German bankers could be forced to repay bonuses if it transpires they have taken unjustifiable risks when making deals, the country’s financial regulator warned on Friday.
… ” having by that stage already run up medical bills of in excess of £100,000 for less than a month’s care ” …
… ” I’m not trying to suggest here that American medical practictioners routinely apply the most costly procedures because that way they make a lot more money, though no doubt quite a bit of this does go on. ” ….
… ” He survived the trip home [ ed: UK ] , and after a prolonged hospital stay on the right mix of medication, eventually made a full recovery. “….
Great link , thanks . Says a lot about the System in the US !
Considering the risk of becoming a US LIFE-LONG Debt Slave, I really wonder why most American families do “not” emigrate to Europe. It would be my first priority to get out of such a country. Shame really, as the US geography is so beautiful !
Anybody knows where to find info about the 70% of program trading on NYSE?
When looking at the statistics I can only find that program trading accounts for 27% but that figure has to be something else. Where can I find the REAL figure?
@phil ,..i received an email from someone living in america last year and they ordered a pizza late at night in atlanta , the person who delivered the pizza late at night was 78 year old man who was obviously suffering from a major illness, [as that kind of thing makes us think of our own parents] , my friend was absolutely shocked that someone at that age and obviously so ill was out late at night delivering pizza across atlanta, also i am told that people who deliver pizzas are payed minimum wage ,rely on tips and must pay for their own petrol,this was at a time with the spike in oil or petrol prices,what kind of absolute Monster society treats its Elderly Citizens like this ? glad i don’t live there .
Nothing remarkable here. Thank God it’s Saturday. I’m pretty burnt out after doing 1,000 image searches with reference to the french Revolution. You got your standard crowd scenes with the guillotine, and those rather primative scenes of the scene at la Bastille. Death of Marat, now there’s an alternative to the Obama Joker ‘t’ shirt, something to consider this close to Halloween.
Aside from a little leather get-up and a night in the sack with Carla, I never even considered how it would feel to be in Sarko’s shoes, until I started parousing the GOLD collection at Versailles. My freakin’ God, suppose she has the key to Marie’s ‘secret stash??’
@phil …as a way of contrast high taxing Switzerland,[depending which canton ]in Geneva Pensioners there are busy booking their next overseas holiday [usually business class] , treatment for rheumatoid arthritis there involves a one week stay in a 5 star luxury resort medical facility hotel in Algeria [french speaking] all paid for . Local bankers in Geneva also act as councilors for personal matters as well , not just banking.
I thought Brown’s Bottom was funny. However his real crime has been creating debt. Should the UK’s financies not be said to have disappeared into a Brown Hole?
“Zelaya supporters called ‘terrorist’ and charged with sedition”
Where is the similar outrage the “stolen” Iranian elections and the their crackdown on the CIA/NED/Soros duped demonstrators?
Where are the haughty op-ed pieces? Where’s the concern for human rights now?
Obviously as this is a US backed coup, the mainstream silence is deafening. It yet again demonstrates how they have become nothing more than a cowed propaganda arm of the government.
@all:
Why are Americans being asked to trust another trillion dollars to a government that just stole (about) 21 trillion? Why are genuine concerns about the health panel indicated in the health care bill considered lies and ignored or ridiculed? Why is this site so blatantly anti-American when Stacy and Mike are both Americans?
Look, you wise European socialists know the real debate is about quality of life vs. sanctity of life. If you are unaware of the change coming in the debate, please read up on Peter Singer. He is an eminent bioethics professor: he believes that resources should be allocated to those who are capable of leading a quality life . Who decides that? If you guessed “panel of experts” you’d be right. He wrote an op-ed for the NYTimes concerning health care rationing: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/magazine/19healthcare-t.html
Singer believes that human life should be evaluated within the first 24 hours to see if it is capable of quality:
Persons are beings that feel, reason, have self-awareness, and look forward to a future. Thus, fetuses and some very impaired human beings are not persons in his view and have a lesser moral status than, say, adult gorillas and chimpanzees. http://www.reason.com/news/show/27886.html
It’ interesting how many of those who have lofty and condescending attitudes about American’s legitimate concerns over the health care bill are now not living in America and wouldn’t deign to. Now I know how the subaltern feels.
i just saw a guy from Elliot wave international on Bloomberg. He made two points
1. Markets are poised to go lower, probably even lower than the March 09 lows( this is ok, as most of non MSM know this)
2. Dollar to go up!!. he says that most of the IOU’s around the world are made in $’s. The losses accumulated/bankruptcies, would remove the excess $’s and consequently strengthen the $. This would be bad for gold.
@Doomandbloom,……Don’t know about the gold thing, but through experience, when every man and his dog is advising to get into it, I usually smell a rat!
I think it was soros that said,..if you get on the bandwagon, you’re to late.
@Dedo…………..you could be right re: Gold, but where the hell else can you put your money? The stock markets are rigged and keeping it in cash means you have no value at all. There doesn’t seem to be a solution to this problem. Gold has apparantly kept its value for 6000 years but I must admit that a few things I’ve heard recently makes me think that tptb would like to see it removed as a source of value. Can’t we just go back to ‘normal’? Apparantly we almost tasted true freedom in the 60′ and 70′s, we missed the opportunity I guess.
@Sharon,……Not that I’m giving you advise,…but maybe a good strategy would be to spread your wealth (money, property, etc) . Dilute it amongst those you “trust”.
@Doomandbloom.. i am a subscriber to EWI, [ i do not have any money as i am a vagabond ], what little money i do have i choose give to market forecasting service at EWI. Bob Prechter has been making this call for a long time now,[ i repeated his call on this site in june ] while i personally put a lot of faith what B Prechter has to say ,EWI has made calls before that were not wrong but very early [his book 'conquer the crash ' came out early 2003 ? he predicted a crash after tech debacle and while that did not happen immediately the dow is down almost 80 % as against gold since the year 2000 ,that is what he calls the 'silent crash ' so in a sense he was right , i like their contrarian way of thinking and elliottwave approach . having said that, i used to subscribe to their 3 x weekly updates for first few years but switched to their monthly service as weekly updates were just for me re-do of monthly updates. i have subscribed to their services for 5- 6 years on and off on needs to know basis. it's not for everyone but i like it ,and another tool in the tool box that is perhaps already too full of tools that i do not know how to fully use and am not fully conversant with ,it works for me but i am not an investor of any kind [as that kind of thing makes me feel uncomfortable.] . Elliottwave requires a bit of a learning curve but worth the effort better than watching tee vee .Prechter has some interesting things to say about gold /silver but many would likely disagree .personally i agree but gold is a very emotional topic for many . i know absolutely bugger all about the economy other than it’s stuffed ,something a blind panda could see.please note : an idiot wrote this ,so its not investment advice of any kind . i hope that may help you in someway no matter how small ? perhaps someone else here can be of kind assistance?
Maybe diversify some wealth in the killing business,….that’ll never die (excuse the pun)
I think I remember Max saying he holds a few thousand rounds of , blah blah mm in his portfolio
@Sharon,…..off topic,.been reading about the NLG, very interesting stuff, sort of links to what Yuri Alexandrovitch Bezmenov was stating in his interviews.
Like a complete unknown: Bob Dylan frogmarched to collect ID after rookie policewoman fails to recognise scruffy music legend………….Police were called in a quiet seaside town after he was spotted freewheelin’ down the street and apparently acting suspiciously. A 22-year-old female officer demanded to see his identification papers.
He assumed she would at least recognise the name if not the face. But she ordered him into the back of her car and took him to his hotel to check his story……..This is not the first time that Dylan has wandered off alone while on tour.
After a concert in Belfast in 1991, he shunned his chauffeur-driven limo and was captured by a TV crew waiting at a bus stop.
And in the middle of an American tour he popped unannounced into the childhood home of author Mark Twain.
When the stunned curator asked if he was really Bob Dylan, he said: ‘I guess I am.’
@Dedo…………….off topic,.been reading about the NLG, very interesting stuff, sort of links to what Yuri Alexandrovitch Bezmenov was stating in his interviews.
What you talking about Dedo?……this isn’t the 1st time I haven’t had a clue what you’re going on about……….are you just trying to f*ck with my head? (only joking! But seriously what is NLG and who is Yuri Alexandrovitch Bezmenov?)
@Dedo………..I knew you’d provide the link…sucker!!
Anyway, I’m too lazy to look at it at the moment…I’ll come back to you when I can be bothered!
@frances…………..Teddy with Sebelius on Flu Prevention
Is that supposed to be aimed at adults? If yes, then we’re in serious trouble. BTW, I’m not sure I’m following this healthcare fiasco. Is Obama proposing something similar to the NHS whereby everybody who earns pays a % of their salary (here we call it national insurance which is at 11% of salary)? Or is he saying that EVERYONE must pay even if they’re not earning?
If it’s the former then I would take the view that Americans must be stupid not to go with it as it is a damn sight better better than what they currently have.
@ Doom&Bloom ,note for point no: 2 as regards temporary strengthening of US Dollar due to scarcity and collapse of foreign debt denominated in US dollars [ie baltics etc ] that is the irony that Prechter points to but for how long if at all this could last ? is anyone’s guess ? i suppose there are very powerful forces at work ,nobody has a crystal ball, his calls fit in with long term calls going back years as that is Beauty of Elliottwave ,so they are at least consistent with what they say. they rely on confirmation of wave patterns forming which is sometimes a matter of just waiting which is basic elliottwave approach but is also dangerously subjective.and just to rely on technical analysis seems a bit unwise. EWI seem fully aware of the arguments of the appalling fundamentals at work discussed here and elsewhere etc another reason EWI suggests a possible or at least temporary strengthening of US dollar is daily sentiment have been so negative currently around just 13 % bulls as opposed to huge % people bullish on gold .but that by itself , is likely a too simplistic approach . Prechters scenario differs from perceived wisdom and for many such a scenario that he warns of is too far fetched for many to contemplate ,i for one an open to the idea that he may be right ,but then i shall likely be proved wrong, it would good to hear what others say about possibility of such a scenario .
If it’s the former then I would take the view that Americans must be stupid not to go with it as it is a damn sight better better than what they currently have.
