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Europe's Response To Geithner's Advice: "I'd Like To Hear How The United States Will Reduce Its Deficits ... And Its Debts"
Two years after being laughed out by a bunch of Chinese students, Tim Geithner realized that his hypocrisy may pass muster in the Beltway, but the crowd is tougher across the Atlantic. As Reuters reports, the much anticipated meeting between Geithner and the euro FinMins in Wroclaw, Poland, lasted all of thirty minutes and if nothing else managed to unite the Europeans... in their ridicule and derision of the man that has become a global muppet caricature. The litany of quotes needs no explanation: "I found it peculiar that even though the Americans have significantly worse fundamental data than the euro zone that they tell us what we should do and when we make a suggestion ... that they say no straight away," Maria Fekter, [Austria's Finance Minister] told reporters afterwards, recalling a difference of opinion between Geithner and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on how to reinvigorate the euro zone and tax financial deals." And the kicker came from Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders, who responded 'tartly' that "We can always discuss with our American colleagues. I'd like to hear how the United States will reduce its deficits ... and its debts." Alas, as Tim has found the hard way, being one of the biggest offendors when it comes to collapsed economies does take away from his credibility. So if we may suggest, Timmy should i) focus on fixing the US economy, and since he has repeatedly failed at that ii) to immediately resign.
From Reuters:
Geithner's decision to travel to the small city of Wroclaw to discuss the sovereign debt problems of Greece, Ireland, Italy and the wider euro zone was the clearest indication yet of the severity of the near two-year-old crisis, which now threatens the global economy not just the single currency bloc.
Officials said Geithner was coming to propose how the region might try leveraging its emergency bailout fund -- the 440 billion euro European Financial Stability Facility -- to better tackle the crisis, much as the United States used leverage to handle the fallout from the subprime collapse.
But however good Geithner's intentions, the indications were that the meeting did not go as smoothly as he might have hoped.
Held in a concert hall, the gathering lasted for about 30 minutes. The euro zone ministers arrived together by bus. Geithner was sped to the doors in a private car.
Jean-Claude Juncker, the chairman of the Eurogroup, was even more to the point.
"I don't think it would be wise for me to report from an informal meeting that we have with the treasury secretary. We are not discussing the expansion or increase of the EFSF with a non-member of the euro area," he said.
And the very lonely thoughts of our very own SecTreason:
"One of the starkest ways to emphasize the importance of Europe getting on top of this is that you don't want the future of Europe to rest in the hands of those who provide financing to the IMF," he said.
"There is no reason for Europe to be in that position and it would be very damaging to the credibility of the endeavour here in Europe," he said, before departing to warm applause.
"Of course your financial challenges in Europe are within your capacity to manage financially, you just have to choose to do it," Geithner told the audience, sitting cross-legged and slightly slouched in his chair.
Does that mean that Timmy to the G never chose to do manage our own challenges before? If so, can he at least manage to sign the dotted line on his resignation letter.
The bottom line:
For many in the meeting, Austria's Fekter most particularly, his message fell flat.
"I had expected that when he tells us how he sees the world that he would listen to what we have to say," she said.
Well, so much for the US telling Europe what to do...
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Europe can boo all they want. Benny and Timmy will still bail them out.
This bullshit bailout-crisis-bailout can't go on for ever.
Debt jubilee, bitchez.
That word Jubilee again... It looks like there is a real chance of BIG defaults, how ever you want to dress that word up. Defaults...
Cash (FRNs at home in the safe or under the mattress) and gold will protect you from a "Jubilee"...
Jubilee... Wheeeee!
Who should be Bailed out in what order?
Either way the game is over, wait wait , Lets let all the Central banks give out all the fucking loans you can imagine to any bank for anything. There is a Jubilee - it's just amongst the United Banking Cartel. The unlimted ATM $$$
1.2 trillion more in bailouts
Geesner is the most ridiculed Treasury Secretary in the history of this country. Why has he quit already? That fact the BO hired him and then extended his stay is evidence enough that BO is clueless in economic matters. Unfortunately, he will be reelected in 2012.
The people who are speaking publically about the audacity of Timmay are the ones that aren't full aware of the trillions of secret money that has been given to every slutty whore central bank througout the world by the fed/treasury. If you knew what Timmay knew it would be completely logical to display what seems to be unbelievable hypocrisy but is completely logical when understanding the real story. Criminals, and they make it obvious.
Do you really believe that BO doesn't know what's going here? Has it occured to you that this economic collapse has been planned and executed for a reason? BO is alledged to be the smartest human on the planet, and yet he doesn't know that the economy is collapsing? ***blink***
You are as clueless as THE ONE it appears.
THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO annoited him the ONE are the flaks and cocksuckers that surround any common criminal and their MSM "embeds".
ANYONE that ever believed that an empty suit such as this clown/imbecile had a clue should just blow their alleged brain out NOW!
I know the avg sheep has an IQ of around 10 but my goodness even this dope is too much.
You are as clueless as THE ONE it appears.
The only thing I'm clueless about here is what the Hell you're talking about. I NEVER supported BO.
I think mariposa is right. BO is smart, he's just completely ignorant on the nuances of economics. Like Clinton and Bush before him, he was too lazy during his time in public office to learn anything of any substance. He's a politician - they are all complete idiots because they care not about the serious issues of governance - they only care about politics, a game in which they excel -mainly because they know whose ass to kiss. That's why the special interests get them elected. Hoever, even a complete idiot can recognize we are in what will soon be an economic collapse, so she is probably right about BO recognizing this.
So if we may suggest, Timmy should i) focus on fixing the US economy, and since he has repeatedly failed at that ii) to immediately resign.
Focus on the US -- what a concept! Our single biggest problem is our set of leaders, who are busily 'fixing' the world while their own society rots. They don't even see the problems here, let alone try to solve them.
Our single biggest problem is that the sheep gaze out from the pen and expect someone to save them.
Enforce the fukin LAWS don't bother expecting a savior to ride in on the clouds.
the biggest problem is the sheep can't even recognize the wolves roaming amongst the flock
My bullish view for the next few years:
Structured PIIGS defaults one by one.
Structured French and German banking crises with nationalisation and recapitalisation of banks
Structured European and US banking crises with nationalisation and recapitalisation of banks
Repeat around the globe and include the under estimated regional and private debt problems of each country into the equation.
Tough times with civil unrest and protectionism eroding global trades, but a gradual rise in innovation and manufacturing eventually leading to a recovery.
My Bearish view
A forced fiscal union with or without eurobonds.
An apparent recovery but underlying debt problems unresolved and voters across the region seriously unimpressed by the fiscal union.
A rise in nationalism, leading to civil unrest, revolutions and chaotic disintegration of the European Union while the US is stagnating under lack of UNITED leadership and their mounting, unresolved debt, and Asia too slow to empower their middle classes (choked by inflation) to carry the load.
The European leaders are not stupid. The whole implementation of the European union and Euro was based on ensuring the nations taking part that they remain sovereign nations. There are no Euro zone states despite some analysts using that term. There are Euro zone countries.
They couldn't have created a fiscal union at the most bullish of times, how could they possibly force it through now? Look at Europe. Can anyone seriously see a UNITED States of Europe in the horizon???
Exactly, it cant go on forever and was never designed to go on forever, just long enough to get everyone in the stew pot. We're easily there now, really no point in bankrupting everyone further so any day now the rug can be pulled out.
Debt jubliee? Fuck you.
How about letting the market do it's thing: Default. Deflate. Correct.
Damn fucking straight. But don't worry , a "jubilee" will have the same effect as a default. Those who have lived beyond their means shall take it up the ass just as wall street shall. Karma is a bitch.
