tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post1657371028271474061..comments2023-10-30T06:04:10.708-04:00Comments on eye-on-washington: Newt Gingrich: Frog-Lizard Man and the Stone Age Party Agendamuralsignshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07892531198621839798noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-81270235250577669832010-01-14T13:06:41.021-05:002010-01-14T13:06:41.021-05:00Spectre, I took an 84 yr. old lady to the shelter ...Spectre, I took an 84 yr. old lady to the shelter a few days ago who was burning books for survival.<br />Jerry, I love ya - to date you are the only one to have had any response to my post "Bullshit Economics" I have not posted on my blog since, as the issue is the "Root" of what is chocking our nation, and until it is dealt with, only "extend and pretend" corporate fascism exists, and freedom merely, an illusion.solbamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01068980125710047880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-37035567304013073692010-01-14T12:26:33.671-05:002010-01-14T12:26:33.671-05:00The Giant Vampire Squid’s Journey to the East
Darr...The Giant Vampire Squid’s Journey to the East<br />Darryl Robert Schoon<br />Posted Jan 14, 2010<br /><br />Usury, once a venal sin, was now commonplace and bankers who lived by the charging of interest were considered respectable. The hand of evil was everywhere as the end-times, the end of days, were upon them. - Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi’s description of Goldman Sachs as a Giant Vampire Squid which wraps itself around its victims draining them of their productivity and profits is chillingly accurate.<br /><br />http://www.321gold.com/editorials/schoon/schoon011410.htmlSPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-15429838443125569072010-01-14T11:20:06.618-05:002010-01-14T11:20:06.618-05:00Jerry, this snip caught my eye on Mish's site....Jerry, this snip caught my eye on Mish's site. As I mentioned earlier, England is already experiencing food shortages. Now pensioners are buying books to burn to keep warm. They have become a leading indicator of OUR future pain:<br /><br /><br />Burning Books In The UK To Keep Warm<br /><br />Fahrenheit 451 for Cash-Strapped UK Seniors<br /><br />Some cash-strapped British pensioners are buying books from charity shops and burn them to keep warm as freezing temperatures gripped the UK, a London newspaper reported Tuesday.<br /><br />Workers at a charity shop in Swansea, in south Wales, told London newspaper Metro that pensioners were looking for thick books such as encyclopedias — which are sold for a few pennies second hand — as a cheaper alternative to coal.<br /><br />"A lot of them buy up large hardback volumes so they can stick them in the fire to last all night."SPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-93138516913398982010-01-14T10:53:52.422-05:002010-01-14T10:53:52.422-05:00Hi Solbama,
I wasn't trying to get a rise out...Hi Solbama,<br /><br />I wasn't trying to get a rise out of you by remarking on the need to elect progressive populist types because as we know elections DO elect representatives, like it or not. We may hate the choices and those who are ushered into government as a result of their engagement with those who are the manipulators and deceivers.<br /><br />To just sit back and, at least, try and do one passive action, which would be to try and elect a person who would work with even a small core of legislators who want to stop the crimes upon humanity would be the least one could do as a last ditch effort.<br /><br />If chaos is around the corner, then I truly believe that an attempt to stop it before we devolve into fascism-Soviet style-is the least I can do as a voter.<br /><br />In regards to debt free money (?), I don't know much about it. It does seem that President Lincoln used it to pay off debts which occurred during the Civil War putting it into the hands of citizens.<br /><br />Anyway, I am not one to try and get a rise from anyone. That is not my nature.<br /><br />Hi Spectre,<br /><br />Thank you for the comments and links. I do feel that our government, and Obama, is being backed into a corner with the punches delivered by Ratigan and Spitzer and others. He is being Rope-A-Doped by them. The pressure is on and that is why we are seeing this financial crisis commission in action. Americans are seeing the evil likes of Blankfein, and the rest act like the evil thieving clowns that they are. The SNL skits will likely dope slap Blankfein in the next show or two (I hope.)<br /><br />Americans can see a conning fool easily, and there they are totally unaware that they are the tap dancing fools.<br /><br />Americans are getting angry. I really don't know how it will manifest, but this is the year of anger for many more people.<br /><br />Obama cannot escape this. Mr. Party Dresser, and Smooth Talker is in trouble. He will be seen as an impotent toy soldier or one that will go after the evildoers.