August 04, 2011
— andy
Jobless claims out - 400K. Down 1,000. Whoopee!! Recovery Summerpalooza!!
The left's working overtime to make us just like Europe. No thanks fellas, Italy's busily proving the old adage that PI(I)GS get fed and hogs get slaughtered.
Never ones to fear stating the obvious, JPMorgan shaved a point off its GDP growth estimate for the third quarter. Who could've seen that one coming?
Also on the GDP front, coblogger emeritus and all-around good guy Geoff has new a new post and DOOM!y chart over at Michael's obscure little website.
Read the whole post, but his main point is that assuming future GDP growth around 4%-5% is wildly optimistic given the history of the last few decades. I agree and would add that since GDP includes deficit spending by the government, the numbers are inflated as a measure of our ability to support the gargantuan government debt we have. In other words, we're boned.
The AP makes the case for more stimulus. Well, they don't make much of a case, they just lay out a laundry list of all our ills and lament that the government doesn't have any bullets left. Dear AP: see above.
Chartology: Head and Shoulders makes a reappearance. It could signal a huge market crash. Or not. (Dow futures indicate opening down about 100 points as I write this, btw)
There's a lot of DOOM! out there, people. Stay safe.
Update 1: Et tu Krugman? Notice how former Enron adviser Paul Krugman wraps in his continuing assertion that if only the spendulus had been bigger, everything would be a-ok.
Update 2: As of 11:00am, the Dow's off about 260 points and about 1,100 points lower than the July 21st close. Happy 57th birthday, Mr. President. For you Mark Steyn fans, here's a long and quite DOOM!y interview with Ezra Levant, or, as they're known by various Canadian human rights commissions, the co-defendants.
And for Laura, a kitteh:
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Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at August 04, 2011 04:56 AM (LH6ir)
Wait, what? Wasn't it a big deal last week the initial claims were below 400k for the first time in forever? How can 400k be dow...
Oh, yeah revisions. Funny that.
Posted by: Metho at August 04, 2011 05:00 AM (sOXQX)
Posted by: Larry Kudlow, Dunce at August 04, 2011 05:04 AM (agD4m)
Posted by: curious at August 04, 2011 05:07 AM (k1rwm)
They had better dump Obamacare and cut taxes. It's the only way out.
Posted by: dagny at August 04, 2011 05:08 AM (ovmsi)
Posted by: lowandslow at August 04, 2011 05:11 AM (GZitp)
Oh - borrowing tops 100% of GDP!
Didn't even take a week! The dude is guuud.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at August 04, 2011 05:11 AM (jx2j9)
Posted by: An excited Lee Bibb-Tardhe at August 04, 2011 05:11 AM (5H3xQ)
Find a quarterly chart of GDP during the 30s and all will become clear.
Also, I can't help but notice that a whopping 5 years of the last 60 had GDP growth of 7% or better to balance the CBO baseline assumption (whenever that started).
Posted by: Methos at August 04, 2011 05:12 AM (sOXQX)
Posted by: Barack the Obama at August 04, 2011 08:58 AM (hbAPu)
Take your time, Go do some fund-raising and take a vacation first.
Posted by: lowandslow at August 04, 2011 05:13 AM (GZitp)
US debt shot up $238 billion to reach 100 percent of gross domestic project after the government's debt ceiling was lifted, Treasury figures showed Wednesday.
Treasury borrowing jumped Tuesday, the data showed, immediately after President Barack Obama signed into law an increase in the debt ceiling as the country's spending commitments reached a breaking point and it threatened to default on its debt.
The new borrowing took total public debt to $14.58 trillion, over end-2010 GDP of $14.53 trillion, and putting it in a league with highly indebted countries like Italy and Belgium.At the end of the story, there's this little nugget:
Moody's said Tuesday that the government needed to stabilize the ratio at 73 percent by 2015 "to ensure that the long-run fiscal trajectory remains compatible with a AAA rating.
Hmmmm.... to get to a debt to GDP ratio of 73% by 2015 we'd have to borrow $0 (balance the budget, in other words) and grow the economy by 27% in 4 years. I did the math: with compounding you'd have to have annualized growth of 6.2% in 2012-2015, i.e., with Obamacare and the expiration of the Bush tax cuts kicking in. As today's Doom! post notes, we're much more likely -- if we're lucky -- to get 2-3% growth.
In short, we're screwed.
Posted by: The Regular Guy at August 04, 2011 05:13 AM (nov+8)
I'm thinking of watching Terminator 3.
Posted by: Methos at August 04, 2011 05:14 AM (sOXQX)
Posted by: curious at August 04, 2011 09:07 AM (k1rwm)
Research 1937. Same thing happen. Depression started in 1931. Fed spend a ton of money. False recovery - then...
Posted by: The Robot Devil at August 04, 2011 05:14 AM (136wp)
Posted by: curiously single at August 04, 2011 05:14 AM (P50+P)
Pivot. See - all it takes for Obama to win back the nation's trust is a tax payer funded bus tour and some fancy speeches laced with hissed sssss's.
Whatever makes ezra, krugman and sullivan happy will surely make the nation happy. Soak the rich!
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at August 04, 2011 05:15 AM (0fzsA)
I've been waiting so long, to be where I'm going, in the sunshine of your doooooooooooooooooom.
I don't know why Monty but your posts are the ones I look forward to most, even more than my nightly floggings.
Posted by: Ms Choksondik at August 04, 2011 05:16 AM (sVk8z)
----
It's our anniversary, so I'm going to do to my husband what Obama has been doing to the country.
Posted by: Barry O. at August 04, 2011 05:17 AM (5H6zj)
Ooh! Ooohhh! Today, what are you doing today to celebrate our Dear Magical President's Birthday today? Today, for his Blessed Birthday?
Perhaps I'll watch, Let that Be Your Last Battlefield from the original Star Trek.
Posted by: dagny at August 04, 2011 05:18 AM (ovmsi)
ahem -
Posted by: Andy at 08:53 AM
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 04, 2011 05:18 AM (pdCUF)
Almost all of the borrowing being done is the Gov selling T-Bills to the Fed. As I said in the previous thread, look for gold to top $2000 before the end of the month and when the next "borrowing" occurs another huge increase.
The fact that we are at 100% of GDP is just another indicator, but watch gold and other commodities for real inflation.
Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 05:19 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Barry O. at August 04, 2011 09:14 AM (5H6zj)
Fuck you Princess. May all that cake and ice cream give you mud butt.
Posted by: The Amerikkkan people at August 04, 2011 05:19 AM (sVk8z)
Posted by: curiously single at August 04, 2011 05:19 AM (P50+P)
Watch the Lord of the Rings, Dracula, Night of the Living Dead, Aliens, and Alive.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 04, 2011 05:20 AM (FkKjr)
Russia and China were telling the truth and regardless of how we want to receive it, other countries will listen to them and do their own due diligence and come to the same conclusion.
The fact is, this country is in decline. What little respect we have left is given begrudgingly because a lot of the world can't imagine what the world will be like without a strong force for good to counteract all of the growing forces for evil.
Our being boned more than likely means that much of the rest of the world will be boned first - and worse.
Like Barry is so fond of saying, "People will die..."
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at August 04, 2011 05:20 AM (jx2j9)
Posted by: MJ at August 04, 2011 05:21 AM (BKOsZ)
You guys are going to need a bigger word.
Obama-pocalypse
Posted by: The Robot Devil at August 04, 2011 05:23 AM (136wp)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at August 04, 2011 05:23 AM (5G9qz)
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 04, 2011 09:18 AM (pdCUF)
OOPS! Thanks for that. Sorry Andy, great job! To make amends, here's a boob pic for you. Have a great day!
Posted by: Ms Choksondik at August 04, 2011 05:24 AM (sVk8z)
Posted by: curiously single at August 04, 2011 05:25 AM (P50+P)
Was the link bad, or is Politico now flushing negative comments about the One down the memory hole?
Posted by: Jack at August 04, 2011 05:25 AM (8IAHO)
Posted by: Professor Fate at August 04, 2011 05:25 AM (6BgmB)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at August 04, 2011 09:23 AM (5G9qz)
LOL, I did that last week. Problem is I now have to drive damn near 50 miles to get decent steaks now.
We lost our Harris Teeter, my little country store butcher died, and the other stores like the Wal-Mart super store have really shitty meat departments.
Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 05:28 AM (M9Ie6)
http://tinyurl.com/3pkoonu
Posted by: Libtard at August 04, 2011 05:28 AM (136wp)
ISN'T THAT GREAT?
The only sign from the MFM that things might just be a tad sideways for the savior is a) Tapper getting on him about jobs and b) Conan took a top of the monologue swipe at him yesterday. "If you didn't hear the news to day, a man jumped the fence at the White House. Secret Service agents were able to convince President Obama to return to complete the remainder of his term."
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at August 04, 2011 05:29 AM (7utQ2)
"The Euro is different - the board still shows a huge over/under on the number of weeks until ZH gets "it," and realizes the Euro is continuing emerging as the world's next reserve currency because of the Eurosystem's foundation of gold as a secondary medium of exchange.
Another monetary system is coming. Too bad ZH fell hook, line and sinker for the Gata failwhale. Despite that huge sunk cost, there is still time to turn the ship around and get back on course. Just follow all the other boats, they are all heading for the same place - physical gold.
Thu, 08/04/2011 - 09:08 |lookma"
Just one of the many comments under the live feed of tricht's speech at Zero Hedge.
Posted by: curious at August 04, 2011 05:29 AM (k1rwm)
Posted by: Presnit Hoops McMulligan at August 04, 2011 05:29 AM (/ZZCn)
Was the link bad, or is Politico now flushing negative comments about the One down the memory hole?
Posted by: Jack at August 04, 2011 09:25 AM (8IAHO)
I don't know what he said at Politico but I watched him on Cavuto yesterday afternoon. He is still pushing the House leadership line that the deal cuts actual spending and does not raise taxes.
We know from other House Republicans that that is essentially a lie.
Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 05:30 AM (M9Ie6)
Have you tried Costco? The meat is really terrific at ours. The only thing is that for most things you're buying large quantities.
Posted by: Y-not at August 04, 2011 05:31 AM (5H6zj)
The thrust of the effort is a Democratic ploy to show how Obama is struggling against a double standard, but it may not be working so well.
http://tinyurl.com/3co6as2 at Patterico.
Posted by: Jack at August 04, 2011 05:32 AM (8IAHO)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)
I'll take these signs. We already had one of his buddies from Vegas talking like McConnell (we can't get anything done while he's President) and now the late night circuit? The talk of a cascade is overwrought. It will be more like the whispered signs of weakness in a crime boss from a movie, when his 'friends' decide to turn on him.
And yes, I will enjoy that.
Posted by: Blue Hen at August 04, 2011 05:32 AM (6rX0K)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 04, 2011 05:33 AM (eOXTH)
I have a butcher about a block from my house and he's the best cajun butcher I have ever met, you should taste his homemade boudain or his stuffed chops. It's like xmas when I go to buy meat.
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at August 04, 2011 05:33 AM (5G9qz)
Posted by: Retread at August 04, 2011 05:33 AM (BO5ap)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at August 04, 2011 05:33 AM (7utQ2)
Bahahahahahaha
That's enough stupid to make my day. Thanks.
Posted by: Methos at August 04, 2011 05:33 AM (sOXQX)
Posted by: Y-not at August 04, 2011 09:31 AM (5H6zj)
LOL, the nearest Costco is in Myrtle Beach over 120 miles away. I live in the sticks, they actually have to pump in sunshine here. But I love it here after putting up with all the urban crap living in the Bay Area.
Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 05:33 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 04, 2011 05:34 AM (eOXTH)
Yet, we are tone deaf to the needs of the country.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at August 04, 2011 05:35 AM (7utQ2)
Good Lord, that would be like having a Loews next door. I would be broke all the time.
Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 05:35 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Y-not at August 04, 2011 05:35 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 04, 2011 05:35 AM (eOXTH)
Husband looked (briefly) at a job in San Jose last year before he signed on in Utah. I was really dreading the prospect of going there (as was he).
Posted by: Y-not at August 04, 2011 05:38 AM (5H6zj)
Haha, Lowes is two blocks from me in the other direction, I like you lived so far out in the country that the only human I saw was the mailman before I stepped across the border into La. from Texas.
