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FREEPRESS wrote on Apr 14, 2013 5:39 AM:
conservative1 wrote on Apr 14, 2013 3:19 PM:
Sandy Socks wrote on Apr 14, 2013 9:47 PM:
For examples: The NRA backed 16 senators in November. 13 lost.
The NRA opposes background checks. 74% percent of its members don't
The NRA fought against Obama in Novemeber and yet key swing states with high gun ownership went for Obama.
The NRA gets most of its funding from gun makers. Hence they are beholding to them.
Now the point of my writing this blog isn't to support or oppose the new gun legislation. Its to say Waterbury Rep-AM readers never get to see both sides of an issue. Readers see the Republican viewpoint and the Republican's definition of the Democrat's position.(Which is always incomplete, inaccurate or just plain wrong)
In real newspapers you'll see both sides of an issue, whether it be Guns, Immigration, Taxes, foreign policy etc.
The Courant has daily "On the left/On the right editiorials". In Sundays paper's its common to see Foley ( Republican who lost to Malloy in 2014) writing editorials.
But not here in Waterbury. Readers are bombarded with only one side of the issue. I guess that's Pape idea of a free press. "
roy wrote on Apr 15, 2013 8:47 AM:
Maybe some that will be exposed, but it will be too late.
Connecticut has always been pond scum for the past 50 years. That's why it's been renamed: CORRUPTICUT !!!
Embarrassed? Ashamed and fooled sounds better. "
Bob wrote on Apr 15, 2013 9:13 AM:
al.cap wrote on Apr 15, 2013 4:16 PM:
i find it interesting that red state dems want to vote in the senate so they can say they voted against bans. "
Sandy Socks wrote on Apr 15, 2013 4:41 PM:
Also quite a bit of money flowed into Ralph Nader from the right. Ever wonder why?
We learned to live with the results. So will you guys. The only ones not living with the 2000 election results are the 5000 (roughly) US service personal who lost their lives looking for WMDs and Sadams connection to 911. "
al.cap wrote on Apr 15, 2013 6:34 PM:
sandy, it was you, and murph, who brought up certain elections going against the nra. the point being the majority is against their position. i merely offered an alternate reason. we'll let history judge the obamanation for what yet may come.
when are we going to the range? "
manifesto wrote on Apr 16, 2013 9:00 AM:
Tha was the plan believe or not ..
anything you wanna talk about elections being rig don't forget Bush second election..it was shooking he got re elected I still can't believe it "
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conservative1 wrote on Apr 16, 2013 10:51 AM:
There are NO LEADERS in this state government. That's the problem "
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Struggling with a recession... European nations at risk of defaulting on their loans... A possible global financial crisis. It happened before, in the 1970s.
The Oil Kings is the story of how oil came to dominate U.S. domestic and international affairs. As Richard Nixon fought off Watergate inquiries in 1973, the U.S. economy reacted to an oil shortage initiated by Arab nations in retaliation for American support of Israel in the Arab-Israeli war. The price of oil skyrocketed, causing serious inflation.
One man the U.S. could rely on in the Middle East was the Shah of Iran, a loyal ally whose grand ambitions had made him a leading customer for American weapons. Iran sold the U.S. oil; the U.S. sold Iran missiles and fighter jets. But the Shah's economy depended almost entirely on oil, and the U.S. economy could not tolerate annual double-digit increases in the price of this essential commodity. European economies were hit even harder by the soaring oil prices, and several NATO allies were at risk of default on their debt.
In 1976, with the U.S. economy in peril, President Gerald Ford, locked in a tight election race, decided he had to find a country that would sell oil to the U.S. more cheaply and break the OPEC monopoly, which the Shah refused to do. On the advice of Treasury Secretary William Simon and against the advice of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Ford made a deal to sell advanced weaponry to the Saudis in exchange for a modest price hike on oil.
Ford lost the election, but the deal had lasting consequences. The Shah's economy was destabilized, and disaffected elements in Iran mobilized to overthrow him. The U.S. had embarked on a long relationship with the autocratic Saudi kingdom that continues to this day.
Andrew Scott Cooper draws on newly declassified documents and interviews with some key figures of the time to show how Nixon, Ford, Kissinger, the CIA, and the State and Treasury departments - as well as the Shah and the Saudi royal family maneuvered to control events in the Middle East. He details the secret U.S.-Saudi plan to circumvent OPEC that destabilized the Shah. He reveals how close the U.S. came to sending troops into the Persian Gulf to break the Arab oil embargo. The Oil Kings provides solid evidence that U.S. officials ignored warning signs of a potential hostage crisis in Iran. It discloses that U.S. officials offered to sell nuclear power and nuclear fuel to the Shah. And it shows how the Ford Administration barely averted a European debt crisis that could have triggered a financial catastrophe in the U.S. Brilliantly reported and filled with astonishing details about some of the key figures of the time, The Oil Kings is the history of an era that we thought we knew, an era whose momentous reverberations still influence events at home and abroad today.
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"Surprising, Sad, Sacry"
In The Oil Kings, Andrew Scott Cooper tells the story of how the US, Iran, and the Saudi family changed the political balance of power in the Middle East. This story takes us back to the Nixon White House and the Watergate fiasco. Political decisions made seemingly so long ago started us down a dangerous path Cooper contends. At the center of the book is Cooper's contention that secret agreements were negotiated by Dr. Kissinger with the Shah of Iran with far reaching results. The book alleges that those agreements were largely unknown before Carter's election and kept secret from the Carter team. This book is well written, informative, and a page turner in places. It will disturb the reader. Just think of what might have been or could have been. The reading of Rob Shapiro is excellent.
"Great story, but ignores the economic side"
The Oil Kings is definitely a worthwhile read. I would recommend it to anybody interested to know what happened in the 1970s oil shock. The author has a deep understanding of the internal politics that drove the US-Iran relationship during that era and for that this book is absolutely wonderful. The one gripe I have with the book is that it oversimplifies the price setting mechanism for oil. If the author could have done more work on the supply demand and long term supply shortages that had developed over time, the book would have been more credible as a complete explanation of the oil story of the era. However, this is more of a story about the Kings and less about Oil. It's great for what it is, but could have been a great book with a little more balance about how oil prices actually come about. Even during the oil shock, politicians can only raise the price if the market warrants it.
