Happy Hour

[Christophe]

What? There's only one discussion going on in the Pub?

That's definitely not enough. Barman! Another drink for me and the boys!

In the meantime I'll choose a song from the Jukebox:

www.youtube.video

[Edward theurj Berge]

This one is for my mom, also born and raised in the boondocks and who taught me what's right.

[Edward theurj Berge]

Colbert & Blunt in vomit-off. Too funny.

[Edward theurj Berge]

Lady Gaga's PSA music video on rape.

[andrew]

New from Mr. Pink : 

And a link to Paradise Lost : 

http://paradiselostinmodernenglish.blogspot.ca/2013/03/book-i.html

I find this stuff more fascinating than crap like Interstellar ! 

In a post -ironic age absurdity critiques absurdity .....

[Edward theurj Berge]

Larry David as Sanders on SNL last night:

[Edward theurj Berge]

I just watched the pilot of this new tv series, Minority Report, a sequel to the earlier film and both based on PK Dick's short story. The pre-cog unit has been dismantled, the pre-cogs went into hiding and now they are grown up. But one, Dash, is still haunted by visions of incipient murders and needs to do something about it. I liked it and it looks to be a good one so I'll keep watching.

[Balder]

Cool - sounds interesting.  I will watch the episode this weekend if it is on On Demand.  I watched another series through On Demand recently that I enjoyed:  HUMANS, about AI and the ethical and social problems that surround its emergence.

[andrew]

Yeah, one of my favs and long ago voted by me as the most likely to come to pass as far as the tech. BTW., I believe I've long had minor and non-controllable pre-cog abilities from a quite young age . I could give many examples but will touch on one of the most recent ones . In August during the long drought here and having not looked at a weather forecast I momentarily stared at a light switch in my hall in a trance like manner ; I marked the weirdness of the moment and disregarded the sensation . I woke up early morning to a stream of water pouring through that wall when a flash downpour came out of no where that night ......

NOTE: I don't consider this supernatural but more some kind of anomaly  within consciousness .

[Edward theurj Berge]

All the episodes are free on the Fox link I provided above. I think there have been 4 or 5 episodes already, so I have some catching up to do.

[Edward theurj Berge]

Put Trumpkin out front on Halloween to scare the shit out of everyone.

[andrew]

You know, if he just scrapped income tax and only implemented  consumption taxes then he would, IMO, be implementing the best of right leaning economic theory; of course, he would also have to address currency monopoly and we all know that can never be allowed . 

Oh, BTW., that overview on the history of left wing economic thought you posted a while back far surpassed anything I've ever read from the right, whether Adam Smith; Chicago School; Mises, etc.  

Having said that : healthy forms of right and left economical thinking have failed to be implemented on the planet to date ; which is why I promote new ways of thinking and acting not tied to these centuries old schisms . 

[andrew]

I should also add: new economic models need to account for ecology; environment; the population explosion; the limits to growth; energy realism ; etc....