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The First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All The Speculators
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One must learn what naked short selling is before one can take sides
Dover; i get the satire and for that +1000000000000
But ... here is the thing .... and i know a thing or two about CDS market.
Single name naked CDS contracts contribute little or not at all to general liquidity; since mostly they are either buy and hold or trading instruments with no underlying value. The whole reason for creation of naked CDS is that a secondary market in CDO sq. and CDO e[n] could be created and artificial liquidity be added. It was the boys in MS and JPM who came out with this brilliant idea when the categorization of the instrument was announced to be "fixed income". That gave them the necessary leverage to apply CDO treatment to CDS and engage in assets swaps to lock in profits. And with naked shorting ban the only thing that has been affected is the unreasonably high CPD and spread which were held artificially high. You can see the markets reaction right after the ban when all EU sovereigns tightened and iTraxx SovX [all Europe families] followed same path. Naked CDS and CDO e[n] were causing higher borrowing costs and higher service debt costs [this is purely contextualized to CDS era; CDS generaly lowered borrowing cost compared to historical average]. You do not need billions to fuck up a nation; 500 million and a 80 bps/5y is enough to drive the yields into the atmosphere and keep them there. Also hedging via naked CDS is a)stupid as shit [specially in the case of Germany where said nation is a part of a larger monetary and political structure] b)costs c) conterparty risk where recovery percentage is not guaranteed. On the other hand; if CDS market is your main trading sector and you know a thing or two about it; the easier, cheaper and more safe [counteparty-wise] is to trade indexes. Im not gonna go into technical detail regarding tradable iTaxx SovX indexes, but index custodian guarantees a minimum 25% recovery if credit event occurs. It is a much better deal than buying CDS on Romania from AIGFP, where the only guarantee is that the Tres. Sec. is corrupted enough to unwind you 100% of notional. Merkl did the right thing. If you wanna pick on someone, pick on Italian Central Bank and Mario Draghi who suspended mark-to-market on all EU bonds held by banks in Italy/Italian banks. That is much more idiotic and cowardly than what Merkl did. Draghi lacks Merkls balls to ban naked shorting so he just suspended reality.
Former WASP turned satanist. Or wait, since WASP stands for We Are Satans People i didn't have to switch at all. So naturally, the occupation for me is speculation... According to the politicians...
Well, you know Ben Dover you opened up this can of worms. And in the process you cost me five bucks to my brother. You see in going over all this stuff my brother says to me "You watch. When any regulation gets too close to the pocket book someone is going to bring out the race card, say it is anti-semetic or something." I told him that wouldn't happened. I said it doesn't work like that. You see I'm college educated and my brother is not. I just chalked up his comments to ignorance and bet him five bucks this would never happen. You just cost me five bucks. Kudos to you though. You did try to pull out the race card in a cutesy "satirical" sort of way I guess. And the Jews of 2010 should say kudos to that long dead Austrian who has the same initial as the current German leader and kudos to those Jews that suffered. Seems now it was the best thing that ever happened to the Jews of today. They've been milking that atrocity for 70 years now.
Sorry, I just thought that what move was made in Germany, right or wrong, was about financials and not about any specific religious group. I guess you will keep us straight on that.
"Ban the media from reporting about bad things that happen. Once you've killed the messenger the message ceases to exist. And without the message, it didn't happen."
I love it! +1000 :)
Dearest Benjy --
I love you dearly, but you're an idiot.
Why in God's Green Earth would I want to solve the world's societal problems when I can't even get freakin' lasers on my freakin' sharks heads?
I'm trying to kill all the freakin' speculators out there, and all you can manage to do is a very bad imitation of Karl Marx.
And, no... he's not the missing Marx Brother.
Sadistically yours,
These aren't speculators, Ben. I'm a speculator, as is nearly everyone else "investing" in the market or putting their earnings at risk. These guys don't place one cent at risk and as such are market manipulators. Period. Kill (Angela style will do for now) those pricks first.
EURUSD buying support is still evident.
Daily chart is now extremely oversold, will post a chart soon.
On Germany's regulation of naked short selling and the other measures, I thought Jesse at Americain Cafe said it well:
As an aside, the hysteria, or Straßenschreier, with which the actions of Germany to curb naked short selling were greeted was very funny last night, and highly entertaining.
As you may not realize, naked short selling has been illegal in the US for some time, as least as far as equities are concerned. It was not enforced as the regulators turned a blind eye to many abuses that crept into the 'naturally efficient markets' on their watch. It is tantamount to counterfeiting, and in the hands of a party with pockets deep enough to permit it to dominate small markets, it is a blatant form of control fraud.
