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The Legal Limitby Martin Clark
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Gates Hunt is a compulsive felon, serving a stiff penitentiary sentence for selling cocaine. His brother, Mason, however, has escaped their bitter, impoverished upbringing to become the commonwealth's attorney for their rural hometown in Virginia, where he enjoys a contented life with his wife and spitfire daughter. But Mason's idyll is abruptly pierced by a wicked
Gates Hunt is a compulsive felon, serving a stiff penitentiary sentence for selling cocaine. His brother, Mason, however, has escaped their bitter, impoverished upbringing to become the commonwealth's attorney for their rural hometown in Virginia, where he enjoys a contented life with his wife and spitfire daughter. But Mason's idyll is abruptly pierced by a wicked tragedy, and soon afterward trouble finds him again when he is forced to confront a brutal secret he and his brother had both sworn to take with them to the grave, a secret that threatens everyone and everything he holds dear.Intricately plotted and relentlessly entertaining, The Legal Limit is an exploration of the judicial system's roughest edges, as well as a gripping story of murder, family, and the difficult divide that sometimes separates genuine justice from the law.
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Clark's profound and moving third novel (after Plain Heathen Mischief and Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living) explores the disparity between justice and jurisprudence. Mason Hunt, while visiting his mother at home in Virginia during his final year of law school, inadvertently becomes the sole witness to his deadbeat brother Gates's cold-blooded murder of a man on a back road in the Blue Ridge Mountains. In the crime's aftermath, the brothers vow to keep their involvement secret. Years later, Gates is incarcerated for an unrelated crime, while Mason goes on to become a prestigious attorney. Then Mason's life is turned upside down when Gates, in a desperate attempt to free himself, turns state witness against Mason and accuses his brother of murder. Clark, a circuit-court judge, takes his storytelling prowess to the next level in what is his most substantial and thought-provoking work to date. Author tour. (July)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
—Los Angeles Times
"A model of how to write a literary legal thriller with a wry sense of humor. This is probably the best courthouse story I've ever heard or read."
—Mark Lindquist, The Oregonian
"Deep yet playful. . . . A novel of ample graces."
—Allison Glock, The New York Times Book Review
"Compelling…. High octane…. Skillfully weaving a plot that includes lie detectors, wiretaps and arcane legal principles, the author creates a world in which family ties can easily turn into nooses."
—Stephen Amidon, The Washington Post
"Masterful.... A story of life and death, crime and punishment, sin and redemption, and the chasm that sometimes opens up between the law and justice."
—Chicago Sun-Times
"An edge-of-your-seat legal thriller.... Take it to the beach and turn its pages breathlessly. Then mull over its deeper themes on that long ride home."
—Richmond Times-Dispatch
"Funny, smart and Southern to the bone...[The Legal Limit] packs a wallop...it's so intoxicating that it doesn't just dazzle Clark's reviewers, it inspires them."
—J. Peder Zane, The News & Observer
"[The Legal Limit] is filled to the brim with creamy, substantive, compelling prose...the manner in which the intricacies of the law, truth, justice and friendship [are] handled is masterful...This is writing at its best."
—Barbara Rich, The Daily Progress
"With The Legal Limit, Clark has outdone himself again. His novels just keep getting better...He's got the right gifts to draw the raw materials from real life and spin them into well-plotted, beautifully phrased, imaginative works of fiction...Martin Clark is the new standard by which other works of legal fiction should be judged." —Linda Brinson, Winston-Salem Journal
"Clark conveys the joys of small-town life with an eye for detail and the beauty of worn, familiar things."
—Salem Macknee, The Charlotte Observer
"Clark's wise, knowing novel [is] a superb thriller that ponders family, fraternal loyalty, marital love, child rearing, loss, integrity, tolerance, the fault line between law and justice, and even the economic well-being of a community."
—Booklist, starred review
"A masterful mix of legal arcana and white-knuckle suspense."
—Kirkus, starred review
"Profound and moving…[Clark's] most substantial and thought-provoking work to date."
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
Product Details
- 9780307269348
- Publisher:
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication date:
- 07/08/2008
- Sold by:
- Random House
- Format:
- NOOK Book
- Pages:
- 416
- Sales rank:
- 268,040
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The shooting came in October 1984, abrupt and rash, a quicksilver bang.
The day it happened, Mason Hunt had spent most of his morning settled into the afghan-covered recliner at his mother's house, watching a nondescript brown and tan and gray wren fly against the big den window again and again as it tried to punch through the glass, the bird evidently sickly or a bona fide lunatic, remaining behind while its kin abandoned Virginia and migrated farther south. Despite the suicidal thumps and flutters that gained it nothing and left it pitifully outside its hope, the misguided bird never learned a lesson or gave up on its headlong, full-steam shortcut to sanctuary, never stopped, kept at the foolishness for hours. Mason was home from his final year of law school, visiting his mother and enjoying her flapjacks and rich casseroles for a weekend, waiting for his older brother, Gates, to arrive so they could saw up a maple tree that had blown over in the front yard and stack it into winter firewood. By the time Gates pulled in the gravel drive at eleven thirty, Mason had finished two cups of coffee, napped, read three issues of the Stuart Enterprise and carted the kerosene heater from the basement to its spot near the couch, even though there was no fuel in it and the weather wouldn't turn cold for another month or so. Soon after he heard Gates cut his Corvette's ignition, Mason noticed that the bird had quit its sallies and was stuck in a holly bush next to the window, one wing draped across a run of green, prickly leaves, its beak gapped, its head listing and its feet dangling, unable to take hold of anything.
Gates opened the mudroom door but didn't move too far past the threshold, let out his neck like a terrapin leaving its armor to get a better view of Mason and his mother. "Hello, Mama," he said in a voice a few notches above normal.
"Gates," she said, not looking up from her kitchen work. She was peeling green baking apples, circling off the skin in deft turns and cuts that went from stem to bottom without a hitch.
"What're you cooking?" he asked, leaning against the doorjamb.
"A pie." The two words were absolutely neutral, ciphers. "The phone not workin' where you were at last night?"
"I'm sorry; I know I promised I'd call when I can't make it home. You forgive me?"
"It's common courtesy, Gates—if you're living under my roof you could at least let me know where you are. Twenty-seven years old, and it's the only thing I ask from you."
"It won't happen again."
"Perhaps you should ground him or take away TV privileges," Mason joked, trying to lighten the mood.
"There you go," Gates said. "That'll keep me on the straight and narrow."
"You ready to get started?" Mason asked, bending over to retie his shoes.
"Sure. Yep. Ready, ready, ready. Ready as can be." Gates was wearing a Washington Redskins jersey with the name "Hunt" stenciled across the back in gold block letters. Five inches over six feet tall, he didn't fit well into the doorframe. "Mason, man, I need you to run an errand with me before we take care of the tree, and then we're right back here lickety-split." He glanced at their mother. She still didn't look in his direction.
"An errand?" Mason repeated.
"You boys be careful with the saw," Sadie Grace Hunt said from the kitchen. "Chain saws are dangerous, Gates." She finally made eye contact with him.
"Yes, ma'am," Gates answered. "You don't need to worry about us."
