Matt Taibbi

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you should put a 'made in brooklyn' tag after every zing

iatee, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link

Truth.

― schwantz, Wednesday, September 26, 2012 1:04 PM (53 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mayv90mopO1qbwcxlo1_500.jpg

lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:06 (twelve years ago) link

lessons 4 taibbi fans

lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:06 (twelve years ago) link

#madeinbrooklyn

lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:06 (twelve years ago) link

once i publish my underground news zine none of u will be laughing

Truth.

schwantz, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:08 (twelve years ago) link

THAT WAS THE JOKE OMG DUDE

lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:08 (twelve years ago) link

i knew one of the zing genius itt would attempt to work their magic on it

lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:09 (twelve years ago) link

You ARE funny then! Phew.

schwantz, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:10 (twelve years ago) link

if only i could find some way to monetize this talent, my ultimate dream

lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link

i definitely cringe when i read taibbi now. i wonder if he/context changed or it's just me. basically i feel like righteous anger shortchanges the seriousness of problems by creating more problems. and then i also pretty much rmde at his style.

free-range chicken pox (Matt P), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link

maybe just rme

free-range chicken pox (Matt P), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link

really though just sigh and skim

free-range chicken pox (Matt P), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:20 (twelve years ago) link

really need those Obama-bot lyrics for "Love Me I'm a Liberal"

("and that's why I'm turning you in" can stay)

kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link

scott, I'm not sure how you think Ochs' POV correlates to America's current-what's-left-of-the-left? The libs that Phil was mocking might as well be Michael Moore, who pseudo-lamented every Obama 'betrayal' for 3 years and is now urging his re-election.

kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link

taibbi's a smug libertarian misanthrope

libertarian? really? I have the strong impression he is very pro-regulation. views seem to align closely with Moyers & Company. I enjoyed Griftopia and have been reading his blog for years. Have I completely misread him?

beard papa, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link

@stet (after a million x-posts): Yeah, but I was just surprised he never brought that up.

schwantz, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link

i have trouble taking guys who are angry all the time seriously. you can't possibly be that angry.

congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link

it's a tough job!

free-range chicken pox (Matt P), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:11 (twelve years ago) link

some people r v angry

lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link

many people in fact

lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:13 (twelve years ago) link

most people maybe

lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:13 (twelve years ago) link

hello dere (and I don't even get paid)

kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:13 (twelve years ago) link

libertarian? really? I have the strong impression he is very pro-regulation. views seem to align closely with Moyers & Company. I enjoyed Griftopia and have been reading his blog for years. Have I completely misread him?

he's a paulite w/r/t anything monetary policy and thinks things like nyc parking are bloomberg conspiracies to screw innocent westchester drivers like him from driving into the city for cheap

but its hard to fault someone whose best years were so dependent on drugs and prostitutes for being a libertarian

iatee, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:38 (twelve years ago) link

lol

balls, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link

i don't think a 'paulite' would have written this article: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/my-advice-to-the-occupy-wall-street-protesters-20111012

(The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link

there was more to my sentence

iatee, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/new-york-to-repeat-chicago-s-parking-meter-catastrophe-20120613

doesn't seem to jibe with your depiction of his stance on parking

Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link

read upthread milo, already did this

iatee, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link

where has taibbi called for a return to the gold standard?

(The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link

I've never seen him suggest that farming out government services to the private sector is a good thing - cf. parking. Not terribly libertarian of him.

I understand the ease of characterizing self-righteous, loudmouth white guys as libertarians... but that covers a lot of 'progressives,' too.

Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:56 (twelve years ago) link

yes, iatee, even if you want to argue that Taibbi is wrong about the parking deal, his reasons aren't those you ascribe to him. You don't like the guy, awesome - but you've strawmanned the fuck out of him.

Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link

Matt Taibbi: Quantitative easing is a completely lunatic program that is interestingly, not very well known here in America. Remember when Barack Obama had his 800-billion-dollar stimulus package, which was ostensibly intended to create jobs there was uproar all across the country that is this is socialism and how could we do this, just the government giving money away. Well that was actually real money that existed, that 800 billion dollars that they spent ostensibly creating jobs. Quantitative easing was a program where the Federal Reserve did like an “I Dream of Jeanie”-thing and like invented out of thin air now two trillion dollars essentially to buy T-bills and mortgage-backed securities and artificially prop-up Wall Street. And this is money that didn’t even exist and they simply were pumping it into the financial bloodstream, so that Wall Street could stay alive a little bit longer. It’s a completely insane program. There is a reason why you can’t just print money and get yourself out of economic trouble that way. There is a tremendous inflationary danger here, but they’re doing it anyway, which speaks to the total desperation and craziness of our current economy.

iatee, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link

http://bigthink.com/ideas/26446

its better on camera

iatee, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:00 (twelve years ago) link

^for everyone itt who thinks taibbi is a good explainer of financial stuff my lord

lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link

he's like an uglier michael moore

iatee, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link

if antipathy to recent QE makes one a Paulite, I think Paul Krugman needs to be lumped in as well...

Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link

...

iatee, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link

"if antipathy to recent QE makes one a Paulite, I think Paul Krugman needs to be lumped in as well..."

Huh?

Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:04 (twelve years ago) link

wuuut

lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link

Krugman thinks the treasury should be doing more stuff like QE and NOT worry about the inflationary danger (until it becomes like an actual danger.) Seems like that's the opposite of what Taibbi is positing above.

Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:06 (twelve years ago) link

anyway it isnt the antipathy toward qe that makes one a paulite its the belief in real money

lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:06 (twelve years ago) link

he's like an uglier michael moore

― iatee, Wednesday, September 26, 2012 3:02 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

tbf moor is waay better at making movies than taibbi is at writing

lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link

I don't think Taibbi is a libertarian though (or a Paulite.) There are plenty of non-Paulite who have insane inflationary fears.

Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link

yeah krugman's pretty far from a hayekian or a goldbug for that matter

balls, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link

"this is money that didn’t even exist!"

iatee, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link

Taibbi's objection is about use in defense of Wall Street, not QE as a concept
Krugman, AFAIK, argues that QE hasn't gone far enough, not getting past Wall Street

iatee's argument is that Taibbi is a Paulite for his objection

Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link

xxp Right until Taibbi advocates for a return to the gold standard I don't think he should be lumped in with Ron Paul.

Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link

eh i still like taibbi better than i like moore

Taibbi's objection is about use in defense of Wall Street, not QE as a concept
Krugman, AFAIK, argues that QE hasn't gone far enough, not getting past Wall Street

this is indistinguishable

goole, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link

taibbis monetary views prob have more to do w/just not understanding stuff good and knee jerk dismissal of anything the government does than any sort of ideology

lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link

ideology is hard, being really angry is easy

iatee, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link


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