GOLDBUG: Gold, Gold miners, and anything “honest” in China?

Saturday, February 9, 2013

http://lewrockwell.com/faber/faber153.html

Marc Faber: I’m Buying Gold Because I’m Fearful of a Systemic Crisis

by Constantine Gardner

 

Dr. Marc Faber the Swiss fund manager and Gloom Boom & Doom publisher believes markets will punish central banks, at some stage, for their extensive monetary easing. This could materialize as a bonds market collapse or a stock market bubble.

He reckons investors should enjoy the rally while it lasts, and says he is already unwinding his long positions because when ‘euphoria’ builds up and everybody is investing, markets turn down. He also thinks investors who don’t own gold are in “great danger”.

 

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MONEY: Banking cartel is a bandit that doesn’t move; how stupid are we?

Friday, February 8, 2013

http://lewrockwell.com/orig9/polleit5.1.1.html

Banking and the State

by Thorsten Polleit

 

At other end of the spectrum is the stationary bandit. Like the roving bandit, he also holds the monopoly of coercion over his victims.

However, the stationary bandit has an encompassing interest in society’s welfare. He wishes to keep his victims producing: the more his victims produce, the more there is to take for the stationary bandit.

Sharing in society’s losses, the stationary bandit will make sure that his thievery is limited. The higher the losses in production from thievery are, the lower will be the level of aggression at which the stationary bandit’s take is maximized. The stationary bandit’s time preference will therefore be lower than the time preference of the roving bandit.

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A great discription of the Federal Reserve System, (which isn’t Federal; reserves nothing; and only a ‘system’ as like OPEC for money!), “stationary bandit”!

Argh!

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RANT: BGHO43 & HRC need to be held to account

Thursday, February 7, 2013

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/panetta-obama-absent-night-benghazi_700405.html

Panetta: Obama Absent Night of Benghazi

Source: weeklystandard.com

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testified this morning on Capitol Hill that President Barack Obama was absent the night four Americans were murdered in Benghazi on September 11, 2012: Panetta said that Obama left operational details, including knowledge of what resources were available to help the Americans under siege, ‘up to us.’

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Argh!

Was everyone AWOL when the red phone rang?

“Collect call from ‘we re getting our asses kicked’ Lybia. Will you aacept the call?”

Argh!

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GUNS: AK47!

Thursday, February 7, 2013

http://lewrockwell.com/gun-reviews/ar15-or-ak47.html

AR-15 or AK-47?

They’re both fun to shoot, but here are the big differences, says Hickok45

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Best survival shool demo of my life:

Envision OLDER than dirt 4 stripers tells us noobs: “If youre unfortunate enuf to wind up in Re PUB lick of, ‘acquire’ an ak. Here’s why!” He proceeds to drop an AK in mud, stands on it with his foot, while he fires an AR15. Then picks up the AK twirls it once around his head, and fires.

MADE an impression on me.

Screw that. If I was unfortunate enough to hit the meat grinder, I knew what I was doing. (Other than kissing my a double q goodbye!)

Argh!

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GUNS: “Sam Colt made them equal”

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/02/02/armed-70-year-old-womens-basketball-coach-shoots-attackers-while-walking-two-players-to-their-cars/

CRIME

ARMED 70-YEAR-OLD WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACH SHOOTS ATTACKERS WHILE WALKING TWO PLAYERS TO THEIR CARS

Feb. 2, 2013 1:54pm Madeleine Morgenstern

 

A 70-year-old women’s high school basketball coach shot and killed one would-be mugger and injured another while walking two players to their cars Friday night in Detroit, WXYZ-TV reported.

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One less criminal to try again.

Makes it into a real guessing game.

Let’s sprinle more sheepdogs in among the Sheeple.

Pick on the wron Black, Gay, Woman, or fat old white guy injineer? Ooooops, you lose. THanks for playing our game. In your next life, try an honest advocation!

Argh!

 

Seems so OBVIOUS to me!

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POLITICAL: HRC screwed herself!

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/02/01/clinton-benghazi-wont-affect-whether-i-run-for-president/

Clinton: Benghazi Won’t Affect Whether I Run For President

February 1, 2013 8:02 AM

 

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is leaving office with a slap at critics of the Obama administration’s handling of the September attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya. She told The Associated Press that critics of the administration’s handling of the attack don’t live in an “evidence-based world” and their refusal to “accept the facts” is unfortunate and regrettable for the political system.

