Our Heroes Remembered on 9/11
This is a recent piece I posted with the Digital Journal in Toronto
Category: Articles
Articles written for magazines and online content providers.
The U.S. is Insolvent and on the Verge of Bankruptcy According to China
The following Op-Ed appeared in the Toronto-based Digital Journal.
Banks Need to Return to Mark-to-Market Accounting Now!
If you think real estate is coming back, I’ve got ocean view property at the tip of Florida I’d love to sell you. Bank assumptions that values will somehow miraculously return, are misguided and self-serving.
The Debt Ceiling Causes for Morons Seeking Blame
The root cause that dwarfs everything, is something called derivatives. They’re bastard investments gone berserk.. Warren Buffet called them Financial Weapons of Mass Destruction. There are $600,000,000,000,000 worth floating around in the world.
The U.S. is Insolvent and Bankrupt According to China
Guan Jianzhong would probably have us bend over on his lap for a couple of bare-butt swats, or perhaps have us stand in front of a chalk board and write, “corporate greed is bad” 1,000 times and then stand in the corner and repeat, “we promise to never spend more than we have in our checkbook and if we do, we’ll live with the consequences and not just print more money”.
The Netherlands to put Reef on Reefers
No word yet from fast food distributors as to the possible effect on sales from the weed ban, but take away fat spliffs on an Amsterdam, Friday night and you’re left with tourists that aren’t going to touch the bland food or frequent the red light districts with the same aplomb.
America to Celebrates its 40th Anniversary on the War Against Drugs
It is well documented that Jesus drank wine with his crew, but we find no biblical reference to him passing a spliff, to those ornery Samaritans or exotic dancers who he sometimes hung out with.
Debt Ceiling Basics for Morons
The root cause that dwarfs everything, is something called derivatives. They’re bastard investments gone berserk.
No Cost Loans vs. Fee Based Loans
Which loan is better for a customer: a fee-based loan or loan with no cost?