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This book was interesting and very detailed. What amazed me most is that governments continued to pursue oil as a primary means of energy when such disputes and turmoil was taking place. The Shar did a remarkable job of luring Europe and the USG (Nixon, Ford) into continued reliance on oil.
The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones - Sheik Yamani
"You Dont' Think This Affected You? IT DID!"
I can stop myself from remembering where I was while all this was going on. And none of us had any idea. Interesting history and its probably not the history you remember...
"Challenges preconceptions on balance of power, oil"
If you're the type of person who is interested in the role oil has played and continues to play in society, this book is highly recommended. Having read the Prize and its update I would put this book right after those in a must reading list for oil.
It is also a book for people interested in the politics of the middle east. To try and understand the history of the region without understanding who the true oil kings are is impossible. This book is not among the first five to understand middle east politics, but it is required reading.
The last aspect of the book that is incredibly interesting is in the machinations of the executive branch generally and the Nixon administration specifically, what they were almost able to pull off, and what that implies about the true balance of power among the branches.
You'll have to read the book ... its another one of these books that lend credence to the adage "you can't make this stuff up". History is indeed more interesting than fiction. Highly recommended book!
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Tuesday - 4/3/2012, 1:20am EDT
This is the In Depth show blog. Here you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.
The big story on today's show was the news of General Services Administration Administrator Martha Johnson's resignation and the firing of two other officials in the wake of a report detailing excessive conference spending.
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Today's guests:
Ana Galindo-Marrone — Chief of the Hatch Act Unit, Office of Special Counsel
It may only be April, but election season is already well underway. And in an age where personal electronic devices can be used for work email and work computers used for personal accounts, it has become harder to define the difference between work time and personal time. And if you chose to support a political candidate, you need to be especially careful of violating the Hatch Act.
Ana Galindo-Marrone joins Francis with a list of do's and don'ts for federal workers.
Click here to read about proposed changes to the Hatch Act.
Lawmakers, US agency favor Hatch Act changes
Greg Shannon — Chief scientist of CERT program, Software Engineering Institute
The federal government has two main roles in improving cybersecurity. Greg Shannon, the chief scientist of the CERT program at the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute, discussed those roles at a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce committee on Wednesday.
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This story is part of Federal News Radio's daily Cybersecurity Update. For more cybersecurity news, click here.
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The Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services busted a $375 million health-care fraud scheme last month — one of the largest fraud cases the feds have cracked.
Peter Budetti, the deputy administrator for program integrity at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services discussed how the agency analyzes data to find and connect the data it needs as well as how data analysis has evolved.
Click here to read more about how CMS is cracking down on health-care fraud.
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In the 3 p.m. hour, Francis played highlights from several appropriations committee hearings. Click above to listen and find links to each of the committees below:
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- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, March 21.
- EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, March 22
- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, before the Senate Appropriations Commerce, Science, Justice and related agencies subcommittee, March 28
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Dr Trimmer looked at nitrous oxide production in the Arabian Sea, which accounts for up to 18 % of global ocean emissions. He found that the gas is primarily produced by bacteria trying to make nitrogen gas.
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...to fight for same-sex marriage and its benefits and then, once granted, redefine the institution of marriage completely, to demand the right to marry not as a way of adhering to society's moral codes, but rather to debunk a myth and radically alter an archaic institution...The most subversive action lesbian and gay men can undertake--and one that would perhaps benefit all of society--is to transform the notion of family entirely." "Its the final tool with which to dismantle all sodomy statues, get education about homosexuality and AIDS into the public schools and in short to usher in a sea change in how society views and treats us.
We shall sodomize your sons, emblems of your feeble masculinity, of your shallow dreams and vulgar lies. We shall seduce them in your schools, in your dormitories, in your gymnasiums, in your seminaries, in your youth groups, in your movie theater bathrooms, in your houses of Congress, wherever men are with men together. Your sons shall become our minions and do our bidding. They shall be recast in our image. They will come to crave us and adore us. Click here to read the entire text of the Homosexual Manifesto by Michael Swift, "Gay Revolutionary"
Click here to read the entire text of the Homosexual Manifesto by Michael Swift, "Gay Revolutionary"
When a diversity consultant in 1994 asked whether some employees might be reluctant to undergo sensitivity training on homosexuality, openly homosexual U.S. Patents and Trademark Commissioner Bruce Lehmen replied: Its got to be forced down their throats. If they want to be bigots, they can go work for someone elses department.
In the early stages of any campaign to reach straight America, the masses should not be shocked and repelled by premature exposure to homosexual behavior itself. Instead, the imagery of sex should be downplayed and gay-rights should be reduced to an abstract social question as much a possible. First, let the camel get his nose inside the tent and only later his unsightly derriere!
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Thanks for posting the book Leah, I will definitely add it to this lesson plan: http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/elem/Kenna-birdpuns.htm Kenna did the lesson too and sent in some fun student examples.
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...long-time webOS holdout here.
My launch-month Sprint Pre finally died; I had a new-in-box Pre ready-and-waiting. My first Pre had preware and a bunch of important apps that only preware could provide...including Google Maps. I am now having a bit of trouble with my 'new' Pre...and I cannot remember exactly what I think I did in order to make the preware-associated Google maps the default application. I also cannot remember what I did as far as the Bing Maps app was concerned; as it stands now my 'new' Pre has two Google Maps icons on the 'desktop' and one of them takes me to Bing and asks that I download it...which of course needs to be repeated at every restart. I guess what I'd like to have most is the preware Google Maps be the default map application and for the Bing maps to reside on my phone, to be occasionally used, and to work properly even after a restart. Make sense? All of this holds true for my daughter's Pre Minus, as well. Please point me in the right direction and I think I'll remember... Thanks. |
12/28/2012, 02:10 PM | #2 (permalink) |
the bing maps update will bring Enyo support to your pre- so its ok to install it
after downloading google maps homebrew which I assuming your speaking of you go to device info then drop down preference menu top left and choose Default applications
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I know the re-installing google maps problem is not new, but I don't know how to fix it. There are a number of threads on it though.
