It’s Arabic and means either “Fate”, “Portion”, or “Division” (in the ‘part of’ sense not the ‘conflict’ sense) depending on context and in this instance I’m using it in the “Fate” definition and am not referring at all to the Lederer/Davis Musical from 1953 starring Alfred Drake, Doretta Morrow, and Richard Kiley or the 1955 …
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Apr 29 2020
The Next Depression
Well, first of all, we’ve lost over 26 Million Jobs in 4 weeks, highest levels since the Great Depression (and indeed faster). The only reason it isn’t higher is that States can’t keep up with the filings. Inevitably GDP (which I’ll point out is not a good indicator of actual Economic performance but it will …
Apr 29 2020
Cartnoon
Here’s something Les was working on before we went into Social Distancing mode, so it’s not quite as paranoid as it looks in context. These were tools he was preparing for a 2021 PBS series and he promises some more. I am not a hard core Prepper or a Zombie Apocalypse Nutter. I frequently shop …
Apr 28 2020
The past is never dead. It’s not even past.
The Jungle– There were the men in the pickle rooms, for instance, where old Antanas had gotten his death; scarce a one of these that had not some spot of horror on his person. Let a man so much as scrape his finger pushing a truck in the pickle rooms, and he might have a …
Apr 27 2020
A Daily-ish Nightly
Dr. Anthony Fauci Cold Open – SNL Weekend Update Home Edition: Trump Suggests Injecting Disinfectant – SNL Message from Gov. Whitmer – SNL Don Trump The Science-ish Guy: Disinfectant Injections | The Daily Social Distancing Show The Daily Show Foxsplains Coronavirus | The Daily Social Distancing Show Sam’s Nature …
Apr 27 2020
Multi Level Marketing
While the money to be made is from recruiting others to sell for you and a never ending Fraudulent Pyramid Scheme, the McGuffin grunt work of the Business model that is actually supposed to deliver real products to consumers is Door to Door Sales. Kind of difficult to get people to invite you into their …
Apr 26 2020
Pravda and Izvestia
Back in the good old days of the Cold War when all you had to fear was imminent Nuclear Annihilation, the Soviet Union had two main Newspapers- Pravda and Izvestia. Pravda means “Truth” and was the official organ of the Communist Party. Izvestia means “News” and was an official product of the Soviet Government. Not …
Apr 26 2020
No Sports?
FEI World Cup from Göteborg, Sweden- Freestyle Finals 2019 What? Not enough Horsies for you? A 3 Hour summary. Proust in his first book wrote about, wrote about. A 6 Minute summary. No Horses were infected with Coronavirus during this event.
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