Angry Bear https://angrybearblog.com/ Relevant and even prescient commentary on news, politics and the economy. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 21:26:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 The post-pandemic affordability crisis and the election of 2024 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/the-post-pandemic-affordability-crisis-and-the-election-of-2024 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/the-post-pandemic-affordability-crisis-and-the-election-of-2024#respond Tue, 01 Sep 2026 20:13:48 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192892  – by New Deal democrat There are times when there is little new economic data of import, and not too much else to say. At other times, the import of particularly striking data on even long term historical trends could justify entire book chapters almost overnight. Right now is one of the latter. Bear with […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/the-post-pandemic-affordability-crisis-and-the-election-of-2024/feed 0 2027 Unsubsidized ACA Premium Increases https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/2027-unsubsidized-aca-premium-increases https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/2027-unsubsidized-aca-premium-increases#respond Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192862 So, what is going to happen in 2027 for unsubsidized ACA Healthcare Insurance premiums? Well, the states have filed for anything from a 6% increase to a 22% increase (weighted average). The premiums will be anywhere from $576/month to $1542/month. Charles has been analyzing the ACA for as long as I have known him in […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/2027-unsubsidized-aca-premium-increases/feed 0 What is Driving US Debt . . . https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/what-is-driving-us-debt https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/what-is-driving-us-debt#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192855 Robert Reich on US Debt: What’s REALLY driving up the U.S. debt, which just reached the $40 trillion milestone? I (Robert) appeared recently on CNBC to explain that. Contrary to the conventional rightwing view, it’s not due to government spending on social safety nets. It’s . . . “What’s Really Driving Up the Debt?” Robert Reich

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/what-is-driving-us-debt/feed 3 WWSD (What Would Stalin Do)? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/wwsd-what-would-stalin-do-2 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/wwsd-what-would-stalin-do-2#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:27:56 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192886 “President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration previously called on conservatives to create new academic journals and to fund science that would explicitly back right-wing policy goals. “Heidi Overton made the comments in a December 2023 appearance on The Tank, a podcast by the conservative think tank America First Policy Institute. […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/wwsd-what-would-stalin-do-2/feed 2 Implementing Trumponomics https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/implementing-trumponomics https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/implementing-trumponomics#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:17:55 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192850 Keynes is spinning in his grave.

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/implementing-trumponomics/feed 1 Recent Information on Oil https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/recent-information-on-oil https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/recent-information-on-oil#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:04:31 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192852 There is more current information at the site which can be read. I have used an earlier version of the report by Oil Price. The articles on the internet do not give much of an indication of the oil issues as caused by the United States (namely Tr__p) will be ending. As reported, pricing is […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/recent-information-on-oil/feed 2 Is AI intelligent? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/is-ai-intelligent https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/is-ai-intelligent#respond Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:48:22 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192848 What happens when Claude talks to Claude? Peak AI. Click the link and find out! Two chat bots talk to each other

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/is-ai-intelligent/feed 0 Reliving the Sixties in 2026 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/reliving-the-sixties-in-2026 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/reliving-the-sixties-in-2026#respond Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192837 My memories and thouhts: I was just a soon-to-be teenager in the early sixties. In 1967, I graduated high school and went to work with my dad on the United of America building. I was laid off come November which was fine with me as I was freezing on the scaffolds 20 or so stories […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/reliving-the-sixties-in-2026/feed 0 Food, Energy, and Medical Pricing Data: EOY June 2026 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/food-energy-and-medical-pricing-eoy-june-2026 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/food-energy-and-medical-pricing-eoy-june-2026#respond Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192786 This is meant to create a better understanding of what is going on in various areas. Year End June 2026, Consumer Pricing “Consumer prices up 3.5 percent over the year ended June 2026 : The Economics Daily:” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) decreased 0.4 percent on […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/food-energy-and-medical-pricing-eoy-june-2026/feed 0 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-44 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-44#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:43:25 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192791 “. . . applying tariffs means that we are insisting now on paying more for the things that we used to get for less. It’s like going to the grocery store with reverse coupons and insisting that, because you are mad that you have to pay money for things, you will now insist on paying […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-44/feed 6 Overspending on Automobiles https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/overspending-on-automobiles https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/overspending-on-automobiles#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:20:41 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192831 “Cities Where People Overspend the Most on Cars (2026)”, Adam McCann, WalletHub Financial Writer American auto loan debt is totaling to over $1.7 trillion. The personal-finance company WalletHub today released its report on the Cities Where People Overspend the Most on Cars in 2026 in order to see where people are taking on the most auto loan debt […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/overspending-on-automobiles/feed 5 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-43 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-43#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:30:06 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192783 Now in my mind’s eye I see the beltway, which surrounds the area [where Trump cut down the cherry trees] as the rim of a giant toilet which is constantly swirling with nothing more than a bunch of crap and a number of gilded turds (pardon my “french”) swallowing up all that is good in […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-43/feed 1 New Deal democrats Weekly Indicators for August 24 – 28 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/new-deal-democrats-weekly-indicators-for-august-24-28 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/new-deal-democrats-weekly-indicators-for-august-24-28#respond Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192772  – by New Deal democrat Weekly Indicators: 2-Year Minus Funds Spread Suggests Fed Is Behind The Curve Seeking Alpha. The big story continues to be the upward move in Treasurys. The spread that became most salient this week is the very wide 0.73% spread between the 2-year note and the Fed funds rate. In the past […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/new-deal-democrats-weekly-indicators-for-august-24-28/feed 0 Middle East, Tr__p, The Strait of Hormuz, and Iraq https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/middle-east-tr__p-the-strait-of-hormuz-and-iraq https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/middle-east-tr__p-the-strait-of-hormuz-and-iraq#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192735 Pulled a partial from USNI News and a commentary by Paul Krugman. I do not believe we can look any worse off than what Tr__p has done with the United States. Read on . . . “There are reports of more ships making it through the Strait of Hormuz August. 28, 2026. Transits through the […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/middle-east-tr__p-the-strait-of-hormuz-and-iraq/feed 1 Funny of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/funny-of-the-day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/funny-of-the-day#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2026 12:42:38 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192747 Well, not really funny. More like sad

