Maggie's Farm

Our p-rn-loving ancestors (h/t, Jungleman). It cracks me up that the anthropologists always talk about "fertility icons" and "fertility rites." Didn't it ever occur to them that our ancestors were enjoying p-orn and sexual fantasies and fun activities as much as we do? How different is it from the Theo Bedtime Totty anthropologically pictured on the right (as part of our Maggie's Fertility Rites Studies Project)?

Cranky when hungry. Beware of armed bulemics.

Moderate President wants to set industry salaries. How about setting lawyers' salaries?

Related: Sleaziest tort case I've ever seen. Import Tort

Related: Auto biz expert O cuts auto biz ad budget. The less a person knows, the more they think they know.

Malawi. I'd love to visit. Also h/t Jungleman

Divorce, Iranian-style

The Luxury City vs. The Middle Class. It begins:

Ellen Moncure and Joe Wong first met in school and then fell in love while living in the same dorm at the College of William and Mary. After graduation, they got married and, in 1999, moved to Washington, D.C., where they worked amid a large community of single and childless people.

Like many in their late 20s, the couple began to seek something other than exciting careers and late-night outings with friends. “D.C. was terrific,” Moncure recalled over lunch near her office in lower Manhattan. It was an extension of college. But after a while, you want to get to a different ‘place.’”

The ‘place’ Ellen and Joe looked for was not just a physical location but something less tangible: a sense of community and a neighborhood to raise their hoped-for children. Although they considered suburban locations, as most families do, ultimately they chose the Ditmas Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, where Joe had grown up.

There is no room in this country for differences of opinion

Via Insty:

MARTIN FELDSTEIN: “The barrage of tax increases proposed in President Barack Obama’s budget could, if enacted by Congress, kill any chance of an early and sustained recovery.”

Plus, this: “You cannot spread wealth that has not been created in the first place.

How ya gonna fill that $90 billion hole to buy medical insurance for people who won't get it themselves?

Taliban now targeting Pakistan, removing heads like we eat ice cream cones. It's fun for them. A different culture.

Are all "quiet" people creeps? "They kept to themselves." I like quiet people.

We live in an ugly world, and would like a little more beauty. Hear, hear.