Random Analogies
Economics
a: Monetary policy ~
b: Hail Mary Pass
What: "The Federal Reserve is now faced with a challenge that is akin to threading a needle by throwing a spool of thread across a football field. It is attempting to keep loose money and quantitative easing policies in place long enough not to stymie the nascent recovery while pulling them back in time to avoid massive inflation. It's a Hail Mary pass with an impossibly small target while facing a blitz."
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Writer: John Carney
LCC: H
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Oct 7 2009 5:48 AM
# 113 Critique Analogy
A Screwy Family.......
a: American politics ~
b: an abusive family
What: "American politics is like an abusive family, and the Republicans are the abusive father, and the Democrats are the abused wife, and we're the kids, some of us broken and some of us still rebellious. The father can disobey his own rules, but the wife must obey them perfectly. Hillary Clinton,..." Read the rest in the linked archive of this blogger..........
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Writer: Ran Prieur
LCC:
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Date: Nov 18 2012 12:40 PM
# 2437 Critique Analogy
a: lymphatic system ~
b: drains in your house
What:
"The lymphatic system is like the drains in your house and the blood is like the faucets. If the drains are clogged in your sink or toilet, do you only clean out the faucets? I hope not! You would clean the drains. The biggest drain we have in the body is the lymphatic system, which can stay clogged for many years. This forces us to adapt to an environment of toxins that stresses and weakens immunity and other important pathways of detoxification. "
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Writer: John Douillard
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Date: Aug 23 2014 9:57 PM
# 6150 Critique Analogy
a: NK cells ~
b: T cells
What:
"Natural killer cells (NK cells) are like T cells in that they are capable of killing other cells. However, unlike T cells, these NK cells are not produced in response to a specific antigen."
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Writer: Tammy S. Race McCormick
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Date: Dec 20 2014 11:05 AM
# 6848 Critique Analogy
