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And I don't care what people think. Britney Spears looks awesome in her new video. Thank god her dad stepped in to take care of her.
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| Harmonic Thirds |
[11 Oct 2008|11:10pm] |
I am introducing my niece to The Doctor with grave importance.
This is more satisfying and ultimately more effectual and important than casting a ballot to ensure that the inevitable lemming like sprint into a nightmare future is less tribulatory.
I never could quite figure out which third was which... I guess I figured that dissonance would reveal the true notes.
My sister has gone on several "not dates" with a man who lives in a homeless shelter. (they knew eachother from before, so it's not like he pulled up with his shopping cart filled with all his belongings and said "Hey Baby, dig my sweet ride!" )
He is of the opinion that should this global recession be labeled an outright depression, the government will declare martial law and will battle with some sort of resistance.
This is so niave on a variety of levels... First off, I don't believe for a moment that the forceful controlling of every aspect of our lives will be so stupidly overt. It will occur in small increments, until we are genetically manipulated, telepathic, gray skinned beings who must travel into the past to acquire genetic material in hopes of preserving our dying species.
Secondly, the resistance would be annihilated wherever they form pockets of strength, and where they don't, well.. we'll get the same sort of covert mental destabilization that is currently used on subversive elements.
I don't know the name of the band, but it was on a subversive anarchist compilation, and my life seems to bear out the truth of it.
"Do you know the real threat?
It's gum, in your hat!"
I can only say that since I've been scrutinized by THEM, whoever those powers may be, be it organized crime, U.S. agents, foreign agents, or just other crazy political subversives, I have had to fight tooth and nail to maintain some semblence of normal mental functioning. As a double edged sword, it's been a sort of rebirth, but it's also been a royal pain in the ass.
It's far more likely that the resistance will have their brains fried by satellites.. (eminantly doable.. I just wish I had the patent on it).
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So, even though I'm not a part of the class anymore, a JACC Conference was held today and being that the mail-in awards are about last semester's work, I was super stoked to learn that we won General Excellence for both Print and Online newspaper.
*jumps up and down screaming "Yay!"*
I worked my ass off last semester, damn it, and hearing this is a huge pat on the back for me and my staff. I feel so proud that I feel like shedding tears!
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| An Apology |
[11 Oct 2008|02:27am] |
I hate the earth. The very way that force and neglect are forces in their own right.
The coming future, I hate.
The distant past, I hate.
About the only thing I don't hate is that period of time between isolation and being social. That time when I could maintain the illusion of being connected to people outside my immediate family, without having to face the big bad facts of the big bad world.
That time before awareness when I was not judged and analyzed. By others, but mostly by myself as seen through the lenses I've constructed to view myself through their simulated eyes.
That is another cognitive error.
I don't know. I need a serious recalibration of the alien implants that control my mind.
Saw a link to a clip that said "Anne Hathaway on Sarah Palin". I was greatly disappointed to realize that this wasn't lesbian porn.
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| Chalupaland |
[10 Oct 2008|11:04pm] |
It's strange how people you knew at a certain time bring up feelings that were present at those times.
I won't say that I'm head over heels in love with the woman, but I am remembering and reliving the feelings of inadequacy relating to my social navigation.
I'm standing much stronger, and oh what a field constructed splint this ego is, that I have developed and yet must keep continually steady with "affirmations" and correcting of "cognitive errors"
So I've gone back to the chalupa, as alternative to a less healthy obsession.
Sweet solace of the word, I know not your portent, but only that this word is comfortable, and worthy of verbal obsession.
She said she was Jesus... (though I brought it up, so I guess it's my fault.. it had something to do with William S. Burroughs shooting a .45 from his asshole,. it's completely inexplicable, but right up my "entertaining" alley).
For I AM thy chalupa, and though shalt not put false chalupas before me.
Some lame ass twat (friends gang bangers.. how low is that?) suggested I friend someone who had put "chalupa" as their middle name.
