Category: paradox lost

what you will want

In A City Under Strain

Posted on Posted in bushovism, paradox lost

The hijacking continues. Even a preplanned and scripted flyover by the US Air Force causes horror, fear, then anger. “Oh, no. That is normal. That is a high jacking” says the female voiceover a utube video.

Headline: EU cautions aginst travel to US and Mexico. President Obama and CDC says that is “unnecessary over reaction.” Headline: Avoid Mexico, Travelers Are Told… 149 dead. 300 Million hiding in fear.

Bugs everywhere. Damned bugs. — mutters the homeless everyman we are.

Hiding in our towers, still fearing the cave dwellers. Isn’t war grand.

Thinkin Clear As Country

Posted on Posted in fauxtons, paradox lost

’Cause we’d all be speaking German, living under the flag of Japan, — songwriter Rich.

The songwriters logic. Nationalism without a bit of wit or understanding. Good to know that the Japanese switched to German as their language of occupation. Must be in honor of Pennsylvania’s heritage, hey?

Where Did It All Go?

Posted on Posted in econocaste, paradox lost

Where does something go when it wasn’t anything but a claim after the claim is withdrawn? Where did the money go? An asset on the books, now erased. Where is the number now that it has been changed? This is like a childhood riddle of mine:

“Where is the light after it is turned off?” did it turn black, or just disappear?

In the case of Madoff or Bear, the result is the same. As the claim at value is viewed clearly, the value is equally empty. Bets are taken, stakes are paid, they never net out. Just like the smoke from a cigarette. Just like the dirt from a hole. Expectation makes the sum seem greater than it ever was, or could ever be. It doesn’t go anywhere, since it never was all there.