Twittery Tweets- Medley: RT @BaconTalati: common knowledge effect - assume others know what we know. - Fischhoff #sackler
- Medley: @bluemilk nono, I meant, I do not have time for homework like that. (Kid is 4, still in no-homework pre-school.)
- Medley: Very nervous-making. Do not have time.RT @bluemilk Interesting reply from Skepticlawyer to my post on 'mummy homework'. http://t.co/LVSnIsGX
- Medley: RT @ezraklein: The end of fish, in one chart: http://t.co/JrwZw5ML
- Medley: RT @pnh: And it works. @ggreenwald: The main effect (and purpose) of police violence is to deter (intimidate) others from participating ...
- Medley: RT @alexismadrigal: Another person who thinks the jig should be up: http://t.co/EVsZMyyS
- Medley: @MarkZuckerman "whatnot"? Really? Heh.
- Medley: RT @postlocal: In 16 at bats on the season, Strasburg has the team's highest batting average, three 2Bs and a HR. Off-day pinch-hitter? ...
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Category Archives: Economics
Violent Twilight – Could I do a Link per Day?
Going to try to post a link per day. Today, stories from the “violent twilight of oil.” Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Energy & Environment, Religion & Politics
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A Few Links
A few links, since I can’t seem to properly blog at all anymore. Scott Rosenberg’s book on the history of blogging, Say Everything, will be released shortly. A couple of chapters are already available online. I read the chapter on … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights & Feminism, Democrats, Economics, Federal Politics, Health & Food, Media Dysfunction, Weblogs & Citizen Writing
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Solution to Economic Crisis
In my inbox this week, a proposed solution to the economic crisis: There are about 40 million people over 50 in the work force – Pay them $1 million apiece severance with the following stipulations: 1) They leave their jobs. … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, General Musings
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Opportunity Cost
As George W. Bush’s administration continues its quest to prove that Republican and rightwing governing philosophies can indeed bankrupt the richest nation on earth (yes they can!) Atrios and TPM point out one of the many opportunity costs and suggests … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Federal Politics
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Middle Class
Earlier in the campaign, John McCain “joked” that people making under 5 million/year should be considered “middle class.” Needless to say, we here at Medley Enterprises have a different definition of middle class. Like most everyone else during this time … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
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Tabs Tabs Tabs
More tabs: Sports make for happy families? Sure (but so do other things) – but with everything so organized and scheduled, there’s no opportunity for pick-up games. Nevertheless, as soon as TheLittleGuy is wobbling around on two legs, we’re going … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights & Feminism, Democrats, Economics, Entertainment, Federal Politics, Health & Food, Music, Parenting, Personal Organization, Religion & Politics, Republicans, Technology
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More Tabs
I have to clear out this tab backlog, either by blogging them, or del.icio.us’ing them, or just deleting them, because my laptop is rather hosed and needs a reboot. And while I know I can save all tabs in Firefox, … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Federal Politics, Personal Organization
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Reducing Open Tabs in FF
No time to do proper blog entries; no time or brain-energy to fix my broken blogs and websites. Booo. Time to just do quick links using the tabs I’ve got open in Firefox at the moment. Here we go: Fire … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Federal Politics, Music
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