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SECRETARY STEVEN CHU: This is a photograph of a perennial grass called miscanthus. It was grown without irrigation, without fertilizer. And in the autumn, you just shave it off. You use that to convert it to ethanol. The amount of ethanol in this particular plot of land outside the University of Illinois produces 15 times more ethanol than a similar plot of land if you grew corn, and the energy inputs are far less.
So we need to develop methods in order to use these grassy, woody substances and also agricultural waste – wheat straw, rice straw, corn stover. There are many – and lumber wastes – much of the agricultural waste is being thrown away, burned or put in landfill. That can be converted to transportation fuel.
Already research has shown – research actually sponsored by the Department of Energy has enabled people to reprogram yeast and bacteria with entire metabolic pathways that allow the yeast to convert simple sugars into diesel-like fuel, gasoline-like fuel, jet-like fuel. And it just self-separates from the water. The yields are quite low, and so – but this only took six months to reprogram the yeast. And so hopefully in the next five years or so one can up the yields to commercial scale. I don't know if it'll work, but there's a shot.
And the quality of the scientists now doing this work are extraordinary. And it's really the quality of these people that give me a lot of hope.


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I got my stickers from the DMV and they are ugly and yellow!
What was shown that I would recieve on the DMV site was white. I expected it to look like what was shown on the application web page here: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/vr/decal.htm
What showed up in the mail is yellow. You have to put 4 of them on your car. One on each fender on the right side. One behind each rear wheel. The ones that go on the fender are about 2 inches by 3 inches. The ones that go behind the rear whiles are four inches high by about 6 inches long. THEY ARE SO UGLY!
I have a white honda civic hybrid that is kept very clean and now I have these taxi cab looking sticker that I have to put on if I want car pool access.
I want to punch whomever designed these decals and approved them in the face!
Don't get my wrong, I like the carpool access, but YELLOW? I feel really bad for anybody with a dark colored hybrid that has to put that yellow sticker on their car.

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There comes a time in all our lives that someone that we care for needs assistance to do the simple things each day that at one time used to be so easy. It may only be activities that require driving, cooking, light housekeeping or just organizing daily activities. Seniors hope to hold on to their independence and find it hard to admit that they need help. It may be time to consider assisted living care, an alternative to assisted living facilities.
Assisted living care is an alternative to assisted living facilities by coordinating professional help inside the home. Assisted living care may be as simple as arranging for help with meal preparation and diet monitoring or once a week errand assistance. Simple and professional services that make a big impact in the daily care of a loved one that is no longer able to manage on their own.
As an alternative to assisted living facilities, listed are some of the assisted living care services:
Assisted living care services allow your loved one to maintain the independence of their daily routines and familiar surroundings. Assisted living care services can help your loved one avoid the emotional trauma of leaving their cherished home while helping cope with aging or a dementia illness and providing the respite care so important for the family.
It is assuring to know that there are assisted living alternatives as an option to assisted living facilities. With the rising cost of healthcare and what little coverage there is for assisted living facilities, the assisted living alternatives will bring comfort and confidence at this important time.
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Thank you so much for all you have done to make the last few years easier on Marc and me.
Thank you so much for your kindness to me and giving me such good help. God Bless you in this adventure.
Thank you so much for all you have done to make the last few years easier on Marc and me.


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You know that friend who brought over a sage stick to cleanse your house from the bad energy of your ex?
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Hold the Obituary Please – Mark DeRosa
As I sit here today, icing my left wrist, I'm in two places.
On the one hand, I'm not willing to buy into stories that say this is a career-ending injury. On Wednesday, I'll see the doctor in Cleveland who did the original surgery. When I talked to him on the phone, he seemed pretty optimistic. He said he's seen this happen before with the kind of surgery I had. More surgery is not necessarily the answer. So I'm pretty encouraged.
And what people might not understand is that even though I'm 36, I was just a spot player for the first five years of my career. I had a total of maybe 500 to 600 at-bats, which is what most full-time players have in one season. So I have a lot of swings left in my arms and hands.
On the other hand, I'm a realist. I know now that my wrist was the reason I was 0-for-23 since coming off the DL. My left wrist and hand are the keys to my hitting. I'm not a top-hand guy who tries to pull everything. I try to swing through the ball and drive it up the middle. But I could feel my top hand totally taking over. Which is why I was rolling a lot of balls to third. And why I wasn't getting around on fastballs, a problem I've never had.
The crazy-making part was that I had no pain. So I didn't think it was the wrist. I walked into Bochy's office two weeks ago and asked him to trust me and play me and give me a shot to prove myself. As the 0-fers mounted, I'd go home or the hotel and try to figure out what was wrong. . I hardly got the ball out of the infield. I had noticed something off in batting practice. I'd hit balls and it would feel the same as always but the balls were landing 20 feet in front of where they usually did.
Even after 23 at-bats without a hit, I continued to chalk it up to being rusty.
Until the burst of pain in Los Angeles last Wednesday.
So the big question for my doctor is: What are the chances that I'll play again at the level I'm accustomed to playing?
If he says I could be a contributing player if I spent the next year rehabbing, I would do it, even though I know it would be emotionally tough to sit out another season. And I'm cognizant of the possibility that I could be doing long-term damage to my wrist if I keep playing. I don't want to end up, down the road, unable to play catch with my son or golf with my friends.
But I love this game. I love being on this team with these guys. When I came off the DL earlier this season, the team was struggling a little bit. Someone said to me, "Glad you're coming back. They really need you.''
I laughed and shook my head.
"I need them,'' I said, "way more than they need me.''
Thanks for all the support and kind words.
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Hope you feel better, DeRo! Hope we see you soon enough.
Oh, and also, your love for baseball is very admirable. So great to see that you have so much passion for the sport and your team.
Hoping for the best for your wrist, Mark. Hope to see you back as soon as possible. Your passion and love for baseball and your team is very admirable.
Looking forward to seeing you back on the field soon! I've followed your career since your Cub days, and I know what a valuable player you can be. Wish you all the best!
I hope you get good news from the doctor and I hope you're able to play again. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
You're a stand up guy Mark, we wish you all the best.
Mark, I'm glad you will do whatever it takes to get a few more years back out on the field. I hope to see you play again. Regardless of what happens with your wrist, you belong in baseball in some capacity. All the sports announcers like Kruk, Kuip, Byrnes, Murph and Mac say you are the best interview in baseball and very well-liked. With your intelligence, knowledge, wit and charm (yes, you definitely have charm!), you would make a great broadcaster. Or perhaps a coach. I think we will be seeing you for a long time, but first and foremost, back in your uniform. Good luck!
Good luck in your recovery, Mark! We're still cheering for you.
Aww, Mark…
This has got to be a real struggle for you, and I'm sorry you're going through it. Hang in there & feel better soon!
I have always admired your character through your entire time with the Giants. I believe I can speak for every Giants fan when I say that you have our complete support. Your value to this team does not need to be proven.
Hey Mark, I'm hoping this is just a minor set back. I love your passion for the game and your grit. Get better soon, hope to see you out on the diamond!
Best of luck in your recovery! You deserve those few more years out on the field. I agree with everyone, your passion for the game and your team is very admirable!! Can't wait to see you back:)
Hey Mark, we love you in the Bay, and we hate watching you have this nagging injury. You're still a great Giant on and off the field. Hopefully you heal up and can be back out there next year, we want to see you do what we know you can do!
Hey Mark – you're an inspiration and leader in your life and in that clubhouse. Stay strong and focused. Get well fast and come back swinging.
Mark — we truly wish you a speedy recovery, more for your peace of mind. We all know how much of an impact you were to the 2010 victories regardless of whether you played or not. Your optimism, peer coaching, and cheerleading didn't go unnoticed. Stay strong, champ!


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In continued tradition the ARC Audio championship sound quality competition team was in attendance at this year's 2013 Spring Break Nationals in Daytona This years event included triple point sanctioned events for IASCA, MECA and DB Drag drawing competitors from all four corners of the United States. Equipped with ARC Audio SE & KS Amplifiers, ARC Audio Black Series Speakers and Subwoofers, and the ARC Audio PS8 processor, eleven vehicle's with mixed product configurations converged on the chilly city of Daytona Beach for this years event.
Despite unseasonably cold temperatures and wind throughout the weekends events, Team ARC Audio continued its tradition of promoting team spirit, camaraderie, sportsmanship and positive networking with other teams, competitors and the multiple organizations helping reinforce the importance of competition and the passion for music that we all share. "We all started doing this because of our love for music" said Team ARC Audio Manager Fred Lynch, "being able to share our passion with other competitors, while making new friends and driving a positive influence to new prospects into this sport is something that is close to heart for all of our members; It give all of us on the team the ability to work as one, as a family and as a team".
