The West’s lack of political will: how to play it (buy gold, apparently).

Bernanke, the least worst policymaker: “Despite his complicity in getting us into this mess in the first place, Ben Bernanke has shown he understands the risks that deflation poses, especially in a debt-laden economy, and believes that he has sufficient tools to prevent deflation from gaining traction in the economy (even with rates at zero).”

Absurdistan guy has strong opinions on the collapse of society.

Democrats vs. Republicans, via Bruce Bartlett: “political gridlock between the sensible but cowardly party and the greedy, sociopathic party.”