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Lawrence O’Donnell Surprisingly Bold on the NYPD

Who cares why he did it…LOD is surprisingly bold here:

Did I Ever Predict Hyperinflation?

[Ironic UPDATE below.] One of the standard criticisms of guys like Peter Schiff (and lesser mortals such as me) is that we’ve been falsely calling for hyperinflation for a few years now. For example, Krugman repeatedly rips Schiff on this score, and links people to a Google search of “Peter Schiff hyperinflation 2009.” (Incidentally, I […]

Potpourri

* I don’t care if you’re a Keynesian, if you tell people they should read my blog, you’re very likely to get a link from me. Oh, it’s a post about the Broken Window. I think we’re almost done discussing it…almost. * David R. Henderson posts a funny Samuelson anecdote. (Note: I was making a […]

Greenspan Might Be a Little Too Frank

As longtime readers know, I am fascinated by “conspiracy theories” and cannot rule out the possibility that there is a cabal of lizard people running the world. Anyway, if the cabal exists, I have to think they are upset at Alan Greenspan’s glibness in this interview. (HT2 EPJ) That’s always gotta be tough, when somebody […]

Moore Doesn’t Realize That the President Only Has Power To Blow Up People, Not Arrest Them

This ridiculous story of Michael Moore and S&P has been making the rounds (HT2 Gene Callahan, but it’s all over): Liberal firebrand Michael Moore called on President Obama to respond to the U.S. credit downgrade by arresting the leaders of the credit-ratings agencies. On his Twitter feed Monday, the Oscar-winning film director also blamed the […]

Don’t Mess With Murdoch

The Guardian reports that News of the World whistleblower Sean Hoare has been found dead in his home. (HT2 EPJ) Check out this comment, which I can explain and find suspicious: Hertfordshire police would not confirm his identity, but the force said in a statement: “At 10.40am today [Monday 18 July] police were called to […]

Police Don’t Want You Filming Them Filling a Car With Bullets

I have no idea what the context is for the initial shooting, but Tony sends along this story: After a horrific shootout on the streets of Miami, Narces Benoit and his girlfriend witnessed the finale: police firing a barrage of rounds into a man’s car. Narces recorded it. The police smashed his phone. But first? […]

General Wesley Clark Tells an Interesting Tale

What do you think, kids? Is he making this up to please the Democracy, Now! crowd? (HT2 LRC) For those Free Advice readers who are geographically challenged as I am, here’s a Middle East map: When the New York Times starts quoting anonymous CIA officials explaining the discovery of terrorist cells in Turkmenistan, I think […]