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Buzz on the Street: Responding to the Syrian Crisis, the Market Remains Volatile
A look back at the happenings on Wall Street this week, as seen by Minyanville's Buzz & Banter.
Here is a small sampling of this week's activity in the Buzz.
Monday, August 26, 2013
Following Up on Nominal GDP and Interest Rates
Michael Sedacca
I received a lot of emails about my earlier comment on the relationship between Treasury yields and nominal GDP, so I thought it would be helpful if I clarified my thoughts with a chart.
My point is that when the 10-year Treasury yield increases "above" the growth rate of nominal GDP YoY from "below," the US has always gone into a recession. An example would be when the 10-year yield increases to 3% from 2% with nominal GDP at 2.9%.
I've always viewed the Treasury curve as a proxy for the demand for money, which means that either credit growth (loan demand, GDP) will follow the recent rate increase higher, or growth will fall because the cost of credit has risen too much, too fast. The second half of the year should give a lot more clarity on that subject. I am constructive that I am being too concerned because PCE (consumption) growth has picked up in recent months. The July consumption figure is due out on Friday morning.
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Clear and Present Markets: 8/26/2013
Tom Clancy
With the interns departed and kids headed back to school, it is time to delve back into the markets ahead of what I expect to be considerable volatility.
1. The WSJ homepage, this morning, tells a story of unsustainable spending. On the left side, you have headlines about the US role in the Middle East. On the right side, you have a story about transporting domestic oil.
It bears noting that as we prepare for a battle over the debt ceiling and the budget, the President's 2014 Budget calls for a 98% increase in income tax collections and a 25% increase in payroll taxes by 2020. I don't see how you can take another $1.3 trillion out of the consumers pocket without negatively impacting the economy, unless there is a commensurate increase in wages. In addition, since the individual will fund 80% of the government revenue, the country will have to better define its investment and spending priorities, and defense spending is a primary target. Throughout history, taxes on global trade have supported military expansion, and when military expansion outpaced the ability of taxes to fund that expansion, the economic, political, and military influence of the regime declined. This is why many nations are challenging the US politically and why we are debating our involvement in these actions. Our military is overextended, and we can't continue supporting our military to the degree we have in the past.
Oil is another segment in which we see unsustainable spending. Low interest rates have funded capital expenditures that exceed the cash flows from those investments, and many exploration & production companies have been forced to sell assets to fund drilling programs. As interest rates increase and fewer mid-stream assets are available to spin-off as MLPs, domestic oil production has to decline because the cash to fund that production comes at a higher cost. It is often overlooked how important low interest rates have been to domestic oil production, and one impact of a 3% yield on the 10-year Treasury is that capital intensive businesses will experience negative operating leverage as the cost of capital increases.
2. I have been expecting an increase in M&A activity, which has not materialized. The news of Amgen (NASDSAQ:AMGN) acquiring Onyx (NASDAQ:ONXX) brought this catalyst back on to my radar. Companies are at the limit of driving earnings growth through financial engineering of the balance sheet, and M&A provides another opportunity to drive growth by leveraging the cash flows of an under-leveraged competitor. Managers have been pretty disciplined, stating that prices are not attractive, but as Todd often says, "buyers are higher." As pressure builds on managers to deliver growth, M&A funded with cheap debt is another way to engineer growth.
3. Last week, a colleague and I were contemplating the future of the "big box" store, and the earnings of Dick's (NYSE:DKS) and PetSmart (NASDAQ:PETM) painted a stark difference in results and strategy. Dick's sales are traditionally volatile and have become more dependent on apparel recently. Dick's expects square footage growth to be the primary driver of earnings growth, and the company thinks services like return-to-store and ship-to-store will prevent Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) from disrupting its business model. PetSmart had much stronger results, which were driven by the growth in services like grooming, kennel, and training. PetSmart's use of services to drive traffic to the store ultimately helps them drive sales of items that might otherwise be purchased on-line. Coupling services with the traditional offering helps insulate the brick & mortar business from the on-line threat. Dick's is not doing enough to differentiate its experience. I would like to see Dick's take its service offering a step further, moving beyond hiring a golf pro and adding an ESPN Sports Science type experience, coupled with coaching (in a variety of sports), that makes the store a destination and drives both service revenue and other sales. There is entirely too much retail square footage in this country, and how it is utilized as on-line sales claim an increasing percentage of sales will determine the winners and losers.
Gold Gains Momentums
Jeffrey Cooper
Gold is approaching its record high from 2 years ago. The action in miners such as Franco-Nevada (NYSE:FNV) exemplify the recent strength in the sector with Franco-Nevada stabbing through its 200 DMA six months after violating it in February.
See FNV for 2013 below with 200 DMA.
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Note Friday/today's strength was setup from a textbook backtest of a Rule-of-4 Breakout (a breakout over triple tops).
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
The Risk of Staycation
Todd Harrison
While I'm "off" this week, I'm spending the time with my family at our home--which means I'm only a few steps from my home office systems. A blessing and a curse perhaps, but either way, here are a few quick thoughts:
S&P (INDEXSP:.INX) 1640 matters on a closing basis; if we push through there on the downside, S&P 1600 and the 200-day at 1560 come into play through a technical lens.
Gold (NYSEARCA:GLD) has room to $1500 before it collides with the downtrend (technical resistance).
The specter of geopolitical unrest in the Middle East -- aside from it being an unfortunate evolution of social mood -- is on the margin constructive for both gold and crude.
Deflation is the other side of that trade, which makes both risky investments. See both sides.
I don't know JC Penney (NYSE:JCP) intimately, but I would think that once the Ackman overage works itself off, the stock has room to bounce.
Tapes that are weak all day (with breadth 2:1 negative or worse) tend to end that way BUT given how thin this week is (and will be), it won't take much to push an agenda (volatility is the opposite of liquidity).
Trading smaller "lots" is one way to address this dynamic; and of course, the ability not to trade is often as powerful as trading ability. Keep loose grips on those handlebars. September looms large on the horizon.
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Chart of the Day -- Russell 2000 and 2% Down Days
Minyanville Staff
For today's chart of the day, we took the Russell 2000 (INDEXRUSSELL:RUT) year-to-date and plotted 2% down days for the index against it, marked by glowing red bars.
If you'll notice, every time the Russell 2000 fell 2% or more this year, the market was within range of an interim low.
Today, the Russell is down 2.3%, marking the biggest decline since June 20. Time will tell whether this signal holds again -- in the meantime, be aware that it isn't perfect as the bottoms weren't immediate.
Either way, a failure to rebound could within the next few trading days could indicate a change in character, especially if the S&P 500 fails to get back up above its 50 DMA, which has marked a key turning point numerous times this year.
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The Square of 9 Called It Right on This Stock
Jeffrey Cooper
Around two weeks ago, we flagged the potential Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) square-out at 512/513.
This was a big level since it was 540 degrees up from low. 540 degrees being a true square or cube (6 sides of 90 degrees = 540 degrees).
The Square of 9 Wheel continues to prove its value -- especially on those items that are widely watched, being part of the Street's 'spiritus mundi'.
