"This is a big deal. As scholar of kleptocracies Casey Michel put it: 'This is a massive, massive deal in the world of counter-kleptocracy—the U.S. is finally ending the gargantuan anti-money laundering loopholes for real estate, private equity, hedge funds, and more. Can't overstate how important this is. What a feat.'”
Human knowledge has progressed exponentially since the dawn of modern science. It is no longer reasonable to accept claims without sufficient objective evidence. The harm from religion, alternatives to medicine, conservatism, and all other false beliefs will be exposed on this blog by reporting the findings of science. This blog will also reinforce what should be the basics of education: History, Civics, Financial Literacy, Media Literacy, and Critical/Science Based Thinking.
Friday, August 30, 2024
Finally Some Action Against Money Laundering
"This is a big deal. As scholar of kleptocracies Casey Michel put it: 'This is a massive, massive deal in the world of counter-kleptocracy—the U.S. is finally ending the gargantuan anti-money laundering loopholes for real estate, private equity, hedge funds, and more. Can't overstate how important this is. What a feat.'”
Monday, June 17, 2024
Don't Believe The Lies: Democrats Best Against Crime And For The Economy
US Crime Rates At Historic Lows
The FBI released its latest Uniform Crime Reporting survey last week that revealed a notable positive trend continuing across the US—with violent and property crimes dropping by double digits.Compared to January through March 2023, data from the first quarter of 2024 indicates that reported violent crime decreased by 15.2 percent.
Rape is down by 25.7 percent.
Robbery dropped by 17.8 percent.
Aggravated assault reports decreased by 12.5 percent.
Property crime also decreased by just over 15 percent.
The report includes data from more than 18,000 city, county, state, tribal, university and college, and federal law enforcement agencies.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/us-crime-rate-drops-to-historic-lows-new-q1-stats-show/
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Surging crime levels, out-of-control Democratic cities and 'migrant crime.'
Former President Donald Trump regularly cites all three at his campaign rallies, in news releases and on Truth Social, often saying President Joe Biden and Democrats are to blame.
But the crime picture Trump paints contrasts sharply with years of police and government data at both the local and national levels.
FBI statistics released this year suggested a steep drop in crime across the country last year. It's a similar story across major cities, with violent crime down year over year in Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C.
NBC News analyzed crime data to evaluate Trump's assertions about the topic.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trumps-claims-crime-rates-clash-police-data-rcna145353
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Democratic Administrations Have Economic Advantage Since 1949
Since 1949, there has been a Democratic advantage in the average performance of key macroeconomic indicators measuring economic health, including:Job growth
Unemployment rate
Growth in inflation-adjusted wages
Growth of market-based incomes per capita
Inflation
Interest rates
This Democratic advantage is across the board in all variables we measure but strongest in private-sector outcomes—notably, business investment, job growth, and the growth of market-based incomes.
Household income growth (adjusted for inflation) was faster on average and far more equal during Democratic administrations, and the Democratic advantage shows up for every group.
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Increase In Inequality = Increase In Crime?
Sunday, February 18, 2024
US Immigration And Crime: Beware Of Republican Gaslighting
Thursday, February 9, 2023
The Grift Culture
Saturday, December 31, 2022
Republican America Is Worse Than Democrat America
Republicans like to lie about the difference between rural Republican areas of the US as compared to the more urban Democratic areas.
Click on the link below that presents the FACTS that are readily available. Note how they are comparing per capita statistics and not the gross numbers that distort the truth because of the generally less populated areas:
Monday, October 10, 2022
Local News And Police Departments
If you watch local news, you know what the focus is: crime. The problem is that you are not getting the full picture of such. Click on the link below for a video produced by John Oliver, a master of science-based investigative reporting with a comic twist:
Sunday, July 25, 2021
History Of Hate Crime Legislation
"This week on The Experiment, our correspondent, Tracie Hunte, investigates the 150-year history of legislating against racist violence in the U.S. and asks: Have we been policing hate all wrong?"