Tag Archives: Obituary

Suddenly Jobs Stats Are Real, Out of Uniform

Saturday, March 11, 2017

Econ 101: The economy added a healthy 235,000 jobs last month, dropping the unemployment rate just a tick to 4.7 percent and increasing the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next week. Although the Trump administration has …

Conservacare Fight, Iconic Arch Collapse

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Conservacare: As Republican leaders charge in with their plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, political riots are erupting on both the left and the right. And that’s just within the Republican party. In spite of that, House Speaker Paul Ryan …

WikiLeaks Stings CIA, Obamacare Popular

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Vault 7: The CIA has the ability to spy on people through smart phones, computers, and even smart televisions, according to a trove of documents posted on WikiLeaks. The documents reveal the CIA’s computer hacking codes and methods, According to …

Conservacare Bill Revealed, New Travel Ban

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

ConservaCare: Congressional Republicans have released the draft of an Obamacare replacement bill that replaces the requirement to have insurance with tax credits and incentives for people to buy health insurance. The key difference is that they propose to replace the …

Trump Demands Wiretap Investigation

Monday, March 6, 2017

Say It Ain’t So: FBI Director James Comey over the weekend asked the Justice Department to knock down President Trump’s unsubstantiated claim that his phones were tapped last fall on the orders of President Obama. Comey’s request puts him at …

You win; You lose, Govt. Deconstruction

Monday, February 27, 2017

Correct Envelope, Please: The Academy Awards ended in chaos last night when the musical La La Land was incorrectly named Best Picture instead of Moonlight. Acceptance speeches were already underway when La La Land’s producer announced that there had been …

Trump Rants and Raves, Immigrant Walkout

Friday, February 17, 2017

Trump Gives Self an “A”:  In a long, rambling press conference yesterday, President Trump declared that “This administration is running like a fine- tuned machine,” and “We have made incredible progress. I don’t think there’s ever been a president elected …

Trump Blames Press and Leakers

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Shoot the Messenger: President Trump is blaming the press as well as leaky intelligence and law enforcement agencies for the downfall of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, whom he fired Monday night. This morning the president tweeted, “Leaking, and even …

California Dam Danger, Just Make It Up

Monday, February 13, 2017

Spillway: As many as 180,000 people have been ordered to evacuate downstream from Northern California’s giant Oroville dam after the discovery of a hole in an auxiliary spillway used to lower the level of the brimming Lake Oroville. If the …

Immigration Raids, N. Korea Fires Missile

Sunday, February 12, 2017

— Park City, UT ICE, ICE, Baby: Immigrations and Customs Enforcement staged a series of raids this week rounding up illegal immigrants with criminal records. Operations have been reported in California, Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, New York and Kansas. …