When it comes to Philadelphia, the seemingly eternal debate for THE best Philly Cheesesteak between "Geno's or Pat's" has become an institution.
- Both places have 'fans' and both places have become tourist destinations, and a friend implies that after waiting in long 'tourist' lines you get 'tourist' food at 'tourist' prices at either.
For his money, the BEST Philly in Philly can be found at this neighborhood Mom & Pop store....for $3. He won't tell me the address because he (a) hates waiting in line, and (b) does not want to 'spoil' his new favorite hole-in-the-wall eatery.
- I understand completely.
Monday, 20 May 2013
Philly Cheesesteak - Ending the debate?......................................from Rico
You Don't Like What Your Children Are Watching? Take it Away............................
Unfortunately, Moose thinks of us as her children.
If she doesn't like what we are eating, she will take it away.
Jail to the Chief from Intellectual Froglegs! (Video)...from TPC
Video that takes a look at the almost too numerous to count scandals, apparent cover-ups and obvious incompetence that is wafting out of Barack Obama's White House!
Watch at The Political Commentator here.
The week begins with a continued bullion smash.....................from Rico
How many of the original (I mean starring Sean Connery) Bond movies contained the lines "Kill Bond. Now!" spoken by the villain du jour?
Today we might instead feature the Cartel and/or your favorite Central Bank saying "Kill Bullion. Now!" as we begin another trading week with the same-old, same-old suspicious market activity.
- This is not the trading pattern of anyone concerned with making a profitable trade, but of smashing the paper markets to a lower price.
We start this week with an early paper bullion raid (a typical 'dawn patrol' by the Cartel) at a thin, no volume, hour before ANY legitimate traders have even woken-up.
News...................
A NSFW Navy Conversation
When A Trickle Becomes A Flood - The Obama Scandalthon
Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. - Melancholy
Obama Built This Forgery
Navy dolphins make amazing torpedo find
Nearly 1M veterans wait on VA to process disability claims
BLACKFIVE: Was There Any Doubt About The Outcome?
Afghan pilots learn air assault tactics from 101st
Report: Combat troop discharges increase sharply
Man robbed in New Haven port-a-potty
Yay! Tax dollars for "prison poetry"
Sheriff Joe Arpaio To Congress: Investigate Barack Obama's Identity Document Fraud
Video "I don't know that hiding something from Congress is illegal"
Student debt weighs on overall economy
Amnesty Opposition Grows - Union representing immigration officials opposes immigration reform
Penny Pritzker: Obama's Worst Insult to His Left-Wing Base
Syrian-Hizballah’s capture of Qusayr opens direct weapons route to Lebanon
Russia's Brinkmanship with US Clashes with Israel's Security
Living by the Numbers: Big Data Knows What Your Future Holds
Nigerian military: Boko Haram 'are in disarray'
North Korea and China continue row over fishing boat hijack
Unexpectedly.......................from Rico
I know, I know. "Unexpectedly" is perhaps the most disingenuous and over-used word by the American financial media complex today. It cleverly implies "Gee, who could have seen THAT coming?" ...I rest my case.
UNEXPECTEDLY (at least in the American financial media complex...yes, I'm talking to YOU Bloomberg, MSNBC, CNBC, et al, although there was some 'infotainment' from Maria Bartiromo's interview of Jennifer Anniston concerning 'hair') it was an article in today's Sunday edition of the "South China Morning Post" where we learn that the HKMEx (Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange) has announced that it will NOT reopen for business Monday morning, 20 May.
- All 'open' positions will be 'closed-out' and settled in cash (paper fiat) ...NOT physical bullion, at a settlement price determined by HKMEx...to 'protect' their clients best interests (you know, those silly blokes who 'thought' they owned a Gold position). Gotta just LOVE these weekends, eh? Makes me wonder what surprises America's Memorial Day Weekend may hold for us?
If anyone needed further convincing that we're looking at a huge shortage of physical Gold and Silver bullion in the fractional reserve paper bullion Ponzi game after MF Global (gee, it 'vaporized') and ABN Amro (no more physical deliveries), this should be a 'wake-up and smell the coffee' moment.
- And while we're speaking of "unexpected" the registered Gold bullion inventory at the COMEX is at an 'interesting' LOW right now, making me wonder how the LBMA stands...and how it will handle the "rush" to acquire physical bullion in the wake of this news when it reopens Monday?
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LONE WOLF IN OHIO
Shooting took place in March in Middlefield, Ohio; bad guy was pulled over for running a stop sign. He bailed out of his car with an AK and opened up, firing 37 rounds at the two police officers who weren't even out of the squad car yet.
