A MarketPlace of Ideas                        

This series of shows were recorded on or before 1983.  They include many interviews with survivors on both sides of the Spanish civil war.

This is a fascinating study in how humanity lurches forward, resists change, grasps on to desperate ideas and is willing to kill each other in the process.   Spain was has a functional monarchy until the early 1930's.  When it tried moving forward to a republican form of government it wobbled and failed after a span of about 5 years.   Many people were more comfortable with the old order while some wanted to try radically new ideas.  Some of those ideas were stupid like communism and eliminating money in favor of a revolutionary council handing out chits.   Those thinking crazy thoughts can somewhat be forgiven because the monarchy had held on so long that the change hit Spain like an earthquake that had built up stresses over centuries.  On the other hand they invited war by trying to change too much at one time.  That is bound to upset someone and one has to consider this because lives are held in the balance.  Unstable stupid people do unstable stupid things like kill 500 people at a go with just the word of one person.

 So what resulted?  The forty years of the Franco dictatorship.  Hardly the progress the so called progressives wanted to accomplish.  It is adequate proof to me that true revolutions happen peacefully through people changing themselves and others.  That unfortunately that things change slowly.   And for libertarians like me I see the poor anarchists reject joining government only to learn the lesson that game theory teaches so clearly.  It only pays to be cooperative when your counter party is cooperative.  Otherwise it pays to be uncooperative.  The communists entered the government and solicited help from Soviet Russia.  They ended up pushing out the anarchists.  Quite an object lesson is what is to be overcome to institute true freedom with libertarian ideals.  This history may have bearing on the future for the next step forward in government is its near total elimination.  There will be resistance to this and I expect there will be some wars too.   People, including the peasants, are resistant to change even if it is for the good.

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

You decide if  she is going to run.

• What is mama grizzly up to?
  
• Sarah Palin is at the top of her party   and more importantly at the top of her game and getting better

   I painted a line
   A boundary
   … you crossed it

   You're so cool
   And fun-ny
   You made me see
   I entered a door
   Now all I want is more

   Its simple to see
   Now you're with me
   You painted a line
   A boundary
   …. I crossed it

but on the bright side I found another weird user name. 

( in addition to the ones in spam comments:Tuan Mcclurkan and Ardell Papka. 

The chinese are getting better every day that passes.  Good music with the free expression of an idea.  Very good sign indeed.   Article explaining lyrics here.

This interview with Robert Prechter is a must listen.

Notes:

• We are in a depression NOT a recession
• bonds are not the place to put your money
• social upheaval will go up much
• ………more notes to come. Only did my first listen this morning.

This snip is from:  http://dailyreckoning.com/the-wants-and-fears-of-george-soros/

To understand the speech, one must know what the wants and fears of George Soros are. In my book, Endless Money (John Wiley & Sons 2010), I develop a unique perspective on the topic of liberal billionaires such as Soros and Buffett. Specifically, I argue that their vested interest in maintaining the trend towards socialism and feeding its insatiable appetite with voluminous money creation through bank lending preserves a tax structure that imperils the middle class and results in unprecedented accumulation of wealth among the super-rich. Billionaires love a system in which banks double the money supply every seven years through issuing credit-backed currency, because it sets asset prices on an upward trajectory. More than half of wealth accumulation of the super-rich comes from this rather than accumulated net income or the earning of ordinary income, and this rise in net worth is generally untaxed since it is unrealized. And not to worry – it can be monetized free of taxation through manageable amounts of borrowing at government-suppressed interest rates and even hedged out with derivatives.

The interesting part that I had not foreseen was how billionaires can put their hands on unrealized gains of physical assets by borrowing against them.  Things make alot more sense now!

Caffeine worsens the symptoms of benigh prostate enlargement.   I had given up all caffeine and chocolate and noticed an improvement in flow.  Then I got a mild head cold and had some caffeinated tea.  The change was evident.   Antihistamines are a problem also.  Use sparingly.  

It is not hard to convince myself to give up caffeine as it has an effect on my sleep, skin and joint pain and wear levels.

Used a cheapy test kit to test my blood sugar.  

• Level = 86 mg/dL  > This was 10 am reading.
• Level = 104 mg/dL > this was 9:30 PM > following the trends of the curve below closely.  6-18-2010 > after eating sweet carbs during the day
• Level = 86 > hungry before breakfast 6-20-2010 > had potatos that elevated my sugar levels yesterday.  After eating a 2 egg & chickpea salad breakfast Level = 87.  Lunch included chicken with sweet barbeque sauce and small amount of rice and beads: Level = 107 afterwards.  I can feel the difference.  Less ability to concentrate.   Went for a walk to lower sugar level.  Distance = 1 mile: Level = 80 afterwards.  Feel a slight hunger.  Waiting to see if it goes away.
• 6-21-2010:  after a day of eating light in the afternoon level = 78 mg/dL :  it is not optimal for brain function.   Slightly sleepy.
• 6-22-2010:  after a decent breakfast at 8 am I later hiked up Squaw Peak > blood sugar afterwards: Level = 77