In a 2020 “The Atlantic” article, four anonymous sources reported Donald Trump referred to fallen American service members as “losers” and “suckers” during a 2018 trip to France. According to the report, Trump also canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, asking, “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.” This […]
It’s the guns. One of the many red herrings tossed out by the anti-vaxxers is that people who got the COVID jab still got COVID. That’s true. I’m one of them. But the promise of the COVID vaccine was never that it would keep you from getting infected. It was that the vaccine would likely […]
If you wish to know what takes place when people of Mexico face a judge to determine their fate? Here is a partial story of Lucy and a few children facing and immigration judge in Tucson, AZ. These children do not have legal representation as funding was cut by Tru_p and his administration. This story […]
– by New Deal democrat A truncated version of the CPI was reported for November this morning. Since no data was collected for October, the monthly change in those values was not calculated, the Census Bureau apparently having elected not to publish with the cumulative two month changes since September. Nevertheless, the two month numbers are […]
Economist Paul Krugman has a new series at his site. I will post each at Angry Bear about two weeks after he posts. Hopefully, I do not want to interfere with the publicity he will generate with his posting. I think I can get away with that timing without causing issues. I subscribe to his […]
Just pulling together a couple of different source reports which briefly and pretty much say similar. We are still not sure which way the economy is going. In reality, the outcome is more likely than not is in the hands of Trump and his knee-jerk reactions. We are at a pivotal point. Surveys of Consumers, […]
I did not vote for Trump for president either time. There was just so much wrong with him as a human being. His idea of superiority is skewed heavily to himself . . . He is not. Typically, if you have to keep claiming such over and over again, there is an issue of inferiority. […]
I have to think about the speech and what I heard and saw tonight.
It is as if we have reversed course to the medieval times where kings were exactly such and their rule of order was final. John of England sold justice, sold offices, and generally acted arbitrarily, defying feudal customs and laws. In 1215, a powerful group of barons renounced their allegiance, seized London, and confronted King […]
A Republican led House of Representative could not come to an agreement on the continuation of subsidized ACA healthcare for their constituents. I would think they should stay in conference over the holiday until they do reach some type of agreement. There is no energy in them to inconvenience themselves for constituents. WASHINGTON — It […]