I am reading the most recent The Guardian article about a new Canadian Prime Minister. The present Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, resigned as head of the Liberal party. His resignation set in motion a leadership race against the backdrop of a looming general election. An election which will be held amid political turmoil perhaps triggered by Donald […]
Most of the media finger-pointing by Trump and his cult has been about sullying Gavin Newsom as a presidential candidate in 2028. Trump and Fox don’t actually care about the reason for the fires (anthropogenic climate change) or how to mitigate the consequences. Over at jabberwocking.com, Kevin Drum has a long but excellent summary of […]
Whatever end is in mind for this confrontational conflict in the Gaza and the West Bank, it needs to come to an end. Far too many people beyond the guilty have been put to death. Findings We (The Lancet) estimated 64 260 deaths (95% CI 55 298–78 525) due to traumatic injury during the study period, suggesting the […]
Today the Department of Labor released the final jobs report of Joe Biden’s presidency. The nation added 256,000 new jobs in December, a number significantly higher than economists expected. That brings the total number of jobs created under Biden to 16.6 million and makes Biden’s the only administration in history to have created jobs every […]
All around the world, we are seeing heightened uneasiness; stress on governments, economies, and societies. What’s going on? A lot has changed these past few decades, some of which we know of, possibly understand a little. There may be others we are not yet aware of. We are learning more about global warming (a.k.a, climate […]
Sentenced – by Joyce Vance Civil Discourse And just like that, what was once thought to be impossible happened. Donald Trump was sentenced on the 34 counts of conviction against him in Manhattan. There were no surprises. Trump did not demonstrate remorse like many defendants do at this point. He didn’t apologize for the harm […]
‘Beyond nuts’: MAGA billionaire’s ‘doozy’ Financial Times editorial draws instant mockery There are ~ 800 billionaires in the US, twice than what exists in China. The latter of which I think is odd. Apparently, billionaires are given great latitude, going as far as saying ridiculous things. Peter Thiel shows his oddity. Is the media that […]
This is rich and can not get much worse in BS spewing forth by political interests. Fox News Host Claps Back at Conservatives’ Controversial Claims About Cause of California Fires, Parade As conspiracy theories about the origins of the Los Angeles fires continue to spread, Fox News host Jessica Tarlov slammed her colleagues on The Five over their claims that […]
I think Joyce titled this properly . . . If you have not read the leadup to SCOTUS telling Trump no, they are not going to block the release, this may suffice. Attorney Joyce Vance does a good review of what took place to the final answer from SCOTUS. Towards the end you can read […]
Is Jay Bhattacharya a libertarian? Does it matter? Jay Bhattacharya was an author of the Great Barrington Declaration, which argued that we should let covid spread freely among healthy people to reach herd immunity as quickly as possible. The elderly and those whose health made them vulnerable to covid should be given “focused protection”. Bhattacharya […]