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Retired S. Calif. biz journalist. Hacking up tennis cts, chasing fish on the fly, restoring CA native plants, rethinking macroecon, ?ing media. Wisc. native.

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Crap. All this shitty software is going to get worse.

03.03.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Someone who, after being bombed, must have nukes.

03.03.2026 19:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Donald Trump struggles to explain why he launched another Middle Eastern war Reason for conflict that has already killed hundreds of Iranians and six US soldiers remains unclear

giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

03.03.2026 14:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"financial asset class" ...jfc AP.

02.03.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Two women convicted of stalking ICE agent during Los Angeles immigration protests Two protesters were convicted of stalking a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in a case that could test the limits of furious protests against the Trump administration's immigration raids...

"But the trial exposed far more personal information about the agent and his family than the alleged doxing incident.”

www.latimes.com/california/s...

28.02.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

After losing the 2020 election, Trump agitated his supporters to incite an insurrection on J6 attempting to overturn the results

Hundreds were arrested, plead guilty, convicted of seditious conpspiracy, etc and went to prison

On 1.20.2025 Trump pardoned nearly every damn one of his foot soldiers

27.02.2026 14:36 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Summers. 6-22: β€œWe need 5 yrs of unemployment above 5% to contain inflation [or] 2 years of 7.5% .. or 5 years of 6% .. or one year of 10%."

L.S. 12-23: ".. no one should have thought .. the route from 7% to 2% inflation needed to be ... correlated with increases in unemployment."

26.02.2026 01:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"No one should have thought that the route from employed to dismissed, needed to be achieved in ways that were correlated to what happens to the masses."

26.02.2026 01:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

End qualified immunity for cops. Allow lawsuits against feds.

25.02.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Olympics men's hockey gold spoiled
Olympics men's hockey gold spoiled YouTube video by Angry MaleVet

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8QK...

24.02.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Olympics men's hockey gold spoiled
Olympics men's hockey gold spoiled YouTube video by Angry MaleVet

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8QK...

24.02.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trans athletes face intense efforts to sideline them. These California teens are resisting Several California teenagers have found themselves at the center of an intense national debate around transgender kids participating in school sports. They aren't backing down.

www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

22.02.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Alan Greenspan Teaches Paul Ryan About How The Economy Actually Works
Alan Greenspan Teaches Paul Ryan About How The Economy Actually Works YouTube video by Franc Analysis

They don't.
"There is nothing that prevents the federal gov't from creating as much money as it wants and paying it to somebody."--Alan Greenspan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0i0...

18.02.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Speech by Chairman Powell on monetary policy in a changing economy Thank you for the opportunity to speak here today. Fifteen years ago, during the period now referred to as the Great Moderation, the topic of this symposium wa

Still "navigating by the stars ..."

www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

18.02.2026 23:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Was his critique of fiscal policy at the time that it wasn't large enough, or, that the gov't was spending too much and crowding out private investment?

16.02.2026 21:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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License to Kill Our ongoing investigation examines how California routinely allows dangerous drivers with horrifying histories to continue to operate on our roadways.

calmatters.org/series/licen...

15.02.2026 22:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Newsom is a neolib at heart.

11.02.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

CBO accepts failed neoclassical econ theory about loanable funds and crowding out.

U.S. prints its money. Banks create $ when they lend. $ are not scarce. No impact on rates when gov't spends.

11.02.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Pluralistic: The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (05 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...

10.02.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

To attract eyeballs. Same CNBC schtick as always.

Punters who "play" the market underperform broad indexes. That include all the professional bigmouths who populate CNBC.

10.02.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Usually it's the cops who act out, illegally demanding I.D. for protected activity.

09.02.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reaction to Trump’s Racist Post Shows He Is Not Always Immune to Politics

It doesn't even fit the context of the "news analysis" piece on reaction to Trump's racist post. No need to run it at all.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...

08.02.2026 17:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œ...the UK Government creates new money and purchasing power when it undertakes expenditure,rather than spending being financed by taxation from, or debt issuance to, the private sector.”
www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/sit...

08.02.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Alan Greenspan Teaches Paul Ryan About How The Economy Actually Works
Alan Greenspan Teaches Paul Ryan About How The Economy Actually Works YouTube video by Franc Analysis

"There is nothing that prevents the federal gov't from creating as much money as it wants and paying it to somebody."--Alan Greenspan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0i0...

08.02.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO β€œFor 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...

lataco.com/captive-loti...

08.02.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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5th Circuit judge brutally criticizes law professor for his judge-shopping research Georgetown Law Professor Steve Vladeck dismissed the judge's criticisms as a case of: "Can I put words into your mouth that make you look bad?"

Never heard of judge Jones until I saw this ...
lawandcrime.com/judiciary/it...

07.02.2026 20:26 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Good you kept the T-shirt on.

03.02.2026 21:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Former OC Supervisor Andrew Do Pleads Guilty to Bribery Scheme Disgraced former OC Supervisor Andrew Do pleaded guilty to a bribery conspiracy in federal court Thursday after resigning his county spot last week.

Money attracts scum.
Like this Repub. county supervisor in Orange Cty., CA.
voiceofoc.org/2024/10/form...

03.02.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He doesn't like delays, but wants hand-counted ballots. 😬

03.02.2026 21:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The gov't "prints" $. It doesn't borrow $.

03.02.2026 16:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0