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Please, Fung, I'm the moderator of this simple board and free speech is most important to me.
This is the Politics and Money board and the interaction of ideas is a learning proses that rewards all participants.
Please try to be tolerant as the subject (Politics and Money) tend to evoke emotional/passionate responses.
Those responses enjoy the freedom of speech we hold.
Gold jewelry purchases are the only driving force in the consumer market.
And sales are down.
http://www.wealthdaily.com/articles/dubai-gold-jewelry/2021
With Bernanke purchasing $85 Billion in securities each month since September 2012 there would be a relative incline in gold price.
(I'm wrong and I hate when that happens)
Generally, fear is down, the VIX is 13.88 yesterday and that's a low dating back to April of 2007!
The Dollar Index is relatively neutral/unchanged since September's launch of QEII:
78.6 low on Sept. 15
81.45 high on Nov. 17
79.55 yesterday, Feb. 4
Considering that the price of gold should be $1650 before QEIII,
The M2 Money supply grew only 1.2% since Sept. ($85 B/month)........
http://ycharts.com/indicators/m2_money_supply_growth/chart#series=type%3Aindicator%2Cid%3Am2_money_supply_growth%2Ccalc%3A&format=real&recessions=false&zoom=5&startDate=&endDate=
(Gold price is $1669 today.)
We gold bugs need a driver.....
The machinations of the Federal Reserve and big Ben are bringing a modest sense of security to the World economy.
My guess this is the eye of the hurricane or just half time, a black out, in the Super Bowl.
What's really scary is the reality-----
At the first Pres. Debate all the rhetoric from the months of Nomination Debates was magically erased.
Your sarcasm isn't lost.....
The stalwart conservative legions stood steadfast in support.
The enamored independents embraced centralist ideals.
About 30% of Americans of voting age didn't vote on Nov. 6th.
Maybe this is a large part of the problem.
Crazy? A microbe that craps gold!
ScienceShot: Rumpelstiltskin Molecule Spins Toxic Ions Into Gold Nuggets
by Robert F. Service on 3 February 2013, 1:00 PM
If Fritz Haber were alive today, he'd undoubtedly be scrambling to get his hands on some delftibactin, the molecule pictured above. Haber won the 1918 Nobel Prize in chemistry for inventing the process for converting the ultrastable form of nitrogen in the air to the more reactive chemical form required to make fertilizer. He then spent a good chunk of the rest of his scientific career trying to do the opposite chemical trick: pulling reactive gold ions out of seawater and converting them to the more stable form found in gold nuggets, bars, and bullion. He failed miserably, in large part because gold ions make up only a few parts per trillion of seawater. But Delftia acidovorans has succeeded where the Nobel laureate failed. The gold-loving microbe manufactures and secretes delftibactin, which forces gold ions to precipitate out of solution. As the bacteria carry out this job, they not only remove highly toxic gold ions from their surroundings, but they also create the neutrally charged gold nuggets on which it then makes a home. Reporting online today in Nature Chemical Biology, researchers say that they've now isolated delftibactin for the first time. If scientists isolate enough of the molecule, could they finally realize Haber's dream of harvesting gold from the oceans? Perhaps. But then again, delftibactin also carries out the same trick with iron ions. So if you tried it on a large scale you might get lumps of iron instead.
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/02/scienceshot-rumpelstiltskin-mole.html
Every simple disruption in society is deemed a felony.
The war on drugs has made felons of people who made mistakes,
or perhaps, they just were inquisitive.
But the war on drugs demanded incarceration.
Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables is most relevant to society.
A man who stole a loaf of bread to feed his family when work for wages was not available.
And a bishop who knew the value of a man, an escaped prisoner, above the silver a man would steal:
Great tune and a great time to evaluate our destiny;
Our goals as we wish to advance the human condition.
Words that might engulf many of the wishes that consume all humanity.
And the words speak truth:
Now that's some funny stuff!
There is no way to make crime go away.
There will always be that 1% of the population that chooses to be criminal.
Unfortunately, more American are in prison than any other country.
I can't find statistics for 2012 but there's just too many people that are outside social norms and considered to be a detriment to society.
Here's a graph:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._incarceration_rates_1925_onwards.png
In 1973 there began a dramatic rise.
If I were to voice an opinion I would attribute the rise to financial distribution.
http://www2.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html
Abuse has been going on for millennium.
The answer is that the Church is a man made institution.
Catholics are never allowed to divorce.
Divorce between two Catholics voids membership.
They can only be reinstated into the faith with a contribution to the church.
If the Bishop of your province accepts your contribution then you can be Catholic again.
Geeze.....this sounds like the Sicilian Mob! LOL
Yo...ya wanna buy a few new movies on CD?
Hey, Yo! dis is just bizness....
Dat parking ticket....ya wanna dat disappear?
You don't want to pay for employee's contraception?
How much ya got?
New York State and the City of New York is a microcosm of our division.
The comparison is a vast expanse of land and the people who can shoot bullets unrestricted,
To the City with square miles of population and development that any bullet discharged will destroy property or life.
It's not about gun control, it's about life and property rights.
It's not liberal or conservative it's about responsibility.
Fire off a round in the City and you'll cause property damage.
Even a sidewalk can be worth $200 to $500 to replace and a chipped sidewalk can be a law suite or a fine.
I know you don't want to hear this but having a gun in a city with
about 19 Million people and an area of 469 sq miles is crazy!
'Dem minoriteez?.....
He is the minority.
I'll say it again,
The difference between Evangelical Christians and those who believe in God is simple:
Belief is a personal strength for many.
Evangelicals need to stop people from "sin".
It may be subtle. But it is the basis of free will.
The ability to choose a path.
"To err is human; to forgive, divine."
Alexander Pope
And England killed Scottish/Irish fathers and raped wives to produce English babies.
Scottish/Irish Americans have the majority of Congressional Metal of Honor.
Civilian gun ownership is 5.5 guns per 100 people.
Gun homicides in 2009 is fuckin' 2! (8 in 2007)
(Scotland)
http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/The-Irish-dominate-Medal-of-Honor-recipients-95099859.html
To date, 3,459 Medals of Honor have been awarded, and nineteen individuals have received it twice.
Thirty-three countries are listed as the birthplaces of the recipients, and Ireland, with 258, has the most by far.
Read more: http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/The-Irish-dominate-Medal-of-Honor-recipients-95099859.html#ixzz2JfSFAjc0
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They don't want it! Hahahahahahaha
I'm not sure that America can't hold it together.
I'm not sure that America, Europe and the free world will self destruct.
We're making progress after the financial melt down....
very slow of course.
The problems haven't magically disappeared.
It's not Obama, it's human resilience.
It's people that are struggling and gradually surviving.
Democrats? Republicans?
They're not as important as they would like us to believe. LOL!
Here's Oliver Stone's "Untold History of America".
Just one segment of eight.
Truth? The devil's in the details!
Divide and conquer. It's always that 'other guy'.
Jews?, Blacks?, today it's Muslims, yesterday it was the socialists or the liberal Media,
Tomorrow it may be the professors, Universities, even books and literature.
Always, it's truth that dies.
And the truth is we are each a minority of one.
We are individuals.
Judge a man as an individual if we have to judge at all.
Here's an old clip of what worked for Nazi supremacy........
You're focus is on Obama.
This debt/currency/budget problem is much older.
Congress never could manage the financial affairs of the country.
The Fed Reserve was created (1913) to do it.
17 years latter America was in a Depression.
Brenton Woods agreement fixed a gold standard that Nixon and the debt from the Vietnam War dissolved.
There were two major banking system failures and 3 or 4 wars in the past 30 years
and our National debt accumulated with Reagan and continues
along with the war on terrorism.
