It’s not just a “Once in a Lifetime” question “Huh, I wonder what happened in 1980?” Dissent magazine’s Matthew Sitman snarked on Tuesday. He referred to a chart posted by David Leonhardt. “Reaganland” author Rick Perlstein replied, “Folks stopped getting a free ride. Now only can enjoy long life if they honor the natural order of things as dictated (if religious) by the Almighty; or (if secular) the almighty market. Or else, they had it coming. Order having been restored, conservatives are satisfied now…” But not really. Not until they’ve fully restored the monarchy on these shores. Barring that, reinstated feudalism will suffice. Surely the peasants will rejoice. Leonhardt has been working on “Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream.” The book that analyzes how over the last half-century “our society has abandoned working-class people – of all races – in crucial ways. Their incomes have stagnated, as has their life expectancy. They no longer trust either political party or other institutions.
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Thickly but not well enough Amanda Marcotte comments on the Roger Stone video that “The Beat with Ari Melber” on MSNBC has been reporting on this week. The show ran excerpts of video of Stone shot by Danish filmmaker Christoffer Guldbrandsen for “A Storm Foretold.” The clips provide further proof that the Trump plot to overturn the election did not arise from a “sincere” belief that the election was “stolen.” Marcotte writes: The video captures Stone’s aggravation at finding he’s been barred from speaking at Trump’s January 6th “Stop the Steal” rally at the Ellipse in Washington D.C. “I don’t understand how they want us to lead the march but can’t even tell us where to go,” Stone whines, adding that he’s not speaking directly to Rudy Giuliani or the rest of Trump’s inner circle. He complains that it’s “very clear that I was never on their list.” “It’s just childish and it’s amateurish. That’s why they lost.
Looks like you waited too long to strike. Remember, the iron has to be nice and hot before you swing that hammer. Let’s try it again.
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Once an Apple has fallen, you will see it on the ground nearby the Tree from which it dropped.
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Rome is a special area that requires the use of Boost to get around. See those Romans over there? Use Boost to see if you can keep up with them!
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Those empty baskets look rather lonely. Maybe you should put a couple of your Eggs in each one. Why? I… I just don’t like Egg overcrowding, that’s all!
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Notice how after you consumed the Cake, the Cake is no longer in your inventory.
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Change class to Chooser? (WARNING: You will lose all skill points in Beggar.)
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I heard the Merchant at the Bazaar will let you exchange those three Birds-in-Hand for six Birds-in-Bush. Now that’s what I call a deal.
Lawmakers in all but four states introduced bills that indirectly censor what’s taught in schools, according to a new report from PEN America.
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Conservative strategists are prioritising partisan games over the survival of the planet, writes Tom Burke
Max Colbert and Josiah Mortimer explore the Conservative Party Deputy Chairman’s links to the hard-right former lad’s mag editor
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We often hear about inflation, but what about ‘disinflation’ or ‘deflation’? Those lesser-known terms describe different aspects of changes in prices.
RCTs establish causal claims. They are very good at this. Indeed, given the probabilistic theory of causality it follows formally that positive results in an ideal RCT with treatment C and outcome E deductively implies ‘C causes E in the experimental population’. Though the move from the RCT to a policy prediction that C will … … Continue reading
Gerry Gunner and James Waddell Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) is a relatively new form of consumer credit that you might have noticed as a payment option when shopping online or in person. However, there is little analysis in the public domain about who is using BNPL credit in the UK and its contribution to total household debt. … Continue reading Shining light on ‘shadow credit’ – what is Buy-Now-Pay-Later and who uses it?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how society, and people in my profession (academics), think about activism. It seems to me that there is a widespread insufficient appreciation for the importance of activists in the world; often that attitude is even plainly dismissive. If this is true, then why is this the case, and […]
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It’s Wednesday and I am now more or less settled in my new office which has the sun coming in from the north-east. I was talking to someone yesterday about various things and the topic of neo-feudalism or new feudalism entered the conversation – as you might expect (-: I am deeply suspicious of adding…
The RBA and the DFCRC today released a report on the findings from a research project that explored potential use cases for a CBDC in Australia.
We still don’t know what’s going on with him. This is an interesting discussion about it: He knows it all…
Preparation time: 15 min.Chilling time: 2 hrs. Elegant enough for company but inexpensive enough for every day, this delicious dessert is easy to make. Unmold it in your nicest glass dessert dishes and top with delectable Creme Francaise. For 4 servings you will need:1 cup soft pitted dried prunes1 cup water1 envelope unflavored gelatin¼ cup […]
Another GOP train wreck is coming to town They just can’t help themselves: Members of the House Freedom Caucus are making it harder for leadership to avoid a government shutdown, announcing on Monday that they’ll oppose a stopgap funding bill unless it caves to their terms. The HFC is demanding more funding for border enforcement, cuts to the Department of Justice and FBI, and an end to “woke” policies at the Department of Defense. “We refuse to support any such measure that continues Democrats’ bloated COVID-era spending and simultaneously fails to force the Biden Administration to follow the law and fulfill its most basic responsibilities,” they said in a statement. “Any support for a ‘clean’ Continuing Resolution would be an affirmation of the current FY 2023 spending level grossly increased by the lame-duck December 2022 omnibus spending bill that we all vehemently opposed just seven months ago.” Congress is unlikely to complete its work on appropriations bills by the deadline on Sept. 30, with leadership calling for a continuing resolution to provide themselves with more time.