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Huh..? unemployment..??! Me thinks you troll
too deeply.
Smags, its a drama fest at best.
They must keep kicking the can.. and maintaining status quo.
There is no threat at this point. Just DRAMA..
ask why...
If there is a REAL threat. The world FALLS together.
Derivatives . We all go into the dark ages.
ASk Westy.
They have it planned for 2015-16n instead.
another discussion.
Interesting Smagli.
The fiscal cliff is a non event.. media hyping to distract us
from meaningful reality.
With all due respect , here in the North East.. no one takes it seriously because they
know THe Fed will print more.... and that Congress doesn't have the mandate
nor the integrity to go for austerity.
You are in Oregon..?
I agree with Westy.
There is political news/events which directly effect
the markets.
The threat of no food & water would appear to be
a 'controlling tool'..politically.
That includes getting medication.
I wonder why theres not more trading in the precious metals shares
and the ag stocks ie. POT at Zeevs.
Heres why...
Hamas Announces It Is Now In "Open War" With Israel
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/14/2012 - 11:00
Israel Reality Reuters
As expected, the escalation out of Gaza has been fast and furious with Al Arabiya reporting that the Hamas response to the operation that Israel has code named "Operation Pillar Of Cloud", which an IDF spokesperson has clarified Israel is ready to escalate into a ground operation into Gaza if needed, is that "Hamas is now in open war" with Israel. Moments later the organization Islamic Jihad has unsurprisingly, chimed in: "Israel has declared war on Gaza and they will bear the responsibility for the consequences." Stay tuned folks cause this may get very messy quickly. Now if only the US military wasn't currently the functional equivalent of a grotesque reality gong show.
Specifically, in whose interest.../
Thank you Smagli,
You are lovely.
Dan,
I sort of doubt it. Jim was born Jesse Seligman.
I believe what he's posting is objective.
We haven't heard a peep from Hilary in weeks..
Theres subterfuge going on.
His site remains and continues to be the most reliable site imo.
FG or 'fogey' to my pals
My Dear Friends,
There is much more to this than meets the eye.
Keep your attention on the following military figures other than General David Petraeus.
Rear Admiral Charles M. Gaouette.
Brigadier General Jeffrey A. Sinclair.
US Army General Carter Ham.
US Navy Commander Joseph E. Darlak.
Bigger changes are taking place below the surface than a simple presidential election.
Respectfully,
Jim
jsmineset
A DCB....?/ whats that?
daves custom bed..
yes, many shares I agree.
If the sp doubles w/in 3 months thats a decent return.
Smagli, do you buy land,,,??
Dan,
take a look at tyhee gold..
very low entry. Prbably need to hold for short term...
risk/reward quite good.
the agora board carries the forum.
typo,,, THANK YOU!!
Newly,
I did apologize.
Which is more than most here.
Intentionally cruel.....?!
I don't believe so.
My word choice was rude.
If you are going to be so puntilious, please be so across the board.
I am not the only one who has been rude..
Thank you.
I apologize.
I should have not sworn.
whats politically correct...??!#^/?
HELLOO.. ANYBODY HOME ZAB..??
Lets ponder this right AND politically correct (right)
Which is it...?? And Why..??
Go to the bullion bulls site ok??
This is world dominance/bankers
It ALL stinks.
My apologies for brevity.
very much appreciated MG.
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Smagli- have you looked at Newly's photo album??
Click on her photo and click on travel photos
They are WONDERFUL!!
Newly, I echo what Smagli said.
The real estate in Victoria & Vancouver Island is ultra expensive.
I gather you have to be on the West Coast..near the Ocean..
Dan, If you were at least polite , I would enjoy suggesting buys for you
right now- in our favorite stocks.
Ah, well... good luck.
FRom Harvey Organ tonight
and connecting to my earlier post re inflation & food..
The Inexplicable American Consumer Revolts Against Prescription Drugs
Submitted by testosteronepit on 11/07/2012 19:51 -0500
Gross Domestic Product Unemployment
Wolf Richter www.testosteronepit.com www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter
Anecdotal evidence has been coagulating into numbers, and these numbers are now beginning to weigh down corporate earnings calls. It appears the toughest creature out there, the one that no one has been able to subdue yet, the ever wily and inexplicable American consumer, is having second thoughts about prescription drugs. And is fighting back. A paradigm shift.
We’ve already heard from some companies, such as drug maker Pfizer, whose revenues in the US plunged 18%, largely due to the collapse of its flagship drug Lipitor that is losing its battle with much cheaper generics. But the direst indications came from Express Scripts, the largest pharmacy benefit manager in the US—and perhaps one of the best gauges of spending patterns for prescription drugs.
