– by New Deal democrat Covd-19 has now been with us for over five years. The first reliable statistics started to be kept at the end of March 2020. On Friday the CDC issued the final update for deaths ending the week of March 29, 2025, which means we now have five full years of documentation. […]
Apparently, MAGA means empty shelves and fewer jobs: “Trump’s tariffs on goods from China have disrupted trans-Pacific supply chains. U.S. officials are alarmed by companies’ dwindling inventories of critical raw-earth metals necessary for a range of economic activity; Beijing restricted the metals this month. In the three weeks since the tariffs took effect, ocean-container bookings […]
As usual, Trump is doing what he accuses others of. In this case, bleating about “waste, fraud and abuse” while removing all the safeguards against waste, fraud and abuse. “The Trump White House this month announced two new executive orders radically changing procurement procedures, especially defense procurement procedures, in ways that will unleash waste, fraud […]
As usual, Europe is way ahead of the US in minimizing many factors impacting the environment. The use of coal to generate electricity was cut in half (if I read the chart correctly). Solar overtakes coal in EU power sector, as gas declines for the fifth year in a row, Ember Brussels, 23 January – In […]
Republicans taking away healthcare from “poor” Americans to fund tax breaks for the 1% which would include billionaires (as if Musk and others are struggling). I believe it is time to put some of them back in the Labor Force. Republicans have decided which 21 million Americans should lose their healthcare, – Charles Gaba ACA […]
“On Tuesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi hosted an inaugural meeting of a task force consisting of other members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet, to discuss its mission to eradicate alleged “anti-Christian bias” within the federal government.” LOL! This is just propaganda. There is no “anti-Christian bias” in the US government. In fact, there is a […]
Just some articles I get in my email. Maybe a good read for Angry Bear commenters too! – “Trump’s Fed Attacks, Trade War Push World to Sell Off US Assets,” Bloomberg – “What Happens When There Are No Deals?” Paul Krugman – “David Brooks: I Should Have Seen This Coming,” The Atlantic. – “Arresting a […]
“Donald Trump has demanded free transit for American commercial and military ships through the Panama and Suez canals, tasking his secretary of state with making progress “immediately”. “Trump has for months been calling for the United States to take control of the Panama canal but his social media post also shifted focus on to the […]
Relocation Officer William Husso checks departure list at the Gila River Relocation Center in Rivers, Arizona, on Sept. 15, 1945, as evacuees returned to their former homes in California. (War Relocation Authority photo from the National Archives) “President Trump’s rare use of the Alien Enemies Act triggering memories of the country’s dark chapter of Japanese […]
– by New Deal democrat Existing home sales are not that important for forecasting purposes, since they have much less economic impact than new home sales, because the main effect is simply a change in ownership. But there has been an ongoing shortage of housing for over a decade, which was only exacerbated by the […]