<br /><br />I foresee a major protest march occurring sometime this year congregating in DC, the likes of one never seen before in our history.<br /><br />I will likely see you both there!<br /><br />jerrymuralsignshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892531198621839798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-43529650600786181892010-01-14T10:47:37.609-05:002010-01-14T10:47:37.609-05:00SEC Engages in Conspiracy with AIG to Hide Bailout...SEC Engages in Conspiracy with AIG to Hide Bailout Evidence <br />Published on 01-14-2010 <br />By Kurt Nimmo <br /><br /> <br />AIG’s request for the SEC to hide details of the massive and unprecedented bailout received scant attention in the corporate media when it was announced in May. <br /> <br /><br /><br />Earlier today House representative Edolphus Towns subpoenaed documents related to the so-called “backdoor bailout” of AIG, including documents from Timothy Geithner, the former New York Fed chief and current Treasury secretary. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is looking for information on payments made to AIG counterparties, including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, and Societe Generale. The subpoena “specifically requests all documents surrounding the decision to pay AIG’s counterparties 100 cents on the dollar,” according to AFP.<br /><br />It looks like Towns and his committee may only get part of the story. They will have to wait until 2018 to get the rest.<br /><br />In May, well before Geithner was on the hot seat, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a request by AIG to keep secret an exhibit to a year-old regulatory filing that includes some of the details on the most criminal aspect of the AIG bailout — the funneling of billions of dollars to the above mentioned culprits, particularly Goldman Sachs.<br /><br />The SEC said the exhibit “qualifies as confidential commercial or financial information” and is off limits to Congress and the American people. The 2018 expiration date will fall on the tenth anniversary of the Federal Reserve of New York’s decision to provide “emergency financing” to an entity set up to specifically acquire some $60 billion in collateralized debt obligations from 16 banks in the United States and Europe.<br /><br />The SEC ruling is yet another indication the banksters have a lot to hide and will go to unusual lengths to prevent the American people from learning the sordid details of their criminal activities.<br />(SNIP)<br /><br />http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-7035-0-11-11--.htmlSPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-88843556133321737022010-01-14T10:15:56.061-05:002010-01-14T10:15:56.061-05:00Jerry, I think your rankings for problems are righ...Jerry, I think your rankings for problems are right on the mark. Until the vampire blood sucking squid is killed, and all it's little squid-letts as well, there will be no solution to any of our major problems. They own our govt. right now, and I'm not sure we can do a damn thing about it until the<br />SHTF. In fact, I really believe they have this all planned much as the bankers of the Depression Era did. Back then, none of the FDIC banks went out of business. They simply killed off 8,000 banks and consolidated power/control while stealing the life savings of their fellow citizens. They bought prime property for pennies on the dollar all along the Mississippi River. Their letters can be found on the Internet today. These thieves make casino owners look like pussy cats.SPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-41601569171608084372010-01-14T10:01:55.416-05:002010-01-14T10:01:55.416-05:00solbama, you are a person of few words. LOL! Human...solbama, you are a person of few words. LOL! Human nature at it's finest I'm afraid. Far easier to pretend none of this exists until the sheeple have no other possible conclusion or solution. Most will be caught completely flat footed, wondering what in the Hell just happened to them and theirs. Too late at that point guys. Now is the time to prepare as best you can for the survival of our families. <br /><br />Food is an issue that is coming to the forefront. England knows about this already, and I believe the figures from the USDA are as cooked as any in government. We just planted the least amount of wheat since the early 20th century while the world's population has exploded. Think this will end in a happy story? <br /><br />"It's hard to get a man to understand something, when his job depends on him not understanding it."SPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-52129305274926524762010-01-14T00:47:57.074-05:002010-01-14T00:47:57.074-05:00Jerry, I know you were trying to get a rise out of...Jerry, I know you were trying to get a rise out of me,but to tell the truth,I have given up on trying to describe to others what has occurred. Only a very small percentage have eyes to see and the mental capacity to comprehend the magnitude of evil that encompasses the world. There is but a short time remaining to prepare for the pervasive darkness that will surround us and rape the very essence of humanity.solbamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01068980125710047880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-37670477463261685152010-01-13T23:14:16.383-05:002010-01-13T23:14:16.383-05:00Hi Spectre,
