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Submitted by thetrader on 05/25/2012 03:54 -0400- Activist Shareholder
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Guest Post: Low-Tech Solutions To High-Tech Tyranny
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/24/2012 10:09 -0400
Imagine, if you will, a fantastic near future in which the United States is facing an unmitigated economic implosion. Not just a mere market crash, or a stint of high unemployment, but a full spectrum collapse driven by unsustainable debt spending and hyperinflationary printing. The American people witness multiple credit downgrades of U.S. Treasury mechanisms, the dollar loses its reserve status, devaluation of the currency runs rampant, and the prices of commodities and imported goods immediately skyrocket. In the background of this disaster, a group of financial elite with dreams of a new centralized economic and political system use the chaos to encourage a removal of long held civil liberties; displacing Constitutional protections they deem “outdated” and no longer “practical” in the midst of our modern day troubles. This group then institutes draconian policies through the executive orders of a puppet president, including indefinite detention, assassination, and even martial law against citizens... With modern computer driven weaponry at their fingertips, any resistance appears futile. Some Americans, though, do their homework, and discover that most successful revolutions against better equipped opponents utilize low tech methods in highly intelligent ways. They study the inherent weaknesses of the enemy weapons platforms using readily available online manuals and scientific journals. They realize that these pieces of equipment costing millions of dollars each can be defeated using methods that cost little more than pocket change. A war of economic attrition ensues.
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It Is Worth Fighting … Even When There Is No Hope of Winning
Submitted by George Washington on 05/23/2012 13:39 -0400Here's My Argument for Fighting the Good Fight Even Against Seemingly Overwhelming Odds ... The Counter-Argument Is that We Should Unplug from the Martrix, and that Will Suck Away Its Power. What Do You Think, Savvy Reader?
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Frontrunning: May 16
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/16/2012 07:37 -0400- Facebook's selling shareholders can't wait to get out of company, increase offering by 25% (Bloomberg)
- Boehner Draws Line in Sand on Debt (WSJ)
- Romney Attacks Obama Over Recovery Citing U.S. Debt Load (Bloomberg)
- BHP chairman says commodity markets to cool further (Reuters)
- Merkel’s First Hollande Meeting Yields Growth Signal for Greece (Bloomberg)
- Greek President Told Banks Anxious as Deposits Pulled (Bloomberg)
- EU to push for binding investor pay votes (FT)
- Martin Wolf: Era of a diminished superpower (FT)
- China’s Hong Kong Home-Buying Influx Wanes, Midland Says (Bloomberg)
- U.N. and Iran agree to keep talking on nuclear (Reuters)
- US nears deal to reopen Afghan supply route (FT)
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Frontrunning: May 14
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/14/2012 07:31 -0400- Activist Shareholder
- Apple
- Capital Markets
- Carl Icahn
- Chesapeake Energy
- China
- CPI
- default
- Dubai
- Eurozone
- France
- Germany
- Goldman Sachs
- goldman sachs
- Greece
- Gross Domestic Product
- Insider Trading
- Italy
- Jamie Dimon
- Middle East
- Netherlands
- Nuclear Power
- Private Equity
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- Royal Bank of Scotland
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- Default now or default later? (FT)
- Monti warns of tears in Italy's social fabric (Reuters)
- Fear Grows of Greece Leaving Euro (FT)
- Greek Elections Loom as Key Bailout Opponent Defies Unity (Bloomberg)
- Santander, BBVA to Set Aside 4.5 Billion Euros for New Cleanup (BBG) - Thank god they both passed the stress test
- Austerity Blow for Merkel in German State Election (Reuters)
- Apple Founder Wozniak to Buy Facebook Regardless of Price (Bloomberg) - so... another ponzi.
- Dimon Fortress Breached as Push From Hedging to Betting Blows Up (Bloomberg)
- Saudi and Bahrain Expected to Seek Union: Minister (Reuters)
- Obama Pitches Equal Pay to Win Women Even as Charges Drop (BBG)
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Open Letter To Green Mountain
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/11/2012 14:09 -0400Below, ZH friend LongShortTrader submits his letter to the Green Mountain (GMCR) board of directors. In it, he expresses concern over various statements that former Chairman Robert Stiller, current CEO Larry Blanford, current CFO Frances Rathke, and others have made recently. Hey: if the Dan Loebs of the world can have a daily activist pulpit, who not others who, unlike the broader lemming herd, actually do their homework?
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Local Elections 2012: Our Last Chance For A Political Solution
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/04/2012 10:54 -0400
There is little doubt, even amongst the most uninterested and apathetic of people, that America has reached the threshold of a dangerous new era in 2012. Economically, the paper thin facade of recovery created by Federal Reserve fiat easing is beginning to fade, and the debt turmoil we currently see in the European Union is beginning to surface right here at home. Socially, Americans are being subversively divided by the false left/right paradigm and the exploitation of artificially induced race tensions by the mainstream media. Politically, Barack Obama’s presidential approval rating has hit all time lows, and the approval rating for Congress has hit a historic bottom. The path our country has been set upon can only lead to disaster; that much is certain.
