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Thursday, 11 July 2013

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

A Chicago 4th of July.........................from Rico

Chicago, known for pizza, rampant Democratic political corruption, gangsters (past and present), and the Saul Alinsky school of Community Organizing (Marxist disruption) celebrated TWO things over the 4th of July weekend:

- Being the last place where law-abiding citizens are banned from carrying guns to defend themselves, and

- Seventy people shot and 12 killed.

Of course, in the uncontrolled gang-infested areas now known as Chi-raq, they also celebrated their complete disregard for the strictest gun laws in the US by making a weekend in Chi-town as dangerous as Iraq ever was, or Afghanistan is now.

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Rory Vs the robot

Rory McIlroy has beaten just about every human on the planet so for the latest European Tour challenge he's up against a robot. Or a Golf Laboratory Computer Controlled Hitting Machine to be precise.

H/T Shelly

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Running the Brinks Gold Vault?.......................from Rico

Spot Gold and spot Silver prices skyrocketed last night on the GLOBEX in the wake of Ben Bernocchio's fireside chat yesterday afternoon.

- Looking at the charts, my first reaction was "Cartel spank" since the gangsters manipulating the markets certainly cannot allow reality to intrude like this.

But, there is more to this. Much more, in fact.

- The registered (private) Gold inventories at the COMEX have been dropping like a rock lately, as the owners rush to get possession of their physical bullion before the hindmost discover what they 'thought' they owned had been re-hypothecated (sold) many times over.

- The price of Gold has been in backwardation for three days in a row (the GOFO) which is both unprecedented and a sure sign of physical bullion delivery problems.

Now another 'dot' has appeared for us to connect. Brinks.

- CME (the owner of COMEX) reports that Brinks is now being drained of private (registered) Gold. The chart shows an almost vertical inventory drop just this week of ~70%. More owners running the bullion bank to reclaim their physical? Looks like it's not just JPM running on fumes (they are 20-25% short of bullion inventory they have already sold and need to deliver).

The wisdom of Marc Faber comes to mind, who said: "You keep your Dollars and I'll keep my Gold, and we'll see which goes to zero first."

- The 'smart money' does not seem to be betting on the Dollar.

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

Stupid Kids at #freejahar

Big Government Implodes

Random Thoughts

Eye-popping billboard zings famous Republican

Chicago Lawmaker: Call National Guard to Stop Violence

Israeli green light for big Egyptian Sinai offensive, after Islamists fail to assassinate Egyptian general

Britain: "Rape Jihad" Against Children

U.S. in the Middle East: Good Intentions, Terrible Results

Saudi Arabia has missiles poised and pointed at Israel and Iran, satellite image suggests

North Korea Threatens To Attack Okinawa

Iran exile group claims evidence of hidden nuclear site

Photos: Blue Angels Back In The Skies Over Pensacola

Air Force drone self-destructs over Gulf of Mexico, crashes into water

NewsBusted 7/11/13

27 indicators suggesting that the traditional family unit is an endangered species in the U.S.!...from TPC

Is the traditional family unit in the United States a dying breed? The 27 statistics in this article seem to suggest that it may very well be!

At The Political Commentator here.

Take a tour of Obamacare! (Video)...from TPC

A video tour about what the implementation of Obamacare will mean to Americans that takes the political fluff out while putting the reality in.

Watch at The Political Commentator here.

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PJTV: Michelle Obama Offends America by Comparing White House to Prison

AlfonZo Rachel takes issue with First Lady Michelle Obama's comments about White House life, which she compared to living in a jail. Hear why Zo is so offended on this ZoNation.

X-47B First Carrier Arrested Landing

The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completed its first carrier-based arrested landing on board USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) off the coast of Virginia July 10.

Overnight News.................

Homeland, DOJ Prepare for Zimmerman Verdict Riots

Another sterling example of why the Feds should control healthcare...

The shale gas revolution: We have not yet begun to boom

New $34M military base to be demolished, SIGAR says

Big drone makes history by landing on carrier

Rep. McKeon, senators: The "zero option" in Afghanistan, isn't an option. .Is it?

Bernanke: Economy still needs Fed stimulus

George Zimmerman trial: Trayvon Martin’s shooter is probably going to walk, and that’s not a bad thing

Female Skinny Dipper Tricked Me: Theft Victim - He says he watched her while her husband cleaned out his house

Good news: Democrats introduce bill to build a national park on the moon or something

How Big Government Erodes Quality of Life

House blocks enforcement of incandescent light bulb ban, again

Jonah Goldberg: Civil libertarians' hypocrisy

SPITZER'S OTHER CRIMES

Gallup: 74% of Republicans want national popular referendums on key issues

'Kama Sutra' Spells You Can Use

Perfect ad venue found for ObamaCare campaign

Experimental Drug Makes High Cholesterol Vanish

Judge considers lesser charges for Zimmerman

Thursday Totty..................