I fully expect to get some flesh wounds when this unravels but I've prepared as much I can and have zero debt. Every other fucker in my neighbourhood is still driving around in a car that costs half their household income with a mortgage that's 5 times their salary that never seems to get repaid. If they get bailed out along with every other stupid fu&8! Govn there is only one thing that can happen : I will need more digits on my casio to type in the price of gold. If they don't , then I can at last afford a house free and clear after 15 years of saving.
Suck it up debt junkies.
Everywhere you turn, there is impossible math or a moral hazard of mammoth proportions, or a roadblock of some sort. It is for this reason that I really think the S will HTF. Younger folks are not going to be slammed to concrete with no jobs and useless degrees and a mountain of debt. Older folks are not going to go quietly into that cat-food, no electricity night. Gen X is about fed the fuck up with getting robbed blind and the social mess that has resulted. Etc. and etc. We are no doubt at a point of extremes... energy, population, resources, economically, socially, and so forth. The perfect storm.
We are no doubt at a point of extremes... energy, population, resources, economically, socially, and so forth. The perfect storm.
Succinctly stated; might want to include weather, too.
this kinda seems to put the kibosh on reparations for black people and the entire race pimping industry of handouts and free cheese?
... and the entire race pimping industry of handouts and free cheese?
No trav. Not at all. The Tribesmen still get billions. What were they just guarenteed? $3B-$4B per year into 2018. Google it.
They have to, Greece may be the first domino, Benny and Timmy know that the US are in death row. Execution by a triggering dwarfy Greece would be the joke of the century.
Debt jubilee. Isn't that just another bailout?
What a pathetic excuse for a human being he is. And he is still not in jail.
Green. Why indeed is he not in jail, with all the other usual suspects?
Yeah, well, my printer is bigger than yours Eurotrash!
Do as we tell, not as we do.
Poor Timmy, "he just don't get no respect!"
What's the old saying: "Respect is Earned, not given". Timmah will never earn respect by bailing out everyone at taxpayers expense.
Hope that Timmah gets mad and won't allow BennieBux to be printed this time around.
We can dream, can't we?
He likely doesn't give two shits whether or not he is respected by us nobodies. He's Kissinger's boy, so he gets all the respect he desires, off camera.
Europe listens?
Exactly. The fact that TG is there should tell Europe to STFU. This is a dicey situation and telling a guy who is financing 100 billion tranches in a week when Europe can't even do 5 is all the rest of the world need to knows. What was reported today is that it's Brazil, India and China that are teaming up to solve Greece--ideally WITHOUT Europe. Telling Mr Bond to take a hike is the wrong answer.
Okay, okay, we will send our Herman Van Rompay to tell Obama what to do.
He will be telling BO what do just as soon as the One World Governemnt gets put in place...
I just hope that when history looks back at this troubled time, future generations don't forget to laugh heartily at TurboTax for his mind-blowing incompetence.
If you've got a bad desease, you don't use cancer as the cure. And the USA is the biggest cancer the world has ever seen.
Timmah blustering over in Europe about how to fix (cover up and pretend) their debt, when the US debt black hole of $1.5 quadrillion makes Europe look like nothing by comparison. Raging heroin addict drug abuse counselor, yea whatever Timmah!
Why is TIMMAY! the Tax Cheat still holding that position anyhow? CONfidence "optics" from the O'dumbo Administration? It's TITS or GTFO time for the US Economy, and that little elf bitch doesn't have the goods.
Random Thought: A paparazzi for all the retired repositioned oligarchs. It would be nice to be able to get the latest gossip regarding where they eat, what sort of houses they live in, who they meet with...
Whooooaaaaaa re your random thought. Green!
Make it a sort of tabloid...
I'd pay for that.
Good call, Conrad.
Funny, but I was thinking this morning about how neat it would be to have a deck of cards with the pictures and bios of the top 52 scoundrels that brought this financial calamity upon us. Like the deck we had made for the most wanted of the Iraqi regieme after it fell.
Are you listening, WB7?
talk about the pot calling.......
European civilization is about 2000 years older than anything comparable in North America (notice I did not say "American civilization" because there isn't any such thing.)
They aren't going to take much crap from someone like Timmy G. The US experiment in North America could evaporate within the year, Manhattan could revert to the Natives and all that, meanwhile over in Euroland they'll still be quibbling about the rights of the French nobility 500 years from now.
Perspective. Get some.
Strangely, it is those most in love with the Old World that are the very ones tanking America.
Y'all are just pissed the US made you stop killing each other for a few decades.
I'm an American. America was an experiment, and it's about to end. No idea what comes after.
The rest of the world does not now and will not ever give a shit either way. We'll be like the ancient Egyptians; lost beneath the moving sands of forgetfulness with just our colossal art projects left behind, and nobody will remember what the hell we were about.
Time kills all governments eventually. France is on what, it fifth or sixth republic since the Revolution?
America will go on, no matter what happens to the government.
The government is not America.
Good luck getting California and Texas to agree on anything, post-collapse.
that was very observant, key, not bad for someone on the other side of the pond. i didnt factor that one in....
"Good luck getting California and Texas to agree on anything, post-collapse."
Which is why the ridiculous idea of 'Federal' government is destined to failure ... whether in Europe or America. We all have preferences for culture, ideology, climate, lifestyle and race - and that will never change. Diversity is the natural order ... monocultures don't survive.
The sole purpose of federated governments is to extend the sphere of control of certain ruling families - with a One World Government as their ultimate wet dream of ruling the whole planet.
i-dog - I like your post. But, the up arrow doesn't work. [Neither does the down.] I can vote on all other's around yours.
Is the OWG cyber-attacking your post?
Here's the source from the one above and yours. I don't see any obvious difference.

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that was very observant, key, not bad for someone on the other side of the pond. i didnt factor that one in....

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"Good luck getting California and Texas to agree on anything, post-collapse."

Which is why the ridiculous idea of 'Federal' government is destined to failure ... whether in Europe or America. We all have preferences for culture, ideology, climate, lifestyle and race - and that will never change. Diversity is the natural order ... monocultures don't survive.

The sole purpose of federated governments is to extend the sphere of control of certain ruling families - with a One World Government as their ultimate wet dream of ruling the whole planet.

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"European civilization is about 2000 years older..."
Your sad excuse for "cvilization" is a mockery of the great art which managed to leak out of your empires gone wild and constant in-fighting.
Get over yourselves already.
mmm... Why the fuck do they need dollar swap lines if they are so much better then the US.
They are all useless.
My guess is that the Fed needs more to open the swap lines then the European themselves. I'm sure that this was not a pure act of compassion like we are so used from the Fed!
Very true, and they are telling our banks today what our banks told taxpayers in 2008.
Now this is entertainment.
Issuing currency is about getting as many people on the planet as possible to use the currency, allowing the issuer to exert at least some control over those peoples' lives. The Fed wants those swap lines open so that Europeans use dollars. That's why the Fed had already approved the swaps months prior to yesterday's central bank announcement. This he said, she said headline drama is just for entertainment.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
One always borrows in SOMETHING that may be scare resource now but will become, at best, worthless/plenty with passage of time. Actually this is quite a smart move, although, I am not sure if it is based on policy or necessity.
OT..., but wouldn't it be cheaper if we printed our money in China?
Tiny Turbo Tim. Linda has something to say to you boy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haZPPBJC8Ic
When this housing bubble developed I could not fully understand how grown ups (who I thought where wisdom was an accretive proces) would set it up this way. Then I could not figure out why they still dont have it fixed yet. I actually watched CNBC and Bloomerg and other MSM outlets for the duration as research. here is what I came up with.
Its not the houses that are the problem.
malvina reynolds - little boxes
The market is betting on a resolution to this crisis and a resumption of an epic industrial boom in 2012.
