A Happy Landing

Trump keeps saying the country is a mess, but it appears the Fed has pulled off a rare soft landing in the economy. Inflation has been brought under control with low unemployment, while avoiding a recession along the way.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/september-jobs-report-crushes-expectations-as-us-economy-adds-254000-jobs-unemployment-rate-falls-to-41-123503927.html

Where the country is a mess is with the extreme weather. Trump of course refuses to acknowledge that it’s related to climate change.

From Worried to Scared?

Right now I’m worried that Donald Trump could be returned to the White House. If that happens, then I’ll be scared, because he will continue the damage he began and destroy the government.

Mitch McConnell may have thought he was acting out of political cunning by not leading the Senate to convict Trump of his second Impeachment. My feeling is he was acting out of cowardice.

As a direct result of McConnell’s failure to neutralize Trump, he has destroyed his beloved Republican Party. It is no longer adequate to describe Democrats as liberal and Republicans as conservative. Democrats are sane and Republicans are insane.

Chew on This Tough Medicine

Why is Ozempic so expensive in the United States?

A better question is, why is there so much need for Ozempic in the United States? We’ve gone from being a nation of smokers to a nation of overeaters.

For the vast majority of people, losing weight is free. In fact, it’s better than free. The greatly increased cost of groceries can be offset by eating much less.

Eat less and move more. That has always been the simple, albeit not easy, formula for losing weight and reducing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.