Elisabeth Hasselbeck Leaves 'The View' for Fox News' Morning Show 'Fox & Friends'

She's a smokin' hot babe.

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Good for her to get off that rancid left-wing set at "The View."

See, "Elisabeth Hasselbeck's Final Appearance on 'The View'."

She's a classy, patriotic babe who for years did battle with some of most vile left-wing women on television.

There's video at the link.

Best of luck to her.

Wednesday, 10 July 2013

Obama's Department of Justice Organized Anti-Zimmerman Race Riots

Leave it to the Democrats to screw over every aspect of American life.

See, "Obama Justice Department Organized #TrayvonMartin Race Riots."

Freakin' Democrat zombies.

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Daisy Watts Bang Bang

Not something you see everyday, "Zoo Model Daisy Watts Target Shooting."

Bang bang pic.twitter.com/2RsjFaVV80
— Daisy Watts (@daisywatts) July 10, 2013

And click through for "Melissa Debling and Daisy Watts Naughty Playtime."

3 Reasons to Fix Social Security Now!

Established during the Great Depression, the Social Security retirement system is funded by a 12.4 percent tax, split between workers and employers, on all wages up to $113,000.

It's the nation's oldest entitlement program and one of its most beloved. Yet it's also a fiscal and demographic disaster that desperately needs to be reformed right now for at least three reasons.

It's not over.............................from Rico

It's NOT over.

The "recession" didn't end when we were told it did, but it may have 'bottomed'...we can only HOPE.

There has been NO 'recovery'...green shoots, or otherwise despite what we were told.

There has been NO 'job growth' despite the relentless BS from the BLS. [chart]

The Fed knows better, and so does the Red Shed, but purely in the interests of short-term political expediency, their 'spin' is intended to blind the public with empty optimism.

Bedtime Totty.................

The Corps Report: Episode 9 - Fallen Heroes and Explosions

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

Muslim Logic 101 - By Ousting Their Premiers Egypt Is No Different To Australia

MSM protecting Hillary from scandal taint

The Benghazi Attack as It Happened

Remington-USA

Who Is Racist? by Thomas Sowell

RIP: Politico Concedes Immigration Reform Will Die in House

Gen. James ‘Hoss’ Cartwright Blames Stuxnet Leak On ‘Those Daggum Duke Boys’

Judge says jury can't see Trayvon Martin texts, photos

The Criminal Profiling of Conservative White Males

Docs: DOJ Provided Support for Trayvon Rallies

Police call log from July 4th ghetto Wilding/Flash mobbing on Navy Pier

Poll: Hispanics Want Border Security Before Amnesty

The air show must go on. Weekend festivities will take flight despite the loss of the Blues

Opponents make noise over F-35 proposal

Obama on Pace for Record Golf Year!

Carney Declines to Say We’ll Leave Forces in Afghanistan

Plans afoot to make the Moon Obama’s biggest poster

George Zimmerman Trial: Media Incites Nationwide Violence

How Fed Food Assistance Fattens Corporate America

India’s Muddled Carrier Plans

One CCTV camera for every 11 people in UK, as surveillance state grows

Britain forced to rely on German military

Never-Aired 'Apprentice' Parody of Trump Firing Obama

Obama frowns on Egyptian army's alignment with Gulf regimes, coming crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood

Baker refuses to make “gay” cake. Jail for the baker?

Boy Scout defectors announce plans for a new scouting program

Behind closed doors, Boehner pushes immigration action

'313 Brigade' claims car bombing that targeted Hezbollah in Beirut

Lies just fade away.......................from Rico

Lies never die, they just fade away....like the economy is.

Remember the one about "the-Fed-will-save-us?"

How about "the-consumer-will-save-us?"

Well, here's the latest iteration: "the-housing-recovery-will-save-us."

- Mortgage applications fell for the 8th of the last 9 weeks at the fastest year-over-year pace in three years, slumping to two-year lows.

This is not good for home sales, or the 'extend-and-pretend' economy.

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

Ignore them...........................from Rico

The FTV and financial media (cough-cough) are, as usual, building-up the anticipation of the release of the FOMC minutes and Bernanke's remarks this afternoon.

BFD!

The FED is a privately-owned, for-profit, central bank with a monopoly on the US currency.

- They are no more 'federal' than Federal Express, and there certainly aren't any public 'reserves' so why the breathless excitement? Unlike the federal government, they are supposed to make a profit...not lose money.

Now consider, that publicly the FED hasn't been 'right' about much of anything for many years. [chart]

- Why then listen to them or give them any credibility?

Are they fools or liars? It's MORE likely that they are being devious and misleading, than they are being poor businessmen. They are not fools.

