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2012 Greatest Hits: Presenting The Most Popular Posts Of The Past Year

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For the fourth year in a row we continue our tradition of summarizing what you, our readers, found to be the most relevant, exciting, and actionable news of the year, determined simply by the number of page views. Those first eager for a brief stroll down memory lane of prior years can do so at their leisure, by going back in time to where the top articles of 2009, 2010 and 2011 are recapped. With that out of the way, here is what readers found to be the most popular posts of the past 365 days.

  • In 25th spot, with 75,123 reads was the news that extending on the "all in" effort of propping up the stock market pyramid scheme, none other than central banks would openly (as opposed to covertly) get in on the action, with "Next Leg Of The Ponzi Revealed - Foreign Central Banks To Begin Buying US Stocks Outright Starting Today", in which we found that the Bank of Israel would commence buying various US stock ETFs and such stocks as Apple (on which investment it is now deeply underwater). What is most disturbing is that the BOI clarified it would invest up to 10% of its reserves. Meaning any major drop in the global stock market and the Fed would have yet another bank to add to its bail out roster.
  • The 24th most popular post, with 75,826 reads was our visual summary "Postcards From A Furious China", showing what happens when hundreds of years of simmering xenophobia and hatred between the Chinese and Japanese cultures bubble to the surface and erupt in an uncontrolled conflagration, in this case catalyzed by something as meaningless as a barren rock in the South China seas. The impact of the escalation in nationalistic tensions has taken a massive toll on Japan, whose exports have collapsed and where not even the dramatic plunge in the Japanese Yen will do much if the same new nationalistic government can't moderate the revulsion Chinese businesses feel toward Japanese imports.
  • In 23rd spot, with 76,032 reads, was the update from the world of gold counterfeiting, with "Tungsten-Filled 1 Kilo Gold Bar Found In The UK." Perhaps the most surprising thing about this is that people were actually surprised that "there is counterfeiting going on here." Or perhaps it was merely the validation of what everyone had already known. This would only be reconfirmed with...
  • "Gold Counterfeiting Goes Viral: 10 Tungsten-Filled Gold Bars Are Discovered In Manhattan" - the 22nd most popular post of 2012, which as expected, would rekindle fears about pervasive gold counterfeiting as tungsten hit the mecca of the gold retail world, not in one isolated case, but in an epidemic of golden falsification.
  • The 21st most read post with 77,223 clicks, had nothing to do with gold, and everything to do with the voodoo "science" of economics, and our Keynesian (sur)reality captured by "The Top 15 Economic 'Truth' Documentaries", explaining how the world we live in is nothing but one gross lie perpetuated by a status quo well aware that this is the only system that allows it to steal from the poor and give to the wealthy under the guise of inflation, and one in which debt slaves pursuing materialistic bliss are happily born and reborn, making their monetary masters wealthier with every passing generation.
  • In 20th spot with 77,774 reads, was a stunning visual satellite photo side by side comparison of the aftereffects of Hurricane Sandy, titled simply enough "Hurricane Sandy Satellite Photos: Before And After" which needs no further commentary: what will soon be quantified as the most expensive storm in US history certainly "earned" its title.
  • In 19th spot is one of our personal favorites, a summary of "Dr. Michael "The Big Short" Burry's "Brutal Hangover Is Inevitable" State-Of-The-World UCLA Commencement Speech" - the man who clearly saw the bust of both the housing and credit bubbles, now warns about the bubble of central planning. And just like last time, he will be ignored until long after his warnings have come true.
  • The 18th most read post of 2012, with over 83,000 surprising reads, was our very technical and highly detailed walk through of how to trade sovereign bonds in a world in which such complex concepts as relative covenant protection strength, pari passu clauses, Change of Control covenants, local vs foreign law indentures, and many other previously unheard of terms would determine which bonds to buy, and which to sell in post-Greek restructuring world with "Subordination 101: A Walk Thru For Sovereign Bond Markets In A Post-Greek Default World." With Spain's, and then Italy's untenable debt load on deck next for a massive bond restructuring, this post is as relevant now as it was back in January.
  • In 17th spot, the seemingly ubiquitous tungsten makes another very unsurprising appearance with "Tungsten-Filled 10 Oz Gold Bar Found In The Middle Of Manhattan's Jewelry District." While stories of fake gold in broad circulation will only pop up with increasing frequency in the coming years, we look forward to 2013's first confirmed and undisputed sighting of fake gold in the possession of none other than a central bank, and expect that to be the most anticlimatic, yet most read, article of 2013. 
  • Holding the 16th spot, with 87,101 reads, or in this case views, was the one picture summary of the true state of Greece presented in "Must See: Greece Explained In One Picture." For those still unsure why there is no hope that Greece will ever get its financial house in order, this one simple photograph of its financial house should explain it all.
  • Moving to the Top 15 is yet another confirmation when it comes to shopping and liquidation discounts, your average American (buying on credit no less), is no better than a typical caveman. With over 88,500 views, "Thong-Hungry Throng Of Teenage Girls Crash Victoria's Secret" do as the title implies, and take full advantage of firesales during the profit margin destroying Thanksgiving shopping season, which like last year, and the year before, proved to be an epic dud and crashed expectations for a consumer renaissance once more. 
  • In 14th spot, with some 90,000 reads, "Postcards From An Underwater New York" was a confirmation that yes, it can happen here: readers watched with disbelief as New York's financial district suddenly and inexplicable found itself under 15 feet of water, causing billions in damage, and sending the city that never sleep to a grinding halt.
  • The 13th most popular post reminds us just what the biggest media circus for public consumption of 2012 was: the presidential election, where a key part of assuring the success of the incumbent was the battery of ridiculously strong economic reports, subsequently all revised far lower, in the days and weeks leading to the November election. In "Data Massaging Continues: Initial Claims Tumble To 339K Lowest Since 2008, Far Below Lowest Expectation" the October headlines were there merely to spoon-feed the masses; one look beneath the headlines, however, proved that as in every other banana republic, the US was no better off. However, all is fair in pre-election campaigns and data fudging, and the BLS would certainly not be held accountable.
