– by New Deal democrat We’ve settled back in to our typical post-employment week lack of new data, so today is a good day to update the leading indicators from the employment report, especially in view of their important contribution to why I went on “recession watch” yesterday. As you probably already know, because I harp […]
I was living in Livingston County, Michigan where all the white folk go. Don’t get me wrong some of the other counties east of Livingston County were nice places too. We were in white suburbia and distant from the City of Detroit. Not so distant as to ignore the city decaying. We watched and whined […]
This popped up in my emails today. So why would Lonnie Griffith Bunch III be so special as to have been called out? The Smithsonian said today (that being August 2), it would restore the information about Trump’s two impeachments to an exhibit about impeachment, in the National Museum of American History, a division of the Smithsonian. Here’s […]
We have three people involved in a potential scandal. The accuser Donald Trump claims Vice President Kamala Harris paid out $11 million to musician and singer Beyoncé for endorsing Kamala Harris. Over the weekend, Trump called for musician Beyoncé to be prosecuted for breaking the law by taking $11 million for endorsing Democratic presidential nominee […]
Like commercial fusion power, Tesla’s robotaxis are always just around the corner but never quite here. In the case of Tesla, it doesn’t really matter because the marketing is the product. “There’s an old adage in the auto industry that if you want to move a product you have to “show the car.” Tesla is […]
Criticizing former President Barack Obama’s for his use of executive orders, Pres. D. Trump claims or states he would prefer to work with Congress to pass laws. Dementia is creeping in as this refers to his first presidency and such is not in play now. I guess this was B.S. like everything else which spews forth from […]
Jonathan Last has an excellent piece at The Bulwark on the clusterf*** that is the Bezos WaPo and what it says about the business model of journalism in America. “The internet revolution was about lowering to zero the marginal cost of distributing content. The AI revolution is about lowering to zero the marginal cost of […]
A long report by Joyce Vance today. It covers quite a bit of territory including Epstein. Maybe disagreeing courts on this one. One temp was let go . . . no loss there. Court’s ruling on Garcia. He could be deported again. Redistricting taken up and probably gerrymandered, Courts and Trump disagreeing. It is pretty […]
The government funding for public broadcasting is relatively small in the scheme of things. In total an ~ 1.1 billion. ~$535 million appropriated for fiscal year 2026 under the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024, and another $535 million under the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act of 2025. It does play a role getting information out to […]
Public trust in FDA decisions will plummet if Commissioner Marty Makary abandons the agency’s “gold standard” principles. Gooz News – Merrill Goozner FDA Commissioner Marty Makary had every right to revisit the benefits and risks of taking hormones to treat severe menopause symptoms. The agency currently warns they may increase the risk of heart attacks, […]