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Mark H
Member since December 2009
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53 commentaries, with 14 Replies
15 replies to his comments (28%)
Average Note : 47 / 100 for 37 rated commentaries 170 194
Last commentary posted on Saturday, February 2, 2013


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Tom DiLorenzo

Freedom and Federalism

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Sorry, but wrong. DiLorenzo is a retarded chimp who would not know history if it bit him in the ass. He is part of the most disgraced profession in the world, economists. Real historians are not interested in revisionist nonsense from this nitwit. His campaign to re-write history is just like holocaust deniers....destined for the true dustbin of history. It is sad that ordinarily intelligent people are caug...

2/2/2013 at 2:15 AM

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Richard Benson - SfGroup

The Incredible Shrinking Postal Service

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Wow. What an elitest manifesto for monopoly power! 1st, what about people who can only get dial up? Rural Wisconsin (and lots of other places)don't get high speed internet, so what are they supposed to do w/o the post office? Mr. Benson seems to think it's fine to pay for all those ads before you can send your AOL e-mail. Mail delivery costs the same whether you are in Manhatten or Grand Forks, ND. 2nd, fo...

1/24/2013 at 2:06 AM

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Andy Hoffman

Precious Metals for Twenty-Somethings

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Thanks... good advice as well. You & yours have a wonderful and prosperous new year sir!

12/31/2012 at 7:41 PM

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Andy Hoffman

Precious Metals for Twenty-Somethings

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I think coin collecting should be fun. If you enjoy it, then buy what makes you happy. BUT, don't confuse numismatics with investing. They are most certainly not the same. I think Silver Eagles are a great investment AND they're fun to collect. For example, the 1996 is a 'key date' coin. You'll pay significantly higher for that year Eagle than other one. I've bought my son a Silver Eagle slab ever year si...

12/31/2012 at 12:37 AM

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Andy Hoffman

Precious Metals for Twenty-Somethings

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Recommend you stick with bullion for the time being. Collectibles offer the opportunity for fraud and not quite kosher deals. Wait till you really know and understand vintage coins before investing there.

12/29/2012 at 12:11 AM

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Chris Powell - Gata

Do gold manipulation deniers really know the secrets of central banking

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An excellent question. In a corrupt market, one is simply taking an educated guess as opposed to using any sort of skill to anticipate future results. Unfortunately, unless one is in on the 'game', you really don't know if your bet will ever be honored. Therefore, the only educated play is to avoid those games or 'markets' where your chance of return can be considered with a degree of certainty.

Th...

11/30/2012 at 3:35 AM

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Tom DiLorenzo

Lincoln’s Greatest Failure (Or, How a Real Statesman Would Have Ended Slavery

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It must just kill Li'l Tommy that the public has overwhelmingly chosen a real scholar over his crackpot theories once again. But as I enjoy another delicious shot of salty wingnut tears with my winter porter, perhaps we can offer our suggestions for his next "bestseller". He can't come up with anything interesting except to leach off of Lincoln's corpse time and time again, so maybe a vampire or zombie book mi...

11/21/2012 at 4:19 AM

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John Browne - Euro Pacific Capital

Banks Punished For Central Bank and Political Errors

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Spoken like a true bankster plutocrat. How about this Browne.... Can you say "Glass-Steagall"? If your bankster buddies hadn't dismantled the separation between investment and commercial banking, there's a good chance the crash of 2008 and BAILOUT to your buddies would not have been necessary in the 1st place. The smartest thing people can do is to stay as far away from the big bankster cartel as possible. ...

10/23/2012 at 4:00 AM

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Charleston Voice

Are Americans Abolishing the US Cent on Their Own

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Folks, this is math. Dump the penny. (Half of America can't divide by tenths anyway.)