NO! I said.. for that is a FALSE chalupa, and surely will be devoured by the Great Mole Rat when the times of tribulation are truly upon us.
Oh yay and verily and other sanctimonious crotch rot..
I will NOT be voting my conscience this election, because no candidate has yet called for the eradication of all humans.
Me no like New Deals and New World Orders.. yet the hysterias have reached level B. When they reach level B, there is no longer any alternative.
Me no like Technorati Elite. Near the turn of the century, they broke into my computer and "corrected" my code, downgrading it to 16bit in the process. Saviors are a drug.
Chalupas, however, are pure seeds of all natural Light.. and therein lies one of the cruxes of my enlightened madness. A delusion is required... even if it be nothing but one's own identity.
I must pick my soma carefully.
Thank Jah for the young lady at the coffee shop. For I see her and remember.. I hear her and like what I hear.
Yet another pattern in my life, that I let moments of decision slide along until someone from the past comes out of the blue and throws me off kilter. I shall not be thrown off kilter (another affirmation there, Stuart). I'm in control.. I'm in control...
Someone told me once that "When you're out of control.. that's when you're in control" So maybe I should lose control.
I have lots of work to do this weekend, so I shouldn't be up late wandering about thinking of various things.
Brain OFF. Sleep ON. That's what I need.
Yeah.. I need another date. Correcting an accounting error ate up my entire morning (as well as the check I just got in the mail), so I didn't get to ask the girl at the coffee shop to see Christmas on Mars this weekend.. If had money for groceries, I would make her dinner. If I had money to eat out, or go drinking or dancing, I would do those things.
I've got the work to bring in the cash, I'm just not doing it right now. I need to get it done by monday, because if this keeps up, I'll be busy all next week as well. This is a good thing, though right now it hurts because I'm so damn tired.
Where are my pills, damnit! And where is my pleasant evening relaxation that will put me to sleep?
Excelsior Dominae Toadstool Puddin' Cup.
I am a mature adult. Fully grown up and wise in my ways. And don't you forget that, you big poopyhead!
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| Unfounded |
[10 Oct 2008|01:02am] |
It seems my fears and suspicions are unfounded. Or, at the very least, not relevant to the present day conversation.
It's become a pleasing endeavor, catching up like this.
I am.. as yet.. unable to sleep.. I feel myself getting stronger.. I am rising up to the level of a dude with something of a brain.
Of course, my paranoia is still present, and merely enjoying being treated as an equal.
Am I lulling myself into a false of security? Or am I retreating from silliness at this point out of fear of the closer rapport?
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| Hookers!!! |
[09 Oct 2008|09:50pm] |
I can't believe it. I got a message from one of my ex-es.
I absolutely hate how excited I was to hear from her. I got the notice at work and promptly broke my desk. (easy to fix.. and it happens whenever I get distracted and lean on the keyboard tray by accident).
The roughest part was that I simply could not concentrate.. I had to leave work early to go home and masturbate.
She said "Hi."
So I responded. She completely evaded the question "How've you been?"
Then she asked "Where do you live? Are you happy?"
Sorry, but you'll need to offer a bit more information before I start telling you where I live.
She's one, who I suspect, was turned to the dark side by a "friend". I think she started turning tricks and "falling down the stairs"... I have no hard evidence, but it's a strong feeling I got by her evasiveness.
Just before my psychotic break I shed layers and layers of denial and came to realizations about a "friend". Years and years before that, I had introduced her to my ex, so it's like it's my fault. Things got more and more out of control after that.
Does anyone know if the question "Are you happy?" is code for something else? Something like, "are you holding?" or "hello sailor?"
I could just be being paranoid, but I really hate evasions now. I can run with them and make things entertaining, but truth be told I've come to realize that that's just a habit we developed in our family to keep from beating the living shit out of each-other.
I DEMAND straight answers! And I'm painfully aware that more often than not, I shall never receive them.
