At least they do in The Onion.
“Citizens are advised to bid farewell to parents, children, and any other friends or family they haven’t seen in a while,” Frieden told reporters, adding that if you live anywhere in the Northeast, you should definitely call within the next 48 hours, if not by tonight. “If you have any unresolved emotional issues with any family member whatsoever, now is the time to work those out—I mean right now, because there will not be another chance."
It is always more fun if you have no idea what your doom will look like. I'm guessing just like this, though. Bunnies and all.
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Last week, Yves Smith at Naked Capitalism posted a satirical letter by 'Outis Philalithopoulos' (Outis means 'nobody' in Greek) about another problem facing the economics profession--corruption of its practioners.
Believe it or not, even your ever-lovin' box of colored blinking lights can malfunction, and it happened to me over the weekend. Actually, sometime around New Years, I caught some sort of crud, and have been battling it since.
The year 2016 was messy and expensive and full of climate change enhanced weather disasters.
So- they were just being prescient about The Big S Storm on it's way.
its. its. honest, I know the difference. : - ) oy.