tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post6343276607111553497..comments2023-10-28T17:54:39.467-06:00Comments on The Golden Truth: The U.S. Government's Totalitarian Creep Is Turning Into A "Grip"Dave in Denverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03016238915167131989noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-43695833588895278202013-11-08T14:24:58.718-07:002013-11-08T14:24:58.718-07:00Agree. Definitely another signalAgree. Definitely another signalDave in Denverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03016238915167131989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-66350734794832165362013-11-08T13:31:45.364-07:002013-11-08T13:31:45.364-07:00Dave, may I suggest another indicator; the militar...Dave, may I suggest another indicator; the militarization of the police.Did you happen to see the response by Denver PD on the 5th of November in regards to the "Million Mask March" protestors downtown? The police equaled the protestors in number and certainly outweighed them in gear and technology. We are talking military humvees, military gear. Clear intimidation tactics and what almost appeared trying to escalate the situation. The police are no longer the friendly neighborhood cop who can be trusted. They are now the enforcement arm to the totalitarian government. Watching it all from a slight distance, it was quite scary.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-28984583650734320412013-11-08T07:02:17.505-07:002013-11-08T07:02:17.505-07:00Why Chinese People Buy So Many Homes in Palo Alto ...Why Chinese People Buy So Many Homes in Palo Alto It's not just because it’s nice: Foreign home purchases by China's wealthy tell us a lot about the country’s economy.<br /><br />The rise of the Chinese consumer on the global stage has had a tremendous effect on world markets, shaking up everything from the price of milk powder to impressionist paintings. Now, the impact is being felt all the way in Palo Alto, the Silicon Valley town next to Stanford University.<br /><br />Over the past two years, Chinese buyers have been snapping up property in the city, driving up prices and possibly contributing to an emerging bubble. Chinese nationals have tripled their share of home purchases in Palo Alto since 2011, now accounting for around 15 percent of transactions in the city according to Ken Deleon, founder of Deleon Realty, a local firm that has invested heavily in catering to Chinese buyers.<br /><br />“If we have seven offers for a home here, three of them will be Mainland Chinese buyers with all cash,” Kim Heng, the Chinese-born head of Asian outreach at Deleon Realty, guessed. “We’ve never seen so much money in all the years we’ve been in the real estate business.”<br /><br />http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/11/why-chinese-people-buy-so-many-homes-in-palo-alto/281234/<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-49010548700783111912013-11-08T06:16:22.523-07:002013-11-08T06:16:22.523-07:00The Siren-song of Welfare State
Hugo Salinas Price...The Siren-song of Welfare State<br />Hugo Salinas Price<br /><br />Our world is run – and has been run for some time now – by a relatively very small group of individuals who have it in their power to manage, as they think, the economies of nations. Managing the affairs of a nation implies making people behave in ways in which they would not otherwise behave. National management of an economy thus means making millions of individuals do what they wouldn’t do if left to themselves.<br /><br />There is not one single national economy in the world today whose people are free to do as they wish; it is not so much that people are forbidden to do what they think best, as that their choices are being narrowed, day by day, to being able to do only what is allowed.<br /><br />One of the very first choices which free individuals made thousands of years ago was the choice of the money they would use in their exchanges of goods and services; after using other substances such as salt, or copper, or sea-shells, they finally chose gold and silver for use as money, because all humanity valued these metals above all other substances, and consequently gold and silver were the most convenient substances to use as money.<br /><br />The fact that today we are deprived of the possibility of using these metals as money indicates that we are worse off than our ancestors who lived several thousand years ago. We are forced to use fictitious money provided by our managers and masters. One important consequence of using fiat money is that it inevitably leads to making bad investment decisions.<br />http://www.plata.com.mx/Mplata/articulos/articlesFilt.asp?fiidarticulo=223Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-66643915570574624272013-11-08T04:43:48.168-07:002013-11-08T04:43:48.168-07:00This is where you could be miscalculating. Look ar...This is where you could be miscalculating. Look around you. Almost everyone voted to power in Europe is following the USA line. Even in Asia this is happening. eg. Najib won the elections in Malaysia (of course with vote rigging and other dubious means) and no one questioned him. Btw he supports the USA (check out US influence in all Asia- Pac trade blocs). Whoever opposes the US would find it very difficult to come to power. Its all about world domination to ensure the dollar and US influence remains supreme.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-91786006009672483432013-11-07T15:15:47.848-07:002013-11-07T15:15:47.848-07:00Nice article Dave. Good luck and best wishes,
