Month: November 2021

by liberal japonicus I suppose it is that everyone will learn their Greek alphabet https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/26/the-guardian-view-on-the-b11529-covid-variant-caution-needed Just in case you need a refresher Haven’t had very much discussion here lately, so an open thread for anything about Covid that has caught your eye. I hope I won’t regret putting this up.

by wj There have been lots of progressive arguments put forward for adopting UBI (Universal Basic Income). I expect everyone here is acquainted with them. But let’s face it, those who can be persuaded by those arguments are already on board. So what I propose to do here is to make a conservative case for … Read more

by liberal japonicus https://spacexmania.com/1/archives/1091?fbclid=IwAR1J7oI9rXxBr5-rleofoLsqTuHsJoAxfK70Q6JlEpgc9_ubWjT7xpib2SM

by liberal japonicus I had scheduled this earlier, but ended up publishing it with the former Oct date, so maybe folks didn’t see it. Or maybe they did and thought it was so trivial as to pass uncommented on. But anyhoo… I don’t know if you all are up on the Squid Game, but one … Read more

by liberal japonicus At the likely possibility of reducing this dead horse to free-floating horse molecules, consider this https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/05/house-democrats-infrastructure-vote-wait-megabill-519731 Politico is pretty egregious on the whole moderate thing, but that’s not what caught my eye, it was the controposing use of the term of ‘liberal’. I don’t know if it is progress but after a … Read more

by liberal japonicus Missed getting something up last friday. So how about spotted skunks? Or other fun animals? A spray and pray thread. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/spotted-skunk