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“What does it matter?”

I think it does.

I think she took SOS ,aot a spot on the Surpremes, thinking that the she needed “foreign policy” on the old resume for 2016. Instead, she got a “black eye”.

Argh!

Feel sorry for her; she tried.

Best laid plans of mice, men, and women gang aft a glee.

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RANT: Women are undervalued and wasted

Monday, February 4, 2013

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Woman-baseball-star-who-inspired-League-of-The-Own-Geena-Davis-character-dies-020313

Loved the book. Loved the movie. Sad at the story!

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POLITICAL: WH ever heard of the First?

Monday, February 4, 2013

http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/02/02/White-House-Warns-Don-t-Photoshop-Obama-Gun-Pic

“This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.”

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I would really laff my butt off if this is photoshopped FROM the WH!

I just doubt is veracity.

Unless someone did some funky stuff, how did the get the plumes?

And, is the Prez a lefty shooter?

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RANT: The four insideous taxes

Sunday, February 3, 2013
‎”“Florida is a state of choice,” said Thalius Hecksher, global development chief for Apex Fund Services, who moved many of his operations to Palm Beach. “It’s organically grown. There’s no need to drag people down here. It’s a zero-income-tax jurisdiction.”” http://buff.ly/WszLB0 Should have done it year ago!!!

‘Wall St.’ flees NY for tax-free Fla.

http://www.nypost.com

The city’s hedge-fund executives are flying south — and it’s not for vacation. An increasing number of financial firms, especially private equity and hedge funds, are fed up with…
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Don’t forget FOUR insidious taxes that you don’t see: (1) the inflation tax — the FED has destroyed 99%of the value of the dollar in the last three or four decades; (2) the gas tax — gets added into every product sold and into every capital good used to make products, or deliver them; (3) the corporate tax — corps don’t pay tax, people do, they just pass it on; and (4) the estate tax — that turns productive assets into legal fees and schemes to avoid it as opposed to capital investment that improves society’s wealth — say goodbye to the family farm or a families’ small business. I’d assert that (a) the true tax rate is incalculable because it’s so well hidden; (B) it crushes the poor and middle class; and (c) some years we pay more than 100% of an annual year’s earnings in taxes! The loss of purchasing power means real savings goes down DESPITE rising account balances!!!!!!!!!

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SERVICE: TWITTER hacked; change passwords

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Dear Twitter User:

As a precautionary security measure, we have reset your Twitter account password. Check your inbox for a separate email from Twitter with instructions on how to reset your password. If you don’t see an email, you can go to this page in our Help Center to request a password reset. More information is below.

We recently detected an attack on our systems in which the attackers may have had access to limited user information – specifically, your username, email address and anencrypted/salted version of your password (not the actual letters and numbers in your password). Further information about the attack can be found in this blog post.

Since your password has been reset, your old password will not work when you try to log into Twitter. We strongly encourage you to take this opportunity to select a strong password – at least 10 (but more is better) characters and a mixture of upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols – that you are not using for any other accounts or sites. Using the same password for multiple online accounts significantly increases your odds of being compromised.

For more information about making your Twitter and other Internet accounts more secure, read our Help Center documentation or the FTC’s guide on passwords.

This attack was not the work of amateurs, and we do not believe it was an isolated incident. The attackers were extremely sophisticated, and we believe other companies and organizations have also been recently similarly attacked. For that reason we felt that it was important to reset your password and publicize this attack while we still gather information. We are also helping government and federal law enforcement in their effort to find and prosecute these attackers to make the Internet safer for all users.

Twitter

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FUN: 2013 Budweiser Super Bowl Ad — The Clydesdales: “Brotherhood”

Saturday, February 2, 2013

http://youtu.be/o2prAccclXs

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I’d call “clyde”?

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GUNS: NO lists of honest gun owners. Ever!

Friday, February 1, 2013

Feinstein’s Gun Ban to Affect Millions of Law-abiding Gun Owners

via Gun Owners of America by Gun Owners of America on 1/31/13

But Universal Background Checks still pose the greatest threat to gun owners right now

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It’s all about creating a database, so they can use it later.

