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not in areas where there are large predatory felids, we're not. this is a misunderstanding that i think it's very important to get our heads around. in africa and india, we're just a different type of monkey - felids are apex predators. some theories suggest that escaping lion (or proto-lion) predation is even a part of the reason we ended up so smart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNUY-EheK8Q

the footage seems sped up at points, and the rabbit seems pretty distracted in the way it hops out and then back. i know rabbits aren't normally known as vicious predators, despite having big, sharp, pointy teeth, and they may not really have the instincts to fight rationally, but it still seems to me like this is spliced together footage.

i have to say, though, that that's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent i've ever set my eyes on!

i don't want to come off as an apologist for the bank, i'm really not, but it's frustrating to see the left pick up right-wing populism. i've been trying to get these points across for years....

the government loaned the financial sector a lot of money, and it was spent in ways that could conceivably upset people. however, it was generally a relatively safe - and in fact profitable - investment for the state. the ones that were determined unsafe were shut down or merged into other companies. in the end, the state got back everything they lent out and made a very hefty profit on top of it - profit that could have been applied to setting up single payer, and perhaps might have been with a better president.

so, it's easy to see why that doesn't apply to homeowners. if the state were to step in, they'd merely be taking over a loan, at what would may, in the end, turn out to be a loss.

i don't like any of this. but, it's the actual truth of the situation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2RX2kC5Keg

it's maybe a little ironic, given the content of the speech - because the lender of last resort was another new deal provision, designed to prevent the collapse of assets held in the bank.

let's say you have a modest nest egg of $20,000 in the bank. the bank defaults. that $20,000 is gone. up in air. and you don't get it back. ever.

that's why we need a lender of last resort. it's designed to prevent things like predatory institutions coming in and stealing your house.

gotta love the look on the reporter's face when he ran off that nonsense about anonymous sources.

"it is my opinion that you ought to ask informers to identify themselves, to increase their credibility - and also so we know who they are, and can go beat them over the head with a stick. you shalt identify the informers amongst you due to the bandages on their skulls."

'cause, you know. politicians speaking in official capacities are trustworthy. they don't spin things. and they never bluntly lie to your face. those anonymous sources are not in line with the official narrative, so they shouldn't be trusted as much as those who state the narrative.

that's just josh' opinion, of course. it's not a subtle threat, or anything.