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/funny-of-the-day/feed 1 The “gold standard” QCEW jobs report suggests employment all but stalled during most of last year and early this year https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-gold-standard-qcew-jobs-report-suggests-employment-all-but-stalled-during-most-of-last-year-and-early-this-year https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-gold-standard-qcew-jobs-report-suggests-employment-all-but-stalled-during-most-of-last-year-and-early-this-year#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192769 – by New Deal democrat The Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) is “the gold standard” of US employment measures. It is an actual census of 95%+ of all employers, who must report new employees for purposes like unemployment and disability benefits. Because of this, it is used for the final revisions, a/k/a benchmarks, for […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-gold-standard-qcew-jobs-report-suggests-employment-all-but-stalled-during-most-of-last-year-and-early-this-year/feed 1 Trade with Canada Becomes More Difficult . . . https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/trade-with-canada-becomes-more-difficult https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/trade-with-canada-becomes-more-difficult#respond Sat, 29 Aug 2026 18:16:03 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192750 Tr__p can’t play nicely in the international market school yard. If he can not have his way, he imposes threats on the victim and threatens to take his marbles and go home from the school yard. US – Canada trade history in Six, Four, nope . . . Five charts as Taken from USA Facts […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/trade-with-canada-becomes-more-difficult/feed 0 Heavy truck sales and durable goods orders also confirm an expansion is underway https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/heavy-truck-sales-and-durable-goods-orders-also-confirm-an-expansion-is-underway https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/heavy-truck-sales-and-durable-goods-orders-also-confirm-an-expansion-is-underway#respond Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192743 – by New Deal democrat There was more evidence yesterday that, far from sliding into recession, this year we came our of last autumn’s “mini-recession” and are in an inflationary expansion now. Both metrics have to do with durable goods. In general, durable goods are the second items to turn down or up after housing. They […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/heavy-truck-sales-and-durable-goods-orders-also-confirm-an-expansion-is-underway/feed 0 Labor Force Participation Rate https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/labor-force-participation-rate-2 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/labor-force-participation-rate-2#respond Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192716 Regurgitating much of what is in the August BLS New Release as reported by the St. Louis Fed. Briefly: Several factors have impacted the lowering of the Participation Rate. None of which was the result of workers leaving the market. Briefly, 43% of the decrease was the result a large population-control revision. Changes in the […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/labor-force-participation-rate-2/feed 0 G-man: a book review https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/g-man-a-book-review https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/g-man-a-book-review#respond Sat, 29 Aug 2026 09:02:01 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192712 I just finished reading “G-man,” Beverly Gage’s Pulizer-winning biography of J. Edgar Hoover. During his lifetime, Hoover became synonymous with the FBI, the agency he founded, developed and controlled until his death. In the beginning, Hoover conceived of the FBI as a purely investigative agency, apolitical and devoted to the most up-to-date technologies of crime-solving […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/g-man-a-book-review/feed 0 Jobless claims continue very positive; here’s the historical record of why I pay so much attention to them https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/jobless-claims-continue-very-positive-heres-the-historical-record-of-why-i-pay-so-much-attention-to-them https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/jobless-claims-continue-very-positive-heres-the-historical-record-of-why-i-pay-so-much-attention-to-them#respond Fri, 28 Aug 2026 16:48:22 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192714 – by New Deal democrat Let’s take our usual weekly look at jobless claims. Why do I always do this? Because they are a very good and very timely short leading indicator with nearly a 60 year history; particularly when paired with YoY stock prices as my “quick and dirty” economic forecast. To the numbers: last […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/jobless-claims-continue-very-positive-heres-the-historical-record-of-why-i-pay-so-much-attention-to-them/feed 0 Experts were Right About Tr__p https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/experts-were-right-about-tr__p https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/experts-were-right-about-tr__p#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192657 What happens when you know the direction you are going in will cause harm? And there is nothing you can do about it except hang on and hope it ends soon. What is it? Two years and Tr__p is brings the nation and the population to its knees. Where is Congress in all of this? […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/experts-were-right-about-tr__p/feed 7 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-42 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-42#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:44:06 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192709 What’s going on? In short, over the last couple of weeks Republicans and Donald Trump have decided they’re losing this election. It’s not clear to me that anything has actually changed — except to the extent that for the party on the ropes “nothing changing” becomes a bigger problem the closer you get to Election […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-42/feed 1 What Should Dems Be Driving Home to Constituents? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/what-should-dems-be-driving-home-to-constituents https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/what-should-dems-be-driving-home-to-constituents#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192693 I just finished reviewing commentaries by Dean Baker, Jared Berstein, and Paul Krugman. As I read Robert Reich, I come to a conclusion after reading all four (including Robert Reich) that they are making similar comments about the economy and the struggle within the population. Each of these knowledgeable people are talking about various aspects […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/what-should-dems-be-driving-home-to-constituents/feed 2 Take care of your liver https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/take-care-of-your-liver https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/take-care-of-your-liver#respond Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:55:21 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192684 When I was in college, I competed in a peanut eating contest: how many peanuts could someone eat in one minute. For a short time, I held the record by simply eating whole peanuts without removing the shells. Eventually, someone else won by the same trick. Years later, I learned that this is a bad […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/take-care-of-your-liver/feed 0 Incomes remain recessionary and spending expansionary, as real sales increase and corporate profits soar https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/incomes-remain-recessionary-and-spending-expansionary-as-real-sales-increase-and-corporate-profits-soar https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/incomes-remain-recessionary-and-spending-expansionary-as-real-sales-increase-and-corporate-profits-soar#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:34:57 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192685 – by New Deal democrat Along with the employment report, real income and spending are probably the most important monthly reports as to the health of the average American household. This year there has been a real split between the income and spending sides of that ledger, which continued in this month’s report for July. To […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/incomes-remain-recessionary-and-spending-expansionary-as-real-sales-increase-and-corporate-profits-soar/feed 0 Time to buy a bidet? