Category Archives: fevered barking

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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Failure Everywhere

Posted on June 5, 2011 by B Psycho

Looking at the economic news lately, I keep having one recurring thought pop into my head: where are the pitchforks? Really, where? Have we sold them all? Are people here really such complacent, unquestioning sheep that a fundamentally unjust system … Continue reading →

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The Black Ops Economy

Posted on May 23, 2011 by B Psycho

You’ll just have to hear me out on this one… Lately, I was thinking of a very easy to relate to description of how modern political economy — that is, capitalism, as maintained by statism — works.   After a … Continue reading →

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A large assumption with extra cheese

Posted on May 21, 2011 by B Psycho

A line from the latest presidential race entry news: Cain supports a strong national defense, opposes abortion, backs replacing the federal income tax with a national sales tax and favors a return to the gold standard. [emphasis mine] This phrase … Continue reading →

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Blue Pill Award nominee

Posted on May 2, 2011 by B Psycho

The Blue Pill award (I assume I don’t have to explain why it is called that) recognizes a moment among the blogosphere of willful denial of an unpleasant reality, as if that denial will make it go away. Our inaugural … Continue reading →

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Faster fingers, please

Posted on April 12, 2011 by B Psycho

Flipping through channels, end up catching Rachel Maddow lumping in Bernard von NotHaus in with Confederacy fans — and, by implication, outright racists.  Because disagreement with US monetary policy simply MUST have a racial motivation somehow. *click* While I’m sure … Continue reading →

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