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at August 04, 2011 05:38 AM (5G9qz)
Posted by: Tami at August 04, 2011 05:38 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 04, 2011 09:35 AM (eOXTH)
Yeah, we used to have a good butcher here in a small gas station/convenience store out in the country. He went to the stock yards selected his own cuts and did his own butchering.
Always had the best rib eye steaks in the world. But alas he died and left us w/o a butcher. The chain stores are truly making them a lost art.
Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 05:38 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: phoenixgirl
We have a new version of reality with which to deal. Almost all of the initial numbers have revised later, and almost all of those were in a negative direction. Therefore, the inital reports are significant when and only when they telegraph bad news. because if the initial ones are bad, then the background information HAS to be far worse.
The one useful thing this new reality has to to indicate, like the mark of the Beast (let's call them the Wildebeest) those who are either in the tank or are useful idiots. Those who appear to take these initial reports at face value are no different from those who discussed gaily what they would do after the Titanic's band ceased to play.
Posted by: Blue Hen at August 04, 2011 05:40 AM (326rv)
But...but...but...Larry Kudlow!!!11!!!
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 04, 2011 05:40 AM (YjjrR)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at August 04, 2011 05:40 AM (5G9qz)
Posted by: DJIA at August 04, 2011 05:41 AM (GTbGH)
Why, it's almost as though you don't believe that Sovietizing our entire healthcare sector, thousands of pages of burdensome new financial regulations, and an all out assault on our energy suppliers won't somehow promote faster economic growth, Andy!
Think of all those millions of Green Jobs!
Posted by: CoolCzech at August 04, 2011 05:42 AM (kUaEF)
We did in the past, but it was expensive and a PITA. We also signed up for one of these outfits that you order from once a month and they delivered and that was very expensive, but convenient. We quit that shortly before I retired.
Its between 35 and 50 miles to the nearest HT with a good meat department and my wife likes to go over there with MIL about once every two weeks so it isn't too bad.
Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 05:43 AM (M9Ie6)
http://tinyurl.com/5tnd2b
Posted by: Tami at August 04, 2011 05:43 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: joncelli at August 04, 2011 05:44 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: joncelli at August 04, 2011 05:45 AM (RD7QR)
Its between 35 and 50 miles to the nearest HT with a good meat department and my wife likes to go over there with MIL about once every two weeks so it isn't too bad.
Vic, is there a farmer anywhere near you?
Here in SWPA we've got a ton of farmers and people will often get together and buy an entire cow. The farmer slaughters it and then the group splits the meat between them.
It's much better tasting than the store meat. (however you will probably need a big freezer b/c it's a ton of meat)
Posted by: Ben at August 04, 2011 05:45 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 09:43 AM (M9Ie6)
Oh....well then...quit yer bitchin'!
I keed...I keed
Posted by: Tami at August 04, 2011 05:46 AM (X6akg)
I just thought of something...
How about a website that lets you select your own cow, and to push a button on your keyboard to turn on the saw that will slice of its head as you watch the action on your monitor?
I think I'm onto to something, here...
Posted by: CoolCzech at August 04, 2011 05:46 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at August 04, 2011 05:47 AM (9ge3v)
Bahahahahahaha
That's enough stupid to make my day. Thanks.
Posted by: Methos at August 04, 2011 09:33 AM (sOXQX)
Yep, that's why the USD is up against the Euro /sarc
Posted by: The Robot Devil at August 04, 2011 05:48 AM (136wp)
#beforeblackpresident American
candidates didn't have the biggest political rallies of their campaigns
in foreign nations ... for foreigners. That was illegal and un-American
and as repulsive an act as one could imagine ... #beforeblackpresident
#beforeblackpresident American candidates had to be at least a little careful about taking in millions from anonymous online donors.
I could go on, and on, and on....
DOOM is spelled O - S - A - M - A O - B - A - M - A.
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 04, 2011 05:48 AM (YjjrR)
We have lots-o-farmers near here but beef cattle is not big in SC. What few people have cattle, they are dairy cattle. Most of the farmers here are into corn, cotton, soybeans, and hogs. Maybe some with tobacco on the side.
Now I can get all the fresh slaughtered hog I want. Used to do that for all night BBQ.
Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 05:49 AM (M9Ie6)
This is arguably illegal in Massachusetts. They passed laws that made "Internet hunting" illegal. I believe the law prohibits killing animals over the internet.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 04, 2011 05:49 AM (FkKjr)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at August 04, 2011 05:50 AM (5G9qz)
Posted by: Retread at August 04, 2011 05:50 AM (BO5ap)
80 You guys are going to need a bigger word.
Posted by: MJ at August 04, 2011 09:21 AM (BKOsZ)
Doomercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Posted by: Mary Fucking Poppins at August 04, 2011 05:51 AM (sVk8z)
Posted by: Rich at August 04, 2011 05:51 AM (wnGI4)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at August 04, 2011 09:50 AM (5G9qz)
I have one to spare I can send you... just have to sneak it out pass the Missus
Posted by: The Robot Devil at August 04, 2011 05:51 AM (136wp)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at August 04, 2011 09:50 AM (5G9qz)
In Olongapo it was monkey on a stick. Now that was good.
Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 05:51 AM (M9Ie6)
The only consequence of Obama's debt limit increase was the 30 point upward spike in the dow yesterday. Everything else is a distraction.
Posted by: Your MFM betters at August 04, 2011 05:52 AM (sOXQX)
Posted by: joncelli at August 04, 2011 05:52 AM (RD7QR)
One time I stopped an Armed Somali man in Baidoa. (Village that is inland from Mogidishu).
He had an Ak-47 and THREE plastic bags stuffed full of Somali Currency. Currency that was only good for starting fires with.
I have nightmares now that US citizens are goint to be stopped sometime in the future by a blue-helmet while carrying plastic bags full of Hundred dollar bills...all useless except for tinder.
Posted by: USMC 8541 at August 04, 2011 05:52 AM (v3pYe)
Posted by: toby928™ at August 04, 2011 05:53 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at August 04, 2011 05:53 AM (agD4m)
Nothing would happen. The entire crowd of Commie-crats would rise as one and sing "Let the thunder of victory sound!"
Posted by: The Robot Devil at August 04, 2011 05:56 AM (136wp)
I have nightmares now that US citizens are goint to be stopped sometime in the future by a blue-helmet while carrying plastic bags full of Hundred dollar bills...all useless except for tinder.
