Author Archives: B Psycho

Suspicion. Paranoia. Murder.

Posted on March 21, 2012 by B Psycho

I figured more information would come out about the death in Florida of Trayvon Martin, shot by a self-assumed neighborhood watchman on the way to his dad’s house, and it has. This just gets more infuriating by the second: The … Continue reading →

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Confusing Escape with Delete

Posted on March 11, 2012 by B Psycho

A poll was released earlier today showing how mainstream calls for withdrawal from Afghanistan  has gotten: Sixty percent of Americans say the war in Afghanistan has not been not worth fighting and just 30 percent believe the Afghan public supports … Continue reading →

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Making an ideological omelette

Posted on March 7, 2012 by B Psycho

For those who haven’t been paying attention to the Cato/Koch brothers conflict, a primer: The Cato Institute, despite its reformist bent, previously employed Radley Balko, publishes papers against the War on Drugs and police militarization, and at the moment has … Continue reading →

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The last pottery barn

Posted on March 3, 2012 by B Psycho

So, I see talk of intervening in Syria has been bubbling up.  The possibility is actually significant enough now that denials are having to be made from the Obama administration with regards to arming Syrian rebels: Secretary of State Hillary … Continue reading →

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Socialized Loss

Posted on February 27, 2012 by B Psycho

Inevitably since Michigan has a Republican primary vote coming up, there’s a ton of gloating among mainstream liberals about stories like this, talking up record profits for GM post*-bailout.   While the hypocrisy angle due to the same people denouncing … Continue reading →

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Quality Control

Posted on February 18, 2012 by B Psycho

A comment has been brought to my attention that is unfairly being implied as representative of all libertarian thought on the subject.  This shall not stand. In reference to the legislation headed towards Governor Bob McDonnell’s desk in Virgina, which … Continue reading →

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Grooming the Lie

Posted on February 12, 2012 by B Psycho

A recent article in the NY Times, probably initially intended as a look at “hypocritical teabaggery” (not that the concept isn’t true), ended up looking surprisingly far into the rabbit hole known as economic class in America. Starting off observing … Continue reading →

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Area Man opposes tax increase in excessively verbose manner

Posted on February 3, 2012 by B Psycho

Around town I’ve been seeing flyers and signs for quite awhile saying the above, with “vote YES on Feb 7th”.  At the grocery store, in the parking lots of various banks, restaurants, etc.  There were even some in the local … Continue reading →

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Stray

Posted on January 31, 2012 by B Psycho

Just a thought or two: Lately I’ve been thinking about those occasional poll results that show up (for example) saying, contrary to their public image, that even a majority of Republicans think the finance sector and big business have too … Continue reading →

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In Steve’s Time Machine, nobody rides clean

Posted on January 22, 2012 by B Psycho

With how much dread is still pulsating through the domestic economy with regards to unemployment, the timing couldn’t be better for lengthy analysis articles asking questions about it.  The NY Times contributes the latest entry, a consideration of why the … Continue reading →

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