The Tucson Takeaway

I got a call from a reader in Texas a few days after the Tucson Incident. Their Tucson Takeaway – 9mm is too light a caliber.

Arizona doesn’t have a gun problem, (it is legal to carry open or concealed with a conceal carry license) but it has and has had for many years a public mental health policy problem. Aside from the obvious that the most recent high profile incident was committed by a whack job (who had yet to be adjudicated as such and thereby disqualifying him for a CCL and possibly even gun ownership) , consider this – how crazy is it for several million people to NOT see a problem living in the middle of a desert with water piped in from half away across the state? And they have a nuclear power plant, which, if I recall, requires WATER to cool.

To paraphrase a line from Sam Kinison “You’re in the middle of a fucking desert! Move to where the water is!”

The thing that REALLY pisses off certain segments of the population is that the Tucson Incident can’t be pinned on the Tea Party – but not for lack of trying.  And WTF is up calling it a massacre? That’s political bullshit – My Lai was a massacre, Srebrenica was a massacre, Little Big Horn was a massacre. What’s next – Godwin’s law of massacre?

Paul Krugman is a fucking bigot and a shameless partisan hack. You can forgive the local sheriff in Tuscon for being a shameless partisan hack – he has to run for election, but not Krugman, unless he is on the ballot for another Nobel. Wanker. The spin on the Tuscon story is disgusting, shameless and a disgrace. Gives a whole new meaning to “freedom of the press”.

Here’s another takeaway. Don’t try to off members of Congress or the Senate. Not only does it not solve anything, but they have far better health care than you or I – in fact some of the best this country has to offer. And guess who pays for it? That’s right, the taxpayer. Not only that, but think of all the tax dollars being burned investigating every perceived slight cum threat.  We’ve got enough problems with all the government sanctioned (nudge, wink) financial raping and pillaging  by the unelected officials of the privately owned central bank without having to worry about our respective elected representatives in Washington D.C. getting butt hurt, wedgies or bunched panties over our being inarticulate, less than “civil” or exhibiting a general lack of fawning whilst exercising our (still) constitutional right to free speech, assembly and redress of grievances.   No, just vote the putz out.

Got a Tuscon Takeaway? Let’s hear it. Besides, I’m not a journalist, an attorney nor do I have a PhD in Economics. WTFDIK?

One if by land, two if by mind

So here we are – 2011. Was it good for you? I was asleep when it arrived here in flyover. It is more a nuisance – new files for the year, new laws to be unenforced and a nation deeper in debt than ever before. New faces in government and a looming come-to-Fiscal-Conservative-Jesus meeting. And we all know the politicians are still passing the plate to the lobbyists.

Personally, I am unimpressed. Some idiot opined in the WSJ  about how the Republicans will be setting the agenda for 2012. Fuck 2012. What about the here and now, you know, January 2011? How about NOT raising the debt limit? How about cutting spending, a whole lot of spending – let’s call it an even trillion for starters. But we know it isn’t going to happen.

Liar, liar, empire on fire.

Pepe Escobar, Asia Times Online, Hell hath no fury like an empire mocked:

Yet make no mistake: it’s not only Ancient Rome that’s burning. It’s the whole empire. Hardcore hyper-capitalism may be simultaneously a Terminator and a giant with clay feet. Progressives must solve the riddle of how to fight this paradox. Sun Tzu’s Art of War meets Gilles Deleuze and his underground war machine. Nomad information-technology guerrillas are already deployed. The US counter-insurgency is being turned upside down. Netwar is a go. And don’t forget the condoms.

 

Oh yeah…

Fuck Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook and Time Magazine.

Bread and circuses, people.

Bread and fucking circuses.

Wankin’ Fuckin’ Bankers – Updated

This is how you do it.

Disclaimer: Apparently, there is the belief that this Irishman (in Boston it appears) is one Denis Ryan, entertainer, investment banker and businessman.  That being the case, I am guessing he might know a wee bit about “Wankin’ Fuckin’ Bankers”. None the less, it’s a hoot.

DITTY UPDATE:

Fuck ‘em all, fuck ‘em all
The longs and the shorts and the gall
Fuck all the banksters and lobbyist ones
Fuck all the elitists and their blinking sons
For we’re saying “Fuck you!” to ‘em all
As back to their estates they will crawl
You’ll get no satisfaction without taking some action
So cheer up my lads hang’em all

Entertainment Value = High

Between the Kimchi Follies, Crying Irish Eyes, Insider Sell-a-thons and Diplomatic Douches Revealed, we have all the makings of a good popcorn munching week. Don’t be caught short!

And the Pucker Factor is likely to remain high as well – the price of cheap thrills and live entertainment.

Remember, remember the month of November

And the relentless treason and plots

I know of no reason

Why global economic treason

Should ever be forgot

 

And the new Chinese Overlords? Meh, not so much.

Or, maybe not. Presenting The Fed’s Balance Sheet Through 2012 – Fed Will Surpass China As Top Holder Of US Debt By The End Of The Month (November)

Credit: WilliamBanzai7 - Link to ZeroHedge

 

Is There Anybody Out There?

Seriously, is anybody paying attention? At what point does the sloppy billionths train of bankers and congress reaming taxpayer ass elicit at the very least a grunt of discomfort? At what point does the taunting absence of “rule of law” become so glaringly obvious so as to divert attention to it?

When is enough actually “enough”?

Anybody?

Bueller?

Die Kacke ist am Dampfen!

Shite, meet spinning blade.

Truth & Consequences

Stop and consider Bill Gates and the other colorless puds of today. Almost makes you miss the robber barons.

Laughed out loud over that one. Classic Joe  Bageant. You can read the whole thing here.

Been traipsing around fly-over country the past week or so, some business, some not. Not sure but what most aren’t putting up a front – not denial really, but just not ready to put both hands on the truth, afraid to be Reality Mary. Then there are those who can’t tell you the day of the week, the year or if the sun was up.

There is this from Zero Hedge, this from The Automatic Earth, this from Jesse’s Cafe Americain. Some snippets:

Zero Hedge: If only the average man was not so easily deterred by WMD’s (Weapons of Mass Distraction). The Elites will likely ignite some wars, tempt us into in-fighting, and fabricate enemies like Al Qaeda out of the ether. As the slogan goes, “Order Out Of Chaos”. Whatever happens, our eyes must remain fixed on the root of the problem; the bankers, and nothing else.

The Automatic Earth: At the moment, the money supply is shrinking because people are behaving perfectly sensibly. They see what is going on with the rising unemployment rate, the falling housing prices, the unstable stock market, the inability of the government to fix it, and the bad economic news that comes out on the TV, the radio, the internet, and in print.

Jesse’s Cafe Americain: The sad truth, America, is that you were sold out by your own people for their own personal gain. And the crony capitalists and oligarchs are still leading you around by the nose, and telling you what to think, which is whatever is good for them. And this goes double for the UK.

If only, the sad truth and behaving sensibly.

Stay focused. Do not get caught unaware – shit can and will turn on a dime.