At the end of the weekend Team ARC Audio's efforts did not go unrecognized bringing home and unprecedented twenty six podium finishes including top placements in both IASCA and MECA sound quality competition formats. Placing focus on the sound quality format Team Arc Audio accomplishments include top placements in IASCA Amateur, Pro, Pro Ultimate and Expert sound quality categories and top placements in MECA Stock, Modified and Master classes as well as top honors winning the Sound quality league Best Of Show. Other awards include top placements in MECA RTA, Install Best of Show, Street and Extreme Install, and multiple MECA Phat awards.
ARC Audio wants to congratulate the efforts and success of all of the members of Team ARC Audio and the other competitor vehicles equipped with ARC Audio products. Your commitment to sound competition and the support of the industry is a statement of the passion that drives you. We thank you for your continued dedication and drive for perfection and commend you all on your phenomenal efforts at this past weekends event. We look forward to seeing all of you at events thru the year and being there hands on to support our continued efforts.


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7. Lassie
A few years back, June Lockhart (actress for the Lassie TV show), described the show as "a fairy tale about people on a farm in which the dog solves all the problems in 22 minutes." Truly, when an entire family relies on the wits of their pet dog, it's safe to say that the pooch has a fairly high intelligence. Each week, dumbass Timmy would find a way to get himself into trouble, and Lassie would dash off to tell his parents that he needed help. Apparently, Lassie also retains the highly evolved ability to communicate via telepathy, because she was able to relay the specific scenario Timmy had gotten himself into.
6. Master Splinter – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
You'd be hard pressed to find an animal that is wiser than Master Splinter. Skilled in the way of ninjitsu, he uses his lifetime of experience to somehow teach four mutant turtles how to protect New York City from the foot clan. Despite his vast knowledge, Splinter has just as much heart as he does brains -– a fact that may explain his curious love of soap operas.
5. Simon Seville – Alvin and the Chipmunks
Data suggests that Simon possesses an IQ "just north of Einstein." If true, this would be one intelligent chipmunk, indeed. Clearly the egghead of the trio, Simon is typically in charge of planning the crazy schemes that Alvin is always getting into. He is also a gifted musician, with the ability to play such varied instruments as the saxophone, tuba, bass guitar, drums and bagpipes.
4. Salem the Cat – Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
As it turns out, Salem the cat is actually a centuries-old warlock trapped in the body of an American Shorthair cat. Given this fact, this little feline possesses an exorbitant amount of human knowledge. The fact that Salem became a cat due to a failed attempt at world domination also suggests he was intelligent and crafty even when compared to the general human population.
3. The Brain – Pinky and the Brain
Speaking of world domination, no animal is better equipped with the knowledge to accomplish such a task than Brain from Pinky and the Brain. As a lab rat, scientific experiments have resulted in Brain being outfitted with an over-sized and highly advanced brain. Educated on such topics as world history and English literature, Brain uses his exceptional intelligence to concoct intricate plans to take over the world. And he likely would have succeeded if it weren't for that idiotic thorn in his paw – Pinky.
2. Nibbler – Futurama
Though few humans are aware of it, little Lord Nibbler has the super intelligence necessary to properly protect planet Earth. When necessary, he speaks to Leela, Fry and the others via telepathic manipulation. He also is advanced enough to possess the ability to wipe the memories of anyone unfortunate enough to look into the flash of his third eye. As a prime representative from the oldest animal race in the galaxy (the Nibblonians), Nibbler draws on an exceptional amount of accumulated knowledge to help keep the folks of Planet Express safe from harm.
1. Brian Griffin – Family Guy
Compared to most of the characters on Family Guy, Brian the dog is pretty much Einstein. He enjoys a variety of high-intelligence hobbies, including writing various novels and poetry. He also takes an egg-headed interest in politics and finds the majority of humans wholly uneducated and inferior to himself. Add it all up, and it would seem that Brian should be enjoying a cultured career in the field of his choosing rather than eating used bubblegum from the trashcan of the Griffin household.


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Wazebot can sync your roles across the regional Discord servers. A limited number of roles are set by the bot for security reasons; others must be set manually and are not synced automatically. The table below gives the available roles and the permission required to set them. For example, the L6 role can only be given by champs, and only when the command is used in the national server.
Wazebot can sync your roles across the regional Discord servers. A limited number of roles are set by the bot for security reasons; others must be set manually and are not synced automatically. The table below gives the available roles and the permission required to set them. For example, the L6 role can only be given by champs, and only when the command is used in the national server.
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Wazebot is an automated chat bot for use in the Waze Discord servers and Google Hangouts chats. This is not to be confused with "WazeBot" which is part of the "Feed the Waze" project.
This page discusses the details for the Discord version of the bot. For more details on the Google Hangouts bot, see the Wazebot external page.
- 1 Features
- 2 Commands
- 2.1 Glossary
- 2.2 Lookup
- 2.3 Autoreplies
- 2.4 Keyword Subscriptions
- 2.4.1 Notes
- 2.4.2 Base command
- 2.4.3 Regular Expressions
- 2.4.4 List keywords
- 2.4.5 Add a keyword
- 2.4.6 Remove a keyword
- 2.4.7 Ignoring keywords in servers or channels
- 2.4.8 Mute servers or channels
- 3 Getting IDs
- 4 Technical
Role Syncing
Wazebot can sync your roles across the regional Discord servers. A limited number of roles are set by the bot for security reasons; others must be set manually and are not synced automatically. The table below gives the available roles and the permission required to set them. For example, the L6 role can only be given by champs, and only when the command is used in the national server.
- NOTE: Any command which includes @username can not be used for yourself, it must be assigned by someone else.
|Bot Command
|Role Required
|Country Manager (CM)
|!cm @username
|CM or above
|State Manager (SM)
|!sm @username
|SM or above
|Large Area Manager (LAM)
|!lam @username
|SM or above
|Area Manager (AM)
|!am @username
|SM or above
|!mentor @username
|SM or above
|!region @username
|SM or above
|Level 6 (L6)
|!l6 @username
|Champ in national server
|Level 5 (L5)
|!l5 @username
|SM or above
|Level 4 (L4)
|!l4 @username
|SM or above
|Level 3 (L3)
|Anyone (role is assigned to command user)
|Level 2 (L2)
|Anyone (role is assigned to command user)
|Level 1 (L1)
|Anyone (role is assigned to command user)
You can search for glossary terms with the command
!glossary, using the format
!glossary search term.
Some channels may have a linked Google Spreadsheet. If your channel does, you can search it using
!lookup. An example command is
!lookup search term.
An autoreply is a message that the bot will reply with automatically when a certain phrase is said in chat. Autoreplies can be created at the channel, server, or global levels. The syntax is by nature somewhat convoluted due to the features provided. To trigger an autoreply, the keyword is sent preceded by an exclamation mark
Channel and server autoreplies can be set by SM+, and global autoreplies can be set only in the national server by champs.
The base command is
!autoreplies, by itself this will bring up a list of available autoreplies for the area it is used in. To add or remove autoreplies, send the command from the server, and/or channel you want it to apply to. The command is made of four parts; base + action + area + trigger term + autoreply text.
base =
action =
add or
area =
server, or
trigger term = the keyword that when typed will trigger this response. Do not include the preceding exclamation mark.
autoreply text = the full formatted text that should be return when the trigger term sent.
Here's an example command:
!autoreplies add server testing This is a test.
!autoreplies remove global anothertest This is another test.
Available autoreplies
Below is a list of some of the global autoreplies which have been set.
|Response Text
|Link to this page
|Information about using external sources and © content
|Instructions to set up a proper nickname on Discord
|Check if bot is working
|Link to source code for the bot
|🔜 parody
Keyword Subscriptions
You can subscribe to keywords and the bot will message you whenever one is used in a channel that you're in. The commands are somewhat complicated because of the functionality available.
Keywords must be at least 3 characters long and are not case-sensitive.
Base command
The base command to use is
!keyword or
!subscription, or variants of these.
Regular Expressions
Regular expression keywords are supported. To use them, create a keyword as normal but wrap your regex in
/. For example,
!keyword add /.*/.
List keywords
Your existing keywords can be listed using
!keyword list.
Add a keyword
To add a keyword, use
!keyword add keywordhere. You can use multiple words, but note that you will only be messaged if the entire phrase you use is a match. To add multiple separate keywords, you need to use the command multiple times in individual messages.
Remove a keyword
Remove keywords using
!keyword remove keywordhere. The keyword must exactly match one of your existing keywords or the command will fail.
