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Gallup Poll: Americans Most Negative On the Nation And Economy In 30 Years
Via Michael Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
I guess Americans just haven’t heard of a little something called the stock market. Isn’t that right Bernanke? Wasn’t the stock market rally you engineered supposed to make everyone feel all nice and confident? Well the great middle class squeeze continues, as the stock market is for the 1% what food stamps are for the poor. They are just strategies to keep these groups apathetic and obedient. The middle class isn’t buying it though, as is evidenced by this recent Gallup Poll conducted January 7-10, 2013.
From Gallup:
PRINCETON, NJ — U.S. President Barack Obama begins his second term at a time when Americans are as negative about the state of the country and its prospects going forward as they have been in more than three decades. Fewer than four in 10 Americans (39%) rate the current status of the U.S. at the positive end of a zero to 10 scale. This is about the same as in 2010, but it is fewer than have said so at any point since 1979. As they usually are, Americans are more upbeat in their predictions of where the U.S. will be in five years (48% positive), but this is also lower than at any time since 1979.
The 39% of Americans who give a six to 10 rating when asked to evaluate the nation’s current status is similar to the 37% who said the same three years ago. Prior to that, however, assessments were generally more positive, including a 73% six to 10 rating in January 2001 — the highest on record. The three previous points in time when ratings were as low as or lower than the 2013 rating were in August 1979 (34%), April 1974 (33%), and January 1971 (39%). The 1979 measure came at a time when the economy was in bad shape and inflation was rampant, while the 1974 measure came in the midst of the Watergate scandal. When Gallup first asked the question in August 1959, 68% of Americans rated the state of the nation in the six to 10 range.
What about the future?
The 48% who give a six to 10 ranking when asked to project the status of the U.S. five years from now is tied with the 1979 measure as the lowest in Gallup’s history of asking the question. Additionally, the 40% who give a negative rating (zero to four) when asked to look ahead is lower than at any point in history. These negative ratings include 10% who say the situation of the country in five years will be zero, the worst they can imagine.
Not so much. Don’t worry Bernanke, I’m sure another 50 S&P handles will make everything better.
Full Gallup article here.
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All these people will soon be piling into equities with all their cash on the sidelines. Muhahaha...ha! </evillaugh>
More likely they will be piling in to cattle cars for the free trip to re-education camps. Buwawawa
> Americans Most Negative On the Nation And Economy In 30 Years
That is a very good reason to buy more stocks, especially the S&P, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, and of course AAPL. /s
Now is the best time to go long on assault rifles, semi auto hand guns, anything with the word "tactical" in it and any gun in the color black.
Because they will ban them. If you think the GOP is some kind of bulwark against tyranny youre fucking stupid.
And when they are banned, they will be worth their weight in gold.
clearly, this poll was taken before the term "great rotation" was coined.
anyone with a computer and IQ over 60 (sorry kenynesians, this does not include you) can look at ICI data over the last 5 years and see there is ALWAYS money going into equities the first few weeks of Jan. there was even an inflow in Jan, 2009....during the midst of the shit hitting the fan.
Worst in 30 years? I guess I need to finally read "The Fourth Turning" before it arrives in person.
I guess the FED's "lip sync" economy isn't convincing the average Joe.
all these idiots are negative on the economy, they hate the direction things are going and YET STILL the CONDITIONING to get them to CONFORM and do what they were TOLD or else fear being LABELED a RACIST for not voting for Obama was more than strong enough to get the guy reelected, wasn't it?
it wasn't enough for whites to vote for him once; you had to go do it again to PROVE that you're not RAYCISS huh? Gfd I laugh at you people.
Calling out the socialist that wouldn't know a shovel ready job if it bit him in the ass.....will always get you labeled as a racist.
Gosh, I must be a racist too. Do we have meetings? Doughnuts? ;)
All your guns are already belong to us. Now hand over your women
Too late my man.
I'm not so sure now is the time. You've got sheriffs in multiple states in open revolt against anything that impacts the 2nd, and the last AWB resulted in a pretty large turnover in the house. In spite of the media reports to the contrary, the actual polls on outright gun bans moved only a single point since Sandy Hook.
In short, the political costs of outright bans is too high. So they either need more over-the-top slaughter to take advantage of, or they'll have to do something more stealthy, or just give up on it for now and hope they can pull off some emergency EO when the collapse is actually occurring.