How else could you explain the monstrous heavy volume moves off the lows in names like TXT, COL, GR, TYC??
Yea SURE Robo there will be a 'resolution' to the total bankruptcies cause by printing and derivitives swaps YADDA YADDA, theyll PRINT even more debt! And thats what people are 'bettin on'!
Robo still calling for an 'epic boom' for 2 years now...get a new gig, nutsack.
Think INFLATION...
That's what people are 'bettin on'
That is what I was thinking, but then again, when the analogous crisis started in 1968, stocks (at least the buy and hold kind) didn't see a gain until 1980. Back then, they still had a gold standard and Paulson finally came along and raised rates. These are two big factors that are not options for the U.S. right now. Either the dollar is finally destroyed or we have a major depression. Just don't see any other options.
No Robo. That's maket manipulation you mistake for fundamental investing.
LOL Robo, that's not very subtle. You can troll better than that.
"epic industrial boom" ROTFL
Epic industrial boom you say?
The good Dr. C would have to disagree!
much like the "market" not betting on qe3, but "pricing in an economic boom, led by the us consumer? (c) 2011 MomoFader"
thanks, i'll pass on taking cues from this "market," or you for that matter.
There could well be a boom in 2012 but if there is, it will most likely be due to a bunch of Deuterium being rapidly fused into Helium and it will be measured in Megatonnes, not dollars. More likely that than an "epic industrial boom"
How could there possibly be an epic industrial boom without epic demand for the stuff the industries make? Where will such epic demand come from?
Central global planning can replace lacking organic pull demand w/ centrally "stimulated" push demand requiring supply...not saying good but certainly possible for another year! Maybe 2, possibly 3, could go on for 5, 10yrs??? Implications are ever more disastrous but that's never been the point...
It's time we take off our blinders, our "markets" don't work that way paradigms and think like the wounded animal perspective of TPTB...history, law, societal norms, etc. will not stand in their way. If the street is blocked, expect them to drive on the sidewalk...if that is unavailable, expect they will plow through the building for the "greater good".
Point is, when something can't be extended but it is...that is financial innovation in reverse to extend and pretend. Expect the wholly unexpected. There is no true safety as laws, constitutions, judiaciary, money, government are no longer trustworthy...only safer and less safe varying by a few vital degrees.
But dont worry, its all under control, I hear from people they got a PRINTIN' PRESS so its all good! LOL
Mind you, it's also a bit rich that European banks have been going cap in hand to the Fed.
ie THEY'RE ALL FUCKIN LOSERS
yeah but the sad part is that the US taxpayer will end up paying the lions share of any European bailout. As usual, Uncle Sap...er I meant to say Uncle Sam will pick up the tab.
What US taxpayer? Corporations pay no tax, and everyone else is bankrupt.
You have a good point, SheepDog-One. Although there are always the children, the next generation of captive taxpayers, coming to a Hooverville near you. Yup, nothing like a back crushing burden of intergenerational debt to bring tears (of gratitude) to a Central Banksters eyes.
Taxpayers? Theoretically, but probably not in practice since so many are already broke. It's all the UST buyers who are going to wind up paying. But, that's what they get for loaning money to chronic liars and thieves.
Global citizens will pay this bill as US taxes will continue to fall lower and lower (in conjunction w/ greater spending) to allow politicians to maintain power...US will flood world w/ ever weakening dollars until the world cries for no more...and voila a gold backed "thingy" that just happens to re-empower w/ the worlds greatest holders of gold...
If only de Gaulle was around, he would put all these clowns in their place
Should've left you bitches to the Germans and the VC.
i don´t know a thing about this except the banks are not, have not been, nor will they be ´FUCKING LOSERS´---we are the losers of last resort no matter what anyone tells you.
You can bet against the euro, the dollar, the banks, bah, bah, bah---not going to change a thing.
No one is frightened here in Spain, nor anywhere else on the continent--they understand things are not good and that we are in a depression, and that it will work itself out.
To believe all that read on the web, hear, see, and read in the msm is only a lot crap that paralyzes us with fear---i´m tired of it.
If you want to pretend that anyone in the world cares about the most destructive nation on the planet---you are kidding yourself. Nobody cares about the US except to fear that we are stupid enough to use the nuclear option. It is time to wake up to this fact-----the world is not going to end over any of this unless some fool pushes the button.
The Europeans have tried to be diplomatic as you read in the sentence below from this article, but they are not going to let the US dictate their policy; the Euro will not be abandoned----nor will the dollar. We have been abandoned and it is time to admit this.
"I don't think it would be wise for me to report from an informal meeting that we have with the treasury secretary. We are not discussing the expansion or increase of the EFSF with a non-member of the euro area," he said.
Bloggers do not put fear into the police state----all this constant whining is bullshit and fear is bullshit----that is nearly all i ever read here and this site is the best of its class
thanks for your inspiration---i could not have written this without your comment om
the problem is that US always believes ( so strongly) that what they are doing is for the best...and for good....and being right....
they need to learn the concept of duality .....
Still all just a WWF show, one tag team acting all outraged and fighting the other, still its all world bankers though, and at the end of the day they all go out for drinks together. just a show to keep idiots like RoboTrader bamboozeled and convinced at any minute the next industrial revolution is about to blast off.
$1.5 quadrillion in unrepayable derivitives debt that still has not even been addressed after being stuffed in the closet 3 years ago.
Hey SheepDog, I burned about 100 laps at the night riding session last night at the Perris track, dirt was super tacky, temp was about 70 degrees, perfect motocross conditions, I was the last one off the track at 9:00pm, total epic session. I don't know where you live but we are able to ride year round here.
My XR650R runs flat out in the desert year-round at 100 mph.
Dang, MomoFader lives near me.
Dog, I had an XL600R that refused to stall. I could climb a tree with that 4-stroke monster. It got stolen.
out here in nevada, theres some great riding too.
i just have a ROKON, not fast, but i havent met a mountain yet i could'nt climb with it...
Just a hunch of a quirky question:
RobotTrader .... are you a nom de plomme variant to 'stir the blog pot' of one Tyler Durden?
Even at the darkest of times, when the overwhelming dispair accomanying impending doom befalls, everybody deserves a modicum of humor.
Timmah provides such well.
The only reason he was invited was for the politicians to mock him and score points with their constituents. Rent-a-Timmay.
DING!!! Gentlemen, we have a winner, and today's Big Brain is DonnieD.
Yes, the Europeans are marching in lock step with the Fed, and Timmy was there to get a tongue lashing to score points with their constituents so they can lock in the political capital to do what they all want to do.
This is all show. Banksters NEVER say what they really mean.
Ah, dear americans you voted european social-democracy, and you got it
Enjoy... we have been suffering it for 60 years and now is your turn, sad thing is that I always thought that american people were wiser than most of us.Big Mistake everybody enjoy the Bread (a little) & Circus ( a lot) show
But but but... The Eurotrash have a better quality of life that the American Redneck Trash.
Ya'll fight me, ya'll be fightin' the whole damn trailer park.
Well, dont be so sure the poverty line income leve in USA equals the AVERAGE income level in Spain
Yeah Nuckles, The next housing boom will start with some two bit Barney Frank saying every American deserves their own double wide trailer.
Don't you know us Americans will always do the right thing, after everything else doesn't work?
I´m deeply confident about that, there is a lot of wisdom in knowing what doen´t work
I fucking love this blog...sorry I curse too much says wife. I love this blog!
I would like to know how much that trip cost us taxpayers for Geithner to be dissed! Geithner had to have known he would not get the respect that for some reason he thinks he should have at that meeting! Geithner was stupid to go there, thinking he could muscle all the Eurozone countries and tell them what to do!
