(ThyBlackMan.com) The problem with our so-called “free market” is that it’s not free for you and me. It’s largely controlled by monopolies, which are free to inflate prices just because they can, without worrying that consumers will be able to flee to cheaper sellers. In turn, this market punch lets ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Sometimes nothing is a real cool hand.” In the movie classic “Cool Hand Luke,” the convict Luke, played by Paul Newman, explains that to his fellow inmates after winning the pot in a hand of poker without even a pair of deuces. President Joe Biden should take notice. For, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Republicans look poised to retake the House and perhaps even the Senate in November. After all, crime is hitting levels not seen since the 1990s. In January, the Wall Street Journal wrote: “Several cities set new records for murders last year. Philadelphia, Portland, Ore., Louisville, Ky., and Albuquerque, N.M., ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You’ve probably heard of the high-flying Big Tech FAANG stocks — Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google. Among the five of them, their market cap reached $6 trillion last year, which is more than the GDP of all but a small handful of entire countries. Moreover, their net worth ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The advantages of owning a trucking company are numerous and varied. The trucking industry is a much sought-after and valuable business to have. Having your own trucking business is a great way to make a living. The trucking industry is a cornerstone of the economy and is growing at ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many different graphs and charts are available when it comes to analyzing business data, processes, and other metrics. These graphs come in many shapes and styles, from bar graphs to line charts to histograms. However, today, we’ll be examining the scatter plot. Scatter plots are an excellent tool for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A few days ago, the New York Times ran yet another article questioning former President Donald Trump’s status as a kingmaker within the Republican Party. Author Shane Goldmacher offers some interesting data points: for example, the fact that Trump’s political action committee has a war chest of $120 million-plus. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Disney is on the ropes. They just lost the special tax advantages they’ve had for the past half-century, and their stock is collapsing. Wanna bet attendance at their theme parks is collapsing too? I’m guessing the wait on lines at Disney World and Disneyland is about to get a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The richest man in the world, Elon Musk, recently purchased a 9% stake in Twitter, the social media platform that permanently banned former President Donald Trump and that conservatives accuse of suppressing their content. Musk’s purchase made him Twitter’s largest shareholder, and he vowed to take it over, possibly ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Candidate Joe Biden promised to solve our problems and restore faith in the American government. Today, he is one of the least popular presidents in history. And CNN’s John Harwood, perhaps the most sycophantic flunky of the Democratic Party not on the company payroll, says that Biden is a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Next month, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., will be back grandstanding at yet another hearing on “Medicare For All.” He’s promised to introduce a bill establishing a single-payer healthcare system “soon.” It would be the third time he’s done so since 2017. Sanders’s vision of a government takeover of the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The United Parcel Service, or UPS, is one of the leading delivery companies in the world. Here in Georgia, we have a UPS hub that sends out thousands of deliveries every day. That means UPS trucks are frequently on the move on roadways across the state. While UPS drivers ...