Long-Term Charts for a Long-Term Weekend

Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 4:47 pm

First of all, I want to thank everyone for their condolences and well wishes for my pal, Sweetness. He's had a tough go of it recently and every bit of encouragement helps.

With the U.S. markets closed tomorrow, we all have to be on the lookout for some Cartel Craziness between now and Tuesday morning. The Jackals have been utilizing some of these three-day weekends recently to wreak havoc on our precious metals so be on the lookout for all types of shenanigans, especially in light of the European credit downgrades that were announced late Friday.

Let's head straight to the weekly charts. First up, as usual, is gold. Note that gold remains firmly entrenched in its long-term UP channel. This is the trend that began at the onset of QE back in 2008 and it continues to this day. Knowing this, can you see why I hold fools such as Gartman in such low regard? To proclaim "the bull market in gold is over" when gold is still so clearly in its channel is either complete foolishness or stupidity. Into which camp Gartman and his ilk fall, I'll let you decide.

To answer the question, which way will it break, remember the following: The long-term trend almost always wins out in the absence of a change in fundamentals. Will the fundamental story for gold change in the next eight weeks? I doubt it.

Next, let's look at silver where we find, not surprisingly, a similar chart. However, there's an obvious, major difference. Note that when silver broke through its long-term channel, it tested the top of the channel about 12 weeks later and then, after that level held as support, it catapulted from $30 to $50 in about 3 months. (Notice that when the same breakout occurred in gold last summer, it failed to hold above the channel and was subsequently forced back down.) Silver is now knocking back on the top of the channel again. Can it break through? Whether or not it does will go a long way toward determining just how far and how fast silver will rise in 2012.

In silver, also note that the only time we've had two, consecutive UP weeks has been during rallies. The fact that we just finished a second, consecutive UP week bodes well for the next several weeks of price.

Here are two other charts that we'll certainly be watching this week.

OK, here is your reading list to help you pass the time while the U.S. markets are closed:

First, the situation in the Persian Gulf continues to deteriorate:

http://www.debka.com/article/21652/

Next, a great article from ZH that shows how one can profit from simply being long gold overnight in the U.S. and short gold during the day. As if this surprises anyone around here...

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/overnight-longintraday-short-gold-fund-more-doubles-just-over-year-generates-43-annualized-retu

Here's some fresh, red meat from Eric King:

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2012/1/13_Barron_-_Physical_Gold_%26_Silver_to_Crush_Paper_Markets.html

Another interesting article from Jeff Nielson:

http://www.bullionbullscanada.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23712:goldsilver-price-ratio-getting-silly-again&catid=42:rokstories

And here is a great story on the demise of The Pig from our pal, Jim Willie:

http://news.goldseek.com/GoldenJackass/1326306021.php

And that's all for now. Enjoy your Monday but be sure to keep a close eye on the PMs. TF

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Masters of War

Submitted by ThoughtCriminal on January 15, 2012 - 4:54pm.

No Second Thoughts

Submitted by Be Prepared on January 15, 2012 - 4:57pm.

We are the line and where we go from here decides much of what may come for years. There are just no simple answers. What we all do know.... is that we have much to learn and so very little time to get there. It is easily believable under most circumstances to see a place by, no later than, 2015... where the world and its economy are in some real tatters. Mad Max is a movie so its not about those ideas, but control over your destiny, your free movement and your ability to disagree are truly on the line like I haven't seen since the McCarthy era. On wrong look, in the 1950s and you were un-American....... On wrong statement, in the 2010s and you are a Terr*rist (modified to keep CARNIVORE for grabbing this post...he...he).

Gold and Silver, whether you play in the market or just stack, are just the beginning of having a distinct plan in place that you work everyday with your family in the pursuit of maintaining your independence and situational awareness of when to implement what ever prudent next steps make sense. Have no second thoughts.....now IS the TIME and this IS the PLACE.

