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2013 Greatest Hits: Presenting The Most Popular Posts Of The Past Year

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The fifth anniversary of Zero Hedge is just around the corner, and so, for the fifth 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 objectively by the number of page views. Those eager for a brief stroll down memory lane of prior years can do so at their leisure, by going back in time to our top articles of 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. For everyone else, without further ado, these are the articles that readers found to be the most popular posts of the past 365 days.

  • In 25th place, with just over 100k reads, was the extended profile of the puppetmaster of the biggest geopolitical event of 2013, the false flag-driven Syran conflict which nearly escalated into the world's first YouTube "justified" world war pitching the US-led west against the Russia-led east, the Saudi intelligence chief: Prince Bandar, exposed in "Meet Saudi Arabia's Bandar bin Sultan: The Puppetmaster Behind The Syrian War." The war was avoided with a last minute gambit by Putin, which lead to a historic detente between the US and Iran, as well as an unprecedented breakdown in US relations with its long-time middle east allies Saudi Arabia and Israel. Look for the Middle East to make geopolitical headlines in the new year since the underlying issue - Europe's dependence on Gazprom - remains entirely unresolved.
  • The 24th most popular article hardly needs an explanation: "The Chinese Don't Want Dollars Anymore, They Want Gold" - London's Gold Vaults Are Empty: This Is Why." The only comment here is that like above, the trend of gold's transfer from West to East, started in earnest in late 2012, and peaking in 2013, is sure to continue in 2014 when the liquidation of paper gold in Western capital markets will afford Chinese buyers with ever more attractive prices at which to purchase physical gold
  • In 23rd spot an "Unidentified Navy Officer summed it all up" when he said that "I didn't join the navy to fight for Al Qaeda in a Syrian civil war." It is understandable why over 106,000 people agreed with the message
  • The 22nd most popular article looked at "What Happened The Last Time We Saw Gold Drop Like This?" which compared the fall in the price of gold in 2013 to previous historic occasions, most notably the months just before the collapse of Lehman. For now, courtesy of the $170 billion in liquidity injected by the Fed and the BOJ, "this time has proven different." But with the Fed now tapering, how much longer will the illusion persist? We, like everyone else, look to 2014 for the answer.
  • With 108k views, the 21st most read post of 2013 revealed the "Photos And Video Of the Boston Bombing Suspects", culminating the most violent terrorist event in years, and one which brought back vivid memories of the events from September 11
  • It may seem like a distant memory now, but the shocking announcement from mid-March in which Cypriot deposits were confiscated without a warning, reverberated across Europe and all insolvent banking systems, especially since it is now the blueprint of how banks will impair depositors going forward. Then again, with over 112k reads of our summary "For Everyone Shocked By What Just Happened... And Why This Is Just The Beginning" we reminded our readers that the deposit confiscation event of 2013 was predicted on these pages nearly two years earlier, and explained why, indeed, this is just the beginning of the great balance sheet rebalancing. For now Europe has managed to hide its hundreds of billions in bad loans under the couch; 2014 will be a different story. Look for the Cyprus "blueprint" to see a much wider acceptance in the coming year.
  • In 19th spot, mother nature reminded everyone with a "Stunning Time-Lapse Video Of 2-Mile Wide Oklahoma Tornado" that despite their sense of omnipotence, the central planners better pray each and every day that in a world priced to beyond perfection, that there are no material natural disasters. Because 10 out of 10 times, a liquidity tsunami generated from a central bank's printer is powerless to withstand a natural one, as the Fukushima catastrophe reminds us each and every day with headlines of its ever deteriorating radiation "containment."
  • A long-time favorite of readers, Kyle Bass' Japan thesis came one step closer to fruition when earlier this year Japan went all in on its great reflation experiment, described in "Kyle Bass Warns The 'AIG' Of The World Is Back", a presentation seen by over 114K readers. So far Abenomics has been a failure with wages contracting, import food and energy prices soaring, a record trade deficit (yes, Abenomics was supposed to boost net exports), and of course Fukushima in the background, but for now everyone has a rampaging Nikkei to be easily distracted by. With Abe's popularity finally tumbling, will his second tenure as Prime Minister be cut short, and would his departure finally force Japan to cross the event horizon of no return? This is but another question which we hope 2014 will answer.
  • In 17th spot, we revealed some very disturbing trends in US energy consumption with "These Charts Better Not Reflect The True State Of The US Economy." Because while the shale revolution may have revealed a (transitory) marginal source of oil, what remains unknown is why demand for energy in the US economy is tumbling in parallel. Unless, of course, the narrative about a US recovery has been a lie from the beginning...
  • With 121k reads, in the 16th top spot another post that needs no explanation was "Stunning Images From China: Ten Thousand People Waiting In Line To Buy Gold". Perhaps the only article that could beat this one is "Ten thousand hedge fund managers waiting in line to sell GLD"
  • There are stereotypes about others, and then there are stereotypes about America. Which perhaps explains why over 121k people eagerly read "10 Things Most Americans Don't Know About America." We can only hope they learned something.
