Extending START ;It is not a big headline story among all the other things newly inaugurated Joe Biden is doing, but it is being reported that despite a generally more hostile approach to Russia, he has agreed with what Russian President Putin has said he wants, which is to simply extend the current nuclear weapons […] The post Extending START appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]
Debt and Taxes III
I don’t know if I should try to make my contributions to AngryBear a noahpinion sub substack or if I should put this over at my personal blog, but I am always stimulated by Noah’s posts . His most recent “No one knows how much the government can borrow” is on a topic I’ve mentioned […] The post Debt and Taxes III appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]
About Time
About Time Stacey Abrams on Biden’s leadership, Georgia’s election and challenging voter suppression, PBS New Hour January 21, 2021 Judy Woodruff: And, in fact, what we saw in 2020 and at the end of the election, President Trump and the people who support him making almost the opposite argument, that too much has been done […] The post About Time appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]
The Democrats and the filibuster
Ezra Klein has moved to the New York Times, and he has a very good piece up today. ; His argument is familiar to anyone who follows his work, but well-argued and definitely worth reading. ; He begins with this: President Biden takes office with a ticking clock. The Democrats’ margin in the House and Senate couldn’t […] The post The Democrats and the filibuster appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]
Covid Vaccination one dose or 2 II
There is evidence from Israel that one dose of the Pfizer vaccine is less effective than was suggested by the few person-days of evidence in the phase III trials. In Israel ;“over 12,400 have people tested positive for coronavirus after receiving vaccine shots” Israeli health officials estimate that one shot is about 50% effective after […] The post Covid Vaccination one dose or 2 II appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]
Tennessee’s Block Grant Is Approved by H.H.S.
“Restoring Medicaid,” What happens when states switch to Block Grants? I came across a NYT article citing Seema Verma’s approval of the Tennessee’s Block Grant recently. The Tennessee Block Grant is mentioned in section ” Revoke The Block Grant Initiative” of my post Restoring Medicaid. What Are Block Grants? Government funded normal Medicaid has established […] The post Tennessee’s Block Grant Is Approved by H.H.S. appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]
“insurrections, treason, and the pardon power”
The Federalist Papers #74 on insurrections, treason, and the pardon power: an argument that such pardons would be invalid as “arising in a case of impeachment” The Insurrectionists from January 6 are already asking Trump for pardons. Probably the only thing that would hold him back from doing so is his innate selfishness: what would […] The post “insurrections, treason, and the pardon power” appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]
Rescuing Disposable Time from Oblivion
Two hundred years ago this February, Charles Wentworth Dilke anonymously published a pamphlet titled The Source and Remedy of the National Difficulties, deduced from principles of political economy. Four decades later, Karl Marx would describe the pamphlet in his notes as an “important advance on Ricardo.” In his preface to volume two of Capital, Friedrich […] The post Rescuing Disposable Time from Oblivion appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]
The Sudden, Unexpected End of Crypto Tribalism
“The lower the stakes, the more intense the dispute.” Sayre’s Law The Narcissism Of Small Differences Bitcoin and the crypto world have enjoyed a phenomenal decade. Despite the fact that Bitcoin is perhaps the most disruptive technology to the status quo since the printing press, the powers-that-be have mostly left us alone. Sure, exchanges have been obliged to perform KYC measures, there’ve been a few darkmarket arrests, China banned Bitcoin a few times and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission went after some ICOs. But these regulatory responses are the bare minimum, the same regulations are applied to the very scary antiques market. For a decade, we have been left largely to our own devices while enjoying the unprecedented luxury … [Read More...]
