Month November 2009

15 reasons why we hate Thanksgiving

From the grumps at Clusterstock Everything comes in pumpkin pie flavor. Even coffee. Which is sacrilege. Aunt Flo’s nasty green bean casserole. No further explanation required. Except that you have to pretend to like it. The family dog. Who never…

Gold hit all time record today

At this point there is little sense in putting up any more gold charts. It is pretty clear what is happening: John McClane and Samuel L. Jackson are waiting for the next phone call with detailed instructions from Bernanke on…

Afghanistan: Obama to escalate while talking “exit”

Gee, where have we heard that before? (For you youngsters out there, that’s Lyndon B. Johnson, the President who campaigned as the “peace candidate” against “war-hawk” Barry Goldwater, while escalating American troop levels from 16,000 to 550,000.) Yes, given that…