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...found this on the hp website (Pls Help: My Bing Map update does not "stick;" How do I set... - HP Support Forum - 2133715
===== So, I have my answer. And for the dozen or so folks who're still on the Palm Pre, and attempt to provision a new phone, I'll lay out the details here. To get Bing Maps to stick, you have to use the WebOS Doctor utility, assumming that at some point you had downloaded the Bing Maps Updater App. The reason I was having problems is because the Maps sw provisioning process that is supported through the app catalogue does not instruct the palm pre to replace the existing Google Map app properly. To do that, Palm (or HP) had used ANOTHER app called "Maps Updater." It used to be that when you got the error from googlemap telling you to upgrade, it linked you to a website that allowed you to provision the Bing Map app WITH this Map Updater App. Now, something changed, and all you get is an installation of the Bing Map App. The Map Updater app is the one that removes the references to the Google Map defaut, and directs it instead to Maps. Downloading the Maps app from the catalogue is NOT synonymous with downloading the Maps Updater app. Once I ran WebOS Doctor, and logged into my webOS profile, it proceeded to download aaaaaall the apps I had ever downloaded, and at that point it downloaded and installed the Maps Updater app backup, which ran, and restarted my phone, and properly configured my device. Finally! ===== I am not ready to see the Dr. yet... |
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Where I stayed
With my friend Walid and his family
In Palestine, everything is run at the behest of Israel. When the settlements [read; colonies] need water, they get it, and no one bathes in Bethlehem. That is not strictly true, however, as each house has a cistern and water system on the roof. Thus, you can't just turn on the tap and expect it to be there, you have to plan. It is kinda like being in a motor home or travel trailer on vacation.
Everything you could possibly buy comes thru Israel because it controls all of Palestine's crossings with Jordan and Egypt, and there are no airports. F16s fly over every day, just so no one forgets whose in charge, like you could ever forget anything like that anyway. They took over the place in 1967, the year I graduated high school, now that I am about to retire, you would think it would be time to let go! Every Israeli I talked to said they prayed for peace, but when I asked about the land they stole, there was a stoney silence.
They can't take away their happiness, however. 90% of the people I met in Palestine had smiles that were absolutely contageous, while that was hardly true in Israel. I guess the guilty know who they are, without having to be told. I just hate paying taxes for them is all.


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Why we're all complicit in the banks' gouging
Angry that ANZ can record an interim profit of $2.97 billion while refusing to pass on the RBA's rate cut? Annoyed that banks continue to exploit the lack of competition to belt consumers and business with higher interest rates and fees?
The problem is, we're all hypocrites. The complaints have considerable justification, but most of us are silent, greedy accomplices in what the banks are doing.
At some stage in the financial cycle, most Australians benefit from strong, profitable banks, either as depositors or shareholders. And by swallowing some of the RBA rate cuts, the banks are merely trying to do the right thing by their owners. And who are the bank shareholders, and who are the biggest group of bank shareholders? Why, ordinary Australians via their superannuation funds (retail, industry, self-managed).
The banks underpin much of our super funds' investment in shares. Even industry super funds, which typically have a wider spread of alternative and property investments, will have 5-6% of their entire holdings in the big four banks. Their big dividends are much loved by fund managers, investors, advisers and shareholders. They are rivers of gold which this year will be around $18 billion.
We also want to have it both ways on rates. If you want a full pass-through of rate cuts by the RBA, then you have to be prepared to accept lower profits and deposit rates. But they in turn mean the banks lift their borrowings in wholesale markets here and offshore, increasing their costs and exposing themselves to greater risks in the event of another financial crisis. Go to Spain, France, the UK or Ireland to find out what weak, financially crippled banks do for confidence, the economy and consumers. Consumers, business and others in those countries have real justifications to moan and groan about their banks.
There's a problem though for all the banks (and for retirees and others with bank deposits), in that after yesterday's rate cut, nearly all the term deposits on issue are now half a per cent or so too expensive, but that expense won't improve for months for the banks until the deposits expire and get rolled over at lower rates. Just how much lower will be the problem. So the banks face more pressure on their margins, possibly until the end of 2012, especially if there's another rate cut from the RBA. As the RBA has found, while the cost of funds has fallen, the fall in bank deposit rates has been much smaller, as intense competition for deposits forces the banks to keep offer rates (especially teaser rates) higher than they would have expected.
In fact it's not the cost of wholesale funding here or offshore that's the problem for the banks who want to maintain their profits, it's the intense competition for local deposits. That in turn makes every depositor part of the problem for the banks. While Australians moan and groan about the behaviour of the banks (in many cases with justification), they blithely demand higher rates of interest on their bank deposits (especially term deposits), which in turn pushes up bank funding costs which in turn has seen them keep some of the rate cuts from the RBA (and add a bit more). Bank depositors are part of the bank's funding cost pressures, but we won't admit it.
Don't expect any sympathy at the RBA for the banks. It's of the view the banks have contributed to their problems, and hurt the wider economy by keeping part of the last couple of rate cuts (and a bit more) thereby damaging consumer sentiment. This is what RBA chief Glenn Stevens said in yesterday's statement about the banks:
"As a result of changes to monetary policy late last year, interest rates for borrowers have been close to their medium-term averages over recent months, albeit tending to increase a little as lenders passed on the higher costs of funding their books. Credit growth remains modest overall …
"In considering the appropriate size of adjustment to the cash rate at today's meeting, the Board judged it desirable that financial conditions now be easier than those which had prevailed in December. A reduction of 50 basis points in the cash rate was, in this instance, therefore judged to be necessary in order to deliver the appropriate level of borrowing rates."
That is, the RBA knows the banks won't pass on the full cut so it went for a larger cut. It's as much a bit of bank bashing (shorn of the rhetoric from Wayne Swan and other critics) as we have seen from the central bank for some time. And if we get another rate cut next month or in July, then that will be aimed at bashing bank lending rates even lower to a level where they are seen by the RBA as stimulative for the economy, not constricting. The first bank to pass on the next rate cut full will be a sign that the RBA has succeeded in bring the banks back into line.
