Saturday Morning Jibber Jabber

Posted on October 31, 2009 by stacyherbert| 122 Comments

Stacy Summary: Morning y’all.

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122 Responses to Saturday Morning Jibber Jabber

Max Power | November 2, 2009 at 6:57 am |

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I can laugh about it seeing as I spent four years trying to explain to people in England that the tap is called the faucet because that’s the name in America. And I got lectured to death for serving mashed potatoes with roast.

American’s need to realize that the whole world is not their personal space. We are used to wide-open spaces and wide-open words and that’s not the way it is in Europe.
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In Canada Tap is used, just not as much as Fawcet — one being more basic than the other more upmarket one. The more upmarket one is more common. Water Tap vs Kitchen Fawcet.

UK / Australia / NZ name reversals

Potato Mash = Mashed Potatoes
Macaroni Cheese = Macaroni & Cheese, see “1900 House” UK

Outright name changes, UK
Paraffin = Kerosene, the Russian Gasoill vs Benzine is less botched…
Rubber, to erase not shag with…
Sticky pins, used on cork boards for memos…
Tip, for rubbish also NZ and AU on this one…

College is Years 9-12 in Australasia

Public vs Private schools do a role reversal in the UK, Normal Schools also in the nomenclature…

A levels
B levels and the abandoned
O levels
– UK only, but tested globally in the Empire now somewhat redundant

Americans never get used to this stuff — as with Canada and NZ the French and Maori have different names for these things … and you learn them in grammar school.

The CEGEP-UNI system in Quebec is very France like … and the schools systems are sorted by religion.
The Man from Glad | November 2, 2009 at 3:13 am |

100 TRILLION ZIMBABWE DOLLAR CURRENCY MONEY BANK NOTE
** Buy 4 notes & get extra 100 trillion note FREE

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290354273458
Giuseppe Bagoshite | November 1, 2009 at 11:50 pm |

I can see shadows of the future…

When the concept of Fiat Currency ends,
the only progressive solution will be Technocracy…

Anything and anyone that doesn’t PRODUCE energy
will be considered 2nd tier…

Indolence will predominate society…

The concept of currency will die…
only to be replaced by WAR for the sake of population decimation (and augmented P/E ratios)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twSREBowTwQ

OR

a new social order
based upon the rudiment necessities of survival in a technological age…
QUALITY IN FUNCTION becomes the rule

WANTS will become trivial…
akin to passive artistic creation…
accessible yet not appeciably capitalized upon…

To all of you that believe in dollars, gold, or other measurements of financial design…
You are but philosophical Luddites…
Jesus had 2000 years
but even you will find merciless dismission in the NEW WAVE…
You are hanging on to a veritable corpse
attached to wires and tubes…
governed by a machine…
with buttons and meters
manipulated and observed by those more myopic than yourself…

December 21st
is Frank Zappa’s 72nd B-day,
D.O.A. day (34th year in Vancouver),
and the end of Society (according to the Mayans)
in 2012

Strap on those tin-foil hats, kids…

Here’s the first part (of 9, I believe)
that will teach you the fundamentals of
TECHNOCRACY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ps5vJrIxM

Stop clinging on to the past…
You hippies…
Josh Fulton | November 1, 2009 at 4:43 pm |

Israeli forces storm into holiest place on earth:

http://joshfulton.blogspot.com/2009/10/israeli-police-storm-jerusalems-holiest.html
Random | November 1, 2009 at 3:49 pm |

CIT files for bankrupcy: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8337136.stm

Jim Sinclair comments:

“The so called quick surgical bankruptcy of CIT will result in a company that will only be able to provide 20% of its previous level of financial services to Middle America according to Friday’s Wall Street Journal.

Any institutions replacing these services will have:

1. Higher levels of credit worthiness to be met by small business.

2. Less funds committed to these loans.

Further, the assets of CIT in bankruptcy are the middle American loans outstanding that will be brutally attacked by the bankruptcy process.

That is going to result in a flood of middle American businesses declaring bankruptcy.”

http://jsmineset.com/2009/10/31/cit-to-carpet-bomb-middle-american-business/
Pez | November 1, 2009 at 8:57 am |

I am going to open a gold museum. People can look at all the different things that gold can be manufactured into, bars, rings, coins, bathtubs, Mercedes Benzes. I plan to have 99.9% of this gold in my museum. Problem is; what do I charge them if we think currency is going to be worthless? Gold? Silver? How about Diamonds? Geez, I hope you don’t lose your change!