"And if you're goin' somewhere with Mason"—she held the paring knife in front of her, pointing it at the ceiling—"you let him drive, you hear?"
"If it'll make you happy, then I'd be delighted to have my little brother chauffeur me around." He winked at Mason, promised his mom he'd be back for a piece of warm pie and headed out the door.
Mason was a large man as well, two inches shorter than his brother and not as thick through the shoulders and trunk, but substantial enough that the Corvette's passenger seat was uncomfortable. The shape hit him all wrong, and he had trouble with his knees. He didn't attempt the safety belt. "Damn, Gates, what—you just start distilling the hooch in your car, cut out the middleman? It smells like a speakeasy in here." There was a plastic Star Wars cup—a faded fast-food giveaway—resting on the console; the contents were yellowish green, SunDrop and vodka without any ice to dilute the potency.
"I'll roll the windows down and drive real fast." Gates nudged a cassette with his index finger and a mechanism eased it from sight, inhaling it into the dash. He had recorded a Huey Lewis and the News album onto the tape, and "I Want a New Drug" came on mid-refrain. "While we're on the subject, can I offer you a little nip?" he asked. "I've got vodka and a bottle of Wild Turkey Denny gave me for my birthday."
"I'll pass," Mason said. "Thanks just the same. It's a bit early, isn't it?" The question didn't have any bite in it, wasn't a rebuke. He grinned at his brother.
"I'm grandfathered in for the entire day, a carryover from last night. So long as you don't stop, it's just a continuation, not the same as drinking for breakfast or somethin' pathetic and alcoholic." Remarkably, besides the odor and a few aggravated blood vessels in his eyes, Gates seemed fairly level. An occasional syllable was spit-heavy, but that was about it. "Our pal Robbie Hanes is leavin' for the Navy, so we had a throwdown yesterday for him at the Woolwine Ruritan building. That's why I'm behind schedule—the party took us hostage and wouldn't let us go."
"I'd have never pegged Robbie for duty on the high seas."
Gates reached under his seat and located a Crown Royal bag, a deep-purple felt sack with bold yellow stitching and matching yellow drawstrings. He set the bag in his lap and took out a vial of cocaine and an elaborate spoon, the spoon either silver or pewter, in the shape of a mermaid, her hair serving as a grip, her toes clutching a tiny scoop. "I need to boost my shit, brother. I'm assuming you're still not interested?"
"If I tried it, I'd probably like it way too much. In no time at all, I'd be pissing myself and scavenging butts from ashtrays at the bus terminal. Quoting Timmy Leary at the homeless shelter. Thanks just the same." Mason turned down the music. "Perhaps we'd be wise to get out of Mom's sight before you start doing that."
"Only take a sec." Gates dipped the spoon into the powder, raised it to his nose and snorted—hard—three times.
"By the way, why does everyone I know carry his dope in a Crown Royal bag? Or the cassette cover for an Allman Brothers tape? Can you explain that to me? I think the Supreme Court's decided the cops have probable cause to search whenever they spot either of those in a car, regardless of the circumstances."
"You have a better suggestion?" Gates wiped his nose, then sipped his drink. "The bag's a pretty damn fine creation."
"True. Can't argue with you there."
"You like the album?" Gates asked. "Huey Lewis and the News?"
"Yeah. It's okay, though it's a shame they don't get any more airtime than they do. And I always feel like Huey might be sort of pulling our leg musically."
"Too much schoolin', I'm sorry to say, has made you into a boring smart-ass." Gates fired the engine and they crept down the gravel drive, the car chugging and straining in first gear, the tachometer barely registering because Gates didn't want to risk nicking the paint with kicked-up gravel.
"Where're we going?" Mason asked. "What kind of mischief are you dragging me into?"
"Nothing too tough, I promise. Robbie's leavin' behind a nice dresser, and he said I could have it. You and me are going to meet Claude and him in Woolwine, load the dresser onto Claude's pickup and haul it to Denise's trailer."
"How are you two doing? You and Denise, I mean?"
"Everything's cool. She got a promotion at work—off the floor and into the office—and she finally finished her associate's degree. Looks like a million bucks, still crazy about me." He made a goofy face after the last declaration. "We're thinkin' about maybe considering buying a house together. The old Mabe home is for sale. I love that place—it's on five acres, has a nice pond and a humongous porch for cookouts and warm-weather drinkin'. Man, you could just put the speakers in the windows, grill a steak, invite friends by. Only problem is that I need my luck to improve so I can pull my part, you know? I'm hopin' this insurance job with State Farm comes through, so I can quit living fuckin' hand to mouth."
"Good for you. I think the world of her."
"Me too."
Mason wanted to maneuver more space for his knees and shins, but the seat was at its limit, had no play in it. "It'll take us two hours to drive to Woolwine, load the dresser, then drive to Denise's and unload, don't you figure?" He wriggled into a new position.
"Close to it. You can call Mom from Robbie's and give her an update." Gates sniffed and touched his nostrils with the back of his hand. "So long as we have the tree done by dark, we should be okay."
"We have all morning tomorrow if we need it," Mason said, flashing his brother a wry smile.
It took them several minutes to cover the half mile of dirt and stone that led to the blacktop, but Gates slammed the accelerator the moment the wheels touched the asphalt, causing the car's tires to spin and the rear end to break traction.
They met their friends and wrapped the piece of furniture in an old quilt and laid it in the bed of Claude's pickup. Before they started to Denise's, Robbie warmed barbecued pig and baked beans, left over from his party. He placed the food on the tailgate of the truck, and they all dug it straight out of tinfoil tubs with plastic forks and wiped their hands and faces on paper towels. Gates poured himself another mixed drink, and the other three men popped cold Miller beers. The truck's doors were open, the radio playing, the hardwood trees in southside Virginia turning crimson, yellow and fire-orange, an occasional dry, brownish leaf sifting through the air on its way to the ground.
Denise's mobile home was in Five Forks on a small parcel of land she was buying from her uncle. She was a hard worker and a smart, solid woman with restraint and sensible tastes uncommon for her circumstances, and she kept her yard and dwelling neat. Mums and azaleas and other flowers and bushes that Mason couldn't identify were planted here and there, the grass was still green and nicely trimmed, and the property was free of birdbaths, kitschy cement animals, busted lawn chairs, junked Monte Carlos and matted cur dogs chained to a rusted post. Gates had helped her build and stain a covered deck; a single dragonfly wind chime hung from the four-by-four that supported the tacked-on roof, a friendly jack-o'-lantern welcomed visitors from the top step. Denise's white Celica was parked in the drive, a Mazda RX-7 behind it, and the moment Gates saw the Mazda he became angry.
"Damn," he snapped.
"What?" Mason peered across the interior at his brother. "What's wrong?"
"That's Wayne Thompson's car."
