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The Death of the U.S. Consumer

Jeff et al: You've got to put this into perspective of the New Regime plan . The US consumer is simply a lost pawn in the larger chess match of the new world order. As out national debt grows rapidly and wildly unwieldy out of control, we are again forced
to the brink of economic collapse. The next "bail-out" will see a new world dollar that reflects the real value of the US dollar relative to other world currencies. Commodities will no longer be valued in $US.
China, Japan, Euro-banks, and all other indebeted-to-US entities will take the initial hit of 60-70% loss of US dollars held, as long as their fiat money jumps 30-40% in relative value. A new world "dollar" (the Yuan-mark?) will "control and stabilize" the financial landscape. Of course all the mechanations to get to this point will take place with great rapidity behind closed doors.(One of the most notable ear-marks of the New Regime.) George Soros and his Machiavellian cabal will be orgasmic with their newly-thieved hundreds of billions (perhaps trillions?)
The New Regime will have achieved it's ultimate socio-redistributionist goal. With only 5% of the world's popluace, the US will have 5% of it's total wealth. Of course George and his multi-billionaire buddies will have expatriated themselves and their largesse long before the shit has hit the fan.
"We have seen the enemy, and he is us."

Holiday Shopping Tips for Gold Stocks

Dude above; the quote re your logo is " Veni; vidi; Vinci".
Consult "Caeser's Gaelic Wars."
(Unless your name is Vici, apologies)

The Weak Dollar Crowd Is Too Confident

Good god; if the above comment is for real, the bottom-feeders are having a hey-day.
Note: real investors and traders; "all bet are off (as in -kilter)".

Banning Derivatives and Other Such Foolishness

Paco; glad you're so smart. Paco; glad derivatives "create wealth."
Paco; glad so many people made so much money on CDS's.
Paco; sad to see so many people still pimping Wall Street Ponzi scams; sadder still to see so many buying into the b.s.
A short but insightful (and frightful) read.

Why the Stock Market Should Crash

War, unfortunately, will be the solution for the new regime's self-inflicted ills. Israel will someday soon bomb the bejesus out of Iran. This will be done "without US approval." Obama will come out aghast against this action. He will decry the Isreali over-reaction, placating further Islamic sympathys and revving-up jihadist terrorism.
The chosen one (Obama)will place himself in position (probably with UN blessing) as the sole arbitrer of the resulting chaos. Behind closed doors(just as with any and all recent legislation by the Demo-gogues) the new world order will be connived. Look for all of our most indebeted-to supporter nations (China, Japan, most of the rest of Asia) and those who openly revile us (Russia, Saudia Arabia, and all Islamo-facist dictatorships) to have a revered place at the carving table.
Be prepared to see a dismembered USA as a final outcome. We have 35% of the world's wealth, but 5% of its population. After the "redistribution", those wealth and population numbers are gonna look a lot closer.
"After all (quoth Obama), its only fair."
"We have seen the enemy, and he is us.." and those elected that we have thrust into absolute power.

Commercial Real Estate: Is the Fed About to Do Something Right?

Don't hold your breath. Look tor TARP II in some thinly veiled disguise.
What's another trillion or two pulled out of the prestidigitators' (you Timmy and Benji )hats or rear ends. Perhaps included in health-care reform on page 7596, footnote 27; ref.869?!

George Soros: The Guru Outlook

george soros is a true insider,trader, and manipulator. Sorry for the lower case , as george is truly lower case. He suffers majorly from "little man's syndrome"; as was the case of, let's see, Bonaparte, Stalin,Lenin, Musolinni, Hitler, Rhom Emanuell, Baljoyovich(sp?), Onnasis, Sarcosse, Teddy Roosevelt, and a host of other self- promoters that have surrounded themselves with major proclamations and large women (oops, forgat Andre Agassi {you know Brooks Schields} that mostly came to nothing, or a near-downfall of the world.
But, hey, if you love bull -shitters, market manipulators, and the vertically and mentally challenged, keep going with the flow.
Wall Street and the new regime are right with with you!

What Kind of AAA Assets Are on Fed Balance Sheet Anyway?

Boy, ec. decon. you are right on target. This 'throw the little guy a bone'
is just another multi-billion dollar distraction in a long list of vote buying by the Demo's. Cars for clunkers, new home buyer credits, home loan re-negotiations, legacy payments to GM, unlimited unemployment payments, Obama money handouts in Detroit; the list is endless and the public debt pit bottomless!
"When you wish upon a star.. makes no diff how broke you are..!

We Interrupt This Market Rally for the Largest Bond Sale in History

The "something not right here" is the collusion of the fed, the treasury, and the regime in power in an attempt to finesse the economy out of the most severe recession in 70 years. The banksters are more than willing to co-operate as they are primary recipients of the largesse. They are probably immune from legal recourse in the conspiracy. Executive privilege, after all.
Don't worry Nixonites, no tapes to be found.
Average Joe trader is again being set-up to be "fleeced."(Again)
The next downleg of the market will be swift, severe, and unexpected. Triggered by, say (today's guess) Israel bombs Iran nuke facilities. Of course US knows; but Obama is horrified as is his public puppet persona dictates. As the DOW plummets to 5000 or less, the new regime jumps in aggressively and forcefully to restabilize the markets, mankind, indeed the whole world.
The sheeple 'baaah' in unison as the new world order takes shape. But as with all recent US gov't machinations, that shape is anyone's guess. (Unless one can really divinate or calibrate the new chosen'ones true Marxist desires)
"We have seen the enemy..........."