Ignoring keywords in servers or channels
By default, the bot will message you if a keyword matches in any channel that you're in. You can ignore specific keywords in certain servers or channels with these commands. To find the server or channel ID, see the Getting IDs section below.
Ignore a keyword in a server
To ignore a server:
!keyword ignore server serverid keywordhere. For example, you could ignore the keyword "testing" in the national server by using
!keyword ignore server 300471946494214146 testing.
Ignore a keyword in a channel
Ignoring a channel uses the same syntax as ignoring a server, except the word "channel" is used instead of "server":
!keyword ignore channel channelid keywordhere. For example, to ignore the keyword "testing" in the GLR channel on the national server, you would use
!keyword ignore channel 300568375900504074 testing.
Unignore a server or channel
Unignoring a server or channel uses the same syntax as ignoring, but with the word "unignore" instead of "ignore". For example:
!keyword unignore server 300471946494214146 testing.
Mute servers or channels
You can mute all keywords from a given server or channel using these commands.
Mute a server
Mute a server using
!keywords mute server serverid. For example,
!keyword mute server 300471946494214146.
Mute a channel
Mute a channel using
!keyword mute channel channelid. For example,
!keyword mute channel 300568375900504074.
Unmute a server or channel
Unmute a server or channel using the same commands as above, except using
unmute instead of
Getting IDs
Several bot commands use either channel or server IDs to identify those channels or servers. Getting these IDs is relatively straightforward. Navigate to the channel or server that you want the ID for, and look at the URL of the page. For example, the #michigan channel in the GLR server has this URL:
In all URLs, the first large number is the server ID and the second number is the channel ID. In this example, the server ID is
299563059695976451, and the channel ID is
Alternatively, you can use the command
!whereami and the bot will give you these IDs.
Note that the server and channel IDs may be the same!
The bot's identifier is WazeBot#1984, and its internal ID is 299667737368592385. It is written in C# and runs on .NET Core. Source code is available on GitHub. Core functionality is provided by Discord.Net. Contact vaindil (vaindil#2314 on Discord) with any questions or issues.


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I didn't know that this forum is still active. It's like running into an old friend!
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I didn't know that this forum is still active. It's like running into an old friend!
I thought that this site had died. I'm glad that it's still around!
Looks good!
It's sad to have lost this old gem for a short, lame box.
Quite sad!
This tower is very beautiful!
This looks great!
Great project!
I doubt that anything will rise here any time soon.
This is really amazing!!!
Beautiful tower!
These towers are mundane.
Some of us like fat bottomed girls. I may call this the J Lo Tower!
I don't think any woman would want that spiked crown inserted into her vag!
this is a testament to how NYC has dramatically improved over the past decade!
Msg must go.
I hope that Larry gets a tenant.
Thank God!
Great. I walked by the other day. This is such an eyesore.


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(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
I didn't get to talk with Hunter Hayes after he won his prestigious new artist of the year award at Thursday night's (Nov. 1) CMA Awards . But we did catch up before the show on the red carpet and talked about the best parts of nights like this one. For starters, Hayes says he loves getting dressed up. "I don't often wear a suit. I mean, I like wearing a suit. I just don't get to do it a whole lot," he told me. "And my favorite part is putting Chucks [shoes] with a suit." Hayes also said he truly loves watching the performances because he's always been a big live show fan. "I love buying concert tickets. I love going to shows. And this one is when everybody gives everything they've got." Then, after the show, Hayes loves a good post party. "It's just so nice to run into people here in the hallway or at the post parties and feel the kinetic energy that is like the conclusion of what everybody's been working on," he said. "And everyone finally gets to breathe and relax and enjoy everything they've worked so hard for." I'm sure Hayes enjoyed that breathing and relaxing even more this year because of his big win as new artist of the year. In his humble acceptance speech, you could hear how honored he was. "I don't even know what to do right now," he said onstage, adding thanks to his fans, his family and his mom and dad for doing "so much to get me right here."
Past CMA new artist of the year awards have gone to The Band Perry, Zac Brown Band, Darius Rucker, Lady Antebellum and Taylor Swift.


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Intended to serve as the foundation for Montgomery County's future open government efforts, the county has a new online portal for open data and services.
Following the unanimous passage of a bill supporting open government programs, Montgomery County, Md., launched a new Web portal. Called openMontgomery, the portal is the county's hub for open government, and includes an open data website, a virtual town hall designed to garner support for new ideas, a collection of links to county services and miscellaneous information, and a mobile services site. Since the project's launch in December 2012, the open government platform has been well received, CIO Sonny Segal told Government Technology.
According to Segal, the project will cost the county $1 million in the first year and $600,000 annually thereafter. "Getting everyone on the same page is the key to getting a program like this together," he said, explaining that support from the legislative and executive branches of government was critical to getting the project off the ground.
The county's data clearinghouse, dataMontgomery, offers access to key county data sets including employee salaries, financials, 311 service requests and polling place information. The legislation initially called for more intensive requirements of each major county department, and more specific open data standards, but according to the Sunlight Foundation, a less ambitious program was deemed likelier to yield success.
The virtual town hall, called engageMontgomery, provides a crowd-sourcing platform that allows people to discuss ideas that can potentially be implemented in the future. The county has tentative plans to transform this platform into a more permanent institution within 12 months. The county's mobile services hub, mobileMontgomery, showcases the county's mobile applications such as ParkNOW!, a mobile app used to pay for parking, or MC311 Mobile, the county's mobile 311 offering. The accessMontgomery platform serves as a central location for all online services offered by the county.
There are two major benefits the county expects to derive from openMontgomery, Segal said. First, opening data is the first step toward the deployment of mobile applications. "Open data leads to mobile applications, which lead to entrepreneurial activity and academic research," he said. "Our residents clearly benefit from these applications." The county develops its own mobile applications, but making open data broadly available will allow outside entities to contribute to government processes and add beneficial services for the public.
The program is also intended to make the county government run more efficiently, Segal said. The county receives thousands of requests for information from other government agencies, the public and private enterprise that the county is required to make available under the Maryland Public Information Act. OpenMontgomery will make these requests public, publishing all associated information. Segal is hopeful that making this information open will reduce the number of redundant requests and further support a culture of transparent government.
The county's digital government strategy document proves that the launch of openMontgomery is the foundation for much of the county's technology future. Dozens of activities are planned to launch over the next few months and years in Montgomery County.
Within six months, the county plans to convene a digital summit to continue promotion of the county's open government initiatives and draft a policy for a bring your own device (BYOD) program. Within 12 months, the county plans to make use of data analytics on the county's Web portal to improve the website's effectiveness and help develop the county's long-term strategy for improving citizen connectivity to government services.
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
A Little Holiday Cheer...
XMAS Lights on house
Amazing Christmas display with 176 channels and 45,000 lights! The show is so popular that it requires a crew of 3 people to manage the traffic.
The 12 Months Of Default:
Friday, December 18, 2009
Bill Still's movie "The Secret of Oz" is a must see movie to understand the history of our money. His line, "It's not WHAT backs our money, it's WHO controls the QUANTITY" really opened my mind to the possibilities outlined below. My hope is that those who have not seen the movie yet will do so, it will give the ideas that follow more meaning. You can get his movie at the following link - "The Secret of Oz."
Understanding our money and our economy is difficult, no doubt. There are a lot of pieces to the puzzle, but no piece is as perplexing and as troubling as backing our money with debt. I explain this everyday here at Economic Edge, it is at the root of our current and future problems. The "WHO" behind our money have used their self-generating debt money to influence politics to an unprecedented degree, thus the other main trunk of the problems' root.
For quite some time I have seen the debt saturation and I could see where it is leading. Those places are dark places no one wants to visit. Without altering our current path I see much pain and historic events to follow. What I could not see until I really examined Bill's line, was a way to get past the debt to a sustainable and prosperous system that works for the people going forward without crashing the world's economy in the process! No easy feat, for sure! Most who understand the extent of the debt and how the math no longer works will likely say that it cannot be done.
It can be. The way to do it can be found in the outlines below. The key is repairing the root causes of the problem. The symptoms will then take care of themselves.
Still, it is no easy undertaking moving from a highly leveraged, debt saturated, and derivative entangled world to a prosperous future. That means that as you read these outlines you'll have to think the parts through one at a time. Then ask yourself what each part means, what it does, and how it works in concert with the other elements of the proposal.