Knowing the significance of 512 on AAPL not only would have saved/created financial capital but also substantial emotional capital, which is worth its weight in gold in this game.
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Wilma Hunter
Funeral services for Wilma Hunter, of Hugo, Okla., will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014 at Victory Baptist Church in Hugo. Wilma passed away Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014, at the age of 67.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014 at the funeral home.
Interment will follow the services at Restland Cemetery in Boswell, Okla., with Bro. Dave Goff officiating, under the direction of Miller & Miller Funeral Home.
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Why are the authorities so quick to call these incidents an "accident"? Funny how most of these "accidental" shootings of children involve fathers--not mothers--and charges are almost never filed.
Dad is identified as LARRY BASS.
Father Accidentally Shoots, Kills Baby
By John Newland, NBC News
March 15, 2013Updated Mar 15, 2013 at 9:24 AM PDT
A 10-month-old boy was shot and killed by his father Thursday in an apparent accident at a Nashville, Tenn., hotel, local media reported.
Two police detectives from the Hermitage Precinct were close to the hotel when the call went out and made it to the scene within about three minutes but were unable to resuscitate the child, NBC affiliate WSMV-TV Channel 4 reported.
The child's mother Jacquelin Bass, 28, and the couple's other sons, aged 3 and 2, were in the room when the gun went off, the station said.
The baby was shot once in the chest as his father, Larry Bass, 30, handled the semi-automatic handgun, the Nashville Tennessean reported.
NBC News was unable to independently confirm the accounts early Friday.
Both news outlets reported that the family, from Texas, was at the Extended Stay America hotel near Nashville International Airport when the incident happened. Larry Bass was in town to work on construction of the Music City Center, a 1.2-million-square foot convention center


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It's time to give Weiss an extension and the 'C'
There's no doubt that Stephen Weiss has become the face of this franchise with his loyalty, character and two-way skill. He's due $4.1 million next season and then becomes an unrestricted free agent because of his age. He's coming off a solid season that might've been a career-best statistically if not for that rib injury in December. He still served as the focal point on the power play and penalty kill, while tallying another 20-goal season and 57 points, second highest on the team behind Tomas Fleischmann. He was in the top 10 in the NHL in faceoffs won and pct. Weiss was clutch in the playoffs as well with that huge two-goal effort in Game 2 to give the Panthers a split and hope. For the first two months of the season he anchored the best line in hockey with Fleischmann and Kris Versteeg. It only cooled off because of injuries and the trio picked up the pace again at the end of the season even with Versteeg playing with a damaged hip that required surgery recently. In this reporter's view, coach Kevin Dineen, himself a captain on three of his NHL teams, should've promoted Weiss from the 'A' to the 'C' before the playoffs. Astonishingly after just two seasons at the helm of this franchise, GM Dale Tallon has helped make Sunrise a desired destination for impending free agents. He could take it another step if he rewarded Weiss with a four-year extension, thus rewarding loyalty and results which would send a message to the rest of the league.
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In the main event of Friday night's ShoBox: The New Generation at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York, Inkster's J'Leon Love (17-0-1, 10 KOs) stopped the overmatched but pesky Vladine Biosse (16-2-2, 7 KOs) in the final round of the 10-round super middleweight bout.
Vladine Biosse, who played football for the University of Rhode Island in college, was never in the fight, as the talented and skillful J'Leon Love kept him at bay with his stiff jabs, good footwork and well-timed combinations for most of the night.
The only significant thing that Biosse did to Love was when he was able to inflict a cut above the latter's left eye courtesy of a headbutt in the fourth round. Otherwise, it was a one-sided affair in which the outcome was never in doubt. Another win, another successful outing for the young fighter being groomed for bigger things by The Money Team.
Love cut, bloodied and punished his opponent all night with shots coming from all angles, and the game Biosse took them all. It was a picture of contradiction as Love had all the talent and skill but Biosse had all the heart and determination. Biosse ate all the leather that Love could give, but still did not quit. Biosse withstood Love's onslaught for 9 full rounds and even up to those fateful last minutes of the 10th, or so we thought.
That is why when the referee Benjy Esteves finally decided to end the fight with more or less a minute and a half remaining in the 10th and final round to give J'Leon Love the TKO victory, many fans were dismayed, since although Vladine Biosse was cowering and cornered on the ropes and J'Leon Love was teeing-off, the shots were not landing solidly and were in fact deflected by Vladine Biosse's glove and movements.
As one of my friends put it, "C'mon, give the man a break. He lasted this long; let him finish the fight on his feet."
"They just want to put a TKO on his record," added another. Sometimes this writer found it amusing when people would throw in the 'conspiracy angle' on things that did not suit their tastes or beliefs.
The ShoStats showed J'Leon Love's overwhelming dominance over the hapless Vladine Biosse by outlanding him 263 to 99 in total punches, with a 224 to 85 edge in power punches.
In pummeling Vladine Biosse in lopsided fashion, J'Leon Love showed us why he is considered to be a future world champion and highly regarded by no less than the great Floyd Mayweather, Jr., as shown by the pre-fight brotherly hug and whispers that the pound-for-pound king gave his fellow Michigander.
Still, to some boxing observers, J'Leon Love's victory left something to be desired. Yes, he was dominant and showed a lot of weapons in his arsenal, yet people were left wondering that there was something missing in his performance. Yes, all the essential things were there -- movement, accuracy, hand speed and good defense -- but
people want to see in J'Leon Love the spark, the fire and the ability to destroy an opponent, especially if that opponent is a fighter like Vladine Biosse who is not in his league.
Vladine Biosse, in their eyes, had no business to trade gloves with J'Leon Love in the first place, and him lasting that long in the ring was an indictment on Love's ability as a fighter rather than his opponent's durability.
As for me, J'Leon Love's inability to finish off Vladine Biosse early was the only element that was missing in a rather impressive performance in my book. And this writer can live with that small bump at this point of J'Leon Love's career.
But if J'Leon Love wants to be a bankable star in the future, he needs to elevate his game more. He needs to start fighting and destroying more credible opponents rather than feasting on journeymen and patsies.
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1994 Inductees: R.W. "Sandy" Sandven, Bob Lanning , Bill Sever, Chad Chadwick, Max Erickson, Marcia Keller Carillo, John Kuhr, Dr. Richard Ruetten
Northern Montana College has a tradition of excellence in the classroom and on the playing field -- a tradition that goes back to the very beginning of the school and that has continued throughout our 65 year history. February 19 the Northern Montana College Alumni Association recognized students and coaches who built that tradition by inducting eight outstanding individuals into the Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame.
Honorees in this inaugural group included retired coach R.W. "Sandy" Sandven, football star Bob Lanning, four members of the 1960's era swim team: Billever, Chad Chadwick, Max Erickson and Marcia Keller Carillo; and basketball standouts John Kuhr and Dr. Richard Ruetten.
