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So, I’ve been busy lately but I had saved this link to read when I had a few spare minutes which, to my surprise, I had recently. Michael Lews is one of my favorite authors. His book, Liar’s Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street still ranks as one of the best […]
Written by randomfool on November 17th, 2008 with no comments.
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Well, it’s almost Thanksgiving and, as Nassim Nicholas Taleb describes in his book, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, turkeys all over the world are about to be very surprised. For a thousand or so days, the farmer comes out and feeds them. Life is pretty good and the turkey gets more […]
Written by randomfool on November 16th, 2008 with no comments.
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Not that I was terrible delusional to begin with but only a few weeks into this Obama thing and disillusionment has fully set in. Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State!?!? Yuck! So, Clinton didn’t win the primary (thanks in large part to a few key strategic blunders on her part) but the Clinton mafia is […]
Written by randomfool on November 13th, 2008 with no comments.
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People are selfish and hate each other and such has been the general state of affairs for roughly the last 135,000 years. People kill each other, hurt each other, oppress each other and cause pain and suffering. People do the opposite as well. The election of the Chief Executive Officer of the largest, most corrupt […]
Written by randomfool on November 13th, 2008 with no comments.
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Apparently John Edwards is plotting a comeback.
Among other problems that the Obama Administration will have to deal with, it should find a way to remove John Edwards from whatever debate we have about whatever issues we feel are important. Seldom are there public figures who are more dislikable to me than John Edwards (well, not […]
Written by randomfool on November 11th, 2008 with no comments.
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I hope that Obama is successful, but I would not bet that he will be. Why? Because the real problem is that our Federal government is essentially the biggest subprime borrower in the world! Entitlement spending will consume 100% of tax revenues in the not-too-distant future and neither Obama nor McCain really were talking about […]
Written by randomfool on November 9th, 2008 with no comments.
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Looking back, it really was all about the War. Even though Iraq and Afghanistan have been, for the most part, pushed from the front-page by the economic crises and the election, when you look back at Obama’s rise, the real difference between him and everyone else was his early opposition to the war. But for […]
Written by randomfool on November 7th, 2008 with no comments.
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John McCain is probably pretty bummed about the outcome of the election. He didn’t run the greatest campaign but I am not sure that there is a whole lot that he could have done to win. The wars, the economy, general dislike (hatred?) for George W. Bush among the electorate (who, still, elected him twice!) […]
Written by randomfool on November 7th, 2008 with 2 comments.
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As annoying as all of the high expectations are about the Obama presidency, I was wondering the other day (not out loud, unfortunately) how long it would take before there would be comparisons to Kenney. Three days is the answer:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008362039_family07.html
Written by randomfool on November 7th, 2008 with no comments.
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So, on Day One, we get Rahm Emmanuel (the Clinton ass-kicker) as the Chief of Staff. Not a good sign but we’ll see what the cabinet looks like. I personally think that if the cabinet ends up looking like the Clinton Cabinet coming out of retirement, there is not like to be much real change […]
Written by randomfool on November 5th, 2008 with no comments.
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