Entries Tagged as 'Jibber Jabber'

Matrix Drones Jibber Jabber

August 30th, 2010 96 Comments

Are we all brainwashed into believing ‘free market’ capitalism (or at least what we refer to as such) inevitable?

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‘All Powers’ Jibber Jabber

August 30th, 2010 137 Comments

Stacy Summary: Lots of central bankers this week promising all sorts of cartoon super powers; this morning it is the Bank of England.

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Ron Paul / Tea Party Jibber Jabber

August 29th, 2010 62 Comments

Stacy Summary: Will the Koch-bots make of Ron Paul’s message to them? The likes of Koch Industries, who organized and financed the Palin/Beck fronted rally, rely on the continued ignorance of the heavy carbon taxes on Americans to finance the increasingly expensive military adventures abroad to secure oil reserves for the likes of their company. [...]

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Monocellular Jibber Jabber

August 25th, 2010 181 Comments

Stacy Summary:  I haven’t had a jibber jabber thread in awhile; but I thought this story about a Japanese politician calling Americans monocellular was worth it just for the word alone.

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Looks Familiar Jibber Jabber

August 4th, 2010 32 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Just wanted to post this image of the front page of the Guardian.  I wonder who inspired the caption?

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Carbon Tax Thread

August 1st, 2010 134 Comments

Stacy Summary: A thread for links to information on carbon taxes being paid right now, today just by Americans. Of the $1 trillion military budget, I see figures for the total amount allocated to securing oil as between $55 billion and $103.5 billion per year. Cost of Strategic Petroleum Reserve annually:  $5.7 billion There is [...]

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Dancing with Myself Jibber Jabber

July 31st, 2010 59 Comments

Stacy Summary: In honor of Sumner Redstone NOT making death threats against the source of the story that Sumner was trying to force MTV to make a reality tv show around some young girl he allegedly fancied; here is a video from the very first months of MTV. Anyone here alive and/or old enough to [...]

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Neoconservative Jibber Jabber

July 30th, 2010 105 Comments

Stacy Summary: This book sounds interesting, Neoconservatism: An Obituary for an Idea. Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News, of course, gives these guys so much air time to indoctrinate Americans into their quasi fascist cult. Here’s one source of info on who’s who in neoconservatism. Here is Ron Paul’s speech, “Neo-Conned”. I can think of no other [...]

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Common People Jibber Jabber

July 28th, 2010 95 Comments

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Contango and Pre-Rolling Jibber Jabber

July 26th, 2010 39 Comments

Stacy Summary: Another lesson in rigged markets, this time with commodity ETFs, contango and pre-rolling. Dumb money, of course, usually hopes it is the other money that is dumber.  But the house always wins. Contango isn’t the only reason commodity ETFs make lousy buy-and-hold investments. Professional futures traders exploit the ETFs’ monthly rolls to make [...]

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