Author: Simon

If you subsidise fishing, fishermen will fit their boats out to catch the subsidy, not the fish – Adam Smith ===== I haven’t checked if the quote is true. The sentiment is certainly correct.

ALL use is medical use says Dennis Peron of Prop 215 (CA) fame.

Robert Mercer, who once backed Ted Cruz, is now backing Donald Trump. Since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling in 2010, the Mercers have put millions of dollars behind Republican and Libertarian candidates and causes. Their contributions show dissatisfaction with incumbents and an aim to disrupt or check those in power. “She is feared by…

Seen in passing. The FBI is only different from the Gestapo in degree, not in principle. The secret police are the same everywhere. Their job is State Protection. All other jobs are secondary.

Well you already knew that. But without video it lacks punch. Now there is video. The violence at Trump rallies was staged by Democrats.

Can you believe it? Bob Dylan Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature. Obviously I’m going to be adding videos.

This video put up by Team Trump has bee delisted by YouTube. If you hit the “share button” at the YouTube site this message comes up: This video is unlisted. Be considerate and think twice before sharing. Share it (or a link to here) far and wide. The Deplorable Raven

Beelzebub. And: A fly landed directly on Hillary Clinton’s face during the second presidential debate.

Update: Update: 10 Oct 2016 1908z Commenter T said: Could not help but be struck by the resemblance of this Bill Clinton photo with the figure of the damned soul in Michelangelo’s Last Judgement. So here it is: Update: 13 Oct 2016 0826z If you look at the top two pictures of Bill Clinton, you…

Let us hope the ballot box works this November.

You can see the image in this video suggested by Kathy Kinsley as a comment on politics/the human condition. Janis Joplin – Mercedes Benz

Today America united as a nation to decide how many alleged Trump gropes equals one alleged Bill/Hillary Clinton rape. #Trump #Clinton — Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) October 8, 2016 Scott has answered that question.

This is a follow up to my previous post Corporatism Is Just Another Name For Fascism. This is about the goings on in New York State with a project called the SolarCity disaster. The article was published on Sept 22, 2016. …rather than symbolizing a shiny high-tech future, the solar-panel factory could become a monument…

It is illegal for most people to have a gun in New York City. This policy, enforced as Stop and Frisk, has improved police/community relations. According to Breitbart. It should be extended to the rest of the country. /sarc Breitbart is giving ammunition to the enemy by supporting General Warrants. The colonists went to war…

From a comment at Zero Hedge. Rommel was indeed magnificent. He said there were four different types of people in the world. Lazy and Stupid Energetic and Stupid Lazy and Smart Energetic and Smart       He said to run a military campaign you should: Get rid of the Energetic and Stupid. They are…

This graphic is an update: (4 Oct 2016 0525z) Fascism is NOT coming to America. It is here already. The American version is also sometimes called Corporatism. Or Crony Capitalism. David Stockman rails against it in this article …since 1987 when Greenspan arrived at the Fed in this era of bubble finances I call it…

Here is an anecdotal follow up to my post Clinton Is Losing The Anti-Prohibition Voters. It pretty much describes how the anti-Prohibitionists (mostly Democrats) feel about how the Democrat politicians have handled their issues. Mostly with a wink and a nod before elections and after the election is over – nothing. Here is a link…

If the question is “what to do about xxx” and the answer is “we need a law” you are talking to a socialist. And with laws come enforcers. And expenses. And exemptions for the connected. etc. In the words of our ecocrazies – it is unsustainable. But while it continues it is going to hurt…

I got an ad from a right wing site advertising home security. What interested me was their pitch. Here are two of the bullet points. Do you know how to protect your home from invasion? What about rouge cops and looters? What interested me was that those on the right now fear “rouge cops”. That…