Slope of Hope Blog Posts

Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.

Iran So Far Away

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My wife and I stumbled upon the television series Tehran about a week ago, and we’ve been obsessively watching it ever since. It’s great stuff! Of course, Iran is very much in the news these days, and while Americuhns certainly has strong opinions about the country, they’re not so swift when it comes to the most basic information like, I dunno, where it’s even located (hint: not in the middle of the Indian Ocean).

Fun with Math!

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Of all the bootlickers, none licks boots better than Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. This guy ran a huge bond trading firm, so I know his arithmetic is sharper than this, but take 53 seconds out of your life to watch himself twist into a pretzel to show how 700% price drop declarations are sensible: