Sphira

Trading Week Outlook: June 28 - July 3, 2009

It is also worth mentioning the mass of lobbying money put forth the repeal the act (where did that come from?), and the main players in government that made repeal a reality with the adoption of Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act.
Now no longer "serving" the people,
Bill Clinton
Senator Phil Gramm (Republican of Texas)
U.S. House of Representatives Jim Leach (R-Iowa)
Rep. Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. (R-Virginia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
www.nndb.com/company/6.../
"The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) allowed commercial and investment banks to consolidate. For example, Citibank merged with Travelers Group, an insurance company, and in 1998 formed the conglomerate Citigroup"
"Things culminated in 1998 when Travelers, a financial services company with everything but a retail/commercial bank, bought out Citibank, creating the largest and the most profitable company in the world. The move was technically illegal and provided impetus for the passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act."

National Health Insurance, 'Cap and Trade': Two Steps in the Wrong Direction

"even distribution of wealth"? No way. "Even" for tier 2 (the peasants), absolutely, but that tiers contrast with tier number one will not be any more lopsided! Revolution?
With the obvious moral consequences of engaging in bloodshed in mind, It seems the clear the real power of the people can be taken from the lessons of less violent resistance such as was demonstrated by individuals like Mahatma Gandhi.

You are right, YB, they do want a revolution, and about the Marxists, but If the masses were to go up against the government, they would sweep away the violent revolutionaries in one fell swoop because. delusions of successful revolution are a pipe dream, and fail to take into account the powers and tools of war that revolution would come up against. Especially when you factor in the current provisions for the utilization of foreign/UN troops on U.S soil if such an event were to occur.
www.wnd.com/index.php?...
A mass revolt will be crushed like a dust mite under a jack-boot.
Then what is left of freedom will evaporate.
So the question is; are most of the people dumb and immoral enough to fall into the revolution trap? Yes - Yes they are!

They want revolution; and they are ready for it!
And the cleansing will commence.

Peace my friend,
Sphira

On Jun 28 08:57 AM yellowhoard wrote:and
> All of us need to understand who we are dealing with in D.C.
> These are the angry marxist college students from the sixties. Many
> of our leaders today loath the US for what it is. They really want
> to see, and have engineered, a crash in the system.
> They are heaping obligations on the system so onerous that the system
> will implode. They want a revolution.
> Their goal is even distribution of wealth, not a thriving economy.

National Health Insurance, 'Cap and Trade': Two Steps in the Wrong Direction

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7 Strategies for Profiting Off the Next Downturn by Jack Hough

Aye Aye, Eye - too funny, yes my mouse is sensitive.
It seems the great issue here is when a EM pulse with sufficient force is generated then readily conducted through devices to the tune of about 10 kvolts for only a millisecond or so, it zaps the ICs and other components which is what the Faraday cage would prevent. CMOS semiconductors are especially vulnerable. There are not enough, if any, unaffected replacements available to get going again considering how everything that does anything has a chip these days. It seems probable that just the radiation (assuming nuke detonation) alone would halt normal satellite communication capabilities for a time. Also, a cage will not be nearly as effective if the device is networked. The cable is a conduit to the device internals. Literally, we are talking back to the horse and buggy days in an instant if this actually happened. The effectiveness is dependent on High Power, short wavelength of the pulse. Starvation follows, unless the world feeds 300mil Americans for free - for a long time. Don't know how likely any of this is, but considering how dependent we are for Maslow's hierarchy of needs on everything but ourselves, it would be prudent to hedge on that a bit whatever the events.

Though, whatever is coming for us all soon it seems it is not good. optionsgirl has good info here to work with. Bank the dough. Convert a percentage to truly tangible worthy assets. Less we are not able to get our hands on it (our dough) or buy things in time if the s hits the fan.

This (EMP) has already sort of happed in 1962 with STARFISH
glasstone.blogspot.com...