  • Kyle Bass is no stranger to these pages, and sure enough, his report on why "Fallacies Such As MMT Are "Leading The Sheep To Slaughter" And "We Believe War Is Inevitable" which was one of the most coherent, comprehensive summaries of what the world can look forward to (or not as the case may be) in the future, was not surprisingly the 12th most read article of the year with 94,537 reads. To measure the true penetration of his insight, however, one also needs to add the 470,000 reads his November 15 letter got on Scribd. For a relatively dry, deeply financial analysis, this is a record of how penetrating simple truth can be with the broader population, which also explains why every member of the mainstream media hates Bass with a passion.
  • While 2012 was a year in which central planning gained ever more power across the world, one of the biggest losers of the year was unionized labor, which vastly overestimated its powers in the liquidation of the Twinkie maker Hostess, leaving thousands of people without a job just before Thanksgiving. But that blow was nowhere near as severe as the Michigan governor signing the "right to work" proposal into law, taking away even more power from the once all-powerful unions. The aftermath was almost predictable when "Jimmy Hoffa Warned Of "Civil War" As Michigan Governor Signs "Right-To-Work" Into Law" which was the 11th most read post of 2012 with 96,000 reads. Expect more threats (and acts) of violence from America's unionized labor as more of its power is chipped away, and a desperate attempt to hold on to what little remains forces the country's unions to act now, or forever holds its peace.
  • Launching the Top 10 most read posts of 2012, was Eidesis Capital's must read presentation on the inevitable arrival of the "Big Reset", which also provided advice on what to do when said reset finally hits, although as always, any preventative measures would have to be taken before not after the fact: something most people sternly refuse to understand. 
  • In 9th spot, and with over 100,000 reads, was the reminder that no, they don't hate us for our freedoms, when Wired magazine exposed the NSA's secret project "Stellar Wind" summarized in '“We Are This Far From A Turnkey Totalitarian State" - Big Brother Goes Live September 2013." Sadly, the American people now realize they all live in an Orwellian world, and refuse to do anything about it. They say, you always get the government you deserve. They are right.
  • The 8th spot of 2012 rightfully belongs to an article culminating our research on a topic that will certainly gain far more prominence in 2013: the federal Student Loan bubble, which has now popped, and which is as of this moment a $1+ trillion problem that will surpass the subprime loan bubble in both magnitude and severity in a few short months. For more on why the object of Bernanke's debt monetization in QE7 (or maybe 8) will be federal student loans read "The Scariest Chart Of The Quarter: Student Debt Bubble Officially Pops As 90+ Day Delinquency Rate Goes Parabolic"
  • The 7th most popular post of 2012, with 112,813 reads, is the stark reminder that no matter how hard Bernanke tries, he will always fail in forcing America's citizens to adopt his central planning dogma, and abandon hard money in exchange for fiat which will be created out of thin electronic 1s and 0s at an ever accelerating pace. In "The Chart That Keeps Ben Bernanke Up At Night" we learned that in November, the US Mint sold the largest amount of physical gold in history! But... but... why? After all raid after raid on paper gold is meant to drive people out of gold, not into it. Is the facade of gold manipulation finally crumbling? Or is the realization that people don't buy gold for paper currency appreciation but merely to preserve their wealth after the "reset" finally happens, starting to seep in, and that the lower the price of gold the better? Keep an eye on physical gold sales (assuming they are still legal) in 2013 for the answer.
  • In 6th spot, with just under 120,000 reads, is an article we thought would get even more page views explaining "When Work Is Punished: The Tragedy Of America's Welfare State" as it summarizes, with no political commentary, ethics, or prejudgment, why in America making $29K and making $69K are essentially identical from a net income and benefits standpoint, and why an encroaching welfare state - whether that of the US or anywhere else, progressively removes the impetus for hard work, as increasingly more rely on the state (read other people's money or Ben Bernanke's printer) for their daily bread. What some may dub the "success of the socialism" marks for us the decline and fall of the once great US nation.
  • The 5th most popular article of 2012, with 125,000 page views, is another look at America's welfare state, this time from a decidedly unpleasant perspective, showing how "Foodstamps Surge By Most In One Year To New All Time Record, In Delayed Release." With ever more Americans reliant on Uncle Sam for their daily allowance, a number which in a few short months will surpass 50 million Americans, the day of the "benevolent" central planning government redistributing wealth according to its understanding of "fairness" is here to stay for good.
  • In 4th place is a tragedy that seemingly came out of nowhere, yet which has always been latent in America's "exceptionalism", was the "Newtown, CT Elementary School Shooting Tally Rises To 27 Dead, Of Whom 20 Children." More than simply reigniting the painful topic of gun control, it touched upon such sensitive issues as how to deal with mental instability in an increasingly more violence prone America, desensitization to violence, and generally - social decay: topic which the vast majority of Americans would rather not touch with a 10 foot pole until an even greater mass murder tragedy strikes and the country is forced to bury its collective head even deeper into the sand.
  • The third most popular article of 2012, with over 132,000 reads, was our exposing of "The World's Biggest Hedge Fund You Have Never Heard Of." It came as a big surprise to most, especially the tech community, that in addition to dominating the very fickle gizmo and gadget market for the past 5 years, Apple quietly managed to not only build up one of the biggest cash hoards in the world, but to actively manage it largely behind the scenes courtesy of Braeburn Capital, a non-descript asset manager operating out of Reno, Nevada (for the tax benefits of course). What Apple's $100+ billion in cash and equivalents is invested in? Many have speculated but nobody really knows.
  • The runner up to the most popular article of 2012 was the revelation presented to 143,532 readers, that when the BLS redid its "statistical" analysis database following the Census, a "Record 1.2 Million People Fall Out Of Labor Force In One Month, Labor Force Participation Rate Tumbles To Fresh 30 Year Low." Many C-grade financial pundits were angry with this characterization, and yet nobody denied that. yes, 1.2 million people fell out of the labor force for BLS, and "low unemployment rate propaganda", bottom-line purposes. Expect many more millions to drop out of the labor force... or not - as the current pace of labor force contraction would mean a 6.5% unemployment rate by mid 2013, something which would lead to a premature end of the QE4EVA, and which would send both the stock and the bond markets crashing.
  • The most read Zero Hedge article of not only 2012, but of all time, with some 192,000 reads, was "The End Game: 2012 And 2013 Will Usher In The End" - The Scariest Presentation Ever?" No further commentary is necessary.

