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I have been reliably informed by an Online Test (and you know how accurate those are) that I swear like a Millennial and it’s true I’m on a constant lookout for new words and ways to string them together. The temptation to use another title more descriptive of Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly …

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I must admit my primary reaction to John Oliver’s piece this week on One America News is thank goodness it’s not about Coronavirus.

Parents and other people with replacement humans in their lives (fortunately not me since I’ve no place for the leftovers) may rejoice as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand has declared the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny ‘Essential Workers’. Easter Bunny and tooth fairy are ‘essential workers,’ New Zealand prime minister says by …

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Even the most conservative estimates suggest that eventual exposure to Coronavirus is inevitable for 90% of the population here in the United States. Now, it’s not Pancreatic Cancer and Doctors can help but you’ll probably be very, very sick and you could die. What we are doing now with the Social Distancing is attempting to …

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Still kinda thinking that Acela thing is a good idea. With BoJo Hospitalized does that mean she’s a reigning Queen? Thought Cromwell settled that. And it’s not quite- I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, …

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Stanford vs. Wisconsin: 2019 NCAA Women’s Volleyball National Championship from January 21st. Don’t bother pretending you watched it live.

At the turn of the 20th Century there was a huge struggle between two Industrial Titans over the fundamental nature of our Electrical Power Grid. There’s a new movie with Benedict Cumberbatch now available on PPV but I think I’ll wait until it gets posted on Netflix or HBO (waiting on Ford vs. Ferrari too). …

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Here they are. Our country is now facing its worst crisis in modern history. We are in the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic that could lead to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans and infect millions of others, and we are entering an economic downturn that could be worse than the Great Depression …

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Well, not quite yet. I’ve been able to restrain the impulse so far but Amazon sales are skyrocketing and that’s not necessarily a good thing. They treat their employees like crap and are driving Mom & Pops out of business faster than Sam Walton. Don’t bother looking for gloves and masks, they’re out.

Of course it’s about MMT. Ok, so this is a new source, and not a Nobel Prize winning Economist or former Secretary of Labor so I’ve had to review a sampling of material and while I’m not in 100% agreement it’s no worse than Samuelson (with whom I’m also not in 100% agreement nor any …

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