"The purpose of an EMP is not to radiate, destroy buildings or cook people. It just fries everything electronic so that nothing works. Nothing...Not trains, not planes, not automobiles. No lights, no water pumping, no tv, no refrigeration, no gas, no food...Yet, not killing off the population...At least not immediately..."

7 Strategies for Profiting Off the Next Downturn by Jack Hough

Not sure how the heck that happened - sorry for the double post there.
I promise I will not do it again ;-(
Dang - now triple post with this explanation. Guess sometimes I'm a technodunce early in the mor.
Now I feel stupid/human. but on the bright side, I can share that google vid link
video.google.com/video...

7 Strategies for Profiting Off the Next Downturn by Jack Hough

Also,
I Love free exchange of thoughts and ideas
I read an article on the disruption to pace makers, so I assume your concern is valid optionsgirl.

one eye:
Yes, but most infrastructure is not hardened. Server farms, Co Los - routers - grid power - your personal DSL/T1/Cable interface what have you - and on and on it goes. So if it were to occur, The whole System may not go down, but hardened network access for the "little guy" is likely to be non existent.

Peace,
Sphira

7 Strategies for Profiting Off the Next Downturn by Jack Hough

Also,
I Love free exchange of thoughts and ideas
I read an article on the disruption to pace makers, so I assume your concern is valid optionsgirl.

one eye:
Yes, but most infrastructure is not hardened. Server farms, Co Los - routers - grid power - your personal DSL/T1/Cable interface what have you - and on and on it goes. So if it were to occur, The whole System may not go down, but hardened network access for the "little guy" is likely to be non existent.

Peace,
Sphira

7 Strategies for Profiting Off the Next Downturn by Jack Hough

On Jun 25 11:18 AM optionsgirl wrote:
> thanks for sharing your sources!

optionsgirl
My pleasure, and glad they were of interest. Significant threat or not, we must all look out for each other or no one will. Right? If you do a search for Norman Dodd on video.google.com Topic: 1953 U.S. Congressman Carrol Reece - The Reece Special Committee on Tax Exempt Foundations - I bet you will also find that of interest. Here is his Bio
"During or after the 1929 stock market crash he was assigned by his superiors the task of restructuring the bank he was working at"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Take Care
Peace,
Sphira

7 Strategies for Profiting Off the Next Downturn by Jack Hough

Very nice article - good information
Thanks
Did a recent bit of research on EMP in '08
An EMP pulse generated from a detonation 180mi above the center of the US would instantly destroy tech and thrust the country to the center of the abyss. All tech; gone! Try accessing brokerage, financial resources/data then. Gives a whole new meaning to "cash is king". Interesting though, contrary to popular opinion, it would appear cars and trucks are more resistant to the effects of EMP than seems logical given all the semiconductors in them these days.
www.wnd.com/index.php?...
www.globalsecurity.org...

For personal electronic asset protection, an easy and cheap Faraday's cage will preserve electronics from such an event.
At least the electronics on your end. Public networks would likely be toast.
standeyo.com/News_File...

Live Discussion: The Dollar, Inflation and Protecting Your Portfolio

On Jun 17 09:44 PM Moon Kil Woong wrote:
> Sphira: Generally whn the US depreciates others try to follow suit.

Moon Kil Woong:
A succinct logical analysis, and I agree with most of what is written when taken with the traditional concept of markets. Thank you for that.
There are, though, factors that are hidden. Esoteric factors. They seem so crazy as to be laughed at, dismissed, and ignored by most people. Which is why they are so effective. Let me tell you of my ongoing observations over the last 4 months in my part of the world. They are almost daily occurrences seen with my own two eyes. At very least these occurrences are most news worthy and deserving of extensive debate. Alas, the silence is deafening; and telling. Have you heard of aerosol spraying? I suspect not. In a nutshell, the powers that be have been creating man-made cloud formations that expand and move over my country apparently for the purpose of manipulating weather patterns. Perhaps for other purposes as well. The obvious question is what is the chemical makeup of this "aerosol" being dispensed? See this site for more info.
www.carnicom.com/contr...
The point I'm trying to make is that I see very little that happens, especially in financial markets/central banks as accidental. On the contrary, it is very deliberate; purposeful; controlled. As you have stated, gold is manipulated. I'll go one further. The entire game is manipulated. See these presentations.
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I don't pretend to understand everything, and, though it may appear otherwise, I don't tell others what to think. I'm just putting some facts and information out there to chew on.

