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Charting The 2015 State Of The Union

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Tue, 01/13/2015 - 13:40 | 5655828 ghostzapper
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Where's the chart showing ratings for the Kardashians show?  Also, the one showing the success of Taylor Swift's hit song?

Come on let's not forget what really matters to America. 

(yes I'm ashamed I know who Taylor Swift is)

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 13:42 | 5655845 Winston Churchill
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Who is he ?

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 13:45 | 5655859 ghostzapper
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I'm not good at sitting still.  Pass the time checking out groceries. 

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 14:02 | 5655939 linniepar
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Bought some more long term storage food today. Will be target shooting later this evening. Stack is still there. Should stock up on more water though...

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 14:09 | 5655987 PrayingMantis
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... we can't sit still ... remember, ZH is a fight club :) ...

 

... but Before the Nobel Pis-prized Wiener takes to the podium with his bullish optimism, he might want to consider the following ...

        ... there are Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists out there who cannot be bullied ... >>> "DOJ won't ask Risen to testify at espionage trial" >>>  http://rt.com/usa/222231-risen-testimony-source-trial/ ...

... note: "Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist James Risen will not be asked to testify at the upcoming trial of a suspected source, former CIA employee Jeffrey Sterling, ending for now the writer’s seven-year-long ordeal with the Department of Justice."

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 16:16 | 5656769 OpTwoMistic
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Matters not what he says.  There is no truth in him.

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 18:33 | 5657485 PrayingMantis
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... >>> "There is no truth in him."

 ... but he is Risen ... :)

 

... seriously, my point is, he fought the DoJ for seven long years and he appears to be winning (and still alive for that matter) ... a difficult task to do against the Deep State ... I'd give Mr. Risen credit for standing up to the bullies in Washington (regardless of whether there is truth to his writings or not) ...

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 14:41 | 5656237 robertsgt40
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I'm guessing "hope and change" isn't working anymore. How about BOHICA? 

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 15:05 | 5656378 angel_of_joy
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ERRATA: in the article above "bullish optimism" is to be read in fact "bullshit optimism". Apologies for the unintended error...

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 13:54 | 5655897 KnuckleDragger-X
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The state of the union is simple, it sucks like a Hoover on meth......

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 13:57 | 5655906 Larry Dallas
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I think ghostzapper hits the nail on the head. There is always going to be that segment of society that will never really do anything to better themselves. They will blame others. They will escape by watching mind-numbing television. They lack discipline. So as much as ZH readers do watch these numbers, the rest of the country seems to live like ferral dogs only worried about their next meal, tweet or Facebook like.

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 13:41 | 5655837 FreeShitter
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"We have before us the opportunity to forge for ourselves and for future generations a new world order–a world where the rule of law, not the law of the jungle, governs the conduct of nations. When we are successful–and we will be–we have a real chance at this new world order."

 

-George H cocksucker Bush.

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 13:51 | 5655889 LawsofPhysics
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Trying to suspend the laws of Nature and physics has been tried before.

Moral hazard?  What's that?  Commiting fraud on a massive scale never before seen is hardly a good thing.

hedge accordingly.

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 13:58 | 5655912 KnuckleDragger-X
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But it's the only thing they know and and they think they can get away with it because they are the 'special' elites who are they smartest people on earth....

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 14:02 | 5655945 LawsofPhysics
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...well then, here's to hoping they taste like chicken...

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 14:45 | 5656262 KnuckleDragger-X
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More like pork....

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 13:43 | 5655844 ebworthen
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The FED is going to have to start sending tax-free monthly checks to people instead of Wall Street.

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 13:44 | 5655846 disabledvet
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"Hahahahahah. Putin."

That would be my speech.

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 13:43 | 5655856 pods
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The problem is that the USA, and most of the developed world, is fucked.  Not like any prez can just come up and say we cannot expand debt anymore and the last 40 years of debt fueled growth is coming to an implosive end.

I detest O more than most, but this is a big shit sandwich that is decades in the making.

pods

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 13:57 | 5655910 El Vaquero
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Yup, any talk of balancing the budget is bunk.  The debt must grow at an exponential rate, or the system collapses.  Of course, that growth in debt is hitting the wall with respect to real growth, which will cause the system to collapse anyway, but none of the toads in DC want to be known as the guy who pulled the plug, so they all will get the distinction of being the ones who fucked it up now.

