http://www.bangpath.com thoughts for thinking people Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:57:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I took my kids to see The Adventures of Tin-Tin (actually a pretty good movie) on Tuesday at 1:30PM.  The movie cost us $7.50 for one adult matinee and $5.50 each for two kids.  A couple bucks more than I was expecting for a mid-day weekday movie.  Then of course ... http://www.bangpath.com/2011/12/29/movie-and-popcorn-prices-oh-and-3-d/ So we are down to Romney and Gingrich.  Great.  Yawn.  Can anyone really see Newt Gingrich as President?  God help us.  Just the name alone should give us pause.  Is Bill Clinton a presidential name?  Yes.  George Bush?  Yep.  Barack Obama?  Not so much.  Newt Gingrich?  I don't think so.  ... http://www.bangpath.com/2011/12/06/lack-of-good-republican-candidates-i-blame-ralph-reed/ It is probably not a secret that I am not a fan of Rahm Emanuel or his brother Ezekiel.  Between them they played a strong role in delivering the outrageous Obamacare nonsense a couple of years ago.  Now as a total asshole, Rahm may in fact be just the kind ... http://www.bangpath.com/2011/11/15/speaking-of-morons-rahm-emanuel-and-speed-cameras/ The saga of MF Global has faded from the headlines a bit, what with the end of the world approaching in 13 months or so, and societal and economic collapse prior to that.  But one big question I have is why have I not heard any talk about either the ... http://www.bangpath.com/2011/11/15/where-is-jon-corzine-why-is-he-not-in-jail-why-is-he-still-alive/ The common wisdom one hears these days is that we are in a hard spot because economic growth is stalling, but government debt is so high that resort to additional "stimulus" via government expenditure is unpalatable.   This is of course only wisdom to the extent that you believe that ... http://www.bangpath.com/2011/11/07/austerity-gdp-debt-and-stimulus-multiples/ Romer, who until a year ago was a failed architect of "President" Obummer's failed economic policies, today wrote a hysterical piece in the New York Times which seeks to conflate image with reality.  In it she states the following: Mr. Bernanke needs to steal a page from the Volcker playbook. To ... http://www.bangpath.com/2011/10/31/christina-romer-advocates-a-naked-emperor/ Now that our crony-state-capitalist society has devolved to the point where the only people who suffer the ill consequences of bad decisions are the poor saps who are either too stupid or too impoverished to have bought protection from the perma-political class, one wonders when or whether there will be ... http://www.bangpath.com/2011/10/25/consequences-of-kerffufluous-tomfoolery/ Lots of talk lately about whether we are replaying 2008 in the real economy and in a host of markets.  The unfolding chart of the Real is starting to look very similar to 2008.  Will commodities collapse again and the dollar rally hard?  Hard to believe that things will replay ... http://www.bangpath.com/2011/10/01/2008-replay-look-at-the-brazilian-real/ As seen on Drudge.  The "President" has put up a new website at http://www.attackwatch.com that presents "the facts" and enlists people to fight "smears" against the "President".  And it is all done as slick as shiite and presented as if it were some third party group setting it up.  But ... http://www.bangpath.com/2011/09/13/president-zero-enlists-the-world-to-silence-critics/ So I decided I had to watch "the Speech" tonight, the last great opportunity for Maobama to do something constructive, an opportunity to do something big and impactful like reforming the absurd tax code that costs tens of billions in compliance costs and causes corporations to pursue business abroad rather ... http://www.bangpath.com/2011/09/08/president-0/