Just so everyone knows, it appears that my personal views place me in the region of those who are Leftist Libertarians. Whatever that means. Last time I did this, which was a year or few ago, I was a little more towards the centre than now. I guess my views are still firming, or maybe... Continue Reading →
♪♫ It’s Only Make-Believe ♫♪
This: Scaling a $9.5 Trillion Debt Wall may just be the story of the year. Or maybe the background to the story of the year, which hasn't yet broken. Photo credit: JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Image We are attempting to live in a make-believe world, where debts become assets and assets don't have to be marked... Continue Reading →
The ‘R’ Word Is Being Used
Ok, he is a libertarian, which in itself is not necessarily a bad thing, apart from all the other things that go along with it, but as I have said before - he is the only American politician who does tend to say some of the right things. Everyone already knows that America is already... Continue Reading →
“This is not a moment of crisis”
Photo of Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew: AP Images "This is not a moment of crisis". Isn't that what the Captain of the Titanic also said, as the iceberg appeared out of the fog? So, if it is not a moment of crisis, is it then an "Oh shit, moment"? I'm not sure the G20 participants... Continue Reading →
“The Decline and Fall of Hillary Clinton”
There are less than a handful of weekly blogs that I regularly follow for the wisdom and wit that I perceive in their writings. This post, unlike my previous one which was a day or two late in catching up with the latest offering from one of those blogs, comes only hours after the latest... Continue Reading →
“Between the Loathsome and the Unspeakable”
Sometimes life just gets so busy, even for someone who has nowhere to go or be at any particular time (that would be me of course). So busy that important things get missed sometimes. And so it was, that I came to miss this week's fine word picture weekly episode from Jim Kunstler's Clusterfuck Nation... Continue Reading →
Peak Oil – Redux
I came across this article today: Peak Oil Returns: Why Demand Will Likely Peak By 2030 by Think Progress. Photo credit: Shutterstock Hmmm, I don't believe a word of this. Well, maybe some of it is all right. But when they talk about peak oil is dead, or peak oil returns (with a different definition),... Continue Reading →
BHP, Suffering A Panic Attack
I think the world's biggest mining corporation (that's BHP Billiton) is in big trouble this year, although it may not surface until next. At the very least, it is a huge gamble. BHP is banking on a big turnaround in the price of oil to something like $50 dollars a barrel over the next year... Continue Reading →
Stirring Recep’s Recipe For Madness
I like Zero Hedge. I especially like Zero Hedge when he is talking about real stuff and not just wallowing through the mire of financial collapse (well, that is what it looks like to me), important as that is. It gets a little boring waiting for the world of national economies to go belly up,... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 