Monthly Archives: August 2011

Small, but telling

Posted on August 31, 2011 by B Psycho

Meh: Republican primary candidate picks up the baton of DrillBabyDrill and waxes joyously about sticking oil wells damn near anywhere. Still kind of meh: The candidate is Michelle Bachmann, she of the claimed ability to abolish the laws of supply … Continue reading →

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I hate being correct…

Posted on August 30, 2011 by B Psycho

Back in March, re: western involvement in the Libyan civil war: The root cause on the part of anti-Qadaffi Libyans — previous non-violent demonstration being met with gunfire — was clearly just. I get the feeling though that once this … Continue reading →

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“…but I didn’t order the combo meal!”

Posted on August 29, 2011 by B Psycho

Over the past 24 hours, an argument took place via Twitter between Jim Harper of the Cato Institute & Matt Yglesias from ThinkProgress.  An argument over the National Weather Service.  Really. Jim sparked this by way of a random quip … Continue reading →

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Ripped from the headlines!!

Posted on August 24, 2011 by B Psycho

The Hidden Dictator’s Money email scam.  If you’ve been living under a rock, how it works is that someone sends an email claiming to be affiliated with a regime in Africa that hid a crapload of money overseas.  They say … Continue reading →

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Pardon our blood…

Posted on August 22, 2011 by B Psycho

MSNBC.com, a moment ago: Gee, somebody just couldn’t wait huh?

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Liberty, exit, and water. Lots of water.

Posted on August 20, 2011 by B Psycho

Ugh…this again: Pay Pal founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel has given $1.25 million to an initiative to create floating libertarian countries in international waters, according to a profile of the billionaire in Details magazine. While I’m obviously in … Continue reading →

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TWI: Trade-offs While Intoxicated

Posted on August 20, 2011 by B Psycho

A discussion about the beer market in the U.S. brings up the amount of unionization of BMCs versus smaller brewers that actually know what they’re doing, prompting E.D. Kain to say this: Maybe this is just a sign that I’m … Continue reading →

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SATSQ, foreign policy edition

Posted on August 18, 2011 by B Psycho

NPR blog, re: Syria: “Can new sanctions topple Assad’s regime?” Sanctions worked on Saddam, didn’t they?  Oh, wait… Speaking of whom: The “Deadliest Warrior” crew could have at least tried to find someone that resembled Saddam beyond “ambiguously brown dude … Continue reading →

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Why neo-liberalism sucks in 2011

Posted on August 11, 2011 by B Psycho

“It’s the money…” Matt Yglesias, in a post about education reform, says the following about a hedge fund guy attached to a particular type of reform, in response to skepticism about it: He’s given to Mark Begich, Ronnie Musgrove, Kay … Continue reading →

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Expectations

Posted on August 11, 2011 by B Psycho

So…anyone seriously think the “patriot act” won’t still be in effect in 2031?

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