David LaSpina (@dbooster) - Political Hive

David LaSpina

Japan

David is an Italian-American expat lost in Japan. A photographer, father, lover of haiku, and eater of natto. Here, there, and everywhere.

5 days ago

Paramount, South Park, and the Colbert Fallout If you’re in the U.S. or follow U.S. media, you’ve probably heard that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was recently cancelled by CBS. That alone would’ve made headlines, but…

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21 days ago

FDR and the New Deal: Saving Capitalism from Itself Don’t ask me why, but FDR is on my mind. He may be one of the most misunderstood figures today. He was called a traitor to his class, but Franklin Delano Roosevelt may have been…

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about 1 month ago

Rant, Complain, Talk

The Comedy of Crypto The world of crypto is a tragic comedy; it’s a grand tale of greed, denial, and self-deception. Of course this is true of all investing to some extent. Pull back your vantage…

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about 2 months ago

Trump is Cartman: America’s Cruel Mirror “Whatever! I do what I want!” That line, bellowed with full-throated glee by South Park’s Eric Cartman, has echoed through pop culture for nearly three decades now. For a…

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2 months ago

The Man Who Claimed Hirohito Wasn’t the Real Emperor A few days ago I posted about Emperor Sukō and the chaos of the Northern and Southern Courts. At the end of the post I mentioned a little trivia that after WWII, a guy came…

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3 months ago

Vulture Capitalism and the Death of Sears The other day I found myself thinking about what happened to Sears. After some research, I found they were the victim to something I have read about several times over the years…

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1079.109 VOTE

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3 months ago

What Does Trump Have on Graham? I can't decide if this is Graham trying to troll us or if he is being serious: It's a real tweet. [See here](

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123.590 VOTE

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3 months ago

Trump Accidentally Admits Russia Is Trying to Take All of Ukraine—Then Calls Taking Less of It a 'Concession' Donald J. Trump (real estate mogul, part-time geopolitics dilettante) just gave us a masterclass in Kremlin propaganda digestion during his Oval Office chat with Norway's…

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4 months ago

Paper in my Pocket

When Fiat Died (Briefly): Real Moments When Gold and Silver Saved the Day Most of the time, fiat currencies work. I know, our collective opinion on Hive and in #silvergoldstackers is a bit more suspicious (to sa

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4 months ago

Tariffs and Depressions There is a meme going around. Obviously, it’s attacking Trump’s tariffs. The left and moderate Republicans have opposed them from the st

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