Janet Rosenbaum (she/her)

The parents were in preschool when the embryo was frozen

I loved writing obituaries for my mother. Two were free to publish in community websites, and I sent them in as soon as I'd finalized the time for the funeral. Particularly redemptive after seeing her progress through all the stages of Alzheimer's.

Weeks until all-cause mortality counts are complete for April 3-September 5, 2020. The red line shows the mean delay

We cite the federal government's own studies on the issue as well. Their stated goal is for provisional death counts to be accurate within 12 weeks. You can see at the time of this study, NC was slowest to be accurate and Maine was fastest.

Here it is: Rosenbaum JE, Stillo M, Graves N, Rivera R. Timeliness of provisional United States mortality data releases during the COVID-19 pandemic: delays associated with electronic death registration system and weekly mortality. J Public Health Policy. 2021;42(4):536-549.

free countries have gdp data line up well. partly free countries are only mediocre. not free countries are bad.

Here’s a graph from the Economist showing GDP data from official government sources versus private estimates.

Free countries, like the US, don’t manipulate econ data. Less free countries do. Trump is seeking to break that for short-term PR.

(Yes I know GDP is BEA and not BLS.)

Opinion | First thing we do, let’s fire all the statisticians The Trump administration’s strategy in dealing with tough numbers: Don’t count them.

Just remembering I wrote this ~3 weeks ago. For once wishing I’d been wrong. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

The report says which commissioners of the 13 federal statistical agencies are political appointees and number of economists and statisticians working in each.

Sharing the most recent annual report about the FY23 federal statistics system, issued by the Biden administration OMB just before they left in January. Current administration OMB will give the report about the final year of the Biden administration, letting them hide some of the current decimation.

Thread of posts and threads.

The vital statistics authorities have training sessions for doctors how to fill out death certificates in order to give useful information, and doctors may not follow the directions or spend the time to include all contributing conditions. Delays mean death certificates aren't initially included.

When we looked at this issue, Alaska was the slowest state, for obvious geographic and infrastructure reasons. The other slow states were slow because they hadn't fully computerized their death certificate submission systems. Death certificates get checked and sent back for revision if not accurate.

Much data is released and revised. Here are the counts of all deaths by state where the most recent release includes the deaths that occurred last week. It takes the fastest states about 2 weeks to be accurate and the slowest states might take 8+ weeks to be accurate. gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluvie...

I *wonder* what effect

arresting 500,000 people

has had on the jobs numbers 🤔

www.ice.gov/statistics

I Am Suing the Department of Justice for the Epstein Files Training Videos On July 20th, I was the first to report the existence of training videos instructing FBI personnel how to flag mentions of Trump and others in the Epstein files. Today, I'm suing for those videos.

BREAKING: I am suing the Department of Justice for the training videos instructing FBI personnel to flag mentions of Donald Trump in the Epstein files. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/i-am-suing...

Community Gathers to Remember Paul Kessler on First Anniversary of His Death Ceremony included Cantor Kenny Ellis reciting Kaddish.

jewishjournal.com/community/37...

YouTube video by NBCLA Jewish student recounts injury during UCLA protest

Earlier that day, a young woman in the LA community was kicked to the head unconscious when she bent over to pick something up, and the cops stood by and watched then too, and also that fall when a Jew was killed by being hit on the head with a megaphone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecD3...

Picking them off one by one.
Hang together or hang separately.

Former Greek statistics chief continues battle to defend debt crisis figures Supporters argue Athens turned Andreas Georgiou into a scapegoat for its financial failures.

Greece also fired their statisticians, FWIW. www.politico.eu/article/pros...

US policy is fueling Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis Isolating the Taliban is pushing millions of Afghans into poverty and starvation.

I think Israel should have done everything Biden suggested, and if they had the conflict might have ended in April 2024, but it's also possible it wouldn't have. War and foreign relations are complicated. The US embargo on the Taliban caused a deadly famine, but what is the better option?