That said, long beans, bullets, bandaids is not bad advice at all. This is going to get hella worse before it gets better.
Seek,you will see it spring,summer latest.They will allow chaos first,have population beg for help.Dollar wont get you a gum ball.Major disruption,populated areas first.Then the gun grab,citys first.
guess thats why v22 osprey are flying all over central ky, never saw one fly untill one flew over the house on my lunch hr today .blackhawks are thick too,
anyone else feel a little bit dirty when they see something like the v22? I know i should hate it because it is a ludicrously expensive boondoggle created with stolen taxpayer money and in a true free market it would never exist........ but fuck it's just so fucking cool........some primitive part of my lizard brain sees tech like that and just gets a hard on.....mmmmm better club to kill things with....mmmmmm
Blackhawks have been flying daily out of the local airport Reserve station. Used to be once a month. I'm now seeing up to 3-4 a day. A C5 did low and slow circles for more than 1/2 an hour a couple weeks back. Didn't think about it much before...now it makes you wonder.
You've got sheriffs in multiple states in open revolt against anything that impacts the 2nd, and the last AWB resulted in a pretty large turnover in the house. In spite of the media reports to the contrary, the actual polls on outright gun bans moved only a single point since Sandy Hook.
It's never been the Sheriff's we had to worry about,it's all about militarization of local LE.
When they started training together several years back, I knew then WE were in serious doo doo.
No the best time to be buying was last year. Now is the time to hold on. The problem now is that the government is buying up all the ammo. If you're not stocked up you are fucked.
When does the door kicking start ? How many will just roll over ? The Gop is a bunch of globalist just like the rest of'em. This Gov is nolonger legit steling from the unborn, and atrocities to numerous to list. The Tree of Liberty is severely parched.
If ever there were a time to stealthily build a belt fed machine gun in your garage......
Lucky for me 416S and 6061 won't be worth their weight in gold any time soon.
True. People are usually wrong. Shit the best thing you could have done in 1979 was load the fucking boat and go long the shitty economy. Sp was what 300?
Likewise 2001 was the highest reading? Good call, nation... Sell that fuckin dream.
Yeah I know it is different this time. FEMA camps, waa, cabals waaa.
Well I am still not buying apple so fuck me I am a lemming too I guess.
I'll take "climbing the wall of worry" for 2000
sliding down the slope of hope for one razor blade.
So most Americans agree that the country is in the shitter and the future is bleak.
These are the same Americans that pretty much just re-elected THE EXACT SAME GOVERNMENT (POTUS, congress) they had the past four years.
Retorical question: Are Americans fucking insane?
Honestly, I dont care what the average low information voter thinks anymore. They get what they deserve.
Low information voters don't think. They vote for the guy that gives them what the want. And they want your/my money.
"Low information voters???"
As opposed to what? "High information voters" who are stupid enough to do it anyway?
If you think voting matters, then YOU are the problem, not some silly "low information voter."
Low info? High info?
What happened to just enough info?
The survey proves that "just enough" info is getting through to the masses.
Despite Boo Boo Baby, Jersey Shore, or any of the circuses served up, along with the bread (food stamps) for said masses. Reality is starting to bite people where it hurts - in the economic ass!
I agree: "If you think voting matters..."
And let us not forget the blogger reports of RAMPANT cooking of the electoral books, all SQUELCHED in the media. BHO reportedly "won" in every state that did not require a photo ID to vote. He lost in every state that did require a photo ID in order to vote. And how about those ridings where more than 100% of voters appeared as if by magic, including busloads of people from another country? And the whonky electronic voting screens? And, and, and..? The media dangled the hanging chad thing during the GWB election for months, yet this time, with hijinks on a much grander scale, we get NOTHING...
There are no markets, and there are no elections. There are only manipulations. And memory holes.
Paul Craig Roberts interview from 2011 spells it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_878366&feature=iv&...
Looking back, I'd guess the chads issue was about getting the right stooge in the office for 9/11. Since Gore is an alleged "intellectual policy wonk" type, he couldn't pull off the village idiot routine as well Mr. "Don't Misunderestimate Me" did.
Instead of everyone going on about how calculatingly evil he was, all we heard was insults about his intelligence, and his failures (which were actually very successful, from a criminal POV).
Whether true or not, it worked like a charm.
Agreed. The trouble with Dubya's speech centers distracted from activity in other parts of his gnarled brain, not to mention those of his handlers.
