Like many other places I have been in Europe? The cities of Switzerland also have excellent public transport. This might work there and be a model of other cities which have similar ways to get around without cars. “Initiative launched” A broad civil society committee has submitted 4,500 signatures in favor of the traffic reform […]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar giving us his take on the most recent violence the United States has experienced. By the way, I lived in Michigan. I did not see what is being said. If anything, the state was controlled by automotive, One squeak of relocation is bound to whip people into obedience. The other thing to keep […]
In the past and through the epidemic, r.j. sigmund has been reporting on Covid and the waves that have hit the U.S. He is a good read on the topic of Covid. ~~~~~~~ Summer’s Covid wave continues to recede, based on the sketchy data we’re still getting. The CDC’s Covid Surveillance page shows that “test positivity”, (or […]
The Chicago police force has over 12,000 sworn officers, the 2nd largest police force in the US. Trump plans to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard, most or all of whom will be sent to Chicago. That’s a 2.5% increase in total law enforcement, a trivial increase. Of course, that assumes they’ll all […]
USMC Boot Camp was a real test of the mind more than testing my physical ability. I was lean (or skinny according to some). Run distances and carry my load plus some of the load for others was not a problem either. I could learn quickly and avoid the thumping dished out by DI’s. And […]
My comment: “Do you see such an awaking amongst the citizens who are Republicans? Are they besieging their representatives or senators yet? It appears many voters disapprove of Tr_mp. His reign this presidency is similar to his 2017 reign.” Partial of my reply to a superior comment by J.P. McJefferson. ~~~~~~~ Some & slightly, but […]
It has been a while since Angry Bear has posted one of Sandwichman’s piece. I have a similar ideology as Sandwichman has when it comes to manufacturing, etc. My approach is in the plants or in the actual supply chain. This is an interesting piece about academic issues. “Artificial intelligence creates more academic dishonesty than […]
– by New Deal democrat Oddly, even though the government shutdown has crippled most reporting, the Census Bureau did update the durable goods report for August today, and it does reveal an essential bifurcation in the state of the economy. First, here are the topline leading indicators: total durable goods orders (blue), core capital goods orders […]
– by New Deal democrat Typically the new month begins with important manufacturing and construction reports; but this morning the construction spending report for August became the first casualty of the government shutdown. The ISM manufacturing report has been a recognized leading indicator for the past 60+ years, although of diminished importance since the turn of […]
As a lifelong supporter of the ACLU, I take a back seat to nobody in my support for the 1st Amendment. But the 1st Amendment only enjoins the government from interfering with freedom of expression. Private entities are not covered. “YouTube will offer creators a way to rejoin the streaming platform if they were banned […]