  • It may be forgotten now, but the biggest story of early 2013 was the Bundesbank's shocking announcement in mid-January that it would proceed to repatriate some 700 tons of its gold held in central bank vaults in New York and Paris. Of course, the events described in "It Begins: Bundesbank To Commence Repatriating Gold From New York Fed" and read by 127k people, could be seen coming by Zero Hedge readers from a mile away: after all it was this website that repeatedly warned in late 2012 about the trials and tribulations that had surrounded the official German gold hoard. We can only hope that we were in some part responsible for the Buba's correct decision to repatriate its gold. Then again, as we updated last week, having collected only 37 tons of gold in one year (out of 700), Germany will really have to pick up the pace if it hopes to have recourse to its hard currency before it is no longer a matter of convenience but one of survival.
  • The 13th top article of the year was the release of the list with "132 Names Who Pulled Cyprus Deposits Ahead Of "Confiscation Day." It appeared the Cyprus deposit confiscation was not a complete secret to everyone, but then again the Animal Farm "new normal" justice in which some are more equal than others is hardly a surprise to anyone these days.
  • And speaking of confiscation, the 12th most read article of 2013, with 131k views was "Poland Confiscates Half Of Private Pension Funds To "Cut" Sovereign Debt Load." It would appear that wealth transfer, first voluntary and then, not so much, will be an increasingly prevalent theme of the "recovery"...
  • But the biggest stunner in this category was the impromptu announcement itself when on March 16, "Europe Does It Again: Cyprus Depositor Haircut "Bailout" Turns Into Saver "Panic", Frozen Assets, Bank Runs, Broken ATMs." Don't worry though: Europe is now fixed, it is recovering, and, if one believes the continent's unelected leaders, all shall forever be well. We are confident 2014 will show otherwise.
  • The 10th most read article in 2013 dealt with the bedrock of the New Normal - the dollar's reserve currency status, and rather, its gradual disintegration as China increasingly makes itself heard. It made itself heard loud and clear to the 142k readers who clicked on "Thanks, World Reserve Currency, But No Thanks: Australia And China To Enable Direct Currency Convertibility." The loss of USD-reserve status will be yet another theme to keep a close eye on in 2014 and onward.
  • Showing just how reliant on welfare the US has become was top article #9 in which a leaked USDA memo hinted of a "Foodstamp Program Shutdown Imminent" which grabbed the attention of 148k readers. For now SNAP as it is better known has been merely "tapered", not fully shut down, although ensuing Walmart stampedes driven by EBT card glitches provided a glimpse of just had bad things could be if indeed nearly 50 million Americans suddenly found themselves without government backstops
  • The troubles of the poor were hardly an issue for the 8th most popular article of 2013 in which we asked if "The Russians Have Already Quietly Withdrawn All Their Cash From Cyprus?" Once again it was the middle class that got shafted, while those who could fly in and out on private jets appear to have gotten away unscathed. This is certainly the prevailing theme of the past five years and one which will accelerate into the future.
  • 152k people read the breaking news from April when "Large Explosions Reported At Boston Marathon; Numerous Injuries And Casualties." The focal point of all watercooler talk for the next several weeks, the analogies to terrorist attacks in the past were unavoidable even if the motivations behind the attacks turned out to be far less nefarious and organized than initially feared. 
  • 2013 was the year in which the largest US city (to date) filed bankruptcy. However it was "25 Facts About The Fall Of Detroit That Will Leave You Shaking Your Head" that was read by 154k people, that made this the 6th most popular article of 2013.
  • 2013 was also the year in which the stock market finally took out its previous, 2007 highs, driven entirely by the unprecedented expansion of both the Fed's and the Bank of Japan's balance sheets. What over 163k found curious, however, were the other economic comparisons to "The Last Time The Dow Was Here..." Needless to say, there is nothing in the economy that would justify a market at the current levels, or even levels far lower, if it were only up to the economy. Luckily, there Fed is always there to lend a helping hand. And what can possibly go wrong...
  • 2013 was not only the year of the Fed's QEternity: it was also the year in which Japan went all in with its own reflation experiment. However, all will be for nothing unless the troubling facts revealed in "Why Have Young People In Japan Stopped Having Sex?" remain unresolved. Because at its core, Japan's crisis is a demographic one, and at the current pace of social aging, there will be no Japan left in several decades. Unfortunately for Kuroda, he can't print babies.
  • The third most popular article of 2013 was posted almost exactly a year ago, when it "Put America's Tax Hike In Perspective." Over 171k people realized just how meaningless in the grand scheme of things was America's grand bargain achieved last year at this time, over much stock market huffing and puffing. Then again, the fact that all major decisions in the US are put in the can that is later kicked down the street is also no news to anyone. The only thing in the here and now is theatrics, theatrics and more theatrics...
  • The second most popular post of 2013, with nearly 200k reads, was our succinct summary of the US "recovery" laid out in "People Not In Labor Force Soar By 663,000 To 90 Million, Labor Force Participation Rate At 1979 Levels." We are happy that by now everyone has finally understood that plunging unemployment at the expense of a collapsing work force is nothing to be proud about.
  • And in the top spot, with nearly 300k reads, our most read article was the satirical, sarcastic look at the Egyptian counterrevolution titled "Egyptians Love Us For Our Freedom." Turns out... they don't. But they certainly appreciate the irony of two-faced, hypocritical US foreign policy which was humiliated and left in tatters both in Egypt and in every other place around the globe where either Hillary Clinton or John Kerry came, saw and promptly departed in the past year.

