I fired up a chart to provide a little context. The US has given up government jobs (good if you want to reduce our budget deficit) for health care jobs. Germany's manuf sector has been crushed lately, the result of high energy prices. Plus the entire EU is suffering from a demographic crisis...to few young people to fuel the work force, too many elderly. By comparison we're in pretty good shape. A Welcome Jobs Rebound Good numbers in January after stagnant employment in 2

USA, USA, USA!

For our younger readers (aka the one's who are stuck in poverty), a quick review of the three factors causing housing to be a "little" expensive: The 2008 crash caused 10 million+ real estate professionals & construction workers to leave the industry. There's a shortage of folks trained to build homes. Labor supply is messed up. Aka, it's more expensive to build. Zoning restrictions: Municipalities all over the US have made it harder to get approvals to build new developments

I wonder if this will affect the US Census? BTW, I'm stuck here in Steamboat, Colo. and I think is patently unfair that New York has hijacked our snow. F-cking Mamdani! Why Winter in the U.S. Is Crazy This Year, in Five Charts Extreme temperatures, record snowfall, surging energy use: This isn’t just a tough winter—it’s a historic one By Carl Churchill and Gretchen Tarrant Gulla, WSJ Feb. 15, 2026 If this winter feels strange, it’s not in your head. In the eastern U.S., resid

As James Carville famously said (as Clinton's campaign director), "It's the economy stupid". For all Voldemort's mishandling of DOGE and Ice in the final analysis most American's can't expect much more than a vibrant economy. Would a different person in the oval office have produced lower prices. Probably not. Would the Report be less entertaining? You bet. Our fearless leader's douchebaggery is the journalistic stuff dreams are made of. Or for my left leaning readers, "ni

I've given this a lot of thought and I think the only solution is for the Chinese government to pay off the FIS to get Ms Gu the schedule she wants. The other competitiors? F-ck them! They don't have the clout and besides she's a special snowflake. Eileen Gu says Olympics organizers should have changed their schedule to acommodate her By Associated Press Published Feb. 15, 2026 After Eileen Gu secured her spot in the Winter Olympics big air final Saturday, she said she was di