Good too see they're having financial troubles at least.
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Dear Mozilla, FOAD
The gall of these nazi, anti-free speech assholes who dared to fire an employee for making a political donation, now go begging for money. I literally would rather donate to the nazi party before donating to these fuckers.
Good too see they're having financial troubles at least.
Good too see they're having financial troubles at least.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Episode #75 of The Clarey Podcast
Cappy discovers a great time saving device - Chinese delivery
The cold wants to kill you
What your parents really meant when they accused you of being "crabby"
Commenting in the Manosphere is NOT a life to envy
James Bond is now more sexist than ever
The Shelby GT Mustang Super Snake Charity
Hot women want positive attention. Feminists will take ANY attention.
What's going to happen when today's pathetic, victim-whoring college students get into the working world?
AND MORE
in THIS EPISODE of The Clarey Podcast!
The cold wants to kill you
What your parents really meant when they accused you of being "crabby"
Commenting in the Manosphere is NOT a life to envy
James Bond is now more sexist than ever
The Shelby GT Mustang Super Snake Charity
Hot women want positive attention. Feminists will take ANY attention.
What's going to happen when today's pathetic, victim-whoring college students get into the working world?
AND MORE
in THIS EPISODE of The Clarey Podcast!
Today's Horribly Offensive, but 100% True Joke
Female rape claims are becoming an awful lot like female orgasms - fake.
Ba dum bum!
Anyway, on a serious note, the mental acrobatics these scum go through is criminal.
Girls "don't know" that going to the cops is an option? They're not "guided" by the college to report rape to the police?
No, how about Occam's Razor? They majority of these claims are fake and that's why girls don't report it to the police.
This fake rape culture bullshit IS bullshit and is a sick and psychotic (and desperate) power grab on the part of hate filled feminists and socialists to beget money from the government, maintain victim status, all at the expense of falsely accused men. It amazes me how there is NOT ONE WORD written about the panic, pain, and agony men falsely accused of rape go through. And never mind the air of fear that college men must be living under now should they dare ask a girl out.
It's gross, it's disgusting, and we're going to continue to point it out until the masses realize just what an evil is festering in academia and the government.
Ba dum bum!
Anyway, on a serious note, the mental acrobatics these scum go through is criminal.
Girls "don't know" that going to the cops is an option? They're not "guided" by the college to report rape to the police?
No, how about Occam's Razor? They majority of these claims are fake and that's why girls don't report it to the police.
This fake rape culture bullshit IS bullshit and is a sick and psychotic (and desperate) power grab on the part of hate filled feminists and socialists to beget money from the government, maintain victim status, all at the expense of falsely accused men. It amazes me how there is NOT ONE WORD written about the panic, pain, and agony men falsely accused of rape go through. And never mind the air of fear that college men must be living under now should they dare ask a girl out.
It's gross, it's disgusting, and we're going to continue to point it out until the masses realize just what an evil is festering in academia and the government.
Iforgetday Linkage
Iforgetday is a problem that has been increasing ever since I entered self employment. And not just self employment, but where I have nothing even remotely approaching a schedule to adhere to and only know if it's a weekday or a weekend if my girlfriend is in the bed when I wake up.
Thus I've come up with "Iforgetday." Unlike "Tuesday" or "Friday" it's always, "Iforgetday" in Cappyland. And seriously, right now, I have no idea what day it is. Therefore, today's linkage will be "Iforgetday" linkage. Enjoy!
A white guy who write about white privilege and racism for the SLPC is suspected of being murdered by two black men.
Stupid people want to be thought of as smart. This is why leftists pursue worthless and advanced worthless degrees. This is also why, when arguing with these same leftists, they never agree to take an IQ test. They need to hide behind their piece of paper that says they are smart.
I didn't even know there was a debate about how Amazon/self publishing is or is not going to bring better books into the market. All Amazon did was make it a free market. I've yet to hear that bringing about a worse result.
The Bakken Bubble.
