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  • in reply to: Debt Rattle April 26 2015 #20739
    jal
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    “For Nebiat, whose journey to Europe began in early March – her parents paid $10,000 for a voyage that would see her walk, bus and fly her way to “freedom” – ”

    With $10,000 you could take a charter plane to almost anywhere that would be better.

    in reply to: Europe Has Completely Lost It #20729
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    What would happen if the refugees coming from?? were given citizenship of the host country, like Greece?
    Would they be free to immigrate to other EU countries?

    jal
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    Someone made or allowed Obama to apologize for the accidental killing of two hostage by drones.

    That was a very positive thing to say.
    /sarc

    jal
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    What does a change to a different operating system look like?
    (more of the same or a real change?)

    French revolution.?
    Libya (failed state)?
    ISIS (different)?
    IMF(Greek path)?
    ===
    ” … is coming soon on multiple fronts…. ”
    correction:
    Is happening on multiple fronts, as we speak.
    ===
    We don’t hear about those with more money who are taking the planes to exit their countries.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 23 2015 #20679
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    ” … is coming soon on multiple fronts…. ”
    correction:
    Is happening on multiple fronts, as we speak.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 23 2015 #20660
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    What does a change to a different operating system look like?
    (more of the same or a real change?)

    French revolution.?
    Libya (failed state)?
    ISIS (different)?
    IMF(Greek path)?

    jal
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    I’m going to play, “Devil’s Advocate”. Don’t attack me.

    “I’m not affected … I don’t care.”

    in reply to: The American Consumer Will Never Be Back #20434
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    f-150 xl starting at $24,899 (I remember, the price of a 3 bdr rancher was $25,000)
    f-150 platinum starting at $62,499
    MY “build your f-150 package” came to $80,108.
    That amount would have bought me 4 Mazda cars 15 years ago.
    ( Today, It sells, used, for $5,000)
    I don’t know anyone who would have the money to pay cash for a f-150
    In some towns you can buy a condo for $80,000.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 6 2015 #20351
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    moulting:
    “In biology, moulting or molting (/ˈmoʊltɪŋ/; see spelling differences), also known as sloughing, shedding, or for some species, ecdysis, is the manner in which an animal routinely casts off a part of its body (often, but not always, an outer layer or covering), either at specific times of the year, or at specific points in its life cycle.

    Moulting can involve shedding the epidermis (skin), pelage (hair, feathers, fur, wool), or other external layer. In some species, other body parts may be shed, for example, wings in some insects or the entire exoskeleton in arthropods.”

    In economics, ….
    In social structures ….

    Enjoy it … you will not live to see another moulting.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 3 2015 #20288
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    I’m relying on the same forces that saved my forefathers.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 3 2015 #20277
    jal
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    “Either we kill this system dead or it kills us.”

    Define “us”.

    Many “system” have died. My ancestors survived. I’m here.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 1 2015 #20240
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    re.: • License to Kill (Dmitry Orlov)
    and I thought that the Greeks had it bad.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 31 2015 #20209
    jal
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    And now … Its time to hear from another respected financial expert.
    “Households are still flush with the money saved from the big drop-off in gasoline prices and, with the labor market still on fire, incomes should continue to increase at a solid pace,” said Paul Ashworth, chief U.S. economist at Capital Economics. “That provides the scope for a big gain in consumption in the second quarter.”

    (Its impolite to laugh so loud)

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 30 2015 #20201
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    Its now official. Canada has declared war against my wishes. Against a group that has no country.
    Canada has no money to waste on war.
    Canada has no money to take care of their past veterans. So we must continue to make veterans so that someone still has a job.

    Who are the puppeteers pulling on the strings?
    They must feel safe that no bombs will affect their way of life.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 30 2015 #20194
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    Deflation!!!!

    I don’t fear it.
    My purchasing power will not change very much. Taxes will go up to keep prices the same.

    The 1% will be able to pick up all kinds of opportunities from the 10% for pennies. ( I could not afford to buy an unfinished development complex on the sunny beaches of Spain)

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 26 2015 #20124
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    Dammmm! There goes another one of my doomsteads.

    https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-03-26/yemen-ground-invasion-saudi-arabia-troops-imminent

    Saudi hinted at what is coming next following reports that it had built up a massive 150,000 troop deployment on the border with Yemen.
    Will this invasion mean that Yemen as we know it will no longer exist and become annexed by Saudi Arabia?