Over the past several weeks I have spent countless hours developing, tinkering, constructing, twisting, and sharing my thoughts with Bill Still and others to come up with these outlines. My full outline is now roughly 40 pages long - so much that I know the average person won't even think about getting through it. So, I boiled all that down to its essence and developed what I call the "minimal" version below. It gives a very quick overview primarily of the monetary reform portion of the proposal. Hopefully it will motivate and inspire you, but I know it will leave you with many questions. That's why I created the "medium" length version you'll find below that. It will fill in the detail. I hope you will take the time to MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE END. It will take some time, but I think you will find it worth it.
If you haven't read the introduction to these proposals yet, I recommend that you do so either before or after you read the minimal outline below - FREEDOM'S VISION - Introduction…
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These are called the American Party Papers or Freedom's Vision. The hope is that they explain the basis for change in the same way that the Federalist Papers did when Hamilton and Madison were exchanging ideas about the Constitution. Thus, we await and welcome your ideas, and even your criticisms. In fact, we thrive on it! Each hole you find, each recommendation, works to make it that much more bullet proof. And no, we don't have all the answers and we've left enough room for other experts to weigh in, to take ownership of a piece of the program.
I have some audio coming in the next few days to help further explain the thinking and to add additional background. Please check back for those, I'll post links in the Freedom's Vision spot in the upper right hand corner of this site. By the way, there's a new web site on the way dedicated to the implementation of these proposals. It will also play the part of SWARM central!
EVERYONE is a part of the solution! We all have a role to fill in creating a stable and prosperous future, even if that role is simply participating in the "SWARMS" that are coming.
If you recognize the need for change and see these proposals as a way forward, I would ask that you please take it to the next step. No one is going to do it for you, it is you, it is me. WE must all take ACTION. The action you can take is to volunteer your time to help organize others, to go out onto the web and link these proposals for others to see. To directly ask other bloggers, organizations, and media to support these proposals and to spread the word. We need them to go viral, we need to organize, and we need to get the swarms focused on their targets, one state, and one politician at a time.
Eva Cassidy - Somewhere over the Rainbow:
Steve Keen interview "Predictions for 2010"
Steve Keen interview "Predictions for 2010" (ht Bubba):
Morning Update/ Market Thread 12/18
Equity futures are up overnight, they got a kick yesterday when Oracle and Rim made positive statements and drove the NDX higher. Below is the overnight in the DOW and S&P which both appear to have made little H&S top patterns overnight:
While the NDX is up, the RUT is barely up, having already broken below its little pattern on the 5 minute chart. The dollar is higher once again, pushing the Yen and Euro lower. Amazingly, even against the strong dollar oil is up a little – games galore being played here. Gold is about flat after a huge move down yesterday and it now resides at about $1,100. If you remember, when gold broke its rising formation I said that I thought the first area of support is about $1,070, and we're almost there. Of course that's just the first area, it certainly could bounce there and then proceed even lower… the next area of heavy support will be at about the $1,000 mark.
No economic data today, however I note that M2 was reported yesterday as having fallen by $12.8 billion in the prior week, and that the Fed's balance sheet expanded by $22.8 billion – gee, taking in more garbage from banks who are supposedly paying back the TARP?
The funniest article of the morning has to be about the losses that Harvard University is incurring. Turns out that while Larry Summers was there he was buying interest rate swaps (derivatives) betting that interest rates would rise. How did that turn out?
Harvard Swaps Are So Toxic Even Summers Won't Explain
The swaps, which assumed that interest rates would rise, proved so toxic that the 373-year-old institution agreed to pay banks a total of almost $1 billion to terminate them. Most of the wrong-way bets were made in 2004, when Lawrence Summers, now President Barack Obama's economic adviser, led the university. Cranes were recently removed from the construction site of a $1 billion science center that was to be the expansion's centerpiece, a reminder of Summers's ambition. The school suspended work on the building last week.
"For nonprofits, this is going to be written up as a case study of what not to do," said Mark Williams, a finance professor at Boston University, who specializes in risk management and has studied Harvard's finances. "Harvard throws itself out as a beacon of what to do in higher learning. Clearly, there have been major missteps."
That's right, they had to pay $1 Billion just to terminate them! And this is the guy running our economy, Obama's right hand man.
That experience is a classic example of the risks that derivatives pose. Construction occurring that shouldn't have been, the geniuses believing that their risk was offset, they simply failed to perform their due diligence. Of course the irony is that not only is Summers running our economy, but that Harvard continues to be the source of education for the supposed top economists in the world.
Hey, timing is everything, too bad he wasn't following my bond market analysis, he would have been short interest rates knowing that a flight to safety would push yields down. And then he would have seen the top, like I pointed out one year ago - Bond Market Hide & Seek – A Domed House & 3 Peaks...
And as Mike Larson just pointed out:
If you purchased the iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT), an exchange traded fund (ETF) that owns long-term Treasuries, at the end of 2008, you would have already lost more than 20.5 percent! That INCLUDES interest payments, by the way.
As a matter of fact, 2009 has been the absolute WORST year for total return on long-term Treasuries since at least 1973. That includes dismal years such as 1994 and 1999, which occurred during Fed rate-hiking cycles.
And in yet another sign of how poor the economy is, Pepsi, after 23 straight years is taking a pass on advertising during the Super Bowl this year. Like I said yesterday, the money involved in professional athletics is squarely in bubble territory, a bubble that is just beginning to unwind.
Yesterday was close to being a 90% down volume day, it did do some technical damage in a few areas like the XLF. Below is a WEEKLY chart of the DOW, just to show what has happened following the weekly hammer that was produced last week. That is now a confirmed reversal indication on the weekly chart, occurring at the same time that the weekly MACD is rolling over to produce a sell signal. If we close today at or below the channel bottom, it will be a very bearish pattern, but again, that area will also offer support, so being impatient is just not prudent. I would expect that the weekly volume will be higher once today's options expiration volume is added.
And so we end this velvet smooth week focusing back on Freedom's Vision. Although not perfect yet, I am going to begin posting my outlines today. Make no mistake, this is a battle for freedom, a battle for the future of America. Thus the final tune of the week portrays a battle over saving Liberty, the good guys against the bad. Gee, which side of that battle would Larry Summers be on?
Velvet Revolver - She Builds Quick Machines:
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Czar Point on Unemployment Claims…
You know, I have this annoying habit and can't help myself. I love statistics, numbers, charts and things of such nature. Even though I announced my self-imposed exodus from blogging a few weeks ago, somehow I can't drag myself away on a permanent basis.
So, with that in mind, I took a few hours out of my day and compiled unemployment claims data going back to late 2007. I then created a couple of charts which Nate has helped me to share with you here on the Economic Edge.
First, there's a chart depicting total continuing UC claims on a weekly basis.
Second, there's a chart for total UC claims on a weekly basis.
These numbers are NOT seasonally adjusted; they are the raw data released by the Department of Labor in its weekly initial claims report.
What you see is a slow but steady climb in continuing EUC (Emergency Unemployment Compensation) claims beginning in March 2009, and a dramatic spike in extended UC benefit filings beginning this past summer. Note that the amount of extended claims filings recently surpassed initial claims filings during some weeks. Soon, I expect EUC continuing claims to do the same in reference to regular continuing claims.
Clearly you are NOT seeing an improvement in employment. Rather, the opposite is occurring and it's getting much, MUCH worse. If you want to know what I think the near future holds, take a look at last January's filings. That ought to give you a hint.
EUC claims, in my opinion, are the DOL's "off-balance sheet", akin to SIVs, financial institution off-balance sheets.
It's a perverted game of "job market hide-and-seek."
In a nutshell what Point's charts are showing is that the total combined regular AND Emergency claims is still growing, and that's despite thousands of people falling completely off the backside of the rolls.
Thanks for the charts and analysis, Point. It's too bad that the mainstream media can't do a little digging to put two and two together. It's also too bad that our own government doesn't admit the problems we face… of course that would mean admitting that their debt to solve a debt problem ways aren't working. Hey, nothing but blue skies!
ELO - Mr.Blue Sky:
Paul Mylchreest – Thunder Road Report…
Now, within that context, it is possible for asset classes to bubble up at the expense of others. I am sticking to the fact that overall DEFLATION is occurring… the asset classes that are losing and overpowering all the other bubbles are three fold: 1. Derivatives within the shadow banking world; 2. The supply of Credit; 3. Real Estate. The bubbles that everyone sees elsewhere are simply overwhelmed and will continue to be overwhelmed until either one of two things happens: 1. The Fed unhinges money printing from DEBT; or 2. The stimulus and other programs are pulled. Pulling support will immediately lead back to another deflationary episode – this is the best case scenario if the goal is to extend the life of our current debt backed money system. Option 1 results in a loss of confidence in our currency making the gold bugs correct in the long run.
