Saturday Night is Bath Night.............

Magic Act or Crime Scene or New Zimbabwe?....................from Rico

It's getting difficult to determine if the 'markets' today are merely a "magic act" or a big messy "crime scene."

In the paper bullion spot market, the current "market operation" underway does NOT reflect the sale of ANY physical bullion...only of paper, and the paper bullion is increasingly being 'dumped' and abandoned (<16%> YTD) while physical bullion is setting blistering sales records.

- The COMEX "crimnal activity" is making the Central Banker's 'point' that paper fiat=good and physical bullion=bad, but is a sideshow that distracts from the fact that paper bullion is in BEAR mode and physical bullion is in a BULL mode, while providing 'cover' for a Central Bank 'juiced' fiat Dollar index and paper equities market.

The price rise in physical bullion is a major threat to Central Banks (paper fiat) and their TBTF trading proxies (paper bullion), so at any cost and at any price trying to 'manage' physical bullion via paper bullion to defend the illusion of PAPER (bullion and fiat) is a big "magic act" that belies the actual deteriorating economic fundamentals.

- Or is it a "crime scene"...the S&P500 is UP 76.9% of trading days 1Q (Huzzah! Economy is getting better!); while for the past 8 months 83% of Fridays have seen massive raids of unbacked (naked shorts) paper bullion on the COMEX?

Since "magic" is mis-direction, and "criminal" activity includes theft, figure out which the following might be...

- Note that the US produces ~40 tons of physical Gold bullion per year, but in Jan-Feb alone it exported ~103 tons of physical Gold bullion. Where it is 'going' is less interesting than where it is 'coming from' don't you think?

This Keynesian manipulative folly is leading Western economies to a place I'd call "New Zimbabwe"...a place where (as Kyle Bass dryly noted) the 'paper equity market' was the best performing of the last decade, and your 'paper fiat' winnings bought you a few eggs at the end of the game.

- A place where people now dig for physical gold nuggets so they can buy bread to eat.

The Lady and the Umbrella.......................from Rico

Despite the best efforts of this regime to turn the US Military into a Fran Sansicko gay bar, the last time I checked Marines were still Marines, and Marines do NOT use (or hold) umbrellas in the rain...not even for a Lady.

- Don't take MY word for it, take the tip from Ronald Reagan instead. Umbrella's are for LADIES.

I would strongly argue that Barry is certainly NOT a Lady.

- He just likes to be treated like one, but you'd have to ask his boyfriend Reggie Love for his view on this.

"Wrecking the Military" - Wild Bill

Abingdon Air Show 2013 Highlights.........................

"WHAT AN EMBARRASSMENT!"

Slow-motion hummingbirds - Slo Mo #13 - Earth Unplugged

Bonus Totty...................

Cartoon Round Up....

No clue Americans! (Video)...from TPC

The Teflon President has had the benefit of low-information voters in the past like these on the streets of New York who know little about the IRS or Benghazi scandals. 

But, having spurned the mainstream media in the AP scandal, Barack Obama may have finally reached his limit and may actually face the music this time. 

Watch at The Political Commentator here. 

Pic Dump...............

PJTV: 'FrackNation' Film Sets Record Straight about Natural Gas Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing

Liberals want you to believe that fracking is evil, but the film FrackNation sets the record straight about the natural gas industry and process known as hydraulic fracturing. Hear more as AlfonZo Rachel tells you the truth about critics of natural gas.

News..............

Frank Zappa Gets Down

Raindrops wash away reeling O’s fake veneer

This one is for Dusty

World's oldest water found in Canadian mine

Creator of Brave’s Merida Talks Disney Backlash

IRS Commission​er: Yeah, we staged that Lerner apology

Crime at sea: The world's most pirate-inf​ested waters

Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. - Wow

Heidi Klum goes commando, takes tumble

Publisher Threatens Librarian With $1 Billion Lawsuit

Cardboard and duct tape boats compete in Battle of the Battleship​s at Ramstein

Advice Column: Ask a Deserter

Battling scandals, Obama attempts to change the subject

Porsche unveils plug-in hybrid 918 supercar


Canada and science: NRC will now only do science that promotes “economic gain”

Beyond Royalty… Even the Queen Holds Her Own Umbrella

Hate groups list

Lew was Aware of IG Investigation in March 2013

Cloaked in misinformation

‘The Incident in the Rose Garden Rain’

Pyongyang launches three short-range missiles – South

Financial Times latest Western media outlet hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

Future USS Minnesota Successfully Completes Sea Trials

Nigeria launches air raids on militant Islamists

EU to ban olive oil jugs from restaurant tables

When it rains it pours: Barack Obama suffers umbrella gaffe

SKIN + GUNS? What About BIKINIS + Fishing?

Saturday Totty.................

Hotties Frolicking

Oh man!

Check out those little hotties!

See: "Rosie Jones Frolicking With Lacey Banghard."

Tyranny is Always Lurking Just Around the Corner

The shadow lurks as he speaks, the shadow of tyranny.

See: "Obama Says Reject Voices Warning of Tyranny."

Obama Breaches Marine Umbrella Protocol

Marines are not to hold umbrellas. Full details here: "Obama Forces Marines to Break Protocol."

And compare our Thug-in-Chief to America's previous president, the great George W. Bush. Well, it's no comparison really.

