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Three Years Of Zero Hedge

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/09/2012 22:26 -0400

Today is the three year anniversary of Zero Hedge.

Starting with humble beginnings and even humbler aspirations, and proceeding through over half a billion page views filled with breaking news, analyses, cynical ruminations, snarky sarcasm, grotesque hyperbole (two words best used to explain our current socio-economic catastrophe), and broadly - entertainment - this website has been lucky enough to grow into the world biggest fully independent financial blog (whatever that means), garnering between 1 and 2 million page views daily (usually VIX-dependent), and serving around 4 million unique readers per month from all around the world.

While we enjoy cutting through the endless media bullshit and propaganda, exposing stupidity, learning from our mistakes, often with a much-needed dose of self-preserving humor that is so critical in this day and age, and hoping to satisfy a persistently unmet niche in the media space, the truth is that no matter the content, the site would not have succeeded or achieved anything without you, our reader. And while most come here to quietly read, learn, snicker, or just to pass the time between trade confirms and fake European bailout headlines, others prefer to engage in direct commentary, often times boisterous, frequently venting, and always uncensored and uncut. Because more than anything, this is a place for anyone and everyone who has an open mind, and more importantly, a sense of humor.

It is to you, our readers, that we owe our sincerest gratitude for providing not only one of the most educated and intelligent, not to mention outspoken, readership bases one could hope for, but for constantly engaging us, and helping us grow and develop in ways we had never thought possible.

It is this what "social media" is all about.

As for everything else, it will happen... in due course. The transition from point A to point B will not be fast and it will not be easy, but it will take place. Because systems out of equilibrium always revert in due course.

And we expect to be there covering, analyzing, and certainly mocking it, every step of the way.

Yours Sincerely,

the ZH crew

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Tue, 01/10/2012 - 02:04 | 2049291 NotApplicable

Tyler loves me! He really loves me!

Mad props. ZH is second to none.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 02:14 | 2049316 tahoebumsmith

Holy Crap the last 3 years feels like a lifetime. Great job Tyler and staff, you have touched more people then you could have ever imagined.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 02:38 | 2049355 MsCreant

They are not priests.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 06:42 | 2049560 falak pema

Nor are they pedophiles! Happy anniversary ZH. Contrarian and Spartacus to land of Caesar.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 02:16 | 2049319 Yellow Tang

Love this anti-semitic blog.

;)

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 07:36 | 2049614 akak

I do not and never have hated any Arabs.

Oh, wait, you mean those OTHER Semites, don't you --- the troublemakers?

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 02:19 | 2049323 Founders Keeper

Happy B-Day ZeroHedge!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 02:27 | 2049338 Dr.Vannostrand

Happy Birthday and thanks

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 02:29 | 2049342 thegr8whorebabylon

For exposing my shame, & the end game, ZH, RP & JC are for me the holy trinity of truth and dignity, where fight club rules, and talking fools, funny stuff and gamblers' bluffs, all converge in a dissonant verb, or a pic by the bonz, MAY YOU all LIVE LONG...

(more free KB plse.) Forever young; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGEe_zpddNI

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 02:29 | 2049343 msamour

Been following this site for about a year and a half. Thanks for all the knowledge, it has been most useful.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 02:29 | 2049344 NetDamage

"Because systems out of equilibrium always revert in due course" unless it is the systems nature to be in a constant critical state.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complexity_economics

Happy birthday ZH and thanks for so much which my words can not express.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 02:43 | 2049363 JohnG

http://www.interfluidity.com/v2/2669.html

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 07:09 | 2049584 Rollerball

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmTWhvWgST0

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 02:31 | 2049347 Peter K

Happy B-Day and Thks. ZH is truely 'unique' :)

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 02:32 | 2049349 Acidtest Dummy

Happy anniversay ZH.
I'm looking forward to being your billionth pageview.
Please make more hilarious stories about alchemists.
You are golden Tyler.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 02:42 | 2049360 Clowns on Acid

To the Tyler's - Craft, Courage, Speed!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 02:42 | 2049361 MsCreant

You know I love you. Hugs and kisses to the crew, boyz and grlz too!

