Jive Talkin’
James Kunstler never misses the mark by far and this week, he nailed it. In The Jive Economy, he says things that you won’t hear repeated on any American news network. But they need to be said…
“The Republican resurgence now underway — or imagined to be, I’m not really sure — casts photogenic clods like [...]
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Gadgets, Gizmos, and Floor Space
Bill Bonner over at the Daily Reckoning asks a good question: where is the revolt in America?
Consider a country. For the top 20% of the population real incomes have increased by 60% since 1970. But for the other four-fifths real income has fallen by more than 10%. Am I talking about Guatemala or Bolivia? These [...]
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October Winds
Chilly winds are blowing through the land as we stagger into October. It seems that the unemployment numbers provided by the government have been something of a sham and various sources are now reporting that it would be more accurate (and depressing) to pin the rate at around 17%.
I’m not entirely certain what you [...]
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Ammo Famine of ‘09
You can’t have a polite discussion of politics anymore. People get really upset and nasty. I mean, someone yelled out and called Obama a liar in the middle of a joint session of Congress. And a substantial part of the US population regards the guy – the guy who called him a liar – as [...]
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Celebrate the Gray!
Radio amateurs, including yours truly, often fret about the advancing average age of our ranks. Let’s face it, ham radio is a hobby filled with senior citizens and while that may portend an ominous future for the service, it also has some benefit.
For instance, being largely comprised of retirees, there’s a wealth of free time [...]