Investments are made by evaluating underlying value. Speculative bets are made by looking at the price of something and simply hoping the price goes up. Investing is about value; gambling is about price. Gold has no real underlying value. I know there is a market for it. I know it is real, just like real… Continue reading Gold is not an investment, it’s a speculation
Fmr. Dem Rep. Cynthia McKinney appears on Libyan state TV to speak up for Muammar Qaddafi.
Fmr. Dem Rep. Cynthia McKinney appears on Libyan state TV to speak up for Muammar Qaddafi.
What a total embarrassment.
Holy Crapture
The people who were expecting to be lifted into the sky are still here and probably saying holy crapture under their breath.
Murmurs Of Earth: A Partial List of those Who Will Not Be Raptured
Murmurs Of Earth: A Partial List of those Who Will Not Be Raptured
According to the book of the Revelation of St. John the Divine…
All the Kings of the Earth who have fornicated with the Whore of Babylon (Rev 18:9)
Blasphemers (Rev 16:21)
Dogs (Rev 22:15)
Pimps (Rev 22:15)
Merchants who have done business with the Whore of Babylon (Rev 18:3)
Pathological…
We’re All Rationers
Certainly telling seniors to buy all their own health care is a complete political (and ethical) non-starter. But telling seniors to pay for more of their own health care — well, it’s hard to see how else we can hope to reduce Medicare’s fiscal burden. Maybe the premium support/voucher model that the Ryan budget proposes… Continue reading We’re All Rationers
Senate GOP filibusters oil company subsidy repeal bill.
Senate Republicans successfully filibuster oil company subsidy repeal bill. From Senate GOP filibusters oil company subsidy repeal bill. When government helps you it’s godless socialism. When government helps me, it’s just common sense.
Get the Government Out of My Government!
When you own a hotel and bar Black people what happens is that if Black people comes in and sleep in the beds you call the police–functionaries of the state–and they then take the Black people away and charge them with trespass. When you own a bus and require Black people to sit in the… Continue reading Get the Government Out of My Government!
Whales Throng New York City Area, Surprising Scientists
A lot of big whales have a taste for the Big Apple area—including the largest animal on Earth—underwater recordings suggest. From National Geographic I misread that as whale thong.
If W Were A Democrat …
Can you imagine what Fox News would make of what the former president was doing when he was told to call the White House because of bin Laden’s death: “I was eating souffle … ” From If W Were A Democrat … Sad but true.
The Widespread Occurrence of White Supremacist, Treasonous, and Pro-Slavery License Plates
The Civil War is over and American public culture generally avows the principle that abiding by election results is good, armed rebellion against the US government is bad, and chattel slavery is very bad. Nonetheless monuments to the idea of launching an armed rebellion against the US government when a political party hostile to chattel… Continue reading The Widespread Occurrence of White Supremacist, Treasonous, and Pro-Slavery License Plates