Thus I've come up with "Iforgetday." Unlike "Tuesday" or "Friday" it's always, "Iforgetday" in Cappyland. And seriously, right now, I have no idea what day it is. Therefore, today's linkage will be "Iforgetday" linkage. Enjoy!
A white guy who write about white privilege and racism for the SLPC is suspected of being murdered by two black men.
Stupid people want to be thought of as smart. This is why leftists pursue worthless and advanced worthless degrees. This is also why, when arguing with these same leftists, they never agree to take an IQ test. They need to hide behind their piece of paper that says they are smart.
I didn't even know there was a debate about how Amazon/self publishing is or is not going to bring better books into the market. All Amazon did was make it a free market. I've yet to hear that bringing about a worse result.
The Bakken Bubble.
Tuesday, December 09, 2014
Europe's Standards of Living Are Overstated...Especially for American Bachelors
I had meant to write more economics pieces during and post my European trip. Then Asshole Consulting took off, I had to winterize my house in anticipation of the Minnesota winter, and now it's the holiday season. It wasn't through anything but sheer luck I have a glimpse of time at this moment and I fully intend on using it to write about my most important observation about Europe - that it's standards of living are overstated, and especially so for bachelors.
Admittedly, I did not travel all of Europe. I visited Switzerland, Italy and a bit of France. But in sampling those three countries (not to mention practically scouring all of Switzerland and Italy) I can say with reasonable confidence in at least those three countries standards of living are overstated. Of course in the Eastern European Empire of Roosh things may be different, and northern Europe I left untouched, but I believe even the regional differences aside there are some European wide structural differences that not only puts it at a disadvantage compared to the US, but costs its people a lower standard of living.
The first and most painfully obvious reason was the cost of food. I know food does not account for anywhere near a significant percentage of GDP, but since it stimulates one of the five senses and is kind of a "necessity," I was shocked how expensive the food was.
In Switzerland a Big Mac (just the burger, not the meal) on average cost $12. If it cost cheaper somewhere else, I was unaware of it, but I was HONORED to pay "only" $8.50 for a Burger King Big Whopper. Even that was a "deal" because twice I paid over $120 for dinner for four. Admittedly once was in Montreaux (and expensive resort town on Lake Geneva), but it was certainly overpriced.
Second, and related, was the quality of food.
I don't know what idiotic 16 year old suburbanite American girl came up with the lie to make her trip to Europe more exotic than it was, but the food absolutely sucks. The two times I paid $120+ for dinner the food was on par with gas station food, and not even good gas station food. Mac and Cheese, a panini sandwich so toasted you'd lose a filling, and with a stingy thin slice of "prosciutto" (which I believe is Italian for "one atom-thick slick of pork"). And I think my girlfriend had the leaf sandwhich with three-eye-droplets of Diet Coke. If you factor in the quality and quantity of food, Europe probably costs quadruple what it does in the US.
Third, gas.
Yes, I know gas is more expensive in Europe. Yes, I am also aware "well, but tuition and health care are free there!" That does me no good. Unless you're old or in college, these offsetting social programs don't benefit the majority of people who have to endure it. But it is not the mere nominal costs of gas that lowers the standards of living as much as it is when you combine it with the fact 1960's highways were built on the towns' 500AD European infrastructure. So not only do you get to pay more in gas, you get to use more as you meander through indirect highways and clogged city streets that were designed for cattle.
Fourth, housing.
Unless new construction, the vast majority of housing in Europe is inferior to the US. This is not an insult to the European peoples or their carpenters as much as it is a result of the majority of their housing being before the US even existed. A "nice house" is jammed right next to others with roof spines sagging and shared yards. Every castle I saw looked like a home-owner's fixit nightmare. And the prices are so high you never own your home as much as just pay the interest on the mortgage. Simply because the US is/was less densely populated and the majority of its housing stock built with updated technologies, the quality of housing (and thus your living/dwelling experience) is much nicer.
Finally, the hotels.
I was very much looking forward to finding a quiet, hidden Italian village where I promised myself and girlfriend we would "sit and do nothing." I just wanted to find a nice hotel next to the ocean and get drunk on vino.
Never happened.
