Notable & Quotable – WSJ.com. Well, any thoughts on this one? =============== Victor Davis Hanson writing at townhall.com, June 23: The Department of Agriculture no longer serves as a lifeline to millions of struggling homestead farmers. Instead, it is a vast, self-perpetuating postmodern bureaucracy with an amorphous budget of some $130 billion—a sum far greater than the nation’s net farm... Read more
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Design Flaw Fueled Japanese Nuclear Disaster
July 3 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Environment, Liberal Press, Technology, The LeftDesign Flaw Fueled Japanese Nuclear Disaster – WSJ.com. Nuclear technology is not the issue. Of course, don’t hold your breath waiting for “left leaning, liberal, environmental factual analysis”… I cannot figure out why/how the Nuclear Industry itself is so often its own worst enemy. ====== By NORIHIKO SHIROUZU And CHESTER DAWSON TOKYO—Some senior engineers at Tokyo Electric Power Co. knew for years that... Read more
The most important point in market history
June 29 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, US Debtvia The most important point in market history Todd Harrison – MarketWatch. Article is just an opinion, but one more in the camp of caution and nervousness. === NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — I would like to start today’s vibe by making a statement: I want to be bullish in here. But I will follow that with an old-school axiom: Hope is not a viable... Read more
South China Sea disputes could lead to Asian war: think tank
June 28 | Posted by mrossol | EconomicsWhy the Jobs Situation Is Worse Than It Looks
June 27 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Obama, Party PoliticsWhy the Jobs Situation Is Worse Than It Looks A very, very compelling, gut-wrenching piece. =============== The Great Recession has now earned the dubious right of being compared to the Great Depression. In the face of the most stimulative fiscal and monetary policies in our history, we have experienced the loss of over 7 million jobs, wiping out every job gained since the... Read more
The Accountable Care Fiasco
June 26 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, ObamaCareReview & Outlook: The Accountable Care Fiasco – WSJ.com. I haven’t posted on ObamaCare lately, so here you are. ===== The Obama Administration is handing out waivers far and wide for its health-care bill, but behind the scenes the bureaucracy is grinding ahead writing new regulations. The latest example is the rule for Accountable Care Organizations that are supposed to... Read more