10/18/2012 at 1:07 AM

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Gary Dorsch - SirChartsAlot

If Romney Wins, Expect the End of Quantitative Easing

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I'll also agree w/Silver and Bill. The Bernank was appointed by Bush and is a Republican. Barry has obeyed his masters by letting the Fed do what it wants. There will be a zero change of direction regardless of whom occupies 1600 Penn. Ave. The Fed is boxed in and can't raise interest rates without crashing the (weak) economy and making the nat'l debt even more out of control. Nope. We're on the QE to infi...

10/18/2012 at 1:03 AM

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Mac Slavo - Shtfplan

What are the MiliPolice Planning On Doing With These Heavily Armored Vehicles

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The usage of the word 'rescue' is a nice touch. Like "Hi. We're from the Justice Dept. and we understand you're holding some gold and silver. We've come to 'rescue' it from you, now fork it over or we'll have to use our tank, er, I mean, urban 'rescue' unit to flatten your house."

9/20/2012 at 8:33 PM

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Ron Paul

Meaningless Words in Politics

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Thank you Mr. Paul for reminding folks about labels. While I disagree with him for a number of reasons over a number of issues, by and large, I'm thrilled that he is presenting an alternative to dumbass Red vs dumbass Blue.

Sadly, we have our junior high scholars whom still have access to their Mom's computer L Chat...ignore the junior high commentator. It is not yet ready to discuss issues with a...

8/28/2012 at 4:04 AM

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Tom DiLorenzo

Obama’s 'You Didn’t Build It' Canard

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Well, now we know why Lil' Tommy's been covering all sorts of other topics than his chosen field. It's because he wouldn't know what Marxism is if it bit him in the butt. Here's a quote from that noted Marxist Adam Smith:
"It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expence, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion." (Book V, Chapter...

8/14/2012 at 8:21 PM

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Charleston Voice

Postal Service Bankrupt: Mail is Dead in America

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Nice little article. I've always thought the USPS has gotten a bum rap. It's hard to do a good job when mgmt. is schizophrenic.

8/10/2012 at 10:00 PM

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Tom DiLorenzo

Totalitarian Tools

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Well, sure enough, someone has said it better than I ever could. Thanks Jesse...

http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/

7/28/2012 at 3:35 AM

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Tom DiLorenzo

Totalitarian Tools

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Credit, where credit is due...like the blind squirrel, Lil' Tommy has found a nut. Unfortunately, and as usual, it has absolutely nothing to do with economics.

His premise is correct: waterboarding is torture. It has been since the Spanish Inquisition and has been documented accordingly. Well done on pointing that out. (I wonder if our brave Sean Hannity has put his money where his mouth is yet. ...

7/27/2012 at 9:05 PM

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James Howard Kunstler

What the Summer Breeze Said

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I'm curious what you have said to warrant 10 negative comments SW? (I didn't rate you on this post.) Art brightens lives. Go figure.

7/24/2012 at 8:03 PM

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Tom DiLorenzo

The Party of Great Moral Frauds

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I'm starting to feel sorry for Lil' Tommy. His posts are looking more and more like a desperate cry for attention. Once again, Shakespeare said it best:

"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then it is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing."

7/13/2012 at 1:00 AM

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Tom DiLorenzo

When Americans Understood the Declaration of Independence

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Alright! Another 'article' from Lil' Tommy. I see that he has left the disgraced profession of economics and has moved right into fantasy writing. Sadly, he is just as incompetent at fiction as he is at everything else.

He may want to go see "Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter". It has more facts that this bit of work.

7/6/2012 at 4:40 PM

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Tom DiLorenzo

The Watermelon Summit

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In the immortal words of Dean Wormer, '...fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son.'

I'm sure that someday before 10th grade, your class will cover, for example, the CCC in American History. You could skip ahead and use teh Google, but that might require some effort on your part to actually learn something. Do keep posting though. The entertainment factor is priceless.

6/23/2012 at 7:06 PM

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Tom DiLorenzo

The Watermelon Summit

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"Grow a set and stop being a jackass"

Project much? I'm enjoying your salty tears of loserdom. Boo hoo hoo. Cry me another. I'm enjoying this.