Obama is continuing the problem and Romney would do the same.
I have no friends, Stephanie!
There is no way to enforce the jurisdiction of a World Court.
America won't.
Politicians in America won't.
Europeans won't.
The Chinese won't.
It's the next step in political evolution.
Forgive me, reality forces me to post this link to visual perception.
January 28, 2013, 6:52 p.m. ET
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The Quest to Create a Bionic Eye Gets Clearer
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324539304578264052022342798.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLE_Video_Third
You go Rachel! I love you!
Thanks, you beautiful, long haired pursuer of truth!
Now you're hitting my buttons!
There is no validation for any religious motivation that forces others to to conform.
It's the doctrine of radicals to use force, politically or socially, to enforce morality.
Oh, yes, Bush bailed out the banks.
In April of 2009, Obama was in power and voided the mark to market imposition to the bank's evaluation of assets.
Forgive me for that, please.
Bernanke is buying mortgage bonds and that should help with any valuation as to mark to market.
Thank God, we're saved! {sarcasm}
As to to dieing?.......
Energy doesn't die.
Get used to it.
It's a fact.
It's civility.
In the past 125 years (Pleases forgive me for the date) we have outlawed all warfare.
There is no legal justification for one country to commit violence against another.
Every means for reconciliation has been detailed.
Violence between any countries has been negated.
It is simply not allowed.
Any entity who commits violence should be subject to World Court.
All the laws are in place.......
Warfare is illegal.
http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/rgoodman/pdfs/GoodmanJinksIntlLawWarPowersandGlobalWaronTerrorism.pdf
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/lawwar.asp
We have to die to be re-born.
Obama has stopped the proses when he bailed out the banks
Terrorism is a criminal act and should be decided by the courts and enforced by military.
Two different subjects?
Not when we see our American political system funded by corporations/individuals, with lobbyists funding elections.
The preservation of power and wealth dictates political incentive for equality.
Remove money from politics (the end to this little board) and we're left with humans who,
right or wrong,
lead us. as flawed as they may be.
Forgive me because I'm laughing out loud!
Debt limit?
5 Trillion?, 10, 15, 20 Trillion?
It's just paper.
There are those who question God!
And they spend paper money with the whole faith of it's value in man.
Forgive me because I'm laughing out loud!
Funny how both liberals and conservatives responded negatively to the World Court post!
Fact is, as I see it;
Liberals and conservatives respect confines that offer a playing field for their access to power.
They want to choose their battles and dictate the perimeters for discussion.
The general concept of a free court that has human principles as a preamble is due for humanity.
'Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness' could be the foundation.
These are very simple concepts.
We can elaborate on a World Court if you like...........
These people of Mali have nothing.
(forgive me if I'm wrong)They have a life time expectancy of 52 years.
The answer is in a World Court.
A collaboration of Nations that can enforce justice.
A very simple short list of rules that all mankind can follow.
Mosses had the answer with the Commandments.
Those Jews were the 'chosen ones' only because they listened!
No one wants to be subject to outside interference as to morality and law.
With that in our collective minds.......
We must understand the problems of humanity!
Here's what Bill Gates has to offer:
THE SATURDAY ESSAY
January 25, 2013, 8:12 p.m. ET
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Bill Gates
Bill Gates: My Plan to Fix The World's Biggest Problems
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323539804578261780648285770.html
Celsius is a socialistic unit of measure. LOL!
Chinese use it so it must be Communistic
and anti- capitalistic!
There!
Your facts are politically motivated!
You've been busted! LOL!
(sorry, I can't help being sarcastic)
Burning oil and coal adds tons of carbon to the atmosphere.
Anyone who adds a blanket when it's cold understands how carbon warms our little planet.
This practice has been used for 90 years.
Bush made 171 appointments.
Clinton made 139,
Obama made 32.
Senate conformation takes 60/40 majority to avoid the dreaded filibuster.
Our Legislative Branch operates as a democracy.
