Winners China – If this is the way Ukraine shakes out, Taiwan is on the upcoming events menu. Market shorts – Invasion causing a risk off move. Oil longs – Oil over $100, and an American industry affected by ESG investing will not crank up quickly. Losers US State Department – Incoherent messaging, schizophrenic policy…
Month: February 2022
The Servile State in 2022
Emergency Powers are interesting, because the law becomes very nearly “whatever you think you can get away with.” No need to bother with direct intervention from legislatures and courts. Emergency Powers expose the Freudian id of the executive; they show the absolute will of how our ruling class would rule if not for the niceties…
The Meh Olympics
On Sunday, the Winter Olympics came to a close. Most of America shrugged. Ratings were significantly down from 2018, reaching all time lows some nights. There was drama, top tier athleticism and majestic sights, but it did not click with audiences. The Olympics are a fantastic international event showcasing the best of the best. Americans…
“The King’s Man” and the European Civil War
The “Kingsman” movies are conceptually simple. What if we lightly touched up pre- GrimDarkPseudoBourne era James Bond? A shadowy group of British secret agents stops various villains from blowing up the world (and saves some cash by not having a single titular franchise character). Sex is confusing and problematic to the target audience, so strip…
Winners, Losers and Links
Winners Russia – Making the Americans look like hysterical ninnies is always a win. Canadians – Provinces are rolling back restrictions. Infrastructure workers – The trucker protest provides a guide for future actions. BAP is vindicated for his calls for a trucker strike after election 2020. Losers America’s Intel Community – Pinpointing invasion dates every…
The Behavioral Sink
This is a follow up to a previous article. I’m sure many are confused and have feelings of uneasiness over the housing situation and I don’t blame you. I know back in March of 2020, I was jumping with joy watching the DOW Jones plummet, thinking that finally, we Millennials can get what crumbs are…
The Simulated Politics
Prisoners of Illusion In the 1967 television series The Prisoner, the titular character retires from being a British super spy and soon after is drugged, kidnapped, and deposited in a prison camp. In this place called “The Village” he is subjected to a series of sociological and psychological experiments, ranging from purely sadistic to utterly…
Winners, Losers and Links
Winners Covid Lockdown States – Breathe the sweet maskless air all ye who dwell in the land of lockdowns! MI Complex – Orders for hi-tech gadgetry continue. Even if no war comes, the Eastern Euros will load up for the future. Amazon – An inflation crunch will drive more to search for the lowest priced…
Addressing Opioids
Submitted by witheredrose Let us talk opioids. America’s white working class is plagued with opiate addiction, particularly in the Midwest where towns have been economically, and socially, decimated by jobs being shipped overseas to China. Without a job, unable to support his family, and with most of his more adapt friends gone for greener pastures, the working-class man is tempted by…
The Brilliant and Unwatchable Cynicism of The Sopranos
Warning: Spoilers. The Sopranos is regarded by many as the greatest television show of all time, and its continued cultural relevancy and viewership bolsters that argument. Almost 15 years after the airing of the final episode, diehard fans continue to watch it from beginning to end on repeat, while a younger audience still finds time…
The American Sun 