Finally, while we will, as usual, refrain from predicting where the market closes in 2013, what the 10-Year, silver, tungsten, cotton, or Greece will or won't do in 2013, all meaningless endeavors best suited for Charlatans who have no clearer view of what happens tomorrow than one year from now, but certainly have newsletters or soft-dollar products to pitch and sell, we go back one year to our big picture thematic outlook from December 31, 2011 in which we forecast that "five things that we believe will happen almost without a shadow of a doubt: volatility in 2012 will break all records, retail investors will continue to leave markets in droves, correlations will remain at all time highs, politicians will suckle more than ever at the Wall Street teat knowing well the party is soon ending, and lastly, central planning will hit unseen levels. Everything else is noise and soundbites." Sure enough, this baseline remains valid as we look forward to 2013.

And, sadly as in 2011, we can once again repeat that the trend from 2009 to 2011 and now, to 2012, is quite obvious: "the world is getting ever more insolvent, only this time instead of banks, entire countries are or will soon file for bankruptcy. Which means that taxpayers of the other solvent countries will be on the hook to bail out the transgressors, until finally only one country is left standing. In the meantime any and all diversion tactics will be used to redirect attention from where it deserves to be: the increasingly more disastrous condition of the Welfare State/Banker Oligarchy status quo, and the inevitable warfare to follow: first currency, then trade, then all out."

Ever grimmer economic, financial, political and social background notwithstanding, we, as always, wish all our readers the best of luck and success in 2013, and a promise of what we can be 100% sure of: Zero Hedge will be there each and every day helping readers expose the fallacies, fiction and fraud that the system is reduced to (ab)using each and every day just to kick the can down the road for a few more months, weeks, days, and hours.

 

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Mon, 12/31/2012 - 06:05 | 3108380 smacker
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"You push a bit too much doom for my tastes..."

Well, when there's little news/information around these days which isn't doom & gloom, it's hard to be positive and honest at the same time.

Viz: sovereign spending & debts in the western world are virtually out of control and central banks are printing money to fund it and falsify the markets, markets have been corrupted and cannot be trusted, currencies have been debased beyond belief. Governments are out of control and most state spending programmes are unaffordable. The only bits of positive news emitting from the corridors of power and duly read out by their obedient MSM are the lies in their Press Releases.

All of that forms the backdrop to ZH reporting.

As a Brit I occasionally see extreme opinions posted here, but overall the commenters are knowledgeable and thoughtful.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 16:05 | 3107076 Ookspay
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Before I found Zerohedge I was filled with ignorant bliss; after my eyes were pried open I followed the stages of loss almost to a tee...

 1. SHOCK & DENIAL- No way TPTB will fix everything...

 2. PAIN & GUILT- Was I somehow culpable for not holding my politicians accountable and taking my own freebies?

 3. ANGER & BARGAINING- $%#&! Give me just a little more time...

 4. "DEPRESSION", REFLECTION, LONELINESS- Fuck, this will be hard, I'm gonna miss all the stuff...

 5. THE UPWARD TURN- I can survive almost anything, bring it on!

 6. RECONSTRUCTION & WORKING THROUGH- Stack Stack Stack, divest, deleverage and prep!

 7. ACCEPTANCE & HOPE- What will be will be, I am the master of my domain.

 

I have been spanked here at ZH many times, I always deserved it and have learned plenty. To all of you who have helped in my unorthodox education "thank you sir may I have another!

 

 Cheers and Salud to all my Fight Club Friends, Happy New Year,

 Ookspay.

 

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 16:20 | 3107110 Itch
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Congratulations, you are now offcially freakozoid.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 16:54 | 3107205 Ookspay
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 Ha ha, So I've been told by family, friends, coworkers, etc...

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 22:10 | 3107948 Jena
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I think that's the arc taken by most of us who found our way here because we suspected things weren't quite right. Then, a couple of articles in and it's DAMMIT WE'RE GONNA NEED A BOMB SHELTER LINED WITH GOLD & GUNS!

As for being master of your own domain, nothing wrong with that (as Seinfeld would say).

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 11:05 | 3108854 Ookspay
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LOL Jena, good catch.... But are you still "Queen of the County?"

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 13:11 | 3109316 Jena
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lol!

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 17:18 | 3107283 SilverRhino
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Bouncing between 1-6 depending on the day.   Well .... collapse is inevitble.  I am just amazed they have the plates still spinning.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 17:45 | 3107351 Stuntgirl
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I did that bounce. I found it was very complex bargaining.

Hurry up to prepping, it feels absolutely cathartic. Except for everyone thinking you're batshit.

Thu, 01/03/2013 - 13:38 | 3119109 SilverRhino
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Sure does. 

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 20:13 | 3107683 Dr. Sandi
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I am just amazed they have the plates still spinning.

I'm amazed they still have the plates at all.

Tue, 01/01/2013 - 02:43 | 3111668 JPM Hater001
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There is no plate.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 16:17 | 3107098 linrom
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  • Bonds will be stuck at 1% in the US, Germany, UK and Japan (for this phase).
  • The whole bond market will be dead.
  • Short selling on bonds - banned
  • Short selling stocks – banned
  • CDS – banned
  • Short futures – banned
  • Put options – banned

 

This is an excerpt from the most widely read article on ZH with what is supposedly the scariest prediction ever.

 

One question: is this bad?

