The Mogambo Guru

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• Economy Forces Strippers to Jockey for Pole Position

  Published 22 July 2008 | viewed 3,997 times

  "An adult-club owner named Joe Redner says that although business is down 25%, 'the economy does have one upside for the business - it's bringing…

• The Voyages of the Debt-Addled Enterprise

  Published 17 July 2008 | viewed 4,699 times

  "Yet, against this staggering load of incestuous liabilities, and liabilities masquerading as assets that totals a third of the annual GDP output of the whole…

• Highway to the Fiscal Danger Zone

  Published 15 July 2008 | viewed 3,907 times

  "Yesterday, when inflation in the money supply raised the prices of stocks and the prices of bonds and the prices of houses and the prices…

• Government Sanctioned Ponzi Schemes

  Published 11 July 2008 | viewed 3,131 times

  "The Implacable Screaming Mogambo (ISM) goes freaking berserk at the economic insanity of it all as he watches, horrified, as asset prices get bid higher…

• More Bats and a Bigger Budget

  Published 01 July 2008 | viewed 3,635 times

  "Looking furtively about with my beady, rat-like eyes to a route of escape, I was nevertheless frozen to the spot when he said, 'Our nation…

• Love/Hate Inflationship

  Published 26 June 2008 | viewed 2,751 times

  "We love inflation and we hate inflation! So, it's a love/hate relationship! The most confusing kind! No wonder my head is spinning all the time!"…

• Economic Egomaniacs

  Published 24 June 2008 | viewed 3,370 times

  "Now, total government taxation consumes half of all incomes, all of which goes around and around until my head is spinning and I wonder how…

• Many Thanks to the Damn Greedy Banks

  Published 17 June 2008 | viewed 4,174 times

  "I am so scared and paranoid at the economic horror that is looming in our future that I have been drinking heavily and consuming various…

• Investing Made Simple

  Published 12 June 2008 | viewed 3,832 times

  "Suddenly I think, 'Ahhh! I see! Demand is more than supply, meaning price will go up until demand equals supply!', at which point I think,…

• Crude Up and Kills Created Money

  Published 10 June 2008 | viewed 4,245 times

  "This is the Big, Big Reason (BBR) that I am now looking for a cushy job as an oil company CEO, because I would make…

• Economic Lessons from Alexander Pope

  Published 06 June 2008 | viewed 3,429 times

  "Luckily, I had been transferring lots of money from the operating account at the bank into cash in the office safe in case of some…

• Howling at the Moon

  Published 03 June 2008 | viewed 4,158 times

  "You invested $100 in 2002 buying power to get back, after five years, $76 in 2002 buying power! Hahaha! Your 'fabulous' investment made a paper…

• Relishing a Golden Experience

  Published 20 May 2008 | viewed 5,993 times

  "Soon everything you love will be gone, and then you will appreciate the wry humor of the expression 'Experience is what you have left when…

• The Economic Sky Has Fallen

  Published 16 May 2008 | viewed 3,698 times

  "I naturally jump to the conclusion that this is the worst inflation in U.S. history, and that it is time to seal myself into the…

• Chicken Feed on Increased Food Prices

  Published 13 May 2008 | viewed 4,938 times

  "And regardless of how many 'nightmares' anybody's lawyer says his client has had as a result of an alleged 'hostile work environment', the real nightmare…

• Higher Prices for Smaller Portions

  Published 07 May 2008 | viewed 4,450 times

  "The result is that the price of packaged food is going up by more than the rise in the underlying commodities would suggest, which (according…

• The Velocity of Floral Inflation

  Published 01 May 2008 | viewed 3,287 times

  "But after all of this, you suddenly realize that the money that was taxed away comes roaring back into the economy as government spending, making…

• Funding the Food Price Fiasco

  Published 25 April 2008 | viewed 2,935 times

  "The IMF, glorying as ever in its failures, just like the Federal Reserve, now promotes the laughable idea to 'tackle' rising food prices by having…

• 8 Million Golden Reasons

  Published 22 April 2008 | viewed 3,898 times

  "A lot of people have a lot of theories as to why gold is going down, when the theory and the entire history of economic…

• Heart Attacks and Tax Codes

  Published 17 April 2008 | viewed 3,360 times

  "Already beset by demons of my deteriorating mental and cardiac capacity, the idea that the capital gains tax was already 5% and I hadn't even…