As IF!!
I spend a lot of time in front of the computer during the day. Not because I want to, but because of vocation, since I’ve chosen to try to outwit other smarties on-line in the investment/trading world. During the course of the day, I have WAY too much time on my hands and consequently turn to the internet for current news which may affect trading positions. Invariably, the news that really affects markets is political news. And you can’t read political news without having to withstand spin, exaggeration, distortion, hyperbole and outright lies by the various players. Pronouncements and claims that are so against common sense will claim my interest. Upon reading these missives, i find myself yelling out loud, “AS IF!!” like an 8 year old. As most parents know, 8 year olds are particularly astute when you try to pull the wool over their eyes and they will protest thusly if you foist any BS on them.
That is the basis for this blog. But it’s not just politics, it just so happens that the material there is so ripe. I can find AS IF incidents everywhere; sports, media, entertainment etc etc. This exercise is more to highlight to myself and to the victims who may read this, the BS that circulates and passes for ‘fact’ in the ‘news space’.