From the Barrel of a Gun: This is True...

Friday, August 23, 2024

...and Elon Musk is funny.

This path leads to bread lines & ugly shoes https://t.co/fFZGVjWfWJ
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 20, 2024

Windy Wilson said...: I am thinking that the people who actually have unrealized capital gains know what she's talking about. The voters who have never seen an unrealized capital gain might recognize what she's talking about if everyone were to call it a "Paper Gain." SOME of those yahoos should know about the ephemeral nature of paper gains.; August 23, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Sailorcurt said...: Yea, that's what I keep thinking...what happens when the market tanks and your "unrealized gains" become "unrealized losses"...do you get a refund for the taxes you paid on your imaginary gains last year?; August 23, 2024 at 2:45 PM

Quotes

"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." - Mao Zedong
"America is at that awkward stage. It’s too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.” – Claire Wolfe
"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - P. J. O'Rourke.
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." - Thomas Jefferson
"The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." - A. E. Van Vogt
"The price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle, anywhere, at any time, and with utter recklessness." - Robert A. Heinlein
"Statesmen are dead politicians. Lord knows we need more statesmen." - Opus the Penquin
"All politics in this country now is just dress rehearsal for civil war." - Billy Beck

Friday, August 23, 2024