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Bouv
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Heeeere’s . . . Conan!!!
Conan O’Brien in his Rockefeller Center office, not long before taping his final episode of "Late Night."Search "Conan O'Brien" in the search box at the top of the Times home page. Result:http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/conan_obrien/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=conan%20obrian&st=cseThe most recent story:http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/conan-the-talk-show-host/I do not know the late night lineup. I barely watch the box.I have not for ten years.
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Why Aren't Germans Protesting Over European Debt? - Room for Debate
Europe binged on debt. Now Germany is stuck with the tab.As I understand it Germany has refused the tab. At this point German taxpayers are not paying for Europe's party. Start here:http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/08/why-people-say-eeh-when-they-learn-about-the-ecb/Why People Say “Eeh!” When They Learn About the ECBThe Germans are not hurting. -
Germans Are Increasingly Disgusted with the Banks - Room for Debate
Banks bought these bonds to earn high rates of interest; they took a risk, and now the taxpayers will pay. This is morally repugnant.http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/?s=European+Debt 46 results.July 28, 2011, 7:31 am
Eurofail"In short, what the markets seem to be seeing is disaster on the periphery and the Japanification of the core. And I can’t say they’re wrong."http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/what-about-europe/August 2, 2011, 4:44 pm
What About Europe?"I really don’t know how this is going to play out; Italy and Spain are too big for extend and pretend, and they’re also too big to save."http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/a-self-fulfilling-euro-crisis-wonkish/ Still too early.Here is the explanation of the ECB action:http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/08/wonking-out-about-the-euro-crisis-very-wonkish/"What I come up with, then, is that there is a possibility of self-fulfilling crisis under the euro, in a way that wouldn’t arise with a national currency. And as I see it, that self-fulfilling-crisis argument is the justification for what the ECB is doing."http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/09/good-news-from-europe/"Much too soon to declare victory, of course. But maybe, just maybe, something has gone right for once."http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2011/08/update-ecb-bond-buying.htmlhttp://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/09/madmen-in-authority-2/http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/11/is-france-in-trouble/European disorders on hold. -
Fiscal and Monetary Policies Are Abstract Ideas - Room for Debate
Under the surface, there is a growing unrest in Germany that may induce the formation of new, anti-European, parties.If you worked through the Krugman blog posts above you know what went on.The Germans are not hurting. Stopping the crisis is well worth some potential pain. Inflation will trivialize any debt tho Germany has nightmares about it. Cost of living allowances help with pensions. -
Lobster Salad, but a Key Ingredient Was Missing
There are things to buy from Zabar's
Lobster salad is not one of them.Buy the Nova.
I have not done lobster for thirty years. It is easy and good. -
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Fighting Takes Ominous Turn in Central Sudan
“Fighting Takes Ominous Turn in Central Sudan http://nyti.ms/lg4pl1”http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch?date_select=full&query=Sudan&type=nyt&x=13&y=10http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/sudan/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=Sudan&st=cse"Even if peace holds with the new nation of South Sudan, countless fault lines remain in northern Sudan. Non-Arab people in the Nuba Mountains, Darfur, Blue Nile State, Kasala — and all the way down the Nile to Egypt — have long been chafing against an increasingly isolated government dominated by a small group of Arabs and led by President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, a war crimes suspect indicted by the International Criminal Court."Khartoum looks to be isolated. National stability is questionable.The British Colonial Service was very skilful.
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Why Difficult Movies Are More, Um, Difficult
“Dargis: Why Difficult Movies Are More, Um, Difficult - http://nyti.ms/rcsyV4”Learning to see.It is a learned process and is much broader than just film.I did not have this language then and do not use it now.I once impressed Professor Edgerton with the ability.We did not get to details.
