http://bozonbloggon.blogspot.com/2010/08/mise-en-scene-for-cartoon-t-back-hot.html
Terms search, eg: Lorch.
BOOMERBUSTER
OLD CELLO
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Sunday, April 27, 2014
RE PROFESSOR HOWARD 2008 DISCUSSION
http://www.oxfordchabad.org/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/630648/jewish/Prof-Sir-Michael-Howard.htm
..."The first problem that I myself face is, why was it the Germans who did this ? Here again I must explain where I am coming from. My mother transmitted to me not only Jewish blood, but the German culture imbibed and loved by her own parents. I feel at home with the German language (though I can barely speak it), with German poetry and German music, as I do with no other. So for me, even after I have explained it, it remains something of a mystery. After all, the Jews were no more unpopular in 19th century Germany than they were anywhere else in Europe. If one had been told , say in 1900, that the Holocaust would occur forty years later and asked to guess where it would happen, Germany would certainly not have been the first choice. That would probably have been Russia, where the pogroms, admittedly on a small if brutal scale, gave some indication of the intensity of racial prejudice in at least some regions of the Tsarist Empire. But Russia, it was generally admitted, was still semi-barbaric.. When she had caught up with the West, as she seemed rapidly to be doing, incidents like these would surely sink back into her troubled history. But next on the list would probably have been France, where at the turn of the century violent and endemic anti-Semitism was finding expression, not only in such works as Edouard Drumont’s La France juive and the circulation of the infamous Protocols of the Elders of Zion, but in the official victimisation of Captain Alfred Dreyfus with the consent of the entire French establishment and half the electorate....."
It contains a more well considered treatment than his brief remarks on this subject in "Structure and Process In History".
..."The first problem that I myself face is, why was it the Germans who did this ? Here again I must explain where I am coming from. My mother transmitted to me not only Jewish blood, but the German culture imbibed and loved by her own parents. I feel at home with the German language (though I can barely speak it), with German poetry and German music, as I do with no other. So for me, even after I have explained it, it remains something of a mystery. After all, the Jews were no more unpopular in 19th century Germany than they were anywhere else in Europe. If one had been told , say in 1900, that the Holocaust would occur forty years later and asked to guess where it would happen, Germany would certainly not have been the first choice. That would probably have been Russia, where the pogroms, admittedly on a small if brutal scale, gave some indication of the intensity of racial prejudice in at least some regions of the Tsarist Empire. But Russia, it was generally admitted, was still semi-barbaric.. When she had caught up with the West, as she seemed rapidly to be doing, incidents like these would surely sink back into her troubled history. But next on the list would probably have been France, where at the turn of the century violent and endemic anti-Semitism was finding expression, not only in such works as Edouard Drumont’s La France juive and the circulation of the infamous Protocols of the Elders of Zion, but in the official victimisation of Captain Alfred Dreyfus with the consent of the entire French establishment and half the electorate....."
It contains a more well considered treatment than his brief remarks on this subject in "Structure and Process In History".
Saturday, April 26, 2014
DUSTY'S BY TH COACH KARATS SHTICK austrian economist MARILYN TRAIL POKER PRAXIS
LAISSEZ FAIRE THEORY MEETS PRACTICE
Dusty: " Stick em up mistr. "
(Among the usual suspects, from prior cartoons, on related themes, including Mary Lynn, the Catholic spelling, with umbrella, " Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend " across her T shirt front.)
An Austrian economist, among those held up: "OK."
Dusty: " I need carrots fo ma hoass. Got eny? "
Mary Lynn: " I love carrots. "
A E: " Ay haf ownyee mye shtick.
I tawt u waned shtick?
I gif karats to mi Wiener whores, too!"
Dusty: " Ai don wan yur stick! "
Mary Lynn: " I only have a umbrella, a Poppins. "
A E: " U hafnt givn my shtick uh faire chanc.
Haw uboat sum Hoot Smalley?
Dass iss miy favorit shtick!"
Dusty: " No tanks gramp.
Kep yur stick fur smbudy oo wans it.
Wel, than, Gimme allyur gold! "
A E: " I dont beleff ing gol.
I doneevn giffit tu my whores!"
Dusty; "Don believe i Gold!
"Wy, i outa plug ya rite now!"
Terms search: Hoot Smalley
Dusty: " Stick em up mistr. "
(Among the usual suspects, from prior cartoons, on related themes, including Mary Lynn, the Catholic spelling, with umbrella, " Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend " across her T shirt front.)
An Austrian economist, among those held up: "OK."
