The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is no more. Production of American Experience by WGBH/PBS has ended. The series installment “Ruthless: Monopoly’s Secret History” is a quintessential woke story, making it essential viewing in the Age of Trump.
Author: DOuG pRATt
I Beat the Reaper!
A year ago I was in the first week of chemo and radiation treatments. They delayed the ablation for my persistent and asymptomatic, 24/7 AFib, thereby increasing the risk that it would become incurably chronic.
Today, thanks to Boston having the finest medical care in the world, I am greatly relieved to be free of cancer at my first three quarterly check-ups, and to know the AFib is gone.
Demolition Economics
If I have Trump Derangement Syndrome, it’s because Trump is deranged. Donald keeps acting out the one success he had in life, independent of his father, prior to entering politics — saying “you’re fired!” on The Apprentice.
He doesn’t like the latest employment data, so what did he do? He fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner.
https://econbrowser.com/archives/2025/08/august-1-2025-a-day-that-will-live-in-statistical-infamy
Trump should be pleased that the numbers show a weakness in job creation. Not only could it motivate the Fed to give Trump the lower interest rates that he wants, Trump could claim justification in saying Jay Powell always acts too late.
I’ll wait a few minutes before posting this to see how the stock market finishes the day/week.
waiting… waiting… and the results are out, or are they in?
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 542 points, or 1.2%. The S&P 500 shed 1.6%, while the Nasdaq Composite dipped 2.2%.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/31/stock-market-today-live-updates.html
THE INK MASTER!
Wah-HOO! Disney gives credit to JOLTIN’ JOE SINNOTT, and even pronounces his name correctly!
Joe met Jack at the 1972 New York Comic Art Convention. I know because, thanks to mih, I was there!
Eliquis Nevermore!
Two weeks ago, I wrote that I’d received a heart monitor to confirm that I am free of persistent atrial fibrillation. I wore it for exactly one week, with the data collected via USB and, presumably, stored in flash memory.
I returned the monitor one week ago, and after a misdirection by UPS it was rerouted and delivered on Wednesday. The data was reviewed, the result is here, and this is it:
No AFib was present during the study
I’m very pleased that I’m able to stop taking Eliquis, because I was starting to see the effects of taking the blood thinner over the past six months. A couple of thorn pricks suffered while clearing overgrown brush outside resulted in blood blisters. A slight banging of a knuckle while working in the basement produced a significant bruise. So buh-bye, Eliquis!
My Superman Secret
I have seen the new Superman movie.
Unfortunately, they didn’t use my character in the picture.
I was supposed to be part of Superman’s revised origin story.
