Archive for Conspiracy

Rental Car Gas Options

What’s the story with these options? I took a photo at my recent trip to a car rental place: So if you read the fine print–or if you just use common sense and figure the car rental place isn’t going to sell you gas at below-market prices–then it looks like pre-paying for a “full tank […]

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Obama Has Lost (Jon) Stewart

Not sure how long this clip will stay up on YouTube, but it’s good. He starts with playful O’Reilly banter, but you’ll see where he’s going with it…

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A Nuanced Point in the Outrage Over Cyprus

I meant to remark on this a few days ago, but I’m a busy guy… When the Cyprus bailout-plus-tax-on-depositors was first announced, most people flipped out, saying it was stealing money from the average Joe in order to rectify the bad investment decisions of the fat cats. I myself took this tack in the March […]

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Ayn Rand Vindicated

From the WSJ: Firearms manufacturers are well aware that if semiautomatic rifles are banned, bolt-action guns are next. It is a mistake to cede a millimeter on any issue, because it simply invites more demands. People in the gun culture know their opposition… Consider, by way of contrast, the foolish actions of Chesapeake Energy, a […]

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Bill Hicks on Newly Elected Presidents

There is some naughty language in this, so be careful kids. I’m not saying it’s literally like this, but I think this is a heck of a lot closer to reality than the views of the people arguing with me in the comments of my earlier post.

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“What Model Is Ben Bernanke Using?!”

The bitter von Pepe sends this John Taylor blog post from early July: In a recent speech at Stanford (video here) former Wells Fargo Chairman and CEO Dick Kovacevich told the full story of how he was forced to take TARP funds even though Wells Fargo did not need or want the funds. The forcing event […]

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Aggression Is Counterproductive

This story was making the rounds in my circle of odd associates on Facebook: When FBI and Joint Terrorism Task Force agents raided multiple activist homes in the Northwest last week, they were in search of “anti-government or anarchist literature.” The raids were part of a multi-state operationthat targeted activists in Portland, Olympia, and Seattle. At […]

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Prison Break From the Historical Narrative of Webster Tarpley

I don’t even want to post the YouTube here, but if you are curious here is the link to “PrisonPlanet” host Alex Jones’ interview with Webster Tarpley. I am commenting on this because different people emailed me asking me for a reaction, since Tarpley shares their views that an elite group of bankers is taking […]

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