I admit that I have a thing about people not having enough to eat. A principal recipient of my charitable giving has always been food pantries. I also have a thing about wasting food. I imagine that came from my childhood–I was never hungry, but my parents always told me that there were people who […]
– by New Deal democrat The post-jobs report data drought finally ends tomorrow. Today, let me take the opportunity to update some important trends that have been affected or caused by the T—-p Administration’s “policies.” All graphs below showing absolute values have been normed to a value of 100 as of Election Day last November. […]
Pulled up the rest of the story on young US citizens doing the same work as migrant labor. The thought being they were young enough to do it. Teenage boys heeding the call of a federal government looking for teens to work on farms. That was 1965. I can tell you laboring for a bunch […]
Supply Chain planning done the right way: Why is this a big deal? Well for one thing China and the European Union have been at odds with each other. EU centrist parties are losing ground to far-right groups, Democracy (ID) and the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR). This political realignment is poised to influence the […]
Recently, I heard a podcast on Planet Money about commodity traders and their role in world economics. The podcast interviewed the authors of “The World for Sale: Money, Power, and the traders who barter the earth’s resources.” It was an eye-opener for me, so I decided to read the book. The commodity trading business has […]
How did physicians align to Tr__p’s “Big Beastly Bill”? As you can see it was along political lines except for one Republican physician. One might think, all physicians would agree, the cutting of funding to pay for Medicaid and the expansion will cause issues. This is not only for medical personnel taking care of patients. […]
One anti-vaxxer conspiracy theory holds that thimerosal, an ethylmercury preservative once used in childhood vaccines, caused the dramatic increase in autism diagnoses in the past 20 years. In addition to the fact that the amount of ethylmercury in vaccines is miniscule and rapidly cleared from the body, thimerosal was discontinued in childhood vaccines back in […]
Trump’s deportation agenda will destroy millions of jobs Briefly: The Trump administration’s anti-immigration and deportation agenda will harm millions of people and the workforce. Four years of deportations could eliminate millions of jobs held by immigrant and U.S.-born workers according to research on increased immigration enforcement. Instead of funding aggressive and indiscriminate immigration enforcement, Congress […]
Conspiracy mongering? I do not believe so when one considers the type of person both Republican and Democrat legislators and citizens are dealing with today. By himself Tr__p could not achieve what “he” wants due to Congress. However, Republicans are the vehicle Tr__p is using to gain what he wants. We have already seen how […]
Drone Flight Past a Frito Lay Plant and Their Solar Power Panel Farm in Casa Grande AZ We pass this plant whenever we head south to Casa Grande for my healthcare visits with the Hematologists who monitor my blood resulting from 2+ years at Camp Lejeune. As you can see in the YouTube Clip it […]