Friday, October 26, 2018

The Emperor's New Clothes

My mother used to hide our Halloween candy and give us a bit at a time. One time she caught us taking some from her stash. She made us eat all of it at one sitting. Lesson learned...


"Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?"


The difference between me and the apologists for unfettered greed and gluttony, is that I detest this all-things-fake corporate dumbfuck Disneyland, whereas they can't live without it. What are they without the artifice? Tired old frat boys hiding behind the curtain bilking their own grandchildren. Sadly, their Jedi Mind Trick has worn off...





This week the mask was torn off the illusion. Meaning the freight train of "reflation" hit the brick wall of deflationary reality.

Poverty. And way too much of it.

Bred of the same failed ideas recycled over and over again each time expecting a different result. The very definition of senility.





Last week Sears went bankrupt. This week Amazon blew up. 

What jobless consumer is left? I ask of the empty souls who still believe in this exploitation scheme. 






Mother Nature taught me a lesson.

It's not my turn to learn.

This week, the schooling began.

The cure for higher interest rates is copious bullshit. The Gundlach trade is unwinding in historic size. As Trumptopian "GDP" is seen for what it is, a Jedi Mind Trick for weak-minded fools... 









In summary, the big, fat, ugly bubble is imploding, because the usual criminals got caught with their hands in the till...