As I’ve said here before, together with water purification and sanitary sewers, vaccines are a triumph of public health. Hundreds of millions of lived (at least) have been saved by vaccination, not just as a direct result of immunization but indirectly by slowing the rate of pathogen evolution. It is both shocking and frankly dangerous […]
“California is advising healthcare providers not to write down patients’ immigration status on bills and medical records and telling them they don’t have to assist federal agents in arrests. Some Massachusetts hospitals and clinics are posting privacy rights in emergency and waiting rooms in Spanish and other languages. “Meanwhile, Florida and Texas are requiring healthcare […]
“Donald Trump’s move to block diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives has led to the US Air Force removing material on the role of black and female pilots during World War Two from its training programmes. “A military official said “immediate steps” were taken to remove material to “ensure compliance” with the US president’s order, […]
Did he have a choice? Tarrio, Rhodes, and friends knew enough to take down Roger Stone and Donald Trump.
Once they seized power, the Bolsheviks set about re-making Russia in their own image. One manifestation of this was changing place names: Saint Petersburg became Leningrad, Tsaritsyn became Stalingrad. Following in their footsteps, Trump has renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. This calls to mind the pathetic attempt to rebrand French […]
Trump’s B.S. ‘Efficiency’ Effort Steals Jobs from Real J.D.s, – by Joe Patrice Above the Law, Joe Patrice Hiring freeze leaves young lawyers in the cold. Elon Musk’s cost-cutting efforts are mostly a farce to sell chintzy merchandise to America’s most gullible marks. The “Department of Government Efficiency” is not an actual cabinet department, but rather rebrand […]
I see where Elon “Sieg Heil” Musk attended a AfG neo-Nazi party rally. In these times when authoritarianism is in ascendency throughout the world, I wonder whether Germany will be the next to succumb to right-wing extremism. I don’t have the resources to do my own polling, but I have an American friend who has […]
Immigrant Deportations: Trends and Impacts, Econofact, Tara Watson The Social Cost of Deportation The Issue: Immigrant Deportations have long been a part of immigration enforcement and their number has fluctuated significantly in the last few decades. Former President Trump has promised to take this further and significantly ramp up the policy with a mass deportation of people who do […]
What to Watch for at The Department of Veterans Affairs – by Allison Gill The Contrarian “During Donald Trump’s first term, it took a while for me to get fired” . . . Allison Gill an employee of the Department of Veterans I had worked at the VA for over a decade when I was […]
This was from May 2023. I have been reading the OilPrice website just to keep up with what the other side of the room was thinking, Not that I would get all the detail. However, you can surmise what is taking place after a brief read. I do not believe industry finds Trump and his […]