By the way, I hear that there has been almost no coverage of William K. Black's highly credible and shocking revelations on the public media in the States, outside of a piece on Bill Moyers' Journal. Can anything be so obvious as the control wielded by the corporatists? (William Black on Fraud Control: http://philsbackupsite.wordpress.com/2010/04/30/william-k-black-on-bill-...)
But what is of concern to the Wall Street demimonde are their beloved CDS, which are as foul a form of white collar criminal abuse as ever has been seen since the creation of the Federal Reserve Bank. Any attempts to limit them will be resisted with threats, promises of dire outcomes and ruin, and buckets of money for politicians and regulators.
The rest of the world is beginning to act with revulsion at the destructive corruption of Washington and New York, and the American oligarchs.
Merkel made them squeal with her own version of shock and awe, and it was music to many ears. You go, Höllenmädchen.
Great post, great sense of humor. Take a chill pill ya'all.
Oh, lay off of him - this is brilliant and hilarious.
ZH is run by a filthy speculator, you know. Not to mention some of the rascals in the comments.
Great post which truly highlights the total stupidity of governments all around the world along with the perhaps even dumber people that honestly believe they are going to do anything sensible. Every single human being is a speculator; we act in the present because we believe a future result will occur but since we are not omnisicient, nobody can be certain. When you eat a steak you speculate that it will satisfy your hunger to the degree you want. Everybody wants to moan and cry about people making money shorting things that are overpriced. However, when everybody is speculating on prices rising and buying then of course that's fine. Hypocrisy and ignorance at their best.
The government caused the crisis, the government worsens the crisis, the government rewards idiots who made all the wrong choices. The government threatens human beings with violence to steal their property - yet the real problem is all those damn people who act now in anticipation of changing future conditions!
Wasn't it Thoreau that said "For every thousand hacking at the leaves of evil there is one striking at the root"? All their silly little "financial reform" bills and assorted nonsense will simply make things worse. Real reform would be to actually have a market INSTEAD of a state running things. I would love to see how much exuberance banks would get away with absent central banks and deposit insurance when they have to compete for SAFETY as well as returns.
And no more disagreements, between anybody. free speech is not only over rated, it is a nuisance. now where is my hills dvd?
hmmmm....let me think.....
oh hey, you're alright ;)
had to eat before I could think last night and then I fell asleep
now that I can think; c'mon babe, you....
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you make me smile, I like that (dagger)
if we ban disagreements the truth will cease to exist because noone will be right or wrong
There is no right, and there is no wrong; there just is.
Naked shorting is already illegal in the disUnited States.
So is Crystal Meth, heroin, Oxy, Cocaine, and a whole buncha other drugs.
Murder is also illegal. Along with Financial Fraud of all types. So is Pirating, plagiarism, buttfucking in certain states, check kiting, sports betting by playuhs, managers and owners.....last I looked ALL these things are flourishing.
Maybe that's why the markets didn't go apeshit today, one way or the other.
I'll bet somehow Lord Blankfein and J. Dimon were behind the 300 bp leap in the eur/chf. Which seems to have been THE major beneficiary of the Ms Merkel's ruling coup.
lie me down to die in a poppy field, please†
have my passport, Afghanistan.
Quick! Dorthy fell asleep in the poppies!!!! We have to join her...er, I mean save her!!!
These moves could end up killing off small speculators since it is easy to make them the scapegoats. The retail joes hunted by your average predatory algo. Big speculators used to feed on small speculators. Now that they get banned, you can guess who will be the next liquidity source. Countries have been getting raped by their own lawyers and accountants for a while and it is going to get much worse. They disturbed the ecosystem and have to face the consequences. Society has been living in a stockholm syndromme with sovereigns for too damn long. They are ok for providing services and law and enforcing it, but that should work more like an utility, not something that has more power over your life than you. Running a high tax high entitlement country is not a profitable proposition anymore and they will be the victims of this cycle unless they get less democratic (in the true crony sheep herding mediocracy fake choice psyop nonsense of the word) and better planned, thats my understanding of the deal.
Perhaps it's an English as a second language issue, but your statement doesn't make sense.
What small speculators or individual investors naked short credit default swaps?
This is retarded. It's like saying: Hey, stop imprisoning rapists! That won't stop raping, it will continue in prison (those rapists adapt faster than the eeeevil govt does jail em... stupid shit). For long we've considered robbery and usury as morally wrong... how much will it take until we find out it's also economically wrong...
I believe you mean, Much like a long-dead white male Austrian who shares your initial. But I still get your point and would like to ditto Apocalypse Now's remarks.
Um, no, I mean German. Wrong initial, D.R.
Umm. is my gold safe from Angie? She has this look about herr..........
Your gold? you mean New York's gold? New York has Angie's gold....