As Mason understood it, there had been a period when Gates and Denise, romantic since high school, had separated for a number of months. After Gates walked away from Virginia Tech, and after he failed to catch on with the Redskins, and after he declined a plum job at Masonite—human resources, a gig with dress shoes and a coffee mug, for heaven's sakes—and after he barely squirmed out of a DWI over in North Carolina, and after Denise allowed as to how—six years removed from his graduation—he needed to find work, quit freeloading at his mother's house and stop lollygagging around in the Corvette for hours on end, and after she finally gave him a deadline he spitefully ignored, after all this considerable forbearance, she sent him packing and began dating Wayne Thompson. Gates quickly enrolled in real estate school and signed a lease at the Dorn Williams apartment complex, begrudged measures that lasted just long enough to tamp down Denise's ire but were sufficient to spark their reconciliation. At least he'd tried, she told friends who poor-mouthed her boyfriend and suggested she was making a mistake by offering him yet another chance.
There was also small-town scuttlebutt that Denise had slipped a time or two or three or five since reconciling with Gates, talk that she'd been spotted at the Tanglewood Beach Music Festival with Wayne or got– ten hooted with her girlfriends and mentioned him favorably or been seen picking up her car—early in the morning—from the elementary school parking lot not far from his house. And who could blame her, given what Gates had to offer and his headstrong, good-for-nothing nature?
From the Hardcover edition.
Meet the Author
Martin Clark, a circuit court judge, lives in Stuart, Virginia. His first novel, The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living, was a New York Times Notable Book, a selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, a finalist for the Stephen Crane First Fiction Award, and appeared on several best-seller lists.
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"The Legal Limit" is one of those very rare books that both entertains and leaves its reader different than it found you. It is a fictional account of a murder case and how it works its way through the judicial system, written by someone (a Judge) who knows what he's talking about. The story, a tale of two brothers, is gripping and fast-paced. The scenes and situations seem real and are not your typical cardboard nonsense. The pages are packed with twists and surprises. The conversations are funny and even occasionally profound. Mr. Clark's writing is as smooth as a cold glass of tea on a summer day. The minor plots and lesser characters are perfect. I loved this book. It's one of the top three I've ever read, and I plan to go back and read the author's others.
I saw the big New York Times Book review ad boasting this was, according to several reviewers, 'the best legal thriller ever written' and so forth and so on and picked it up mainly because I was curious. Of course, not being a huge fan of the genre, that claim really didn't carry too much weight with me, sort of like being the best hitter in Double A baseball. Was I in for a pleasant surprise. First, Mr. 'Judge' Clark can write and seems to pay attention to language...the book is quite literary at times. For example, this description of the small town of Stuart, Va.: 'On balance, though, it is--and has been for decades--a splendid, serene, no-frills spot where the population is satisfied to be on the banks of the mainstream, clear of the current, passed by.' Very good writing, and a clever take off on the word 'current'. There's a lot of this kind of very accomplished and polished writing. The novel begins with the gripping description of a murder...this isn't a spoiler...and the event is described so vividly that it actually made me tense. The plot from then on folds over itself and gains speed and grows branches until the end where it is brought together and tied off nicely. The main characters, Mason Hunt, Gates Hunt, Custis Norman and Allison Hunt, Mason's wife, are all adequately fleshed out. Mason is likeable, his brother not, and Mr. Clark does a good job of not making them too extreme or too cardboard-cutout. The theme of the book...it's lesson...is how we struggle in the legal system, and the world in general, with the tension between the law and what we know to be right. This is where THE LEGAL LIMIT shines. It makes the reader THINK! Like all good literature, it sticks with you and asks important questions, but does it alongside the telling of a great, entertaining story. Ultimately, this may be 'the best legal thriller ' ever written, but if it is, it's because Mr. 'Judge' Clark has taken such pains to make it more than the standard, three-page chapter novel that is the hallmark of much legal fiction. Highly reccomended to ALL readers.
A great dissapointment. Frightening that the author, a judge, could use such unethical and unmoral characters to reach an absurb conclusion. If book's main premise is that we are all dishonest and corrupt'just present the right rationale to show our dishonesty'then I would hate to be a defense attorney or prosecutor in this court - of law? plot is non-existent and the ending is revealed long before the last chapter. Great start-faded fast before the finish. Author says 'crime does pay?' Thanks Judge, we are enlightened.
Sorry, I cannot agree the with the first two reviewers or the book jacket. There were way too many extraneous characters. It was like filler until the legal question became clear around p. 197. The story went back and forth and back and forth with no excitement or suspense.
Martin Clark has the best stories. The locations are perfect. Hope his next will be in the surrounding counties of Patrick, i.e. Franklin Co., Roanoke, Bassett etc. Look forward to his next book.
Got thru 2 chapters, so very boring & slow to read.
After reading the reviews I was prepared for a mediocre read - SURPRISE!!! What some may mistake for slow is just a slow build to a great story..
One of the most intriguing and enjoyable books I've ever read. Not difficult to get through, but impressive in its scope, its knowledge of place and time, and the issues it presents. Unpretentious and, in its own way, brilliant.
This book is slow, the characters are shallow, and the author is trying too hard to meet the quality of John Grisham. Clark never succeeds in reaching this depth and interest of writing. Reading this book was like pulling teeth. Luckily, this book was given to me as a gift bc if I had spent my own money on it...I'd really be unhappy. I would/will not recommend this book to anyone.
Martin Clark has a surefire winning story in The Legal Limit. The total effect is near genius. Characters are the people from my home town--even next door. Good or bad, they become ingrained. The plot is full of suspense and becomes an "I-Can't-Put-It-Down-Until-I-Know-How-It-Ends" type of conflict and resolution. Humor, beautiful imagery, lyrical verbs--"an unexpected ice storm ENCASED the county, BEJEWELING branches and power lines," dozens of appropriately placed allusions on every type, and a perfect placing of real hometown characters and places render the story unique.
'The Legal Limit' is an excellent book in many regards. I'm a fan of Martin Clark and this is his best yet. In the novel, there's suspense, surprise, sadness, humor, wisdom, and a plot that twists and turns until the satisfying and thought-provoking end. The scenes, characters and places seem absolutely real, and you dive right into the novel from the first pages. Well done.
Basically Martin Clark is a better writer than John Grisham. Grisham's plots are compelling page turners, and I have always loved that and will continue to love that about his work. But Grisham's characters are never really THAT complex, his work, while ragingly popular, is basically two-dimensional, the moral challenges are usually fairly straightforward, with good and bad guys. Martin Clark, on the other hand, is smart enough to understand that human beings are complex, they are human, they have many facets, and the resulting novel is richer and deeper and less predictable and more thought-provoking. You know from the get-go in The Firm (which I always think of as my favorite, first Grisham book) that our heroic young lawyer is going to prevail over the bad guys, wherever they may be hidden. But with Clark, a more meaningful set of events occurs, surprising and unconventional, and bad things happen to good people. But it is a more powerful story, in the end, because as a reader you have to struggle with what is right and what is wrong, just as Clark does. Seeing as Clark is a sitting judge, and he appears to genuinely want (at least in writing this book) to explore the nuances of what 'justice' is, it makes this book important, like any book where you are trying to understand what the truth is, what is just, what is reality, what is fair. It might be a little bit of a stretch to compare these, but at the end of the day, War and Peace is about how hard it is describe what really happened in any event -- and in that case it is a war -- in a way that allows people to parcel out responsibility and understand who did what when. In the fog of war, a lot of that is lost, and what makes Tolstoy amazing is his capacity to follow the detailed threads of a life (actually, many many lives, he has so many rich and complex characters) through complex world events -- like a massive, extended, horrible war. What happens when people go home and talk about what the war was? Similarly in this book, Clark explores the PROBLEM of justice, which is different from the law. The LAW is easy -- just read, apply, rinse and repeat. JUSTICE is the application of the law based on what a judge is presented with. But what about when a Judge KNOWS things (because it is a small town, for instance) ...does the Judge use that information, properly, in handing out justice? I recommend this book because not only is it rich and thoughtful, but it is fun and funny and has some great local color (set in rural SW Virginia), and because I expect Clark has a few more of these in him as well. Keep an eye on this guy.
