Thaaaat's Numberwang

"Number occupies a strategic position in this conflict, because it is simultaneously the most generalized basis of thought and that which demands most abruptly the question of its being." — Alain Badiou

See also Mitchell & Webb's "Numberwang" sketch.

September 3
“I’m trying to sort out why debt backed by the ability to tax in the United States is rated lower than securities that are backed by no particular ability to have additional revenue,” said John Milne, who oversees about $1.8 billion as chief executive officer of JKMilne Asset Management in Fort Myers, Florida, in a telephone interview on Aug. 23. — Subprime Mortgage Bonds Getting AAA Rating S&P Denies to U.S. Treasuries (picture by way of Artist Paints Burning Banks, Attracting Police Attention)
“I’m trying to sort out why debt backed by the ability to tax in the United States is rated lower than securities that are backed by no particular ability to have additional revenue,” said John Milne, who oversees about $1.8 billion as chief executive officer of JKMilne Asset Management in Fort Myers, Florida, in a telephone interview on Aug. 23. — Subprime Mortgage Bonds Getting AAA Rating S&P Denies to U.S. Treasuries

(picture by way of Artist Paints Burning Banks, Attracting Police Attention)