Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Ground Zero: Syria (Part 6) - The Bombing of Aleppo's Dar al-Shifa Hospital
On November 21, Aleppo's Dar al-Shifa Hospital was bombed and destroyed by the Syrian Army. This is the same makeshift hospital where, weeks ago, VICE and videographer Robert King reported on human rights abuses and war crimes against patients (including children) being treated inside. It was completely leveled by the rocket
attack, and Robert was on the scene to document the fallout.
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Let's dance..................from Rico
OK, the DTC 'flooding' a month ago during Sandy and all those paper certificates being water-logged in their Manhattan vault was one thing.
Today is quite something else, and the collars don't match the cuffs.
CME announced that it's Manfra (MBT) bullion depository can't deliver bullion right now because of Sandy (force majeure).
- Sandy was a month ago. What? No sump pumps available? Does it take longer than a month to 'rig' some tungsten-filled delivery bars?
- Manfra is a bullion depository. Metal, not paper.
- Manfra is next door to the NY Fed that says its vaults 80 ft underground and 50 ft below sea-level are operating just fine (unless you're Deutsche Bank and want a look at your Gold).
- Followers of Harvey Organ know that Manfra has been 'busy' all month, at least according to their daily-reported accounting activity.
How very convenient for our Cartel, especially since today is both Gold and Silver expiry on CME's COMEX, and Friday is First Day notice.
- 'Sorry old bean, can't deliver physical just now. Water-logged. Sandy, you know, harrumph! That's a good chap, be patient for a while.'
Of course, the inconvenience and extra cost of taking delivery from another CME facility wouldn't have ANYTHING to do with 'discouraging' anyone standing for physical delivery right now.
- Nawwww! Say it ain't so!
Perfect example of the Cartel's "two step" dance, or is this like the song 'gimme two steps towards the door?'
- Or, is it instead one more 'indicator' of a squeeze on physical supply?
Access market games 11/26................from Rico
I had been 'expecting' some games from the bullion Cartel, and they did NOT disappoint. Again.
- Here are two "flash smashes" in the access market to consider, regular trading having stopped many hours earlier with Gold spot closing at $1751.10 and Silver spot at $34.22.
Of course, it is merely a 'coincidence' that both Gold and Silver options expiry on the COMEX is 11/27, with First Notice on Friday 11/30.
- It's not affectionately known as the CRIMEX for nothing, but it IS the reason I stopped playing 'options roulette' on this massively rigged table some time ago.
While the paper markets are being visibly 'managed' this is NOT the same thing as the physical supply being 'controlled'.....
Two must watch videos: John Bolton on Obama and Egypt and Pat Condell on Israel and Hamas!...from Mike Haltman at TPC
Videos of John Bolton describing the naivete of Barack Obama over Mohamed Morsi and Egypt as well as Pat Condell discussing Hamas and why there will never be peace in the Middle East!
Watch them at The Political Commentator here.
News...........
The Vietnam Healing Foundation
Alleged SEAL poseur again accused of lying about service
Iran Cleric Pummeled by ‘Badly Covered’ Woman After Warning
Obama Throws Israel to the Wolves
Mexican beauty queen killed in shootout
35 Amazing Graphs That Show How Your Spending Habits Change With Age
The 'Wide Open and Unregulated' Marketing of Vaginal Cosmetic Surgery
“Stupid is, As Stupid Does”- Can the GOP Really Be This Stupid?
OBOT WORSHIPPERS ON DISPLAY!
Obama's memo on "insider threats"
This is your brain on exercise
A letter to the new Governor of the Bank of England
North Korean assassin's Bond-style weapons
Bondi beach closed for 'tomato juice' water
Germany to toughen laws on bestiality
North Korea missile test 'could be carried next month'
US consumers 'to spend $200 billion less if taxes go up on middle-class'
Morsi's Grab for Power - Egyptian Revolutionaries Take on Radical Islam
How About Putting the Muslim World and China in Charge of the Internet?
More Democrats Willing to Go Over 'Fiscal Cliff'
Islamists Kidnap, Threaten to Murder Homosexuals in Libya
Chicago Suburb Latest to Ban Nativity Scene
US-led NATO intervention begins in Syria war. Patriots in Turkey
China’s New Passport Sparks Controversy
When is a Truce not a Truce?