You had all forms of vote fraud in all the swing states along with other states. Busing in voters, illegals, multiple voting, late night election voting, precincts voting 110%, rigged machines, the list is endless. They made sure he won and they kept the senate and licked up some house seats. Even the fake conservative talk radio cowards said nothing.
imo seek below has it right. the problem isn't what the dems and reps disagree on, it's what they agree on: endless wars on terrorism and drugs, incarceration without indictment, assassination without trial or appeal, trillions for tanks and banks, debt slavery for the ranks, israel first last and always....
The choices are rigged. The candidates for (D) and (R) had no major differences, and the crap that went down during the (R) primaries proved that the people had no say in the selection of candidates.
Districts are gerrymandered to guarantee party-loyal candidate's seats. Representation per capita is the lowest it's ever been in the US.
This has nothing to do with what information voters have or don't have. It's not at all shocking the same government got re-elected when the whole system is built to make sure that happens.
Anyone who would participate in a system which reelects +90% of the incumbents simply does not understand math.
Zap Powerz doesn't need to be politically correct as Rush Limbaugh is. THat is his term for black, un-educated, ObamaPhone using, EBT card holding voter who doesn't read, nor do they care to, and will vote for anyone that promises them anything.
You can't beat a guy who's running for President who will promise to rob Paul to pay Peter. Never.
Lots of people went with Obama because Romney is a big douche bag cocksucker. Better thebdouche I know.
But that isn't fair to use as an example of mass stupidity. It's like saying why did Iraqis keep voting for saddam if they didn't like him?
The election was a choice between shit and shit and that is all. Ron got to talk sense a couple times, that was nice, but fuck the illusion that ditching Obama would have changed anything.
Ron Paul and Gary Johnson were the only candidates worth a damn, and there simply aren't enough enlightened voters for either of them to win at the national level. Most rank-in-file Dems and GOP members are essentially the same. The system is rigged against a 3rd party.
There are plenty of voters who like those candidates. They also believe that voting third party is "throwing your vote away." And as long as people keep thinking like that then it will be.
"There are plenty of voters who like those candidates."
There obviously are not enough to get either elected at the national level.
Gary Johnson was and still is a piece of crap. Let me count the ways...
Zap P: yes, Americans are insane, according to Einstien
http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/26032.html
did you see the folks in the Republican primary? or the Republican in the general election?
I gave money to Ron Paul before ultimately voting for Obama. didn't see how tax cuts for the wealthy and more foreign military adventure was going to magically grow the economy and fix the deficit.
the last decent Presidential candidate I can remember was Ross Perot, and he picked a crazy dude to be his running mate. the political parties/primary process are the problem.
Which Southwest state are you from. You just outed yourself.
Or was it Florida?
SMH...
Me too. And I get flak for it on a conservative forum. They have a really one-sided view of government/economics, angry about government spending but rationalizing away a laundry list of stuff they want government to do. It's like it never dawns on them that they're directly related.
Are Americans fucking insane?
When you look at the voting bloc's no,expect it.
Surpisingly, a lot of the the sheeple are a far wiser than I had previously hoped.
A full 65% know the 2nd is not about anything except to protect themselves from a tryannical govt.And will refuse to turn in those on the ban list(if it gets thru the House).
Bout shote myself when I read the poll results and breakdown.
More likely they will be piling in to cattle cars for the free trip to re-education camps. Buwawawa
Yep, Chinese style, lime filled trenches, and a cheap bullet to your cerebellum, that is the only Re-Education you can expect out of this gang of thugs.
As hedge funds start moving into gold:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-21/pacific-group-to-convert-one-third-of-hedge-fund-assets-to-gold.html
So if the market tanks from here, any wizard spouting off that retail is taking the loss is full of shit.
If the market tanks from here, our bankster rulers will simply declare a "do-over"
a 'do over'....the battle cry for all wishful deflationists.
FUCK YOU OBAMA
I guess it took 10 years to figure out the disaster of going off the gold standard
Apple down 25% in six months.
Netflix up 40% in 24 hours.
Jon Corzine.
CONgress.
Bailouts.
LieBOR.
MERS.
HFT
etc.
Equities?
Markets?
Nah.
Just think where it will be 5 years from now.... Ghettolike.
Detroit becomes us.
Detroit is just 5-10 years ahead of the rest of the country in having our collective karma catch up to us.
Enjoy the collapse. Remember, perspective and attitude is everything.
