tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144325810290571190.comments2014-05-11T00:07:18.189-07:00Live Free or Die: Notes from Leviathan's ShadowGrant Babcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17332569209967847648noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144325810290571190.post-7824540589326544342010-06-11T23:59:23.534-07:002010-06-11T23:59:23.534-07:00Elseworlds stories are stories based in alternate ...Elseworlds stories are stories based in alternate universes in the DC Universe, with the intention of doing something drastically different than the norm. Famous titles include the Batman versus Predator (yes the alien dude from the movie Predator, apparently this comic is actually pretty good). Elseworlds can be really cool, but like other comics, some are better than others, like I personally disliked Batman: Thrillkiller. It's quite bad, although some people really like it.Eddie Dangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02577152241393679188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144325810290571190.post-70466975510154813962010-06-10T21:10:21.957-07:002010-06-10T21:10:21.957-07:00WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?J.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10414005040511512301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144325810290571190.post-27429755658440935872010-02-23T20:15:48.815-08:002010-02-23T20:15:48.815-08:00Very interesting G-rant, I'm glad to see peopl...Very interesting G-rant, I'm glad to see people like yourself still take initiative for themselves to research shit like this that the rest of us take for granted is 'the right thing to do'. Keep up the detectiveness, be a hero, not a zero.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15458078630809624935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144325810290571190.post-28713562830654044202010-01-19T15:13:55.757-08:002010-01-19T15:13:55.757-08:00I was trying to read this while waiting for Entert...I was trying to read this while waiting for Entertainment Law to start and began to get lost in your babble. Remind me to IM you about this problem at some point in the near future; you're probably wrong.J.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10414005040511512301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144325810290571190.post-40167729052854550582009-12-25T21:17:32.334-08:002009-12-25T21:17:32.334-08:00Grant, did you just tag this with Megan Fox to get...Grant, did you just tag this with Megan Fox to get more readers?? :P. Also, its past midnight after eating much food, and this is the most my mental capabilities can handle right now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05711176864566785619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144325810290571190.post-42254069154288627532009-11-29T17:56:52.315-08:002009-11-29T17:56:52.315-08:00Dear Grant,
While procrastinating on my thesis, I...Dear Grant,<br /><br />While procrastinating on my thesis, I somehow ran across your blog. Stranger things have happened, no? Drop me a line sometime, we'll talk about latin class and you can explain to me exactly why I sat there sober for all of those years.<br /><br />xox,<br />Nora<br /><br />paperdoll@gmail.comxoxohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17376364938286158579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144325810290571190.post-28880619171605764572009-06-23T15:17:31.917-07:002009-06-23T15:17:31.917-07:00Gross- I'm linking this to some forums of some...Gross- I'm linking this to some forums of some people I know.Evan Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10420614726774937545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144325810290571190.post-62267868704645260922009-05-04T22:43:00.000-07:002009-05-04T22:43:00.000-07:00I enjoyed how he followed
"I want to disabuse peop...I enjoyed how he followed<br />"I want to disabuse people of this notion that somehow we enjoy meddling in the private sector," Obama said.<br /><br />With a statement about how he wanted to meddle in Health CareXG277https://www.blogger.com/profile/11780945558164213415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144325810290571190.post-54813929459285060942009-04-09T00:06:00.000-07:002009-04-09T00:06:00.000-07:00yes, you spent way too much time writing on someth...yes, you spent way too much time writing on something that's purely hypothetical. Too many reasons why it won't happen.Eddie Dangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02577152241393679188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144325810290571190.post-14095058429649112912009-04-05T00:32:00.000-07:002009-04-05T00:32:00.000-07:00The lack of Latin and Shakespeare in the western w...The lack of Latin and Shakespeare in the western world today and especially in the Anglo sphere is due to the utter failure we ourselves have made in letting post modernism dictate the agenda in schools. Those chickens are now roosting and laying rotten eggs. Recently, a well known Toronto rabbi told his congregation not to send their children to university. Imagine a Jewish leader telling Jews to not send their children to higher education. This is the extent to which the west has deconstructed itself, it's values and history. It is tragic that someone such as Hannan is an anachronism. A sign of cultural suicide.Vladtepesblog.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16407163806919990072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144325810290571190.post-73816633573653420772009-03-31T21:38:00.000-07:002009-03-31T21:38:00.000-07:00Question: Your thoughts on China's call for a glob...Question: Your thoughts on China's call for a global currency backed through (I believe) the IMF? (A post, not a comment reply, of course, there's just no other place to put it.)ATDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02344255400657853228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144325810290571190.post-36707436878067924852009-03-31T18:15:00.000-07:002009-03-31T18:15:00.000-07:00In response to Alexander TD...Short answers:1.) Tr...In response to Alexander TD...<BR/><BR/>Short answers:<BR/><BR/>1.) True.<BR/><BR/>2.) When you see widespread bulldozing of vacant houses by municipalities, that's probably the bottom.<BR/><BR/>Long answers:<BR/><BR/>1.) The economy is suffering from a misallocation of capital resulting (at least in part) from years of interest rate manipulation by the Fed--rates were way too low for way too long. There should have probably been a much worse correction after the tech stock bubble, for instance, but the Fed tried to paper over it. We need to let the bad investments liquidate--ie, we need to allow bankruptcies--so that the tied-up capital can be put to productive use. Government intervention of the kind we're seeing creates 2 big problems. First, there's a "moral hazard" created because we're subsidizing people who messed up big time at the expense of people who were prudent. Second, we simply don't have the money to do it, and are setting ourselves up for a fiscal apocalypse. The market is trying to "rip off the band-aid," and the government is trying to put the band-aid back on. There are political incentives for the government to do this, but I don't want to get into that too deeply in a comment. <BR/>See also: <BR/>http://www.prudentbear.com/index.php/commentary/bearslair?art_id=10164<BR/><BR/>2.) There are something like 19 million unoccupied houses in the country. As long as that remains true, dilapidated properties are going to be dragging down the property values of all the homes around them. Also, quality of life is going to be hurt because municipalities will still be paying for infrastructure maintenance and police and fire services for areas where no taxpayers live. Mass demolitions are probably going to be more common than anyone would suspect. Lastly, keep an eye on the difference between monthly rents and monthly house payments. When that ratio is sensible again, that will be another clue that the market is nearing the bottom. I've heard Pittsburgh real estate didn't get as bad as some places, but that's just anecdotal. Definitely do your homework before buying right now.<BR/>See also:<BR/>http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/03/banks-walk-away-on-foreclosures.html<BR/>http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/03/americas-abandoned-cities.html<BR/><BR/>Disclaimer: The content on this site is provided as general information only and should not be taken as investment advice. Any action that you take as a result of information, analysis, or advertisement on this site is ultimately your responsibility. Consult your investment adviser before making any investment decisions.Grant Babcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17332569209967847648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144325810290571190.post-69253927390619813902009-03-31T12:19:00.000-07:002009-03-31T12:19:00.000-07:00True or false: Like belly-button lint or bandaids,...True or false: Like belly-button lint or bandaids, ripping it all of at once (letting banks and auto makers fall apart, with large unemployment) will, in the end, be much less painful than this propping up and debt building?<BR/><BR/>Also, estimated time till housing prices are low? I want to know when to buy a house.ATDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02344255400657853228noreply@blogger.com