A 2000 word read about Trump the president and his interface with Europe which was rather embarrassing for Americans. Threats, invasion threats, and tariff threats are all Trump knows in getting agreements with other countries. It is all he knows and is rather weak in making the threats I know for sure I will not […]
The crisis in American healthcare is not who subsidizes insurance premiums. It is why the cost of healthcare keeps increasing beyond inflation and other costs. The bill to the patient is being driven higher due to hospital systems demanding reimbursement increases which outpaces inflation, wages, and economic growth. The same would apply to healthcare supplies, […]
My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha – by New Deal democrat The trends in the high frequency data that became apparent after last summer have continued, and if anything are intensifying. In particular, a real surge in commodity prices and somewhat in a mirror image, the US$ decline which is beginning to […]
John Amato at Crooks and Liars The “18 Trillion Dollar Lie Should Have Trump Kicked Out of Office” During Pres. Biden’s administration, any mispronunciation or slip up was cause for a meltdown in the right-wing media that transitioned and bubbled up into the mainstream media on almost a weekly basis. However, President Biden never exaggerated, […]
AB: Let’s be clear. We are dealing with a person who has lost touch with reality. His regard is only for himself. Plain and simple. Kareem looks to all as having made a mistake. Those who voted, voted for what they thought was a sound selection of who should lead. I would like to think […]
What is happening down in Arizona? These businesses will be giving up Friday’s revenue by shutting down a day in protest of the government’s actions and the killing of Alex Pretti and Renee Good by Federal authorities. ~~~~~~~ “Local businesses closing Friday (January 31, 2026) to protest ICE raids,” The Copper Courier Fair Trade Cafe in […]
– by New Deal democrat To briefly reiterate, although the government shutdown ended over two months ago, much of the official monthly data – including on sales and spending – is stale, dating to November and even earlier. So the most current measures of these are the ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing reports, due next week, and […]
This piece by Merrill Goozner was written one year ago to the month. Merrill covers a lot of territory in his healthcare discussions. There is one other person who also is very knowledgeable about Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans. As Merrill says there is not need for 5% increases in pricing for Medicare Advantage plans […]
What is going on within companies when they find their sales decreasing??? Some graphics, occurrences, and facts to explain what may be going on today. Layoff numbers . . . Graphics taken from “intellizence.” Additional numeric can be found at the “intellizence” site. Click on the link in the company name. There is a broader […]
I spent my entire research career working on animals. In this case, the animals were Drosophila melanogaster, or “fruit flies.” I dissected tens of thousands of larval salivary glands because their giant polytene chromosomes afforded a relatively high resolution map of the genome. I made over 100 transgenic lines to gain insight into gene function. […]