When debt goes out of control, deflationary episodes result and are nature's way of trying to force the debt out of the system. When the quantity of money gets out of control, then confidence is lost and the money system is destroyed. Since our money is backed by debt, until they disconnect that backing, another round of deflation is likely. It may be that the next bout of strong deflation forces them to unhinge money production from debt. Either way the math does not work and the destination is the same – the demise of our current monetary system and with it come the "other events" unless we do something about it first. This is why it is necessary to "do something" about it now - that is exactly what I'm proposing.
Paul also gives Martin Armstrong a lot of credit in this report and sums up his thinking from his point of view. Of course all of Martin's papers can be found right here in the right hand margin.
Thanks for sharing all your thoughts and hard work, Paul, appreciate it!
Morning Update/ Market Thread 12/17
Equity futures are down substantially this morning with the /ES reaching the 1095 area:
The dollar is on an absolute tear, now already back up to 77.85, strength is mostly against a weak Euro. This is exactly the type of bounce that occurs when everyone is convinced that the dollar has no future whatsoever. And it doesn't, at least not in the longer run, but crowded trades can quickly turn into a rush for the exits. Bonds also rose sharply overnight, going to show that there are still decisions to be made. They can keep interest rates low if they desire, at least for awhile, by letting the speculation in equities drain.
Amazingly oil is holding up fairly well against the force of the dollar, I think oil has turned into an economic weapon and is involved in the dealings of Dubai, Citigroup, Abu Dhabi. Just yesterday this article came out discussing the possibility of a new Middle East currency; The Arab states of the Gulf region have agreed to launch a single currency modelled on the euro, hoping to blaze a trail towards a pan-Arab monetary union swelling to the ancient borders of the Ummayad Caliphate.
Gold has moved down significantly, giving up the past two days worth of bounce.
Weekly unemployment data came out higher than expected with the headline number at 480,000, the consensus was looking for 465,000. Econoday tries to paint a rosy picture, but they fail to mention the number of people who have fallen off the back of the rolls, those numbers are exploding right now and that's what is bringing the continuing claims number down:
Initial jobless claims rose slightly in the Dec. 12 week to 480,000 vs. expectations for 465,000, a mild disappointment that doesn't derail the trend which points to a bottoming for the labor market. The four-week average, especially important to watch during the calendar and seasonal effects of the holidays, points to improvement with a 16th straight decline, down 5,250 to the lowest level since September last year at 467,500. For the last several months, initial claims have been making their way down from the mid-500,000 level.
Continuing claims have at the same time been making their way down from the low 6 million level, at 5.186 million in the Dec. 5 week and taking the four-week average down more than 100,000 to 5.318 million. The unemployment rate for insured workers is unchanged at 3.9 percent, well off the summer peak of 5.2 percent. Though contraction in continuing claims reflects in part the expiration of benefits, much of it also reflects new hiring.
Today's report, despite the higher-than-expected headline, points to ongoing improvement in the labor market including strength for December's employment report. Markets showed little reaction to the report.
Baloney, what new hiring? I have read several reports that because of slow holiday sales that many stores have been laying off their seasonal temps early.
You want to talk about unemployment and a Depression? Detroit now has nearly 50% unemployed - Nearly half of Detroit's workers are unemployed.
Remember how Obama is trying to "force" the banks to lend to small businesses? Of course that's just all talk as small businesses were overbuilt and it's now difficult for a small business to qualify for a loan using more conventional methods which follow a credit bust. Here's an article saying that small business lending is down $1 billion in the month of October alone: Another $1 billion in small business credit vanishes
And in the world of no morals and ethics and bizzaro picks for Nobel Peace Prizes and Time Man of the Year, we learn that the AP has voted Tiger Woods Athlete of the Decade! Yet none of the media sources seem to be putting that one on their front pages? Heck, what he did as disgusting as it is, isn't even in the same league as the damage to people's lives that Bernanke has inflicted. Yet again, though, it would seem that as long as you're dominate in your sport, and on that basis Tiger deserves athlete of the decade, that having shown a lack of moral standards doesn't keep one from still winning awards. Frankly I'm surprised that his sponsors are actually dropping him. His behavior is too bad, he was definitely in the running to surpass Jack Nickolas as the greatest golfer who ever lived, but now I'm afraid that no matter what he does on the course his legend will never rise above Jack's.
No, you don't hear me talk much about sports, that's because I view our current sporting leagues as one of the signs that the fall of the empire is near. Sporting activities are great, but the amount of money involved in stadiums, paychecks, television, sponsors, etc. has poisoned them. Golf was one of the last bastions of sanity, but now even the Tiger induced bubble in golf has been, shall we say, "pricked."
We're still in the range, but back towards the middle of it. 1,090 is the support pivot here, a break below 1,080 and a close there would be very bearish. Keep in mind that tomorrow is options expiration and we have Leading Indicators and Philly Fed coming out at 10 Eastern. While we're in this range, I'm practicing patience, and no, I'm not playing Christmas Music yet!
Velvet Revolver – Patience:
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Morning Update/ Market Thread 12/16
AHHHHHHH! (background sounds of hair being maliciously ripped from head, dog yipping when kicked, etc.)
But I'm over it now, thankfully. For I realized that Time is owned by Time Warner, one of the largest media companies on the planet. What would be their interest in naming Bernanke, LOL x10, "Man of the Year?" Well, please follow this link, and just look at all the companies that are owned by Time Warner. That's right, keep scrolling, you'll eventually get to the bottom of that mile long list. We're not talking small entities here either, we're talking CNN, AOL, Warner Brothers, HBO, Money, Fortune, and the list goes on and on. Of course now it's becoming AOL Time Warner Comcast! Where does it end? Do you think they like the current too big too fail money pumping mantra? I would think. And that list is only one list, check out the "related" companies. So, the next question to ask yourself about this selection for "Man of the Year" is who finances all these companies and who benefits? There is where you will find the answer to why Ben Bernanke was selected, and WHY WE MUST UNDO THIS SYSTEM that places the destroyer of our middle class, the pusher and purveyor of debt backed money, on their cover. Mind controlllll, you are a zombieeee, you don't know or care why he is chosennnnn, pay no attention to the man behind that curtainnnnn…
Other than that, I really have no strong reaction one way or the other, lol. But, I will also note that maybe, just maybe, this tremendously bad act of karma will come back to haunt them. I think I hear the hive getting ready to swarm, but I wouldn't want to waste it on such trivia.
Meanwhile, equities naturally ramped ahead of the FOMC announcement that Bernanke heads (unbelievable head shake). The /ES ran right into overhead, double topped and fell back to the top of the channel it just broke up and out of. Here's the overnight:
The dollar is down slightly, bonds are up slightly, oil and gold are up as well.
Abu Dhabi is now suing Citigroup in an attempt to get out from behind their prior deal to buy future quantities of Citi stock. Gee, it would seem that they would rather keep their cash? Can't imagine why they don't want to put their capital to work under the current conditions, can you?
Here, let's let our Friend Dylan Ratigan explain a little about what's going on with the banks – this was the piece he did prior to introducing Mr. Perlmutter:
Dylan Ratigan – Big Banks paying off tarp, but still living on tax payer money:
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As far as today's economic data, the worthless MBA Purchase Applications Index supposedly (who knows?) fell .1% versus the prior week's gain of 4%. Whatever, show us some raw data or stop manipulating us altogether, will ya?
And now the CPI is rising at 1.9% as measured by them? But that's okay according to Econoday:
The consumer price report for November was calming on most financial markets despite the rise in the headline number. Both the headline and core numbers were much less inflationary than yesterday's scary PPI numbers. Headline consumer price inflation jumped 0.4 percent in November after gaining 0.3 percent the month before. The November headline matched the consensus forecast. Core CPI inflation-in contrast with yesterday's core PPI run up-eased to 0.0 percent (no change) after a 0.2 percent increase in October. The consensus had called for a 0.1 percent rise.
The headline number was boosted mainly by a 4.1 percent surge in energy costs after a 1.5 percent gain in October. Gasoline was up 6.4 percent, following a 1.6 percent gain the month before. Food price inflation was soft in November with a 0.1 percent rise-the same as in October.
Within the core, declines in shelter indexes offset increases in costs for new and used motor vehicles, medical care, airline fares, and tobacco. Shelter costs declined 0.2 percent in the latest month, led by a 1.5 percent drop in lodging away from home. Owners' equivalent rent dipped 0.1 percent. Hotels-including resorts-continued to engage in heavy discounting. High unemployment is keeping rent soft in general.
Year-on-year, headline inflation increased to plus 1.9 percent (seasonally adjusted) from minus 0.2 percent in October. The core rate was unchanged in November at up 1.7 percent. On an unadjusted year-ago basis, the headline number was up 1.8 percent in November while the core was up 1.7 percent.
