John T. Reed’s news blog

Are we sure Bernie would lose in the general election? . Unless the younger generation has been totally brainwashed. Have they? They were taught by the evil teachers unions and the 99% Marxist college and university faculties. . One poll found that 25% of Americans favor socialism. I wonder how the question was phrased. Some abstract mention of an ism might do well. But how about “Are you in favor on all private jobs and businesses begin replaced by only government jobs?” Are you in favor of federal government doctors and hospitals being the only kind in existence? Are you...

It may be too late to stop Bernie in a credible manner from winning the nomination on the first ballot. Bernie Bros include ANTIFA. If the Dem establishment steals the nomination from Bernie at the convention, I predict violent riots in Milwaukee. They have a Dem mayor so they will let the rioters riot to their hearts content. . Antifa may assassinate the non-Bernie nominee. Remember it was a Bernie supporter who tried to murder GOP Congressional leader Steve Scalise and others at that Congressional softball game practice . Who can the Dem establishment replace Bernie with? Maybe Mayor Mike,...

I have recently noticed three dishonest or misleading real estate related commercials on Fox News..One says, “it’s always a landlord’s market” and is pushing you to invest in a fund that buys apartments. That is a childish lie, like the rich get richer. Generally, the rich get poorer. It’s called regression to the mean..A landlord’s market means very low vacancy rates, like below 5%..https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RRVRUSQ156N.Another ad pushes a service that rates real estate agents. It says the average house takes a certain amount of time to sell and sells at an average discount off asking price. They promise to tell you...

Under stop and frisk, the number of murders in NYC dropped from 2,000 a year to 400 a year. Bloomberg now regrets stop and frisk which means he regrets saving those 1,600 lives or year. He wishes he had not done stop and frisk because stopping and frisking, however many lives it saves, loses black votes. Mr. Bloomberg considers his new political career more important than those black lives..Apparently, Black Lives Matter also opposes stop and frisk no matter how many black lives it saves. I am not yet aware of any blacks who say stop and frisk is a good...

I keep hearing Republicans and Conservatives quote Van Jones. He has said plenty that we don’t like. But it must be noted that he makes a lot of thoughtful observations that are original and that bite the hand that feeds him..A recent one was his warning Dems that Trump is making a play for black votes and he may get enough to tip the election in his favor. Jason Riley, another black commenter albeit generally libertarian, said similar things. He wrote the book Stop Helping Us, which told how liberal “help” for blacks hurts them..Van Jones also said Republicans are now...