Happy Anniversary baby, got you on my mind...

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 04:52 | 2049488 bigkahuna

YEAH! WooooHooooo!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 02:45 | 2049367 OutLookingIn

Congrats to ZH and all the ZH'ers! Three years! Wow! Where has the time gone.

I followed Tyler here from SeekingAlpha where he was a top poster at the time. Sure glad I did.

Keep up the good fight, and yes! By all means "fuck the MSM!"

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 02:45 | 2049368 In Fed We Trust

Matt Drudge is the "feedback mechanism " described by George Soros theory of Reflextivity. Soros banks off the misperceptions of the investor created by Matt Drudge.

Example in point. The run up in oil prices in 2008 based on a war that isnt starting until now!

Matt Drudge was gifted the Clinton/lewinsky story.

Soros was gifted the Bank of England trade in 1992,

Drudge, alex jones and glen beck all work for the same party.

Not to be trusted.

But thus guy here.....its inspiring that people still arent afraid to call it what it is?

Http://www.realZionestNews.com

Happy B Day Tyler,
Me also, about 5 times a day to get my fix.

Http://www.realzionistnews.com

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 02:50 | 2049375 malek

You're by far my best single source of information on the net.

Happy Birthday!!!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 02:54 | 2049377 PhattyBuoy

Congratulations ZH.

Prolific & prescient work, Tyler.

Wonder if the next 3 years be as crazy?

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 02:57 | 2049378 Yen Cross

Thanks for the " no holds barred" , reporting Z/H Hedge crew! A top notch financial site you are. I wish you many more years of prosperity! Happy Birthday!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 03:04 | 2049386 mbutler101

I think 'cynical ruminations, snarky sarcasm' sums up my worldview for the last couple couple of years. 2012 is about kicking ass and taking names. Welcome to fightclub fellow deadenders. Let's get it the Fuck on.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 03:06 | 2049390 PY-129-20

Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Tyler Durden. Happy Birthday and thank you and your crew for this great site.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 06:27 | 2049551 margaris

Dito.

And remember, corporations are NOT people.

But good websites ARE. lol

We love zerohedge like a good person, because it has a real deep personality!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 03:09 | 2049395 youngman

Feliz Cumple.......3 years...thats 21 in dog years..I too have learned alot....fight on...expose the real market...the truth......how it rally works....or not works--or knauchtwurst------

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 03:10 | 2049397 AldoHux_IV

Cheers and thanks for your efforts ZH! May the truth free us all.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 03:16 | 2049402 aleph0

All the best to ZeroHedge , Guests and Posters
Best website around - Geat Work & many thanks.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 03:20 | 2049404 DarthVaderMentor

Congratulations! You site is certainly a refreshing voice of information and even handedness when compared to other dictatorial, biased sites like the Market Ticker.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 03:22 | 2049407 Gief Gold Plox

Happy birthday ZeroHedge and all the best to you Tylers. It's an honour and a privilege to be able to share your site with you. I think I've learned more here in a few months than in years spent on "formal" education. Thank you.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 03:25 | 2049412 Jafo

Happy Birthday Zero Hedge. A big thank you to Tyler and all his helpers (who must be as numerous as those of Santa Claus - how else could Tyler cover so much news).

I also want to thank the contributors of substance over the years. You know who you are but I would like to especially thank Cog Dis, Cheeky Bastard and Stewie the Pi-rat. Your debates have aided to my understanding of what is really happening out there. Needless to say, I don't see the world the same way since I have been following you all on Zero Hedge.

Tyler, your status is measured by your enemies and they are BIG enemies. All power to you and best wishes for the future.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 03:25 | 2049413 jpm7

Congrats you guys, exemplary! Keep it up :)

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 03:37 | 2049423 Gyro Gearloose

My deepest thanks to all the ZeroHedge team. You truly excel in all you do.

Stay Safe!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 03:37 | 2049424 Zenster

Thanks to all the ZH crew for the time and effort they put in.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 03:39 | 2049426 Darkness

In three years my investment strategy still hasn't changed: Gunz and Gold.

Oh yeah, and WWRPD? (What would Ron Paul Do?)