Inflation is still high at the headline level but it is not as severe as earlier indicated by the PPI for November. A flat reading for the CPI core suggests that a sluggish economy is keeping underlying inflation tame for now.
Remember that the PPI is where you're going to see inflation FIRST, what happens there will be seen later in the CPI. Of course the largest underlying contributor is the cost of energy, so keep an eye on oil.
The Housing Starts data came in slightly less than expected, but higher than the previous month:
Housing starts looked good for November but most of the gain was largely a comeback and then some in multifamily starts-a volatile component. The single-family component posted only a partial rebound. Construction companies picked up the pace of groundbreaking for new homes as housing starts in November rebounded 8.9 percent, following a revised 10.1 percent plummet in October. The November pace of 0.574 million units annualized came in right at the market forecast for 0.575 million units and was down 12.4 percent on a year-ago basis. The latest comeback was led by a 67.3 percent rebound in multifamily starts, following a sharp 29.5 percent plunge in October. Meanwhile the single-family component edged up 2.1 percent after a 7.1 percent fall the month before.
Today's housing starts report is good but should be seen in the context of October's weak numbers. The two months together indicate that housing is in a slow recovery. The bad news is that the recovery is slow. But the good news is that the housing construction recovery is slow-anything more robust at this point would not be sustainable.
The current account deficit widened in the third quarter, duh.
The nation's current account deficit, hit by a deeper trade deficit, widened to $108.0 billion in the third quarter vs. a second-quarter deficit of $98.0 billion (revised from $98.8 billion). The third-quarter gap is 3.0 percent of GDP, the highest rate since 4.3 percent in the fourth quarter last year and vs. 2.8 percent in the second quarter.
Those numbers are a VAST understatement of reality.
The petroleum report comes out at 10:30 eastern, and the always exciting market action will follow the FOMC announcement at 2:15. No, you won't see me playing in their reindeer casino games. Have fun. My guess would be that they will try to get up battering speed to try to break down 1,120. I doubt it, but you never know – and I think there is downside risk if they give inflation its proper caution. If they don't, then everyone will be screaming inflation – but Bernanke, remember, is hell bent on not allowing deflation. Just remember what the bond market and the dollar are doing. Ben is not really in control, it's only the big special intersts who want you to believe that.
The technicals are the same since we're still in the same trading range. We're above the 1,107 pivot, but 1,120 is the key here. That channel was likely a flag and we broke out, then tested it. I would expect more attempts at ramming it higher, but expect large volatility following the FOMC.
This whole Bernanke Man of the Year thing has my skin crawling. There's something dirty about it, like a group of snakes slithering through the dirt…
Velvet Revolver – Slither:
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Nathan's Foundation for Freedom's Vision on Two Beers with Steve…
This 50 minute interview with Steve Patterson discusses some concepts of money and our economy, setting the stage for people to understand the plan we are about to present. The next show up will be a conversation with Bill Still, and then we're going to present the outline of Freedom's Vision shortly there after.
I'd like to thank Steve for spending the best part of his Sunday working on this. He feels strongly about helping our economy and I certainly appreciate his efforts, he's a great guy.
Speaking of great people, we have a website for this movement coming, several volunteers have taken the reigns to help create what will be a dynamic site to act as a home to the American Party and will act as "Swarm Central."
Two Beers with Steve interview: Foundation for Freedom's Vision
And here's a link to Steve's site, he has some great interview guests, I hope everyone visits and supports his site: Two Beers With Steve…
Dylan Ratigan Grills Rep. Ed Perlmutter about proposed new banking and derivatives rules...
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Rock, meet Mr. Hardplace…
Yet, since that report was compiled oil has fallen from its recent high of $82 all the way back to $70, nearly a 15% fall.
But the real action is still in the dollar and in the bond markets where the dollar continues to race upwards and bonds, on the long end of the curve, continue to break down in price, up in yield (higher interest rates).
That is a VERY damaging situation for a debt saturated society, it won't take very much of that action to place tremendous pressure on those who still hold debt, and that would be nearly everyone, especially our own government. But their fast and loose barrowing days may be numbered as the TIC data showed that foreign demand for our debt is waning greatly.
So, let's take a quick look at the TNX, the ten year Treasury Note fund. Below is a 3 month chart showing the leap in yield today (lower price). It has broken upwards out of a pattern that is targeting about a 4% yield:
Doesn't sound too bad, right?
Well, now let's zoom out to a 2 year chart and you'll see that a 4% yield breaks the big double neckline of an inverted Head & Shoulders pattern. Breaking that neckline will confirm a target that is up around 5.8%! That would be a tremendously large move, again, especially considering debt saturation:
The chart of TLT, the 20 year bond fund, shows a similar breakdown with a bearish flag broken:
And when we zoom out longer term, there is another, even more ominous, head and shoulders formation in play here as well should prices go below the double blue neckline at about 90. The target on that break would be all the way back down at 63, a tremendous increase in rates would result, certainly not undeserved considering the risk that our leaders have built up into our debt backed money system:
Both these breakdowns coincide with a breakdown in the 30 year bond fund. This follows the least successful 30 year auction in recent history just last week. Below is a chart of the 30 year US bond fund, there is a very clear, as of yet unconfirmed Head & Shoulder pattern there as well:
The latest flag formation in the 30 year has already tripped new bearish targets in the Point & Figure diagram, this is showing a target of 94 which would obviously mean that the H&S pattern in the 30 year is in play.
30 year P&F:
All in all, this is exactly what happens when you create a system of money that is backed by debt. Eventually the debt stacks up and the velocity of money crashes as all new money must be used to pay back prior debts, while at the same time the new money adds even more debt – STUPID. I've been pointing out this rock and a hard place for quite some time, I even identified the top in the long bond and talked about the parabolic rise and coming collapse in this article - Bond Market Hide & Seek – A Domed House & 3 Peaks... - written almost exactly one year ago.
And here we are, bonds sliding and producing new lower targets. This is the same thing that happened during the Depression… stocks rose, everyone thought they were saved, then corporate bonds began to continue to melt down, eventually the price of all debt rose and the real economy went down and down, falling to pieces during wave 'C.'
Velvet Revolver - Fall To Pieces:
Morning Update/ Market Thread 12/15
Equity futures are down this morning, here's a chart of the overnight action in the DOW and S&P:
The dollar raced higher this morning against the Euro and against the Yen, reaching the 77 level. Long bonds are lower, continuing their breakdown for now. Oil is up slightly but is failing, so far, to get back above $70 per barrel, while gold is down pretty sharply.
The worthless Goldman ICSC sales report showed a .4% gain week over week, and a 2.4% gain year over year. Redbook showed a 1.5% yoy gain. Funny, but sales tax revenue are still showing historic collapses, just yesterday we learned, "Texas collected $1.7 billion in sales taxes last month, down 14.4 percent from November 2008. It was the tenth month in a row of year-over-year declines and the sixth consecutive month of double-digit percentage drops."
If Texas is even close to the mean, the disconnect between reports like Goldman's and reality are historic in nature as well.
Want to know what results when you pump money into a debt saturated economy, and your money is backed by debt? Okay, here is the PPI report that showed a leap from a yoy -1.9% change in prices to a positive 1.8% change, a yoy jump of 3.7%!!
We got the worst of both for this morning's initial economic news. Producer prices surged while Empire manufacturing fell back sharply. Energy costs jacked up the headline PPI for November but the core also rose significantly. The overall PPI jumped 1.8 percent in November after gaining 0.3 percent in October. The boost in the latest month far exceeded the market forecast for a 1.0 percent increase. The November gain was led by a 6.9 percent spike in energy and a 0.5 percent gain for food. At the core level, the PPI rebounded 0.5 percent after a huge 0.6 percent drop in October. The market had projected a 0.2 percent rise for the latest month. It is easy to jump on the worry wagon about inflation from today's report. But there should be a little caution about that. Oil prices have since come down and the jump in the core partly or mostly reflected getting back to near-term trend after October's sharp drop. The core rebound was mainly for light trucks and cigarettes.
Okay, so we had a large speculative spike in oil, but we know that oil is down about 14% in just the past few weeks. This will have the inflationist's screaming, but I'm sticking to the deflationary force thesis. Why? Well, let's take a look at the Empire manufacturing report – the general business index had gone back positive, last month it was 23.51. Expectations were for it to grow to 25… instead it came in at only 2.55! This took off 89% of the positive growth in just one month:
Month-to-month growth slowed to a crawl in the New York manufacturing region, according to the Empire State index which barely came in above zero for the December reading, at 2.55 vs. far stronger rates of growth in November (23.51) and October (34.57). Nearly everything is slowing this month: new orders 2.20 vs. November's 16.66, shipments 6.30 vs. 12.97, employment -5.26 vs. 1.32, workweek -5.26 vs. 5.26, and unfilled orders, -21.05 vs. -2.63. The month-to-month contractions in unfilled orders and the workweek are bad news for the area's factory workers, especially those that are unemployed right now.