So what to make of the world as we enter 2014?

With nearly $2 trillion in emergency money pumped by the world's two largest central banks - more than has been injected ever before - the entire world is floating on an ocean of excess liquidity, which for now has succeeded in masking just how ugly the truth beneath the calm surface is. Sooner or later, the tide comes out, as it always does, and the naked are revealed for all to see. However, this time it will be the very final backstoppers of the status quo regime, the central banking emperors of the New Normal, who are finally exposed as wearing absolutely nothing. What happens then, and when that happens, is anyone's guess. We, however, will be there to document every aspect of it.

Finally, and as always, we wish all our readers the best of luck and success in 2014, and leave everyone with a promise of what we can be 100% sure of: Zero Hedge will be there each and every day helping readers expose, unravel and comprehend the fallacy, fiction, fraud and farce that the system is reduced to (ab)using each and every day just to keep the grand tragicomedy going for at least one more day.

 

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Thu, 01/02/2014 - 14:34 | 4293802 akak
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Your US 'american' ability to channel the ananonymystical ramblings of certain Chinese Citizenism scrapetrolls makes the coldness blob-up down my backbone with extreme vigors.

Neverthelessismore, the makings of laughter of high upping level of him turns the expositionizing of such into mirthing as it can, beyond the meaning and over it.

This is only more US 'american' citizenism offuscation of the farming the weak metaphor, extorting the poor pun.  Their eternal nature pouring out like usual.

Alas, alas, three tortured semanticisms alas, just have to bear with it.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:13 | 4289880 WojtekSz
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Thanks, Tylers!

I would like to wish you another eye opening year, full of insiders knowledge made clear to us, hobby economists. Fighting to stay abreast with the biggest of the strongest corporations and banks.

You help revealing the real power of the Internet - the power of Knowledge.

Happy 2014 to all of You and your Families and Friends.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:11 | 4289882 dexter_morgan
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Good stuff! Good riddance 2013
Wed, 01/01/2014 - 15:00 | 4291139 Tall Tom
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After 2014 gets a start you will be wishing for the good ol' days of 2013.

 

Looking forward to the Meltdown.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:15 | 4289884 Carpathia
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ZH, a reason to get out of bed in the morning;--)

 

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 22:27 | 4290150 putaipan
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on the other end of the clock..... ZH, the reason it's so hard to get out of bed in the morning. thanks for the late nights!

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:15 | 4289885 Joebloinvestor
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Cheers ZH!

How about a BANZI ranking/recap?

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:13 | 4289887 BanksterSlayer
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My favorite and most under-reported story of the year continues to be the Day China Foreclosed on JP Morgan and Essentially Purchased The Fed (according to Jim Willie) ... kudos to ZeroHedge for being one of the few -- and I mean FEW -- people to realize the significance:

 

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-18/chinas-largest-conglomerate-buys-building-houses-jpmorgans-gold-vault

 

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:14 | 4289890 Wilcox1
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Very Nice Work! Fascinating posts and comments. 

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:18 | 4289891 Balanced Integer
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Ah, my first New Year's Eve as part of the ZH community. I'll never have another one.

Happy New Year's to all of you. Enjoy your hangovers tomorrow. ;-)

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:20 | 4289894 ebworthen
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Thanks for that last paragraph long sentence.

"Grand tragicomedy" indeed!

Thanks for all your hard work.

Happy New Year.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:59 | 4289983 NIHILIST CIPHER
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It was a stone-grove Tylers! Just keep 'em coming and thanks for the memories.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       KEEP BITCHIN BITCHEZ !!!!!!!                 HAPPY NEW YEAR ZHER'S

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 01:24 | 4290386 wisehiney
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For you NIl CIPH! Not stone grove, but close.

ok oops, here it is....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMBVOinCeiQ

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 00:16 | 4290341 samsara
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Happy New Year Ebworthen.   Keep postin.

Fare Thee Well my friend next year....

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:21 | 4289895 Dr. Engali
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Tyler I would like to see an article on Zero Hedge's thoughts about how the central planners have been able to manipulate the markets, and hold things together through all of this chaos. I know I've seen perspectives change over the years from some of the commentators here, myself included. I can't speak for everybody, but I have been stunned by their capabilities to put off what seems to be inevitable. Maybe the Tyler's in their collective wisdom can share their thoughts on the subject.

Regardless thank you for all that you do, I look forward to 2014 and the collapse that may or may not come.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 21:10 | 4290014 NotApplicable
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I'm starting to find that for every inevitable collapse averted, I see afterwards how it was really just more of the facade crumbling. The only reason I expected a collapse was because I erroneously thinking it was real.

As always, the game is expectation management.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 23:59 | 4290307 mvsjcl
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That, indeed, is the name of the game. The fact that it isn't real is what should be scaring the bejesus from us all. I guess when you capture the ability to print "money" at will you also capture just about everything else that stems from it.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 21:18 | 4290030 starfcker
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Hey doc, was just discussing this very topic with one of my fellow gangsters today. our conclusion was the ability to, and acceptance of, gold printing. it took away the only real metric of the value of a dollar. 'gold' can now be manipulated like anything else, since supply is (at least temporarily) not an issue. happy new year.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 22:23 | 4290126 Hulk
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For an excellent explanation of your request Doc, watch the following Alex Jones interview with Joel Skousen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzjm9MJFSA8

A must watch for everyone here at ZH...

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 00:15 | 4290337 samsara
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Happy New Year Dr. E.

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 01:39 | 4290405 emersonreturn
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thank you tylers for educating and informing and for keeping truth and right alive.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:21 | 4289898 Husk-Erzulie
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Thanks again Tylers and all the thoughtful posters and linkers.  It's nice to know that there are some critical thinkers and questioners among us still.  Even though the landscape is always changing, there are still quite a few ZH ers I enjoy reading and watch for... so keep it up, you are appreciated.

I liked this from VC...

In a world that wants us to be angry, bitter, selfish and vile, I realized that the truest form of rebellion is uncompromising righteousness. In this day and age, I believe that a true rebel does not run the streets with a weapon yelling stuff. True rebels live the life they believe is right, no matter the consequences. Those in power do not fear some random person with a weapon. They can easily control that. Those in power fear those that are not corruptible, not buy-able, not brainwash-able, and not scare-able. And that is what being a Vigilant Citizen is all about.

Not everyone is into astrology but some get a kick out of it :-) ...