R.W. "Sandy" Sandven
Coach R.W. "Sandy" Sandven coached basketball, baseball, golf and tennis at NMC and was Athletic Director from 1937 to 1948. At that time, the College was a two-year school and his teams shared the gym facilities at Havre High School. He guided the Northern Lights to the College's first state basketball championship in 1938 and his baseball and golf teams also won conference championships. Coach Sandven was not able attend the awards presentation, but he wrote to say: "NMC was my first college teaching job and it was a memorable learning experience in a perfect setting of excellent faculty, great administration and the finest and best possible student body. I am indeed honored to be inducted as a coach into your Athletic Hall of Fame. This pleasure is added to the whole Montana experience which was and still is a wonderful and cherished part of my life. You have made an 88-year-old man very happy." His good friend Don Vaupel accepted the award on his behalf.
Bob Lanning
Bob Lanning is one of only two NMC football players selected for the professional ranks and in 1968 was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He won nine letters at Big Sandy High School in football, track and basketball, played on a state champion hoop team and was named all-state forward. He lettered four years in football at NMC and made the All-Conference team three times. He also lettered in basketball. Bob began his coaching and teaching career at Big Sandy and was named head basketball coach at Havre High School in 1979, leading the Blue Ponies to three divisional titles, a third place and two fourth place state finishes, and this year -- days after the award presentation -- the schools first state championship in over 50 years. A three-time Coach of the Year nominee in boy's basketball and girl's track, Lanning has served the Montana Coach's Association as Vice President and President. Bob and the Ponies were in Butte the evening of the award presentation working on their divisional title. Rusty Danreuther, an alumnus of Bob's basketball program, accepted the award for Bob.
Bill Sever
While a member of the NMC swim team, Bill Sever was nationally recognized for setting new records in swimming in addition to setting pool, college and AAU records. Sever won the 200 individual medley and 200 freestyle competition at the National NAIA meet and was named first team All-American in 1966. He set records in the 500-yard free-style and the 200-yard breaststroke. An all-around athlete, he was also a member of the NMC football team. Sever returned to his home town and went to work for the City of Butte and later joined the Butte Police Department, a profession he has pursued for over 20 years.
Chad Chadwick
Chad Chadwick also set new records at every level in the 50 and 100 yard freestyle events. He placed sixth in the 100-yard and tenth in the 200 yard freestyle events at the NAIA national competition in the Spring of 1966. Chad received the Little Sullivan award as the outstanding male athlete in Montana in 1966. After graduating from NMC in 1970, Chadwick co-owned a mountaineer school in Red Lodge, Montana. He still climbs rock and ice and competed in triathlons until his 40th birthday. He lives in his hometown of Billings, and specializes in oil refinery maintenance.
Max Erickson
Max Erickson came to NMC from Great Falls with an impressive record and during his three years with the NMC swim team set a variety of records in breast stroke competition. Max competed in NAIA national events in 1967 and placed seventh in the 200-yard breast stroke and tenth in the 100-yard backstroke. He competed in the NAIA nationals in Buffalo, New York, and again in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Erickson went on to coach both high school and age group swimming and led both girls and boys high school swim teams to state championships. He currently holds the title of Vice President with a local investment firm.
Marcia Keller Carillo
An outstanding age-group swimmer who began AAU competition at age 14, Marcia Keller Carillo was the first woman to compete in varsity sports at NMC and was the first and only woman on the NMC swim team in 1964. She was chosen for a special award by the AAU swim committee as the outstanding senior girls swimmer in Montana and was selected to be a member of the Montana All-Star team competing in three successive international meets. She held eight state records in freestyle and individual medley events. She competed successfully, was awarded a varsity letter and made a member of the "M" Club in 1965. A letter of support for Marcia's nomination called her "one of the true pioneers in women's athletics."
John Kuhr
From 1950 to 1952 the Northern Lights were led by center John Kuhr, a Havre High School graduate. Freshman class president and an Honor student, Kuhr was the leading scorer with 546 points in 33 games for a 16.5 per game average. The Lights finished second in the conference with a 23-10 record and placed fourth at the Regional Junior College Tournament at Ogden Utah. The leading tourney scorer, Kuhr was named MVP and received a basketball scholarship to the University of Utah, where he lettered two years. In a letter of support for John's nomination, his former NMC coach Ole Larson stated: "this talented team had a love affair with basketball which was out of the ordinary. John and others would come to our house on Saturday morning, Sunday afternoon and during holidays to practice. Their enthusiasm carried over into games and was the real reason for a successful winning season." John earned his Juris Doctor at the University of Michigan and is presently an attorney in Havre, well known for his voluntary service in the public sector.
Dr. Richard Ruetten
Dr. Richard Ruetten was the leading player for the Northern Lights basketball team during the 1948-49 season with 347 points, 114 field goals, and 119 free throws averaging 18.3 points per game as the Light's post man. Although an outstanding athlete at NMC, he is probably better known throughout the country as an eminent historian. After leaving NMC, Richard went on to earn a Ph.D. in history and taught at San Diego State University for 30 years before retiring as professor emeritus in 199 1. He received a prestigious Truman Research Associate appointment which led to Quest and Response: Minority Rights and the Truman Administration (1973), a Pulitzer nominated book he co-authored with Donald R. McCoy. University of Montana history professor Robert Lindsay wrote to say "Dick arrived at the University of Oregon to begin his graduate education with what many of his fellow graduate students and some faculty members viewed as weak academic credentials. Part of his undergraduate work included courses taken at an unknown junior college... NMC. They soon changed their minds. By the time Dick received his Ph.D. he was recognized by students and faculty as being one of the future stars in his profession."


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GRANGER TWP. — One of the most universally liked experiences in area high school basketball will take place when the Medina County Senior All-Star Games — better known as "Hoopla" — tip off tonight at Highland High School.
The 24th annual doubleheader presented by the Brunswick Rotary begins with the girls game at 6. The boys will follow at 7:30, with the fan-favorite 3-point contests taking place before each.
Both games will return to their roots, as the traditional Suburban League vs. Patriot Athletic Conference/Northeast Ohio Conference format will be implemented.
Naturally, this creates interesting storylines. Cloverleaf, Highland and Wadsworth have developed into bitter rivals over the past 15 years, as have Medina-Brunswick and Buckeye-Black River.
Michael Murphy will lead the boys SL team, while Buckeye's Matt Saunders is in charge of NOC/PAC.
Headlining the game will be Billy Geschke of Medina and Kyle Wheeler of Brunswick. Joining them on the NOC/PAC team will be Black River guard Jerod England and center Caleb Stiver; Brunswick posts Taylor Armagost and Patrick Jarvis; Buckeye forwards Matt Cox and Mike Bacho and center Curtis Kinney and Medina guards Logan Winkler and Dillon Wiesler.
The SL team features 800-point scorer and D-I football recruit Robby Buckwald of Cloverleaf and fellow four-year letterwinner Austin Adams of Highland. They will be complemented by Cloverleaf guard Brandon Johnson and center Jayson Sykora; Highland forward Brennan Scott and guard Austin Casenhiser and Wadsworth center Nathan Pound and guards Tony Hogan and Dylan Galford.
