PinnedThe solution to the Gun Control ProblemRich people like Michael Bloomberg and Nancy Pelosi want you to give up your guns, but want to keep theirs. Why? Because they’re assholes and hypocrites and maybe a little stupid In the most generalized way, gun control issue is presented as either 1: Dead Children; or 2: An ordinary citizen’s right…Guns4 min readGuns4 min read
Sep 14, 2019Sam Harris is just an ordinary thinkerI guess you’d have to say that Sam Harris is a man that I love to hate. I listen to all of his podcasts and hate most of them, which makes one wonder why I listen at all. And I don’t know why. It’s unusual. I don’t have a history…Donald Trump4 min readDonald Trump4 min read
Apr 19, 2019Barry Ritholtz has used up his lifetime allotment of “fascinating”.Barry Ritholtz has used up his lifetime allotment of “fascinating”. Barry Ritholtz has used up his lifetime allotment of “fascinating”. As Terry Gross continues to shit on the English language and supply generations of young liberal women cover for their use of “like” five times in each sentence: “Are you…Podcast2 min readPodcast2 min read
Feb 18, 2018Gun Control through the Nassim Nicholas Taleb lensHypocrisy Guarantees That There Will Be No Solution To Guns Rich people like Michael Bloomberg, Bill Gates and Nancy Pelosi want you to give up your guns, but want to keep theirs. Why? To use Nassim Taleb’s great phrase: They have “No Skin in the Game”. It’s just amazing how…Guns4 min readGuns4 min read
Jan 2, 2017Maybe Trump and Obama are smarter than we thinkHow do we know Trump and Obama aren’t playing good cop/bad cop with Putin? Is it even remotely possible that Trump and Obama love America more than we realize, more than they love themselves, and that they are smarter than we think? …Russian Hack3 min readRussian Hack3 min read
Nov 11, 2016Why get mad at Trump?Get mad at the democratic party. They’re the ones that put a flawed candidate up for election when they had some great alternatives.Bernie Sanders2 min readBernie Sanders2 min read
Nov 11, 2016Michael Moore Should Protest Against HimselfPicket lines of angry students should form around Michael Moore’s mansion, and Michael Moore should join them with a bullhorn hurling angry slogans at himself. The time to beat Trump was in the primaries, with Bernie, or Lawrence Lessig or any number of extremely qualified democrats, socialists or independents. Why…Bernie Sanders2 min readBernie Sanders2 min read
Oct 7, 2016Patriarchy or Matriarchy?I have often thought that I personally am living through this little tiny window of history. That just prior to my birth, women had somewhat equal rights for the first time in history, but still didn’t fully exercise them or know how to use them. And allowed themselves, generally, to…Feminism4 min readFeminism4 min read
Oct 1, 2016Can we all just shut the fuck up?My dinner party friends are complaining about the same thing: Non-stop talkers. And they’re trying to figure it out. Do people blab-on because they fear if someone isn’t listening to them, they stop living? Why do people you know well, and love you, tell you things that they know there…Life1 min readLife1 min read
Sep 30, 2016Is Nassim Taleb the only smart man in America?It’s a sad day indeed, when you realize that all of the news broadcasters that you’ve grown up watching, all of the talk show hosts, all of the pundits on T.V. are dumber than you are. And I’m 27 and pretty dumb. How does it feel to discover that Meet…Life Lessons2 min readLife Lessons2 min read
