Monthly Archives: December 2011

Productivity update

Posted on December 31, 2011 by B Psycho

Final beat of 2011. I’m in a stupid moving asses mood at the moment, so that’s what this one is intended for, no more no less. This took maybe 15 minutes, tops.

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Semi-random parting thought

Posted on December 31, 2011 by B Psycho

With as much as the Republican primaries have been discussed as chaos, with front-runners bubbling up and flaming out right away to be overtaken by someone else who does the same thing, I have a modest proposal for whenever any … Continue reading →

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Point and Click Empire

Posted on December 28, 2011 by B Psycho

Is it possible for a newspaper article to be one long Kinsley Gaffe? Reason I ask that question is that the Washington Post put up a lengthy story recently about the reach and operation of drones under Obama, filled with … Continue reading →

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Why I’m not a goldbug

Posted on December 27, 2011 by B Psycho

Via ZeroHedge, Phillip Bagus talks about the problems with the Euro — and by extension all state-operated currency — and ways to approach it.  Among those is effectively to ditch the euro entirely (which in itself makes sense: establishing a … Continue reading →

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Some present…

Posted on December 26, 2011 by B Psycho

Scanning the headlines, spot the following — “Web gambling gets boost from Obama administration“.  Look at the actual article and see an explanation: A Justice Department opinion dated September and made public on Friday reversed decades of previous policy that … Continue reading →

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The Bradley (Non)-Effect

Posted on December 23, 2011 by B Psycho

Other events have pushed this off the front pages lately, but it speaks volumes that after all that time of alarm over Brad Manning and Wikileaks, with shrieks of horror over the grave damage given to national security, even in … Continue reading →

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Revolt Insurance: Ur doin it wrong

Posted on December 15, 2011 by B Psycho

A long time pet peeve of mine has been the coverage of the economy by the mainstream media. Listening to them pontificate, you would assume that other than the state-backed-to-the-hilt Wall Street and the vaguely defined “middle-class”, no one else … Continue reading →

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Uncall My Bluff

Posted on December 10, 2011 by B Psycho

A huge defense War department spending bill talked about lately in the U.S. Senate has a provision in it which would effectively void a chunk of the 5th Amendment.  Specifically, what it would do is legalize the holding of U.S. … Continue reading →

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Unintended Consequences

Posted on December 1, 2011 by B Psycho

Multiple state legislatures have followed the lead of Arizona* and passed Juan Crow laws, making it illegal to exist in the state (even to the point of making business transactions illegal) without proof of citizenship on hand at all times.  … Continue reading →

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