As a lifelong supporter of the ACLU, I take a back seat to nobody in my support for the 1st Amendment. But the 1st Amendment only enjoins the government from interfering with freedom of expression. Private entities are not covered. “YouTube will offer creators a way to rejoin the streaming platform if they were banned […]

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 Why is it “important to remember the economy shrank at a 0.6 percent rate in the first quarter.” Because . . . people are touting revisions putting the second quarter growth rate at 3.8 percent. The Economy Grew at a 1.6 Percent Rate in the First Half The overall growth for the first half was […]

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NDd’s Weekly Indicators for September 22 – 26  – by New Deal democrat My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. Not much change this week, but there are signs that consumer spending is beginning to cool off again. U of M adds to NDd’s comment: “Weakening consumer views of labor markets are not necessarily a […]

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That was my motto about meetings when I was a professor and associate dean. A leader respects the time of their colleagues. Not so for Pete Hegseth. “Nothing good is likely coming out of this,” said one Democratic political scientist on Thursday regarding reports that US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has called a meeting of […]

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The review is interesting enough so as to take it with you on a 12-hour flight to Japan, change flights and then off to Asia. I have done such a number of times as watching the little screen gets to be boring. Not much to do other than read or sleep. The later comes after […]

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I think I will stick with Cato on this one. With Tr_mp playing with Tariffs on, half off, and then off game, the economy is in a greater flux. Miran is buying favors from Tr_mp with his voicing of his views. I believe many of us here know what the Fed does and so far […]

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Teach them how to manufacture their ‘complex products’ — and then go back home. Would it work? Moneywise It is not a matter of whether it would work or not. The process and the technology to manufacture is already in the United States. This is in Lean Six Sigma, Just in Time, Total Quality Control, […]

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