The Post-Partisan Emporium

  How to Orient an Organism Understanding Depression, Collapse, and Triumph J. Daniel Sawyer Emerging from primordial musical chaos, light dawns on a new Earth, and we see the title card  The Dawn of Man . A tableaux unfolds in which semi-erect apes get attacked by leopards, hunt with their bare hands, and fight wars over access to water, before inspiration strikes—perhaps sent by the gods—and one curious ape makes a connection between the way a discarded bone knocks other discarded bones around, and the usefulness of that bone as a weapon. Smashing the bones around him, the ape works himself into a state of triumphant, orgiastic glee. He takes the bone and uses it to defeat the rival tribe, hunt game, and rule his small corner of the world until, in a celebration of triumph, he throws the bone up into the air, where a quick scene change lands us in orbit above the Earth, traveling alongside spacecraft, space stations, and weapons satellites. The first tool in the conquest of ...

  Jamais Vu All over again, again Radio Far Side Perhaps 50 years is enough that few folks recall the pain and suffering. Perhaps it’s the sad state of education, particularly in economics. Perhaps it’s just pure bone-headed stupidity, or maybe a combination of all three. Before we dive into the latest absurdities coming out of Warshington, let’s remember that the word “economy” comes from the ancient Greek word, οἰκονομία, which itself is a contraction of the words for “household” and “management”. In other words, economies grow from the foundation up, not from the roof down. Let us further recall that inflation is primarily caused by an increase in the money supply, without a concommitent expansion of productivity, a.k.a. goods and services available for purchase. When economic units, er…people have more money in their pockets, but the same amount of goods and services to buy, they bid up prices until the market reaches equilibrium again. High prices are the result of government ...

  CENSORSHIPsteria: Best Censorship Memes  (Free Pavel Durov!) Free speech… except... Google is trying to tell us something, if we were really wrong about them (they would not censor us) and more censorship memes as Telegram founder Pavel Durov is arrested! The Empire has struck back against free speech by arresting Pavel Durov, previously the founder of VK in Russia and now Telegram based in the UAE. Russians With Attitude noted how, in part, he has ended up in this predicament (and how Elon Musk has been a bit more careful…): And now for some censorship memes… Telegram - until Elon bought Twitter…: Irony of ironies…: A whole lot of disinformation…: Google is trying to tell us something…: What I get…: Free speech….. except………………….: Could happen…: Reminders: The final word(s): Source: COVIDsteria + Tales From The Great Reset