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"fragile" comes to mind... but the excuse factory will be working overtime this year: Q1 was cold weather; Q2 will be Ukraine; and Q3 will be El Nino...

 

 

Source: Investors.com

 

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Thu, 05/08/2014 - 19:33 | 4741607 Looney
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Q: What’s the difference between Pinocchio and Golfer-in-Chief?

A: Well, with each lie the golfer’s Mom-Jeans keep creepin’ higher and higher.

In my very humpable opinion, he’s got 2 more lies/red lines left until the zipper of his Mom Jeans covers his lying orifice. ;-)

Loo(hic!)ney

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 20:13 | 4741690 NoDebt
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Obama is still trying to figure out why the red checkers don't taste any different than the black checkers.  

When he figures that out, he'll get around to "focusing like a laser on jobs."  You can begin holding your breath.

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 20:34 | 4741790 A Nanny Moose
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Obama is still trying to figure out why the red checkers don't taste any different than the black checkers. 

Comment of the week....perhaps even the month. Thanks for making my day.

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 21:45 | 4742040 Keyser
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And Q4 will be the elections where the Dems get kicked to the curb in the Senate and we won't have to listen to Harry Reid's silly ass any more... 

 

Fri, 05/09/2014 - 02:07 | 4742553 Balanced Integer
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Don't worry. The MSM will make sure that Harry gets his talking points out.

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 22:25 | 4742133 NoDebt
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Any time.  Glad I could make you day.  

Remember that words are weapons.  Choose your weapons wisely and wield them with skill.

You can feel free to use that little diddy anytime you like, without attribution.  

Fri, 05/09/2014 - 03:01 | 4742590 OldPhart
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Stolen for facebook already.

Obama is still trying to figure out why the red checkers don't taste any different than the black checkers.

Putin is trying to figure out why Obama doesn't castle.

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 20:36 | 4741802 aVileRat
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Speaking of red & black checkers, LMT & BA just lobbied and won to get russian rocket motors imported again. Somewhere at this very moment, a former 3-star general is waiting for his deal bonus to be deposited in a JP Morgan LP account before popping off to Florida for the weekend. At this excact same moment elsewhere, 5 policemen in Lugansk who tried to stop a bunch of Russian armed guys from jacking trucks at a dealership were shot at point blank according to UAN. Awesome. 

Now I'm just a dumb rat, but lobbying to skirt sanctions was what they nailed Marc Rich for when he wanted to trade with Iran. So, can someone explain to me like I'm a 5-year old what the hell we are doing punching holes in our own trade blockade ? Does Boeing get a special contractor pass which lets them bypass the treason articles/stockades. If so, can they set up a booth at Davos ? I'll take 4. 

Fun fact, Ukraine launches sat's for the EU. If Putina does capture Odessa, he also gets a spiffy new rocket program in a key telecom civvie launch window. Wonder which party and their wunderkid would directly benifit from OECD friendly launch windows closing.

If New Russia does form, the Odessian mob will make their own version of Cuba.  between the Donets shales, the legalization of illegal coal beds, oat/soy field racketeering, shiny new German rocket pads, Urea plants, munitions sales to the MENA and 1998+ chemical factories: I suspect UK/German bankers are forward looking and know the wild fortunies which were made on post-USSR privitization & lootings. the rape of Ukraine is going to be a bukkae fest of deal fees.

 

 

 

Fri, 05/09/2014 - 09:42 | 4743046 Zerozen
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Yes, I'll explain it to you like you're 5...

 

Because there is no broad trade blockade with Russia, only sanctions on a few Russian individuals and a couple of Russian banks.

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 20:48 | 4741846 williambanzai7
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Fri, 05/09/2014 - 09:12 | 4742973 drendebe10
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Standing ovation for the corrupt arrogant narcissistic illegal indonesian kenyan alien socoopathic liar in chief for another job well done so it can live its grand imperial golf lifestyle, fly in its 1.2B chopper on the backs of tax psying US citizen serfs and peasants!   Hoo-Rah.