Bay...Nice article Dave. Good luck and best wishes,<br /><br />Bay of PigsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-69910327258138583102013-11-07T06:38:43.500-07:002013-11-07T06:38:43.500-07:00I had a few people over for a party the other even...I had a few people over for a party the other evening and as was expected the topic of conversation gravitated to the economy. What I found to be somewhat shocking is how intelligent people can hang on to the big lie regarding our money system.<br />This one guy was pontificating as to how well his friends were making a killing in the stock market.(he must have some very rich friends to begin with). <br />Though he wasn't doing as well with his invested funds , none the less he was observing the opposite happening with others.<br />Why don't more people wake up to the reality that most of us are getting the royal fiscal screwing of our lives ?!<br />One way that I have found to be of help for my fellow man to " Get it ! " is let him or her get a look at this : <br />http://hiddensecretsofmoney.com/videos/episode-4Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-50590484452343636662013-11-06T23:33:49.967-07:002013-11-06T23:33:49.967-07:00Nevada looks at ‘drones’ for economic development ...Nevada looks at ‘drones’ for economic development <br /><br />"Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), or drones, may be relatively small, but could have a big impact on Nevada’s economy and natural resources, especially when the necessary pieces and experts come together to do the work and research.<br /><br />To that end, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, in partnership with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and the University’s Center for Economic Development at the College of Business, is holding a public workshop on unmanned aerial systems, with a focus on how communities in Nevada can become involved with this economic initiative."<br /><br />http://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/lahontanvalley/8765405-113/nevada-extension-cooperative-university<br /><br />[It's hard to fathom such shallow thinking but it's the "let's make an opportunity out of a crisis", ie.e the elimination of our constitutional rights at the State/University level.]Michael Jacksonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-70388829900535454042013-11-06T19:13:45.314-07:002013-11-06T19:13:45.314-07:00Thanks YF!Thanks YF!Dave in Denverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03016238915167131989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-22073991005789954512013-11-06T18:06:12.772-07:002013-11-06T18:06:12.772-07:00Perspicacity, thy name is Dave. A grim but cogent ...Perspicacity, thy name is Dave. A grim but cogent analysis.Marcushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06784002654652573172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-17001816097975985802013-11-06T15:21:58.429-07:002013-11-06T15:21:58.429-07:00Dave, this is an absolutely outstanding piece of w...Dave, this is an absolutely outstanding piece of work, in IMHO, one of your best, perfectly capturing the iniquitous and demoralizing currents of a society and economic system suffering the end game effects of decades of endemic rot and corruption. Not much to add to such a concise and trenchant analysis as this. Truth so spoken has the capacity to "set one free" Kudos! yardfarmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04808517700285973637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-81187638404310352862013-11-06T14:39:12.135-07:002013-11-06T14:39:12.135-07:00"that it was impossible to value anything&quo..."that it was impossible to value anything" - I agree. Including that too much "digital property" is over valued beyond their worth - twitter, facebook, linklin. These are "given" a certain value by the traffic they create, not by the wealth they are actually worth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-63431909878529295062013-11-06T14:36:07.051-07:002013-11-06T14:36:07.051-07:00High time for the NIKKEI to join the free money pa...High time for the NIKKEI to join the free money party, & lift off with others already in orbit?<br />We'll know soon.<br />http://peterlbrandt.com/never-trust-triple-top-topix-japan-ready-rock-sushi-roll/<br /><br />South Africa:<br />http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/JALSH:IND/chart<br /><br />http://stockcharts.com/freecharts/candleglance.html?EWy,$TSX,$IBEX,$DAX,$PTDOW,$NDX,$SPX,$INDU,$IIX,$NIKK,EWS,$DAX,EWM,$HSI,EWW,$CDNX,EWT|DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-54818012924735855182013-11-06T13:23:30.103-07:002013-11-06T13:23:30.103-07:00Excellent essay, Dave. You're nailing what...Excellent essay, Dave. You're nailing what's going on. There's an additional layer to the oligarchy's thinking. They know that a global system reset is the primary means to fix things. As they delay dealing with the realities of our broken economic system, it enables them to consolidate power prior to the reset AND not care about how screwed--up things become along the way. The more ass-backward reality becomes, it seems the more power they grab before the reset. For example, the federal government now has title to the vast majority of the residential real-estate in the US, all because the oligarchy let insane, unsustainable economic policy drive the financialization of much of the economy to totally insane levels, only to "benefit" the federal government following the 2008 crash. Think about the scenarios that grow out of the government holding those titles following the next hyper-implosion. That's a picture of debt slavery worthy of the middle ages and serfdom.<br /><br />The COMEX inventory depletion of gold is another good example. These sociopaths don't mind playing chicken with default and killing and/or wounding that goose -- the CME, commodity markets in general -- that generated wonderful profits because by gaming the system to suppress interest rates unlike anything ever seen, they've been able to funnel wealth and control in other arenas far more valuable than the CME's ability to generate profits for trading firms and the CME itself. That edifice was a goose that lays golden eggs -- small ones. When the world is ready for a system-reset, the oligarchy thinks it will have control over far more assets -- along with the political power that grows out of controlling wealth.