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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/29/debt-ceiling-deadline-default_n_913809.html#liveblog
Absolute disaster if it is made law. Prepare for food riots.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
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"Madness is repeating the same action and expecting a different result."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/29/debt-ceiling-deadline-default_n_913809.html#liveblog
Absolute disaster if it is made law. Prepare for food riots.
endlessly
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/29/debt-ceiling-deadline-default_n_913809.html#liveblog
Absolute disaster if it is made law. Prepare for food riots.
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The Video Store, Reinvented by Necessity
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Simon Johnson: Fresh Crises Loom in Europe and the United States
Simon Johnson, the former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, is the co-author of “13 Bankers.”
It is August 1914, The archduke of Austria has been assassinated and Russia is mobilizing.
Oh What A Lovely WarSee below.
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Simon Johnson: Fresh Crises Loom in Europe and the United States
Simon Johnson, the former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, is the co-author of “13 Bankers.”Been there, done that.http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2011/07/the_bonds_of_au.htmlhttp://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2011/07/blinder-forget-debt-the-emergency-is-unemployment.html
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Debt Problem’s Sure Cure: Economic Growth
This is well known. The fix was well known.
Paul Krugman got his Nobel for understanding and contributing to that understanding. Here is his side bar from his blog:
Some links to stuff I’ve written bearing on macroeconomic policy. Read all of them, and you’ll have a good sense of where I’m coming from.
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How Budget Cuts Will Change the Black Middle Class - Room for Debate
What will the shrinking of the public sector mean for the economic prospects of African-Americans?
It will triple the unemployment rate.It will remove what has been an exit from extreme poverty.Destruction is a near certainty.
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Should California Tax Sales on Amazon? - Room for Debate
California and other states are trying to get revenue from online sales, but Amazon is fighting to be exempt.Amazon has a choice. They can remove their physical presence from California or they can pay sales tax on sales to California.This has been the rule and I see little reason to change it.An exemption would be a subsidy.I have no idea why that would be given. -
Fast Blueberry Jam
I never see blueberries here.
The birds eat them when they show colour.I am still looking for glucose. It is the nontoxic part of sugar. -
The Main Highway of Commerce - Room for Debate
Would you rather see public programs slashed in your state, or pay a few percent more on your purchase online?This is the wrong question.Sales taxes are a terrible idea that Republican legislatures like.They appear to be flat and are regressive.I would far rather have more progression in the income tax.The oligarchs hate the thought.As a designer everything I buy can be tax exempt.I have not bothered. The bookkeeping has not been worth the ten percent. Boost that rate to twenty seven percent like the Canadians and it will be worthwhile or raise my rate of expenditures to a middle class level. -
Patrick LaForge
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Four New Landmarks Include N.Y.C.'s Youngest
“Four New Landmarks Include N.Y.C.'s Youngest - http://nyti.ms/dSzJf0”None of these gets my vote. All of them deserve protection. All of them are enclaves and do not add to street life.
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Obama Calls for Debt Deal; Congress Still Widely Split
I expect we will get an executive rescue.
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Michael Wolff on Looking Cool in the Heat
A week in the life and wardrobe of Michael Wolff.I think he is trying to play mind games.Murdochs thrown to the liberal wolves.A liberal wolf doesn't care what it pulls down. -
Why Executions Should Be Televised
In this article from the next issue of Sunday Review, the authors argue that executions ought to be made public so people can see what is being done in their name.This again is the wrong debate. I am sure that the actual death is as humane as possible.Death penalty trials should be broadcast with knowledgeable real time commentary. -
For Asian Stars, Many Web Fans
On YouTube, a young generation of Asian-Americans has found a voice (and millions of eager fans) on the democratized platform.
They should organize and employ a producer. They obviously have star power. Hollywood was built by United Artists and other such cooperatives. Only recently has a very conservative business management wrested control from the organized talent. -
Gene Patent in Cancer Test Upheld by Appeals Panel
A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that genes can be patented, overturning a lower court decision that had shocked the biotechnology industry.Judge Sweet got it right.The invention rests on the identity betweem the extracted genes and the genes found in the test subject and the lack of identity. It is the lack of identity in the test subject that indicates a positive for cancer risk. The genes in question are identical to healthy genes found in nature. The patent fails on originality. and should be thrown out on further appeal.The usual quibbles that I am not before the bar and am not looking at original material apply.Utah has some very greedy corporations and no love of the federal courts. -
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Book Review - Summer Gardening Roundup
“Book Review - Summer Gardening Roundup - http://nyti.ms/iPsimH”"Over the centuries, around the world, we have always come home to one truth: Gardening sustains life, love and happiness."I must find a building with enough property to build a reasonable garden. Grey water storage and a drip system will go a long way toward acceptable operation.