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 19:35 | 4741613 Amish Hacker
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I'm trying to decide if that's a car or a golf cart.

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 19:36 | 4741619 IridiumRebel
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It's the Doomsday Golfcart!

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 20:03 | 4741685 knukles
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Built upon $1,00,000,000,000,000 of taxpayer funded loans via the Department of Energy which, after $1,000,000,000,000,000 in dividends declared for the equity holders comprised of the 5 top blunders and campaign contributors, has been declared in default, subsequent to all collateral having been sold off to Chinese solar firms and Hairy Reed's pals.

This just in!
Breaking News!
CNBS has cited the bankrupt firm's IPO as being one of the slam dunk gotta buy it make money sure as shit deals of the year

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 20:06 | 4741703 nmewn
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Hey! Wait a minute! Fannie is payin that divie to .gov! This is crony-socialism in its finest hour! Bonuses for everyone on the board, those "patriots" are cutting the deficit too!

Its a muracle!

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 20:33 | 4741789 knukles
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Blowjobs all around, boys!

Fri, 05/09/2014 - 03:19 | 4742612 lead salad
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Well, that will make all this kerfluffle go away!......

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 20:31 | 4741778 Osmium
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Looks like a cross between the two.  Maybe a Smart Cart.

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 20:36 | 4741797 A Nanny Moose
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Does it meet Mil Spec?

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 21:19 | 4741962 palmereldritch
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Where are the solar panels?!

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 19:40 | 4741614 IridiumRebel
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It's the fact that they need 'Merica to be on par with the other wage slaves of the world. Problem is their lifestyle is going up and ours is going down....other Western economies included. Free trade BitcheZ!

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 19:51 | 4741661 donsluck
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Just to be a prick, one could argue that the wage transfer from west to east was necessary to lift them out of abject poverty.

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 20:19 | 4741727 ZerOhead
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And give everyone access to slightly cheaper toasters with a higher profit margin for our job makers. Its a win/win for everyone except those left without a job.

Fri, 05/09/2014 - 08:24 | 4742849 N2OJoe
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It's so much easier to drive everyone into poverty than to lift everyone out of it.

Voila Equality! Except for those who are more equal...

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 21:35 | 4741777 Buckaroo Banzai
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Why couldn't they earn their way out of it honestly? The theory of comparative advantage (which actually works) tells us they could have worked their way out of poverty using free enterprise.

Our leaders decided to go with communist economics instead: pervert the playing field under color of "free trade", and enthrone absolute wage advantage and environmental arbitrage to forcibly redistribute the wealth in order to make a bunch of international corporate executives and their government toadies fabulously wealthy at the expense of honest hardworking people everywhere.

Clinton and Gore were at the head of that parade, but there is plenty of blame to go around.

Sat, 05/10/2014 - 07:43 | 4745811 PT
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When does comparative advantage NOT work?  Perhaps when the country with the cheaper labour has MORE THAN ENOUGH productive capacity to produce EVERYTHING.  Put that in your initial conditions and recalculate.

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 19:36 | 4741617 theliberalliberal
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Q4 - Too much pollen / Too many leaves to rake depending on your hemisphere

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 19:53 | 4741662 Smegley Wanxalot
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Q3's "official" GDP growth, to be trumpeted just prior to that farce called the November elections, will be 3.6%.  Mark my words on that - the govt fuckheads are already working on the news releases to go with it.

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 22:55 | 4742197 Golden Rule
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I think we'll see a chapter out of the GW ( neocon) play book. My bet is the Ukrainian confict will turn to war and big bad Russia will be blamed for a huge market correction and anyone not on board with the agenda will be"with the terrorists".

Flag waiving patriotism to rally the masses and point the finger east.

