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Day: December 17, 2020

Weekend Plans Post: Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in elf

Weekend Plans Post: Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in

Jaybird December 17, 2020
You don't choose the suit. The suit chooses you.
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Economics Lesson IV: The Pre-Order pre-sale

Economics Lesson IV: The Pre-Order

Russell Michaels December 17, 2020
Sometimes, economics is cold and hard, all moral objections notwithstanding.
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Shopping Teamwork

Clare Briggs December 17, 2020
"I've been shopping - I'm nearly dead!"
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Saints, Sinners, and the Limits of Public Policy Saints, Sinners, and the Limits of Public Policy

Saints, Sinners, and the Limits of Public Policy

Will Truman December 17, 2020
The importance of public policy compared to the multitude of other factors is that it is the...
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  • Dark Matter in reply to Philip H on Trump Announces Strikes on Iran Nuclear FacilitiesIsrael having them is why Iran is trying to have them Wiki doesn't list that one, nor has Iran ever…
  • Dark Matter in reply to Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 6/23/25Why would this be any less so for Iran? 1st) Israel is one nuke from all the Jews dying, and Iran mi…
  • Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 6/23/25New barrage of missiles in the direction of Israel. American jet fighters scrambling over Saudi. Clo…
  • Jaybird in reply to Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 6/23/25I believe that the theory is that Mutually Assured Destruction only works if you believe in the MA p…
  • Jaybird in reply to Philip H on Trump Announces Strikes on Iran Nuclear FacilitiesIran having them would result in multiple states in the region having them Hasn't yet. Israel having…
  • Slade the Leveller in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 6/23/25One of our dear readers and commenters made the point, when I recently noted that Israel has the bom…
  • Philip H in reply to Jaybird on Trump Announces Strikes on Iran Nuclear FacilitiesDark’s argument is Iran having them would result in multiple states in the region having them. My co…
  • Marchmaine in reply to Burt Likko on Trump Announces Strikes on Iran Nuclear FacilitiesDidn't mean to suggest you were. :-) The increase in odds are generic and unattributable.
  • Burt Likko in reply to Marchmaine on Trump Announces Strikes on Iran Nuclear FacilitiesLet me go on the record as being clear that I am not rooting in favor of an assassin's bullet. I wan…
  • Jaybird in reply to Philip H on Trump Announces Strikes on Iran Nuclear FacilitiesSo since Israel has them, we pretty much have to let Iran have them? I'm not sure I agree with that…

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