Oh look, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_O%27Keefe

James Keefe is at it again. Yeah, that's one reliable source.
If you somehow are jaded enough to believe that this guy is not fishing and that this is all legit- look for the "interview" with a fake bono.
Apparently it needs 6 months from media-fallout to reestablishment of old patterns.
If you believe Michael Moore is borderline, you will absolutely love this guy.

>> ^siftbot:

Invocations (blocked) cannot be called by FlowersInHisHair because FlowersInHisHair is not privileged - sorry.


Sigh.

No problemu understanding your point from this end VoodooV(someones' confrontational to a fault), my sentiments when most celebs use their status for pulpit-time. The BONO EFFECT usually results in warm, gushy feelings for the celeb and a window of awareness that lasts as long as it takes for someone top steal the pie cooling on the ledge!

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He looks like Chaz Bono.

You can see Sonny Bono at about 3:40.
And the line about not letting the press talk to Newt's mom because: http://youtu.be/vecw539MjWM

Strombo is definitely one of the best interviewers on the planet right now. If you haven't seen it already, I would recommend you watch his interview with Bono. Bono ends up telling him, "George, I'm a fan."

I first heard him on The Lizard, a radio station in Kelowna, BC, but became a big fan once he moved to Much Music and he just keeps getting better.>> ^notarobot:

George Strombolopolous has done a lot of wonderful interviews. I still remember him on Much Music. 1sttube


>> ^Boise_Lib:

Where does this show air? I've never seen it before--I like it.
[Edit] I guess I should watch the whole thing before asking questions about it. So this is on CBC?

>> ^nanrod:

Great sift. Worthy of upvote if for no other reason than the phrase "pro bono proctologists from other star systems"


That and "What is relativism? It's the idea that there is no distinction between shit and Shinola." I love this man's delivery.

Great sift. Worthy of upvote if for no other reason than the phrase "pro bono proctologists from other star systems"

I'm not attacking you. It's true that you paid the theater to show your film. It's true that no one came out to see it. It's true that your film is (while not terrible) certainly not a professional grade film. And it's true that it was projected off a laptop. Which one of these facts do you dispute?

I generously offered to score your flick pro bono not because I wanted to get in on the ground floor of the blankfist rocket to super stardom, but rather because you were a friend. There would have been nothing for me to gain by spending dozens of hours working for free on a film that no one would see other than the fun of working with a friend. And, you already had someone else lined up when I made my offer, so no need to lie in order to save face.

You have a real double standard when it comes to 'being a prick'. You dish out a steady stream of insults, abuse and cruelty on a daily basis, but when someone calls you on it or stands up to you, all of a sudden you are this innocent victim. You don't seem capable of understanding when you hurt others, but if there is even a whiff of criticism directed back towards you, you go into a rage.

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>> ^NetRunner:
Why doesn't inflation cause wages to go up? Why do corporations get to raise prices, but labor never gets to raise the price of their labor? Is it because labor is in a weaker bargaining position?

Mostly because wages, like all other prices, are artificially set.
Artificially. You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.

Prices are set by market forces, and according to free market advocates this is perfect/moral/only way they can or could ever be set, or else we'll go to hell be socialists.

If the cost of a corporation's inputs goes up, then they raise the price of their goods. If a laborer's costs go up, why can't he raise the price of his services?

No matter what your answer to that might be, it's obviously not "because the Federal Reserve won't let employers pay their employees more."

>> ^marbles:
Better question: Why does inflation occur to begin with?

Different economic models hypothesize different answers. I tend to think the Keynesian story is right -- it's aggregate supply and aggregate demand. When you have a shift in either one that would lead to a higher equilibrium price, then you see "aggregate price" (aka the CPI) rise.

Which is to say, you can get both inflation and deflation without the Fed doing anything. To stabilize inflation, you actually need the Fed constantly adjusting the monetary base so neither inflation or deflation get out of kilter. Look at pre-1913 interest rates if you don't believe me.

>> ^marbles:
You're sorta ignoring the fact that inflation numbers are intentionally manipulated (like excluding food and energy costs) to keep cost-of-living numbers low.

