This is SO yesterday!
Italy's BNI declares a Bank Holiday.
- Read: Depositors (shmucks like you and I) cannot make payments against their accounts...no withdrawals, no tax payments, no payments of ANY kind (utilities, etc.) ...NO MONEY!
Whooosh! Evaporated!!
- What would YOU do with your Bank closed, the ATM closed, the credit/debit cards not working, and NO cash on hand? It will get ugly, early.
This has happened before. Northern Rock in the UK in 2007. IndyMac in California in 2008. (Ignore the recent lessons of Argentina.)
- Coming soon to a Bank near YOU!
BLACKFIVE: You know it's bad for the President when....
Iran: Disregard that whole "fatwa-against-nukes" thing, mm-kay?
More financial bombshells for baby boomers: Don't count on that inheritance
Do public sector unions serve a purpose?
The Military Generation Gap (or "What's Wrong with Those Fools?")
Kemalism replaced by Gülenism in Turkey. By Dr. Aland Mizell
Report: US military admits to mistakes in Iraq, Afghanistan
The establishment's false solution to public debt
CDR Salamander: Sir Mixalot Works in Millington
Iraq and Jordan sign Energy Agreement
Teuton Gunner Zen
Cop dies during 3-way sex; widow wins $3M lawsuit
Despite Syria, world more peaceful in 2012
North Dakota voters to decide on abolishing property tax
Fed: Recession kicked median household wealth to 1992 level
Does the EU Support Suicide Bombing?
Will the Scooter Libby Rules Apply to the Obama Administration?
Cantonment Woman Busted For Planting ‘Cute’ Pot Plants
Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Las Vegas: Obama Identity Document Fraud; Criminal Investigation
Houston: Drunk-Driving Illegal Alien Cop Killer Is Sentenced to 55 Years in Prison
Young Falkland Islanders take message to United Nations
Thousands of troops lose jobs today in biggest redundancy cull for decades
This latest euro fix will come apart in less than a month
Syrian army 'using children as human shields'
Submariner accused of passing encryption data to 'enemy'
Slipping Out of Assad's Grasp Syrian Army Unable to Stop Flood of Deserters
Carney to Reporters: “Do Your Jobs and Report on Context!”
and finally............
Rectal-Cranial Inversion Moment of the Day
Another reason I could never command a ship
I know, I know. After several years of 'fixing' the Greek problem only to find nothing had been or is yet fixed, Spain has now become EUrope's Greece du jour and while everyone was distracted from this latest 'problem' an Italian Bank has declared a 'bank holiday' (for Krugman and other Keynesians read: broke; insolvent; depositors money is just beyond their ability to retrieve it, making them as 'el busto' as the bank today).
- The same old, same old cycle of baloney a.k.a. wash-rinse-repeat that was deployed to confuse....er, calm the public is being used for Spain. Yeah 50 billion Euro's will fix things, no wait...maybe 125 billion? No matter, it'll be yet another number before too long.
The fundamental problem is that the debt hole is larger than the available money to fill that hole, and that creating more debt to 'solve' a debt problem just does not work.
- Sure, in theory it works in practice...it just doesn't work in practice. Ever.
Remember the 'failure' (most would say theft, at least those who were not participants in the crime) of MF Global? It was orchestrated by JP Morgan. When JPM's Blythe Masters did her softball TV interview following that crime, the cynic in me wondered 'what is coming "next" that they are hiding?' to be answered by JPM's Dimon later publicly admitting they had 'lost' a couple billion in 'chump change' in their proprietary trading operations being run out of London.
- To no one's real surprise, however, the 'actual' losses were at least immediately double the announced losses (say five billion) while their Fed Stress Test made provision for over thirty billion in losses. We are today watching the cracks in the facade of JPM as their ponzi game unravels.
Figuring it out yet? Yes. They lie like a bad rug, but the REAL point to take away is that the intervals between each of these crises gets shorter and shorter, and the 'losses' being admitted to are more like 2x-5x-10x-30x in actuality.
Meanwhile, ignored by the FTV teleprompter readers, MSM talking heads, and our equally empty-headed politico's are minor things like these:
- Fed holdings of US debt have increased by 452% under Barry the Marxist boy wonder.
- The net worth of the American family has declined 40% in the last three years. How's that 'hope and change' working out for you?
As systemic failure approaches, and the false inflation-deflation 'debate' rages in the Halls of Macadamia and the Ivory towers of Washingtoon, DC, it is most likely that there will NOT be a 'collapse' but that the illusory wealth pyramid will simply 'evaporate' much as the investors money was 'evaporated' in the failure of MF Global (well, evaporated from the segregated customer accounts into pockets owned by JP Morgan and friends). 