Oh and credit cards and SDRs not accepted .
gb | November 1, 2009 at 5:35 am |

a repost of Dante’s must read

October 24, 2009: MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT: FROM: Arthur F. Burns; June 3, 1975 – NEW… MUST READ

http://www.beearly.com/pdfFiles/Burns1975.pdf
Mep | November 1, 2009 at 3:16 am |

Cute pics of animals celebrating Halloween:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/31/the-animal-world-celebrat_n_324956.html?slidenumber=0
The Man from Glad | October 31, 2009 at 8:29 pm |

@Frances, I suspect a lot of these bonuses are going into gold, silver, foreign currencies, real estate and elsewhere more or less outside the dollar. Iceland may be a good illustration of what could happen in the US, but some, like Marc Faber, say it will be worse. USD will be useful for paying off USD denominated debt. Yen denominated debt, and possibly Yuan denominated debt, could turn out to be a millstone around the neck of whoever’s left still paying taxes in the US.
Dante | October 31, 2009 at 7:25 pm |

Free money is worthless.

Cute seminar with history thrown in.

Recent Items of Interest

Monday, October 26

Contrary Opinion Forum, Fall 2009

Contrary Opinion Forum, Fall 2009 presentation by Walter Deemer, Mark Ungewitter, Kate Welling (interviewer) and John Budden aka Prof Nicholai Kondratieff (died 1938).. 90 mins.

http://www.deanlebaron.com/
frances snoot | October 31, 2009 at 7:22 pm |

Yes, but at that point the money was already put to use by the banksters so they have all the position and power. The people can be left with the worthless paper.

What do you think?
The Man from Glad | October 31, 2009 at 7:20 pm |

@Frances, Federal Reserve notes won’t be much help if the Fed goes bankrupt.
frances snoot | October 31, 2009 at 7:18 pm |

@ManfromGlad:
The 12 Trillion stolen from the public was in dollars, right?
We are in arrears, IMF soon to set austerity policy.

THREE HUNDRED BILLION credit line?
“As a result, the government has handed Citigroup $45 billion under the Troubled Asset Relief Program over the last year. Through the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a major bank regulator, the government has also agreed to back roughly $300 billion in soured assets that sit on Citigroup’s books. Even as other troubled institutions recently curtailed their use of another F.D.I.C. program that backs new debt issued by banks, Citigroup has continued to tap the arrangement.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/business/economy/01citi.html?_r=2&ref=business
frances snoot | October 31, 2009 at 6:52 pm |

Mep:
Actually, in my area the practice is quite common. There are many who use the stamps as a supplement to their income, not out of necessity. And sodas and packaged processed items are the mainstay of the purchase power. The local paper had an article bemoaning the ‘going to waste’ of food stamps from the Stimulus funding, and was beating the bushes for people to come forward and apply.
Will | October 31, 2009 at 5:27 pm |

More Dropping Shoes

If the [Atlanta GA commercial real estate] market improved so that 500,000 square feet of space was being filled quarterly, it would take 12 years to fill all the empty space…”

Wilbur Ross Sees ‘Huge’ Commercial Real Estate Crash

CIT Bankruptcy will carpet bomb middle American business
Mep | October 31, 2009 at 5:00 pm |

@ Frances – Funny, but I highly doubt that anyone who has to rely on food stamps for food would spend them on candy to give away on Halloween.
The Man from Glad | October 31, 2009 at 4:41 pm |

@Frances, I wonder what currency the IMF would bail the US out with.
frances snoot | October 31, 2009 at 4:27 pm |

@Dante:
We know the FED is insolvent; it’s just not time yet for the world to admit it. The time will come: be patient. Once the economy double-dip-dives, IMF will move in to help us with our bankruptcy.
Dante | October 31, 2009 at 4:20 pm |

I wonder what their hiding?

Congressman Watt Guts Bill to Audit the Fed

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/congressman-watt-guts-bill-audit-fed
frances snoot | October 31, 2009 at 3:32 pm |

@Mep:
Yes. Halloween. Socialist this year as the candy is bought with food stamps. God Bless Uncle Sam.
The Man from Glad | October 31, 2009 at 2:54 pm |

@Bonn, Can you think of a use for pearls?
Supergeek | October 31, 2009 at 1:42 pm |

@y’all
before cheese starts to fall off my cracker, gotta say…. italian food… good but… I don’t dine on swine…. pastries…. mmmmhh… french croissants… all butter good ingredients. .. work all night… fill up the shelves gone off 3 hours later… maybe not as easy as it looks… tourists no comment… mashed potatoes… with roast good… americans and wide open spaces… bout right!!!
Giuseppe Bagoshite | October 31, 2009 at 1:07 pm |

Here’s at cartoon on King World News
from 1948
about what MADE the nation
of America so great…

http://www.kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/1948_Freedom_Video.html

You know, Corporatism (i.e. Fascism) only works for UNDEVELOPED countries, in theory…
(so it could work for many nations in Africa, for instance, just to get them on their feet and running)
it does not work for a nation that has been a leader and is now falling apart…
Danger, Will Robinson, DANGER!!!!
Mep | October 31, 2009 at 12:17 pm |

Look at what I started . . . here I was thinking that people would either ignore or laugh at my European socialist croissant comment.

Anyway, getting ready for Halloween–totally a socialist holiday! Hundreds of kids come to my house each year, each gleefully accepting their pieces of candy from the giant socialist pot that is my great pumpkin candy bowl.