Sharon, it’s a way for the government to expand like flubber into every aspect of American’s personal lives.
Re $US/Gold
I start by saying I have no idea what the future holds.
Anyone who does is crazy and don’t believe them.
It seems to me that there is a difference between what is real and what is pretend. I refer to Gold Bullion Vs EFT’s etc.
Also, printed $US and credit, IOU’s, etc.
I think giving anything any value at the moment is difficult, but if and when the ‘system’ breaks down how are we to value ANYTHING.
I mean if the price of Gold for example id $US950 now, people say the price is suppressed, others say they are double or triple counting inventories, or shorting contracts for gold that doesn’t exist. That when all these promisary notes are called in the paper won’t match the inventory. Others say gold will be confiscated and others that gold will be a dead metal.
If the comex is destroyed as some have asked for, if this buy/sell system is removed who knows just what the VALUE of anything will be. We are valuing stuff based on our current system of futures, markets, manipulations, whatever. But what if this system is removed?
Gold will go to $3,000/Oz!!! and who will buy that?
No banks feeding markets with blah blah, how are trades gonna take place, how will you sell/barter your gold?
Swap a goat for some vegetables?
Get rid of the Fed, sack the government, kill the banks, etc.
All good but what in their place.
Complete freaking anarchy, or China and Russia running the show…….Great!
Just what we need.
Careful what you wish for.
@ Dedo…………OK, I finally forced myslef to look. NLG is American (I’m in Britain, duh) and re: Yuri……….Ohh him! Yes, I like him, seems like another honest broker – very interesting what he has to say on matters concerning f*cking over the people….
Can imagine that Bob Dylan can easely be mistaken for some daily dude cause he doesn’t exactly look like some superstar. But these police are very paranoid and a IQ of 60 doesn’t help either.
Seems that earning a lot of money and being on the telly every day gets you bored like Glenn Beck which makes you say more provoking things every day.
@Scott Oregon
Hey mate, and all.
Politicians should be banned from taking up such positions after their political life. They are all doing it now, its embarrassing!
They can take the job but they will lose pension and post political freebies they get which are ample. All bets are off.
Slide quietly into retirement Tony and enjoy your sleepless nights thinking about all the dead Iraqis and coalition soldiers.
And get the crap outta our lives.
@Sharon,……I was reading your earlier post again (The Matrix & the Constitution), and the guy or woman was writing about how the top minds (gifted children) are hoisted from normal education (indoctorination)and persuaded to side with the elite, to manage the flock etc.
I mean, have you seen some of these gifted children, amazing!
Goldman Gone what would happen Hedge funds take over at least they don’t have the FEDERAL RESERVE in there pocket gee stocks might actually become worth something instead of a manipulated Goldman Sachs Casino Game
@ mini us………….Slide quietly into retirement Tony and enjoy your sleepless nights thinking about all the dead Iraqis and coalition soldiers.
And get the crap outta our lives.
If that Audit the fed Bill passes and I really don’t see how they can stop it Goldman is going to get its head blown off. At the very least they will no longer have access to federal funds for manipulation once everybody realize what a sucker they been taken for I think some major punishment will be dished out. But this is the government and it won’t happen over night
I don’t know but…
How does the US pay off this debt, esp to foreigner states?
Being an economic dunderhead…..
Do they inflate, deflate or simply reneg?
What are other alternatives?
Devalue/revalue?
I just can’t see them giving up the $US as the world currency easily.
Shall we just pretend none of this is happening, just like the MSM and everyone else I speak to
If it wasn’t for the internet I would have Nooooooooooo idea about any of this stuff.
Thanks for opening my mind. Its fascinating.
@Dedo Your contrary thinking re gold has merit, however, there is one slight fact that is missing. Very few people actually hold Gold/Silver bullion. Everyone assumes that it is widely held and it is not. I had the same discussion with a financial industry type and they claimed that everyone knows about gold so it is a bad investment. Then I asked how many clients own gold. Well none.
@ Mini US……….They seem to be the ones who create the future.
What was I thinking.
Ever listen to Bob Marley’s ‘Redemption Song’? “We’ve got to fullfill the book”
He had it sussed and he wrote it down for us years ago:-
Old pirates, yes, they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ships
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit
But my hand was made strong
By the hand of the almighty
We forward in this generation
Try harm friendly
Won’t you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
‘Cause all I ever have
Redemption songs
Redemption songs
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds
Have no fear for atomic energy
‘Cause none of them can stop the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look? Ooh
Some say it’s just a part of it
We’ve got to fullfil the book
Won’t you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
‘Cause all I ever have
Redemption songs
Redemption songs
Redemption songs
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our mind
Woh, have no fear for atomic energy
‘Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it’s just a part of it
We’ve got to fullfill the book
Won’t you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
‘Cause all I ever had
Redemption songs
All I ever had
Redemption songs
These songs of freedom
Songs of freedom
@Frances Snoot
Thanks for that GEAB report.
At least it offers a reasonable scenario, and the three stages make sense too.
The best way to prepare for all this is to follow the Buddhist belief that…….
‘Whatever happens is ok with me’
‘Me’ being your inner self that nothing can harm.
The rest is just stuff.
Peace folks.
They can’t be accused of colluding with the Federal Government who have been stimulating the economy here.
Free money with low interest rates. Literally cash givaways of up to $AU900 per person, $AU14,000/$AU21,000 for first homebuyers, public works that haven’t even begun yet….
Now the RBA warns of interest rate hikes.
I sent emails to the Govt saying that they were sucking first home buyers into a vortex of debt and suffering. That if they weren’t smashed by unemployment they would be smashed when rates went up. Even an economic dunderhead could see that one coming.
The funniest thing was the NSW(state of Australia) treasurer appeared on TV and warned the RBA not to raise rates. Hahhahahaha – He is a knob!
It will cripple the state and he is the idiot flushing the money away. So his reaction is to warn the Reserve bank!!! Ooooohhhhh they are scared. Sorry, but if you knew him you would really laugh.
Recently I am getting loads of spams from JP Morgan, Chase and other banks. Scam junk.
Must be the volume of emails I am sending slagging them all off.
My wife’s name is Christian and I get heaps of spam from ‘Christian Dating’ sites.
Funny!
The question is what’s the NWO goal now? If their plan still is to destroy the world economy to force countries into their world goverment they will do that together with rising the oil prices to realy bug down any economical growth.
But Bob Chapman on the AJS said yesterday that they had a change of plans and want to reverse their actions which is to late according to Bob. If that’s the case they will keep oil low and probably won’t raise interest rates also because this is their main money cow.
Biggest problem inthe U.S. is the massive national debt.They Chinese stopt buying huge amounts of dollars and via FOREX trickery they try to buy time by letting foreign central banks buy up dollars from money the U.S, gave them in the first place. The U.S. is monetising it’s debet cause nobody wants to buy U.S. treasuries anymore. But this can’t go on forever obviously.
The only option the U.S. has, in their view, is to inflate the dollar which is allready happening for some time in some ordely fahsion. When the foreigners find out about their FOREX trickery it won’t go that ordely anymore.
THE CONSPIRACY PART
The U.S. is going around the world like a mad dog Cowboy threatening every country which doesn’t do what the U.S. says. They are also using HAARP for that with which they can cause eartquakes and control the weather by heating up parts of the air causing violent storms.
China stopt buying U.S. dollars and now gets punished by the Americans through HAARP. Also Italy was punished before when Berlusconi didn’t support the American political agenda. Belusconi changed his point of view immediately after the eartquake caused by HAARP. http://tinyurl.com/n6ew4k
rough draft of part of my novel; ‘buy love, sell fear’ UNEDITED
FAITH
Everyone had written faith off as just one of God’s cameos. Nobody paid it much attention anymore. People had become resentful and disillusioned by its absence, so they chose to ignore it.
The junkies uptown felt cheated without even some false hope to feed their denial; so they shot up more dope and lost all hope alltogether. Downtown, where the drugs of choice were credit cards, self-loathing and arugula the situation was worse. Worn rationalizations had replaced faith. Nobody questioned their sorry state of existence anymore. Decrepitude and uselessness had people by the throat. The order of the day had become to permanently lower one’s expectations of life. What was once taken for granted was now just taken. No where was this more evident than way downtown on Wall Street where new ways to take what was left were being perfected under the rubric of ‘financial engineering.’
Some asked, where was the Big Guy in all this, and why doesn’t he send us something new to take our minds off the minutia of obsessing over exfoliating dead skin cells at $200 an hour while trying to avoid partially hydrogenated cooking oils and/or carbohydrates.
But God didn’t answer. Earth bored him. He was happily tanning himself in the psycho-tropics of everyone’s collective denial of His existence.
But faith was alive even if people chose to ignore it.
Big, fat rays of sunlight that tumbled out of the sky, passing by sun reflectors scattered on roof tops held in the hands of ‘creative executives’ who worked in the marketing departments of movie studios in midtown, sunning themselves on their lunch break, before eating in three star restaurants with movie critiques goaded over goat cheese into giving their star vehicles four star notices.
With nothing to grab onto in this plane of existence of any consequence, sunlight shining down from above would just bounce off the creative exec’s tanning reflectors and bounce right into the sewer where it disappeared without inspiring anyone to do anything that wasn’t directly related to helping their gross.
But today, hidden in one of these rays, came a supernatural ray; faith’s redeemer, fear’s destroyer and it was heading for Jack’s kitchen.
Nobody except the angel saw it coming. To the cynical hoi polloi the sun was shining it’s usual uninspiring yellow no. 5, reminding people of open air malls in LA best known for sunlight’s supporting role in bad cop shows and exercise videos.
In Harlem, home of the nation’s crumbling soul, sunlight had a tough time escaping its reputation as a reminder of unemployment , so nobody really looked at sunlight uptown either. They watched TV instead.
So nobody, and I mean nobody, noticed that inside one of the rays shining today was the supernatural bit that would spark the new, supernatural faith fire, faith-backed currency in humanity’s mind.
And this is the way the angel wanted it. She didn’t want fear getting tipped off.
9:30:00001 AM.
Fear’s reign in mankind’s sorry ass universe was about to have its first clash with the angel’s candy virus currency. This was in fact fear’s last moment to enjoy its self-obsessing, self-absorbing monopoly on dread.