 

 

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 16:18 | 3107103 Itch
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The end of the world in less than 200 words! Tripple anal penetration doomer porn takes the top spot again!...i have to chuckle, there is something ballbreakingly funny about people freaking the bean. Maybe of we all focus really hard and pray for the world to end, we might all get cancer and then it wont matter either way.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 16:59 | 3107224 Ookspay
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Itch, I think that you fail to appreciate the wondrous and regenerative power of entropy. Out of the wretched ruin something new will arise, we must help direct that reincarnation.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 16:19 | 3107104 IndicaTive
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Thanks ZH. And all of the great commenters. I enjoy reading most of your opinions, rants and one-liners each day.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 16:20 | 3107108 doggings
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Thanks Tylers for your ceaseless efforts, ZH has contributed so much to my understanding these last 3 years its ridiculous that its free really. 

a massive happy new year to all ZH crew on both sides of the screen.

 

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 16:21 | 3107115 Miffed Microbio...
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Thank you so much Tylers and all zhers ( including the trolls who entertain daily!) I know I'm not the target demographic and it's taken oh so long just to get a basic understanding of the fundimentals presented here but I'm so honored and truly grateful to be part of such a fascinating group. I first came here just to learn what was going on financially behind the scenes but became amazed how deep the rabbit hole went. Wishing all of you a safe, happy new year!

Your Devoted Microbiologist,

Miffed:-)

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 18:49 | 3107479 are we there yet
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Yes thank u Tyler. ZH is the best financial upskirt view and blog site I see everyday. Happy 2013!!

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 16:35 | 3107154 Tom.the.Bomb
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I too, love ZH !!!  Hopefully (many of) the perpetrators and contributors behind the (in my opinion) most informative, diverse and stimulating site I have come across in my internet travels.  I could type on and on about the off shoots of what these communications has directed me towards.  I have learned “a lot”… and wish I could verbally share more with my family and neighbors but (yes but) they usually want to simply mention the weather, football, Obama, you know trivial shit like that.  Boy O boy the “sheeple” runeth deep.  When I try and describe to others about ZH, I tell them that some “pretty smart dudes” are behind it.  Obviously schooled trained in finance, etc.  I see regular information here that 98% of the common folk have no concept of.  World finance, fiat… etc.  All they want to know is… what are my monthly payments…. SAD.  Because of ZH and my newly formed views of how the “world” (of finance) truly works… I have made a game of it.  I have taken my nut (expenses) down to laughably low levels, I’m almost embarrassed to mention to others, because I know they are too far hooked.  If I see an opening or genuine interest, I will try my best to teach them (that the only game in town is that “less is more”) about “real security”.  I once gambled (risked, ha ha) with investments… as of 6 years ago or so, I signed up for the two point something percent deal, I don’t even look anymore, maybe below one now for all I know (or care) all I know, is I am liquid (to mean have enough cash on hand) to lay low for many years to come.  In the meantime I am learning how to really take advantage of “the system”.  Again embarrassed, because it is not what I thought being a striving American is supposed to be about.  The Jones’s can have their payments.  I will have my view.  Happily so !  Thanks ZH.  Happy New Year to all !

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 16:44 | 3107174 JPM Hater001
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First thing I look at in the morning, last thing I look at before bed.

TY ZH

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 20:15 | 3107687 Dr. Sandi
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Hell, I see ZH when I'm sleeping sometimes. And THAT'S SCARY.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 16:45 | 3107176 GCT
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The one site I come to read daily no matter the place.  Great articles and some great commenter's.  I have learned so much.  I am a historian by trade and never really though much about my investments until 2008.  I needed to learn and this place is better then any university could even begin to educate a layman. 

Thanks to the Tyler's salute!!!

Happy New Year and when we can no longer pull up ZH we will finally know the real shit hit the fan.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 16:46 | 3107182 Unstable Condition
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Though I am reletively new to ZH (just over two months) this site has not only opened my eyes, but validated much of what I already suspected regarding the Fed and fractional banking.

Kudos on a great site and much luck in 2013.

UC

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 16:54 | 3107208 Euro Monster
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Thanks ZeroHedge for being with us. Wish all of you a Happy New Year. I very much hope that one day we will live in better times than this. I especially wish that to the future generations. All the best!

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 16:54 | 3107210 weyes1
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WHAT???  No BANZAI???

For all the laughs he has brought us, I am surprised that his work has not made the short list.

C'mon William, one last shot in 2012 to break the top 25!!

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 17:03 | 3107235 DutchR
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Tylers beat Mayans go figure....

 

 

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 17:10 | 3107259 valkir
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I am proud to be part of the small family of zerohedgers.I feel sorry for people,who never been able to discover ZH.Happy New Year,bitchez,i love you all.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 17:15 | 3107276 Salt
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ZH is the best site on the net.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 20:17 | 3107692 Dr. Sandi
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What about http://midgetshemales.com ? Hmmm??

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 23:03 | 3108077 Notarocketscientist
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Featuring Thomas Friedman banging the midget who shouted 'da plane da plane' while Paul Krugman sits in the corner (looking like a monkey) strumming his pecker (to the beat of lambada)

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 17:20 | 3107294 John Law Lives
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Good ole ZH.  Best financial site on the 'net.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 17:21 | 3107295 caimen garou
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THANKS TYLERS,  GLAD WE HAVE A PLACE FOR REAL NEWS!

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 17:40 | 3107336 blindman
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A Shortcut Through 2012
Series: Shortcuts
From: Peter Bochan
Length: 59:14
http://www.prx.org/pieces/89863-a-shortcut-through-2012
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‘Unimaginable number of veterans homeless’
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/12/30/unimaginable-number-of-veterans-...

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 17:42 | 3107340 stant
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without zh we would only feel like we are screwed, now we not only know for sure but by who and why . also no place to bitch about it.you know those bastards read zh too.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 17:52 | 3107369 noob
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...unfortunately with greater motivation than most :-/

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 17:44 | 3107347 Radical Marijuana
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Zero Hedge states the unfortunately true FACTS:

"the system ... is fatally flawed and corrupt

... the inevitable warfare to follow:

first currency, then trade, then all out."

FINANCIAL NUMBERS ARE NUTS;

FRAUDS, BACKED UP BY FORCE!

