Day: September 30, 2013

Reproduction In The Face of Modernity Childless_Millionaire_and_a_Poor_Woman_Blessed_with_CHildren

Reproduction In The Face of Modernity

Will Truman September 30, 2013

In a world where we have trouble feeding the population we have, it may seem silly to...

What is this thing you call “Breaking Bad”?

Russell Saunders September 30, 2013

There are still unifying forces in American popular culture. Don't believe me? Try missing a...

Shutdown Open Thread IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Yoshitoshi-MidairCollision

Shutdown Open Thread

Jason Kuznicki September 30, 2013

Seemed like we should have one.

Monday Trivia #134 [Steve wins!] IFRL-Mindiv-jezael-melgoza-1146316-unsplash

Monday Trivia #134 [Steve wins!]

Mike Schilling September 30, 2013

In increasing order. (Where ties occur, their members are given alphabetically.) New York, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Detroit,...

LeeEsq in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025I wish many Jews would be capable of haggling or bargaining more. There are times I think that so ma…
Jaybird on US Department of Education Announces that it is Restarting Loan CollectionRo Khanna is now tweeting about it: 5.3M borrowers are in default on their federal student loans. Re…
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025If we want to play the "well, now we're haggling" game, we're quickly going to be finding ourselves…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Less Than a Decade Prior to the MPAAInteresting. Thank you.
Dark Matter in reply to North on US Department of Education Announces that it is Restarting Loan Collectioneviscerated the Dept. of Education’s staffing and thus have eviscerated said Dept’s ability to colle…
LeeEsq in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" seems to be some…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on US Department of Education Announces that it is Restarting Loan CollectionNot giving loans to people who we're pretty sure won't be able to pay them back is a good thing, not…
Jaybird on Less Than a Decade Prior to the MPAAI'm guessing that, maybe, this was "The Actor's Children". Here, check this out: That's kind of clos…
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025Where are the people asking where are the free-speech absolutists now now?
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on US Department of Education Announces that it is Restarting Loan Collection"That's why you shouldn't give them a mortgage's worth of debt without the ability to pay it off aft…