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/time-to-buy-a-bidet https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/time-to-buy-a-bidet#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:40:33 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192681 In all the brouhaha surrounding the latest US-Canada trade dust-up, this detail isn’t getting the attention it deserves: “One of the most affected categories would be paper products. American-made toilet paper and paper towels sold into the Canadian market will now face steeper tariffs at the border.” In the end, there’s still time for TACO. […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/time-to-buy-a-bidet/feed 4 A Confusing SCOTUS Confuses the Public https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/a-confusing-scotus-confuses-the-public https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/a-confusing-scotus-confuses-the-public#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192667 Another opinion offered up is by the Brennan Center for Justice. Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center is saying Tr__p’s efforts are failing. This is a current editorial by Michael Waldman who is an attorney also. It may just be our president (Tr__p) is attempting to confuse us with his beliefs which are not legitimate. […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/a-confusing-scotus-confuses-the-public/feed 0 Trump May Have Received His Mail-In Ballot Wish https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/trump-may-have-received-his-mail-in-ballot-wish https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/trump-may-have-received-his-mail-in-ballot-wish#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192665 There are two different opinions on whether Tr__p can do this or not. Here is one opinion by SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. As the piece says, elections are assigned to states . . . not the Federal Government. It still may be that TR__p may not be allowed to take over a national election. […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/trump-may-have-received-his-mail-in-ballot-wish/feed 0 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-41 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-41#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:02:36 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192652 By simultaneously mandating the creation of Trump-approved eligibility lists and targeting state officials who allegedly issue ballots to ineligible voters, the White House is sending a clear message to its political enemies: Use its list, or else. The Court’s treatment of these provisions as independently innocuous is roughly analogous to arguing that because a bank […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-41/feed 0 YoY repeat home sales prices continue to firm https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/yoy-repeat-home-sales-prices-continue-to-firm https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/yoy-repeat-home-sales-prices-continue-to-firm#respond Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:30:29 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192653 – by New Deal democrat While the current cycle may have dispelled the notion that “housing *is* the economic cycle,” it is nevertheless an important component of the long leading indicators. And while new home construction is far more important economically, existing home sales – roughly 90% of the market – are an important determinant […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/yoy-repeat-home-sales-prices-continue-to-firm/feed 0 Fish isn’t medicine https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/fish-isnt-medicine https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/fish-isnt-medicine#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:24:51 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192650 I never cared much for fish growing up in East Tennessee. At home, fish came in brown squares out of the freezer. On family camping trips, we’d have salmon patties made with canned salmon. Once, on a family vacation down east, I raked for clams in the Chesapeake Bay, and my mom steamed them. They […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/fish-isnt-medicine/feed 3 The Senator I Voted for When We Lived in Michigan https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-senator-i-voted-for-when-we-lived-in-michigan https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-senator-i-voted-for-when-we-lived-in-michigan#respond Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192636 I asked Elissa Slotkin a question and she gave me a sharp answer in return. Inwardly, I frowned at first but I also knew we would have a good Congressional Representative (2019 to 2025) for Livingston County. Ms. Slotkin has done well since then. Slotkin beat the carpet bagger Mikie Rogers for the Senatorial sit […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-senator-i-voted-for-when-we-lived-in-michigan/feed 0 Schooling . . . or Not https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/schooling-or-not https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/schooling-or-not#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192598 As the author states, “teaching is not the same as learning.” This is a part of the book as stated by the reviewer which many do not understand. Learners have issues and teachers have other issues. And there are barriers on either side which need to be overcome. The one-handed economist Sometimes you just want […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/schooling-or-not/feed 2 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-40 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-40#respond Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:02:13 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192629 The simple fact is that for all the other evils of Trumpism they simply don’t understand the basis of American power, military or economic. That’s the basis of the absurdity of the last decade in which the US is somehow the defiant rebel against the system it created for its own prosperity and security and […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-40/feed 0 What is next for Tr__p to Entangle the United States? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/what-is-next-for-tr__p-to-entangle-the-united-states https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/what-is-next-for-tr__p-to-entangle-the-united-states#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:41:23 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192633 Coming from The Hill (August 18, 2026) . . . You would think by now, the United States would learn not to entangle itself in another foreign battle. “Iran’s Speaker says Bessent and Hegseth are ‘way out of their league.’” Hegseth’s background as being XMiltary should have been enough for him to know . . […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/what-is-next-for-tr__p-to-entangle-the-united-states/feed 0 Mexican standoff on Canadian oil? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/mexican-standoff-on-canadian-oil https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/mexican-standoff-on-canadian-oil#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:49:18 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192627 The US is a net exporter of total petroleum (crude and refined), but we’re a net importer of crude oil, much of it from Canada. “The US is by far the largest buyer of Canadian crude, accounting for 90% of Canada’s crude exports in 2025, or roughly 126 billion Canadian dollars of a total CA$140 […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/mexican-standoff-on-canadian-oil/feed 2 The Ballroom: Stop Construction https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/192588 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/192588#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192588 The Ballroom: Stop Construction; Decide Legality – J.P. McJefferson The Supreme Court should quickly decide whether President Trump can continue building the White House ballroom while its legality is being decided. Disclaimer: I am not an attorney. I have reviewed the relevant Supreme Court procedures, the lower-court decisions, and publicly available filings in the White House […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/192588/feed 0 Food Retailers took Advantage of the Pandemic to Hike Prices and Boost Profits https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/food-retailers-took-advantage-of-the-pandemic-to-hike-prices-and-boost-profits https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/food-retailers-took-advantage-of-the-pandemic-to-hike-prices-and-boost-profits#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192510 Mid July the New York Times wrote a piece on grocery stores cutting prices. Angry Bear had touched upon the issue in late 2025: “Why are Your Grocery Bills so High?” Angry Bear as referenced in other pieces of public information. We were timely then in discussing the issues. While inflation has been a significant […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/food-retailers-took-advantage-of-the-pandemic-to-hike-prices-and-boost-profits/feed 0 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-39 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-39#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:01:06 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192592 For Canada, the choice came down to either severe but temporary economic instability or binding itself to a pseudo-democratic fiscal basketcase of a nation, whose only apparent foreign policy objective has become domination for the gratification of its president’s slapdash vanity. ~Stephen Marche