The story that was the most read in 2012 featured the DERIVATIVE MAGNITUDES, which are going into the quadrillions, without any backing other than the threat of genocidal war, along with democidal martial law. This insane financial system is sustained by nothing else than its own astronomically sized insanities! We keep kicking this can down the road, because the only apparent alternatives are that most of us would be murdered by the consequences of the established systems collapsing into chaos. However, at the same time, the NUMBERS ARE NUTS:

  • $70 trillion in G10 debt is the collateral for $700 trillion in derivatives
  • ... 1200% of Global GDP and it rests on very, very weak foundations.

 

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 17:46 | 3107353 Peter Pan
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The only thing I can predict for 2013 is that there will be more predictions from people who cannot even remember what they had for dinner two nights ago.

But so what, it is interesting to see how people extrapolate their fears and hopes and it is even more interesting how governments and bankers destroy hopes and heighten fears.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 18:05 | 3107390 WojtekSz
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i have started with reading ZH after reading seekingalpha. Within a year ZH become my most important source of information and i look to other places just to get second opinions.

excellent job done, Tyler(s)!

thank you and a Happy New Year

 

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 18:11 | 3107401 franzpick
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Every morning I first go to 4 sites to check for possible world-shattering news - of solar earthbound CMEs, then earthquakes over 8 in the western Pacific, and then whether Nukushima NPP unit 4 has finally collapsed. Then I go to ZeroHedge.

I save the best for last.

Thanks Tyler for the indescribable ZH, and may you and yours, and all the members, take care in 2013: good people like us are scarce.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 18:33 | 3107442 sink critically
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My order is similar. Is the world literally still in one piece? Are the machines likely to continue working for the next 24-48 hours? Is it time to party like it's 1999 yet? If no to all of the above then, what are the crooked psychos up to now?

Excellent information and commentary to all zeroes near and far.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 18:11 | 3107402 mendolover
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My fellow Fight Clubbers -

Thanks for the education!  I tell anyone that will listen that my best info is found in the comment section of a ZH article. 

Happy New Year!

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 18:14 | 3107407 s2man
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My thanks to ZH, too, for the real story.  For me, ZH used to be about learning about all the systems which are broken.  Now, I just hang around to catch news of the first domino falling over.

When that major bank fails in Europe, as in Raoul Pal's prediction and in pastor/author Dave Wilkerson's vision, we'll have about a week to get our cash out of the bank before there is a bank holiday in the U.S.. Stores will be open but credit/debit cards won't work during the holiday.  SNAP cards won't work, either; Queue social unrest.  Dave's vision at that point?  1000 fires in NY and fires in 1000 cities.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 22:55 | 3108059 Notarocketscientist
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If anyone still has cash in a bank they deserve to lose it all.  Keep it at home - better still - keep it in gold

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 02:09 | 3108298 helping_friendl...
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Please! No more! I have had to listen to the 12.21.2012 speil for years now and it didn't and isn't going to happen. It seems society is to organized and the first thing they fund, at the beginning of a crisis as we have all witnessed, is the hiring of 100,000 more police.

No bank is going to fail, they won't allow it. They will not let you use PM as money, EVER, so you best just take a pill, like the rest of us, and chill.

The only disaster that will do those things you describe would be a natural disaster.

The best we can hope/fight for is legalizing kind bud so at least we can tolerate this bullpooh. I think that is a doable goal. I am going to lobby my Congress idiots to legalize. It will distract us from all of their chicanery, make the music sound sweeter, the food taste better and television tolerable.

LEGALIZE IT NOW. I want to get stoned.

 

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 04:35 | 3108358 A. Buttle
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move to WA dood

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 18:21 | 3107416 TheGardener
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"as it summarizes, with no political commentary, ethics, or prejudgment"

...ZH is the greatest journalistic endeavor of our times
and because of the above , eternally legal and accessible
to all free readers...

Love you Tyler and any of you with a similar mindset,
many many thanks to you guys and a Happy New Year !

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 18:21 | 3107418 needfiatforBBB
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Thank you ZH, TD, and the many great posters on here. 

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 18:22 | 3107420 XtraBullish
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As an 35-year veteran Canadian precious metals advisor/broker, I have waited 33 years for a platform to arise that so beautifully tells the world how completely full of shit the financial services industry is, from the City of London to Bay Street and finally to the biggest shitpile of all, Wall Street. 

Thanks Tyler and Happy New Year.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 18:34 | 3107440 akak
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As an 35-year veteran Canadian precious metals advisor/broker, I have waited 33 years for a platform to arise that so beautifully tells the world how completely full of shit the financial services industry is, from the City of London to Bay Street and finally to the biggest shitpile of all, Wall Street.

Despite the similarity in factual details, I have to assume from the rest of your post (and from the lack of evidence of any sudden and recent moral and intellectual epiphany) that you are not in fact Jon Nadler.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 20:20 | 3107698 Dr. Sandi
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You kidding? Nadler LOVES ZH! He reads everything here, then flips it sideways and includes it in his blog.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 21:03 | 3107820 Temporalist
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Haha that was funny...Nadler can't read.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 21:14 | 3107824 akak
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You're probably correct --- we all know that he simply cannot resist reading the comments of all the "Radical Goldbug Extremists".  Funny how his ire is NEVER raised by the vastly larger, and vastly more idiotic, Radical Paperbug Extremists.

Although why Nadler has never deigned to troll here --- as he at least used to in the Kitco Forum, before it became a gulag of intolerance and suppression of opinion --- is both a mystery and an insulting slight to ZH.  Oh how I would love to take him on here as I used to in the Kitco forum!  Trying to make him argue logically and rationally about gold was like trying to grab a greased pig --- without using one's arms.  The man is truly completely spineless and soulless and without one iota of intellectual or moral integrity.  Nadler is, quite simply, evil.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 22:45 | 3108030 Notarocketscientist
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The financial system is syphlitic

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 18:26 | 3107431 max2205
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Thanks!

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 18:39 | 3107456 The Heart
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Thank you all, every One, and ZH for providing a forum for truth and sanity to flow here.