Not just because to drive from one town to another in Italy will make you so stressed out and weary you can't enjoy a wine, but because the hotels are really not that nice and neither is the wine. We stayed at great, high end hotels in Stresa, Bellagio, and Florence and NONE OF THEM beat something as average as the Crowne Plaza in Billings, Montana. Again, some of this has to do with the outdated technologies these "premier" hotels were built with, but the furniture and fixings are literally no better than a Hotel 8. In short, even their most luxurious hotel in Bellagio (on Lake Como) comes nowhere near the quality and caliber of the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
There were many other things, but the point is whether it's something basic as food or luxurious as a hotel on Lake Como, the costs are twice that of the US for goods and services that are a fraction of the quality and quantity.
However, shocking and appalling as the costs and economic lower standards of living were, there was one thing that was even more cumbersome and "standards-of-life-dropping."
The culture.
Not that Europe is "uncultured." It certainly is, and in many regards, more so than the US. But the European culture is absolutely antithetical to the freedom-loving, American bachelor.
Understand that the American bachelor is arguably the freest person in the entire world. We can get up when we want. Do what we want. Eat when we want. Go when we want. And go wherever we want. This isn't to say that in Europe there are Nazi guards at the borders checking your papers, preventing you from enjoying these freedoms, there isn't. But it is to say the European culture is not conducive to providing the support structure for this level of freedom.
And it's maddening.
Most obvious is that you do not have the "Freedom to Eat Whenever You Want."
Why?
Because every freaking store closes down at siesta for 1-2 hours and then permanently for the day around 7PM. Yes, there probably is one or two places on the continent that might be open till 10PM, but I didn't see them. The problem this presents, however, to the American bachelor is that he no longer has the luxury of not worrying about when to eat. After three days without a host the PRIMARY determinant of where we went, what time we left, and what town we'd get a hotel in, was not determined by our traveling desires, but at what time we could get food, specifically diner.
You may be laughing, but consider the drop in standard of living this presents to a bachelor. Time and freedom are the only things that matter. And if you can get food 24-7, a vital and key necessity is taken care of, allowing you to travel wherever, whenever you want. However, without 24-7 access to food, you are no longer entitled to 100% of your free time. Some of it, now needs to be dedicated and thus restricted based on the operating hours of food providers.
Closely related to this culture of "close when grandpa goes to bed," is the highway system. Bachelors like to travel, especially American ones. And key to this travel is the US interstate system COMBINED WITH gas stations that are not just open, but serving food and other staples of life (toiletries, oil, aspirin, etc.) 24-7. But without this amazing infrastructure, the concept of taking a midnight road trip on a whim across the country/continent just isn't possible in Europe. There were times that (despite a much higher density population than Wyoming) I was more worried about running out of gas in Europe than in Wyoming. Not that there weren't gas stations, but they weren't open.
This meant we had to travel knowing full when and where we'd get gas if we were traveling at night. It also meant buying food before hitting their "highway" system, but having to wait till it was open...but not too late or we'd hit "siesta." This may sound "whinny" and "complainy," and it is. But it is still a dramatic drop in the freedom-go-now-don't-worry standard American bachelors are accustomed to.
Finally, there are no Wal-Marts, Perkins, or any other large 24-7 facilities where you can buy other wares or food.
I remember traveling across the American southwest many years ago and pulling into Alamogordo, New Mexico, where in BRILLIANT and ILLUMINATED glory was a Wal-Mart open and operational at 3AM. Not only could I buy the food and camping equipment I needed, but
a bottle of Jack Daniels
an X-Box
ammo
guns
and everything else that can be found in a Wal-Mart.
Not only does Europe suffer a dramatically lower standard of living because they have no such thing, but the bachelor particularly so. The bachelor is not only forced to buy from the same overpriced local village "family stores" families are, but they also have to abide by these companies' restrictive hours of operation.