The 3-point contest features Geschke, Wheeler, Wadsworth sophomore Austin White and Brunswick junior Ryan Badowski. The quartet combined for 194 3-pointers this season.
The girls game will be without All-Ohioans Rachel Goddard, Sarah Kinch, Gabrielle Bulic and McKenzie O'Brien, who committed to play in other showcases, but there's still plenty of talent.
Hard-nosed Brunswick guard Courtney Laudato will team with Black River guard Savanna Slone and forward Brianna Barkhimer; Buckeye center Jessica Banas and guards Julia Sekerak and Hannah Hartley and Medina guards Angela Tesny and Faith Constance.
Taking the court for the SL team will be Cloverleaf forward Brittany Piper, center Kendall Yuhas and guard Rebecca Polchek; Highland wings Haley Roddy and AnnMarie Kirchner and guard Jessica Peterlin and Wadsworth centers Taylore Robinson and Sabrina Parsons and forward Haley Hassinger.
The Grizzlies' Andrew Booth will coach the SL team, while Brunswick's Halle Lengal will man the other bench for the second straight season.
The girls 3-point contest will feature county season champion McKenize O'Brien, as well as Laudato, Sekerak and Constance.
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Sir Paul McCartney's second encore helped a New York couple get married.
McCartney asked a middle-aged couple on stage in the middle of his concert on Saturday night in Albany, N.Y. He helped the two love birds get engaged with an audience of 13,000 people, the Gannett Albany Bureau
Paul McCartney was performing on stage in Albany and during an encore performance, he helped John Dann propose to his future wife on stage. Before he asked his lady to marry him, John Dann, 64, appropriately, belted out a verse of the Beatles smash hit song: When I'm Sixty-Four. "Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 64?"
After this impromptu performance by Dann, McCartney, 72, and his band jumped in on the fun and started jamming. Dann got down on one knee and his girlfriend Claudia Rodgers, 60, said yes. McCartney was back strong, playing music on tour after he had taken a seven week leave due to a virus. This illness had him hospitalized in Tokyo.
"And they booked us for the wedding," McCartney said jokingly.
Dann remarked that he had no stage fright when he was up on stage with McCartney and his now bride-to-be. "It was so wild that I didn't even have a chance to get nervous," he added.
The newly engaged couple held up neon green signs the proudly read "I've got the ring and 'I'm 64" as well as "He won't marry me 'til he meets you," that McCartney's spotted, as reported by the Gannett Albany Bureau.
"You hear about things going viral, but when it happens with something you're connected to it's really unbelievable," Rodgers remarked to Gannett. The newly engaged couple met on Match.com and have been together for nearly eight years.
Directly after the the couple's engagement, they returned to watch the rest of the show and McCartney and his band followed up the ceremony with Helter Skelter.
Surely, Rodgers and Dann have a unique engagement story to pass along to their friends and family.


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Flip High Priced Items for Large Profit
This is a guest post by Will from WoWConfidential.com Where he runs a blog posting daily WoW gold making articles.
Auction house buying and selling is one of the best ways to make gold in WoW and can be done very quickly if you utilize the /auc getall command to scan the auction house in a couple minutes.
However for those with deeper pockets there is a more lucrative side to buy low sell normal that isn't done on the auction house but is actually accomplished via the trade channel, a channel I usually avoid since it takes up valuable time to barter when you could just throw the items on the AH and move on with your gold making.
This method entails buying up high priced items with lowball offers via the trade channel but you must know a few vital things before partaking in this risky but potentially extremely profitable activity.
How to Find a FlipMany high ticket items are announced for sale by players in the trade channel because they are so excited to have won a roll on a high priced BoE that they know can fetch upwards of 10k and are eager to get rid of it so they can buy up the other items they always wanted.
Most of the time you can count on people broadcasting items in trade chat to be a bit on the desperate and impatient end, many of these items take a little bit of time to sell since the niche of players that have 10k on hand to buy them are few.
You can usually lowball these offers but the trick in negotiating is to know what your profit margins are and most importantly to know inside and out the average price and demand for that particular item.
Know When To Flip and How MuchThe most important element of a successful high priced item flip is to be very sure of the items current value and if the price trend is stable (headed up, down or steady).
There are a few ways to accomplish this:
- Obviously step #1 is to first check the auction house for the item and see if there are any lower auctions than the average.
- Download the addon Market Watcher and run scans daily on a few high priced items, this will show a graph of the average and lowest priced item currently on the auction house in a graph. If the line is stable for a few weeks you can be sure the item won't drop dramatically, if the graph has extreme high's and lows be sure to grab it at the lowest point possible.
Stable - Battered hilts sell for 10k or more almost always.
Unstable - Artic fur can go from 25g to 75g overnight.
- By following these graphs you will start to develop a feel for the item and know what constitutes a high price, an average price and a good buying price. You are now ready to act on any flipping opportunities announced in trade chat.
Figuring out a PriceArmed with this knowledge you are now ready to act on a flip, here's a quick case study of a typical flip:
Battered Hilt
Price: Sells consistently for 10k - 11k gold on my server, never seen it below this price on the auction house.
Auction House Cut: 5% or 500g
Acceptable Profit: 2,000g
Spot someone in trade channel announcing a high priced item you're looking for.
Sometimes people will be tough, just know you're desired profit margin and don't go below that, reply with a polite "no ty" they will either accept your offer or hold onto the item.
And other times you'll get a desperate seller accept the offer right off the cuff
In the latter case, I knew I already had 1 battered hilt now for 8k and decided if I was to pick up another I'd go lower to 7.5k, looks like it worked.
Potential Profit gained in 15 minutes of buying/selling flipped items: 4,500g
Suggested High Priced Items to FlipHere are some suggestions I have based on current market conditions, make sure you keep in mind to not invest more than 30% (or a large portion) of your total gold amount into flips.
Battered Hilt
Primordial Saronite (Item is on a downward trend on most servers, buy at a very discounted price)
ICC BoE's (These always fall in price a week before new content patch, so stop flipping or expect dramatic drop in prices beforehand)
Rare Gems (not usually found at a discount but a very stable and easy to flip item. Keep in mind that when Honor token change comes in effect that there will be a flood of players turning in tokens for gems thus lowering the price)
Darkmoon Card: Greatness and Nobles Deck (People desperate to sell Nobles Decks when the Darkmoon Faire isn't on, hang on to these until you can convert them to cards)
Rare Companion Pets - ex: Razzashi Hatchling
Bulk Sales of Eternal Fire/Eternal Life - You'll sometimes see players shouting in trade WTS 20 STACKS of eternal fire fast PST, great buying opportunity to lowball and offer 50% of value. (keep in mind frozen orb trade in change incoming 3.3.3)
That is it for now, good luck with your flips and be sure to take into consideration speculation on item demand and not to buy up items just before a major content patch, unless you know that item will go up in value. Markco discusses major shifts in item prices and patch speculation on his podcast Call to Auction.