There is soooo much coming at us sooo...Hi Spectre,<br /><br />There is soooo much coming at us sooooo quickly that this year will end up being a real tsunami. <br /><br />Goldman Sachs' manipulation of trades by trading ahead of their clients in order to jack up the stock prices, and then selling within minutes later after the price went up, which forces their own clients buy at a higher than opening prices, gives them a nice profit before their clients make any money, if at all. <br /><br />There are so many crimes being committed under the watchful eye of this administration that the corporate elite appear to feel that nothing will be done to them. That they are in control. That they have a Manchurian President working for them.<br /><br />We know that these FEMA camps are being established in preparation for millions of disenfranchised citizens.<br /><br />The piece on the unrest that may likely come as the American middle finds themselves collapsed is really good. It was written with a calm and level-headed style. <br /><br />California's drop in the bond rating to -A is just a blip. There are more to come around the country.<br />-A is the new AAA!<br /><br />I guess from my viewpoint, there is so much coming at us, that I have to decide exactly which issues, or events, or problems are the most important from the long list of them.<br /><br />I have to believe the top of my list begins with the economic criminals working on Wall Street , then comes the jobs/unemployment/real economy concerns.<br /><br />It is my belief that the criminals, such as Lord Blankfein, and the rest need to be seriously investigated and prosecuted. Once this happens, I believe the country can begin to repair itself. <br /><br />My immediate third are the war profiteering corporatists using soldiers to make a profit and destroy our economy by draining our Treasury via the war stimulus program. The wars must end.<br /><br />Fourth is the protection of Americans from economic and familial collapse. <br /><br />All else is background fallout.<br /><br />thanks my friend, jerrymuralsignshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892531198621839798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-6339411623989992642010-01-13T22:03:20.244-05:002010-01-13T22:03:20.244-05:00Why are these thieiving be-atches not in handcuffs...Why are these thieiving be-atches not in handcuffs exactly? Rigged worse than a casino. Nothing like frontrunning for select rich clients. Too bad the Pension Funds didn't get in on this action and instead were lured into CDOs to chase some addional piss ant yield. What a racket. <br /><br />Goldman E-Mail Message Lays Bare Trading Conflicts <br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/business/13goldman.html?emSPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-33936313902526489232010-01-13T21:40:18.963-05:002010-01-13T21:40:18.963-05:00Jerry, this is a must read:
The Coming Fury of a...Jerry, this is a must read:<br /><br /><br />The Coming Fury of an Angry America<br /><br /><br /><br />http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/Archives2010/ComingFury.htmlSPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-5297470097658777872010-01-13T18:18:56.196-05:002010-01-13T18:18:56.196-05:00We will see the same for many states I'm afrai...We will see the same for many states I'm afraid which bodes ill for their financing and carrying costs. meanwhile the thieves that caused it all continue to enjoy bonuses larger than the income of many J6Ps during their entire lifetimes. Sounds about right. <br /><br /><b>Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services downgraded California</b>, noting the state’s severe fiscal imbalance and the impending recurrence of a cash shortage if revenue and spending trajectories continue<br /><br />read more: http://www.nextglobaleconomy.com/?p=171SPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-31718240642927676692010-01-13T12:45:16.360-05:002010-01-13T12:45:16.360-05:00Jerry, this is why the EO signed by his Highness i...Jerry, this is why the EO signed by his Highness is so dangerous. God help the Republic. Please Lord!! AMEN!!!