If you were a writer and wanted to hype your income (and had the means), a sure-fire way to do it would be to buy tons of your own books and store them in some warehouse. Then after a short period of time, you could put them back on the market—with a price increase, of […]
*(et al.) Just one more déjà vu from the burgeoning vaults of Goldman Sachs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOrSRsqSV4k (The Daily Show of July 25th, 2013)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFIcNreBSi0 (NBR)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj07djP9L2U (MSNBC) At least Rome was sacked by outsiders. We seem to prefer, tolerate, and reward sach-ing by insiders. For how long? Till sackcloth and ashes? ————————-/For more on Goldman Sachs:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJtO_o-G5Jk — Goldman Sachs:
The Sach-ing of America* Read More »
From Wikipedia1: An accessory is a person who assists in the commission of a crime, but who does not actually participate in the commission of the crime as a joint principal. The distinction between an accessory and a principal is a question of fact and degree: ● The principal is the one whose acts or
Does it not seem in these latter days that blizzards of deceit and myopia are getting thicker and thicker as co-offenders attempt, with desperation, to obscure, distort, or mis-remember events? Take the blizzard surrounding Edward Snowden:1 Officials and reps on the right and left, crying out for the “rule of law” to be honored
HSBC.1 “Too big to fail! Too big to jail!” Wasn’t that the paradigm of Assyria? Babylon? Persia? Greece? Rome? And most of the corrupt popes, priests, kings, and tyrants of yesteryear? And now our BIG corporations recycling the follies of hubris and privilege (with the assist of governmental authorities). And where are all the predecessors of
Too BIG. (OHHH, Déjà Vu!) Read More »
2nd in a series of “Who is … ?” posts in exploration of: 1) the “Who is John Galt?” question posed in Ayn’s 1957 novel, Atlas Shrugged; and2) the Paul Ryan/Rand mysteries. This question “Who is John Galt?” is posed 33 times in Ayn Rand’s novel, Atlas Shrugged. Here are some suggested answers. John Galt
(or A View from the Pit We Have Dug for Ourselves) No so long ago: ▪ Owners managed their own small businesses (some of which grew very large);▪ Then in pursuit of more capital (translating to more power, influence, prestige, capacity, market share, etc.) some owners came to share ownership with total strangers via corporate