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This collection consists of The Letter newsletters and The Cross and The Flag magazines published by Gerald L. K. Smith of Eureka Springs (Carroll County). Born the son of a farmer of February 27, 1898 in Pardeville, Wisconsin, Mr. Smith became a minister in the Christian Church (later the Disciples of Christ). He married Elna Sorenson on June 22, 1922. Moving to Shreveport, Louisiana in 1929 to pastor the King's Highway church, Reverend Smith became the organizer of U.S. senator Huey P. Long's "Share the Wealth Society". He began publishing a monthly magazine, The Cross and the Flag, in 1942 and a weekly newsletter entitled the The Letter. Not until reaching age 66 did he move to Eureka Springs in 1964. He built a seven-story Christ of the Ozark's statue, a four hundred foot long street of old Jerusalem for his famous Passion Play, the Christ Only Art Gallery, and the Bible museum. Reverend Gerald L. K. Smith was noted a political organizer, a brilliant, orator in the 1930's, a traveling speaker again communism in the 1940's, and a visceral anti-Semite. He died in April 15, 1976.
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Saturday was a great day to attend the XPoNential Music Festival (presented by Subaru). The weather remained warm and sunny, despite a forecast that suggested isolated storms might be looming on the horizon. But more importantly, the music was great!
Wiggins Park, located on Camden, NJ's waterfront, played host to the daytime portion of Saturday's festivities. Audience members of all ages (including a number of families) showed up early to see acts such as Ingrid Michaelson and Strand of Oaks. Later, they gave performer (and Philadelphia native) Dave Hause a standing ovation for his passionate performance on the Marina Stage, just before finishing up their day with some lively dancing in front of the River stage to C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band's jubilant Zydeco.
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~~~~I Am Teh Epic Dude~~~~
Legendary battle would be epic :3
i would only ever use a master ball on a shiny that can end the battle by itself, using moves such as explosion or roar.
I would use a Master Ball on a Shiny I liked... IF I EVER FOUND ONE!!!
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Think I used my Masterball in Silver and Emerald on Lugia and Raquaza respectively. In FireRed I SRed for a shiny Mewtwo, so kinda used it on both. Since using it on Palkia in Pearl and then having a shiny Kadabra teleport away from me I've learned my lesson and now save it for a shiny. Not that I've seen one since then...
I have used my masterball on mostly legendaries, only because so far the only wild shiny I have yet to encounter was a level 3 ratata.... sigh.
I would use a master ball on a legendary that runs away. If the legendary that flees was a shiny then I'd (lose my mind and cry heavily) catch it in a master ball.
If I ever found a shiny Rayquaza......
All bets would be off and all the Master Balls would be thrown; granted I don't drown myself in tears.
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Yeah I would on a legendary. After I prove to myself that I can catch it without it, then it's just soft resetting to get one with great IVs. I have no patience for weakening and catching only to know the thing is garbage. Masterball ftw
There used to be a time when I'd chuck a master ball at a legendary. But now I'll reserve it instead for a shiny, granted I ever come across one...
I'd use a Masterball on a shiny if it could flee or selfdestruct/explode and also if I felt I might risk causing it to faint before being able to capture it with regular balls.
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Most of the times I keep Master Balls for unexpected hard Shinies.
Only if I have no other options. That's why it's there.
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Well I would always use master balls for roaming legendaries, but besides that I don't use the master ball
Depending on how lazy I am, I'll Master Ball anything.
Used the masterball on Kyurem in Black 2 because he was the mascot, otherwise only as a last resort on shinies.
I always use it on a legendary
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Me, I use only in Legendaries, for me they are more hard to catch. I think a shiny only makes you feel excited that makes you to catch it on the 1st attempt.
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A legendary, definitely. There's plenty of shinies out there. They're rare, but limit-less. And they aren't any harder to catch than normal Pokemon. Legendaries, there is only one of each, and they are REALLY hard to catch.
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In the past I always used Master Balls on lengendaries, but now I try to save it for a shiny, just in case it is one of those hard to catch Pokemon.
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I use my masterballs for shinies because, in my experience, shinies are much rarer than legendaries (I don't Softreset or anything like that). I have only encountered one shiny pokemon in the wild in my entire time of playing Pokemon, which was a Throh that I unexpectedly came across while training my Deino up on Route 13 (next to the victory road) in Pokemon White while everyone else in the party was level 70 and above.
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I used to use masterballs on legendaries, but I've started saving them for shinies.
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Mona High will have to dig deep today if they are to prevent St George's College (StGC) from copping their first hold on the urban area ISSA/First Global 'A' League title, as at the end of day one of the their two-day final clash at Melbourne Oval the boys from North Street were large and in charge.
Led by a brilliant all-round display from Russell Lee, St George's ended the day with first innings honours and a 33-run lead.
Batting first, Mona posted 134, while St George's closed on 167 for three.
Three for 22
Lee, who bowls left-arm spin, claimed three for 22 to help bowl out Mona and by the end of the day he was 57 not out.
Others who have contributed to St George's dominance thus far are pacer Shanoy Blair, who took four for 21, and fellow left-arm spinner Ahmed Campbell, who claimed three for 21.
Mona, who entered the game as slight favourites, given their track record in the competition, had Kadeen Miller 41, Nico Anderson 38, Jahvon Wollaston 17 and Keifer Francis 15 not out, mainly to thank for their total.
"They have the upper hand right now, but in schoolboy cricket one is never really behind," surmised Mona's coach, Owen Speid.
"We still have seven hours to come and we plan to use it to keep ourselves in the hunt," he added.
St George's coach, Glendon Coke, was happy with their position.
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1.2 Million Households Disappear, Putting Downward Pressure on Home Prices and Rents
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Not all multi-generational or multi-family households will work out, it depends on the personalities involved. But some will and these people will rediscover the rewards of economy: it is possible to live comfortably without 1000 sq ft per person, without $100/mo cable and smartphone bills, without spending hundreds each month on dining and entertainment. I'm not suggesting we will all go back to the little house on the prairie, sitting on the porch and whittling. But if and when jobs and wages start to recover, some of these people (and their offspring) who have made their peace with a smaller lifestyle will be less receptive to the siren call of high living. Business sectors that suppy their needs will have to adjust their expectations accordingly. Better to have a smaller economy that perks along steadily, than one that boils over and makes a mess to be cleaned up.
The "downshift" you are describing here is heresy to the MSM supported propaganda called the American Dream. As such, if the elite continue to hear you suggesting things such as this, you may find yourself burning on a stake somewhere. America without conspicuous consumption, indeed! Didn't you see the GWB advertisements from 2002-2007?!
This is positive news, folks. C'mon, this will obviously spark a nice uptick in retail sales at Home Depot and Lowes, led by more "House for Rent" and "For Sale By Owner" signage skus. Buy! Buy! Buy!
There are about three kids in my neighborhood who are all graduating from Universities over the next month, bright kids, A students who all went to above average schools. They will have degrees in Accounting, Finance and Business. Not one of them has a job lined-up. Must be the worst time to graduate in the last thrity years. They will probably be moving back home.
