This post is mostly an effort to summarize this interesting but long article in The Washington Post. The TL TL/DR summary of the article is: archaea bacteria in rumens (one of the stomachs of cattle) produce methane which is a major contributor to global warming. Genetic modification of competing bacteria called duedenibacillus (which does not […]
Most of the media finger-pointing by Trump and his cult has been about sullying Gavin Newsom as a presidential candidate in 2028. Trump and Fox don’t actually care about the reason for the fires (anthropogenic climate change) or how to mitigate the consequences. Over at jabberwocking.com, Kevin Drum has a long but excellent summary of […]
Whatever end is in mind for this confrontational conflict in the Gaza and the West Bank, it needs to come to an end. Far too many people beyond the guilty have been put to death. Findings We (The Lancet) estimated 64 260 deaths (95% CI 55 298–78 525) due to traumatic injury during the study period, suggesting the […]
I am running late on posting for tomorrow. This piece by Merrill Goozner of GoozNews is one half of his piece on pharmaceuticals. The article is entitled “A plan to make drugs affordable for all.” The link is GoozNews above. You can read the entire article, scroll down to “Trust Bust,” or just click on […]
– by New Deal democrat My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. The big changes this week were the sharp increases in long term interest rates, along with similarly sharp increases in commodity prices and the US$. Some of this is due to a feeling that the economy is running “hotter” than recently thought, […]
Summations: “Real gross domestic product (GDP): increased at an annual rate of 3.1 percent in the third quarter of 2024, according to the ‘third’ estimate released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the second quarter, real GDP increased 3.0 percent. Compared to the second quarter, the acceleration in real GDP in the third […]
Today the Department of Labor released the final jobs report of Joe Biden’s presidency. The nation added 256,000 new jobs in December, a number significantly higher than economists expected. That brings the total number of jobs created under Biden to 16.6 million and makes Biden’s the only administration in history to have created jobs every […]
All around the world, we are seeing heightened uneasiness; stress on governments, economies, and societies. What’s going on? A lot has changed these past few decades, some of which we know of, possibly understand a little. There may be others we are not yet aware of. We are learning more about global warming (a.k.a, climate […]
Sentenced – by Joyce Vance Civil Discourse And just like that, what was once thought to be impossible happened. Donald Trump was sentenced on the 34 counts of conviction against him in Manhattan. There were no surprises. Trump did not demonstrate remorse like many defendants do at this point. He didn’t apologize for the harm […]
‘Beyond nuts’: MAGA billionaire’s ‘doozy’ Financial Times editorial draws instant mockery There are ~ 800 billionaires in the US, twice than what exists in China. The latter of which I think is odd. Apparently, billionaires are given great latitude, going as far as saying ridiculous things. Peter Thiel shows his oddity. Is the media that […]