We're Living Through the Best of Times

"it was the best of times; it was the worst of times."
"It was the age of prosperity (for the schills and scammers on Wall Street); it was the age of greatest poverty ( the un- and under-employed, the bailout-ees, the entitled)
"It was the age of bi-partisanship; it was the age rancorous party loyalty."
"It was the age of transparency; it was the age of closed-door conspicacy and lock-outs."
"It was the age of hope and change; it was the age despair and same-old-sh--."
"It was the age of a new US in the world; it was an age for just another GS-20 flunky waiting in line with a tin cup in hand."
'It was an age where things could never get better; and indeed this has come to pass.
For our children and our children's children, we have let the wealth and heritage of a great nation pass from our hands. Indeed we have not "earned" this legacy; but our children will rue our arrogance and audacity for having lost it without the least of a struggle.

Greater Depression for U.S. Rebuts 'Recovery' Talk

Jeff; Another good shot across the bow of the collective gang-banksters....D.C.and Wall Street are both collusive and incestous.
They prey on the collective ignorance of the sheeple electorate.
Leftfield: On target in general ; but beginning with "gov't statistics show..." all bullshit from any an all gov's. "1 in 6 in poverty in US"; you gotta go to any second and third world country and see how our "impoverished" are so overly- embellished. Right TeresaE; not enough crackberries and big screen TVs.
To Great White; Dude, what are you smoking when you read and comment on these articles. Jeff's comment about Al Qaeda is a figurative allusion.Google the meaning (figurative allusion)up on Wikipedia. I agree with the sentiments of his statement. I think you need to be following one of the more liberal-Marxist-social... (you know, the Obama-lings) blogs .
Might I suggest Keith Olberman, Rachel Madow, the New York Times,the Huffington Post, or anything mini-master-minded by George Soros or friends.

U.S. Economy: It's Up to Us to Make It Better

To ED; I don't know whether to laugh or cry when I read your stuff; ergo I do a little of both. My wife thinks I'm becoming schizoid. It's a sign of the times.
To Steve in Gr.; gov't can't be made "small enough not to buy"; the citizenry must be made smart enough not to buy the bullsh-t.
To Jason 722; 1)Some type of simpler and fairer tax, yes 2) term limits, yes (8 years max.!) 3) no lobbying in any of its perperverted forms; lobbying= bribery=conspiracy; lobbying does not equal free speech; this can be structured through the courts and legislatures.
4)phase out most entitlements over 20-30 year period. Working, retired, and near-retired must all suck this up. The SS is a failing Ponzi scheme.5)The gov't has no right or obligaiton either constitutionally or from the Bill of Rights to promote "growth or personal well-being". Gov't option healthcare gone!
Freedom must have limits, sorry libertarians. Freedom without bounds=(choose one or all of the three )1)Repression eg. criminal behavior 2) Tyranny eg. rule by the few (monopolies,Wall Streeters,
banksters, the present Demo-gogueic party,etc.) 3)Chaos (no rule at all, eg. libertarian nirvana ,again Wall Street, again banksters.)
Finally to Seeking Truth; We weren't born stupid; we've become entitled stupid. See point 4) two paragraphs above. Once 50+% of the voters are entitled, all is lost.

Nouriel Roubini, One on One: More Doom and Gloom

Macro-economics as a pseudo-science. It looks at all matters in the rear-view mirror and attempts to redefine the economic history to fit its model. Eg. the ":Great Depression"; according to the Keynesian view ( i.e. the lame now at the helm; Timmy [the tax-cheat] and Benji[the Wall Street schill]); we just didn't do enough. That is the gov't didn't flood the market with endless liquidity, as is now happening.
The present result, the carry trade propping-up the market to irrationally exhuberent levels that are doomed to fall both soon and rapidly. I give it less than 6 mos. Since I'm not a pimp (or pseudo-economist)for anybody, I can say what and when. Lucky me, alI have to face are a few thumbs down.
The alternative view to the last, and perhaps present depression; we did and are doing too much. By pumping up the "too big to fails,"
we are inflating multiple more bubbles waiting to pop. In a world-wide economy, bubbles are always forming somewhere. And pop they will. Nobody suggests a place to run and hide (stick your ass[sets]) because there will be few. Global markets will drop in unison, some more than others (try to quess the relative "winners" here; do I lose 30% of everything or 90%--such decisions?!). All commodities will drop; precious metals may hold their shine for a while, but they too will drop.
So oddly in this doomsday scenario, the US dollar will be wildy propped-up as investors "flee to safety." Our dollar will be worth something for a while (as it pays nothing), exactly in contradiction to the will of our present regime; you know the neo-marxist-progressives. All gov't notes and bonds will increase 10-20-30% in value overnight. How will the gov't extract this wind-fall profit...?/!!
How will they do it?....stay tuned to keynesian econ. 101..TARP chap. II...III..IV.............

Dow Breaks 10,000 for 26th Time While Gold Shines

mjs; sorry for coming to this so late. Two thumbs up for the self-correction. But 10% loss over ten years is still sh-t-poor results even with DIA finagling with numbers.
Good luck ''Great White"; Wall Street is chumming for ya; you've taken the bait.

Fannie and Freddie: Worthless?

Bruce E.W.; your last comment well summarizes the banksters position in this debacle. The idea that the banksters have raped and pillaged the country is no better a reason that Fannie and Freddie are doing the same under gov't pretenses.
Our gov't has no constitutional right to "secure socially acceptable
standards of living " for its populace; much less those of "illegal aliens."
This socialistic mentality pervades a good part ot the progressive-liberal mind-set. It has come about as a result of entitlement -based thinking; wherein many claim to have "earned"therefore are "owed." Our Ponzi-like social systems are on the brink of financial collapse. Yet we continue to have the hubris to think that world will continue to finance our follies. The latest health-care fiasco is another extension of this self-centered arrogance.
Wake up and smell the stench; "We have seen the enemy and he is us!"