The only problem with Karma is that you have to be DEAD to get it.
Them's the rules.
And as Munney told Lil' Bill, " Deserves got nothin' to do with it."
Just wait until the $5+ gas price threshold is breached sometime around Memorial Day.
Here in the great low wage "Sunshine State", fixed income retirees will raise their canes and walkers in revolt when gas hits $4.00 per gallon.
That is the threshold here, bitchez.
P.S. - Viva la "scooter" revolution.
I was in a sports bar the other day grabbing a bite of lunch (nothing was on so it was slow) and I could overhear regular people talking about how they recently decided to start putting a plan together for when the shit hits the fan. This was surprising to me because this bar was not out on the boonies somewhere, it was in a busy city center. It really is starting to dawn on people that things are coming that we cannot now stop, and your only hope is to prepare as best you can.
Nice to hear.
Busy city center? I think I'd plan to go to Target. That place has everything.
That idea was DOA when debated across internet fora everywhere...
It ends in a few ways, my personal betting favorite being you are burned alive by those scorned from your barricade.
Went to Lowes myself last week to go long some PVC pipe, caps, glue to bury this or that. They were out. Floorwalker said tons of people had the same idea. And this is out in the boonies, where people are in general already "prepared" since most of us live off the land more or less (farming). If you're not enough of a "prepper" to handle a bad year, you don't last long out here.
That was eye-opening.
I know what you mean, man. That's a great way to store old fishing poles.
PVC pipe is very common I can't imagine any place being totally out of more than a day.
Often you don't have to bury anything, just install pipes in the house that look real and won't be touched by anyone.
*** SHHHHHHHHHH***
Don't tell everybody!
Found this place while looking for 8" PVC caps;
http://flexpvc.com/cart/agora.cgi?cart_id=9065430.7810&product=PVC-Pipe-...
Still not cheap but better than Ebay prices. I'll use some of my 8" with Fernco QC108 rubber caps to keep the price down for my needs and putting the rest on Craigslist.
yea but you still can't buy a fucking lighter at Target without showing a ID. Im an old dog but the Twit still ask for my ID, I pick one up every time I go into a Target just to fuck with the Twits. When they ask I say "why do you need an ID" the Twits say "because the computer tells me to ask" I say "if the computer told you to go play in the traffic would you" and tell her I don't want the lighter.
I'm sorry, did we interrupt your lunch? Actually having some success lately with convincing people on how bad this could become. Cracks are starting to form in the green-screen wall that most people watch their 'reality' on and I think enough is getting through via unconventional means to start some wheels turning. Problem is, for many, it's going to be too late to change course unless this financial shit-show the CB's are putting on can be prolonged. Then again, that just increases the pain level so I'm kinda torn between wanting it to crash now or go kaboom later...
Now rather than later. I want to be around to help rebuild.
were you on Long Island? if so, that was me.
I explained to a friend of mine that LI is not a bad place to be in this scenario. Lots of Farmland to the east, and significant duck and buck population, deep aquifer well water. Keep the zombies in west Nassau County, and it could be a viable selfsustaining environment. You can hear the guys in the blind in the early morning from my back door. With proper greenhousing, and raised earth planting you can farm year around in this climate (despite yesterday and todays temps)
Well, other than being predominately downwind from Indian Point nuke plant, I'd agree. Thing is, I don't expect those things to fair to well in a decaying society.
As we advance, we develop more and more world killing technologies... these technologies come with legacy maintenance costs... eventually those costs exceed our ability to properly keep watch and maintain them...
That said, we had the soviet collapse and somehow borris managed not to obliterate himself despite a massive nuclear arsenal and power plants (instead opted for millions of dashcam crashes and shenanigans, but it's certainly more preferable for us). Obviously induction is deduction's redheaded stepchild, but sometimes it's all we've got...
Oh yeah, I remember that time. That's when I first realized that without a doubt government was a criminal syndicate (while watching it on CSPAN, nonetheless!).
Here I was, a jarhead tasked with upholding and defending the US Constitution, watching Congress discuss the "Soviet nuclear weapon stockpile stewardship program" which was supposed to safeguard the world from the potential for any nukes to "go rouge" and end up in the wrong hands. Now, as a marine, I felt this was of the utmost importance, legitimizing the idea of "national interests" around the globe.
Yet what were they arguing over in DC? Getting funding for this program which they had already approved some time before. A program which was never funded (to my knowledge).