A few other points need to be made. The rate cut (and those to come) won't help retailing. There's too much capacity and the structural change underway is now unstoppable and will see more outlets close, employment fall and perhaps one or two big chains crunched badly. The RBA knows, via the latest household expenditure survey, that just over half of all mortgage holders are repaying their mortgages at a rate above the minimum needed. In other words, they are building up their equity. There is no reason to believe that they won't change this after the 0.50% cut yesterday. It just increases their level of saving.
Swan can take credit for the rate cut. He and Gillards policy of crueling business and consumer confidence has led to this.
Swan says that the interest rates are lower now that at any time that Howard was PM. He is right. We have had a GFC since then and we now have a Government who has blowed many many billions and we will take a generation to pay it back. Hopefully.
Yes, that is one downside of superannuation; many now find that greed is almost compulsory. More and more little capiltalists.
Yes, I suppose I am one… -
Where does this, 'lack of competition', idea come from?
In my small town of about 15,000 souls, apart from the big 4 alleged cartel, we have Suncorp, Bank of Qld, Bendigo and numerous building societies and credit unions.
Competition for deposits is ferocious and generally led by internet only banks, most of whom appear to also offer home loans.
Got me beat?
Disclaimer. I have no connection whatsoever to any bank other than as a depositor and via superannuation.
Given the level of security (government backed) the big 4 banks enjoy it is not necessary for them to try keeping that margin profit which they gained since the GFC. They've only been passing rate cuts to mortgage holders without passing to business and that's one of the main things that is hurting business and holding down the economy.
Anyway, if they don't pass rate in full then it keeps inflation low then there can be one further rate cut from the RBA which will help holding down the AUD from bolting towards $1.10USD and kill our industri,es. The dollar was resuming its upwards trend lucky we got 50 basis points cut to stall it. The 100 week average is reaching $1.01USD now it's getting dangerous, too large volume of long positions have built up eventhough a drop of more than 20% of long positions occurred since the RBA indicated last month that it will cut rate pending inflation data, and it will be very hard for the dollar to go back below parity. Hopefully commoditi,es prices and China growth stay moderate and US accelerate growth that may help keeping our dollar staying between 95cents to 1.05 cents.
God, moderation again.what's wrong with Crikey???
Given the level of security (government backed) the big 4 banks enjoy it is not necessary for them to try keeping that margin profit which they gained since the GFC. They've only been passing rate cuts to mortgage holders without passing to business and that's one of the main things that is hurting business and holding down the economy.
Anyway, if they don't pass rate in full then it keeps inflation low then there can be one further rate cut from the RBA which will help holding down the AUD from bolting towards $1.10USD and kill our industr,i,es. The dollar was resuming its upwards trend lucky we got 50 basis points cut to stall it. The 100 week average is reaching $1.01USD now it's getting dangerous, too large volume of long positions carry trades have built up eventhough a drop of more than 20% of long positions occurred since the RBA indicated last month that it will cut rate pending inflation data, and it will be very hard for the dollar to go back below parity. Hopefully commoditi,es prices and China growth stay moderate and US accelerate growth that may help keeping our dollar stay,ing between 95cents to 1.05 cents.
Too true we're all greedy hypocrites!
Oh, SB is at it again. I remember she told Jimmy or someone that the Labor government spend too much and caused inflation and the Reserve Bank has keep interest high consequently hurting borrowers. Now she says that the rate cut and low interest is due to Labor's overspending.
I do use the banks to further my interests as much as possible. My ANZ savings accounts give monthly interest payments and offer a higher rate than ANZ term deposit accounts.
I'm also aware that ANZ uses me to further their interests. Recently I deposited my US pension cheque from the Bank of America to be exchanged for Australian dollars. Four weeks later this was done and my account charged A$89.90 for the privilege [this did not include exchange rates…not only the miners are less than amused by the high A$!]. After speaking with various levels of ANZ staff for some time, I finally used the words I should have introduced earlier 'banking ombudsman'. The full amount was refunded to my account in a few minutes.
Always remember the magic words…'banking ombudsman'…or, of course any substitue ombudsman. -
Still has not let my comment through? Banks have not been passing rate cuts to business that's why business and the economy is hurt, they only passed to mortgage holders.
Banks hey. Boy are they hard pressed! No really I feel sorry for them. Through superannuation they are guaranteed cash investments flowing in. They can now dictate the interest rates despite record profits and what the RBA recommends, so much to the point the RBA reduces interest rates to accommodate the lesser drop the banks will give.
If interest rates drop it becomes more viable for businesses to borrow to invest back into their companies, or for developers to invest, or for contractors to expand their caopabilities. Eventually the increase in cash flow helps all. The problem is all this investment in financial institutes where money is invested for money's sake. And there it sits floating around apparently making more of itself. This money needs to be channeled back into real projects for the betterment of the social infrastructure of the country.
The banks are virtually locking up our money and they have the power to turn the tap on or off. They have the power to say if you can borrow and how much cash deposit you will need to do so. And at the end of the day they will make these adjustments for their profit, not for any benefit of the country. After all when it suited them they were irresponsibly throwing money at the public.
Yes I know we the public were frugal and spent, spent, spent and we have to take responsibility for that, however with the holier than thou stance of the banks and the way they now dictate terms, it seems to me they are beginning to have more control over our money than us or the government.
The whole article is misleading. Given that that Australian banking sector operates using Fraction Reserve Banking ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_reserve_banking ) and our reserve ratio in Australia is 10%, the banks are generating interest on up to ten time the amount of deposits. They are 'highly geared' in business parlance. This is why the whole financial sector is so unstable and Global Financial Crises are inevitable. The resultant inflation is effectively a form of tax / theft levied on the ignorant / powerless. Given that creating money (through loans) is illegal (as fraud) but for the banking act 1959, the government has the power to compel the banks to do do anything by amending the act, even altering the reserve ratio. This includes forcing the banks to pass on full reserve rate cuts, crude instrument though it is.
Whilst I am aware of the inherent consequences that would occur if this was were to be done without complimentary measures, it clearly demonstrates that the banking sector controls the Government, not the converse. By extension since the opposition has not addressed this issue either, it is clear that government in Australia is like the orchestra on the Titanic.
Failure to reign in the bankers, and deal with the fundamental flaws of a fiat money system, will leave our country and our economy in a permanently unhealthy state, like a organism unable to shake its parasites.