I hope your gold is tucked in your spare brew keg ;)
People who are trying to "invest" for their retirement, people who are trying to lend capital so it can be used productively, are just cattle to be bled dry. Message received and understood. My money is out of your reach (and has been for quite some time) where you cannot steal it from me. Sadly, it is therefore also out of the reach of genuine entrepreneurs who would like to use it productively, in making a useful product and bringing it to market at a competetive price, and in the process of doing so employing others who can then support themselves and their families.
Enjoy Hell; it is of your own making.
"Sadly, it is therefore also out of the reach of genuine entrepreneurs who would like to use it productively, in making a useful product and bringing it to market at a competetive price, and in the process of doing so employing others who can then support themselves and their families."
Always unspoken by the financiers. Underwriting is dead, loans are dead, capital formation is dead. And yet they claim to be doing "God's work." Personally I look forward to someone using the police power of the state against these racketteers. It won't happen in the United States though I can tell you that. Just like J. Edgar Hoover said there was no mafia our Senate now says there is no problem with our upstanding honest bankers.
"Personally I look forward to someone using the police power of the state against these racketteers. "
I'll tell ya what, how about you do that without using coercion against me and other people to steal our money to fund the State racketeers to go after the other racketeers. Oh wait...that's how the State is funded.
naked shorting is counterfeiting and has no place in honest markets...wait
This has nothing to do with religious orders and everything to do with misinterpretation: there are reasons for a German shorts' ban while there are those who believe the financial markets determine stability in the wider economy.
If the judiciary worked like it made an oath to, the rotting carcass of a dead financial system could be moved off the altar, or not, by the will of reasonable men. Before Inflation has closed its jaw Democracy has been disgraced and its Justice foolish.
Claim power lies in shadowy places? Understand little of what power is on this earth, in your minds and very souls. .
I've lost my bit of faith in ZH completely.
I don't love Merkel but this posts and some comments here are really a shame. What a pool of sharks! It's a shame for ZH.Cheap proaganda, wolves and liars. You have forgotten your 40mil on food stamps! Hope people like you, Dover, will end under the bridge!
No such thing as food stamps anymore. It is a debit card. The old style stamps were easily made into cash.
Back in the 90's I watched a "rock star" buy twenty .05 cent pieces of candy one at a time with one dollar food stamps.
Not bad, .95 cents change each time. I have no idea how the cards are used today, but if it can be scammed it is being done.
I have 8 cousins who have never worked a job in their lifes and have sucked the system for decades.
Food stamp use and poverty have nothing in common.
Drug use and poverty are nearly always linked. If a child is a choice so is a piece of crack.
Nominating this for the worst post ever and worst attempt at crony spin.
Despite warning speculators, Merkel is now implied to be an anti-semite too because she threatened the profits of Goldman Sachs and their ilk, and said the she will not Ben Dover?
You must be dazed and confused about what is going on. She is actually trying to do something about crime, when all of our financial reform bills are being blocked by whores in congress. All the digital ones and zeros aren't real capital that is being used to naked short the debt of these countries. This is like the story of the scorpion and the frog.
The bankers through intimidation received bailouts from countries around the world and those countries had to take out additional debt and borrowing to come up with the funds to bailout the banks. The bankers then turned around and shorted the same debt that the countries took on to bail them out with taxpayer funds.
The satire is weak, one sided, and devoid of any depth regarding the real issues. As far as I can tell, this is a troll post. I guess you are a big fan of the big banks like GS and JPM doing whatever they want without any controls - you must be popular.
Agreed A.N.
'weak, one sided, and devoid of any depth regarding the real issues.'
While your comments may be true, I believe the intent of Ben Dover's post is to inject a little levity while facilitating further meaningful discussion. If you have visited ZH recently you ought to realize Mr. Dover has become a regular contributor, & has made several other posts recently. And it's safe to say you can count on Ben's posts to have a flair for the absurd.
Climb down off your pedestal & read the comments below. Some are quite insightful. if you really hate this stuff, why did you bother to read it?
Levity. Isn't that Jewish? (It's a stretch, I know)
C'mon HW. It is obvious where Ben's bent lies and add me to the list of folk not getting his joke.
Recently, Max Kieser was left confused and floundering for words, when on searching for support from his guest Jim Rogers, on RT, about the criminality of naked shorting, Rogers left him grasping for straws when he said that naked shorting was OK, justifying the practice with a glib, disingenuous comment: "Who ever sells what isn't his'n, must deliver or go to prison". He uses that logic as proof of the efficacy of the courts and regulators in protecting unsophisticated (value) investors from leveraged counterfeiters.
