One of the conveniences of Economics is to assume an infinite span of time. Thus if your particular model is unreflective of current events you can blithely wave the discrepancy away by merely asserting that it simply hasn’t worked yet. While that motivational optimism is helpful on a personal level the fact is that people …
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May 11 2018
Our Villagers
People hate you, and they are right to. The servile D.C. media by Ryan Cooper, The Week May 11, 2018 Michael Cohen got what are essentially huge bribes from corporations including AT&T and Novartis, as well as a firm tied closely to a Russian billionaire named Viktor Vekselberg, it was revealed this week. The expectation …
May 10 2018
Rudy needs a new job.
Well, not quite as expected. Giuliani gets fired by his current law firm, Greenberg Traurig, before Trump has a chance to do it. Giuliani’s Law Firm Undercuts His Statements as They Part Ways By Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman, The New York Times May 10, 2018 President Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, abruptly …
May 10 2018
Faulkner
The past is never dead. It’s not even past. Black Cube A Visit Upstate The Moos and The Head-Butts A Tail told by, like, a really smart person with a very good brain, a stable genius. The cool mist settled in the hollows of the night as the idiot stood by the fence contemplating (as …
May 09 2018
Exceptional
A definition– American exceptionalism is an ideology holding the United States as unique among nations in positive or negative connotations, with respect to its ideas of democracy and personal freedom. By that definition the United States (America is two continents) can be exceptionally good or exceptionally bad. Here’s an example from the same Wikipedia article …
May 08 2018
More Stupid
Sanctions won’t hurt. All the other parties will ignore them (even if you have hopes for the Europeans, the Russians and Chinese will not participate). Military action is useless. Even proponents like Bolton admit it could only delay development of a nuclear device for 5 years. 0 < 10 as TMC puts it. Not only …
May 07 2018
About Those War Crimes
The United States commits War Crimes. To this day. Our air strikes against and ground force presence in Syria, for example, are an instance of Aggressive War. “To initiate a war of aggression, therefore, is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it …
May 07 2018
He’s Always Been This Way
Look, I know people. I know people who know Rudy. He’s always been this way. A horrible human being who cheated on his wife and positioned the emergency command center for New York City specifically so he could cheat on his wife there. It was subsequently destroyed in the 9/11 attack because it was too …
May 06 2018
Watch Stormy
See what I did there? Stephen Colbert calls his segments “Stormy Watch” and I switched it around. Ok, look- the important thing about my jokes is that they amuse me. Massey Energy Company Therapy Billy Dee The Electric Twitter Machine Foreplay Weekend Update The Winner of the Peter Cushing Look-A-Like Contest Social Media NBA Playoffs …
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