Monthly Archives: July 2008

I forgot to giggle

Posted on July 17, 2008 by B Psycho

In an American Voices bit on The Onion, in response to Bush lifting the executive ban on offshore oil drilling: “Is there a ban on printing more money? If so he should lift that too and fix the economy while … Continue reading →

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Go away, I'm counting my money

Posted on July 16, 2008 by B Psycho

I got a question: After all the evidence to the contrary, why do statist-progressives STILL have this crackpot idea in their heads that the Republican Party is run by libertarians?  Seriously, “billionaire libertarian cranks”? Uh, yeah, hardcore libertarian billionaires run … Continue reading →

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"I've seen this movie before. The ending sucked."

Posted on July 12, 2008 by B Psycho

A couple snapshots from the active meltdown.  All emphasis mine: -Another bank failed… U.S. banking regulators swooped in to seize mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp Inc on Friday after withdrawals by panicked depositors led to the third-largest banking failure in U.S. … Continue reading →

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That's odd…

Posted on July 9, 2008 by B Psycho

By now the following should be common knowledge:  I don’t vote for philosphical reasons, and just because something shows up in the ad bar does not mean I support it.  That aside, I’ve noticed something odd in the Google advertizing.  … Continue reading →

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12pm in the Land of Broken Clocks

Posted on July 9, 2008 by B Psycho

Things you don’t expect to see: Richard Simmons tongue-kissing a woman Nuns smoking weed in public A Harold Meyerson column that doesn’t deserve ridicule Waitaminute…what? According to a report by Keith Bradsher in the New York Times last month, such … Continue reading →

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Corporate Capitalism: Lesson One

Posted on July 8, 2008 by B Psycho

It’s only stealing when poor people do it. The above link goes to a story about an oil well in Nigeria, and how the people that actually live on the land where that oil is at got ganked by the … Continue reading →

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"…then they came for the techies, and I didn't speak up because they kinda annoy me…"

Posted on July 3, 2008 by B Psycho

Sucky development in the legal battle between GooTube and Viacom re: the latter’s ridiculous IP-infringement claims: A court order has been issued demanding that Google hand over the information for every single YouTube user, including what videos they watched & … Continue reading →

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Candylandonomics

Posted on July 3, 2008 by B Psycho

This is so bang-your-head-against-the-wall Stupid with a capital S that it doesn’t deserve pithyness or particular wit in response: The price of retail gasoline could fall by half, to around $2 a gallon, within 30 days of passage of a … Continue reading →

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How the politically connected cut their losses

Posted on July 2, 2008 by B Psycho

Found this amusing, re: Iraq & the political status of its oil.  All emphasis mine: Bush administration officials told Hunt Oil last summer that they did not object to its efforts to reach an oil deal with the Kurdish regional … Continue reading →

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