In short, if you go to Europe as an American bachelor prepare for a culture shock. And not just "oh they wear different clothes or their toilets are funny," or $12 Big Macs. But for what is going to be a dramatic decrease in your freedom of mobility and the convenience you've grown accustomed to here in the US. Yes, the US has it's issues, and certainly Europe has it's benefits (somewhere I'm sure), but you will come back infinitely more appreciate of the US, its infrastructure, how it operates 24-7 for its people, and the freedom that allows you to, at the drop of a hat, just get in your car and go.
Admittedly, I did not travel all of Europe. I visited Switzerland, Italy and a bit of France. But in sampling those three countries (not to mention practically scouring all of Switzerland and Italy) I can say with reasonable confidence in at least those three countries standards of living are overstated. Of course in the Eastern European Empire of Roosh things may be different, and northern Europe I left untouched, but I believe even the regional differences aside there are some European wide structural differences that not only puts it at a disadvantage compared to the US, but costs its people a lower standard of living.
The first and most painfully obvious reason was the cost of food. I know food does not account for anywhere near a significant percentage of GDP, but since it stimulates one of the five senses and is kind of a "necessity," I was shocked how expensive the food was.
In Switzerland a Big Mac (just the burger, not the meal) on average cost $12. If it cost cheaper somewhere else, I was unaware of it, but I was HONORED to pay "only" $8.50 for a Burger King Big Whopper. Even that was a "deal" because twice I paid over $120 for dinner for four. Admittedly once was in Montreaux (and expensive resort town on Lake Geneva), but it was certainly overpriced.
Second, and related, was the quality of food.
I don't know what idiotic 16 year old suburbanite American girl came up with the lie to make her trip to Europe more exotic than it was, but the food absolutely sucks. The two times I paid $120+ for dinner the food was on par with gas station food, and not even good gas station food. Mac and Cheese, a panini sandwich so toasted you'd lose a filling, and with a stingy thin slice of "prosciutto" (which I believe is Italian for "one atom-thick slick of pork"). And I think my girlfriend had the leaf sandwhich with three-eye-droplets of Diet Coke. If you factor in the quality and quantity of food, Europe probably costs quadruple what it does in the US.
Third, gas.
Yes, I know gas is more expensive in Europe. Yes, I am also aware "well, but tuition and health care are free there!" That does me no good. Unless you're old or in college, these offsetting social programs don't benefit the majority of people who have to endure it. But it is not the mere nominal costs of gas that lowers the standards of living as much as it is when you combine it with the fact 1960's highways were built on the towns' 500AD European infrastructure. So not only do you get to pay more in gas, you get to use more as you meander through indirect highways and clogged city streets that were designed for cattle.
Fourth, housing.
Unless new construction, the vast majority of housing in Europe is inferior to the US. This is not an insult to the European peoples or their carpenters as much as it is a result of the majority of their housing being before the US even existed. A "nice house" is jammed right next to others with roof spines sagging and shared yards. Every castle I saw looked like a home-owner's fixit nightmare. And the prices are so high you never own your home as much as just pay the interest on the mortgage. Simply because the US is/was less densely populated and the majority of its housing stock built with updated technologies, the quality of housing (and thus your living/dwelling experience) is much nicer.
Finally, the hotels.
I was very much looking forward to finding a quiet, hidden Italian village where I promised myself and girlfriend we would "sit and do nothing." I just wanted to find a nice hotel next to the ocean and get drunk on vino.
Never happened.
Not just because to drive from one town to another in Italy will make you so stressed out and weary you can't enjoy a wine, but because the hotels are really not that nice and neither is the wine. We stayed at great, high end hotels in Stresa, Bellagio, and Florence and NONE OF THEM beat something as average as the Crowne Plaza in Billings, Montana. Again, some of this has to do with the outdated technologies these "premier" hotels were built with, but the furniture and fixings are literally no better than a Hotel 8. In short, even their most luxurious hotel in Bellagio (on Lake Como) comes nowhere near the quality and caliber of the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
There were many other things, but the point is whether it's something basic as food or luxurious as a hotel on Lake Como, the costs are twice that of the US for goods and services that are a fraction of the quality and quantity.
However, shocking and appalling as the costs and economic lower standards of living were, there was one thing that was even more cumbersome and "standards-of-life-dropping."