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| Good Gawd, not more politics... |
[08 Oct 2008|11:21pm] |
"When I hear the word Culture, I reach for my revolver." - Herman Goering
"Truthful one throw one stone. And it brings a bad feelings to all wicked men." - Culture
Though I feel strangely enfranchised by McCain's dogged obsession with earmarks, and lulled into a sheep-like euphoria by the lyrical rhetoric of Obama, I'm still left with some prime concerns.
Obama: At best, a new FDR. We'll get massive government works programs constructed by academics who've studied marx, but haven't worked a day in their lives. We'll also get inspiring speeches.
At worst, Clinton
1. Systematic disarming of the populace through abuses by the BATF and painting anyone who owns a gun as a racist. It would get more traction this time due to Obama's race, but it would still be nothing short of lacerating the second amendment even further, in the most foul manner possible.
2. Use of the FBI to identify and spy on political opponents. That whole File Gate thing was just the tip of the ice-berg. As anyone who voted for Dole can attest, we were harassed and targeted by thugs. It was far more important to the populace that people in general adhere to democratic orthodoxy, than it was.. to.. well... anything else.
3. Support for everything in speeches, and actions that run counter to his supposed support.
4. Another round of abusing ecological protections to seize land from his political opponents. There were rampant cases where those wetlands.. well... they weren't actually wetlands, they just belonged to a perpetrator of Thought Crime.
So that's the worst that can happen..
Let's turn to McCain
The best that can happen? He follows through on his promise to bring to light every last "stuff it in in the middle of the night" provision. He does something.. god knows what, to increase border security, scrutinize and reform, if not eliminate Homeland Security. Gets us out of Iraq by slowly converting our supply of cannon fodder into a supply knowledge, cash, and baked goods. The whole trick is to exit without it falling apart. I'm afraid Obama would take us out no matter what the consequences. Or perhaps, and this is what the right wing would tell you, he actually wants Iran and Saudi Arabia to split up Iraq.
I don't expect McCain to pursue ideology over pragmatism when it comes to the economy, but that's a possibility as well... judging by his proposal to buy home mortgages, I think it's clear he'll throw ideology out the window whenever it's convenient. If he doesn't, well.. then he could be a bit too hands off on the economy. I don't think that will happen though.
Another worst thing that could happen under McCain is that he doesn't include Homeland Security and all the other fascist "safety" measures in his pledge to examine every agency of government and get rid of what's not working.
The final worst thing that could happen under McCain is yet another bloody war. He has loved ones serving, so he can say that he doesn't take it lightly and mean it.. but where is the line that he would draw between military action and avoiding military action?
I see very little reason to believe that in our weakened state we won't be hit with something in the next 5 years.
So, now let's go to the zero-sum analysis and look at what we get if either candidate is elected.
1. Invasive anti-capitalist steps to curb the economic crisis. Government absorbing private assets and economic liberty as they dictate mergers like they're doing with financials now. (as an aside, I support Wells Fargo's bid for Wachovia. The whole "you can't talk to anyone else" type of contract should be banned.. these agreements are by their very nature anti-competitive, and should be attacked with vigor wherever they may appear. This is a big source of the growing dichotomy between rich and poor. That's just my anecdotal wisdom on the matter.. )
2. Continued inexorable slide into the New World Order of One World Government. McCain may be able to appease the Nationalists by selling it as a partnership with the world organizations rather than an outright stripping of sovereignty. Obama would never do that, because his constituency does not have those concerns.
And now I'm getting into Psychic Predictions
3. Dow 7200-7900 before a bottom.. at least that far down.
4. All the NAFTA provisions.. the highway, the unification of currency and the eventual formation of a North American Union. McCain would not renegotiate it. Obama would, but would probably make it more pro-labor and ignore the sovereignty issues. That's just my take on what he means by renegotiating it.. I could be wrong.
