Category Archives: Fail
The Big Lie In Action
“Honduras’ de facto government has accepted a U.S.-driven deal that opens the door for the return to power of President Manuel Zelaya, toppled in a military coup four months ago. The breakthrough late on Thursday followed renewed pressure from senior … Continue reading
Who put the lunatics in charge?
As boom- and bust-prone as high finance always has been and remains, the greatest systemic risk to our economy is not Wall Street. It’s the growing federal debt (and weakening dollar) being enacted by those Washington politicians — the ones … Continue reading
WTF is Cybersecurity?
I’m serious. What is it? I’ve been doing this network/Internet thing for 20 years and no one that knows what they’re talking about says “cyber” anything. The Department of Homeland Security will hire up to 1,000 cybersecurity experts over the … Continue reading
Why 30 years?
Why is it always 30 years before the cool stuff shows up? When I was a kid it was, “In 30 years you could be living on the moon!” Now it’s “In 30 years blah blah blah…” Meanwhile cool stuff … Continue reading
Ted Kennedy: Traitor
It turns out that Ted Kennedy wasn’t just a liberal blowhard, skirt chaser, murderer and alcoholic. He was a traitor too. Forbes Magazine: Picking his way through the Soviet archives that Boris Yeltsin had just thrown open, in 1991 Tim … Continue reading
5 years for $200
5 years in jail for essentially failing to pay a $200 tax. A Lincoln man will spend close to five years in federal prison for possessing a homemade gun silencer. On Monday, United States District Judge Richard Kopf sentenced Douglas … Continue reading
California
So, California is burning again. The state is bankrupt. See anything fishy here? Torch the place, collect the insurance and move on. Happens all the time.
And now for something completely stupid.
There are some incredibly stupid people in Sedalia, MO. The local high school band directors designed a shirt for a parade that involved a humorous (well band humor anyway) play on the word “evolution”. The shirts, which were designed to … Continue reading
Federal Reserve – Made of fail
Erik Voorhees points out that the Federal Reserve has consistently failed at its most fundamental function. the value of the dollar remained extremely stable for 150 years, the Fed was created in order to “stabilize the value of the dollar,” … Continue reading
Good Riddance
Edward Kennedy is finally dead. It’s about fucking time.