Great vid

I personally like Will Smith, and think his movies are good clean fun. Im not usually into this kind of psychobabbal, but someone told me to watch it.

There is astonishing depth to what he has to say. It left me immpressed.

Fucking sad

sad. Its a jets fan being arrested at an away game when the jets won. None of the Chargers fans are mad or even laughing. They are saying the security's treatment is wrong. Wrong? OMG fuck yeah.

Been waiting for recyling to positivly affect my life.

freaky!

what a shit hole

Dont believe the hype

stolen from Zerohedge


The fabulous news of the day undoubtedly will be the latest release from the Dept of Labor: Initial Claims for the week ended December 26 came in at 432,000, a 22,000 decline from the prior week, and below consensus. The number was sufficient to prompt Bloomberg's Courtney Schlisserman to come up with the following observation, "Fewer Americans than anticipated filed claims for unemployment benefits last week, pointing to an improvement in the labor market that will help sustain economic growth next year." Perhaps Courtney and Steve Liesman should sit down in a corner and finally figure out what this whole EUC (Emergency Unemployment Compensation) business is - trust us, it is not that difficult. And for the week ended Dec. 12 it surged by 191,669 to almost 4.5 million, another all time record. Three weeks ago we were shocked when this number hit the all time high of 4.2 million: in a mere 21 days it has added a whopping 7% to the total. Unfortunately, at this point we have gotten a little desensitized to new EUC records. We ask Ms. Schlisserman what happens to the "sustainable economic growth" when there are 0 Initial Claims (hurray!!) and a million EUC claims weekly (d'oh)? Again, a simple question. Luckily for Bloomberg, the DOL and the BLS there is no consensus number for EUC, as the downside surprises there would have been staggering, if anyone actually cared to report those on the front pages of the even impartial mainstream media.

YEE HAW!!!!

Everyone should read this.

Asset Classes and Capital Flow2

This New Year's Eve is a "blue moon" the second full moon in a single month. These are rare occasions, hence "once in a blue moon". Of course, the moon itself will not be blue. There will also be a partial lunar eclipse on the 31st (visible in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia).

Since it is a partial eclipse, the moon will just brush past the darkest part of the Earth's shadow, never becoming totally immersed. It will, however, be deep enough into the shadow that shading and reddish color should be visible.

We are ending this decade with a full moon and 1819 was the last decade that ended with a full moon. It was also the Panic of 1819...are we in the same sort of cycle?

The Panic of 1819 was the first major financial crisis in the United States, which occurred during the end of the Era of Good Feelings. The new nation faced a depression in the late 1780s (which led directly to the establishment of the dollar and, perhaps indirectly, to the calls for a Constitutional Convention), and another severe economic downturn in the late 1790s following the Panic of 1797. In those earlier crises, however, the primary cause of economic turmoil originated in the broader Atlantic economy. In contrast, the causes of the Panic of 1819 largely originated within the U.S. economy. The resulting crisis caused widespread foreclosures, bank failures, unemployment, and a slump in agriculture and manufacturing. It marked the end of the economic expansion that had followed the War of 1812. However, things would change for the US economy after the Second Bank of the United States was founded in 1816, in response to the spread of bank notes across United States from private banks, due to inflation brought on by the debt following the war.

Thanks to Intriqued

Happy New Year!