The lie embedded in his and other's faith in the legal system is self-evident, as I don't see one derivatives or prop desk trader, hedge fund junk jockey or central banker in prison over selling their naked shorted shit. These MFs can destroy companies or countries and print IOUs at will. What kind of unfair leverage this practice gives them over the value trader is obvious to only a hand full of people. Joe and Jane Sixpack has no insight what-so-ever and are the marks in this scheme. Shame on Rogers.
Your comment: "If you really hate this stuff, why did you bother to read it?" is absurd. How can anyone know what the written page is without reading it? It's not TV where you can flick channels, for fucks sake. How could I make comment or know that your post was dumb, until I read it!?
I'm of the belief that it's possible & acceptable to read & ponder content that I may not agree with 100%, and may do so without given it an endorsement. (the satire I have endorsed). Ben gets to excercise his 1st amendment rights too.
How can anyone know what the written page is without reading it? It's not TV where you can flick channels, for fucks sake. How could I make comment or know that your post was dumb, until I read it!?
Once you've seen that "Ben Dover" is listed in the author's by-line, unless you're a simpleton you oughta know it's gonna be satire... Apparently a lot of people live solely to bitch & whine.
Agree with your point though. Naked shorting IS counterfeiting.
Maybe by pigeonholing people? Wildly practised.
Speculation isn't evil but when the house is rigged you can hardly call it speculation. I hope Merkel throws some more gum into the works, at least Germans will go down with a shred of dignity, they fought back, the rest will probably just bend over like their masters have trained them to do.
If she takes it down, the faster they rebuild, they will be ahead of the curve.


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The books that line my desk reflect how much has changed in the oil and natural gas industry in the past five years.
The books written just a few years ago have a decidedly different tone from those written in the past two years.
Books such as "Beyond Oil," "The End of Oil" and "The Coming Economic Collapse: How You Can Thrive When Oil Costs $200 a Barrel" seem out of place when the industry and country are now focused on rapidly increasing domestic oil and natural gas production.
Just five years ago, politicians and industry leaders were concerned about how to deal with the impending world oil and natural gas shortage.
But this week, President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney both used the season's first presidential debate to discuss how increased domestic production has helped make energy independence possible.
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I have another story that involves a midwife and me .Originally Posted by Dawn, post: 82885
Please don't...
I have a story about 2 midwifes and a gynaecologist.
No don't worry it's not going to be aired.
OH!!! Siobhan!!! THAT'S hysterical. I'm laughing to tears!!!!
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Referendum 1 itself poses a narrow, procedural question: how the City Council provides notice to the state to begin tunnel construction.
If the language in the Seattle Voter's Guide is any indication, city residents might be excused for thinking the Aug. 16 ballot on the viaduct replacement tunnel hinges on which politicians are most unpopular:
Mayor Mike McGinn, who has made defeating the $2 billion tunnel a priority. Or the eight City Council members who have voted consistently to go forward with the Highway 99 viaduct replacement project.
The anti-tunnel statement in the guide urges Seattleites to "stand up to the politicians" who in 2009 "cut a risky and expensive backroom deal" to pursue the tunnel project.
The pro-tunnel statement notes that the debate over how to replace the viaduct, damaged in the 2001 Nisqually earthquake, has gone on longer than World War II and will only be further prolonged by McGinn's "delay and obstruction."
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What's less clear, is what a no, or "reject," vote on Referendum 1 would really mean.
Referendum 1 itself poses a narrow, procedural question: how the City Council provides notice to the state to begin tunnel construction. A vote to approve the referendum allows the City Council to direct the state Department of Transportation to proceed with construction.
A vote to reject the referendum means the council must adopt a new ordinance before construction begins. That ordinance would be subject to a veto by McGinn and, potentially, another ballot referendum.
Legal experts say the referendum can't stop the state-funded highway project, which already has the approval of the City Council, former Mayor Greg Nickels and the Legislature. The state has awarded construction contracts, and plans to start digging in the fall.
But tunnel opponents hope a strong "no" vote will force politicians to halt the project and consider other options for replacing the viaduct. They argue that the tunnel is too expensive and that there will inevitably be cost overruns passed on to Seattle taxpayers.
They also note that the tolling necessary to complete the funding will divert more cars onto already-clogged city streets.
"If we can't afford the tunnel and it doesn't work (to move traffic) and Seattle doesn't even want it, that changes the calculus," said Esther Handy, campaign manager for Protect Seattle Now, which put Referendum 1 on the ballot.
McGinn is treating the referendum as an up-or-down vote on the tunnel.
If a majority of voters support Referendum 1, he says he will drop his opposition to the tunnel. And if the vote goes the other way, the mayor says council members should look at other options.
