As usual, Europe is way ahead of the US in minimizing many factors impacting the environment. The use of coal to generate electricity was cut in half (if I read the chart correctly). Solar overtakes coal in EU power sector, as gas declines for the fifth year in a row, Ember Brussels, 23 January – In […]
Republicans taking away healthcare from “poor” Americans to fund tax breaks for the 1% which would include billionaires (as if Musk and others are struggling). I believe it is time to put some of them back in the Labor Force. Republicans have decided which 21 million Americans should lose their healthcare, – Charles Gaba ACA […]
“On Tuesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi hosted an inaugural meeting of a task force consisting of other members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet, to discuss its mission to eradicate alleged “anti-Christian bias” within the federal government.” LOL! This is just propaganda. There is no “anti-Christian bias” in the US government. In fact, there is a […]
Just some articles I get in my email. Maybe a good read for Angry Bear commenters too! – “Trump’s Fed Attacks, Trade War Push World to Sell Off US Assets,” Bloomberg – “What Happens When There Are No Deals?” Paul Krugman – “David Brooks: I Should Have Seen This Coming,” The Atlantic. – “Arresting a […]
“Donald Trump has demanded free transit for American commercial and military ships through the Panama and Suez canals, tasking his secretary of state with making progress “immediately”. “Trump has for months been calling for the United States to take control of the Panama canal but his social media post also shifted focus on to the […]
Relocation Officer William Husso checks departure list at the Gila River Relocation Center in Rivers, Arizona, on Sept. 15, 1945, as evacuees returned to their former homes in California. (War Relocation Authority photo from the National Archives) “President Trump’s rare use of the Alien Enemies Act triggering memories of the country’s dark chapter of Japanese […]
“The Atlantic” is my traveling partner. When I was gone for days or weeks at a time, I would read it on the planes or in my room after dinner. I would also have a book with me by Catton, Russo (Nobody’s Fool), or Crichton. This article in the Atlantic was written March 19th. It […]
The last thing a dictator, or Trump for that matter, would want is interference from a third party which may take the side of the person or group being forced to submit. If you remove union collective bargaining as a group, the individuals have lesser power to resist. Trump is comfortable threatening individuals over groups. […]
The Trump USDA is defending your right to die from Salmonella poisoning. “The United States Department of Agriculture is withdrawing a rule proposed in August to help prevent food poisoning from poultry contaminated with salmonella. “The Biden Administration effort, which had been in development for three years, would have required poultry companies to keep levels […]
– by New Deal democrat This morning we got more hard data on manufacturing, one from March, one for this month. In March new durable goods orders (blue in the graph below) soared higher by 9.2% to an all-time high. This was all about front-running tariffs, because excepting motor vehicles they were unchanged (not shown). […]