And now, on to PURE EVIL
5. Obama would begin the systematic extermination of White Male Capitalists. McCain would exterminate Muslims.
6. Either candidate will expand homeland security and start building Neubauten monuments to Robert Bird. Airport style searches will be performed at the entrances to ALL buildings. Smokers will also be executed. Palin will ban Intellectualism in favor of Common Sense. Obama will ban Maturity and Self-Determination. Head Start will be expanded to allow the government to educate and brainwash ALL children in their formative years, not just the poor. The national symbol will be changed from the Eagle to the Wildebeast. I don't know why.
All this is going to happen so that when the anti-christ finally makes his presence known, we will be ready.. ready to serve as willing tools.. er rather.. to fight him. .
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| Dreamland Archipelago |
[07 Oct 2008|11:23pm] |
I watched part of the debate tonight. Both candidates had good things to say, particularly when they were saying exactly the same thing.
I was a little irritated by Obama's bringing up Education in order to get out of just saying that he's against entitlement reform. Personally I support it. Like Newt Gingrich I want Social Security to whither on the vine.
There's nothing social about it, and the money they take compared to the money they pay back is just obscene. It's a regressive tax and should be done away with and replaced with something better.
The biggest observation I can make, is that this is the first presidential debate that wasn't entirely about meaningless bullshit I've seen in my whole lifetime.
McCain brought up Fannie Mae, stopping short of mentioning Raynes. The Treasury Secretary question was neatly dodged by Obama. We can only hope that he's going to pick someone other than Raynes now.
All in all, I was impressed by the deftness of Obama, and the conviction and appeal to factual record of McCain.
This is also the first time that I think, if you took all the candidates on both sides of the aisle before the primary, the worst were eliminated rather than nominated. I may vote Obama just to save myself being targeted, but this seems less likely with him than it was with Clinton. Anyways.. too annoying.
I wanted to post this dream that I had..
It began in a classroom with doors to alternate realities. Somewhere in this multiverse was a classroom in which two people were suffering greatly. I forget all the details, but through some work and adventuring sort of endeavors the people were restored. I remember there was a DA who was involved in some sort of scandal. In this world, the DA was like a minister appointed by a Monarchy. She was due to be fired but had to do something magical to resolve a dispute in the classroom. We had to convince her that she must proceed with confidence and authority up until the very end, because people were counting on her. She did and then I was transported to the high court.. it was like, part of the castle, the main seat of power, and it was a psychedelic maze. There were two stuffed monkeys (they were stuff animals.. like, acrylic fiber, rather than actual monkeys). These monkeys had a duty to perform and they had gone missing. So in this landscape of swirling plastic (like one of those big suckers that has all the white and colored swirls), I noticed the two monkeys had been dropped down a little shoot. This shoot led to a sort of underland, and there spinning whorls that made it difficult to walk. (kind of like the spinners on that game show from "I survived a japanese game show" where the american babies had to fill a milk bottle after spinning around and walking on spinners.. it was like that). Apparently this underland was sort of a disused place.. a forbidden and foreboding part of the mechanism of how their society functioned. It was the conduit through which the toys that ran their errands traveled and communicated.
So I was in this underland and I did this thing. There was a brilliant word for it that conveyed the establishment of a power structure, the institution of a mechanism for the manufacture of meaning, and a very specific spiritual attitude, all in one. It was a truly boffo word that I tried to remember as long as I could, but I lost it a few hours into the day. Sorry.
The entire court was filled with trepidation about what I had done because my (whatever that word is) was granting sentience to the toys. At this point I had turned into a giant black cobra. I sent out minions and messengers into the underland to learn more about this strange world and report back to me.
The Monarch and his direct ministers had intervened however, (it was also a direct consequence of my actions?) and when my messengers returned they were dressed in dark robes and had become priests and nuns of my (whatever that word was). They pulled daggers upon me and slew my snaky form.
Thus, the dream ended.
It's dreams like this that lead me to believe, that just possibly, I am the anti-christ.
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| Distortions about the Candidates |
[06 Oct 2008|01:33pm] |
McCain referred to himself as a "Teddy Roosevelt Republican"
Aside from supporting a "Square Deal" and looking vaguely like a Teddy Bear, I don't see many similarities. Obama's far more of a Bully Pulpit type of guy, though his message is far removed from the Rough Riders and a Splendid Little War. McCain could probably pull the Splendid Little War card, but he needs Palin to do the Big Game Hunting for him.