    They said three to five Egyptian troop carriers are stationed off Yemen’s coasts.
    He blasted Saudi Arabia saying it is “buying mercenaries with money to attack Yemen
    Airstrikes targeting an air base near Sanaa’s airport flattening half a dozen homes in an impoverished neighborhood and killing at least 18 civilians, according to the health ministry.
    “These people have nothing to do with the Houthis or with Hadi. This is destructive. These random acts will push people toward Houthis,” he said, as he waved shrapnel from the strikes.

    in reply to: Short Term Gains And Long Term Disaster #20083
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    MOTIVATORS
    “justly” compensated,,,

    in reply to: Short Term Gains And Long Term Disaster #20080
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    what!!!!!
    The pension funds are in collusion to keep bidding up certain stocks world wide!!!!
    That sound good for someone already drawing a pension.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 23 2015 #20060
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    At one time, I might have been okay with overhearing , “He doesn’t need google to give us an answer.”

    Now, I know, more than 50% of my answers are wrong.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 22 2015 #20041
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    “it’s the victors who write the history books ”

    That is why, “Two atrocities make One right.”

    in reply to: Looks Like Germany May Have To Pay Up #20040
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    “it’s the victors who write the history books ”

    That is why, “Two atrocities make One right.”

    in reply to: There’s Brussels And Then There’s Real People #19998
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    ….. atrocities ….
    Is that why The canadian air force is bombing a gravel truck???
    Is that the best use of our money? (It does cost something to put a jet in the air and to drop a bomb.)
    OHHH! I remember there was a journalist who was executed unfairly by having his head cut off.

    OHHH!!! I had forgotten, the + 200,000 people killed in a civil war and the millions of people driven from their homes. Maybe that is why we call it a civil war and not ….. atrocities ….

    Why are we going after a little fish called ISIS …. for ….. atrocities ….
    ????

    in reply to: It’s What Jesus Would Do, Right? #19962
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    In my travel to other countries that are suppose to be poorer than North Americas, I did not see poor people that carried the burden of being drug addictions, mental illness, and criminal history, (sexual offenders).
    The elites in those poor countries must have found ways of taking care of those people or ways of eliminating them.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 14 2015 #19838
    jal
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    <b> critical thinking </b>
    My extra cash !!!!! …. what extra cash????
    https://www.peacearchnews.com/business/294749811.html
    Gas prices soar above $1.30 despite lagging crude oil
    The average Metro Vancouver price for regular gas of $1.31 as of Monday afternoon   is back to approximatey the same level it was in early October.  Back then, crude oil was above $85 a barrel compared to about $50 now after a slight rebound from its January lows.
    MJ Ervin officials expect a further gradual rise in retail gas prices in the months ahead.

    Vancouver Historical Gas Price Charts Provided by GasBuddy.com
    ===

    “The Fed is very aware that the bottom 80% of Americans own less than 5% of US equity markets.”
    NOW, tell me about that herd that will go over the cliff. Who is manipulating the market for what percentage of the population?
    The market was/is rigged for the people, by the people who are in it.
    Those with the biggest say about the rules are those that are affected the most.

    “Rest assured, That, the Fed has seen the light. And they don’t actually hate working class America, they just don’t give a flying f#ck about them.”

    “That recovery will never come, simply because all 90% of Americans do is pay for the other 10% to get richer.”

    NOW, tell me again, who is getting a “free lunch”? Is it those getting poorer? OR Is it those getting richer?

    <b> critical thinking </b>

    in reply to: The American Story Is A Mystery Only to Economists #19837
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    <b>critical thinking</b>
    My extra cash !!!!! …. what extra cash????

    https://www.peacearchnews.com/business/294749811.html

    Gas prices soar above $1.30 despite lagging crude oil
    The average Metro Vancouver price for regular gas of $1.31 as of Monday afternoon   is back to approximatey the same level it was in early October.  Back then, crude oil was above $85 a barrel compared to about $50 now after a slight rebound from its January lows.
    MJ Ervin officials expect a further gradual rise in retail gas prices in the months ahead.

    Vancouver Historical Gas Price Charts Provided by GasBuddy.com
    ===

    “The Fed is very aware that the bottom 80% of Americans own less than 5% of US equity markets.”
    NOW, tell me about that herd that will go over the cliff. Who is manipulating the market for what percentage of the population?
    The market was/is rigged for the people, by the people who are in it.
    Those with the biggest say about the rules are those that are affected the most.

    “Rest assured, That, the Fed has seen the light. And they don’t actually hate working class America, they just don’t give a flying f#ck about them.”

    “That recovery will never come, simply because all 90% of Americans do is pay for the other 10% to get richer.”

    NOW, tell me again, who is getting a “free lunch”? Is it those getting poorer? OR Is it those getting richer?

    <b>critical thinking</b>

    in reply to: From Yellen Put To Yellen Massacre #19792
    jal
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    ( Not related to big pictures)

    https://www.peacearchnews.com/business/294749811.html
    Gas prices soar above $1.30 despite lagging crude oil
    The average Metro Vancouver price for regular gas of $1.31 as of Monday afternoon   is back to approximatey the same level it was in early October.  Back then, crude oil was above $85 a barrel compared to about $50 now after a slight rebound from its January lows.
    MJ Ervin officials expect a further gradual rise in retail gas prices in the months ahead.