Example 11: Holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the State of Israel. Blaming Jews or Jewish communities for the actions or perceived actions of the state of Israel is a form of antisemitism. This imposition of collective responsibility on Jews for the actions of a sovereign country often leads to increased hostility toward, and physical attacks upon, Jews and Jewish institutions during periods of Middle East tension or conflict. This has been demonstrated repeatedly in Canada in recent years, with major surges of antisemitism immediately following, and continuing throughout, the outbreak of hostilities between Israel and Hamas.The eleven-day Israel-Hamas conflict in May 2021 led to a surge in antisemitic incidents across Canada. In that year, 298 of the 608 reported religion-based hate crimes targeted the Jewish population – just over 49%, despite Jews comprising approximately 1% of Canada’s population. Footnote 78 This expression of antisemitism frequently intersects with others, such as the trope of dual loyalties. It is underpinned by the antisemitic assumption that Jewish people are a homogenous, monolithic bloc. Case Studies: Toronto, ON (November, 2019): When a Jewish campus organization submitted a proposal for accessible kosher food on campus, the University of Toronto Graduate Students Union (“UTGSU”) was reluctant. The reason provided for this reluctance was the fact that the Jewish organization was “pro-Israel,” and that the UTGSU strives “to ensure the will of the membership is accurately reflected,” an apparent reference to its adoption of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel. The UTGSU later issued an apology.Footnote 79 Montreal, QC (November, 2023): In the wake of the October 7th Hamas terrorist attacks and during the ensuing Israel-Hamas conflict, two Jewish schools in Montreal were shot at, and a synagogue and Jewish community centre were attacked with firebombs.Footnote 80 Toronto, ON (November, 2023): …

Canada (January, 2024): A Canadian magazine that describes itself as “the longest-standing voice of the left in Canada” published an article comparing Israel’s military response to the October 7th Hamas atrocities to the Holocaust, titled “Israel’s genocide betrays the Holocaust.” The article begins by saying “Israel’s lebensraum master plan for Gaza, borrowed from the Nazi’s depopulation of Jewish ghettos, is clear.”Footnote 75 Toronto, ON (January, 2024): A protestor on an overpass in Toronto held a poster comparing former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to Adolf Hitler, and Zionism to Nazism.Footnote 76 Protesters in Toronto holding Palestinian flags and comparing former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to Adolf Hitler. Canada (November, 2023): A user on X (formerly known as Twitter) contended that “Zionism [is] the new Nazism,” and that “playing the card of antisemitism doesn’t work anymore.” A post on X about Zionism A post on X about Zionism – text version A bunch of sick Zionist want to run Canada as they like. These people demonstrate against Zionism, the new Nazism, which is embodied in Israel, so playing the card of antisemitism doesn't work anymore. Canada (May, 2021): At protests held in response to the May 2021 conflict between Israel and Hamas, there were numerous instances of swastikas being superimposed on Israeli flags and other visual comparisons between Israel and the Nazis. A Toronto rally included a sign saying, “stop doing what Hitler did to you, free Palestine.”Footnote 77

Jews luring Palestinians to shoot them manages to be both example 10 *and* 11 in the Canadian handbook defining antisemitism. Good job. Jews are inherently evil, so it cannot be that GHF is poorly planned and poorly carried out but rather actual genocide by Jews who are responsible for Israel.

Canadian Handbook on the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism

Did you know you can criticize a country's use of excessive force in crowd control without making allegations of genocide? Holocaust inversion is antisemitism. See Canadian Handbook on the IHRA working definition "Example 10: Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis."

"To get half off French Favorites in our stores, just be ready to show this email or the coupon from below. Online at penzeys.com, for half off French Favorites just enter FRANCE in the apply code box at checkout. It’s easy. Long Live Woke! Maybe even better proof Woke isn’t dead than our Woke Gift Box is South Park taking first place in Apple’s ranking of TV shows this week. I’m feeling history won’t be at all kind to our time and our failures. Pretty much toward the top of the list is the hive think among business leaders fearing they need to please President Trump or face the wrath of his followers. Truth is, pretty much nobody likes him much less respects him. South Park has taken on the President with more gusto than any other TV show and in return has become more popular than any other TV show. How is this so hard for leaders of businesses like Target or for those in charge of Harvard University to comprehend? He really has no base. And Gaza. When people show you who they are, trust them. Nations, too. We can now trust Israel to be nothing short of monstrous when it comes to the Palestinian people. There is no solution at all where Israel has any control over the Palestinian people, except for maybe a final one. It’s long past time to be done being silent. And maybe that starts with our president."