Welcome to the June 11, 2012 edition of best of me symphony.
Jon Rhodes presents Article Marketing Vs Guest Blogging posted at Affiliate Help!, saying, "Which is best for website promotion, article marketing or guest blogging?"
Shirley Zeilinger presents 7 Ways to Keep Dust Mites Out of Your Home posted at Home Insurance.
Martha Stewart presents From Mailroom to Boardroom: 10 Modern-Day Execs Who Started at the Bottom | OnlineMBA posted at onlinemba.com.
Daisy Barton presents 8 Prisons That Might Be Haunted posted at The Best Degrees.
Lisa Belkin presents 12 Studied Effects of Teenage Pregnancy posted at Medical Billing and Coding Certification.
Sue Waters presents 8 Tips for Conquering Road Rage posted at Car Insurance Blog News, Tips, and Quotes.
Jessica Jackson presents 10 Reasons to Have a Family Vegetable Garden posted at Summer Nanny Jobs.
Tracy Miller presents 7 Business Lessons Learned From “Celebrity Apprentice” posted at Insurance Quotes & Free Financial Guides.
Shirley Zeilinger presents 8 Hidden Costs of Home Ownership posted at Home Insurance.
Sue Waters presents 8 Creative Ways to Pimp Out Your Garage posted at Car Insurance Blog News, Tips, and Quotes.
Crystal Hall presents The 20 Coolest Smartphone Apps in College Sports posted at The Best Colleges.
wizard presents What good can you learn from a politician? | Optimum Awareness Leads to Optimum Control in Your Life posted at Wizard Corpse, saying, "Politicians get a bad rap, usually from intelligent people. Just take for example this post. We know for a fact that these people are such snake oil merchants and opportunists, but clearly these people have the best social skills amongst people the only problem is the masses know these acts are not “genuine”"
Yelin george presents 10 Best Commercial Jingles Ever Written posted at Cable TV Providers.
Tina Marconi presents 10 Reasons Some Scary Movies Can Be Okay for Kids | Babysitters posted at Babysitters.
Fred Meek presents Vince Vaughn’s Dyslexia Leads to Success posted at The Power Of Dyslexia, saying, "Articles About Famous People With Dyslexia"
Hannah Howard presents 10 Really Cool Companies that Embraced Pinterest posted at Longhorn Leads, LLC, saying, "Currently Pinterest doesn’t have any sponsors… they don’t have pop up ads that bug you while you are looking at pictures to pin… in fact, they’re conspicuously devoid of any of the normal advertising routes that websites usually take on, which has been a major selling point among users."
Martina Keyhell presents 10 Silly Sayings Nannies Can Use to Cheer Up Kids posted at Become A Nanny, saying, "Even kids with the sunniest dispositions have been known to get down in the dumps or a bit cranky from time to time. Sometimes, a silly phrase is all it takes to dry their eyes and bring a smile back to their faces, a trick that experienced nannies know well."
Nancy Parker presents 5 Reasons Not to Nanny Cam posted at eNannySource, saying, "Every parent wants to know that when they leave their child with their nanny, their child will receive quality, loving care. Unfortunately when the quality of child care comes into question, the first response many parents have is to install a nanny cam."
Roxanne Porter presents 10 Great Ways to Teach Kids Compassion for Others posted at Nanny Jobs, saying, "One of the many challenges that parents face is teaching their children the concept of compassion and how important helping others simply for the sake of doing good is."
Abby Nelson presents Nanny Classifieds » 10 Tips for Parents that Need to Learn Sign Language posted at Nanny Classifieds, saying, "While there has been a trend in recent years of hearing parents learning and teaching their hearing infants to use sign language before they become verbal......"
David Singer presents 9 Must-Read Blogs for Car Lovers posted at Auto Insurance Quotes.
Stacey Laird presents 8 Things Employers Should Know About Background Checks posted at Online Business Degree.
Tanya Yoworski presents 10 Critical Skills That Aren’t Taught in Med School posted at Medical Billing and Coding Certification.
Fred Meek presents John Chambers: Dyslexic CEO posted at The Power Of Dyslexia, saying, "Articles About Famous People With Dyslexia"
Paul Taylor presents 10 Forms of Discipline Banned From U.S. Schools posted at Babysitting Jobs, saying, "Older generations often relay horror stories about the discipline they received, or at the very least witnessed, when they were in school and how vastly different and tame it is from the discipline kids receive today."
Mary Edwards presents 10 Reasons People Might Cuss On a First Date posted at Best Dating Sites, saying, "The average person on a first date typically tries to make a good first impression, so off-color language or offensive behavior is generally considered to be taboo."