That simple 51/49 majority should decide simple job applications.
The new filibuster rule:
http://news.yahoo.com/whats-filibuster-look-not-jimmy-stewart-183405291--politics.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CYd_wNRqwcA2MHQtDMD
Vexari asked me to make this personal message public:
properlynumb
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 11:56:20 AM
Sorry for being away........
I'm sure posting a response on the board would be days old so I'll post directly to you.
A little piece of our freedom is lost with everything we call 'mine'.
Property demands rules, protection and maintenance.
The only Freedom we can achieve is within our selves.
Our society doesn't want smaller government.
We couldn't handle the responsibility of maintaining every facet of our complex life.
Our social order would collapse.
Republicans with Democrats as a close second.
Those 'armed lunatics'?.....
They save a bullet for themselves.
Now they won't have to.
Now lunatics can live out that 'Blaze of Glory' fantasy!
Those inscrutable Chinese........
If they see Kim Jong Un as a rogue their tolerance will turn.
Kimmy is running out of friends, his people are stifled in abject poverty, money/resources..........
All these could burst his bubble and China is the prick.
Well said.......
If not the search for power it's the need to maintain control.
Aggressive ambition.
A lust without completion.
Relentless drive for security with force.
The world has seen this and it's unsustainable.
Our Foreign policy toward militant factions/terrorists needs law and courts not drones and bombs.
Geeze, they allow guns in City Hall?
I thought that all changed after 9/11 !
Most Federal, State, City, and school buildings have a metal detector.
The entrance is barricaded against vehicles.
Armed security takes your cell phone, keys, brief case, etc. and passes them through a scan or opens them.
Rural America is extremely different from Urban America.
Vastly different!
One night, while in the amorous mood, I asked my wife to talk dirty to me............
She replied:
"Get off me, you old bastard!"
You've given no facts to dispute evolution.
Find a date that all things were created on this Earth.
Ducks, dinosaurs, wooly mammoths, tigers, lions, birds, insects, HUMANS.
You are what you eat and if/when I eat pasta I am GOD!
Lasagna?
May God help us when I cut the cheese!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Well, that was why the discovery of the Higgs bosson this summer was so important.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/341993/description/Higgs_found
It's another very important piece of the puzzle.
In the quantum world, protons (matter) act as waves (energy).
Electrons don't have a definable orbit, they are present in quadrants, rings or rings inside of rings around the proton.
In our 'real world', matter exists because we see it. Our senses confirm it's existence.
We are aware of it.
We can measure it, weight it, photograph it.
Our perception dictates our reality. (measure, weigh, etc.)
Reality is subject to our ability to understand.
IE: radio waves existed billions of years before we invented them.
Sound has frequencies we don't hear.
Even matter is subject to our perception.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/4096579/dr_quantum_double_slit_experiment_entanglement/
Evolution is simply the documentation of our progression.
The discipline of scientific observation deems evolution as a theory because we cannot predict change.
Our progression in this physical world has ups and downs
but progression is unrelenting and part of the fabric of time.
We know life's beginnings on Earth. We know time as a dimension.
These two facts are documented and proven.
I'd bet dollars to donuts the knucklehead doesn't vote!
He would know more about 'Snookie' and 'JWow' than the name of his Congressman.
He's a thief.
Do you think Bernie Madoff voted Democrat or Republican?
He's a thief.
I was watching and Hillary is a damn smart lady!
All across North and Western Africa there are thousands of radical militants who will use any means to gain power.
Chadians advance in Mali troop moves against Islamists
By Abdoulaye Massalatchi and Richard Valdmanis
NIAMEY/BAMAKO | Tue Jan 22, 2013 6:03pm EST
(Reuters) - Chadian forces advanced towards the Mali border on Tuesday as an African troop deployment and a U.S. military airlift swelled international support for French operations against Islamist rebels occupying the north of Mali.
(article:)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/22/us-mali-idUSBRE90L0GK20130122