While Swift appears to be the Chiefs new biggest fan - unless you count the Swifties that will now be tuning in Sunday night when the Chiefs take on the New York Jets in a game she is again expected to attend - she is hardly the first celebrity spotted rooting for an NFL team.ย
Great moments in financial analysis from Tom Bevan: Academics & economists: We can't understand why people don't think the economy is great. WSJ: Rise in prices from Dec 2019 to Aug 2023: Gallon of milk: +12.5% New car: +29.9% Dozen eggs: +32.5% Gasoline: +49.4% Let's expand our view a bit: If you cherry pick and ...continue reading "Raw data: Inflation hasn’t hurt most people"
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is That One Guy deploying an overused (and often abused) quote for, in this case, a very apt purpose โ responding to right wing denial about Republicans pushing to censor the internet: Sure all the evidence shows it’s republicans censoring things but… โThe Party told […]
Go get 'em, Matt: .@SpeakerMcCarthy is going to get his wish. I’m going to file a motion to vacate against him this week. If at this time next week Kevin McCarthy is still Speaker of the House, it will be because the Democrats bailed him out. He can be their Speaker, not mine. pic.twitter.com/ITlcwynY39 — ...continue reading "Gaetz says he’s going to oust McCarthy as Speaker"
An Illinois State Trooper's vehicle was hit on I-270 near the Missouri state line Saturday evening. The trooper was inside his vehicle with the emergency lights activated during the crash. He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police are investigating a murder-suicide in the Boulevard Heights neighborhood. Anwara Begum, 68, and Mohammad Islam, 68, have been identified as the people who died in this incident.