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 03:42 | 2049430 ptoemmes

1/9 is my wife's birthday too. I was always looking for something to help me remember her bday - now I have it ;-)

May you have three more, then six more, then 12 more, uhh that's exponential - sorry.

Pete

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 03:49 | 2049431 piceridu

A true samurai warrior can only live a full life if he stares death in the eye each and every morning. Once you kill your greatest fear, then you can live.
Miyamoto Musashi

Thank you ZH!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 03:47 | 2049436 shahroodi

i wish the best for you and all readers

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 03:47 | 2049438 shahroodi

i wish the best for you and all readers

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 03:48 | 2049439 rosiescenario

Well this next year appears to have all the right stuff to keep things hopping on ZH.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 03:54 | 2049443 whoopsing

A humble Thank You, and here's to a time when your work is done.Happy Birthday

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 04:01 | 2049450 whoisjohngalt11

Congrats ;-)

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 04:05 | 2049453 IMACOINNUT

Thanks ZH for giving me the edge to redirect my life and that of my loved ones. Keep the truth within our reach.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 04:18 | 2049454 Element

Started reading zerohedge in mid-2009, and every day since Sept 15 2011, after Bernanke said;

"From a technical perspective, the recession is very likely over at this point, ... I feel quite confident that a comprehensive reform will be forthcoming".

Pity about those massive downward BEA revisions since.

zerohedge is the one site that told the smoking stink of truth since, as mega 'wealthy' Dubai shit it's bed, and the Sovereign Bog-of-Eternal-Stench went global.

But somewhere in the virtual back offices of zerohedge there is a Tyler Durden, and that guy is > THE < Tyler Durden.

You are the most respectable man I know of Mr Durden.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 04:06 | 2049456 chindit13

Nice piece of work.

All in all, I wish I'd stayed in Tunbridge Wells.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 04:10 | 2049459 Paralympic Equity

Happy birthday ZeroHedge, wish you all the best, and fuck you for making me unable to read other news (which is part of my job) :D

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 04:15 | 2049460 Scalaris

ZeroHedge you are my crack, when MSM makes me want to turn into an alcoholic. Happy birthday.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 04:16 | 2049461 buyingsterling

What's not to like? Don't change it too much or sell it off, please. We're going to need you all the way down. Can you dumb it down a bit for the slow ones? Toss in an extra 'This is important because...' now and then, for us dimwits who don't have finance backgrounds or initiative.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 04:18 | 2049463 Nachdenken

Thank you for keeping head, heart and soul alive. Herzliche Gluckswunch ! Weiter so.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 04:22 | 2049468 Milk Monk

Thank you for being my Nr. 1 reading every morning, afternoon and evening.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 04:23 | 2049470 Bahamas

ZH is the best source of information. One need not read anything else. ZH is also the best source to learn new insults and curse language.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 04:42 | 2049480 lilimarlene1

I am grateful!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 04:43 | 2049481 lilimarlene1

I am grateful!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 04:46 | 2049483 Cassandra Syndrome

Happy Birthday Bitchez! Well done everyone, In Tyler we trust!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 04:47 | 2049486 bigkahuna

Do you guys remember the movie "Pump Up the Volume" with Christian Slater? Well, this site is like the radio station from that movie. We are all of the kids who knew something was "not quite right" and found the radio station here at ZH.

I hope ZH stays "on the air" and does not get targeted for shut-down because the truth lives here-and ZH helped me to keep sane----how much time can a person go knowing things are not right and not having anyone to "talk" about it with to gain perspective on what actually IS the problem?

The only question now is - who is Happy Harry Hardon?

Thanks ZH and everyone else--happy B-Day ZH!!!!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 04:56 | 2049489 Arie L Ultra

Happy anniversary to the ZH crew!!!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 05:02 | 2049492 GeorgeSA1961

CONGRATULATIONS / THANKS

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 05:19 | 2049497 caerus

happy bday bitchez

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 05:25 | 2049501 Cult of Criminality

Happy Birthday Zerohedge team. thank you !

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 05:26 | 2049502 lemosbrasil

Congratulations 1000 times ! There many good sites actually at the world, but zero hedge its the best.....