"This is the first chance the public has had to vote on the tunnel's merits. If they vote for the referendum, they want the City Council to go ahead," McGinn said. "If they vote no, the council has to re-evaluate the project. I've committed to follow the voters on this. I think the City Council should, too."
But City Council members, five of whom are up for re-election this fall, say they doubt that anything other than an overwhelming "no" vote on the referendum could change their minds.
They have a number of reasons for confidence.
No strong slate of anti-tunnel candidates has emerged to challenge the incumbents. Most of the city's Democratic district organizations are backing the pro-tunnel vote, and Seattle's legislative leaders show little inclination to revisit their approval of $2.4 billion in state funding.
"Unless the mayor, the council, labor, business and environmental leaders come united to the Legislature with an alternative proposal, there's no interest in Olympia in getting involved in a Seattle food fight," said Sen. Ed Murray, chair of the Ways and Means Committee.
Labor and business leaders, typically large donors to political candidates, are also the biggest donors to the pro-tunnel referendum campaign. They've argued that the tunnel retains a vital corridor for freight and traffic, creates construction jobs and opens the waterfront to parks and open spaces.
City Council members say that the tunnel emerged as the best solution to replace the viaduct after dozens of public meetingsand a yearlong citizen stakeholder process that in 2009 recommended the tunnel over a rebuilt viaduct or a surface-transit option — if funding could be obtained.
"To say it was a backroom deal is insulting," said Tom Rasmussen, chair of the Council Transportation Committee. "A 'no' vote (on the referendum) allows the mayor to continue to debate this issue. It will only cause greater cost and disruption. I've gotten no indication that that's what people want."
Similarly, Councilmember Tim Burgess says a 'no' vote would require the council to pass another ordinance to go forward with tunnel construction. That could be challenged by another referendum, dragging the fight out longer.
Burgess predicted that a second referendum would take a year to reach the ballot. "Construction on the tunnel will be well under way," he said.
Councilmember Jean Godden, another tunnel supporter, has the most opponents among council incumbents. But three of the four challengers support the tunnel. And the only anti-tunnel candidate in the race has raised the least money.
The Council's lone tunnel opponent, Mike O'Brien, sees the absence of strong, pro-tunnel challengers as an indication that the project enjoys the support of the business and labor community who write checks for campaigns. That doesn't mean the public supports the project, he said.
And even if his colleagues on the council won't be swayed by a 'no' vote on the referendum, he thinks the Legislature will.
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Former Mayor Charles Royer, a tunnel supporter and co-chair of the committee working on redesigning the downtown waterfront, thinks the council can probably ignore an anti-tunnel win. But Royer, who said he was speaking as an individual and not a committee member, noted that a "reject" vote would be a symptom of the acrimony and lack of consensus about how best to replace the viaduct even after 10 years of debate.
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Drunk on sour grapes
Bad habits are hard to break; 16 months after the electorate told him to take a hike, Mitt Romney is still lying.
He lately has embarked on a sour grapes tour, seeking to sell himself as a retroactive foreign policy expert who, by dint of his wisdom and muscle, surely would've prevented Vladimir Putin from committing illegal mischief in Crimea. But that's a heavy lift for a guy who, even now, remains woefully allergic to basic facts.
Last Sunday while insisting on "Face the Nation" that he would've been better than Obama at deterring Putin, he uncorked this beaut: "Our esteem around the world has fallen. I can't think of a major country that has more respect - it's hard to think of a single country - that has greater respect and admiration for America today than it did five years ago when Barack Obama became president."
He said the same thing four days earlier in The Wall Street Journal.
See, this is the problem I have with Mitt. It's hard to take him seriously on serious issues when he persists in lying so blatantly.
He can't think of "a major country...a single country" that looks more favorably on America since Obama took office? Let's enlighten him with stats from the Pew Global Attitudes Project, released last July. Let's compare the 2013 favorability percentages with those reported by Pew in 2007, during the Bush era.
In 2007, 30 percent of Germans viewed America favorably; in 2013, it was 53 percent. In 2007, 34 percent of Spaniards viewed America favorably; in 2013, it was 62 percent. In 2007, 78 percent of Israelis viewed America favorably; in 2013, it was 83 percent. In 2007, 34 percent of Chinese viewed America favorably; in 2013, it was 40 percent. And on and on. Of the 26 nations surveyed by Pew, 22 felt more positive about America. (Gallup, after surveying 130 countries in 2012, and measuring those results against its findings in 2008, reported the same upward trend.)
So Mitt had no idea what he was talking about. It reminds me of the 2012 debates, when Mitt couldn't even master basic geography: "Syria is Iran's only ally in the Arab world, it's their route to the sea." Since Iran actually has its own route to the sea - courtesy of a coastline 1,000 miles long - we were left to conclude that Mitt can't even read a map.