Sheila Turner presents 9 Awful Crimes You Happily Commit in Video Games posted at Online Psychology Degree Resource Guide.
Debbie Denard presents 10 Awesome Kids Toys from the 1980’s That Disappeared » Nanny.NET posted at Nanny, saying, "Mass production and creative marketing campaigns in the 1980’s contributed to the massive toy market we have today. The list of toys introduced in that decade is endless, and yet few have stood the test of time."
Emma Roberts presents 10 Safety Concerns for Parents with Pools posted at Summer Nanny, saying, "One of the quickest ways to become the most popular parents on the block is to install a swimming pool in your backyard."
Tracy Miller presents 8 Things Every Biker Needs in Their Emergency Kit posted at Insurance Quotes & Free Financial Guides.
Daisy Barton presents 7 Ways to Improve Your Credit History posted at The Best Degrees.
Stephen Hayes presents Morbid But True: 7 Reasons You Should Get a Will posted at Life Insurance Quotes.
Shirley Zeilinger presents 8 Cartoon Houses We Wish Were Real posted at Home Insurance.
Fred Meek presents Tonight Show’s Funnyman Jay Leno is Dyslexic? posted at The Power Of Dyslexia, saying, "Funnyman Jay Leno is a talk show host and comedian, loved by millions of American viewers since his debut on the comedy circuit in the 1970s."
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Folks can be the judge if she's funny.
Running around the apartment without a bra is something else, and I always thought Lake Bell was sizzling.
See: "Lake Bell Has a Joke for You."
It's good. Check that link.
Cross-posted from American Power.
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Here's another Father's Day suggestion.
I finished Still the Best Hope a few days ago and meant to gets some final comments posted. Folks who listen to him on the radio will understand, but Prager boasts one of the most powerful moral voices in American politics. This book is almost a religious tract. Well, actually, it is a religious tract, if you consider it a treatise on America's civil religion, our political culture of liberty and exceptionalism. I've read quite a few ideological and polemical best-sellers, and this one's by far the best I've read in a while. I think only Melanie Phillips left me with the same kind of feeling. It's a combination of moral clarity with self empowerment. And there's an evangelical quality to Prager as well, but it's up to us to get the message out, and especially for us to impart the basics of the political culture to younger Americans. Prager recounts how when many people are asked what is unique about America, most of them are hard-pressed to answer. They know America's great and all that, but they can't articulate a clearly specified set of attributes that are uniquely American. I deal with this this as a professor of political science. But blogging these last few years has driven home the priority of spreading American values and educating people on the greatness of this country. You wouldn't think it'd be necessary, but spend some time on a college campus and the need will become increasingly clear.
Here's Prager discussing his book back in April, at RCP, "Why America is Still the Best Hope":
There are three big ideas -- or religions, if you will -- competing for humanity's allegiance: Leftism, Islamism, and Americanism. I argue that the American value system -- what I call "the American Trinity" -- is the best system ever devised for making a good society.It's a great book.
The problem is that most Americans cannot identify these values, and therefore cannot fight on their behalf. In the meantime, the alternatives, Leftism and Islamism, have been spreading like proverbial wildfire, largely because their adherents know exactly what they are fighting for.
I do not fault Americans for not knowing their distinctive values. No one taught them what they are. And the problem is not new. Even the so-called "greatest generation," the World War II generation, had not been systematically taught these values.
I only came to realize what these values are in the way medical researchers sometimes happen upon a major discovery -- by chance. One night, as I emptied my pockets, I stared at the coins I had removed, and, lo and behold, there they were: America's values. The designers of all of America's money -- paper and coin -- had been telling me and every other American for well over a century what America stood for. And I hadn't noticed:
"Liberty," "In God We Trust," and "E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One").
No other country has proclaimed these three values as its primary values.
"Liberty" means the individual must be as free as possible. And this is only possible when the state and government are as small as possible. The freer the state is to do what it wants, the less free the citizen is to do what he wants. In sum, the bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.
"In God We Trust" means that a good society is only possible when the great majority of its citizens feel morally accountable to a God that is morally judging and a religion that is morally demanding. If men are to be free, they must control themselves. And if a moral religion doesn't control them, the state will try to. If men are not God-fearing, they will be state-fearing. And, as I show repeatedly in the book, every American founder believed that. Even the so-called "deists."
This is one reason why, as America and Europe have become more and more secular, the state has become more and more powerful.
"E Pluribus Unum" means that whatever one's race or ethnicity, everyone who becomes a citizen of America is to be regarded first and foremost as a fellow American. This explains why America has assimilated people of every background more rapidly and successfully than any other country in the world. Because E Pluribus Unum means that race and ethnicity don't matter.
