On spies:
It is not the story of men and women who have a better and deeper understanding of the world than we do. In fact in many cases it is the story of weirdos who have created a completely mad version of the world that they then impose on the rest of us.

^*The largest shark, and likely largest predator fish ever. It died out some 1.5 million years ago. The Genus is still in dispute, between either Carcharodon (Great White) or Carcharocles (broad toothed Mako). So in jumping C. Megalodon, you have jumped the biggest shark ever.

Self-regulation stands in relation to regulation the way self-importance stands in relation to importance.

—Willem Buiter

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.

—Honore de Balzac

See full Tom Tomorrow cartoon here.

Shanda fur die Goyim!

To quote Freddie Dalton Thompson from The Hunt for Red October:

Ronald Reagan, Jr. said about Dick Cheney, “[Not] a mindful human being. That’s probably the nicest way I can put it.”

New favorite German word: Backpfeifengesicht, a face that needs to be slapped.

SEC Rule 10b-18 allowing stock buybacks adopted in 1982

 

As the saying goes, “バカにつける薬はない”.^*

^*Pronounced in Japanese, “baka ni tsukeru kusuri wanai”, which means, “There is no medicine for stupidity.” Apologies for any inaccuracies in the text, I do not know Japanese.

That which can be destroyed by the truth, should be.

—P.C. Hodgell

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