Damn interesting?

[charles royer]

The Dutch Tulip Bubble of 1637
The later part of the 20th century saw its share of odd financial bubbles. There was the real-estate bubble, the stock market bubbles, and the dot com bubble, just to name a few. In each instance of price inflation people paid exorbitant amounts for things that shouldn’t have been worth anything like the going price. And each time people stood around afterwards and said “What were we thinking?”

One has to believe that the same thought occurred to the Dutch in the 17th century when they settled down after their bout with tulipomania, wherein the humble tulip bulb began to sell for prices to make New York Realtors blanch.

As much as the tulip is associated with Holland, it is not native there. Rather it was introduced in 1593 by a botanist named Carolus Clusius, who brought it from Constantinople. He planted a small garden, intending to research the plant for medicinal purposes. Had Clusius’s neighbors been morally upright, the tulip might still be a rare exotic in the gardening world. Instead they broke into his garden and stole some of his bulbs in order to make some quick money, and in the process started the Dutch bulb trade
http://www.damninteresting.com/the-dutch-tulip-bubble-of-1637/
Just sayin!

[kevin kiernan]

How far will they go.Kathy Griffen should go to jail

[kevin kiernan]

Donald Trump was involved with Russia.....Oh wait that was Clinton....LOL. Good video for the libtards.

[kevin kiernan]

Benghazi will Haunt Hillary to her grave.

[kevin kiernan]

[kevin kiernan]

This could be huge 

[Hankelvis]

If there were no Muslims, how many terror attacks would there be?

[charles royer]

BREAKING: Neil Gorsuch Just Set The Supreme Court On FIRE With Historic New Move…
On Monday, the young justice reignited the fire of liberty and broke with 40 years of business as usual, when he flat-out refused to join the SCOTUS “cert pool.”

 http://thetruthdivision.com/2017/06/breaking-neil-gorsuch-just-set-...

[charles royer]

Rush Is Not Buying “The Official Story” on the New WH Leaker
http://truthfeed.com/listen-rush-is-not-buying-the-official-story-o...

[charles royer]

First 90 days!
For those of you that think President Trump has accomplished nothing in his first 90 days. o:

