Category Archives: economy

Fucked

My cousin and I had a long telephone call last evening. I was south of Charleroi. It was the ugliest town in europe. Oil Can was north of Boston. We were an ocean apart. I asked about his father, the judge. The ex-marine has been repatriated from the hospital. My uncle was back at home. […]

Same Old Suspects

International banks employ hundreds of thousands of highly educated people to invest funds through the global capital markets. These trades are overseered by top executives and governmental inspectors. Computers registered every transaction. Big or small. Two purchases of less than $15 pushed my account into the red and my bank issued a penalty of $35. […]

Viva Tony Montana

The USA is my homeland. I care about apple pie especially since no one can make it like my late mother. I also believe in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, which is why I live in Thailand most of the year. The life is good under the mango tree in my front yard. […]

Thou Doest Protest Too Much

Corporations complain constantly about paying taxes to the federal government and the head of Coca-Cola has accused the White House and Congress of setting up a less than friendly atmosphere to sell their product in the USA. Coca-Cola was invented in Georgia in the late 1880s as an elixir. Five ounces of coca leaves were […]

Payback For The Geeks

Nerds and geeks have been targeted by bullies throughout history. Sand was kicked in Socrates’ face by a nameless. Galilleo was given a wedgee by a callous bastard son of a Vatican cardinal, and Einstein was forced to do the homework of a Viennese strong-arm thug. Bullying the weak or different has been a feature […]