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Mysteries of Life: Harper’s Findings
In Harper’s August hard copy, I found a number of odd facts which made me stop and wonder. I have thoughts. ΞΎ A plume of water six thousand miles long is escaping the sixth largest moon of Saturn. Water in … Continue reading
Posted in Animal news, Corruption, Crime & Punishment, Guns in the U.S. of A., Mysteries of Life, Politics, Racism, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich, War on women
Tagged Ars Technica, Boss Tweed, Central Park dinosaurs, ethnoracial discrimination, Harper's, Harper's Findings, Henry Hilton, Laucala, Ludlow Street prison, Malcolm Forbes, Michael Benton, plume of water in space, Saturn's moon, swollen amygdalas, Tammany Hall, Victoria Coules
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Look who trashed corporations?
The mature young gentleman is a gentleman of property. He invests his property. He goes, in a condescending amateurish way, into the City, attends meetings of Directors, and has to do with traffic in Shares. As is well known to … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich
Tagged "Our Mutual Friend", Charles Dickens
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The superlative wit of Paul Krugman
Yesterday in the Times, Paul Krugman discussed a Not-So-Great Replacement: Elon Musk’s ad hoc (and ad lib) name change from Twitter, a terrific name, to X, a huh? name. In the course of Krugman’s ruminations, he used a brand new … Continue reading
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Tagged Elon Musk, Paul Krugman, TAFKAT, Twitter
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