Another political thing that made us a laugh, is there's a senator running an ad attacking his running mate for calling Bush a "decisive president". We think this is funny because Bush has consistently made poor decisions (probably believing them to be divinely inspired simply because he prayed about them) and stuck with them, following them through to their inevitably disastrous consequences. Yes, Bush is an idiot, but the one thing you can not accuse him of is being indecisive. If that's all they can come up with, I think this guy's attack ad has served to demonstrate that there's nothing wrong with his opponent at all.
Right Wing Propaganda is painting Obama as a man bred for the presidency by his friends from the Weather Underground and the Nation of Islam. I'm the last person to talk about going too far, but I think that goes too far. I saw it on the Hickabee show.. yes, some fool at fox gave pastor dolt his own show... and he didn't have to go through the stuff that Imus had to go through before coming back on the air. This worries me. 1954 CPUSA agenda race-war in the making... perhaps it's time for me to build a "Family" and have them brutally murder an actress.. which.. in some inexplicable fashion.. is a precursor to entering the hollow earth civilization and then returning to become emperor after shit has gone completely down hill. I guess it's what plants crave.
But I digress. I don't think there's a single person left in America who does not now, or at one time had, shady friends with ties to radical groups. 6 degrees of separation y'all... It's not like Phil Graham is pure of heart and a stalwart enemy of greed and corruption in government. You've got to pick the individual and not give in to guilt by association prejudices. I knew the invention of radio would destroy politics forever..
I'm also more than a little weary of the attacks on Palin. She was governer of Alaska for god's sake, and she's gotten more attention than McCain, Obama, and Biden combined. Unless someone's aware of an assassination plot, her role will be primarily to give speeches and raise awareness of Man-Bear-Pig.
Awhile ago I lamented the death of William F. Buckley. There's another fine American who has passed that we could really use right now. His name is Hunter S. Thompson, and he enjoyed drinking hard liquor and shooting automatic weapons.
Which is a good segue into my 4 part plan to eliminate poverty in the inner cities..
1. Repeal the ban on assault weapons and issue concealed carry permits
2. Legalize drugs and tax them like booze and cigarettes.. big tobacco lawyers need to be pitted against street gangs. It's a good use of their energy.
3. Do more with the Enterprise Zones concept
4. Hand out Vitamins the way they hand out Condoms. Not having children saves money, but having malnourished children who can't concentrate in school just destroys the education system. Also block any child from attending who has not been potty trained by age 5 (or at the very least, put them in special needs until they learn how to hold it). There's no excuse for that, and it's been increasing.. Virtual Orphans (who have parents that neglect them) are everywhere. They move without love or guidance, and are decidedly, for lack of a better word, Moscovian in character. These are the hookers and drug dealers of tomorrow, and they will soon outnumber us in the nation at large. The problems of the inner cities of yesterday are the problems of the entire nation of tomorrow.
General improvements for everyone: Simplify the tax code and raise the lowest bracket so that more individuals and businesses can operate tax free. Also included in that is returning the CPI calculation to where it was in the 70's so that the Fed will actually know that we have 15% inflation rather than %3.9... this ties back to the tax code because the brackets haven't been adjusted for inflation due to the faulty numbers. Greenspan was good, but he was still an old coot and so bought the techno-bullshit explanation about electronics. I still don't understand why food and fuel were taken out. I can only presume that it was so we would have less warning of the difficulties ahead.
One last thing about words (that I may have posted before). Bullshit. I understand this word in now. Bull shit is the crap that people would only believe in a bull market. These ideas die off in a bear. Hardship is an invaluable test of truth.
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| Hi, HOW ARE YOU |
[06 Oct 2008|12:21am] |
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Dear J,
I should never have let myself care for you that much. I thought I was so reliable and good with making smart choices until you proved me wrong.