It was not for the U.S. to go poking it's nose into anyway. But that is the US thinking they have a right to dictate to the world what should be done.
He was over there trying to cover Goldman Sachs ass no doubt too. GS falsified all the info from Greece to get them in the Euro Zone.
Geithner, where you going to next.. China? to tell them what to do financially. I would love that!
Dear Tyler & company,
The difference between USA and Europe is that the FED prints "free" USD while EU has to pay for then.
"they got then by the balls"
Good weekend for everybody from Canary Islands" Spain
PS: the best blog. Thanks for being there.
Geithner can pithily reply, "We will never default ... We have the world's reserve currency, and when we don't have enough of it, we can simply print more. Try that with you hoity-toity currency union."
Of course, it would help if the US would export more than ideas these days.
All I can say is that it is tough to bet against Uncle Gorilla and the rest of the Global Plutocrats.
What if these criminals all consipired to start shorting Credit Default instruments en masse to spark a huge squeeze on that sector?
Doug Noland mentioned how this was orchestrated at previous bottoms. Speculators ramp the CDS way too high until they are practically going parabolic, then the heavy hand of manipulation steps in to crush the "gloom and doom" speculators.
After that, it becomes a self-reinforcing feeback loop of short squeezing, building confidence, rising stock prices, ebullient moods, etc. which end up snowballing into a 100% rally in the SPY like we just witnessed.
Yes, but who is left? Not the weak shorts from 2 years ago...surely. LOL,
You're right, RT. Regrettably, you need to trade the grim reality, not some dream of the way things should be. A faraway dream at that.
Look at the ramp on this Euro - USD liquidity nonsense. The Euro banks are underwater due to bad sovereign debt, and CDS they wrote on the very same bank debt and sovereign debt. Life preservers don't work when you're wearing cement shoes.
cute how you actually think this is the bottom, right as we are rallying hard into resistance.
come on back in, the water is just fine...
momo chasers and bulltards just cannot help themselves.
Sure, theres an endless supply of 'gloom and doom stock speculators' to run the entire world markets higher...yea sure.
Funny thing about buying physical assets, be it PM's, food, or other tangibles: The market can do whatever it wants, and they just sit there! Amazing!
How ever did our ancestors survive in a hostile world before the dawn of the HFT, Hedge fund manipulated stock markets?
"Americans have significantly worse fundamental data than the euro zone that they tell us what we should do and when we make a suggestion" NO shit, Who else in the world paying for family health insurance $4714.30/month (NY Region).. HMO??? You cannot even choose your doctor..
Are you kidding me??? f*cking thieves!!! almost $5k a month just for Health Insurance???
f*cking A this is a good Doctor yearly salary.. How to fix this crap??? Now imaging employer has
to pay for his employee that type of money for healthcare coverage alone??? Complete
Disaster.. Here Document with 2012 proposed rates:
Why I'm so pissed I just got call from some Insurance
agent from this "Scam.CO" $5k/month, speechless..
you know what the Title of their website says:
"Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield offers affordable solutions for your health"
5k$ a month affordable f*cking solution??? What those guys smoking??? :)))
It's one thing to lose credibility in the eyes of the common man, but when you have absolutely zero validity among your so-called peers, well then it's time to go!
Theres an old saying from back in the Nixon era that when the late nite talk show hosts are clowning you, the game is then OVER and the shit is about to hit the fan.
Does it take a woman to tell the Emperor that he has no clothes? Well done Maria , Geitner has all those European leaders feeling stupid and inferior........ They had better find some balls soon , If we here in Europe go down we are taking the USA with us. I wonder who do the Asians prefer?
Timmah will resign just as soon as Goldman tells Obama it's time for him to go. Not a second sooner, since after all GS is his real boss. And Timmah is of immense assistance to the banksters and will not be going anywhere just yet.
Fresh new world record highs for AMZN today, 3 days after the greatest European credit crisis in recent history.
I'm flabbergasted.
AAPL trying to break $400/share now, have many attempts before..
I sold DIA and SPY bear call spreads, let's see what's up on Monday..
they really haven't come hard after the stocks in momoland just yet.
that's for the next leg down.
I have two thoughts re Robot's thoughts.
First, why junk a trader just because he gives out trading comments? OK, pissing on General Jim is not a good way to make friends around here, but RT is just showing us what is/just has been currently HOT.
Second, I would be careful about picking fights vs. Uncle Gorilla too. I thought (18 months ago) that Treasuries would be a terrible investment, so I bought some TBT... After I saw a loss there, I got out. I would have lost MORE betting against Unca Sugah had I NOT sold.
Our Fed and .gov can spend and print all they want. I am sick of trying to beat them at their game.
So, I just buy and hold gold.
this is the way the world ends
this is the way the world ends
not with a bang, but with a MSM spun, propagandized, herd culling, socially engineered apathtic, blue pill, false, fake, illusion of fiat cash papered over wreckovery whimper...
that is right up until everybody, everywhere simultaneously realizes how fucked they really are
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Listen to the eurotrash bristle. lulz. They will be doing it our way or the highway bitchez.
Inflate our way out...it's no secret. Larry Summers announced it two years ago....too bad Timmy and The Bernank hide the truth..makes they look bad. I'm not a big fan of Summers but at least he was up front about it which then allows investors to plan accordingly.
Oil to $220....
Gold to $10,000...
Food...energy...and so on will rise accordingly Jim Rogers says.
"...global muppet caricature..." That's very good!
The thing is, by the time oil reaches even $150 again the whole thing flies apart big time.
'Oil at $220, gold at $10,000'...such a world is armageddon long before those 'prices' are reached.
Nomura: Oil at $220 in 'Worst-Case' Scenario. Really?
Gold-Backed Dollar Puts 'Fair Value' at $10,000 an Ounce: Chart of the Day
Don't ask me...I only read here.
What the fuck is quadruple witching day?
September options expiration, probably futures September contract expiration + few other Fin Instrument
expiration date too.
Nice work fdisk, nice work
If the US reduces its debts, pray tell where will all the money come from to backstop Europe?
Don't they understand how this system works? You borrow to buy my debt, while I borrow to buy your's.
The problem is that the europeans fully understand.
If they reign in deficits unilaterally but we dont their currency soars. They want us to voluntarily reign in our deficits even though they are the ones in crises so that we dont get an advantage.
Also if we continue to provide ample liquidity and stimulus while europe has to retrench it helps us maintain our hegemony as the supersenior world currency.
This is why the europeans are mad. They are being forced by the market to retrench and know it gives the advantage to america if we dont cut back as much as they do.
They (the political class) aren't going to reign in their debts anymore than the whores in DC will. There is only one direction for this charade to go, and it isn't backwards. It will go the only direction it's inertia allows it, which is more and more and more debt (Greenspan, Rubin, et al., made damn sure of that.).
Because, if they can just manage to keep it all together while eliminating the problem of debt service costs (ZIRP4EVA), they will completely enslave the world. If issues arise, well there are wars in the works to handle that.
The reason why we can offer europe advice that we dont have to follow ourselves is because we are the world currency. The euro is not. We can run bigger deficits and have lower interest rates than europe. Why? Because we can.
When you get your hand spanked for stealing cookies it just makes you a brat to whine that someone else stole more cookies and no one is doung anything about it.
I love my eurobrothers and sisters, but quit whining that life is unfair.
How does it feel to have Belgium and Austria laugh at your country? I am furious and not at Belgium and Austria, I have had enough of Obama and this gang, these bastards have destroyed our credibility in the middle east and Europe while the Jewish banking Cabal on Wall Street (as they lined their greedy pockets) lied and cheated the global economy with their toxic assets all at our expense. Time to get these MF out and end this banking game with the removal of Bernanke, Geithner.
