Author: smartistone

Even liberal magazine The Atlantic admits that Trump isn’t going anywhere: The Odds of Impeachment Are Dropping, thanks to strong support within his party: Among Republicans, Trump’s approval rating has held remarkably steady. The week Mueller was named, according to Gallup, Trump’s GOP support stood at 84 percent. In the days after Donald Trump Jr.… Continue reading Notes: The Odds of Impeachment Are Dropping

The tots, or as I call the alt-bimbos, are symptomatic of the alt-right and far-right being infected with democracy and majoritarianism. They are trying to superimpose western liberal values onto an ethno-nationalist framework, which is counterproductive, incongruous, and absurd. Second, as Roosh and others observe, the tots are merely regurgitating and appropriating concepts produced by… Continue reading Black pills and tots

In the post Adulting, Responsibility and Collapse, Meta-Nomad takes a stab at ‘adulting’ and what he perceives as the decline of personal responsibility: I’m getting ever closer to the point wherein my posts no longer need a ‘Why?’ as to their creation, that said, the seed that spawned this apocalyptic assemblage was a piece of… Continue reading Normie Conservatism vs. Alternative Conservatism

This article went viral a few weeks ago: Mr. Money Mustache, UBER Driver In summary, after factoring in costs, his earning were about $7/hour, and he concludes it isn’t worth it: But in the end, it was hard to stay motivated to keep doing this experiment. There is just usually something better to do than… Continue reading Mr. Money Mustache does not understand Uber or libertarianism well

Over the past month or so, there has been a lot of attention about Eliezer Yudkowsky and how he purportedly ‘advised’ the Bank of Japan (BOJ) pursue more aggressive monetary policy, which they heeded, called ‘Abenomics’, which “…refers to the economic policies advocated by Shinzō Abe since the December 2012 general election, which elected Abe… Continue reading Eliezer Yudkowsky schools the Bank of Japan

Interesting podcast Ep. 282 – Tyler Cowen: What the Future Holds: Stagnation or Innovation? Both sides are correct. Tyler is right about complacency (although there has always been a complacent class), and James is right about how such complacency either is not a big deal and or that America is still innovative. I agree with… Continue reading Optimism or stagnation? A case for both.

Mike Flynn, like Manafort, H.R. McMaster, etc., is yet another flunky who has no credibility. I hope by 2018 Trump will be able to shed the baggage from his campaign and be able to start leading more effectively. The next to go will probably be Rex Tillerson, and the sooner the better. But I predict… Continue reading Flynn story; prediction: nothingburger

Ann Coulter is at is again about the wall: Today's BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION UPDATE: Miles completed yesterday-Zero; Miles completed since Inauguration– Zero. NEXT UPDATE TOMORROW. — Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) December 1, 2017 As I wrote a few days ago, provided the economy doesn’t go into recession, Trump should have little trouble getting reelected, even if… Continue reading The configuration of power

The stock market just surged past a record milestone thanks to the GOP tax bill: US stocks surged on Thursday amid optimism around the GOP tax bill after Sen. John McCain threw his support behind it.   The Dow Jones Industrial Average spiked as much as 1.6%, breaking the 24,000 threshold for the first time,… Continue reading The stock market just surged past a record milestone thanks to the GOP tax bill

In order to sell Bitcoins in bulk, one must transfer them to exchange, but this incurs a major risk for the seller, namely that the exchange may be hacked and the bitcoins lost forever. Also there isn’t much liquidity on the exchanges, and in fact much less liquidity than meets the eye, which I will… Continue reading Why bitcoin is so volatile