Thanks for pouring cement into the hole I dug for myself.
I was actually in love with you for a few days.
I couldn't have told you that though.
K
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| It just hit me... |
[05 Oct 2008|09:49pm] |
Unpopular war... an appeal to the youth.. a willingness to sit down one and one with enemies bent on the destruction of our allies.. and a campaign devoid of any real details but filled with feel good rhetoric to demonstrate that he's a good man and we'll be in capable hands.
There's only one president in american history who has taken similar action based on similar circumstances.
The Obama juggernaut is a bit like the "Nixon Now" campaign..
While I can appreciate the savvy of adopting the strategies of one's enemies, I'm left to wonder if we'll benefit from his sit down with the anti-semitic Iran in any way comparable to the (admittedly small) strategic benefit we gained from sitting down with Maoist China. My greatest fear is that it will be more like Neville Chamberlain.. only without the dangers of sharing a border.
When I see that combined with the AFL-CIO rhetoric courtesy of ACORN which blames "Bankers" for the mortgage fiasco, I'm reminded of how easy it was for the NAZIs to pass around memes about bankers having beady eyes and big noses.. like rats.. etc..
We remain a pro-isreal, or at the very least, not anti-semitic, nation. We also remain, or at least pretend to remain, a capitalist nation. I don't want either of these things to change. And I certainly don't want both of them to change.
So if it's not bankers, than who?
Corrupt politicians, that's who. Sarbanes-Oxley was passed to prevent things like this from happening. Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac, however, were in a sort of mystical indemnity from the stricter accounting provisions.. why? Because they were helping the poor get into houses and shouldn't be bothered with needless concerns such as, "Are these mortgage agreements ethical" or "Will these companies cum government agencies remain solvent past 2007?"
With the blessing of congress, granted solely because regulators who tried to call Raynes to task were accused of "lynching" and other racist verbal tactics, these bullshit agreements were infallable. So, said the bankers, "the government supports them, why shouldn't we?" The legitimacy led sub-prime lending into the mainstream, and it was used to back securities in the same way that other mortgage loans were.
You have to admire Maxine Waters, god bless her, for placing the struggles of poor people trying to buy homes they can't afford above all ethical concerns regarding their loan agreements, and the very health and security of the american banking system.
In typically american fashion, decorating the people with homes was seen as a smart alternative to actually addressing the root problem. Namely, that these people were poor in the first place.
If american education in general were less fundamentally marxist, and considerably more disciplined, it may be a bit more effective in educating youth. If it hadn't been failing so far for so long, companies would not be demanding college degrees for work that is akin to flipping burgers.
This really is the USSA... degrees in ball-bearing engineering?
Still.. as the liberty of Weimar systematically collapses under the combined the weight of fleeing jobs and capital, dissolution of the nation from within and without, and further grabs by the state of private assets and ideological dissidents (it really doesn't want to be dissolved, in case you hadn't noticed), I am STILL wondering...
Chinese, Russian, or Goose Step? What is our future? And more poignantly, how long can I continue writing without fear of reprisals against capitalists?
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| Shattering |
[04 Oct 2008|11:52pm] |
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Tonight, for reasons supernatural and unknown to me, I was in the midst of writing an email when a thought struck me about how I might enhance my response to an email of awhile ago.
I put my brain into a deep place, one which I sometimes turn to in times of attempting to access some sort of brilliant thought.
The world around me faded and I was focused entirely on a sort of metaphysical endeavor to bring about a boffo ontology relating to a small technical problem.
It was at that moment, for reasons unknown to me and about which I can only speculate, that my ashtray, the one here on my desk, shattered into 3 pieces.
There was no force acting upon it, no differential of heat or cold.. I had ashed in one side of it, but the split runs down axes several inches removed from my last ashing. The cigarette in my hand was about 2 feet away from it at the time, and was the closest source of heat to it. There were no other thermal actors of any strength within at least 3 yards. (the neighbor's stove may have been on, but that's a guess and a stretch in any case).