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 19:44 | 4741636 I need Another Beer
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http://tunein.com/radio/The-Mark-Levin-Show-p30095/

 

u owe it to yourself, learn a bit

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 19:44 | 4741637 dirtyfiles
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from now on he switch to $2bln helicopter and I see why

on the other hand that helicopter could be good analogy to guy named Ben

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 20:26 | 4741762 rosiescenario
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I was hoping they might out source the construction of those helicopters to an Indian company....you know, one run by one of Biden's friends.....like the Porsche dealership in the Ukraine.....

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 19:47 | 4741645 Bemused Observer
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These are the same excuses we be hearing if Romney was President. Seriously, when are we going to face the fact that NEITHER party can fix this because they're both IN on it!? And that they are just trying to keep this thing afloat as long as possible, with NO end-plan?

These people don't affect the economy, they react to it. It's doing what it's doing, and nothing can stop it because they let it get too big, too complex to safely unwind. They have been hoping for a return of the "up" part of the business cycle to pick them up in the current, and save them. They've been treading water for a long time now, and they're getting a little nervous.

But the business cycle is not a 'current' that comes around faithfully no matter what. It's return depends on the shit you are doing NOW, and if you screw it up, you are dead in the water.

Well, they screwed it up.

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 20:11 | 4741721 Relentless101
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Surely you would rather have republican vs democrat economics though right? I would take just about any kind of economic sanity at this point, even if it is pnly one one-hundredth of what they claim. Dems wanna spends. Repubs wanna cut. Much rather have the cuts.

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 21:07 | 4741867 Things that go bump
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Sorry - no cuts. Increased spending will be just as out of control. Repubs just want to siphon the money off a little differently. If you look at the 2 political parties like 2 rival mafia gangs it makes more sense. A lot of folks here are still deeply captured in the left/right meme and think a change to their particular team will make a difference, as if there were a political solution to our problems. Well, how did that work out for those caught up in all the Obama hope and change? The US is no longer a democracy and politicians and elections are a puppet show.

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 21:34 | 4742014 nmewn
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These republicans DO want to spend your money on different things. The operative words here are "your money". They are both the same in that respect.

My thing has always been, I don't need anyone deciding how to spend my money or deciding how MUCH of my money needs to be spent by THEM. I can make those decisions just fine all by myself.

The problem of course (as everyone knows by now) is they BOTH spend what they do not have...which is how THEY got to seventeen trillion in debt.

By the way, thats not my debt, its theirs, molon labe motherfuckers ;-)

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 22:59 | 4742213 Things that go bump
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Odious debt.

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 23:08 | 4742237 nmewn
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Involuntary debt is not lawful.

So, I'll be a pirate and take ;-)

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 20:13 | 4741722 Looney
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"Bemused" - member for 1 week and 7 days (or somepin' like dat).

Dude (or Dudette), are you effing kiddin'? - "when are we going to face the fact..." You sound like an 84-year-old virgin (probably a male) who has lost his virginity to a door knob (children, don't slam the door no more!).

Jokes aside, man... Just click through, and then open the valve on your oxygen bottle, for Goat's sake, before you start throwing tantrums in this sacrosanct ZH place. By the way, you may use your own chopsticks, if you want. ;-)

Looney

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 22:24 | 4742132 Bemused Observer
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Well, apparently you are upset. Now, having gotten THAT out of your system, why don't you tell me exactly where you disagree with what I said...

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 22:39 | 4742171 prymythirdeye
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You need to calm down and figure out why he's disagreeing with YOU.  Patience and open mind grasshopper!

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 20:00 | 4741686 nmewn
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Its that damned Tea Party, it wasn't my fault! I ran outta gas, I had a flat tire. There was a terrible flood! Locusts!!!

It wasn't my fault I swear to Gaaawwwwddd!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftt4f2H3GDs

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 20:17 | 4741739 Looney
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I concur!

Gaaawwwwddd

P.S. ;-)

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 22:04 | 4742085 nmewn
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Maybe now that the Dopey Changiness has died down to a disheartened grumble, those of us who never rode a unicorn or had pixie dust sprinkled in our eyes can get a word in edge wise.

On second thought no, let it fucking burn. 