The culture.
Not that Europe is "uncultured." It certainly is, and in many regards, more so than the US. But the European culture is absolutely antithetical to the freedom-loving, American bachelor.
Understand that the American bachelor is arguably the freest person in the entire world. We can get up when we want. Do what we want. Eat when we want. Go when we want. And go wherever we want. This isn't to say that in Europe there are Nazi guards at the borders checking your papers, preventing you from enjoying these freedoms, there isn't. But it is to say the European culture is not conducive to providing the support structure for this level of freedom.
And it's maddening.
Most obvious is that you do not have the "Freedom to Eat Whenever You Want."
Why?
Because every freaking store closes down at siesta for 1-2 hours and then permanently for the day around 7PM. Yes, there probably is one or two places on the continent that might be open till 10PM, but I didn't see them. The problem this presents, however, to the American bachelor is that he no longer has the luxury of not worrying about when to eat. After three days without a host the PRIMARY determinant of where we went, what time we left, and what town we'd get a hotel in, was not determined by our traveling desires, but at what time we could get food, specifically diner.
You may be laughing, but consider the drop in standard of living this presents to a bachelor. Time and freedom are the only things that matter. And if you can get food 24-7, a vital and key necessity is taken care of, allowing you to travel wherever, whenever you want. However, without 24-7 access to food, you are no longer entitled to 100% of your free time. Some of it, now needs to be dedicated and thus restricted based on the operating hours of food providers.
Closely related to this culture of "close when grandpa goes to bed," is the highway system. Bachelors like to travel, especially American ones. And key to this travel is the US interstate system COMBINED WITH gas stations that are not just open, but serving food and other staples of life (toiletries, oil, aspirin, etc.) 24-7. But without this amazing infrastructure, the concept of taking a midnight road trip on a whim across the country/continent just isn't possible in Europe. There were times that (despite a much higher density population than Wyoming) I was more worried about running out of gas in Europe than in Wyoming. Not that there weren't gas stations, but they weren't open.
This meant we had to travel knowing full when and where we'd get gas if we were traveling at night. It also meant buying food before hitting their "highway" system, but having to wait till it was open...but not too late or we'd hit "siesta." This may sound "whinny" and "complainy," and it is. But it is still a dramatic drop in the freedom-go-now-don't-worry standard American bachelors are accustomed to.
Finally, there are no Wal-Marts, Perkins, or any other large 24-7 facilities where you can buy other wares or food.
I remember traveling across the American southwest many years ago and pulling into Alamogordo, New Mexico, where in BRILLIANT and ILLUMINATED glory was a Wal-Mart open and operational at 3AM. Not only could I buy the food and camping equipment I needed, but
a bottle of Jack Daniels
an X-Box
ammo
guns
and everything else that can be found in a Wal-Mart.
Not only does Europe suffer a dramatically lower standard of living because they have no such thing, but the bachelor particularly so. The bachelor is not only forced to buy from the same overpriced local village "family stores" families are, but they also have to abide by these companies' restrictive hours of operation.
In short, if you go to Europe as an American bachelor prepare for a culture shock. And not just "oh they wear different clothes or their toilets are funny," or $12 Big Macs. But for what is going to be a dramatic decrease in your freedom of mobility and the convenience you've grown accustomed to here in the US. Yes, the US has it's issues, and certainly Europe has it's benefits (somewhere I'm sure), but you will come back infinitely more appreciate of the US, its infrastructure, how it operates 24-7 for its people, and the freedom that allows you to, at the drop of a hat, just get in your car and go.
Monday, December 08, 2014
"The Girl Who Cried Rape"
I don't know about you guys, but I'm getting mighty tired of getting accused of rape. Felt this rant was necessary (use the link in case the video doesn't embed below)
Yes, language warning:
Yes, language warning:
Sponsored Linkage
Ed is writing a future history book about a 2nd civil war in the US.
A spherical Earth is insulting to this particular Muslim, and thus the movie Gravity must be banned.
A spherical Earth is insulting to this particular Muslim, and thus the movie Gravity must be banned.