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 14:03 | 5655916 LawsofPhysics
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Correct.  the other thing your "leadership" will never admit is the fact that there simply is no monetary, fiscal, or political solution to resource scarcity.  There never has been and never will be.   The theft/fraud will continue until the supply lines simply break (as it always as in the past).  One reason I fear they are doing everything to make it appear that oil is abundant and cheap.  FYI- we are still consuming almost 20 million barrels per day.

My tribe and I have been having a great time either way.  Same as it ever was...

Evolve or die motherfuckers.

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 14:45 | 5656263 donsluck
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The current low commodity prices belie your "resource scarcity" theory.

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 15:15 | 5656448 pods
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Resources are scarce, the only thing you see now is the de-financializaton of commodities.

pods

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 16:54 | 5656994 LawsofPhysics
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Please wake up, trying to actually "price" anything is a fool's errand in the absence of price discovery. 

Do tell, how long do you anticipate these "prices" will last?  Enlighten us.

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 13:46 | 5655860 USD Long
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If I had a son, he would look like Charlie Hebdo.

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 13:47 | 5655866 capltd
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What? Obama is the President?  I thought Jamie Dimon was.

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 14:09 | 5655986 Bunghole
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Jamie reports to Tel Aviv.

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 13:50 | 5655880 suteibu
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Pandering to special interest groups, half-truths, outright lies, and more than a little narcissistic back-slapping. 

We've heard this speech 6 times already.

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 13:51 | 5655885 stant
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Union ? There is no union. Just a bunch of regions with mcD and Walmart etc as there only thing in common. While a bunch of criminals ruin what's left of their good name

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 14:11 | 5655991 RushRoolz
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I will not be watching. It's not just a rosy speech anymore. It's an affront to the intelligence of the citizenry. "Don't you believe what you are living every day. This economy is doing GREAT!" Sure. Every roaring economy has come with double-digit % increases in # of people on food stamps.

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 14:10 | 5656005 Bangalore Torpedo
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"It's an affront to the intelligence of the citizenry."

Correction:

It's an affront to the intelligence of the 2% of the citizenry that understand math and economics."

Fixed

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 14:47 | 5656290 VWAndy
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Maybe it will be a short speach. If he has a man date?

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 14:08 | 5655992 Consuelo
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The president's credibility will unwind in a major way, in similar fashion to the economic unwind already in motion.  By this time next year however, it probably won't matter anyway, as there will be more pressing 'street-level' issues to worry about.  

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 14:29 | 5656133 El Vaquero
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Another potential future flashpoint.  The cops that shot James Boyd are being charged:

 

http://www.koat.com/news/da-to-seek-murder-charges-in-james-boyd-shootin...

 

Lets see how it plays out, if either the judge rules that there is no probable cause, or if they get acquitted.  I seriously doubt they will get convicted. 

 

This is also coming on the heels of the DA being investigated for bribing witnesses, which she claims is APD trying to put pressure on her because they knew she was leaning towards prosecuting the cops.

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 14:10 | 5656001 VWAndy
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Go long today and short tomarrow?

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 14:35 | 5656180 KKAOSS
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Same old same old- the chasm deepens between haves & have nots.  

This is how THE CONTROLLERS like it.  

Long Live GREED, POWER & muhahahah WEALTH (for the few) - 

Bohemian Grove, Bilderberg Group, Skull and Bones, Illuminati, Council on Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission, FreeMasonry,........

the USA is the epitome of the "I got mine - you get yours ECONOMY"

 

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 15:20 | 5656433 Creepy A. Cracker
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Dear Leader Obama excerpted: "Lie, lie, half-truth.  I, me, I, half-truth, lie.  Because of me, lie, I, half truth, lie, I. You didn't build that, lie, me, I.  Half truth, you can keep your doctor if you like your doctor, me.  I, lie, half truth, I, me, your health insurance premiums will go down by $2500 per year, not up thousands of dollars per year, lie, lie, me, I. Those who slander my prophet will not get ahead, lie, I, lie, me, I, half truth."

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 15:21 | 5656487 Dr. Engali
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"Yes, the economy is growing, however, that growth has come at a huge cost of a debt burden that will be amplified when borrowing costs begin to rise with increases in interest rates"

 

 

 Have none of these pundits heard of Japan? 

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 15:53 | 5656657 Farmer Joe in B...
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Going to need a double-dose of xanax, a bottle of whiskey, and a huge rip on the bong to watch O blowing smoke up the collective muppetry's ass...

Tue, 01/13/2015 - 16:19 | 5656792 Mike Honcho
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Just flush those down the loo, that buzz kill will put you past sober into the brink of insanity.

49% approval rating, my bet it goes up, his stage delivery to his congregation makes Streisand blush.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

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