Day: September 23, 2011

Friday Night Jukebox: Never Stop IFRL-Mindiv-rawpixel-id-113763

Friday Night Jukebox: Never Stop

Daniel September 23, 2011

Everytime someone asks me to recommend a new band I rave and rave about The Bad Plus....

Open Thread: Weekend Reading Edition IFRL-NaPP-Space-rawpixel-id-283672

Open Thread: Weekend Reading Edition

Erik Kain September 23, 2011

This seemed fitting somehow. (via) What is everyone doing to expand their minds this weekend?

Neoliberalism and the Human Economy IFRL-TLC-Religion-GAPD-uffizi.sacrifice-of-isaac

Neoliberalism and the Human Economy

Erik Kain September 23, 2011

What is Neoliberalism? I’ve been pouring through some posts written during the recent neoliberalism debate and it’s...

Don Draper Studies II: Mad Men as Western IFRL-TLC-War-specna-arms-1136431-unsplash

Don Draper Studies II: Mad Men as Western

J.L. Wall September 23, 2011

(This post contains spoilers for various seasons of Mad Men. Read at your own risk, but, I...

Going Valjean IFRL-Mindiv-25937526454_3f57b41a47_b

Going Valjean

Christopher Carr September 23, 2011

Balloon Juice defines “going Galt” as: Withdrawing one’s unique brilliance from the economy in protest of tax...

North in reply to Michael Cain on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointOh I agree; I noted as such in my original comment. But I can't help but notice that all the stories…
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Michael Cain in reply to Dark Matter on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”Do those numbers put DOD and military spending done by other parts of the government in discretionar…
Michael Cain in reply to North on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointTexas, and to a somewhat lesser extent Florida, build because they can sprawl. Where are the desirab…
Dark Matter on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”All federal discretionary spending combined is $1.6T. This includes what most of us view as primary…
North in reply to Michael Cain on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointThat is a fair critique to a very broad blanket statement but Florida and Texas are, iirc, the large…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025If it were still scientifically accurate, then maybe it would be. Or maybe we've become more accepti…
Jaybird in reply to KenB on Saturday Morning Gaming: Hollow KnightI am *EXCEPTIONALLY* irritated. I watched a youtube that said "fight them like *THIS*" and I went an…
Jaybird in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025My Ethics professor freshman year (so, 1991-1992) was approximately one jillion years old and he exp…
KenB in reply to Dark Matter on The Emergency Ordinary Times FaceliftLet me add my voice to the choir -- thanks much Will for carving out a chunk of your vacation for us…