homes specifically for rental to sell those homes to individuals within seven years, regardless of market conditions at the time. The section’s ostensible goal is to prevent those investors — companies that own at least 350 homes — from competing against individual home buyers. But its end result will be the evisceration of one of the fastest-growing and most promising sources of new family-oriented housing in the United States today: build-to-rent communities.""

This Great, Bipartisan Housing Bill Has a Major Flaw

Who Caused the 2008 Great Recession? PragerU

Very recommendable! It was largely due to total government failure under at least two Democratic Party presidents!

The craze to extend homeownership to millions of households at extremely low interest rates and regardless of financial capability!

(224) Who Caused the 2008 Great Recession? | 5-Minute Videos | PragerU - YouTube

Average cigarette pack costs US$40 in Australia thanks to drastic government anti smoking policies

Insane! What a foolish government failure despite many decades of experience with prohibition!

According to Google search "Australia has some of the world's strictest anti-smoking policies".

"Australia’s aggressive taxes on cigarettes have driven down smoking rates and raised an average pack’s cost to US$40. But they’ve also unleashed a nationwide black market ... 

The tax on a single cigarette has tripled in a decade to about US$1.06.  

Unintended consequences: 

The price spike has launched a huge demand for illegal cigarettes. A pack of under-the-counter cigarettes costs as little as US$7. "

Global Health NOW: Booming ‘Bootleg Cigarettes’ Down Under; and the Race for WHO Leadership Ramps Up

This is what the top fool look like (PM Albanese)

Iran Begins Cloud Seeding In a Bid to Combat Water Crisis, Severe Drought

Nice example of total government failure of water management! Hopefully, this will be the end of theocracy in Iran!

Citizens push back boat packed with illegal immigrants off a small Greek tourist island near Crete

When the government of Greece and the EU fails to convincingly address the issue of an invasion of illegal immigrants, then citizens may opt to act and take matters in their own hands (literally).

Surprisingly, it appears the illegal immigrants on this boat did not dare/attempt to jump the boat to reach the shore. Or maybe the footage is missing.

"Footage shows people on the beach pushing away the boat with their hands in a bid to stop the illegal migrants from entering.

It comes as Greece fights back to tackle a surge in migrant arrivals at its southern borders this year. 

The country's parliament recently passed a law to toughen penalties for rejected asylum seekers and expedite their returns to their home countries, the DailyMail reports. ..."

Staggering moment beachgoers push packed migrant boat BACK off Greek tourist beach after they sailed across from Libya | The Sun

Credits: Kreta: Bürger drängen Boot zurück ins Meer – Frontex rettet es

When anticipated horror becomes reality thanks to government failure like soft on crime

This violent and most likely mentally ill man with a criminal record should have been in prison or institutionalized!

It was reported that the mother of this man kicked him out for fear of violence!

How much was known or should have been known about the seriousness of his mental disorder? Why was it not treated?

Just imagine it was you sitting in this chair using public transportation coming from work!

What is this man actually holding in his hand? Have they blurred the murder instrument too, i.e. a folding knife?

President Trump to decide on Iran action in next two weeks. Really!

This was an extremely stupid move by President Trump! Sometimes President Trump's performance is extremely erratic and irrational!

You don't tell your enemy when you are going to strike or not! Huge mistake!

What will he do after the two weeks have passed? Extend his deadline like with TikTok?

Grave decisions like this deserve more strategic ambiguity! Are these the shortcomings of a businessman in political high office?

Compare it to e.g. declaring the Gulf of America! This was probably only a diversion tactic to fuel the Trump Derangement Syndrome!

"President Trump is expected to make a decision about whether to take direct action against Iran in the next two weeks, he said Thursday in a message delivered through his spokesperson. ..."

Trump to decide on Iran action in next two weeks

UK Inquiry Confirms Officials Ignored Grooming Gangs Over Racism Fears with Palki Sharma

Seems to be quite a major scandal and government failure! Disturbing! It seems to exposes Keir Starmer as very unprincipled!

