Diaries

Open Thread for May 23, Happy World Crohn's and Colitis Day.


May 23rd is the 143rd day of the year, there are 222 days remaining.

23 is:
The 9th prime and the sum of 3 consecutive primes; 5, 7 and 11
The atomic number of Vanadium
The number of chromosomes in a human sperm or ova (haploid)
The number of times that Julius Caesar was stabbed.

Because our earth cannot take any more of this nonsense

There are so many good reasons to support Bernie, but IMO the greatest is his understanding of the crisis of climate change and his commitment to address it with urgency.

Clinton is so blinded by her greed (and her donations from the fossil fuel industry), that she is unable to give the needed response to the greatest threat facing humanity.

Mainstream Bernie supporters don't care about income inequality?

Hi! I'd just like to mention that this is my first time posting here. I'd also like to mention that I am from that massive slab of land up north (I think they call it Canada/s), so I apologize beforehand if I am intruding but read you were trying to get some Canadians here.

This man shows how the corporations are stealing our democracy

Our freedoms are lost folks. The black box of Diebold and other computer voting devices are stealing our democracy and this man shows how the variance in these vote tabulators would constitute fraud in any other place.

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFjxYLsFDlQ]

It's a short essay because really, this man says it all.

Say... Cheese

Fortunately I studied Samuelson and Nordhaus who at least pay lip service to the seminal macroeconomic insights of Keynes. One of the concepts Keynes explores is that what is rational and logical behavior from a micro-economic standpoint can be profoundly counter productive.

Take the case of Cheese.

We are experiencing a cheese glut, 3 extra pounds for every man, woman, and child. Even if we gave it away to the 795 Million people who according to the United Nations World Food Program "don’t have enough food" that would be one and a half pounds apiece.

Pages