Saffire

Krugman is the biggest idiot since Keynes. Anybody who still listens to him is braindead.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WEALTH_GAP_YOUNG_AND_OLD?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-11-07-09-30-12

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9M__yYbsZ4]LFTR in 5 Minutes - THORIUM REMIX 2011 - YouTube[/ame] Here's a great documentary on Thorium, a common, cheap, safe alternative to Uranium. It doesn't create nuclear waste like Uranium does after it's been spent. There's enough of it near the surface of the Earth to power human civilization for the next million years. No more nuclear meltdowns like the one in Fukushima or Chernobyl.

http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/economic-324884-welfare-state.html

WikiLeaks gets in on the action: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/wikileaks-exposes-german-preparations-eurozone-chapter-11 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/morgan-stanley-says-europes-pandoras-box-has-been-opened

The key to a fascist government growing and gaining more power is to instill a constant "state of fear" on the people. When people are constantly afraid, they are more willing to allow the government to have new power over them. The statistical reality is that you're 8x more likely to be killed by a police officer in the US than a terrorist. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEGyTTaRpj0]Porter Robinson - The State - YouTube[/ame]

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.0dcb7d3d860d0cf5c7d1a0b3866f2f13.ad1&show_article=1 And here they are testing a national "emergency" system that allows them to shut down radio and TV broadcasts simultaneously. The US government is preparing for something big, no doubt. And I don't want to be around to see it firsthand.

Are all these people who are protesting against corporate bailouts ready to accept the consequences of that? There will be a cascade of bankruptcies and massive job-losses, and it'll be very scary. But it will be temporary.

http://mises.org/daily/1662 I totally agree! And do you know what the wealthiest institution in North America is? Hint: It'll have over $2.3 trillion in revenue this year. In order to equalize things, I think we should shrink this institution down to the size of, say, Apple Computer. ;) And that's being generous! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-H6McV6oUs]The Emergent State - YouTube[/ame]

lol Chuck, you're an entertaining man with dangerous ideas... but entertaining nonetheless.

Well you're the one who put it out there. That's like painting your house pink and being offended when someone comments on it. How many lawyers, traders, politicians, and bureaucrats does Yale crank out every year?

Kudos to the Greeks for potentially having a referendum on whether or not to default on their national debt... So he's assuming the Greek public will vote for perpetual austerity and higher taxes, more debt, etc etc etc. Apparently the markets think they're not that dumb, and the DOW plunged 300 points today (after a 200 point fall yesterday). The Europeans (and Americans) will learn the hard way that you can't save a debt-based monetary system from caving in on itself.

I wasn't misleading anyone, I was just pointing out that police have been caught in the act of doing this sort of thing before. For a Yale graduate, you sure do make a lot of assumptions - for instance, I don't necessarily support every single protestor out there, or their actions. Anyway, here's a funny video of what's going on now in New York: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxjpW2QqCBE]Occupation Movement = Obama 2008?!? - YouTube[/ame]

Haha, well I've got mixed feelings about Julian Assange... I'm not 100% sure he's not "controlled opposition". But maybe that's just my own conspiratorial mind at work. Unless someone is explicitly anti-central banks and anti-Legal Tender laws, I'm going to doubt how genuine they are. The Hegelian Dialectic is another thing I pay close attention to, for better or for worse. So when I see people talking about a "global" problem (such as climate change or financial contagion) I always expect to see people proposing a "global" solution - which usually takes sovereignty away from individual countries or local governments. This is where I expect Brussels will try to take the EU. They will propose the ECB have control over all the member-states finances, perhaps temporarily. And we all know how permanent "temporary" government programs are. ;)

Not sure where the "Sexy Fit Men" thread is, so here's this for anyone (girls) who's bored:

Now THIS is what I'm talking about: http://www.infowars.com/occupy-phoenix-with-ar-15s/

Pooping on a cop car is something I've not had the pleasure of doing yet, but I will definitely try it one day. Here's a good quote by the (quite candid) Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker: "We all know what has to be done; what we don’t know is how to get re-elected once we've done it.” We're brushing up against the edge of democracy's systemic resiliency.

I actually use a Bloomberg terminal, for my personal/family account. The current crop of legislators will retire in one of two ways - either honorably, having lost an election... or dishonorably, having lost their pulse. Personally, I don't really care which way it happens. It's a race against time - will the State correct its course before its host has had enough? Or will it continue on, and risk an "extrajudicial" solution? EDIT: I think this is one of the really fascinating features of these "new" political movements. They're so decentralized and incoherent. I imagine this fact thrills the elites... At one point I thought Julian Assange might be the guy destined to lead a new global political movement, but now I'm not sure. The whole left/right paradigm in this country is so powerful that even progressives like Chuck are arguing in favor of corporate bailouts...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocqRooE_79Q]A Question for Occupy Wall Street: What is Government? - YouTube[/ame]

Oh, sorry, I didn't see it. Still... I guess only a few people who visit here really like the band. Ah well.

Royksopp - And the Forest Began to Sing [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EqBnSbrIp0]Royksopp - And the Forest Began to Sing - YouTube[/ame]

Haha, well before you make a statement like this, I'd ask you to study Austrian economics. Printing money is never necessary, in the same way taxation isn't necessary. If there's a demand for something, the money will flow there. Money is a form of communication, it shows us where demand is. So if you print it or steal it, it's communicating lies.

RunForTheHills, seems like a good video so far. Anybody who's anti-Central Bank is a friend of mine! All other political positions are secondary, in my view.