Separated at Birth?

(with thanks to Mark at http://www.gameofthriving.com/ )

Arlo

Arlo Guthrie

Arlo Grier

"I'm not proud....or tired."

Peter Leeson, Peewee Pirate!

Holy Smokes!

Here's Peter Leeson, scholar of the first rank.  I use his book, The Invisible Hook, in my intro Econ class every fall, and students love it.  Really great stuff.  So, taking nothing from my admiration.  Luv ya, Pete.  Mean it!

But here....well, here is Peewee Herman.  Golly.  I wonder if Pete L likes "Tequila!"

From Spirit of Inquiry Dinner

Duke PPE's Dr. Jonny Anomaly won the "Spirit of Inquiry" Award from the Pope Foundation for Higher Education, out of 100 entries.

And he did it looking shockingly like Freddy Mercury.

 

Separated at birth, Nobel Prize Edition

Check it out people:

Newly minted Nobel Literature Laureate Mo Yan:

And......

No wonder the Chinese government is actually happy about this Nobel winning citizen.

If Boudreaux wore a barrette....

.......he'd be Mike Miller!

Don't take my word for it; feast your eyes:

Lagarde unguarded in the Guardian

Mister Burns, er, a freakishly tan IMF chief Christine Lagarde gave a fascinating interview on, among other things, her views about the Greek debt crisis.

Here's a great excerpt:

So when she studies the Greek balance sheet and demands measures she knows may mean women won't have access to a midwife when they give birth, and patients won't get life-saving drugs, and the elderly will die alone for lack of care – does she block all of that out and just look at the sums?

 "No, I think more of the little kids from a school in a little village in Niger who get teaching two hours a day, sharing one chair for three of them, and who are very keen to get an education. I have them in my mind all the time. Because I think they need even more help than the people in Athens." 


She breaks off for a pointedly meaningful pause, before leaning forward. "Do you know what? As far as Athens is concerned, I also think about all those people who are trying to escape tax all the time. All these people in Greece who are trying to escape tax." 


 Even more than she thinks about all those now struggling to survive without jobs or public services? "I think of them equally. And I think they should also help themselves collectively." How? "By all paying their tax. Yeah." 


 It sounds as if she's essentially saying to the Greeks and others in Europe, you've had a nice time and now it's payback time. "That's right." She nods calmly. "Yeah." 


And what about their children, who can't conceivably be held responsible? "Well, hey, parents are responsible, right? So parents have to pay their tax."

Wow, ok. So taxes fix every thing eh, Christine?

And, while the sentiment on poor children in Niger is quite noble, the IMF doesn't do squat about education in Niger. A restructuring/forgiveness of Greek debt is not going to cut aid to Niger.

The IMF was asleep at the wheel as Greece loaded up on debt and became totally uncompetitive. The IMF was asleep at the wheel as the Eurozone drifted into untenability. Now its head is blaming the Greek people and implying that if they'd just do the right thing and pay their taxes, there would not be a problem.

And that's pretty much a pile of horsesh*t.

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I had never noticed this before.

Of course, that's unfair, because Brendan Nyhan worries. Still, a striking resemblance.

Animal Cruelty

Angus sends this picture, outrageous on several grounds. Check it out:

First outrage: the animal cruelty. The poor dog has no idea of the humiliation it is suffering. Someone should shoot the poor dog.

And then shoot the person who did this: Aaron King. Years after leaving his undergraduate institution (MSU), he is still obsessed.

Okay, now the second outrage....Compare to THIS pic, of Angus and I watching the Cards get beat at Rangers park in Arlington.

Angus alleges that there are certain physical resemblances between Aaron and...well, me. The same stubby, thick legs, the same apologetic smile, the same bulbous head. This is outrageous because it is entirely correct.

Aaron and I have played basketball a few times, with him being "skins" and me... just being sweaty. The slapping and thwopping of wet skin, it sounded like a hippo wedding night. Oy.

To test the "look alike" thesis, Angus posed this question to Ms. Angus, showing her Aaron's picture: "Who is this?" Her answer, unequivocally: "That's Munger, when younger. But why would he humiliate that poor dog?"

Lagniappe: This all started when Aaron posted THIS on facebook: How long can I wander Duke's campus in an MSU shooting shirt without being heckled? Show some pride people! MSU would riot if a dookie was walking down Grand River....

To which I responded, in my measured, tempered way: For Aaron King: two things. No Duke student would think of making fun of an MSU fan. It's like making fun of Special Olympics kids, except that some Special Olympics kids can read. Second, good teams win. But a team need not be good to beat MSU. So, it's no offense to see an MSU logo, and no particular sense of accomplishment to beat MSU. The reverse? Where an MSU kid would be mad if he saw a Duke logo (assuming there was someone around to read it aloud to the MSU kid, so he would know what it said)? it's because Duke is something that's worth being upset about. Glad I could clear this up for you. It's the LACK of pride, and the presence of a justifiable inferiority complex, that would make it dangerous to wear Duke gear on Grand River.

Separated at Birth: Gronke and Grienke

Pretty amazing. Dr. Paul Gronke, of Reed College

....and Zach Grienke, pitcher for Milw. Brewers

I'm just sayin'...

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People if you put a porn 'stache and a $200 haircut on Tyler Cowen, HE'D BE MOHAMED EL-ERIAN!

See for your selves:

Separated at Birth: Tennis edition

Alexandr Dolgopolov & Martina Hingis:

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(clic the pics for more eerily similarity)

'Nuff said

How's this for a new TV show idea:

Monty & the Tuna:

Flapdoodle: Birth Certificate of Obama

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KPC as always is way out front.

We (well, Angus) declared in July 2009 that the birther "flapdoodle" was nonsense. As Angus put it, "Who would have thought that so many idiots (birthers) banded together could be wrong?"

Of course, Angus went on to ask why it matters in the first place.

Sheen-Gadhaffi Quiz

This is actually quite interesting. I got a 4 of ten, worse than random.

The quiz: who said it?

(Nod to Timmy G)

Gerry Gaus and David Schimdtz

Some pix of my good friends from Arizona, Gerry Gaus and David Schmidtz, two of the best philosophers around.

A picture of them hanging out, casually. (Gerry is the one with the long hair, btw.)

And another picture, all cleaned up and ready to step out.

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Supposedly, Fubarak's nickname is "the laughing cow". I don't quite see it but hey, here you go:

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Separated at birth? Mungowitz and Nick Nolte...

Lagniappe: The reason *I* look that way (Not sure what Nick's excuse was) is that I had this operation. With local anesthesia. Which means I got to watch (it's a 2 hour operation, by the way). If you want to see what it looks like from outside, check out this video.

It's amazing they can do that to an eye. It's even more amazing they did that to mine, and that I had to watch the whole thing. On the plus side: they prescribed oxycodone, the oxycontin plus other stuff pain medication. I was a little upset to learn that that was what they were going to prescribe, because they try to avoid it. It has to be clear that you are going to hurtin' before you get it. It does help, though. Gosh, have you ever looked at how your fingers bend? I mean really looked at your fingers. Whooooaaaaa.....

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UPDATE: OH MY GAAAAH! Dr. Romer was SO upset at being compared to Benny Hill that she is quitting the C of EAs. This summary pretty much....well... summarizes things. (nod to Angry Alex for the news tip)

Benny Hill

Christina Romer

(Nod to L. Smith)

I Can't Be the Only One....

I can't be the only one to think that Senator Mitch McConnell and Steve Forbes are becoming the same person, right?

Reader: Which one is which?




(The middle one is McConnell, top and bottom are Forbes)