2018 archive
Temper, Temper 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Roberta Satow considers Donald Trump’s tantrums and their implications for the polity. A snippet:
Much more at the link.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Soy Crossed Growers 0
“Tariff Man’s” trade war has backfired. Who could have guessed?*
Much more at the link.
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*Answer: Anyone who has a clue.
“You Are What You Eat” 0
Sadly, it seems to be difficult to know thyself.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family value.
Police think the boy was actually looking for snacks in his father`s backpack.
Authorities tell us the toddler took the backpack with the gun in it to his bedroom where he started playing with the gun and it went off once. The bullet hitting both the 2-year-old and his 7-year-old brother.
How Far Will Wells Fargo? 0
Apparently, pretty damned far.
I used to bank at Wells-Fargo, because they gobbled up the honest bank that gobbled up the honest bank where I had an account. I must admit that I put off changing banks too long, because doing so is an annoying and laborious task, but, really, one can only take so much.
The straw that broke this camel’s back was the story about Wells employees’ creating phony accounts to meet draconian sales quotas. I remember that, when I called up the outfit that handles my pension to change my direct deposit, the fellow on the other end of the call said, “We’ve been getting lots of calls from persons who have changed from Wells-Fargo.”
I filled him in on the news. He was aghast somewhat taken aback at Wells’s conduct.
Aside:
I notice that, in the Sunday New York Times, Wells has been running full-page ads about how they have changed.
Color me skeptical.
Russian Impulses 0
Jay Bookman points out that denial is not just a river in Egypt.
It was Donald Trump’s campaign strategy.
