Theo’s Twit Of The Week: The Eurozone Edition
Posted on 10. Jun, 2012 by Theodore Roe in Current Events, Politics
No matter how much lipstick you smear on these sows, the PIIGS aren’t getting any prettier… or less expensive. Any conversation about which is the ugliest (though certainly not fattest) of these ungulates leads us to Greece. And this week, whenever the topic of the Grexit comes up, it is difficult to avoid the name [...]
Joseph Fosco On New Year’s Wishes And 2011 In Review
Posted on 31. Dec, 2011 by Theodore Roe in Analysis, Announcements
Theodore Roe: Good to see you again, Joe. Joseph Fosco: Thank you, Sir. It is always a pleasure to speak with you. TR: Let’s dive right in, shall we? How was your year? JF: I spent the entire year of 2011 living cancer free and I am very lucky to be able to say it. [...]
Theo’s Twit Of The Week: Dmitry Medvedev
Posted on 27. Nov, 2011 by Theodore Roe in Current Events
This week’s Twit must have slipped into a time machine set for October of 1962, because he thinks a Russian threat of a missile strike might intimidate the United States. It’s time to don your party pins and join in the stupidity of: Dmitry Medvedev Every now and then, it seems like Russia forgets exactly [...]
Obama, Daley And FDR
Posted on 04. Nov, 2011 by Theodore Roe in Current Events, History
The false veneer of Change and Hope is falling away in great, gaudy strips and chunks, revealing the Chicago Machine-style play-to-play politics of the Obama system. Riddled by scandals and economic policy failures, it is not shocking to see the President’s reputation at all-time lows across the country. What is shocking is that Gallup Polling [...]
The Rise Of The Greeks
Posted on 16. Sep, 2011 by Alex Sharp in Current Events, History
Alexander III of Macedon, known to history as Alexander the Great, took the disorganized city-states of Greece and forged them into the backbone of one of the largest empires of the ancient era. He brought the civilizations from the glittering Ionian Sea to to the rough mountains of the Himalayas under the heel of his [...]
Cigarette Legislation Illustrates The Folly Of Prohibition
Posted on 11. Feb, 2009 by Theodore Roe in Current Events, Politics
The War on Drugs, a phrase worthy of newspeak if there ever was one, is going tremendous lengths to not include the newest social taboo: cigarettes. Why is this? Since the 30s the causal link between cigarettes and cancer has been well known (thank you Nazi Germany). In 2009 there is no question that cigarette smoke [...]
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