It's like that Weimar Germany anecdote.
If you left a basket of Reichmarks outside overnight, by morning the basket would be gone but the money would still be there.
I remember seeing photos of people using small denomination Reichmarks as wall paper.
Posted by: Ben at August 04, 2011 05:57 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 04, 2011 09:54 AM
Dumb? Not sure I agree. I think that's a pose, camouflage for the vengeful, America-hating communist bastard who is destroying the country.
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 04, 2011 05:57 AM (YjjrR)
Posted by: Bob Saget at August 04, 2011 05:57 AM (F/4zf)
Don't hesitate, purchase me as a hedge against Barky.
Posted by: S. African Krugerrands at August 04, 2011 09:54 AM (Lt/Za)
Don't forget me...
Posted by: Swiss Franc at August 04, 2011 05:57 AM (136wp)
One benefit of living in a rural setting is that good, fresh meat is readily available--there's a ton of Mom and Pop meat outlets, they work better than mega-stores, for some reason. I'd much sooner live like this, than be trapped in an urban shithole.
Posted by: irongrampa at August 04, 2011 05:57 AM (ud5dN)
DOOM is cancelled! WeÂ’re saved. She really is the smartest woman in the world! I take back everything IÂ’ve ever said about her. I feel so tolerant all of the sudden.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at August 04, 2011 05:57 AM (jx2j9)
We will have collapsed long before that. Look for gold going through the roof first (more than now). The groceries and gas going out the top. (more than now)
The look for people doing barter trading instead of money. When it hits the barter economy the collapse is imminent because the parasites will have no support under a barter economy.
The collapse will occur in the large cities first when the food stores can no longer operate because the federal government can not pay the parasites large enough bills to buy a chicken.
Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 05:58 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 04, 2011 05:58 AM (eOXTH)
Folks have been "buying the fucking dip" all summer on the assumption that QE3 was coming (and would still help stock prices). Unfortunately, Bernanke needs an excuse to start, like a massive drop in the market. So now, folks out on a limb have to get off it in a hurry (or ride it out and hope QE3 works).
Oh, and nothing has happened in the economy since the 2009 lows to justify the rise in stocks, except for the money printing, so they're all wildly overvalued anyway.
Posted by: Methos at August 04, 2011 05:59 AM (sOXQX)
Posted by: nickless at August 04, 2011 05:59 AM (MMC8r)
DOJ. What the fuck were these people thinking and how the fuck do these people still have jobs? This is breathtaking.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at August 04, 2011 06:01 AM (jx2j9)
Posted by: Hrothgar at August 04, 2011 06:01 AM (yrGif)
Posted by: MarkC at August 04, 2011 06:02 AM (yPPVC)
DOJ. What the fuck were these people thinking and how the fuck do these people still have jobs? This is breathtaking.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at August 04, 2011 10:01 AM (jx2j9)
The question is "why aren't these SOBs in jail?"
Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 06:03 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 04, 2011 06:03 AM (eOXTH)
In other words, no one else would take the job ... heard Corzine wanted the freedom to do "things" and Daley said no (or not w/o prior WH vetting). My neighbors aren't high enough up the food chain to know what those "things" were.
Posted by: Jean at August 04, 2011 06:04 AM (WkuV6)
The question is "why aren't these SOBs in jail?"
Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 10:03 AM (M9Ie6)
What? You a racist?
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at August 04, 2011 06:04 AM (jx2j9)
Posted by: Mr Pink at August 04, 2011 06:05 AM (P50+P)
Posted by: polynikes at August 04, 2011 06:06 AM (ufGlD)
Look for them after lunchtime, they've got to recover from the big party last night.
Posted by: Retread at August 04, 2011 06:06 AM (BO5ap)
@125---nope, North Country, new York. Great area, and super nice people. Plus it's very rural, exactly the kind of place I grew up in, so the comfort level is fine.
Posted by: irongrampa at August 04, 2011 06:07 AM (ud5dN)
Posted by: S. African Krugerrands at August 04, 2011 09:54 AM (Lt/Za)
Posted by: Swiss Franc at August 04, 2011 09:57 AM (136wp)
Why travel so far ...Posted by: MapleLeaf at August 04, 2011 06:08 AM (WkuV6)
Posted by: nickless at August 04, 2011 06:08 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: S. African Krugerrands at August 04, 2011 09:54 AM (Lt/Za)
Apartheid! Racism!
Posted by: Some libtard theat didn't get any gold before the dollar collapsed at August 04, 2011 06:09 AM (sOXQX)
Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 04, 2011 09:54 AM (G/MYk)
Every other portrait on a US bill is indeed different than Obama's portrait would look like. Those other portraits are of Americans.
Posted by: Hrothgar at August 04, 2011 06:10 AM (yrGif)
Posted by: nickless at August 04, 2011 06:10 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 04, 2011 10:02 AM
The answer is: whatever.
Doesn't matter which of us is right. The bomb that lands on us doesn't have to be a Smart Bomb. It just has to explode.
He managed that....
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 04, 2011 06:11 AM (YjjrR)
Posted by: dagny at August 04, 2011 06:11 AM (ovmsi)
Growing up, my parents had a large standing freezer, I think it was 24 cubic feet (6x4x4). They'd always buy half a cow which was a heck of lot of meat. They saved a good amount of money that way.
Thanks for the DOOM posts lately Andy.
I guess it should be reassuring that multiple people foresee DOOM and we haven't just fallen into a cult of Monty's.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at August 04, 2011 06:11 AM (GKQDR)
DOES ANYONE HERE HAVE A CORPORATE JET??!!
Posted by: President Obama at August 04, 2011 06:11 AM (wnGI4)
@110
Ben, I remember thinking about the Wiemar Republic at the time...
@ 117
Vic, ammunition will be the new currency.
Meanwhile...I think I'll have some coffee with my DOOM.
Posted by: USMC 8541 at August 04, 2011 06:11 AM (v3pYe)
Also, there won't be a lot of incentive when bartering to report transactions to the tax thieves.
Posted by: Methos at August 04, 2011 06:12 AM (sOXQX)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at August 04, 2011 06:13 AM (5G9qz)
Posted by: S. African Krugerrands at August 04, 2011 09:54 AM (Lt/Za)
Posted by: Swiss Franc at August 04, 2011 09:57 AM (136wp)
Why travel so far ...