We said don't bailout Wall Street banks, its not capitalism. There is a price to pay for greed & avarice & false policies. We said no, even when they called us razzzists for opposing giving Obama's cronies an open checkbook to the public Treasury for Solyndra, Fisker, A123, Tesla etc.

We said no, that it is not right for government (of all fucking things) to force young Americans to buy something from a private corporation whether they use it or not, which both the government & the corporation are counting on them NOT using it.

They didn't listen.

So yeah, let it burn...we'll be fine.

Mon, 05/12/2014 - 23:35 | 4753485 BeetleBailey
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lol...GOOD ONE nmewn

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 20:03 | 4741696 Relentless101
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FYI, buying a smart car will not actually make you smarter.

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 20:24 | 4741757 Looney
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Not true... The day I bought MY smart car I doubled my IQ... all the way to 12 (twelve). How weird is that? ;-)

Looney

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 20:56 | 4741872 Buckaroo Banzai
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Q: how do you double the value of your Smart car?

A: fill the gas tank!

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 21:20 | 4741966 grekko
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Q: What do you call a smart car with a sun roof?

A: A dumpster.

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 20:21 | 4741752 intric8
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I thought it read 'banananomics' for a second there

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 20:29 | 4741770 rosiescenario
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Tyler.....pleeez do a piece on Biden securing the tax payer backed loan for his buddy to open a Porsche dealership in the Ukraine....there are just too many funny angles to that.....

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 20:46 | 4741832 BeetleBailey
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FUCK Barry O' Soetero, Muslim douchebag, married to a tranny, lying, thieving, towel boy at the gay club, Indonesian living, Mecca bowing, Connecticut SS sportin, Frank Marshall Davis heeding, Chicago dick suckin FUCKBAMA.....

 

..and his band of asinine fucked up cronies too.....up their collective asses with a red hot poker....

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 21:17 | 4741950 22winmag
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Maybe a modern day von Stauffenberg will step forth from the ranks of the U.S. military.

 

Oh well, a man can dream.

Mon, 05/12/2014 - 23:34 | 4753479 BeetleBailey
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Valkyrie....indeed....only in the fucking BUNKER..not the damned conference hut....AND NO FUCKING TOM DOUCHE-CRUISE NEITHER!!!!

Fri, 05/09/2014 - 09:20 | 4742996 MontgomeryScott
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Gee Beetle,

Don't hold back. Tell us how you REALLY feel...

Mon, 05/12/2014 - 23:31 | 4753472 BeetleBailey
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I did. Now step on ants...don't just stand there!!!!

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 21:29 | 4741999 shankster
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Hey Man! If you've got an Obama-phone and an EBT and some Obamacare..you got it made dude. Welcome to Amerika!

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 21:52 | 4742062 kchrisc
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With respect, but if you've got a bank and a pol or crat or two in the pocket, "you got it made dude." Welcome to the DC US.

 

Corzine Joke #1: What is the difference between a street thug and Jon Corzine? The street thug can be put in jail.

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 21:49 | 4742055 kchrisc
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It's funny, but it's not funny.

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 23:11 | 4742246 Baby Eating Dingo22
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So what's the problem? It all balances out in the end

With each excuse for a slacking economy comes an equally bizarre excuse to print even more

Fri, 05/09/2014 - 07:01 | 4742759 Last of the Mid...
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Looks like they're warming up the el nino bull shit to run most of the summer as an excuse. Guess they'll pray for a really bad hurricane season and maybe use big foot this winter, maybe a couple of more weeks of the malaysian airliner if they can get a cool underwater radar image. The bullshit our politicians are bestowing on us and our children is just epic.

Fri, 05/09/2014 - 09:49 | 4743089 Vin
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Folks, this cartoon is 'misinformation'.  The Lyin' King is doing exactly what the plan called for.  Destroy the currency and the economy.  Make America pay for it's past by destroying as much wealth as possible.  The final blow will come when he grants amnesty to 40mm aliens. 

Don't pretend he's stupid, he's getting it done.

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