At Amazon, Charles Murray, Charles Murray, Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America.
Friday, July 16, 2021
CNN is Going Down!
I don't know if the whole network's going down, but their much-vaunted flagship morning program, "New Day," is down for the count.
White House 'Flagging' Posts for Facebook to Censor for Promoting 'Disinformation' (VIDEO)
Glenn Greenwald posted an awesome thread on this yesterday: "The White House is admitting that they're compiling lists of people who they claim are posting content they regard as "problematic" and that constitute "misinformation" and are demanding Facebook remove them. This is authoritarianism."
And from yesterday's All-Star Panel with Bret Baier, at Fox News. An excellent segment, especially Ben Dominech and Kim Strassel:
Many Jobs Lost During Pandemic Are Gone for Good
No surprise here.
At WSJ, "Many Jobs Lost During the Coronavirus Pandemic Just Aren’t Coming Back":
Job openings are at a record high, leaving the impression that employers are hiring like never before. But many businesses that laid off workers during the pandemic are already predicting they will need fewer employees in the future.
As with past economic shocks, the pandemic-induced recession was a catalyst for employers to invest in automation and implement other changes designed to curb hiring. In industries ranging from hotels to aerospace to restaurants, businesses have reviewed their operations and discovered ways to save on labor costs for the long term.
Economic data show that companies have learned to do more with less over the last 16 months or so. Output nearly recovered to pre-pandemic levels in the first quarter of 2021—down just 0.5% from the end of 2019—even though U.S. workers put in 4.3% fewer hours than they did before the health crisis.
“When demand falls, it’s a natural time to retool or invest because you won’t lose customers or sales while you tinker and shut things down,” said Brad Hershbein, senior economist at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. “You don’t want to interrupt business when it’s at its peak.”
The changes will require many workers to adapt. Though the job market is strong right now for highly paid professionals and low-wage service workers alike, not everyone can find a match for their skills, experience or location, creating a paradox of relatively high unemployment combined with record job openings. Economists said it can be a prolonged process for some laid-off workers to find jobs or acquire the skills needed for new careers...
Still more.
And at WaPo, "Millions of jobs probably aren’t coming back, even after the pandemic ends":
Millions of jobs that have been shortchanged or wiped out entirely by the coronavirus pandemic are unlikely to come back, economists warn, setting up a massive need for career changes and retraining in the United States. The coronavirus pandemic has triggered permanent shifts in how and where people work. Businesses are planning for a future where more people are working from home, traveling less for business, or replacing workers with robots. All of these modifications mean many workers will not be able to do the same job they did before the pandemic, even after much of the U.S. population gets vaccinated against the deadly virus. Microsoft founder-turned-philanthropist Bill Gates raised eyebrows in November when he predicted that half of business travel and 30 percent of “days in the office” would go away forever. That forecast no longer seems far-fetched. In a report coming out later this week that was previewed to The Washington Post, the McKinsey Global Institute says that 20 percent of business travel won’t come back and about 20 percent of workers could end up working from home indefinitely. These shifts mean fewer jobs at hotels, restaurants and downtown shops, in addition to ongoing automation of office support roles and some factory jobs. “We’re recovering, but to a different economy,” Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell said in November. The nation’s unemployed are starting to react to these big shifts. Two-thirds of the jobless say they have seriously considered changing their occupation or field of work, according to the Pew Research Center. That is a significant increase from the Great Recession era, when 52 percent said they were considering such a change. “We think that there is a very real scenario in which a lot of the large employment, low-wage jobs in retail and in food service just go away in the coming years,” said Susan Lund, head of the McKinsey Global Institute. “It means that we’re going to need a lot more short-term training and credentialing programs.” One problem for many unemployed people is they lack the money to retrain. This crisis has put many out of work for nearly a year, and the financial support from unemployment and food stamps is often not sufficient to pay their bills. The stimulus legislation being debated in Congress does not include any money for retraining. “Trying to figure out what to do six months from now is hard when you are trying to make ends meet and you don’t have enough food,” said Brad Hershbein, who helps design and study retraining programs as a senior economist at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research...
As the say, capitalism is creative destruction.
More here.
Senator Marco Rubio on Cuba and Human Rights (VIDEO)
The senator, perhaps the sole remaining neoconservative in the G.O.P., discusses Cuba, human rights, and Black Lives Matter.
At Fox News:
Plus, more at the New York Post, "BLM under fire for defending Cuban regime, blaming protests on US."
Megan Parry's Friday Forecast
I guess the real heat's gonna hit the Southland in August and September, because temps this summer have so far been consistently below average.
Here's the lovely Ms. Megan:
Lame: Los Angeles County Re-Ups the Mask Mandate
I personally hope this doesn't last too long. It's so stupid, and I work in Long Beach, which is, wouldn't you know, in L.A. County. *Eye-roll.*
At the L.A. Times, "L.A. County will require masks indoors amid alarming rise in coronavirus cases."
Of course, L.A."s the only county (or city) in the state reimposing the mandate. It's all so lame.
The state of California says it will not follow L.A. County with a new indoor mask mandate, so, once again, L.A. County is flying solo & going further than state & CDC guidelines, just like when they were initially the only county that decided to ban outdoor dining last fall.
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) July 16, 2021
Fabulous Sammy Braddy
Wow!
Sammy Braddy looks spectacular (at the photo).
Plus, a peekaboo hottie takes it off, and the beautiful Megan Fox.
Africa's Covid Crisis
Well, maybe they're waiting for Bill Gates or Bono to come to the rescue? *Shrug.*
At the New York Times, "Africa’s Covid Crisis Deepens, but Vaccines Are Still Far Off."
The Delta variant is sweeping across Africa, but only about 1 percent of Africans have been fully vaccinated.
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) July 16, 2021
Rich nations have bought up vaccine doses and hundreds of millions of shots from a global vaccine-sharing effort have failed to materialize. https://t.co/0svi9wnYnG
Kasie Hunt Leaving MSNBC After Eight Yeas
She signed off her show yesterday with the announcement she was baling out for greener pastures.
What she didn't announce, according to Variety, is that she's apparently heading to CNN after a $1 million to $1.5 million enticement from CNN, which is launching a major effort in live news streaming.
I like her --- she was the only one at MSMBC I could take seriously. In fact, she seemed more a traditional journalist --- mainstream even --- than all the other clowns on that network.
See, "CNN Snares Kasie Hunt From NBC in Big Bet on Streaming (EXCLUSIVE)."
Some personal news, as they say — thank you to all of the viewers, reporters, lawmakers and everyone else who’s gotten up extra early to help make @WayTooEarly better. I loved doing this show. More soon! #WayTooEarly pic.twitter.com/k3ULeqRZJI
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) July 16, 2021
Thursday, July 15, 2021
The Professionals — 'Little Boys Like You, They Got a Job to Do...'
The Professionals — "Little Boys."
Teen Gender Transition (VIDEO)
Home Portable Counter-Top Ice Machine -- Great for Mixed Drinks and Holiday Parties
BONUS: Victor Davis Hanson, Mexifornia: A State of Becoming.
Looting and Rioting Break Out in South Africa (VIDEO)
At the Los Angeles Times, "Death toll rises to 72 in South Africa rioting after jailing of ex-president":
And watch: "Looting and rioting break out across South Africa in wake of former President Zuma’s imprisonment."More than half of South Africa’s 60 million people live in poverty, with an unemployment rate of 32%, according to official statistics. The COVID-19 pandemic, with layoffs and an economic downturn, has increased the hunger and desperation that helped propel the protests triggered by Zuma’s arrest into wider rioting.
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