Archive - Dec 2011 - Blog entry
December 22nd
12 Economic Facts of Christmas - Tick By Tick Research Email
Submitted by Tick By Tick on 12/22/2011 02:50 -050012 Scary Economic Facts to fill your Festive Boots
December 21st
The Most Disparaged Profession
Submitted by testosteronepit on 12/21/2011 18:53 -0500Congress, the ideal American institution: it spends more than it takes in and borrows the difference. We love that. It means free money, services, wars, and other goodies. And yet....
The Golden End Game – A Thought Experiment - Part Two
Submitted by Cognitive Dissonance on 12/21/2011 15:56 -0500If there comes a time when the best move forward is to sell most of our Gold and switch to another asset class, one more likely to survive the transition intact, will we be able to see this as obvious and a no brainer?
New Bill Authorizes Rendition of American Citizens Living within the United States to Other Countries for Torture
Submitted by George Washington on 12/21/2011 15:40 -0500Well, I am sure that President Obama would just send us to a country like the Bahamas with warm beaches and nice cocktails ...
Sorry Folks, QE 3 Ain't Coming...
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 12/21/2011 15:30 -0500The Fed can’t possibly claim it’s trying to lower interest rates with the short end of the curve essentially offering 0% and Operation Twist 2 focusing on getting the long-end even lower (at a time when the 30-year is already under 3% and the 10-year under 2%)?
Keystone XL Pipeline: Economics, Idealism and Politics
Submitted by EconMatters on 12/21/2011 12:47 -0500Welcome to Washington politics, and this is one reason the nation is practically broke.
HaVe YouRSeLF a MeRRY EURO CHRiSTMaS...aND MoRe
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 12/21/2011 10:18 -0500Absolutely no ginger bread lattes near this post...
The Greatest Risk To Retail Commercial Real Estate Is? Sovereign Debt! Macro Headwinds! Popping Bubbles! Busted Banks! No, It's
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 12/21/2011 05:34 -0500The fact of the matter is that there is a very fundamental, and sparsely recognized reason for overbuilt retail commercial real estate to take a tumble - in addition to the more recognized massive headwinds.
December 20th
Constitutional Expert: “President Obama … Says That He Can Kill You On His Own Discretion" Without Charge or Trial
Submitted by George Washington on 12/20/2011 23:41 -0500But don't worry ... you can trust Obama!
The Previously Unthinkable Becomes A Planned Event
Submitted by testosteronepit on 12/20/2011 20:45 -0500At all levels: preparations for the collapse of the Eurozone. Even the public is now encouraged to prepare for it.
The Golden End Game – A Thought Experiment - Part One
Submitted by Cognitive Dissonance on 12/20/2011 15:51 -0500Do we really honest-to-God no-fingers-crossed cherry-on-top believe that the powers-that-be will simply allow us to mosey up to the cashiers cage and redeem or convert our Gold for whatever monetary unit reigns supreme or is created?
WHeRe Is KRiS SWiNDLe?
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 12/20/2011 11:31 -0500A brief moment of American Santa lore...
Laurie Ferber: MF Global Chief Legal Counsel, on CFTC Global Markets Advisory Committee. Where Was She?
Submitted by EB on 12/20/2011 10:31 -0500If we want to understand what went wrong in the pilfering of customer property, where was Ms. Laurie Ferber during the Senate Agricultural Hearings on MF Global?