The solution to these issues are not complex or difficult to understand, they just require great courage and commitment. This is as much a moral as an economic issue. The vested interests are so entrenched and so powerful, that change will have to come from grassroots to make it a bipartisan issue.
For more info Google : Fractional Reserve Banking, and discover the second biggest fraud ever foisted or committed on mankind.
Warm Regards
Trying to affect market rates charged to borrowers by banks by reducing the rate paid by the RBA on overnight cash is like pushing a piece of string.
He is right. We have had a GFC since then and we now have a Government who has blowed many many billions and we will take a generation to pay it back.
Australia has the lowest government debt in the OECD. It is in no way unsustainable, unreasonable, or problematic. The real elephant in the room is the issue of private debt (mostly mortgages), which is largely the result of the Howard/Costello years.
Of course, when our Government (whoever is in at the time, it won't matter, unless it's the Greens) bails out the banks, just like all the other OECD Governments did, the private debt will become public. *Then* we'll be in the kind of serious trouble you seem to think we are now (ie: the kind of trouble America, Ireland, et al, are in).
A reasonable observation, Observation. Lending money at interest is the most insulting thing you can do to someone. Taking security for a loan is fine, except of course if it's ones house. Taking somebodies house or somebodies garment as a pledge for security of a loan is equally detestable as lending at interest.
When I was 14 years old, I got a job in a Woolstore. My role was called a "spotter". As a spotter, I used to go ahead of the gangs and locate the bales of wool that had become separated from the main stacks. I would mark them on a location sheet and hand it to the Leading Hand Ganger and then they would pick them up with the hook & barrow and take the bales to the drop shute and on to the back of a truck.
Getting to the point - working at the woolstore we had a saying.." why bank on the Wales ( Bank of NSW ) when you can wank on the bales."
Dr Smithy - the result of the Howard/Costello years.
Yes, the first home owners scheme put young people into houses they could not really afford…and where did that government handout cash deposit go?….straight into the banks!
Yes, the first home owners scheme put young people into houses they could not really afford[…]
The various first home owners bribes certainly had an impact, but the real catalyst for our massive real-estate speculation bubble was Costello's halving of CGT. They also kept the tax rort of negative gearing (which is going to turn into Australia's equivalent of America's sub-prime catastrophe) in place.
Vanker - Lending money at interest is the most insulting thing you can do
Apparently in the Torah, it is forbidden to lend money to your brother and collect interest. This of course was side stepped many years ago by the fraternity by indicating that anyone not of the certain blood line was not a brother. That is anyone not of Jewish decadency. Thus the first banks developed untarnished.
I'm not having a go at any specific race here, its just I think the banks propaganda machines are still painting themselves as saintly today.
Dr Smithy - They also kept the tax rort of negative gearing (which is going to turn into Australia's equivalent of America's sub-prime catastrophe) in place.
Agree, but the Australian public have swallowed this hook, line and sinker. Would be hard to pull it back now! There are no politicians out there which would have the know-how or the intestinal fortitude.
@ Observation
Negative gearing and franking credits was a Labor initiative. They will never be able to wind that back, without a fire storm
I'm on a pension and have been a member of a Credit Union ONLY since the 70's? Am I still to blame. No super, no investments no???Just the pension!
@APOLLO - According to SB, Labor is responsible for the common cold, warts, cancers, the drought, the wet summer, the impending winter, freckles, measles and any other inconvenience or illness or bad luck or???Anything really! You name it….
@SB - Who started paying the fossil fuel industry Billions? Now they get about $10 billion per year. If Wayne Swan stopped that, he'd have no problem with finding a surplus? Superannuation surcharge on the rich? Another 2.3 Billion. The Military, $85 MILLION per day! Not bad eh? All to do with priorities? The rich vs the rest of us! These I can recall without thinking about it too much?
Oh yes, there's the millions or billions to the Superannuation INDUSTRY? Haven't even built one more hospital bed yet? Amazing! You'd have more credibility if you just once pointed to some of these things? More millions to wealthy schools? And so on…..
I don'[t have credit cards and don't borrow from banks.
Any chance we can get Steve Keen's article of today over on Crikey? We seem to have to suffer most of Chris Joye's musings, while Keen doesn't get much of a run. Today he has a significantly important piece and one that is beginning to illustrate his claims of a couple of years ago on house prices weren't alarmist.
That's because Keen got it so wrong before he had to eat his hat.
At what point would it be fair to question the relevancy of the RBA?
That's because Keen got it so wrong before he had to eat his hat.
Keen was perfectly correct. He merely misjudged the willingness of the Government to sell out future generations to prop up the baby boomers for another few years.
Sorry, 95-105 US cents. Wow it takes them about 18 hours to print my comment, even the ABC is faster than that. I'm going to the Conversation.
@ SB 2.5.12 at 1.32 - err, we are going to have a surplus on 8 May 2012, so, so much for waiting for a generation…. If anything, the intelligent critique would be to criticise Swan for this strategy because its at the wrong part of the economic cycle.
@ Karen
A surplus is this years statement of revenue and expenditure, we will still have the Labor Debt to pay back for a generation???
Remember Keating $100m approx debt, that took the best pay of 10 years to repay.
This debt will be much longer.
Ah yes we're all capitalists now… well those with super, those able to build up their equity, those with savings … we're all going to be rich rich rich I tell you!
Investing our retirement nest egg in a bank - which then feels emboldened to gouge the kids - homebuyers, small business, borrowers … even us - acting as they do in our interests - it's a social duty to look after our interests, get us that bigger Winnebago, the extra large extenda-chair from which to watch day time soapies on the plasma.
Thanks kids.
@ SB - what debt are you talking about? Are you talking about govt debt, which apparently will have been paid off come budget night, or are you talking about private debt and the current account deficit?
This is a completely different situation compared to the Australian economy coming out of RECESSION back in 1994/95. Anyway, Keating's "debt" was based on bodgy forward estimates that kept changing as the economy literally flew out of recession. No debt and no cut backs on spending under Howard/Costello who lay in the hammock for 11 lazy, squandered years….
Name one policy of social benefit that the Howard's stupid govt achieved in that time, other than gun control, the independence of the reserve bank, and the future fund? I bet you can't…
@ Pete - nice to hear from you….