THE only ones laughing at the USA are the ones who do not understand what is at stake.
The ones who are angry at the usa fully understand how we are winning the currency war, and they dont like it.
Laugh all you want at usa hypocrisy. It only looks like hypocrisy to those who dont understand money. In reality the usa is playing a good game of poker here, but letting others think we are the rube at the table.


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The photographs on display in and near the Avalanche's dressing rooms are in color, but to Stephane Yelle, who returned to the Avalanche in March after a nearly eight-year absence, they have a sepia-tone feel.
They are reminders of when Yelle was a young role player for Colorado, unheralded even as he got to raise the Stanley Cup overhead twice in on-ice celebrations before going to Calgary in the infamous trade that sent Chris Drury to the Flames in 2002.
"There's pictures everywhere of Joe (Sakic) and Ray (Bourque) and Patrick (Roy), and it was a little strange at first because you remember those days like it was yesterday," Yelle, 35, said on the morning of the Avalanche's 2-1 Game 4 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks. "But the guys have been great, making me feel right at home."
On Tuesday, for the second time in the series, the Avalanche took a minor in the first minute — Paul Stastny's high-sticking penalty at the 35-second mark. Yelle and Ryan O'Reilly were the forwards out for the first part of the kill, but had given way to TJ Galiardi and Matt Hendricks when Sharks defenseman Dan Boyle scored at 1:12 to give the Sharks their third power-play goal of the series and a 1-0 lead.
Early in the second period, Yelle was centering the fourth line, with Hendricks and Chris Durno, and putting on pressure when Sharks captain Rob Blake drew the interference call that led to Stastny's power- play goal at 3:27. And that tie held up until Joe Pavelski's goal at 10:24 of overtime.
The Sharks' road victory tied the series at 2-2 and restored San Jose's home-ice advantage, and Colorado's penalty killing will have to do strong work the remainder of the series if the Avalanche is to have any chance of pulling off the first-round upset.
That's where Yelle comes in. Or, perhaps more accurately, where Yelle re-enters. His Avalanche hiatus ended when Colorado reacquired him from the Carolina Hurricanes on March 3.
His wife, Susan, is from Colorado, and the couple kept its house in the Denver area and considered the area home, even as Yelle spent five seasons with Calgary, one with Boston and then 59 games this season with Carolina. He stayed in touch with the Colorado organization in part because he would skate with Avalanche players in offseason workouts, and also because Susan Yelle's sister is Jill Lacroix, the wife of Eric Lacroix, now the Avalanche's director of hockey operations.
Yelle was brought back to bolster the Avs' penalty killing and provide another reliable faceoff man. It was reminiscent of previous late-season deals for veteran forwards such as Dave Hannan, Tom Fitzgerald, Darby Hendrickson, and Jim Dowd.
Avalanche coach Joe Sacco often went against Yelle in his 1991-2003 NHL playing career. "I remember the same things we're seeing now," Sacco said. "Killing penalties and blocking shots. He's a fearless shot blocker. . . . He's a valuable piece, especially for our younger guys who are going through this for the first time."
Does being around this young team, which in Yelle's case means working with the 19-year-old O'Reilly on the penalty-killing unit, make him feel young again — or old?
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CityBeat: You guys have been around for a couple years but you are a fairly new group. Can you tell me the story of how Under the Streetlamp formed?
Michael Ingersoll: Absolutely. The four of us met when we were doing a play called Jersey Boys. Chris Jones and I did the first national tour of Jersey Boys and then he went off on his way and I met the other two fellows in Chicago and we did the production there. While we were in Jersey Boys, on our nights off we were putting together these concerts for clubs and local theaters to sing other music besides musicals, like things from The Beach Boys, The Drifters, The Beatles and songs like that.
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That was really one of the big motivations for doing this because our acting careers where we were doing pretty well in the acting business.
It is a concert and we have a lot of fun with each other. We have a lot of the fun with the audience. We take the music very seriously but we don't take ourselves very seriously at all and the audience seems to enjoy that.
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MI: The four of us — each of us is a lead singer. It is actually pretty rare for a band to have four lead singers. We wanted to lead with our strengths, our individual personality.
Michael Cunio, for example, has a crazy high singing voice so he did Etta James "At Last" in Etta's original key and it is always a big surprise to the audience when it is coming. Chris (Jones) has got a very powerful, kind of balladeer voice so we sing "I Come For You" for him. I am kind of a Folk Rock/Rockabilly guy. Shonn (Wiley) is an incredible tap dancer and Broadway showman so we do "When You're Smiling" for him.
So basically we just chose the songs as it suited our strengths and flowed for the evening. We also chose artists that are in that same genre that we learned when we were in Jersey Boys. So that's where we get The Beach Boys and The Drifters and The Beatles.
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CB: I know your family was an influence musically to you growing up. I also know that you are from Dayton, so you are a local to us. Did you have a good music program in Dayton growing up or did your family give you private lessons? How did you develop musically?
MI: Well, there are two major factors. My grandfather was a professional Jazz pianist and so there was always music around in that environment. He taught me to play piano by ear and really get into Jazz primarily.
There is also an amazing arts program called Muse Machine in Dayton, Ohio. It is a program where kids come from all over — high schools from probably a 30-, 40-, 50-mile radius and every year they put on a musical and they bring in Broadway caliber directors and choreographers and producers. I was lucky enough to be cast into one of those shows and that is really where my interest exploded in performing and what led me to go to college and study acting.
Check out the Muse Machine website, you can learn all about it, it is an amazing organization. I would credit them with the biggest influence, the biggest push.
CB: You are on the road now. You said you were doing 27 cities, which is a lot to take on. Is there anything about home or here you miss when you are on the road?
MI: Obviously my family is there, but who doesn't miss Graeter's ice cream and Skyline Chili and the Cincinnati Reds. I love those things. Those are the things I do as soon as I come back. I usually go to Skyline Chili and Graeter's and try to catch a Reds game. I am a huge Reds fan and Bengals fan. I live in Los Angeles now so I miss the change of seasons in Ohio, but (there are) good, friendly folks there and it was a wonderful place to grow up.
Cincinnati has a vibrant and rich arts community so we just can't wait to play. I also did a year at the Cincinnati Shakespeare (Company). That was my first actual professional acting job to work there for a year, so I got my start in Cincinnati.
CB: Where do you see yourself in five years?
MI: I think that we are on track to be a top tier act in the Adult Contemporary market, with Michael Buble, Norah Jones, Diana Krall and artists like that. I think we have a product that makes people happy. I think we have a got a very powerful team with PBS and our management. We are determined to take this to as many people as will possibly let us do it. We are doing every single thing we can to make sure we are here to stay. As long as we make people happy, we are optimistic that will happen in big ways.
CB: You said you play piano, but do you guys play any instruments during the show or is it just singing?
MI: No, we are four singers and we have a seven-piece band of incredible world-class musicians. These are folks that have played with Sinatra and Frankie Valli and huge, huge names. We have a rhythm section and then three horns. That horn section helps kind of give it that "streetlamp" character. It helps with that distinctive sound.
CB: Tell us, in summary, what can the fans expect to see in the show?
MI: There is a lot more music we perform live than on the DVD for the folks that are familiar with us from PBS. There is a lot more music and people come away from it often saying, "I can't believe I laughed that much" or "I didn't expect the show to touch me emotionally like it did."
I think people are going to laugh a lot. Hopefully they get up and dance a lot. When they leave, hopefully they feel better than when they came in from listening to this great, joyful music performed by people who really care about them having a good time.
And also, if you have got time, just check out the Under the Streetlamp Facebook page because our fans comment on there after every single show, and really their comments, and there are tons and tons of them, say it all.
CB: That was one of my next questions — are you guys using social media to promote the band?
