Barack Obama is the president that Nixon always wanted to be. “Obama has not only openly asserted powers that were the grounds for Nixon’s impeachment, but he has made many love him for it.” Well, a big difference was that the media was a rabid attack dog on Nixon but a lapdog for Obama. Fourth estate our ass.
CNN notices high-speed rail is an expensive boondoggle. CNN reporting on this is like a pig playing the piano – it’s not whether the pig plays well or not, what’s amazing is that he played at all.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) to launch Victims of Government project. “The root cause of our economic and fiscal problems is the size, the scope, and the cost of government – all the rules, all the regulations, and all the government intrusion into our lives. The Victims of Government series is designed to demonstrate that… Over-regulation consumes massive amounts of the people’s money, too often lacks common sense, has no heart, costs jobs and economic growth.” Kinda like a festivus for the rest of us.
A deposit in a bank is not a riskless form of saving. “Banks are not vaults. They are thinly capitalised asset managers that make a promise– to return depositors’ money on demand and at par– that cannot always be kept without the assistance of a solvent state.” Or, in our case, a fiat currency with a central bank willing to print enough money to reflate asset prices and keep the banks afloat. The theme song of fractional reserve banking is “I’m forever blowing bubbles.”
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Barack Obama. Napoleon’s nephew, Louis Bonaparte, was “…a pretender, a man who was all things to all people, and a man who was carried into political life by plying the outcasts of society with sausages. Then … he plied them with sausages anew. Bonaparte represented no class interest and no transcendent interest except his own.” Obama’s political father revealed.
The Democrats’ ObamaCare spin problem. “It’s like trying to put a positive spin on having your leg bitten off by a shark: sure, yes, in the long run you’re going to see a 50% saving on socks, but that’s not exactly comforting news while you’re watching the water around you go pink…” With such a huge crap sandwich, it’s impossible to ignore the smell.
Sasha, Malia Obama vacation at Bahamas’ “Atlantis” resort. Well, this evil sequester thing doesn’t seem to be hurtin’ the Royal Family or Clown Prince Biden much. Kinda reminds us of George Soros’ guest house.
More Obama sequestration drama: FAA claims spending cuts force closure of 149 airport towers. $637 million in cuts in a budget of $48 billion. “It is worth noting that, the specified towers in the FAA Contract Tower Program were all operational in 2009, when the FAA received less funding than it will under sequestration.” Political theatre of the absurd.
“Why we on the Left made an epic mistake on immigration”. A UK liberal has second thoughts about immigration: “…the race lobby have been slow to recognise that strong collective identities are legitimate for majorities as well as minorities, for white as well as for black people. For a democratic state to have any meaning, it must ‘belong’ to existing citizens. They must have special rights over non-citizens. Immigration must be managed with their interests in mind. But it has not been.”
MSNBC panelists: A lot of this opposition to Bloomberg’s anti-gun campaign is probably fueled by anti-Semitism. To a loathesome, race-baiting bunch of idiots, every problem is another opportunity to engage in loathesome, race-baiting idiocy.
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Nigel Farage says “Get your money out of Spain while you’ve still got a chance”. Says the EU “crossed a line” by trying to extract funds from savers under the terms of the abandoned Cypriot bail-out. “Even I didn’t think that they would stoop to actually stealing money from people’s bank accounts.” Next domino to fall?
NYC Mayor Bloomberg: Government has right to “infringe on your freedom”. “Sometimes government does know best. And in those cases, Americans should just cede their rights.” You’ll be a private citizen again in a few months, Nanny. Wonder if you’ll feel the same way about it when a government decides something you don’t like. Will you just “cede” your rights? We doubt it.
Amusing ourselves to death: Huxley vs Orwell. Huxley’s “Brave New World” vs. Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty Four”: which dystopian society are we becoming? Looks like we have a winner.
Bloomberg: “Security” drones over NYC are scary but inevitable. Idiot busybody politicians are more scary and the latter is what gives us the former. Please Santa, all we want for Christmas is to stop giving power to people like him.
Earth Hour is a colossal waste of time—and energy. Hey, did you guys turn off your lights between 8:30 and 9:30 on March 23 to observe “Earth Hour”? No? Good, because “Earth Hour teaches all the wrong lessons, and it actually increases CO2 emissions. Its vain symbolism reveals exactly what is wrong with today’s feel-good environmentalism.” So, thanks for not participating!
Britons watching TV in the toilet. Well, the TV is not in the toilet, they’re watching TV on their smartphones (whoever said “fartphones”, report to detention) while sitting on the toilet. Why are they called “smartphones” when they’re used for such dumb things?
Subplots in the Cypriot financial dramedy. A large amount of the money in Cyprus’ banking system is Russian and a large amount of that is believed to be stolen or laundered. The Cypriot banks are now insolvent due to a reckless investment in Greek bonds. The EU, led by Germany, thinks the Russian oligarchs ought to bear responsibility for bailing out the banks but the Russian government has other ideas. And the wildcard in this poker game is Syria.
Tentative NY state budget includes “Jimmy Fallon” tax credit to lure “The Tonight Show” back to NYC. Tax breaks for rich corporations, brought to you by your friendly neighborhood class-war waging Democrats, whose motto is “Take from whomever we don’t like and give to whomever we do like” (only when they say it it’s “take from the rich and give to the poor.) Nuance.
Rand Paul’s budget proposal would kill Departments of Commerce, Education, Housing, and Energy. “…he says will balance the budget in five years with $2.3 trillion in tax cuts.” Sounds like a plan.
Biden’s one-night Paris hotel tab: $585,000.50. He musta been stayin’ at the Paris Hilton – not the hotel, the celebrity (just a joke, Paris.) But there’s no fat in the budget to cut. Hell, locking this doofus in his room at home would save over $215 million a year (365 x $585,000 = $213,525,000 – that’s standard gubbermint budget math.)
Al Gore: “Time has come” for a carbon tax. No Al, because as your plastic messiah says, sooner or later you’ve made enough money. You’ve made enough money with this scam, Al.
Bernanke’s saying he’s dispensable suggests tenure ending. “I don’t think that I’m the only person in the world who can manage the exit.” Is he just getting while the getting is good?
GOP lawmaker offers bill to prevent Cyprus-like run on savings accounts. The US gubbermint doesn’t need to expropriate savings thru the front door, they’re already doing it via the back door – Helicopter Ben’s QE’s and ZIRPs.
House Dems address important issue of… Washington Redskins’ team name. Dems “introduced a bill that would prevent the term ‘Redskins’ from being trademarked, a move intended to put pressure on the Washington football club to change its name.” Make the team name “Reds”, the Dems are sure to be pleased.
Surprise! Media discovers ObamaCare will seriously and negatively impact small business! “…the Times published a profile of a small business looking at the possibility of losing half of its profits due to requirements in the new healthcare law.” Buying insurance or paying the “tax” on 95 workers could put them out of business. The 3rd option, outsource enough jobs to put them under the 50-employee limit, will put many employees out of a job. Well, thank Barack Obama and the Democrats for your “good” fortune…
