sociopathy

As Nancy becomes increasingly unhinged (it is really odd now that the rhetoric is as creepy as the surgically manipulated visage) we are really starting to wonder.  It seems unlikely that someone wily enough to survive 30 years in Congress and rise to the Speaker’s position could be either so clumsy, or to have so artfully hidden this baseness for so long.  Perhaps we are... Read More

alterior motives?

Most vexing of those challenges faced by folks analyzing political events is trying to discern foundational motives behind actions taken.  It is commonly accepted that the carefully polled, focus group tested, scripted and spun presentations often only tangentially refer to the conscious motives.  But on a far deeper level, one can only speculate at subconscious motives –... Read More

interest only mortgage

So we know that poorly conceived mortgages (and all the pursuant corruption and tentacles) led to the financial mess. One of the more dastardly forms of crazy mortgages were the “interest only” style.  In one of its particularly noxious flavors it even offered the borrower the opportunity to pay just a portion of the accrued interest, with the balance of the interest... Read More

some great quotes recently encountered

“traditional understanding of international law, one that did not extend legal protections to individuals who did not deserve them.  This distinction was first made by the Romans and subsequently incorporated into international law by way of medieval and early modern European jurisprudence….The Romans distinguished between bellum, war against legitimus hostis, a legitimate... Read More

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