Month: November 2023

BBC: Racist Birds to be renamed.

Post author By Richard Nestoff
Post date November 4, 2023
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Several bird species in the US and Canada will receive new names based on their habitats and traits rather than people’s names, the American Ornithological Society has announced.

“Exclusionary naming conventions developed in the 1800s, clouded by racism and misogyny, don’t work for us today, and the time has come for us to transform this process and redirect the focus to the birds, where it belongs,” the society’s CEO, Judith Scarl, said in a statement.

How do these people keep sneaking in?

RV and Camping

Extraction Part 3

Google says the first leg of the trip is 502 miles and should take less than 8 hours. I’m skeptical.

Economics Government

WSJ: Americans in a Rotten Mood.

Post author By Richard Nestoff
Post date November 3, 2023
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WSJ: The Economy is Great

So if the economy is so good, why are Americans so gloomy? Confidence readings are depressed. Some 69% of respondents to a Wall Street Journal survey in August said the country is headed in the wrong direction. President Biden’s approval ratings are mired around or below 40%, and approval for his handling of the economy is even lower.

When the government and media have been lying to us about everything else, why should we believe them about the economy?

RV and Camping

Extraction Part 2

After agreeing to go to Fargo to get my nephew Horus, Extraction Part 1, there was much that could go wrong.

Economics

WSJ: Buying a house could cost less.

Post author By Richard Nestoff
Post date November 2, 2023
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WSJ: Realty Commissions

In recent years, technology has made a host of consumer transactions cheaper—from booking a vacation to buying stocks—but commission rates for selling a home haven’t really budged. That could soon change.

When I started working for real in the 1980’s, brokerage houses charged a minimum fee of $35 to buy or sell stocks. For small purchases, that was a big commission. Now, it’s virtually free to buy or sell. That opened the stock market to almost anyone.

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Extraction Part 1

My occult nephew called.