There's no need to indulge Mitt's tough-on-Putin fantasies anyway - has because the real foreign policy experts understand that Putin is playing his own game, irrespective of America's posture. Former Defense secretary Robert Gates, who served under Bush and Obama, recently pointed out on Fox News that Russia and Crimea have a long, complicated history, and that Putin's moves in that region obviously predate Obama.
By the way, if Mitt wants to complain about America's global image, perhaps he should read Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia. Writing yesterday about the Crimea crisis, McFaul lamented that "the United States does not have the same moral authority as it did in the last century." (Oooh. That must be Obama's fault, right?) McFaul continued: "As ambassador, I found it difficult to defend our commitment to sovereignty and international law when asked by Russians, 'What about Iraq?'"
Good luck finding a Mitt remark that dissed the war in Iraq. Back then, he apparently didn't believe in criticizing a president in the midst of an international crisis. But that was before he started guzzling on sour grapes.
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White House: We would like cease-fire as soon as possible, but it has to be something that is durable.
WASHINGTON - U.S. President George W. Bush said Monday that he understands Israel's desire to protect itself, offering his first public comments about the U.S. ally's massive ground invasion into Gaza.
Israel has moved tanks and troops into Gaza to target Hamas militants firing rockets at its southern communities. From the White House, Bush said Monday that Israel has the right to defend itself against rocket attacks by Gaza rulers Hamas.
The president said he is still hopeful there will be a cease-fire, calling it "a noble ambition." But, he said, no peace deal will work unless it forces Hamas to stop its attacks.
Meamwhile, the White House said Monday that the United States wants a cease-fire as soon as possible but insists that it be durable.
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino, while backing Israel's Gaza offensive as the state's right to defend itself, urged it to be "very cautious when it comes to civilian casualties."
"We want it to be kept to a minimum," she told reporters.
Asked how quickly the United States wants to see a cease-fire in place, she said, "We would like it as soon as possible but it has to be something that is durable."
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The overriding theme of the 47th Country Music Association Awards, which aired live on ABC from Nashville on Wednesday, Nov. 6, was that, no matter how much various artists might feud with each other over what exactly qualifies as "real" country music these days, the simple fact is that if you call something country music these days, it is country music. And, while it might be fun to be curmudgeonly about this, like George and Tammy and Charlie Rich were when Olivia Newton-John and John Denver took Nashville by storm in the mid-1970s, it might just be better to sit back and appreciate the fact that country music has become a big tent. A really big tent.
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When Vietnamese officials issued new Internet rules this year, the U.S. tech industry shuddered.
The regulations clamp down on political speech, require firms to invest in local computer infrastructure to store information on Vietnamese users and could force chipmakers to strip standard encryption features from processors.
As the U.S. and 11 other nations near a new trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific region, it is those restrictive local standards that have become the focus in a debate that could shape the future of industries vital to U.S. economic growth.
The Transpacific Partnership involves its share of old-school disputes, but the more significant fights are over the regulation of the Internet and e-commerce, the rules for the patent and sale of biopharmaceuticals, and the oversight of logistics, consulting, energy management and other service industries in which the U.S. holds an edge. Vietnam's efforts are a symbolic fork in the road: One path leads to a more restrictive, expensive environment for business, and the other toward a freer global flow of commerce.
U.S. government and industry officials say that if a pact can be struck among the 12 nations involved — including Vietnam, Japan, Canada, Mexico and Singapore — it will prove broadly influential and set the terms of commerce throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
For many in emerging technology and other industries, the global rules for trade and investment have yet to be set, and "the goal here is to have more U.S.-based policies" rather than ones found in countries such as China that try to force firms to invest locally or turn over technology to local partners, said Michelle Weinof the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.
"It is about bringing the rest of the world up to the level of the U.S.," she said.
But opponents say that fewer local restrictions means less local control. Through some 20 rounds of negotiation, the TPP talks have been criticized as broadly undemocratic, setting what could become important domestic regulations through diplomatic negotiation rather than through an open legislative process. That might serve the U.S. well, but it could leave other countries with higher drug prices and less local technology investment, opponents contend.
Negotiations over the TPP are thought to be nearing completion. An initial legislative battle over U.S. trade policy is expected early next year, when Congress will be asked to grant President Barack Obama the same fast-track authority that allowed his predecessors to negotiate trade treaties and receive a quick up or down vote.
There will certainly be no shortage of prominent industries lined up to make the case for approval.
Logistics and other service firms see potential for the U.S. if markets throughout Asia can be deregulated, allowing them to overhaul shipping, distribution, management and other systems.