Excerpt from Canadian handbook on IHRA definition of antisemitism, available at https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/canada-holocaust/antisemitism/handbook-definition-antisemitism.html#a6c " Example 10: Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis. In this form of antisemitic discrimination, Israel and Jews are now portrayed as Nazi-like perpetrators of mass atrocities and genocide. This is also known as Holocaust inversion. Among other inspirations, Holocaust inversion has origins in Soviet-era propaganda and Soviet anti-Zionism.Footnote 73 These comparisons often form a cycle of positive reinforcement with Holocaust denial and minimization. They are especially harmful due to the intergenerational trauma from the Holocaust that many Jewish people carry. Comparing Israel, Israelis, and Jews to the Nazis also serves to demonize and delegitimize them. It is a modern form of construing Jewish individuals and collectives as the worst imaginable evil, and helps to justify violence against Israel, Israelis, Jews and Jewish institutions. Case Studies: Canada (October, 2023): At rallies held across Canada in the aftermath of the October 7th Hamas attacks and during the ensuing conflict, there were numerous examples of protestors holding signs comparing Israel to Nazi Germany.Footnote 74 A protester holding a sign with a swastika and the Israeli flag, with the phrase Same Mindset, Different Era. A protest sign equates the Star of David with a swastika, stating When Injustice Becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty, at a rally in Canada. Canada (January, 2024): A Canadian magazine that describes itself as “the longest-standing voice of the left in Canada” published an article comparing Israel’s military response to the October 7th Hamas atrocities to the Holocaust, titled “Israel’s genocide betrays the Holocaust.” The article begins by saying “Israel’s lebensraum master plan for Gaza, borrowed from the Nazi’s depopulation of Jewish …

Holocaust inversion is antisemitism that leads to pro-Holocaust statements like "We can now trust Israel to be nothing short of monstrous when it comes to the Palestinian people. There is no solution at all where Israel has any control over the Palestinian people, except for maybe a final one."

I certainly hope so!

It's posted as a joke, apparently. We'll see.

YouTube video by Global News Iranian students avoid stepping on images of U.S., Israeli flags

Iran likes to put the American flag on the ground for people to walk on. They're wishing they thought of drains in the shape of American flags. m.youtube.com/watch?v=aNJL...

Senate must confirm him.

If job growth is so great, I guess the fed should raise interest rates.

The BLS thing is a pretty serious “fucking with the money” move, we’ll see how much political influence capital has I guess.

President Trump called into question the integrity of the Employment Situation report that the BLS released this morning. He accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of deliberately reporting false numbers to reflect poorly on this administration. This baseless, damaging claim undermines the valuable work and dedication of BLS staff who produce the reports each month. This escalates the President’s unprecedented attacks on the independence and integrity of the federal statistical system. The President seeks to blame someone for unwelcome economic news. The Commissioner does not determine what the numbers are but simply reports on what the data show. The process of obtaining the numbers is decentralized by design to avoid opportunities for interference. The BLS uses the same proven, transparent, reliable process to produce estimates every month. Every month, BLS revises the prior two months’ employment estimates to reflect slower-arriving, more-accurate information. This rationale for firing Dr. McEntarfer is without merit and undermines the credibility of federal economic statistics that are a cornerstone of intelligent economic decision-making by businesses, families, and policymakers. U.S. official statistics are the gold standard globally. When leaders of other nations have politicized economic data, it has destroyed public trust in all official statistics and in government science. We call on Congress to respond immediately, to investigate the factors that led to Commissioner McEntarfer’s removal, to strongly urge the Commissioner’s continued service, and ensure that the nonpartisan integrity of the position is retained. The statement from the President undermines these tenets and politicizes data which cannot and should not be used for political points.

"...escalates the President’s unprecedented attacks on the independence & integrity of the federal statistical system.

"The president seeks to blame someone for unwelcome economic news.

"...firing Dr. McEntarfer is without merit & undermines the credibility of federal economic statistics..."

Firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after a disappointing jobs report is exactly what a Middle Eastern tinpot dictator would do. Now does the fired official need to go to Canada for their own safety?