September, 2016 archive
Sugar-Coating 0
David Singerman looks at the recent JAMA article revealing the sugar industry’s machinations to manipulate the nation’s masticators. A snippet:
Do read the rest.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Or,”If you want them to have a work ethic, don’t spare the whip.”
Words fail me.
It’s Catching 0
Trumpling the Discourse 0
Jennifer Lin shares her misty water-colored memories of dealing with the Donald when she was young reporter for the Inky.
Then he called her editor and referred to Lin as “that c-,” Lin said.
Details at the link.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Not bad.
(snip)
The less-volatile four-week average of claims dropped to 256,000, the lowest since April, from 258,250 in the prior week.
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits declined by 46,000 to 2.06 million in the week ended Sept. 17, the fewest since July 2000.
If you follow the link, you will see that Bloomberg’s headline falls upon its fainting couch clutching its pearls that Bloomberg’s “experts” were wrong.
Again.
Honestly, I don’t know why they bother.
The American Duterte? 0
Excerpt:
Glorious promises . . . delivered with supreme confidence will always be attractive to huge numbers of people . . . .