Sunday, December 07, 2014
Capitalism is Reality
From my latest piece at ROK:
Ergo, capitalism is not some kind of fanciful political theory concocted by a delusional, pontificating trust-fund baby elitist (that would be Karl Marx). It’s merely the economic manifestation of human nature.
Ergo, capitalism is not some kind of fanciful political theory concocted by a delusional, pontificating trust-fund baby elitist (that would be Karl Marx). It’s merely the economic manifestation of human nature.
Saturday, December 06, 2014
HR is BS
I'm drunk, beligerent and indifferent in this video, but it's the best ripping apart of the HR industry there ever was.
And yes, a language warning
And yes, a language warning
Friday, December 05, 2014
Thursday, December 04, 2014
How Keynes Destroyed the Bakken
I wanted to believe that it was only going to be the banking industry that was destroyed by the "Dudebro Frat Boy Jocks from the 1970's." Middle aged men who couldn't do math and were too lazy to become engineers, so instead got their MBA's and relied on lying "sales" as a way to enrich themselves. Slowly, but surely, they rose through the ranks so by the time 2005 rolled around they were thoroughly ensconced in positions of power in the only industry that would promote such idiotic scum - banking. Sure enough, their greed and idiocy caught up with them, the banking industry imploded, but not without the taxpayers bailing them out. Today they merely work at the bank down the street, thankfully relegated to the banking industry and not pouring out into and corrupting other sectors of the economy.
Or so I thought.
Enter the Bakken oil field.
With gas prices high investment into alternative means of pumping oil were produced. One such technique was fracking and as luck would have it practically the entire middle part of the North American continent had oil reserves that were conducive to this technique. An oil boom occurred resulting in quite literally the only silver lining to Obama's economy. Hundreds of thousands of jobs were created, there was a cap put on the price of oil, not to mention it turned out the US now had a such supply of oil that it no longer needed to rely on or answer to OPEC.
Now, not that I was thinking we'd become the next Norway where their entire population is effectively millionaires due to their oil reserves, but I did think this oil boom would be more permanent. At least not certainly a bust. For while Dotcom and the Housing Bubbles were caused (primarily) by idiot investment bankers and banks, this was an oil boom. Started by much smarter and saner engineers, scientists and geologists. This was a STEM industry, not a cock-sucking, ass-kissing "dudebro" east coast cronyismfest.
Add two more ingredients.
Engineer naivety about economics and Keynes.
Engineers, god bless 'em, are not economists. I've known this because during most of college the engineering majors wish they could study more finance and economics and the finance majors wish they would have studied engineering. Even after college many engineers go back to get their MBA's with a concentration on accounting or finance. But at their core they're still engineers. They're on the rigs, in the design room, or out exploring. They're not reading up on OPEC or EIA reports about the glut of oil hitting the market. And it wasn't OPEC that's been driving prices down as much as it was themselves.
Once I saw there was trouble in Bakken Land, I prayed, PRAYED,
"Please don't let them have a ton of debt on their books
Please don't let them have a ton of debt on their books
Please don't let them have a ton of debt on their books."
Annnnnnd they have a ton of debt on their books.
Once again, Keynesianism and the ignorance of how central-bank-induced artificially lower interest rates result in companies and governments loading up on debt, has now caused a credit bubble in the Bakken oil field. And while some companies maintain a nice margin of equity on their balance sheets, many do not. And with the price of oil going down, it doesn't matter how low of an interest rate they have on their newly acquired debt, they are going to shut down and file for bankruptcy.
The lesson to pull from this is you don't need lazy, middle aged MBA, Dudebro Salesmen to destroy an industry. You just need a central bank, ZIRP monetary policy, and a dash of economic naivety on the part of industry leaders and ANY industry will be inflated and then destroyed. Alas who knew Keynesians would be the ultimate economic "Dudebro Douches?"
Or so I thought.
Enter the Bakken oil field.