Happy Halloween, comrades!
Will | October 31, 2009 at 12:02 pm |

@Stacy – bread in Paris

Do you know Poilâne bakeries? Excellent bread, croissants and other baked specialties with a French country flair. Especially recommended is the miche (scroll down a little more than half-way).
Josh Fulton | October 31, 2009 at 10:40 am |

“Secret English court seizes billions in assets from the mentally impaired”

http://joshfulton.blogspot.com/2009/10/secret-english-court-seizes-assets-of.html
Phil | October 31, 2009 at 10:39 am |

US and Israel reiterate to Moscow: Military option is on the table

…DEBKAfile’s US intelligence sources report indications of impending war preparations against Iran after Tehran’s rejections of the UN-brokered proposal to ship its enriched uranium overseas for further enrichment. These sources reveal that the administration is seeking congressional authorization to open America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Furthermore, the US-Israeli joint US-Israel Juniper Cobra ballistic exercise is in full swing. …
…
…
http://www2.debka.com/headline.php?hid=6350

Oil price ?
Phil | October 31, 2009 at 10:27 am |

@Illinois Brandon ….. I predict by 2012 up to 1,000 banks could fail in the US.

No b*lls ?
I predict by 31.12.2010 up to 1,000 banks will have failed in the US and /or WW.
Phil | October 31, 2009 at 10:24 am |

You are in the Village !

The Prisoner … from the 1960′s

I remember the series very well ..was my favorite at the time !

Fro : URInTheVillage

…This is an old video I took down when I took down the rest. I thought I would re-post it for new subscribers, in case anyone is interested.
Links to “the Prisoner”:…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBm7c87ZB7s&feature=sub
Illinois Brandon | October 31, 2009 at 10:21 am |

I predict by 2012 up to 1,000 banks could fail in the US.
Bonn | October 31, 2009 at 10:02 am |

@ Phil
HUH ??
Es ist Dir hoffentlich bekannt, daß die Regierung jetzt in Berlin sitz ?
Well i learnt it 5 years back never got a chance to Practice it so very rusty
forgotten most of it plus your Masculine nuetrum n feminine was too much for me LOL
Like Beer is Masculine and prity much all the things that are bad in life which one enjoys is masculine LOL
Phil | October 31, 2009 at 9:40 am |

@Scott from Oregon

Yes, Ron Paul talks 100% good sense !
The Americans should be ashamed of themselves IMO.
They were given a choice … and were either too stupid or too brainwashed by the MSM !
Phil | October 31, 2009 at 9:37 am |

@Bonn … Aha … daher Bonn !

Es ist Dir hoffentlich bekannt, daß die Regierung jetzt in Berlin sitz ?
Bonn | October 31, 2009 at 9:31 am |

Guten Abend Phil, Ich spreche a little duetche ROFL
Dante | October 31, 2009 at 9:29 am |

@Scott thanks will listen to now
Bonn | October 31, 2009 at 9:27 am |

GOLD the 6000 year SCAM ROFL PMSL
Scott from Oregon | October 31, 2009 at 9:26 am |

http://www.kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/Broadcast/Entries/2009/10/30_Congressman_Ron_Paul.html

RP jibberjabbing on KingWorldNews…

Also, excellent interview with Mish…
Bonn | October 31, 2009 at 9:25 am |

@ Phil u from Germany right LOL MBB the helicopter manufacturing company stole information from the Company where me pop worked lol HAL
frances snoot | October 31, 2009 at 9:25 am |

WebBot Oct.29 covering petrodollar end:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDf5Ou-91iM&feature=related
Phil | October 31, 2009 at 9:24 am |

@Dante … MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT: FROM: Arthur F. Burns; June 3, 1975

Exactly … and the Bullion Banks and other Banksters have known this for thousands of years !

Greenspan was a Gold Bug until he joined the FED !
… sounds like he was the victim of another Borgian event !
Phil | October 31, 2009 at 9:21 am |

@Bonn …. I still cant think of any use of Gold

So obvious … Open a Bank !
Dante | October 31, 2009 at 9:21 am |

Its supply and demand.

If gold is unimportant or meaningless why the need for this?

October 24, 2009: MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT: FROM: Arthur F. Burns; June 3, 1975 – NEW… MUST READ

http://www.beearly.com/pdfFiles/Burns1975.pdf
Bonn | October 31, 2009 at 9:18 am |

I still cant think of any use of Gold . Don’t use it in my daily Life Plus i would rather have a the 2 seater Fiber Glass Chasis Mercedez Benz rather than a one made out of Gold Its gear box would probably get ejected backwards as u pop the 1st gear ROFL PMSL
Phil | October 31, 2009 at 9:16 am |

@Dante ..Touche ….

Earlier today:

Interesting Links ….

