Surely I am the only one whose parent refuses to get a checking or savings account, right?
(via jgh)
Anxiety about banks probably started the day they invented banks. But…yeah. You may be the only one.
October 18, 2009
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I don't mean to write about this to start drama or as a sympathy ploy.
jgh:
I am just thinking out loud. How do you fix your radar/spider-sense/judgment when you know it is lacking? If your dude-compass isn’t correct, how do you make it right?
I don’t actually have a real solution for that one … but if you ever find yourself thinking “I’m the only one who understands him,” that should be a clue to get out. You’re probably the only one who doesn’t understand him. Other triggers are, “My love will change him,” or “He hits me because he loves me.”
October 4, 2009
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“ Anyone who can lay out an iPhone along with its recent competitors (never mind those previous generations of lame “iPhone-Killers” they presented in 2007 and again in 2008) and say with a straight face that the only advantage Apple has is its ability to make things look nice should be in politics (perhaps AM Radio), not blogging about technology. ”
This article is so poorly copy-edited that I think I might be the only person who has read it. But it makes some great points.
(via marco)
Are you worried about the growing Marco.org backlash? After all, if something does pretty well for a while, there has to be a backlash, right?
September 30, 2009
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Also, your rhetorical question about the doctor:
jgh:
I don’t care what reasons a doctor is being a doctor for, as long as he DOES A GOOD JOB. As long as he knows what he’s doing, he could be a doctor because he thinks body parts are cool looking for all I care.
Most people do their jobs for the money, not because of the special feelings it gives them in their tummies when they feel ~* so fulfilled *~.
Whether or not you view alternative certification as inferior, it is viewed as a way to “know what you’re doing.”
Incidentally, NPR did a thing today about a 5-year teaching college that had determined that students should get a regular BA for the first four years in something they want to teach and spend the last year doing the actual teaching. That seemed to work a whole lot better than some of the other teaching colleges that might or might not have been accredited. Math teachers with math degrees tended to do a lot better than math teachers with education degrees.
September 30, 2009
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“ [Deleted post involving lawschool maybe making you evil.] ”
It’s not strictly true, though it’s not strictly wrong either. A lot of law students forget that there is a difference between what is right and what is legal. Or perhaps they simply think that the “what is right” question is somebody else’s problem. But I don’t see this as law school’s fault. I think it’s the fault of law students who are sometimes idiots. And the law, like any system, has a few nasty structural problems—but if you have a background in any critical field, you should be able to spot them pretty easily.
I suppose there are a few cultural problems in the law. Lawyers are often more prone than others to equate money with value. And then there’s the whole rampant alcoholism thing.
September 30, 2009
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I strive to live life...
…so that, when the revolution comes, I’ll be in the second group sent against the wall. The first group might sort of deserve it. And the third group won’t even be worth executing—but a habit’s a habit.
The real visionaries will be in the second group. They were the ones who got in trouble for criticizing the execution of the first group. They’ll be the first to realize the revolution had derailed.
We’ll be the people you’ll all regret killing.
September 29, 2009
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And there goes the public option
fek:
(via squashed)Wrong.
This was Schumer’s public option amendment that failed; it was more or less a weather balloon for the Senate vote. It picked up votes over Rockefeller’s. They picked up two votes between the two amendments, and both Schumer and Rockefeller are going to “band together” to push the press line that the math on this makes the chances for hitting 60 on the Senate vote look even better. Which is probably bullshit, but: whatever.
Anyway: #BloggerFAIL. Headline: “Schumer’s public option amendment goes down.” Interpretation: “And there goes the public option”. I’ve done far worse, but still, that’s a reaction for you. See: Zuckerburg, Mark.
I’m aware of all the things you listed—and I’m sure Schumer and Rockefeller will push the line that the two votes gained over Rockefeller’s will make it viable in the whole senate. I think they’ll fail. I’d offer to up to put a bet on it, if I didn’t hope I was wrong. But I think I’m right.
September 29, 2009
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Health insurance companies are exempt from the Sherman Antitrust Act
And the best solution Washington can come up with is mandating that we all purchase products from a private industry that is exempt from the first Federal statute to limit cartels and monopolies, and today still forms the basis for most antitrust litigation by the United States federal government.
I’m not a lawyer, but are federal health insurance mandates constitutional, especially when the private companies we’re forced to purchase from have federal protection from being a monopoly?
“Constitutional” is sort of a slippery issue. There are two questions in it. First does Congress have the power to pass this law. Most things are permitted, so long as they touch on interstate commerce. And so long as you’re not creating criminal penalties (as opposed to tax penalties) for defying that mandate, you can probably slip it through as a tax.
The second inquiry is whether it is prohibited. I don’t see why it would be. It doesn’t run afoul of any of the amendments.
Of course, being constitutional is not the same thing as being a good idea.
September 28, 2009
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“ I really don’t understand the value of looking at unemployment statistics…get out there and do something. There is money to be made. Find some friends, get some ideas going and start a business. We’re young, smart and willing to work. We don’t all need someone to hand us a job. Create your own. I feel like America has lost some of her entrepreneurial spirit the last couple of decades. ”
I think the numbers here are worth noticing. If unemployment in a population is over 50%, something is seriously broken. If unemployment in that group were under 10% the “just get a job” solution would make a lot of sense. But at 50%, it seems that a majority are unable to have a job. Something is seriously not working.
You mentioned possibly having a government incentive for small businesses to create jobs. That’s not a bad idea—particularly if you like government involvement in business. And you’re definitely right that much of the stimulus effort has focussed on people who have longer employment records.
September 25, 2009
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NYC is not helpful.
jgh:
jgh:
I just got approached by a producer about doing a reality show for the CW about ‘professional women with a secret.’
LOLOL
WHAT IS YOUR SECRET, JGH?
I DON’T KNOW
IF I TOLD YOU IT WOULDN’T BE A SECRET! AND IF I WENT ON THAT REALITY SHOW FOR PROFESSIONAL WOMEN WITH A SECRET, EVERYBODY WOULD GUESS MY SECRET.
