Category: economics and politics
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Nobel Prize winner Venezuelan Machado releases letter after Maduro capture.
This is from CBS News. Hit the link for the full text of the letter. “The time for freedom has come!” Machado, who was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, wrote in the letter posted on X. María Corina Machado released a letter addressing the Venezuelan people after leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife were…
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At least some Venezuelans are happy
As former strongman Maduro and his wife take a cruise to NYC. Video from Caracas.
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WSJ: “Does Even Mamdani Know his Ideas won’t Work?”
Mamdani’s ideas are so loony – free childcare, free buses, government grocery stores, low cost housing by his say so, legal prostitution (not free though), that nothing is going to get done … but he’s unlikely to further damage the city – except for the antisemitism. He’ll probably be mayor for eight years – unless…
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Westchester County Exec Jenkins video report on 1st year in office
Thanks to MC for sending me the link to this. County Executive Ken Jenkins Releases Year in Review Video for 2025
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Woke unleashed – Croton Rally Jan. 3rd
Croton on the Hudson, our home, sometimes referred to as Moscow on the Hudson. “Rally for Democracy.” Goal appears to be to “get” Congressman Mike Lawler – who is a moderate Republican.
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Latest GDP report: “President Trump’s trade agenda is working”
Well it seems to be – so far. We won’t really know until around the middle of next year.
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The Guardian: How Effective is Protesting?
From the Guardian (UK) the Party Organ of the left in the United Kingdom. Interesting. And you should be able to access it through the link – just ignore the request that pops up. Worth reading the whole thing. According to historians and political scientists who study protest: very. From emancipation to women’s suffrage, from…
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NYT: “U.S. Economic Growth Surged in Third Quarter of 2025”
It seems that my skepticism about tariffs was misplaced. The U.S. economy grew at a vigorous pace through the end of September, despite the uncertainty created by tariffs and widespread concerns about affordability among households. Economic growth rose at a 4.3 percent annual rate in the third quarter, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday, an acceleration…
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Former Senator Sasse announces terminal cancer.
Ben Sasse, who I liked … a lot. Very solid, principled man who tangled with Trump. He is 53 and has stage 4 pancreatic cancer Ben Sasse, a Republican former senator from Nebraska and a former president of the University of Florida, announced on Tuesday that he had received a diagnosis of terminal Stage 4…
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WSJ: New class of “battleship” to be named after you know who.
Hahaha. Trump manages to top this posting from yesterday – “7 Other Things Trump Is Naming After Himself “ The new vessels, which the president calls battleships, will be latest in what the White House envisions as a ‘Golden Fleet’ “We’re desperately in need of ships,” Trump said. “Some of them have gotten old and…