With gas prices high investment into alternative means of pumping oil were produced. One such technique was fracking and as luck would have it practically the entire middle part of the North American continent had oil reserves that were conducive to this technique. An oil boom occurred resulting in quite literally the only silver lining to Obama's economy. Hundreds of thousands of jobs were created, there was a cap put on the price of oil, not to mention it turned out the US now had a such supply of oil that it no longer needed to rely on or answer to OPEC.
Now, not that I was thinking we'd become the next Norway where their entire population is effectively millionaires due to their oil reserves, but I did think this oil boom would be more permanent. At least not certainly a bust. For while Dotcom and the Housing Bubbles were caused (primarily) by idiot investment bankers and banks, this was an oil boom. Started by much smarter and saner engineers, scientists and geologists. This was a STEM industry, not a cock-sucking, ass-kissing "dudebro" east coast cronyismfest.
Add two more ingredients.
Engineer naivety about economics and Keynes.
Engineers, god bless 'em, are not economists. I've known this because during most of college the engineering majors wish they could study more finance and economics and the finance majors wish they would have studied engineering. Even after college many engineers go back to get their MBA's with a concentration on accounting or finance. But at their core they're still engineers. They're on the rigs, in the design room, or out exploring. They're not reading up on OPEC or EIA reports about the glut of oil hitting the market. And it wasn't OPEC that's been driving prices down as much as it was themselves.
Once I saw there was trouble in Bakken Land, I prayed, PRAYED,
"Please don't let them have a ton of debt on their books
Please don't let them have a ton of debt on their books
Please don't let them have a ton of debt on their books."
Annnnnnd they have a ton of debt on their books.
Once again, Keynesianism and the ignorance of how central-bank-induced artificially lower interest rates result in companies and governments loading up on debt, has now caused a credit bubble in the Bakken oil field. And while some companies maintain a nice margin of equity on their balance sheets, many do not. And with the price of oil going down, it doesn't matter how low of an interest rate they have on their newly acquired debt, they are going to shut down and file for bankruptcy.
The lesson to pull from this is you don't need lazy, middle aged MBA, Dudebro Salesmen to destroy an industry. You just need a central bank, ZIRP monetary policy, and a dash of economic naivety on the part of industry leaders and ANY industry will be inflated and then destroyed. Alas who knew Keynesians would be the ultimate economic "Dudebro Douches?"
Wednesday, December 03, 2014
The Real Meaning of "It's a Wonderful Life"
I'm actually quite impressed. DT and the Man made me think about not just the true meaning of "It's a Wonderful Life" but advanced my understanding and appreciation of life. (first segment, so you don't have to wait long)
Wednesday Constitutional
Jesus is my boyfriend and you can't compare to him! ht
Tee hee! I want to STEM too! But I don't like the maths! Tee hee! Let's just add an "A!"
Men in STEM made this possible. Feminists, welfare recipients, liberals and humanities majors did not.
Tee hee! I want to STEM too! But I don't like the maths! Tee hee! Let's just add an "A!"
Men in STEM made this possible. Feminists, welfare recipients, liberals and humanities majors did not.
Glorious Karl Suffers a Heart Attack
Glorious Karl of "Glorious Hat" fame recently suffered a heart attack.
He is "alright" but if you wanted to help Karl I know that he was stressed with the entrepreneurial endeavor he took by selling "Glorious Hat." He's trying to get rid of his inventory so consider purchasing Glorious Hat as a way to help out a vet, a conservative, and a true American this Christmas season.
He is "alright" but if you wanted to help Karl I know that he was stressed with the entrepreneurial endeavor he took by selling "Glorious Hat." He's trying to get rid of his inventory so consider purchasing Glorious Hat as a way to help out a vet, a conservative, and a true American this Christmas season.
Tuesday, December 02, 2014
It's Not About Race, It's About Mentally Unstable People
This more or less wiped away any remnant thoughts I had there was an element of race with Ferguson. It really is just mentally impaired people using color to excuse feral behavior, theft, and destruction.
How Cold is a Survivalist's Friend
There's one thing the Minneapolis police department rely upon to keep their budget in line - winter.
For when winter hits, crime goes down because, well...cold.
