John Thune, Mike Johnson, …, Republican Party leaders, whoever you are; please, please, wake the f*ck up! You and your predecessors got us into this god awful situation. Now, you and you alone have the power to stop the bleeding. The power to rid us of this demented, lunatical, old bastard occupying the office in […]
AB: Yesterday. Both Jan and I decided we would go to Walgreens (Arizona) to get our Covid inoculation. We are both over 65 and supposedly were eligible. Jan called one Walgreens to find out if they had the Pfizer vaccine. She was told we can not get inoculated without a prescription. So, we called and […]
– by New Deal democrat Now that we have the consumer inflation number for August, let’s take a look at real wages and income for ordinary workers. In the jobs report last Friday, we learned that both average hourly earnings and aggregate payrolls for nonsupervisory workers increased 0.4% in August. Yesterday we learned that consumer inflation […]
Building and investment is stifled by the current regulatory regimes. Hence abundance denied. Of course, to gain some of the abundance Sam Walker discusses need investments newer infrastructure to support faster trains. he system is lacking the funding. Sam Walker . . . My following the railroad industry comes from growing up at Hollidaysburg, PA. […]
It is even dangerous in some places. I did go to schools without air conditioning and just fans. It was difficult at times when we got closer to Summer. Then too, we were off from late June till just after Labor Day. We missed the hottest of days. Being in Chicago did not expose us […]
People are still going at each other, according to one Senator (Utah). Yes, he was a Republican. You may despise him, dislike or hate him, etc. However, violent retaliation is not the answer. To me, this is horrific. “On Political Violence” Civil Discourse Tonight, people from across the political spectrum should be joining together to […]
– by New Deal democrat The Fed is really facing a no-win situation. Between the recent employment reports, the QCEW, and even this morning’s jobless claims report, the jobs market has clearly been weakening, and may be on the very cusp of contraction, implicating the Fed’s dual mandate to strive for full employment. But this morning’s […]
– by New Deal democrat I’ll post about the CPI later this morning. But unusually, the biggest news of the morning was initial jobless claims, which spiked to 263,000, an increase of 27,000 from the previous week. The four week moving average increased 9,750 to 240,500. Meanwhile, with the typical one week delay, continuing claims were […]
As a world leader, Rubio and Trump’s actions make no sense. The US is supposed to make it easier for officials from all nations who want to attend the UN headquarters. This decision (which Israel has welcomed) is detrimental to a peace initiative. According to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas the visa decision “is a clear […]
Merrill Goozner did all the work in “Where does Chicago’s murder rate rank?” Having grown up in Chicago also, I felt safe. Then to I knew where I could be and stayed out of certain areas I should not be. I (we) were careful and alert to the situation and environment around us. Where does […]