Shameless

Time for some self-congratulation.

We got it right on Cyprus in our first post Bye, bye euro?
Euro down, bitcoin up, trust...what's the definition of trust again?

And the EU immigration watchdog is quoted in The Guardian of 30 March as calling British (and German) immigration rhetoric shameful. Our take on the debate has taken a more historic inspired approach (Too many blacks, and You are not welcome sign) with the same underlying views.

Our North Korea take -- they will have to yield fairly soon -- is still awaiting the final verdict. The ridiculous posturing in the past few weeks can be very dangerous but would seem to be the atomic temper tantrum of a loser.

Of course, we have written a lot in the few months since the blog started, and a little humility or modesty is advised, isn't it.

Our political hit and run posts are meant to entertain, to sometimes provide a new, or a really old, angle and they are also a game we play with ourselves.

We award ourselves brownie points if we get it right, and Donald Trump points if we get it wrong.

A Donald Trump point, if you care to inquire, is a point for "complete denial of reality and everything reasonable".

It makes it so you can always be right.

It gives you a degree of freedom normal people will never achieve. Outrageous statements like the "get more white European immigrants" to solve the "shortage" of white people in the US do not turn into a shitstorm, just a shrug "oh, the Donald again".

Like an outrageous episode of South Park gets an "oh, it's South Park again".

Of course, the value of the Donald is really his hair piece, whereas South Park has already achieved cult status, having left the Church of Scientology in the dust on both measures that count: enlightenment and the number of followers.