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Frontrunning: May 4
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/04/2012 07:06 -0400- Japan has 54 nuclear reactors, but as of Saturday, not one of them will be in operation (Guardian)
- US Readies Proposal to Clamp Down on Fracking (Reuters)
- California pension fund (CALSTRS) sues Wal-Mart, alleges bribery (Reuters)
- New Ripples for Gupta Case: Goldman Share Price, Volume Began Climbing Even Before Rajaratnam Trades (WSJ)
- China says blind dissident can apply to study abroad (Reuters)
- China paper calls Chen a U.S. pawn; envoy is a "troublemaker" (Reuters)
- Samsung’s New Galaxy S Phone Raises Heat on Apple Iphone (Bloomberg)
- Draghi predicts 2012 eurozone recovery (FT)
- Tumbling Home Ownership Marks a Return to Normal (Bloomberg)
- Zuckerberg Facebook IPO to Make Him Richer Than Ballmer (Bloomberg)
- SEC probes Chesapeake and its chief (FT)
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Frontrunning: May 3
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/03/2012 07:16 -0400- Chinese dissident seeks exile, strains U.S.-China ties (Reuters)
- Sarkozy and Hollande lock horns on TV (FT)
- UK in furious rejection of EU bank plan (FT)
- EU Fails to Reach Deal on Capital (WSJ)
- China energy use may be capped for 2015 (China Daily)
- Buffett Trails S&P 500 for Third Straight Year (Bloomberg)
- King admits failing to ‘shout’ about risk (FT)
- Obama promises 110,000 new summer jobs for youth (Reuters)
- China sturdy enough for reforms: Geithner (Reuters)
- Geithner repeats call for stronger yuan (Reuters)
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Frontrunning: May 2
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/02/2012 07:18 -0400- European Unemployment Rate Rises to Highest in Almost 15 Years (Bloomberg)
- Chinese Activist Leaves U.S. Embassy (WSJ)
- China April bank loans slide 30 pct from March-paper (Reuters)
- Moody's warns against lack of tax hike in Japan (Reuters)
- RIM CEO Bets on BlackBerry Without Keyboard to Challenge Apple (Bloomberg)
- European visits focus on boosting trade (China Daily)
- Martin Wolf- After the bonfire of the verities (FT)
- German Jobless Unexpectedly Up in April as Crisis Flared (Bloomberg)
- Romney Refuses to See China Progress on Yuan (Bloomberg)
- Bolivia Following Argentine Takeover Deepens Regional Divide (Bloomberg)
- Plosser Says Fed Must Guard Against Long-Term Inflation (Bloomberg)
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The Official Bankster Dictionary
Submitted by smartknowledgeu on 05/02/2012 03:57 -0400- Activist Shareholder
- Allen Stanford
- Central Banks
- China
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- Federal Reserve
- Fractional Reserve Banking
- Gambling
- Goldman Sachs
- goldman sachs
- Insider Trading
- International Monetary Fund
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- Las Vegas
- Market Crash
- Market Manipulation
- OpEx
- Quantitative Easing
- Real estate
- Reality
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In the shady underground world of banking, doing wrong means doing right, up is down, and left is right.
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Frontrunning: April 24
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/24/2012 08:13 -0400- China’s Biggest Banks Are Squeezed for Capital (NYT)
- Greeks detect hypocrisy as Dutch coalition stumbles (Reuters)
- Hollande Blames Europe’s Austerity Plan for Le Pen’s Rise (Bloomberg)
- In a Change, Mexico Reins In Its Oil Monopoly (NYT)
- China Tire Demand Slows as Economy Decelerates, Bridgestone Says (Bloomberg)
- Social Security’s financial forecast gets darker; Medicare’s outlook unchanged (WaPo)
- Fed’s 17 Rate Forecasts May Confuse More Than Clarify (Bloomberg)
- Senate to vote on array of Postal Service overhaul proposals (WaPo)
- Weidmann Says Bundesbank Is Preserving Euro Stability (Bloomberg)
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Did JPMorgan Pop The Student Loan Bubble?
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/07/2012 23:32 -0400Back in 2006, contrary to conventional wisdom, many financial professionals were well aware of the subprime bubble, and that the trajectory of home prices was unsustainable. However, because there was no way to know just when it would pop, few if any dared to bet against the herd (those who did, and did so early despite all odds, made greater than 100-1 returns). Fast forward to today, when the most comparable to subprime, cheap credit-induced bubble, is that of student loans (for extended literature on why the non-dischargeable student loan bubble will "create a generation of wage slavery" read this and much of the easily accessible literature on the topic elsewhere) which have now surpassed $1 trillion in notional. Yet oddly enough, just like in the case of the subprime bubble, so in the ongoing expansion of the credit bubble manifested in this case by student loans, we have an early warning that the party is almost over, coming from the most unexpected of sources: JPMorgan.
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Guest Post: Understanding The Slave Mentality
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/02/2012 09:17 -0400
In the initial stages of nearly every recorded tyranny, the saucer eyed dumbstruck masses exhibit astonishing and masterful skill when denying reality. The facts behind their dire circumstances and of their antagonistic government become a source of cynical psychological gameplay rather than a source of legitimate concern. Their desperate need to maintain their normalcy bias creates a memory and observation vacuum in which all that runs counter to their false assumptions and preconceptions disappears forever. It is as if they truly cannot see the color of the sky, or the boot on their face. The concrete world of truth becomes a dream, an illusion that can be heeded or completely ignored depending on one’s mood. For them, life is a constant struggle of dissociation, where the tangible is NOT welcome… This is the problem that we in the Liberty Movement deal with most often in our writings and films. Our confrontation with willful ignorance has been epic, even by far reaching historical standards. The gains in social awareness have been substantial, and yet the obstacles are incredible. Unprecedented. As an activist trend, we have an almost obsessive drive to draw back the curtain so that the public has at least the opportunity to see what is on the other side. Unfortunately, there is another danger that must be taken into account…
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News That Matters
Submitted by thetrader on 03/29/2012 09:57 -0400- Activist Shareholder
- Australian Dollar
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- Crude
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- fixed
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- Global Economy
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- Private Equity
- Real estate
- Recession
- recovery
- Reuters
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