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Monday Open Thread | 74 comments (74 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Probably depends on the bear.

I suppose it would be an apt irony if the US were laid low by its own pork.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Mon Apr 27th, 2009 at 01:32:43 PM EST
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Don't know if that's suppose to be a joke but a med guy on television just said that you can't get the flu from pork products.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Mon Apr 27th, 2009 at 01:48:54 PM EST
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Re: Monday Open Thread (none / 0)

That's a frequently asked question.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Apr 27th, 2009 at 01:50:47 PM EST
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Re: Monday Open Thread (4.00 / 4)

Among others...

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Mon Apr 27th, 2009 at 02:05:50 PM EST
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Re: Monday Open Thread (none / 1)

You would have to pry American's bacon from their cold dead hands.

"Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms." -Dostoevsky

by poemless on Mon Apr 27th, 2009 at 01:57:43 PM EST
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Re: Monday Open Thread (none / 0)

Ouch. Apostrophe fail.

"Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms." -Dostoevsky

by poemless on Mon Apr 27th, 2009 at 01:59:26 PM EST
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