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 05:34 | 2049506 15horses1donkey

I am glad to be able to say that I have ZH as the first port of call for financial news, if only for the laughs. Cheers to a great site and the great readers that keep it going so I can properly balance the MSM bias!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 05:40 | 2049509 Ruth

To Zero....... Go! Yes, like a drug addict, I too, love love love this site!! Thanks Tylers and Marlas!!!

Happy Birthday, MSM can't touch this!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 05:45 | 2049513 energizer

Thank,you take me years ahead about how to intrpret the markets!!!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 06:05 | 2049525 Brother Revegen...

Tyler, congrats! you are the best)

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 06:07 | 2049527 niamor

Humorous it might be, but the work you guys are doing is salutary. It is a bowl of fresh air and a crucial source of alternative information which allows millions of us who not trading the market to decipher (if not make sense, because wtf?) what is going. Zero Hedge, let there be light.

Congrats guys, and thank you.

Diddledoom.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 06:10 | 2049528 ILoveTheWorld

Happy birthday toddler!

You know the really rebellious age starts at three...

I love you people for your incredible efforts!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 06:13 | 2049535 I am Jobe

Happy Birthday ZH. The best website to learn and share thoughts and ideas.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 06:17 | 2049539 Fox-Scully

ZH Thank You

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 06:23 | 2049545 It is a bargin ...

You have NO peers...never change ya hear me, never

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 06:25 | 2049546 Overpowered By Funk

Keep on rockin what's left of the free world

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 06:34 | 2049557 Practical Cogitator

Three Cheers to the best Zombie-Busters in the Universe!!!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 06:44 | 2049561 pakled

Team Tyler. You rock. Keep up the fight baby.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 06:55 | 2049568 SaMsKy

Happy happy to 0 hedge!!! While i was finishing my MBA i can safely say that i went to 2 different schools, the one on the day time were you learnt the theories of expenonential economy, and the late night we're you learnt what was really happening in the world. You talk about news and sarcasm.. But for anyone not having the experience and know how you do... This is as educational institution... May the force be with you :)

Anyways, Thx!!!! You guys are great!!!!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 06:54 | 2049571 NuYawkFrankie

Only 3 years? Seems more like an eternity...

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 07:08 | 2049582 Atoyota

Continue the good work please!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/JS_Blows-Against-the...

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 07:12 | 2049587 Ace Ventura

Happy 3rd Tyler and crew!! Proud lurker and occasional poster here, but I can say with full sincerity that this has rapidly become my favorite site for all the things mentioned in the previous posts. Not sure whether that makes me smart or crazy. Perhaps it makes us all a bit more crazy smart?

Well done sir(s)/madam(s), I salute you!!

AAAAALLLLLLLLRRRIIIGHTY THEENNNN !!!!!!!

Best regards,

Ace Ventura

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 07:13 | 2049588 DogSlime

Happy Birthday ZeroHedge :)

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 07:20 | 2049596 Kapital Xposure

kool

well done z

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 07:21 | 2049597 Rollerball

Happy Anniversary ZH!

Out more usurious "vendors" in the temple and, perhaps, we can float on to jubilee and zero inflation.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 07:23 | 2049599 Sandmann

Superb Commentary which reveals MSM financial press to be nothing more than flyers for the FIRE Sector. ZH is a real forum where Analysis meets Data and tries to find INTEGRITY in a world of fools and knaves. We live in very momentous times yet most people are unaware of the effects of the Greatest Theft in Global History and the potential for a New Feudalism. It is almost Samizdat in the era of Corporatist Compliance and Complacent Inertia

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 07:28 | 2049603 pufferfish

Happy Birthday and thanks.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 07:35 | 2049612 lakecity55

Thanks for the Forum and Happy Birthday!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 07:45 | 2049618 akak

Sto Lat ZeroHedge!

("May you live 100 years" --- traditional Polish cheer of goodwill)

Na zdrowie!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 07:41 | 2049620 DavidC

Tyler(s),
There are so many others saying so here, but just to add my thanks to ZH, a beacon!

