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The UK Now Officially Sees The US As A Banana Republic

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The following headline from the Telegraph says it all.

 

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Fri, 10/08/2010 - 18:39 | 636785 uno
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it would be an upgrade to be a banana republic, at least we would have something to export.  Right now all we got to export is financial weapons of mass destruction

Fri, 10/08/2010 - 19:09 | 636841 jbc77
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Thats a classic. Finally, the main stream idiots got it right....

Fri, 10/08/2010 - 19:26 | 636873 gwar5
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Banana Republic, eh? Cool.

Fri, 10/08/2010 - 19:52 | 636914 gnomon
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Until Obama hands over the keys to the Pentagon to our adversaries, (or Congress or the World defunds it), we will be a Banana Republic with one Hell of a Sucker Punch.

Any adversary better have us comotose before making a move, otherwise, in our current mood, it will be "toast" all around.  

There is a critical mass of citizens in these United States of America who are not of the Banana Republic State of Mind, even though we have arrived at that state.

And that critical mass of citizens will not go quietly into that night of outrageous and total submission.  

There will be Hell to Pay, somehow, someway. 

We will not go down easy.

Sat, 10/09/2010 - 00:23 | 637296 doolittlegeorge
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word is "Ford Motor Company" has something to say about this as well.

Sat, 10/09/2010 - 05:26 | 637458 chistletoe
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What you mean, "we", Kimosabe?

Fri, 10/08/2010 - 21:12 | 637036 JackES
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I took profit on my SPY and AAPL calls. Good week.

AAPL should hit 300, soon. But I decide to leave something on the table.

 

 

Fri, 10/08/2010 - 21:14 | 637039 rosebud
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here's the deal of the month...

sign up for welfare and get 300 minutes a month for $16

Fri, 10/08/2010 - 21:55 | 637097 DosZap
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That's a bad deal, hell I got a free phone, and DSL, and UNLIMITED minutes.

Ya Kno it a RIGHT eva Amurrrricun, git free Broadbandz.

Fri, 10/08/2010 - 22:06 | 637114 lolmaster
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learn to love the ponzi

QE 36000

Fri, 10/08/2010 - 23:53 | 637261 Minion
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"The internet revolution"

"The new economy"

"POMO to the sky"

Fri, 10/08/2010 - 22:40 | 637163 dashingdwl
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Ponzi masters around the globe marvel at our audacity, and they are jealous if they are not participating in our great scam.

Fri, 10/08/2010 - 22:44 | 637169 Catullus
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Bullish.

Sat, 10/09/2010 - 00:26 | 637300 doolittlegeorge
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Hard to imagine Ford Motor Company owned their ass just a few short years ago. Dowsizin's a bitch.  Still...technology in the industrial space is an interesting reality.  I believe it was none other than Rolls Royce itself who "went cryin' to their American mama" about United Technology having invented "the geared turbo fan engine."  Oooooo.  Put that in a helicopter and see what happens.

Sat, 10/09/2010 - 02:03 | 637366 M.B. Drapier
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Those public employee firings somewhat undercut the present Republican narrative of government expanding along all axes, though, don't they?

Sat, 10/09/2010 - 02:38 | 637396 BigDuke6
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i sold up and missed this sooper-dooper rally cos of you guys at ZH and that nut Bernanke.

 

i should have known he'd rather destroy the dollar than wall street.

 

 

Sat, 10/09/2010 - 10:19 | 637697 SheepDog-One
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With the dollar destroyed, Wall St is also destroyed. Cant burn down your house and live in it too.

Sat, 10/09/2010 - 06:01 | 637465 MrTrader
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Very easy strategy to execute gentlemen :

Buy ES blindly at all levels.

If ES(trading day close > +10[ES(t-1)] then buy with profits from ES longs cheap OTM 800 puts February/March/April/May 2011. With VIX at sub 21 very, very cheap. Otherwise enjoy Paulson hedge fund strategy : find enough idiots walking with you the "FED will make everything go up "fairytale". If Paulson hedge fund up another 12.5 % per month double up on 900 OTM puts.

Sat, 10/09/2010 - 08:37 | 637516 tip e. canoe
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more like Banana Colony to the City of London

Sat, 10/09/2010 - 09:54 | 637612 cthwaites
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Can't see the connection between the Telegraph headline and "banana republic".

Since when did the Telegraph represent "official" opinion?

Sat, 10/09/2010 - 10:21 | 637699 SheepDog-One
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Whats more official then?

Sat, 10/09/2010 - 11:00 | 637755 Stuck on Zero
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Bananas don't grow well in the United States. 

Sun, 10/10/2010 - 02:26 | 638966 ZackLo
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ring ring ring ring banana republic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ4j-MBnLQo

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