http://capitalistlion.com Global Opinion of a Kapitalist Kitty. Capitalist is a web log focusing on world politics and other goings-on, as well as technical innovation and discussion. American, fairly right wing, and damn proud of both. en-us Mr. Lion 2013-04-17T19:53-05:00 Copyright 2002-2005, CapitalistLion.com http://capitalistlion.com/images/logo.jpg http://capitalistlion.com 33 88 World and technology commentary. By lions. hourly 1 2002-06-20T14:30-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2348 This is America. This is what happens when her citizens are attacked by freaks. Apparently, it's also what makes the average Democrat a sad panda. ... Mr. Lion 2013-04-17T22:53:25-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2347 The practice of covering up the URL bar in Safari 6.0.3 with the auto-bookmark and top hits nonsense is fucking retarded. Stop that shit. Some of us actually know how the goddamn web works. UPDATE: Actually, it appears this nonsense is a bug, not a "feature". Great.... Mr. Lion 2013-03-16T00:45:30-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2346 Maybe there's hope for the future of the country yet. ... Mr. Lion 2013-03-07T01:31:12-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2345 So the news of the day is Sen. Rand Paul's filibuster, now running past its tenth hour. At the moment I'm watching Ted Cruz, though, who is just hitting it out of the freakin' park. Said it before and I'll say it again: Rubio/Cruz 2016. ... Mr. Lion 2013-03-06T22:49:25-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2344 UPS and Obama have a lot in common: They both take an otherwise relatively simple job and screw it up to epic proportions, then blame others for their failures. Only difference is, UPS somehow manages to turn a profit while doing it. ... Mr. Lion 2013-01-21T22:38:51-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2343 And sometimes, they're the anti-perfect. I have to say, I've never really seen a bad Tarantino film. Oh, most of them are a rehash of an old western with enough Morricone and gore slathered over them to make for an amusing spectacle, if nothing else. This rehash of Inglourious Basterds, though, ... Mr. Lion 2013-01-17T23:00:58-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2342 As idiotic as the majority of politicians in NY are, as recent developments showcase aptly, there's some small saving grace in people like Senator Greg Ball: Senator Larkin also has a petition to repeal this idiocy. If you're a New Yorker, I urge you to add your name to it. ... Mr. Lion 2013-01-16T22:06:57-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2341 A number of sources are atwitter over this take down by Ben Shapiro of everyone's least favorite imported moron, Piers Morgan. While Shapiro makes some good points and refuses to be pushed around by what he quite correctly identifies as leftist media bullying, he misses the key point. Morgan... Mr. Lion 2013-01-11T18:21:07-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2340 So. In late 1990, I picked up two novels on the recommendation of a friend. They happened to be the first two novels in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time fantasy series. At the time, I was twelve years old. I had no idea how much of an impact, or for how long, the world created by this master wordsm... Mr. Lion 2013-01-10T10:47:57-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2338 ... who gives a fuck about Facebook? Myspace? Geocities? Welcome to the new useless. ... Mr. Lion 2012-12-29T22:08:51-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2337 Well, it took about half a second for the usual suspects to start blaming the implements of murder for the act of doing so, yet again. One wonders if there is any tragedy the left won't use to further their agenda. It would be pathetic were it not so dangerous. ... Mr. Lion 2012-12-14T21:31:00-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2336 Evidently Bono has a rather un-mainstream opinion on how to solve third world suffering. Aid is just a stop-gap. Commerce [and] entrepreneurial capitalism takes more people out of poverty than aid. Yes, yes it does. Maybe Bono can give a similar speech to Congress? ... Mr. Lion 2012-12-07T14:24:40-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2335 While most site builders seem to have mostly moved away from browser resizing, flash splash, browser-specific plugin navigation, and many other hallmarks of an amazingly stupid web site-- there are always a few new ones on the horizon. One of the latest, and most annoying, is content-splitting t... Mr. Lion 2012-11-25T21:35:09-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2334 So the latest blithering idiocy to ebb out of various Establishment Republicans is that we shouldn't be cheesed off at poor 'ol Chris Christie for giving Obama what possibly could have been an election changing photo-op among the feeble minded. And that, right there, is the reason Establishment ... Mr. Lion 2012-11-21T00:09:13-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2333 A message from Bill Whittle to those who sat out the election, and those who would do so again. ... Mr. Lion 2012-11-13T00:19:19-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2332 At least according to the "History" Channel. I tried watching their "Men who Built America" series. It is such an appalling load of union-apologist, trotskyite bullshit so as to be little more than propaganda. In short: Here's some innovative men who risked all to build a better country. Oh,... Mr. Lion 2012-11-11T20:03:50-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2331 There's a lot of wound-licking and hand-wringing going on among the center-right at the moment. That's to be expected. Unfortunately, there's also a lot of casting for straws. We need to fix this by... being more moderate and embracing hispanics.. more! No, no, we need to head for the hills, buy gol... Mr. Lion 2012-11-08T12:35:00-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2330 Well, that's it. The American electorate decided that the parasitic life is the place to be. I'm not about to be one of them. Time to go sit on a beach for a few years. UPDATE: So Romney concedes and blithers about an end to partisan bickering. No. Idiot. You lost because you didn't take it ... Mr. Lion 2012-11-07T01:27:47-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2328 It's not a good parade. In NYC we have people out of food and water, with no heat, and in the face of incoming sub-freezing weather. So, what's the priority for Bloomberg? Why, prepping for the NYC Marathon, of course. But don't worry, at least there aren't any scary big gulps around. Fuck... Mr. Lion 2012-11-02T18:33:41-05:00 http://capitalistlion.com/article.cgi?2327 On one hand, Sandy was fairly annoying, having caused a significant amount of damage throughout the tri-state area. On the other hand: Aaaaahahahahahha A lot of cars ended up underwater in areas flooded by Hurricane Sandy over the past two days. But for already troubled Fisker, things got wor... Mr. Lion 2012-10-31T11:25:42-05:00