It says a lot for the training and capabilities of the cops; they got out, faced down the threat and outgunned a madman with an AK. The female officer lost her left index finger (a rookie with a month on the department). Male officer had slight injuries, and is back on the job. Bad guy fired 37 rounds from an AK-47 and died at the scene. In the car police found another 8 mags for the AK with 40 rounds each, extremist literature, DVD's on improvised explosives, etc. Apparently a loner, the man was a self-indoctrinated ultra-anti-government extremist nutjob. He had no criminal record. - STORMBRINGER
Sunday, 19 May 2013
Hot Christy Turlington, 44, Says She'll 'Never Have Surgery' As She Stuns in Racy New Photo Shoot
Well, damn she's a smokin' babe!
Natural and hot: "Christy Turlington Fabulous at 44."
Late News..............
Navy dolphins make amazing torpedo find
Grounded by federal budget cuts, the Blue Angels make the best of things
Golfer hits his tee shot into a bathroom, gets ‘relief’
When Does Plastic Surgery Become Racial Transformation
Ideological Revenue Service
Rage Against The Machine's USO Concert Convinces Entire Audience To Defect
WH aide clarifies 'irrelevant' comment
Consumers' pent-up demand promises economic boost
Frank J Is Twice A Man
Live and let fry
The Dice Man Cometh: Would Sheer Chance be a Better Model for Obama?
Iran dispatches warship to shadow Gulf exercises
America braces for Swarmageddon
American Way: don't impose Watergate on the scandals facing Obama - they stand on their own
Affordable Care....................from Rico
The "soup Nazi" gag on the old Seinfeld show was simply hilarious.
When you realize that the IRS Tax Kommissar who was running the Tea Party and 'enemies list' audit programs from 2010-2012 is currently in charge of the IRS 'enforcement' of the Affordable Care Act (ACA aka Obamacare) reality imitating art is suddenly not that funny at all.
- You can just 'see' some faceless-nameless IRS functionary playing "medical care Nazi" who can deny medical care predicated upon your 'korrecktness' to the ruling junta...and guess what? They will not 'care' one bit!
I guess "affordable care" becomes 'affordable' when you are not allowed to have it.
- Nasty Pelosi was accurate when she remarked the ACA legislation would have to be passed in order for us to find out what was in it. Now we begin to see why...
The BIGGEST "bail-in" of all........................from Rico
Fwance voted Socialist [Hollande] last year, Reuters is now reporting that this year "taxes top 100%" there.
- Of course, when the markets reopen Monday it's worth remembering that EUrope is 'fixed.'
The US voted Socialist [Barry LNU-last name unknown] last year, how long before "taxes top 100%" there?
- Watching the action in the casino....er, US markets, obviously the US is 'fixed' too.
What is "fixed?"
- Why, like a boxing match, the game is fixed [rigged] and the ultimate "fix" turns out to be the BIGGEST "bail-in" [read: wealth confiscation] of all...........Socialism.
The Green Enemies of Humanity, Science and the Truth
By Alan Caruba
Among the greatest liars on Earth today is the international organization called Friends of the Earth (FOE). It has engaged in the most scurrilous fear-mongering for decades, along with Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, and the World Wildlife Fund, while all the time they pulled in billions in funding.
In May 2012, the Daily Caller noted that “The Congressional Research Service estimates that since 2008 the federal government has spent nearly $70 billion on ‘climate change activities.’” The leading critic in Congress, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) asked at the time, “Which would you rather have? Would you rather spend $4 billion on Air Force base solar panels, or would you rather have 28 new F-22s or 30 F-25s or modernized C-130s?”
“Would you rather have $64.8 billion spent on pointless global warming efforts or would you rather have more funds put toward modernizing our fleet of ships, aircraft and ground vehicles to improve the safety of our troops and help defend the nation against the legitimate threats that we face?’
On May 9th, I received an email from Friends of the Earth that repeated all the lies we have heard for years. Painting with a very broad brush that completely ignores the fact that the U.S. climate has always had highs and lows of temperature, FOE complained that “Last year the U.S. experienced record-breaking weather all over the country. But, the nightly news programs on ABC, CBS, and NBC barely talked about what was fueling this extreme weather—climate change.”
What FOE failed to mention was a record that was set in 2012-13; as of May, according to the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration, the U.S. had its longest stretch in recorded history—2,750 days—without a major hurricane landfall. The many claims of “extreme” weather are classic fear-mongering. I might also add that, according to the National Interagency Fire Center, the number of wildfires is at a ten-year low. Glaciers are not melting and seas are not rising, unless a millimeter or two worries you.
“Climate change” is the replacement name for “global warming.” Climate is measured in centuries. The weather is whatever is happening anywhere in the nation on any given day. Around the world, however, there has been a significant increase in cold weather and many are still waiting for spring to arrive.
Typical of the hyperbole that is representative of the lies we have heard from so-called environmental organizations, FOE fumed that “the nightly news programs at the major broadcast networks have largely ignored what is fueling this extreme weather—climate change.” Citing a Media Matters for America study, FOE noted that “ABC’s nightly news program did only one segment about climate change last year. Meanwhile NBC’s news show did only four and CBS just seven segments to this critical issue.” Perhaps this is because these notably liberal news organizations have concluded it is not a critical issue?