- They have been 'talking their book' to the public...in other words, LYING.

It would serve us all better if we 'watched' what they did, and 'ignored' what they said.

- The bailouts, stimuless, and QE didn't help anyone except the TBTF banks and other 'connected' friends of the reigning kleptocracy, and the tax-paying public that foots the bill are the ones being fooled, and being fools.

When is a Law, Not a Law? When Obama Says So

By Alan Caruba

Obamacare has been showing signs of being so unenforceable, so expensive, and so utterly stupid that Obama’s administration has had to engage in all manner of patently illegal waivers and delays to maintain theirs lies about it.

In the words of the late Chinese Communist dictator, Mao Zedong, Obamacare has been “a great leap forward” to reform healthcare in America. In China, the Great Leap killed an estimated forty million people between 1958 and 1961. There is no way of knowing how many Obamacare would kill when (and if) it is fully implemented.

Presidents are not allowed to decide what part of what laws—or any laws—they do not want to enforce. Michael W. McConnell, a professor of law and director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School and a senior fellow at the Hoover Foundation, recently noted that “Article II, Section 3, of the Constitution states that the president ‘shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.’ This is a duty, not a discretionary power. While the president does have substantial discretion about how to enforce a law, he has no discretion about whether to do so.”

In Clinton v. City of New York, 1998, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that “There is no provision in the Constitution that authorizes the president to enact, to amend, or to repeal statutes.” MConnell cites this, saying “The employer mandate in the Affordable Care Act contains no provision allowing the president to suspend, delay or repeal it.”

Bearing in mind that Obamacare essentially authorizes the government to seize control of one sixth of the nation’s economy, not to mention intrusively getting between a physician and his patient, it is such a legislative monstrosity, so poorly conceived and written, that it has been subject to a series of desperate efforts by the Obama administration to “fix” what is essentially unfixable.

Obamacare’s effect on the economy has already been felt, slowing hiring, moving fulltime employees to part-time status, causing the cost of premiums to skyrocket, and contributing to 54 months of economic stagnation. It has become a political liability to Democrats who will run for office in the 2014 midterm elections.

Just slightly more than half the States refused to set up the “exchanges” in which individuals would select their insurance plans. This has forced the federal government to set up their own and that is not going well. In April the administration announced that workers will not be able to choose plans from different health insurers in the small business exchanges next year.

The IRS announced it would implement the law’s tax credits, subsidies, and taxes in states with federal exchanges even though the Act “clearly, repeatedly, consistently, and intentionally prohibits the IRS from doing so,” according to Michael Cannon of the Cato Institute. “The IRS has literally asserted the authority to tax, borrow, and spend more than $1 trillion contrary to the express will of Congress” citing Section 4980H of the Act that requires it begin after December 31, 2013.

Congress found the Act’s long-term entitlement to be little more than a Ponzi scheme and repealed it. The anti-conscience mandate, objected to by Catholic hospitals and some employers has been granted a partial delay by Health and Human Services (HHS). Poorly written, an error in Obamacare has led to less access to care for children with pre-existing conditions and a 2011 report found that in 17 States insurers are no longer selling child-only insurance plans.

After Obamacare was enacted in 2009, HHS discovered that some of its mandates would raise costs so much that employers would drop coverage rather than face the costs, so HHS began to issue “temporary waivers” and it turned out that more than half of the recipients were members of union health insurance plans.

The Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that the expansion of Medicaid was optional for the States that objected because they can barely sustain the costs of the existing program.

Little wonder that the administration has announced that it has postponed the start date of Obamacare’s “employer mandate” from 2014 to 2015. Only it cannot by law postpone it, nor can it issue waivers or any other changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

A July 7 Wall Street Journal opinion said “The White House seems to regard laws as mere suggestions, including the laws it help to write. We did not elect a king.

Beware what you wish for and, for decades, the Democratic Party has tried to impose socialized medicine on America. Having blessed it as a tax, my guess is that the Supreme Court will revisit Obamacare to find a reason to declare it unconstitutional.

In the meantime, the voters in 2014 may return control of the Senate to the Republican Party and sustain it in the House. They will repeal it. Obama will veto the repeal, but the veto will be over-ridden by Congress and Obamacare will be as dead as Jacob Marley’s ghost.

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

Watcher's Council Nominations: A Little Sex Scandal Never Hurt Anyone Edition!...from TPC

This article contains links to over 30 articles written by some of the top conservative minds from around the world in this weeks nomination edition of the Watcher's Council, voted the worlds number one conservative blog aggregator.

This edition is dedicated to political sex scandal that never seems to stop Democrats from maintaining favor with their constituents, due in no small part to the Bill Clinton effect!

At The Political Commentator here.