It looks like the speed cameras on the portion of I=83 in Baltimore City has resulted in a drastic reduction in speeding. It turns out that the traffic enforcement folks has a sad about this, because they are not generating the revenue that they expected. Sorry, this is just a…

And initial unemployment claims hit the highest rate in nearly 2 years, 261,000 up 28,000, while the less volitile 4-week moving average by 7,500 to 237,250. Continuing claims fell by 37,000 to 1.757 million, but this does not include this week, so I would expect the continuing claims number to go up rather significantly next week. I think that we are already in a recession, but that it won’t be called this year, though it may be backdated to this coming September or so.

The Supreme Court just upheld the voting rights act and allowed a case against Georgia to proceed. I am surprised. What’s more, John Roberts, a man who has spent his career trying to restrict voting rights, authored this decision. I am very surprised. Clarence Thomas went postal in his dissent. …

The federal monitor of the Rikers’ Island jail has reported that the man that Eric Adams appointed to head the New York City jail system is covering up wrongdoing. This is not a surprise. Eric Adams is arguably the most corrupt mayor of New York City in recent memory. …

Trump has been indicted on 7 counts by a grand jury in Florida, including violations of the Espionage Act, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy. There may be more counts coming, both from the Florida and the Washington, DC grand juries. Full details of the indictments have not been forthcoming, so I don’t have much to sa. I hope that this sticks, but I would not bet on it.

This is in reference to Prince Bonesaw of the House of Saud buying out the Professional Golf Association and merging it with their LIV golf tournament, of course. The joke is cold as f%$#. The joke is also funny as f%$#.

The Pitchmen Who Made Out like Bandits on Crypto — Leaving Mom-And-Pop Investors Holding the Bag — Are Precisely the Same People Who Are Beating the Drum for AI Today. — Cory Doctorow Mr. Doctorow is correct. Much like Crypto, there is no, “There,” there. You have some pattern recognition…

For some reason, Mr. subliminal: hiding his corruption Clarence Thomas has decided to delay releasing his disclosures for last year. I’m thinking that the Pro Publica exposé of his blatantly corrupt and unethical behavior has him spooked, and he is hoping to get a Republican in the White House before…

A study at Political Research Quarterly shows that the political right is far more antisemitic than the political left. This is not a surprise, particularly when one considers that the strident support of Israel exhibited by the Christian fundamentalism is all about the Jews dying in fire. …