It seems to me that this breach as outlined by F. Manjoo in the NYT today is about trust. The crown jewels have been stolen. Because they all use the same dataset and we’ve always considered them interchangeable, there is no difference, TransUnion and Experian are as culpable as Equifax. So, now that the data … [Read more…]
From MARILYN SUZANNE MILLER in the NY Times today, July 22, 2017, Why Are the Baby Boomers in Such a Bad Mood? Cut to: The Present. I recently asked a neighbor how old she was: Nervous, reluctant, she said, “Oh, 60 or 61.” This conveys the ennui of today’s “new middle age” baby boomers, immersed … [Read more…]
Another piece from the NY Times today, July 18, 2017, this one by Fran Quigley (Health and Human Rights Clinic at Indiana University McKinney School of Law) and the full article can be read here. How’s this for a great deal? The United States government funded research and development of a new vaccine against Zika. … [Read more…]
Lovely article in the NY Times of July 18, 2017 from Walter M. Shaub, Jr., former head of the Office of Government Ethics. The article can be found here and is a fine reminder of what has transpired in the first six months of the Trump administration. The cascading effects of the president’s departure from … [Read more…]
WAPO reports on another data screw up with the political machines !
Arctic stronghold of world’s seeds flooded after permafrost melts No seeds were lost but the ability of the rock vault to provide failsafe protection against all disasters is now threatened by climate change The Guardian, May 19, 2017
From the Washington Post this morning, an analysis of the problems with the ACA by Jonathan Gruber. He is Ford Professor of Economics at MIT and worked on both the Massachusetts health-care reform and the Affordable Care Act. The article is here. What supporters of the AHCA are not admitting, however, is that the ACA’s … [Read more…]
Below is a screen-scrape of what my Firefox addon “SOME RICH ASSHOLE” did to this White House Press Release. The unadulterated text can be found here. These people need to be put on an island with knives and no food. I normally wouldn’t continence quoting the Rich Asshole in this blog but these words are … [Read more…]
In the Washington Post today, Tom Toles has, per usual, a razor sharp commentary on Mr. Trump’s administration. To quote: “So the press would be well advised to cover Our National Nightmare’s proposals straight and report on the content and consequences of his legislative agenda, and not report it as TV wrestling.” Read the rest … [Read more…]
At the Intercept this thought provoking article about the Whitehouse’s abandonment of its populist rhetoric concerning Wall Street: That populist smokescreen is long gone now. Mnuchin and Donovan are just two of five Goldman expats in high-level positions on Trump’s team. Steve Bannon spent a limited time at Goldman Sachs, but White House assistant Dina … [Read more…]