Dusty: " I need carrots fo ma hoass. Got eny? "
Mary Lynn: " I love carrots. "
A E: " Ay haf ownyee mye shtick.
I tawt u waned shtick?
I gif karats to mi Wiener whores, too!"
Dusty: " Ai don wan yur stick! "
Mary Lynn: " I only have a umbrella, a Poppins. "
A E: " U hafnt givn my shtick uh faire chanc.
Haw uboat sum Hoot Smalley?
Dass iss miy favorit shtick!"
Dusty: " No tanks gramp.
Kep yur stick fur smbudy oo wans it.
Wel, than, Gimme allyur gold! "
A E: " I dont beleff ing gol.
I doneevn giffit tu my whores!"
Dusty; "Don believe i Gold!
"Wy, i outa plug ya rite now!"
Terms search: Hoot Smalley
ECONOMICS KRUGMAN PIKETTY SAMUELSON CHICAGO SCHOOL FRIEDMAN SYLLOGISM
I. Nationalist capitalism leads to patrimonial capitalism.
II. Globalization solves away monopolistic nationalist patrimonial capitalism.
BUT:
III. Globalization leads to global patrimonial capitalism.
SOLUTION:
IV. More free trade, please. (Brooks, Friedman)
Free trade: carrot.
Sanctions: stick.
II. Globalization solves away monopolistic nationalist patrimonial capitalism.
BUT:
III. Globalization leads to global patrimonial capitalism.
SOLUTION:
IV. More free trade, please. (Brooks, Friedman)
Free trade: carrot.
Sanctions: stick.
INTO WHOSE HANDS DO SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA PLAY?
http://bozonbloggon.blogspot.com/2010/09/re-china-japan-america-krugman-nyt.html
Clue: not members of the English speaking world.
Britain had given up on denying to Russia the Dardanelles, amid the collapse of Ottoman power, by about 1900.
What do ' sanctions ' normally look like: ' the withdrawal of prior allotments of foreign aid, concessions, appeasements '.
Clue: not members of the English speaking world.
Britain had given up on denying to Russia the Dardanelles, amid the collapse of Ottoman power, by about 1900.
What do ' sanctions ' normally look like: ' the withdrawal of prior allotments of foreign aid, concessions, appeasements '.
Friday, April 25, 2014
FOR THE DEMOCRATS
http://bozonbloggon.blogspot.com/2010/09/re-democratic-party-krugman-keynsian.html
RE PIKETTY
Think, a later globalized version of, say,
' Keynes in the Clouds ',
a prior blog post here.
terms search: Keynes clouds.
' Keynes in the Clouds ',
a prior blog post here.
terms search: Keynes clouds.
GLOBALIST ECONOMIST PANDERS HEADING FOR THE EXITS
Piketty included. He is not any kind of economic nationalist.
He's a globalist too.
He just wants ' globalist ' fairness. he believes in:
Terms search: laissez fairy, tooth fairy, etc.,
http://bozonbloggon.blogspot.com/2010/09/re-sorell-citing-honderich-on-not.html
He's a globalist too.
He just wants ' globalist ' fairness. he believes in:
Terms search: laissez fairy, tooth fairy, etc.,
http://bozonbloggon.blogspot.com/2010/09/re-sorell-citing-honderich-on-not.html
SANCTIONS ON BANKING GREAT IDEA
This was the great German idea, in the 1880s, against Russia, a big debtor empire, at the time, to Germany.
They were going to bring the Czar to heel. A family affair, back then.
No such family affiliations, since 1917.
They were going to bring the Czar to heel. A family affair, back then.
No such family affiliations, since 1917.
PRESIDENT IN KOREA
Korea was a blunder in 1950.
Why stand shoulder to shoulder with an old blunder, 65 years later.
Why stand shoulder to shoulder with an old blunder, 65 years later.
Thursday, April 24, 2014
MAFIOCRACIES ARE NOT MERITOCRACIES
http://bozonbloggon.blogspot.com/2012/01/rise-of-mafiocracies-everywhere.html
RE UKRAINE
The US would be best advised to stay out of this dispute altogether.
The last time we blundered big in the Balkans was Clinton's attack on Serbia.
The last time we blundered big in the Balkans was Clinton's attack on Serbia.
RE NEWS YESTERDAY NPR SOCIAL MEDIA EVERYWHERE RAPIDLY COOPTED BY REGIMES
I pointed this out a several years ago, re Facebook, etc.
It was also seen in articles, in the nyt, etc., re heavy investments, Usmanov, etc., etc.
