Trump is unhappy with the mayor’s race in New York City. His designated candidate may not win. “Trump then claimed that Mamdani “needs the money” from him. “Remember, he needs the money from me, as President, in order to fulfill all of his FAKE Communist promises,” he continued. “Trump added: “He won’t be getting any […]
David Zetland had this article link on his site The One Handed Economist as taken from the Dutch News. Why am I posting it at Angry Bear? Part of the article discusses the Gulf steam as in the Gulf of Mexico. To which, there is a degree of impact for the United States. The other […]
Some History: Angry Bear was well ahead of the issues with groceries and pricing. We did post several articles discussing the issues. One in particular article did discuss the Kroger-Albertsons partnership. The merger of Kroger and Albertsons announced a planned merger that would create a single entity controlling ~22 percent of the US grocery market. This […]
With the passage of The One Big Beautiful Bill by Republicans comes a series of problems for hospitals in the United States. Included in the hospital having issues are rural and inner-city hospitals. Many of these hospitals are caring for people with no or insufficient healthcare insurance. While Medicaid does assist many people, it does […]
The philosopher Joseph Heath has a critical but thought-provoking review of Kōhei Saitō’s ecotopian book Slow Down. My takeaway is less pessimistic than Heath’s, but there are important lessons here for all of us: It’s discouraging to go into a classroom and find it full of students who believe, almost verbatim, every bad idea that […]
As a lifelong supporter of the ACLU, I take a back seat to nobody in my support for the 1st Amendment. But the 1st Amendment only enjoins the government from interfering with freedom of expression. Private entities are not covered. “YouTube will offer creators a way to rejoin the streaming platform if they were banned […]
Why is it “important to remember the economy shrank at a 0.6 percent rate in the first quarter.” Because . . . people are touting revisions putting the second quarter growth rate at 3.8 percent. The Economy Grew at a 1.6 Percent Rate in the First Half The overall growth for the first half was […]
NDd’s Weekly Indicators for September 22 – 26 – by New Deal democrat My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. Not much change this week, but there are signs that consumer spending is beginning to cool off again. U of M adds to NDd’s comment: “Weakening consumer views of labor markets are not necessarily a […]
That was my motto about meetings when I was a professor and associate dean. A leader respects the time of their colleagues. Not so for Pete Hegseth. “Nothing good is likely coming out of this,” said one Democratic political scientist on Thursday regarding reports that US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has called a meeting of […]
The review is interesting enough so as to take it with you on a 12-hour flight to Japan, change flights and then off to Asia. I have done such a number of times as watching the little screen gets to be boring. Not much to do other than read or sleep. The later comes after […]