Much easier and enjoyable to steal a car or go shoot up a hood during July than it is during January so all the criminals, thugs and parasites stay in because it's too cold to commit crime.
Thankfully, however, this is very telling of the criminal and thug mindset in that it belies something about their true nature - laziness.
Of course criminals and parasites are lazy by their nature. They don't want to work, but still want to enjoy higher standards of living so...theft. But you add the cold in and they don't even have the work ethic to steal.
Thus why this is very heartening.
To support yourself, let alone be a survivalist, takes work and effort. Things criminals and thugs don't have. But if the vermin of Minneapolis can't even work up the effort to steal and rob during the cold, imagine just how disincentived they'll be to survive or leave the city if the shit were to hit the fan. Do you think they're even capable of knowing how to keep water liquified for livestock? Or how to insulate shelter? Let alone how to build shelter? They're so dependent on government subsidy or victims for their crimes I doubt any of the criminals have ever thought about what to do if the heat were to go out or how to survive for more than 2 days in a below-zero post SHTF scenario.
Therefore, while many of you may be thinking about heading south to where it's warmer and nicer, perhaps consider Montana, Idaho, or just rural Minnesota when it comes to surviving a SHTF scenario. Old Man Winter will have your back at least half the year and may have the good graces to kill off the parasitic class for you, allowing you to enjoy the decline.
For when winter hits, crime goes down because, well...cold.
Much easier and enjoyable to steal a car or go shoot up a hood during July than it is during January so all the criminals, thugs and parasites stay in because it's too cold to commit crime.
Thankfully, however, this is very telling of the criminal and thug mindset in that it belies something about their true nature - laziness.
Of course criminals and parasites are lazy by their nature. They don't want to work, but still want to enjoy higher standards of living so...theft. But you add the cold in and they don't even have the work ethic to steal.
Thus why this is very heartening.
To support yourself, let alone be a survivalist, takes work and effort. Things criminals and thugs don't have. But if the vermin of Minneapolis can't even work up the effort to steal and rob during the cold, imagine just how disincentived they'll be to survive or leave the city if the shit were to hit the fan. Do you think they're even capable of knowing how to keep water liquified for livestock? Or how to insulate shelter? Let alone how to build shelter? They're so dependent on government subsidy or victims for their crimes I doubt any of the criminals have ever thought about what to do if the heat were to go out or how to survive for more than 2 days in a below-zero post SHTF scenario.
Therefore, while many of you may be thinking about heading south to where it's warmer and nicer, perhaps consider Montana, Idaho, or just rural Minnesota when it comes to surviving a SHTF scenario. Old Man Winter will have your back at least half the year and may have the good graces to kill off the parasitic class for you, allowing you to enjoy the decline.
Monday Lazy Man's Day Linkage
This is how a culture collapses.
A feminist pines for men to pay for her date...and JB takes her down.
Tickity tock, ladies. Tickity, freaking, tock.
Do not rebuild Ferguson.
New podcast treasure trove - The 405 Gang
And new blogroll addition - Night Sky Radio!
Yes, the picture does describe it all.
A feminist pines for men to pay for her date...and JB takes her down.
Tickity tock, ladies. Tickity, freaking, tock.
Do not rebuild Ferguson.
New podcast treasure trove - The 405 Gang
And new blogroll addition - Night Sky Radio!
Yes, the picture does describe it all.
Monday, December 01, 2014
What Every Husband and Boyfriend Wants for Christmas
And it's FREE! Just trying to help you ladies out:
New Sponsor - British Beers
Howdy All,
New sponsor - "Always a Favorite"
It's an online beer seller who specializes in and sells only British beers.
For those of you who like the occasional sip now and then and are even getting into home brewing, consider purchasing some British beer especially as a gift to yourself (or others) for Christmas.
You can find them here!
New sponsor - "Always a Favorite"
It's an online beer seller who specializes in and sells only British beers.
For those of you who like the occasional sip now and then and are even getting into home brewing, consider purchasing some British beer especially as a gift to yourself (or others) for Christmas.
You can find them here!
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