NTSB says Army helicopter flying at 300 feet at time of collision, where 200 feet is the limit

And the Reagan Airport air traffic control tower was staffed with only one person instead of a minimum two persons while the accident happened!

Was it a human failure or accident for the Army helicopter pilot and crew to fly way over the limit? If I am not mistaken, we still do not know the flight hours of the pilot presumably a woman.

NTSB says Army helicopter flying at 300 feet at time of collision, where 200 feet is the limit | Just The News "The permitted flight ceiling for helicopters near Reagan Airport is 200 feet, which is meant to keep military and law enforcement helicopters clear of commercial aircraft."

Prager University: Government: Too Big to Fix?

Very recommendable! Excellent! The bigger the government, the bigger the failure!

FEMA has about $8 Billions Tied Up In and failed to close Old disasters predating 2012

What!!! 

Sounds typical for the senile, demented, and corrupt 46th President!

This fool probably has no idea what is going on in his government!

"... But part of the shortfall is due to procedures and bookkeeping inside FEMA. The agency has $8.3 billion in “unliquidated obligations” set aside to help victims of storms from before 2012! That’s according to a Homeland Security Office of Inspector General report titled “FEMA’s Inadequate Oversight Led to Delays in Closing Out Declared Disasters.” ...

Meanwhile, the money can’t be used to help victims of Helene, previous hurricanes, or looming storms like Milton."

FEMA's $8 BILLION BUDGET BUMBLING - OpenTheBooks Substack

Another Mass Abduction by coward Islamist Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria: Over 150 Abducted and rape from Village with Palki Sharma

Bad news! Horrible! Total government failure! This was the fifth attack on this village! This cowards were able to pillage this village in the vicinity of the capital  for two days without any intervention by the government! Incredible!

Reminds very much of the coward mass killers of Hamas and their heinous attack on October 7

South Africa votes in election 30 years after end of apartheid. Too many still live in abject poverty after 30 years of ANC rule!

Very recommendable! This is the country that accuses Israel of genocide! How pathetic! Hopefully, these elections will be a game changer!

Biden Administration Classifies Martha’s Vineyard and other Elite Locales As ‘Low-Income’ To obtain EV Charger Subsidies

Honestly, who can resist the allure of lavish government subsidies? And what about the deadweight loss of such government subsidies?

Most Tesla car buyers (not exactly low income earners) did not mind either the $7,500 tax subsidy for buying an electric vehicle.

"... The Biden administration is classifying some of the country’s most elite and exclusive locales as “low-income” areas, making them eligible for electric vehicle (EV) charger subsidy programs. ..."

Biden Admin Classifies Martha’s Vineyard, Elite Locales As ‘Low-Income’ To Push EV Charger Subsidies | The Daily Caller

James Buchanan and Public Choice | Randall Holcombe

Recommendable! Nice, brief overview of some important concepts in economics! About government failure!

3 Economic Myths That Need To Die

Recommendable and a reminder, but a bit superficial and short!

The three myths are:

1. "income inequality in the United States has inexorably risen since the 1960s"
2. "how years of unchecked globalization have eroded America's industrial foundation"
3. "the idea that government is the solution to all problems."

3 Economic Myths That Need To Die

Arizona Governor Hobbs (D) orders National Guard to the border three years too late

Better late than never has a very stale taste in this case! Governor Hobbs obviously failed to take action for three years!

"Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs on Friday ordered her state's National Guard to the southern border to aid in managing the unprecedented surge in illegal border crossings.

"Yet again, the federal government is refusing to do its job to secure our border and keep our communities safe," she said in a press release. "With this Executive Order, I am taking action where the federal government won’t." ..."

Arizona Gov. Hobbs orders National Guard to the border, pleads for federal aid | Just The News The Democrat's order marks a stunning rebuke of the Biden administration and the Democratic Party line on illegal immigration, which comes amid intense negotiations over border security in the Senate.