Prices paid (inputs) was one thing that didn't slow, at 19.74 vs. 10.53. But the region's manufacturers definitely don't have the pricing power to pass through the higher costs to their customer as prices received (outputs) is showing deepening contraction, at -9.21 vs. -2.63.
Even the general six-month outlook fell back, to a still strong 43.01 but down nearly 14 points from last month. Today's report is surprisingly soft but will have to be confirmed by tomorrow's Philadelphia report on the Mid-Atlantic region before questions emerge over manufacturing, a sector that is definitely moving forward though its pace is uncertain. Later this morning the Federal Reserve will post the October U.S. industrial production report, the heart of which are the manufacturing components.
So, clearly the strategies of the pump monkeys like Bernanke are failing to produce anything but speculative price increases in localized commodities like oil. The mark to fantasy world of paper has been fluffed, but the real world is still in the toilet. My thesis here is that while the overall PPI turned positive, the moment the stimulus is removed you will immediately return to deflation. In fact, it may be returning regardless, look at oil. And because of their debt pumping and pushing, each subsequent down cycle will be worse than the last.
Yesterday Obama (sarcasm on) really told off those "fat cats" on Wall Street! (sarcasm off). Why he had them so shaking in their boots that Bank of America even offered to pump an entire $5 billion into small businesses! Like that would actually have a significant impact… look at the total bank credit figures, this is how much they have fallen in the past year:
Of course what Obama does not get is that you can't push more credit into a credit saturated environment! Oh, you can try, but it won't work! Incomes are not high enough because we don't do anything real! Thus, the people cannot afford to keep afloat the overbuilt strip malls, coffee shops, bubble priced auto dealerships, etc.
The more they flood the country with debt backed money, the worse this disparity is going to get. Have you ever seen such disparity in two reports like the PPI and Empire Manufacturing reports above? I haven't.
And the monthly TIC data (Treasury International Credit) came out for the month of October, it went back negative again, this time the net TIC flows were negative by $13.9 billion. Keep in mind that we are still running a $30 to $40 billion trade deficit each month that must be financed, that means that just for the month of October we were short of financing our consumption by about $55 billion:
Industrial production figures come out at 9:55 Eastern, should be interesting…
Yesterday Wells Fargo announced that they are doing the same exact steps as BAC and C did to pay off the TARP. This is Timmy Geithner playing tricks on the public and them selling stock to dilute current bag holders while they still can. What they don't raise in equity sales they are going right back to the Fed and exchanging more garbage for taxpayer subsidized loans and in this way all the executives are snaking out from under those "ominous" bonus restrictions.
But even though they are offloading their waste onto the taxpayer via Fed, Treasury, and GSEs, they are still BURIED in it! Take, for example Citi. Remember their not so little SHELL GAME? They created another company (shell company which IS ILLEGAL) and moved their most toxic leftovers into that company, even Bloomberg is reporting on it:
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Citigroup Inc. Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit, emerging from a U.S. bailout with higher capital levels and loan-loss reserves than any peer, still has a $617 billion reason to worry.
That's the amount of assets left in Citi Holdings, the division that Pandit set up to strip his bank of unprofitable businesses, troubled loans and securities. While the bank has unloaded almost $100 billion of the assets so far, getting stuck with the rest may hinder earnings for years, analysts said.
Again, under the rule of law creating shell companies to shuffle assets around is ILLEGAL. Yet our government and regulators do nothing. Capital cannot flourish in this environment, that pile of rubbage is exactly what has "zombified" our banking industry. They need to be cleared out, but they need to be cleared via the rule of law!
Anybody else seeing some messages in the above data? I'm thinking that we've reached the point where cramming more debt into the system simply isn't going to do anything productive!
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Morning Update/ Market Thread 12/14
Equities, as overbought as they are, continued higher last night as news broke that Abu Dhabi has agreed to bail out Dubai and to back their bonds. This sent prices immediately right back to the top of the range, then prices began to fade right back down. Here's the overnight action in the DOW and S&P:
The dollar fell on the news, but has since bounced back up to about even, now back above 76.50. My comment in this regard is that the dollar strength seems to be holding, and that is going to make it tough for equities to continue their path higher. Bonds are flat to a little higher, oil is down slightly at $69, gold is up slightly, now $1,120 an ounce.
Here's what happened with the Dubai bonds according to Bloomberg:
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Abu Dhabi provided $10 billion to help Dubai World, the state-owned holding company, avoid defaulting on a $4.1 billion bond payment that roiled global financial markets during the past month.
Dubai World will use the money to cover debt of real-estate unit Nakheel PJSC that comes due today. The rest of the money will cover Dubai World's interest and operating costs until the company reaches a standstill agreement with its creditors, Dubai's government said in an e-mailed statement.
After the emirate and its state-controlled companies borrowed $80 billion to diversify away from dwindling oil supplies, Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has been forced to seek Abu Dhabi's help three times this year as the global financial crisis dried up credit and triggered a property crash in the city state.
"It comes as a relief for the market, underpinning hopes that the implicit government support for Dubai corporate issuance is intact," said Jason Watts, head of credit trading at National Australia Bank Ltd. in Sydney. "Whilst we are not out of the woods yet, it is definitely a step in the right direction."
The Dubai market jumped 10% on this news. So, it may keep the immediate ripple under control for now, but what has really changed? NOTHING. The world is still saturated with debt, we still have governments coming in to bail out moronic ventures, and all this does is transfer the risk from one party to the next.
The next big news is in regard to Citi Bank. Here's what's happening there:
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Citigroup Inc., recipient of the biggest U.S. bank bailout, struck a deal with regulators to repay $20 billion to taxpayers and escape government-imposed pay restrictions.
Citigroup, the only major U.S. lender still dependent on what the government calls "exceptional financial assistance," will raise the funds with a sale of $20.5 billion of equity and debt. The New York-based company also plans to substitute "substantial common stock" for cash compensation, the bank said in a statement today.
Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit has pressed for an exit from the Troubled Asset Relief Program out of concern that TARP pay constraints make Citigroup vulnerable to employee poaching by Wall Street rivals. Bank of America Corp. exited the program last week after paying back $45 billion of rescue funds.
"It's great news," Gary Townsend, chief executive officer of Hill-Townsend Capital LLC, an investment firm in Chevy Chase, Maryland, said in a Bloomberg Television interview. "It's important for Citi to exit these extraordinary agreements with the U.S. Treasury and the government as quickly as possible. It's expensive perhaps, but I think it had to be done."
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The bank will sell $17 billion of common stock, with a so- called over-allotment option of $2.55 billion, and $3.5 billion of "tangible equity units." The U.S. Treasury will sell as much as $5 billion of common stock it holds, with plans to unload the rest of its stake during the next six to 12 months. An additional $1.7 billion of common stock equivalent will be issued next month to employees in lieu of cash they would have otherwise received as pay.
The TARP payments will result in a roughly $5.1 billion loss. Citigroup will also terminate its loss-sharing agreement with the government on $301 billion of its riskiest assets. Canceling about $1.8 billion of trust preferred securities linked to the program will result in a $1.3 billion loss, the company said.
Citigroup fell to $3.86 in New York trading at 8:03 a.m., down from its $3.95 close on Dec. 11. The stock has tumbled 41 percent this year, valuing the lender at about $90 billion.
"It's GREAT news!" LOL, let me translate. Their massive bonuses and paychecks based on nothing aren't big enough, so their top employees are having difficulty affording their house in the Hamptons, their yacht, their second and third beach home, their fleet of Ferraris, AND their corporate jet. Soooo, they need the ability to crank out more paper, diluting current shareholders while getting the Treasury off their backs.
But here's the deal with this deal, it's the same as with the others, especially Bank of America… what they are doing is paying back the tarp and then turning right around and borrowing the same money right back from the Treasury at little to no interest as it's subsidized from the Treasury, and in that way they still have funds from the people without all the strings attached, and the people are none the wiser, all they see is the front page headline – "Citi Repays the TARP!"
And what else happened over the weekend? Nothing much, just more looting of the taxpayers.
Senate passes bill to keep government funded
The $447 billion bill spending bill also features provisions to reinstate auto dealers closed down by General Motors and Chrysler.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Senate on Sunday approved $447 billion in spending for several Cabinet departments and other agencies for the 2010 budget year -- money needed to fund the federal government after the coming week.
