(1448) Cunning plan, Laze & Gem, is a short burst of socio-polit just now, then a 20 minute or so short, before finishing with Sunday socio-polit till close of play. (1511)
15. Schools are places of danger for natives in this generation
14. Steve
Nick Sortor: “President Trump has touched down at the White House aboard Marine One after abruptly cutting his trip to Camp David short
A lid has been called.
We still do NOT know why POTUS made this last-second schedule change.
But some are speculating it’s related to the State Dept. issuing an increased “SECURITY ALERT” for Americans in the Middle East, mere minutes before 47’s schedule changed.”
Plus:
SANA’A ROCKED AS SAUDI STRIKES HIT HOUTHI TARGETS
Saudi airstrikes have reportedly destroyed Houthi weapons depots in Sana’a and continue to strike military infrastructure.
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12. Zero Hedge newsletter
… otherwise today: “Welcome to your cats, welcome to your lonesome porn.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/marriage-deficit-economic-catastrophe
“I could go on and with these depressing statistics.
But I believe the decline in marriage and children is a threat to the American future much more dangerous than even the national debt, climate change, cancer or foreign aggression.
Family is the essential organizing unit in America. We’re not to live in Soviet-style communes where the authority figure is “Big Brother.”
Every study shows that the decline in marriage among young men is tied to alcoholism, violent crime, drug abuse, pornography, depression, isolation, less economic success and suicide.
Are women to blame?
Certainly. Study shows that as women have become more career oriented, they are having a harder time “marrying up.”
Generation X and millennials have become choosier in finding a mate and more likely to have children alone, if they have them at all.
“Women have less structural need for marriage than past generations did,” said Angelica Gianchandani, a New York University finance instructor. “Rising income and education give many women a financial independence marriage once provided, and donor sperm and fertility treatment have decoupled motherhood from a partner altogether.”
Women are much less likely to be religious today than in decades past. So holy matrimony is less of a lifetime priority or moral obligation.
We do know that when women raise children without a father in the home – for whatever reason – their kids, especially their sons, are less successful. It’s a particular problem for black women to find a suitable mate when so many young black males are incarcerated.
I’m thrashing for explanations and solutions to this deeply troubling social trend. Obviously, we are not returning to the “Father Knows Best” norms of the 1950s or 1960s.
But recovery starts with admitting we have a problem. I would suggest that President Donald Trump announce a national bipartisan commission on “Rediscovering Love, Marriage and Parenthood.”
One last stat to underscore the urgency of turning around these trends:
The latest Census Bureau data indicate that 47 percent of households were headed by married couples last year, down from 78.8 percent in 1949.
That trend MUST be reversed to advance America’s economic prosperity and human happiness.