“Postmaster General covers his ears during oversight hearing,” CNN Politics I never had a boss who did such as embarrassing as this. KInd of like the “I hear no evil monkey,” heh?Louis is very deserving of the criticism he is getting. It is pretty obvious; Louis has bit off more than he can swallow. His […]
From my brother, who lives on the Colorado front range: “An excerpt from today’s National Weather Service’s Area Forecast Discussion: “The mountain valleys are expected to see the coldest temperatures where lowsare expected to fall to -20 to -30F. The coldest locations could approach -40F.” “[we’re] due to get to -10F…we’ve seen lows of -20F […]
It really happened. Screen shot at 00:06 January 19 2025
This is not a recent issue. It is one that has been on the horizon and actually arrived a few years back. A greater impact is starting to be felt now. In 2023 the 181-year-old Iowa Wesleyan University closed due to lack of enrollment and the resulting shortage of funds. As the population decreases in […]
Maybe Krugman’s commentary should be entitled differently. Maybe “waking up to reality?” or “When the chickens come home to roost?” or “sorting out the facts from the make believe?” Krugman is on a bender looking at what is being said as factual and how much do the stated fact align with reality. China v Trump […]
Markg asked a question which I had thought about in the past, had it answered by someone else, moved on to something different, and quickly forgot the answer probably because it suited me. So, I went a looking to see what I could find as it interests me again also. And yes, Ken is correct. […]
“When it comes to our knowledge and opinions, we tend to stick to our guns. Psychologists call this seizing and freezing.“ Book Review: “Think Again” – by The one-handed economist I got this 2021 book after hearing an interview with its author, Adam Grant, who sounded really sensible . . . for a psychologist (I kid!). Anyways, […]
It tends to vary based upon a person’s experience with each profession. For example, what was it about? How did a person interact with the other? Was it positive or negative? What was the outcome? Was there a chance of a positive outcome? Did it have a financial outcome? Could the outcome have a positive […]
I write 15 hours before the TikTok ban. I know almost exactly nothing about Tik Tok (I just installed the app as an act of … well it might not be available the day after tomorrow). I know almost nothing about social media or modern tech. That never stopped me before. The story is that […]
The problem with oligarchs is that they have way too much money and wealth with which to do bad things if they choose to do so. Too many do. Most want to impose the golden rule, the one where he with the most gold rules. Wealth begets bad things like the god complex which begets […]