There was a lot going on with Covid last week. I had intended to write about NB.1.8.1, the new “variant under monitoring” by the WHO (World Health Organization), which has already become dominant in China, and the new US vaccine policy, but i just didn’t have time.   r.j. sigmund RFK Jr says no COVID vaccines […]

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Usually, I place New Deal democrat’s title for his post above. I made it simpler for readers this time to get his point across. Briefly: Between the combination of manufacturing (25% of the economy) and non-manufacturing (75% of the economy), the economic growth of the nation is moving like a slug or as New Deal […]

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There’s no evidence that DOGE has saved any money so far: “Picking apart the “estimated savings” of $175 billion on the DOGE website, Tolan told me that less than half that figure is backed up with even the most basic documentation. That means it’s possible only even to start investigating about $32 billion of savings […]

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Asia is a world apart from Europe or North America. I am curious as to what people are thinking about in Asia when they view the news from either country. I have traveled extensively in Thailand and China as well as Europe. Much of the time, I was there for weeks. There are always questions […]

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I have been watching this bill “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” slither through the House and move to the Senate. What is occurring here is, Trump trying to kill all opposition to be in control. Or another power play with Republicans backing him up. too afraid of Trump, they are looking the other way as […]

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A bit of an explanation for this Health Affairs article. Today when you are eligible for Medicare Coverage, you are placed in Traditional Medicare. What would or could happen if every new enrollee were to be placed in Medicare Advantage instead of Traditional Medicare Coverage? The discussion centers on a two-year period in the beginning […]

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I am not so positive as Robert. I believe we have a long way to go and endure with this president. In the short term, we can work for a change in the House. Perhaps with a turnout of voters we can once again drive policy for people. Robert Reich makes some good points, read […]

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Part I of II Was wealth that brought us this far.  The wealthy say that it was them, but it wasn’t.  It was wealth.  Those first surpluses after the climate stabilized were the genesis of civilization, of the modern world.  Gave mankind more time to think, to make better tools.  Gave us democracy and the […]

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Pretty much in the past, potential students from foreign countries were allowed admission to US universities as long as they qualified and could get a student visa, such as the F-1 visa. Potential students must first be admitted to an accredited US educational institution and obtain an I-20 form (Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant Student […]

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This is one of those issues where one side supports an ideal even if there is harm to the other side. My choice would be to warn those who may confess to something they did. The other side of this? If unknown and happening, who is to blame if nothing s done? ~~~~~~~ Priests to […]

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 – by New Deal democrat My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. As I wrote about here this week, the supply chain effects of the tariffs have finally bled through to rail shipments, and probably trucking as well. Meanwhile, despite all the uncretainty, as we saw yesterday with the personal income and spending report, consumers […]

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What occurred over the last few days in our household was a review of our Medicare Supplemental healthcare insurance (backs up Medicare). We have Plan N which is a good plan. We pay the Part B deductible (if needed) of Medicare which is $257 this year. The rest of Part A and B costs are […]

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At least people talking around the internet do not have to guess what their senator thinks about Medicaid healthcare. One was bold enough and not afraid of elections to say it out in the open. ” for Heaven Sakes” is the right answer. Giving up your healthcare and joining them in not accepting government sponsored […]

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Since Musk is a big ketamine user and Trump is allegedly hopped up on Adderall, it’s no wonder they want the evidence of harm from drug abuse buried: “A federal study on mental health problems and substance use across the country that has been running for decades and is used by a wide range of […]

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 – by New Deal democrat We finish the month of May with the very important personal income and spending for April, which gives us a thorough look at the consumer. In this case it is particularly complicated by the fact that “Liberation Day” tariffs and various further retaliatory increases were imposed at various times during the […]

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I was nosey and decided to read this article and see if I agree with it. I look to the throughput of people and machinery to gauge if the plan and people can satisfy the requirements. Plans are not ironclad and may need to be changed to meet what people can do in a setting. […]

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 – by New Deal democrat Let me start this post by picking up where I left off yesterday. In yesterday’s post I suggested that an absolute YoY decline in intermodal rail freight might well show up in this morning’s report from the AAR. And as the below chart shows, that’s exactly what happened, with intermodal traffic […]

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Interesting issues occurring on May 28th which ended up in the courts. Also, people are finding ways to make money as Trump plays with on-again and off-again tariffs. As you probably know, the ruling on tariffs by the U.S. Court of International Trade was set aside by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. […]

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I did a deeper investigation to get to the source of the reported loss on numerous Starlink satellites launched by Elon Musk. As reported on 3 February 2022, SpaceX launched 49 Starlink satellites, 38 of which unexpectedly deorbited. The deorbiting of the satellites was blamed on space weather. What the study determines is what contributed […]

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So Elon is headed back to the private sector after a star turn as chainsaw-in-chief and co-president. How did that work out, anyway? “Musk’s original goal was $2 trillion in annual savings, downsized several times to the range of $500 billion. DOGE currently claims $175 billion in savings. But the House bill would formalize barely […]

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