Now, looking at this logically, why did they not care about this threat enough to actually fund it? The only coherent answer I could find was because it was moot. These weapons were obviously already controlled by the real powers that be, so there was nothing to be done, other than spout rhetoric.
Thanks to CSPAN, that day I got a clue.
more and more people in my neck of the woods are talking the same, some are a little late to the party but at least they showed up.
Those people in your neck of the woods are snatchin up ammo at a premium,but yes better late than ever.
Help me Oh-Ben-Wan. You're my only hope.
not the case n my regular watering hole...these normacly bias stricken, soon to be walking around asking out loud 'WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED" brainswashed sheeple still think -
'REAL ESTATE HAS COME BACK AND AINT GOING BACK DOWN"...
"STOCKS R UP SO I MUST BE GETTING RICH"...
"THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS A GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION"... AND, AND, WAIT FOR IT....
GOLD & SILVER AINT MONEY CAUSE AND U.S. DOLLAR IS.....
trust me man - the country is truly doomed.....
I just love the RE recovery story. I hear it at least twice a year, even though the only market left here is student rental housing. And even that's just shifting a market to newer properties, rather than growing it.
Mostly though, people are busy parrotting the latest MSM conventional ignorance in an effort to fill the awkward silence with noise in a further effort to soothe their fears.
Myself, I prefer the silence, even if the coherence is painful.
Nothing wrong with RE, as long as it includes a clean well, fertile farmland and preferrably solar panels on your roof.
My emergency plan is to "Keep Obama in Presiden!"
The people aren't COMPLETELY dumb; they have a sniff of whats going on.
For the majority, however (think pundits, esp those over 40), they just can't set their preconceived notions of the United States, politics, and "business-as-usual" protocals set aside and realize the impending shitstorm that will happen around us.
I will say amongst those I hang with in my age bracket (18-33), we get it. We maybe sweetfully naive internet utopians......but we DO get it.
We remember 2008, 2001, etc......we know, inside, the country is in decline. And there is nothing we can do about it, because those in power don't WANT us to do anything about it. Even the notion of trying is blasphemous (see: Aaron Swartz).
The younger people want nothing to do with the stock market (nor can we afford it; hence why we opt for poker, sports betting, and fantasy football instead. Plus when we win, we actually, ahem, GET PAID), want nothing to do with the mainstream media and the bullshit that emimates from it, want nothing to do with wars. Sure, there are a good portion of young folks who are brainwashed (think: Jersey Shore, and of course, women)......but the majority realize, it's time to cash out.
For me, I already have my contigency plan setup in Vermont.....AND I have 3 other sets of friends who also have escape plans to the The Green Mountain State, so we'll have a good system to pal off of as well.
Shizzmoney,your partially right.My crew,40.s 50,s have are first sit down coming.LEOIs,Ex military red pill droppin motherfuckers waited for this time.
I do find those ex-military types like yourself know what's up....however, some (like my father, who is 61), are still hyped up in this "left-right" paradigm. The random Obama rants are hysterical....because it actually initmates that you know, the President actually runs the country (when that office clearly hasnt since JFK was killed).
Not gonna dispute that Shizz.Old timers like that are set in ways.
I'm not finding that to be true. I'm 50 and most of my friends are seeing this for what it is and preparing. We know ths system is near its end. My office mate and I just spent the last 30 minutes looking at sig 556 swat rifles and talking about high dollar scopes with our manager. A guy 3 doors down moonlights at a gun shop and I bought a pistol at the store he works at last week. Another guy on the opposite side of the building has been prepping and takling his kids to the gun range. I don't think we are that far from the norm but them again, we are in Texas.
Molon Labe
Well, you are in Texas....reality has hit a bit father for you in terms of the destitution of your surroundings more than most (like me here in MA).
That's what the rehashed gun control freaks don't understand; since the governments of both Mexico AND the US have armed the Cartels with guns, on top of the regular gun violence that comes with gangs and drug dealing (mostly due to low wages and high minority unemployment), citizens are pretty much FORCED to lock and load up.
Even a glock is insufficent. Hell, I had a buddy who lived near the AZ border when he went to U of Arizona ride around with one on his bike (he was a pro cyclist) becuae of the various signs near the terrain he'd bike on (the majority of the signs were also in Spanish; akin to: "if you are a white person, PLEASE be cautious").
I may be a free thinking liberal.......but I'm also not stupid (hence why *I* own a shotgun).