Carney: Egypt Having “Internal Deliberations”
Political science: What is a group of baboons called?...from Mike Haltman at TPC
Injecting anthropology into politics this picture of a group of a certain type of animal may help to explain the goings on in Washington!
Find out what it is at The Political Commentator here.
Monday, 26 November 2012
What The Political Gurus Kept Telling Us
By Alan
Caruba
Throughout the year leading up to the
November elections, I had a friend who called regularly for reassurance that
whoever the Republicans nominated would defeat Obama. I began to keep a file of
what the political commentators had to say on the subject. Suffice to say, I
ended up convinced that Romney could not lose.
An article by Mark Knoller, CBS News
White House correspondent, on December 31, 2010 is a good place to start. “No
numbers in the year just ending are more consequential for President Obama than
the results of the midterm elections. His party lost seats in the Senate and its
majority in the House.” Like many, I concluded that Obama’s reversal of fortune
would be reflected in 2012.
By April 2011, however, a Wall Street
Journal article noting that Mitt Romney was the early front-runner for the
Republican nomination reported that “Some 43% of 1,000 adults polled said they
would probably vote for Mr. Obama, versus 39% who said they would likely vote
Republican, a five-point lead that is unchanged from February.” I should have
paid more attention, but didn’t. I would have voted for the GOP candidate if he
was Charlie Sheen.
For the political junkies, the full article can be read at:
PJTV: Tax Pledge Perfidy: Some Republicans Embracing Tax Hikes to Avoid ...
GOP Senators Chambliss, Graham and Corker have stated that they will abandon their no tax hikes pledge to Americans for Tax Reform in order to keep the nation from jumping off the fiscal cliff. What does this mean for you? Find out as Scott Ott brings you the latest on Black Friday sales, China's military advances, the crisis in Egypt, and more, on this PJ New Break.
Late News...............
CDR Salamander: Keeping an Eye on the Long Game: Part XLIV
MINISTRY OF PESHMERGA VIDEO: Moving Forces Into Disputed Areas Of Kirkuk
Joe Lueken, supermarket boss, transfers ownership of business to employees
Talabani sends a warning message to the commander of Iraqi ground forces.
Mannequin that's obese horrifies apparently svelte Reddit users
Climate change adaptation cash for poor countries fails to materialise
Pantsir-S Air Defense Division Repels Night 'Air Raid'
Students thrive as head bans mobile phones
Over to whom? With the Big E coming home for good, the NIMITZ acting a bit old and busted.............
Defense and Peshmerga agree to redeploy their troops in disputed areas.
BMP-3F Infantry Vehicle Shown at Indo Defence 2012
Toys for Tots: Marines load up on bikes, toys to brighten holidays
Santa goes on Skype
10 Minutes with an Entrepreneur: Jenny Belushi & Heather Whitney Rosenfield
Egypt court to examine Morsi decree as thousands mourn dead
US 'wants to keep 10,000 troops in Afghanistan long term'
Adventurer becomes first to travel to all 201 'countries' without flying
State offers ten bucks for young women's sex secrets
The Rotherham Scandal And The Ugly Face Of Progressivism
GOP pre-emptive attack on Susan Rice misfires
Why the U.S. wanted to nuke the moon during the Cold War
Graham on Benghazi: Don't Believe Rice; Blame Obama 'Above All Others'
Egypt's Morsi says he stands by his decrees
James Carville Says 80% Of Democrats Are Politically Clueless
UN advances effort to grab control of the internet
FEMA: Another Federal Disaster
Make those lazy job-creators pay
Nashua Rep Did Jail Time in Laconia
Thought for Today
I have never understood why it is greed to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to take somebody else's money - Thomas Sowell
H/T Shelly
Ashura, Islam's Yom Kippur..................from Dan Friedman
Let’s have no more hateful talk of “savages” or “savagery.” Who are we to judge? Every man and woman has a right to worship his Creator in any way they want. Jews fast, Christians have ashes applied their foreheads, and Muslims...well...they do their thing too.
Here are scenes from yesterdays festivities surrounding the Islamic holy day of Ashura – a Muslim holiday when the whole family gets in on the fun. Oh, BTW, Ashura’s quaint customs have made their contribution to our culture too. It’s the origin of the idiom “whipping oneself into a frenzy.”
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