Tuesday, February 28, 2012

A few goodies from Ol' Remus


On War
Now the enemy isn't even the enemy, they're seen as potential clients for social services the Defense Department is eager to provide.
Ol' Remus, woodpilereport.com

It appears we have stumbled upon the largest terrorist organization in the world and have found original documents tracing its funding to the Secretary of the Treasury and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, two of the top financial officers in the US, says Gordon Duff in this article, Bush, Fed, Europe Banks in $15 Trillion Fraud, All Documented, at Veterans Today.
(Hat tip: urbansurvival.com)

I'm not normally an easy sell for the evil-elites story line. I believe that rank, unorganized human stupidity and selfishness explain well-nigh all deplorable social phenomena. But there are times when I wonder whether the conspiracy theorists might be onto something.
John Derbyshire, takimag.com

2008 - Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.
Energy Secretary Steven Chu, via King and Power at online.wsj.com 2008

People who receive that unemployment check go out and spend it and help stimulate the economy, so that's healthy as well.
White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, via Daniel Halper at weeklystandard.com

Which of these doesn't belong with the others? Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Diane Feinstein, Valerie Jarrett. It's the last one, she was never elected to office.
Ol' Remus, woodpilereport.com

Made in USA

Two window displays in Windsor Locks, Connecticut 1939. Figure the prices in silver at $34 an ounce, .77 ounces per silver dollar. In those terms the $3.95 coat would be priced at about $100 today in Federal Reserve Notes. In terms of official inflation today's price would be $64.41 FRNs. Windsor Locks is a town of 12,000 in north-central Connecticut.

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Store window display, Windsor Locks Connecticut, 1939

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Store window display, Windsor Locks Connecticut, 1939

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