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    • Wed Apr 16th 15:20 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Why Bush Doesn't Like Cap-and-Trade
      Marinecorps Vet...your own link disproves you:

      igloo.atmos.uiuc.edu/c...

      that link is on your second post's site. Obviously, there is less ice. Plus, the ice you see if you pick a winter's date (like today's) is THINNER (which their picture cannot tell you, but it obvious when you realize that more ice is gone in the summer).
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    • Wed Apr 16th 15:16 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Why Bush Doesn't Like Cap-and-Trade
      FYI...try this link..then say the caps aren't melting.

      www.keepwintercool.org...

      This one:

      irascibleprofessor.com...

      This one:

      www.csmonitor.com/2004...
      Christian Science Monitor No less...not exactly liberal media.


      There won't be an ice cap by the end of THIS century.
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    • Wed Apr 16th 15:11 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Why Bush Doesn't Like Cap-and-Trade
      Marinecorps guy, you lost me right here "At least he's not one of the idiots..."

      No, he is the king of idiots.
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    • Tue Apr 15th 16:12 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      M3 Money Supply and Inflation: Got Gold?
      $12 was artifically low for oil. So $12 to $112 is a bit of a stretch as a comparison. $30 or so, yes.

      Inflation is not the rise in price of goods. The dollar is not the currency of the world. A large part of the price changes consists of 1) speculation and 2) scarcity. Neither has a relationship with inflation. If everyone gets $100 and there is enough food for everyone. Then you add some more people and use some food for box stuffing, some people aren't going to eat and the price of food is going to go up. So, some others are going to buy up extra food and make those that want it pay even more. That is what you see in oil and gold. All these ETFs etc specializing in commodities and short stock positions have created a whole new phenomena. The markets are fundamentally different because of it - that is part of the equation.

      30 years ago we made up 65% of the worlds GDP. Today, it is 25%. So, the FED doesn't create inflation in a global sense.

      That Shadowstat guy cracks me up. Look at his numbers for the 2000-2003 period...prices were not going up that much then.

      Groceries and gas may have gone up, but has your house payment/rent? Cars are still about what they were 15 years ago and they last longer.

      I own some gold stocks, but only enough so that I have a well balanced portfolio. When the commodities pop (which may be next week or next year), they will drop 50% in a quarter. At the same time interest rates will go up and your fixed income investments will be the place to move into.
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    • Tue Apr 15th 14:31 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      3 Problems with the NY Times's Take on Americans Without Jobs
      This is a very confusing article format. I'd suggest starting with something other than a quote, as the quote makes you think the article is about one thing then you introduce an opposing view and commence to critique both.
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    • Tue Apr 15th 14:24 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      The Great Television Price Inflation Scam
      Nickgo, while much of television is crap, you are definitely missing out on a lot of worthwhile things. I'd rather have HD view of Antartica and it's penguins, for example, than no view at all. I'd rather chill out to some entertaining TV in the evening than read a book night after night.

      As for the television, if you wanted a crappy old tv, there are plenty out there you could've bought. My 36" XBR cost me $2400 in 1996. Its successor, a 57" Hitachi cost me $2400 in 2002. I bought a 32" Tube in 2003 for $175 at Circuit City. And the latest addition is a 40" LCD for $1100 this last year. Now, if you are telling me that prices haven't come down, I gotta call BS. I get more for less everytime. Shoot, my latest TV has a tuner that works with a tiny little antenna to give me a perfect HD picture. Try that in 1995.

      Sure, the inflation numbers are all bogus. Oil is now 4 TIMES MORE than it was when GW came into office (and yes, it is mostly his fault) - we should've had a good severe recession in 2002-2004, but instead he took us to war and started spending money like all the previous republicans who sell us a bill of goods on small government and procede to outspend the previous administrations by large margins. Guess what, when interest rates go back up, we will be in a WORLD of financial distress as our interest payments quickly mount on new debt and repos. And I'm sure the democrats will get the blame at that point. Stupid system is all screwed up, but that's what you get with entrenched powers.

      But, the television is a crap example. So, the article falls flat on its face.
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    • Tue Apr 8th 12:20 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Cost of Rice Rises 50% in Two Weeks as Agflation Continues
      A fed printing money obviously has nothing to do with the scarcity of a food source. You lost me right there.
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    • Mon Apr 7th 22:32 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Naked Shorting Comes Full Circle
      You should've put it in terms they might understand. Say, "See, naked shorting is like giving the janitor the keys to the money printing press."

      Maybe then they would've understood.
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    • Mon Apr 7th 10:52 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Roger Wiegand: The Biggest Gold, Silver Rally in History
      This guy is an idiot. Sure he might be right on some things, but when you throw out random assertions something is bound to turn out true.

      Stuff that made me laugh:
      1) "House Prices Doubled between 2003 and 2006"
      2) 10 Million Homes will be foreclosed on in the US

      Please, neither of those is in any way close to realistic. I bought a home in 2002, I don't think at any time since then it was worth more than 20% more than I paid for it - not that I care, if it had doubled in value, I'd still be living here, still paying on my 30 yr 5.4% fixed rate loan.

      How many homes are there in the US? I think 10 million is a bit too large of a percentage to be anywhere near realistic - there has only been one foreclosure in my neighborhood that I know of and that was because the owner got arrested for criminal activities. So, 1 in 12 or so homes overall is impossible.
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    • Sun Apr 6th 21:35 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Economic Report Summary: Worst Labor Report In Years
      3.5 % unemployment in Tulsa.
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    • Fri Apr 4th 22:05 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      How Much Can We Blame the Uptick Rule?
      CDPayne, finally a voice of reason. All these people trading their 200k IRA's thinking that markets are rational make me laugh.

      BTW, they target more than just small-caps. If you don't think NVDA losing 60% of it's value in 2 months after 7 quarters of record earnings and on no news whatsoever wreaks of manipulation, I don't know what does.
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    • Wed Apr 2nd 21:57 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Lies, Damn Lies and the Unemployment Rate
      People actually quote that shadowstat guy? Inflation 8% or more in 2001,2002,2003,2004? I think not.
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    • Wed Apr 2nd 16:41 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Traders Using Financial Turmoil to Manipulate Stocks
      They just need to have reporting requirements. Say 1% short of a company's float or more and you have to report your position. Included have to be shorts against the box, so you could easily be reporting both sides long and short. Very much in vogue at the moment to short what you hold long and pound it down while making $$ on options.
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    • Wed Apr 2nd 16:36 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Wal-Mart: What PR Won't Fix
      Valueguy - your net income comparison is laughable. If that is true, then let's see...how much of my Salary is profit, after mortgages, daycare, carpayment, utilities, food, clothes.
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    • Wed Apr 2nd 16:33 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Wal-Mart: What PR Won't Fix
      Valueguy - they were gonna stick it to her until it was all over the news - and I remember hearing about it last year. This time, the news kept on it and they caved.

      Nick - that 15% discount you get on the stock didn't help much until the last 6 months. See that HUGE downtrend on WMT stock? Expect it to continue after a few months.

      My wife won't even shop at Walmart due to all the bad press and it is closer by half to our house than any other store.
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