what is solving? what is all? what is physics?

yeah it’s like you get currency to “stabilize the markets” and “restore faith in the economy” and maybe some infrastructure projects that benefit resource extraction but you have to make your water distribution system for-profit

i’m an old fart but you are watching it for the gameplay, the streamer or both, maybe even the chat has a certain vibe you are a fan of

either that or the next funniest outcome, they win the tournament playing the most inept anti-football imaginable while having the most expensive squad

Was reminded of the IMF loan to Iceland during the 2008 recession, here is a Q and A on the circumstances of the loan. When the “problem” is caused by neo-liberalism there is a different tone.

“Bank supervision and regulation will also be overhauled to make sure a banking crisis of this magnitude never happens again.”

“We are not telling Iceland to tighten its belt in the middle of a recession. During the first year of the program, automatic fiscal stabilizers will be allowed to work.”

but also, more neo-liberalism down the line:

“The IMF will help Iceland restructure the banks within this broad framework. The strategy includes plans for valuation of the assets of both new and old banks in line with international best practice, compensation from the new banks to the old banks for any discrepancy in the fair value of assets and liabilities taken over, recapitalizing the new banks with the aim of eventually privatizing them, and maximizing asset recovery in the old banks.”

hellworld + revolutionary optimism =

Pokemon: People’s War

i was at work

That’s a Futurama joke

today is the national day of Iceland, it is celebrated on the birthday of the most prominent leader of the nationalist independence movement, Jón Sigurðsson, who married his niece, as was the style of the time. He may also have died from syphilis.

if he had stopped after RADICAL LEFT removed it would have been perfect

It was a mistake to create “Israel”, they should have given the Jews Schleswig-Holstein instead

the book has a breakneck pace at the end too

time-on-target

just-in-time

Drunken Master II is my favourite Jackie Chan movie

It’s very common to conflate post-communism 90’s chaos with communism in general.

Hakim has been making videos about some of the countries, very informative.

more like -10.000 deaths if they manage to get their sperm

I herd cats