February 2009
January 2009
Nationalized Health Care
During our disastrous Health care debate in the ’90s it was routine for Republicans to paint dark gloomy pictures of health care in Canada and Britain (France’s turn to be vilified had to wait for the Iraq war). GHW Bush “If you think nationalized health care is so great, ask a Canadian!”
So since I’m following Canadians, Brits, and Aussies.. how is your health care...
Finally saw Michael Moore’s Sicko — it is surprisingly good. It’s persuasive rather than accurate.. especially when he visits Cuba..
“In other news, the early reports about the Bart killing were right. The officer...”
– Hullabaloo
daylightfading20:
anniehinton:
My favorite word to write in cursive is hello.
Mine is slowly.
Any word with where I get to write lots of the lower-case ‘f’
Wait - why IS Infantry the “Queen of the Battlefield?”
butterflyeffects:
The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be...
WHAT'S YOUR FOLLOWERS TO FOLLOWING RATIO?
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yourblogginisbullshit:
MINE IS 33:138
AND THIS AIN’T ON SOME POPULARITY SHIT. JUST BORED AND CURIOUS SHIT
42:43
very modest
360:673
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PicoBusiness » Hail Hail! →
People say that the fundamental product of the Chicago school of economics is helping rich old men stay rich.
My retort is that the fundamental product of the Keynsian school is giving the charismatic elite more power. Case in point.
From this article I conclude that Joel Kotkin does not know what happens in a centrifuge:
“For more than two centuries, it has been a wannabe among the...
“Maybe I was too cryptic. The original joke was, “Capitalism is the exploitation...”
– Bad - Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com
Why I follow you.
bebelestrange:
In other words, you want to see more titties. (kidding, kidding)
You figured us all out! :)
The "Rangel Rule" - Ramesh Ponnuru - The Corner on... →
(via jb)
PicoBusiness » Reiterating my previous point about... →
McClatchy: Israeli troops killed Gaza children... →
The allegation is one of at least five such white flag incidents that human rights investigators are looking into across the Gaza Strip. It’s part of a growing pattern of alleged abuses that have raised concerns that some Israeli soldiers may have committed war crimes during their 22-day military campaign in Gaza.
“The evidence we’ve gathered in two of the cases so far is...
ArmsControlWonk: AQ Khan Website →
Well, well, well. Look who has a website.
Next thing you know, he’ll be blogging.
Fannie's Perilous Pursuit of Subprime Loans -... →
(via jb)
Another Day of Job Cuts
crazynutjob:
Still waiting. Today’s job cuts were terrible again. The headlines:
UAW to End GM Jobs Bank on Feb. 2, Following Chrysler — Not exactly job cuts, but 1,600 new people collecting unemployment.
SAP to Cut More Than 3,000 Jobs Amid Global Slump — I’m guessing most of these cuts will be in Germany.
Boeing Plans to Cut 10,000 Jobs as Demand Weakens — 4,500 of those job cuts were...
Grasping Reality with Both Hands: June 22, 2005:... →
"With all due respect, Mr. President, that is not... →
crazynutjob:
(via jeffmiller)
That’s a respectable list. I wonder how much it would cost to mail out 1,000 neon signs that simply say, “Don’t Panic.”
OK, how about “No reasonable economist..?” :)
(Just kidding -just coming down hard on the Chicago School today)
Please No, Not a Blade Runner Sequel →
“Travis Wright, one of the writers behind Eagle Eye, has been working on a sequel to Ridley Scott’s Sci-Fi classic Blade Runner. Script proposals have explored the nature of the off-world colonies, what happens to the Tyrell Corporation in the wake of its founder’s death, and what would become of Rachel. Travis said he intends to write a script “with or without...
“Producing more or less mendacious intellectual smokescreens for policies which...”
– The Cossacks, well, they work for the Czar — Crooked Timber
A Dark Age of macroeconomics (wonkish) - Paul... →
The answer, I think, is that we’re living in a Dark Age of macroeconomics. Remember, what defined the Dark Ages wasn’t the fact that they were primitive — the Bronze Age was primitive, too. What made the Dark Ages dark was the fact that so much knowledge had been lost, that so much known to the Greeks and Romans had been forgotten by the barbarian kingdoms that followed.
And that’s what seems to...
“Economists who have spent their entire careers on equilibrium business cycle...”
– Madoff economics - Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com
"Why some fear what George Mitchell might bring to... →
“Foxman, Rosner and Obama’s January Surprise”
Heaven forfend that American policy should be afflicted with fairness. That Foxman would think this way is in itself merely disappointing, not shocking. It’s zero-sum thinking: even-handedness means a gain for Arabs, therefore a loss for Israel. It does not include the possibility that fairness will lead to peace, which will be better for...
Fuckers!
gilmoure:
But it didn’t happen. And all these people are the ones that kept playing with numbers, building castles in the sky, until it all came tumbling down. And I still don’t get it. i guess because I don’t have much of a drive to ‘be someone’ or to compare myself to others, that I can’t understand how these folks can never have enough. I keep picturing these ravenous pigs that the parents...
A big thank you to Kanye for bringing the word “trifling” back into use.
“Telling the magazine that he was asked why he did not give “credit”...”
– Attenborough reveals creationist hate mail for not crediting God | World news | The Guardian
People can be really mean.
gilmoure:
Solidarity!
butterflyeffects:
Some guy has taken it upon himself to start a blog critiquing the tumblelogs of various people he happens across on tumblr.
He just joined tumblr yesterday. Yesterday.
He “critiqued” my blog[s]. By “critiqued”, I mean repeatedly called me a word to which the dictionary definition is ‘prostitute, or woman of loose morals’ for the fact that a couple...
Added thought for cheapskates
If you’re trying to save money, an MMO addiction is the way to go.
For around $15/month you can abandon many costly real life commitments, each of which will cost $15-20 (and can of course be more, far more) for a single eveneing entertainment.
Don’t forget to eat meals, talk to your family, go to work, and get some exercise. No need to let things get out of hand.