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Peg Tittle
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Sep 02 2026
Great comment about the trade imbalance (aka deficit)
“I’m going to leave you with this, okay? If you’re MAGA, if you’re conservative, okay, you don’t like that trade imbalance, right? Because you’ve only ever heard of it from Donald Trump and he doesn’t understand it. He doesn’t want you to understand. I want you to think, just um a test for yourself, an …
Sep 02 2026
Fighting Words (fiction from Fighting Words)
She was so tired of it. They all were. Every day, as they walked from one classroom to the next, or to the cafeteria, or to the gym, “Hey, ho!” “Gonna do me?” “C’mere, I got somethin’ for you!” Then from school to the bus stop. “Y’all jus’ bitches, you know that, right?” “She’s …
Sep 02 2026
A huge insight late in life
“We all wield different portfolios of knowledge. We have different values, different priorities, and different understandings of all that unfolds around us.” Neil DeGrasse Tyson Yes. There. That first one. My life-long error. I have assumed that we have different values and different priorities, and I’ve been prepared to argue for my values and priorities. …
Sep 01 2026
about knowledge and fraud and rationality …
“… we would further learn not to claim knowledge of a newly discovered truth until a majority of researchers obtain results consistent with one another. … If you commit outright fraud—if you knowingly fake data—and subsequent researchers on the subject uncover this, the revelation will end your career.” Starry Messengers, Neil DeGrass Tyson Pity the …
Aug 30 2026
Sanders on Capitalism (and a few comments)
from It’s Okay to be Angry about Capitalism, Bernie Sanders The title is a clear misnomer (because the book covers so much more), but there are some good (relevant to the title) bits: “Greed is not good.” 141 Okay, on its own, not stunning. But when you realize that capitalism is set up to reward …
Aug 29 2026
The Complete Ecotopia, Ernest Callenbach
The Complete Ecotopia, Ernest Callenbach (Heyday, Berkeley, California) HIGHLY RECOMMENDED; here are some bits that stood out for me … from Ecotopia (1975) “to have a driver on board to collect fares would cost more than the fares could produce” 14 [re public bicycles] “it is cheaper to lose a few bicycles than to …
Aug 29 2026
Man or Bear … and still clueless
So I recently posted this on a local Facebook page: “I’m looking for a woman with carpentry skills and tools to build a sound-absorbing enclosure for a generator. Please leave a message.”* Three men and three women replied. Two of the men made light of my preference for a woman (“I could be a woman …
Aug 26 2026
All the shit in space …
from Take Me To Your Leader, Neil DeGrasse Tyson If Bill Bryson were an astrophysicist, he’d be Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Overall, Take Me To Your Leader might be a bit too basic for a lot of readers, but this particular gem stood out for me: “On October 3, 1957, the number of artificial satellites orbiting …
Aug 24 2026
from Against Love, Laura Kipnis – commitment and the state’s discrimination against nonmarried people
from Against Love, Laura Kipnis “It’s generally understood that falling in love means committing to commitment. … Take the pervasiveness of intimate violence. The problem here is hardly lack of commitment; this is commitment in overdrive: being less committed might mean being able to walk away.” p56-7 I love her 9-page answer (p84-92) to “What …
Aug 24 2026
from Area Woman Blows Gasket, Patricia Pearson
Another fun read from Pearson. Here just a very few funny bits: “For the record, here are the ten hottest toys in the Pearson household: A stick found in the park. …. The cat. Preferably asleep and therefore willing to wear a kerchief and be transported in a stroller. … Dollar-store stuff. Perfect. Quality matches …
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