The Light is bright and very well appreciated from so many esteemed writers and contributes.

Happy New Years Ha-ha to ALL!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9T3V0PTmWU

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 18:51 | 3107488 At120
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Really useful summary.  Bookmarking it for posterity.  Thanks Tylers!

 

 

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 19:06 | 3107523 Next to Arch Stanton
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Wish I had come across ZH years ago - so much valuable information and insight, I wish I could read every post and comment.  Sadly, my job and family require me to spend some time away from the site.

Tylers, I hope you are making some money off this.  You deserve it.  (I did buy a ZH hat last week) 

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 22:42 | 3108024 Notarocketscientist
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too bad ZH wasn't around pre - lehman....

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 19:41 | 3107537 Never One Roach
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ZH is the ray of Sunshine in an otherwise very bleak and dark cavernous world. Thank you for the education! I would also like to thank someone who goes by the name "Batshwing" on the Yahoo messag eboards, who along with Vonmiser and golfbum opened the door to further understanding of the moentary system, credit markets and the fed.

 

Thanks to one and all! It is much appreciated.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 19:15 | 3107546 dolph9
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I think the unmoderated comments are what drive some people away from zerohedge.  And of course being "alternative" means that if it becomes mainstream, it loses its reason for existence.

This is certainly the only place I've found where I can post freely my thoughts on what's going on.  It is therapy, in a way.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 19:40 | 3107605 Room 101
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The unmoderated comments are what kept me off the site for quite awhile, except as a lurker.  The golden rule and a willingness to respond appropriately seem to go a long way.      

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 21:43 | 3107909 Mary Wilbur
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I felt the same. Then I decided it was a small price to pay for refusing to yield to pc or what the Brits used to call "received opinion."

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 22:18 | 3107969 Jena
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The water's fine! Aren't you glad you jumped in?

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 22:50 | 3108045 DaddyO
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+1 its that initial jump off the dock that trips up most sheeple. Once you muster the nerve and take the plunge things become more clear!!

DaddyO

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 19:44 | 3107614 bonnenouvelle
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thx zerohedge

bonne annee a tous~

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 20:00 | 3107645 wchild
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While I manage a $300MM+ business unit for a multi national, I am not a financial manager.  I have been following ZH for a couple years, and am absolutely addicted.  I have learned more from these pages than any other site, or publication and share them with both family and business associates often.  I thank you very much for opening my eyes as to what the hell is REALLY going on.  I respect you all very much, including most of the commentors, which I read each and every time, that I have the time.

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 01:18 | 3108263 Pareto
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I learn as much from the ZH'ers as I do from the articles.  The terseness, the veracity, the education, and the oh so dry and in your face dialogue and exchanges.  I look to these guys for translation.  Its awesome.  And as somebody said, "Its an addiction."  But, perhaps my favorite, is the never dull, never worn out......."Gold Bitchezzzzz", and/or ....."BTFD Bitchezzzz".  On a serious level, I learned a ton from ZH'ers on the 2nd Amendment, the carry trade in bonds, and what it REALLY means to own PM's.  ZH'ers have an excellent habit of bringing clarity to many concepts and truths that you might not understand, if you just only ask.  Its a second education for me in many respects - not just economics.  Best wishes to all ZH'ers and the makers of this forum for a prosperous and safe 2013!

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 20:08 | 3107672 OutLookingIn
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And the "Hits" just keep coming!

Thank you Tylers & ZH'ers.

Having followed Tyler from 'Seeking Alpha' days and then here to the new site, after his censorship at SA - it has been a most memorable voyage of discovery. Discovering not only the truth, but the unadulterated truth behind what publicly passes for "honesty". Exposing this conceited, fallacious, hubristic, and cruel financial double dealing, by those in whom trust is given to act honesty and openly for the public good, but in fact does not.

Many have had their eyes opened. Many still struggle in the dark. May they find their way here.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 20:09 | 3107673 Hubbs
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Yep. All those listed I have read. And when people who actually listen ask me what do I read?

I tell them: No TV, no newspapers or magazines. No Druge Report. Nothing else until I have first read ZH.  I remember switching from Nouriel Roubini's blog after he shut it down to ZH when it was just piggybacked under some DIY Blogsite.

 

And to those who would complain that ZH was difficult to understand, I told them:  "You better learn  to understand. Seriously."

None of this was ever taught to me in my economics/history classes at Williams  College...just Keynesian  Economics and various assorted flavors of Koolaid, which is why I am reluctant to give them anymore donations.

 

 

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 00:58 | 3108247 helping_friendl...
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If I would have imagined the world today before the 21st century began I would have not wasted my time and money on university and stayed in the drug trade. Seeing how criminal our system is/has been I would have no moral dilemma wheeling and dealing the kind bud, not paying taxes, and saying "no thank you" to supporting this country's raping of the planet by .05% of the population (a certain chosen group) and you know who you are.

The world did not end as expected, good thing I didn't run up the credit cards in anticipation. My life gets better everyday while so many others gets so much worse. I am ashamed to be an American but, I guess I'll grin and bear it. 

I wait for the bunker-PM people to start the revolution but, I think they are all talk. 

All I learned is always wrong.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 20:29 | 3107724 toomanyfakecons...
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According to Alexia.com, ZH outperforms many adult websites and "economically viable" websites in terms of traffic. Good job!

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 22:57 | 3108066 DaddyO
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Believe it or not Alex Jones' infowars.com has a higher rank than ZH, that's a scary bit of info, huh?

DaddyO

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 01:28 | 3108272 Radical Marijuana
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In my opinion, Alex Jones appeals to a lower common denominator than Zero Hedge. I believe that the intellectual rigor and depth of analysis standard is higher at Zero Hedge. That said, their basic analysis of the INTERNATIONAL BANKSTERS' CARTEL overlaps considerably.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 20:38 | 3107751 bigkahuna
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Thanks!

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 20:38 | 3107754 frenchie
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good job!

keep it going!

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 20:45 | 3107775 Apostate2
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Just a drive-by to high-five!

Gong xi fa cai to all. 

(Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship)

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 21:00 | 3107815 Temporalist
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Hillary Clinton is in the hospital with blood clot after suffering a concussion

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Secretary-of-State-Hillary-Clinton-ad...

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 21:17 | 3107857 akak
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So she fell on her butt then?

Come to think of it, I did feel a tremor a while ago.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 22:48 | 3108039 hawk nation
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Nothing is more protected then her rear end or michelles if the media would ever show it

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 21:03 | 3107821 wisehiney
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More thong throngs.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 21:08 | 3107833 solidus
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Before I started reading ZH I was completely ignorant of those topics that ZH specializes in. I have learned a great deal and now am only mostly ignorant of those same topics. Keep up the good work and thank you, I still have a lot to learn.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 21:11 | 3107846 Flakmeister
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Obligatory post....

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 21:21 | 3107863 themisanthrope
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"...determined simply by the number of page views..."

 

And we click on those stars for what reason? At least pretend that some complicated algorithm goes into choosing.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 21:34 | 3107884 Dr. Sandi
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The graphic at the top of this thread has a rear view mirror showing '2012' in clearly non-dyslexic text.

This implies that '2012' was backwards all along, but by looking at it in the rear view mirror, it somehow looks normal.

Maybe that explains the whole damned year!

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 21:35 | 3107887 rsnoble
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This post is complete bullshit! I thought the topic was "who's reply had the most response?......................now that would be something to work for!  And btw I never knew this competition exisisted but just something to think about for next year.  You bastards.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 21:36 | 3107891 rsnoble
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Yum yum. I eat taco salad.

!!

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 22:15 | 3107960 Element
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Here's a post that might prove popular, Hillary just had a stroke:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-31/hillary-clinton-admitted-to-hospit...

Poor Hillary, at least Al-Qaeda still have Obama Sin-Laden.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 22:24 | 3107980 Jena
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Clot busters. What memories might be unleashed?

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 23:41 | 3108147 DaddyO
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Or wiped clean, "Sorry Senator I can't remember what happened in Benghazi..."

DaddyO

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 22:31 | 3107991 lakecity55
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So, they have a stroke drug in addition to the heart attack drug?

Now, That's  really taking one "for the team!"

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 22:24 | 3107977 natty light
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...and the prescription drug chain; what will happen if certain people can't get their drugs?[reposted elsewhere]

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 23:37 | 3108139 Jena
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Critical drug shortages already exist within pharmacy systems. Add in counterfiet drugs, which are potentially everywhere, and we're pretty much screwed so far as reliability in the system.

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 22:38 | 3108009 tnquake
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Thanks and Happy New Year to the Tylers and all the ZH'ers.

Y'all don't forget to eat your black-eye peas on New Years Day!

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 22:58 | 3108067 hawk nation
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Before finding zh I always had the feeling that i was being lied to and manipulated but could not voice my concerns for fear of being considered and extremist

Finding zh has braught clearity to my thinking and provided a source that i can feel comfortable with the message presented

Thanks to all for your insight and especially tyler

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 22:58 | 3108068 Hobie
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The truth is refreshing. Thanks for keeping it real!

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 23:11 | 3108092 The Heart
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Oh lord we pray and pray these cops and military types are not so crazy as to be doing what this Lieutenant is saying in this radio interview with Pastor Butch.

He speaks about the armies of Babylon training to "take us down" and to come to take people at home where their preparedness is. Not hear say he says in regards to the preparations for gun confiscations. We have seen this coming for years. It is the global banking empire take over. The game is on for the first quarter!

May God help us all. Listen at about two thirds in to what this guy has to reveal. Is it real?

http://archives2012.gcnlive.com/Archives2012/dec12/CalltoDecision/122812...

Sun, 12/30/2012 - 23:24 | 3108112 Element
Sun, 12/30/2012 - 23:32 | 3108128 monad
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Thanks for all these excellent stories and many others. But where is WB7? Does he get a distinct honor for his profuse, timely satire?

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 00:25 | 3108205 Tinky
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Not to overstate things, Tyler, but not only is your work appreciated, you have created a community which has had, and will continue to have a potentially positive impact on many peoples' live's in the coming years.

Thanks much.

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 00:58 | 3108249 resurger
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Today is a special day for me , My ZH birthday is today.

Today i light my first year candle, 1 year and 15 hours..

I want to thank everyone on ZH ...
Happy birthday to me and happy new years for all yall

For the years to come...

My wishlist:

To kiss Layren Lyster... /jk :)

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 01:06 | 3108255 geotrader
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Took me a few trips (over the course of a couple of months) to understand.  Now I don't believe shit unless it's on ZH.  

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 01:10 | 3108260 awakening
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Many thanks for the 2012 Greatest Hits edition Zerohedge, hope to find something even more special in 2013.

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 01:53 | 3108287 Schmuck Raker
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I nominate [FC]UKIP party boss Nigel Farange for runner-up(26th place) entertainer/MP/'Subject' of the year!

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 02:35 | 3108315 Temporalist
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Benevolent Billionaires Should Buy Out Bushmaster

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-30/benevolent-billionaires-should-...

 

"The company’s existing stockpile of guns -- it has some $200 million in inventory according to the latest quarterly report -- can be melted down and turned into plowshares, or at least tasteful monuments to the horrors of gun violence"

 

Well Mr. Cohan didn't consider the "horrors of gun violence" brought about the USA apparently.  Are these guns more deadly than bankers and politicians killing thousands?  He could ask George Soros if he thinks the populations of Europe would have been better off having guns when the Nazis came.

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 10:02 | 3108642 BidnessMan
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"Those who turn their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who didn't."  Ben Franklin

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 02:51 | 3108321 glenlloyd
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I missed this post and the link leads to "access denied"

"Dr. Michael "The Big Short" Burry's "Brutal Hangover Is Inevitable" State-Of-The-World UCLA Commencement Speech"

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 03:27 | 3108338 Temporalist
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Michael Burry's Reminder That After Every Over-Consumption, A Brutal Hangover Is Inevitable

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-22/michael-burrys-reminder-after-e...

