Monthly Archives: November 2014
SOCIALISM FOR THE RICH WORKING LIKE A CHARM…
…and the capitalism for the rest of us is going just as you’d expect, and just as planned, i.e., horribly. From a Zero Hedge story masterfully headlined “Mission Accomplished: Stocks & Homeless Kids Hit All-Time Highs”: “Something is dreadfully wrong … Continue reading
FANNIE “MBS”= MORE BULLS@!#: MORGENSON MISTAKEN?
In an article from last week about Fannie Mae pursuing deficiency judgments in Florida, Gretchen Morgenson essentially defends Fannie Mae, saying this (“Borrowers, Beware: The Robo-Signers Aren’t Finished Yet,” New York Times, Nov. 15 2014): “Fannie Mae is certainly justified … Continue reading
STRIKE! WALMART OVERDUE FOR A COMEUPPANCE
I posted the above meme on Facebook, which elicited the following response from a dear and longtime friend (in the physical world) of mine: Dumb bullshit. Walmart workers are responsible for themselves. It is their own decisions that put them … Continue reading
THE ASSES THAT WILL ACTUALLY BREAK THE INTERNET
The obligatory Kardashian post…. Interesting that right as a debate rages over whether or not the Internet should be controlled like a private plaything of the handful of major telecommunication companies, a giant derriere obscures everything. Who knew her ass … Continue reading
THAT AIN’T RAIN, IT’S PISS: THE SHIBBOLETH OF CAPITALISM
An old saw about deceit and chicanery: “Don’t piss on my boots and tell me it’s raining.” The phrase has even made it into at least one song (with the great John Prine singing a verse)… In other words, don’t … Continue reading
BANKING A DEATH CULT? FIRST SUICIDES, NOW MURDER
What the hell is up with these bankers now? We know they’ve been killing the economy for years, then they started actually killing themselves (supposed suicides) earlier this year, and now we have an employee of Bank of America charged … Continue reading