    Vancouver Historical Gas Price Charts Provided by GasBuddy.com

    in reply to: From Yellen Put To Yellen Massacre #19789
    jal
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    After reading this article, I don’t see the global importance of Kiev or Athens problems.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 9 2015 #19738
    jal
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    “The real question is; what’s next…”

    Those who have the power and the money will be/are setting up how the future will play out.
    If you are one of those being in a position to be one of ‘the gods’ remember that only the proton has the attribute of lasting forever.

    in reply to: A Day In The Life Of A Falling BRIC #19617
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    @ dr diablo
    ill-luck!!!!!
    I am shocked !!!!
    What is the difference between the definition of “corruption” as you travel from country to country around the world.
    Does the “winner” define the meaning of “corruption”?

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 2 2015 #19567
    jal
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    Kiev doesn’t need to print. Money comes out of the imported guns.
    On the other hand, the Greeks, ???? have friendly bankers doing the printing.

    Do olive trees make good firewood?

    in reply to: Debt Rattle February 23 2015 #19423
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    ” … a multitude of CDO’s and other debt bombs go off. ”

    Everything will be okay … the greek gov. also bought CDO’s

    hehehehehehe

    in reply to: Throw Your Grandma Under The Bus #19421
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    Here was my question on 2015-02-16 after this article.
    Someone took a look and now we can see the answers.
    🙂
    https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-02-16/german-lawmaker-demands-all-payments-greece-be-immediately-stopped

    German Lawmaker Demands All Payments To Greece Be “Immediately Stopped”
    As Bloomberg reports,

    Hans Michelbach, a senior lawmaker from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Union bloc in parliament, says in e-mailed statement that EU needs to react to Greece’s rejection of euro area’s proposal.
    Payments must be immediately stopped and money kept as collateral to secure Greek debt payments
    Talks’ breakdown forces ECB to halt any aid
    Athens let last deadline lapse, national parliaments now won’t have enough time to approve any solution found at later stage
    —–
    Can some tell me where those payments to Greece were going?
    Was it to a German bank? To the IMF?
    Who is getting hurt by stopping those payments?

    in reply to: The Elegant Simplicity Of The Greek Conundrum #19216
    jal
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    The “dumb” Greeks are living beyond their means, under the bridge because the smart E U people are living in palaces financed by Greek debt payments.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle February 13 2015 #19150
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    Re. : Negative Interest Rates!!!!!!

    Time to wake up.

    Negative Interest Rates have been with us for a long time.
    It was just called something else.

    Are you getting only 0.25% interest on your bank account?
    You realize that with inflation running at over 2% that you are in effect getting a negative return on your savings with the bank.

    Does your bank charge a fee, (+$0.65 for every deposits and withdrawals from that bank account? Of course, that means that you are getting a negative return for keeping your money at the bank. Do you need to be a senior to avoid those fees?
    Do you need to have more than $1,000 to avoid those fees?

    Did you think that you would get around the fees by putting the money into an account and just let that account grow with interest from the bank?
    Think again. You will get the following notice …

    DORMANT ACCOUNT NOTICE

    A $20.00 “Inactive Account Notice Fee” will be charged.

    After 5 years of being dormant, the fee will increase to $30.00

    Savers have been under attack for a lot longer than what you think.

    in reply to: Is It Socialism or Just Failure? #18857
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    I got to repeat it.

    We have a failed capitalist system.

    Let’s move on and try a system that works for everyone.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle January 28 2015 #18714
    jal
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    In my universe, the lenders always say, “pay me back, or else”.

    in reply to: Bunch of Criminals! #18617
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    “… just sitting there”
    The structure of our economic and social system (capitalism), requires that the majority of the population live on the edge of poverty. Taking action against the existing structures to try to make changes will make you into a brainwashed terrorist.

    Yes, cry for the Greeks, and at the same time cry for all the poor of the world that you have ignored.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle January 11 2015 #18271
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    Will a big mic like make a difference?
    “Ron Paul: “Reality Is Now Setting In For America… It Was All Based On Lies & Ignorance”

    in reply to: Oil, Power and Psychopaths #18074
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    I need a grubstaker
    I’m ready to make a trade.
    I got beans to trade
    I want/need gas for next years growing season.

    in reply to: 2014: The Year Propaganda Came Of Age #17854
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    (Normal, … = tomorrow will be the same as yesterday.)
    Today, we have the benefit of lower gas pump prices and the disadvantage of a $C that has no business being lower in value than the devalued printed $US. With the rate of printing that has been done, by the US, I should be able to buy, with my $C, 2X the amount of fresh food from Cal. than what I did 5 years ago.
    haha!
    See … I can tell the future just as well as all the other financial experts with a lot of letters after their names.

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