quicklime

You may find this whole site interesting, it returns often to various angles on the pitfalls of QE and of the economic trends that led up to it.

Dr. Tim Morgan | Surplus Energy Economics

What I've linked there is his summary or introduction page, but all of his semi weekly economics blog posts are very engaging.

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well said!

Remember when this same moment came in 2016 and everybody was pretty sure there would be a real public reckoning and introspection in and around the DNC... like maybe even public soul searching and apologies. And then the successor chosen for outgoing chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schulz turned out to be Tom Perez. More or less slamming the door on learning anything, and doubling down on punching down and punching left.

A day or so after I first read about this, I saw The Independent's coverage of the same story. They dug into the assailant's background and he turns out to be the leader of an Ayahuasca (plant-based shamanic psychedelic) 'church' in Florida.

They also gave further confirmation that the attack appeared to be completely unprovoked, and that there was no known relationship between the attacker and victim, nor did they even seem to know each other.

Also the victim appears to be a person who is deaf and does not speak, if I remember the article correctly.

The nightmarish rush to build near-future ruins

Sink like a stone -- float like a feather 😥🎶❤️

upvoting for well articulated nuance

I don't know what your definition of "working" is here, but he's been conning, grifting, and cheating in real estate all his life for sure.

Surely the GOP could come up with a younger, more vigorous candidate who could lie at least sixty times per hour. That's gotta be like some kind of basic minimum.

Yes! And businessmen are always the best people to run a government because governments and all their services should be run for maximum profit and no other purpose!

We'll find someone, I'm sure.