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When MAGA Meets Minsky
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 1 Comments • 2 Likes • 15 hours ago
“Laying the foundations for the next financial crisis”
Even Krugman seems to balk at the simplest explanation for what Musk/Trump is doing. Preparing America for crony kleptocracy on the model of Putin's Russia.
Invasive Crabs Have Taken Over New England. One Solution? Eat Them.
Via: Bob Nelson • Wine & Food • 11 Comments • 3 Likes • 9 hours ago
“America’s Northeastern coast has been overrun by crabs from Europe and Asia. Luckily, they’re delicious.”
I spent quite a few years in Baltimore when I was a kid. Chesapeake Bay steamed crabs are DELICIOUS!
DOGE By The Numbers
Via: Bob Nelson • Satire • 1 Comments • 2 days ago
“Elon Musk, the leader of DOGE, claims the organization's sweeping cuts have already saved the government $55 billion. ”
Gee... When a zillionaire starts saving my money, it makes me feel all warm inside. You?? You take care of yourself, right? No retirement. No healthcare. No problem...
Emus aren't as 'dumb' as we thought
Via: Bob Nelson • Pets & Animals • 9 Comments • 6 Likes • yesterday
“Emus have a reputation for being "bird-brained" but a new study has found they can innovate - solving a tricky puzzle to access a food reward.”
I once visited an ostrich farm. I'm tall - 1m96 in intelligent units, 6'5" in... whatever... Those birds were looking DOWN at me. That is a BIG FUCKING BIRD. Fortunately, they're herbivorous. There used to be carnivorous cousins. Called TERROR BIRDS. Oh, yeah!
No, 150-Year-Olds Aren't Collecting Social Security Benefits
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 74 Comments • 6 Likes • 7 hours ago
“Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud in the Social Security Administration. There's a much simpler explanation.”
So... the other day, I said that Musk's claim that Social Security was paying benefits to 150-year-olds was due to a COBOL date-management glitch. NT's Usual Suspect Fascists jumped on me, howling for a link. Here's a seed.
Hummingbirds Living in a Hive Found for the First Time
Via: Bob Nelson • Pets & Animals • 23 Comments • 8 Likes • 2 days ago
“In a remote mountain cave in Ecuador, hummingbirds were discovered sleeping and nesting together.”
Amid the MAGA madness, there is news of life. Hummingbirds are among my favorite things in the whole world!
How Spain's radically different approach to migration helped its economy soar
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 17 Comments • 2 Likes • 3 days ago
“As immigration has increased, GDP has surged and unemployment has fallen to lowest level since 2008”
Nah! Let's get rid of all our immigrants. ... ... Well... not all of them. Some are White, after all. Gotta keep those. Let's also keep South Africans. White South Africans, that is...
Making Microbes Great Again
Via: Bob Nelson • Health, Science & Technology • 23 Comments • 6 Likes • 3 days ago
“The Texas measles outbreak is just the beginning”
The anti-vax movement is perhaps the most pertinent proof of MAGA's insanity. The facts are clear: vaccines save lives. But vaccines are science, and for MAGA science is just a bunch of conspiracies. So children must die. MAGA über alles!