Unofficial Problem Bank List Grows to 500
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/10/unofficial-problem-bank-list-grows-to.html

Failed Bank List
http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/banklist.html

Gold Market Reaching The Breaking Point
http://www.marketskeptics.com/2009/10/gold-market-reaching-breaking-point.html
Phil | October 31, 2009 at 9:14 am |

@Dante .. yes, I have that feeling as well.

The PTB have run out of ideas .. except martial law of course !
Dante | October 31, 2009 at 9:14 am |

Gold Market Reaching The Breaking Point

http://www.marketskeptics.com/2009/10/gold-market-reaching-breaking-point.html
Dante | October 31, 2009 at 9:12 am |

@Phil..it’s getting close to the day.
Phil | October 31, 2009 at 8:58 am |

@Dante .. the price of Gold will explode…

… and paper Gold ?
Dante | October 31, 2009 at 8:56 am |

King World News interviews GATA’s Douglas on ‘imaginary’ gold

Douglas described how the creation of “imaginary” gold — paper claims to gold that doesn’t exist but is never called for delivery — has prevented the gold price from catching up with inflation in recent years. But, Douglas added, as the fraud increasingly is discovered and people who have purchased “imaginary” gold get suspicious and ask for delivery, the gold price will explode quite without any help from inflation or deflation.
You can listen to the interview with Douglas at the King World News Internet site here:

http://tinyurl.com/ycal9vg
Dante | October 31, 2009 at 8:43 am |

Smart guy:

Josh Rosner’s TV Rant on TBTF

If the legislation goes through, the Obama administration may end up being just as ruinous, if not more so, than the Bush administration.

http://tinyurl.com/ygjr7p5
Youri Carma | October 31, 2009 at 8:43 am |

The Men Who Killed Kennedy – Part 1 – 1 of 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4QkKkXYtr4

The Men Who Killed Kennedy – Part 1 – 2 of 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUTTMiv1G0A

The Men Who Killed Kennedy – Part 1 – 3 of 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVJH-H66LFk

The Men Who Killed Kennedy – Part 1 – 4 of 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vJ-1LTW4yg

The Men Who Killed Kennedy – Part 1 – 5 of 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7aMMbrJpiQ
Justget Itright | October 31, 2009 at 8:41 am |

@Stacey

The topic of manners in French culture equates to a level of character in its people. The breakdown of Family structure and a swift paced lifestyle in the States has taken a toll on cultural advancement. It would be very interesting whether You have noticed differences in French family unison as compared to the American family.
Public schools in the states seem to be run like zoos. Sadly, the moral fiber of the children has slipped into a funk of incorporeal being. Seeing the young wandering souls, likely the result of Family framework decentralization.
“Manners”, I ask, are they a measure of civil assurance?
hamstercheese | October 31, 2009 at 8:38 am |

Guess this has been going on for a few months now, but the city of New York is offering homeless families one way airline tickets to leave the city rather than stay to burden the city with their homeless shelter expense..? ..”Here…fly to Greenland! Get the hell out of here!”
Youri Carma | October 31, 2009 at 8:24 am |

Dick Cheney Hunting Footage!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR7CH9zvD6s
The Man from Glad | October 31, 2009 at 8:22 am |

George Carlin comments on 9/11 Truth and the NWO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pow5_UYKaJ8&feature=related
gb | October 31, 2009 at 8:10 am |

@Youri & All

if you like carlin you HAVE to see bill hicks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bSbfhJMW4w
snipertrader | October 31, 2009 at 8:04 am |

George Carlin was one of a kind….he could see whats coming!
frances snoot | October 31, 2009 at 7:54 am |

@Bonn:
Yes, the duck hunting ‘mistake’? Here’s Cheney now:

http://hopes-and-dreams.net/cheney_mask.jpg
Bonn | October 31, 2009 at 7:51 am |

@ frances snoot

LOL And who was it that shot his Lawyer in the face ROFL i think Dick Cheney.
Youri Carma | October 31, 2009 at 7:43 am |

@frances snoot

Yeah. we got excellent bread here.
Youri Carma | October 31, 2009 at 7:42 am |

George Carlin – We Like War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDkhzHQO7jY
frances snoot | October 31, 2009 at 7:36 am |

@Bonn:
What is funny about Rumsfeld? He could be Halloween all by himself.
frances snoot | October 31, 2009 at 7:34 am |

@Youri:
Is there good bread in Holland?
Phil | October 31, 2009 at 7:34 am |

PS@Stacy .. again !

I know the brothers ( Michelangelo, Giuseppe & Gaspare ) very well … but noticed the father is no longer there !