War Drums Beat Louder (From snare drum to tympani)

Submitted by ClinkinKY on January 15, 2012 - 5:09pm.

Russia: Attack on Tehran is Attack on Moscow

Russia has given Iran its bear hug and warns Israel and the West that an attack on Tehran would be considered an attack on Moscow. The threat heightens the prospect of World War III in the event of a military strike on Iran.

I'm not encouraged.

Submitted by I Run Bartertown on January 15, 2012 - 5:13pm.

vs.

I'm not encouraged.

Sunday Cartoon

Submitted by ReachWest on January 15, 2012 - 5:20pm.

Thanks for the update, Turd. Things continue to play out as anticipated.

I think the fuse for a major event in MENA is growing very short. The setbacks in the Metals are nothing more than snapshots in time and as per TF's charts, they remain in the long-term upward channels. (I remain, Long Gold and Silver - and long Oil)

Here's the latest Turdville focused cartoon. (It's Sunday Cartoon time.)

Thanks for the charts, Turd.

Submitted by Dr G on January 15, 2012 - 5:23pm.

Thanks for the charts, Turd. Love your charts!

Turd pointed out the naysayers (Gartmen et al) and their idiotic thinking when it comes to gold. Simply boggles the mind. If these morons applied the same technicals to gold as they do to all the other stocks they pump on a regular basis, they would see that it is easily the top performer for multiple years runnning.

Certainly the same applies to silver. Even after brutal manipulation and smack downs, silver is STILL sitting above the midline of the long-term trend channel. There isn't anything wrong with silver (other than those "invested" in it are really invested in seeing the price go down--and most of those are naked at that).

So for all the bad word of mouth that gold gets, silver gets triple the amount of bad press or coverage. Of course, those of us that can use our brains to analyze simple fundamental and technicals know the truth: silver has been pushed down and is a coiled spring ready to blow. I'm not making a price call on silver or giving a timeline--because who knows?--but I stand by the charts just like Turd did. Read between the lines in these posts and you can see he is bullish silver...possibly more bullish silver than I've ever seen him.

Me likey.

Trouble in the Persian Gulf

Submitted by Be Prepared on January 15, 2012 - 5:23pm.

@ IRB--I'm not encouraged.

Submitted by ClinkinKY on January 15, 2012 - 5:24pm.

+1000%

Thanks for the charts... But

Submitted by balz on January 15, 2012 - 5:25pm.

Thanks for the charts... But am I alone to see two gold daily charts where there should be one gold and one silver?

question

Submitted by tpbeta on January 15, 2012 - 5:27pm.

What's the difference between complete foolishness and stupidity?

(No subject)

Submitted by Dr G on January 15, 2012 - 5:29pm.

@IRB

Submitted by ReachWest on January 15, 2012 - 5:29pm.

That photo of the President riding the bike like a young school girl, always makes me cringe.

PIMCO's Mohamed El-Erian predicts QE3

Submitted by Be Prepared on January 15, 2012 - 5:30pm.

PIMCO's Mohamed El-Erian predicts QE3

A third round of quantitative easing (QE3) is coming from the Fed. The Eurozone as we know it is close to collapse — and there isn’t all that much that central banks or governments can do about it.

Regardless, the world economy still looks to grow slightly in 2012, according to PIMCO CEO Mohamed A. El-Erian.

Mohamed A. El-Erian is pessimistic about the future of the Eurozone. While he says that there are indeed some chances for a recovery, it would take a lot of effort on behalf of policy makers — and that’s exactly what he’s not sure about. El-Erian says there is a “significant possibility” of a worst-case scenario coming to fruition, which would be, as he explains, “the Eurozone fragments completely.”

Back in America, El-Erian predicts that the US Federal Reserve will step up to the plate and unveil a third round of quantitative easing, but he also tells RT that the benefits aren’t everything the world would hope for.

The problem, says El-Erian, is a misunderstanding of global economics only worsened by poor policy and politics.

