Monthly Archives: March 2023

Why Silvergate Failed

Posted on March 11, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Yesterday’s LinkSwarm talked about the collapse of crypto-linked Silvergate bank. Here’s hedge fudge manager/university professor Patrick Boyle goes into detail of just how it went down. “Silvergate’s importance in the recent crypto boom is possibly best described by a now-deleted … Continue reading →

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Truckpocalypse Now

Posted on March 9, 2023 by Lawrence Person

As I’ve been expecting a glut of car inventory due to inflation, rising interest rates, and all the demand destruction of the Biden Recession, I’ve been paying more attention to the car market just in case dealers had to liquidate … Continue reading →

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Joe Rogan and Michael Malice On The QAnon Shaman Revelations

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Lawrence Person

By now I assume that you’ve seen or read about Tucker Carlson’s piece on video footage that fatally undermines much of the Democratic Party’s “January 6th Insurrection” dogma. Instead of rehashing that (Tucker has a wee bit more media reach … Continue reading →

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Honest Trailers Slams Velma

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Do you think we’ve spent enough time crapping on how horrible Velma is? Nah. “That’s all just a framework for jokes that sound like an AI mixed Family Guy with bluecheck Twitter and somehow didn’t kill itself.” Another reason to … Continue reading →

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Texas A&M’s DEI: Ditching or Faking?

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Lawrence Person

There are conflicting reports on whether Texas A&M, as ordered by Governor Greg Abbott, are actually ending their raidcal leftwing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI, AKA critical race theory, AKA social justice), or just pretending. Officially, Texas A&M has ended … Continue reading →

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Blackstone Defaults: Subprime Meltdown 2?

Posted on March 5, 2023 by Lawrence Person

This story seems like it should be a bigger deal: Blackstone (NYSE:BX) has defaulted on part of a €531M bond backed by a commercial portfolio owned by Finnish property investment firm Sponda, which it acquired in 2017. The private equity … Continue reading →

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University of Texas Announces DEI Pause

Posted on March 4, 2023 by Lawrence Person

A lot of conservatives have criticized Governor Greg Abbott’s anti-CRT/DEI/SJW initiatives as all show and no teeth. But there is at least some sign that those directives have had an effect on the people that run the University of Texas … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for March 3, 2023

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Lawrence Person

In addition to getting over a cold, I spent most of the non-work day trying to assemble a pressure washer so I could attach a water-jetting attachment so I can clean out a blocked exterior line so I can run … Continue reading →

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Ukraine Steps Up Drone Strikes

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Ukraine has stepped up its drone attacks against a wide spectrum of Russian military infrastructure targets. “Ukrainians are reportedly attacking objects from St. Petersburg to Krasnodar, which is a 2,000-kilometer front line in the air.” “Ukrainians have also reportedly accompanied … Continue reading →

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