IT'S ALREADY HERE

It isn't this bad in the U.S. yet, but with its love affair with PC it's getting close.

The intolerance of others' views and choices that rattled various campaign gatherings the past few weeks coupled with the barrage of editorial page articles trying to derail the Trump train are just two examples of where we really are as a people and a nation.

 More significantly, it's further evidence neither as a nation nor as a people are we in any condition to tell others around the globe how to conduct themselves. That's a good part of the push back in this election too many--particularly among the elitist crowd--don't get or don't want to get.

If you have any doubt that China's official economic data can't be trusted this should remove all questions. We have been saying for years they're doctoring those numbers even in the good times, but it's more essential to do so in bad times. And China is full of bad times.

There's plenty of other evidence coming out of China about people who criticize or disagree with the government being threatened, quieted or jailed. Don't think it is not happening here. Climate change is a classic example.  One particular U.S. senator has suggested bringing legal action against anyone,scientists or otherwise, who now questions climate change. MSM's persistent covering for an incompetent Fed and it's dangerous monetary policy is another.

That's just one more reason why this upcoming election will be one of the most contentious but important in the history of this nation. There is a strong move afoot to take the reins of controlling the government further out of the hands of the electorate by rewriting the Constitution and centralizing that power in Washington.

BEIJING—Chinese authorities are training their sights on a new set of targets: economists, analysts and business reporters with gloomy views on the country’s economy.
Securities regulators, media censors and other government officials have issued verbal warnings to commentators whose public remarks on the economy are out of step with the government’s upbeat statements, according to government officials and commentators with knowledge of the matter.

The stepped-up censorship, many inside and outside the ruling Communist Party say, represents an effort by China’s leadership to quell growing concerns about the country’s economic prospects as it experiences a prolonged slowdown in growth. As more citizens try to take money out of the country, officials say, regulators and censors are trying to foster an environment of what party officials have dubbed “zhengnengliang,” or “positive energy.”

In the past, Chinese authorities have targeted mainly political dissidents while commentary about the economy and reporting on business has been left relatively unfettered in China in a tacit acknowledgment that a freer flow of information serves economic vitality.

But Beijing has moved to reassert control of the country’s economic story line after policy stumbles that contributed to selloffs in China’s stock markets and its currency last year fed doubts among investors about the government’s ability to navigate the slowdown.