@ Lord Bonkers
The inflow of all forms of Federal revenue to incompetent Swan is now 37% higher that at any stage of Howard / Costello, yet the incompenent Treasuer, still blows it and more and has racked up a huge debt.
The $97 million in 1996, is dwarfed by the BILLIONS that incompetent Swan has racked up, through sheer waste.
Looks at how Labor runs thinks, NSW, Queensland, Federal, HSU, you name it, it is all incompetence.
@ Karen
I am talking 100% incompetent Swan Federal Debt - you know Australia debt
You dont understand the budget do you.
A surplus = more revenue than expenditure in a given year
A deficit = more expenditure than revenue in a given year.
The debt is capitalised and sits they incurring interest and replayments. In this case that could take a generation to repay.
The NBN debt is off the books, sneaky to that is on top.
Since I haven't had a good laugh for a few days, I, for one, would like to hear SB explain why Government debt is implicitly bad.
You obviously have a cruel streak Dr Smithy.
@ Peter Ormonde
Is back!!
where have you been, on a trek around Tasmania?
While Bernard argues that the profitability of our banks are important to the superannuation returns he ignores the impact the banksters gouging of the of the home owners and business in general.
The home owner or morgagee has less to contribute to our consumption figures that represent over 70% of our GDP.This must have an overall effect on the profitability of the larger proportion of super investment in industry and assets.
Small and all business is less profitable and more constrained in its' dividend flow to the same superannuation accounts
It also has the effect of diminishing the importance of the independant RBA's ability to manage the economic cycle much to the public and industries detriment thereby putting the banksters in charge of all matters economic.
So I would suggest there is more to this than Bernard's defense of the banksters gouging and manipulation of the market.
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@ drsmithy
Minor debt is OK if its one year or max two. But Labor has not produced a surplus for 21 years.
Swan will trick one and gouge to save his pitiful incompent hide.
Minor debt is OK if its one year or max two.
So something like the Snowy Mountain Scheme shouldn't have been started if it couldn't be paid off in 1-2 years ?
How long is your mortgage ? More than 1-2 years ?
But Labor has not produced a surplus for 21 years.
Weren't you just telling us debt and deficit are not the same thing ?
Doc Smithy
And the Coat Hanger, roads, sewers, water, schools, hospitals, dams, railways, telephones,ports, electricity ad infinitum.
What absolute drivel some people propagate with their lies. -
When was the last installment paid on the Harbour Bridge ? Pom's must have built half their Merchant Navy on the proceeds….. WooHooo, Yay fer Govt. Debt…. right I'll just…
Is it a coincidence that as soon as we begin to investigate bank fees and charges, all of a sudden the banks begin to depart from the RBA rates?
Also it would be interesting to see where all our superannuation fund managers have invested this guaranteed inflow of cash. I know the average Joe has the opportunity to select from high risk and low risk portfolios but there remains a level of automatic investments. What parameters is there on what super cash can be invested in?
I am sure the banks are more than just banks and they are share holders in many companies. And when you think that everyone must have their pay placed in the bank and if you have the audacity to try to deposit a cheque you must wait 5 days for it to clear while they earn the interest.
We have made a system where all money must go through the banks and they play with it as they will. And the golden rule? He who has the gold makes the rules.
Observation - Apparently in the Torah, it is forbidden to lend money to your brother and collect interest.
Not just the Torah, but just about every other ancient code of practice too. It seems lending money at interest began in earnest around the 11th and 12th century. The Torah also makes provision for the annulment of all debts after a 7 year period and the restoration of all land to it's original owners after 50 years known as the Jubilee. These two statutes alone, ensure the free flowing of capital and assets throughout the community and basically outlawing poverty.
Observation - This of course was side stepped many years ago by the fraternity by indicating that anyone not of the certain blood line was not a brother.
Correct. The statutes on commerce and money were given to the nation of Israel for them to be a beacon unto the world on how to do it. So that the rest of the world would see and do. The Jews are only one tribe ( Judah ) of the nation of Israel and should never be confused as the sum of the nation of Israel. Today, the nation of Israel is hidden and scattered to the 4 corners of the earth and is far from connection with Judah's or it's money policies.
See Ross Gittins article in the Age about Torah financial precepts..it's a beauty!
Stephen Morgan, you're totally wrong. Australia doesn't have a "fractional reserve system" and our banks' reserve requirement is 0%, count it, zero percent.
Dear JamesH
You are correct REF: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve_requirement#Other_countries
Thank you for pointing this out to me, Statutory Reserve Deposits were abolished in 1988 and
replaced with 1% Non-callable Deposits. This allows even greater money multiplication (and therefore instability) that I had originally stated. Primary analysis at http://paulgrignon.netfirms.com/MoneyasDebt/Analysis_of_Banking.html or if you prefer from the Federal Reserve (US) itself http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Modern_Money_Mechanics.With regard to being 'totally wrong' , whilst I had the reserve ratio wrong, Australia most certainly uses fractional reserve banking,
http://www.centralbanksguide.com/reserve+bank+of+australiaThe fact that 1% Non Callable deposits are required, by definition is an admission that you do not possess full reserves (and that your reserves are therefore fractional)
@ DR Smithy I don't know if SB answered your question fully. Incompetent trickster Swan is going into surplus because minor debt is OK for only one or two years. Therefore, he has to go into surplus this year or it's not minor debt but major debt that will be around for 21 years, which is what Labor usually does.
This is of course to be ready for the election so that Incompetent trickster Swan can hand over a surplus to Bumbling Abbott, Hockey etc. as the Libs never run a deficit ever.
Not sure where the figures are to support this, but I do now have an Aussie flag Avatar, so that gives me huge blog credibility -
Gee, I wonder what things would be like if the CBA was still a public asset.


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Saratoga--Saratoga and Los Gatos public-access stations KSAR and KCAT were set to face off with AT&T in court on Oct. 5 to argue that the telecommunications giant does not have the right to boot them from their long-held positions on Channel 6. But AT&T asked that the case be moved to federal court.
Both KSAR and KCAT have been moved to channel 15 in their respective communities, and KICU-TV is now in the channel 6 spot.