<br /><br />There's always the difficulty in dealing with the line between what is orchestrated conspiracy and what grows out of elites acting in their own self-interest such that a general agenda is followed without formal organization. A bit of both goes on. But no doubt about it, there's a heck of a lot more coordination at the top than most are willing to perceive.<br /><br />Eric Dubin<br />Independent buyside/global macro analyst<br />Managing Editor, TheNewsDoctors.comEric Dubinhttp://thenewsdoctors.com/tag/eric-dubin/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-70206535016652182492013-11-06T12:46:15.764-07:002013-11-06T12:46:15.764-07:00When bonds don’t trade
In the September issue of ...When bonds don’t trade<br /><br />In the September issue of Euromoney, Peter Lee has a huge investigation into what he calls “the great bond liquidity drought”. The landing page for the story features subscriber-only links to the whole thing, as well as free-to-access links to various sections. But it also neatly summarizes the problem a single paragraph:<br /><br /> Liquidity is drying up across the bond markets. Regulations designed to curtail banks’ leverage have had the unintended consequence of also sharply reducing their ability and willingness to make markets in corporate and even government debt. New regulations on the leverage ratio that will reduce banks’ repo funding books threaten to make matters even worse and to spread the drought from credit markets to rates, the underpinning of all financial markets. Secondary markets are close to a breakdown that will soon imperil the primary markets on which companies and sovereigns depend for funding. All that is masking the decay is the extraordinary actions of central banks.<br /><br />Here’s a chart from Citigroup which helps show at least part of the story:<br /><br />http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2013/11/05/when-bonds-dont-trade/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-893361541578110112013-11-06T12:12:17.153-07:002013-11-06T12:12:17.153-07:00Move Over FX And Libor, As Manipulation And "...Move Over FX And Libor, As Manipulation And "Banging The Close" Comes To Commodities And Interest Rate Swaps<br /><br />The story of crude oil manipulation, primarily involving Platts as a pricing intermediary, has appeared on these pages in the past as far back as a year ago, and usually resulted in either participant companies, regulators or entire nation states doing their best to brush it under the rug. However, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to do so as the following Bloomberg story demonstrates.<br /><br /> Four longtime traders in the global oil market claim in a lawsuit that the prices for buying and selling crude are fixed -- and that they can prove it. Some of the world’s biggest oil companies including BP Plc (BP/), Statoil ASA (STL), and Royal Dutch Shell Plc conspired with Morgan Stanley and energy traders including Vitol Group to manipulate the closely watched spot prices for Brent crude oil for more than a decade, they allege. The North Sea benchmark is used to price more than half the world’s crude and helps determine where costs are headed for fuels including gasoline and heating oil.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> The case, which follows at least six other U.S. lawsuits alleging price-fixing in the Brent market, provides what appears to be the most detailed description yet of the alleged manipulations and lays out a possible road map for regulators investigating the matter.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> The traders who brought it -- who include a former director of the New York Mercantile Exchange, or Nymex, one of the markets where contracts for future Brent deliveries are traded - - allege they paid “artificial and anticompetitive prices” for Brent futures. They also outline attempts to manipulate prices for Russian Urals crude and cite instances when the spread between Brent and Dubai grades of crude may have been rigged.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> The oil companies and energy-trading houses, which include Trafigura Beheer BV and Phibro Trading LLC, submitted false and misleading information to Platts, an energy news and price publisher whose quotes are used by traders worldwide, according to the proposed class action filed Oct. 4 in Manhattan federal court.<br /><br />The method of manipulation is a well-known one to regular readers: spoofing.<br /><br />http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-11-06/move-over-fx-and-libor-wholesale-market-manipulation-and-banging-close-comes-crude-aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-69790778974448109752013-11-06T11:35:39.292-07:002013-11-06T11:35:39.292-07:00TSA to Pre-Screen Air Travelers’ Tax Info, Propert...TSA to Pre-Screen Air Travelers’ Tax Info, Property Records, Travel History<br /><br />Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. writes:<br /><br /> Owe money to the IRS? Having trouble making your mortgage payments? Ever been sued or been arrested?<br /><br />Soon, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will know the answers to these questions before you pass through security, and they might affect whether you are cleared for travel.<br />In a recently published article, the New York Timesreported:<br />The Transportation Security Administration is expanding its screening of passengers before they arrive at the airport by searching a wide array of government and private databases that can include records like car registrations and employment information.<br />The complete list of sources of personal data reviewed by the TSA also includes:<br /><br />http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/11/tsa-to-pre-screen-air-travelers-tax.html<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-46647508978347539872013-11-06T11:06:07.454-07:002013-11-06T11:06:07.454-07:00War on the American People - MF Global