Amelia Galabova's LunaScope

Health everyone... and Luck.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:32 | 4289935 texas sandman
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Happy New Year ZHers,, as we look forward to the transition to FUCK YELLEN!  Bernyankme is so 2013.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 22:35 | 4290164 N57Mike
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Very nice H.E., they can take our things, but never our Spirit.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 23:03 | 4290207 N57Mike
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Our physical things ... Not our spiritual things...

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 00:16 | 4290336 samsara
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Happy New year to you too. 

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 01:43 | 4290411 IridiumRebel
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This Rebel abides.

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 08:16 | 4290577 GetZeeGold
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Greetings.....your dude-ness.

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

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:26 | 4289913 Zero Point
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It's been the 1st here for over 10 hours.

2014 seems to hurt my head a lot so far.

 

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:30 | 4289929 Yen Cross
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    I'm glad you enjoyed New Years Eve, Zero PointHit yourself over the head with a bag of hammers, and we'll see you on Thursday. ;-D

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:38 | 4289946 Zero Point
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Cheers mate! And a Happy New Year to all on ZH!!

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:42 | 4289957 Yen Cross
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  Thanks Mate.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:25 | 4289915 Surging Chaos
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I was actually expecting the Cyprus bail-in to be at #1. It still blows my mind that TPTB were willing to flat out rob citizens in broad daylight to make sure the banksters stay happy.

Happy New Year ZH.

 

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:28 | 4289925 Anasteus
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Happy New Year to all ZHers. Thanks a lot, Tylers, for another year of great work and your relentless effort to dig out hidden facts and unusual insights. It's more than necessary these days.

Wish you all better and happier year 2014.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:29 | 4289926 Husk-Erzulie
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Oh yeah...

Really worthwhile interview here with the man himself:

 http://www.corbettreport.com/interview-794-g-edward-griffin-unmasks-the-...

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 22:41 | 4289936 Nostradumbass
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There is no "news" wasting my life anymore. No cable news (well, I do tend to watch RT). No radio news. Nothing truly "new" under the sun after all. My habit is to now look for what is NOT being televised/broadcast for mass consumption. Funny how the saying is "news coverage". Coverage indeed! Buried. Out of sight. Dead. Let it rot.

 

ZERO HEDGE is out in front of many other great resources I access (and support) often. Here are just a few favorites:

http://www.corbettreport.com/

http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/

http://www.gnosticmedia.com/

http://prn.fm/

 

Thanks for this wonderful resource!

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 16:58 | 4291395 The Burning Planet
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Meanwhile, major newspapers and magazines are going tits up. I stopped reading Barrons and WSJ the day Ruppert Murdoch bought them out*. I knew they were worth fuck all at that point. And I wasn't wrong.

 

*Talk about yellow journalism. No one person had more to do with getting us involved in that clusterfuck known as the Iraq War II than Murdoch. MFer should be brought up on charges of treason along with Bill O'Reilly. Why not? We prosecuted Tokyo Rose.

 

P.S. See Fierce Creatures, playing this month on HBO.

Thu, 01/02/2014 - 00:23 | 4292492 akak
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I don't know how anyone can look at Rupert Morlock and not see the Devil.

Thu, 01/02/2014 - 00:30 | 4292505 The Burning Planet
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That was my +

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:41 | 4289938 Cacete de Ouro
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Happy New Year in 2014 to all the Tylers... Looking forward to further exposés!!

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:34 | 4289939 dick cheneys ghost
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Happy New Year to all. I come here to learn and Ive learned an awful lot from you guys and gals........Many Thanks. I miss those that are no longer with us~

