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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Krugman on Europe and the US

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Here's Paul Krugman, in his witty style, looking at comparisons between Europe and America: In my most recent column I had a bit of f...
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There be dragons

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I'm back from a quick trip to Singapore, where Chinatown is all lit up for Chinese New Year, and the upcoming Year of the Dragon.       ...
Tuesday, January 23, 2024

I mean, I may be ageing myself, but still...eew

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From the Washington Post , in an article noting that STDs have increased amongst over 65 year olds, the second sentence here sounds a tad cr...

Placebos considered

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Everyone loves hearing about placebo studies, don't they?   Here's a cool article at The Conversation about them, with some new asp...
Monday, January 22, 2024

More cringe

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I still drop in sometimes to see what chronic grievance whirlpool Sandy O'Sullivan is up to.  Here's today's entry: "We ins...

One of history's greatest cringe moments

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I'm pleased to see that people still talk about this, because it proves that I'm not just remembering a dream!  I saw it on TV back ...
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Meet the Spartans

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Oh look, that increasingly rare thing - an interesting and fully free article at Slate about something other than an odd sex kink/relationsh...

Today's news

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I presume Haley will soon be out, and then we get to watch the pathetic line up of "yes, his attacks on me were humiliating and on the ...
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Friday, January 19, 2024

Expansive thoughts for a Friday...

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Over at Aeon, an essay on the likelihood of the universe (or at least, a large chunk of it) being taken over by self replicating spacecraft...
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I'm old enough to remember when they went on about how a blurry shot of Hilary's mouth showed she had syphilis...

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What goes around comes around, I guess:  As to the Hilary has it story, here's a link. Update:   By the way, of all the theories that ha...

All so obviously true

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Jennifer Rubin in the Washington Post talks about how it is absolutely clear that Trump acts the way he does in court not to win the cases,...
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Thursday, January 18, 2024

Chait on the current political situation in the US

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Jonathon Chait can be a bit hit or miss in his analysis, and I see on Twitter some have immediately accused him of writing this to assist Tr...

A quite nice column on ageing

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It's in the Washington Post , and starts with a quote I don't recall reading before.  (I hope it's not a myth quote!): Every so ...

I foresee a failed Apple product

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I think I've only watched him on Youtube once or twice, but this guy's is big in the world of tech reviews, I believe:  
Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Why does this seem to happen in Sydney, in particular?

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Say this just now: Almost 1,000 recently completed apartments in Sydney’s north are at risk of collapsing due to “serious damage” to concret...
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Some details on the Trump Iowa win

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From the Washington Post: Republican front-runner Donald Trump added Iowa’s most religious regions to his strongholds in Monday’s caucuse...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

The perfect "Labor isn't Left enough" faux crisis

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I reckon this story:   ...is pretty much the perfect example of an issue that only excites political commentators who have no perspective at...
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Why no one should be panicking about US poll numbers at the moment

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Here's a useful article at The Conversation on the above topic.  
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Homing dogs

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A propos of nothing, as they say:  an article in the Guardian about the remarkable homing abilities (some) dogs have been able to display.
Monday, January 15, 2024

Mealy mouthed Trump analysis, continued

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Once again, we seem to be witnessing editorial decisions at the major mainstream print media to not go out of their way to offend people who...
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