When I was 15, my friend Jessica and I decided we would make lists of things we’d like to do before we died. I really wish I had taken better care of that because I think I’ve done about half the list already! It’s actually on my livejournal, I just haven’t written in that in…
Category: Economics & The Man
HairQueenz, CoupMe, Empty Dreams, Anger and Fruitless Endeavors
So I haven’t exactly had a real outlet for the frustration that ensued a few days ago following an interaction with the most terrible man. I had plans of going to Newbury St. and getting a haircut. I don’t normally do this, I actually never get my hair done because I always hate the way…
Ra Ra Riots
Whether it’s over the pyrrhic victory of Berlusconi, unions and things in the UK, or, really, anyone in Greece that doesn’t believe in accounting… Everyone is rioting all over the place! I find it all so exciting. Rioting is caring, it is an indication of the valor and vitality of a country’s aggregate pulse. And…
WikiLeaks
I don’t spend much time thinking about politics. If anything is ephemeral, it’s politics, and if the general climate is changing at such a high pace during the course of one day to another, the very effort of keeping up seems futile. Even if you are successful in doing so, what exactly does that do…
Finally.
Please read this article. The banking system was resuscitated by $700 billion in bailouts started by Bush (a fact unknown by a majority of Americans), and finished by Obama, with help from the Federal Reserve. It worked. The government is expected to break even on a risky bet to stabilize the global free market system….
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