Monthly Archives: March 2009

SATSQ

Posted on March 19, 2009 by B Psycho

Obviously not: A nagging question haunts U.S. government efforts to revive a dormant financial system: Can a crisis that started because of excess credit be solved with more debt? Since Debt is King, of course, the political establishment has no … Continue reading →

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Problem: Managerialist State. Solution: …Managerialist State?

Posted on March 16, 2009 by B Psycho

The socialist that wrote that column I linked to the other day had a Q&A on the Washington Post website.  Just ended, transcript is here.  This comment & response stuck out like double-Ds on a midget: Wokingham UK: You seem … Continue reading →

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Coherency is for sissies…

Posted on March 15, 2009 by B Psycho

A semi-random observation: when both Rush Limbaugh & the guy that wrote this — a brief consideration that growth for its own sake has the potential to mean socially what it means biologically — get to call themselves “conservative”, it … Continue reading →

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It's the lack of labor power, stupid

Posted on March 15, 2009 by B Psycho

Doing my usual browsing of the news, stopped on this out of North Carolina about the rising unemployment — and more bickering about illegal immigrants: Business owners once said they needed illegal workers because there weren’t enough Americans willing to … Continue reading →

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Reverse psychology

Posted on March 15, 2009 by B Psycho

Remember that post I put up about the right-wing tactic of calling everything they personally don’t like “socialism”?  Well, in an unexpected follow-up of sorts, the Washington Post has up a column throwing cold water on the “Obama = socialist” … Continue reading →

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Two cents on the Cramer/Stewart thing, since I just happened to watch it

Posted on March 12, 2009 by B Psycho

At some points, I swear, Jim Cramer sounded like he was about to cry. re: the mention of how much time CNBC has to fill with content: it’d be more of a surprise if a round-the-clock “business” channel DIDN’T consist … Continue reading →

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"Detroit has a VALUE MENU!!!"

Posted on March 11, 2009 by B Psycho

Interesting Times…:The housing market dropped so hard in Detroit that homes are selling for pretty much pocket change — in many cases literally. Note the out-of-country “investors” among the buyers.  Absentee landlordism, anyone? Props.

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Empapado de sangre épico fracaso

Posted on March 11, 2009 by B Psycho

That’s spanish for “Blood-soaked Epic Fail”.  Which refers to the cost of the War on Drugs inflicted south of the border.  During a session of serial blog click-throughs, I ended up at this: inside baseball on the latest fallout, from … Continue reading →

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Rolls-Royce Radicalism

Posted on March 10, 2009 by B Psycho

Good point (albeit not for the reason Nate thinks): How about just letting the banks fail, as Senator Richard Shelby, the Ranking Republican Member on the Senate banking committee suggested that we do? Bzzt. Banks don’t just disappear in this … Continue reading →

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Sensationalism: now in HD!

Posted on March 10, 2009 by B Psycho

Was quiet past few days due to visiting relatives/hitting up the few boyhood restaurants that still exist back in the ol’ neighborhood.  During a visit with Grandma, who got a ridiculous deal on quite possibly the biggest TV known to … Continue reading →

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