(Edit: Evidently the article I linked from Counterpunch was unlabeled satire that I didn't catch. Fake news if you will which Counterpunch should be a little leery of since they're on the oligarchy's fake news list. Doesn't change my opinion of Trump's mental state though.)
Tomorrow we hit the federal debt ceiling.
I always considered the federal debt ceiling to be just political theater, nothing more.
The Treasury Department can move money around so that the debt ceiling is meaningless for months.
But then I spotted these charts.
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Sen. Rand Paul introduced the Stop Arming Terrorists Act on Friday.
The stock market has been on a record run. So should you jump on the bandwagon?
Consider a few charts measuring stock values in different ways.
Residents of Casa Ruby, a LGBT youth community center and shelter in Washington, D.C., were preparing to turn on a movie on Sunday afternoon to distract themselves from the cold late-winter day.
But before they could settle down in their warm, safe space, a visitor stood up, assaulted a staff member, threw a brick, shattered the glass door, and threatened to return to kill someone.
I haven't been posting any essays of late. There are a number of reasons for that, some personal. But the prime cause of my absence here can be summed up in one word: depression. Since last year, I have been struggling with that condition on a daily basis. One could call it a mental disorder were there not so many reasons, so much that has happened and continues to happen. To my mind it is a sane response to an insane world.
It's good to see you. Come on in, leave your shoes in the hallway, we've got fire on the stove preparing lunch for later. In the meantime, browse the bookshelves and plunk down on the sofa with one, or pick out some tunes from the music library or come in to the kitchen to help with the cooking. Our special blend of tea is steeping and will be right up.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report for Trump and the Republican's "American Health Care Act" has come out.
Before we get into this, I came across an article which brought home to me the complexity of the information I present and try to explain. The particular article had nothing to do with what this effort is about. It was, instead, a tirade (?) about how Wikileaks was actually colluding with the Russians by presenting lines of code which the author said definitely proved her point. In so doing she presented lines of code, first in full, and then simplified for us illiterate hicks.