Only half kidding, I proclaim that the Great Nation State of Texas may be the last bastion for freedom lovers. Eyes are on it for how it fares in these turbulent times.
Same for me and I hear many friends around me say it as well.
Moved out of the city myself to the countryside. Fertile land, plenty of clean water and I hope to soon have enough solar panels to provide my energy.
Self-sustainability is our future.
In 1997, I bought a second home in Vermont and have been setting up a refuge there for my family ever since. I have acquired several hundred acres of forest land and, over time, built out the infrastructure.
Right now, unimproved farm and forest land, a little bit off of the beaten path, can be acquired for reasonable prices. The most important thing is to get a piece of property and start to build up local friendships. That takes time. And, all of you will be regarded as outsiders, until you have proven to the locals that you are not the cut and run type. I suggest that you pool your money and buy something together.
I spend a decent amount of time in Vermont and have good friends there in several communities. When to going gets tough, you need help from those who are there. The local economy is terrible - Southern Vermont is heavily dependent on money flowing in from out-of-staters - tourists and second homeowners. The pay is low and many people work 3 part time jobs to survive.
Once you start spending time in Vermont, you will learn that most of the people you run into are not natives. Money, and especially a good trust fund from grandpa), has allowed a remarkable number of people to relocate to VT and purchase or start-up businesses ( like landscaping, trucking and excavating ). You just can not build wealth in Vermont.
Good luck
Well, obviously. you were in a sports bar. That's where everyday Joe's go. Now, if you were at the Tavern on the Green or some other rich guy sushi/martini/scotch bar that is only frequented by the Uber-Wall-St-Rich, then you would have heard them talking abou how much they were going to rape the Muppets for.
FUCK YOU BERNANKE!
Too soon?
No, always timely.
I'm positive we're screwed.
Is that what the doctors told you to tell all your sexual partners?
Well, at least you've got a good attitude about it!
I've always called that "optimistic-pessimism."
DOW is in a bubble.
http://postimage.org/image/b6k6gnpaj/
Humanity is in a bubble.
The human race has never seen a sustained global population decline since it has evolved. The entire human notion of modern economic exchange is based on the idea that population and markets will always grow. But birth rates are declining, the population is older on average every year that passes. 50 years from now population will be declining globally, there were be fewer young people than ever to support the increasing percentage of elderly. Economic output will decline as demand for products from a shrinking consumer base wanes. On a long enough timeline...
Drudge had a headline - $300K to raise a kid nowadays. I wish I knew then what I know now, and I wouldn't have gotten married, bought a house or had a kid. Shit's bad and it's going to get worse. Young people now know this, and have decided not to subject a child to the coming government induced economic apocalypse. I say that's a good smart thing to do.
Drudge didn't say you could buy a full "growed" asian one for a lot less than that from the ad's here on ZH.
Or was it Albanian Dwarf Hookers?
i thought that it was only "western" birth rates that were declining
shit's bad. buy stawks,
at some point the US governemet will have to make a decision :
- either we keep printing and we have a revolution
- either we stop printing, the bank collapses and we have a revolution
;-)
NO WAY OUT FOLKS ! 50 years of massive idiotic government means no way out of this shit
I hate broccoli....
Sup Broc,
Is that why they are doing this: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/278993-report-feinstein-to-introduce-assault-weapons-ban-thursday
Yes. But SB is mistaken thinking there will be a revolution.
Civil War is what's coming, as fedgov will do everything they can to ensure we turn on each other, not THEM. Follow the divide, take a side, and be conquered for the privilege.
Hollow-points, bitchez!
That's right. There will be no revolution The country is too disjointed with too many factions. Balkanization of the country is inevitable at this point.
Balkanization is what I see coming, too. By the time it's over, there will be 6 or 7 countries, (and a lot of graves) where there once was one. Hedge accordingly.
I disagree. It will take one Joe the Plumber self-immolation-equivalent event going viral and that'll be the galvanizer.
No, even they are not stupid enough to think creating yet another black market will solve that issue in less than a few generations - if ever. That's why they are buying all that ammo....
30 years? That's just transitory.
Well, it looks to me like we weren't negative enough 5 years ago. We thought we'd be 55% positive. Turns out were only 39% positive. On the bright side, we're probably still better at projecting the future than any government agency.
Ramp that market Bernak! Bang that close! I want apple $480 or u got nuthin!
