tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post7028124959185188854..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #16047Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-19807549272553599652016-02-16T19:09:30.190-06:002016-02-16T19:09:30.190-06:00LESSONS? It has always seemed questionable, at be...LESSONS? It has always seemed questionable, at best, that lowered interest rates spurred recovery. If anything, the last 20 or so years in Japan, the clone of western economy, shows that it does not help at all. Interest is supposed to be the market way to price risk, so lowering rates would seem to turn off the primary market function. And negative rates, well that is just formalized deflation. Nothing in the known world lives by contracting, so there seems to be a major shift afoot in the affairs of man.Tulsatimenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-73680486659797076492016-02-16T12:48:07.669-06:002016-02-16T12:48:07.669-06:00re kwark. Indeed, I tend to give the elite the be...re kwark. Indeed, I tend to give the elite the benefit of the doubt. They know exactly what they are doing. It's just not necessarily what they SAY they are doing. And certainly not why.<br /><br />Now, as far as consequences and collateral damage, they care too little to be clueless.McMikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-50022686611928956322016-02-16T12:21:27.485-06:002016-02-16T12:21:27.485-06:00RE "Porn O'Graph": Oh please, let...RE "Porn O'Graph": Oh please, let's not confuse the issue with facts about healthcare value for the patient's money. Healthcare in the US is about value to corporate management and the shareholder first . . . actual patient healthcare is far down the line.kwarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-72801859520935363092016-02-16T12:11:08.282-06:002016-02-16T12:11:08.282-06:00RE "Lessons Learned": I'm inclined t...RE "Lessons Learned": I'm inclined to think that the sociopaths running central banks and their fellow travelers know precisely what they're doing - extracting as many resources as possible for their clients for as long as possible. It's probably true that they don't know where their policies will take us but I don't think they care because they're confident the world's police and military will be there for them should the worst happen. And there's power and resources to be grabbed amid chaos. kwarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-5520014625638483282016-02-16T10:10:13.227-06:002016-02-16T10:10:13.227-06:00We've been trained/conditioned to think in ter...We've been trained/conditioned to think in terms of 'us/them, Dem/Rep because you are being forced to buy-in. The Us/Them divide has always been 'have/have-not' and depending on how you were raised, usually determining which side you favored. {it's not unusual/surprising to find people who haven't a pot to piss in nor a window to throw it out of counting themselves as among the 'haves' (mostly because they believe if the have enough faith, they too will eventually 'have'.)<br /><br />Self-deceit even trumps self-interest but stupid is as stupid does. Let us not forget, while ignorance can be fixed, stupid is permanent.<br /><br />Politics has 'evolved' since the founding of this nation and it evolved along the line it has throughout history. The masses are 'too ignorant' to rule. [Mind you, this does nothing to 'qualify' the 'owner class' as rulers, but if they were 'smart enough' to swindle you out of your choice then you shouldn't complain about not being given a choice...]<br /><br />Oh, and don't confuse the usurpers 'genius' in buying your government out from under you with intelligence. It is just one more aspect of money being funny, and people being gullible beyond belief...which is to point out that they gyp'd you using 'funny money', which isn't so much 'smart' as it is clever. {for those of you who foolishly equate 'rich' with 'smart'.)<br /><br />And I apologize for anyone that is offended by my belaboring the obvious, the truth hurts and it's a set of circumstances you were born into...which is to point out things have NEVER been 'right'.<br /><br />But I digress once again.<br /><br />There are NO Democrats just as there are no Republicans...there are only 'haves' and 'have-nots'. You can't fight the problem if you can't keep the opponent in your sights.<br /><br />There isn't a nickle's worht of difference between (today's) version of democrats and republicans, neither represents the will of the people and it is not either unkind or untruthful to say that they are all 'opportunists', out to do the most good for themselves.<br /><br />[Bernie is the only one 'on record' as running to make this a better world for us all, which is all any of us can hope for! With age comes wisdom.<br /><br />Some people remain children all thier lives...yeah, I'm looking at the 'haves' clown car.<br /><br />Remember, can't fix the problem if you can't identify it. It's how they keep us at each other's throats when we should be slipping a noose around theirs.<br /><br />Gegnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01918737715343158105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-79202273114848345552016-02-16T09:35:40.992-06:002016-02-16T09:35:40.992-06:00re: perverse incentives for diet product. Indeed....re: perverse incentives for diet product. Indeed. So, lucky for us this phenomena does not carry over to the drug companies. If the collective net effect of their products was to actually increase demand for their products, surely they'd stop doing it.McMikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-78255796195464207212016-02-16T08:32:53.139-06:002016-02-16T08:32:53.139-06:00re Scalia. Indeed, good point. You gotta hand it...re Scalia. Indeed, good point. You gotta hand it to the wingnuts: it's a curious way to honor the supposed legacy of Scalia.<br /><br />Of course, not even Scalia stood for what he claimed to stand for. He stood for the same thing the GOP stands for, enhancing the power of the right, and to hell with the rationales du jour.McMikenoreply@blogger.com