US job growth is slowing down, and so is the increase in wages. It would be foolish to raise interest rates.

(satire) *China Worried U.S. Outpacing [It] On Poorly Functioning Low-Speed Trains.*

If an Onion page appears blank, try disabling JavaScript entirely or telling LibreJS to blacklist all scripts on the page, then right-click and select the item "Reveal hidden HTML". Or use a browser such as lynx that doesn't implement JavaScript and CSS.

Ralph Nader: corporations control almost everything in the US universities of today, including the basic assumptions that courses take for granted and inculcate.

This also includes the software courses use, which gives corporations power over every student.

Putin is targeting Ukrainian civilians with long-range missiles.

Ukraine is failing to arrange places to stay, and essential support, for people who flee from homes near the front.

I've been wondering why so many people remain in Ukrainian towns where they could be killed or maimed by shelling, and where they may be captured by the Putin forces and tortured, executed, or kidnapped and taken to Russia. Perhaps it is because they have no place to flee to and survive.