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Dec 04 2016
On Underwear
Do you think you’ve approached the depths of my Geekdom? We’ve barely scratched the surface, so to speak. You’ll understand, please, that I am a guy and so have no feminine perspective on this at all. Now the next rap on Rory is that she “goes commando” and to spare you from my Dreyfus Affair …
Dec 02 2016
Cooper Union
Abraham Lincoln February 27, 1860 I would address a few words to the Southern people. I would say to them: – You consider yourselves a reasonable and a just people; and I consider that in the general qualities of reason and justice you are not inferior to any other people. Still, when you speak of …
Dec 02 2016
Writing Is Easy!
All you have to do is open up a vein! You might think based on my internet history (all basically out there, I started on Daily Kos in April 2005) I’m a great fan of the Daily Show and Jon Stewart. Not so much. For me it had utility. As a n00b (and a bright, …
Dec 01 2016
Bernie Sanders and Cornel West on Democracy Now
Bernie Sanders’ Full Speech in Philadelphia: The Future of American Democracy is at Risk Democracy Now! Special: Bernie Sanders on Trump’s Victory & the Need to Rebuild the Democratic Party Cornel West: Unlike Bernie Sanders, I’m Not Convinced the Democratic Party Can Be Reformed
Nov 30 2016
Why The Rory Hate?
I always identified more with Lorelai, to me the interesting thing about the show was her relationship with Richard and Emily. I felt it mirrored some of my connections with my parents which may seem pretty Ozzie and Harriet on the surface but which, if you’re a regular reader, you’ll know were dark and twisted …
Nov 30 2016
“No matter where you go, there you are.”
– Buckaroo Banzai How the Democrats could win again, if they wanted by Thomas Frank, The Guardian Tuesday 29 November 2016 07.00 EST And here we are again. Today Democrats are wondering what went wrong, but before too many fundraising dinners have been digested they will have concluded they don’t need to worry, that demographics …
Nov 29 2016
The Front Page Poem
As the resident Gilmore Geek you can imagine my dismay at this scurrilous and unwarranted attack in the Atlantic. The Stars Hollow Gazette is not the New York Times. The Stars Hollow Gazette is not the Hartford Courant. Of course not and even to be mentioned in comparison with those stenographic parrots of the Neoliberal …
Nov 29 2016
The Economic Lessons of Scrooge McDuck
If you’ve had a cultural experience like mine (I had 2 of every network broadcast including PBS and 3 Independents, and now watch not just constantly but exclusively Cartoons and ‘Tween Comedies) you’re probably familiar with Cracked magazine and think of it as a sort of poor man’s Mad without those Sergio Aragoné cartoons in …
Nov 28 2016
Math Problems
One problem people have with Economics is understanding ‘future math’ and by that I mean how decisions today effect outcomes at some specified (or not so much) time yet to come. One way this concept is used to lie to you is to increase your perception of present costs by aggregating cumulative costs over time. …
Nov 24 2016
Less Said The Better
I think I’ve made it quite clear over the years that parades are boring and this one in particular more so than most. The only thing that would make it interesting is something that might happen which I’m not ghoulish enough to mention or another Rick-Roll. I’m tired of pointing out that it isn’t even …
Nov 23 2016
Turkey Loaf
Yoob a dinkadee a dinkadoo a dinkadee A dinkadoo a dinkadee a dinkadoo Morp! Morp! Morp! Us Scandinavian Bachelor Chefs frequently find ourselves in the position of needing a last minute substitute for real food because planning ahead is not one of our strengths (if it were we probably wouldn’t be Bachelors anymore). Here’s a …