Two Out of Three Ain't Bad....................from Rico

J.P. Morgan chart of Asset Class returns annualized over 20-years (1999-2018).

 

I nailed two out of the top three, but missed a perfect trifecta.

- Is that Meat Loaf I 'hear' in the background? [Two Out of Three Ain't Bad].

 

Interesting to note that JPM has amassed a YUGE hoard of physical Silver Bullion, and they are still acquiring more of it.

- Is it a monetary hedge or predictive of increased future industrial use [think: electronics, it's a wonderful conductor of electricity], or both?

- Is it an appreciation of a currently undervalued asset class?

 

Whatever it is, JPM is clearly bullish on the asset class and has been for a while. They did not become THE biggest Bank in the world by being stupid.

- So, with rock music mentally playing...yours truly 'ponders' whether Silver as an asset class is (a) 'third time's a charm' opportunity and due for a future price spike upwards [Bat Out of Hell], or (b) 'three on a match' and an express elevator straight down [Highway to Hell]?

 

Interesting, at any rate and worth further considering...

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The Cart Before The Hearse

MN Come for the weather, stay for the taxes...

Minnesota, storied land of 10,000 lakes [now mostly frozen] and 15,000 taxes [sadly never 'frozen'] getting their Easter snowstorm.

- Well, Palm Sunday weekend anyway...no snow 'passover' for you!

 

Ah, Minnesnowta...come for the weather, stay for the taxes!

 

 

Dear Rep Omar, D-MN/Somalia.................from Rico

"Some people did something?"

- It's long past time the American people "did something" besides voluntarily put their asses up in the air for repeated Muslim ass-raping! 

 

Speaking of asses:

- FUCK YOU Omar...

 

Never forgive, never forget!

 

 

Abject Surrender - Theresa May’s Final Humiliating Capitulation...............from Dan T

Imagine if you can a Franco-German led European Union discussing the future of Great Britain and whether it should cease to exist as an independent sovereign nation; but before they begin their deliberations they order Prime Minister Winston Churchill to leave the room and wait outside until they have come to a decision.

Imagine the exact same scenario and the same EU Council members ordering Margaret Thatcher to leave the room and wait outside while they deliberate and make their decision. It’s inconceivable that either of these Prime Ministers would countenance such cowardly and treasonous behaviour.

This is exactly what Prime Minister Theresa May did at the recent EU Council meeting after she had groveled in private first to German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and secondly to French President, Emmanuel Macron.

They granted an extension to the extension of Great Britain’s leaving date which for all intents and purposes kills off Brexit once and for all. The British people’s desire to reclaim the independent, sovereign nation that millions gave their lives for, and which was freely arrived at after a winner-take-all binding referendum, has been denied.

The extension to the extension means that Great Britain’s laws, borders, trade and money will remain under the control of the unelected EU Commissioners and the British Supreme Court will be inferior to the European Court of Justice.


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Obama says he's from KENYA.....................

H/T Doverthere

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No 'migrants' = No problem.................from Rico

The Poles have turned the ubiquitous 'Polish joke' around, and the 'joke' is now on the EUroweenies!

- No 'migrants?' No problem!

 

 

Therapeutic Gropin' Joe and Michael's Penis..................from Rico

Because I always thought Joe Biden was an asshole when he was in CONgress, and an even bigger asshole as Barry's life insurance policy...er, VP, and now as he gasses-on about 2020.

- And because I think of Michael 'call me Michelle' as an asshole too.

 

Well, that was therapeutic!

- Bless the 1st Amendment and the immortal genius that wrote it!

 

 

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Adios Detroit, it was a swell ride while it lasted........................from Rico

I wouldn't be buying shares in an American Car-manufacturer today, either one of them* (Ford or Government Motors...I'm not sure Chrysler-Fiat can still be called an American Car-manufacturer).

- More 'hard times' are ahead for auto dealerships as well.

 

Why?

1. Because the average price of a new car in America is now $36,534.

2. Because the median household income in America is $61,891 gross (before taxes, mortgage/rent, food, healthcare, etc) which is closer to $35-40K in net income. Do the math here and say 'hello' to financing.

3. Cars have become fugly and disposable 'appliances' (instead of the fast-fun-unique works of art/design they once were), and depreciate almost as rapidly as they wear out...leaving you 'upside down' (owing more on the financing than the plastic thing is worth).

 

It's not only a 'rough road' ahead for American cars, it's soon to be the 'end of the road' for them.

- Americans will soon have no choice but to 'buy' (finance/lease) foreign manufactured passenger vehicles.

 

*Post-WWII America had over 10 Car-manufacturers, now there are arguably two...and Ford announced it was halting production and sales of passenger cars in North America at their last stock-holders meeting. I'd bet Vegas odds GM will eventually follow suit.

Maxine Waters questions bankers on student debt............fcuk she is thick

H/T Doverthere

The 'World' Explained for Dummies.................from Rico

The "Duke" [read: John Wayne, if you're a snowflake, a daffodil, or a dumbass] once said that "LIfe was tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid." Amen.

 

The 'World' has a very tough road ahead, with an average IQ of 82. And, George Carlin was speaking to the current morons claiming "it's ALL whitey's fault" when he remarked upon how stupid the average person was...and that half of them were even stupider than that.