The "unum" also means that all Americans embrace their American identity. Ethical nationalism -- a nationalism that is rooted in liberty and God-based morality -- is part of the American values system -- and it is eminently exportable. We who believe in American values not only want other nations to retain their national identity, we want them to celebrate it. The more Australian Australians feel, the better. That so many young Brits no longer strongly identify as British is one of the reasons for Britain's decline.
These magnificent American values are applicable to virtually every society in the world. But Americans cannot export values they do not themselves know or believe in. And that is why I have devoted so many years to writing "Still the Best Hope." Because Abraham Lincoln was right when he said that America is the "last best hope of earth." It was true in 1862. And it is true today.
Ten observations on the Spanish bailout
Combat Edge anti-g ensemble might be causing Raptor's oxygen woes
Damage assessment begins in Escambia, Santa Rosa
Syrian troops 'using helicopter gunships'
Earl and Countess of Wessex greeted by overwhelming British patriotism in Gibraltar
Pentagon uses Stealth to Preserve Favorite Weapons Systems
With New Cameras, IAF Could Peek into the Ground
Back to basics? It's time to start basing education policy on evidence, not fads and dogma
A Good Day for the GOP in Wisconsin and California
Internet 'snooping' divides UK coalition
'Hezbollah could get Syria's non-conventional arms'
'Israel's enemies increasing intel gathering efforts'
Data: Turkey steeply cutting Iranian oil purchases
The Clintons' Covert War on Obama
FBI raid on Hells Angels offers rare peek inside biker gang
Commerce secretary has seizure; accused of hit-and-run
House oversight committee schedules contempt vote for Holder
Pentagon negotiators leave Pakistan after scant progress on closed border crossings
Caddell Names National Security Advisor Tom Donilon As Source For Leaks
Electricity Bills Are About to 'Necessarily Skyrocket'
Out: OWS. In: 'Flash Encampments'
Hold Obama Accountable by Frank Gaffney Jr
The Media’s Double Standard for Muslims
The Liberal Super Nova by Victor Davis Hanson
Fiscal Cliff, No Leader
Bradley's Split-Decision Win, Boxing's Loss
Leaks and Lies
Stocks fade despite Spain bank rescue plan
and finally.........
Firepower bristles in South China Sea as rivalries harden
Metrosexuals like to think we know all about sex. But don’t be smug, gals and guys. Thanks to Pamela Geller and this post on Atlas Shrugs, we learn that Islam can still teach us some new tricks.
Norfolk Gal who could do with some visitors.
She has discovered that she can blog whilst having a bath!!!
From 1978........
...........and the 2012 Romney Remix
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Obama isn't Working
Shimon Peres’ “peace process” has managed to bring untold tragedy, turmoil and bloodshed to the Israeli people, and at 89, his particular brand of venom is still taking its toll. Today, Peres is in Washington and will be at the White House on Wednesday to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Obama, our country’s highest civilian honor. Peres can add that to his trophy room alongside the Nobel Peace Prize he shared with his “peace partner,” Yasser Arafat.
As now happens when an Israeli dignitary is granted an audience with Obama, word starts to circulate about asking the president to finally release Jonathan Pollard. Unfortunately, Pollard knows after serving 26 years of a life sentence that all requests have been denied by past American presidents – both Democrats and Republicans. Still, this will be a unique opportunity (and maybe the last) for Peres to ask for Pollard’s release in public, in front of the cameras with Obama at his side. Will Peres put up or shut up? Will he actually put some of his skin in the game? Peres is carrying a petition signed by some 70,000 Israelis calling for Pollard's release. But for once, will he speak out about Pollard when and where the world can hear him? I doubt it, but Pollard and the rest of us will have the answer in a few days’ time.
Congress calls out the EPA
Fleeing Liberal Churches? The INTOLERANCE of "Tolerance"
Diana West Discusses Obama's Forged Birth Certificate and Selective Service Registration
Gallup Poll: Jewish Support for Obama Plummets
Philippine President Aquino seeks U.S. military aid
'Wild West' shotgun sells for $143,000 in Texas
Syrian rebels take battle to heart of Damascus
Army's manning chief infuriates troops with Service transfer quip
France takes another step towards economic suicide and nativism.
Putin the peacemaker for Syria? That's not how it's worked out in Chechnya and Georgia
Afghan drug lord who funded Taliban faces jail
Tensions rise in Burma as Thein Sein declares state of emergency in western state
Drunken deer forces driver off the road
Another Lunch with Biden?
Auschwitz and a muddled own goal