During the earnings call, CEO George Paz, who ominously was “not prepared to provide 2013 guidance,” embarked on a dark speech. The company’s clients had “unprecedented concerns about our country’s economic outlook,” he said. Unprecedented concerns! So even worse than 2008-2009. He went on:
Our health claim clients are expecting membership reductions in 2013. Large employers have pulled back on hiring plans, using contractors and part-time employees when necessary. Mid to small employers are cutting back or postponing health care coverage decisions while waiting for more clarity on Health Care Reform. And we continue to see low rates of drug utilization as individuals deal with uncertainty at the household level.
He lamented “the current weak business climate and the unemployment outlook” and was worried about the “challenging macroeconomic environment.” Shorts must have felt a certain frisson. Remains to be seen whether the dive that Express Scripts shares performed is a buying opportunity that will add to a cushy retirement or one that will slice off your fingers.
But beyond the company’s fate, he’d pointed at what ails the US economy, including a shift to part-time workers and contractors often without healthcare benefits, and smaller employers who, in their struggle to survive, are cutting back on healthcare benefits. As these workers—the inexplicable American consumers—are left to their own devices, they have to make their own decisions about what prescription drugs, if any, to blow their scarce money on.
Express Scripts has seen this trend in another area. Its Drug Trend Report, which dissected prescription drugs sold to its members in 2010 and 2011, sketched the beginnings of the paradigm shift: in 2011, specialty drugs sales increased 17.1%, down from a 19.6% increase in 2010; traditional drugs only eked out a gain of 0.1%, the lowest increase since it began tracking the data; and spending on all prescription drugs combined rose only 2.7%, also a record low. That was for 2011.
But the report didn’t include insights into the buying behavior of the 48.6 million uninsured Americans who’re even more reluctant to spend money they don’t have on prescription drugs they can live without. And it didn’t include the trends of 2012, which as Paz phrased it, are cause for “unprecedented concerns.”
Whatever the reasons, whether prescribing behavior by doctors or buying behavior by consumers, lack of insurance or lack of money, or the growing prevalence of generic alternatives: spending on prescription drugs, long considered recession-proof, seems to have bumped into a wall for the first time ever.
Healthcare costs in the US, around $2.6 trillion a year, or 17.9% of GDP, may be reaching a level beyond which the various players in the economy cannot go, or refuse to go, a market-based barrier of sorts. And the inexplicable American consumer may be on the forefront—not only those who don’t have insurance, but also those who have high-deductible plans.
In 2012, plans with deductibles of $1,000 or more made up 19%of employee-sponsored health plans. Families covered by such plans, for better or worse, are cutting back medical spending ...by 14%, according to a study last year. They’re making medical decisions where at least one part of the equation is their own money. And they’re accomplishing what no one has been able to accomplish so far, namely taming the untamable healthcare expense monster.
That the US has too much debt is no longer a controversial statement. Some may believe other problems are more urgent, or that we need to grow our way out rather than slash spending. But the debt-to-GDP ratio must decrease if we are to have a stable, prosperous economy. Read... One Chart Explains Why Government Debt Is Dragging on the Economy.
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they want to screw us.. as in all the other junk
they have on.
mining equities
look at the McEwen junior mining index.
Inflation makes people grow their own. Cook their own.
Poor quality brings innovation.
The ingredients in the crust are a pale imitation of their
pies of the past. Tasted like maybe plastic may have been
in it.
It will be interesting to see how people deal with food products.
Packs of vegetable seeds are tiny and costly now.
On another note. California defeated the labeling law which in my view was
inexcusable.
Dan,
do you have a wart where it hurts..?
what I offer is rather innocent, well meaning.
do you thrive being so mean.. and dour?
smell the coffee Dan. Have the wart soothed.
Cheers,
Sally
I rarely purchase pies or prepared foods..
I bought a Mrs Smith pie today. I baked it and it
was very disappointing. The apples as weight were less than in the past. The crust
was 'fake'.
From now on the corporation will not be bought. I will make my own.
The apples around here are the best. I can buy locally made pies.
More costly but worth it.Time preparing improves a culture.
This is worth pondering. Markets evolve.
TOTALLY CORRECT.
Not to mention the people driving a lexus (not new)
shopping with food stamps...
Did I miss something?? What politiks??
