Managing a supply chain for a small part of a $12 billion corporation in the US sent me to many countries in Asia. This included China. I was able to see the old aspects of it such as The Wall and the Tombs while there. I also saw the rebuild of the nation and the […]
As John Kenneth Galbraith famously observed: “The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.” I suspect that the Must techbros who concocted the recent announcement of immediate cuts to NIH grants imagined that they were just smacking around […]
You had to be there — No matter, it’s here. Musk does look like Jerry. Cousin — I suppose. John Roberts’s another. Mitch (maybe), left it to the courts. How did that work out Mitch? Tom Tillis says someone will take care of it. First, you must lie to yourself. Before that, you’ve got to […]
Others Think This is Bullshit Too When a small group of commoners or people as we know them can seize control of the US government because a president (small p) says it is ok . . . Why are we just watching this happen? Is nobody angry or are we still wondering what should be […]
Reagan Judge Gets Poetic In Slapping Down Donald Trump’s Effort To Rewrite The Constitution – Above the Law Seattle-based district court Judge John Coughenour — appointed to the federal bench by noted lefty President Ronald Reagan — is already on record that he is not at all a fan of Donald Trump’s unilateral effort to rewrite the […]
The Trump administration just slashed NIH grants. I think this terrible policy shift is entirely constitutional and legal. I think it is also a severe (entirely deliberate) blow to US Universities and a possibly fatal blow to biomedical research institutions. The new policy limits funds for overhead to 15% of the amount directly granted to […]
Calling on Repubs in Districts won by Biden to influence the Vote on the USAID, Medicaid, and to stand up to Trump. They might be scared and influenceable. It only takes 2 (soon to be one) voting with Democrats. Personally, I am interested in asking them to stand up to Trump, save USAID and vote […]
Indirect costs on research grants represent charges to cover the administration of grant funds; heating, cooling, water, gas, fume hoods and other centralized infrastructure; building and grounds security; facility maintenance and custodial services. Historically, these have been negotiated every two years between each institution and the NIH depending on the proportion of infrastructure devoted to […]
They go without, show up at ERs, or go to overcrowded Clinics. The costs of the first two end up being far more than a healthcare plan. And at clinics the healthcare may be less because of less resource. It really makes a lot of sense for a state to do this also. In the […]
Didn’t that used to be a car? Wait a minute that was Dodge . . . Why is Doge any different than scammers attacking your credit card, etc.? Where are the courts on all of this. And our Congress? They can not be immune to a court saying no. Consumer Advocates Decry Musk ‘Minions’ as […]