MI: Absolutely. We have a great website and great designer. We use Facebook, we use Twitter. Any way that we can possibly interact with our fans, we do so. We answer our own e-mail. We maintain our own Facebook page. We spend a lot of time talking to our fans. Anybody that writes in and asks us a question or comments on Facebook, we interact with.
Without them, we are nobody. We make sure they not only feel welcome at the shows but feel welcome in the cyber universe 24/7.
CB: What music are you currently listening to or what is inspiring you right now?
MI: It is funny, a lot of the music that I listen to outside of the band is not music that has anything to do with what we do.
CB: That is pretty common though. I talk to Metal people all the time and they never listen to Metal music. It is really an interesting dynamic. I always find it interesting to see what people really listen to when they are not playing.
MI: Right now I am listening to Foo Fighters latest album, Wasted Life, (and) Ben Folds latest album.
"Sadly, I kind of liked it," I hear the guy behind me say to his friend as the closing credits of Bruno, Sacha Baron Cohen's latest outrageous, tongue-in-cheek (and that's the most appropriate of places) social satire begin to roll. "Is that bad?"
Whether you call him Beelzebub, Satan, the Prince of Darkness, Mephistopheles, or just the plain ole devil (it's all about your preferred nomenclature, man) there is no denying the big guy downstairs has been a huge influence on Rock & Roll.
There have been a plethora of songs written about the dark lord (no I'm not talking about Voldemort, you posers) but the real question is — what are Satan's favorite songs about himself?
So, like the top-notch investigative journalism team we are at the CityBeat music department, my editor Mike Breen and I bought some pig's blood, drew a pentagram on the floor, lit some candles, recited some Latin and summoned the fallen angel himself.
After a long discussion on various human subjects — how Mitt Romney is in fact not the antichrist, but just an idiot; the state of Gene Simmons' soul and why he is going to hell (apparently, it's not for his satanic look or the thousand acts of pre-marital sex, but for turning KISS into the biggest whore in the music industry) — Mephistopheles disappeared back into the hell mouth as quick as he came. (Who said real journalism was dead?)
Yet, left in his place was an evil list compiled by the demon of his Top 10 favorite songs about himself, with the instruction to print them without changes. (Satan's actually a very polite guy but super narcissistic.) So, in honor of his wishes (and extra conscious of our agreement that riches will be bestowed on CityBeat if we completed the task), here are the Top 10 songs about Satan.
10. "Baptized in Flames" – Skeletonwitch
You ever wanted to know what Antichrist's birth would be like? If so, you're in luck because Athens, Ohio, natives Skeletonwitch give us a pretty vivid description of the scene.
Minus the death of the mother, inverted crosses burning, men dying and the overall end-times vibe, this birth isn't all that different from a normal one. But let's be honest, no matter who's being popped out, the birthing process is pretty disgusting.
9. "Super-Charger Heaven" – White Zombie
If I had never seen an interview with Rob Zombie (he seems like a really nice guy), I would truly believe this guy had some serious demonic connections. From his grade-A horror films to his music riddle with witches, blood rituals and general spine-chilling terror, he is the poster child for all things evil.
Although his later solo work is a little campy at times, White Zombie always brought the hellish vibe to their brand of Groove Meta and they showcased it no better than on their 1995 single, "Super-Charger Heaven."
8. "Beezleboss" – Tenacious D
Did you know it's in the demon by-laws to never turn down a rock-off challenge? I didn't either. Not until the cataclysmic disappointment, "Pick of Destiny," came out in 2006 at least.
Even though this movie was shittier than the end of The
Human Centipede, Satan's gut-busting drum solo (although impressive) wasn't
enough to outmatch Tenacious D's power of Rock and friendship, not only saving Kage's
eternal soul (and anal virginity) but sending the devil back to hell and
finally finding a way to pay their damn rent. (Satan says he found it "cute" that the band would write a fictional song about defeating him and picked this song because he's angling for a part in Kung Fu Panda 4 with Jack Black.)
7. "Con Clavi Con Dio" – Ghost
Sweden probably isn't the first nation you think of as a hotbed for satanic music (I know, ABBA was scary but definitely not satanic), but when Ghost's Opus Eponymous came out in 2010, the band took another step towards making that a reality.
This whole album is just one big love letter to the prince of darkness and the first four lines of "Con Clavi Con Dio" says it all: "Lucifer/ We are here/ For your praise/Evil one."
Overall, I don't know what's creepier — this band's all-inclusive scare factor or their borderline stalker obsession with Satan. (Lucifer, if you're reading this, you may want to consider a restraining order against these guys. I know they're from Sweden, but I don't think they are messing around.)
6. "Mean as Hell" – Johnny Cash
Besides making a star out of Honey Boo Boo and working as an investment banker on Wall Street, Satan says all he really ever wanted was a land to call his own. So God, like the sly dog he is, tried pull a fast one on his old nemesis, giving him the poorest land he had, the Rio Grande.
The Devil, being the mean son of bitch that he is, took God's offering and riddled the area with scorpions, thorn trees, tarantulas, rattlesnakes and 110-degree weather, making the best hell on earth he could (take that God!).
In the end, Satan proved God wrong, but what's more interesting is — who is meaner, Johnny Cash or Satan? Sure, Satan made the Rio Grande hell on earth, but Cash lived in it. My money's on the "Man in Black."
5. "Sympathy for the Devil" – The Rolling Stones
The devil has been a busy man over the years. He was "'Round when Jesus Christ/Had his moment of doubt and pain" and "Held a general's rank/When the Bliztkrieg raged/And the bodies stank."
Even though I'm not that particularly puzzled by the nature of his game (am I the only one seeing the trend of death here?), it's definitely one of the most iconic and politically-driven songs Satan ever inspired.
4. "The Oath" – Mercyful Fate
Kind Diamond is like the satanic equivalent of Pat Robertson. Sure, this guy isn't actually a Satanist but over his illustrious career, his distaste for organized religion, overtly satanic lyrical content and general creepy demeanor has surely put him in good standing with the minions of hell's army and their general.
I really could have picked almost any song from the King Diamond catalog, but this one — from the band he fronts, Mercyful Fate — really showcases his unconditional love for Lucifer. Really though, Diamond's undying love for Satan is only comparable to the love Ryan Seacrest has for hair gel and being a douche. If the song weren't so damn evil, it would almost bring me to tears.
3. "Hell Awaits" – Slayer
As if this song wasn't scary enough running normally, apparently if you play "Hell Awaits" backwards, about two minutes in there is a hidden message that repeats "join us" over and over again. Joining what exactly, I'm not sure. Slayer fans? An indoor soccer league? The wait staff at the Olive Garden? Who knows?
What's really funny, though, is that people freak out when they hear Slayer has a "satanic message" when you play it backwards. Really? If you listen to the song forward, the "satanic messages" are even more explicit. Jeez people, the whole thing is about Satan! It's Slayer, what do you expect?
2. "N.I.B." – Black Sabbath
Aside from "Sympathy for the Devil" this is the only other song on this list written from the perspective of Lucifer. Besides the monster riff and Black Sabbath general early awesomeness, what makes this track phenomenal is that it's about Satan falling in love and trying to become a good person.
Though knowing that information makes this song seem a little less evil and is slightly reminiscent of a Joss Whedon plotline (no dig there, it's just true), it exemplifies why Black Sabbath will always be the best Metal band of all time — its creativity.
Personally, I wish Ben Gibbard would do one of his so cute (it makes me want to puke) acoustic covers of this song so I can play it at my wedding (like that'll ever happen).
1. "Number of the Beast" – Iron Maiden
I've always been a bit confused when it comes to the actual logistics of this song. I mean, did he see this satanic ritual happening or not? My personal belief is that Steve Harris (lead guitar/writer) took one too many hits of LSD, watched The Omen II and had the most terrifying trip known to modern man.