There is no reason that they have any list of anything or anybody who has not had their day in court.

No secret “no fly” list.

No secret “Terrorists” list.

No secret “Drug money launderers” list.

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RANT: Scissors! Seriously?

Thursday, January 31, 2013

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/shear_bravery_beats_guns_feds_d9BanDpupuVezePd6trYoM

This just wants to make me scream: “Idiots”! Who in their right mind thinks this is “helpful”?

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SURVIVAL: Sandy creates at least one

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

http://www.survivalblog.com/2013/01/what-made-me-begin-preparing-for-teotwawki-by-elizabeth-in-the-northeast.html

What Made Me Begin Preparing for TEOTWAWKI, by Elizabeth in the Northeast

In six months the oldest of my boys leaves for the Marine Corps, and told me that for the first time since he enlisted he’s no longer afraid of what will happen with me and his younger brothers. He’s actually okay with really leaving now, because in two short months I’ve managed to squirrel away enough supplies to take care of all of us, and instead of believing that the powers that be will take care of me and mine in an emergency, I’m being proactive in taking care of me and mine. If it happens, when it happens, this Mama is more than ready.

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RANT: A national disgrace

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

VA Suicide Prevention – source Associated Press

The Department of Veterans Affairs in Texas will conduct a

mortality study to track causes of death for veterans putting

together a model that could allow similar data to be gathered nationwide. The department’s decision came two

months after an Austin American-Statesman investigation

found that nearly as many Texas veterans died from prescription medicines as from suicide. The newspaper says it

used autopsy and toxicology reports, inquests and accident

reports from more than 50 state agencies to determine the

causes of death for 266 Texas veterans who had been receiving disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs when they died. The department says its study will

look at veterans who served in combat. The VA officials

declined to say how the study would be used nationally.

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EVLYNN: 19 left to go

Sunday, January 27, 2013

On Friday, I was able to donate a double. Wonder why? Used to be good for a triple every visit. At this pace, I won’t complete until November. Wonder if I eat more spinich? Any experts on what drives platelet production? Time to do some google medicine searches.

Argh! Sad and fustrating.

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HARDWARE: Personal hotspots?

Saturday, January 26, 2013

interesting. today, my whatever wanted to use the net from his itouch. so i turned on my hotspot on the ipad3. it was very slow. Sooooo, as a youngster, he moved on to other things.

I otoh was interested.

S i tried it with my itouch and it connected but gmail fails. and who knows what else. playing with it, but nothing productive.

wonder what it’s good for?

argh!

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GUNS: Point and click; repeat until empty

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Only mistake was the bad guy woke up! SHe should have been “ventilating” the ne’er-do-well as soon as the door was broken open. You have to fire until it’s empty!

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JOBFINDING: INFOSEC consulting in Princeton

Friday, January 25, 2013

Good Afternoon,

My name is Dave. I’m a recruiter with TSR Consulting Services.

A major pharmaceutical company is looking for a security risk assessment specialist for a contract position in Princeton, NJ.

A brief job description is below. Take a look and let me know if it’s something you think you might want to pursue.

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Industry: Pharmaceutical
Location: Princeton, NJ
Duration: 12 months

Title: Security Risk Assessment Specialist

• Understands the current security risk assessment tool and question set
• Conducts risk assessments on high security risk applications. Documents all residual risk; provides security risk advice; gets business approval for remaining residual risk.
• Prepares operational metrics and trend analysis
• Provides training and awareness; keeps portal materials updated; performs training sessions as needed

CISSP or similar certification desired

Understanding of application architectures (including web, client server, mobile & controls around cloud deployments)

Vulnerability testing using web scanning tools like Webinspect or Appscan

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Thanks,

David Cooper
Technical Recruiter
TSR Consulting Services, Inc.
400 Oser Avenue, Suite 150
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Direct:  631-231-0333 ext. 410

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POLITICAL: Could this be the line in the sand?

