I was alive and sentient through the 1960s. It was certainly a turbulent time of violence and political activism. So it was in mid-19th century America. But the ‘60s didn’t result in a civil war. “In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, voices from across the spectrum sounded alarms that the shooting was just the […]
– by New Deal democrat Retail sales is the first of two very important indicators we got this morning. Per yesterday, with employment growth “dead in the water” since April, consumer spending – which leads future employment – is the single most crucial element of a turning point. It really is incredible how it takes a […]
More court stuff. Some interesting detail on The Robert’s Court decision by Roberts minus the detail. Humphrey’s Executor Executed In Broad Shadow Docket Slaying, Above the Law In two-sentence order, without any accompanying reasoning, John Roberts ended almost a century of constitutional order. Exercising tremendous restraint, Chief Justice Roberts managed not to write “Executor? I […]
Trump’s efforts to remove Lisa Cook to appoint a lackey of his choice appears to have failed. It is one of those Have you no decency moments. To which I would suggest Tr__p and his followers doing his bidding really do not have such. Especially when the motives for doing what they did come to […]
St. Reagan famously said that the most terrifying words in the English language were “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Now that the Roberts SCOTUS has decided that Donald Trump *is* the government, Reagan’s quip takes on a new salience. “For more than half a century publicly-traded US corporations have reported earnings […]
tomorrow we will find out about production and sales – by New Deal democrat With no news today, let’s take a look at why two releases tomorrow are especially important. Let me begin with employment, which is “dead in the water.” I’ve written before about how manufacturing and construction employment, and now the entire leading sector […]
I see where Karen Attiah, an editor for the Washington Post, was fired for quoting Charlie Kirk’s outrageous and racist statements. I never read her writing. I stopped reading the WaPo after they refused to endorse a presidential candidate in the last election. That was just the final straw, as I saw them trying to […]
In a very insightful analysis of the Kirk shooting G. Elliott Morris makes the following points (among others): Polls overestimate support for political violence. (The reason is that random responses to poll questions by people who are not paying attention lead to overestimates of support for very unpopular options. For example, if no one supports […]
Down where I now live in Arizona, we had waters issues. No shortage of water. Just issues with the quality of the water. There is a large abundance of water near us. Apparently, there was an event where E. coli bacteria got into the potable water system. Supposedly, this occurred around the 25th of August. […]
Another part of making America great again are the beliefs of the fifties. You really have to be around during that time period. There was a carry over into the sixties. August 28,1955, fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was lynched after being tortured by two white men near Money Mississippi. The story as detailed. The two brothers […]