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Future News
I HEARD THE NEWS TODAY, OY VEY Reflecting the changing age demographics of America, World Wide Wrestling forms a new subsidiary – World Wide Pickleball. China’s 400 million senior citizens organize to pressure the government to raise their retirement benefits. The government reluctantly agrees, raising the minimum retirement pension from $20/month to $22/month.…
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Government Finance 101. Fiscal Policy: Welcome to Alice in Wonderland
Secretary of the Treasury PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) made their latest projection in January, 2025. The projected deficit in fiscal year 2025 will be around $1.8 trillion, the difference between about $5.2 trillion in revenue and $7.0 trillion in expenses. Interest on the national debt this…
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The High Cost of Higher Education
UPDATE. In the 15 years since I wrote this, college tuition continues to rise faster than the overall price index, admin costs continue to go up, and full-time faculty number are going down. But the most outrageous change is that as state and federal aid goes down, students are assuming much of the cost of…
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KELP IS ON THE WAY: How American Kelp Helped Save the English Explosives Industry in World War I
Dr. Andrea Dragon Seaweed Saves England Each of the hundreds of millions of shells Great Britain fired from thousands of field guns, howitzers and mortars during World War I contained two explosives: cordite, a kind of nitrocellulose (what Americans call smokeless powder) to propel the shell out of the…
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Trump’s World: News and a Little Bit of Gentle Satire
I HEARD THE NEWS TODAY THESE ARE NOT SATIRES. TRUMP AND HIS OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO PUT ME OUT OF BUSINESS! The acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency told employees that he did not know the United States has a hurricane season. Kash Patel, the new head of the FBI, has…
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Why Germany Lost World War I
Erich Ludendorff This is a summary of the reasons Germany lost World War I. The Entente was the alliance of France, Russia, and England, later including the United States. Sometimes called the Allies. German Planning (Schlieffen Plan) Germany’s strategy was based on the Schlieffen Plan, first developed by the head of the German General…