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Frank Zaba

18 Saturday Jul 2020

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After what seemed like an eternity, I finally caught up with everyone’s favorite 2016 dark frog candidate, Frank the Frog. As I think he told me once before, he’s finished with politics. I asked him what he thought of current affairs and he responded with some curt, yet utterly honest obscenities directed towards Amerikans.

Just before he hung up on me, he did advise that he was far ahead of my “travel” series/book. Turns out that Frank Article 18’d his way into Poland’s Biebrza swamp two years ago; he now lives happily under a peat bog embankment.

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Frank w Polsce.

 

 

Memorial Day 2020

25 Monday May 2020

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Today, we Americans remember those men who sacrificed themselves against the… Do we remember? In general, and specifically in this insane year?

I’ve seen a couple of “Memorial Day is reeeeeeeeaally special because the hoax is killing veterans” headlines and stories. Those headlines (I skipped the stories) underscore some issues. Decorration Day being about the war dead, did the veterans die of the hoax while in combat? Regardless, did they die from it or with it? Dying in combat might suggest they…

Uh, just kidding. The rest of you, thank your “heroes,” worship your food and beer, and above all else, maintain your social distance and wear your masks.

Vivamus vel libero morietur.

Happy Easter 2020

12 Sunday Apr 2020

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This one sure is a little different.

Comics-wise, this morning. Hi and Lois didn’t get the Emperor’s message and somehow went to church. Beetle Bailey and the gang went too. It’s not so much a coincidence, as Lois and Beetle are siblings (true). They must not live in Kentucky either, because in Kentucky if you can find an open church and go to it, then a talking sack of dog shit named Andy Beshear will send his stormtroopers to get you.

Then again, Someone once warned us we might be hated. I suppose that contrary to their worldly intentions, this all brings us a little closer to Him.

Decisions, Decisions

11 Tuesday Feb 2020

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So many rats and so little intelligence. NH Democrats just can’t decide on who will lose to Trump in November.

“In the past couple months, I’ve made a decision, then changed my mind, then made a decision, then changed my mind,” she said. “So, honestly, it’s right down to the wire.”

That’s the gist of the whole article and debacle. I’m sure they’ll get it right. Democracy and so forth.

“Total Meltdown” in Iowa

04 Tuesday Feb 2020

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The DNC hates Bernie, it’s as simple as that. Robbed in 2016, it’s happening to him again in 2020. The clown show in Iowa:

“They are matching the paper worksheets by hand,” an adviser to one of the top tier campaigns said. The party said only 35 percent of the results were in and none of it was yet verified. “They literally have no verified results right now so we won’t know anything until sometime Tuesday.”

“We have no sense when results might come in,” said Anita Dunn, a senior adviser to Biden. “We are, as other campaigns are, very concerned with what they might release: the alignment numbers are not adding up.”

“It’s a total meltdown,” she added.

They can’t count the votes until after they manufacture them. Bernie, however, released some preliminary info:

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About the only thing of real interest is a small number at the bottom. There are 9 honest Democrats in Iowa, as indicated by the number still supporting, at the end of the circus, their only candidate dangerous to Trump.

I still think it’s going to be Warren. Yeah, they may broker the convention, with a possible dark horse by Hills or Michelle, but so what? It’s just as likely that Bernie would keep running as an independent, taking 1/3rd of Democrat voters with him. Trump might not even have to do debates or even campaign beyond a simple Tweet, “Please re-elect me. Thanks.”

Repo Madness

07 Tuesday Jan 2020

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2020 is off to a rocking great start! That is if you’re a criminal banker. And, the money just flows!!!

… means the Fed just injected a total of $99BN to keep the levitation party going, and confirms that the repo market remains paralyzed.

Worse, any attempts to drain liquidity from the repo market, or generally slow down the shrinkage of the balance sheet, will be met with failure. It is also another indication that the repo market now holds the Fed hostage, with Powell now trapped in not only injecting liquidity via QE4, i.e., the monetization of T-Bills, but continued reliance on repos in the $250BN range.

Of course, should the Fed threaten to pull even a bit more liquidity than the market is comfortable sacrificing, and stocks get it. The flip side too: as long as the Fed keeps growing the balance sheet at a rate of about $100 billion per month, the market meltup will continue.

Best economy ever! As they boasted the other day, it is now virtually recession-proof.*

*”virtually recession-proof” does not preclude the (mathematically certain) proposition of depression or total collapse.

End of the Year Fiction Update

27 Friday Dec 2019

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A few things, by way of update:

The reviews of THE SUBSTITUTE are slow to come, but they’re all good. The most recent from Amazon:

Jenn

5.0 out of 5 stars Glad I bought The Substitute

December 25, 2019

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Surprisingly Delightful!
After seeing the unusual cover picture, I did not know what to expect. The author did not disappoint, it was an interesting read for me, for sure. His writing style and characters remind me a bit of Stuart Woods – I’m glad I bought this book!

 

Thanks, Jenn!

I have some edits prepared and underway to make the reading a little easier. Look for those soon and when you see them. Also, I am happy to announce the following tentative progress:

AURELIUS: Coming early in 2020; a Tom Ironsides (first person) novella and prequel to THE SUBSTITUTE; about 1/3 – 1/2 finished and rapidly gaining ground.

THE HUNTING OF ???: Also for 2020; another Ironsides’s adventure in the run-up to THE SUBSTITUTE (and AURELIUS); a novelette or shorter novella; about 1/2 finished.

SANGUINIS LEX: Another substantial novel that I hope to have out in the coming year. It’s a blended-genre book set in the Ironsides’s world, though only very briefly featuring him (and Dandy and the Bass Slayers…); the expression of an idea I have had since very early in the Century. It’s a dark and dangerous ride into a most uncomfortable subject. But hey, half the blending is romance, so there’s that. “Sanguinis Lex” roughly translates to “the law of the blood,” if that helps give any hints. This one is purey in draft form – they’re all in draft form – and it’s about (maybe) 1/5th complete, in an incomplete way. A most pressing literary endeavor.

As always, there will be more drivel here, perhaps with a few structural changes (like I always threaten); and look for the first TPC column of 2020 next week – a return to non-fictional views on the affairs of the nation, unique and interesting to be sure.

Much more to come.

January BREXIT?

21 Saturday Dec 2019

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Happy first day of winter 2020. Roll, Boris, roll.

Britain took a big step towards the European Union exit door on Friday when lawmakers gave preliminary approval to Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s EU divorce bill in a decisive vote that broke years of political deadlock over Brexit.

The House of Commons, with its Conservative ranks swollen after Johnson’s election victory last week, voted 358-234 for the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, clearing the way for the U.K. to leave the European Union next month.

Friday’s vote was a moment of triumph for Johnson, who won a commanding parliamentary majority in last week’s general election on a promise to end more than three years of political gridlock and lead Britain out of the European Union on Jan. 31.

May this be the final forty days in the great wait.