Category Archives: fevered barking

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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The ever-expanding definition of chaos

Posted on November 28, 2011 by B Psycho

Adding to the “articles that reveal more about the author than the subject” pile this round is Matt Continetti of the Weekly Standard, making a lame “analysis” of the OWS movement that contradicts itself multiple times.  He starts off with … Continue reading →

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“So…how much do you love tomatoes?”

Posted on November 11, 2011 by B Psycho

It’s settled into a pattern by now: State contains significant amount of migrant laborers, many involved in strenuous food crop operations that don’t pay much State legislature passes flamboyantly anti-immigrant law Immigrants vanish, leaving said low-wage strenuous positions open for … Continue reading →

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Maybe bring a dictionary next time?

Posted on October 15, 2011 by B Psycho

Word of the day: Trespass. Definitions courtesy of The Free Dictionary: 1. To commit an offense or a sin; transgress or err. 2. Law: To commit an unlawful injury to the person, property, or rights of another, with actual or … Continue reading →

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A new low

Posted on September 29, 2011 by B Psycho

No, not the stock “market”.  Rather, the capacity of people to realize that satire is satire: Satirical news publication The Onion broke the news on Twitter about an hour ago of a hostage situation involving Congress, but the story is … Continue reading →

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The beatings will continue until morale improves

Posted on September 10, 2011 by B Psycho

Giving speeches on the economy is apparently so popular an activity that Ben Bernanke had to get in two in fairly rapid succession.  His latest one was rather curious in a way: Ben S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, offered … Continue reading →

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Pretty much all I will say about last night

Posted on September 8, 2011 by B Psycho

I’m against the death penalty.  But if I were tempted to make an exception for it, it’d apply to the type of bloodthirsty nuts that erupt into cheers at the mention of Texas’ embrace of it.  

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In your skull, you know he’s right

Posted on August 2, 2011 by B Psycho

Ioz returns, and brings with him harsh truth: Let me explain something to you.  “The Social Safety Net” is not a benefit or an entitlement; it is a bribe.  It is a package of bribes offered to fictitious, created entity … Continue reading →

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E Pluribus Absurdum

Posted on July 31, 2011 by B Psycho

The Trillion Dollar Coin gambit has hit the big time, appearing in the leading paper of that company town known as D.C.: [...] Obama could always just solve the crisis with a pair of magical platinum coins. Sure, that sounds … Continue reading →

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The Sky is the limit. The limit is the sky.

Posted on July 2, 2011 by B Psycho

Does anyone else find the latest talk about the U.S. debt ceiling having a “constitutional option” as far as being simply ignored a bit odd?  To hear them tell it, the ceiling existed as an actual ceiling, rather than a … Continue reading →

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