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He probably read an article in the Financial Times by Nicolas Taleb and Mark Spitznagel. They suggest the following: Third, debt has a nasty property: it is highly treacherous. A loan hides volatility as it does not vary outside of default, while an equity investment has volatility but its...

Victor Davis Hanson on Sarah Palin: In the End, What is Wisdom? 6) Euripides asked that in the Bacchae? So who is the better one to sit down across from Putin? What training is critical to size up a Chavez, or say ‘no thanks, bud’ to Iran? Does it require brains to manage a family with...

Thank You America – And **** You, You *******s By Jabr Al Jabouri Al-Bayyna Al-Jadida [Baghdad] July 1, 2009 America chose to save us from the most evil party, and the most despicable President in the universe [Saddam]. Meanwhile, the Arab powers stood firmly against the...

Funny, they didn't add that as an option on the poll. How would you word that for their poll?

Check out the Eugenics movement of the early 20th century. See: Eugenics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. From that article: From its inception eugenics was supported by prominent people, including Margaret Sanger, Marie Stopes, H. G. Wells, Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, Emile Zola...

Introducing Senator Al Franken:

How would you vote? Go to DemoChoice Ballot. So far with 330 ballots cast Offer improved economic ties in return for nuclear abstinence is the winning choice and Nonviolent coercion: sanctions, boycotts, blockades is second choice. Sounds a lot like our current posture to North Korea: bribe...

What a way to pay for a college education. Everybody wins. Just think if Obama used the stimulus for this kind of shovel ready project we would already be out of the Great Recession.

Are you really Turtle, Jr.? :D

This question was debated when I was in seminary. Reinhold Niebuhr, a theologian, started out as a pacifist during World War II. Later, he advocated war as the only way to deal with Hitler. You can google his writings on this at Love and justice: selections from ... - Google Books. Pages...

Willie Brown the quintessential California democrat says this about that: Sarah Palin, political genius Willie Brown Sunday, July 12, 2009 The pundits are wrong. Conventional wisdom is wrong. Sarah Palin's decision to step down as Alaska governor was a brilliant move. Palin...

George Will asks a similar question: Will a person or institution looking for a place to invest $1 billion seek opportunities in the United States, where policy decisions are deliberately increasing taxes, debt, regulations and the cost of energy, and soon will increase the cost of borrowing...

Moot, You may be right. If you go to foundingbloggers.com where those pictures are hosted, you can find several tea parties in Chicago. The last was on April 15th. That pretty much squares with the general dress of the people in the pictures.

I like the two signs: "I listed the Federal Government as a dependent on my taxes this year" and "Why pay taxes when they can print money ?". And you're right, I doubt you'll see those pictures on the nightly news.

Now, that's an interesting lawsuit. A Major has orders to show up at Fort Benning, GA by July 15th for deployment to Afghanistan. As a Major, he is taking on the whole military chain of command. In his complaint, he suggests that President Obama is not duly elected because he refused to...

That was funny. Did you notice the sign said gift certificates are available. Can you see your mother in law on Mother's Day in rapt attention as you give her a gift certificate for colonhydro therapy? :p

Treason American Heritage Dictionary (2) 1. noun Violation of allegiance toward one's country or sovereign, especially the betrayal of one's country by waging war against it or by consciously and purposely acting to aid its enemies. 2. noun A betrayal of trust or confidence. I can see...

I guess if it doesn't work the first time, you can get a second vaccination. :D

That's a fascinating article. I am curious, though, why more states don't have a state bank if it has worked out so well for North Dakota. And how would you insulate a state bank from folks like Barney Frank who hasn't met a public project he doesn't like and want to fund?

Per Larry Kudlow in this article: RealClearPolitics - The Road to Economic Demoralization -- Washington Is Going the Wrong Way, China has no capital gains tax and a corporate tax of 15 to 20%. The U.S. is raising the capital gains tax to 20% and has a top corporate tax of 40%. China refuses to...