Real shame … because he was a real Italian Godfather type .. small in stature, but Oh, when he commanded his sons to jump , they sure did jump !

http://www.saitta.de/kontakte.htm
Daniel F | October 31, 2009 at 7:33 am |

I JUST SAW THIS.
Ukraine Defies IMF Warnings International Aid Is in Jeopardy After Increases in Minimum Wage, Pensions
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125695296143520285.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories
The IMF, the World Bank and the Financial Stability Board are all headed by ex-employees of Goldman-Sachs. Ditto, the last 3 US Treasury Secretaries and the new COO at the SEC. I don’t have my old Statistics textbooks from college but what are the odds that 7 jobs regulating the economy were all filled by ex-employees of Goldman Sachs?. Aren’t there any other firms in the world? I also want to know of Geithner still gets his Goldman Sachs bonus now that he is at the Treasury?
frances snoot | October 31, 2009 at 7:31 am |

@Stacy:
I can laugh about it seeing as I spent four years trying to explain to people in England that the tap is called the faucet because that’s the name in America. And I got lectured to death for serving mashed potatoes with roast.

American’s need to realize that the whole world is not their personal space. We are used to wide-open spaces and wide-open words and that’s not the way it is in Europe.

@Phil:
wow. Some nice Italian memories!
Phil | October 31, 2009 at 7:30 am |

PS@Stacy .. sorry, that was their restaurant

Here’s the proper address !

http://www.saitta.de/kontakte.htm

Barbarossaplatz 2
Dusseldorf, 40545

… The delicacy shop Saitta is a paradise for lovers of the Italian cuisine. Only imports from Italy are on offer here and are tastefully displayed in the window as well as at the counter. Alongside the sumptuous choice of antipasti, customers can find 50-60 types of Italian cheese alone, from sheep’s to goat’s cheese, as well as delicious sausage and ham specialities such as goose salami and ostrich ham. In addition to this, olive oil, various pesto variations, Tuscan fig cream and much more is available. Prices are somewhat high though. You can also have a tasty snack while standing at one of the tables at the rear end of the shop. …

http://guides.travelchannel.com/dusseldorf/shopping/specialty/specialty-food-stores/191278.html
frances snoot | October 31, 2009 at 7:28 am |

BillyBob! I think that’s the IFFEL tower. Check that tour guide!

Gladys, my feeeet HURT. Let’s stop for lunch. Got some nice Creesants over there at Angeleenas!

OMG! LOOK. A-REAL-LIVE-FRENCH-PERSUN! QUICK, TAKE THIS BAG…*CLICK*

Gladys, I think I’ve got a boolyon on my big toe! I gotta eat, we had breakfast an hour ago at the hotel.

WE DON’T HAVE TIME TO EAT! LOOK AT THE LINE HERE. I’M FOR CUTTING.

Gladys, there’s a McDonald’s at the airport. We can eat then. But I gotta sit or else my shoe’s gonna pop off!

SIT THEN. I’M CUTTING AND YOU CAN COME UP FRONT TO LINE LATER. I GOT SOME CHEEZ WHIZ AND CRACKERS FOR YOU. NOBODY’S GOTS TO STARVE!

*Click*
stacyherbert | October 31, 2009 at 7:27 am |

@frances snoot – having lived here now for something like 7 years over the past ten; I know quite a handful of French people and what I have learned is that Parisians don’t like tourists in general (no matter what nationality), they really, really quite dislike British people; but they rather like Americans . . . the perception of them hating Americans is I think that shopkeepers are usually quite shocked/appalled by American customers because Americans will tend to walk into say a boulangerie and say “I want a croissant” . . . whereas French (at least the older ones & manners are degenerating here too) will tend to say, “Hello, Madame. I would like a croissant please.” And then say “Thank you very much.” Americans tend not to go in for these sort of formalities that make the whole service relationship inefficient. One more thing, according to my French girlfriend, she says that French love American accents speaking French. She and her friends she says think they are really sexy; she and her group of friends (and they could be an exception to the french norm) say that British try too hard to mimic French accent when they speak French and it sounds snobby to them. . . . Anyway, those are my thoughts for today on the whole cultural thing!
Phil | October 31, 2009 at 7:26 am |

@Stacy … Italian food

If you both are ever in Düssedlorf, Germany, this is THE best place for “real” Italian ( & cheap ) food.

http://www.qype.co.uk/place/24239-Osteria-Saitta-am-Nussbaum-Duesseldorf

( Yet another ) ex-girlfriend of mine was (Govt.) chartered to improve Italy’s image for wine. She traveled through the most beautiful parts of Italy and took many photos .. most of which are can be seen all over Germany whenever Italy is being advertized.
Anyway, she met these guys (above) and advised them where to open a business in Germany, and also how t go about it.
They are open from 9:00 – 20:00 and Saturdays close earlier IIRC. Best time is 15:00 when is gets a bit emptier !

http://www.saitta.de/index.php?id=15

Here’s a sample of their prices :
http://www.saitta.de/index.php?id=23
Bonn | October 31, 2009 at 7:24 am |

Why i put that Rumsfeld link is that’s History repeats its self ROFL PMSL and it seems to be repeating every 5 minutes now they seem to be stealing every 5 minutes now ROFL
Youri Carma | October 31, 2009 at 7:20 am |

George Tells it as it is (EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl6ZIlZpcDQ
frances snoot | October 31, 2009 at 7:19 am |

@Stacy:
We used to speak Spanish in France and not wear “trainers” as the two-tiered system of service seemed to be one for Americans and two for everyone else. Brits behaving badly aren’t welcome either.