Thursday, January 24, 2013

“I will note that the legislation passed by the New York legislature and signed by Governor Cuomo is anti-Constitutional. I don’t recall reading “…shall not be infringed, except in New York State” anywhere in the Bill of Rights. Since this legislation outlaws guns and magazines which are currently legal and requires their surrender; and since it leaves the people of New York without the ability to defend themselves against outlaws who ignore these restrictions; then by the arguments in this series of papers, it represents a declaration of war against the law-abiding, gun-owning citizens of New York State, and is thus an act of Treason against the People of New York and the United States.”

http://buff.ly/10pyn0N

SO what will the gun owners do? Could this be the start of the revolt? Remember the Boston Massacre!

The original Democratic peoposal, that they didn’t want out, called for confiscation.

MOLON LABE!

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FUN: Ferd Appreciation Day

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

2013-01JAN-22 Ferd appreciation

 

Everyone is a comedian. Not nice to make fun of the “old man”!

Just because I wouldn’t tell them my real birthday, they assigned me one.

Birthdays are SAD!

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FUN: Swift makes a wish come true

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

http://www.theindychannel.com/entertainment/taylor-swift-enjoys-lunch-with-cancerstricken-fan_53249028

Taylor Swift enjoys lunch with cancer-stricken fan

Posted: 01/22/2013

Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Country star TAYLOR SWIFT enjoyed a long lunch with a cancer-stricken fan in Michigan on Saturday (19Jan13) after hearing about the teenager’s tragic plight.

The Love Story hitmaker became aware of 17-year-old Kayla Kincannon’s year-long battle with brain cancer and her burning ambition to meet the star after her family and friends launched an online campaign to get the singer’s attention.

Swift and her mother spent the afternoon with Kayla and her family before presenting the teen with a gift basket and signed photos.

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noblisse oblige

i love a classy broad!

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GUNS: What difference between guns?

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

GUNS: What difference between guns?

Impressive woman!

Some shooting when rushing and talking.

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RANT: The Gooferment and highways

Monday, January 21, 2013

Any suspicion that the sign diverting “thru traffic” on to the Richmond 295 bypass, was to feed “speeders” into the radar traps set up there?

YEah, it was just coincidence!

And, I’m lucky in that I smeeled a rat and set the cruise at 60. (Five under!) And watched them ruin some ppor slobs day off!

Coincidence my A double q!

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RANT: “unofficial agreements” about press coverage

Sunday, January 20, 2013

White House Sends Warning Letter to Photographer who Photographed Obama’s Daughters
via PINAC by Carlos Miller on 1/8/13

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A celebrity photographer who snapped photos of President Barack Obama’s daughters frolicking on a public beach in Hawaii received a warning from the White House that their privacy should be respected.

As official and intimidating it may be to receive such a letter from the White House, it carries no legal standing. It is merely part of an informal agreement Obama has with the media, which once used to pride itself in being the Fourth Estate.

The photographer was on the beach last week waiting to snap a photo of Jessica Simpson when he spotted Malia and Sasha Obama, age 14 and 11, so he naturally snapped their photos, thinking he could make a sale.

But he was quickly accosted by Secret Service agents, who demanded his identification. They did not delete his photos but told him not to take anymore photos.

The photographer then turned around and sold the existing images, which he had every right to do if he did not personally agree to the agreement with the White House.

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While it is understandable that Obama would like to keep his daughters out of the public eye, it makes one wonder what other “unofficial agreements” he has made with the media not to report certain information.

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I really don’t have a problem if the news people report only what they fell is news worthy.

I do have a problem when the Gooferment has “unofficial agreements”.

If at the beginning of every year, there was an explicit  public statement of what and was not acceptable about the children, I’d applaud.

But, then the politicians can’t trot them out as “props”. Same for the First Ladies, they are either “in politicos” and hence “fair game”. Or out as Laura Bush, and then out of bounds.

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LIBERTY: Has anyone in MA even read the Fourth Amendment?

Saturday, January 19, 2013

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/01/northampton_police_may_use_stu.html

Northampton police may use student statements in high school threat investigation
By Fred Contrada, The Republican
on January 09, 2013 at 4:15 PM, updated January 11, 2013 at 1:39 PM

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NORTHAMPTON – Police are hoping that a statement signed by Northampton High School students to take threats seriously will give them a new lead in their investigation into a Dec. 19 incident that emptied the school shortly after the Newtown shootings.

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How can this be anything but an intrusion? This just reminds us about how much Gooferment Skrules are hated by the future inmates and how little their God-given rights are respected.

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