DavidC

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 07:43 | 2049621 farmboy

Gratz, it is my favorite site combining a good sense of humour with outstanding quality on the world of finance

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 07:43 | 2049622 ZippyBananaPants

Yea yea everyone wishes happy birthday.

But, how many of you actually send ZH some cash?

I do, because the info I get here is extremely valuable with my clients.

Open the wallets and give. This is the best site on the net.

Give and give again, Bitchez!!!!!

Thank you ZH

Zippy

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 07:50 | 2049625 bezell

cheers!!!! tyler and crew. Carry on the "social awakening" thru ZH ....Best Wishes

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 07:45 | 2049629 Grimbert

Thank you ZH.

This and the Daily Telegraph live debt crisis blog are the only two websites I visit every day without fail.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 07:54 | 2049637 Burr's 2nd Shot

My favorite site to visit, by a long shot.

Happy birthday, best wishes for continued success!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 07:56 | 2049642 Auburn

A sincere thank you - and happy anniversary! May many more follow.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 07:56 | 2049643 pepperspray

I have no doubt my wife thinks this site is cult-like.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 07:56 | 2049644 Hman

The #1 financial site. Happy birthday ZH.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 07:57 | 2049645 alexdg

Happy B-day! Keep it up for many years to come!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 08:00 | 2049646 Irish66

I don't know how I got here but I'm forever grateful to have found you.

Thank you!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 08:01 | 2049647 knukles

Happy Birthday.
And many, many more wonderful years.
I haven't been to a birthday party like this since grade school.
God bless and godspeed.
Knukles

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 08:07 | 2049652 akak

Well, we've got over 600 damned students in this class, and not ONE of them has brought any candy!

I don't know about you, but I am VERY disappointed!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 18:45 | 2052043 MsCreant

That was one cynical perverted school!!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 08:09 | 2049654 Bob Dobbs

Praise Bob, and slack onward.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 08:58 | 2049665 akak

Slouching towards (fiat) Gomorrah.

I'll bring the marshmallows!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 08:15 | 2049658 Silberadler

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag,

Happy Birthday from Germany.

Yess -veeh vatch verry klosely !

Thanks for providing all the insight that our muted silly dumbf***ed Handelsblatt, Spiegel, FTD do *not* even mention.

Thanks also to all the ones posting their comments.

More views, more insight and a variety of opinions really help to assemble the big picture. Da doom !? We'll see.
Despite all financial shit and the virtual turmoil : dont forget to go outside - feel the snow, the wind and see for yourself that every new day the sun will rise. At least TPTB can't fuck this up ...

Tyler and all the rest of the ZH'ers - thanks big time. Times are ever more interesting and it is good to know that at least a ppm range of folks on this planet is sort of on the right track.

Cheers y'all.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 08:19 | 2049663 exportbank

We found ZH on the third day of the old blog. Have been here every day since. Used to comment regularly but it's now more interesting to read the input from others.

THE "Gods of Circumstance" have merged to create one of the most interesting places on the web.

Congratulations and may all of you enjoy a Healthy 2012

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 08:31 | 2049682 CEOoftheSOFA

Just think of how much less enlightened we were during the dot com bubble and the first two years of the "sub prime crisis" when all we had was the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 08:33 | 2049685 janus

no, no, no...thank you, Mr. Durden.

happy birthday!

Love,

janus

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 08:38 | 2049689 OuaisBla

Tyler, you are by far the most interesting single serving-friend I have ever met.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 18:47 | 2052048 MsCreant

The ride is not over.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 08:39 | 2049694 s2man

Happy Birthday, ZH

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 08:48 | 2049701 duffelpud

Well done. Carry on.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 08:53 | 2049712 Bruce Krasting

Congrats Tyler! It's been a blast!

Bruce Krasting

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 08:54 | 2049714 Rodolfito

Waow, only 3 years. I assumed it was much longer.

Thanks for everything & Many Happy Returns.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 08:55 | 2049715 The 22nd Prime

Congratulations, ZH. To the commentors, thank you too. You guys provide the kicker to the content. Happy New Year to all.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 08:57 | 2049719 Captain Kink

Happy Anniversary, ZH. Thank you for the hard work, I can only imagine the hours you all put in.

