Day: September 15, 2015

Some notes on car commuting, transportation, and living 4th of july

Some notes on car commuting, transportation, and living

Saul DeGraw September 15, 2015

Some thoughts on commuting and living.

Public Private Partnerships – A few discussion points Chicago_Skyway_toll_plaza

Public Private Partnerships – A few discussion points

Dave September 15, 2015

While Dave does not expect to change hearts and minds when it comes to privatizing municipal assets,...

Mimicry!

Mimicry!

Glyph September 15, 2015

Warning: Sacred cow slaughterhouse.

Eighteen Things I Learned from The Big Short by Michael Lewis 3405182462_3ecc963529_financial-crisis

Eighteen Things I Learned from The Big Short by Michael Lewis

Vikram Bath September 15, 2015

Reflections on of a very good book about the financial crisis

Culinary History, Not So Obscure After All Harvey House 7a

Culinary History, Not So Obscure After All

Burt Likko September 15, 2015

Burt Likko thought he'd found an obscure and delightful piece of Americana. Turns out he was only...

The Ugliness of #NRORevolt

The Ugliness of #NRORevolt

Saul DeGraw September 15, 2015

Revolt on the right. Can the GOP survive?

InMD in reply to Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025This has to be unprecedented in modern US history in terms of being totally self inflicted. It's goi…
Slade the Leveller in reply to InMD on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaYep. At some point (hopefully) someone's going to have to say, "You have done enough. Have you no se…
Slade the Leveller in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Lovely. Just in time for my UK vacation. I wonder if the people who voted for Trump because they wan…
InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Dollar down 10% since inauguration day as investors abandoning it due to tariff chaos. Yikes. https:…
InMD in reply to Slade the Leveller on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaTo be clear I'm really talking about taking the L and conceding the issue for the near future, with…
bobtuse in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025"We" need only to declare a national emergency. That should speed things up bigly.
Slade the Leveller in reply to InMD on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaThat assumes there was a compromise to be had. Hell's bells, Republicans scuttled their own bill las…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025The law firm agreements are exactly what you expect: "One reason we know they’re not legally enforce…
Michael Cain in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025It's not an either-or situation. Well, I guess it is if you start from the position, "I want REEs mi…
Michael Cain in reply to North on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025HCl or other solvents are routine in the case of REEs in "normal" ores. In coal ash, they can take a…