This video from Greg Hunter (with Rob Kirby 12/24/2013) explains how the ESF manipulates ALL MARKETS.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPXOZYn4qSY

~~~~~~

 

 

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 21:58 | 4290102 Rusty Shorts
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bingo, check it out...Part 1

 

What I have been afraid to blog about: The ESF and Its History_Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ssrcD5GdPQ

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:35 | 4289940 natty light
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No bitcoin story?

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 23:12 | 4290230 Bunga Bunga
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Only 6,200% up .... yawn.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:38 | 4289943 frankthomaswhite59
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Thanks Tylers and everybody who comments.

I thoroughly enjoy reading this site and all

of the comments day in and day out. 

Happy New Year and best

of luck to all.  We will need it.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:46 | 4289965 deflator
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Happy New Years to you's too bitchez!

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:49 | 4289966 HileTroy
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Happy new year!   Zero hedge rocks.    Long time reader I dont post as much as I should.  See you all next  year

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 00:50 | 4290371 Creepy Lurker
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Happy New Year from one lurker to another.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:54 | 4289977 Atomizer
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How time passes. Happy New Year to all ZHer's. May 2014 bring good health and prosperity.

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 00:14 | 4290330 samsara
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Happy New Year and good luck next year Atomizer,  Keep postin.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 20:55 | 4289980 muleskinner
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Now look, gawddammit.

Enough of this bullshit, jesus h christ on a crutch.

If you have never had a double smoked country ham or a strip of bacon, I highly recommend imbibing in such a delicacy.

Especially for you those of you of the jewish faith and more so for those of the muslim faith.

Please, do yourselves a favor and make a New Year's resolution to eat some bacon and or ham in 2014.  It'll be the best culinary choice you will ever make.

I will pray to God you make the proper choice, for your own good, of course.

Happy New Year! 

 

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 21:01 | 4289985 Peter Pan
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It would be interesting to also see the most highly voted readers' comments for 2013..........actually forget it.......I just realized that "fuck you Bernanke" would take out all 25 spots.

A Happy New Year to all.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 21:01 | 4289990 22winmag
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No Bitcoin story in the top 25, but two for the *fake* bombing in Boston!

 

Hats off to the #1 post. Journalism may be dead, but photo journalism isn't dead yet. I can't think of another article which laid bare the lies of the MSM and showed what was going on in the ground in Egypt any clearer.

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 00:13 | 4290327 samsara
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Happy New Year 22.  Keep postin

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 21:06 | 4289997 A Lunatic
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Happy New Years. 2014 is certain to be a great year since the last remaining shreds of the Constitution have been trampled underfoot and there are no more freedoms to lose. Well, except for our very lives, but it's not like TPTB would take those too........

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 00:12 | 4290326 samsara
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Happy New Year Ya crazy Lunatic, keep posting.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 21:04 | 4290001 Apostate2
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Happy New Year and gong xi fa cai to all!

Bears repeating in a few weeks when the horse drives out the snake.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 21:08 | 4290002 SilverFish
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HAPPY NEW YEAR, ZH AND EVERYONE! *

 

 

 

 

*Cept for the Bernank....may he choke on a stale scone before the the disco ball even hits the ground.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 21:10 | 4290005 Blano
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Happy New Year to all, wherever you are.

And keep stacking!!!

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 21:11 | 4290010 calgal
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Happy birthday ZH!

Thank you Tylers and thank you to all the brainiacs and maniacs on this site.

Happy New Year and don't ever change babe....

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 21:18 | 4290028 MichiganMilitiaMan
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Thanks ZH, all of the readers and commenters.  Have a great new year no matter what may come our way!

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 21:19 | 4290031 Duuzer
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Nazdrave brothers!

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 21:19 | 4290036 bobert
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Raise your glasses to ZH!

To all: A wonderfull 2014.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 21:23 | 4290040 Clever Name
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Happy New Year to everyone, the Tylers...

CD, LTER, DCRB, HH, RM, Miffed, akak and 4th Stooge for their anonymousing, fone for the BTC whoring...

And for those gone (good and bad)...

F_S, ORI, Anonymouse and MDB.

 

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 21:24 | 4290043 Watch Bird 1
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Many thanks, Tylers and ZHers. It's been an eventful year. Special hat tips to WB7, DCRB, YC, Fonz, Miffed and GreatBeard.

And so, we end 2013 with the US 10 yr rockin' on at 3.04.  Happy New Year!

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 21:25 | 4290045 besnook
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its a shorts and hot pants kinda year, even in north dakota during the winter.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 21:34 | 4290051 putbuyer
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Zerohedge.com and drudge all the best making for a good breakfast, lunch an dinner.

support zh - click click click!

Thank You Tyler

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 14:03 | 4291027 jomama
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LOL @ drudge

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 21:41 | 4290068 putbuyer
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Best way to support ZH  is to support the advertisers W1NK W1NK!

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 21:39 | 4290069 KickIce
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Still waiting for a title to contain Youtube-bankers-beheaded-guillotine.

Thanks again ZH for kicking ass on the other media whores, er cheerleaders.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 21:57 | 4290101 reader2010
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We are
Born like this
Into this
Into these carefully mad wars
Into the sight of broken factory windows of emptiness
Into bars where people no longer speak to each other
Into fist fights that end as shootings and knifings
Born into this
Into hospitals which are so expensive that it’s cheaper to die
Into lawyers who charge so much it’s cheaper to plead guilty
Into a country where the jails are full and the madhouses closed
Into a place where the masses elevate fools into rich heroes

-Charles Bukowski

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 00:06 | 4290321 samsara
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You get a Plus for quoting Bukowski.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 22:00 | 4290111 Yes_Questions
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HAPPY NEW YEAR YOU BEAUTFIFUL FUCKS!

 

 

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 00:06 | 4290319 samsara
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You too. Y.Q. 

Happy New Year