 

Dr. Michael "The Big Short" Burry's "Brutal Hangover Is Inevitable" State-Of-The-World UCLA Commencement Speech

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/dr-michael-big-short-burrys-brutal-hangove...

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 13:17 | 3109336 glenlloyd
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thx....now that I see it I remember it...

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 03:44 | 3108343 spekulatn
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Mon, 12/31/2012 - 04:17 | 3108351 A. Buttle
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A great year for ZH: not so much for the fate of the world.

 

Durdens, how about a top 10 list of user comments for the year? You could borrow someone's algo bot to pick 'em.

(apologies if this has been suggested already)

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 05:07 | 3108365 liszt
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Aristote's logic :

Republicans are morons

Ron Paul is a republican

Ron Paul is a moron.

Democrates are morons too. 

 

 

 

 

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 05:27 | 3108368 From Germany Wi...
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Hysteria apparently sells. As I have to take notice, the world is still standing. As much as I believe the world to be in deep, deep, DEEP trouble, all the doom-saying is just too panicky.

It would be best to keep one's nerves while the global towers of debt and derivatives on debt comes crashing down on us. Lean back and enjoy the show.

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 05:40 | 3108376 falak pema
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In this folding year of sliding first world recessionary trends as epitomised by the US fiscal cliff and Euro/Japan/UK economic debt conundrums it is surprsing to see how the Oligarchy Market Indicies has performed in the world.

Here is an overview around the globe : Cours des indices boursiers internationaux

What more needs to be said. The Dax has jumped 29% in 2012! 

Now we know who ALSO made money on the backs of those sovereign bond spreads that have burned in hell in Club Med Europe! 

Both the German and French stock markets have made out like bandits, as have HK and Japan! 

What a crazy world. Those that the Gods wish to destroy they first drive mad.

Happy New year, especially to those who have their eyes open and their hearts in place. 

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 14:30 | 3108377 ptoemmes
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Happy New Year ZH - those than make it go from up front and behind the scenes...even though the news is far from happy.

 

And still missing Marla going on two years now...

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 06:09 | 3108382 Dan The Man
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Why am I "not authorized" to read Dr Burry's speech?   WTF?

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 06:10 | 3108383 Dan The Man
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Thanks for the link to DrBurry!!!

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 06:24 | 3108386 ZippyDooDah
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Long live Zero Hedge!

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 06:51 | 3108392 Monedas
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Karl Marx .... World's First And Foremost Library Pervert Bum With BO And Body Lice !      Internet porn wasn't invented, yet .... so he conformed himself to inventing Socialism .... real time state porn !

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 06:54 | 3108393 news printer
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Syrian troops arrest 4 Turkish fighter pilots in Aleppo

"The guarding troops of the Koerc military airport arrested four Turkish officers who were trying to sneak into the airport..."

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 07:05 | 3108397 jack stephan
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Shitter's full td......

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 08:14 | 3108430 Inthemix96
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Just flicked back over the comments here on this thread and one thing has struck out at me after reading them, if the game does come to an end, and we lose the internet for any length of time it is reasuring that there are some good minded and down right decent folk floating around this fucked up, corrupt, cess-pit of a world.

If the end comes ZHers, I hope it is members here who put the game back together.  To each and everyone of you here, I wish you all the very fucking best for 2013.  Heres a tidbit of info I have just been informed of, 2013 is the first year since 1987 to have four different numbers in it.  Now hows that for info for the cabal to use then??

Seriously though, thanks for all you do ZH, and thanks to the commenters, happy new year bitchez.

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 08:45 | 3108468 helping_friendl...
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Good point. Even the people I don't agree with on this site are pretty sharp. It takes all kinds to make an interesting world.

Time to get busy living because we are not getting any younger. If the game does end most of us here will do alright or, maybe even, better than the rest of the zh uninitiated.

It is 3 hours and 22 minutes until 2013 here and I am watching the CCTV gala in Bejing on the tube.

So glad zh is not blocked here. 

HNY to you and the rest of ya'.

Looking at premarket in USA and Apple is down.

I suppose today is a short trading day? I have stopped trying to predict direction so this should be interesting.

 

 

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 11:14 | 3108883 ptoemmes
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Yeah, if/when TSHTF please wear your ZH T-Shirt or hat (you do all have one don't you) - learn the secret hand gesture delivered with the secret code phrase (*)- cause I am not gonna have a whole lot of patience trying to figure out if you are a good one or not.  ;-)HNY,

 

Pete

 

* - the finger aka the bird while saying LOUDLY Fuck You Bernanke (pause). Bitchez.

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 08:33 | 3108442 Anasteus
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Thank you Zero Hedge for your outstanding work to help people understand. I'm looking forward to reading next brilliant articles and analyses.

Wish you and all others happier new year and all the best in professional and personal life.

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 08:58 | 3108486 Moe Howard
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Nice list. Thanks for being here for us Tylers and all you class A posters, you know who you are.

 

Fuck the Fed etc. BTFD. Gold Bitichez.

 

BTW, visited a gun show. Magpul 30 rd M16 magazines around $50 each. Local gunshop had them for $10.98 just after Thanksgiving. Nice return for buying and holding 1 month, eh? Wish I had bought 1000.

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 09:56 | 3108507 Mi Naem
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Those wishing to see #19:

Dr. Michael "The Big Short" Burry's "Brutal Hangover Is Inevitable" State-Of-The-World UCLA Commencement Speech

can see it here: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/dr-michael-big-short-burrys-brutal-hangove...

 

The link in the original listing goes to: http://www.zerohedge.com/editors/top-posts?created[min]=2012-01-01&created[max]=2012-12-31

which gets a "

Access denied

You are not authorized to access this page."

 

 

This was my first exposure to Burry.  Thanks ZH!

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 23:57 | 3111501 Monedas
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If you do not believe in absolute, laissez faire Capitalism .... you are my enemy .... I will seek you out and ridicule you .... without mercy !        Monedas    1929       Comedy Jihad World Tour   

Do NOT follow this link or you will be banned from the site!