Enraged By The Reappointment Of Bernanke, Taleb Goes Into Hiding
Though it's short, this is intense. Taleb published this angry, bitter piece on Bernanke the other day at the Huffington Post. 'Seething' would be an understatement.
I'm adding 2 of my favorite Taleb clips to the story inside, including his CNBC Squawk Box co-hosting in August with Roubini.
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Good Bye! The Reappointment Of Bernanke Is Too Much To Bear
By Nassim Taleb
What I am seeing and hearing on the news -- the reappointment of Bernanke -- is too hard for me to bear. I cannot believe that we, in the 21st century, can accept living in such a society. I am not blaming Bernanke (he doesn't even know he doesn't understand how things work or that the tools he uses are not empirical); it is the Senators appointing him who are totally irresponsible -- as if we promoted every doctor who committed malpractice. The world has never, never been as fragile. Economics make homeopath and alternative healers look empirical and scientific.
No news, no press, no Davos, no suit-and-tie fraudsters, no fools. I need to withdraw as immediately as possible into the Platonic tranquility of my library, work on my next book, find solace in science and philosophy, and mull the next step. I will also structure trades with my Universa friends to bet on the next mistake by Bernanke, Summers, and Geithner. I will only (briefly) emerge from my hiatus when the publishers force me to do so upon the publication of the paperback edition of The Black Swan.
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CNBC Video
Taleb: Bernanke Should Be Removed From Office Immediately
Taleb: My Friend Nouriel Has A Weakenss, He Likes Bernanke Too Much
Both links have quotes and partial transcripts of the CNBC videos.
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Dec 9, 2009 at 3:07 PM
Reader Comments (17)
The Black Swan Doesn't Need A Bailout: Dr. Nassim Taleb Says "Bernanke Should Be Removed From Office"
Dr. Nassim Taleb: "My Friend Nouriel Roubini Has A Weakness, He Likes Bernanke Too Much"
32 Seconds of Taleb kicking Bob Rubin's ass...
There is a bit of irony that just 10 days after announcing the deployment of 30,000 more American troops to Afghanistan, President Obama will accept the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize tomorrow in Oslo, Norway.
"Seven Black Swans A Swimming"
http://outsidethe-cardboard-box.tumblr.com/post/267607763/7-black-swans-a-swimming
I want to see MORE coherent, sensible people publicly stating that we're up shit creek without a paddle and headed straight for the fucking ROCKS. That they're FED-UP and not going to participate in this bullshit anymore. This is LUNACY. Re-appointing FAILURES means an ACTIVE WILL to drive this country into the ground. We all saw how the U.S. Federal government fucked-up the situation during Katrina. And they were trying to HELP there. Imagine what they can do when they REALLY want to cause some purposeful damage.
Hey, eight years led by a RETARD certainly didn't help lay the groundwork for sensible policy, right? Everyone saw the SOB couldn't put a coherent sentence together and yet followed his moronic ass around as he stumbled from one failure to the next. You dipshits also attached the fucking little magnetic yellow ribbons to the backs of your SUV's and started wearing those tacky rubber bracelets on your wrists, color-coded to match the bullshit feel-good tear-jerk charity or event that 'reflects the real you'. Too bad there's no matching color for "asshole".
I digress.
8 years of Stupid as I was saying and now along comes this Tiger-Woods-Guy and suddenly everybody's gaga over him. Mainly only because he wooed voters with his ability to pronounce real words while seemingly knowing how to string them together at the same time. Big fucking deal. A used car salesman does that everyday. And with the exact same degree of bullshit included.
Now I have to wait AGAIN until all you dildo-fucks come to finally realize that your beloved Obama is a corrupt, incapable POS who's basically the same as The Retard On Steroids. Of course by the time my fellow asswipe Americans smell the coffee it'll be too late. Hell it's probably ALREADY too late anyway, comrads.
The NEXT time you manage to squeeze your voluminous buttocks into a voting booth, please take a quick moment beforehand and take fucking gander at RON Paul, will you? A humble yet brilliant man who has been patiently making sense for 30 fucking years while waiting for you stupid humps to wake-up, pull the dildos from out your asses, rub off the vampire make-up, put down the 5,000 calorie burger (for a second), turn-off American Idol and TAKE A FUCKING PEEK AROUND YOU TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON!.
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Yes. Yes. And yes.
thank you for the entertainment...i know you didn't mean for it to be funny per se, but damn if it wasn't...your anger is not misplaced...just keep hanging on...i'm naturally optimistic, but i honestly seem good things coming in the next cycle...thre will be a backlash that might be strong enough to get things going in the correct direction...