Kevin Drum made an interesting observation this morning – a lot of major central banks would like to see more inflation right now, but so far no one has pulled it off. A bunch of people replied that maybe one of the central banks should try printing a lot of money, so Drum pointed out …
Open thread
I spent a year and a half investigating the Clinton Foundation and all I got was this lousy t-shirt. ***Update*** OK, enough Clinton-Trump for now. You know what this blog needs? A pug named Dumpling. Treat? Crap, I’m out of treats. Chat about whatever.
Memo to women everywhere
1. Find out if you work in a state that mandates two-party consent for recording. New York lets one person record a conversation without telling the other. 2. If you think your boss is likely to lech on you, get it on tape. There are so many good apps for that. 3. Sayonara, asshole. [FOX …
The work of accurately covering Trump could kill a man
I’m gonna throw this out as an answer to why the Times (and other supposedly responsible media outlets) are acting so strange on Trump and CLinton. Yes, the senior management of the New York Times has had a hard-on for the Clinton family since 1992. But Krugman is right, this year they have acted really, …
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Immigration was always the explosive wedge that will destroy the GOP
I wrote this in 2007. If you want to know what happened with Trump, skim through. I don’t have much passion one way or the other. Having to speak Spanish to get a decent wet burrito doesn’t bother me, I like cinco de Mayo and it strikes me as vaguely fair that our policy should …
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Wrong frame
This is Trump's Hail Mary play https://t.co/EwtyLE975m — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 17, 2016 A hail mary implies you are only down by one touchdown. The Breitbart gambit is Trump swapping his beaten, demoralized starting line with some third stringers who are desperate for game time and nobody cares if they get hurt. Steve Bannon …
Not with a bang. The other way.
A lot of folks worry Trump will go down ugly in November, swinging at bugbears like ACORN and, I don’t know, the Jews or something. I bet this here five internet bucks that the opposite happens. Trump may not know a single damn thing about nuclear policy but he knows a bit about image. When …