Comments on: The shape of things to come

By: Bob Murphy

Bob Murphy — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:07:39 +0000

I can see why you would, Nahncee.
You’re both gratuitously dualist and thus alienated from the world that you intellectualize about.
And you dehumanize a lot of the people you imagine threaten your intellectual framework, especially if they are people who grew up in places like Afghanistan.
That makes you both part of the problem, dear.

By: NahnCee

NahnCee — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:25:05 +0000

If I was gonna have to choose between reading a Habu post and a Bob Murphy post, I’d choose the Habu one. He seems more knowledgeable, more flexible, and quicker mentally on his feet. Bob Murphy, in contrast, is a (ick, blech, yuck, *ptoooooey*!) journalist. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.)

Interesting that the alpha males of Belmont Club seem to be ganging up on poor little Habu.

By: Bob Murphy

Bob Murphy — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:05:52 +0000

Or on BC those who know only say what is necessary in a given thread to illustrate a point.

And they don’t big note.

By: Bob Murphy

Bob Murphy — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:03:40 +0000

@Habu
You are a blowhard and a wannabe.

I have never met anyone that did 10% of what you claimed to have done who would talk about it to anyone other than peers.

And no one I know would have operated with anyone that says the kind of stuff you do.

You either have a screw loose, bad PTSD or you are bullshitting.

Bombast like you sprout would have got your ass killed in any decent organisation that did not expel you first.

And congratulations. You are the only person I have seen on BC that is in to big noting pissing contests.

Those who know don’t say. Those who say don’t know.

By: exhelodrvr

exhelodrvr — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:00:52 +0000

Habu,
What SR-71 det were you with in Peshawar?

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:49:07 +0000

Peterike: Andrew Sullivan no play-a the game, he no make-a the rules.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:08:14 +0000

Old Salt: Fortunately, counterfeit of that high quality cannot do the kind of damage it could have done in the past. That is because only a fraction of the money supply
consists of coins and currency. Not to downplay what Ollie is talking about but things could be worse.

We just had a Las Vegas case in which $100 dollar bills were good enough to fool casino scanners. However, the manner in which winnings/change has to be cashed in tripped the passers up. The perps were Chinese, other than that do not know anything about them.

I have a feeling that the Russian and Chinese individuals involved are, more or less, free lancers. Their superiors are not “officially” informed of their activities. More important, those superiors are not getting a cut.

However, those superiors are counting on the next interest check arriving on all those U.S.
Treasury Bonds they hold. If an interest check or three is witheld, the superiors might chastise their subordinates.

And if the witheld interest should buy up a whole lot of Georgian wine which US Diplomats would serve to their Russian counterparts, somebody might take the hint. As to the Chinese connection, don’t you think Falun Gong would appreciate a donation?

This doesn’t directly touch the Iran/NK bunch
but it would deprive them of co-conspirators.

By: Wadeusaf

Wadeusaf — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:02:24 +0000

I will accept the blame, Gladly Mr. Fiddler and move on.

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:01:17 +0000

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By: programmer

programmer — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:48:59 +0000

Speaking of poetry – Here is a link to a poem I picked up at the NRO Corner John Derbyshire provided

http://www.johnderbyshire.com/Readings/gods.html

Seems to fit the occasion and the mood.