Ummmm ....... What?

Did you feel bad when you had to ride this bus and all the other kids got to ride the big bus?

I remember in a business course that we studied Weimer and what sticks out in my mind was an interview with a man who said that they were actually not pricing your meal or a bottle of wine till you had finished because it coul;d actually double during the time it took to eat and drink it.
Last month the same thing happened with airline tickets in Venezuela. They stopped selling tickets because they were going up so fast.
They is what a currency war looks like.
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2014/01/airlines-stop-venezuela-ticket-sales/

Unfortunately the riots are turning extremely violent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4WxurTyZAY&feature=player_embedded
I was in Changanola Panama during the banana workers strike and was stuck there due to the indigenous having dropped trees across all the roads in and out of the town. It wasn't my proudest moment when I noticed that all the canisters in the street had "made in the USA" written on them. I finally bought a bike and rode back to southern Costa Rica till I could go back to Bocas del Toro.

I would miss him if he weren't here though. Having an average IQ he always makes me feel better about myself and is a real boost to my self esteem. :D

Despite Utilities soaring 4.1%, the Federal Reserve "blames" the worst miss (and biggest drop) in Industrial Production since August 2012 on "severe weather" in some regions of the country. Capacity Utilization also tumbled - to its lowest since October. Numbers for November and December's exuberance were revised lower in both series (that must be the weather effect being anticipated that weather would be bad in January!?!). There were 6 mentions of the word 'weather' in the report (just missing out of Deutsche's Lavorgna with 8 yeaterday) as any weakness in macro data is due to unforeseeable events (weather in Winter) but any surprising beat is due to solid fundamentals underlying the real economy.



Of course the plunge in Industrial Production would have nothing to do with the near-record levels of inventories in channel-stuffed over-laden mal-invested auto makers?...











From The Fed,


Industrial production decreased 0.3 percent in January after having risen 0.3 percent in December. In January, manufacturing output fell 0.8 percent, partly because of the severe weather that curtailed production in some regions of the country



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The severe weather in January contributed to a decrease of 0.8 percent for manufacturing production. Output had risen in each of the previous five months, though the rates of increase for October through December are now reported to be slower than previously stated: Steel, semiconductors, motor vehicles, and organic chemicals made the largest contributions to the downward revision for the fourth quarter. The level of factory output in January was 1.3 percent above its year-earlier level.



Capacity utilization for manufacturing moved down 0.7 percentage point in January to 76.0 percent, a rate 2.7 percentage points below its long-run average.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-14/industrial-production-plunges-fed-blames-weather

Your adolescent "shock and awe" attempts to communicate on an adult level are actually pathetic to watch. Run along now and watch your Justin Bieber videos and pop your pimples while the adults have a conversation sweetie.

" really disgusting and you are a Progressive Liberal"
Isnt an example of an oxymoron? :thumbup:

Extremely smart move.
I just finished "Gold Wars" by Kelly Mitchell. If I had any doubts before I don't now. It is an amazing book.

This is not a good sign. IMHO. this is the chart to watch to see when manipulation is no longer effective and I will go shopping and stock up when it hit 78-79.

I posted the article for information. If you want me to explain them to you then as a true capitalist I will have to insist on compensation. Would you like my Paypal account info so you can pay me to educate you?

I apologize for misunderstanding. :oops:

Retired669 Shhhhhhh, someone will be along shortly to feed you your government provided oatmeal. Till then best you crawl under a sturdy desk with a pair of scissors and piss yourself as you have been instructed. Cowards like you would only get in the way of brave people who are willing to fight for your rights for you. Shhhh, you rest now sweetie.

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The US is losing the currency war for global reserve position.
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jan/10/china-surpasses-us-world-largest-trading-nation
With the betrayal of our reps to allow profitable outsourcing of our manufacturing jobs and H-1B visa's to give foreigners our white collar jobs there is no policy that will allow an economic recovery.
The solution lies in the elimination of the Federal Reserve. Restore the power to congress to handle our currency as the constitution directed. Boot them out of this country and tell them the debt was always unconstitutional and we are being kind enough to allow them to leave instead of jailed or worse. Print the money to pay our foreign debt (since we are printing anyway) Institute a flat tax, Without the fed manipulating the currency for their own benefit (the banks) inflation would not have the devastating fluctuations Separate the banks from the investment banks and insurance companies (AIG) and limit their derivatives trading (gambling) with depositors money.
North Dakota has a state owned people bank and is one of the biggest reason that the are the top economically stable state in the Union.
That is just my opinion but I think if any politician ran on that platform we would have the biggest land slide in history. We could afford to continue to help our own people, bring our troops home, mind our own business and create jobs again.

Burying money is a bad idea. Real inflation was over 9% last year when calc'ed by the 1980 process.