Well, my tweet last night was spot-on:
If you look long enough, I think you can tease out a pattern to this madness:
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
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Words Fail
Sir Chop-A-Lot
I was amused – and a little amazed – to see this item this morning:
In Defense of the Pets.Com Sock Puppet
When people mockingly look back at the Internet bubble, they usually don’t poke fun at Henry Blodget or Mary Meeker or Abby Joseph Cohen. Instead, the icon held up as the symbol of that lunatic period is invariably the Pets.com sock puppet:
So what is it we can say about this little critter? Well, a couple of things spring to mind.
First of all, the company he represented sought to sell specialty products to a large installed consumer base via an online website. Sort of like Amazon, but a more specific audience. The modern-day equivalent would be Chewy.com, which seems to be thriving. So it’s not like the business idea was terrible. (more…)
So Much Has Changed Since the 80s
Who would have guessed what the future had in store?
In Dodd We Trust
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What is it with Texas politicians and the banking industry?
I thought Texans were supposed to be all about cattle and oil. Yet over the decades it seems like they are first in line, shoving themselves even in front of New Yorkers, to provide whatever aid, assistance, and comfort that big banks require. It’s bizarre.
The most famous example, of course, being the Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act in 1999, championed by this genius:
When public “servants” are whoring themselves out to any particular industry, they couch it in the mask of freedom and progress. This was no exception, as Senator Gramm said at the time: (more…)
Heh
OK, I am deliberately poking him at this point.
