Interesting times

If I were a 30th century historian making a case for the importance of the 1900-2100 period in human history, I'd say that we abandoned 4,000-year practices of agricultural societies, solved overcrowding problems (infection, pollution, congestion, crime) and shifted to high-density lifestyle. The upheaval resulted in social unrest, global wars, serious ecological damage, massive population dislocations, but reached a new equilibrium in the end.

A Maria Antoinette moment

Wilbur Ross, a billionaire and the current Commerce Secretary, doesn't understand why federal workers who don't get paid can't get a loan from a bank.

"Wilbur Ross 'Doesn't Understand' Why Furloughed Workers Need Food Banks | Hallie Jackson | MSNBC" (Watch on YouTube)

TIL: no lefties needed

The Greeks didn't allow any left-handed in the phalanx (for obvious reasons).