Erstwhile?! Did I get fired while I wasn’t watching TV to learn about it? Darn that Twitter! Reince Priebus has been unceremoniously cashiered (of course via Twitter) as White House Chief of Staff and replaced by Marine Corps General John Francis Kelly (formerly of Homeland Security). What does it mean? Probably that there is more …
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Jul 28 2017
The Big Fail
So Skinny goes down, 51 – 49. Murkowski, Collins, and surprisingly McCain. Is it dead yet? Because I am naturally cautious and have experienced too many Zombie Resurrections I’m not quite ready to declare Trumpcare staked, decapitated with a mouthful of garlic, pumped with a clip of silver bullets, dissolved in a vat of Holy …
Jul 27 2017
The Trumpcare Play
Remember, our sites deal in only the most scurrilous rumors and speculation. By necessity this post is kind of sketchy because at this point there is no Bill. Now the grand plan is transparent- bulldoze through whatever will pass and toss it to the House/Senate Conference Committee so that they can, in secret, produce something …
Jul 27 2017
Rattle Shaking Shamen
This particular piece by the inestimable Dean Baker is about Economics but could just as easily apply to any other form of Academic Credentialism. How about a little accountability for economists when they mess up? Dean Baker, The Guardian Thursday 27 July 2017 Suppose our fire department was staffed with out-of-shape incompetents who didn’t know …
Jul 27 2017
About That Recess Appointment
Maybe not so much. While in Robert’s Rules a “Motion to Adjourn” is always in order (meaning it can be brought forward at any time), is undebatable, and requires a mere majority, the Senate Rules are different and, technically, we’re talking about a recess, not adjournment which would effectively end the current session of Congress …
Jul 26 2017
Subway
So I know this guy who actually owns a modestly large network of stores (I also know his IT guy who, in the context I’m about to discuss, is a much bigger deal but not relevant). He was my boss one year in this rather large but temporary project I was involved with annually for …
Jul 25 2017
Show the respect, will ya?
And Balding High Forehead Spice doesn’t even get the quality time at Kennebunkport.
Jul 25 2017
The Legend Of El Campeador
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar was a Castilian nobleman and military leader in medieval Spain. … He rose to become the commander and royal standard-bearer (armiger regis) of Castile upon Sancho’s ascension in 1065. Rodrigo went on to lead the Castilian military campaigns against Sancho’s brothers, Alfonso VI of León and García II of Galicia, as …
Jul 24 2017
Trading Ground For Time
The problem is that people see patterns in randomness. What we commonly call “intelligence” mostly registers pattern recognition and indeed the very way our brains process their primary source of information, vision, is based on it. My Therapist and psychologically aware friends call this “mind racing” and view it as a symptom since obsessive speculation …
Jul 24 2017
Yellen! Where Is My Inflation!
Ok, that may be a little obscure. At Teutoburgwald Varus, a Roman General of limited skill and immense gullibility, was wiped out in a surprise attack by Germans and lost 3 whole Legions as in- no survivors. For the rest of his reign Emperor Octavius was observed at random shouting to nobody in particular, “Varus! …
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