Good morning 99percenters!
So did March come in like a lion at your house? Just how predictable is the weather where you live? According to Nate Silver at fivethirtyeight.com it depends on where you live. Honolulu is the place to be if you want predictability. Don’t want to leave the mainland, then check out San Diego. But where is the weather truly the most unpredictable?
Good morning 99percenters!
Ever heard of the Internet Cat Video Festival? Neither had I until I saw a reference to a sold out screening at Ann Arbor’s State Street Theater earlier this week.
I was about to post this diary when I discovered Leonard Nimoy had died, and posted a diary on him instead. I thought about not posting this one today, but, on second thought, Mr. Nimoy actually was a great fighter against racism and believed strongly in civil liberties, so I think it might be fitting to post it now.*
It's Always Been This Way: Racism, the Bill of Rights, and the Justification of Tyranny
Leonard Nimoy has died.
Live Long and Prosper.
"I never took the Kobayashi Maru test. What do you think of my solution?
The War on Some Terror has always been rather complicated, but lately its gotten downright confusing.
The war already seemed duplicitous when Bush supported anti-Iran terrorists back in 2008. But the war against ISIS has taken us all a Machiavellian step toward absurdity.
This evening's music features Louisiana swamp bluesman Slim Harpo.
Good morning 99percenters!
Ever think about your eyelashes and what they really do? It turns out they divert airflow to protect your eyes. Or in other words, they keep your eyes from drying out.
This evening's music features Kansas City jazz and blues piano player, singer and bandleader Jay McShann.
Let me give credit, up front, to a splendid idea from the actors Greg Wise and Emma Thompson that clarified my own outrage at a simple reality: the bankers destroyed the economy with their greed and incompetence, the Obama Administration lets each bank CEO off the hook with a negotiated deal for a fine that the institution, not the banker pays, and with no jail time for a single high-ranking Wall Streeter and WE PAY FOR THIS.
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Ever wonder how much living space you really need? How small could you go? 270 square feet? 350 square feet?
