{"id":176,"date":"2010-05-18T13:10:45","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T19:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=176"},"modified":"2014-10-17T10:43:59","modified_gmt":"2014-10-17T16:43:59","slug":"bailouots-baseball-and-big-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markniwot.com\/?p=176","title":{"rendered":"Bailouts, Baseball, and Big Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perhaps the most obvious, but notoriously difficult, aspect of learning how to come out of her<\/em> is dealing with the incredible Deception that is on the horizon.\u00a0\u00a0 But the last week gives us a couple of places to exercise the skill.<\/p>\n

There was a perfect game, for example.\u00a0 No, I’m not talking about the performance of\u00a0 Oakland’s pitcher Dallas Braden on Mother’s Day.\u00a0 There have now been nineteen of those in the century-plus history of Major League Baseball; while very rare, they do not generally strain credulity.<\/p>\n

No,\u00a0 even the best curveball in history doesn’t describe what Goldman-Sachs claims to have done,\u00a0 in announcing an unbelievable first quarter, in which their trading activities resulted in a “perfect game” of 63 straight days of profits.\u00a0 Now, since the best hitters in history generally batted less than .400, that means that this feat is even MORE impressive for the aces of Amerika’s Banksters than it is in baseball.\u00a0 It is in fact less likely than someone pitching three perfect games in a row!<\/p>\n

The G-S spokesman said that this “perfect quarter” showcased\u00a0 their skill at “risk management”, a masterpiece of Klintonian Lawyerese if there ever was one:\u00a0 they managed the risk, all right.\u00a0 (Remember that Pete Rose was banned\u00a0 from the Baseball Hall of Fame because he bet on the game.\u00a0 How far we’ve fallen; at least he used his own money.)<\/p>\n

But we’re just beginning to examine the statistical miracles associated with post-free market Financial Wizardry.\u00a0 JP Morgan ALSO had a perfect quarter!\u00a0 What are the odds against that?\u00a0 Two perfect pitchers in the SAME BALLGAME!<\/p>\n

It’s not enough to be “skeptical” about the “signs and lying wonders” we are being force-fed by the “prince of this world”, his money masters, and the commercial media who tell folks to “enjoy the ballgame”.\u00a0 We should be able to give account for what we believe, and for what we are not willing to swallow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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