Biotechnology companies say the pact can extend to other nations the 12 years of protection they now have under U.S. law on the research used in the development of biopharmaceutical products.


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AN exclusive styling event by New York-based Filipino designer and the brand's namesake Josie Natori, featuring the Spring 2016 collection, was held in Rustan's Cebu; an evening dedicated to luxury fashion, elegance and style.Read more
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When I took my rear seat brackets off to bedline, I forgot which way they go :banghead:
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anyone have any pictures, I did the same thing but bedlined months ago, so I completely forgot. Ive got the front brackets in on the back seat, but i cant figure out the completely rear ones with the triangular openings. they can go on in four positions but cant get it right.
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- Grossman, I.G., 1957, The ground water resources of Putnam County, New York: New York State Water Power and Control Commission Bulletin Bulletin GW-37, 78 p., 2 Plates,
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Astana leader is 14 seconds behind main GC rival Bradley Wiggins entering Tuesday's stage 4
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Ultimate Frisbee can be an intensely competitive sport, but several pickup games throughout the Puget Sound region welcome all and offer a chance to test the game and get a workout.
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You may have seen those folks out there on the ballfields, flinging and snagging flying discs. It was called ultimate Frisbee in the old days, but now practitioners just call it "Ultimate."
That sounds a little pretentious, and it can get serious with leagues and tournaments and championships. But there also are several pickup games that welcome all and offer a chance to test the game and get a workout.
Steven Diesburg helps organize a long-running pickup game that occurs at noon Sundays at the UW's IMA Sports Field No. 1 (in Laurelhurst, across 45th from University Village).
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"We have a lot of experienced players, so people can play pretty hard if they want to, but we have had 10-year-old kids, people that have never played Ultimate before, and some older people come and play," he said. "It's a great place to learn or just come and play with no expectations."
In fact, there are pickup games from Vashon Island to the Eastside at www.discnw.org/play/pickup.html.
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At age 37, Joshua Bell already has more than 30 major label CDs to his credit. He's won a Grammy Award, and his playing helped catapult composer John Corigliano to an Academy Award for the soundtrack of the film The Red Violin.
Bell has played with every major orchestra in the world, and at every major concert hall in the world.
He's among the best-loved violinists of our time. He's also ranked as a "Living Legend" by the Indiana Historical Society, alongside the likes of Larry Bird, Kurt Vonnegut and John Cougar Mellencamp.
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Oct. 22, 2009
AMHERST, Mass. - The UMass rowing team will travel to Saratoga, N.Y. this weekend to participate in the Head of the Fish Regatta. The Minutewomen are coming off a big weekend at the Head of the Charles and are looking to continue their success in New York. Massachusetts has entered boats in 15 races, including a varsity, junior varsity, and lightweight eight.
In its 24th year, the Head of the Fish is co-hosted by the Saratoga Springs Rowing Club and the Saratoga Rowing Association. This year the regatta will be held on the same 2.2-mile course as it has been used for the past 23 years. Although rain is forecasted for Saturday in Saratoga, it is supposed to calm down for all UMass races on Sunday. Juniors and open events are slated for Saturday, while collegiate and masters events are set to kickoff on Sunday morning.
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Singles: Julia Richter, Samantha Smith & Emily Boucher
Doubles: Ellis Brewster & Jen Dolan
Fours: Em Chiu (coxs) , Kristen Gahagan, Bridgett Chisholm, Kristen Jones & Jillian Derosiers
Molly Bogle (coxs), Amanda Doolin, Ali Dimatteo, Kelsey Schachter & Jen Coyne
Lightweight Four: Carly Payne (coxs), Amy Nash, Ana Tocco, Megan Donovan &Ali Donzanti
Quads Richter, Dolan, Brewster & Tory Gordon Liz Euiler, Chelsea Wakeman , Boucher & Kim Patrick
Varsity Eight: Sam Schnoerr (coxs), Smith, Schachter, Dimatteo, Amanda Doolin, Kaitlyn Alloco, Meredith Kearney, Megan Rodgers & Rachel Spielberg.
JV Eight: Bogle (coxs), Coyne, Emily Grogan, Teresa O'Brien, Kendall Bennett, Kate Anderson, Kathryn Kern, Izzy Donadio & Beth Paret
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I recently had a furnace come in- complaint was that nothing happened- no fan, no heat.. nothing.
Whenever I have a furnace problem, the first step I take is to go to the thermostat. This one had a simple heat only, mechanical thermostat. I pull the cover off, switch my multimeter leads to read amperage and hook up the leads across the thermostat terminals.