And thanks to all you other members who care enough to share your views with the rest of us. You all make life a hell of a lot better.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 09:28 | 2049722 Archduke

Kudos and thanks on an absolutely fantastic job to all the Tylers, Marlas, the readers and not leastly the contributors.

What makes this place special is its impartiality and humility in sticking to facts and its high quality source opinions.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 09:04 | 2049731 DOT

Nicely Done ! .....and of course, Well Played.

ZH continues to kick ass.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 09:13 | 2049748 Minyan Vince

good show TD...lets ride out this last wave with clear eyes and a pure heart!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 09:13 | 2049750 somethingelse

Happy Birthday Zero Hedge! I've been with you pretty much daily for the past 2 1/2 years and truly value the experience and insight of both your postings and various readers' comments over the years and I'm sure I will continue to do so for many more!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 09:22 | 2049762 jack stephan

Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg: It's nice to see you again, Father.

Priest Vito Cornelius: Ah, I remember you now. The so-called art dealer.

Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg: I'm glad you got your memory back. Because you're gonna need it.

[directs his men out of his office]

Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg: Where are the stones?

Priest Vito Cornelius: I don't know. And even if I did know, I wouldn't tell somebody like you.

Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg: Why? What's wrong with me?

Priest Vito Cornelius: I try to serve life. But you only...seem to want to destroy it.

Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg: Oh, Father, you're so wrong. Let me explain. [closes office door, places an empty glass on desk] Life, which you so nobly serve, comes from destruction, disorder and chaos. Take this empty glass. Here it is, peaceful, serene and boring. But if it is. [Pushes glass off table and crashed.] Destroyed! [robot cleaners move to clean broken glass] Look at all these little things. So busy now. Notice how each one is useful. What a lovely ballet ensues, so full of form and color. Now, think about all those people that created them. Technicians, engineers, hundreds of people who'll be able to feed their children tonight so those children can grow up big and strong and have little teeny weeny children of their own, and so on and so forth. Thus, adding to the great chain... of life. [Desk prepares a glass of water and a bowl of fruit] You see, Father, by creating a little destruction, I'm actually encouraging life. In reality, you and I are in the same business. Cheers. [drinks water with cherry, only to choke on cherry stuck in throat. Zorg frantically presses all buttons on his desk in an attempt to get something to clear his throat]

Priest Vito Cornelius: Where's the robot to pat you in the back? Or the engineer? Or their children, maybe?

There, you see how all your so-called power counts for absolutely nothing? How your entire empire of destruction comes... crashing down. All because of one little... cherry.

[slaps Zorg in the back]

Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg: You saved my life, and in return, I'll spare yours... for now.

Priest Vito Cornelius: You're a monster, Zorg.

Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg: I know.

Note to self: never,ever help the villian stop choking on a cherry.

Congrats zh, im rubber and your glue bitchez

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 09:44 | 2049807 SofaPapa

Thank you for being here. You guys offer the perfect ringside seat for our current world. Happy Birthday!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 09:48 | 2049813 Rudolph Steiner

candles, wishes

cheers

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 09:52 | 2049822 Doctor sahab

Mubarak! (Not Hosni)

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 10:02 | 2049859 Henry Hub

Zero Hedge = The best antidote to the distortion, censorship and propaganda of the MSM. A real bastion of free speech. Stay strong for another three years and beyond!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 10:09 | 2049883 iRidiculous

Happy Birthday!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 10:22 | 2049919 Vergeltung

Happy Birthday ZH! I am very thankful to have a place like this to learn.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 10:24 | 2049925 THE DORK OF CORK

Was pointed towards Zero Hedge by a Financial times article during the summer of 2009 about economic blog sites and they mentioned Zero - although not in a nice way.

Me thinks the writer had a deeper angle that he could not express openly but he did get the name out there in print. - can't remember his name but he was a old guy , long in the tooth or wise maybe.

Got some of the yellow stuff just before then but got a lot more during the summer euro trough of that year.

