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Submitted by QMS on Thu, 03/04/2021 - 3:14am

“In riding a horse, we borrow freedom”
― Helen Thompson
“In riding a horse, we borrow freedom”
― Helen Thompson
This headline is from the Guardian, but the story is straight out of the Onion:
Neera Tanden withdraws as Cabinet nominee after facing opposition
‘Seven years after Maidan divided country, Ukraine intensifies shelling of Donbass to sound of deafening silence from Western media’, March 2, 2021, ingaza.wordpress.com
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Hello everyone. You may notice that this post is not written in the same colorful prose that you may be used to. That’s because it is not written by Alligator Ed. I am the real-life brother of Alligator Ed who he referred to in several of his posts. I am very sad to say that Ed passed away on Saturday morning February 6. His death was unexpected and shocking although he had some serious health issues. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on Friday evening and died the next morning.
Spring (End of) Break
How does one measure a "good" financial bubble versus a "bad" financial bubble?
One way of doing that is to look at individual components, like this one.
Can't find the Open Thread image. ok, all I wanted is posting this: video. My kinda woman. Go, Tulsi
Cued to start at point of press discussion starting with Biden letting MBS off for murdering a Wash Post journalist.
You may not want to click in, but sometimes all that’s left is for us to bear witness...and remember forever. My apologies for having failed not to double some up, even with 'hide the replies' in Customization.
...is it headed for the rear view mirror? Probably.
I wanted to post this commentary because I found it to be the best summary of the pandemic and our dysfunction in appropriately addressing the disease. Hope you enjoy the analysis. 15 min