AT&T's position in asking for the move to federal court is that the issue falls within the purview of the Federal Communications Commission.
But the cities filed a motion on Oct. 6 on an expedited basis to "remand," or have their case against AT&T sent back to the state courts. Federal court magistrate Patricia V. Trumbull granted Saratoga and Los Gatos' request to consider the matter on an expedited basis, but did not decide on whether to grant the remand itself.
AT&T contends that KICU can claim that under federal "must-carry" laws, AT&T must broadcast KICU on whichever channel they want, and that AT&T has no choice but to comply.
"It is an FCC rule upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court," Andrew Johnson, spokesman for AT&T, argues.
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"It is our contention that [AT&T] is doing this solely to delay a hearing on the merits," Korb says. "They were about to have a hearing in the state court and at the last moment bumped it out to create more delay, more confusion and more work, in order to keep the court from considering the merits of our case."
The hearing would have dealt with the cities' request for a preliminary injunction, a court order that KSAR and KCAT be switched back to channel 6 for the duration of the trial.
The attorneys for Los Gatos and Saratoga say they are trying to get the case back to state court because the case concerns a breach of contract, which is not a federal issue. Furthermore, they say AT&T cannot legally comply with KICU's wishes, because their contract with the cities does not permit them to move the location of the two public-access stations.
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All the advice vis-a-vis your drive ie. dis/reconnecting, disk utility is fine, you could also reinstall/update the firmware and then go through all the whole rigmarole again. It's VERY fustrating…
anyway, good luck with this. from what you've said, it sounds like the drive itself is still working. at least his images seem to be safe, you can't replace those.
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My final MFWF express lunch session for the year was with Jen, this time at mod-retro gastro-pub, The Smith. It was up to me to choose the venue for our long-awaited catch-up and I chose it not so I could incorporate Morrissey's famous band into my title, but also because this is award-winning chef, Michael Lambie's newest venture. Even though I didn't have the best time at his previous restaurant, Taxi Dining Room, I still have respect for the dude for bringing his spin on modern Australian-slash-Asian cuisine. Plus, I had dinner there on a lousy night and probably just ordered the wrong dishes so I was willing to give this guy another go.
We both arrived at 12 on the dot for our lunch booking, to a quiet dining room that was smart, but not flashy. Elegant, but not pretentious. And modern, yet retro at the same time. The Smith may have been full of contradictions, both decor-wise and menu-wise (the menu could be best described as Asian-inspired, with a touch of French, Mexican and heavensknowswhatelse). Whether the menu will work, however, was something that we would find out very soon.We sat at a table in the back room, and received our express lunch menus ($35 for two courses, you all know the deal by now) along with the a la carte menu. We decided, for now, to stick with the express lunch menu, though some of the a la carte options did sound awfully good (kingfish sashimi with lime, chilli, toasted coconut and hot mint, anyone?).
But back to the express lunch. I decided to do the entrée-main option, while Jen did the main-dessert option. While sensible Jen, who drove in, chose not to have her wine, I happily chose a glass of Mount Langi 'Billi Billi' pinot grigio. It teamed up nicely with my entrée, the tuna tataki with pickled papaya salad and wasabi dressing. The fresh slabs of tuna were seared for less than it took for Jensen Button to complete a turn, before being placed lovingly on a pickled papaya salad. Although the dressing was probably more soy rather than wasabi, I could still taste subtle hint of fresh horseradish amongst all the mess. I was glad I chose this over the Cuban braised wagyu osso bucco, which probably would have been decent too but man, I was so sick of Mexican-influenced food…
It didn't take long for The Smith to reach full capacity. I figured that half the people in the restaurant chose this restaurant because they also love The Smiths, while half just wanted to get away from the F1. In any case, our waiters were still very quick to bring out our meals, with full smiles and composure. See, we need more of this level of service in restaurants…
Jen's main came in the form of a pan-fried snapper, King prawn wonton, oyster mushrooms and tom yum broth. I sampled a bit of her fish, which was perfectly cooked with nary an amount of dryness that plagues a lot of snapper that gets served at these sorts of places. The skin was crispy, which contrasted wonderful with the tender, flesh. The broth was delicate, rather than intense like a proper tom yum but it worked for the best as it meant that the earthiness of the mushrooms and the natural flavor of the fish were not drowned out.
My choice of protein was the crisp master stock chicken with wombok coleslaw and lime salt. I'm not normally one to order chicken dishes at restaurants for the fear of receiving something that's been overcooked. However, I was blown away by how AWESOME my chicken was. A generously-sized breast fillet was crumbed, then fried KFC-style before being cut into halves and placed with shreds of wombok, chilli jam, lime salt and a gooey son-in-law egg. I was instructed to mix everything together so that I could taste an intense flavour explosion in my mouth and indeed, I did.
Wow! I could taste everything from lime to fish sauce. From chillies, to palm sugar. Combine them with a bit of tender chicken and some egg in one forkful and you have one helluva memorable dish. It was hot, spicy, salty, tangy and slightly sweet at the same time. Was there umami? Oh hell yeah! Loved it.
For dessert, Jen chose the raspberry soufflé with white chocolate sorbet. I wasn't expecting much so I was surprised when I took a bit of the soufflé along with the sorbet… and tasted nothing but AMAZINGNESS. The soufflé was light and fluffy as one would expect, but I was not expecting the raspberry flavour to be that intense. It was insanely delicious, and easily the best soufflé I've ever had. Foodorgasm-worthy? Foetal position foodorgasm-worthy!
I finished off with a latte (no coffee for Jen though), which was alright. Pretty soon, we were both walking out, with happy bellies and smiles. For $35 p/h, we both thought the express lunch at The Smith represented excellent value. Fantastic service and generously-sized food that tasted amazing, wow. We're both going to return for dinner or another Sunday lunch session very, very soon. Now, Heavens knows I'm miserable now for it's 11:30pm at night and I'm craving a raspberry soufflé.
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Oh gosh you make that Souffle sound amazing especially for someone who's not that into desserts YUMMY! I swear I will never miss another Express Lunch offer hehe it's such a great deal!
Wow, that chicken sounds divine, but then I see the souffle… *sigh*
Lovely blog, must visit the Smith soon, but 'This Charming Man' and 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now' are songs by Morrissey's band – The Smiths, not Robert Smith's band – The Cure.