I understand the reaction seeing as I have encountered Gladys From Ark-can-sus coming off the tour bus with her camera and a voice that could awaken the dead sleeping two miles away.
Bonn | October 31, 2009 at 7:19 am |

@ Phil
thanks
stacyherbert | October 31, 2009 at 7:16 am |

@Phil – Italy??? imo, they do have BY FAR the best food AND wine in Europe . . . however, their bread products are pretty bad compared to France . . . Next time I am there, however, I will seek out a croissant . . .

and . . . Riviera . . . tourist thing applies . . . they are shameless with how badly they treat tourists in France . . . reminds me how we were in CT toward weekending New Yorkers
Phil | October 31, 2009 at 7:15 am |

@Bonn … YT downloads

http://www.dvdvideosoft.com

It’s best to download the complete suite.
Phil | October 31, 2009 at 7:12 am |

@Stacy .. you can probably guess which has the best

Yes… Italian croissants !

I spent a whole week on the French Riviera in expensive hotels wit my girlfriend 25 years ago.
I didn’t get – or even see – a single croissant for breakfast !
It wasn’t until we crossed the Italian border ( San Remo IIRC ). We found a beautiful small hotel with fabulous old fashioned fittings .. very romantic.
At breakfast, a really good looking Italian girl greeted us with a radiant smile and a whole bunch of croissants !
I have not been to the South of France since !

PS: my experiences in Paris were similar .. arrogant and unfriendly waiters — because we’re English ? …. one wonders !
OTOH, in the rest of France, I only experienced very nice and friendly people … and food , especially in Fontainebleau & Barbizon restaurants as well as small “little & secret” ( from the tourists ) eating-places in for example Lille and Chantilly.
FWIW
Bonn | October 31, 2009 at 7:11 am |

Rumsfeld 2.3 Trillion Dollars missing Pentagon 1 DAY b4/9-11

ROFL PMSL Hmm they dont know where 2.3 trillion dolars went

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kpWqdPMjmo

Hey can anyone teach me how to download You Tube videos ???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rRqeJcuK-A&feature=related
The Man from Glad | October 31, 2009 at 7:08 am |

@Bonn, “It’s called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.” George Carlin
stacyherbert | October 31, 2009 at 7:07 am |

@frances snoot – Angelina’s Cafe?! Ugh. If that’s your only experience with the Parisian croissant. While I agree that you can get many a bad croissant in Paris, those tend to be from tourist locations and train stations. There are about half a dozen very good places within a five minute walk of our apartment. I try to avoid walking past them as I think only the French apparently have a genetic immunity to gaining any weight from a daily croissant or two.
Youri Carma | October 31, 2009 at 7:07 am |

george carlin hit the nail on the head back in 2005,fascism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOWe4-KXqMM
frances snoot | October 31, 2009 at 7:04 am |

I suppose I should just eat cake and keep quiet: the rich will always eat better than the poor no doubt. The expansion of the state machine will ensure even better controls over the common man’s choices.
frances snoot | October 31, 2009 at 7:01 am |

@Stacy:
I had a terrible croissant in Paris at Angelina’s Cafe. French revenge on British tourists most likely. But my druthers are with those croissants that are not employed by the state machine, which unfortunately seems ready to take a cut on all croissant operations. Corporate/state fascist croissants are not on my plate either. I prefer free-market competition in my bid for the perfect croissant: a capital buttered creation layered between good common floured sense.
stacyherbert | October 31, 2009 at 6:53 am |

@frances snoot – you forget the capitalist’s obligation to his/her shareholders who demand the capitalist spend as little as possible on ingredients; I can only compare French croissants to British and US . . . I think you can probably guess which has the best . . .
frances snoot | October 31, 2009 at 6:48 am |

@Mep:
I’m not a gambler, but if I had my choice I would buy a croissant from a capitalist over a socialist any day. One has vested interest in making sure I come back, the other couldn’t care less.
stacyherbert | October 31, 2009 at 6:48 am |

@The Man from Glad – yep, I know; I have been to Iceland, doesn’t take long to recognize that everyone is a dottir or son
The Man from Glad | October 31, 2009 at 6:47 am |

What does the sale of alligator clips measure?
The Man from Glad | October 31, 2009 at 6:46 am |

@Stacy, BTW, women’s names in Icelandic end in -dottir. Men’s names end in -son or -sen.
The Man from Glad | October 31, 2009 at 6:42 am |

@Chenjeshu, We measure inflation and deflation in relation to gold and silver, or other commodities.
white hunter | October 31, 2009 at 6:39 am |

Rob Zombie “Living Dead Girl”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUZhaB_SvoM
Youri Carma | October 31, 2009 at 6:28 am |

Happy Halloween Folks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTkoWkUJMOI
frances snoot | October 31, 2009 at 6:16 am |