~ Nominated constitutional conservative Neil Gorsuch to SCOTUS
~ Instituted 5-year lobbying ban for all Executive branch appointees.
~ Instituted permanent lobbying ban for foreign governments for all Executive branch appointees.
~ Implemented federal government hiring freeze (except military).
~ Regulatory freeze on all federal governmental agencies.
~ Directed each agency to establish Regulatory Reform Task Force to identify costly/ unnecessary regulations in need of modification or repeal.
~ E.O. requiring federal agencies cut 2 regulations for every new reg.
~ Disassembled 90 federal State regulations in his first month
~ Withdrew U.S. from the TPP
~ Directed Dep’t of Commerce to streamline Federal permitting processes for domestic manufacturing.
~ E.O. Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs
~ Approved Dakota Access Pipeline (create jobs/energy independence).
~ Approved Keystone Pipeline.
~ E.O. requiring Pipelines use American-made steel.
~ E.O. ending Obama’s onerous regulations on coal industry.
~ Convinced China to Discontinue N. Korean Coal Imports
~ E.O. Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the "Waters of the United States" Rule
~ E.O. Instructing Federal agencies to minimize burden of Obamacare on Americans.
~ All-Time Record 13th Daily Close at an All Time High for the DOW.
~ The DOW hit another record new high with first time the DOW broke 21,000.
~ Consumer confidence at 16-year-high of 124.9
~ Manufacturing is at its most robust since 1984.
~ Manufacturing ‘Optimism’ Hits ’20-Year Record High’
~ U.S. construction at 10 year high.
~ E.O. on Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System
~ NFIB Small Business Optimism Index at highest level since 2004.
~ Business Roundtable’s CEO Economic Outlook Index (a measure of expectations for revenue, capital spending & employment) jumped 19.1 points to 93.3.
~ U.S. employers added jobs beyond expectations in both January (238,000) and February (235,000), unemployment rate fell to 4.7%, wages grew 2.8%.
~ EO Expediting Environmental Reviews and Approvals for High Priority Infrastructure Projects
~ Reduced National Debt by $100 Billion in First 2 Months in Office
~ Negotiated with Boeing to reduce price of Air Force One
~ Negotiated with Lockheed to cut $600 million from F-35 order.
~ Returned power to make decisions on “transgender bathrooms” to states.
~ Repealed Obama EO that enacted a social security gun ban
~ Banned aid helping foreign countries provide abortions (Mexico City Policy).
~ Memorandum Barring international non-governmental organizations that perform or promote abortions from receiving US government funding
~ Vowed to end human trafficking “epidemic”,” and arrested “an unprecedented number of sexual predators involved in child sex trafficking rings in the United States.” https://townhall.com/column...
~ Greenlit construction of wall along the U.S. border with Mexico
~ Stripped federal funding from sanctuary cities that harbor criminal illegals.
~ Ended "catch and release” policy.
~ Implemented new protections against foreign terrorists entering our country.
~ E.O. Enforcing Federal Law with Respect to Transnational Criminal Organizations and Preventing International Trafficking
~ Announces Hiring of 50 New Immigration Judges
~ E.O. On Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements
~ Authorized DHS to hire 10,000 ICE officers & 5,000 border patrol agents.
~ Illegals self-deporting (illegal immigration from Mexico down 70%).
~ E.O. Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States
~ E.O. Preventing Violence Against Federal, State, Tribal, and Local Law Enforcement Officers
~ E.O. Forming a Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety
~ Appropriated funds to build up military and take care of veterans
~ Ordered/received a plan to defeat ISIS designed by Mattis, et. al.
~ Imposed New Sanctions on Iran
~ Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pending Repeal
~ E.O. strengthening/repositioning Historically Black Colleges and Universities initiatives within White House to foster better opportunities in higher education.
~ Launched United States-Canada Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders with Canadian PM Justin Trudeau.
~ Signed an executive memorandum ordering the Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross to investigate steel imports.
~ E.O. Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth
~ E.O. Promoting Buy American and Hire American
~ E.O. Establishing Enhanced Collection and Enforcement of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties and Violations of Trade and Customs Laws
~ Signed into law the Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act to encourage the National Science Foundation’s entrepreneurial programs to recruit and support women to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and into the commercial world.
~ Signed into law the Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers (INSPIRE) Women Act to encourage women to study science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), pursue careers in aerospace, and further advance nation's space science and exploration efforts.
~ E.O. Establishing the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis
~ Promised to investigate voter fraud in the U.S.
~ Opened up White House press briefings to non-MSM outlets.
~ Returned bust of UK PM Winston Churchill to Oval Office.
~ Picked the most conservative cabinet in recent U.S. history (unorthodox cabinet of true conservatives, small-government proponents, and outsiders)
~ Successfully prevented CIA officer Sabrina de Sousa from being extradited to Italy after 3 years of detainment in Egypt. She has now been freed and released.
~ Worked with private sector to create many new jobs - i.e.:
** BAYER: will invest $8 billion in the U.S. and create 3,000 high-tech jobs.
** CARRIER: Trump helped prevent Carrier plant in IN from relocating to Mexico, saving about 1,000 jobs.
** EXXON: moving jobs back to the U.S. as a result of Trump’s election (will spend $20 billion over 10 years on 11 plants along the Gulf Coast, creating 45,000 jobs)
** FIAT: will invest $1 billion in U.S. factories in Toledo/Detroit, creating 2,000 jobs
** FORD: cancelled new plant in Mexico, announced 700 new jobs to build electric/hybrid vehicles at a plant in Michigan
** HASBRO: start making play-doh in U.S. in MA factory (instead of China/Turkey)
** HYUNDAI: will invest $3.1 billion over 5 years in US, might build new plant in US.
** IBM: 25,000 new jobs in the US in the next four years, 6,000 of those in 2017
** INTEL: will invest $7 billion to build a new AZ factory creating around 3,000 jobs (“the tax cuts and deregulatory policies pushed by Mr. Trump prompted the company to move forward with its plans”)
** LOCKHEED MARTIN: pledged to add 1,800 jobs in TX after meeting with Trump
** SAMSUNG: moving jobs back to U.S. as a result of Trump’s election (will invest $300 million in expanding U.S. production facilities, creating ~ 500 jobs)
** SOFTBANK (Japanese conglomerate): will invest $1.2 billion in OneWeb, which makes satellites, creating nearly 3,000 jobs.
** SPRINT: will add 5,000 jobs (customer service and sales)
** TOYOTA: will add 400 jobs at IN plant that builds Highlanders
** WALMART: will create about 10,000 jobs at 60 new stores

[kevin kiernan]

You left out lifting the Johnson Amendment . Pastors can preach politics again... Huge. This brings God back in play providing Christians wake up from their long nap and start fighting like they mean it....All churches must organize an agenda. 

[M]

Charles,

This is too good to be just a reply, I;m making it a stand alone post in your name.

M

[charles royer]

 Kind of weird how so many issues we unearthed while Tea Partying are just now reaching the light of day. We the people is the "real news" source!