Author Martin Clark, a Virginia circuit judge, has written that while he has an interest in both the law and writing he had decided not to mix the two for a variety of valid reasons. His decision changed in 2003 when he was told a story, which he verified. We're in his debt for changing his mind as The Legal Limit is one of the most absorbing, though provoking tales to come along in many moons. Clark quickly notes that this is not a literal diary but as he puts it 'there are plenty of facts in these pages , but I've definitely retooled them to serve the story I wanted to tell.' 'Retooled' is the author's word, it would not be mine to describe this remarkable work. Clark's writing is precise, distinct, assured, painterly, if you will, as he describes a person or the small town of Stuart, Virginia. His skillful technique never overshadows his sensitivity to human foibles, and his plotting is so adroitly constructed that one is compelled to keep reading yet doesn't want the book to end. The Legal Limit's story is both as old as the Bible and as fresh as tomorrow. It is a tale of two brothers - Mason and Gates Hunt. Visiting home during his last year in law school, Mason is relaxed and happy. He's glad to be enjoying his mother's cooking and enjoying his older brother's company, even though Gates keeps cocaine in a Crown royal bag under the seat of his car and guzzles 'SunDrop and vodka without any ice to dilute the potency.' Most would probably see Gates as an intemperate jobless ne'er-do-well who still lives with his mother. But Mason sees him quite differently as he is the stronger older brother who protected him from the abuse of their father. What begins innocently enough as a visit to Gates's girlfriend, Denise, turns dark and ugly that night when Gates and Mason are pursued by Wayne who is a rival for Denise. Once the two cars stop on a dirt road Wayne tries to goad Gates into a fight - it doesn't take much doing, and then the totally unexpected tragedy. Mason quickly decides that for once he will be the protector and help his brother conceal his crime. That decision would change the course of his life, challenge his beliefs, and cause us to thoughtfully ponder the sometimes difference between law and justice. Highly recommended. - Gail Cooke
Mason Hun escaped his sadistic abusive father Curt with a college scholarship. When his father vanished, Mason, his older brother Gates and their mother Sadie rejoiced as no one was as mean as Curt was. In 1984 twenty-four years old law student Mason comes home to visit his beloved mother. He is on the back roads with Gates when his brother cold bloodedly shoots and kills a man who was playing with his girlfriend. Mason agrees to ignore what he witnessed as his sibling was always there keeping him safe from cruel Curt.--------------- Years later, Mason is happily married to Allison as they raise their daughter in Stuart. However, he is devastated when Allison dies in a car crash. In 2003, Gates seeking a pardon from prison turns state¿s evidence against his brother accusing Mason of murder almost two decades ago. A special prosecutor gets a grand jury to indict the attorney.--------------- This exciting family legal thriller is filled with suspense in and out of the courts in fact some of the strongest scenes involve in the estranged siblings and their mom in a variety of confrontations. Martin Clark makes a case that the law may be so blind that achieving justice often fails. Fans will relish this thought provoking tale as Mason learns blood may be thicker than water, but so is ketchup as betrayal can come from those who allegedly cherish you.-------------- Harriet Klausner


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French Bombing Inquiry Takes a New Turn
PARIS -- Prosecutors investigating a 2002 bombing in Pakistan that killed 11 French citizens are taking their probe in a new direction, looking into whether the attack was retaliation for a failure to pay alleged bribes, according to a lawyer and people close to the probe.
Prosecutors are also looking into whether the arrangement involved planned kickbacks to the campaign of a French prime minister who was running for president.
For the past seven years, French investigators have suspected that Islamic terrorists were behind the bombing of a bus carrying employees of French state-controlled warship maker Direction des Constructions Navales, or DCN, in Karachi.
The blast killed 14 people, including 11 French DCN employees, who were working on the construction of submarines for the Pakistan Navy. France had won a contract to build three submarines in 1994 for 5.5 billion French francs, or about $1 billion at the exchange rate of the time.
This week, Paris-based antiterrorist investigative magistrates informed families of the 11 French victims that they were looking into whether the attack happened because France allegedly reneged on a pledge to pay alleged commissions related to the lucrative submarine-building contract, according to Olivier Morice, a lawyer for the families. The new line of inquiry was also confirmed by people close to the probe.
"There was a terrorist act in which French citizens were killed," Mr. Morice said Friday after a meeting with investigators. "But the motive may be that France did not pay commissions it had pledged to pay."
After examining documents from the time, prosecutors are looking into whether -- as part of the overall submarine contract -- French officials allegedly agreed to pay $33 million to intermediaries who had helped France secure the contract, say Mr. Morice and the people close to the probe.
At the time, such commissions would have been legal: Before France joined an international anticorruption initiative in 2000, it wasn't illegal for French companies to pay commissions to foreign officials to secure contracts overseas. The alleged commissions were supposedly to be paid before 2000.
Investigators are looking into whether part of the money from the commissions was destined to flow back into France to help finance the 1995 presidential bid of then-Prime Minister Edouard Balladur. At the time, Nicolas Sarkozy -- now France's president -- was budget minister and Mr. Balladur's campaign manager.
It would have been illegal for part of the alleged commissions to flow back into France -- a mechanism sometimes known as reverse kickbacks. Prosecutors say they have documents that indicate part of the alleged commission may have been aimed at helping Mr. Balladur's campaign coffers. The prosecutors and investigators say they have no evidence implicating Messrs. Balladur or Sarkozy.
Investigators say they began looking into the new angle after they seized a number of financial documents describing how a web of offshore companies had been created to channel the alleged commission payments, as well as a confidential report written by a former French intelligence officer about the case.
Mr. Balladur ended up losing the presidential election, and investigators are probing whether this prompted French officials not to pay the alleged commissions associated with the submarine deal, according to Mr. Morice and the people familiar with the matter. The bombing may have been the result of these alleged missed payments, these people add.
Investigators are looking into a theory that Islamic terrorists carried out the bombing but on behalf of people who were supposed to receive the alleged commissions, but no evidence has been presented to support this theory.
Officials at DCNS, the new firm formed out of the former DCN, couldn't be reached for comment.
Mr. Sarkozy said Friday that the new angle being pursued by investigators was a "myth." "It is ridiculous," he told reporters on the sidelines of a summit in Brussels.
Mr. Balladur said in a TV interview he had heard "about this story for years" but that according to his information, the submarine export contract was conducted in a "perfectly normal" way.
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Hong Kong Editor in Press Freedom Row Critical After Attack
The former chief editor of a Hong Kong newspaper, whose removal from his post led to protests over press freedom in the city, was critically injured after being slashed with a knife by assailants on a motorbike today.