Thanks.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 10:26 | 2049930 overmedicatedun...

a small flame in the darkness..feared by the power hungry elite for it burns idols of paper mocking the big lie..

life burns brighter here freemen will know this name and cherish the knowing.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 10:45 | 2049986 Richard Weed

HAPPY B-DAY... [or is that bidet ???]

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 10:49 | 2050001 twotraps

Happy Happy! Thank goodness you don't charge per visit...this has changed the way I look at the news, i recommend it frequently and visit multiple times per day. I have learned more here from articles, comments and the occaisonal stern/colorful encouragement from other readers to look at things differently. Very very unique and I thank you very much.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 11:22 | 2050178 nah

its pretty crazy

but it just mite work bitchez

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 11:48 | 2050305 Matrix R Us

May ZH count many more, I don't usually wish happy birthday to a site but ZH deserves it!

Happy Birthday Zero Hedge! Thanks for everything!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 11:54 | 2050332 andyupnorth

Hooray!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 11:58 | 2050347 Burticus

Thank you, Tyler and deputies, for making Zero Hedge the premier financial blog on the planet!

We salute you all for promoting individual liberty, constitutionally-limited government and free enterprise economics, while heaping disrespect on all those who richly deserve it.

"The power of the pen is mightier than the sword."

Bowing and groveling in your direction.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 12:02 | 2050360 nicxios

Greatest website in the world is great!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 12:13 | 2050414 vanderrook

Three bonghits for ZH,

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Tue, 01/10/2012 - 12:16 | 2050430 Crispy

More importantly -

1/10/09 : GC 853.60 today...1639.20 = +92% gain

Double bagger bitchez...

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 12:18 | 2050432 Twice a Day

Happy-Funny, TD & crew, you shrunk the globe, and created a notorious "Wanted" poster on an internet pole, funded by the TPTB.

Happy 3yrs and many more!

Twice a Day

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 12:21 | 2050453 Meatier Shower

Congratz ZH!

Long live the truth!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 12:27 | 2050469 Rubber Johnny

Congratulations from Germany!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 12:28 | 2050473 LongPAU

Happy birthday, ZH.

Many happy returns.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 12:46 | 2050542 CWulf

ZH Rocks!!! Happy Birday 2 U!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 12:52 | 2050565 JuicedGamma

Well done chaps.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 13:14 | 2050650 smiler03

Until November 2011 I had a Personal Pension over which I had no control over at all and which performed abysmally for over 20 years.

Through coming here and being educated I now have a Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) which I have 100% control over. It's a wonderful feeling!

So thank you TD

xxx

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 13:16 | 2050659 DrunkenMonkey

Happy birthday ZH and thanks to the many insightful and forthright commenters who make this site much more than a collection of perceptive articles analysing the world of money.

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 14:27 | 2050987 AbruptlyKawaii

uncensored and uncut stay that way, happy birthday

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 14:59 | 2051177 Jena

I"m late to this party but I want to add my congratulations and appreciation to the chorus. What I love is telling my husband something I've read here, then two days later, he'll hear about it via the MSM (he keeps the radio on in the studio while he works) and he'll ask me how I knew ahead of time:

Me: "Zero Hedge, of course".

Him: "How did they know?"

Me: "It's Zero Hedge. They find everything first."

Him: "Oh".

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 16:03 | 2051466 Jacks Cold Sweat

Zero Hedge thank you for being free! Love from Greece.

(ps. a project with the Fight Club concept is doomed to rule the fuckin globe)

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 16:53 | 2051624 Imminent Collapse

Love ZH. Keep it going Tyler until they drag you away in handcuffs and chains. Shouldn't be too long now. Hold high the mission!

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 19:44 | 2052228 PhysicalRealm

Back in the '50s when I was a kid, my Mother taught me to always read information which was over my head -- that's how you learn, she said. She would have loved ZH as much as I do. Thank you for your high standards and your cut-to-the-chase attitude. Don't ever stop, please. ZH is the _only_site for which I have a white-listed cookie! I'm here day and night. (Saw this post last night but I hate typing on my phone.) Sincere thanks to everyone involved with ZH.

Wed, 01/11/2012 - 12:16 | 2054730 chumbawamba

Thanks, ZH.

I am Chumbawamba.

Three Years Of Zero Hedge

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