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 22:11 | 4290120 michigan independant
Wed, 01/01/2014 - 01:14 | 4290383 wisehiney
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Lookin over to that king bed, and hearing the queen snoring, says you are correct, no aice TONIGHT!

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 22:12 | 4290123 Hulk
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Have a preposterous new year ZHers !!!

and keep stackin Bitchez !!!

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 22:19 | 4290137 J Pancreas
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Thank you Tyler's for another year of fighting for the truth. Getting raked across the coals by the MSM and TBTF international organizations and the gears of truth keep on grinding. Keep fighting the good fight in 2014!!

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 22:35 | 4290162 Jim B
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Agreed, I read ZH serveral times EVERY day!  Tyler..... A BIG THANK YOU!

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 22:24 | 4290144 wisehiney
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His blood guards many Revolutionary Patriots. When Men were Men.

http://www.sovanow.com/index.php?/news/article/massive_black_bear_taken_...

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 22:38 | 4290165 YHC-FTSE
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Five years? Apparently I've only been a member for 4 years and 1 day. I followed a chap called Tyler Dearden from Seeking alpha who had some really interesting stuff to say, then lurked for awhile at a rudimentary bulletin board he set up called "Zero Hedge" before deciding to stay. It's been an education.  

Thank you Tylers, especially the first one who snared me here. 

(Just watched 'The funniest moments of 2013' on C4 (UK) - hey, what else are you going to do on New Year's after everyone has fucked off home and you're still buzzed? - and apparently I missed a "phenomenon" called The Harlem Shuffle. It was no.1 and I completely missed it for which I think I need to thank the Tylers again for keeping me firmly glued to their site with their prodigious efforts on the volume of interesting stuff they post for me).

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 22:53 | 4290181 Yen Cross
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 Quit your griping Sally! 

  My best to your associates.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 22:58 | 4290197 YHC-FTSE
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;). 

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 00:14 | 4290332 DaveyJones
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happy new years everyone

i've learned alot from alot of people over the years

Thanks Tylers for starting the best bitch session on the net 

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 00:36 | 4290358 Arkadaba
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love

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 00:39 | 4290363 samsara
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Happy New Year DJ and stay cool

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 23:38 | 4290280 PTR
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I still don't know what the hell twerking is.

 

And have no plans to find out.

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 17:04 | 4291418 The Burning Planet
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Let me help you. It's a mass media form of blinkered mind control.

 

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Focus on the white/ghetto/hood/barrio trash gyrating her hips. Oh, and drink more beer and watch sports.

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 00:03 | 4290312 samsara
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YHC-FTSE

I followed you.  I also lurked the first Bulletin Board and early stuff.  Lurked for awhile here till had nerve to post.

 

ZH is the Best on the Net for what it does.

Thank you Tylers for all you do, your selection of articles and your wry sense of humor and obscure comic references.  I enjoy them all.

If something is happening,  I check here first.

You picked up as guest writers many whom I used to follow before ZH.  Keep the variety and the "Edge"

And of course watch your back.   

Put a side reference of your IP address just so.... Well you know if the DNS isn't working for some odd reason... 

 

Last but not least thanks for all the Posters which accounts for at least a third of the value of ZH (more or less depending on the article).

Again to the ZH posters quoting Dylan

"...For the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones an' worse, An' for every hung-up Poster in the whole wide ZH universe... Keep The Chimes of Freedom Ringing."

Keep your powder dry Kids, we have a couple more years left till the serious shit hits the fan. Don't get whipped by the lead up.

Happy New Year to all you Bitchez 

 

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 10:21 | 4290638 YHC-FTSE
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Been awhile since I had the pleasure of sharing a thread with you. 

Cheers mate and have a great start to 2014.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 22:39 | 4290167 Herdee
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Celebration in Colorado no doubt.eom

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 22:50 | 4290182 Baldrick
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thank you Tyler and happy new year.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 22:49 | 4290184 Woolyman
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Thank You Tylers for news and views that that feed and jive with my "world view". A special thanks to all those that posted comments as well. Happy New Year. All the Best, Woolyman.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 22:49 | 4290185 Golden_Rule
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Keep up the good work ZH!!  Best news media hands down.  THANK YOU!!!

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 22:56 | 4290191 Clowns on Acid
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Tylers - Thank you for your service(s). You are the Leader on the leaderboard of socio -economic reporting / analysis by a large margin.

Happy New Year.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 23:02 | 4290204 Uncle Remus
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Meh. New Years eve. It's a transitory event of irrational exuberance. 

That said, 

HAPPY NEW YEAR campers. 

 

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 23:06 | 4290211 g'kar
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Happy New Year (hopefully) ZH'ers and the Tyler's.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 23:09 | 4290223 seek
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Happy New Year, fellow travelers.

May New Year's 2015 be filled with news stories about Au, Ag, and BTC's meteoric rise, ongoing prosecutions at the NSA, and an end-of-the-year retrospective featuring Greenspan, Bernanke, and Yellen on the closure of the Federal Reserve.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 23:41 | 4290286 samsara
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Happy New Year to you Seek.  Keep posting.

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 00:23 | 4290350 Professorlocknload
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And may we hope the door hits 2013 on the ass on it's way out.

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 08:45 | 4290598 CuttingEdge
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Add to that Jamie Dimon being lynched by the FSA when their EBTs fail en masse, and thats a pretty good wishlist for 2014.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 23:14 | 4290232 Spastica Rex
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I'll be in bed by 06:00 UTC Jan 1, or 22:00 PST Dec 31 if you live in Warshington State, Amurka. I think.

Happy New Year, anyways.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 23:18 | 4290244 sink critically
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I may not agree with each and every one of you, but for all those willing to stick their neck out here and all those still getting ready to, you are my kind of people. Keep on daring to be different, surviving and thriving in an insane world.

If you downvote this post it will bring you good luck in the new year.

Party on you mad btfd'ers!

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 23:30 | 4290266 Yes_Questions
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upvote, I'll take my chances
Wed, 01/01/2014 - 15:06 | 4291162 Tall Tom
