How’d that get there?

classifiedhumanity:

December 17th, 1951

classifiedhumanity:

December 17th, 1951

keyholez:

Um, whoops?

But @keyholez: the US abandons all vestiges of the gold standard right about at the inflection point as well. You sure that obesity isn’t just an evolutionary response to the fear of inflation — i.e. better net present calorie value per dollar now than in a a future with rampant risk of currency debasement?

Wishing a public Happy Birthday to @keyholez, who, with the passing of Kim Jong Il now has a shot at becoming the leading misanthropist born on 2/16 !

On January 16, the Seattle Times published a letter critical of the the proposed Seattle plastic bag ban submitted by one “Ken Holmes” of Seattle, which makes charges of “false claims” and “misleading information”

Ken Holmes’s intense conflict of interest seems a worthwhile fact to disclose to your readers.

newyorker:

A morning cartoon. For more cartoons from this week’s issue: http://nyr.kr/yMIvZE

re: aforelinked Keyholez on banks: 

What banks got in bailout $ when they desperately need it is quite analagous to a payday loan.

Which do not come at almost 0% interest.

They come at high rates, with some moral condemnation and disrespect along for the ride.

If the banks had been punished, some CEOs fired — anything! — then the payback of $ could legitimately be a victory.

Also — as Keyholez certainly knows — the $ to payback the TARP and Fed bailouts also came through a form of backdoor bailout via interest rate, accounting, and regulatory policies. 

And in the end, the ratio of bankers arrested to protestors arrested says a lot. You think bad banking isn’t a crime? Well I’m not convinced that camping is a crime either.

keyholez:

It occurred to me yesterday that a lot of the complaints about bank bailouts stem from a misunderstanding. I believe (but cannot fully prove) that others think that the banks were given money by the government, and that was that. Money: gone. In fact, this is not what happened at all. Go here if…

newyorker:

Cartoon of the Day. Remember to enter this week’s caption contest!

Holy shit, an actually funny New Yorker cartoon!