Anna Schwartz on the current economic mess (On the Bailout)

Wisdom from an old Monetarist: The credit crunch, which is the recession’s actual cause, comes only from a lack of trust, argues Schwartz. Lenders aren’t lending because they don’t know who is solvent, and they can’t know who is solvent because portfolios remain full of mortgage-backed securities and other toxic assets. To rekindle the credit [...]

Oracle buying Sun Microsystems

So, Sun Microsystems will be no more. I used admin lots of Sun servers which were acting as various types of internet application servers or network operations servers. They were good solid Unix Servers. Their apps where pretty good too. The rise of Linux running on Intel platforms took care of their fat profits (yeah [...]

“CIA interrogators waterboarded an Al Qaeda prisoner 183 times, according to a 2005 Justice Department legal memo, and another prisoner 83 times, the New York Times reported on Monday.”

Cry me a River. Not.

Is this a Joke? – “President Obama will convene his first Cabinet meeting this morning and order his department chiefs to immediately cut a combined $100 million from their budgets”

Its a token amount at best. Anybody serious about cuts should answer these 6 questions. 1) Name one Cabinet Department should be abolished (1/2 credit for abolishing a sub-department or turning a cabinet department into a smaller sub-department. 2) Name one transfer payment that should be ended. 3) Name five cabinet Assistant Secretaries or Undersecretaries [...]

“Southern States v. Lincoln”

Catholicgauze has it right. There is no Texan right to succession. There is madness in that kind of talk. I want no part of a political movement that seems okay with its “leaders” suggesting that sort of thing. The matter was settled a long time ago. The Union Forever.

I Hate the US IncomeTax System

I finished my taxes at 2am this morning. I hate the system. Its not just that different rules seem to apply to elites getting high government office, the system itself wasteful in operation, and has been twisted to support the legal graft done by elites and lawmakers. The US needs a better system. I wrote [...]

And now a short glimpse into my mind

Here is is an excerpt from an email from a close friend: Hey .  I have an extra Rep ticket for the show on the 26th.  Would you be interested in joining me?  The show is “The Cherry Orchard”.  Show is at 2p and runs for 2.5 hrs. My reply (bad email grammar and all): [...]

US Marines + South Park + Saadam = Awesomeness!

Found via Slashdot: During his captivity, US marines forced Saddam, who was executed in 2006, to repeatedly watch the movie South Park: Bigger, Longer And Uncut, which shows him as gay, as well as the boyfriend of Satan.[...]“I have it on pretty good information from the marines on detail in Iraq that they showed Saddam [...]

“…scientists in Australia have found a way to stop the body from attacking organ transplants…”

This is awesome news if it works out. Now we just need to allow folks or estates to be compensated for Organ Donation to increase the supply/availability.

Remember: China is at best a Frenemy

From Forbes: Last weekend, a report by researchers at the Munk Center of the University of Toronto revealed “GhostNet,” a computer espionage virus that had infected around 1,300 computers worldwide–including many “high value” targets where diplomatic and national security information was stored. The attack focused on computers in Southern Asia and offices belonging to the [...]

Answer: “I will blow a hole in your eardrum with the power of my voice if I have to”

Question: What did Purpleslog just yell at an ISP vendor this afternoon?

“…upon dialing the number the gentlemen of the press were greeted by a honey-voiced seductress, presumably not Secretary Clinton, offering them phone sex…”

Some things just make me LOL. Kudos to Steyn for the funny turn of phrase.

Rejected by Facebook

Also rejected: Mr. Purpleslog Purpleslog Fuck You

The location of a future hard target in the Long War is…

…here.

Here is a nice blog that reviews podcasts: “Anne is a Man!”

Here is the link: http://anneisaman.blogspot.com/ I thought I would be subscribing to a books-on-DVD service, but I have found plenty of good/great free podcasts so I haven’t bothered.

“All charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens to be dropped”

There is something seriously wrong going on in the USA…the Elites seem to really have another system of justice. WTF is going on?