Category Archives: Economy
Here She Comes, Sans Swimsuit, Miss America
It started out as a bathing beauty pageant to keep tourists hanging around Atlantic City after Labor Day. But now Miss America is dropping its swimsuit competition. It was a hundred year old institution. And Gretchen Carlson thinks its time has passed. But the Miss America franchise itself will continue, sans swimsuit.
Speaking of sans swimsuit, Playboy – also long in the tooth – dropped its nude photos a while back. They thought people really would read it for the articles. They were wrong.
We’ll soon learn if people will watch Miss America to get to know “who the person is and their goals and substance.”
No word yet on if the competition will be open to men.
Trump Trade War
President Trump wants China to stop stealing technology and cheating on trade.
Trump Trade War
So he lowers the boom on allies with a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum?
But the only thing booming so far is the U.S. economy.
Main Street Meets Wall Street
The unemployment rate fell below 4% for the first time in 18 years. Good news for Main Street. But Wall Street’s not so sure.
Main Street Meets Wall Street
The Fed hit its 2% inflation target. Will it raise interest rates more? Is Trump starting a trade war? Who knows? Well, we do know he killed the Iran deal today and the Dow said Moooo.
Driverless Cars Eliminate Human Error
A woman walking her bicycle was hit and killed by a driverless Uber. So Uber and Toyota stopped testing driverless cars. But GM still says it will have a sans driver fleet on the road in 2019.
Human Error
Meanwhile The Atlantic estimates driverless cars could save 300,000 lives per decade. Most vehicle accidents involve human error so why not eliminate the the human? Well, that’s one thing autopilot has done so far – eliminate humans.
March Against Guns
Students plan to walk out of American high schools on March 24 to march against guns. They feel common sense measures will prevent gun violence.
March Against Guns
LL Bean, Dicks, Walmart and Kroger seem to agree. So they’re raising their minimum gun purchase age to 21.