@ Frances Snoot.
Sorry folks last link, I promise.
Re: Goldman predicting $140 Oil Prices again.
Peter Schiff is predicting the same thing.
He has said on one or more of his Vlogs that “oil will return to $140, or $100 by years end, only this time Americans won’t have jobs.” If they thought it was bad before this will be a whole lot worse.
But no one knows the future….remember.
@max ,thankyou for sharing that with us . a Beautiful piece of writing, lyrical , natural and without affectation of any kind with something for us to think about with each line building flowing into next line better than the last line,scary but Beautiful.Finally something worth reading by someone with something to say that’s genuinely worth listening to . when do we get to read it ? when will the published edition,version be available ? definitely worth having on the bookshelf,[ i’ll place my personally signed, autographed 1st edition copy next to favorite books by my favourite authors, Rilke ,Mallarme ,Ovid,Shelley ,Keats,Keiser…..cann’t wait.! now go back into that room and don’t come back out until it’s finished ! thanks !
@ Max Keiser
Put me down for a signed copy of that book of yours.
Looks like a great read.
@ Frances
Krishnamurti? said it when asked about his secret to happiness.
He said “I don’t mind what happens”
Stuff is always happening, don’t sweat it.
I just found this clip. I promise I didn’t shoot the video.
@Max and Stacy
Speaking of videos….
I have a great holiday idea for you guys.
Visit Australia and I’ll shoot a doco for you. Interview Glenn Stevens, the hero of the world as we used to know it.
You could visit your fans in NZ too.
You will have a holiday, damn you!
If we can not hope to find it within ourselves to end tryanny and oppression, then by what vanity can we sit idly by hoping for some one else to find it?
If we are to blame for allowing such despotism to over take, we most certainly must be to blame for allowing it to continue, while we wait for some one else to end it.
@ Sharon
Re: Military build up in US
Hey that lines up with the soldier who said his infantry were doing Urban population control.
I think Phil posted the link a cupla days back.
The interview with soldier who said he had orders around October time for “urban warfare procedures”
can’t remember the dude tho…..
@ Sharon
Re: Waiting around for someone to fix it for us.
The people of Venezuela(especially the poor people) wanted a saviour, a Libertador, a revolutionary, a new Simon Bolivar.
They got Chavez!
Don’t let this happen to you.
Although I much apreciate your literature asperations I rather like to see a book about all the wallstreet trickeries. Your wallstreet experiences are very valuable to me and I think the world cause I havn’t seen such book yet.
I think these rigged markets docus you made need a book follow up to teach the youngsters about what is going on.
i could write a book about financial tricks but that would only encourage more people to get involved rigging markets. my novel is about thinking differently about what sustains us. if out-of-the-money reverse non-collateralized butterfly put spreads can be commoditized, why not love?
More of Krishnamurti.
This is hard to watch for its age although also amusing.
This guy died in ’85 I believe, so this is old.
I’m no follower or anything but he seems to be talking about the same stuff we are today.
Evolution? of mans consciousness.
Ok, thats what I’m talking about
Sometimes your way of thinking beats me. I mean not exposing fraud cause somebody may use that? mmmm don’t buy that. If everybody is in on that I think it would destroy the fraudulent system. If you expose, for example a magicians trick it’s gone. You don’ get more magicians this way.
I also think it would be a best seller. And heck, why not write two books?
@max: excellent dude…very William Burroughs or Jack Kerroac..very beat era stuff..but current..
@Mini US: good questions…deflation, inflation, devalue the dollar, etc…which comes first??? Well, you can’t view the financial picture as monolithic….all three are coming…it’s as C.A. Fitts has described: all the institutions and agencies are used as siphoning mechanisms to redirect wealth to the elite( on 9/10/2001 Rumsfeld admitted to $4 trillion in missing or “unaccountable adjustments” @ the Pentagon…(the reason given was that the computers didn’t latterally inform the accountants)….all the new legislation is nothing but such a mechanism…it matters very little whether the Cap and Trade or the Obamacare bills actually have an effect on the populous…remember the new Medicare “D” prescription legislation under Bush??…it only raised the personal expense of the elderly….funneling more wealth to the offshore or Puerto Rican located and protected pharmaceutical companies…who then redirect their profits to the lobbyists who then write the new Obamacare Health Bill( Dr Dean on C-SPAN reviewed the overhead of PPO vs HMO vs single payer and the administration costs are severely reduced)…where once again the government gives up their right to negotiate a lower price…and it becomes a mandated participation where every health need is still not provided across the board( and a medical data base is started to give everyone yet another number to be tracked by)..and similarly to the HMO facility, an incubated cubicle sitting government paid insurer will decide what procedures fit!!!!! Thus another round of lobbying and legislating will fill the boots full of new cash for the coming campaigns…and on and on…A single payer system was off the table from the onset in February..check youtube for the exiting of the single payer folks from the committee hearings… So certain industries will continue to downsize, while others flourish…obviously a smaller leaner financial sector is on the top of the heap, and those who play ball will get the funding to continue…the FED is monetizing all it can..but rumors persist that the Chinese are dissatisfied and for one are reaching out to buy commodities ( metals ) and since they are the seat of most 21st century manufacturing globally they control the flow…for all due purposes the dollar is toast…it only takes time to rearrange the chessboard…It would be prudent to call a JUBILEE and cancel all mortgage and credit card debts…but apparently that is not the call to arms…instead the $500 billion to $1.5 quadrillion in derivatives will be saved…and to do this…we must remain debt slaves…of course as Max and others always point out this is a call to arms…RISE UP!!!!!!!!!!!
A friend of mine was trying to give up smoking for ages. He talked about ti all the time. I mean ALL THE TIME.
Blah Blah Blah.
I listened and offered advice and cared, etc.
Then one day after about 18 months after a coffee session on the topic I said to him…
“Mic, shut the f***k up!
Either give up or just smoke and enjoy it”
Next day he gave up and shut up too.
True story.
Hell. I wasted 18 months. Hahahahhahaha
@Dedo…………It is not the wind that is moving;
it is not the flag that is moving;
it is mind that is moving.,…: )
OK, you asked for it! Get your head around these Dodo:-
“Its like deja vu all over again.”
When we think a thing, the thing we think is not the thing we think we think, but only the thing we think we think we think.
“To say of what is that it is not, or of what is not that it is, is false, while to say of what is that it is, and of what is not that it is not, is true.”
I know you believe you understand what I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
@Mike2Liverpool
The “overnight” collapse of a complex system!!!!!! we are just coming off a top the likes of which have not been seen in 200 years., as described as the Waterfall Effect described by Martin Armstrong
Like the jaws of life, they are ripping open a gap between reality (real economic goods) and fantasy (the US dollar). The economy is such a complex organism with so many variables that it simply cannot be controlled.
@Max:
Cool Book! When can we buy one?
@Youri:
Thanks for the link. I’ll listen tonight.
@MiniUS:
That’s the best advice I’ve gotten.
@Stacy:
You are GOOD for Max! Sorry if I come across harsh. Try to stay snooty only.
Thanks for letting us post here and ALL the great feeds and episodes of shows. Amazing site! Appreciate it.
@sharon .. … “When we think a thing, the thing we think is not the thing we think we think, but only the thing we think we think we think.”…
Just got in from doing 10 hours hard graft with a flex on the concrete balcony.
So – being really relaxed now, here’s a little banter :
Our brains see the universe subjectively … likea radio reciever, tunied into a certain frequency. Who’s to say that time – as counted by us – is really the “time” we take so much for granted.
Two of my own experiences :
A) 2 car crashes, where the car rolled over – no-one hurt.
My brain went into hyperdrive at the decisive moment and I saw everything moving in slow motion ; i.e. my brain’s “second” had become ca. 10 seconds.
B) playing squash … I played against some of the world’s big names like Torsam Khan ( deceased on court at 27 ) and Roger Bannister ( 4 minute mile , Jonah Barrington’s coach ).
The high level of concentration , especially when retrieving the ball out of a back corner ( on the wood ), meant that I actually see the ball in VERY slow motion whilst stroking it back to roll again on the side walls. i.e. very high concentraion.
Both are examples of moments we would call “intense concentration”.
Just another example :
Try tapping a finger on your left-hand on the table say 4 times per second whilst tapping your with a finger on your right-hand say 13 times per second.
Most people would find this impossible to do .. Buddy Rich has no probem though.
It is because Buddy Rich can divide a “time interval” into 52 parts ( 4 x 13 ) in his mind.
To repeat my first statement again…
… ” Our brains see the universe subjectively … likea radio reciever, tunied into a certain frequency. Who’s to say that time – as counted by us – is really the “time” we take so much for granted. ” …
Who’s the time-keeper, and what “is” the real time !
Just something to think about !
@Phil……..I love the way your mind works. Yes, time….a huge subject coz we could start discussing the different calanders which seem to make more sense that the one we use. I remember some hippy chick telling me once that she ‘didn’t do time’ and I thought that was probably very sensible. However, when I tried it myself I became anxious, maybe you have to practice and maybe it works best if you don’t have children. I also tried not setting my alarm clock for about a month and just woke up whenever I wanted to, problem is it was usually around midday and then I couldn’t motivate myself to do anything for the rest of the day. I don’t like the idea of being programmed, I’d like to live as nature intended.
BTW, did you see my post on one of the previous topics about DNA? If not I’ll dig it out for you – very interesting and right up your street.
Yes, I saw it and found it very interesting indeed !
Makes one really wonder about “The Force” as in Star Wars !
I read somewhere that if you take a fresh leaf ( from a tree ) , cut in half and lay one half between photographic plates, the “missing part” appears on the negative !
‘Haven’t tried it myself, but it would surprise me when you think that people who lose an arm or a leg, still think it’s there for quite a time. … which obviously points at the “nervous system” … i.e. one’s brain.
I just received this from my daughter. I had no idea that Obama’s Health Care Plan was too horrible. Everyone please take a look at it to read the most important parts.
Page 22 of the HC Bill: Mandates that the Govt will audit books of all employers that self insure!!
Page 30 Sec 123 of HC bill – THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits you get.
Page 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill: YOUR HEALTH CARE IS RATIONED!!!
