tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post316673170240345377..comments2024-03-16T02:16:54.082-07:00Comments on Vagabond Scholar: Psychohistorians versus Pseudo-IntellectualsBatocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-77268724103194537302014-04-23T07:31:26.201-07:002014-04-23T07:31:26.201-07:00It is 45 years after the Moon landing. John Kenne...It is 45 years after the Moon landing. John Kenneth Galbraith wrote about the Planned Obsolescence of automobiles in 1958 in The Affluent Society.<br /><br />So how can economists even be rational if they say nothing about the depreciation of durable consumer goods for 50 years? Like they could do calculations for psychohistory. They just need for consumers to be dumber than themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-86133207465845450242011-12-14T20:20:21.311-08:002011-12-14T20:20:21.311-08:00Zencomix, I'll have to hunt those down. It...Zencomix, I'll have to hunt those down. It's both astounding and sadly predictable that Republicans are blaming Obama for somehow dispatching candidates he does better against in the polls.<br /><br />Tata, by all means, we should point and laugh. (<i>Mother Jones</i> is posting a great series of oddball incidents from Newt's past.) However, as one of the earlier linked pieces Batocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-5381193346320485762011-12-14T18:40:44.510-08:002011-12-14T18:40:44.510-08:00Having thought in the past that the newt was just ...Having thought in the past that the newt was just dishing on stoopid people, I like it!<br /><br /><i>"He's a stupid man's idea of what a smart person sounds like."</i><br /><br />But there again, he went to Emory, and before Newt attended, it had had a good reputation.<br /><br />So, I assumed he at least had to take some courses and get a B or above to pass.<br /><br />I'dCirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-6692193206753374672011-12-14T10:52:37.987-08:002011-12-14T10:52:37.987-08:00My dear, I think you invest too much into refuting...My dear, I think you invest too much into refuting Newt when really what Newt needs is the Charles De Mar treatment. His whole schtick is his tin-plated ideas. If every time he spoke a whole mess of people stood up and laughed things would turn around in a hurry. For one thing, robbed of his phony superiority, we would certainly see his sadistic side laid bare.<br /><br />So: Point & Laugh Tatahttp://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-32579394460463148522011-12-14T07:29:02.177-08:002011-12-14T07:29:02.177-08:00The latest anti-Newt ad here in Iowa blames Obama ...The latest anti-Newt ad here in Iowa blames Obama for Newt's ascension. (Why is Obama smiling? Because he's helping to suppress Romney and popularize Newt because Newt will be easier to defeat!) It's not from the Romney campaign specifically, but one of the offshoots.<br /><br />I'm predicting a Ron Paul victory in the caucus.zencomixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425613931488064403noreply@blogger.com