Getting the Shakespearean Part Right
Getting the Shakespearean Part Right ;At his rally before the invasion of the Capitol, Trump said to his minions: And after this, we’re going to walk down and I’ll be there with you. We’re going to walk down– We’re going to walk down. Anyone you want, but I think right here, we’re going to walk […] The post Getting the Shakespearean Part Right appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]
President Trump was too busy watching the Capitol building chaos unfold on TV to do anything about it, advisors told The Washington Post
Trump told a crowd in front of the White House on January 6, "we will never concede." Getty Images President Donald Trump took several hours to respond to the insurrection at the Capitol building last Wednesday, despite numerous pleas from staff, advisers, and members of his own family. A new report from The Washington Post says Trump was too busy watching the insurrection unfold on TV to do anything to quell it. “He was hard to reach, and you know why? Because it was live TV. If it’s TiVo, he just hits pause and takes the calls,” one Trump adviser told The Post. The president, said Sen. Lindsey Graham, was also reticent to do anything because “he saw these people as allies in his journey… [Read More...]
Harmony at Gunpoint
FEEDOver just two days, I read the newly-published book ;We Have Been Harmonized cover to cover. For anyone interested in China, global economics, or high-tech surveillance, I heartily recommend it. The book is superbly written, well-researched, and comes from an author who is an expert in the field. In this post, I would like to exploreRead More 0 Comments [Read More...]
Post-Putsch: Why There Should Be Consequences for Enablers of the Capitol Invasion
Post-Putsch: Why There Should Be Consequences for Enablers of the Capitol Invasion ;I usually find myself agreeing with Glenn Greenwald, but not today. ; GG has posted a ;heartfelt warning against overreaction ;to the attempted fur-and-horn putsch at the Capitol Building Wednesday. ; He says the mob trampled on symbols of state power but otherwise did little of consequence, […] The post Post-Putsch: Why There Should Be Consequences for Enablers of the Capitol Invasion appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]
Tort
When Fox News and Newsmax recently accused voting machine manufacturer Dominion Voting Systems of rigging the 2020 election results, Dominion quickly and vigorously struck back at the two with a threat of civil lawsuit; a suit claiming that they, Dominion, had been harmed by the actions of Fox News and Newsmax. Consequent Dominion’s filing, Fox […] The post Tort appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]
Libertarians: Hey look, it’s Haley’s comet!
How are libertarian lovers of liberty responding to the assault on democracy and the rule of law that took place in the Capitol Wednesday? Over at Marginal Revolution, Tyler Cowen speaks out eloquently against Trump’s anti-democratic behavior. ; Just kidding! ; In a post entitled “That was then, this is now” Cowen reminds us about the terrorist […] The post Libertarians: Hey look, it’s Haley’s comet! appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]
The events at the Capitol
The events at the capitol today are horrifying, and to many of us seem like the natural outcome of Trumpism and the morally degenerate enabling of the Republican party. ; But the events today may well end up strengthening our democracy. I suspect that Trump has badly overplayed his hand. ; The images of thugs running loose […] The post The events at the Capitol appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]
If Only Trump Had Not Tweeted!
Meet Brad Raffensperger. Take a moment and listen to all three clips. The first is at Crooks and Liars. In an interview with 11Alive reporter Brendan Keefe, the reporter asked Raffensperger directly: “If the president hadn’t tweeted, and tweeted something that was false, would we have ever heard that call recording?” Brad: “No, it was […] The post If Only Trump Had Not Tweeted! appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]
The Fallacy of Unions
Because it had always been that way, none could think differently. From time immortal, labor was that what did much of the work of production. There is now a generation, maybe two, on this earth, most of whom will never know labor; will seldom see it performed. The energy for their world will not come […] The post The Fallacy of Unions appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]
A “Seditious Caucus” Stunt to Defraud America
History Professor Heather Cox Richardson at Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences, Boston College writes a daily(?) news letter (Letters from an American) which she describes as; “a chronicle of today’s political landscape, but because you can’t get a grip on today’s politics without an outline of America’s Constitution, and laws, and the economy, and […] The post A “Seditious Caucus” Stunt to Defraud America appeared first on Angry Bear. [Read More...]