Page 42 of HC Bill: The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your HC Benefits for you. You have no choice!
Page 50 Section 152 in HC bill: HC will be provided to ALL non US citizens, illegal or otherwise
Page 58 HC Bill: Govt will have real-time access to individuals finances & a National ID Health card will be issued!
Page 59 HC Bill lines 21-24: Govt will have direct access to your banks accounts for elective funds transfer.
Page 65 Sec 164: is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in Unions & community organizations: (ACORN).
Page 84 Sec 203 HC bill: Govt mandates ALL benefit packages for private HC plans in the Exchange.
Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications for of Benefit Levels for Plans = The Govt will ration your Healthcare!
Page 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill: Govt mandates linguistic appropriate services. Example – Translation: illegal aliens.
Page 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18: The Govt will use groups i.e., ACORN & AmeriCorps to sign up individuals for Govt HC plan.
Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications of Benefit Levels for Plans. AARP members – your Health care WILL be rationed.
Page 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill: Medicaid Eligible Individuals will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid.. No choice.
Page 124 lines 24-25 HC: No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No “judicial review” against Govt Monopoly.
Page 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill: Doctors/ American Medical Association – The Govt will tell YOU what you can make! (Salary)
Page 145 Line 15-17: An Employer MUST auto enroll employees into public option plan. NO CHOICE!
Page 126 Lines 22-25: Employers MUST pay for HC for part time employees AND their families.
Page 149 Lines 16-24: ANY Employer with payroll 401k & above who does not provide public option pays 8% tax on all payrolls.
Page 150 Lines 9-13: Business’s with payroll btw 251k & 401k who doesn’t provide public option pays 2-6% tax on all payroll.
Page 167 Lines 18-23: ANY individual who doesn’t have acceptable HC according to Govt will be taxed 2.5% of income.
Page 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill: Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual taxes. (Americans will pay)
Page 195 HC Bill: Officers & employees of HC Admin (GOVT) will have access to ALL Americans finances /personal records.
Page 203 Line 14-15 HC: “The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax” Yes, it says that!
Page 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill: Govt will reduce physician services for Medicaid Seniors, low income and poor are affected.
Page 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill: Doctors, doesn’t matter what specialty you have, you’ll all be paid the same!
Page 253 Line 10-18: Govt sets value of Doctor’s time, profession, judgment etc. Literally value of humans.
Page 265 Sec 1131: Govt mandates & controls productivity for private HC industries.
Page 268 Sec 1141: Federal Govt regulates rental & purchase of power driven wheelchairs.
Page 272 SEC. 1145: TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS – Cancer patients – welcome to rationing!
Page 280 Sec 1151: The Govt will penalize hospitals for whatever Govt deems preventable re-admissions.
Page 298 Lines 9-11: Doctors, treat a patient during initial admission that results in a re-admission -Govt will penalize you.
Page 317 L 13-20: PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. Govt tells Doctors what/how much they can own!
Page 317-318 lines 21-25, 1-3: PROHIBITION on expansion- Govt is mandating hospitals cannot expand.
Page 321 2-13: Hospitals have opportunity to apply for exception BUT community input is required. Can u say ACORN?!!
Page 335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339: Govt mandates establishment of outcome based measures. HC the way they want. Rationing.
Page 341 Lines 3-9: Govt has authority to disqualify Medicare Advance Plans, HMOs, etc. Forcing people into Govt plan.
Page 354 Sec 1177: Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of Special needs people! Unbelievable!
Page 379 Sec 1191: Govt creates more bureaucracy – Tele-health Advisory Committee. Can you say HC by phone?
Page 425 Lines 4-12: Govt mandates Advance Care Planning Consult. Think Senior Citizens end of life patients.
Page 425 Lines 17-19: Govt will instruct & consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney. Mandatory!
Page 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3: Govt provides approved list of end of life resources, guiding you in death. (assisted suicide)
Page 427 Lines 15-24: Govt mandates program for orders for end of life. The Govt has a say in how your life ends.
Page 429 Lines 1-9: An “advanced care planning consultant” will be used frequently as patients health deteriorates.
Page 429 Lines 10-12: “advanced care consultation” may include an ORDER for end of life plans. AN ORDER from GOVT!
Page 429 Lines 13-25: The govt will specify which Doctors can write an end of life order.
Page 430 Lines 11-15: The Govt will decide what level of treatment you will have at end of life!
Page 469: Community Based Home Medical Services = Non profit organizations. Hello, ACORN Medical Services here!!?
Page 472 Lines 14-17: PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORIGINATION. 1 monthly payment 2 a community-based organization. Like ACORN?
read the bill….what the us government wants to do is not health care at all.. .its about control…. controling us….and money….its pathetic….. i would like them to go away and leave me the hell alone. pg
How many of the various “pundits” who love to badmouth Obama and single payer are NOT extremely wealthy? Everyone in the media business knows this. For most people, you work like a dog for minimum wage in some tiny market for years. And then gradually you work your way up (with help from your crack news biz management team) to the network I’m-a-superstar level. At that point, can you think of anyone who’s probably not making at least $1 milion a year?
That being said, if any of these people got sick, the best care money can buy is literally no problem for them. Therefore, they have nothing to lose by repeating management propaganda on-air (and laughing in your face as they do it).
Imagine for a moment if (fill in the blank w/a news superstar name) was denied coveage due to a “pre-exisitng” condition. If that happened, they’d be screaming to anyone and everyone. Their network would do a “hard hitting” special on how horrible this is. Why, look at what they’re trying to do to our all-around-nice-person (famous name). If it’s one of the rest of us, nobody cares.
Can I apply to be the first political AND economic Stateside refugee in France? This could be a whole new series of specials for you guys. If you’re interested, you know where to find me.
1st!
2nd!
German bankers could be forced to repay bonuses if it transpires they have taken unjustifiable risks when making deals, the country’s financial regulator warned on Friday.
Germany’s bonus ultimatum to bankers
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9b6ecade-8906-11de-b50f-00144feabdc0.html
It’s the least they (Govt.) can do !
@US Healthcare
… ” having by that stage already run up medical bills of in excess of £100,000 for less than a month’s care ” …
… ” I’m not trying to suggest here that American medical practictioners routinely apply the most costly procedures because that way they make a lot more money, though no doubt quite a bit of this does go on. ” ….
… ” He survived the trip home [ ed: UK ] , and after a prolonged hospital stay on the right mix of medication, eventually made a full recovery. “….
Great link , thanks . Says a lot about the System in the US !
Considering the risk of becoming a US LIFE-LONG Debt Slave, I really wonder why most American families do “not” emigrate to Europe. It would be my first priority to get out of such a country. Shame really, as the US geography is so beautiful !
Anybody knows where to find info about the 70% of program trading on NYSE?
When looking at the statistics I can only find that program trading accounts for 27% but that figure has to be something else. Where can I find the REAL figure?
http://www.nyse.com/financials/1152267398806.html
@phil ,..i received an email from someone living in america last year and they ordered a pizza late at night in atlanta , the person who delivered the pizza late at night was 78 year old man who was obviously suffering from a major illness, [as that kind of thing makes us think of our own parents] , my friend was absolutely shocked that someone at that age and obviously so ill was out late at night delivering pizza across atlanta, also i am told that people who deliver pizzas are payed minimum wage ,rely on tips and must pay for their own petrol,this was at a time with the spike in oil or petrol prices,what kind of absolute Monster society treats its Elderly Citizens like this ? glad i don’t live there .
Nothing remarkable here. Thank God it’s Saturday. I’m pretty burnt out after doing 1,000 image searches with reference to the french Revolution. You got your standard crowd scenes with the guillotine, and those rather primative scenes of the scene at la Bastille. Death of Marat, now there’s an alternative to the Obama Joker ‘t’ shirt, something to consider this close to Halloween.
Aside from a little leather get-up and a night in the sack with Carla, I never even considered how it would feel to be in Sarko’s shoes, until I started parousing the GOLD collection at Versailles. My freakin’ God, suppose she has the key to Marie’s ‘secret stash??’
@phil …as a way of contrast high taxing Switzerland,[depending which canton ]in Geneva Pensioners there are busy booking their next overseas holiday [usually business class] , treatment for rheumatoid arthritis there involves a one week stay in a 5 star luxury resort medical facility hotel in Algeria [french speaking] all paid for . Local bankers in Geneva also act as councilors for personal matters as well , not just banking.
@phil,. sadly what i think they have in america is the worst of all possible worlds.
@TSGordon if you find that elusive key , please let us all know , good luck ! ; )
Zelaya supporters called ‘terrorist’ and charged with sedition
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20090815/twl-lt-honduras-coup-1be00ca.html
I thought Brown’s Bottom was funny. However his real crime has been creating debt. Should the UK’s financies not be said to have disappeared into a Brown Hole?
“Zelaya supporters called ‘terrorist’ and charged with sedition”
Where is the similar outrage the “stolen” Iranian elections and the their crackdown on the CIA/NED/Soros duped demonstrators?
Where are the haughty op-ed pieces? Where’s the concern for human rights now?
Obviously as this is a US backed coup, the mainstream silence is deafening. It yet again demonstrates how they have become nothing more than a cowed propaganda arm of the government.
Thank goodness for wesites like this.
This is an interesting discussion on the media and disinformation http://blip.tv/file/2222679
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-d5x-CiTUs&NR=1
in honor of the freedoms waged since 1969
Oh look “Timmy” had an Idea for a “Get out of jail” on the “Problems”.
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/treasurys-new-solution-greenies
He might sell his house now!
Mike
AUDIT THE FED NOW SUPPORT THIS BILL
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/campaigns/hr1207petition.php
Stop Financial Terroism
J P Morgan sez “Don’t worry”:-
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aF9XXH40s4ys
Mike
Support Ron Paul Bill To Audit The Federal Reserve
TODAY NOT TOMORROW DO IT TODAY!!!!!
http://www.ronpaul.com/
http://www.ronpaul.com/tag/audit-the-fed/
RON PAUL AUDIT THE FED!
LAST CHANCE FOR FREEDOM!