Here it is Lee ole chap..
online wagering site and here's what I found:
2012 US Presidential Election - Winner is determined by who receives Majority Electoral Votes115Barack Obama-300-o- Mitt Romney+250
This means that, in order to make $100 on an Obama victory, you have to wager $300. A $100 wager on Romney will make you $250 is he wins. So, here we are, 24 hours out and Romney is a 5/2 underdog.
Pretty much tells me all I need to know for tomorrow.
From tfmetals
The people putting their money into betting on the Presidential outcome..
are 5-2 against a Romney win..... FWIW
OF COURSE HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS SIGNING..
IF HE DIDN"T HIS WIFE DID....
give us a break..
Zab, you know as well as anyone that turning away a utility crew particularly
under these circumstances is reprehensible. There are various 'reports' cause they're trying to bury the truth- souunds like.
brightness, you believe no centralized monopolies now>//#!1?
what about the euro etc..??
Vermont has thus far escaped the storm. Last September was extraordinary in devastation here.
Not dug out yet. Bridges remain down.
The storm over the eastern mid west looks horrendous.
It could easily turn into the northeast. I pray not.
Boston has been very fortunate.
Lee, you must be getting big wind down there,, right??
Just started here..
zero hedge
Bloomberg reports:
“Because of the size of [Hurricane Sandy], we could see an impact to coastal and inland plants,” Neil Sheehan, a spokesman based in Philadelphia for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said by phone today. “We will station inspectors at the sites if we know they could be directly impacted.”
The NRC met earlier today to discuss the necessary precautions to take for the storm, Sheehan said. Plants must begin to shut if wind speeds exceed certain limits, he said.
As of 2 p.m. New York time, Sandy had winds of 75 miles (121 kilometers) per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. It was about 430 miles south-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, moving north at 7 mph.
The current Hurricane Center track calls for the system to come ashore just south of Delaware Bay on Oct. 30.
Reuters provides a list:
The following lists the nuclear reactors and utilities in Sandy’s potential path.
While we don’t foresee any problems, the risk of nuclear accident in the U.S. is actually much greater than it was in Japan before Fukushima.
For example, fuel pools in the United States store an average of ten times more radioactive fuel than stored at Fukushima, and have virtually no safety features.
Let’s review the list and look at examples of problems experienced by the nuclear plants in Hurricane Sandy’s path:
Brunswick experienced a reactor coolant system leak last year
Surry has recently been plagued by problems with the coolant system, valves and damage from a tornado
North Anna leaked tritium last year after an earthquake shook the plant and shifted around a gigantic radioactive storage cask
Calvert Cliffs was knocked offline by the last hurricane
Salem has been riddled with problems with security, turbines problems and other issues.
Hope Creek has suffered security problems, has the same design as the Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1, has “some of the same issues with above-ground storage of spent fuel rods as Fukushima” and “was designed to withstand certain major weather events but we need to look at the potential impacts of more extreme events, especially … sea level rise and flooding”
Peach Bottom purportedly has a defective design and has been plagued by various problems
Limerick has suffered electrical and other issues
Three Mile Island suffered another leak in the cooling system last month
Susquehanna has been hit with one problem after another
Oyster Creek has been plagued with electrical and other problems
Indian Point is widely recognized as one of the nation’s worst nuclear plants. If Indian Point melted down, it could close New York City for years, and cost half a trillion dollars or more
Millstone’s vulnerability is shown by the fact that it was shut down due to warm seawater
Pilgrim has numerous structural problems. And see this. Pilgrim’s spent fuel pools contain more radioactive cesium than released by Fukushima, Chernobyl and all nuclear bomb tests combined
Seabrook has had problems with corrosion, computers and a host of other issues
Vermont Yankee – which has around 10 times more spent fuel rods than any of the individual Fukushima reactors – leaked tritium
It’s not surprising that there have been problems at all of these nuclear plants. After all, the U.S. has 23 reactors which are virtually identical to Fukushima. The archaic uranium reactor designs developed more than 40 years ago are only good for making bombs.
Most American nuclear reactors are old. They are aging poorly, and are in very real danger of melting down. And yet the NRC is relaxing safety standards at the old plants. And see this.
Indeed, while many of the plants are already past the service life that the engineers built them for, the NRC is considering extending licenses another 80 years, which former chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority and now senior adviser with Friends of the Earth’s nuclear campaign David Freeman calls “committing suicide”.
toilet flushed v. soon, period, no matter who wins.
and his I suppose was nice to me....
go figure
--the kid
why thank you Dan. I didn't even look at your post..
not worth my time. I saw the extremist gun... and
that was enough. Anyone who can dig up the junk that you
manage to.......
excuse me, but, how long has prospect global been around....??