Europe has a great deal of fracking potential, but Europeans have for the most part rejected that possible solution to its energy problems. Here’s some of what’s been going on, and why: Proponents of fracking hold that Europe’s shale gas … Continue reading →
…for now. The agreement is universally described as tentative: With the deadline to avert a freight railroad strike by Friday morning approaching fast, a tentative agreement has been reached according to the Labor Department. The new contracts provide rail workers … Continue reading →
Just what we need economically – not: One of the unions representing rail workers said Wednesday that its members rejected a proposed deal with rail carriers and voted to move forward with a strike that could have severe consequences for … Continue reading →
Funny how the experts keep getting the prognostications wrong. Such as: Stocks fell sharply on Tuesday after a key August inflation report came in hotter than expected, hurting investor optimism for cooling prices and a less aggressive Federal Reserve. The … Continue reading →
Indeed, it is. I don’t understand how people can think that it’s smart to reduce your own energy supply in order to become dependent on the supply of others. How on earth would that even help the environment, if the … Continue reading →
I’ve seen a number of articles indicating that some companies are trying to leave extreme wokeness behind. For example, there’s this one about recent developments at Warner’s in that direction. That doesn’t surprise me much – after all, cutting off … Continue reading →
When the federal government turns it into a moral hazard. Biden and company say, Hey, we’ve got an idea! Let’s make people who scrimped and saved and sacrificed and paid off their student loans pay off the loans of others! … Continue reading →
Not one Republican voted for it and not one Democrat voted against it, which made it a 50/50 tiebreaker broken by VP Harris. That’s why every single senator matters, and also proof that there are no moderate Democrats. More: All … Continue reading →
…and says you have nothing to fear from the agency going on steroids, if you haven’t cheated on your taxes. Perhaps they know they won’t be the ones targeted. "Can you understand how 87,000 new IRS agents would scare the … Continue reading →
It was Lenin (or Stalin, or Marx) who supposedly said: “The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.” Whoever really said it, it’s one of those pithy witticisms that encapsulate some sort of truth, in … Continue reading →
One less-discussed part of the new spending bill about to be passed is the money being appropriated for the IRS to go after taxpayers with greater vigor. The following is from a WSJ editorial: The $80 billion [proposed funding for … Continue reading →
Or something like that. Sinema has agreed to this bill, and as far as I know that means the Democrats have the 50 Senate votes – plus the tie-breaker vote of Harris – to pass this by reconciliation. The only … Continue reading →