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Antidote du jour (via): And a bonus antidote: VIDEO: Feline Eid: Dressing Malaysia’s cats for the Muslim holidays. A rising number of Malaysian cat lovers are dressing up their house pets with traditional outfits as the country prepares to usher in the Muslim holiday of Eid pic.twitter.com/0G9DUN2Peg See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here. This entry was posted in Links on About Lambert Strether Readers, I have had a correspondent characterize my views as realistic cynical. Let me briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs that provide concrete material benefits, especially to the working class. Medicare for All is the prime example, but tuition-free college and a Post Office Bank also fall under this heading. So do a Jobs Guarantee and a Debt Jubilee. Clearly, neither liberal Democrats nor conservative Republicans can deliver on such programs, because the two are different flavors of neoliberalism (“Because markets”). I don ....