A question for social democrats and democratic socialists
Sunday, 7 June 2009 by Mike Gogulskieconomics, mind control, people | 7 Comments »
Since it seems you believe that the privileged state apparatus is necessary to human well-being and progress, and that you must therefore also support the paying of taxes and pay them yourselves, why not pay more? Why assume that the amount ...
There is no America. There is no democracy.
Saturday, 23 May 2009 by Mike Gogulskiart | 5 Comments »
There is no America. There is no democracy. There is only IBM and ITT, and AT&T, and Du Pont, Dow, Union Carbide and Exxon. Those are the nations of the world today. From Network, 1976: You have meddled with the primal ...
Change we can believe in
Thursday, 22 January 2009 by Mike Gogulskiart, economics, history, mind control, politics | No Comments »
[caption id="attachment_1506" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Change we can believe in (Pure silver, silver, me hearties! Yaaaar!)"][/caption] Original image by Ian-S @ flickr.com, who writes: Found in the Norfolk (UK) village of Snettisham in 1985, the contents of a narrow-necked roman pot were found ...
You are not the bank’s customer
Wednesday, 14 January 2009 by Mike Gogulskidiary | 15 Comments »
I walk into the nearest branch of Tatra banka, where I keep all of my accounts. I proceed to the cash window. I have two tasks: Exchange a quantity of Slovak koruna banknotes for euro notes Purchase a number of commemorative coins for ...
Support nostate.com
Saturday, 4 October 2008 by Mike Gogulskidiary | Comments Off
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Unabashed anti-Americanism
Friday, 5 September 2008 by Mike Gogulskidiary, philosophy | 8 Comments »
Since I am tired of answering the question "are you anti-American?" here it is. YES, I am anti-American. But let's clarify a few things. I don't think that the words "I" or "am" or the prefix "anti-" need any clarification. What does ...
How ya gonna hyperinflate with no fancy paper, Mugabe?
Tuesday, 15 July 2008 by Mike Gogulskieconomics | 2 Comments »
From the LA Times: Lack of bank note paper threatens Zimbabwe economy The country, already suffering hyperinflation, is on the brink of financial collapse, analysts say. HARARE, ZIMBABWE -- It has come to this: Zimbabwe is about to run out of the paper ...
It’s good having friends at the central bank
Tuesday, 17 June 2008 by Mike Gogulskieconomics | No Comments »
Someone walked away with a cool €13 million or so. Not bad for a day's trading. Another victory for the market? Certainly a victory for having the right connections to the masters of the currency universe. From The Guardian: Slovaks open probe ...
Put up prices: go to prison
Monday, 9 June 2008 by Mike Gogulskieconomics | 1 Comment »
That Robert Fico and his government are utterly ignorant of how markets work should come as a surprise to nobody. But then, they do say that ignorance is bliss... Me, I'm off to go jack up the rates I charge to ...
US has $99.2 trillion in unfunded liabilities
Friday, 30 May 2008 by Mike Gogulskieconomics | No Comments »
From Lee Rogers at Intel Strike: The head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Richard W. Fisher recently spoke in front of the Commonwealth Club of California. In his speech at the club, Fisher remarked that the unfunded liabilities from ...
