I live in a very rural area and I have very fast fiberoptic broadband, provided by a local, not-for-profit cooperative. Absolutely the best Internet service I’ve ever had.
More than half of Americans — 56% — mistakenly believe the U.S. is currently in a recession…That’s not the case…The U.S. economy, as measured by GDP, is growing.
I think it shows that GDP is not necessarily a very good measure of how an economy, or society, is doing. GDP can go up for reasons that don’t really have anything to do with the lives of average people improving in any meaningful way. Plus, the rate of growth in Q1 was, what, like 1.5%? That’s very modest growth. The economy is not exactly roaring.
So GDP is growing and we’re not in a recession, but that doesn’t mean the economy is “good” or “strong,” necessarily. It takes much more to determine the strength of the economy than just looking at GDP figures.
“It is imperative that the Senate, in a bipartisan way, comes up with crippling sanctions against the ICC — not only to support Israel but to deter any future action against American personnel,” Graham said.
In this time of political division, it’s good to see there is still at least one thing liberals and conservatives agree on, and that is that the US and Israel must be allowed to commit war crimes without consequences.
Another US state repeals law that protected ISPs from municipal competition (arstechnica.com)
More than half of Americans think the U.S. is in a recession. It's not. (www.axios.com)
Zap and Troy: The Legendary Journeys (sh.itjust.works)
Biden administration signals it will support push to sanction ICC (www.ft.com)
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Americans are down on the economy (again), with inflation topping election concerns (www.washingtonpost.com)
Paywall removed: archive.is/oFXIl
'People got betrayed': Cardi B says she's not voting in the presidential election (www.msnbc.com)