The attack on Kevin Lau, chief operating officer at a unit of Media Chinese International Ltd. and former chief editor at Ming Pao Daily News, happened days after at least 1,600 demonstrators held a march to express concerns that media freedom is being eroded.
Lau was stabbed in the back by attackers after he parked his car by one of two men who drove a motorbike in front of him, Ming Pao reported. Kwan King-pan, acting superintendent of the Hong Kong Police, said the victim was struck three times with a meat cleaver and is now in critical condition.
"The Government and I are extremely concerned and outraged about the attack on Mr Lau this morning and we strongly condemn this savage act," Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said in a statement. "Hong Kong is a lawful society and we will not tolerate violence."
Lau's reassignment from the top editorial role at the newspaper sparked protest from staff who said he was being punished for running coverage critical of Hong Kong's government and China. The recent firing of an outspoken radio host also caused a public outcry, with protesters taking to the streets for the Feb. 23 march organized by the Hong Kong Journalists Association. The association said 6,000 people attended the rally, several times the figure given by police.
Previous Attacks
"There have been previous attacks on people in media and the investigations didn't go anywhere," Yuen Chan, a journalism lecturer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said by telephone. "I hope this time it won't be the case again."
Hong Kong Journalists Association "condemns in the strongest terms" the attack and urges the authorities to pursue the attackers without fear or favor, according to a statement on its website. "The attackers must be brought to justice as quickly as possible to allay public fears."
Ming Pao, operated by Media Chinese International, has published feature reports on the death of Chinese dissident Li Wangyang, and articles that exposed illegal building works by Hong Kong officials.
Hong Kong's ranking on the global Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders fell to 58 last year from 18 in 2002.


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Chinese state media say the most famous temple in Tibet's capital Lhasa has reopened to the public, two months after it was closed due to major protests against Beijing's rule.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, buddhism, world-politics, china
The Dalai Lama has lashed out at the "suppression" of anti-Chinese unrest in Tibet, as he arrived in Germany ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
Topics: world-politics, community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, buddhism, china, taiwan
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Researchers reveal painting with oils took place in Afghanistan long before Europe.
Topics: painting, arts-and-entertainment, visual-art, buddhism, afghanistan
The Dalai Lama has told the the US special envoy for Tibet he appreciates US concern over China's handling of the political unrest in Tibet, and said "we need your help."
Topics: buddhism, community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, united-states, china
Vandalised columns are covered by plastic sheets at the ancient Buddhist temple of Zenkoji in Nagano on April 20, 2008 just two days after it cancelled its role in the protest-marred Olympic torch relay.
Topics: buddhism, law-crime-and-justice, japan
The Dalai Lama says he will resign as leader of Tibet's government-in-exile if violence in his homeland spreads out of control.
Topics: world-politics, buddhism, china
People listen to the Dalai Lama, exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, speak on the second day of the five-day Seeds of Compassion gathering in Seattle, Washington, April 12, 2008. Tens of thousands of people packed a Seattle sports stadium to hear the Dalai Lama call for non-violence and to make the 21st century a 'century of dialogue'.
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Tens of thousands of people have packed a Seattle sports stadium to hear the Dalai Lama call for non-violence and to make the 21st century a "century of dialogue".
Topics: buddhism, community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, spirituality, united-states
The Dalai Lama has arrived in the United States on his first foreign trip since China's crackdown on protests in Tibet drew a global outcry.
Topics: buddhism, world-politics, united-states
A group of Buddhists will emerge on the New South Wales north coast later this morning from three years of isolation.
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A Tibetan nun cries at a protest in front of the visa-issuance section of the Chinese Embassy in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, March 25, 2008. At least 50 Tibetan exiles, mostly monks, were rounded up by the police while they were organising what was meant to be a peaceful protest. Police rounded up the demonstrators by charging at them with batons but avoided injuring anybody.
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A Tibetan monk runs away from baton-charging police in front of the visa-issuance section of the Chinese Embassy in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, March 25, 2008. At least 50 Tibetan exiles, mostly monks, were rounded up by the police while they were organising what was meant to be a peaceful protest. Police rounded up the demonstrators by charging at them with batons but avoided injuring anybody.
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About 100 protesters have gathered outside the Chinese embassy in Canberra to protest against Beijing's tactics in Tibet.
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Tibetan Buddhist monks speak to foreign journalists at Jokhang temple in Lhasa, March 27, 2008. Foreign journalists escorted by China into the Tibetan capital described a charred, tense city still wrapped in the smell of smoke nearly two weeks after violent riots erupted. Underlining the tension, the group of monks staged a brief protest in the presence of the reporters, shouting down a Chinese official who was briefing the journalists on the unrest.
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A 26-year-old man set himself on fire in Rangoon's most famous Buddhist temple in an apparent protest against economic hardship in military-ruled Burma, witnesses and police said.
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Dalai Lama says he will step down if it will help stop the riots in Tibet.
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Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has warned that Tibet is in serious danger and he has condemned what he calls, China's 'rule of terror', in the wake of a crackdown on autonomy rallies.
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There have been reports of deaths as protesters in Tibet's capital Lhasa burn shops and vehicles and yell for independence as the region was hit by protests, prompting the Dalai Lama to urge Beijing to stop "brute force".
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The Dalai Lama has written to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, congratulating him for the apology to the Stolen Generations.
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The Dalai Lama says the people of Tibet should be involved in choosing his successor, and even deciding whether the institution should continue at all after his death.
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Pope Benedict has no plans to meet the Dalai Lama next month, the Vatican said, in an about face from a previous position that irked China.
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I'm in on this one. I have a new tarp and under quilt that I'm anxious to get out with.
I'm in for Saturday night. I went out for the first time all year last weekend and now I have the bug. Please mark the kiosk with an HF and look for me sometime after lunch on Saturday.
I'm free any weekend except the 14 - 16th. Friday nights work best for me now that I've commenced my regular work schedule but Saturdays are doable.
30% chance of showers on Sunday.
Hey guys.
After a long stretch of no weekends off I have a new job and will finally be able to make it out again. I won't be able to make it til Saturday though. Is anyone staying Saturday night?
Man I wish I'd seen your post earlier. I had Thursday and Friday off plus a major case of camping withdrawal.
Wow talk about being late to the party. So I just started a new job and I'm dying to get back out. I work until 6 on Saturday and plan on leaving straight from work. Camp C would be my preference...
I use one of these.
It can also serve as an emergency blanket or tarp as...
Mark which end is your head and which end is your foot so you get your zipper facing the right way the first time.
My new GoLite Odyssey is stuffed and ready to go. I should be leaving after lunch and be there around 2 ish. Everyone drive safe. Especially down that sketchy dirt road. There is a lower parking...
I've been wanting to mountain bike up there for awhile but alas, our bike rack doesn't fit on my car on account of my sweet spoiler. Looking forward to it.
From Columbus or Cleveland it is probably easier to get off on SR 39. Right after you pass through Perrysville, turn right at the VFW onto CR 917. That sort of dead ends/curves at an odd triangle...
It's actually warmer here tonight than last night. Wish more people could have stayed. We are holding it down just fine without you though. Good night from the hammock.
