The Angry Bear

 If you have been keeping up with New Deal democrat’s reports on the economy. He is not yet quite sold on the US slipping into recession. The Establishment Survey numbers are still positive. Numbers He believes and the numbers support his beliefs we are in a slight expansion mode. NDd also believe it is time to turn lose on the FED rates as it is in a slight expansion. Frustration of Claudia Sahm As Her Recession Indicator Triggers From the...

What if you had an accident and the closest Emergency Room was over 30 minutes away or what if you were sick and there were no physicians or hospital beds in your community? Millions of Americans are facing this situation because rural hospitals are being forced to close. Why More Than 30% of Rural Hospitals Are at Risk of Closure, MedCity News As told by CHQPR, more than 700 rural hospitals in the U.S. are at risk of closing due to their...

by Joyce Vance Civil Discourse Today, these crimes occur with frightening regularity. In 1986, it was still shocking. This shooting and several others around the time led to the use of the phrase “going postal.” After last term at the Supreme Court, we have to worry about whether the next Patrick Sherrill will have a gun equipped with a bump stock, which permits a firearm to function like a fully automatic weapon, a machine gun, even though...

It is a common trope that university faculty don’t understand or live in “the real world.” This always tickled me. The unemployment rate for college grads has always been lower than for those without a degree, I guess university faculty do know a thing or two about the real world, since they can train students who are prepared for it. Yes, I know about Bill Gates, but you have to get into Harvard before you can drop out from it.Yesterday, I wrote...

Mesa’s Mayor John Giles splashed onto the national political scene this week after he crossed party lines and urged Arizona Republicans to vote against former President Donald Trump and support Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. His pitch started with a guest column in The Arizona Republic and a follow-up interview the same day. Giles didn’t stop there, and he’s making waves. He has since made the rounds on national broadcasts,...

Weekly Indicators for August 5 – 9 at Seeking Alpha  – by New Deal democrat My “Weekly Indicators” post is up, a day later than usual, at Seeking Alpha. While there was some excitement at the racetrack Monday as stocks just missed making a new 3 month low by a hair, the more exciting news by the end of Friday was . . . mortgage rates made a new 12 month low, and mortgage refinancing is showing signs of life again. As usual, clicking over...

Digsby led me to this article (below) in her recent piece, “More Corruption” Digby’s Hullabaloo. Trump is blatantly tampering with witnesses. Nobody cares. Until now, no presidential candidate could get away with this. But, as we know, Trump is special. He does what he wants. “Trump Witnesses Have Received Financial Benefits From Trump Businesses, Campaign.” ProPublica. Nine witnesses in the criminal cases against former President Donald...

In my lifetime, I’ve seen plenty of changes. The business model for recorded music (LPs, 8-tracks, cassettes, CDs, streaming), the business model for movies (theaters, Blockbuster, online), the business model for cameras (film SLRs, digital SLRs, mirrorless), the model for lecture presentations (live with chalkboard, live with overhead projector, live with Powerpoint, online recorded) all come to mind.It should hardly be surprising that the business...

Excellent commentary by Johann Harnoss of the Boston Consulting Group. In immigrating to the United States, he is one of many arriving. Obviously, Johann has an excellent background for BCG to pick him up. I did some sponsoring of newly arrived employees for a couple of companies. My point to this is immigrants coming to America are the largest source of population growth. Without population growth, the nation will have issues with a shortages of...

This is the boring stuff on healthcare. How to consider the costs of a rural emergency department care in a small rural hospital when it is not in constant use? And what happens when the population is small and the costs equal or exceed the funds taken in by its operation. The article provides a good foundation portraying those costs. The article suggests rural hospitals suffer greatly from the same amount of payment as what may be experienced in...