by liberal japonicus
I had, I suppose a bit morbidly, had an idea of posting this before the fact, but I waited and then it was (perhaps fortunately) too late. More below
Month: August 2018
OK, y’all seem to want this
by liberal japonicus
As the last post goes merrily off the rails, I thought I’d post this, which functions as my observation on where that thread went. Placed below the fold so as to soften the blow a bit…
A Hypothetical US Partition
Hi, this is lj and I’ve been quite intrigued by Michael Cain’s comments about the possible partition of the US and asked him to write a guest post. Any blame for the layout lies with me and my tenuous knowledge of CSS. Enjoy!
by Michael Cain
I was invited to write something for the front page about my view that the American West could become different enough from the rest of the country that an eventual partition is possible. Some preliminaries:
- Yes, I know that it sounds like a lunatic fringe thing. You don’t need to harp on that.
- When I talk about the West, I mean the 11 contiguous states from the Rockies to the Pacific. Alaska and Hawaii really are special cases.
- I’m taking a long(ish) view: it could become a subject not treated as completely crazy in 20 years, and could happen in 30-45. If you are mapping to the Civil War, think 1830 not 1860.
- With tongue only partially in cheek, it’s my retirement hobby. It’s at least a book-sized project. This is a really incomplete, condensed version of the arguments.
- There are maps, lots of maps. All of them make a division between east and west that correspond roughly to the Great Plains
All that and more after the break
something else
by russell we focus too much on the antics of donald trump, we are told. we should talk about something else. we are told. fine with me. delendo donald j trump. here's something else. the senior senator from my state, Elizabeth Warren, has proposed legislation that would fundamentally change the relationship of corporations to the … Read more
Plus ça Change
by JanieM Last night John Cole at BJ quoted at length from this Bloomberg article: Amazon Web Services, the company’s cloud computing business, is its fastest-growing and most profitable division, but it comes with a lot of upfront infrastructure costs and ongoing expenses, the biggest of which is electricity. Over the past two years, Amazon … Read more
Cemeteries, Revisited
by JanieM My first front-page post here at ObWi was about cemeteries. In it I mentioned my dilemma: do I want to be buried? (If so, how and where?) Cremated? I wasn’t sure then and I’m not sure now, but I will soon have an option that wasn’t available in February of 2017. Today was … Read more
OMG Open Thread
by wj Because we are way overdue for a new open thread. And this https://deadspin.com/minor-league-baseball-team-wins-on-a-three-run-walk-off-1828308390 is just way too good not to share!
Trump and Darwin
by liberal japonicus Perhaps red-meat liberalism talking here, but I have to wonder if the whole Trump presidency is a way for Darwinian selection to operate. Case in point: Chris Collins. here They’ve got video of him making the call to his son. whoops Here’s some background that I thought was interesting. Another example (hopefully) … Read more
IP Thread
by JanieM Since lj closed comments on the “Epitome” thread, I thought we should have a place to continue the discussion about the other big topic. And I don’t mean Intellectual Property.
My people? My nation?
by liberal japonicus A little worried that Typepad is going to get cranky with all the comments in the Epitome thread, so picking it up and maybe trying to do a restart、taking Janie’s question and asking one of my own. A list of my people and my nations… -Right handed, so much so that I’ve … Read more