Halloween story:

http://www.poemuseum.org/selected_works/red_death.html
Youri Carma | October 31, 2009 at 6:06 am |

UPDATE 4-CIT, Icahn agreement brings bankruptcy closer http://tinyurl.com/yg7s2yd

Wilbur Ross Sees ‘Huge’ Commercial Real Estate Crash http://tinyurl.com/ydofxmp
frances snoot | October 31, 2009 at 6:04 am |

Happy Halloween:

http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/108019/hair-raising-money-tales;_ylt=AmuqiHcxwxqmFJjT8to3lLBO7sMF;_ylu=X3oDMTE5aWlyZTczBHBvcwMyBHNlYwN3ZWVrZW5kRWRpdGlvbgRzbGsDcmVhbC1saWZlbW9u?mod=bb-budgeting
Max Power | October 31, 2009 at 5:37 am |

Unofficial Problem Bank List Grows to 500

http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/10/unofficial-problem-bank-list-grows-to.html

Source Table :

http://cr4re.com/PBLOct3009.html

The table is wide – use scroll bars to see all information!

NOTE: Columns are sortable – click on column header (Assets, State, Bank Name, Date, etc.)
Bonn | October 31, 2009 at 5:36 am |

George Carlin -”Who Really Controls America”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYIC0eZYEtI&feature=related
Palantíri | October 31, 2009 at 5:07 am |

Max & Stacy – can you make a new category dedicated to books – recommended reading list?
Palantíri | October 31, 2009 at 5:06 am |

Jibber Jabber thing, this time in the right category.

Help me find a new name to use for what we now know as a bank.
As a wave washes over the country have bank after the bank ceased to manage cash. One just cannot withdraw money from the bank because the bank no longer has cash and is not willing to provide it. If one tries to withdraw any money from your own account in the bank you use, you will now be referred to the nearest grocery store for the withdrawal of cash or make use of ATMs for the slightly larger amount (even if there are limits there too).
Bank as the bankers say, wants to focus on counseling as the main feature. In other words, to become a better salesperson, think of a car salesman when you see a banker. What is a bank without money, without the ability to change or withdraw cash? How can one protect their own money when it is no longer possible to withdraw money? I’ve asked before and ask again, am a cashless society the ideal solution for banks in terms of escape the so-called “run on bank”?

Oh the swine flu is a cash killer as well; a company (NSB) is now asking the customers to pay with bank cards in order to stop the spread of the swine flu.

I guess it all goes down to this, hopefully it can be a topic of Max & Stacy in one of their TAMs, what are the benefits and disadvantages of having no cash?

We know banks will have monopoly on all – ALL – money in the digital world as the world is today, and with that you cannot safe keep your own money anymore. The banks as Max Keiser has suggested can move from fractional reserve banking to zero reserve banking or even negative reserve banking.
Is there any reading material, a book, related to this stuff I should have a look at to help me learn?

Politicians And Pundits Unintentionally Singing About Peace Prize, United Nations and Healthcare
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=67a_1256879081
– just for a smile people
Phil | October 31, 2009 at 5:02 am |

http://solari.com/

Listen to Catherine Austin Fitts discuss financial
markets on The Solari Report

James Turk discusses gold, inflation, and deflation on The Solari Report

Franklin Sanders discusses the U.S. dollar index on The Solari Report
Bonn | October 31, 2009 at 4:58 am |

@ The Man from Glad Max said something once about derivatives as dark matter

ROFL PMSL yeah i remember that Dark Matter quote LOL
Phil | October 31, 2009 at 4:49 am |

For Gold Bugs …

From the link : Gold Market Reaching The Breaking Point

http://www.marketskeptics.com/2009/10/gold-market-reaching-breaking-point.html

These are interesting ( all from same website ) :

http://www.marketskeptics.com/2009/03/nyse-runs-out-of-1-kg-gold-bars.html

http://www.marketskeptics.com/2009/09/scary-developments-in-gold.html

http://www.marketskeptics.com/2009/06/trouble-at-comex-warehouses.html
Phil | October 31, 2009 at 4:39 am |

Interesting Links ….

Unofficial Problem Bank List Grows to 500
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/10/unofficial-problem-bank-list-grows-to.html

Failed Bank List
http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/banklist.html

Gold Market Reaching The Breaking Point
http://www.marketskeptics.com/2009/10/gold-market-reaching-breaking-point.html

Thx to :

Nine More Banks Fail with CIT on Deck for a Packaged Bankruptcy While Gold Shineshttp://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2009/10/nine-more-banks-fail-with-major-cit-on.html
Danny | October 31, 2009 at 4:37 am |

@Bonn

FYI: Those max memorable quotes are known as ‘maxims’ round here. I’ve tried to make a list before but there are just too many! Maybe an appendage in max’s book…
Bugro Bugrovich | October 31, 2009 at 4:37 am |

