Tag Archives: Konrad yakabuski

business is business: 20% solution

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Dave

Balzac: Behind every great fortune is a great crime….Cornel West? No. Noam Chomsky? no. Slavoj Zizek? no. The single academic who has done the most to influence  the nascent movement of Occupy Wall Street  is someone almost completely under the … Continue reading →

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a thurber carnival: happy days are here again

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Dave

The black, memorable year of 1929. Its 2011, three years since the great recession and the economic needle won’t budge.Employment is worse. And the housing crisis and foreclosures show little improvement. Are we in a socialized version of the dirty … Continue reading →

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king for a day?

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Dave

It seems incredible that only one in three white voters approves of President Obama’s performance.Or is it? From Konrad Yakabuski: The President’s overall approval rating has been boosted by overwhelming support from black Americans. Only one in three white voters … Continue reading →

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BONFIRE OF THE DIVINITIES

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Dave

640 A.D. : According to legend, the caliph Omar burned all 200,000 volumes in the library at Alexandria in Egypt. In doing so, he said: “If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Book of God they are useless … Continue reading →

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ENTERTAINMENT VALUE: HIGH IQ LOW IQ & FUKQ

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Dave

Sometimes, unlike Banks, ideas are too small to fail and too big to succeed. Religiously, law makers have practiced anti-eugenics in keeping the big banks and global economy in a recurring coma, various unspecified ”upper body injuries” of the financial … Continue reading →

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