Word of the Day: Locked and Loaded
1) Taibbi: Is LIBOR, Benchmark for Trillions of Dollars in Transactions, a Lie?
For the privilege of being able to live in a house or pay for the basic essentials of life Americans are daily bleed by the finical system. This new LIBOR scandal exposes one way it is done. The old LIBOR flare-up was about how the calculation on how much interest you paid on was illegally manipulated to extract maximum misery on borrowers and to finance the debauched lifestyle of our sociopaths banking and fiance clique.
Turns out, this LIBOR number doesn't actually measure anything that actually takes place in real life anymore ("not being alive anymore", being a future common theme in banking and finance; institutions and individuals). It is estimated that 350 trillion dollars in debt is conjured according to this corrupt and fantastical number and it has no clear successor.2 ) Breitbart's war on McMaster bites Bannon
Some more palace intrigue. I remain steadfast the Bannon is the only guy I have confidence in around Trump. Raising taxes on the rich would be a great start to restoring trust among our people, but it is probably impossible in non-emergency mode (coming soon to a theater near you).3) The mystery and intrigue of Matt Drudge's Twitter feed
Disturbed people are sometimes great but never well. I <3 Matt Drudge.4) We’re Drinking So Much It’s Now a 'Public Health Crisis'
More and more we feel the need to take the edge off.5) Al Gore thinks our political system can save the climate. His daughter isn’t so sure.
Vox publishes such lovely pieces. I had some very conflicted emotions reading about Karenna Gore. On one hand, she is perhaps the most privileged person to have ever been born (privilege checked). She doesn't seem to think that the climate crisis is so bad as to bring three more children into this doomed way of living. She seems to drift from charmed place to prestigious gig effortlessly, and has time to make long and expensive asides in her life purely for pleasure. But she makes the same basic criticism of late-capitalism's failure to deliver unambiguous gains to human happiness that I do.
Tesla Deathwatch: Tesla Boosts Bond Sale to $1.8 Billion for Model 3
I don't like Elon Musk. I don't like Tesla. I don't like their vision of the future. The whole thing is an epic scam. I have my dancing shoes ready for their funeral.6) 5 things Trump did this week while you weren't looking
The CW is that Trump has been historically cucked. I basically agree with that, it's legislation or nothing. This stuff is so small-ball. Sure, it will make the world marginally more poisoned, genetically cleansed, and financially perilous but these are small administrative changes, easily reversed.7) Skinny Women Who Eat Cheeseburgers in Magazines
Well, without the bread....8) Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O.
I second the motion.
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