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Upvote. I want the worst of luck...for myself...for everybody. Collapse baby collapse.

 

A toast...To the crappiest of years....in which we all are toast.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 23:29 | 4290259 luckylogger
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I read everyday faithfully and if you count everybody that reads "Frontrunning____" I think you would find it the most informative and read.

Lots of stuff is entertaining and I do enjoy it but as far as a trader goes.... this is the best you guys got! 

Keep up the good work... and keep the frontrunning page going!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 23:30 | 4290260 Yen Cross
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 Long Pb in 2014.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 23:38 | 4290279 Yes_Questions
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Mrs. Questions just got home from the store with some, ehem, items not showing on the receipt.

 

Checker and Cashier told her "everythings going according to plan"..

 

 

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 00:02 | 4290308 Yen Cross
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   I suggest you report those items, and quit being W EEK eND WARRIERS. yA DAH DARN ) Retards<

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 23:33 | 4290269 lynnybee
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how long have i been here anyway?  seems like this story keeps going & going & now i'm up to 150 tubes of toothpaste!

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 23:43 | 4290283 Yes_Questions
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Happy New Year Beautiful Soul!

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 23:57 | 4290302 TimmyM
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Stay gold Ponyboy. Stay gold

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 00:37 | 4290360 samsara
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Happy New Year Lynny.

Stay Strong.

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 03:38 | 4290478 The Navigator
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How long have you been here?

Long enough for me to remember your kids and grand kids don't appreciate your foresight and knowledge of history.

Time to switch from toothpaste to stocking toilet paper or Hydrogen Peroxide.

Stocking, stacking, year in, year out, what ever you/we can.

Coast Guard motto - Semper Peratus = always prepared.

Wishing you and yours happiness and love in 2014.

And drop by ZH more often, we miss you.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 23:33 | 4290272 Kirk2NCC1701
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No "Ed Snowden" in the Top 25.  But ZH readers seem to care why the Japanese have "gone Japanese". 

Must be the appeal to the many Wankers.

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 02:00 | 4290420 lewietheparrot
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Yeah, Kirk,

 

And it looks like the goldbugs have gone away

Whaddya make of that?

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 08:54 | 4290599 GetZeeGold
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Still here.....just waiting for Ben Shalom to lower the price to zero with his magic printer money.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 23:37 | 4290278 Terrorist
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Cheers! We are all terrorists now...

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 03:45 | 4290481 The Navigator
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Must mean we out number them.

And them should be shiting in their pants.

Molon Labe - come and take it from me, if you dare.

c/o the Oath Keepers, free until this Saturday, Molon Labe at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofrhqP7JWaA

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 08:19 | 4290578 TPTB_r_TBTF
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we have outnumbered them for the last 6 thousand years.

What difference does it make?

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 08:56 | 4290602 GetZeeGold
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Funny you should bring that up.....every 6 thousand years or so.....you get a Katabole.

Tue, 12/31/2013 - 23:49 | 4290299 wisehiney
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My black brothers with whom i toiled the fields, shared the faith, sisters delivered my ancestors, kicked giantic ass on the fields of sport, shed their blood for this country, and OH HELL Yeah, their is to this day, a kindred spirit, a mighty light/dark skinned kindred spirit,  unforgotten, there to be, waiting for your love, only waiting. You fokkers keep on believing all that bullshit, everyday. OK

 

BS! Raise your hand hollywood fightclubbers, if you every were so respected by redneck brothers and soul brothers, to the extent that they all figgered out, DO NOt FOCK with that dude. He don't take nary bit of shit from dem our us.  They ALL became my lifetime friends.

 

To anyone susceptible to their BS. We have more shared history,memory,stories than any of their sad sad sad lost truth. Dig al little deeper.

 

You fokkers shoulda been there the first night that i flowed with Richard Pryor  with my long time brothers. TNC. Thanks for ZH@ 

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 00:00 | 4290310 wisehiney
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My extremely disbbointing poozy arze halv arse irrationally xuberant purty cuzins dc  sookop suckup sockhop nginear excuse for a spouse asked me today about my nice leather working mans cowboy hat, "What's up with the hat? I said "This is my GO TO  HELL HAT! DONCHA LIKE IT?" Fokker went like this..........http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0OeM6UUAoI         HALP!

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 00:17 | 4290344 Professorlocknload
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What's for 2014?

ZH!

 

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 00:37 | 4290361 SheHunter
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A good end to a good day is my Picasso cup with a deep splash of Don Pedro, and curling into bed with the laptop opening ZH.  Happy holidays to all of you ZH-ers!!!!!!!!!!!!  And here is to 2014 bringing better times to all creatures great and small. 

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 00:53 | 4290372 therevolutionwas
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On Zero Hedge you can face piles of trials with smiles.   2014 will not be boring.

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 01:14 | 4290382 wisehiney
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roars and soars along the azores!

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 01:07 | 4290379 joego1
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Great work! This place keeps me real.

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 01:31 | 4290397 ak_khanna
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Countries around the world are taking on more debt without any fruitful attempts to curb their expenditures. This has resulted in a much more fragile and artificially held up financial system which is on a much shaky ground than it was in 2008. In 2008 companies failed due to excessive leverage and debt and now countries are likely to default because they took on the same bad debt on themselves. 

There is no economic recovery because all the efforts of politicians, government, central banks etc are focused on saving banks instead of targeting job creation which is the only way economy can recover.

 http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article40231.html

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 01:34 | 4290400 unclebill
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Happy New year to the all ZH users!!!!

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 01:40 | 4290407 AurorusBorealus
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Happy New Years Señors Durdens to you and yours.  Thanks for 3 years of intelligent and oftentimes wise analysis and commentary.  A toast this New Year´s to your excellent work; may it continue for years to come...

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 01:40 | 4290408 bigkahuna
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Happy New Year!!!

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 01:49 | 4290416 stant
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without zero hedge my coffee in the morn wouldnt spit the same. happy new year you low brow zero hedgers