<br /><br /><b>One must read this one closely but when it dawns on you that the 10 Governors to be appointed by the President will perhaps soon correspond to the 10 FEMA REGIONS</b> and effectively will be under the Secretary of Defense and hence the President in a system of Regional Military Governors over all States, not just the States they might be from, you might just experience a chill up your spine. Note that then all States in essence have been taken over at least on paper by the President and will be administered Militarily. Read carefully Section -2 Functions, of this Executive Order and you will clearly see how inclusive these functions can be....... especially Item e which has language sufficiently broad and loose that a Tank Battalion could be driven through it.<br /><br />Americans had better understand that this Executive Order along with all of those previously signed ,and with Presidential Decision Directive 51 and others will be used to destroy the Constitution and Bill of Rights and to render each American effectively into nothing more than a member of a work gang subject to control of the Regional Military Governor who is under the Secdef who is under the President. Posse Comitatus then is dead, Habeas Corpus is dead, Bill of Rights is dead, and only the whims and subjective decisions of the Regional Military Governor, as directed by the President via the Secretary of Defense and executed by Northcom troopers who now include U.S. , Canadian, Mexican, and other Foreign troops as well as Mercenaries and the States' National Guards, Militias, and Police agencies will be the Iron Fist Rule of the Land.<br /><br />Is this what the Founding Fathers would be proud of or would they say we have come full circle and that now We the People should invoke the Declaration of Independence once again and be ready on Lexington Green and prepositioned at Concord Bridge ? I think I know what Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Sam Adams, and old "Swamp Fox" would say.SPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-67530854578500686332010-01-13T12:36:04.732-05:002010-01-13T12:36:04.732-05:00Jerry, here's part of a piece done by Karl D.,...Jerry, here's part of a piece done by Karl D., and I couldn't agree more:<br /><br />If China does not wish to buy our Treasury debt (they have already stopped) so be it. We can close our borders to their cheap crap - their lead-painted toys and now, we discover, cadmium-laced costume jewelry - again, a poison made in China being sold to our children. Read that article - it contains wonderful statements by Chinese manufacturers like this gem:<br /><br />Lead and cadmium are commonly found in metal jewelry sold in China simply because it's cheaper. A ton of high-quality zinc costs about 28,000 yuan ($4,100) while zinc with lead, cadmium or both in it sells for about 16,000 yuan ($2,350), said Frank Zhang, an executive with a jewelry factory in Yiwu that specializes in high-end exports but who did not want his Chinese or company names used.<br /><br />Industry executives said most of the low-end goods with high amounts of cadmium are sold in China and increasingly sent to Dubai and other markets in the Middle East with less stringent import controls than the U.S. or Europe.<br /><br />....<br /><br />Chen Zaiying, manager of the Yiwu SK Jewelry shop in the International Trade City, echoed Devereux's comment, saying many Chinese manufacturers combine hazardous batches with others that comply with regulations in the destination market.<br /><br />Got it? They intentionally cheat and ship things they know do not comply with a purchase order's requirements (do you really need to specify "must not be a known poison" for something intended to be given to a kid as a piece of toy jewelry?) and intentionally intermingle poison products simply because it's cheaper for them!<br /><br />If we poisoned Chinese children with products exported there they would (rightly so) consider us to have committed an open act of war against their population. Why is it that we continue to permit this sort of outrageous conduct - the intentional endangerment of our youth - to take place all so we can claim to have an "open trade" policy with those who are intentionally shipping poisonous products for consumption by our kids?<br /><br />I believe we can - and should - go so far as to selectively default the Treasury debt they hold, simply declaring it worthless, as a "fair exchange" for all the intellectual property they have stolen from our nation's firms over the last two decades and the intentional, repeated and wanton poisoning of our nation's youth.<br /><br />Whatever really happened with Google China's government is long past its "use by" date and our government's continued bouts of kneeling before China's premier, all in the name of $30 DVD players, destruction of our manufacturing capacity, support and financing for Chinese human rights violations and the poisoning of our children, must end here and now.SPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-15914352420892030352010-01-13T10:51:35.473-05:002010-01-13T10:51:35.473-05:00They are actively preparing for the collapse of ou...They are actively preparing for the collapse of our Republic.