Category Archives: random commentary

70 % of Globe and Mail readers are Wrong

Would you ever key a car that is purposely parked across two spaces? * Yes, the inconsiderate jerk deserves it * No, but I’d leave a sternly-worded note * No, I’m afraid I would get caught * No, two wrongs … Continue reading

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Policies that make you

I went to a party last night and I realized the remnants of Canadian social democracy brought up a generation of refugee children who came here throughout the 1980′s and early 1990′s, and who are from the Horn of Africa … Continue reading

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On War

If the body has its own language it is because limbs and lungs are also a repository for events long forgotten by conscious memory. Peel away the walls of the body and you are bound to remove the place holders … Continue reading

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Is Greece going to be the Europeans’ Lehman Brothers?

See: Europe cannot afford to rescue Greece.

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Friday night at the olympics

Argh. White-wash matched with some telling choreography all paired with failed hydraulics. Sad.

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Keynes Vs Hayek: The Rap edition

Enjoy! I do not endorse the substance of the narrative. This is for entertainment purposes only. Those using this for educational purposes outside the fields of propaganda, popular culture, and DIY character assassination will be ridiculed. H/T Café Hayek

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Progressives welcome to your new war president

enough said: open conversation.

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Video Round-Up

Ok today two good videos.  The first does a dry wit explanation of neoliberalism and the financial crisis. more about “Neoliberalism Explained“, posted with vodpod The second is satire on bankers, bonuses and the lessons they learned.  Here is the … Continue reading

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Macroeconomic policy; Canada: Some interesting observations from the RGE monitor

Nouriel Roubinni makes several interesting observations in today’s RGE newsletter.  First off his research team made a survey of the countries that preformed the best during the Financial Crisis and then summarized what these different national cases shared in common.  … Continue reading

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Why is EI different than unconventional monetary policy?

Apparently because bankers are more trustworthy than the newly unemployed.  I would call it irony but that would require a sense of naïveté that even Pollyanna could not manage. So these days we have monetary authorities contemplating negative interest rates … Continue reading

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