I find it mildly amusing that Twits use what I call a Tic-Tac-Toe game waiting to happen as a tag marker. In more conventional English it’s called a pound sign. The White House’s impeachment defense? No defense at all. By Paul Waldman, Washington Post 12/2/19 Of course, impeachment is not precisely like a criminal proceeding, …
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Dec 02 2019
Cyber Monday
Save Your Local Mall! I’d write more about my personal experience it but it’s too long. It’s really economics (sorry).
Dec 01 2019
Who Is John Galt?
I’m sure that, like me, you’ve been waiting to binge the highly touted 3 Part 2011 adaptation of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged until it was free (with commercials) Well here it is you parasites! Slightly under 6 hours. Yes, I am a horrible human being.
Nov 30 2019
We do Front Page Poetry!
I am just as good as Rory even though I didn’t graduate Chilton and Yale. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the …
Nov 30 2019
Destination Planning
In addition to cranking up the Lumens (don’t ask, I wear SPF 50 at my desk) another thing I do to combat my SAD is plan my Summer travel (not so much a vacation as an education). I’m thinking about adding some of these to my list of potential destinations. Niagra isn’t so bad. I …
Nov 29 2019
My Box In A Box
No, I didn’t suddenly change my mind about YouTube- Retail Flashbacks. I was initially a seasonal employee and kind of waltzed right in after Local Life Guarding was done. I spent a long time learning the Department Directory and moving Merch from Pallets to Carts so we didn’t scare the Customers. And we moved Merch. …
Nov 29 2019
Cow Tokens of Clay to Pieces of Condensed Oil
Black Friday Economics. Money is a generally accepted medium of exchange, not a store of value. Want to store value? Invest in Enterprise. That part is pure Samuelson/Keynes, as conventional as it gets, the Modern part of Monetary Theory is recognizing that Taxes are not necessary to raise State Revenue (the State is already entitled …
Nov 27 2019
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose- Meleagris gallopavo Edition
Turkeys Away “Oh the Humanity!” Did you watch the whole episode? How could you possibly think this was a good idea? Tossing a Bird That Does Not Fly Out of a Plane by Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic 11/20/18 Here in Yellville this cold and rainy weekend, there are turkeys everywhere—turkey shirts and turkey costumes and …
Nov 26 2019
The New Manafort
As it turns out Rudy Guiliani has Ukraine connections that are just as deep and corrupt as Paul Manafort’s. Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman are the two Guiliani associates that were arrested at Dulles International. Parnas at least has signaled that he wants a deal for testimony and has already released a tranche of documents …
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