Either way, "Number of the Beast" solidified Bruce Dickinson as Maiden's new lead singer (even though I'm more a Paul Di'anno fan myself) and made Maiden titans in the Metal genre.
Remember — I'm just the middleman here. If you have a problem with this list, I'm sure Satan would be willing to hear you out. (Here's his contact email: firstname.lastname@example.com.)
EDITOR'S NOTE: This morning I sent Blake's write-up to Satan for approval (we usually don't do that, but, hey, it's Satan), he responded with a curt, all caps message: "WHERE IS MY FAVORITE BAND HOGSCRAPER!!! I WILL BRING YOU DOWN HERE EARLY IF YOU DON'T ADD MY THEME SONG!!! THANKS!!! HAIL ME!!!" He's referring to the mysterious, undead Cincinnati "Satanic Bluegrass" band Hogscraper and I can only assume his "theme song" is the one below. When I texted him just before posting I informed him that Hogscraper was back from the dead and headlining this Saturday's "Grand Opening Redux" concert at the new Southgate House Revival. "NO SHIT. I'LL BE THERE WITH SCARY BELLS ON. PRE-GAMING @ HOOTERS BEFOREHAND IF YOU WANNA HANG OUT!"
Elhassan worked for P&G through XLC Services, a Cincinnati-based company that provides manufacturing services and warehouse management to other companies, at P&G facilities in Guilford County, N.C.
The lawsuit charges P&G and XLC with religious harassment, religious discrimination, failing to accommodate after religious discrimination in the workplace, national origin discrimination, sexual discrimination, two counts of retaliation, negligence, unfair and deceptive trade practices, assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The lawsuit tells the story that led to the charges as follows: Elhassan, who wears a hijab and wedding ring for religious reasons, was employed at P&G's facilities through XLC between 2004 and Sept. 16, 2011. During her employment, Elhassan followed P&G rules and regulations and kept "a performance record which was satisfactory or better."
However, Elhassan was unaware of a company policy that
banned jewelry in the workplace, even jewelry of religious significance.
This policy was mostly not a problem for Elhassan because, as the lawsuit
claims, "Other employees of different religions and national origins
routinely wear jewelry under clothing and/or protective wear and are not
punished or searched."
That is until a woman named Ernestine Wilson allegedly approached Elhassan, forcibly searched Elhassan for her wedding ring and removed Elhassan's hijab in front of coworkers, including men, according to the suit. Under Islam's rules, a woman uses a hijab, which is a religious head and neck wrap, to maintain sexual modesty, and being exposed without a hijab to men who are not family is a major offense and source of humiliation.
Elhassan reported the forced search to higher-ups at XLC. After a few meetings, Wilson provided an apology, according to the lawsuit, but Elhassan claimed the apology was insincere because Wilson kept telling coworkers that she hoped Elhassan was fired. After Elhassan refused to accept the apology, she was suspended then fired, allegedly under the orders of P&G.
The lawsuit suggests that Wilson's actions were potentially connected to another workplace incident. The lawsuit says Elhassan was sexually harassed in the past by George (no last name provided), a man with whom Wilson was allegedly "engaged in a friendly, physical, and/or romantic relationship." Elhassan reported the incident, which got George fired. The lawsuit claims Wilson's actions were in retaliation to George's termination.
Since Wilson did work for P&G through XLC, Elhassan blames both P&G and XLC for the damages. The lawsuit claims she was unfairly fired in retaliation for not accepting Wilson's apology. It also alleges that XLC forced Elhassan to sign a document she did not understand upon her termination without her lawyer present, even though Elhassan asked to have her lawyer read the document. The document, which P&G officials were supposedly aware of, allegedly sought to release P&G and XLC of any wrongdoing related to the termination.
Mary Ralles, spokesperson for P&G, responded to the lawsuit in an email: "As a matter of company policy, we do not comment on pending litigation, but I did want to make one correction. The individual was not (or ever) a P&G employee."
The distinction Ralles made is that Elhassan was not officially employed by P&G, but she did work for P&G through her employment at XLC.
XLC could not be immediately reached for comment. This story will be updated if a comment becomes available.
For its 33rd iteration, the Humana Festival of New American Plays offered as many works that were based on ensemble and imagery as it did traditional dramatic plays. By the luck of the schedule during the weekend I recently attended at Actors Theatre of Louisville (ATL), I saw three works (Wild Blessings, a selection of writings by Kentucky poet Wendell Barry; Ameriville, a piece of performance art by UNIVERSES, a Hip Hope ensemble; and Under Construction, a script by avant-garde writer Charles Mee performed by the equally experimental SITI Company directed by Anne Bogart) that lacked traditional narrative form.
Now here's a reality TV show that will probably raise a few eyebrows. And the good news is that it doesn't humiliate anyone in the process.
As a final installment for this shopping guide adventure, I leave you with the Greater Cincinnati area's chain and department store options. If you aren't new to the city, many of you probably already know of these locations — but, hey, it's always nice to be reminded!
CityBeat's inauguration page now includes a link to our alt weekly colleagues in D.C., the Washington City Paper, which features a huge inauguration guide for the millions of people already descending on their city. City Paper staffers are sending out constant updates on Twitter and a group blog, Inbloguration, including this multimedia gem from about an hour ago: "Here's a semi-live feed from my basement in Petworth, where whiskey-swilling guests collaborated on an unconscionably patriotic version of 'The Weight.' "
So what the heck happened at the concert by the always dazzling Neko Case at the Taft Theatre last night? Case's biggest show ever in the Cincinnati area was musically solid, but didn't go as smoothly as planned thanks to flared tempers, the proliferation of smartphone cameras and some angry and/or obnoxious audience members. It's safe to say that you can add Case to the increasingly growing list of performers who are losing their patience with omnipresent smartphone use at concerts.
Case is fairly prolific with her Twitter account, but her tweets from yesterday showed no clear indication of the kerfuffle. Earlier in the day, she praised Iris Book Cafe for their hospitality and good grub and, post-show, she tweeted "Thank you, Cincinnati, you are kind folks," followed by some heart symbols. (Sarcasm?)
CityBeat contributor Keith Klenowski was there to photograph the show (not on his phone; he was credentialed) and says the problems started during the second song of the night, when Case stopped the show and asked everyone to stop taking photos with their phones because the flashes were bothering her. Things calmed down, people seemed to oblige and the show picked up again.
Several songs later, according to Klenowski, Case stopped the show again and appeared to be talking to a fan near the front of the stage about putting their phone away. Case made a comment about happily refunding tickets, adding, "Just put away the cameras. It isn't going to kill you, but it might kill me" and "You can boo and call me a spoiled Rock star. I am." Case claimed there were signs about cameras posted around the venue, though Klenowski says he didn't see any.
Case's reaction was met with a mix of cheers and boos; some people got really bent out of shape about her protestation. "I (saw) people put on their coats and walk out," Klenowski says. "One guy (flipped) her the bird and storms out."
He says that not long after the second stoppage, a woman came down the aisle towards the stage and took a photo before immediately being escorted out by security. Before the band returned for an encore, Klenowski says he saw another skirmish that involved a man arguing with security as he was being kicked out.
"Neko looked tired and even admitted at the start that it was time to wake up or something like that," Klenowski says, adding that the singer was apologetic to the non-heckling/non-photo-taking fans throughout the show and at the end of the night. "I got her frustration, but I have never seen anyone threaten to leave and stop a show because of it."
Click here for Keith's photos from Case's Taft Theatre performance.
acquaintance of the family, who asked to remain unnamed, described Ramundo as a
gentle, bright and mild-mannered young man with good social skills.
