Fail Quotes

[Dallas Wildman]

There are some good points here, but there's still too much bullshit here to file under "Fav quotes"

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-things-everyone-gets-wrong-about-government-spending/

#5-Actually the economic situation in Japan is still looking bleak.  They've had two, count them, TWO lost generations.  Even then if it gets too high lenders will stop lending to us, which at least this article acknowledges.
#4-The one good point with no BS in it.
#3-Which clearly shows how certain interests can manipulate government into spending to much.
#2-Okay I can acknowledge that govco doesn't print whenever it wants to.  But part of it's justification is absurd, that there were more shocks and panics before the Fed.  But this is nauseatingly simplistic analysis.  Depressions can be caused by crop failures, mine depletions, and other geographic factors.  Another big problem is that interstate branching was practically forbidden, meaning that a bank in Minnesota would get in trouble and have no one else to turn to (other than the Fed of course) for liquidity.  Had it been a branch it's parent company would've stepped in.

I'd like to address point #1 but I got other things to go to.

[AnCap Dave]

Super fail from Bleeding Heart Libertarians.

[Ibrahim90]

Yeah, that reason in that first one the guy gave (cracked blog) was stupid: people aren't supposed to waste money and get into debts they cannot pay because if they do, they'll default, have their assets seized and liquidated, leave nothing for their kids, etc, etc. It has little to do with retirement itself.

And guess what? He pretty much said tge same about govt. defaulting on debt, and by the same institutions--banks!!

[Altimadark]

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/01/ya-dystopias-children-free-market-hunger-games-the-giver-divergent

"You should always question authority, but not when it's a well-intentioned progressive liberal authority!"

[AnCap Dave]

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[R.E.H.W.R.]

http://www.gameranx.com/features/id/23968/article/the-fine-young-capitalists-seemingly-noble-goals-don-t-excuse-them-from-scrutiny/
Just typical.

[R.E.H.W.R.]

Ya, sure because those Companies don't have lower workers who need money for the same things.
Oh, and nice way to dehumanize the CEOs.

[AnCap Dave]

http://www.gameranx.com/features/id/23968/article/the-fine-young-capitalists-seemingly-noble-goals-don-t-excuse-them-from-scrutiny/
Just typical.

The fact that comments are closed just says everything that needs to be said.

[AnCap Dave]

[Travis Retriever]

Ya, sure because those Companies don't have lower workers who need money for the same things.
Oh, and nice way to dehumanize the CEOs.

They DO know that farmers actually make MORE money than average workers, right?  Or that organic food is NOT small business but is and has always been big business, right?

[evensgrey]

They DO know that farmers actually make MORE money than average workers, right?  Or that organic food is NOT small business but is and has always been big business, right?

And that the only period when commercial farming was a small, family-run enterprise was the relatively brief period when internal combustion engines existed but couldn't be made powerful enough economically for large tractors to be built?

[Travis Retriever]

And that the only period when commercial farming was a small, family-run enterprise was the relatively brief period when internal combustion engines existed but couldn't be made powerful enough economically for large tractors to be built?

http://www.cracked.com/article_19123_6-socially-conscious-actions-that-only-look-like-they-help_p2.html
Or that cracked.com of all people have tackled this issue.

[evensgrey]

http://www.cracked.com/article_19123_6-socially-conscious-actions-that-only-look-like-they-help_p2.html
Or that cracked.com of all people have tackled this issue.

Well, when you publish as much stuff as they do, you're bound to publish something good once in a while.

On the subject of fuel ethanol, does anyone have stats on how the Brazilian industry is?  I know they produce their ethanol from sugarcane (which should be a much more efficient feedstock), and they even produce it faster (one of Canada's major breweries did some experiments on yeast some years back, looking for a faster fermenting yeast, which they got, but it produced an off flavor that made it worthless for beer production, so they sent it to their fuel-alcohol subsidiary in Brazil), but does it produce a net increase in usable fuel?

[Travis Retriever]

Well, when you publish as much stuff as they do, you're bound to publish something good once in a while.

On the subject of fuel ethanol, does anyone have stats on how the Brazilian industry is?  I know they produce their ethanol from sugarcane (which should be a much more efficient feedstock), and they even produce it faster (one of Canada's major breweries did some experiments on yeast some years back, looking for a faster fermenting yeast, which they got, but it produced an off flavor that made it worthless for beer production, so they sent it to their fuel-alcohol subsidiary in Brazil), but does it produce a net increase in usable fuel?

As Shane has said before, the deal with cracked.com is that they have tons of different authors who tend to do varying levels of research.  This was apparently one of the better ones.

And to answer your question, I have no idea.

[BlameThe1st]

The dark side of the Ice Bucket Challenge

"I also thought about why people would pour water over their heads. Sometimes the participants drench themselves, but typically someone else is designated to this task. Now I realize that being immersed in ice-cold water is quite a challenge to take, and it would definitely attract attention; I get it. However, I couldn't put my finger on why this didn't feel right to me – then I saw this video on Facebook. In the video, Evangelist Anita Fuentes breaks down an assortment of cryptic and cultic messages hidden in the IBC. It's worth watching to decide for yourself if evil influences and symbolism are embedded within the IBC, or if Fuentes – as well as myself – is looking for ghosts behind every bush and a conspiracy behind every popular fad.

In particular, Fuentes' video depicts the world-renowned cultic queen of talk, Oprah Winfrey, taking the IBC. Winfrey precedes her dousing with the words, "In the name of ALS and the Ice Bucket Challenge. ..."[emphasis mine] Interesting choice of words.

Winfrey's proclamation hit a nerve with me because Christians, myself included, routinely pray and make decrees "in the name of Jesus." We specify whom we worship when we invoke prayer in Jesus' name. However, because Oprah mistakenly believes the One True God is jealous of her, and the well-known fact that she denounces Jesus as the only way to God and basically considers herself to be a god, I found this statement to be very cultic in nature.

Fuentes also addresses the matter of pouring water over ones head and how that act directly correlates with water baptism and syncs the IBC with the sacred Christian deed of cleansing and purification, albeit, in a sacrilegious manner. She also delves into deep issues of rituals stemming from dark, cultic practices that encompass the IBC and which symbolically place America and Americans in a satanic ritual – with or without their knowledge.

Satanic ritual? Yes. Rituals abound in "Christian" America. Whenever spectators watch singers like Beyonce, JayZ, Rihanna, Lady Gaga and especially Nicki Minaj, they are indoctrinated and involved with blatantly satanic rituals that stem from the deep abyss of the occult. Some of these very same artists have taken the ALS IBC. Gaga doesn't utter a word as she baptizes herself, arrayed in a sexy black leotard, sporting black lips, perched in an ornate black chair. Gaga doesn't use a bucket; she instead uses a large silver bowl associated with pagan worship. Do you think she would take the IBC if it didn't meet her pagan criteria? Not a chance.

The ALS IBC is ritualistic in nature. People are chosen to undergo a form of water baptism with cultic god Oprah leading the charge "in the name of ALS." The Bible is clear: "You shall have no other gods before me" (Exodus 20:3). Oprah is a god to millions of Americans, and those who follow her doctrine and antics have tossed Jesus off the throne of their hearts – perhaps not intentionally ... or perhaps so. Yet by following her seemingly innocent IBC decree, knowingly or not, they have cast Jesus off symbolically.

Sweet Celestia, and I thought criticisms of the Ice Bucket Challenge couldn't get any more pants on head retarded! Everyone here has taken the IBC, right? Well, I guess we're all Satan worshipers, now!