Is this the new American dream????
To all the scumbag politicians thanks for F**K all.
I'm sure the census will confirm this..............
Living with the "Rents" again and your brothers and sisters. Just like old times!
My inlaws are living with us after the construction biz blowing up in Phoenix. We left Orange County before property imploded moving to the midwest. They've been here for 2 years. This article is spot on.
I'm a native Californian originally, but there's alot of baristas and such that are former Orange County mortgage brokers living back in the midwest now with their parents.
The MBA is full of mortgage brokers. They frauded the system by creating empty households. Every investor or second home purchased was a primary residence or household according to them. We did not lose 1.2m households because they were not there to lose. In Florida, 40% of the originations in 2004 thru 2006 were actually investor owned and these scam artists had most of them as primary residences. Now they come up with this wonderful stat so that we can feel sorry for them and create more govt welfare to subsidize home lending so they can make the lease payment on their BMW. Fuxx them!
That was a question I had after reading the article: What fits the definition of a household according to the MBA? I couldn't find it on their website (though I only spent about 5 minutes looking).
If you're right, and some/all of the spec properties were included in the figures, then I totally agree the 1.2M number is grossly inflated.
Can anyone confirm this?
There is an error in the thought process of the article in that many of the homes that have been or are being foreclosed on remain occupied bythe former owners even after the bank has foreclosed as an empty house is a disaster for a lender. Thereafter these non paying tenants now have disposable income to spend in retail as they are no longer paying real estate tax or mortgage payments. This is part of the reason for the rental number vacancy increasing.
Also, don't forget about banks sending agents or third parties to go bid up the price of REOs at auction to maintain housing prices. They buy them back and leave them on the shelf. Otherwise, we might actually see some sort accurate quantification of home value, you know, what somebody is willing to pay for it. Welcome to Charadeville.
Agreed. Bankers and Capitalist Roaders interfere with natural economic process.
The ramp up was a charade, now the ramp down is a charade too?!?!? One endless crap machine.
Nope, it's still the ramp up. It's just going up 'oppositely,' despite all the efforts of the RealTWhores. It is one endless crap machine, tho.
i haven't been actively searching for articles about homelessness lately but there are stories of hunger among the dispossessed in california. people walking along the highway in groups. aid agencies unable to cope. its happening now and not all of these people speak spanish. many of them probably wish they had somewhere else to go. there but for the grace of God.
Do note that the report MSNBC references does not yet include 2009 or 2010.
I'm with three chord sloth; on balance they take more than they give to the country (and not just in easy to measure economic numbers), thus, their disappearance is a net good thing. Even on a purely economic basis, it's per capita that matters and their disappearance would help that, and help unemployment of citizens.
Verum, what evidence do you have to support that "on balance they take more than they give to the country"? I notice that immediately after you say that you dismiss using empirical evidence saying, "and not just in easy to measure economic numbers...". First, please do show me the easy to measure economic numbers. Second, what else are you talking about? Are they tearing apart the moral fabric of our country? Give me a break.
The only thing that will help unemployment is entrepreneurship. Anthing else (govt. works projects and other expenditures, for example) is just a charade that will only distract and give the illusion of doing something. It's simply redistributing funds.
Illegal immigrants pay most of the same taxes that we "citizens" do (you think they get a discount on cigarettes at the gas station for being illegal?). They don't file income taxes but that also means they don't recieve any money back from the federal government.
So if we can't use the easy to measure economic numbers then what rubric should we be using?
It seems to me that you're trying to veil xenophobia in a dubious economic argument.
First, it is far from a "dubious economic argument." It is in fact accepted knowledge in the field, but not promoted by the politically correct. The leftwing crap about me "tearing apart the moral fabric of our country" is beyond silly, as you are factually wrong. The expert on the matter is Georg Borjas (here is the link: http://www.borjas.com/, since searching for basic evidence seems to be overwhelming for you). He makes sensible arguments and it is overall sensible stuff. Mostly supply and demand and the fact that not all groups are equal in thir ability to contribute to an economy (especially an economy needing entrepreunship, technical skills and knowledge, etc.).
Second, the "xenophobia" accusation is pure ad hominem. Question: "When do you know you are winning an argument with a leftist/socialist/Marxist (fill in the blank)?" Answer: When they call you a xenophobe, racist, Nazi, ...
Finally, no they do not on average pay the same taxes, are net beneficiaries of government programs (i.e., take more than they pay in taxes), and when becoming citizens tend to vote for more government handouts (again, see Borjas). Furthermore, being from California, I can unquestionably state that no they have not been a net benefit to that state, let alone the country, and I don't expect them to be (and the numbers bear witness for those not afraid to look and think).
What are you smoking downrodeo?
Your right. Ad hominem attacks don't feel good. This isn't the place for it and I'll refrain.
Now, don't you agree that most of the problems we're facing from illegal immigration is due to their illegal status?
The point is they are going to be here anyway. I guess I am arguing for amnesty. My grandfather came to this country on a boat. He worked on a farm and it wasn't easy for him but at least he didn't have the state making a criminal out of him just for seeking a better life. Worse than that can be the citizens of the state who toe the establishment ideas on the subject. We forget so easily that we we're all immigrants or decend from them.
We should make it easier for them to enter our economy legitimately. Not even you can aruge aginst that.
Unless you think the solution is deportation.
You may argue for amnesty, I would argue against it. Illegal is part of the problem (e.g., not respecting the laws of the land), another piece is the basic national question, which I will focus on here. Is a country just some random collection of people? No it isn't, or history suggests it doesn't last very long (e.g., China vs. say the U.S.S.R. or Yugoslavia). Does a 'wealthy' country have the obligation to take in anyone that wants to move there? I would answer that no, or else it will not last long as a country. For example, I saw a survey estimate the other day that there where well over one billion people who would like to move to the U.S. today. Would the U.S. be a better place by being more like a third world slum? If the U.S., or any other country allowed this (with the possible exception of China because of their numbers) they would shortly cease to exist as a cohesive entity. This isn't rocket science and only requires one to look at this from the perspective of the country in question, not from some cultural Marxist bent. If the citizens' of a country like the U.S. and not some elite's wishes matter most (e.g., the general push for amnesty has been and is from wealthy business owners who want cheap labor or something close to slaves, ethnic lobyists who want more of their kinsmen for mostly ethnic reasons, and democrats who want a permanent voting block for social programs), then immigration should be tailored for the needs of the people of that country and not for everybody else but them.
My story, George Borjas's story (who's family came to the Florida by boat from Cuba), your story, doesn't change the facts of the effects of not just mass illegal immigration from cultures that don't do well forming modern industrial economies, but even legal immigration from those places when assimilation is no longer pushed or even encouraged. The key again is what is a nation? A cultural Marxist would answer the rhetorical national question the opposite of my answer, for them no nation should exist and nobody has the right to defend their way of life (except if it is a socialist dictatorship of some sort) or unless it is some protected group (e.g., most groups but Europeans). For them, there should be no assimilation, and any 'rich' nation is 'rich' because it is effectively stealing from the other countries. The fact is that if you moved the whole western world (of which I would include Japan, Korea, and even parts of China, etc.) to Mars most of the 'poor' countries would still be poor (i.e., when compared to the countries that moved to Mars), which is at least a part of why many from the third world try to come to places like the U.S. in the first place.