1960′s: Herr Docteur has another party. So- now they want to fly huge metal tubes full with hundreds of people across the oceans!! OK – so the Wright brothers managed to get their toys flying – but this – THIS – is sheer idiocy – what kind of madman even thinks up of these things.
Phil | October 31, 2009 at 4:25 am |

9 banks in major holding company fail
FBOP’s banks in California, Illinois, Texas and Arizona bring the number of ’09 failures to 115. Depositors insured up to $250,000.

http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/30/news/economy/fbop_failure/index.htm?postversion=2009103023

ZH:

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/fdic-failure-friday-lucky-number-9

19.4 Bio$ deposits.
The Man from Glad | October 31, 2009 at 4:08 am |

Regarding the Grand UI/D Theory, it sounds like it isn’t inflation or deflation until someone at the Fed looks at it. Bernanke has evolved into something like an economic Dr. Manhattan, with the ability to crash markets and revive financial firms at will.
Depression Alert | October 31, 2009 at 4:08 am |

The Middle Class is getting Squeezed

http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/article/moneysense/981/squeezed
The Man from Glad | October 31, 2009 at 3:55 am |

@Bonn, Max said something once about derivatives as dark matter. On Tam. In relation to the proportion of derivatives to world GDP, or thereabouts.
Bugro Bugrovich | October 31, 2009 at 3:37 am |

Every generation has its European Intellectuals sneering away at something or another:
1900′s: So those young Wright brothers think heavier than air machines can be airborne – jah? hahahah. Maybe they should read a bit of Isaac Newton – yah? Hilarious laughter. Speaker drops his dinner fork on the floor -entshuldigung- uproarious laughter.etc etc

2000′s: The Munney Prrrinters vill destroy the currency Shamelessly- Jah? ( nervous laughter). Look at Zimbabwe- heh heh. The Dollar is just a piece of paper – jah?(lights his cigar with a dollar bill) – timid snickers. ( I guess the age of uprorious laughter has deserted us along with any sense of humor)
Bonn | October 31, 2009 at 3:13 am |

People just concentrate on the Eyes and eyebrows of CNN reporters
Bonn | October 31, 2009 at 2:43 am |

House health bill clocks in at 1,990 pages
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28904.html

Plus I guess 300 pages will be added one day before it is Voted in like at midnight ROFL
Bonn | October 31, 2009 at 2:37 am |

Can we get a List of Max’s quotes all in one place as a Dictionary kinda thing
1) Sale of Aligators and moats — Indicator of the divide b/w rich and poor.
2) Financial Anti – Matter – CDS
3) Financial Terrorist – People who work at Goldman Sachs and have taken an Avg Sal of 800,000 Dollars in 2009
4) hmmmm need help People ROFL
Mep | October 31, 2009 at 2:33 am |

Good day, Bonn.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9K7mlpgUJ8
Chenjeshu | October 31, 2009 at 2:29 am |

Gold didn’t get any love in the Unified Inflation/Deflation theory. With all the Red Sea, Moses, channel, giant-water-wave-walls talk I expected gold to play a big part too.
Bonn | October 31, 2009 at 2:28 am |

Loved that statement of “When the sale of Alligators & Moats go up the Rich get Richer and the poor get poorer” ROFL
Bonn | October 31, 2009 at 2:23 am |

Good Mornin Stacey and evryone
Chenjeshu | October 31, 2009 at 2:22 am |

Mornin =D

I’d like to hear Max’s take on the CME Group and whats going on with trading house consolidations. If the NYSE has computers running front run trades in their server room, I wonder who is going to be insta-trading in the CME server rooms.
Jim ODonnell | October 31, 2009 at 2:20 am |

Max/Stacy “What Has Been Wrought”

The first two videos are about CA real estate and how the “banksters” are being repaid by the average American for fucking with their home prior to or after forclosure.

These are “funny” but also very sad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIcZWixQiiU&feature=sdig&et=1256867637.31

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWqkdadDFtY&feature=sdig&et=1256867637.31

The next two videos are about “Cash For Clunkers” and the total waste of vechiles which were just fine prior to being traded in for new cars in this program:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jBY_DNUJSA&feature=sdig&et=1256867637.31

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiMpDsatpJM&feature=sdig&et=1256867637.31

My bet is that all this crap is being carried on the balance sheet of some bank as having some value when for the most part it may be worthless.

This is how Americans are getting back for being fucked-over.
Mep | October 31, 2009 at 2:18 am |

Mmmm, croissants. Wait, aren’t croissants European socialist delicacies?!

I’m re-reading 1984 of all things and tooling around the Intertubes some. Found someone who is also thinking about boycotting Christmas: http://hiteminthewallet.wordpress.com/ Someone else has a Boycott Christmas 2009 Facebook page!
Supergeek | October 31, 2009 at 2:13 am |

@maxkeiser.com
Go TAM!!!
stacyherbert | October 31, 2009 at 2:04 am |

@Mep – indeed! What can be better than coffee and croissant? And getting ready to record Truth About Markets . . .
Mep | October 31, 2009 at 2:03 am |

Good morning, Stacy.