Posted by: MapleLeaf at August 04, 2011 10:08 AM (WkuV6)
or, hey thanks for lending Soros a billion dollars so we could be energy independent and have a closed economy, you should park some money down here - maybe send down chemjeff, we'll hook him up
Posted by: Brazilian Rael at August 04, 2011 06:13 AM (WkuV6)
Posted by: nickless at August 04, 2011 06:13 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Jean at August 04, 2011 06:14 AM (WkuV6)
I have a question about purchasing physical gold.
Where do you buy it without such a large markup?
I mean, the mark ups are often so high that it negates the actual increase in value(at least in normal times and now isn't a normal time)
Posted by: Ben at August 04, 2011 06:14 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: dagny at August 04, 2011 06:14 AM (ovmsi)
Hey, I'm going to interview a zoologist today and he's going to inform us how the Tea Partiers are like caged animals.
Then tommorow I'm going to interview a nuclear physicist to explain how the Tea Party is like an atomic bomb.
Posted by: Martin Bashir at August 04, 2011 06:16 AM (wnGI4)
Posted by: dagny at August 04, 2011 10:14 AM (ovmsi)
Ah, to be as oblivious as Obammer, how nice that would be!
Posted by: KG at August 04, 2011 06:16 AM (LD21B)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at August 04, 2011 06:16 AM (5G9qz)
Posted by: Lord Humongous at August 04, 2011 06:17 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Reactionary at August 04, 2011 06:17 AM (4nbyM)
remember when Barky said little timmy geithner was going to be the bestest sec. of treasury we've ever had?
good times.
Posted by: garrett at August 04, 2011 06:18 AM (KZBSi)
Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 06:18 AM (M9Ie6)
Bought a ton of 7.62 and .45 before the prices went crazy, and kept on buying on a much smaller scale, so the ammo problem is minimal now. I still buy .22LR by the brick, it's handy to use for maintaining shooting skills quite cheaply.
Posted by: irongrampa at August 04, 2011 06:18 AM (ud5dN)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at August 04, 2011 10:16 AM (5G9qz)
I'd prefer it be his 51st birthday.
Posted by: Tami at August 04, 2011 06:18 AM (X6akg)
Where do you buy it without such a large markup?
I mean, the mark ups are often so high that it negates the actual increase in value(at least in normal times and now isn't a normal time)
Posted by: Ben at August 04, 2011 10:14 AM (wuv1c)
Well, as far as I've been able to find, you don't. The gold trade is a pretty good racket for the brokers.
Posted by: Reactionary at August 04, 2011 06:19 AM (4nbyM)
For example, gold line is selling 1/10 oz gold coins for 231.69 each. That's $2,316.90 per oz. almost a thousand dollar mark up
Even their cheapest 1 oz gold coin is $1,740.00
Posted by: Ben at August 04, 2011 06:19 AM (wuv1c)
Ooh! Ooohhh! Today, what are you doing today to celebrate our Dear Magical President's Birthday today? Today, for his Blessed Birthday?
Take up daytime drinking.
Methos, I really like T3. I give them credit for ending the movie the way it had to end.
Posted by: alexthechick at August 04, 2011 06:20 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: I have a great idea called:#beforeblackpresidents. What could go wrong? at August 04, 2011 06:21 AM (326rv)
I love how the government immediately spent more than the GDP once the ceiling was raised, proving that they really are the trophywife of spenders, and people still think that it's the tax loopholes that's causing our debt to explode.
It really is a shocking level of stupid.
Posted by: William at August 04, 2011 06:21 AM (77TeU)
Posted by: rockmom at August 04, 2011 06:21 AM (lSyyU)
Keep in mind that the price of gold you see in the paper is in Troy oz which 1 troy oz = 1.1 oz. So determine which system gold line is using for their coins.
Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 06:23 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: I have a great idea called:#beforeblackpresidents. What could go wrong? at August 04, 2011 06:23 AM (6rX0K)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2011 06:23 AM (TMB3S)
You buy gold exchange traded funds.
I own GLD(bought at 110) and SLV(bought at 33) in my SEP IRA, but I would like to acquire some physical gold, but the prices are freaking insane.
Posted by: Ben at August 04, 2011 06:24 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: Ben at August 04, 2011 10:24 AM (wuv1c)
Of course, if you had some physical gold, how much would you let it go for?
Posted by: KG at August 04, 2011 06:24 AM (LD21B)
Trophy wife has too many positive connotations, most of that spending isn't on poison, I prefer crack whore.
Posted by: Bob Saget at August 04, 2011 06:25 AM (F/4zf)
Be sure to understand the tax structure. I've read the capital gains on gold ETFs are different than for other ETFs. No, I wasn't smart enough to save the link. I'll see if I can find something on CNBC's site.
Posted by: Retread at August 04, 2011 06:25 AM (BO5ap)
I'm at work trying to make enough money to pay my friggin' electric bill. That's fitting, right?
Posted by: mpurinTexas supports Rick Perry, bitch at August 04, 2011 06:25 AM (ignDe)
QE3.
Which leads me to think tomorrow's unemployment numbers are going to suck and not exhale.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at August 04, 2011 06:26 AM (7utQ2)
Posted by: I have a great idea called:#beforeblackpresidents. What could go wrong? at August 04, 2011 06:26 AM (326rv)
Posted by: Bob Saget at August 04, 2011 10:25 AM (F/4zf)
Indeed, like bewbs, but government has Elena Kagan *GAG*
Posted by: KG at August 04, 2011 06:26 AM (LD21B)
This is going to have to run its course.
The problem with it running its course is what emerges from the other side.
Posted by: MarkC at August 04, 2011 06:27 AM (yPPVC)
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Shaka when the walls fell
Posted by: dagny at August 04, 2011 10:24 AM (ovmsi)
Darmok and Jalad on the water...
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at August 04, 2011 06:27 AM (GKQDR)
Of course, if you had some physical gold, how much would you let it go for?
To be honest, I thought it was a heavily regulated trade.
Posted by: Ben at August 04, 2011 06:27 AM (wuv1c)
Which leads me to think tomorrow's unemployment numbers are going to suck and not exhale.
