My link to Krugman's link

 It's worth the short read at least.  There, Krugman has a link to the full article.  Hilarious. 

My favorite:

With notably rare exceptions, Newt Gingrich is a loyal and faithful husband.

RE Greenspan:

Today’s competitive markets, whether we seek to recognise(sic) it or not, are driven by an international version of Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” that is unredeemably(sic) opaque. With notably rare exceptions (2008, for example), the global “invisible hand” has created relatively stable exchange rates, interest rates, prices, and wage rates.

And another funny I was sent to by the Krugman blog (Fox's article stands on its own as an example of critical journalism (hahahahaha) ):

"I think we are headed for a double dip. That's my personal view," Pawlenty told Fox News. "I think you have a situation now where they've devalued the dollar. A strong dollar represents a strong economy and a strong country. I think they have flooded the economy with fiat money in a way that's going to have a return of inflation in a manner and to a degree that I think is going to be very troubling."

 That's all for now.
~Nic

**Woof**

Accidental K9 bite, eh?  So wait -- you don't really have these fucking dogs under control when they're all amp'd up and ready to fucking attack someone?  So how then is it a crime, and not self defense to "attack" a "K9 officer" (Hybrid pig-dog)?  ESPECIALLY if the fucking dog is coming after you and you haven't done anything wrong (Ignoring that being a cop in itself is generally proof enough that you've done plenty of wrong). 

Assault 2---w/a Dangerous Weapon / Flee Police in MV / Carry a Weapon w/out a Permit/ Squad Accident

42nd Ave N & Lyndale Ave N Tuesday 3/15/11 1432 hrs 11-069892
Officer was dispatched to 2 suspicious vehicles that were disrupting a funeral possession. As officer approached, he observed one of the suspect vehicles weaving in & out of traffic. The vehicle swerved & hit the front end of the squad, causing damage. Officer attempted to stop the vehicle, but AP1/male, 20 yrs, fled in the vehicle to escape capture. When the suspect vehicle crashed after a short pursuit, 3 to 4 suspects bailed & threw a gun out of the car. Officer gave chase to the driver, AP1, who was apprehended by K9 & taken down at gunpoint. During the apprehension, an officer received an accidental K9 bite. AP1 was booked in HCJ for PC Assault 2; PC Flee Police in a MV; misd. Driving after Suspension; & misd. Reckless Driving.

~Nic

Woah Vivos..

Just in case you've got too much money, and want to ensure that the world's future generations are bred from fearful idiots; Vivos.  Accountability for those huge down payments?  None.  What a brilliant idea, it's some kind of strange meeting of fear and capitalism that we've been seeing a lot of lately.

History has demonstrated that the masses do not take action to prepare, or even to react with self direction in the face of imminent danger. Most people wait for someone of authority to tell them what to do, where to go, and how to think. This was evidenced with reports from survivors of the "911" collapse of the World Trade Center towers, when people were told to “go back upstairs”. The survivors didn't! Survivors act on their own and take the security of their life into their own hands, relying on their own instincts, that have always served them well. These individuals that take control of their own destiny may very well be the proverbial “chosen few”, who have made the personal choice to heed the warnings and prepare for themselves and their families, versus becoming victims.

So, what the fuck?  Is it that I'm going to die when the end of the world comes, and go to a wonderful heaven (Or a terrible hell), or is it that all these end of the worlder's are really atheists?  I am so confused. Maybe all these fucking over-wealthy fearful morons feel guilty, and think they're going to go to hell, and want to try to "wait it out". 

~Nic

I took the time to re-type it...

So you should read it.  Excerpt from "The Labyrinth: God, Darwin, and the Meaning of Life"  Phillip Appleman.  Free Inquiry Feb/Mar 2011 Vol. 31 No. 2.

"..The trouble is, some of us can't seem to stop worrying about an afterlife that we don't really believe in, and as a result the toadstools of neurosis spring up in the dark labyrinth of our psyches. On the one hand, when we momentarily break free from the snaky coils of childhood teachings, we find ourselves fretting about our apostasy.  On the other hand, when we sheepishly return to orthodox reverence, our self-respect is automatically diminished, and we regret the opportunities for personal growth and adventure that we are missing.
    Most of us need to be much tougher-minded, more resolute in rejecting the bribes of the afterlife.  Once definitely done with our adolescent longing for the Absolute, we would find this world valuable after all--and poignantly valuable precisely because it is not eternal.  Doomed to extinction, our loves, our work, our friendship, our tastes are all painfully precious.  We look about us, on the streets and in the subways, and discover that we are beautiful because we are mortal, priceless because we are so rare in the universe and so fleeting. Whatever we are, whatever we make of ourselves, is all we will ever have--and that, in its profound simplicity, is the meaning of life."

~Nic

So it begins

Yo, America:  THESE are some of the same whiny boneheaded fucking hick fools you voted into office last year.  Pay no mind to the fact that 74.8% of the population is "white", oppression takes all forms, right?.  The biggest one: Allowing people other than yourself to get a fair shot. 

And MY generation is the generation of whiners?

Yo t par-tay: you racist, homophobic, greedy, middle aged white whiners: go fuck yourself.  (Shit, am I going to get fired from NPR?)

~Nic

$16G?

Fox news headline:

"Report: Cincinnati Public Schools Pay $16G to Settle Partisan Voting Suit "

What in the hell is wrong with "$16K"?  Too European?  Stupid socialist metric system.  I'm not going to comment on the actual content of this story.

~Nic

*EDIT*
GOOGLE Search on $16G:
"(US$ 16) * gravitational constant = 1.06768 × 10^(-9) m^3 kg^(-1) s^(-2) U.S. Dollars"

I forgot that G was the gravitational constant.  I also forgot how fucking complicated G is.  There's a diff eq involved in that, if I recall, but I've forgotten most of what I learned in calc 4.   More exciting, it now appears that google may be able to solve all of the worlds pressing math problems.. even ones we didn't know existed..

~Nic

 

Kindergarten Cop

Trump - Palin 2012 The right choice, because "We both attended Kindergarten"

Ignoring all of the other absurdities that should be pointed out in this article, I have to comment: Trump wants the 2012 election to be a kindergarten popularity contest?

“If I got the nomination, if I decide to run, you may go back and interview people from my kindergarten. They'll remember me. Nobody comes forward. Nobody knows who he is until later in his life. It's very strange,” the Celebrity Apprentice host added. “The whole thing is very strange.”

Fuck, I now wonder where I was born (OR IF I EVEN WAS)!  Why?  Because I highly doubt that anyone from my kindergarten class would remember me (Except for Tyler F., who ended up at the same JR. High as me, and we only found out we went to the same K class 30 miles away through shit luck; we were catholic bashing in the lunch room one day.  Back in K, I even went to his 6th birthday party.  We had no idea).  If no one remembers me from over two decades ago, does that mean it's possible that I dont exist (Forget where I was born!)?  FUCK!  Now what?

Heh,Trump is no fool.  He knows exactly how to pander (the people he is pandering to are either incapable of any type of reasoning, or just don't give a fuck).  After all, apply some reduction and he's nothing other than a very good salesman. 

~Nic