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The 2nd Quarter GDP was released this morning and depending on political leanings, it was either magnificient or a bust. This from something that is revised on an annual basis and we just had that annual revision released as well. Oh well! In any case, the real GDP has finally nudged ahead of Q4 2019 numbers. The sustainability going forward is a bit worrisome, as growth in personal...

As the far right celebrates elderly former US Senator Barbara Boxer being mugged and ridiculed Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez for correctly using a big word the whole truth of what realky happened in Washington DC on January 6th, 2021 is being illustrated. What are your thoughts as you watch the hearing live on television? Frankly, my first impression is how stunning it all still is. A Trumpian...

I don’t understand why people get so angry with something so ridiculously silly.... Let me start off by saying that no one is perfect. This is a rant, so to speak about people on the road, new drivers, seasoned drivers, and overall nerve-racking drivers. I have a 20-year-old boy [aka “the adopted one”], who we’ll call E for the purposes of this rant, that has his adult permit that we went...

Liberals are celebrating the FBI hunting down the Capitol protesters, rioters, white supremacists, insurrectionists, terrorists, Fascists, or whatever name is appropriate for the occasion.  And they're all Republicans!  Liberals get to use the police state against their opponents and no one is gonna complain.  Lock those Republicans in prison and throw away the key.  Can't get better than...

Here we are 5 1/2 years later and the script has flipped, so she was right then. But is it really temporary this time around? My unqualified thoughts... First I will begin with my personal yoy rate of inflation which is 3.3%. I'm not happy about that, but it is better than the cpi-u of 5.4%. Apparently people look at headlines and don't dig into the readily available data. (r-cpi-e is running...

For those of you that have camera security systems, I have questions. What system did you buy? Do you like it? What do you wish it had now that you've owned it for a while? Did you do a wire- in system, solar rechargeable, simply battery operated? How much did you invest? I'm looking into getting a camera security system for the front of my house. Last night, at about 2 am, someone threw a...

I got off to a late start this year, but it didn't matter. I had two hard freezes in late April, which would have undone everything anyway, so I suppose that actually worked out for the best. The problem is, after the freezes the weather never returned to normal. May was every bit as wet as last year, and unseasonably cold as well. The... Whole... Darn... Month... I think I was actually...

What is the single most important feature of the experiment that is the United States? For many, if not a majority of Americans, it is the notion that all are created equal. That equality is firmly rooted in our election process. The 18 year old finishing her high school course of study, living in her parent's home, and earning $8.00 an hour at her local bodega must have the same weight in her...

Democrats have turned the Capitol attack on January 6 into a meme of insurrection.  Democrats are demanding special committees, investigations, and commissions to understand and prevent the next insurrection.  But Democrat's minds are already made up; Democrats aren't going to change their opinions.  Democrats won't use their self-righteous outrage and investigative zeal to prevent another...

It is looking more like this spate of inflation is transitory, imo. Probably not a popular notion, but the evidence is all over yesterday's CPI release .  Let's not forget that the CPI fell in the opening months of the covid outbreak, so this month's "annual" is based where the CPI had cratered and then paused. An example... prior to covid, gasoline prices had jumped 12% during 2019 and...