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by das monde on Sun Dec 14th, 2014 at 08:08:05 PM EST
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61 feeling like going on 70 just now?

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sun Dec 14th, 2014 at 11:09:51 PM EST
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No, 7 thousand years old...

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

by Melanchthon on Mon Dec 15th, 2014 at 01:30:01 AM EST
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How was the progressive blogging in the textbook ancient civilizations?

by das monde on Mon Dec 15th, 2014 at 02:38:29 AM EST
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Re: How old are we? (4.00 / 11)

Melanchthon had a cuneiform blog on iClay tablets in Mesopotamia. It was called "Wedge Issues".

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Dec 15th, 2014 at 03:59:14 AM EST
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Re: How old are we? (4.00 / 5)

There wasn't any. It was Citibank that was blogging about how debt jubilees were a bad idea. Nobody paid any attention to them.

by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Mon Dec 15th, 2014 at 04:05:26 AM EST
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Re: How old are we? (4.00 / 6)

70 in February.

Recruiting younger folks to be leftist Democrats, though I may have to abandon them for Bernie Sanders soon.

paul spencer

by paul spencer (paulgspencer@gmail.com) on Mon Dec 15th, 2014 at 12:59:12 AM EST

Speaking of Bernie Sanders: Sanders names 'deficit owl' his chief economist (December 26, 2014)

A prominent advocate of bigger deficits and unconventional economics will be Sen. Bernie Sanders' chief economist when he becomes the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee in January.
Stephanie Kelton, a self-described "deficit owl" and a leading proponent of the alternative economics theory known as modern monetary theory, announced that she would be the chief economist for the minority on the Budget Committee Friday.
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Modern monetary theorists, who have pressed their case in journals and blogs in the wake of the recession and ballooning federal deficits, argue that the federal government can never run out of money, as it can print its own, and that deficits are helpful for growth.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 1st, 2015 at 10:31:54 AM EST
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How many of us even knew there was a separate chief economist for the minority before her appointment?

by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Thu Jan 1st, 2015 at 10:36:12 AM EST
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Re: How old are we? (none / 1)

Didn't you meet her? At the very least she now has a platform from which to speak to a national audience. Even Rachael Maddow, who usually eschews economic topics, might find her irresistible as a guest on her show - unless MSNBC execs veto the idea.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Thu Jan 1st, 2015 at 11:10:30 AM EST
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Yes I did.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jan 4th, 2015 at 03:36:28 PM EST
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72 in a week and a day.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Mon Dec 15th, 2014 at 09:08:49 AM EST

Many happy returns, ARG!

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Dec 23rd, 2014 at 04:27:39 PM EST
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63, 64 in three months.

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Mon Dec 15th, 2014 at 09:22:00 AM EST

I (feebly) object to your age-group framing, which rather hurtfully places me in the second septile. (Life, the universe and everything are overrated anyway)

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue
- Queen Elizabeth II}

by eurogreen on Mon Dec 15th, 2014 at 11:25:31 AM EST

The universe and everything will bite through, I guess.

by das monde on Mon Dec 15th, 2014 at 06:10:27 PM EST
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The third septile is surprisingly exclusive - I understand you would prefer to be there

by das monde on Wed Dec 17th, 2014 at 03:21:36 AM EST
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Re: How old are we? (none / 1)

by das monde on Mon Dec 15th, 2014 at 06:33:59 PM EST

I am as young as Alyssa Milano.

by IM on Thu Dec 18th, 2014 at 07:25:57 AM EST

Re: How old are we? (none / 1)

So... young enough to breastfeed in public?

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue
- Queen Elizabeth II}

by eurogreen on Thu Dec 18th, 2014 at 11:59:49 AM EST
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We only look that way.

by IM on Thu Dec 18th, 2014 at 01:33:55 PM EST
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I was 40... (4.00 / 6)

...2 days ago

by cagatacos on Sat Dec 20th, 2014 at 08:27:59 PM EST

Re: I was 40... (none / 1)

Bon Anniversaire !

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

by Melanchthon on Mon Dec 22nd, 2014 at 03:45:13 AM EST
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39, joined the blog around my 30th birthday.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Dec 31st, 2014 at 04:04:28 PM EST