On a mostly partisan vote of 57-35, the Senate approved the compromise omnibus spending plan worked out with the House, which passed it last week. The measure now goes to President Barack Obama to be signed into law to succeed the previous funding resolution that expires December 18.
The vote occurred in an unusual Sunday session as the Senate worked for the second consecutive weekend in a push by the Democratic leadership to complete work on a sweeping health care bill and also get the appropriations bill passed.
The omnibus bill, which combines six separate appropriations measures, provides money for for non-defense government agencies including the departments of Transportation, State Department, Veterans Affairs, Commerce and Justice for the fiscal year that started October 1.
A separate defense spending bill is expected to be considered later this week.
The omnibus measure also authorizes about $600 billion in mandatory federal spending on government programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, funding that is set by formula and cannot be altered by Congress.
Republicans denounced the bill as bloated with wasteful spending. On Saturday, the Democratic-controlled Senate cleared a procedural vote needed to end a Republican filibuster and allow for Sunday's vote to take place.
According to the independent, nonpartisan group Taxpayers for Common Sense, the spending bill includes 5,244 earmarks -- or pet projects sought by members of Congress -- that total just under $4 billion.
"I demand the president of the United States keep his word, when he signed another pork-laden bill last March, to veto this bill," Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who lost to Obama in last year's presidential election, said before Sunday's vote.
Among its many provisions, the bill would allow the government to transfer suspected terrorists now held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States to stand trial, and allow guns in checked luggage on Amtrak trains.
It also would provide auto dealers closed down under the General Motors and Chrysler restructuring an opportunity to be reinstated. The bill sets up a binding arbitration process that would let dealers present evidence that could allow them to reopen.
SWEET! Failed auto dealers get bailed out with your money, while 5,244 earmarks go sailing off into the sunset, their $4 BILLION now such chump change that it won't even be mentioned beyond this site by sunup tomorrow.
$447 BILLION, a HALF A TRILLION just to keep SOME government entities going through the fiscal year. You know that they say a stalemate is truly the best thing that can happen in politics, there's proof right there of the type of things that happen when one group is given too much power.
No economic announcements are released today, of course this is FOMC week, they will jawbone us once again on Wednesday while keeping interest rates at ZERO. Friday is quadruple witching with options expiration, I'm sure that all the quants will be spinning their computers in overdrive in order to ensure fat Christmas bonuses for them and so as to not ruin the "mood" of the Great Deception just before the holidays. Boy, are their year end numbers going to look good compared to last year!
But then we can see that the weekly MACD is rolling over, that the markets are extremely overbought, that historic sized divergences are still in place, that the dollar has broken out higher and that the long bond has broken lower. So much debt, so little time and room to push in more. And so the conundrum continues… can true "recovery" really occur once stimulus funds are truly pulled? And if the economy is really as strong as they say, why are short term rates still at zero? What happens when they no longer are? These are questions that I think we're going to get answers for pretty soon.
Meanwhile the expanding megaphone in the DOW and the bullish looking flag in the S&P continue for now with no movement outside of the range. Since we're now back at the top of the range, we either start down once again for the bottom of the range, or we break out higher. If we break higher, the flag target is 1,200 on the S&P, an easy 8 to 10% higher from here, a move that would take us from a 50% retrace to a 61.8% retrace. If that move occurs, then it will be an unprecedented rally in terms of comparisons to past credit collapses where we usually see 50% or slightly more on the retrace. For now, however, the ceiling is holding, I'm still sitting on my hands and if we break higher I know that everyone will be jumping in, but I will still be sitting… patiently. I will not put my personal money at risk unless the technical and psychological indicators align with my fundamental understanding. When they are disconnected, I have learned that patience is my friend.
I spent a good portion of the day yesterday doing some interviews with Steve of Two Beers fame. Portions of that will be out soon. Right now I'm racing to get a basic outline of Freedom's Vision out, but I'm not sure it will be in the condition I would like before I leave on Thursday – I'll be traveling for one week. So, hopefully I'll get it all out before I leave, if not, it will be right after Christmas which might be best anyway. I can tell that people are starting to tune out already, traffic is down at the site and I expect market volume to stay low.
Meanwhile, the Beat Goes On…
Sunday, December 13, 2009
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The Still Report...
A quote from yours truly referenced the bond market action over the past week. Here are the long bond charts I posted on Friday:
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MILWAUKEE -- When Giancarlo Stanton gets going, it seems the rest of the Marlins' offense follows.
But it has been a challenge to get the 23-year-old slugger to stay hot.
"It's like, I'm me for two games, and then I'm back to [bad] for 10," Stanton said of his inconsistent year. "That's kind of how it's been all year. We still have the second half."
Stanton remains one of the biggest power threats in the game. But his numbers have not reflected what he did in his first three seasons.
Injuries have played a factor, as he missed all of May with a strained right hamstring. In 53 games before Sunday, he was batting .241 with 10 home runs and 27 RBIs.
A year ago, Stanton finished second in the National League in home runs with 37. And he batted .290 with 86 RBIs.
On an inexperienced team, Stanton is the clear target in the Marlins' lineup that teams do not want to let beat them. In Saturday's 6-0 loss to the Brewers, Stanton was seeing 3-1 sliders in a game his team trailed by six runs.
"It seems a little different this year, in terms of I'm getting walked a little bit more," Stanton said.
Stanton walked 31 times in 53 games, compared with 46 walks in 123 games last season.
The Marlins are hopeful the middle of their order will improve with Logan Morrison and Marcell Ozuna batting behind Stanton.
Finding a consistent rhythm has been difficult because Stanton is being pitched around.
"It's different when you get pitched to five at-bats in a row," he said.
In general, power hitters have to deal with being pitched carefully.
"It's just who is going to show up today," Stanton said of his own plate discipline. "Am I going to swing at the nonsense? You've got to be ready. If you look at the stats, you'll see more than one me. That's basically been the story that has been going on. There are little things. But I'm still not getting it done."


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Memories of key purpose! (The tide has changed); Thats an old statement your Grandparents used to suggest that things are now in my favor! And they are!
Im not in the middle ground anymore! Or, Im solidly in the middle exploring with more vigor and passion; more curiosity about self and my future! Im starting to come back!
Ive been on this site for about 5 years! Seems like yesterday! All blogs concern the same thing! They are support material for the future of my growth! Im slowly coming back to self!
Im starting to see it; to remember who I was and what I wanted and what I dreamed about!
As a small boy, I wanted the same things as anyone! Its very very hard to look at! As I know what the future will be! I know because Im the adult! However, I can look back at the child and see the fun and gladness of a wonderful future! But that wont happen! I will be destroyed!
The idea; get in touch with myself at 8 years old and see exactly what I was thinking and feeling and re hook to that time period! Go from childhood to now; thats the goal!
I had happiness and gladness at that time in 1970! Now, Im looking to hook back up to myself and my memories before those scum bags destroyed it! Worthless filth!
I had a life and goals! and life was presented to me as normal! but it was not normal! it was preditorial; what these vermin did to little kids!
If you can understand! all of my complaints are about what these people did to me from 3 1/2 to 18 years old! The whole thing was like being in a furnace; being burned to death! The whole of my existence! I was destroyed by the time I was 18 years old! Who in Gods green earth would put innocent children through something like this! They are under age! their just children! Thus is the unfortunate plight of those under the rule of a psychopath/sociopath!
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The distraught family of an Indian-origin nurse, who got caught up in a prank call made to a hospital treating Prince William's wife Kate, believe she died of shame after falling for the hoax.
46-year-old Jacintha Saldanha was found dead at nurses' quarters next to the private King Edward VII hospital in Marylebone, central London on Friday.
Saldanha's brother Naveen has said that his sister has died of shame following the royal hospital hoax.
Naveen was quoted by the Daily Mail as saying that his devoutly Catholic sister was a "proper and righteous person".
She would have been "devastated" at unwittingly assisting a colleague in breaching medical confidentiality over the condition of Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge.
"She would have felt much shame about the incident," Naveen said.
Saldanha answered the hoax call at 5.30am on Wednesday morning, and was helping out on reception at the time of the prank. Giggling DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian were pretending to be the British Queen and Prince Charles and asked her if they could be put through to Kate.
Saldanha connected them to another nurse who gave details of Kate's condition, who was suffering from acute morning sickness at the London hospital.
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Saldanha, whose husband Benedict Barboza is an National Health Service accountant, moved to the UK ten years ago from Mangalore in Karnataka.
Benedict, expressed his sadness on his Facebook page with a short note "Obituary Jacintha."
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