Pair of sea lions chase people, charge through crowds once again at California’s La Jolla Cove FOX. Meanwhile: Two people were thrown into the ocean after a whale landed on their fishing boat off the New Hampshire coast on Tuesday...
US President Joe Biden, long showing signs of decline, is now officially done for in five months time, if not sooner. The current odds-on favorite to be the next president speaks often about turning away from Europe. Governments are collapsing,...
Four out of five measures down: Figure 1: Instantaneous inflation for core CPI (blue), chained core CPI (tan), supercore CPI (pink), PPI core (red), and PCE core (green), per Eeckhout (2023), T=12, a=4. June PCE core is nowcast as of...
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Northern Mockingbird, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. “Singing up a storm on both sides of the road by 71 Maltby Road. Long tailed grey bird with white outer tail feathers and white...
Reader pgl points out the recent heightened correlation between DJT (Nasdaq ticker) and Trump’s electoral fortunes. Source: Investing.com, accessed 7/23/2024, 1:15 PM ET. Source: PredictIt.com, accessed 7/23/2024, 1:15 PM ET. Note...
A snapshot as of July: Figure 1: U. Michigan Consumer Sentiment (FRED series UMCSENT) (blue), Conference Board Confidence (tan), SF Fed News Sentiment index (green), all standardized. July sentiment is preliminary; July news sentiment through July 21. NBER defined peak-to-trough...
Yves here. This post provides a useful reminder that the hidden disease at the heart of the politics of most economies is neoliberalism. And as we have pointed out since the financial crisis, in bad economic times, voters tend to...
The intensification of Hezbollah’s and Yemen’s strikes against Israel feels like more than just a short-term uptick, but we’ll have to follow the pace over the upcoming week or more to be sure. But on the surface, it looks as...
11 Extraordinary Sharks That Live in Deep Sea Waters ZME Science (Dr. Kevin) Mysterious ‘Dark Oxygen’ Discovered at Bottom of Ocean Stuns Scientists ScienceAlert (Chuck L) Ancient microbes offer clues to how complex life evolved ScienceDaily (Kevin W) Could a...
The mainstream media has, until now, played a key role in advancing the Global War on Cash — a war that began with no official declaration but in which propaganda, as with all wars, is a vital weapon. Last week’s...
