Day: September 4, 2011

The Magician King Open Thread IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.the-thames-near-walton-bridges-286

The Magician King Open Thread

Erik Kain September 4, 2011

I’m going to have more to say about this, but for now anyone who has read the...

The Jobless ‘Recovery’ IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-GAPD-uffizi.hercules-and-the-hydra-and-hercules-and-anteo-61

The Jobless ‘Recovery’

Erik Kain September 4, 2011

It’s worth reading Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery’s article at Mother Jones on the ‘great speed-up’. The looming possibility of a double-dip recession notwithstanding, the...

California’s Nanny State Nanny Law IFRL-NaPP-Space-nasa-europa

California’s Nanny State Nanny Law

Tim Kowal September 4, 2011

The California Assembly, faced with such difficult tasks as prison overcrowding, the second-highest unemployment rate in the...

No, George Lucas, Noooooo! IFRL-Mindiv-25937526454_3f57b41a47_b

No, George Lucas, Noooooo!

Tod Kelly September 4, 2011

Regarding the hubbub about George Lucas adding a “KAAAHN!”-like “Nooo!” in Return of the Jedi, I have...

DensityDuck in reply to Philip H on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025"Amazon Haul", actually, which is their in-house version of Alibaba -- direct-from-the-factory Chine…
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025California should lead the way with their HSR and show those hillbillies how to do it right! Califor…
Jaybird in reply to Philip H on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025Here you go.
Dark Matter in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025We have enough taxes to make this work if we'd make HC a lot more efficient. Similarly our infrastru…
LeeEsq in reply to Marchmaine on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025Americans want first world service on third world levels of taxation. They get angry about why it is…
LeeEsq in reply to North on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025The propaganda on what a good neighborhood even proceeds radio let alone television. When Manhattan…
Philip H in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025The DNC needs to get over itself. The JD Pritzkers of the world don’t actually need them to get elec…
Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025Lawyer types! A question! America First Legal (whomever they are) has filed a bar complaint against…
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025Good neighborhoods are the ones near the schools that have more than X% proficiency in math/reading.…
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025We talked about it a little bit last week. For what it's worth, I think that the DNC Chair has it ri…