In short, it is not my job to watch my state (California) and my country (the U.S.) slowly but surely turn into a thirdworld hellhole to avoid being called a name (e.g., compare L.A. of the 1950s to today and ask yourself, do people matter?). Wasn't it Reagan who said something like "facts are funny things". Well with respect to immigration they sure are.
In addition, with effective unemployment north of 20% (see, e.g., Shadow Statistics), we should no way in hell generally encourage people legally or illegally to enter the enconomy (there should be at least a general moratorium at least until that drops below 'full employment'). Should any country with even 10% unemployment encourage immigration (legal or illegal)? If they won't why should the U.S.? Why not China? Zimbabwe? No, a country should set its immigration policy in a way that benefits its citizens, not everyone else's citizens. In my opinion, a country has a social compact aspect to it (e.g., you abide by the laws and do your piece and the country won't be invaded, you can expect a fair shake in court, etc.), and many of the things wrong today are because individuals (especially elites in Washington, large public companies etc.) are treating both immigrant and citizen as slaves. One of the reasons people are so angry I believe is because many sense whatever tacit argeement/compact they thought they had is now long gone and/or is quickly disappearing in the rearview mirror.
Finally, no, the whole 'we are all immigrants' thing is another cultural Marxist chant. It may be generally true but specifically false. Yes, of course if you buy the Darwinian notion that we moved out of Africa and populated the planet, then all humans are generally 'immigrants' in that sense (but also note that those humans that moved to various locals evolved); but no the Chinese are not Germans and vice versa. This is currently politically correct third rail stuff that your grandfather would know as true, yet today we are told to ignore factual common sense and accept blindly all that political correctness tells us. For example, the abilty to dunk a basketball or do calculus is not distributed evenly from person to person or even among the various peoples of our fair planet, and that should also impact our immigration policy. Combne that observation with the desire to be a cohesive country that holds certain beliefs and expects a certain average level of material well being for its citizens, and immigration policy should not be taken lightly; and yes U.S. policy, or lack thereof, has been an abject failure for several decades and needs to change.
To sum up, we don't agree; and the basic differences are that:
1) I want a U.S. that doesn't descend into third world status.
2) I want a U.S. that respects the rule of law along the lines that it was originally set up to do (i.e., ala the Founders and the Constitution).
3) I believe a country, any country, has the right to choose who gets in and who doesn't; and that right shouldn't be dependent on the average color of the skin of its citizens.
4) Oh yeah, I think laws should be enforced. Deport away; but it would be probably be easier just to, for example, E-verify and penalize firms that hire illegal aliens and let them mostly self-deport.
It is not a "dubious economic argument". Read Borjas (http://www.borjas.com/), he is the expert on this matter as it relates to wages. It is really just simple supply and demand. Anyway, the evidence firmly supports my comments. Also, it might help a bit if you put away the leftist "xenophobia" comment. It probably doesn't add anything to the sorting through facts and adds an emotional element that probably doesn't help. In addition, not all groups are equal when it comes to producing economic wealth, paying taxes, voting for socialism, etc. Even you know that, but hidie behind the line that if others don't believe the lolipop silliness you peddle that it is "tearing apart the fabric of our country". Ease it down a notch and think about it, and read some Borjas and digest the numbers.
Xenophobic is a disguised racist call. So let me state this clearly, you and your LA RAZA group are racists.
I've never seen a study that includes all tax costs and still make the case massive immigration is a net positive. Indeed, when education costs alone are 10k per year its unlikely they could be a net positive. So Verum is right to call most of these studies dubious.
your economic arguments are just as specious, but you use the shameless diversionary tactic of calling out xenophobia also. common sense alone can tell you that an excess supply of workers broght on by illegal immigration should lower the overall wage rate and thereby reduce the jobs available at a living wage for citizens. removal of this excess supply should cause a rise generally in pay and job availability. are you an illegal, or perhaps dating one?
You are incorrect sir. I need only point to the fact that they are here anyway and thus already lowering the wage rate. I will explain where I was coming from:
My argument was that if they had a legal status they would have bargaining power to ask for a decent wage. This would, in turn, eliminate the artificially low wages that exist. These wages are artifically low because firms take advantage of the perpetual threat of deportation in order to pay these workers wages lower than what they are worth.
If you don't believe me, come to Arizona and go into any resturant kitchen. I can almost promise with certainty that you will find a dishwasher or a cleaning lady who is being paid less than minimum wage (which is also against the law).
you're right, I should keep xenophobia out of it... I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.
I will say this though: before you dismiss arguments for amnesty please walk a mile in their shoes.
Especially when you see articles like this one from Mish. Higher skilled workers will compete with lower to just stay above water. Think about it with the massive over capacity in the system and the de-leveraging of the consumer do we need 15 to 20 million unskilled workers!
Illegal workers leaving the country is not going to spur investment in new businesses (allowing them to expand and create jobs). I will admit that I believe there is some truth to the assertion that illegal workers depress the wage market, but that should only encourge U.S. citizens to push for some kind of legal status for them. That way, they can charge a decent price for their labor.
Having said that, when you focus away from the banks and on the illegal immigration problem, you're doing exactly what the banksters want you to. We're all getting divided up over something that is not the issue.
Immigrants did not cause any of the problems we're facing. It was the bankster class. Simple as that. We outnumber them 10,000:1 and yet somehow they still call all of the shots.
It's almost time to do something about this. We're not quite ready, yet, but it will happen; it's just a matter of time.
I agree the whole issue of being lax on illegal immigration is all about helping the "elite" who like exploiting labor, paying under the table and without benefits. Lax immigration laws and porous border directly enriches these scum, at the expense of the rest of us.
The elite can recognize a kindred spirit when they see one. Every illegal immigrant has shown they have the proper moral code... the willingness to break the law when it's in their financial interests to do so.
It's the unenlightened self-interest of short-term thinkers everywhere, as played out on the big stage of national politics.
Yes, I think you've nailed it TCS!
The elites are going to team up with illegal immigrants. Then they will take your 401K and use that to take a cab to the hospital where they will strangle your grandmother with Obama's birth certificate.
Look, I think you're missing the point. They WANT you to be distracted by illegal immigration, global warming, cap n' trade, american idol, and tiger wood's sex life. That way, you'll never have the energy to think through all the ways in which they're making us into a slave class. Once that happens, they will have us by the short and curlies. At that time, no distinction will be made between you (a legal citizen) and an illegal immigrant. We'll all be grist for the mill.
My advice is to try and understand why we're being flooded with illegal immigrants.
The answer is that their economies have been destroyed and they're coming here for a better life (much like your ancestors). You paint them as criminal masterminds just looking for a law to break.
If they could come here legally, you can bet your bottom reserve note that they would.
