There's a blood test for anxiety now. Also, there's a journal Molecular Psychiatry. Interesting.
Oh, polygamy is still here. In modern times, the polygamy is just done serially, instead of at the same time. Isn't that right, Mr. DiCaprio?Not long ago I had my own Fermi moment. I looked at the world around me and asked: Where are all the polygamists?
Consider almost any past empire or civilisation — Mongol, native American, Chinese, Indian, African, old European — and you will find powerful men with many wives. It’s all over the Hebrew Bible. 90% (!) of hunter gather societies around the world practice some degree of polygamy.
Yet we look around today and… zilch?
Janet Yellen says no to a bailout for SVB. But she's planning a special fund in case there are future bank runs. But a bank run has already started at First Republic.
The next generation of doctors will be browner, for sure. But medical schools don't seem to care if they're admitting smart people anymore. Instead, what counts is "equity" and "lived experience". Hey, it worked for government positions, right?
Reverse racism strikes again. Zelensky won't have an appearance at this year's Oscars, because the Ukraine/Russian war is just between white people, according to producer Will Packer, who is, as you might expect, black. Nothing really matters if it's just between white people, right? And nobody bats an eye when sentiment like this gets expressed. Oh well, interest in Ukraine is declining anyway, so it's just as well.
Never put a pile of emergency savings where Democrats can get a hold of it.
Scarecrow Video in Seattle is going to liberate patrons from mask-wearing, and for some "this change will be a challenge"! Sigh. As Voltaire said, "It is difficult to free fools who revere their chains."
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Some on the Left are freaking out at this Texan bill being considered. I suspect that whether or not anyone gets any money from this, its purpose will have been served. And that's the main point.
Things are moving fast this weekend. Signature Bank was shut down today. It was a crypto-friendly bank, but Bitcoin has not been adversely affected. Just yesterday, people were saying that the Fed would not change course on interest rates, but today, the consensus is that the Fed will have to lower its target, and the odds of a pivot are increasing.