Friday early afternoon for me.
I've camped at site 10. The 8, 9, 10 area is nice. Site 10 was the farthest one and it was a super easy mile along an under used fire road. It took me just under 30 minutes to walk it and I am a...
The 12th is out for me. This weekend would be fine or later would work too.
I'm good any time other than the weekend of Nov 11-13. A November and December hang would be fine by me too.
I stayed at site 10 a few weeks ago. Plenty of room to hang and only a very easy mile to get back there. I'd be up for going back again.
I'm in. And it says I have to post at least 10 characters.
With the super nice weather this weekend and the wife being out of town I thought I might check out the Mohican Park and Pack this Friday. Does anyone have any experience on which sites are best for...
My only complaint about that weekend is that its not soon enough.
Will there be fried corn thingies at this buffet?
What a fun time. It was great meeting everyone. Can't wait to do it again.
I'm going to try and make it Saturday night. I sprained my foot on my last hike so that will be the determining factor for me. Hopefully I'll be healed up by then.
I'd be interested. I'm usually good for about 5-7 miles. I'm pretty flexible right now schedule wise.
Hello from Columbus Ohio. I had my first night hanging and I'm hooked. Thanks to everyone here for the advice.


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To install it, use the following command:
To convert all PDFs in a directory, go to that directory and run the following command:


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Hey, Ashley,
I'm single. Do you want to take me out?
When you speak of "trash" it is more likely the "trash" exists within the central banks. It is becoming overtly obvious that since central banks worldwide control fiat currencies, which are the only currently available legal mediums of exchange, generally speaking, that they can run everything in the precious metal sector into the ground, at which point they (central banks) can pick up the pieces and keep all things PM related out of the hands of the public.
In such a scenario, where total control to manipulate exists, it is better to wait till they've overplayed their hand, as is so typical of those of unbridled greed. No one should put a penny into PMs until they've obviously turned the corner, which includes all things related and derivative, which includes PM mining companies. The DJIA today lost over 315 points. When it is generally recognized to be in a downtrend is when serious consideration to PM mining companies should start to attract interest. In the meantime, if some out there feel their money is burning a hole in their pockets, there is always the physical market.
Yes and I'll bet they aren't hearing on their news sources about gold (and silver) being barbarous relics. Most of the sheeple in this country won't get it until it's too late.
You don't understand. They aren't "buying" it. They are playing along with their own twist on how to rip off their populations. They're all in it together to a certain extent. Only their populaton's prosperity is at risk
And who's the top dog at Yahoo? Marissa Mayer.
And what are her creds? Involved in the development of Google Search and image products
And who appears to have taken over all cookie handling? It sure looks like Google on this end
There's an old saying about power; it corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely
Be sure your searches can't be tracked. We use StartPage
Perhaps you can answer your own question:
1. Central banks are operated by the Earth's wealthiest people who don't want, and never will, people to be in control of their destinies, which a system of honest money would allow.
2. National currencies are under the control of banks, worldwide. PMs are the honest alternative to fiat money. Those who control the money will NEVER voluntarily relinquish that power. Otherwise manipulation of the PM sector will continue downward.
3. Government regulators will NEVER oppose lawbreaking in the form of moving markets in directions beneficial to them. Beware those who suggest the current advance is definitely the beginning of a return to a PM bull market. Overhead resistance on charts still has not broken through. Only then is there a reasonable chance that we can say PMs have begun their long awaited uptrend.
4. Pay attention to what the charts are saying. They are the combined wisdom of the participants, even the criminal manipulators. For many months, even years, if you watch the PM spot market you will see a definite pattern that proves manipulation is going on in all world metals exchanges. It usually goes like this: down NYMEX at open, large increase from there into mid session. Downward from there gradually into London. Then back to the upward spike at the NYMEX open again.
The banksters are the head of the snake, as GlobalAU used to say. Past and present Presidents, members of Congress and the Judiciary are beholden to the Fed, not the People. Until they are dealt with, meaning removal of this private central bank and the return of responsibility to the Treasury any other efforts at reform are a mute point. The problem is that the corruption runs so broad and deep that it will probably take some sort of catastrophe to rid the country of the Fed. Neither of the 3 branches of the government, as currently constituted, will do the job. Remember that MOST politicians are there because the banksters put them there by the way. In effect they are largely bankster puppets.
He fell in the pond, there at the golf course he frequents in Chandler, AZ, and drowned. So what is it that you miss about him?
Another, among the missing, is GlobalAU73, who had some very interesting commentary. He is a Viet Nam vet, which could put him in his late 70's. Hopefully he is still around to see what appears to be an uptick in the PM markets. Maybe he's just too busy tending his tomato garden. All associated with the central bank slime that have suppressed the price of PMs over this many years need to meet their Waterloo, and the sooner the better.
People have died (WI Wi, not included among the gold bugs) waiting for the logical end of fiat money, the destroyer of many lives worldwide. May the banksters spend eternity in the burning fires of Hell.
...international elitist (central bank management) neck stretching events (but not in the USA).
However, do not discount the US political class springing to the "aid" of the international elitists.
The anger in western countries is about to hit a tipping point. The realization that falling economies and the cover-up (urbanely known as "wagging the dog") are transparent efforts to shift blame to "unforeseen" militancy by the "disenfranchised", thus legitimizing the "but how could we have known" defense.
See: "The Death Of Paper Money" by Ian Gordon
Within is stated:
In 1838, Mayer Amschel Rothschild, founder of the international banking dynasty, in a letter from London to Rothschild agents in New York wrote- "Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who makes its laws. The few who understand the system, will either be so interested from its profits or so dependent on its favors, that there will be no opposition from that class, while on the other hand, the great body of people mentally incapable of comprehending the tremendous advantage that capital derives from the system, will bear its burdens without complaint and perhaps without even suspecting that the system is inimical to their interests."
Understanding of this statement is relevant to the tipping point where elitist control over financial systems is ending as currency wars intensify.
Not today's action in the spot gold market. Immediately on the NYCOMEX open gold surged from $1281 to $1292. What is sure to follow, as in the past, is a knock down to about the $1270 area. This playbook scenario has been repeated so often that it is becoming trite.
There has been a continued deterioration of web page downloads due to advertisements on finance.yahoo. This appears to be from a lack of consideration towards users as to whether these ads are presented in a timely fashion. Part of this could be due to an effort to drive users to brokerage outlets where ads are not such a drag on performance, but require a funded account to avoid the lengthy web page downloads. It's just another way Wall Street is screwing the public that doesn't wish to be forced into brokerage commitments.
Note that most of the ads are from brokerage firms whose ads are taking more time to download than in the past.
There is NO argument that Yahoo shouldn't be presenting ads in order to provide access to financial info. The argument is a perceived attempt to downgrade performance to force users into brokerage accounts.
You're the expert on options. They wouldn't be traded here because price is too easily manipulated. But they do seem to have some predictive value.
As far as your claim that this particular option is 'thinly" traded, it is a LEAP, and at this point has high open interest compared to what it probably will be a year from now (20,000?). That makes it particularly risky because it attracts manipulative interests on the writer side to have most of the interest expire valueless. As far as this sort of trade being "common", the question should be "common" to whom?" And that is why it is suspicious. Note that the volume of 150 has again posted which may be an indication it is from a single source. This could be an indication of inside information on a potential buy-out of AUY; or maybe it's just a dufus with more money than brains. Stay tuned.