<br /><br /><b>US must cut spending to save AAA rating, warns Fitch</b><br /><br />Fitch Ratings has issued the starkest warning to date that the US will lose its AAA credit rating unless acts to bring the budget deficit under control, citing a spiral in debt service costs and dependence on foreign lenders.<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/6969163/US-must-cut-spending-to-save-AAA-rating-warns-Fitch.htmlSPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-27754365064881109622010-01-13T10:47:39.827-05:002010-01-13T10:47:39.827-05:00They are setting up a trap none of us can escape f...They are setting up a trap none of us can escape from. This bullshit regarding Money Market Funds ties in nicely with the 401K/IRA confiscation now being planned. Your money is no longer your money sheeple:<br /><br />This Is The Government: Your Legal Right To Redeem Your Money Market Account Has Been Denied<br />Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/03/2010 11:01 -0500<br /><br />http://www.zerohedge.com/article/government-your-legal-right-redeem-your-money-market-account-has-been-denied?source=patrick.netSPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-91461983864728693392010-01-13T10:25:43.963-05:002010-01-13T10:25:43.963-05:00Welcome to Prison-Prone America
Published on 01-1...Welcome to Prison-Prone America <br />Published on 01-13-2010 <br />Source: The Peoples Voice<br /><br />“American primary and secondary schools fail to educate because that is not their function, Dmitry Orlov writes. “Their function is to institutionalize children at an early age.” In due course inmates of the U.S. education enterprise “will go on to other institutions – jails, psychiatric hospitals, the military.”<br />“… There is a reason why jails, hospitals and schools are often architecturally indistinguishable: they are but different parts of the same system, representing different phases of the institutionalization life cycle.”<br /><br />What of higher learning? What of higher learning? <br /><br />Those “who learn obedience while retaining some semblance of sanity [enter] U.S. colleges and universities [that] fail to produce graduates who have adequate general knowledge, good command of their native language [Illiteracy in the United States is abnormally high for a developed nation], and the ability to acquire specialized knowledge without any further institutional assistance.”<br /><br />This failure can be attributed to many factors; Dmitry Orlov deepens his thesis in Reinventing Collapse: “the star system of professorship, where politically connected faculty members teach seminars on how and why they are glorious. Most of the actual teaching is left up to adjuncts, associate professors, post-docs, teaching fellows and other academic rabble; the dead weight of so-called chips off the old block – children of alumni; the refusal of talented Americans to teach, leaving the field open to foreigners who couldn’t get in at home…. But … again, a much simpler explanation should suffice: the goal of the American higher education system is not to educate.”<br /><br />Orlov was writing in the same period the American Civil Liberties Union was reporting American ‘Education’ as a “School to Prison Pipeline.”<br /><br />The process of criminalizing rather than educating America’s children as manifested in zero-tolerance discipline, school-based arrests, disciplinary alternative schools, and secured detention marginalizing the most at-risk youth and denying them access to education – amounts to a “school-to-prison pipeline.”<br /><br />Zero-tolerance punitive policies of severe discipline and expulsion unmindful of individual circumstances begin the child’s journey through the pipeline.<br /><br />American schools no longer rely on teachers and administrators to handle minor student misconduct, but on law enforcement: full-time police officers (or ’school resource officers’) untrained in working with youth. These enforcers patrol secondary school hallways, approach youth as street ‘perps’, and arrest students for “non-violent offenses such as ‘disruptive conduct’ or ‘disturbance of the peace.’” Pupils are led handcuffed from classrooms for “throwing temper tantrums, throwing an eraser at a teacher, breaking a pencil, having rap lyrics in a locker.”<br />(SNIP)<br /><br />http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-7012-0-5-5--.htmlSPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-87707345896241049992010-01-13T10:21:26.246-05:002010-01-13T10:21:26.246-05:00So now that they have spent all the SS money, they...So now that they have spent all the SS money, they want the <b>private</b> retirement money too. These thieves will not stop until it's all gone folks. You will never see this money again if they get their thieving hands on it. The link has a section from Washington Blog, Karl D. and Jesse's Cafe. Patriot Bonds. LOL! You have to love how they pull on your heartstrings regarding patriotism. F-ing THIEVES!!