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 02:03 | 4290422 Arkadaba
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Nothing is going to change my world: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q5mlb3Bjzs

Love to all.

 

 

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 03:17 | 4290456 The Navigator
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Great job Tylers - like some other posters here, ZH is my 1st go-to site in the morning to see if the world is still turning.

Great job by all the contributors also (Wm Banzai7 for satire, GW for FukuUpdates, etc).

But big kudos to all the ZH commentors who argue both sides and help explore & expand the discussions, helping me and probably many others gain further insight into things.

HonestAnn is one of my favs... love to read her logic. But Dr E., CD, DCRB, YC, Hulk, NA, Ebworthen, JO, KaiserHoff, Boris, RockyR, Thomas, AssFire, nmewn, and all you guys, keep it up; you inspire us all.

Wishing all my ZH brothers and sisters a prosperous 2014.

And to all the NWO fuckers, hope you all choke on a chicken bone.

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 03:20 | 4290470 The Navigator
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And one more thing, Edward Snowden is my MAN of the Year.

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 14:50 | 4291125 TBT or not TBT
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Bradley(/Chelsea) Manning on the other hand..

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 03:23 | 4290474 Intoxicologist
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My longest post evar, but maybe it will bring a chuckle on this New Year's Day.  Thanks Tyler(s) and everyone who comments (well, mostly).  I raise my glass in a toast to boating accidents the world over! 

Check your hangover level:

One Star Hangover (*):

No pain. No real feeling of illness. You're able to function relatively
well; however, you are still parched. You can drink 5 sodas and still
feel this way. For some reason, you are craving a steak and fries.

Two Star Hangover (**):

No pain, but something is definitely amiss. You may look okay, but
you have the mental capacity of a staple gun. The coffee you are
chugging is only increasing your rumbling gut, which is still tossing
around the fruity pancake from the 3:00 a.m Waffle House excursion. There is
some definite havoc being wreaked upon your bowels.

Three Star Hangover (***):

Slight headache. Stomach feels crappy. You are definitely not
productive. Anytime a girl walks by you gag because her perfume
reminds you of the flavored schnapps shots your alcoholic friends
dared you to drink. Life would be better right now if you were home
in your bed watching reruns. You've had 4 cups of coffee, a gallon of
water, 3 iced teas and a diet Coke --- yet you haven't peed once.

Four Star Hangover (****):
Life sucks. Your head is throbbing. You can't speak too quickly or
else you might puke. Your boss has already lambasted you for being late
and has given you a lecture for reeking of booze. You wore nice clothes,
but that can't hide the fact that you only shaved one side of your face.
(For the ladies, it looks like you put your make-up on while riding the
bumper cars.) Your eyes look like one big red vein, and even your hair
hurts. Your sphincter is in perpetual spasm, and the first of about
five craps you take during the day brings water to the eyes of everyone
who enters the bathroom.

Five Star Hangover (*****):

You have a second heartbeat in your head, which is actually annoying
the employee who sits in the next cube. Alcohol vapor is seeping out of
every pore and making you dizzy. In fact, you are probably still drunk.
You still have toothpaste crust in the corners of your mouth from
brushing your teeth in an attempt to get the remnants of the poop fairy
out. Your body has lost the ability to generate saliva so your tongue is
suffocating you. You don't have the foggiest idea who the hell the stranger
was passed out in your bed this morning. Any attempt to defecate
results in a fire hose like discharge of alcohol-scented fluid with
a rare 'floater' thrown in. The sole purpose of this 'floater' seems
to be to splash the toilet water all over your ass. Death sounds
pretty good about right now!

 

 

 

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 04:00 | 4290484 The Navigator
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I think you know your intoxicology quite well, and indeed it did bring a chuckle.

But no more boating accidents, otherwise I'll have to devote the rest of my life to scouring the seas for all that lost silver/gold and firearms reported as missing.

But back to Intoxicology - know your limits - mine is 1 bottle of wine, enough to ease out of 1 day, and ease into the next without medical assistance.... well, so far.

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 04:19 | 4290489 green888
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Happy New Year to all, but with this amount of printing are there any unfunded liabilities left

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 05:19 | 4290502 Notarocketscientist
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Why no Pulitzers?????

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 05:27 | 4290506 smacker
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A very Happy New Year to all on ZeroHedge and especially the Tylers, guest posters and the commenters.

Collectively, these make ZH the NEW Main Stream Media, far surpassing the growing heaps of garbage lies churned out daily by the old MSM.

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 05:51 | 4290511 U4 eee aaa
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You forgot to hotlink #24 but I guess we can give you a pass on that. Thanks for all your efforts, contributors and commenters alike. This is the most serious irreverent business site around. May it continue to be so for years. And may we see the beginning of victory over the Fed system and muppetism in the coming year.

Peace on everyone!

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 05:49 | 4290512 lakecity55
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A Slappy New Year to All at ZH!

Keep Stackin

Keep Packin

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 05:51 | 4290513 Inthemix96
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Thanks for all you do Mr Durdens.

And to you lot of bitchez, the very best for the year ahead.

Simply, there is no other site anywhere on the interwebs like ZeroHedge, you lot are first class.

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 06:22 | 4290526 claycalhoun
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Happy New Year to Zero Hedg - A great site and service you give us all !!

Looking forward to your 2014 daily missives

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 06:21 | 4290527 lakecity55
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What a Year!

"What difference does it make?"

"I don't know, I'm just a Monkey with a hand grenade."

"If you like it, then you can keep it."

" I knew you liked Christopher ever since you saw him on your first visit to State. But we have to sacrifice him, or the arms deal gets out"

"I ...just don't know what to do."
"Let me handle this"
"Like you handled Vince?"
"Hill is right, Dear, let her handle it. Nobody will ever know."
"If you say so, Valerie."
"Why don't you and Reggie go play some cards, Boss. I'll take Hill to the Command Center."
"Okay, Joe."
"Look in the Magic Mirror, Barrykins, and repeat after me."
"You always know what to do, Reg."
"I'm here for you, lover."

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 08:06 | 4290569 Kina
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AND NOT A HAPPY NEW YEAR -when your gold gets stolen...

 

Christopher Lunt, 31, returned home from New Year's Eve celebrations at his parent's house to discover thieves had ransacked his Ellie Street home in Upper Kedron and happened upon his safe containing 75 kilograms of silver bullion and 80 ounces of gold.

 

"That's the last 10 years of my life savings there, two deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, all gone."

Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/gold-and-silver-bullion-worth-200k-stolen-from-war-veterans-home-20140101-305sp.html#ixzz2p9Dtye4n
Wed, 01/01/2014 - 08:15 | 4290576 TPTB_r_TBTF
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he shoulda had his savings in Bitcoins.

Wed, 01/01/2014 - 08:59 | 4290604 GetZeeGold
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.....and a case of batteries in case the power goes off.

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