Betting question for anyone. Fanduel has Bengals at plus 4 at -108 and Rams minus 4 are -112, so slight lean in the betting on Bengals. At what point does the lean get big enough so that the point spread changes? Or is ti more art than math?
When I see things like that deranged tweet they always make me think of Trotsky. While facing his imminent death due to his arch-enemy having an assassin bury an icepick in his head, he still writes the line "Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression, and violence and enjoy it to the full."
Say what you will about Trotskyism but I'd rather sign up for the politics of that quote than the politics of "normal sucked balls."
I was going to write a thoughtful comment about why I think Tracie Hunt's tweet is correct and not the best example for the "Covid as Liberal 9/11" post, but I decided to not do that and instead prepare for a long hike on this beautiful Sunday morning. Have a good day, readers!
Funny you should highlight a Leonard Cohen piece this week. I'm in the middle of a biography of Cohen right now. It's given me a new appreciation of his music.
The "normalcy sucked balls" tweet is wrong in at least two ways. First of all, as Freddie correctly notes, just because you want to be able to socialize freely doesn't mean you want to "cover up cracks" in society. I don't want to "cover up cracks," I just want to return to my in-person karate practice (Zoom karate just isn't the same) and visit my parents in Canada for the first time in over two years.
But secondly, the tweet implies that the people who want to return to normalcy are privileged, elite oppressors. Don't working-class people want normalcy too? And I'm not talking about the protesting truckers in Ottawa; I'm talking about a single mother who relies on her child's school not being shut down due to Covid.
COVID has exposed huge, gaping cracks in capitalism and especially our relationship with work and employment. We shouldn't go back to normal when it comes to work, but luckily it looks like we won't be. I somehow doubt that's all our moronic tweeter (but I repeat myself) is talking about tho.
Freddie, on your old blog you once wrote about the importance of correct terminology, such as not confusing socialism with social democracy. I thought that piece was excellent and agreed with the advice. I'm thus annoyed by your continued insistence on using "liberal" to mean something entirely different than what it has always meant, as codified in any dictionary.
For example, Oxford Languages (the one used by google) says this:
noun
1. a supporter of policies that are socially progressive and promote social welfare.
2. a supporter of a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise.
So whatever today's speech-suppressing wokesters are, they are not liberals. Liberals (by definition!) are people who believe in (among other things) free speech.
The Denver museum has a Monkman installation that I think is one of the better contemporary pieces on display. I don't haven't been in a while so I don't know if it's set up right now. Certainly a lot better than those tacky Skoglund foxes.
Betting question for anyone. Fanduel has Bengals at plus 4 at -108 and Rams minus 4 are -112, so slight lean in the betting on Bengals. At what point does the lean get big enough so that the point spread changes? Or is ti more art than math?
When I see things like that deranged tweet they always make me think of Trotsky. While facing his imminent death due to his arch-enemy having an assassin bury an icepick in his head, he still writes the line "Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression, and violence and enjoy it to the full."
Say what you will about Trotskyism but I'd rather sign up for the politics of that quote than the politics of "normal sucked balls."
If you can come up with 40 different but plausible but independent hypotheses from
one data set you deserve to publish a paper
I was going to write a thoughtful comment about why I think Tracie Hunt's tweet is correct and not the best example for the "Covid as Liberal 9/11" post, but I decided to not do that and instead prepare for a long hike on this beautiful Sunday morning. Have a good day, readers!
Funny you should highlight a Leonard Cohen piece this week. I'm in the middle of a biography of Cohen right now. It's given me a new appreciation of his music.
The "normalcy sucked balls" tweet is wrong in at least two ways. First of all, as Freddie correctly notes, just because you want to be able to socialize freely doesn't mean you want to "cover up cracks" in society. I don't want to "cover up cracks," I just want to return to my in-person karate practice (Zoom karate just isn't the same) and visit my parents in Canada for the first time in over two years.
But secondly, the tweet implies that the people who want to return to normalcy are privileged, elite oppressors. Don't working-class people want normalcy too? And I'm not talking about the protesting truckers in Ottawa; I'm talking about a single mother who relies on her child's school not being shut down due to Covid.
COVID has exposed huge, gaping cracks in capitalism and especially our relationship with work and employment. We shouldn't go back to normal when it comes to work, but luckily it looks like we won't be. I somehow doubt that's all our moronic tweeter (but I repeat myself) is talking about tho.
Freddie, on your old blog you once wrote about the importance of correct terminology, such as not confusing socialism with social democracy. I thought that piece was excellent and agreed with the advice. I'm thus annoyed by your continued insistence on using "liberal" to mean something entirely different than what it has always meant, as codified in any dictionary.
For example, Oxford Languages (the one used by google) says this:
noun
1. a supporter of policies that are socially progressive and promote social welfare.
2. a supporter of a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise.
So whatever today's speech-suppressing wokesters are, they are not liberals. Liberals (by definition!) are people who believe in (among other things) free speech.
The Denver museum has a Monkman installation that I think is one of the better contemporary pieces on display. I don't haven't been in a while so I don't know if it's set up right now. Certainly a lot better than those tacky Skoglund foxes.
I've been stream-of-consciousing the first half of the sweaty chouette: https://www.notion.so/yevaud/the-56th-superb-owl-0cd82377f7e7471ca31048a12c3a185c
The game and the commercials have both been disappointing so far.
Damn, Adam Tooze (https://adamtooze.substack.com/) just name dropped “Trillions” too.
Gonna have to get it now.