You can say that again, Cowardly Lion! April snow makes May flowers grow?
Krugman Unleashed
Former New York Times columnist Paul Krugman says, “I had always been lightly edited at the Times, until the last year. And then the editing became extremely intrusive.” That is very disappointing to hear.
Krugman is now very actively self-publishing, unfettered on Substack.
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/
So far, I’m a freebie subscriber. Krugman undoubtedly has incidental costs, but I have yet to fully embrace the idea of paying a Nobel Prize winner $5/month. I assure you that Prattling Before the Pratfall will always cost you exactly what it’s worth — nothing! 😉
Correction: It’s $7/month to be a paid subscriber, or $70/year.
Getting an Earful
For the past several months, before going to bed I have been watching my way through the DVD set, Night Gallery: The Complete Series.
https://www.amazon.com/Night-Gallery-Complete-Rod-Serling/dp/B073CY8HYG/
One of the two stories that I remember best from the series when it originally aired is “The Caterpillar.” (The other is “The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes,” available here.)
The DVD includes several commentaries by Guillermo del Toro. It seems that I am far from the only one who remembers seeing “The Caterpillar.”
Acclimating to Climate Change
Excellent reporting on a very difficult situation on the west coast of Africa.
Yippee Ki Yay, Motherfu*ker
Everything is “tremendous” with this guy. It’s the only superlative he knows.
But, yes, the people were indeed going a little bit YIPPIE!
The Seventies began with the Yippie message, “don’t trust the government.” Incredibly, the Eighties began with Ronald Reagan winning the presidency by co-opting the same message.
China didn’t rip off America, we ripped off China. American business wanted to take advantage of cheap Chinese labor. China turned that around to become the world’s leading exporter of manufactured goods. As a nation, we have no one to blame but ourselves.
Tariff Test (Cont.)
The package made it through customs and is on its way via regular snail mail. Whew! Now the question is, will there be payment due upon delivery? I don’t know if the 10% tariff is applied to retail sales as well as regular imported goods.