It's the oddest thing. The absolute strangest thing. It occurred as I was writing an email which pretty much covered my former employer's ass.
If one assumes it was an act of god, it could only be a sign of 2 things. 1 being that I shouldn't be covering for him anymore. 2 being that I should quit smoking.
My Hyper-Christian brother and his wife are in town, and it would not be unthinkable that they would say a prayer to get me to stop smoking. Whether or not that prayer would cause my ashtray to break is another matter entirely.
Another possibility is that I did it with the power of my mind without meaning to.
It's happenings such as this which lead me to believe alternately, that I may be entirely insane and that I'm not insane at all, but merely keyed into something much much larger that exists beyond any conscious knowledge.
It may be worth mentioning that I didn't do well in thermodynamics. Fluid mechanics was my forte in physics.. Can a small amount of normally absorbed heat, shatter a circular glass ashtray along an axis 2 inches removed from the heat source? I don't know the answer to that question. The breaks are uneven, but clean.
It's friggin' weird, even if it not be supernatural.
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| Sell Orders |
[04 Oct 2008|11:52am] |
Thinking about when the Govt. should unload it's common stock in companies that take advantage of the sale of assets to Uncle Sam.
Here's the poopy, and people won't like it. (as if they like anything else I have to say..)
Capital Appreciation adjusted for inflation >= Prime Rate : SELL ORDER.
Market Price <= 15% of market value at time of purchase = STOP LOSS SALE.
Granted, there will be much arguing over these proposals and the numbers. It would put The Fed in an awkward position vs. Treasury.. My prediction would be sky rocketing interest rates as Treasury tries to manhandle the fed into raising rates to prevent a sale of assets.
The bright side of that, would be then at least we'll have solid confirmation of the govts. intent to socialize everything, and the higher rates would be a big political stumbling block to doing so. Assuming the beer swilling American public is paying attention... they usually only react after the fact.
In the words of Winston Churchill "you can always count on Americans to do the right thing after they've exhausted all other options"
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| BAIL out |
[04 Oct 2008|02:57am] |
She finally passed, like the gas that she is. I knew it would happen as soon as I changed my mind and came down against it. It's a wonderous power I have, to always be on the losing side of every single issue.
Hopefully 700 Billion will be enough to restore liquidity...
I have mixed feelings about upping the FDIC though. They will now be more underfunded than they were before. That's why they dictated the sale of WaMu to JPMorgan. They couldn't afford to back all those deposits.. but JP Morgan could.. so they intervened, right or wrong. Part of me figures that if people are concerned about their deposits, they should diversify with different banks... customer loyalty is detrimental to long term survival and runs against the wisdom of evolution... another part of me says that if everyone does that, then everyone is bound to lose a percentage of their savings. Also the nightmare of everyone rushing to transfer money all over the place at the 11th hour is too much like a bank run.. so maybe Oz is okay for now.
Also included, a provision to help back actual mortgages and prevent foreclosures. I don't have any details on that though.. they don't tell me anything. The bankruptcy thing wasn't a bad idea, but if they're throwing money at the problem, there's no way in hell there will be enough to go around to help everyone on main street. So select groups will be saved, while others are not. But as I say, I have no details at all of what made it through.
Why do I remain a free market capitalist, even after this shit? One word. Asia.
Even the most paranoid and controlling governments cannot keep people from buying and selling things. They simply will do it. You cannot prevent people from having sex, from buying and selling things, or from being rude to people they dislike.
From these three truths and the aspiration to a peaceful and just society, all else follows.
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| VP Debate |
[02 Oct 2008|10:49pm] |
The debate went swimmingly. Everything is proceeding according to plan.
Neither of my mind controlled shills let slip their plans to orchestrate a coupe and install me as emperor of the soon not to be free world..
Excellent...
(Note to Echelon Readers -- just kidding.. :)
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| Dinner |
[02 Oct 2008|06:45pm] |
My Dinner has been delightful.