6/22/2012 at 4:54 PM

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Tom DiLorenzo

The Watermelon Summit

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Good grief you are dense. I demonstrated that Lil' Tommy is a LIAR. I don't put up with liars. If you are too dense to understand what I'm talking about, just stop. Otherwise, reread my post. I provided FACTUAL, not arguable evidence that a government program provided a benefit to the people, business and the environment. This is a direct refutation of Lil' Tommy's post. I just picked that topic at random...

6/20/2012 at 6:38 PM

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Tom DiLorenzo

The Watermelon Summit

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DiLorenzo can't be bothered to read the facts. For this reason, he has less critical thought process than a deficient hominid.

It's entertaining that Hart would miss the entire point of Lil' Tommy's diatribe about environmentalism, that being '...the inherent evil of all forms of socialism...' when I was able to refute his entire blog post with a 10 second Google search. If posting factual statement...

6/19/2012 at 7:42 PM

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Tom DiLorenzo

The Watermelon Summit

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An economist commenting on the environment is like a chimp commenting on nuclear theory. In Little Tommy's case, it's like a retarded chimp. You can poke holes in just about any part of his 'argument'. For example, I'll bet Lil' Tommy doesn't know about the "Forest Products Laboratory" at the Univ. of Wisconsin that was originally sponsored by (Oh No!) the federal government back in 1909. Prior to this examp...

6/19/2012 at 6:01 PM

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Douglas French - Mises.org

Property Means Preservation

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The word 'hogwash' is too kind for this article. Mr. French's laughable argument appears to be that only through private ownership can wildlife be preserved. OK, so was the preserve he visited open to the public for free or a nominal cost like our National Parks? I would wager not. So, if a park or preserve can't pay for itself, then what? I guess it doesn't matter per French. It was ilk like him that brou...

6/2/2012 at 1:08 AM

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Mish - Global Economic Analysis

Misconceptions about Gold

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I agree w/Mr. Roache. Unless you have the gold or silver bullion IN YOUR HAND, you have counterparty risk. ETFs with a few exceptions (CEF & Sprott's products come to mind), have significant counterparty risk. Gold has been created out of thin air, and it is called GLD. Don't confuse it with the real stuff. As Max Kaiser says: "Got Phyzz?"

5/31/2012 at 3:04 AM

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Charleston Voice

Coin hoarding soon a crime - Maybe So in the Phillipines

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Very true. Somewhere I read that our nickels are now worth $.0585 in the actual metal value. Let's see how long it will take before they start to disappear from circulation.

5/17/2012 at 5:51 PM

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Douglas French - Mises.org

From Rags to Resorts

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If I wanted to read an homage to a zionist douchenozzle like Sheldon Adelson, I would join AIPAC. Adelman's latest great idea was to singlehandledly bankroll Newt Gingrich's failed presidential run. No thanks.

5/17/2012 at 2:55 PM

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James Howard Kunstler

Elegy

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"Notre Dame people are the only Illinoisans who venture forth to "Wander Indiana." Them and the adventurers who want to buy fireworks. I get my firecrackers in Missouri or Wisconsin."

Ha ha....too true. Although Indiana Dunes State Park is worth a visit.

5/1/2012 at 4:40 PM

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James Howard Kunstler

Elegy

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I'm not nearly so gloomy as Mr. Kunstler or Jim C. But the disappearance of 'industry' is what happens when you have operations like Bain Capital which strip off the assets, terminate the workers and pocket the millions. While those jobs and factories may have been shipped over to China in a race to the bottom, that does not mean those jobs and factories have to stay there. Perhaps instead of wasting trillion...

4/30/2012 at 5:47 PM

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Tom DiLorenzo

Rethinking America’s Supreme Judicial Dictatorship

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Well said note by Jim. DiLorenzo's nutty theories have been disproved by authentic scholars all over the place. If you take his ideas to their logical conclusion, you reach slavery and child labor. It's all fine because there is no evil "State" to prevent those wonderful 'capitalist' ideas.

