In Mala Fide

New on the roll: Calculated Risk: “FDIC Bank Failure Update” Yves Smith – “Bank of England Calls Bluff of Bankers Who Threaten to Depart UK to Avoid Taxes” Broward Horne – “Shoot the Messenger” Barry Ritholtz – “Updating the Misery Index (Global Version)” Tyler Durden – “Cautionary Observations from a Chronological Analysis of the S&P [...]

From the new guys: Obsidian says it’s much easier for women to get laid. Double-Minded Man muses on his former life as a nice guy. Sonic Charmer notes the correlation between progressivism and whiteness. Genius comments on Israeli girls’ lack of femininity, pens a guide to men’s room etiquette, and shares my taste in sexytime [...]

The ever-inquisitive Posec left this comment on my “Funny People” post: From the tenor of this piece you clearly have an animus for Sandler’s “morally suspect” alpha character yet you will take mincing betas to task when they end up acting like Rogen’s conciliating Ira. What eludes me is that while you champion game as [...]

I was going to write a lighter post for this Friday, but this post by Conor Friedersdorf (hat tip: Traveller) attacking the neg sent me over the edge: The community of men who study picking up women — let’s call them “players” — are unified by a belief that dating is a “game,” and that [...]