@all:
Why are Americans being asked to trust another trillion dollars to a government that just stole (about) 21 trillion? Why are genuine concerns about the health panel indicated in the health care bill considered lies and ignored or ridiculed? Why is this site so blatantly anti-American when Stacy and Mike are both Americans?
Look, you wise European socialists know the real debate is about quality of life vs. sanctity of life. If you are unaware of the change coming in the debate, please read up on Peter Singer. He is an eminent bioethics professor: he believes that resources should be allocated to those who are capable of leading a quality life . Who decides that? If you guessed “panel of experts” you’d be right. He wrote an op-ed for the NYTimes concerning health care rationing:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/magazine/19healthcare-t.html
Singer believes that human life should be evaluated within the first 24 hours to see if it is capable of quality:
Persons are beings that feel, reason, have self-awareness, and look forward to a future. Thus, fetuses and some very impaired human beings are not persons in his view and have a lesser moral status than, say, adult gorillas and chimpanzees.
http://www.reason.com/news/show/27886.html
Singer is an advisor to Obama on Health Care.
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message860151/pg1
Then there’s Ezekial Emanuel, Rahm’s brother:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/18/us/politics/18zeke.html
http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=121508.0
Here’s Obama himself on end-of-life-care:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJYvaLS-xOw
It’ interesting how many of those who have lofty and condescending attitudes about American’s legitimate concerns over the health care bill are now not living in America and wouldn’t deign to. Now I know how the subaltern feels.
i just saw a guy from Elliot wave international on Bloomberg. He made two points
1. Markets are poised to go lower, probably even lower than the March 09 lows( this is ok, as most of non MSM know this)
2. Dollar to go up!!. he says that most of the IOU’s around the world are made in $’s. The losses accumulated/bankruptcies, would remove the excess $’s and consequently strengthen the $. This would be bad for gold.
Can anyone comment on point 2 pls?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW4YZ6R53yA
Audit the FED
@Doomandbloom,……Don’t know about the gold thing, but through experience, when every man and his dog is advising to get into it, I usually smell a rat!
I think it was soros that said,..if you get on the bandwagon, you’re to late.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3zo7zjYk2E
If This Doesn’t Peev You OFF WATCH THIS VIDEO
IMAGINE GOLDMAN IS USING THE FEDERAL RESERVE TO MANIPULATE THE ENTIRE STOCK MARKET IN ITS FAVOR!!
THIS ISN’T A BEST SELLING NOVEL THIS IS REAL!!!!!
@Dedo…………..you could be right re: Gold, but where the hell else can you put your money? The stock markets are rigged and keeping it in cash means you have no value at all. There doesn’t seem to be a solution to this problem. Gold has apparantly kept its value for 6000 years but I must admit that a few things I’ve heard recently makes me think that tptb would like to see it removed as a source of value. Can’t we just go back to ‘normal’? Apparantly we almost tasted true freedom in the 60′ and 70′s, we missed the opportunity I guess.
@Sharon,……Not that I’m giving you advise,…but maybe a good strategy would be to spread your wealth (money, property, etc) . Dilute it amongst those you “trust”.
GOLDMAN HAS TO GO DOWN> THIS TRAITORS NEED TO BE PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTEND OF THE LAW LOCKED UP FOR LIFE!!!!!!
@Doomandbloom.. i am a subscriber to EWI, [ i do not have any money as i am a vagabond ], what little money i do have i choose give to market forecasting service at EWI. Bob Prechter has been making this call for a long time now,[ i repeated his call on this site in june ] while i personally put a lot of faith what B Prechter has to say ,EWI has made calls before that were not wrong but very early [his book 'conquer the crash ' came out early 2003 ? he predicted a crash after tech debacle and while that did not happen immediately the dow is down almost 80 % as against gold since the year 2000 ,that is what he calls the 'silent crash ' so in a sense he was right , i like their contrarian way of thinking and elliottwave approach . having said that, i used to subscribe to their 3 x weekly updates for first few years but switched to their monthly service as weekly updates were just for me re-do of monthly updates. i have subscribed to their services for 5- 6 years on and off on needs to know basis. it's not for everyone but i like it ,and another tool in the tool box that is perhaps already too full of tools that i do not know how to fully use and am not fully conversant with ,it works for me but i am not an investor of any kind [as that kind of thing makes me feel uncomfortable.] . Elliottwave requires a bit of a learning curve but worth the effort better than watching tee vee .Prechter has some interesting things to say about gold /silver but many would likely disagree .personally i agree but gold is a very emotional topic for many . i know absolutely bugger all about the economy other than it’s stuffed ,something a blind panda could see.please note : an idiot wrote this ,so its not investment advice of any kind . i hope that may help you in someway no matter how small ? perhaps someone else here can be of kind assistance?
US home repossessions rocket to record levels http://tinyurl.com/pd7t5k
Surprise fall in home repossessions http://tinyurl.com/ldz393
Maybe diversify some wealth in the killing business,….that’ll never die (excuse the pun)
I think I remember Max saying he holds a few thousand rounds of , blah blah mm in his portfolio
@Sharon,…..off topic,.been reading about the NLG, very interesting stuff, sort of links to what Yuri Alexandrovitch Bezmenov was stating in his interviews.
Like a complete unknown: Bob Dylan frogmarched to collect ID after rookie policewoman fails to recognise scruffy music legend………….Police were called in a quiet seaside town after he was spotted freewheelin’ down the street and apparently acting suspiciously. A 22-year-old female officer demanded to see his identification papers.
He assumed she would at least recognise the name if not the face. But she ordered him into the back of her car and took him to his hotel to check his story……..This is not the first time that Dylan has wandered off alone while on tour.
After a concert in Belfast in 1991, he shunned his chauffeur-driven limo and was captured by a TV crew waiting at a bus stop.
And in the middle of an American tour he popped unannounced into the childhood home of author Mark Twain.
When the stunned curator asked if he was really Bob Dylan, he said: ‘I guess I am.’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/bigbrother/article-1206617/Like-complete-unknown-Bob-Dylan-frogmarched-collect-ID-rookie-policewoman-fails-recognise-scruffy-music-legend.html
@Dedo…………….off topic,.been reading about the NLG, very interesting stuff, sort of links to what Yuri Alexandrovitch Bezmenov was stating in his interviews.
What you talking about Dedo?……this isn’t the 1st time I haven’t had a clue what you’re going on about……….are you just trying to f*ck with my head? (only joking! But seriously what is NLG and who is Yuri Alexandrovitch Bezmenov?)
Say it isn’t so:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTWDoWz_evs
Wonder if the quality of government health care will match the quality of this video.
(Actually, that is a rhetorical question)
Good reason to avoid DHS mandates:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ixeFZYYppO03XDUBudsFjFOItQngD9A2MGL00
Polio in Nigeria from the actuated polio vaccine!
@Sharon,……Google Yuri,.and here’s a link, you lazy fk!!
: ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Lawyers_Guild
@Frances,…..Would be great if these advisors would lead by example,..don’t you think?
@sharon:
RBS chief advises safety of ten-year German bonds:
Mr Janjuah advises investors to seek safety in 10-year German bonds in late August or early September.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/6018076/RBS-uber-bear-issues-fresh-alert-on-global-stock-markets.html
@Dedo:
The example they set for us all is What Not to Do.
Teddy from the Sebelius video looks like a lab experiment gone awry. What tiny hands in the giant’s possession!
Love the way he sneezes!
@Dedo………..I knew you’d provide the link…sucker!!
Anyway, I’m too lazy to look at it at the moment…I’ll come back to you when I can be bothered!
@frances…………..Teddy with Sebelius on Flu Prevention
Is that supposed to be aimed at adults? If yes, then we’re in serious trouble. BTW, I’m not sure I’m following this healthcare fiasco. Is Obama proposing something similar to the NHS whereby everybody who earns pays a % of their salary (here we call it national insurance which is at 11% of salary)? Or is he saying that EVERYONE must pay even if they’re not earning?
If it’s the former then I would take the view that Americans must be stupid not to go with it as it is a damn sight better better than what they currently have.
Re: Teddy Vid,….I mean,..c’mon, this vid’ is directed at “adults” Geeez,…someone beam me up!
I guess Teddy wasn’t a hit. Now Sebelius is offering 2500 dollars for a FLU VIDEO!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gteC4AALn08&NR=1
@ Doom&Bloom ,note for point no: 2 as regards temporary strengthening of US Dollar due to scarcity and collapse of foreign debt denominated in US dollars [ie baltics etc ] that is the irony that Prechter points to but for how long if at all this could last ? is anyone’s guess ? i suppose there are very powerful forces at work ,nobody has a crystal ball, his calls fit in with long term calls going back years as that is Beauty of Elliottwave ,so they are at least consistent with what they say. they rely on confirmation of wave patterns forming which is sometimes a matter of just waiting which is basic elliottwave approach but is also dangerously subjective.and just to rely on technical analysis seems a bit unwise. EWI seem fully aware of the arguments of the appalling fundamentals at work discussed here and elsewhere etc another reason EWI suggests a possible or at least temporary strengthening of US dollar is daily sentiment have been so negative currently around just 13 % bulls as opposed to huge % people bullish on gold .but that by itself , is likely a too simplistic approach . Prechters scenario differs from perceived wisdom and for many such a scenario that he warns of is too far fetched for many to contemplate ,i for one an open to the idea that he may be right ,but then i shall likely be proved wrong, it would good to hear what others say about possibility of such a scenario .
@Sharon,……I knew you knew I knew you’d know!!
@Sharon:
We’re all children in the eyes of the DHS. Note how sloooowly Ms. Sebelius speaks to her audience.
Personally, I think Teddy was working at Congressional records until Sebelius discovered him.
If it’s the former then I would take the view that Americans must be stupid not to go with it as it is a damn sight better better than what they currently have.
Sharon, it’s a way for the government to expand like flubber into every aspect of American’s personal lives.
@frances……….so is that who’s really running the country do you reckon?
Re $US/Gold
I start by saying I have no idea what the future holds.
Anyone who does is crazy and don’t believe them.
It seems to me that there is a difference between what is real and what is pretend. I refer to Gold Bullion Vs EFT’s etc.
Also, printed $US and credit, IOU’s, etc.
I think giving anything any value at the moment is difficult, but if and when the ‘system’ breaks down how are we to value ANYTHING.