I do, though, conclude that this "economic downturn" is no accident. It is by design, and on a global scale. My last post is more in the spirit of a "total" and absolute currency collapse. A what if, worst case scenario. I'm not saying it will be that severe or happen in exactly that way; but if it were to play out as I outline, and when taken in the context of absolute manipulation, what would be the best preservation play.

Peace,
Sphira

Live Discussion: The Dollar, Inflation and Protecting Your Portfolio

"hyper-inflation that could make the '70s look benign"

What I'm not clear on is the value of the dollar in relation to other currencies if this hyperinflation/currency collapse scenario becomes fact. Will the dollar index tank; or will most or all the world currencies follow suit effectively loosing value in variations or lockstep? This is core to protecting assets. It stands to reason commodities would be the only logical place to park wealth under a world currency collapse. However, with regard to metals for instance, as the normal markets and uses dry up under a severe collapse of this kind on a global scale, their value shifts to intrinsic worth, as they become more a hedge against fiat currencies falling demand than industrial use commodities. How would that likely play out I wonder? Holding those assets may not preserve wealth as much as it appears. Or would they? Any discussion or food for thought on this issue would be interesting.

I for one agree with the hyperinflation scenario. See John William's "Hyperinflation Special Report June 2nd, 2008 "
www.shadowstats.com/ar...
www.ronpaul.com/2009-0.../
“Doctor, my eyes Tell me what is wrong” As a side note, keep an 'eye' on Ron's son’s political career, Dr. “Rand” Paul. He is much needed in congress in my opinion.
www.randpaul2010.com/

'The Fourth Turning': Why This Crisis Was Inevitable

John Williams, among others, is one credible source for independent information.
The alphabet corporate channels and their Kudlows are not! A recent article about GE/NBC 86ing a Neilsen publication comes to mind. They had dared challenge GE's order to its media units demanding that they be be less critical of President Obama and his policies.
Interesting enough the front runner beat out by Immelt was Jack Welch who immediately resigned and now, get this, runs the 86ed Hollywood Reporter (that Neilsen company publication). They were savaged for daring to stand up to the GE giant.

Well over a year ago I made inquiries on financial boards as to the best strategy given the eventuality of the dollar dropped as the world's reserve currency and the likely fallout to come as a result. I was assured and lectured that it was koo-koo to even worry of such a thing. Further, that I was a dunderhead to question the longevity of the all mighty Bucky. A year later following TARPs and bailouts these alphabet channels are preparing the masses for exactly that. See Williams opinion on "The Things to Come" - to play off H. G. Wells prophecy
(Wells was a Round Table giant and Fabian).
www.shadowstats.com/ar...

Kronos455, we are all stuck in it. Only waking up and having breakfast together will change that.

'The Fourth Turning': Why This Crisis Was Inevitable

I would offer that the exigencies mentioned were mostly engineered. Further, though arguably brief to those not sharing in the experience, the War Between the States was most bloody indeed, and even more damaging to prevention of future American crisis by esoteric means. For instance, the current escapades America finds herself in. Look into the history of Cecil Rhodes Round Table, Thomas House, and Edward Mandell House.

Also, from a Leave it to Beaver kind of guy, what you choose to do on your honeymoon seems a private matter not subject to comment or analysis by strangers, at least to me. That, I think, is a real human deterioration that represents the contrast between generations. The issue of absence of respect -