The Nobel for economics is being awarded on the same basis of as the Nobel for peace.
Author: Jim
Political correctness kills people
Section 3 of the US constitution. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. Major Nidal Malik Hasan adhered to our enemies and gave our enemies aid and comfort. He then waged war against the united states, shooting 43 …
The lesson of NY 23 election
The election for New York’s 23rd Congressional District was a straight up and down test of Tea Party conservatism and Palin Republicanism against “moderate†Republicanism. It proved, decisively, that Palin Republicanism wins votes and that “moderate†Republicanism loses votes. It proved, decisively, that “moderate†Republicans wish the party harm. The Republican party machine (the NRCC …
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Fighting to lose in Afghanistan.
Hillary has just announced that it is fine by her for Karzai to steal the election. “that bestowed legitimacy from that moment forward†Details, x Democrats of the Vietnam generation long for a re-run of Vietnam. Karzai is militarily incompetent, an enemy of western civilization, and is fighting to lose, thus to allow him to …
Gold
At present prices gold has little practical use, except as money. So if you buy gold, you are buying insurance against paper money going to hell, and people using gold as money. When the $%@# hits the fan, you will be able to eat, and maybe buy some assets cheaply. On the other hand, if …
Sarah Palin in charge
In my previous post, I observed that when the Republican party machine says one thing, and Sarah Palin says a different thing, Republican party activists do what Sarah Palin says, and not what the party machine says. But, of course, we next have to ask do Republican voters do what Republican party activists say, or …
going rogue: compassionate conservatism
Sarah Palin has announced Our nation is at a crossroads, and this is once again a “time for choosing.†But unfortunately, the leadership of the Republican party, “the political machine†does not want a straight up and down vote on the choice. Suddenly Sarah Palin is the leader of the Republican party, and “the political …
Accounting fraud
The financial crisis was in large part accounting fraud. America has lost trillions of dollars through accounting fraud. Accounting fraud is a felony. Yet those who were primarily responsible for this fraud continue in positions of wealth and power, for example Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Representative Barney Frank (D-MA). Further, the fraud continues. Hot …
Why “stimulus†does not work.
We do not want jobs. We want creation of wealth. Regrettably, creating wealth usually requires an unreasonable amount of work. Even more regrettably, doing an unreasonable amount of work is unlikely to create wealth. Thus if we try to “create jobsâ€, we are likely to destroy, rather than create, wealth. It is very easy to …