I mean if the price of Gold for example id $US950 now, people say the price is suppressed, others say they are double or triple counting inventories, or shorting contracts for gold that doesn’t exist. That when all these promisary notes are called in the paper won’t match the inventory. Others say gold will be confiscated and others that gold will be a dead metal.
If the comex is destroyed as some have asked for, if this buy/sell system is removed who knows just what the VALUE of anything will be. We are valuing stuff based on our current system of futures, markets, manipulations, whatever. But what if this system is removed?
Gold will go to $3,000/Oz!!! and who will buy that?
No banks feeding markets with blah blah, how are trades gonna take place, how will you sell/barter your gold?
Swap a goat for some vegetables?
Get rid of the Fed, sack the government, kill the banks, etc.
All good but what in their place.
Complete freaking anarchy, or China and Russia running the show…….Great!
Just what we need.
Careful what you wish for.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1205631/Customer-probe-Blair-bank-targeted-8-5bn-FSA-probe.html
Ummm, oh THAT Tony Blair…
Sorry, thats ETF’s
@ Dedo…………OK, I finally forced myslef to look. NLG is American (I’m in Britain, duh) and re: Yuri……….Ohh him! Yes, I like him, seems like another honest broker – very interesting what he has to say on matters concerning f*cking over the people….
@Mini,…..Great post!!
I agree, the system is changing and folk have to adapt to a new paradigm, maybe.
To be stuck in the old is to whither and die.
@Sharon:
Yes!
@sharon
Can imagine that Bob Dylan can easely be mistaken for some daily dude cause he doesn’t exactly look like some superstar. But these police are very paranoid and a IQ of 60 doesn’t help either.
Seems that earning a lot of money and being on the telly every day gets you bored like Glenn Beck which makes you say more provoking things every day.
@Scott Oregon
Hey mate, and all.
Politicians should be banned from taking up such positions after their political life. They are all doing it now, its embarrassing!
They can take the job but they will lose pension and post political freebies they get which are ample. All bets are off.
Slide quietly into retirement Tony and enjoy your sleepless nights thinking about all the dead Iraqis and coalition soldiers.
And get the crap outta our lives.
No Wonder the Poker Game is Ending: The Wealthiest Have Taken All of the Chips http://tinyurl.com/pndcwq
@Sharon,……I was reading your earlier post again (The Matrix & the Constitution), and the guy or woman was writing about how the top minds (gifted children) are hoisted from normal education (indoctorination)and persuaded to side with the elite, to manage the flock etc.
I mean, have you seen some of these gifted children, amazing!
@MiniUS:
GEAB predicted three rogue waves to decimate world financial system.
#1 unemployment
#2 bankruptcies
#3 collapse of dollar and pound
http://news.kontentkonsult.com/2009/07/news-kontent-scoops-geab-36-leap-2020.html
If we are entering stage 2 then it would seem a dollar strengthening would be in order for bankruptcies (cds contracts, etc.)
This would be followed by stage 3 which would include uber-inflation. Goldman Sachs is predicting commodity spikes this winter to match last summer:
http://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-get-ready-for-oil-prices-to-go-back-to-147-2009-8
Like when you were a teen and got on a carnival ride that was not nice, so shall the turmoil seem.
No way off this ride!
Goldman Gone what would happen Hedge funds take over at least they don’t have the FEDERAL RESERVE in there pocket gee stocks might actually become worth something instead of a manipulated Goldman Sachs Casino Game
@Frances Snoot.
Ooops.
When I said no-one knows the future I forgot about Goldman Sachs
They seem to be the ones who create the future.
What was I thinking.
@ mini us………….Slide quietly into retirement Tony and enjoy your sleepless nights thinking about all the dead Iraqis and coalition soldiers.
And get the crap outta our lives.
Here! Here!
If that Audit the fed Bill passes and I really don’t see how they can stop it Goldman is going to get its head blown off. At the very least they will no longer have access to federal funds for manipulation once everybody realize what a sucker they been taken for I think some major punishment will be dished out. But this is the government and it won’t happen over night
@ Y’all
I don’t know but…
How does the US pay off this debt, esp to foreigner states?
Being an economic dunderhead…..
Do they inflate, deflate or simply reneg?
What are other alternatives?
Devalue/revalue?
I just can’t see them giving up the $US as the world currency easily.
Shall we just pretend none of this is happening, just like the MSM and everyone else I speak to
If it wasn’t for the internet I would have Nooooooooooo idea about any of this stuff.
Thanks for opening my mind. Its fascinating.
@Dedo Your contrary thinking re gold has merit, however, there is one slight fact that is missing. Very few people actually hold Gold/Silver bullion. Everyone assumes that it is widely held and it is not. I had the same discussion with a financial industry type and they claimed that everyone knows about gold so it is a bad investment. Then I asked how many clients own gold. Well none.
@ Mini US……….They seem to be the ones who create the future.
What was I thinking.
Ever listen to Bob Marley’s ‘Redemption Song’? “We’ve got to fullfill the book”
He had it sussed and he wrote it down for us years ago:-
Old pirates, yes, they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ships
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit
But my hand was made strong
By the hand of the almighty
We forward in this generation
Try harm friendly
Won’t you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
‘Cause all I ever have
Redemption songs
Redemption songs
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds
Have no fear for atomic energy
‘Cause none of them can stop the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look? Ooh
Some say it’s just a part of it
We’ve got to fullfil the book
Won’t you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
‘Cause all I ever have
Redemption songs
Redemption songs
Redemption songs
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our mind
Woh, have no fear for atomic energy
‘Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it’s just a part of it
We’ve got to fullfill the book
Won’t you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
‘Cause all I ever had
Redemption songs
All I ever had
Redemption songs
These songs of freedom
Songs of freedom
Oops, sorry, last verse got repeated for some reason.
@Frances Snoot
Thanks for that GEAB report.
At least it offers a reasonable scenario, and the three stages make sense too.
The best way to prepare for all this is to follow the Buddhist belief that…….
‘Whatever happens is ok with me’
‘Me’ being your inner self that nothing can harm.
The rest is just stuff.
Peace folks.
@WL,…..I agree,…it’s either buy or not to buy, we all have to sort the wheat from the chaff,.and then dive in (if the water isn’t to cold) : )
Who thinks base rates are gunna rise ?
http://www.houseweb.co.uk/house/market/graph.html
UK recession in the 90′s was 14.5%
@Dedo
Reserve bank of Australia boss Glenn Stevens warns that rates will rise up to 2% by year end.
Ouch!
http://www.yourmortgage.com.au/news/3197/default.aspx
They can’t be accused of colluding with the Federal Government who have been stimulating the economy here.
Free money with low interest rates. Literally cash givaways of up to $AU900 per person, $AU14,000/$AU21,000 for first homebuyers, public works that haven’t even begun yet….
Now the RBA warns of interest rate hikes.
I sent emails to the Govt saying that they were sucking first home buyers into a vortex of debt and suffering. That if they weren’t smashed by unemployment they would be smashed when rates went up. Even an economic dunderhead could see that one coming.
The funniest thing was the NSW(state of Australia) treasurer appeared on TV and warned the RBA not to raise rates. Hahhahahaha – He is a knob!
It will cripple the state and he is the idiot flushing the money away. So his reaction is to warn the Reserve bank!!! Ooooohhhhh they are scared. Sorry, but if you knew him you would really laugh.
Sorry, on fire tonight.
Recently I am getting loads of spams from JP Morgan, Chase and other banks. Scam junk.
Must be the volume of emails I am sending slagging them all off.
My wife’s name is Christian and I get heaps of spam from ‘Christian Dating’ sites.
Funny!
Re: Interest Rates higher.
Glenn Stevens – RBA
That 2 % would start by years end and work up to 2% quickly apparently, not just a quick 2% straight away.
Australia are already at 3.25%. Better than most. If we raise first then the $AU will pop up.
Is that ‘carry trade’? New thing I learned form Stacy
@Dedo
The question is what’s the NWO goal now? If their plan still is to destroy the world economy to force countries into their world goverment they will do that together with rising the oil prices to realy bug down any economical growth.
But Bob Chapman on the AJS said yesterday that they had a change of plans and want to reverse their actions which is to late according to Bob. If that’s the case they will keep oil low and probably won’t raise interest rates also because this is their main money cow.
Biggest problem inthe U.S. is the massive national debt.They Chinese stopt buying huge amounts of dollars and via FOREX trickery they try to buy time by letting foreign central banks buy up dollars from money the U.S, gave them in the first place. The U.S. is monetising it’s debet cause nobody wants to buy U.S. treasuries anymore. But this can’t go on forever obviously.
The only option the U.S. has, in their view, is to inflate the dollar which is allready happening for some time in some ordely fahsion. When the foreigners find out about their FOREX trickery it won’t go that ordely anymore.
THE CONSPIRACY PART
The U.S. is going around the world like a mad dog Cowboy threatening every country which doesn’t do what the U.S. says. They are also using HAARP for that with which they can cause eartquakes and control the weather by heating up parts of the air causing violent storms.
China stopt buying U.S. dollars and now gets punished by the Americans through HAARP. Also Italy was punished before when Berlusconi didn’t support the American political agenda. Belusconi changed his point of view immediately after the eartquake caused by HAARP. http://tinyurl.com/n6ew4k
FULFORD VS. HAARP http://tinyurl.com/kuh42q
@MiniUS:
Will look into the Buddhist belief of which you speak.
rough draft of part of my novel; ‘buy love, sell fear’ UNEDITED
FAITH
Everyone had written faith off as just one of God’s cameos. Nobody paid it much attention anymore. People had become resentful and disillusioned by its absence, so they chose to ignore it.
The junkies uptown felt cheated without even some false hope to feed their denial; so they shot up more dope and lost all hope alltogether. Downtown, where the drugs of choice were credit cards, self-loathing and arugula the situation was worse. Worn rationalizations had replaced faith. Nobody questioned their sorry state of existence anymore. Decrepitude and uselessness had people by the throat. The order of the day had become to permanently lower one’s expectations of life. What was once taken for granted was now just taken. No where was this more evident than way downtown on Wall Street where new ways to take what was left were being perfected under the rubric of ‘financial engineering.’