My rent is unpaid and I'm broke. Once again I'm stuck in that position of waiting for a check that has yet to arrive to meet basic needs. It's due by the 20th. Any later than the 10th and I'm terminally screwed. As it stands, I may not pay rent until after the 5th, which means a late fee.
Irritating how things work.
I have serious ass busting to do next week...
I'm off to check my credit score and see how much lower it is these days..
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| What I want to do |
[02 Oct 2008|09:15am] |
My horoscope said I should just do what I want to do instead of waiting for people to grant me the power to do it.
I like that. It's good advice.
Bailout latest:
I'm through panicking and returning to principles.
- Relax Mark to Market accounting rules. Good idea. Will help a great deal.
- Fund the FDIC so they can actually afford to make payouts if and when banks fail. Also a good idea.
These two items may be enough. The FDIC, assuming it can do it's job, is the right agency for this. Won't help the stock market, but who cares about stocks? We need credit liquidity, and that's all. Investment is risk, and that's known and as it should be. I feel bad about tanking 401Ks though.. it's a bad side-effect of changing policy to bolster economic growth, that bubbles last longer than they should thus lulling investment managers into a false sense of security. They then advance in their profession and feel confident about riskier decisions... with people's retirement money.. It wasn't really "the economy, stupid.".. but it is now. And it's worse because we were afraid to take the hit when we should have, when it would have been less dramatically horrible.
Now all that's to be dealt with is energy prices cum inflation on necessities like food and transportation.
A much stickier wicket, but plans to address it are features of both candidates presidential platforms... so it's politically viable and reasonable to assume it will be focused on. What's not so reasonable to assume is that the problems will actually get resolved, however.
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| Whew |
[01 Oct 2008|07:44pm] |
After the past few days... with locking my keys in my office.. yes, the keys to the building.. and also the keys to my car and my apartment.. luckily I had my phone and was able to spend the night at my parent's house.
Got back in during normal business hours today, and I've got to tell you that not having that time in the evening to relax before bed has taken quite a bit out of me. Also, fear about credit and rent and customers and the uncertainty of whether or not one of my personal disasters was a major disaster all around or not.
I've been on facebook, but my word twist skills are even more abysmal than normal.
One thing I hate more than anything is when people tell me "we need to talk." It's that time between being warned that a talk is going to occur and the time when it actually happens that just irks me and pisses me off.
Don't tell me we need to talk. If we need to talk, then talk. Otherwise wait until you have time to talk and talk then. I can't stand this.. it's like what the fuck does he want to talk about? The mind reels and grasps at all sorts of various things. By the time we actually sit down (it's been since Friday) I'm so friggin' anxious I'm not going to be able to pay attention to anything he says anyway.
This foreshadowing just puts me on edge and makes me angry.. hence the straight-razor comment. I don't know where we'll be talking, but for all I know it could be in a dark alley somewhere...
WTF is going on here??!?!
I'm half-considering just dragging it out for as long as I can so there will be nothing left to talk about by the time we actually talk.
It would be a fair recompense for not being straight and upfront with me.
But nay, that is an old habit, hard to wean off of.. and it ultimately buys me nothing.
There's the dangling hint of straight answers to come. But I know full well I will not be left with any answers, merely more questions that remain unanswered. It is nothing but a pointless source of stress.
If there's no money for me in it, or any sort of direct communication, I'd just assume it never happen at all.
The guest bed was comfy, but the stress of not being home and worrying about the plight of my keys, and not being able to smoke, and having to be told that I should exercise, and eat breakfast at least, if not lunch, has been just too much for me.
I'm going to check the progress of my tiny adventure hero and then retire for the evening. It's the only thing for it.
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| Persecution |
[01 Oct 2008|06:13pm] |
I have been having my face ground into a pile of dogshit for the last 3 days. I've hardly been in contact with anyone.. and it's still happening.
I can only assume it's political persecution.
It may be time to begin bringing a straight razor to business meetings.
I'll let you know by the beginning of next week.
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