Monthly Archives: September 2009

This just in: Mob hitmen wholeheartedly support not snitching

Posted on September 18, 2009 by B Psycho

Move along folks, nothing to see here…: Seven former CIA directors asked President Barack Obama on Friday to quash a criminal probe of harsh interrogations of terror suspects during the Bush administration. The CIA directors, who served both Democratic and … Continue reading →

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Careful what you ask for…

Posted on September 15, 2009 by B Psycho

While we’re on the subject of right-wing inconsistency, a Balloon Juice commenter summed up the conservative view on immigration quite well: Conservatives want an economic system whereby no one can participate without some form of national govt-sponsored identification. It makes … Continue reading →

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Fences fall from the sky

Posted on September 11, 2009 by B Psycho

A thought: if the screaming Glenn Beck-following hordes engaging in the 9/12 crap are “pathologically anti-government”, as popularly described in the media, then what entity do they expect to keep out those durn illegals they’re simultaneously so afraid of?  Hell, … Continue reading →

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The New No-Duh

Posted on September 11, 2009 by B Psycho

Shorter McClatchy: “The rest of the world can’t live off of the yanks spending money they don’t have anymore.  It only took damn near collapse for Americans to realize that they were broke, but hey…” Contrary to their portrayal of … Continue reading →

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Ignant in mai older dayz

Posted on September 9, 2009 by B Psycho

re: Ta-Nehisi’s thoughts on his evolving taste in hiphop: In a way, I’ve actually gone in reverse.  Back when I was in high school I was relatively backpacker-ish*, listening to stuff like Company Flow, Swollen Members, Talib Kweli, etcetera.  I … Continue reading →

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The kids are alright

Posted on September 8, 2009 by B Psycho

Flipping through channels, caught a clip roundup of thoughts on the head of the crumbling hegemony’s ritual non-factor speech to public government school students.  One was a kid who said the following: “When the highest person in America speaks, people … Continue reading →

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While we're on the subject…

Posted on September 7, 2009 by B Psycho

In a recent post, I suggested that the concept of insurance is itself proto-socialist in a way.  Jim Henley approached a similar view this morning, in the context of questioning attempts to define that away. I’m fine with social insurance, … Continue reading →

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Left unsaid

Posted on September 6, 2009 by B Psycho

Yglesias goes hypothetical re: if Kerry had won over Bush in ’04 & blurts out the following: President Kerry wouldn’t have put Ben Bernanke in charge of the Federal Reserve, though I’m not sure what the kind of moderate Democrat … Continue reading →

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Productivity update

Posted on September 6, 2009 by B Psycho

I was just bored and up late.  This was the result:

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"What forest? All I see is trees…"

Posted on September 4, 2009 by B Psycho

The wingnuts yelling about Dear Leader’s address to the kiddehs are in the general vicinity of a legitimate point.  Problem is, being anti-Left instead of anti-state they insist on walking away from it, “getting colder” as the children used to … Continue reading →

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