Yes, it’s temporary, but it’s something. Resistance can work. “With a key hearing before a federal judge looming that could stop or slow the Trump administration’s transfer of more migrants to Guantánamo Bay, migrants the administration has already sent to Cuba have now been quietly returned to the United States, according to The Washington Post. […]
Some seem to think it is possible with Robert Kennedy Jr. at the helm of the Health and Human Services. The first part of this commentary is taken from Hullabaloo, “Will They Kill Cancer Research?” – Digby’s Hullabaloo. Digsby uses much of an NPR article to portray what many are beginning to believe may happen […]
Whether you are a birder or not, birds are interesting and entertaining creatures to watch. If they have the right and safe habitat in your yard or nearby, you can watch birds build their nests. With some luck in where the nests are placed, you may be able to watch them bring life into the […]
“What gave [Sen. Joseph] McCarthy his fame and his influence was the spectacle of arbitrary power. Alone among rivals, he demonstrated that a single loose-cannon senator could do and say whatever he wanted—nobody could stop him. To speak out against McCarthy was to invite his scrutiny and intimidation. But remaining silent was no guarantee of […]
– by New Deal democrat I typically do not pay much attention to producer prices. Sometimes they do lead consumer prices, but since the turn of the Millennium more often they have been coincident. But with the onset of tariff wars, they may set off some of the first alarm bells. And that may have been […]
From The Hill today: For Harris, there was more flexibility to define her brand of change. She could risk looking hypocritical by making clean breaks with Biden on policies she had supported as vice president, rejecting parts of their record to forge her own agenda. She could identify new issues to run on that avoided the pitfalls […]
How did the vaccine-autism connection ever come about? It was an instance of scientific fraud: “In 1998, Andrew Wakefield published a paper based on just 12 children that linked the MMR vaccine to autism. The results have not been replicated, and it later transpired that he had falsified data, for which his medical license was […]
February CPI: a very good report, with even the chronic “problem children” getting “less bad” – by New Deal democrat Let me cut right to the chase: the February consumer inflation report was actually very good. It wasn’t just that the headline and core numbers only went up 0.2% for the month, or that the […]
This has been covered before and I will repeat it. The auto industry as it is, is fragile and any political or economic threats could cause it injury with the tiers supplying its part and in sales. It is vastly interconnected with domestic and foreign supply chains. The tiers usually wait to be paid. When […]
Angry Bears’ New Deal democrat discusses JOLTS frequently. I am not sure if everyone knows what it means. I believe it calls for a short explanation. The acronym JOLTS is an abbreviation for “Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.” The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) produces JOLTS reports monthly and also annual estimates of job […]