We already have QE-III, that was yesterday when debt went to 100% of GDP and used up almost all of the new ceiling.
Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 06:27 AM (M9Ie6)
As scifi goes, I thought it was the best of the four. How do you get around a time paradox (killing Skynet in the cradle in T2)? You don't. It. Will. Get. Around. You. And you won't like it.
Obviously T2 is still the gold standard for action movies.
Posted by: Methos at August 04, 2011 06:28 AM (sOXQX)
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Shaka when the walls fell
Posted by: dagny at August 04, 2011 10:24 AM (ovmsi)
Darmok and Jalad on the water...
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at August 04, 2011 10:27 AM (GKQDR)
Temba his arms wide
Posted by: dagny at August 04, 2011 06:29 AM (ovmsi)
Which is awesome, save for the fact that we need to repeal the whole damn thing.
Posted by: Methos at August 04, 2011 06:30 AM (sOXQX)
To be honest, I thought it was a heavily regulated trade.
Posted by: Ben at August 04, 2011 10:27 AM (wuv1c)
Probably is, but I bet the regulations have been tilted heavily in their favor by now through lobbying, etc.
I don't trust government to regulate anything, especially business, because it will often be captured by those it regulates.
Posted by: KG at August 04, 2011 06:30 AM (LD21B)
They are 35% silver and I get them below spot.
Posted by: MarkC at August 04, 2011 06:30 AM (yPPVC)
This is going to have to run its course.
The problem with it running its course is what emerges from the other side.
Posted by: MarkC
This is what those of us who were against raising the ceiling noted. We probably have past the point where we could have done something. We probably will not do anything real until we're downgraded. Then the politicians of both stripes can hide behind that. We're going the way of the PIIGS.
Posted by: I have a great idea called:#beforeblackpresidents. What could go wrong? at August 04, 2011 06:30 AM (6rX0K)
Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 10:27 AM (M9Ie6)
What a shocker!
Extend an increase line of credit to your deadbeat debtors and they run out and spend it all the next day...
never would have seen that coming.
Posted by: garrett at August 04, 2011 06:31 AM (KZBSi)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2011 06:34 AM (TMB3S)
Posted by: Dow -200 at August 04, 2011 06:34 AM (sOXQX)
Posted by: 80sBaby at August 04, 2011 06:34 AM (o2lIv)
Posted by: joncelli at August 04, 2011 06:34 AM (RD7QR)
Obviously T2 is still the gold standard for action movies.
It's way up there, though I would put Die Hard as number one. I was just telling someone last night that the little stutter step Linda Hamilton does before running down the hall in T2 is one of my favorite tiny movie moments.
Posted by: alexthechick at August 04, 2011 06:34 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Methos at August 04, 2011 10:30 AM (sOXQX)
They can't even bring themselves to cut spending. How can we trust them to do something that the Dems will cry bloody murder over?
Best case scenario in 2012 would still not see a Republican supermajority in Congress, so they would have to be willing to go to the mat against the Dems. I don't think the leadership have the stones for it.
Posted by: KG at August 04, 2011 06:36 AM (LD21B)
Note how AP sets up their position. The economy is in the crapper because...
1. "Shoppers won't shop". OK, no one will argue that shoppers refusing to shop keeps the economy depressed.
2. "Companies won't hire". OK, no one will argue that the continuing unemployment problem, fueled by companies not hiring, keeps the economy depressed.
3. "The government won't spend on economic stimulus - it's cutting instead". OK, no one will argue that...uh...wait a sec! Actually, based on the fact that the last "economic stimulus" didn't do a friggin' thing it advertised, I think I can safely say that most people will question the wisdom of government stimulus.
Then, notice how the second paragraph opens: "Without much to invigorate growth..." The clear implication here is that 1-3 above were all things that would "invigorate growth" if their reverses were true. In other words, we'd see "invigorated growth" if shoppers did shop, if companies would hire, and if the government would spend on economic stimulus. That's the AP's position, presented as three equally contributing factors to our current economic condition. But that's like saying that a passenger plane crashed because the plane ran out of fuel mid-air, the flight crew all passed out, and the plane's bathroom was out of toilet paper, when the latter had jack squat to do with the crash.
Posted by: Crush Liberalism at August 04, 2011 06:36 AM (8NiWI)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 04, 2011 06:37 AM (eOXTH)
After Charles Kuralt died, it was revealed he was regularly bangin ladies all across America that he met while "On the Road with Charles Kuralt."
SNL did a skit about it.
Posted by: gainsayer at August 04, 2011 06:37 AM (sqkOB)
.177/.22/00 shot ~ a penny
.22 is avg. around a nickle in bulk
might have to do without a dime right now
9mm/.38+/.223/AK ~ a quarter
.45ACP and 12g your new .50c pieces
good .308, your new dollar
large debts to be settled in specie metal or barter with a signed contract/bill of sale.
Posted by: Jean at August 04, 2011 06:37 AM (WkuV6)
Nice.
Posted by: toby928™ at August 04, 2011 06:37 AM (GTbGH)
Like Monty said - be careful out there, folks. And hang-on to your lifelines, we could be in for a bumpy ride today.
Posted by: DocJ at August 04, 2011 06:38 AM (g8ibn)
Note how AP sets up their position. The economy is in the crapper because...
2. "Companies won't hire". OK, no one will argue that the continuing unemployment problem, fueled by companies not hiring, keeps the economy depressed.
What was AP's emplloyment activity within the last two years? What is their planned activity in the next six months? Unless the answer is, " we kept everybody we had and we're hirng a crap ton more", they can fuck off.
Posted by: I have a great idea called:#beforeblackpresidents. What could go wrong? at August 04, 2011 06:38 AM (326rv)
The supposed 'stimulus' is having the opposite effect-- decreasing activity and investment because everyone knows the piper's gonna have to be paid.
Posted by: nickless at August 04, 2011 06:40 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: KG at August 04, 2011 06:42 AM (LD21B)
Posted by: Jean
This is partly how Ireland and Greece got where they are. Both wildly overspent, and both have horrendous tax compliance rates. In Ireland, it's traditional to work and make deals under the table. But none of them have any compunctions against being on various dole schemes.
Posted by: I have a great idea called:#beforeblackpresidents. What could go wrong? at August 04, 2011 06:43 AM (326rv)
Thanks Jean. It's crossed my mind the higher and higher gold goes.