Ramundo formerly
worked up the street at Bruegger's Bagels, where current CityBeat arts & culture editor Jac Kern worked with him from
2007-2008. "I always knew him to be a kind, gentle person," she says, recalling
his fondness for discussing politics and attentive listening skills.
to Kern, Ramundo was in a car accident years before that left him with
debilitating vision and hearing problems. He had also been diagnosed with
bipolar disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, both of which he'd been
prescribed medications for.
But nobody,
it seemed, suspected he'd be the type of person to be involved in a deadly
police shootout. The Cincinnati Police Department today held a press conference
on the incident, during which Cincinnati Police Interim Chief Paul Humphries described
the actions of the five officers involved in the shootout as by-the-book, even
What Humphries
accounts began as an argument between Ramundo his mother at their home on
Thrall Avenue, a few blocks from Arlin's, which escalated shortly after Ramundo
refused to go to his doctor's appointment, according to a 911 call made by a
health care representative from the medical facility where Ramundo's
appointment was scheduled. According to the health care representative, Ramundo's
mother called her looking for help, explaining he'd become belligerent
following her requests to go to his appointment. She said he had been willfully
not taking his psychiatric medications, although it's unclear for how long.
In the 911
call, the health care representative says Peggy told her Ramundo had begun
threatening her, saying that if she called the cops, there would be a
"bloodbath." She saw him take off up Ludlow Avenue and said on the phone call
she believed he was carrying his registered gun, a Sig Sauer .40 caliber pistol,
and guessed he might be on his way to his go-to hangout spot.
Officers Jayne Snelling and William Springer followed the mother's tip and found him sitting on the back patio at Arlin's.
An Arlin's
bartender named Jocelyn was working that day and recalls Ramundo coming in
somewhat agitated. "He was asking about his glasses," she says. "He seemed
frustrated about losing them, and he had me call another bartender to see if
they were here somewhere. After that, he asked for a glass of water, walked
outside and that was that."
continued: "I'm in total shock. He was just a sweet kid," she said, although
she couldn't remember seeing him in the bar for about three months prior.
In total, five
CPD officers were dispatched to the scene, two of whom have had past positive
experiences with Ramundo, including Officer Snelling and Officer Bryan Gabel,
who later fired the shots that killed him.
The physical struggle began after peace-making efforts failed, Humphries says. Officers reported they saw Ramundo reaching toward his waistband, where he held his pistol.
Gabel was the first to make physical contact with Ramundo, trying to "control his arm," according to Humphries. That led the other officers to become involved in a scuffle that shortly thereafter prompted Officer Kelly Jackson to deploy a five-second Taser sting to Ramundo's back, which they say sent Ramundo to the ground.
Jackson again deployed her Taser onto Ramundo's back, which, according to Humphries, had little to no effect after the initial five-second deploy. On a third attempt, the Taser failed to work, according to Humphries, at which point Jackson signaled another officer to deploy another Taser.
attempted to do so, but mistakenly Tased another officer in the struggle, who
was on top of Ramundo's back. Gabel allegedly saw Ramundo raise his gun, when he fired his first and
shot. Officer Reginald Lane had taken the Tased officer's spot on top of
Ramundo, attempting to subdue him and retrieve his gun. That's when
Humphries says all five officers saw him trying to bring the gun up
again, this time aimed toward the officers.
Gabel fired two shots into Ramundo's lower left back. He died in the hospital three hours later.
says Ramundo was also carrying two magazines, mace and a folding knife.
His mother, the acquaintance says, is an outspoken advocate on mental health issues, particularly Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), on which she's published a book. Peggy "always spoke preciously" of Jeremy, the acquaintance notes.
Bipolar disorder, when untreated, can cause those affected to experience "mood episodes," which, in severe cases, sometimes result in impulsive, violent behavior. An estimated 2.3 million Americans suffer from bipolar disorder.


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Tryson will join MWR
15 September 2009
Michael Waltrip Racing has grown in stature this year, and one reason for the organisation's enhanced level of success is the addition of quality people.
MWR continued that trend Monday with the announcement that Pat Tryson will join the organisation in 2010 as crew chief for Martin Truex Jr., who is leaving Earnhardt Ganassi Racing at the end of the season to drive the #56 NAPA Toyota.
"Pat is a passionate competitor, a winner and a championship contender," team owner Michael Waltrip said Monday in a release. "Those were the traits we were looking for in a crew chief that would help Martin deliver on the track for NAPA for years to come. We couldn't be more proud to add a person of Pat's calibre to our organisation."
Tryson chose to leave Penske Racing, where he has enjoyed considerable success with driver Kurt Busch since joining the #2 Dodge team in the summer of 2007. Busch and Tryson subsequently delivered victories at Pocono and Michigan as Busch rallied to qualify for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Busch is the seventh seed in the Chase this year after missing the playoffs in 2008.
"Michael Waltrip Racing has really come onto the scene this year, and the progress they have made over a very short time is impressive," Tryson said. "I believe that I can contribute. MWR is doing everything they can to get the NAPA Auto Parts Toyota back into victory lane, and that's what my focus will be. Martin is a talented driver, and we'll be doing everything we can to make that happen."
While at Roush Fenway Racing, Tryson guided Mark Martin to the Chase three straight years (2004-2006). Only two other crew chiefs, Robbie Reiser (Matt Kenseth) and Chad Knaus (Jimmie Johnson), were part of the Chase in each of the first three seasons of the new format.
Meanwhile Tony Eury Sr., crew chief of the No. #JR Motorsports Chevrolet driven by Brad Keselowski in the Nationwide Series, suffered minor injuries - reportedly two cracked ribs - in a two-car accident Sunday afternoon near China Grove, N.C.
Eury was hospitalised overnight and scheduled for release Monday. Eury was described as 'resting comfortably'. The Nationwide Series is off this week. The next race is September 26 at Dover.
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"EMTS is perfectly positioned to assist Amerinet's non-acute members by bringing them the power of real invoiced pricing to eliminate guesswork as facilities data resources shrink. Whether it is a one-time purchase of a capital item or ongoing service agreement aggregation, EMTS is a powerful partner in the procurement space."
"CMH teamed with EMTS in 2006 to improve our capital purchase and service contract negotiations. The professionals at EMTS work as an extension of our Purchasing and Finance departments. Broadening our vendor pool, maximizing cost savings, and improving service terms, our partnership with EMTS is certainly an asset."
"My actual experience is that having a company like EMTS review and renegotiate existing agreements; help find alternative service companies; and negotiate the purchase of capital equipment is invaluable. It does nothing but strengthen the Hospital."
"Not only have the pros at EMTS significantly reduced our bottom line on Capital expenditures, we have found the same effective results for service contracts. Turnaround times are excellent when it comes to customer service."
"EMTS is an extremely valuable resource to CMH. The ability to communicate regularly with a responsive staff to leverage market driven data takes our health system's purchasing power and contracting abilities to new heights. The team at EMTS and my team present a united front to vendors that results in a variety of value added additions and pricing concessions. When we work with EMTS, we have assurance that we have achieved the best deal possible."
"We've witnessed firsthand the significant savings EMTS can generate for our members. Its team of experts thoroughly uncovers every aspect of capital equipment acquisition and service contract negotiation. The EMTS team has high-level knowledge and relationships that increase vendor competition, and we're thrilled our members can realize the best possible value and savings through working with EMTS."
"After significantly reducing costs in other supply chain areas, TPC took the next step to design a unified capital procurement strategy. By partnering with more than 10 not-for-profit healthcare organizations, the collective group selected EMTS, as an integral partner for capital equipment and service contract cost savings."
A Strategic Sourcing Success Story - how EMTS saved St. Joseph Health Millions.
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