Sorry, I love both those bands, so very hard not to comment – but I was reading the post that arrived in my inbox at midnight. Very Very Happy to see the correction.
Julie -
Hehe now I have that song "This Charming Man" in my head! The souffle sounds wonderful-I love it when there's an intense fruity flavour
Tuna tataki… man I am getting so eager to go to Quern Victoria Market, buy a slab and experiment with searing it and making a tartare!
Wow, everything looks so good! That souffle! Perfection! Quite ambitious for the express lunch as well, but good to see they have the confidence to pull it off!
I love a souffle for dessert and this one sounds perfect! I'll have to put this place on my "to visit some day" list!
I love the look of your chicken dish and how it's presented with the bone sticking out. And that souffle is gorgeous. How perfect is it! Looks like you chose a great restaurant for an express lunch xx


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49 cent drivers and Damar
I built a pair of very small (.11 cuft) two way speakers using the PE 269-570 drivers and the $1.95 Dayton tweeters. I used only a 1uF cap for a highpass to the tweeters (should be around 10K Hz IIRC). Possibly the lowest cost two-way system ever!
I mounted the drivers from the inside. I used a rounding over bit on my router to ease the corners and they ended up looking OK. My first listening sessions using a tube amp were pretty positive but the "bass" (hey you can only get so low with 4" drivers!) seemed a tad muddy, not like my multiple driver systems. Also there seemed to be a noticeable peak in the upper midrange. I thought they might be OK speakers for my woodshop or something but not for HT. Then when I was at an art supply store I saw a bottle of Damar and remembered some people had positive comments about it. I coated one driver with the stuff and let it dry overnight. I then listened again. There was a huge and positive difference to my ears with the coated speaker. I brought in my son and asked him to listen, both speakers hidden behind a grill cover for a larger speaker so he couldn't see which was coated. I set the amp for mono output and switched between the coated and uncoated speaker. Every time with every type of music he said the coated speaker was dramatically better. Repeat experiment with wife as listener. She is a much less critical listener than my son. Same results. So my conclusion on this one type of driver in this one type of enclosure is that coating the cones makes a noticeable positive difference. I'm thinking of coating the cones on one of my larger systems made with these same drivers. If it screws them up, hey I can replace all six drivers for under $3 US!
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What $1.95 tweeter are you talking about? I searched under "dayton tweeter" on PE and didn't see any that cheap.
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Steve, Sorry about that. You are right, I was looking for drivers to repair a set of large 3 ways and apparently have Dayton on the brain. The $1.95 tweeter is a Goldwood. (270-169) The highest frequency is only about 17K but what is there is pretty clean (and after years of listening to my music much too loud I probably can't hear any over 17K anyway ).
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How many coats of Damar did you put on the 4" PR Pioneer? Did you do both front and back of the cone? Please let us know the results when you do all of them in your array. I am about to coat the 10, 6" drivers in my arrays but am still trying different coatings on separate identical drivers. I'm in the process of experimenting with shellac, Weldbond (like white wood glue that dries clear and flexible) and an artist's glazing similar to mod-podge.
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I used one coat on the front and one on the back. I wonder if doing the back is necessary though. When I applied the Damar to another set of drivers I could see that it was soaking through to the back. The stuff I have is called Damar Varnish and is made by Windsor-Newton. It is very thin, thinner than mod podge, and so it soaks in to the paper cones completely. In fact after one coat the cones do not have any gloss to them. A second coat adds a little gloss. I'm coating my array drivers this afternoon so I should be able to report back in a day or so.
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In my listening tests I wasn't sure I was able to tell the difference between untreated and one coat of varnish. I could definitely tell with two coats of rubber cement though. Too much rubber cement takes off the peak at the top end but they lost a lot of sensitivity. |
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Is this Damar varnish an actual real oil based varnish that thins with terpentine, paint thinner, etc?, or is it one of the newfangled water compatible coatings that go on white and dry clear?
I found that with the water based stuff, adding water to thin the product made the paper fibers in the cone get sloppy during the pricess and swell. Not so swell I think. This is an argument against trying to thin the water based glazes, but those are mostly so thick they do not really penetrate the paper cone. I can see rubber cement killing the highs. I doubt whether they'll bounce back. You aren't always supposed to take the expression describing proof of performance, "where the rubber meets the road" quite so literally. I can see rubber absorbing a lot of HF energy.
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One thing to remember with any of these cone treatments is to allow them to dry fully before listening to them. If you play them too soon you almost guarantee yourself a worse sounding driver afterward. Been there, done that, so learn from my mistake.
RCA, Dammar is a natural varnish used to protect paintings and is definitely not water based.
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I bought about 50 of those 4" drivers and used 13 per side in a line array. I also used 4 of the Onkyo 3/4" tweeters per side at ear height, so I suppose it's a MTM/Line Array hybrid. I coated the fronts of the 4" drivers with "Tacky Glue" from a local crafts store. It seemed to significantly tame the 7K spike that those little ******s have.
My intention was to build these as a practice project and give them away to a deserving friend or family member. My immediate impression of them was that the mids & hights were crisp and detailed with a feeling of depth to them. However the lower midrange to their bottom was kind of muddy. All in all I was pleased with the results and think they make an excellent speaker to someone who is far less critical than the average member of this forum (which probably constitutes 98 of the world's population).
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The stuff I have is a real varnish that is designed to be coated over oil paintings as a protective coating. It is clear and very thin no body to it at all. It is called "Superfine Dammar Retouching Varnish for Oil Colour" by Winsor & Newton. The "superfine" in the name leads me to believe there may be an "unsuperfine" version (maybe thicker?). It soaks in to the paper cones rather than sitting on the surface and seems to dry completely in only a couple hours. I compared cones coated a few days ago with cones coated and allowed to dry for three hours. I touched each cone lightly with my finger and they felt the same. I then lightly brushed each cone with a cotton swab thinking any remaining tackiness would show as cotton fibers sticking to the cones, there were none. Lastly I lightly brushed the cones with single ply toilet tissue as it contains a fair amount of lint. No lint left on the cones. Hardly scientific but good enough for a 49 cent driver!
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