I also want to emphasise strongly the point about economics being a moral science. I mentioned before that it deals with introspection and with values. I might have added that it deals with motives, expectations, psychological uncertainties. One has to be constantly on guard against treating the material as constant and homogeneous in the same […]
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“Drones the size of cars” Yes, that’s your next Commander in Chief. “And that’s how MAGAts started shooting down small private airplanes all over America,” a friend quips. Forbes: For weeks, citizens across New Jersey — as well as New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut — have reported seeing clusters of drone-like objects flying low in the sky at night, yet information remains scarce, even as state officials now say they’ve seen the drones firsthand, received mixed information from federal agencies and pushed the FBI for answers. Citizens report seeing “drones the size of cars” overhead. With those red and green lights, I suspect we’re simply seeing those giant flying cats The Weekly World News told us years ago were terrorizing New Jersey. The flying kitties are just showing off their Christmas spirit. Donald Trump has none. And he hates pets. Especially oversized flying ones.
Two huge grocery chains can’t merge, a junk-fee loophole gets plugged, crypto fraud goes to trial, and the Supreme Court has a big day off.
Guess what he’ll do there? Election rigging has been Republican SOP at least since their REDMAP project in 2010. The gerrymandered districts they drew in 2011 continue to pay dividends a decade and a half later. Republicans are now so brazen about their intentions to seek power above all else that they’ve said so into microphones in state after state. Thomas Mills of Politics NC that the latest comes from (you guessed it) North Carolina: On Wednesday, the state house overrode Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of the bill that strips power from the in-coming Democrats elected to executive branch offices. Out-going Speaker and Congressman-elect Tim Moore told Steve Bannon, “This action item today is going to be critical to making sure North Carolina continues to be able to do what it can to deliver victories for Republicans up and down the ticket.” Yes, you read that right. The bill was not about disaster relief. It was not about good government. It was not about the people of North Carolina. It was about consolidating power and rigging elections for Republicans.
Doctor Who: The War Games will get a 90-minute colorized re-edit that also includes the Second Doctor regenerating into the Third Doctor.
Clarté Lund bjuder in till en samtalsserie i tre delar om visionär ekonomi. Det första panelsamtalet berör ekonomisk politik och det nya omtalade balansmålet i det finanspolitiska ramverket. Varför fick vi inte ett underskottsmål och vad för konsekvenser får detta för ett Sverige med enorma investeringsbehov? Med hjälp av sakkunniga panelister kommer vi att fördjupa […]
They fear the country’s incoming anti-Western president will quickly push to declare a state of emergency
Bobo the cat! (And a spry almost 99 year old Dick VanDyke) He was particularly worried about his cat. Luckily, he survived! Dick Van Dyke’s Beloved Cat Bobo Has Been Found After He And His Wife Were Forced To Leave Him Behind Amid Malibu Wildfire Evacuations Dick, 98, previously told concerned fans that Bobo the cat had escaped as he and his wife evacuated their Malibu home with their other pets on Tuesday evening. Among these residents was legendary actor Dick Van Dyke, 98, and his wife, Arlene Silver, who reassured fans on Tuesday that they’d safely escaped the danger zone. However, one beloved family member ended up being left behind: Dick and Arlene’s beloved cat, Bobo. Posting to his official Facebook page, Dick explained that they’d managed to leave with most of their pets, but Bobo had sadly escaped at the last moment. Commenting on the original Facebook post late on Wednesday evening, Dick confirmed that Bobo was dutifully waiting for his owners at home when they returned. Bobo doesn’t look too thrilled about all the attention. But he’s an Orangy. Waddya gonna do?
How the "separation barrier" changed everything.
Use to discuss topics unrelated to recent posts. (No Mangione/Syria.)
“I’ve studied automation, and know just about everything there is to know about it.” There are many, many stupid things to read today. But that has to be the dumbest. Trump is promising not to automate America’s ports on behalf of the East Coast Longshoreman’s union. (The West Coast union already made a deal to accommodate it but I guess they don’t know what they’re doing.) I posted about this yesterday but it’s worth doing it again in light of his bragging about his vast knowledge of how the supply chain works: You know, the supply chain is still broken. It’s broken. You see it. You go out to the docks and you see all these containers. And I own property in California, in Palos Verdes. They’re very nice. And I passed the docks, and I’ve been doing it for 20 years. I’ve never seen anything like it. You know, for 17 years, I saw containers and, you know, they’d come off and they’d be taken away—big areas, you know, you know, in that area, you know, where they have the big, the big ships coming in—big, the port.
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The U.S. government claims that CIA analyst Asif Rahman's alleged disclosure of Israel's reported plans to attack Iran caused it to delay the attack.
By Chip Gibbons: thedissenter.org
A U.S. magistrate judge rejected the government's request to hold CIA employee Asif Rahman in jail
How friendship with long-dead thinkers can help us live better.
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A Mexican artist rediscovers a lost color sacred to his ancestors.
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After the murder of health insurance executive Brian Thompson, the industry is facing a public reckoning. Will it be enough to deliver change?