Bedtme Totty...............

The Kiss.................

Obama is thinking: "This proves I am not a Muslim - no Muslim would kiss a pig"

Pelosi is thinking: "I've had so many face lifts, you are actually kissing my ass"



H/T Doverthere

Below the Radar: "Women of the Wall"....................from Dan Friedman

[In Israel there’s a new festering problem. A group of women, mostly American, mostly from the same “Reform” sect that furnishes Obama with a list of fawning “rabbis” whenever he needs one, are now making a frontal assault on Judaism and it’s most sacred site, the Kotel or Western Wall. These women are not content with the Jewish Halacha (law) that’s worked without controversy for both Jewish men and women over countless generations. They want to pray like men at the Wall. Gender-bending meets intentional propagation of religious confusion, the raison d'être of the “Reform.” You might say Israel already has enough existential problems, so why bother with that arcana now? The answer is theirs is a direct strike at the Torah which forbids it, and the Torah is the only thing that has kept the Jews Jewish throughout our turbulent history. Before reform, conservative, or reconstruction were ever fabricated there was only Judaism. Every true Jewish man or woman, secular or religious, owes his existence to an “Orthodox” decision his forbearers made somewhere up the line. As much as we would prefer, this is a problem that’s not going away. The Women of the Wall have gotten their noses under the tent, and the next objective for the unJews is to bring the whole structure down (Heaven Forbid!). df] 

 

 

Arutz Sheva, 5/17/13

 

Chazak Rabbi: What do Women of the Wall Want?

 

Rabbi Ilan Meirov of New York's Chazak Organization: Why not heed decisions of chief rabbis and Kotel Rabbi?

 

Rabbi Ilan Meirov of the Chazak Organization of New York weighed in on the matter of the "Women of the Wall":

Late News..................

EagleSpeak​: Want a Neutral IRS? Then do away with the IRS and the Tax Code it rides on

Legislator​s, Academics, Wonks, Oh My!

House votes for 37th time to repeal Obamacare

Coast Guard Recruit Likely To Make Enlisted Career Of Changing Career Fields

Obama administra​tion sources explain Benghazi: "It's actually closer to us being idiots"

Petraeus's Objection to the Benghazi Talking Points

KUHNER: Lawless in office

Clinton WH Counsel Calls For Obama Counsel To Resign

Woodward: Don't dismiss Benghazi as a scandal

Scarboroug​h on IRS scandal: This makes it harder to trust the government on gun background checks, doesn't it?

What Did the President Know About the IRS Scandal and When Did He Know It?

What About the Video?

How to protect your privacy on Google

Late Pic Dump..................

TPC endorses County Executive Ed Mangano and his vision for Nassau County's future!...from TPC

The Political Commentator endorses Ed Mangano for Nassau County Executive with his promise for a continuation of the policies he has helped to implement that have reversed the decline brought on from past Democrat leadership. 

He has held the line on taxes, cut government waste and improved the business climate leading to new jobs and new opportunities coming to the County.  

Read at The Political Commentator here.

Afternoon News....................

Subject to Change - Random

The Revenge of Geography: Why Mexico Matters

Suit alleges IRS seized 60 million medical records

Pakistani doctor who helped get Bin Laden was denied asylum in U.S., report reveals

CDR Salamander​: Fullbore Friday

Obama Evades Question on When He Knew of IRS Actions

Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. - Meanwhile, in a different time, and a different place...

Rocket motor mystery continues to halt AMRAAM deliveries

Sharyl Attkisson on Benghazi: "The media's not always consistent in the vigor that they use to pursue a given topic"

Benghazi Narrative Shift Was Perfectly Clintonian

Royal Marines final Afghanista​n homecoming

Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. - Meanwhile, over at Homer Zuckerman'​s farm...

Judge Upholds AZ Denying Licenses to Illegal Immigrants

Obama breaches Marine umbrella protocol

White asparagus - Spring.....................from Rico

I care not what the weatherman or the calendar have to say about it...it is now officially Spring for me!

White asparagus (weisse spargel) is a very big deal for the Germans, especially in the Spring.

- The last time I had it, was years ago in Bangkok when I went to a restaurant that catered to the German ex-pat community. The place was jammed, and everybody was excited about the airplane load of 'weisse spargel' that had just arrived and was appearing on the menu until it 'ran out.'

Yesterday I 'scored' a bundle of white asparagus locally. Having enjoyed it greatly in the past, I knew that while I liked its green cousin I 'loved' this stuff!

- I also had 'learned' from the Gasthaus chef in Bangkok that the 'secret' was to peel the hard bark/skin off the spargel before cooking it. Trust me, it makes ALL the difference.

I peeled the stalks (from the head downward) with a vegetable peeler, and boiled it in water with salt-sugar-pepper and butter to the desired tenderness.

- I topped it with a faux-hollandaise sauce of butter-lemon juice-mustard-parmesan and lemon pepper.

It turned out well, meeting or exceeding my expectations.

- The glass of Rheingau didn't hurt any, either.

So, for me, it is now officially Spring....

- And NO, this is not a picture of what I made (mine looked better, and didn't last very long, it's just to give you an 'idea' of what weisse spargel is supposed to look like when plated.

H/T Doverthere