We have a medical appointment today so I don't know how much I will read and comment on. It is supposed to be quite cold over the next week with a good probability of a white Christmas. We'll see.
First up: Robert Reich has a few good comments on the massive military appropriations bill up for passage this week. Can you imagine $858BILLION which doesn't include another almost $22BILLION for replacing what the Pentagon has shipped off to Ukraine.
Interesting little comment on the news: We once lived in a country where voters were consumers; we now live in a country where consumers vote. I think it was a quote but I didn't catch the source. The commenter noted that Elon Musk is having a problem with Tesla because his customer base is becoming disenchanted with the brand. His customers live, mostly, in counties Biden won which also account for the largest part of the GDP.
The Telegraph has an interesting article on possible restrictions on electric usage in Switzerland. The government is drafting those restrictions to reduce the possibility of blackouts over the winter. The problem comes from an intersection of factors: the large amount of electricity derived from hydroelectric plants, the attempt to phase out nuclear power, the need to replace energy from foreign sources, and others.
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