Archive for August 30th, 2010

Thumbs Up From The Thug

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Yes, the KGBeast will be running for President of Russia in 2012!!!

“It interests me as much as … I was going to say ‘as much as anyone’, but really more than everyone else!” he quipped. “But I am not making a fetish out of it!”

Having more or less outlawed freedom of assembly, murdered his political opponents and irritating investigative journalists, and installed his very own Mini Me as the current President, what worlds are left to conquer?

Gorilla answers: “Only the civilized ones, where he’s still persona non grata!”

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How Not To Climate Change

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Well, the science is fine, global warming and climate change are indeed real, but the UN’s Intergovernment Panel On Climate Change screwed up a little and needs reform!!!

And it’s this sort of very minor, very unimportant set of recommendations by an international body (remember: the Know Nothing Party thinks the UN is part of a vast conspiracy to promote socialism and one world government) that will keep the US (and by implication China and India) from ever getting serious about changing our environmental policy.

When you have to mortgage the political farm to get anything through the Congress, what are the chances now?

Gorilla answers: “Less than zero!”

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Assault Of The Earth

Monday, August 30th, 2010

The Chinese are, surprise, surprise!, restricting rare earth metal exports and favoring sales to Chinese companies.

Not exactly a shock from a country that provides 97% of the world’s current supply.

And of course Beijing’s excuse is, wait for it!, a desire not to add to environmental destruction through more mining!

Meanwhile, the US, Japan, and other countries have to decide whether to start up their own rare earth mining and engage in the sort of stockpiling/retaliation schemes and WTO nose thumbing that is the hallmark of Chinese trade policy.

Gorilla says: “We’re all Chilean miners now!”

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Easing To The Bottom

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Japan’s central bank, unlike the US Fed, knows about deflation and economic growth, but still cannot bring itself to undertake more radical policies: we want to be tough on non-existent inflation, just in case it might exist!

In the US, the Fed could be raising the inflation target to 3-5%, rather than continue what’s been a decade of totally missing the forest for the trees.

Gorilla says: “Nothing like the stimulus of angry voters to make extend and pretend so comforting!”

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