TERMS SEARCH: FACEBOOK, ETC.:
http://bozonbloggon.blogspot.com/2011/06/re-week-in-privacy-just-between-us-nyt.html
It was also seen in articles, in the nyt, etc., re heavy investments, Usmanov, etc., etc.
TERMS SEARCH: FACEBOOK, ETC.:
http://bozonbloggon.blogspot.com/2011/06/re-week-in-privacy-just-between-us-nyt.html
RE OVERSTREET
Summary
- This market has all the characteristics of a strong bull: weak commodities, a wide yield curve spread, disinflation, P/E expansion, and counter-cyclical stock behavior.
- This market and the crisis that preceded it is often compared to the Depression, but a far better comparison is the Roaring Twenties and the 1921 crisis.
- That leaves us with three difficult questions to answer: when will this bull market end, what will the aftermath look like (Depression? Stagflation?), and do we have any policy alternatives?
- The market will probably grow for a few more years, and the aftermath will probably be pretty grim, as our understanding of market forces has barely progressed since 1929.
I HAVE ANSWERS FOR HIS QUESTIONS:
When will this bull market end?
When will this bull market end?
1. Sooner than you think.
What will the aftermath look like (Depression? Stagflation?)
2. Both.
Do we have any policy alternatives?
3. No.
WEAK ECONOMIES ALL WEAK ALL NEED FOREIGN AID APPEASEMENT ALL AT ONCE
Term search: fragile, game over.
President reaffirms alliance with Japan amid longstanding and growing appeasements everywhere
Quick pay up for claim for cargo ship, seized in the 1930s, just another signal of appeasements now gearing up heavily.
In appeasement inflation, whose side should one be on?
In appeasement inflation, whose side should one be on?
RE JAPAN CHINA CARGO SHIP PRE WWII
Might as well now require all WWII combatants to reimburse each other for all losses on all sides.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
US GIVES JAPAN BI LATERAL ASSURANCES RE SOUTH CHINA SEA ISLANDS
ALTHOUGH CHINA IS BIGGEST US PHYSICAL PLANT AND CREDITOR
If I were Japan, or China, I would trust neither military assurances to Japan, nor trade commitments to China.
If I were Japan, or China, I would trust neither military assurances to Japan, nor trade commitments to China.
RE THE DOOMSDAY DISCIPLINE FOR WESTERN CIVILIZATION
http://bozonbloggon.blogspot.com/2012/05/re-chalmers-johnson-paul-krugman-and.html
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Monday, April 21, 2014
COLLINS ON JESUS THE ANTI FREE TRADE JEW
"One text gives a tell-tale detail: Immediately after entering Jerusalem in the palm-waving crowd, Jesus went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, he went out to the nearby village of Bethany with the Twelve. (Mark 11: 11) Jesus clearly intends to make a big scene; he is going to do it at the height of the business day, not in the slack time of late afternoon when the stalls are almost empty. Jesus always shows strategic sense.....
Why are the animals and the money changers in the temple in the first place? Because of ritualism; the animals are there to be bought as burnt sacrifices, and the money changers are to facilitate the crowd of distant visitors. But also it was the case, throughout the ancient world and in the medieval as well, that temples and churches were primary places of business, open spaces for crowds, idlers, speculators, merchants of all sorts. In Babylon and elsewhere the temples themselves acted as merchants and bankers (and may have originated such enterprises); in Phoenicia and the coastal cities of sin anathema to the Old Testament prophets, temples rented out prostitutes to travelers; Greek temples collected treasure in the form of bronze offerings and subsequently became stores of gold. Jesus no doubt had all this in mind when he set out to cleanse the temple of secular transactions corrupting its pure religious purpose."
Why are the animals and the money changers in the temple in the first place? Because of ritualism; the animals are there to be bought as burnt sacrifices, and the money changers are to facilitate the crowd of distant visitors. But also it was the case, throughout the ancient world and in the medieval as well, that temples and churches were primary places of business, open spaces for crowds, idlers, speculators, merchants of all sorts. In Babylon and elsewhere the temples themselves acted as merchants and bankers (and may have originated such enterprises); in Phoenicia and the coastal cities of sin anathema to the Old Testament prophets, temples rented out prostitutes to travelers; Greek temples collected treasure in the form of bronze offerings and subsequently became stores of gold. Jesus no doubt had all this in mind when he set out to cleanse the temple of secular transactions corrupting its pure religious purpose."
RE PRINCETON KRUGMAN SPECIALTIES
My daughter got the brochure.
He specializes only in free trade and globalization.
Say no more.
He specializes only in free trade and globalization.
Say no more.