Well, then don't take the government's word for it. Take the market's.

>> ^marbles:
>> ^NetRunner:
Now let's get real about cui bono from inflation.
That's kinda obvious isn't it? The ones that can create money from nothing and then extract that monetary value from those that actually worked and earned their wealth.


Now you're just repeating assertions without responding to what I'd had to say.

But I'll just echo my closing line from the last comment. I agree, if by "the ones that...extract value from that actually worked and earned their wealth" you mean any and all business owners, investors, and so on who have done nothing but collect interest on wealth they already own.

>> ^NetRunner:
Why doesn't inflation cause wages to go up? Why do corporations get to raise prices, but labor never gets to raise the price of their labor? Is it because labor is in a weaker bargaining position?


Mostly because wages, like all other prices, are artificially set. Better question: Why does inflation occur to begin with?

>> ^NetRunner:
Also, it sorta ignores the fact that the worst decade for the middle class in our lifetimes was 2000-2010, which also was a period of the lowest average inflation we've had since WWII.

You're sorta ignoring the fact that inflation numbers are intentionally manipulated (like excluding food and energy costs) to keep cost-of-living numbers low.
Also inflation numbers following WWII were manipulated by using tax withholding in paychecks to "mop up" excess purchasing power.

>> ^NetRunner:
Now let's get real about cui bono from inflation.

That's kinda obvious isn't it? The ones that can create money from nothing and then extract that monetary value from those that actually worked and earned their wealth.

To give a response to the video at large, I think it's intentionally trying to get people to misplace blame.

Why doesn't inflation cause wages to go up? Why do corporations get to raise prices, but labor never gets to raise the price of their labor? Is it because labor is in a weaker bargaining position?

Why is that? Could it have anything with decreased union membership?

Also, it sorta ignores the fact that the worst decade for the middle class in our lifetimes was 2000-2010, which also was a period of the lowest average inflation we've had since WWII.

Now let's get real about cui bono from inflation. If the bulk of your wealth is in assets like houses, stocks, commodities, etc, inflation doesn't hurt the real value of your holdings. Hell, in straight dollar terms, it makes your bottom line go up.

But what if you're an investment bank, and most of your wealth is comprised of debt owed to you? In this case, inflation is bad, very bad. Debts are issued in fixed dollar amounts for a fixed interest rate. Inflation means the dollars coming back into you are worth less than the dollars you doled out at the start of the loan. If inflation exceeds the interest rate you issued, you might actually lose money on the loan!

So it turns out that the bankers very seriously want hard money. If they could get away with it, they'd prefer to see deflation all the time, because that means the money coming into them is worth more than the dollars they paid out!

The only logical reason to think fiat currency might be helping redistribute wealth upwards is if you believe capitalism is a rigged game from the get go. But the answer to that isn't to get people mad at the government, it's to get people mad at the founding building block of capitalism -- banks.

From The Slate Column: "Ron Paul worked in Brazoria County and delivered from 40 to 50 babies a month. His practice refused Medicare and Medicaid payments, and Paul instead worked pro bono, arranged discounted or with custom payment plans for patients in need."

Ron Paul has done something tangible to help people without the means to pay for medical treatment. What has this loudmouth done?

It's rampant in politics, from all sides. I wish people would consider the context of a statement and report it truthfully. "I only hear what I want to hear," is intellectual dishonesty. Although he may have done it in some speech/debate, I have never heard Romney speak to the legal issue of corporate personhood. What he has said in Iowa is absolutely, undeniably correct........you increase taxes on corporations, it affects someone's paycheck, either an employee/owner, or the cost of the goods/services provided by the corporation, and therefore the consumer. Without fundamental change in the ridiculous recommendations of compensation committees of large corporations (regarding salaries for high level management), the extra cost will be deflected downstream to lower grade employees, or consumers like you and I. High level management is insulated from decreases in revenue from increased corporate taxes. If they do sense a threat, they'll just move their headquarters overseas to a more favorite tax environment. Ask Bono and U2 how that works.