On this furnace, I immediately read a 1 – 1.4 amp draw, which dropped quickly to around .2 amps. This told me the time delay fan relay in the furnace was good (on most furnaces built in the past 20 years, this will be a valid test- the exceptions will be new models with "fan control" circuit boards, or models where the board has been retrofitted with a Dinosaur brand fan control board).
After about 40 seconds, the blower came on, and the amperage rose a bit to around .5 amps. After another 45 seconds, the amperage rose again to about 1 amp.
What these readings told me was 1- the relay was good and the furnace had power (the initial high amperage reading was the heating element in the relay heating up), the second amperage jump (after the blower came up to speed) told me that the limit switch and sail switch were both OK, and power was getting through to the circuit board, the last amperage jump told me that the gas valve was getting power, and the circuit board was opening it. (A side point is that the final amperage reading- 1 amp- is the setting that the "anticipator" should be set at on mechanical thermostats).
For that job, I was lucky- the only problem was a bad connection in the thermostat- I repaired that connection and the furnace worked fine, but I hope you can use this method of troubleshooting to diagnose furnace problems (if you have a combination heat and AC thermostat, the same method can be used, but you have to find and break the correct thermostat wire to the furnace, which is usually easiest to find right at the furnace, and will nearly always be one of the two blue wires).
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's Erik Murphy has a small scar just above his right eye, a remnant of the eight stitches he needed after a recent collision with teammate Patric Young.
It's hardly the only makeover for the 6-foot-10 junior.
Murphy's game has improved dramatically this season, and coach Billy Donovan says the power forward has made an equally noticeable jump in maturity since his arrest last April. Combined, they have helped Murphy develop into a consistent scorer and reliable teammate for the 12th-ranked Gators.
Donovan says Murphy was "just kind of floating through life" last year. Donovan challenged him to figure out who he wanted to be as a person and as a player.
Donovan says he has "seen a lot of growth in Erik in a real, real positive way."


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According to (the usually implicit) Bolshevik ethical doctrine, a Bolshevik ought to regard himself entirely as an instrument of the Party. It is sinful to undertake any act aimed at the enhancement of pleasure or the reduction of pain in oneself, unless it can be shown as necessary for the maximization of one's effectiveness as a tool of the Party.
Hence, it was mainly the defendants who were not old Bolsheviks who presented their conduct in court as a means of obtaining immediate relief from subjective distress. Thus an engineer, Pushin, said in his last plea:
"I have not concealed anything from the court, desiring . . . to give an outlet to the agonizing feeling of my guilt . . . which found vent in frank confession."1
A physician, Dr. Kazakov, said at the third trial, about his alleged medical murders:
". . . this nightmare was haunting me and I have been waiting for the occasion when I could rid myself of it. The Court now represents the occasion for me . . . first of all, when I can obtain inner relief from the consciousness of the crime which I committed."2
The counsel of another alleged medical murderer, Dr. Levin, quoted from a prison letter written by Levin to Yezhov, the head of the NKVD:
". . . the . . . memory of my . . . crimes burdened my soul like a rock. Now . . . having related all that has taken place in my mind, I have felt a profound relief."3
On the other hand, Radek affirmed in his last plea:
"I have admitted my guilt and I have given full testimony concerning it, not from the . . . necessity of repentance--repentance may be an internal state of mind which one need not necessarily share with or reveal to anybody . . . but . . . from motives of the general benefit that this truth must bring."4
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I recently bought a new Dell Desktop with i7 processor. It came pre-installed with Windows 7. Everything is working fine except as small problem in Windows Mail. Whenever I go to delete any mail, I use to get an error saying something like there is an unknown error.
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Rocko links up with Young Thug for a hilarious song titled, "Lil Girl Shit." Premiered by FADER, the ATL native explained to the magazine that he made the record for grown chicks who doRead More »
Rocko – Muscle Up Ft. Juelz Santana (Prod. By TM88)
Veteran rappers from Atlanta and Harlem, U.S.A. make a connection for a new heater for the streets. Rocko has been releasing loose tracks here and there lately, and this time he gets some assistance.Read More »
Devin Hill – Hard 4 The Money Ft. Rocko & 2Deep (Video)
Devin Hill enlists Rocko and 2Deep for the visual to his latest single, "Hard 4 The Money." His forthcoming project, Love, Loyalty, Trust is set to drop later this year. Watch the video aboveRead More »
Rocko – Expect The Unexpected (Mixtape)
A1's own Rocko has be quiet for a while but he has recently dropped a new project entitled 'Expect The Unexpected'. Rocko's new 11 track project features new music with Lil Wayne, Santana andRead More »
Rocko – Night N Day
Rocko hits us with the first leak off his upcoming mixtape, "Expect The Unexpected." The track is a r&b influenced record with a very slow tempo, and his flow matches up just the same.Read More »