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SlowFoodUSA
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In Rural America, a Push to End Crop Subsidies
“Sense & sensibility? In Rural America, a Push to End Crop Subsidies - http://nyti.ms/k1EU8c”The difference between subsidy and crop insurance eludes me.http://www.ianwelsh.net/hard-and-complicated-aren%E2%80%99t-synonyms/
The chart above is my second favourite chart. It’s a chart of per capita health expenditures over the last forty odd years and what I want you to look at is Canada and the US. You’ll see that at one point Canada actually spent more per capita than the US, then over less than a decade our costs dived to about 2/3rds of yours and then started paralleling your costs again.
The problem is the use of simple as a synonym for easy; and hard as a synonym for complicated.
See, stopping smoking isn’t complicated. All you have to do is… not smoke. But it’s hard as dickens, which is why so many people fail to do it.
Changing to a single payor universal system will slash about a third of that. Savings: about 650 billion dollars. Everyone knows this who isn’t paid not to know it – every other country in the world that has universal health care pays about a 1/3 or less than the US and when Canada switched, its costs dropped by a third.
This isn’t complicated. But it is hard. It’s hard for the same reason that quitting smoking is hard, or that losing weight is hard – that 650 billion dollars extra is something the US is addicted to. That money pays for jobs and profits at insurers, drug companies and to hospitals and to some doctors.
Farm subsidies are much of a piece.
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kcadp
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The Broken Machinery of Death
“The Broken Machinery of Death - (it is broken in KY too) http://nyti.ms/fLXQgg”Death is not a penalty.This argument does not seem to penetrate.The court system is flawed.Death is irreversible.Uncorrectable errors will occur.Another ineffective argument.
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The Eurozone Crisis Is a Political Crisis - Room for Debate
The test in all this will be whether the eurozone, and hence the European unification project, can be saved and have a prosperous future.The fix cannot come before the disaster.Most think the crisis "contained".
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BrianFlaherty
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Heeeere’s . . . Conan!!!
Conan O’Brien in his Rockefeller Center office, not long before taping his final episode of "Late Night."I would feel very much at home. The level of chaos is very familiar.
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John Bigay
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Goldman Alumni Learn New Lessons Far From Wall Street
Ex-Goldman Sachs employees are sharing their ideas about what their old firm can do to help small businesses.All G.S. can do is send money. Small business is a very different problem.
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ScienceWoman
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The Expense of Eating With Celiac Disease
Kelly Oram and his daughter Micaela make gluten-free bread at home. Mr. Oram suffered for years from celiac disease before a doctor thought to test him for it.I have no takers for gluten-free. I suppose I can cook that way. I often do meals that use no wheat. A bit more care with the condiments is all I would need. Mostly gluten is food here.Get the diagnosis. The diet is not that difficult.
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Germany Has Nothing to Worry About for Now - Room for Debate
It is difficult to predict with any degree of certainty the effects of loan defaults on European taxpayers.The impact on the taxpayers could be nonexistent if the investors bear the cost of defaulted bonds. Anything else is moral hazard.Saving bad investments is a bad idea. The risk is not diluted merely distributed. -
Economic Crisis Will Leave Scars That Last for Years
Jobs now, deficits when the money is flowing is a very Keynesian program.
As such it has bitter enemies. - but this program will not work.
Dumping money into the financial system
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‘Pass the Ketchup’ Could Bring Surprises
It could but probably not.
Sauces are a neglected skill I have been working on. -
Babar at 80
Very sweet.
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Zach Everson
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The Broken Machinery of Death
“The Broken Machinery of Death - (it is broken in KY too) http://nyti.ms/fLXQgg”Junking it out will be a relief.
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Mica Scalin
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Joichi Ito to Be Named Head of M.I.T. Media Lab
“Joichi Ito to Be Named Head of M.I.T. Media Lab - http://nyti.ms/fghuc2”http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch?query=M.I.T.+Media+Lab&more=past_365This is the most recent story in the times.Nothing new at slash dot.Nothing more recent found at technology review.http://www.technologyreview.com/search.aspx?s=M.I.T.%20Media%20Lab&sort=date
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