REUTERS RE EURO DEFLATION LOOMING
Flat tire globalist economies everywhere.
http://bozonbloggon.blogspot.com/2013/05/an-old-2010-post-inflation-deflation.html
http://bozonbloggon.blogspot.com/2013/05/an-old-2010-post-inflation-deflation.html
Sunday, April 20, 2014
CLSSIC POST ECONOMIST OFFSHORING
http://bozonbloggon.blogspot.com/2010/08/re-this-is-not-recovery.html
RE DUSTY IN NEVADA
Not to defend Dusty, but when the federal government owns, and has long owned, 87% of the land in a particular state, as for instance, in Nevada, that sort of sets up an inherent problem.
The theory of national lands, as against state or local lands, is not inherently more problematic than any other federal type problem; i. e. merely rather problematic.
But, in states where the federal government owns the lion's share of all land, the problems stick out much more.
The theory of national lands, as against state or local lands, is not inherently more problematic than any other federal type problem; i. e. merely rather problematic.
But, in states where the federal government owns the lion's share of all land, the problems stick out much more.
NYT QUOTE SIMILAR TO FATEFUL ALLIANCE APPROACH OF GERMANY TO RUSSIA REAL SMART
If you just stand there, be confident and raise the cost gradually and increasingly to Russia, that doesn't solve your Crimea problem and it probably doesn't solve your eastern Ukraine problem. But it may solve your Russia problem."
IVO H. DAALDER, a former American ambassador to NATO, on one potential approach President Obama could take with President Vladimir V. Putin.
This was how the Germans quote
' solved ' their Russia problem, in the later 19th early 20th Century. Economic sanctions were a big part of it...
This aspect, of the development of international relations, is one of those where, it seems to me, that Kennan's accounts, if not quite omitting it, at the very least vastly understate its significance for diplomatic decision making.
He does talk about it at certain points, for example regarding finance and investments between Germany and Russia, as noted, and at times even bemoans the disconnect between imperial ministries of finance, trade, and war.
This aspect, of the development of international relations, is one of those where, it seems to me, that Kennan's accounts, if not quite omitting it, at the very least vastly understate its significance for diplomatic decision making.
He does talk about it at certain points, for example regarding finance and investments between Germany and Russia, as noted, and at times even bemoans the disconnect between imperial ministries of finance, trade, and war.
COLLINS ON JESUS
"One text gives a tell-tale detail: Immediately after entering Jerusalem in the palm-waving crowd, Jesus went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, he went out to the nearby village of Bethany with the Twelve. (Mark 11: 11) Jesus clearly intends to make a big scene; he is going to do it at the height of the business day, not in the slack time of late afternoon when the stalls are almost empty. Jesus always shows strategic sense.....
Why are the animals and the money changers in the temple in the first place? Because of ritualism; the animals are there to be bought as burnt sacrifices, and the money changers are to facilitate the crowd of distant visitors. But also it was the case, throughout the ancient world and in the medieval as well, that temples and churches were primary places of business, open spaces for crowds, idlers, speculators, merchants of all sorts. In Babylon and elsewhere the temples themselves acted as merchants and bankers (and may have originated such enterprises); in Phoenicia and the coastal cities of sin anathema to the Old Testament prophets, temples rented out prostitutes to travelers; Greek temples collected treasure in the form of bronze offerings and subsequently became stores of gold. Jesus no doubt had all this in mind when he set out to cleanse the temple of secular transactions corrupting its pure religious purpose."
Why are the animals and the money changers in the temple in the first place? Because of ritualism; the animals are there to be bought as burnt sacrifices, and the money changers are to facilitate the crowd of distant visitors. But also it was the case, throughout the ancient world and in the medieval as well, that temples and churches were primary places of business, open spaces for crowds, idlers, speculators, merchants of all sorts. In Babylon and elsewhere the temples themselves acted as merchants and bankers (and may have originated such enterprises); in Phoenicia and the coastal cities of sin anathema to the Old Testament prophets, temples rented out prostitutes to travelers; Greek temples collected treasure in the form of bronze offerings and subsequently became stores of gold. Jesus no doubt had all this in mind when he set out to cleanse the temple of secular transactions corrupting its pure religious purpose."
Saturday, April 19, 2014
re DK POST YEATS
'The best lack all conviction,
while the worst are full of passionate intensity.'
How, when the worst are full of passionate intensity, could the best accomplish anything, without any conviction?
I guess that is, perhaps, the point.
while the worst are full of passionate intensity.'
How, when the worst are full of passionate intensity, could the best accomplish anything, without any conviction?
I guess that is, perhaps, the point.
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