AUY down today by 0.27%
Jan 2016 $20 Call up by 88.89%
Volume was 150, range was 0.17-0.18
Call price on June 2 was 0.09, volume data can't be provided for that date.
Does somebody know something nobody else does and is trading on it illegally?
This type of trading has been seen in the distant past when Santa Fe International (SFI) was the subject of insider trading by Kuwaiti insiders, including connected "royal" family members and an accountant who was asked by a board member of SFI for tax advice on a large increase in value of the board member's shares. Of course the Kuwaiti's got away with the loot. The American based accountant wasn't so lucky when he put 2 + 2 together and bought call options that would have made him a millionaire, except for the fact that he got caught. It just so happens that the accountant was an acquaintance of ours. He and his wife (also an accountant) got what they deserved. But it's just another case where "important feriners" get treated like the corrupt un-sanctionable royalty they represent. So now you know how being treated "royally" places some on the same basis as "diplomats" with immunity from prosecution.
The case for SFI was easy to spot on a share price chart, which wasn't as widely available until the advent of the Internet. Engineering and construction companies were in a downturn, yet SFI was exploding upwards.
On the other hand today option charts are still not widely available except through brokerage firms. Yahoo, for example, has a spot on their daily option quotes for historical prices, but chooses not to provide the chart in the space provided, leading to the suspicion that to do so would not provide cover for illicit trading activities.
Anyone who thinks this country runs on 'the rule of law" doesn't have a broad understanding of the meaning of the term and therefore is unlikely to understand the depth of the country's corruption.
Your demeanor doesn't match your beauty. It seems you need a BIG FAT KISS to turn your life around pretty lady. Come back and post again after you've had the experience. It might cause a sea change with others who will also note that love is much more powerful than hate. If you think this is off topic; no, it really isn't. Real riches come in many forms, excluding the paper based ones, of course.
Remember! Don't come back again until you've gotten a BIG FAT KISS.
Isn't it interesting that Yahoo considers "#$%$" (NATCHY) a word that shouldn't be displayed without a login profile that allows the use of "bad" words. Yahoo rule makers are more than a little bit creepy and twisted in their thinking.
See: "Gold And Silver: Debt Is Trouncing Precious Metals, For Now" by Michael Noonan
"What may not be as widely known is that the English Rothschild bank funded the North in America's Civil War, while the French Rothschild bank funded the South. It did not matter who would win, the Rothschild's were going to increase both their wealth and, more importantly for them, their influence in US politics. That had always been their primary objective."
This is just one excerpt and is worth taking the time to read the rest. It represents how the misuse of a massive fortune, to garner even more wealth, is not anchored in any belief system based on humanity towards others. As such it is the Destroyer of everything in its path merely for personal gain by using the ability to fund national conflicts on both sides. There are many accounts of how Rothschild money, and those of their allies, which includes the Prescott Bush family, funded the #$%$ regime and that of the Bolsheviks (Rothschild interests) during WWI. Those who might want to call this anti-Semitic need to respond with facts of their own as these are not opinions. Of course this is Yahoo, which doesn't allow simple links in order easily corroborate facts from credible sources. Why might that be, other than a mentality wishing to keep people in ignorance.
What this boils down to currently is the power to print un-backed currencies for whatever the "money trust" considers its objectives through its private central banking resources. This corrupts everything destroying the so called "free market" in the process, which relies on honest money. This sort of corruption is the perfect description of the urban definition of "filthy rich" in a contemporary context.
Western central banks are desperate for your PMs. They are taking the PM market down slowly (which is fine with Asia) with some minor upswings. Western banks for a number of years now have been transferring PMs to the East. Now they need to replace what they have discarded FROM YOU.
Previously it was though that perhaps $1200 gold and $19 silver might be a bottom, with the caveat that from that point upward the reversal would need to be apparent.
Remember, virtually ALL the PM newsletter writers have been wrong about the direction of that sector. It should make you wonder if it is incompetence or a secret alliance they have with the banksters using, of course, plausible deniability.
As stated from this screen name about 2 weeks ago, Peter Schiff penned the following: "The Belgian Connection". Now Jim Willie has stated much the same in "BRICS Gold Source & Belgium Bulge".
These findings are related to the take-down (manipulation, such as recent Barclay's revelations) of precious metals with central bank impending insolvency. They are attempting to drive down the PM market filling their coffers with YOUR PMs along with the same old siren song of gold as a "barbaric relic" worthy only of disposal before the price goes lower. All this should mean is that PM investors should be looking for an impending bottom in the PM market, taking advantage of the lower prices provided gold/silver investors. The only way this can be recognized is with a large uptick subsequent to a bottom that takes out overhead resistance. This will mean that relatively deep-pocket investors have come aboard and will not countenance losses the result of CB manipulation without serious lawsuits (perhaps as a class) combined with public exposure of CB wrong-doing.
Note, also, that major stock indices are moving upwards on declining volume, which is opposite to expectations of a long-term uptrend. The old refrain applies: "Bulls make money, bears make money but pigs get slaughtered".
Grow up, sweetheart. Nobody likes a brat, no matter how pretty they are.
See: "The Belgian Connection" by Peter Schiff
This is just one of the ways that the Fed is hiding the facts by shifting its QE out of the country to give the impression that its buy-back of indebtedness is "tapering". Williams mentions that he doesn't see QE being "tapered", but this is one of the known ways QE remains at current levels, despite claims to the contrary by the Fed's monetary authorities.
Quantitative Easing raises the monetary base and adds to inflationary risks. Williams points out that the consumer is already tapped out and can't spend, so he expects a downturn in the economy that soon will have to be widely acknowledged.
Don't you just love these Princeton/Harvard/etc terms invented by banksters? These people need to occupy jail cells where they can no longer do harm. Courts should make the possibility that central bank leadership will NEVER again engage in this type of theft with PERMANENT solutions that will dissuade future bankster theft. That should extend back to all living Fed Chairmen/women along with dissolution of the Federal Reserve Act. Of course, short of a revolution and a return to Constitutional rule, it's never going to happen. People, including Williams and Hunter, are too afraid to suggest appropriate sanctions on central bank board members and their allies in the corporate and political world. They are far from alone, in that regard. When the hammer finally falls and evidence of where guilt lies becomes widespread we need PERMANENT solutions, and not stop-gap measures that will only mean a return to business as usual in short order.
Again, I make this suggestion to those who have found interesting Internet posts. Don't make your readers hunt for your suggested articles if you want as many as possible to access your suggestion. Merely provide the title, in quotes, so there is no question about what you are referring to. It works as well as a link.
See the latest post by P. Radomski titled: "Gold & Silver Trading Alert: Turnaround"
Unlike most other online editorialists in the PM sector, he appears to not be trying to pull people into PMs. Rather he is watching performance and underlying factors.
The list of those calling themselves "bulls" for the PM sector is very long. It seems that you have been pulled into their line of propaganda that mostly leads investors to get in too early. What we should want is for all investors to come on board just after a recognizable bottom takes place. That is the point where the possible destruction of central banks will take place and humankind will again experience prosperity, but of course not without central governments doing everything within their power to prevent it.
