Put up your dukes.

I don't normally say angry things like that in public but I am pissed. Go messing with freedom of religion and speech and now you are on the fighting side of me. I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more. Take your law and its interpretation and stick it in your ear. Comply? Like hell.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303640104577436432065134466.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

This is how it ends.

http://baselinescenario.com/2012/05/28/the-end-of-the-euro-a-survivors-guide/

Churchill was a genius. Thanks to Dr. Rothman for passing this along (like most all good stuff on this blog).

http://macromon.wordpress.com/2012/05/27/quote-of-the-day-so-churchill/

Be kind to our fine feathered friends.

http://www.funnyeconomist.com/Banker.wmv

President Kocherlakota thinks full employment is near. Really?

I guess the idea here is that long-run equilibrium full employment has changed recently after what we have been through so that 8% unemployment is all we are going to get. Since prices seem to be rising now, the president of the Minneapolis Fed seems to think we are closing in on a new NAIRU target. And if that is true...how did you like the recovery? http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2012/05/23/feds-kocherlakota-economy-closer-to-maximum-employment-than-data-suggest/?mod=WSJBlog

Higher taxes = greater prosperity I guess.

http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2012/05/faulty-memories.html

Shape without form, gesture without motion, shade without color, spending without stimulus.

http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2012/05/fiscal_stimulus_2.html

http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2012/05/fiscal_stimulus_2.html

Not good.

Yea...what about this??? And why do we trade with China but not Cuba?

I may consider conversion to Buddism. Suppose them boys know how to read a racing form?

Dammerung is German for twilight...this seems right to me. Click the link below.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/eurodammerung-2/ When the NAZI party gained seats in the Greek parliament just a few weeks ago, how far off can the end really be? Like Alan Iverson said, "Man, we're talking about Practice! Practice." Yea well we are talking about NAZIS! NAZIS! In Greece gaining political power! Freaking NAZIS!

The Venerable Dr. Rothman on gas prices....

http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/Drivers_Every_Little_Drop_In_Gas_Prices_Helps_151468765.html

Brad DeLong and the financial crisis.

GM and Chrysler bailouts. This is real good.

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2012/05/gm-and-chrysler-bail-outs.html

In the Navy....

http://www.funnyeconomist.com/Navy.mpg

And God save Greece too. Do I hear the 1930s calling?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304451104577387982976661556.html?mod=opinion_newsreel

God save France.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304363104577388080240429536.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_AboveLEFTTop

France and Germany will face off again here...in economic policy.

How do you say "Good Luck" in French?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303592404577361721184898542.html?KEYWORDS=bret+stephens+france

Blistering free advice for our recent grads from the ever insightful Bret Stephens.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304451104577389750993890854.html?mod=opinion_newsreel

All recoveries are not created equal.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-02/five-years-after-crisis-no-normal-recovery.html

Down...but not out.

This is me with my #1 degenerate horse race gambling buddy Marshall Gramm. I went with Creative Cause last Saturday and paid the price. Well that is why they run horse races. I had Dullahan a number of times too but only to win and place. So I missed there too. But I did hit the late pick four on Friday and that was very nice. On to Baltimore! P.S. Since I did have Dullahan to hit the board my gig at Pirate Radio 1250 goes on.

Here is my fearless KY Derby forecast in MP3. Click the link and then click my name. Then count your money!

http://www.pirateradio1250.com/site_htm/mp3_archives.htm

If you want the gold standard re-established you are no different than James Cagney in "White Heat." Once it is done you can celebrate! "Made it Ma...top o' the world..."

http://www.businessinsider.com/ben-bernanke-murders-the-gold-standard-2012-3

More on the Midas touch...my Congressman Walter Jones has gotten into bed with Ron Paul lately...and he got fleas.

http://www.businessinsider.com/ben-bernanke-explains-why-well-never-see-another-gold-standard-2012-3

The Big East are a bunch of Bozos. And I am dying to join them.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1148590-why-the-big-east-should-add-east-carolina-universitytoday?utm_source=teamstream&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tsipad

Trade Liberty for equality and in the end you will have neither.

A cautionary tale from Chile. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304723304577370242286427820.html