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Las Vegas sees sharp visitor drop as leisure spending wanes
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9 months ago
Trump sacrificed this (fairly large) segment of our services economy to achieve what? Trump has not followed through on a policy pivot to support an industrial economy. Trump has only...
U.S. hockey team beats the Soviets in the "Miracle on Ice" | February 22, 1980
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9 months ago
Read about yesterday today.
Malcolm X assassinated | February 21, 1965
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9 months ago
Today over the decades.
US debt spiral could start soon as interest rate on borrowing tops GDP growth
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The Treasury has addressed the rising cost of servicing debt by shifting to sales of short term T-bills (12 month or less maturity). At present, ~ 22% of the Federal debt is held in short term...
Trump tariff chaos: What does 15% levy mean for trade deals the US signed?
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Teddy Roosevelt admonished "speak softly and carry a big stick". But speaking softly requires sane reasoning. And bluff, bluster, and questionable legal theories are not a big stick. How the hell...
MAGA Reacts to Trump Alien Announcement
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9 months ago
ODS! Now we know that Barack Obama lives in Trump's head. Is this Obama Derangement Syndrome?
John Glenn becomes first American to orbit Earth | February 20, 1962
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Blast offs from the past. (Friendship 7 was a pretty big deal at the time.)
$56 trillion national debt leading to a spiraling crisis: Budget watchdog warns the U.S. is walking a crumbling path
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Is Federalism the answer? This analysis ignores the additional $5 trillion spent by local and state governments. On top of that local and state spending, the Federal government is transferring an...