Her advice to anyone planning to travel to the US is simply not to go.
An update on our economic outlook
J.P. Morgan goes on the record predicting a recession for this year. Folks who are too young to remember what 2007 was like are about to learn. I hope those of us who are too young to remember 1929 don’t get a similar and worse lesson.
“The Road Ahead”
Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/160s, ISO 1250. In the North Bank Habitat Management Area.
Divided Supreme Court sides with Trump to block teacher grants
File under “No, the courts are not going to save us.”
“Roads Not Taken”
Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/160s, ISO 160
Apparently the unitary executive theory includes “you can make up whatever laws you want and Congress won’t say a word.”
Trump’s top prosecutor in Washington compares Jan. 6 charges to Japanese internment
Because why should a little thing like an understanding of history get in the way of any of Trump’s minion’s wild claims?
“This Way to the Clear Cut”
Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 lens @ 150mm, f/11, 1/125s, ISO 320. Seen from the North Bank Wildlife Management Area.
Yesterday I learned that Americans spend roughly 10 times as much on lottery scratch tickets as they do on pizza. This baffles me. I don’t eat pizza any more, but I’ve never purchased a scratch ticket (and expect I never will). Further proof that I’m an outlier, I guess.
Finished: Orange is the New Black 📚. I’ve never seen the TV show, and given that I watch zero TV, I never will. To be honest, I wasn’t real impressed. I already knew the prison system was badly broken, so I didn’t need a privileged white gal to tell me so. I hope reform gets a push from it though.