Too often the tired argument that fiat money is about to plunge to zero creates disappointment when it becomes obvious it is not happening, or not within a suggested time-frame. Yes. Fiat money will eventually have zero value. Being wrong about when that happens, on an individual basis, can be disastrous economically.
Trying to make a linkage between petroleum resource development, currencies and PM prices is tenuous to nearly non-existent in the short term. LEAD TIME is the main factor. At this point actual turn-key of the projects you've mentioned is far into the future. This is true of all resource related projects, including gold/silver mining, which require massive amounts of investment and related development over a number of years.
The case here's we've got better things to do. How about you? You're wasting a lot of time. Are you depending on Big Brother O'Bummer for your keep?


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followed the recipe pretty much, except added a red bell pepper. this was fantastic. i was nervous about the flipping part of the cooking process, but it all went according to plan, and everyone really enjoyed it. i was glad to see that it was, in fact, six good servings. i made a side caesar salad to go along with it. highly recommended.
Spaghetti Frittata
From EatingWell: March/April 1993
Leftover spaghetti? Try mixing it with eggs for an Italian omelet.
7 Reviews for Spaghetti Frittata
Like others I was skeptical about the dish. I put my big girl pants on and went for it. This dish well surpassed by expectations. I agree with others zucchini would be a nice addition, but is definitely not necessary. I served with stewed tomatoes that I processed slightly in my mini blender on top.
I've made a frittata before, but with diced potatoes instead of the spaghetti. Being diabetic, I was afraid to eat too much, for fear of the potatoes jacking up my blood sugar. But making this recipe with whole-wheat spaghetti not only sounds good, but would be much healthier for me too. I think I'll also add the grated zucchini. I'll definitely be making this recipe!
Made this for dinner tonight, and had some trouble. If you make this, don't make the mistake I did and think the residual oil from the onion was enough for the frittata. I couldn't get it out of the skillet when I tried to flip it, so I broiled it to cook the top side instead and it came out fine. It was great for a little something different, but I would probably add some tomatoes and zucchini like the other folks mentioned. It tasted like it was missing something. Maybe next time I'll cook the tomatoes into it rather than put them on top.
Pretty good! I was actually surprised - I did not have high expectations. Made it pretty much as written, except I used one huge onion (instead of 3 medium), upped the basil b/c there was plenty in my garden, shredded a zucchini and added it to the cooking onion at the last minute (which added some moisture to the end product), and mixed the chopped tomato in when I fried the whole thing. We found it yielded 6 generous servings.


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The elegant spa resort of Badenweiler in the Markgräflerland region of southwest Germany is steeped in tradition. With its therapeutic thermal springs and beautiful scenery, graceful Badenweiler is one of Europe's foremost spa towns.
Badenweiler is a haven of relaxation in the far south of Germany. Its warm climate and 1,700 annual hours of sunshine attract many visitors seeking the flair of the mediterranean. Whether it's simple pleasures such as sunbathing or walking in delightful countryside, this spa resort and holiday destination consistently provides the perfect backdrop for relaxing and replenishing your energy.
The power of the warm springs: Cassiopeia thermal baths and more
Every day the bathing complexes in Badenweiler draw around a million litres of curative thermal water from the rock layers of the Black Forest and visitors can take full advantage of this precious natural resource, for instance in the Cassiopeia Therme. This thermal pool complex, which has been awarded five wellness stars, is in a class of its own. On offer are a sauna area, a Roman-Irish bath, a wellness suite, thermal springs and natural volcanic mud treatments, to mention just a few of the many ways to rejuvenate body and soul. Badenweiler is also perfect as a health break destination, as it offers various rehabilitation centres and acute clinics which specialise in the treatment of musculo-skeletal disorders such as arthritis and osteoporosis, cardiovascular diseases and physical and psychological exhaustion.
Aside from healthcare the town has plenty to offer as well. For example it makes a perfect base for excursions to the surrounding area. Worth visiting are Freiburg with its old quarter and beautiful cathedral.
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"Ghostbusters": 10 Facts About the Franchise You Thought You Knew
DC Comics has hired a slew of writers and artists in the wake of the New 52; someone has to do all those new books, right? But as you would expect, there are a lot of proposed pairings of creators and projects that were nixed before they saw print.
Earlier this week, Powers artist Michael Avon Oeming revealed artwork he had done for DC when he was in line to illustrate the recently launched Katana. Although DC ultimately went down a more realistic route with artist Alex Sanchez, these two pieces by Oeming are a bittersweet taste of what could've been.
Now that looks really good. I know Oeming's an acquired taste, but this is probably the one New 52 book he could have rocked.
I think it would have been even better if they did the whole book in black and white with the occasional red color splash.
I'm glad we got the book we did rather than one that looked like it was an adaptation of a Timm cartoon.
damn, that would have been great. at least to look at.
This art looks cool & all, but it doesn't fit the series it was intended for. I'm glad they went in a more realistic direction.
I wish the book had that art – I do not like Sanchez at all.
Steve, Samurai – thanks guys. You're the reason we can't have nice things.
There's been a certain sameness with so much of the "New 52″ that has bugged me to the point where I've just about completely given up on it. It gets particularly frustrating when I read stories like this, where I look at how DC passed over an opportunity to do something that allowed a book to have its own unique look/style and think "Wow, now THAT series I would have bought…"
this is what happens when yall support hype instead of fantasy! everything about this is a response to pop culture and SNL and Entertainment Weekly and snarky talk soup esque shows making one liners about Supermans shorts and Aquaman talking to fishes. CANT HAVE THAT said the perpetually insecure comic fans. so now its EDGY and REALISTIC.
its stupid. it smells like farts that you get when I eat eggs!!! im still farting…
That's a shame. Stylisation can be a wonderful thing,
Uh, for those of you complaining that Oeming's style would have been unique in a sea of sameness at DC, have any of you looked at the Katana series? Sanchez's style is likely the most offbeat at DC right now. I had zero interest in Katana until it came out and I bought it on a whim. One of my favorite comics right now.
Damn, no sooner do I post that then I see Sanchez isn't even doing issue 3. Looks like Cliff Richards is on and while I like his art well enough, it does fall more in line with that similar style you others are pointing out. I hope Sanchez comes back next issue.
I'm not reading the mini-series, but I would've at least picked up the first issue of this – honestly, for Oeming and not the character. That's gorgeous.
And yes, I totally get that I'm not the target audience for a Katana series.
Please just go away, Bob Harras. And take your generic 90's Marvel with you.
Alex was a good choice for the series, great camera angles and layouts, much more elegant and fitting for the series. Check it out if you get the chance
Awww, this could of been the cool Catwoman of its time. I'm of course referring to Darwyn Cooke's run on Selina's title that gave her the iconic look we have today.
Great art! This looks like it could have been DC's 'Hawkeye', what a pity they passed this over.
This art style is much better from a marketing standpoint because it makes it feel a lot more MANLY, which is crucial for a female lead character book to do well in a predominantly male consumer market. They should have gone with this instead, in my opinion.