In this NYT article about the risks of public and private infrastructure projects, this quote about Blackstone, which announced a $40 billion dollar infrastructure fund: Stephen A. Schwarzman, Blackstone’s chairman and chief executive, is leading a White House business advisory group, which lists infrastructure work as one of its topics for discussion. Conflict of interest … [Read more…]
Jill Lapore hits the nail on the head in her comment in the June 5, 2017 New Yorker “The Strategy of Truth.” Trump and Ailes
The Tangled Story Behind Trump’s False Claims Of Voter Fraud A nice bit of background information from the folks (Maggie Koerth-Baker) at FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.com with some statistical education (for me anyway) thrown in. Amazing what you can do with stats.
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…]
Recommended reading – lest we forget why it is important to stay active and vigilant: The Problem with TRUMP A series of L. A. Times editorials I. Our Dishonest President http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-ed-our-dishonest-president/ II. Why The Incoherent Creamsicle/Trump Lies http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-ed-why-trump-lies/ III. The Talking Combover’s/Trump’s Authoritarian Vision http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-ed-trumps-authoritarian-vision/ IV. Lord Dampnut’s/Trump’s War on Journalism http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-ed-trumps-war-on-journalism/ V. Conspiracy Theorist … [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…]
The state of the Federal Budget – FY 2018 The Trump administration has sent a budget to Congress for fiscal year 2018. In broad brushstrokes, this is an anti-science, anti-poor, and pro-defense budget. It is also considered almost DOA in Congress and the resulting figures are open for speculation at this time. However, this should … [Read more…]
Tomorrow (04/25/2017) is Celebrate National DNA Day per the NIH. As my wife said at dinner, “Celebrate by sharing!” – love that woman. Sad truth is, the Trump administration wants to cut NIH funding by 18% in their proposed FY 2018 budget. As is noted in Science News ” Supporters of biomedical research call the … [Read more…]
Today is 70 days into Trump’s term in office, March 31, 2017. As of the 27th, his administration has appointed 6 of the 187 open ambassadorships. Don’t take my word for it, have a look at the American Foreign Service Association’s list and see for yourself. While in most cases there are veteran diplomats at … [Read more…]