Published ... War on the American People - MF Global<br /><br />Published on Nov 6, 2013<br /><br />MF Global Customers Win 100% Recovery, Everyone with a Bank Account, Brokerage Account, or Commodity Account Loses! Jon Corzine gets a "get out of jail free card" the administration and Eric Holder get a pass and the "War Against the American People" continues.<br /><br />http://youtu.be/ZFf8k75GLOsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-84161280931127722382013-11-06T09:25:01.992-07:002013-11-06T09:25:01.992-07:00The Wall Street Code
You have to ask, what is th...The Wall Street Code <br /><br />You have to ask, what is the purpose of this system? And if the answer is fairness and soundness of price discovery, and not making the most money for powerful insiders, the answers start to clarify from first principles. These used to be called moral values.<br /><br />Some fairly simple changes would fix all this, based on fundamental concepts like transparency and equal protection. The problem is that politicians and private firms make enormous sums by taking some 'vig' or vigorish from each and every trade by the 'dumb' or outsider money. Most frauds have a lot of flash and dazzle, but deep down they are always shockingly simple, and most often based on time honored cheats.<br /><br />Eliot Spitzer and Bill Black certainly 'get this.' Lots of good people do. But the Banks use their friendly politicians and the power of money to isolate them. Just denying access to key careers or events is often enough to obtain most people's silence. This is how the status quo perpetuates itself, with money and the credibility trap. It is not dissimilar to organized crime.<br /><br />The regulators should be ashamed, but they can point to the politicians, and the politicians can take the 'CEO defense' of not understanding what is going on. And the band plays on.<br /><br />http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-wall-street-code.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-83384584480251569082013-11-06T07:37:19.990-07:002013-11-06T07:37:19.990-07:00What happens to bitcoin if the Fed hits the intern...What happens to bitcoin if the Fed hits the internet kill switch?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-74878652888425214662013-11-06T06:59:31.790-07:002013-11-06T06:59:31.790-07:00Thanks. I think people care but the base human in...Thanks. I think people care but the base human instinct for the majority of mankind (see Nietzshe) is to take the path of least resistance, which is to be compliant. I also believe "denial" is the strongest of the human emotional defense mechanisms and the majority, like I wrote, are victims of denial and hopeDave in Denverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03016238915167131989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-19516590917955782622013-11-06T06:57:44.433-07:002013-11-06T06:57:44.433-07:00Good question. It's not a long term solution....Good question. It's not a long term solution. Too complicated and too susceptible to human error. It's a great signal that people are fed up with fiat money but nothing will ever replace gold and silver.Dave in Denverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03016238915167131989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-19071042487382949082013-11-06T06:55:31.360-07:002013-11-06T06:55:31.360-07:00That's why I don't use those services. I ...That's why I don't use those services. I think that volume measures all the markets. If you go to Yahoo/finance they have a TV indicator which correlates with those numbers. It would include NASDAQ and AMEX and maybe even bulletin board. I dunno.<br /><br />If you go to the NYSE website and dig around, you'll find daily volume for the precious month. Then there's this, which correlates with the number I get everyday from Fidelity:<br />http://wsj.com/mdc/public/page/2_3021-tradingdiary2.html<br /><br />They're showing 750mm total which could be, sometimes Fidelity doesn't get the final tally until about 30 mins after the market closes. My number of 715 is close enough for Govt work. With getting the previous month's number, the correct section of the NYSE site will show you the volume by day and you have to add it up by hand and calculate the daily avg. That's where I got the 952mm for the July. So far no one has disputed my numbers and I've been writing about volume since September...Dave in Denverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03016238915167131989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-37608863433145894272013-11-06T06:37:18.251-07:002013-11-06T06:37:18.251-07:00Dave, Where are you getting the 700 million volume...Dave, Where are you getting the 700 million volume number? Investors.com shows 3.4 billion and stockcharts.com shows 3.5 billion for Nov 5 for $NYA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-3542317246367248292013-11-06T05:24:12.667-07:002013-11-06T05:24:12.667-07:00Dave, your writing this piece is a summation that ...Dave, your writing this piece is a summation that I have tried to explain to friends and family since 2005. Of course I'm looked at like a screw ball. It's good to know that there are people like yourself who also see the reality of the our current situation. Thanks for having the "cojones" to put it out in public. The majority of the "sheeple" either cannot comprehend the situation or just don't care. I know it's time to get off the reservation. Only question is where to go?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com