<br /><br />Converting 401k and IRA Funds Into “Steady Payment Streams”<br /><br />http://www.prisonplanet.com/converting-401k-and-ira-funds-into-steady-payment-streams.htmlSPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-51661664880425987952010-01-13T09:18:16.133-05:002010-01-13T09:18:16.133-05:00Recruitment video for FEMA Camp Relocation/Resettl...Recruitment video for FEMA Camp Relocation/Resettlement MPs (National Guard). Yesterday we got the NEW COUNCIL of GOVERNORS regarding future Martial Law by way of Obama's Executive Order, and now this video for resettlement. Hey, sheeple, do I need to draw pictures for you?<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gk9aPriRZ4SPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-76040466808952450202010-01-13T08:56:39.243-05:002010-01-13T08:56:39.243-05:00These little tricks are why we are given U3 instea...These little tricks are why we are given U3 instead on U6 on the jobs front. Just make it seem better, and the sheeple will follow:<br /><br />Measuring the effect of stimulus: If you don't like the results, change the yardstick <br /><br />http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/SPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-13866170575074143442010-01-13T08:49:36.588-05:002010-01-13T08:49:36.588-05:00Police fight cellphone recordings
Witnesses taking...Police fight cellphone recordings<br />Witnesses taking audio of officers arrested, charged with illegal surveillance<br /><br />By Daniel Rowinski <br />New England Center For Investigative Reporting / January 12, 2010 <br /><br />http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/01/12/police_fight_cellphone_recordings/?page=fullSPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-9943218720551186612010-01-13T08:42:47.079-05:002010-01-13T08:42:47.079-05:00Jerry, thanks for allowing me to post as I do on Y...Jerry, thanks for allowing me to post as I do on YOUR site. I at least want to catalog this disaster in some order so that those who say nobody could see it coming will be proved wrong. This President continues to piss on my leg and tell me it's just rain...GRRRRRR. Another $33 BILLION for the drug effort in Poppy-stan:<br /><br /><b>Jan. 13, 2009 <br />AP: Obama Wants $33B More for War Budget<br />White House to Ask Congress for Additional Cash to Fight Unpopular Wars, with Most of it Slated for Afghanistan</b>SPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-16752290463474697012010-01-12T20:07:25.698-05:002010-01-12T20:07:25.698-05:00WOW Spectre,
Where do I begin? Thanks so much for...WOW Spectre,<br /><br />Where do I begin? Thanks so much for all the articles and comments. There is a lot to read for all of us to check out. I have read all the pieces you have sent, as of this comment. AIG getting a secret pass until 2018, TSA's full body scanning is a intrusion into personal privacy when such action is way over the top and smoke and mirrors action to distract people from believing this stuff really does not keep them safer.<br /><br />What a con-job!<br /><br />The Fed payment to Treasury is absolutely amazing.<br /><br />Obama has taken the Bush mantle and continued with it. We are devolving into something scary.<br /><br />take care, jerrymuralsignshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892531198621839798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-25035464500730093742010-01-12T16:07:24.023-05:002010-01-12T16:07:24.023-05:00Jerry, this came from Zerohedge.com, and it scares...Jerry, this came from Zerohedge.com, and it scares the living you know what out of me:<br /><br /><b>The Ultimate Shell Game: The Federal Reserve Funds 91% Of 2009 U.S. Deficit</b><br />Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/11/2010 19:25 -0500<br /><br />Budget DeficitFederal ReservePresident Obama<br /><br /><br />In the current hodge podge of abstract finance, it is easy to get lost in the numbers and lose sight of the forest for the trees. Which is why we provide the ultimate simplification: In calendar (not fiscal) 2009, the US grew its budget deficit by $1.47 trillion. In the same time, the Federal Reserve grew its securities holdings from $500 billion to $1.85 trillion, a $1.34 trillion increase. Keeping it simple: 91% of the budget deficit increase in 2009, under the authority of President Obama, was funded by the... United States.SPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-52311447978625983032010-01-12T15:46:21.631-05:002010-01-12T15:46:21.631-05:002009: The Year of the Great Vampire Squid
The wor...2009: The Year of the Great Vampire Squid<br /><br />The world’s most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.<br /><br />- Matt Taibbi, “Inside the Great American Bubble Machine”<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />http://solari.com/blog/?p=5590&source=patrick.netSPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.com