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-39/feed 0 A deeper look at the history and sources of interest payments on the national debt https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/a-deeper-look-at-the-history-and-sources-of-interest-payments-on-the-national-debt https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/a-deeper-look-at-the-history-and-sources-of-interest-payments-on-the-national-debt#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:20:58 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192593 – by New Deal democrat With 10- and 30-year Treasury bonds hovering close to 20-year highs in the past week, there has been a flurry of talk about how this will hamstring any future Democratic Administration from delivering economic programs, due to the increase in how much money will be needed to pay interest on […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/a-deeper-look-at-the-history-and-sources-of-interest-payments-on-the-national-debt/feed 2 Why does Trump hate America? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/why-does-trump-hate-america https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/why-does-trump-hate-america#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:39:09 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192583 This is what happens when you put someone with the emotional maturity of a middle school boy in charge of the world’s largest economy and the world’s most powerful military. “What is striking about this picture, setting aside all these nitty-gritty details, is how much it mirrors Trump’s Iran debacle, another war not so much […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/why-does-trump-hate-america/feed 2 Prices and Inflation – CPI and Energy https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/prices-and-inflation-cpi-and-energy https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/prices-and-inflation-cpi-and-energy#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192555 I went back to look and see if there was a report more current on Energy. This is the latest as of August 12. The next one should be on or about September 12. So again, you will be looking at historical data. There are three indexes below which I embolden so as to allow […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/prices-and-inflation-cpi-and-energy/feed 0 Tr__p Being Himself . . . No Surprise here https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/tr__p-being-himself-no-surprise-here https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/tr__p-being-himself-no-surprise-here#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192567 Kinda running on empty or fumes today. The last two – three weeks have taken quite a bit out of me. Spent some time in the hospital. They rotor-rooter one artery on me. Who would have thought? It was kind of a surprise for me as I never get sick and my cholesterol is low. […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/tr__p-being-himself-no-surprise-here/feed 0 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-38 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-38#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:19:40 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192544 Chomsky … wrote that the old motto about ‘speaking truth to power’ is overrated. Power, as he points out, quite probably knows the truth already and is mainly interested in suppressing or limiting or distorting it. We would therefore do better to try to instruct the powerless. ~Christopher Hitchens

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-38/feed 0 New Deal Democrats Weekly Indicators for August 17 – 21 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/new-deal-democrats-weekly-indicators-for-august-17-21 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/new-deal-democrats-weekly-indicators-for-august-17-21#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:12:11 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192548 My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. I don’t have much to add to the conventional wisdom this week. The rise in long term interest rates to near-20 year highs, and the continued inflationary pressure from the T—-p Administration’s “policies” are the overarching story. That sound you hear is some of the birds starting […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/new-deal-democrats-weekly-indicators-for-august-17-21/feed 0 The latest on the inflationary expansion of 2026, a/k/a “Guns & Butter 2” https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-latest-on-the-inflationary-expansion-of-2026-a-k-a-guns-butter-2 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-latest-on-the-inflationary-expansion-of-2026-a-k-a-guns-butter-2#respond Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:55:54 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192545 – by New Deal democrat Today let’s take a look at the first reads of August business activity, from the New York and Philadlephia Feds, and put those in context of our current economic and fiscal situation, which I have been describing as an inflationary expansion. Both of those components, both the expansion and its inflationary […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-latest-on-the-inflationary-expansion-of-2026-a-k-a-guns-butter-2/feed 0 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-37 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-37#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2026 13:23:23 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192540 Elections are a pageant of democratic life, with all the boisterousness, intensity, and sometimes crassness that goes with that. They’re about values, identity, our collective trust or lack or trust in particular candidates, music, rallies, emotion. If we really believe in popular democracy and decision-making we shouldn’t be bothered or worried that some of it […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-37/feed 4 Debt from Tax Breaks https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/192527 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/192527#respond Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192527 Opinion Piece . . . $40 Trillion Debt, Oh My! | Dean Baker on Patreon I have never been a deficit hawk, and I’m not about to change my religious affiliation now. But whatever we think of debt and deficits, there is one point that should be very clear: it has been run up almost […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/192527/feed 0 Massive Surge in Uninsured Patients After GOP’s Healthcare Cuts https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/massive-surge-in-uninsured-patients-after-gops-healthcare-cuts https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/massive-surge-in-uninsured-patients-after-gops-healthcare-cuts#respond Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192514 Taken from Common Dreams which I do contribute to from time to time. Just a habit. You might want to do so too! The subject? The influx of uninsured people is overwhelming healthcare offered up by hospitals, clinics, etc. much of this may go unreimbursed. The result of this comes from Republicans as led by […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/massive-surge-in-uninsured-patients-after-gops-healthcare-cuts/feed 0 The horserace https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-horserace https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-horserace#respond Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:17:58 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192524 Historically, the party in power loses seats in the midterm. The smart money seems to be on that happening again in 2026. Since GOP margins in both houses are slim, so only a few seats can make the difference in control. As of today, Nate Silver has strong odds for Democrats taking the House, but […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-horserace/feed 0 Some day the positive trend in unemployment claims will end —- but not this week https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/some-day-the-positive-trend-in-unemployment-claims-will-end-but-not-this-week https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/some-day-the-positive-trend-in-unemployment-claims-will-end-but-not-this-week#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192499 – by New Deal democrat As per usual on Thursdays, let’s take a look at the very good short leading indicator of jobless claims. The bullet point take is that they continue to be among the most positive indicators of all at the moment. Last week only 206,000 people filed initial claims, down -6,000 from […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/some-day-the-positive-trend-in-unemployment-claims-will-end-but-not-this-week/feed 2 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-36 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-36#respond Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:29:42 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192522 Governments tax labor at much higher rates than capital for what used to be good reasons: labor is less mobile, making such taxes easier to collect, and capital investments tend to boost human productivity and wages, meaning that taxes on labor indirectly capture the upside from capital spending. But if machines start to replace humans […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-36/feed 0 Losing Healthcare in Ohio and Other Places https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/losing-healthcare-in-ohio-and-other-places https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/losing-healthcare-in-ohio-and-other-places#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192298 One of the greatest achievements in this century was making health insurance affordable to millions more Americans. In 2010, ~ 18 percent of people under 65 lacked healthcare insurance. By 2024, the rate had fallen below 10 percent The drop is the result of the Affordable Care Act plus legislation building on it. For once […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/losing-healthcare-in-ohio-and-other-places/feed 2 Funding Medicare for All https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/funding-medicare-for-all https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/funding-medicare-for-all#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:12:28 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192497 Can we afford Medicare for All? Given that health care in America costs per capita twice that of all the other industrialized nations with some form of single-payer with the same or worse outcomes, I should think so. But even with our current Medicare system, there’s an identifiable source of waste, fraud and abuse that […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/funding-medicare-for-all/feed 2 Employment July 2026 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/employment-july-2026 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/employment-july-2026#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192469 Unemployment Summary for July 2926, Setting the Stage for something to take place. I do not know which way it is going to go as the numbers do not say much. We are probably in a period of stagnation. Trump is doing his best to turn it into a down turn. I do not see […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/employment-july-2026/feed 3 The positive trend in manufacturing production continues, but are there signs of flagging AI-related growth? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-positive-trend-in-manufacturing-production-continues-but-are-there-signs-of-flagging-ai-related-growth https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-positive-trend-in-manufacturing-production-continues-but-are-there-signs-of-flagging-ai-related-growth#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192451   – by New Deal democrat If housing permits and starts are in the forefront of long leading indicators, then industrial production and its components are among the most important coincident indicators, even if they are not as important as they were back when the US was the world’s industrial powerhouse. And if earlier this morning […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-positive-trend-in-manufacturing-production-continues-but-are-there-signs-of-flagging-ai-related-growth/feed 2 Diesel shortage incoming? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/diesel-shortage-incoming https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/diesel-shortage-incoming#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:32:05 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192495 Trump has threatened new economic sanctions on Iran in a tacit admission that his bombing war hasn’t brought Iran to capitulate to his masculine dominance. It’s not clear how these sanctions will relieve the stranglehold Iran holds on the Strait of Hormuz. It’s more likely that they’ll increase the cost of food and gas in […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/diesel-shortage-incoming/feed 6 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-35 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-35#respond Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:27:48 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192436 Stalinism is one way of achieving industrialization like cannibalism is one way of achieving a high-protein diet. ~Robert Conquest

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-35/feed 0 South Carolina ACA Disenrollment https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/south-carolina-aca-disenrollment https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/south-carolina-aca-disenrollment#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2026 23:54:23 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192459 The enrollment impact from cutting ACA subsidies hits all states whether up north on the East Coast, West Coast or down South. Charles Gaba is tracking the impact of Republicans cutting back on ACA subsidies and the impact on ACA healthcare insurance. Taken from Charles Gaba’s ACA Signups, Second Yellow Column on the ACA Effectuated […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/south-carolina-aca-disenrollment/feed 1 The mini-recession of 2025 vs. the AI wealth effect inflationary expansion of 2026 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-mini-recession-of-2025-vs-the-ai-wealth-effect-inflationary-expansion-of-2026 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-mini-recession-of-2025-vs-the-ai-wealth-effect-inflationary-expansion-of-2026#respond Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:17:52 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192444 – by New Deal democrat No significant economic news today, so let’s take the proverbial “35,000 foot” look at the US economy in the past two years. One of the things I have gone back and forth on over that time is whether there was a “mini-recession” late last year. As of the lastest revised data, […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-mini-recession-of-2025-vs-the-ai-wealth-effect-inflationary-expansion-of-2026/feed 0 “They say that voting should be by household and that women must defer to men” https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/they-say-that-voting-should-be-by-household-and-that-women-must-defer-to-men https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/they-say-that-voting-should-be-by-household-and-that-women-must-defer-to-men#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192423 The author is not revealing 20th century ideology in this commentary. Professor Heather is revealing a comment made by a Christian nationalists’ organization and individuals recently. This is like taking the Wayback Machine to view an important event. Except it is happening now. There are some people clamoring for a return of blocking women from […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/they-say-that-voting-should-be-by-household-and-that-women-must-defer-to-men/feed 1 Michigan’s livelihood https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/michigans-livelihood https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/michigans-livelihood#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192430 Kind of slower these days for now anyways. I spent six days in the hospital. First a walkabout to see what was wrong. I have been eating oats plus other things for a long while. My cholesterol is low and I am active. Turned out I needed one artery cleaned out and one stent. May […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/michigans-livelihood/feed 2 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-34 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-34#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:03:15 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192417 Democracy is not an easy form of government. It has none of the certainties of