4/19/2012 at 3:41 AM

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Ron Paul

In Praise of Private Charity

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Exactly! Who needs those pointy headed folks at the National Weather Service when you can have a convoy of double wides and preachers. Bah. Stupid science.

4/11/2012 at 4:37 AM

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Doug Casey - Casey Research

Doug Casey on the Nanny State

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Boobus Caseyis more like it. Newsflash to Mr. Casey: What gets the 99% riled up is when we're told that ground up organ meat and ammonia is actually "lean, finely textured beef". It's called truth in advertising. I'll pay $20.00 US to see you eat a tablespoon.

3/16/2012 at 7:14 PM

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Andy Hoffman

Destruction of Nations

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What a dimbulb. He does not even understand the difference between Socialism and Fascism. What we have here is closer to a corporate kleptocracy than Socialism. The idea that McCain would have been any better than Obama is simply stupid. The entire red team/blue team fake difference is designed for simpletons like Andy. Only Ron Paul offers anything resembling a real difference. Stick to metals and leave t...

3/15/2012 at 4:24 PM

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Adam Hamilton - Zealllc

Gold ETF Mass Exodus

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Sorry, but no. I think you should speak with some of the folks who thought they had gold stored at MF Global. Some animals are more equal than others, cough JP Morgan cough . Does anyone really think GLD's gold is not similarly encumbered? If you as a personal investor think your 'gold' is safe at GLD, you should really do a little more research.

1/30/2012 at 6:37 PM

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Ron Paul

Protect the Environment by Respecting Property Rights

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Since its creation in 1970 the EPA has done more harm than good.

Bull. Only someone without an understanding of how the real world works would argue something this stupid. Environmental laws have nothing to do with shipping industry to China. Ask your Republic party buddy, Mittens. Fish-barrel-republics.

1/21/2012 at 3:43 AM

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Ron Paul

Protect the Environment by Respecting Property Rights

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It's rare when I agree w/Jim C., but in this case, he's spot on. Mr. Paul would appear to have no problem whatsoever with an oil company poisoning your well water because they're drilling on their own property. Hello, once your water is polluted by fracking, how are you going to fix the problem? A lawsuit doesn't help clean the water, Paul. Perhaps he should speak with the property owners in PA whose water w...

1/19/2012 at 8:29 PM

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James Howard Kunstler

The Cookie Crumbles

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Always interesting to see the neo Fascists come out to complain about Mr. Kunstler. Here's a Libertarian idea... if you don't like, don't read. Otherwise shut up and let the rest of us make our own mind up.

12/13/2011 at 12:33 AM

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Peter Schiff - Euro Pacific Capital

Obama Gets Real

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This has to be one of the stupidest posts ever recorded on 24hgold. If i wanted to read nonsense like this I would check out Stormfront or Redstate. Barry is an idiot, but wingnut crap like this makes him look like a genius.

12/10/2011 at 5:24 AM

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Jesse - Jesse's Café

Gold, Eurodollars, and the Black Swan That Will Devour the US Futures and Derivatives Markets

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Another excellent article from Jesse. It's too bad that some people are so blindered by their hatred of others that they become incapable of intellectual rigor. They are to be pitied.

12/5/2011 at 3:59 AM

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Tom DiLorenzo

Why the Old Media Ignore Ron Paul

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Like a blind, retarded pig, every once in a while, Dilorenzo finds a nut. Yes, it is true that the lamestream media ignores Ron Paul. Yay! He's right about something for once. But as usual, Dilorenzo demonstrates why he is useless at analysis.
Instead of facts, he cites to 'Chicago style economists'. Sadly for little Tommy, we all know that Milton Friedman, Greenspan and Bernanke are a bunch of morons. ...