Some asked, where was the Big Guy in all this, and why doesn’t he send us something new to take our minds off the minutia of obsessing over exfoliating dead skin cells at $200 an hour while trying to avoid partially hydrogenated cooking oils and/or carbohydrates.
But God didn’t answer. Earth bored him. He was happily tanning himself in the psycho-tropics of everyone’s collective denial of His existence.
But faith was alive even if people chose to ignore it.
Big, fat rays of sunlight that tumbled out of the sky, passing by sun reflectors scattered on roof tops held in the hands of ‘creative executives’ who worked in the marketing departments of movie studios in midtown, sunning themselves on their lunch break, before eating in three star restaurants with movie critiques goaded over goat cheese into giving their star vehicles four star notices.
With nothing to grab onto in this plane of existence of any consequence, sunlight shining down from above would just bounce off the creative exec’s tanning reflectors and bounce right into the sewer where it disappeared without inspiring anyone to do anything that wasn’t directly related to helping their gross.
But today, hidden in one of these rays, came a supernatural ray; faith’s redeemer, fear’s destroyer and it was heading for Jack’s kitchen.
Nobody except the angel saw it coming. To the cynical hoi polloi the sun was shining it’s usual uninspiring yellow no. 5, reminding people of open air malls in LA best known for sunlight’s supporting role in bad cop shows and exercise videos.
In Harlem, home of the nation’s crumbling soul, sunlight had a tough time escaping its reputation as a reminder of unemployment , so nobody really looked at sunlight uptown either. They watched TV instead.
So nobody, and I mean nobody, noticed that inside one of the rays shining today was the supernatural bit that would spark the new, supernatural faith fire, faith-backed currency in humanity’s mind.
And this is the way the angel wanted it. She didn’t want fear getting tipped off.
9:30:00001 AM.
Fear’s reign in mankind’s sorry ass universe was about to have its first clash with the angel’s candy virus currency. This was in fact fear’s last moment to enjoy its self-obsessing, self-absorbing monopoly on dread.
@Youri:
But Bob Chapman on the AJS said yesterday that they had a change of plans and want to reverse their actions which is to late according to Bob.
LInk?
This was in fact fear’s last moment to enjoy its self-obsessing, self-absorbing monopoly on dread.
Great sentence!!!
@ Frances Snoot.
Sorry folks last link, I promise.
Re: Goldman predicting $140 Oil Prices again.
Peter Schiff is predicting the same thing.
He has said on one or more of his Vlogs that “oil will return to $140, or $100 by years end, only this time Americans won’t have jobs.” If they thought it was bad before this will be a whole lot worse.
But no one knows the future….remember.
Uh Oh!………….The Pentagon Wants Authority to Post Almost 400,000 Military Personnel in U.S.
http://www.progressive.org/wx081209b.html
@frances snoot
http://www.infowars.com/listen.htm
@max ,thankyou for sharing that with us . a Beautiful piece of writing, lyrical , natural and without affectation of any kind with something for us to think about with each line building flowing into next line better than the last line,scary but Beautiful.Finally something worth reading by someone with something to say that’s genuinely worth listening to . when do we get to read it ? when will the published edition,version be available ? definitely worth having on the bookshelf,[ i’ll place my personally signed, autographed 1st edition copy next to favorite books by my favourite authors, Rilke ,Mallarme ,Ovid,Shelley ,Keats,Keiser…..cann’t wait.! now go back into that room and don’t come back out until it’s finished ! thanks !
@ Max Keiser
Put me down for a signed copy of that book of yours.
Looks like a great read.
@ Frances
Krishnamurti? said it when asked about his secret to happiness.
He said “I don’t mind what happens”
Stuff is always happening, don’t sweat it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEIfMqM5wnM&feature=related
I just found this clip. I promise I didn’t shoot the video.
@Max and Stacy
Speaking of videos….
I have a great holiday idea for you guys.
Visit Australia and I’ll shoot a doco for you. Interview Glenn Stevens, the hero of the world as we used to know it.
You could visit your fans in NZ too.
You will have a holiday, damn you!
If we can not hope to find it within ourselves to end tryanny and oppression, then by what vanity can we sit idly by hoping for some one else to find it?
If we are to blame for allowing such despotism to over take, we most certainly must be to blame for allowing it to continue, while we wait for some one else to end it.
@Max,…..Nice piece, but you should use more of these words: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8I0x8WK_Ec
@ max ,…devastating ! [love the idea`,big fat rays of sunshine ]
@ Sharon
Re: Military build up in US
Hey that lines up with the soldier who said his infantry were doing Urban population control.
I think Phil posted the link a cupla days back.
The interview with soldier who said he had orders around October time for “urban warfare procedures”
can’t remember the dude tho…..
@ max, `sunlight as a reminder of unemployment ‘,so many great lines !
@ Sharon
Re: Waiting around for someone to fix it for us.
The people of Venezuela(especially the poor people) wanted a saviour, a Libertador, a revolutionary, a new Simon Bolivar.
They got Chavez!
Don’t let this happen to you.
@Vagabond,……..You after teachers apple : )
@ Mini US……..I think we may have to go the way that Mother Teresa suggested, ie. Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
what I meant was,…..you polishing teachers apple,…doe!!
@max keiser
Although I much apreciate your literature asperations I rather like to see a book about all the wallstreet trickeries. Your wallstreet experiences are very valuable to me and I think the world cause I havn’t seen such book yet.
I think these rigged markets docus you made need a book follow up to teach the youngsters about what is going on.
@Sharon,……….here’s some good advice,..if you’re gunna give up smokin’,…there’s no need to tell everyone : )
I’d second that Youri,…..Max,write that book, it’ll become a best seller (or you’ll get locked up) either way,…you’ll gain superstardom : (
i could write a book about financial tricks but that would only encourage more people to get involved rigging markets. my novel is about thinking differently about what sustains us. if out-of-the-money reverse non-collateralized butterfly put spreads can be commoditized, why not love?
More of Krishnamurti.
This is hard to watch for its age although also amusing.
This guy died in ’85 I believe, so this is old.
I’m no follower or anything but he seems to be talking about the same stuff we are today.
Evolution? of mans consciousness.
Ok, thats what I’m talking about
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKvz3BdB2EE&feature=related
@Mike/Liverpool
Krishnamurti has some more ideas for the thinning scalps amongst us too mate. D’oh!
@max keiser
Sometimes your way of thinking beats me. I mean not exposing fraud cause somebody may use that? mmmm don’t buy that. If everybody is in on that I think it would destroy the fraudulent system. If you expose, for example a magicians trick it’s gone. You don’ get more magicians this way.
I also think it would be a best seller. And heck, why not write two books?
@Dedo…………,……….here’s some good advice,..if you’re gunna give up smokin’,…there’s no need to tell everyone : )
See, you’re doing it again! WTF are you going on about?
@Stacy
What have you done to Max?
He’s gone all mushy.
Go for it man. Use that brain for good stuff.
You have a skill.
@Sharon,…..LOL,.haha,…It is not the wind that is moving;
it is not the flag that is moving;
it is mind that is moving.,…: )
@max: excellent dude…very William Burroughs or Jack Kerroac..very beat era stuff..but current..
@Mini US: good questions…deflation, inflation, devalue the dollar, etc…which comes first??? Well, you can’t view the financial picture as monolithic….all three are coming…it’s as C.A. Fitts has described: all the institutions and agencies are used as siphoning mechanisms to redirect wealth to the elite( on 9/10/2001 Rumsfeld admitted to $4 trillion in missing or “unaccountable adjustments” @ the Pentagon…(the reason given was that the computers didn’t latterally inform the accountants)….all the new legislation is nothing but such a mechanism…it matters very little whether the Cap and Trade or the Obamacare bills actually have an effect on the populous…remember the new Medicare “D” prescription legislation under Bush??…it only raised the personal expense of the elderly….funneling more wealth to the offshore or Puerto Rican located and protected pharmaceutical companies…who then redirect their profits to the lobbyists who then write the new Obamacare Health Bill( Dr Dean on C-SPAN reviewed the overhead of PPO vs HMO vs single payer and the administration costs are severely reduced)…where once again the government gives up their right to negotiate a lower price…and it becomes a mandated participation where every health need is still not provided across the board( and a medical data base is started to give everyone yet another number to be tracked by)..and similarly to the HMO facility, an incubated cubicle sitting government paid insurer will decide what procedures fit!!!!! Thus another round of lobbying and legislating will fill the boots full of new cash for the coming campaigns…and on and on…A single payer system was off the table from the onset in February..check youtube for the exiting of the single payer folks from the committee hearings… So certain industries will continue to downsize, while others flourish…obviously a smaller leaner financial sector is on the top of the heap, and those who play ball will get the funding to continue…the FED is monetizing all it can..but rumors persist that the Chinese are dissatisfied and for one are reaching out to buy commodities ( metals ) and since they are the seat of most 21st century manufacturing globally they control the flow…for all due purposes the dollar is toast…it only takes time to rearrange the chessboard…It would be prudent to call a JUBILEE and cancel all mortgage and credit card debts…but apparently that is not the call to arms…instead the $500 billion to $1.5 quadrillion in derivatives will be saved…and to do this…we must remain debt slaves…of course as Max and others always point out this is a call to arms…RISE UP!!!!!!!!!!!
@Dedo/Sharon.
A friend of mine was trying to give up smoking for ages. He talked about ti all the time. I mean ALL THE TIME.
Blah Blah Blah.
I listened and offered advice and cared, etc.
Then one day after about 18 months after a coffee session on the topic I said to him…
“Mic, shut the f***k up!
Either give up or just smoke and enjoy it”
Next day he gave up and shut up too.
True story.
Hell. I wasted 18 months. Hahahahhahaha
Goodnight Y’all
Missing you already…..
@Mini,…..thanks for explaining to Sharon for me buddy
Oil industry split on climate law protests http://tinyurl.com/m4mmja
@Dedo…………It is not the wind that is moving;
it is not the flag that is moving;
it is mind that is moving.,…: )
OK, you asked for it! Get your head around these Dodo:-
“Its like deja vu all over again.”
When we think a thing, the thing we think is not the thing we think we think, but only the thing we think we think we think.
