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American Politics:

Dialogue –
Emperor Trumka – Why this war on my clan you ungrateful worms? We royals need more, more, MORE!

Commoner – My dear Emperor Trumka, if you need more, than we common people should pay our fair share But, I’m afraid that we have no more to provide.

Emperor – you better go out to get 5 extra jobs to feed us, otherwise we’ll drop our silver spoons and walk out of our golden palace to teach you a lesson!

Commoner – We will do our best to moonlight – but what happened to the 14 servants loyal to the emperor -are they still in Illinois?

Emperor – The very bold 14 are still in Illinois, showing their bravery and allegiance to us! 0As for me and my family, we will cling to the throne and wait for the tribute to pour in!

(Davis, CA and Seattle, WA – for immediate release, 2/14/11) Responding to overwhelming demand from the public, EconBob has done an exclusive, thorough investigation and the verdict is in:  various batches and boxes of Cheez Its™ are NOT the same!

Background -

EconBob received hundreds of emails, faxes and hand signals from our readership requesting an investigation. Fans wanted to know: do Cheez Its taste different, depending on factors like freshness, cooking level (well done, medium, rare) and factory of origin.

Response -

We set out to do a double-blind taste test. Subjects were chosen at random from 2 shopping centers: Coddingtown Mall in Santa Rosa, CA and Northgate Mall in Seattle. Diverse locations were chosen to avoid any regional bias. 1001 shoppers tasted the crackers and filled out surveys; results “degree of confidence” reached 95% with a +/- 3% fudge factor.  Here are the results:

• 532 shoppers preferred crackers from the 12 oz. box
• 635 shoppers said “well done” crackers taste better (this analysis was based on texture and color, the latter test based on the work of James Clerk Maxwell, see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell)
• 802 shoppers said that Cheez Its taste great with green grapes!

In summation, each box features its own distinct and unique attributes. So opening a new box is always an adventure!

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Last week, during his speech in Arizona, Pres. Obama had a lot of gray in his hair. I think it looked good, distinguished and mature.

But this week his hair is black again. What’s up with that?

On December 30, 2010, George Jarkesy’s New Captains of Industry Program broadcast an Economist Round Table called: “ Economics 101 for Politicians and Policy Makers”. The round table featured Warren Mosler, Randy Wray, and Mike Norman. …

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The front page of The New York Times yesterday featured a very long story on the state displacing the market within the Chinese economy . Hats off to the Times for getting it right, but they’re late. Very late.

Read this article:
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Bob Michaelson, Seattle 20 April 2010

One wonders why a certain question was not asked of Tea Party Supporters in the recent NYTimes/CBS poll: “Are you self-employed/do you own your own business?”  I would bet that a substantial plurality of protesters do own their own business, which makes them GREAT contributors to our country, job creators and (most likely) hefty taxpayers. This also tends to make them/us more concerned & disgusted with wasteful spending, especially the $800 billion plus “stimulus”.

We hope that the Wall Street Journal or another media group takes up this question in any future Tea Party member polling!

Though the events I attended featured only one Chinese speaker, there was much conversation, and more than a little handwringing, about the role China will play in the low-carbon economy .

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Renewable Energy Advances » Japan, China, and the Low-Carbon …

Though the events I attended featured only one Chinese speaker, there was much conversation, and more than a little handwringing, about the role China will play in the low-carbon economy .

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Worldchanging: Bright Green: Japan, China, and the Low-Carbon Economy

Victor Shih, a China expert at Northwestern University, said China’s economy is actually “a Ponzi scheme whose head is the central bank which can print money” in large quantities. (From Forbes magazine: featured cover article titled …

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Each time there’s a World Trade Organization conference, such as in Seattle ten years ago, large groups of anarchists, socialists and other assorted idiots turn out to protest. International trade is generally a very good thing for the middle class and poor and has helped hundreds of millions of people rise out of poverty, especially (but not exclusively) in China and India over the last 30 years or so.

Now there’s a conference going on in Copenhagen (very nice airport, the only part I’ve seen) where the main topic is how much money to take/steal from Developed countries to give to Developing counties. So the US, which will have the main burden of chipping in the majority of the $100 billion or so per year to this fund, will have to borrow more money from China and others to pay to China, India, Brasil, et al.

I think that China should clean up their air and water, but it’s up to them to decide how to prioritize that versus development.

So we also have a group of anarchists, socialists and other assorted idiots in Copenhagen protesting these meetings. Presumably because they think that the idiots inside are not going far enough. Ridiculous.

“Climate Justice Now!” I actually saw such a sign and heard the chant. Are people in Bangladesh or Russia or Vietnam clamoring for “climate justice?”  This is insane.