Franconomics with Jonah Goldberg and Professor Ken Alder

I recall seeing this on C-SPAN in 2002, on the original air date I believe. In it, Professor Alder gives insight into the bizarre ways of French price structure, weights and measures just before their creation of the Metric System.  See the whole presentation of The Measure of All Things on C-SPAN.

During Jonah Goldberg's recent book promotion tour for his latest, The Tyranny of Cliches, he has spoken frequently of the misquotation of Marie Antoinette saying "let them eat cake."  His description of the true story, at least what is left of it now, reminded me of Prof. Alder's book and presentation from ten years ago.  In the century before Marie Antoinette, the French had laws that required bakers to sell expensive bread (egg based brioche, for example) at the same price as lower priced breads if they ran out of the less expensive varieties.

Fast forward to the French Revolution and a slightly different, but equally bad pricing system existed: 'Fair' or 'Just Price.'

About 10 min. 11 sec.

Occupy Wall St. honors Communist terrorist group with new protest – Glenn Beck

Via Glenn Beck's blog The Blaze. This deserves more investigation. As you have seen in other posts here, not much leftist "innovation" is very innovative at all. They constantly recycle their misdirection and are pretty successful at fooling people who never bothered to look up the past.  First, take a look at the poster the Junior League Communists are using to create even more disruption for innocent bystanders:

Interesting appropriation of this event (longer version video link that prohibited embedding):

The interesting part is the Chinese man challenging the tanks was opposing exactly what the #Occupy clowns are demanding.  Twenty years later, the man's identity is still a mystery.  From the longer version video link that prohibited embedding, we see that the man was spirited away by four other men, rather than being run over by tanks on the spot.  The AP story does not mention this.

Now for the Glenn Beck take:

Occupy Wall St. honors Communist terrorist group with new protest – Glenn Beck (click for the rest):

UPDATE: I admit to starting this post with half tongue-in-cheek as mockery for our treatment by the media for 8.28. But, honestly—I’m convincing myself a little. The official Occupy Wall Street site is literally calling the march the “N17 Mass Direct Action.”
Again from the Council on Foreign Relations: “November 17, Revolutionary People’s Struggle, Revolutionary Struggle (Greece, leftists)” is “A radical, leftist Greek terrorist group, also known as 17 N or N 17” who aims to launch “an anti-capitalist popular uprising against the Greek middle and upper-classes.” When is the last time you heard someone say “we have our Christmas party on D22.” “I was born on F9.” Who says “N17” for November 17th? Is that common here in America?

I know their public excuse for the “direct action” is two months of “occupation.” I understand that is what they are saying publicly. But, this is just the leadership of this group honoring a bunch of their heroes with a subtle tip of the cap. The true believers get a chuckle while the useful idiots march in solidarity with something that they don’t understand.

Like I said, this deserves more research.

Socialist Of The Week: Lawrence O'Donnell

Socialist of the Week Ending 10/29/2011: Lawrence O'Donnell

I planned to feature major feats of typical, transparent socialism on this blog from the beginning  Here is the first winner:  Lawrence O'Donnell

Host O'Donnell tees up a question for a #OccupyOakland protestor, who whiffs it.

She knows to exaggerate tear gas into "chemical weapons," but she did not have the presence to lie about the rock and bottle throwing.

A transcript from Glenn Beck:

“At that point we were in a position where we had to deploy gas in order to stop the crowd and people from pelting us with bottles and rocks,” the Oakland Interim Chief of Police told reporters following scrutiny of the police response to the protesters in Oakland.

“Did you see people throwing bottles and rocks at the police before they used those tactics?” O’Donnell asked a protester.

“Umm, yeah. People were doing that,” the protester told the MSNBC host.

The Cosmotarians at Reason magazine even said the police were the ones doing the rioting:

Members of the Oakland Police Department rioted last night, firing tear gas and chasing residents. (Bonus: Slate explains why tear gas isn't illegal.)

One can only guess that Reason's inclusion of the Slate information is the way they share an affinity with the 'oppressed' Viet Cong 'victims' of tear gas, but I digress.

Occupy Oakland

This tactic employed by O'Donnell, lying about who initiated violence, was perfected in the American media during the 1960s by Soviet backed International Socialists, like David Horowitz.  Horowitz has spoken often, and in detail, abut the tactics he and his friends used through the Cold War to help the Soviets on every front and try to take down the United States.

The same thing is happening now, with MSNBC taking up the torch of Socialism against anybody in striking distance.

National Socialism, AKA, Communism Kills

Victim of Soviet Russian Socialism attempts to enlighten Che Guevara Socialists at #OccupyWallStreet about what really happens under a Socialist regime. via Glenn Beck

Finally: Anti-Semitism of #OccupyWallStreet Condemned (Not by Obama)

Sexy Nazi, the Socialist's true goal.

Finally, one group has come forward to condemn the Anti-Semitic rhetoric emanating spewing from the #OccupyWallStreet and #OccupyLA Marxist demonstrations.
Via Israel Today:
See some earlier posts for full context of the #Occupy crowd and their Jew hatred. Remember, the Nazi was a product of the Liberal Left and that is one of the few things they still manufacture.

Occupy Wall Street: Let's Party Like It's 1884

This is the best Google image for "Sexy OccupyWallStreet"?

I suspected that the #OccupyWallStreet crowd would continue to recycle the same old tricks from the 1800s.  If you read any "news" source that says anything this ensemble of street theater clowns is doing is new, just stop reading and block the site from your Google results.

Today, Becket Adams, of Glen Beck's website The Blaze, reports:

In the update they write:

Wanna “see how the 1% lives”? Then join us on a walking tour of the homes of some of the bank and corporate executives that don’t pay taxes, cut jobs, engaged in mortgage fraud, tanked our economy…..all while giving themselves record setting bonuses!
Occupy wall street will join community groups fighting for economic justice.
You can meet at Liberty Square/Zuccotti Park at 11:00 am and we will take the subway together or you can meet at 59th and 5th ave at 12:30pm. (please indicate if you will travel with us front he square) [sic]
We’ll be meeting at 59th Street and 5th Avenue at 12:30 pm, and then march from house to house, demanding accountability for Wall Street crimes, and an extension of the Millionaire’s tax.
Who will we be visiting exactly? Well….you’re just gonna have to come to find out.

Adams notes the similarity to SEIU harassment of Greg Baer of Bank of America.  I will add, this is nothing new.  View an earlier post about Chicago in 1884 and the Red/Black Alliance march down Prairie Avenue to harass "capitalists" in their homes.  Stay tuned for when the Leftists resort to explosives when they fail to gain any traction at the ballot box.