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Pasta With Anchovies and Arugula
I have been meaning to play with anchovies for some time.I will try it with spinach which is in the house now.It is almost time for local tomatoes.I will check on the arugula on my next expedition. -
How Budget Cuts Will Change the Black Middle Class - Room for Debate
What will the shrinking of the public sector mean for the economic prospects of African-Americans?These deep cuts will be a disaster for all of us who are not terminally rich. -
A Great Big City
None of these four buildings contribute to street life.
They are worth saving but will not help make the city more liveable. -
Colleges Join Plan for Faster Computer Networks
There must be some excuse for going to campus.
We can get fibre to the desktop. It costs about a hundred bucks a month.
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Calling for Religious Law, Islamists Flood Square
Egypt is not out of the woods.
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Online Retailers Should Play by the Same Rules - Room for Debate
Online companies like Amazon are unfairly undercutting their brick-and-mortar competitors, which often end up cutting jobs.Not an applicable argument. Local stores must provide services Amazon cannot. Local stock is one. knowledgeable people is another.Contact with the authors is yet another. Associated books yet another. -
Facing Call for Concessions, Verizon Workers Vote to Authorize Strike
There is a physical part of the net that cannot be out sourced.
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A Dutch Factory Town, Now a Design Center
Cheap space is where it starts. Gentrification is not a friend to a start up.
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It’s Up to the Senate
The tantrum will continue.
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In Baring Facts of Train Crash, Blogs Erode China Censorship
Time for another great leap forward?
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The Centrist Cop-Out
Placing blame equally on Democrats and Republicans for the stalemate over the debt crisis only encourages more bad behavior.It does, it has, it will. -
For Republican Freshmen, the Power of No
Old news. No progress that matters.
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Three Reported Killed in Greek Protests
Be forewarned -- this is an example of what happens when people whose brains are devoid of knowledge and reason are allowed to believe that their patently baseless view of what's "fair and equitable" should carry the day. Remind you of some segment of the US population that drinks tea?See below.Greece will default very soon if it is not already in default.
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U.S. Economy Added 162,000 Jobs in March, Most in 3 Years
“U.S. Economy Added 162,000 Jobs in March, Most in 3 Years - http://nyti.ms/9Y4wek”Census hiring.Employment will now drop like a stone.
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Some Good News for the Planet on Fuel Efficiency
The agreement to increase fuel economy standards is good news for car companies, consumers and the environment.More plug electrics in the fleet. Less trucking. -
Jay Diamond
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Three Reported Killed in Greek Protests
Be forewarned -- this is an example of what happens when people whose brains are devoid of knowledge and reason are allowed to believe that their patently baseless view of what's "fair and equitable" should carry the day. Remind you of some segment of the US population that drinks tea?
Greek and Cyprus Credit Ratings Cut
By JULIA WERDIGIER
Published: July 27, 2011http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/28/eurofail/http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2011/07/europe-update_27.htmlhttp://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=.IT10:INDSummary One-Year Chart INTERACTIVE CHART Value 332.99
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A Paper Calendar? It’s 2011
I just keep a sketch book. It gets lost from time to time.
Definitely a paper person.
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U.S. Economy Added 162,000 Jobs in March, Most in 3 Years
“U.S. Economy Added 162,000 Jobs in March, Most in 3 Years - http://nyti.ms/9Y4wek”I think that is the census hiring. I am not absolutely sure.Hight of the stimulus.http://cr4re.com/charts/charts.html#category=Employment&chart=EmployRecessJune2011.jpg
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Consumers vs. the Banks
The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will need strong support from the White House in order to tackle crucial issues.Forcing the nation into default will crash the banks and insurance companies. It seems a "hard ball" tactic. I think it could happen.It is very late for any action to be in time to stop a default. 13:00 Sunday is even later.
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It's Time to Make the ... Coffee?
I despise Duncan Doughnuts.
Starbucks is better but not good. Coffee out is joe at best.I will make and drink jungle coffee or the truck stop or diner stuff. -
Senate Quickly Kills Boehner Debt Bill
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Pasta With Anchovies and Arugula
This looks like a very good dish.
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ArtsBeat: July 28, 2011
No news here.
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Behind the 'Us vs. Them' Mentality Over Islam - Room for Debate
Today, Islam as “the internal and external enemy” is a staple of European political discourse.For Muslims in Europe it is a generational thing. The parents want to live there and are willing to do so quietly. The children they brought with them into exile want to be dominant. The radical preachers reinforce and build on that. This in turn irritates and reinforces the racists, nationalists, witch hunters and other crazies that are our heritage.It is defensive on all sides and all I can think to do about it is to prosecute criminal acts. The screaming can go on but the physical attacks must stop.
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