Very well written!

Wonderfully stated. I’m in favor. Thanks.

Wonderful article. I’m in favor. Thanks.

Nice work here. I’m posting!

Hey Nic, I respect you and your opinion, but I don’t see eye to eye with you on this one.
I thought the millennials walked out because emails were linked that established the DNC chairman Debbie Wasserman Schultz cheated and didn’t treat Bernie fairly, working behind the scenes to undermine Bernie’s campaign with suggested attacks and limiting the numbers of his sanctioned debates and scheduling them in UNprime times when attendance would be sparse. Being upset by flagrant disrespect of rules and voters isn’t immature, but shows a far better sense of ethics than that of DWS and other members of the DNC. Bernie was originally an Independent, but he has always caucused with the Democratic Party, which has entitled him to committee assignments and at times given Democrats a majority.
And I would never vote for Bernie. But I don’t think the millennial reaction was immature at all. We should all find disgust in corruption.
(I can’t believe how I’m drawn into the political madness this year, LOL. It’s a first!)

Sounds great! Definitely try the quinoa in peppers. Works very well.

I think that the baby boomer generation still holds top spot for the largest segment of our population, but that demographic is changing rapidly.

after careful consideration.i’ve decided to respond to your exhaustive review of all things florida as well as your usual review of all things….I think you’ve hit the snail on the head when it comes to the sunny southland….having spent a great deal of my life in florida owing to my fathers understandable yet irrational love of the place,i came to have many definite ideas about what goes on down thar!!!! firstly….the sweetheart deals that allowed so much of the natural beauty of the place to be destroyed also contributed to the destruction of the over all moral and political climate….this lingers to this day….it has always been a place where anything goes….back in the twenties all the big macha gangsters loved the place…in conjunction with the locals that hiassen loves so much they forged an uneasy but highly lucrative cabal of real estate ,gambling and political interests….bought all the local city councils and went about their biz unabated until pretty much this very day….more in the southern part of the state but not exclusively….any way all this you know and present quite neatly….about the 70’s and 80’s…we all are aware of the pervasive and powerful effect of drug cartel money on the development of south beach as well as pretty much the rest of the state….what a place….like l.a. I’m good for 3 days at a clip and then a james bondian detox ala dr.no…..re:your musical musement….of course I encourage and recommend to any and all the pursuit and refinement of whatever path your musical tastes take you….in the end it is the healing force….nuff said….love your ol younger pal

Paul makes a great point. The use of PBA cards is another indication of special privilege bestowed by police officers.

If Eric Garner and Michael Brown had flashed PBA cards would they be alive today?
Do ethics require the end of the use of PBA cards by
asking for professional courtesy?

Nic, why the hell aren’t you writing for the Times or some TV network? Great content.

Agree about your concerns. Susan Crawford is one person who feel that municipal broadband is one way to break the stranglehold the big ISP’s have on the network.

Agree also that the public must make noise on this issue.

This is a disappointing ruling. It seems we either have the choice of paying through the nose for crappy internet bundles (ala cable today) or letting the government regulate the internet. I’m not enthusiastic about either of these, though I suppose the second option is preferable.
I take some hope from the recent announcement that google will start ranking ISPs by their youtube delivery speed and netflix’s statement that they will report any throttling they find to the users. At least then users will know why their internet suddenly sucks, which will hopefully bring some pressure onto the issue.

These euphamisms are odd and do tend to lessen the impact of what they describe. Great post Nick! :)

I think the unemployment rate is basically a relative measurement anyway, showing a trend rather than an absolute number. Isn’t a rate between 4 & 5% considered “full employment"?

And first-time unemployment claims were $340,000 for March 2, so I suppose that’s progress…: http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm

The “unemployment rate” is a farce, as those who’ve given up looking (at least for the last 4 weeks) are not counted in the rate. Why do we even view this number, as its methodology will lead to a 0 unemployment rate when we’ve all dropped out of the workforce! Isn’t the Real rate over 14%?

let’s hear it for Hershey’s, the company that didn’t need to advertise, they were so well known

ee cummings
Poem 71

a politician is an arse upon
which everyone has sat except a man

A scene from “Blazing Saddles” comes to mind, but i don’t think anyone in congress is as bright as Cleavon Little. Perhaps everyone in congress should be required to change their last name to Johnson.

Politicians have forgotten one of Franklin’s axioms - “Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.”