“To say of what is that it is not, or of what is not that it is, is false, while to say of what is that it is, and of what is not that it is not, is true.”
I know you believe you understand what I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
I’m assuming this all makes sense to you!
@Mike2Liverpool
The “overnight” collapse of a complex system!!!!!! we are just coming off a top the likes of which have not been seen in 200 years., as described as the Waterfall Effect described by Martin Armstrong
Like the jaws of life, they are ripping open a gap between reality (real economic goods) and fantasy (the US dollar). The economy is such a complex organism with so many variables that it simply cannot be controlled.
http://fofoa.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html
@Max:
Cool Book! When can we buy one?
@Youri:
Thanks for the link. I’ll listen tonight.
@MiniUS:
That’s the best advice I’ve gotten.
@Stacy:
You are GOOD for Max! Sorry if I come across harsh. Try to stay snooty only.
Thanks for letting us post here and ALL the great feeds and episodes of shows. Amazing site! Appreciate it.
@sharon .. … “When we think a thing, the thing we think is not the thing we think we think, but only the thing we think we think we think.”…
Just got in from doing 10 hours hard graft with a flex on the concrete balcony.
So – being really relaxed now, here’s a little banter :
Our brains see the universe subjectively … likea radio reciever, tunied into a certain frequency. Who’s to say that time – as counted by us – is really the “time” we take so much for granted.
Two of my own experiences :
A) 2 car crashes, where the car rolled over – no-one hurt.
My brain went into hyperdrive at the decisive moment and I saw everything moving in slow motion ; i.e. my brain’s “second” had become ca. 10 seconds.
B) playing squash … I played against some of the world’s big names like Torsam Khan ( deceased on court at 27 ) and Roger Bannister ( 4 minute mile , Jonah Barrington’s coach ).
The high level of concentration , especially when retrieving the ball out of a back corner ( on the wood ), meant that I actually see the ball in VERY slow motion whilst stroking it back to roll again on the side walls. i.e. very high concentraion.
Both are examples of moments we would call “intense concentration”.
Just another example :
Try tapping a finger on your left-hand on the table say 4 times per second whilst tapping your with a finger on your right-hand say 13 times per second.
Most people would find this impossible to do .. Buddy Rich has no probem though.
It is because Buddy Rich can divide a “time interval” into 52 parts ( 4 x 13 ) in his mind.
To repeat my first statement again…
… ” Our brains see the universe subjectively … likea radio reciever, tunied into a certain frequency. Who’s to say that time – as counted by us – is really the “time” we take so much for granted. ” …
Who’s the time-keeper, and what “is” the real time !
Just something to think about !
@Phil……..I love the way your mind works. Yes, time….a huge subject coz we could start discussing the different calanders which seem to make more sense that the one we use. I remember some hippy chick telling me once that she ‘didn’t do time’ and I thought that was probably very sensible. However, when I tried it myself I became anxious, maybe you have to practice and maybe it works best if you don’t have children. I also tried not setting my alarm clock for about a month and just woke up whenever I wanted to, problem is it was usually around midday and then I couldn’t motivate myself to do anything for the rest of the day. I don’t like the idea of being programmed, I’d like to live as nature intended.
BTW, did you see my post on one of the previous topics about DNA? If not I’ll dig it out for you – very interesting and right up your street.
@Phil:
And how about synchronicity?
@Max:
…
I think Max is on to something. What sustains man? Certainly not things, not oil, not gold, not the internet
what an idea
what sustains man? food, the quest for knowledge and truth,, and god. pg
@pg,……what about woman ?
true, true, pg
@sharon .. ” about DNA ”
Yes, I saw it and found it very interesting indeed !
Makes one really wonder about “The Force” as in Star Wars !
I read somewhere that if you take a fresh leaf ( from a tree ) , cut in half and lay one half between photographic plates, the “missing part” appears on the negative !
‘Haven’t tried it myself, but it would surprise me when you think that people who lose an arm or a leg, still think it’s there for quite a time. … which obviously points at the “nervous system” … i.e. one’s brain.
@correction …
“would surprise” … should read … ” “wouldn’t surprise”
.. Of course!
@Dedo
What sustains a woman is mystery.
I just received this from my daughter. I had no idea that Obama’s Health Care Plan was too horrible. Everyone please take a look at it to read the most important parts.
Page 22 of the HC Bill: Mandates that the Govt will audit books of all employers that self insure!!
Page 30 Sec 123 of HC bill – THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits you get.
Page 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill: YOUR HEALTH CARE IS RATIONED!!!
Page 42 of HC Bill: The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your HC Benefits for you. You have no choice!
Page 50 Section 152 in HC bill: HC will be provided to ALL non US citizens, illegal or otherwise
Page 58 HC Bill: Govt will have real-time access to individuals finances & a National ID Health card will be issued!
Page 59 HC Bill lines 21-24: Govt will have direct access to your banks accounts for elective funds transfer.
Page 65 Sec 164: is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in Unions & community organizations: (ACORN).
Page 84 Sec 203 HC bill: Govt mandates ALL benefit packages for private HC plans in the Exchange.
Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications for of Benefit Levels for Plans = The Govt will ration your Healthcare!
Page 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill: Govt mandates linguistic appropriate services. Example – Translation: illegal aliens.
Page 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18: The Govt will use groups i.e., ACORN & AmeriCorps to sign up individuals for Govt HC plan.
Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications of Benefit Levels for Plans. AARP members – your Health care WILL be rationed.
Page 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill: Medicaid Eligible Individuals will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid.. No choice.
Page 124 lines 24-25 HC: No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No “judicial review” against Govt Monopoly.
Page 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill: Doctors/ American Medical Association – The Govt will tell YOU what you can make! (Salary)
Page 145 Line 15-17: An Employer MUST auto enroll employees into public option plan. NO CHOICE!
Page 126 Lines 22-25: Employers MUST pay for HC for part time employees AND their families.
Page 149 Lines 16-24: ANY Employer with payroll 401k & above who does not provide public option pays 8% tax on all payrolls.
Page 150 Lines 9-13: Business’s with payroll btw 251k & 401k who doesn’t provide public option pays 2-6% tax on all payroll.
Page 167 Lines 18-23: ANY individual who doesn’t have acceptable HC according to Govt will be taxed 2.5% of income.
Page 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill: Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual taxes. (Americans will pay)
Page 195 HC Bill: Officers & employees of HC Admin (GOVT) will have access to ALL Americans finances /personal records.
Page 203 Line 14-15 HC: “The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax” Yes, it says that!
Page 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill: Govt will reduce physician services for Medicaid Seniors, low income and poor are affected.
Page 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill: Doctors, doesn’t matter what specialty you have, you’ll all be paid the same!
Page 253 Line 10-18: Govt sets value of Doctor’s time, profession, judgment etc. Literally value of humans.
Page 265 Sec 1131: Govt mandates & controls productivity for private HC industries.
Page 268 Sec 1141: Federal Govt regulates rental & purchase of power driven wheelchairs.
Page 272 SEC. 1145: TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS – Cancer patients – welcome to rationing!
Page 280 Sec 1151: The Govt will penalize hospitals for whatever Govt deems preventable re-admissions.
Page 298 Lines 9-11: Doctors, treat a patient during initial admission that results in a re-admission -Govt will penalize you.
Page 317 L 13-20: PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. Govt tells Doctors what/how much they can own!
Page 317-318 lines 21-25, 1-3: PROHIBITION on expansion- Govt is mandating hospitals cannot expand.
Page 321 2-13: Hospitals have opportunity to apply for exception BUT community input is required. Can u say ACORN?!!
Page 335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339: Govt mandates establishment of outcome based measures. HC the way they want. Rationing.
Page 341 Lines 3-9: Govt has authority to disqualify Medicare Advance Plans, HMOs, etc. Forcing people into Govt plan.
Page 354 Sec 1177: Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of Special needs people! Unbelievable!
Page 379 Sec 1191: Govt creates more bureaucracy – Tele-health Advisory Committee. Can you say HC by phone?
Page 425 Lines 4-12: Govt mandates Advance Care Planning Consult. Think Senior Citizens end of life patients.
Page 425 Lines 17-19: Govt will instruct & consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney. Mandatory!
Page 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3: Govt provides approved list of end of life resources, guiding you in death. (assisted suicide)
Page 427 Lines 15-24: Govt mandates program for orders for end of life. The Govt has a say in how your life ends.
Page 429 Lines 1-9: An “advanced care planning consultant” will be used frequently as patients health deteriorates.
Page 429 Lines 10-12: “advanced care consultation” may include an ORDER for end of life plans. AN ORDER from GOVT!
Page 429 Lines 13-25: The govt will specify which Doctors can write an end of life order.
Page 430 Lines 11-15: The Govt will decide what level of treatment you will have at end of life!
Page 469: Community Based Home Medical Services = Non profit organizations. Hello, ACORN Medical Services here!!?
Page 472 Lines 14-17: PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORIGINATION. 1 monthly payment 2 a community-based organization. Like ACORN?
read the bill….what the us government wants to do is not health care at all.. .its about control…. controling us….and money….its pathetic….. i would like them to go away and leave me the hell alone. pg
also, its about putting a price on life….pg
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Here’s a point that the MSM will NEVER tell you.
How many of the various “pundits” who love to badmouth Obama and single payer are NOT extremely wealthy? Everyone in the media business knows this. For most people, you work like a dog for minimum wage in some tiny market for years. And then gradually you work your way up (with help from your crack news biz management team) to the network I’m-a-superstar level. At that point, can you think of anyone who’s probably not making at least $1 milion a year?
That being said, if any of these people got sick, the best care money can buy is literally no problem for them. Therefore, they have nothing to lose by repeating management propaganda on-air (and laughing in your face as they do it).
Imagine for a moment if (fill in the blank w/a news superstar name) was denied coveage due to a “pre-exisitng” condition. If that happened, they’d be screaming to anyone and everyone. Their network would do a “hard hitting” special on how horrible this is. Why, look at what they’re trying to do to our all-around-nice-person (famous name). If it’s one of the rest of us, nobody cares.
Can I apply to be the first political AND economic Stateside refugee in France? This could be a whole new series of specials for you guys. If you’re interested, you know where to find me.