Weren't these the same muppets that had a Romney victory lined up??? Then again a broken clock and all that...
Here is more evidence supporting the reports from Mike Krieger about food, fraud and inflation:
Food fraud report reveals rise in manufacturers' cost-cutting measuresUS organisation tracks increasing reports of watered milk, diluted olive oil and other dangerous substitutes in the food chain
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/23/food-fraud-report-cost-cutti...
Love the smell of adulteration in the morning.
Standard practice in all Banana republics.Did you miss the memo ?
Indian authorities discovered in a 2012 study that most samples of the country's milk were diluted or contained unappetizing agents such as hydrogen peroxide, detergent and urea – a compound that is naturally found in urine and can be synthetically produced.
A spokesperson for the dairy industry explained: “Well, when a cow pisses in the bucket, naturally we use a detergent to clean the milk, but this changes its color, so we add hydrogen peroxide to make it a lovely white again. What’s the problem? You want your milk to be white, don’t you?”
Direct quote from the article. Really! Would I lie?
How´s your horse burger today?
Nothing like having a commie in the White House to kill the mood.
I thought communist shared the wealth communally, not just with the bankers? Communist no, fascist? Yes.
well im sure this news fully explains the moon shots in the Fraud Markets early on and their revisting the highs of 5 years ago despite the fact that nearly 50 million mother fuckers r on food stamps...... AND -
this also explains the cliff dive sell offs n the only 2 forms of real money that began yesterday and continued today despite physical shortages, sociopath led central bank purchases and request for "send us back our "Traditon bars" FROM THE SAME FUCKS.........
FUCK YOU TWICE BERNANKE AND YOU BITCH ASS BANKER BRETHREN.....
Just tthink of it as a buying oppotunity.Some of us did.
always do...and always have...and always will until i die or the end game arrives...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh-xQbfOoFI
considering how stupid and ignorant most of the domestic population are content being, that's really saying something.
Makes sense when they see AAPL implode and they all have it in their 401ks. Do you think any of these little guys have CRM or NFLX, etc in their retirement accounts? No. They have AAPL and when they see that continue to fall, they get a bit depressed.
Up their Prozac dose....more Kartrashian TV, Jerry Spinger and Dancing with the Biggest Losers while eating mo' Popeyes and they'll be fine....just fine....
Wait, Springer is still on?
*runs off to TV*
My money (from one of my smallest bags) says the Obama malaise will beat Carter's malaise.
Malaise ?
More like a fucking Coma.
We have no faith in each other.....on the good side, at least it means we are getting smarter.
look at the movement in the dow...
what a fucking riot...
disclaimer: just sick of the bullshit...dont mind me....
30 yrs? It's also 30 yrs this year since the USA's war crimes against Grenada. Reparations have still to be paid.
http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/155/25966.html
"Always with the negative waves, Moriarity"
I love it when people ask you your opinion and you tell them. Then they say you're too negative. They won't take the time to actually read or learn anything but I'm negative. Fucking country deserves to burn.
If you're waiting to buy on the dip, it should be here by summer.
Also it was reported that 2% of the banks total deposits, $114 Billion, was withdrawn THIS month
http://t.co/4UESnKry
Another 25 weeks of that, well then........THAT could be interesting.
114 billion withdrawn.... Even more than was printed this month.
c'ya you rat soup eating bitch....
"Washington, DC – Today, Commissioner Jill Sommers made the following statement:
“As I prepare to leave the Commodity Futures Trading Commission I would like to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of my fellow Commissioners and the many talented staff with whom I have had the pleasure of working for the past five years. While many challenges remain in finalizing the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act, I have every confidence that the American public will be well-served by their continuing efforts.”
http://www.silverdoctors.com/bankster-backer-jill-sommers-resigns-from-c...
Well, I'm sure one Mr. Corzine appreciated her service.
I beleive Corzine's exact words were, "Thanks a Billion."
What time is it? It's screw the muppets time.
First! I was not and am not a fan of that spendaholic George Bush.
Second: I do notice from the chart in the article about Americans being negative on the economy, that the measure of pessimism has slid markedly since 2008. Makes me wonder what those people at the inaugeration were cheering about. Maybe they were all food stamps recipients.
I live in the Baltimore area and I saw busses galore traveling down I-95 as I was traveling north. Good thing the inaugeration happened on a federal holiday, we sure wouldn't want all of Obama's fans "taking the day off work" to go see dey boy put on a show at the theatre.