It gets better, FOE was angry, saying “What’s almost worse is that when these networks have covered global warming, they have often treated climate change as a ‘two-sided debate’ rather than what it really is; an issue in which there is overwhelming scientific consensus.” These are people who do not want to have a debate because, based on the facts, they would lose. As for scientific consensus regarding either global warming or climate change, there is NONE. If anything, leading scientists around the world have been debunking global warming now for years.
One of the leading think tanks in the effort to end the global warming hoax has been The Heartland Institute. It has sponsored several international conferences in which scientists and others have offered papers and addressed the topic. I recommend you subscribe to its national monthly, Environmental & ClimateNews. Its Managing Editor, James M. Taylor, J.D., provides the latest information on the environmental organizations greatest villain, carbon dioxide (CO2).
Two recent dispatches by Taylor noted in one that “Climate models supporting predictions of rapid global warming during the next century have performed miserably predicting global temperatures during the past two decades”, citing a comparison of computer model predictions and real-world temperatures by climate scientist Roy W. Spencer. In another, Taylor noted that “New data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show atmospheric carbon dioxide levels continue to rise, but global temperatures are not following suit. The new data undercut assertions that atmospheric carbon dioxide is causing a global warming crisis.”
Undismayed by the facts, FOE could only cite the taxpayer-funded PBS News Hour that “devoted 23 segments to covering climate change.” When the President is telling everyone that the climate is the greatest threat to the nation, PBS bureaucrats who know where the money comes from can be depended upon to broadcast his lies.
Ironically, the Wall Street Journal published an opinion by Harrison H. Schmitt and William Happer on the same day the FOE email arrived. It was titled “In Defense of Carbon Dioxide.” Schmitt was an Apollo 17 astronaut and a former U.S. Senator from New Mexico. He is an adjunct professor of engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Happer is a professor of physics at Princeton University and a former director of the office of energy research at the U.S. Department of Energy.
“The cessation of observed global warming for the past decade or so has shown how exaggerated NASA’s and most other computer predictions of human-caused warming have been—and how little correlation warming has with concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide.”
No wonder FOE is upset that even the mainstream media networks no longer want to report on a global warming that does not exist. There’s real science and there’s the fulminations and lies of Friends of the Earth.
© Alan Caruba, 2013
How do you spell arrogance and chutzpah? (Video)...from TPC
Short video of Barack Obama that defines the words arrogance, hubris and chutzpah as he panders to a group of his base by telling them that he doesn't get caught up in the 'fleeting issues' that consume others in Washington!
Watch at The Political Commentator here.
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The Sunday Best...............
TrackingPoint Is Increasing Your Squeezing Ability
Fixing The IRS Mistake
A-10s leaving Spangdahlem marks end of an era in Europe
Burglars lock homeowner in gun closet with predictably hilarious results
Staff Sergeant Scared Shitless of ‘Mission Command’
Brazil's Ambitious Plan: Erect 10K-Mile Virtual Fence - To keep illegal activities at bay
Scheme of the Day: Florida's Secret Plan to Cause More Traffic Violations
What Mozilla's Privacy Move Means for Marketers
Wal-Mart sales decline: America’s largest retailer is slipping as customers move upscale and online
DC firm shaking down Chevron learns lesson about poking the bear
The Eight Year Old Girl Who Didn’t Make It Past Her Wedding Night
Research by Energy Supply Association of Australia reveals hidden costs of solar panels
English-language proposal has French up in arms
Students have flocked to the Navy’s EOD school in recent years
Runners get dirty at the Emerald Coast MudRun for Orphans
"Mass demonstration" at Ft. Meade supporting Manning
Obama Calls in the Marines
Muddled Israeli-US policies on Assad set stage for Golan offensive against Israel
Al-Qaeda's Syrian wing takes over the oilfields once belonging to Assad
The King of Clubs is back, and he may yet prove to be Saddam's trump card
and finally..............
6 1/2 Months and Counting
The BIG Silver Squeeze.......................from Rico
Despite the paper Silver bullion price being deliberately 'crushed' by Western Central Banks, the demand for physical Silver bullion (buyers) is outpacing the 'sellers' by 50:1.
The situation is worse for Gold, where paper debt that will never be repaid is unbacked (leased, hypothecated, and rehypothecated all mean it's GONE).
So what if the Central Bankers have so screwed-up the system that it is beyond repair, and beyond ever 'paying back' what is owed?
- MF Global, Cyprus, and bail-ins [read: you pay, not they] are coming to you soon!
Let this 'sink in'...if you choose to remain in the "system" expect to take losses on anything left in the "system."
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Sabine Jemeljanova & Friends Bust Out Some Buxom Bikini Cleavage!
A breast man's heaven. See: "Sabine Jemeljanova Bikini Crew."
And yes, they're hot and legal.
Saturday, 18 May 2013
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.
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