Sunrise

Which would you prefer?

“Yes”

“Thank you”

The Euro

I received this interesting note from a friend last week, part of an ongoing discussion about the Euro and how it may affect the American election:

So what lies ahead for Europe? A bearish scenario with a substantial cheapening of the Euro vs the UKPound and vs the USD followed by the beginnings of a classic Europe-wide inflation? Or a bullish scenario: recovery and growth of the economies and increases in their rates of employment? I’m not bullish, are you? My concern about applying what sounds like a US-type solution to the European problem is that the US has the advantage of a unified set of laws affecting both its singular US banking system and its singular and unified economy (an economy that produces the unique powerhouse that is the US gdp). I can’t see how they can make an economic whole out of an economic patchwork quilt (without a brand new unifying political structure). It will forever look like a work in progress, not like finished goods. The US experience with its First Bank of the United States a couple hundred years ago is evidence of that. 

The Cause of His Life (or Thank You, Massachusetts)

Dear God, please save journalism.​

​First, the QOTD, from Josh Marshall.

​Now for the right wingnut machine…

What else fun happened?

But I save the most precious comment for last…​

I know what you did last summer

Yeah, I did this…​

…and this, and this, and this…

We did it.

Thank you for joining me and donating $40 for pediatric cancers research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center!​

Fundraising Goal: $4,000.00
Total Number of Gifts: 51
Total Value of Gifts: $4,794.40

​It’s not too late to participate.

​

Help Me Turn 40 and Fight Cancer

​My 40th birthday is next week and I’m thinking about cancer. I guess it’s not a surprise that it’s upsetting me, but didn’t expect it to be on my mind so much. I’m thinking about my cousins Harry and Suri and Shirley, of friends have lost siblings and parents, of people I love who are still fighting. I thought my anger and grief had mellowed. Nope. They’re just routinely pushed aside.

I’m turning 40.  I don’t need anything. I’m sick of stuff. I have a wife that loves me and kids that can’t wait to hug me when I get home.

No, I don’t need anything for my birthday. But I want something. I want you to help me give a child suffering from cancer a better chance of reaching their 40th birthday. I want you to help me fund critical research in pediatric cancers, so that tomorrow children and their parents will no longer suffer.

Please forget the gifts and cards and well wishes. Just join me and donate $40 to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to fund their research into curing pediatric cancers. 

Thank you.

Can you guess who won this game?

Stat​

​Shots

Shots on target​

Corners​

Offsides​

Fouls committed​

Yellow cards​

Ball possession​

Team 1​

​24

7

20​

1​

14​

1​

55​

Team 2​

​6

3​

1​

2​

26​

4

45​

Unbelievable will to lose.