Hand Sanitizer is Sold Out at Amazon, being scalped for ridiculous prices.

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Monday March 02, 2020 · 5:44 PM PST

2020/03/02 · 17:44

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$50 for 24 oz.

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$400 for 48 oz.

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Is this legal? Do we need to ration hand sanitizer? What’s the supply chain like, how quickly can it expand to meet demand?

It’s sold out at both grocery stores in town, too.

Sorry for the short diary but I wanted people to know: If you’ve been planning to stock up soon, you are fast running out of time.

edit to add: Apparently hand sanitizer is easy to make yourself, see the comments. So this should hopefully be a quick look at capitalism’s ugly side, not the start of a lasting shortage (fingers crossed).

"A Foolish Consistency...

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Sunday March 20, 2011 · 4:56 PM PDT

2011/03/20 · 16:56

... is the Hobgoblin of Little Minds." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I've been reading a lot of diaries and comments about Libya and our involvement there. One common refrain from those who oppose our action looks like this:

"And what about Bahrain, or Yemen?" (or Ivory Coast, or Iran, or Sudan, or China, or .... the exact list varies). "Why should we fight in Libya, supposedly on humanitarian grounds, and not in those other places where peaceful democrats are being killed?"

I want to address, specifically, this objection here.

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Friday September 26, 2008 · 9:50 AM PDT

2008/09/26 · 09:50

The Paulson Plan, "Give me $700 billion dollars, and don't ask questions", has been rightly debunked. Earlier this week, Chris Dodd (D-Conn), released a draft proposal that takes the same essential approach as Paulson (the gov't should buy troubled assets from financial firms), but in a non-insane way. (Note: No text is available, that I can find, of the bill as it's currently under negotiation. So I'm working from Dodd's initial draft as best I understand it. But news reports suggest that the working draft is much closer to Dodd's than Paulson's, including "an equity mechanism to protect taxpayers").

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Wednesday May 21, 2008 · 11:00 AM PDT

2008/05/21 · 11:00

First, if senateguru.com isn't part of your daily blog diet, it should be.

Second, you might think that Idaho is just "too red" to be in play this cycle. But this is an open seat (currently held by Larry "wide stance" Craig), and the Democrat, Larry LaRocco, has succeeded in Idaho electoral politics before, representing ID-01 (half the state) for two terms. He's also a veteran and a businessman, a lot of instate connections and name recognition, and a vigorous campaigning style to the race. Yes, it's a long shot. But it's my upset pick for the cycle.

So come on over to senateguru.com today at 2 eastern and talk to the man. (If you can, kick some money his way while you're at it).

peace,
lilnev

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