11/16/2011 at 6:14 PM

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Robert P. Murphy

Chaos Theory : Law without the State

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1st, I would like to offer my compliments to Mr. Murphy for obviously working on his post for some time and giving it a great deal of thought. But 2nd, I have to tell him the emperor has no clothes. This essay has so many holes and outright fallacious arguments it is hard to know where to start.

I'm not going to waste my time going over every one of his 'arguments', so I'll just pick one. Mr. Murph...

11/7/2011 at 3:35 AM

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David Galland - Casey Research

The Problem with Seeing Government as God

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What a pointless 'article'. Unless Mr. Galland is posting from the nirvana of Somalia, I suggest he thank his lucky stars that he give thanks to the 99% thank make his stupid life possible.

11/5/2011 at 5:51 AM

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Michael S. Rozeff - Mike Rozeff

We the Ruled

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I have a single word response to this: Somalia.

What an idiot.

9/22/2011 at 9:35 PM

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David Galland - Casey Research

Stupid Politician Monkeys

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With commentary this ignorant, you can rest assured I will never pay any attention whatsoever to 'Casey Research'.

9/18/2011 at 2:08 AM

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Thorsten Polleit

Human Action Is Purposeful Action

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This is absolute hogwash. For example, the law distinguishes between negligent and intentional conduct. Has the author even conceived of the concept of an ACCIDENT? Given the mushy headed gibberish spouted here, the author would seem to conclude that computer failure caused by a clumsy reach for a pop splashing onto the keyboard is 'purposeful action'. D'oh!

8/22/2011 at 4:28 AM

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Lew Rockwell

When Government Shuts Down

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Typical wingnut crap. The idea that we the American people should have to pay to go to "Yellowstone-brought to you by GE!" is utterly retarded. The fact remains that the only likely buyers of our park system would be giant, multinational corporations. And once they were privatized, there would be nothing to stop them from developing them as they see fit.

Typical garbage from Mr. Sociopath, Lew Rock...

7/28/2011 at 5:04 PM

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Rick Ackerman

Will the United States Survive Until 2015

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A great Fox News commentary. If you want intelligent analysis, don't look here.

6/22/2011 at 2:33 AM

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James Howard Kunstler

Get Real

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What a surprise....another fact free comment from our resident 'intellectual', Jim C.
It is especially enjoyable to note his 'experts'. No scientists need apply.

5/24/2011 at 5:02 PM

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George F. Smith - Barbarous Relic

Who paid for the Civil War

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While this article is not nearly as stupid as those generally vomited forth by Tom DiLorenzo, the entire article begs the question, SO WHAT?
Lincoln is widely known as the best President we ever had because he was able to preserve the Union. Everything else was secondary. Further, the Confederacy also issued unbacked notes as well. Again, so what. Fiddling with the currency while in the midst of a civi...

5/20/2011 at 6:42 PM

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James Howard Kunstler

The Song of Spring

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Once again we have Jim C. pining for the days of yore, when men were men, women were scarce, and sheep were scared, or aka the Raygun years. Heaven forbid we take the least interest in our fellow humans of lesser means. Crony Capitalism ROX!

We've seen how the gutting of regulation by the teabagger sort like Phil Gramm has worked so well. What financial crisis? I'm alright Jack, now let's all go G...

5/10/2011 at 6:07 PM

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James Howard Kunstler

The Banana Peel of Destiny

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1st, he already told you that he does not have an answer, so your "How?" question has already been addressed. 2nd, there is this concept known as "peak oil". You should perhaps read a book or something. Drilling here, there and everywhere does not solve the fundamentals despite some dingbat part time governor's opinion.

Finally, there is this amazing invention called a "railroad". It moves great m...

4/25/2011 at 9:29 PM

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Eric de Carbonnel - Market Skeptics

Researching Trial Lawyers

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An enormous waste of time and pixels. If you seriously think that the plaintiff bar is more powerful that the army of lobbyists employed by Corporate America, you are seriously deluded. Pitiful.

2/11/2010 at 2:31 PM

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