Wow, you should recognize snark when it stares you in the face. I'll give it one more shot, even though it's unlikely you'll see the light... you've been well-propagandized.
First, they aren't coming here because their economies have been destroyed... their economies never were.
Second, the reason their economies never were much is due to the culture of the people. The culture of the nations where the vast majority of illegal immigrants come from are "padrones" cultures, top down oligarchies. A strong ruling elite, a small,weak, dependent middle class, and a large uneducated underclass is the norm.
Third, that is the reason assimilation is frowned upon today. The criminal new American oligarchy wants to solidify their position by normalizing the elite/prole model of society. The fastest way to do that is to import people who already accept that model, and then force the acceptance of their culture.
Fourth, the destruction of American exceptionalism is a vital part of everything discussed here at Zero Hedge. Once America joins the majority of the world and accepts the need for an elite to rule, the robber barons have won. Then they just change their public face according to the public's mood, but the ruling elite stay in the driver's seat behind the scenes.
Please do not compare immigration today to the immigration of yesteryear. Without the strong assimilation-into-American-exceptionalism credo that existed top to bottom a century ago, the two waves of newcomers will end drastically different. We are not making them into us, we are becoming them. And that is the end game.
Look, I essentially agree with you. The reason I am trying to defend illegal immigration here is because what is being done to us today (i.e. the controlled demolition of our economy) is being done to them as well. It has not happened in the same way or at the same time, yet we are all victims of the machinations of the robber barons (that, and our own inability to effect any sort of change). I'm simply trying to point out that no matter what the policies were that caused this mess, we're all in it together. The less we divide ourselves, the greater our strength.
So the illegal immigrants that knowingly broke US law to enter the US are victims?
And if they are made "legal" despite the obvious disdain for US law, that will overturn supply and demand effects on wages?
downrodeo spake, and said: ""...when you focus away from the banks and on the illegal immigration problem, you're doing exactly what the banksters want you to. We're all getting divided up over something that is not the issue."" Thank you, downrodeo. TYTYTYTYTYTYTY.
I'm hoping a lot of these lost households are due to illegal immigrants leaving the country. Then I'd put this in the good news category.
Cockroach never stays in house with no food. Take away food and cockroach disappears. Take away job and money and illegal immigrant disappear. This is intent of E-Verify. Already, illegal immigrants looking for a new house to invade, E-Verify will become effective in July, if the Little Man in Washington lets it stand.
Sun Zi said "To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence. Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."
Evolution always less painful than revolution.
To capture and deport 30 million illegal immigrant will leave big hole in economic rug, leave too many empty house and unpaid accounts. Better to starve cockroach out of house than to poison family to kill little cockroach.
TCS, what do you have against somebody coming to this country to try and make a better life for themselves? (sorry, don't want to make this into a skirmish on illegal immigration but you opened this door...)
Not TCS, but the point was "ILLEGAL immigrants"......big difference.
Some cannot see the difference between Immigrants, and Illegal.
99% here, were /are Immigrants..........
I have a problem with our nation, through policy or neglect, slashing the earnings and standard of living of native born citizens through unfair competition. It's no secret that the bottom two quintiles have stalled or lost ground economically over the past two decades, and this is primarily due to immigrant labor undercutting salaries.
If this immigrant labor were spread equally over the whole earnings spectrum I'd have less of a problem, but as things stand its hammering the bottom forty percent of our natin and helping the upper classes. That's a crappy thing for one group of citizens to do to another.
Be careful what you wish for. Big hole in rug always in wrong place; cannot cover with furniture.
30 million consumer leaving US make big hole in economic rug. Cannot cover hole with fake money.
Wise man change numbers on house. Children can not find home anymore. Children can not move back in. Wise man maintain peace in home. Problem solved.
Neither did anyone for the matter.
I did not disappear. I should have but I did not.
I think you have it wrong ... Stop paying your mortgage, you lose 'homeownership' status but still live in the home. These people will make up the difference ... Mark to Maybe Someday
60-90 days delinquent turns into 18- 24 months
I have the same sarcastic view. Hey, I'm 38, live at mom's and just bought my ipad!
Those without the costs of home ownership or apartment rental -- living at home or with friends -- can provide just enough added revenue to mall stores to explain the paltry BTE retail revenue results we're seeing.
I guess the lost numbered homeless are among the no longer unemployed but still unemployed. Nice.
GW does not need to write for NYT, he has more readers here on ZH than nutjob imbecile Krugman on NYT.
Screw MSM, can't wait for the day those spitfraks go the way of the dodo bird. Thats exactly what those clownfraks deserve.
Then they can be a non statistic. Seems only fair.
One has to somehow suspend common sense or be downright dishonest to conclude that Keynesianism (Krugman's meal ticket) in any way solves economic problems or predicts human actions. No wonder the liars and cheats who call themselves "government" and "mass media" use it. Austrian school economics for those who prefer useful predictions and accurate models of human behavior!


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With a name like Mud Lake, why would you want to hike there? However, Mud Lake Open Space is a very pleasant place to take a family or visitors who want an easy hike in the woods.
The trailhead is about 2.4 miles from Nederland (directions below). Find a parking space and head for the sign board. Pick up a map and start walking on the trail next to the sign board. After a couple steps, signs point out the Tungsten Loop ahead and a shelter to your left. I decided to hike the loop first, then enjoy the shelter and the lake at the end of the hike.
Walk a short distance and you'll come to another trail split. While you can turn left for the lake and the loop, I decided to go right and hike the loop first.
The Tungsten Loop is a very pleasant hike in the woods. However, the starting elevation is 8400 and with some short sections of slight elevation gain, so you may find visitors and the elderly struggling. We took it easy as we walked, stopping at several holes in the ground to take a break. A sign at the trailhead explains that these were exploratory pits dug by prospectors in the area. While gold and silver were mined in Nederland, miners in the Mud Lake area found tungsten. At one point during WWI, Boulder County was producing most of the world's tungsten.
As you hike the Tungsten Loop, you'll pass several trail splits -- one goes toward Caribou Ranch, one leads to a second loop at the park. For this hike, skip both of those turnoffs. At 0.8 miles from the trailhead, you'll come to an important split -- the West Shore Trail. You can turn here or stay on the Tungsten Loop and walk the East Shore of the lake.
Since we had an elderly hiker in our group, we turned off on the West Shore Trail. It was just a short walk down this trail until we got our first glimpse of the lake through the trees. A few more steps and there was a bench next to the water. This is a great spot to take a break, enjoy the scenery and listen for birds.
When you're done enjoying a respite, I recommend walking the shoreline trail, the one closest to the shoreline, over to the picnic shelter. We found a picnic table by the water and enjoyed the lake just a little more.
When you're ready to leave, walk to the picnic shelter and look for two trails with gray rock. Both go to the parking lot. The left trail is shorter and has stairs. The right trail is longer and has an easier grade for wheelchairs and bikes.
Details: The hike around the Tungsten Loop and West Shore Trail is about a mile with 100 feet of elevation gain.
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