- In America, they also tend to vote Democrat (when they're not holding elected office as Democrats, like Illwind Omar (D-MN) from Minnesnowta by way of Somalia...take a look at the average IQ in Somalia, and then her ludicrous behavior representing MN in Congress makes some sense even if she does not.)

Politicians Apologizing for the Amritsar Massacre Again.............from Dan T

The weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions from the House of Commons is supposedly an opportunity for the Leader of the Opposition and ordinary backbench MP’s to question the Prime Minister on any topic of concern.

Since the proceedings were televised in November 1989 the event has become a choreographed piece of theatre where questions are submitted in advance and the answers scripted to make the Prime Minister and the Members look good.

It is also an opportunity for the politicians to virtue signal to the core voters in their constituencies and to burnish their ideological credentials on the national and international stage.

Before the first question is asked it has become customary for the Prime Minister to make a virtue signalling statement by remembering some anniversary or commemorative day to give the impression that they care about something close to their hearts.

With her Brexit policy in a shambles and her government in total disarray Theresa May opened the last session with an apology for the Amritsar Massacre committed by the British Raj in India a century ago.

Since former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have already apologised for the Amritsar Massacre and the fact that Mrs. May couldn’t care less about events in India a century ago this was deflection from her current problems and a cynical use of an historical event for personal and political ends.


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How Does Big Ben Keep Accurate Time?

When parliament commissioned this clock in 1854, they insisted Big Ben be the biggest, most powerful clock in the world. It takes an hour and a half to wind this massive engineering marvel!



H/T Pete H

Keith..............

H/T Doverthere

Hate makes for really gross bedfellows............

Hate also makes people stupid.



H/T Bob C

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Repatriation, NOT Reparation...................from Rico

Liberia was a GREAT idea, but it sadly was never pursued to its full potential.

- Now the toothpaste is out of the tube, and it's never going back in...not as long as the Party of Racism [read: Democrats (C)] can still exploit 'black' Americans for their own fun, power, and profit.

 

To argue in favor of 'white' Americans (who had NO connection to slavery, but whose forebears ended slavery) paying 'reparations' to 'black' Americans who never were slaves (but whose forebears were sold into slavery by Muslims, who bought them from 'black' Africans) is not merely absurd folly, but ignores that the FIRST American slave-owner was 'black' (among other inconvenient historical facts).

 

The Democratic position supporting paying 'reparations' is just another of their 'shakedown scams' and efforts at criminal extortion under the false flag of Social Justice [read: mordida].

- No. Say again NO. Because they are too low IQ to understand the concept, once more FUCK NO.

 

But, just as much as I oppose this ridiculous and farcical scheme...I fully support 'repatriation!'

- Yeah, racissss 'white' America is such an oppressive, evil, capitalist, nasty place to live...and you hate it so very much here...why not start a 'go fund me' to repatriate your anti-white racist Communist asses back to Africa where you can live in harmony with your kinfolk?

- I'm sure the paradise-on-earth locales such as Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe will welcome your mass 'migration' with open arms. The more 'diversity' the merrier, right?

 

Then there could truly be societal harmony and justice on both ends of this equation.

- Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, and all the other current American shit holes can be restored to their former glory days as nice places to live....while all y'awl can 'contribute' to making Africa into a better place.

 

 

Biden 2020..............

H/T Doverthere

Mr May's tea..............

Mrs. May asked her husband what he wanted for dinner last night, steak or fish. He chose steak, and when he turned up to eat, there on his plate was a piece of Cod.

"Ah", said Mrs May, "its a Cod steak. When I originally asked you the question of what you wanted, I didn't specify what type of steak did I."


H/T Liz B

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H/T Liz B

Democrat: It must really suck to be that dumb...............from Rico

D is for Democrat [read: Dumbass]...

- Dyslexia and Gropin' Joe are both Democrats

- Democrats LOVE their Drag Queens, not just Barry's Michelle aka Michael

- While these 3 race-hustlers and race-pimps are Democrats, the King [MLK] was a Republican

- Then there is the Democrat one-party state formerly known as California, which they have turned-into Commiefornia

 

Democrat = It must really SUCK to be that DUMB!

 

 

PS - Hey Al, laugh we much!!!

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Total Humiliation - Theresa May Grovels to A German Chancellor................from Dan T

Just when you think that Prime Mister Theresa May cannot humiliate Great Britain any more in her attempt to override the will of the people and keep them locked inside her beloved European Union, she plumbs new depths.

In her desperate attempt to avoid Great Britain leaving the corrupt and failing United States of Europe she has already begged the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, to extend the leaving period to get her Withdrawal Agreement through Parliament before the legal leaving date of 29th March, 2019. This was granted and the period extended to April 12th, 2019.

This Withdrawal Agreement is a surrender document which was not negotiated by both parties but created by EU bureaucrats and designed to keep Great Britain locked inside their institutions in perpetuity. It has already been defeated in Parliament three times with little chance of it passing at the fourth time of asking.

In a move reminiscent of a politician that cannot accept the end is nigh she ignored her own party and the British people by inviting the Leader of The Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, into a coalition to get this surrender document through Parliament with his support.

Jeremy Corbyn is the unapologetic Great Britain hating communist that Mrs. May has been deriding for the last two years as a disaster in the making and unfit to govern. This virulent anti-Semite will demand that Great Britain remains inside the EU institutions but in search of a bigger prize he is likely to withhold his support in the hope of triggering a general election which will propel him into the power.


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