Posted by: Ben at August 04, 2011 06:44 AM (wuv1c)
The liberal model of a Keynsian stimulus amounts to this: you pay your neighbor $10 to wash your laundry, and he'll pay you $10 to wash HIS. Ouila! In the sophomoric mind of a liberal, you just "grew" the economy $20! The idea that the both of you should save your money up to purchase a washing machine doesn't occur to these progressively more idiotic nimrods.
Posted by: CoolCzech at August 04, 2011 06:44 AM (kUaEF)
http://tinyurl.com/3pg833r
Posted by: Retread at August 04, 2011 06:45 AM (BO5ap)
Posted by: joncelli at August 04, 2011 06:46 AM (RD7QR)
Recovery? Recovery for who? The only people who got raises in the last year worked in the White House.
If this last year has been a recovery, I'd sure as hell hate to see what they'd be willing to call a recession.
Posted by: Jimmuy at August 04, 2011 06:47 AM (0La/N)
You know it's bad when your only plan of action to counter your collapsing bond market is raiding S&P and Moody's in an effort to scapegoat them.
Posted by: Methos at August 04, 2011 06:48 AM (sOXQX)
Posted by: P J at August 04, 2011 06:49 AM (7jPlq)
Posted by: the birthday boy at August 04, 2011 06:49 AM (eOXTH)
Is someone at war with us? It's hard to tell.
Posted by: Moamarr Qkqaddaphi, sipping a zombie at August 04, 2011 06:50 AM (sOXQX)
Posted by: joncelli at August 04, 2011 10:46 AM (RD7QR)
I just read that the report was initially made by some kids attending a camp there but so far, the search has not found anyone matching the description the kids provided.
Posted by: Tami at August 04, 2011 06:50 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at August 04, 2011 06:51 AM (cbyrC)
It begins.
Italy is seizing S&P and Moodys documents.
Posted by: Ben at August 04, 2011 10:42 AM (wuv1c)
That's OK. All that means is, Investors are just concluded that their bonds are Triple FFF Rated.
Posted by: CoolCzech at August 04, 2011 06:51 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: the birthday boy at August 04, 2011 06:51 AM (eOXTH)
Posted by: Jean at August 04, 2011 06:52 AM (WkuV6)
Are you near Columbia?
http://www.oletimeymeats.com/
Another strategy is to go to a restaurant that is known for local sourcing (I know, I know!) and find out where they get their meat.
Posted by: Y-not is baaack at August 04, 2011 06:52 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Retread at August 04, 2011 06:52 AM (BO5ap)
Posted by: joncelli at August 04, 2011 06:53 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Marcus at August 04, 2011 06:53 AM (CHrmZ)
70 Personally, I'd prefer Geithner at the Stake, but maybe that's just me.
Posted by: toby928™
92 ...cat on a stick mmmmm.
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt
Stuck Fat Cat at the Stake, tastes like pork.
Posted by: maverick muse at August 04, 2011 06:54 AM (lpWVn)
Posted by: The fine people who make KY jelly at August 04, 2011 06:55 AM (RD7QR)
Kids at camp. Prank?
Posted by: maverick muse at August 04, 2011 06:56 AM (lpWVn)
Posted by: 80sBaby at August 04, 2011 06:57 AM (o2lIv)
Posted by: joncelli at August 04, 2011 06:57 AM (RD7QR)
Pivot. See - all it takes for Obama to win back the nation's trust is a tax payer funded bus tour and some fancy speeches laced with hissed sssss's.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at August 04, 2011 09:15 AM (0fzsA)
El JEFe should be faced by Tea Partiers holding "Repeal ObamaCare to Improve Employment" signs at every mile of the bus tour.
Posted by: Captain Hate at August 04, 2011 06:57 AM (zsvKP)
Posted by: Dow -250, Dow -200's adopted little brother at August 04, 2011 06:58 AM (sOXQX)
IÂ’d not seen this
incredibly sickening photo of Emperor Suksalot before. Looking at this and one can see why this country
is collapsing. In his mind, he is king
of the world. He probably truly thinks that he is doing a good job. I can't imagine the depths of idiocy of those who would throw $38k apiece to support this hollow piece of shit.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at August 04, 2011 06:58 AM (jx2j9)
Obviously Bush's fault.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 04, 2011 06:58 AM (9hSKh)
Three students on Tech campus reported at 9:09 am seeing a white male holding what appeared to be a gun covered with a cloth.
So a guy with a washcloth over his dick caused the 'lockdown'.
Posted by: garrett at August 04, 2011 06:58 AM (KZBSi)
At 9:09 a.m. three juveniles attending a camp at the university reported seeing a white male, 6 feet tall, with light brown hair outside of New Residence Hall East holding what may have been a handgun. They say the weapon was covered by a cloth or covering of some sort. He was walking fast in the direction of the volleyball courts. He was wearing a blue and white striped shirt (stripes were vertical), gray shorts and brown sandals. The subject had no facial hair or glasses.
Officers
responded immediately to the area but found no one matching the
description. Police have encountered no other witnesses reporting this
individual or anything suspicious. Law enforcement officers from the
Virginia Tech Police Department, Blacksburg Police Department,
Christiansburg Police Department, Virginia State Police, and Montgomery
County Sheriff's Office are patrolling the campus, continuing to look
for the subject.
Posted by: Tami at August 04, 2011 06:59 AM (X6akg)
Jean...
Your prices are are in line...
You left out your new twenty dollar gold piece stand in...
.50 cal
(gonna need it for that long-range rifle)
Posted by: USMC 8541 at August 04, 2011 07:01 AM (v3pYe)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at August 04, 2011 07:02 AM (cbyrC)
Posted by: Y-not is baaack at August 04, 2011 07:02 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: joncelli at August 04, 2011 07:02 AM (RD7QR)
Yahoo headline I'm so not clicking on:
Did the nasty U.S. debt debate sour world opinion for good?
Yes, those nasty carjacking hobbit terrorists continue to make people not like us.
Posted by: Mama AJ at August 04, 2011 07:02 AM (XdlcF)
Not really, the HT over in Florence is closer. I am not really close to any large city. As I said, they have to import sunlight to my county.
Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 07:03 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Methos at August 04, 2011 11:01 AM (sOXQX)
I loved the televised snippet of him walking up to some Local Yokel in New Hampshire to introduce himself.
"WHO?"
LOL! Who, indeed.
Posted by: CoolCzech at August 04, 2011 07:03 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: I have a great idea called:#beforeblackpresidents. What could go wrong? at August 04, 2011 07:03 AM (326rv)
Posted by: The Dow Jones Industrial Average at August 04, 2011 07:04 AM (/bVuS)
so I'm trying to shore up my stash and...
Notice: Due to the overwhelming demand on ammunition and shooting products, shipping times may be delayed. We are working with numerous manufacturers to get stock of ammunition to satisfy the number of orders. Shipping times can be up to 5-6 business days after the orders are placed. Thank you for your patience.
This is the only think Barky has done right for the economy. I just hope I can hold out with what I have.
Posted by: Cu'Chulainn at August 04, 2011 07:05 AM (oW269)
And no he doesn't have a figment of a chance in SC.
Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 07:05 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at August 04, 2011 11:04 AM (cbyrC)
You know, it occurs to me that AoSHQ has NEVER had a no-holds barred, free-for-all grown up discussion of the relative merits of shaving vajajays.
That really should be addressed.
Posted by: CoolCzech at August 04, 2011 07:05 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: Frankenstein Government at August 04, 2011 07:07 AM (GOG1H)
three juveniles attending a camp at the university reported seeing a white male, 6 feet tall, with light brown hair outside of New Residence Hall East holding what may have been a handgun. They say the weapon was covered by a cloth or covering of some sort. Posted by: Tami
Given the Breivik camp of horrors, give these juveniles a lie detector test, and fine their parents if deception played out. Leave a "permanent" mark on their temporary juvenile record.
Posted by: maverick muse at August 04, 2011 07:07 AM (lpWVn)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at August 04, 2011 07:08 AM (cbyrC)
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at August 04, 2011 07:08 AM (jx2j9)
Posted by: dagny at August 04, 2011 07:08 AM (ovmsi)
It was August 2nd at the time, but was revised until the week of the 8th.
Posted by: 80sBaby at August 04, 2011 07:08 AM (o2lIv)
Posted by: maverick muse at August 04, 2011 11:07 AM (lpWVn)
They were probably trying to get out of the conditioning exercises at camp.
Posted by: Tami at August 04, 2011 07:08 AM (X6akg)
Or bedazzling, be-va-jazzling, whatever they heck they call putting jewels on The Tiara.
Posted by: I have a great idea called:#beforeblackpresidents. What could go wrong? at August 04, 2011 07:10 AM (6rX0K)
Trophy wife has too many positive connotations, most of that spending isn't on poison, I prefer crack whore.
True. At least you get to fuck the trophy wife, she doesn't fuck you.
Posted by: William at August 04, 2011 07:11 AM (77TeU)
Posted by: plunge protection team in training at August 04, 2011 07:11 AM (sOXQX)
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at August 04, 2011 07:12 AM (jx2j9)
The self-made polluted disaster himself, Al Gore wants a Muslim Brotherhood American Spring, not the violent Tea Party type.
Coincidentally, the Air Force dropped its voluntary course regarding moral warfare that quoted Biblical scripture after one complaint. And our entire Military is ordered to publicly observe Ramadan regardless of the majority complaint.
Tammy Bruce, Laura Ingraham Show
Army
Troops Stars and Stripes
weaselzippers and atlasshrugs
Posted by: maverick muse
Posted by: maverick muse at August 04, 2011 07:12 AM (lpWVn)
The saddest thing about Doomsday finally arriving is, gals won't be able to afford shaving cream anymore... :-(
Posted by: CoolCzech at August 04, 2011 07:13 AM (kUaEF)
We knew what being boned felt like. Now we know what it looks like.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at August 04, 2011 07:14 AM (jx2j9)
Posted by: toby928™ at August 04, 2011 07:15 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at August 04, 2011 07:16 AM (jx2j9)
Posted by: Embrace the DOOM at August 04, 2011 07:16 AM (4akcC)
Posted by: toby928™ at August 04, 2011 11:15 AM (GTbGH)
Nothing at all... a well groomed one can be great. A red "burning" bush can be hawt. \|/
Posted by: CoolCzech at August 04, 2011 07:18 AM (kUaEF)
Posted by: 80sBaby at August 04, 2011 07:20 AM (o2lIv)
Posted by: SFGoth at August 04, 2011 07:24 AM (dZ756)
Posted by: Zombie Marilyn Monroe at August 04, 2011 07:24 AM (Pir3k)
Or until it drops enough that folks are convinced its in line with the economic shithole we're in.
Posted by: 2009 lows were too optimistic at August 04, 2011 07:26 AM (sOXQX)
Ooh! Ooohhh! Today, what are you doing today to celebrate our Dear Magical President's Birthday today? Today, for his Blessed Birthday?
Perhaps I'll watch, Let that Be Your Last Battlefield from the original Star Trek.Posted by: dagny at August 04, 2011 09:18 AM
Computer ... this is Admiral Obama ... engage final destruct sequence ...
Code ... zero ... zero .. zero ... Destruct .... zero!
Posted by: Admiral Obama at August 04, 2011 07:26 AM (Y+DPZ)
Yes.
Posted by: 80sBaby at August 04, 2011 07:34 AM (o2lIv)
So IOW if it weren't for the Fed printing money, our increasingly government-controlled economy would be basically Soviet Russia.
Time to start drinkin'.
Posted by: PJ at August 04, 2011 07:39 AM (FlVA8)
Stock trading has been volatile this week because of concerns that the U.S. economy is weakening. Manufacturing, consumer spending and hiring by private companies are below levels that are consistent with a healthy economy."
Posted by: 80sBaby at August 04, 2011 07:50 AM (o2lIv)
Posted by: Ben at August 04, 2011 08:10 AM (wuv1c)
That's 'cause he's a fucking idiot.
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at August 04, 2011 09:12 AM (1rHeD)
Posted by: New Puma YoYo at August 09, 2011 09:10 PM (r5X7Y)
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Just remember folks, if you do not worship King Obama blindly and if you do not worship the corruptocrat party with steadfast devotion, you are all terrorists.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at August 04, 2011 04:56 AM (0fzsA)