February 2010
Obama Recruiting Radicals in High Schools →
“And now once again our perverse public school system abandons academic standards and achievement, replacing them with radical leftist activism from leftwing Alinsky indoctrinators.
Children must be advised to expose this ugly propaganda. Children must tell their parents how they are being used and manipulated. Parents, warn your kids. Better yet, home school. Don’t let Barack Obama...
January 2010
so, I'm going to New York in two weeks
Pretty psyched for this, obviously. Kind of overwhelmed by everything to see and do there - any suggestions for attractions we absolutely can’t miss?
more Buffy less Bella
So the neoclassical growth model assumes that everyone
lives forever
makes perfectly rational decisions
does not have to worry about minimum amounts of food or sleep
is interested in consuming only one representative commodity
Anyway, turns out I haven’t been studying macroeconomics. I’ve been studying vampires. This is so awesome.
hman:
Oh man, I’m a little busy handling some outrage with Martha Stewart - can some gay please volunteer to take on Next Magazine PLEASE?
OMG what the hell is wrong with me today?
Painting The Town Red
by Benjamin Leszcz, Illustrations by Blair Prentice
01/29/2010
Sure, Illegal Mexicans might be a visible threat to hard working American’s jobs during this time of recession, but...
Liberal MP calls for debate on increasing GST →
It is so reassuring to see someone willing to say this. Of course raise the GST - if you can’t cut spending hugely, you have to pay for it somehow, and this a way better idea than hiking up business or income or capital-gains taxes.
There is this really depressing supposition lately in Canadian politics that spending can be magically indefinitely increased without raising taxes. Hopefully...
“Some financial markets were hit pretty hard, on 9/11…”
– When I said this in tutorial today, all my first-years thought it was supposed to be a pun, and laughed pretty heartily. Apparently I come off as a terrible person?
So I moved to the other London five months ago...
…and I’m still not used the aggressive oxycontin dealers downtown. I seriously miss the polite pot dealers downtown, from back home.
“BIOS checksum bad”
– Most terrifying boot error message ever. I am so concerned about the Jakketron right now.
‘No indication' of rocket launch over... →
Yeah, this is one of the rare times when I’m glad to be living very far inland.
Missile tests over populated areas are maybe not the easiest thing to try to keep secret.
jakke answered your question:
idonthavedreams:
You have the best workplace ever. Seeing as you are American, probably Spanish?
HAHAHHAHAHHA If only you knew…
And the chicas in the cafe downstairs teach me spanish every morning when I go down for breakfast. I am well versed in sex-talk.
Oh. Yeah, in that case, Yiddish, obviously.
Also: free software and cafe downstairs? Jealousy. (I have a Tim Horton’s downstairs,...
“Mormonism isn’t a religion. It’s just made up.”
– A guy from my program said this to me. Then he tried to explain the distinction he was making. It went poorly.
Why Are Homeowners Idiots? →
jasencomstock:
azspot:
An interesting quirk of economics is that the dismal science generally assumes that all agents in an economy work in their own best interest. But this doesn’t always happen in real life.
The mortgage crisis is a case in point. For many of the underwater homeowners in today’s market, paying down their mortgage isn’t really in their best financial interest. Particularly...
“If polls are to be believed, the current minority cycle is unlikely to end in...”
– Chantal Hébert - Proroguing pattern now is set
Harsh, but true.
(via frenchelon)
Chantal Hébert rocks my world <3.
Not sure what would be worse, though - a minority PM who can close down Parliament whenever he feels like it, or a G-G who can supersede the democratically elected government on...
the new manager at my coffee shop is a gay guy in...
It seems he is ignoring lineups to help gay guys first. I just got a refill, and some other guy got a muffin, while the lineup all waited there. Probably I should feel guilty but this is very convenient.
and this is why okcupid is awesome →
so Erdös did a whole lot of amphetamines
Just found this out, and no idea why I’m so surprised.
““Ordinary and regular immigration laws will apply going forward, which...”
– From an AFP story.
So torn! Is this legit? Should the US just bite the bullet and let in some Haitans who can work there and send money home? Or will everyone start trying to get out of Haiti at once, and then just end up in really dire situations in the US?
There were some suggestions that Canada...
“Economists don’t clap.”
– A prof explaining why everyone was glaring at me for trying to start applause after a talk. Awkward.
Geithner has reservations on US Bank limit-sources →
jasencomstock:
I bet you do you weasely fuck.
To be fair, things like hedge funds and private equity funds are super mobile, so it probably means they will just migrate elsewhere. This is not really a huge loss, admittedly (although it will hit the tax base in places like NYC).
Newspapers in this part of the world are pretty much salivating over the possibility. We’ll be like Iceland,...
Three Western girls with orange skin and white hair in skanky dresses just walked by on the way to the bar. Probably this was tanning and bleaching but I am pretending they were Oompa Loompas.
McGill défie Québec →
frenchelon:
L’Université McGill fait fi des règlements édictés par Québec et va de l’avant avec son projet de faire payer 29 500 $ aux étudiants inscrits au programme de MBA dès la session d’automne. Cette décision irrite profondément la ministre de l’Éducation, Michelle Courchesne, qui avait déjà rappelé à l’ordre l’Université lorsque celle-ci avait annoncé, en septembre dernier, qu’elle...
“[Marine Sgt. Charles] Dyer played a prominent role in connecting the Oath...”
– ‘Oath Keepers’ Leader Arrested for Child Rape; Cops Find Stolen Grenade Launcher In His House | Crooks and Liars (via robot-heart-politics)
Back up a sec - “organizing militia maneuvers”? Is that legit? Holyshit, the States is scary…
Just realized the annoying ticking sound in my headphones was my pulse.
I need to spend less time on the computer.