the various forms of tyranny. It demands that the governed as well as the governing make compromises, learn to to listen, and sometimes resist impulses. The champions of democracy are not the people who cling to power in its name, […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-34/feed 1 If the Disease Doesn’t Kill You, Listening to RFK Jr. Just Might https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/if-the-disease-doesnt-kill-you-listening-to-rfk-jr-just-might https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/if-the-disease-doesnt-kill-you-listening-to-rfk-jr-just-might#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192407 Kareem takes on the Head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Robert Kennedy. Excellent comparison to Woody Allen in “Sleeper.” I do not see what we can do about ditching Robert and getting someone more competent. When Tr__p leaves and we get a competent president, I am sure Robert will be leaving […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/if-the-disease-doesnt-kill-you-listening-to-rfk-jr-just-might/feed 9 The neutral trend in the most reliable long leading indicators in housing continues https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-neutral-trend-in-the-most-reliable-long-leading-indicators-in-housing-continues https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-neutral-trend-in-the-most-reliable-long-leading-indicators-in-housing-continues#respond Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192404  – by New Deal democrat Let me start out this post with my updated overall conception of the long leading indicators. To begin with, most of them are financial — generally speaking, “the cost of money.” That applies to bond interest rates, the yield curve, real money supply, and bank lending. Recently, I’ve also indicated […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-neutral-trend-in-the-most-reliable-long-leading-indicators-in-housing-continues/feed 0 Digital Dick Tracey or Fearless Fosdick? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/digital-dick-tracey-or-fearless-fosdick https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/digital-dick-tracey-or-fearless-fosdick#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:15:18 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192412 There’s a lot of controversy surrounding Flock cameras. The cops say they help catch crooks. The civil libertarians say big brother is watching you. Some camera operators are using them to spy on girlfriends. Turns out that retail stores have been using them to reduce “shrinkage,” aka shoplifting. But digital surveillance comes at a price. […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/digital-dick-tracey-or-fearless-fosdick/feed 3 Trump and the military:  chickens, roost https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/trump-and-the-military-chickens-roost https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/trump-and-the-military-chickens-roost#respond Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:33:49 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192414 Foreign policy has always been the area in which Trump was likely to do the most damage to America and the world.  In 2024, it was clear from his first term that, if re-elected, he would undermine our alliances and violate our treaty commitments.  This would embolden our adversaries, reduce our influence with our friends, […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/trump-and-the-military-chickens-roost/feed 0 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-33 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-33#respond Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:57:24 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192378 President Trump won’t even be straight with the country about how he’s running out of weapons – when his war has depleted well upwards of 90% of certain crucial munitions, as Zeteo has learned. When reporters have dug in on this topic, he’s huffily accused them of “treason,” and pledged that those responsible for leaking […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-33/feed 0 Inflation and Corporate Bond Spreads https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/inflation-and-corporate-bond-spreads https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/inflation-and-corporate-bond-spreads#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:15:24 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192394 Of inflation and corporate bond spreads  – by New Deal democrat Over the weekend, in response to my “Weekly Indicators” post, a commenter wanted to know why I was concerned about inflation. After all, hadn’t core CPI just tied its post pandemic low? And it is true: core inflation (blue), at 2.5% YoY, is equal to […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/inflation-and-corporate-bond-spreads/feed 1 Dumb Ass Starts a War and then Wants to get out of It https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/dumb-ass-starts-a-war-and-then-wants-to-get-out-of-it https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/dumb-ass-starts-a-war-and-then-wants-to-get-out-of-it#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2026 23:56:30 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192382 I do not know why Tr__p wanted to go alone with this. Other countries did not want to be a part of this. The country of Oman has been acting as a go between for the United States and Iran. He couldn’t wait, I guess? NPR: “Oman has played a relatively low-profile role since the […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/dumb-ass-starts-a-war-and-then-wants-to-get-out-of-it/feed 1 Putin is doing it wrong https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/putin-is-doing-it-wrong https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/putin-is-doing-it-wrong#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:06:45 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192375 “President Donald Trump has declared the Strait of Hormuz as US territory in a new post on Truth Social. “Sharing a bizarre map of the region with a large blue circle over Hormuz, the picture declared the vital shipping route as “US territory”.” Putin just needs to grab a map, draw a circle around Ukraine […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/putin-is-doing-it-wrong/feed 1 Social Security Faces a Political Crisis – Some Thoughts https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/ss https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/ss#respond Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:40:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192274 In June of this year, Prof. Paul Krugman had an article on his site (which I subscribe to) “Social Security is Facing a Political Crisis.” What I like about the title is, he gets it right. Social Security is facing a political issue rather than an economic issue. Yes, I agree the problem is similar […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/ss/feed 0 What About Medicare . . . https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/what-about-medicare https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/what-about-medicare#respond Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192340 “Polling & Research Needs About Medicare,” J.P. McJefferson Thoughts A recent article and discussion on Medicare For All on Angry Bear, prompted my curiosity on this subject. See: “‘Monetizing Medicare for All,’ Angry Bear, J.P. McJefferson” The political debate over Medicare for All has been going on for years. Proposals to expand Medicare to everyone, lower […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/what-about-medicare/feed 0 Better living through chemistry? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/better-living-through-chemistry https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/better-living-through-chemistry#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:33:17 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192347 Whisky Pete Hegseth is bleating about testosterone testing and supplementation for US servicemen. He seems to believe that testosterone augmentation means a more effective military in the age of missiles and drones. But is testosterone doping an unalloyed good? “This is what we’re seeing in clinic,” she says. “Men will come to see us with […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/better-living-through-chemistry/feed 9 “Criminals in Control” Robert’s Complaint https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/criminals-in-control-roberts-complaint https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/criminals-in-control-roberts-complaint#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:38:16 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192356 A bit of Robert Reich for you today. Not economics. Robert complains about Tr__p’s appointments to his administration. His being Tr__p’s . . . just in case you are confused. I do not blame him for the complaint. Far better people exist that Tr__p could put in office. But as we know, Tr__p is looking […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/criminals-in-control-roberts-complaint/feed 2 Oil Logistics Information https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/oil-logistics-information https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/oil-logistics-information#respond Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:42:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192187 Snipetsof information from two sources sites which may bring you up to date on status. The news is confusing with Tr__p saying one think and every source elsewhere saying something else and or different. I would not dependent upon our administrational information. Much is either embellished or wrong (call it what you will). If you […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/oil-logistics-information/feed 0 Admiral of the Fleet T—-p, meet Admiral of the Fleet Wilhelm II https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/admiral-of-the-fleet-t-p-meet-admiral-of-the-fleet-wilhelm-ii https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/admiral-of-the-fleet-t-p-meet-admiral-of-the-fleet-wilhelm-ii#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192336  – by New Deal democrat You probably recall that a number of months ago T—-p decided that, Pearl Harbor notwithstanding, it was time to bring back battleships in a new class not coincidentally to be named after himself. Now this weekend we have been treated to the news that T—-p had decided he is an expert […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/admiral-of-the-fleet-t-p-meet-admiral-of-the-fleet-wilhelm-ii/feed 2 Strait talk https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/strait-talk https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/strait-talk#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:48:14 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192345 Trump recently claimed that he would make the Strait of Hormuz American territory. Claiming sovereignty over someplace means more that just writing your name on a map with a sharpie. “Western powers have attempted to control the Strait of Hormuz before. Basically, however, they only held it at Iranian sufferance. When, as in 1622, the […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/strait-talk/feed 3 In July, the existing home market remained in its suboptimal equilibrium https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/in-july-the-existing-home-market-remained-in-its-suboptimal-equilibrium https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/in-july-the-existing-home-market-remained-in-its-suboptimal-equilibrium#respond Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:30:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192332  – by New Deal democrat I wrote last month in my summary of that existing home sales report: “The housing market has reached a new, suboptimal equilibrium in sales, construction, prices, and inventory. Until some new positive or negative shock occurs (like a surprise new Fed hiking regimen), expect little change in this important leading sector of […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/in-july-the-existing-home-market-remained-in-its-suboptimal-equilibrium/feed 0 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-32 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-32#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:41:34 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192308 If everyone always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but that no one believes anything at all anymore—and rightly so, because lies, by their very nature, nave to be changed, to be “re-lied,” so to speak. So a lying government which pursues different goals at different times has constantly […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-32/feed 6  Trump Says the US Economy is Doing Unbelievably Well https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/trump-says-the-us-economy-is-doing-unbelievably-well https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/trump-says-the-us-economy-is-doing-unbelievably-well#respond Sun, 16 Aug 2026 19:51:46 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192314 CBO and others say differently . . . The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates the OBBBA increases the budget deficit by $2.8 trillion by 2034 and causes 10.9 million Americans to lose health insurance coverage. A further CBO analysis estimated the highest 10% of earners would see incomes rise by 2.7% by 2034 mainly due to tax cuts. The lowest […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/trump-says-the-us-economy-is-doing-unbelievably-well/feed 0 New Deal democrats’ Weekly Indicators for August 10 – 14 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/new-deal-democrats-weekly-indicators-for-august-10-14 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/new-deal-democrats-weekly-indicators-for-august-10-14#respond Sun, 16 Aug 2026 16:28:29 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192309 Weekly Indicator for August 10 – 14 is up at Seeking Alpha  – by New Deal democrat An Inflationary Expansion, Beware the Bearish Steepening of Bond Yields Seeking Alpha. It is surprising how large a majority of the high frequency data is positive, despite all of the chaos that has been thrown at the economy. Still, […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/new-deal-democrats-weekly-indicators-for-august-10-14/feed 0 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-31 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-31#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2026 15:45:10 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192304 Governments tax labor at much higher rates than capital for what used to be good reasons: labor is less mobile, making such taxes easier to collect, and capital investments tend to boost human productivity and wages, meaning that taxes on labor indirectly capture the upside from capital spending. But if machines start to replace humans […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-31/feed 1 Prior Authorization from Insurance for Healthcare https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/prior-authorization-from-insurance-for-healthcare https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/prior-authorization-from-insurance-for-healthcare#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192268 I have not run into an issue (as described below) where I have had to wait on an approval. Recently? Twice I have been hospitalized at a non-VA hospital. They took me right in. Maybe it was because I was using my VA benefits. They have become more friendly since I filed due to exposure […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/prior-authorization-from-insurance-for-healthcare/feed 2 Trump and the aircraft carrier aesthetic https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/trump-and-the-aircraft-carrier-aesthetic https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/trump-and-the-aircraft-carrier-aesthetic#respond Sun, 16 Aug 2026 08:48:46 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192273 When my dad was a Naval officer in the 1950s, he was part of the team that designed and built the USS Saratoga, an aircraft carrier. I remember him explaining to me in excited detail about the arresting gear, the device that stopped a landing jet. He spent most of his career as a chemical […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/trump-and-the-aircraft-carrier-aesthetic/feed 0 July Retail Sales Lay an Egg https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/july-retail-sales-lay-an-egg https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/july-retail-sales-lay-an-egg#respond Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:23:47 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192279 July retail sales lay an egg; a hangover after a spring Budget Bust-out Bill binge?”  – by New Deal democrat Let me start out this post with two comments: (1) real retail sales is one of my favorite economic indicators, because it tells us so much about consumer spending, which is about 70% of the […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/july-retail-sales-lay-an-egg/feed 0 Will AI be too big to fail? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/will-ai-be-too-big-to-fail https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/will-ai-be-too-big-to-fail#respond Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:17:53 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192271 Businesses fail all the time in America. The owners and investors pay the price (yes, the employees too). But if the businesses are large banks that gamble with other peoples’ money, they become too big to fail and instead are bailed out by the government, a form of financial socialized medicine. “. . . the […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/will-ai-be-too-big-to-fail/feed 0 The Rise and Fall of . . . https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-rise-and-fall-of https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-rise-and-fall-of#respond Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192249 But, but, but Biden was too old. Not Tr__p! Trump is a solipsist. The only point of reference is himself, so he makes no attempt even at faking interest in other people, since he can not really see them from his self-centered position. “Trump isn’t a narcissist – he’s a solipsist. And it means a […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/the-rise-and-fall-of/feed 0 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-30 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-30#respond Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:02:37 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192241 When a columnist writes that Trump has reached a new low, the columnist is doing something that looks like moral reporting and is not. The columnist is administering the fiction that the object has an interior. The fiction says: somewhere, in there, is a person who could have chosen otherwise, and today he did not, […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-30/feed 0 Producer prices indicate continued inflationary expansion https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/producer-prices-indicate-continued-inflationary-expansion https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/producer-prices-indicate-continued-inflationary-expansion#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:44:57 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192242 “Producer prices indicate continued inflationary expansion, but how long can it last?”  – by New Deal democrat I usually do not pay much attention to producer vs. consumer prices. Partly that is because in the past few decades, the PPI has tended to be coincident with the CPI rather than leading it, and partly because […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/producer-prices-indicate-continued-inflationary-expansion/feed 0 John Roberts needs to read the Constitution https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/john-roberts-needs-to-read-the-constitution https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/john-roberts-needs-to-read-the-constitution#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:49:41 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192237 There’s an article in the latest New Yorker on Chief Justice Roberts. In it, he’s quoted as saying: “Only the President (along with the Vice President) is elected by the entire Nation.” What an embarrassing and easily falsifiable lie. Anyone with a passing familiarity with the US Constitution and the first GW Bush and Trump […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/john-roberts-needs-to-read-the-constitution/feed 3 A Turn of the Screw by Republicans to make Voting harder https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/a-turn-of-the-screw-by-republicans-to-make-voting-harder https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/a-turn-of-the-screw-by-republicans-to-make-voting-harder#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192231 Just so you know, the issue is not dead. Tr__p is calling in every resource he can to limit or block mail voting.. 12 states responded in a SCOTUS brief in support Trump’s Executive, order. Another 23 states and the District of Columbia responded asking SCOTUS to deny the other 12 states and Tr__p’s EO […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/a-turn-of-the-screw-by-republicans-to-make-voting-harder/feed 0 SPR Nears Strategic Minimum Withdrawal Level https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/spr-nears-strategic-minimum-withdrawal-level https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/spr-nears-strategic-minimum-withdrawal-level#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:05:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192154 This report is about one week old. I do not believe much has changed since the SPR is within its strategic minimum. However, Tr__p still bumbling around with Iran which has some if not complete control of the strait of Hormuz. The issue may have changed by now or Trump may have blundered again and […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/spr-nears-strategic-minimum-withdrawal-level/feed 0 Monetizing Medicare for All https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/monetizing-medicare-for-all https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/monetizing-medicare-for-all#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:47:54 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192215 Sound economic projections are critical in assessing investment and public policy. I try not to let the fact that I’m philosophically valanced towards Medicare for all blind me to the need for rigorous study of its likely economic impact. “Previous research has shown that shifting the United States to a Medicare for All system could […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/monetizing-medicare-for-all/feed 28 Jobless claims continue to forecast . . . https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/jobless-claims-continue-to-forecast https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/jobless-claims-continue-to-forecast#respond Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:47:31 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192219 Jobless claims continue to forecast a very positive economy in the near term  – by New Deal democrat Let’s take our regular weekly look at one of the most positive recent signs for the economy, “initial and continuing jobless claims.” And they continued to be very positive. Initial claims rose 9,000 for the week to a […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/jobless-claims-continue-to-forecast/feed 0 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-29 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-29#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:42:48 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192211 Big personnel news out of the White House yesterday: Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is leaving the administration. Leavitt, who had her second child in May and returned from maternity leave last month, wrote in a post that “I cannot be the best mom my two young children deserve while devoting the constant time, energy, and […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/quote-of-the-day-29/feed 4 AB: There are few places where a reader can get a down-to-earth explanation on Consumer Inflation, Gas prices, and Shelter in one commentary, in a simple explanation format, and short. It is lengthy at times but shorter than others. https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/ab-there-are-few-places-where-a-reader-can-get-a-down-to-earth-explanation-on-consumer-inflation-gas-prices-and-shelter-in-one-commentary-in-a-simple-explanation-format-and-short-it-is-lengthy-a https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/ab-there-are-few-places-where-a-reader-can-get-a-down-to-earth-explanation-on-consumer-inflation-gas-prices-and-shelter-in-one-commentary-in-a-simple-explanation-format-and-short-it-is-lengthy-a#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192198  July consumer inflation: the second gift horse in a row, with gas prices down again and shelter subdued – by New Deal democrat As I wrote yesterday, July’s CPI was likely to be subdued because on average the price of gas went down further in July. And it was, rising only 0.1% for the month and […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/ab-there-are-few-places-where-a-reader-can-get-a-down-to-earth-explanation-on-consumer-inflation-gas-prices-and-shelter-in-one-commentary-in-a-simple-explanation-format-and-short-it-is-lengthy-a/feed 1 Reconnect America – Railroads https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/reconnect-america-railroads https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/reconnect-america-railroads#respond Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:03:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192082 Not sure if this is anything special. Just an update by Bill Moyer’s take on railroads. If I get someone of Bill Moyer’s stature mentioning me by my name, I am going to pay attention. Bill writes about railroads these days. And he should. Railroads are one form of transportation in the United States which […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/reconnect-america-railroads/feed 0 Book review: Little Blue Dot https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/book-review-little-blue-dot https://angrybearblog.com/2026/08/book-review-little-blue-dot#respond Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:01:32 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192184 The first time I recall using a map was in boy scouts. Travel in unfamiliar places on foot, bike or car required maps for me for decades. The first time I saw GPS in action was when my brother and I were on Ride the Rockies. We were invited to dinner by a friend in […]

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