Practical Education

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest" - Benjamin Franklin

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“There are many way to judge a President or anyone else. One old-fashioned way is by results. A more popular way in recent years has been by how well someone fits the preconceptions of the intelligentsia or the media.” - Thomas Sowell

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Is President Trump playing chess while the rest of us are playing checkers?

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Maybe Trump is a genius, after all. What if he finally gets the steep Fed rate cuts he has been demanding? After that, he ends the trade wars, tariffs go to zero, and the stock market surges to new highs -- just in time for the 2020 election!

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Beginning Jan. 1, 2019, the standard mileage tax deduction rates for the use of a cars driven for business use will be: 58 cents per mile, up 3.5 cents from the rate for 2018. This tax deduction is monumental for #Uber and #Lyft drivers

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In 1982, an #Atlanta suburb called #Kennesaw passed an ordinance requiring heads of households to keep a firearm in their homes. Residential burglaries dropped by 89%. #CrimeStatistics

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While only 13% of burglaries in America occur while the home is occupied, more than 40% of the burglaries in Britain, the Netherlands, and Canada occur while the home is occupied. #EconomicsOfCrime #CrimeStatistics #GunControl

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According to leading scholar on #crime, James Q. Wilson, 6% of men at any age group makes up approximately 50% of serious crime out of men. This formula is roughly consistent everywhere from Philadelphia to London to Orange County, CA.

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What many may not know is that USS JOHN S MCCAIN is named after Senator McCain's father, a retired Admiral. Also, the ship was involved in a 2017 collision that killed 10 sailors.

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USS John McCain was hidden from sight on President Trump's visit. This was due to the ship's namesake as President Trump was a political rival of former-POW Senator John McCain.

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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.” - Albert Einstein #WednesdayWisdom???

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“Inflation is taxation without legislation” - Milton Friedman

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Individuals from father absent homes are 279% more likely to carry guns and deal drugs than peers living with their fathers.

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“The #Pessimist Sees Difficulty In Every Opportunity. The #Optimist Sees Opportunity In Every Difficulty.” – Winston Churchill #MondayMotivation

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In America in 2014, 23.6% of children lived in father-absent homes. #FatherAbsence #Crisis

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90% of all homeless and runaway children are from #fatherless homes – 32 times the average.

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63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (US Dept. Of Health/Census) – 5 times the average. #FatherlessGeneration

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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” #NelsonMandela

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Medical Research and Development by private industry by country

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Edelman Trust Barometer by industry
51% trust #Financial Sector
53% trust #pharmaceutical
64% trust food and beverage
74% trust #technology

Do these align with your trust values?
#Trust

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#Pornography is a $12-$13 billion-a-year industry-more than the combined annual revenues of the Coca-Cola and McDonnell Douglas corporations.

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Every day, there are 68 million search engine requests for pornographic material. That is 25 percent of all search engine requests.