“I think that part of the problem is that the more the Fed uses a largely ineffective policy instrument, the more the balance tips from benefits to cost and risks,” El-Erian tells Capital Account’s Lauren Lyster. As with QE2, says El-Erian, America saw the Fed increased prices of shares, but at a cost that also brought a surge in commodity prices, which in turn undermines both production and unemployment.

@IRB: especially for you.

Submitted by Dr G on January 15, 2012 - 5:31pm.

@IRB: especially for you. The point is well made:

One more Step into the Breach against Humanity

Submitted by Be Prepared on January 15, 2012 - 5:43pm.

Enemy Expatriation Act would strip away US citizenship from those regarded as hostile

Joe Lieberman is a piece of work. Just in case there was any doubt about the government having the ability to indefinitely detain Americans thanks to NDAA now there is this bill to further strip away our rights. This one will strip away all of them as it removes US citizenship for anyone regarded as hostile. So if anyone complains about US citizens being detained this new law will allow the government to just strip away citizenship and the protections it includes and then they can do what they want with you. Technically they won't need the ability to indefinitely detain American citizens if they just remove your status as a citizen first. Then you can be treated like any of the other prisoners rotting away in Guantanamo.

Wonderful huh? Welcome to the police state.

Here are the House and Senate versions of the bill:
H.R. 3166: Enemy Expatriation Act
S. 1698: Enemy Expatriation Act

Senator Joe Lieberman, who has announced that he will not be seeking reelection in 2012, seems to be taking advantage of his virtual lame-duck status by pushing for his most controversial piece of legislation yet: the Enemy Expatriation Act. The purpose of the legislation, as stated on the government website govtrack.us, is “to add engaging in or supporting hostilities against the United States to the list of acts for which United States nationals would lose their nationality.”
Press TV explains the inspiration of the act: “This act was in response to Obama’s assassination of a U.S. citizen [Anwar al-Awlaki] without formal charges or due process to, in effect, legalize such action by removing Constitutional protections of those suspected of supporting hostilities.”

The recently passed National Defense Authorization Act — which has declared American soil to be part of the "battleground" of the War on Terror — has alarmingly ramped up tyranny over the American people. The NDAA includes provisions that permit the U.S. military to arrest and indefinitely detain U.S. citizens on mere suspicion of supporting or sympathizing with “terrorists” — even as the definition of a terrorist is broadly defined. The NDAA basically undermines the benefits of American citizenship; however, just in case there were any opposition to such treatment of an American citizen, Lieberman’s Enemy Expatriation Act simply calls for the citizenship of any "hostile" individual to be stripped.

In legal terms, “hostilities” refers to any conflict subject to the laws of war; however, given that the War on Terror is highly ambiguous and all-encompassing, any action could be defined as "hostile" to the United States.

The NDAA also demonizes those who engage in “belligerent acts,” which could possibly include protests and speech. Section 1031(b)(2) of the NDAA defines “covered persons” as those who have "committed a belligerent act.” Those “belligerent acts” are not clearly defined in the NDAA, allowing much of its use to be discretionary. Such ambiguity could well mean that the Occupy Wall Street protesters or Tea Party members, for instance, could be deemed to be engaging in "belligerent acts" against the government.

President Obama issued a promise to the American people that the NDAA would not be used against American citizens, which may explain the introduction of the Enemy Expatriation Act to remove citizenship status from anyone targeted by the government.

Turd,

Submitted by Carthaginian on January 15, 2012 - 5:50pm.

I think the 4th chart you wanted to put is for the silver pennant, not gold (duplicate).

No War Please

Submitted by Raphio on January 15, 2012 - 5:55pm.

Looks like some people may be coming to their senses

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/appeasement-arrives-joint-us-israel-exerci...

War drums waning..

Submitted by zilverreiger on January 15, 2012 - 5:57pm.

..as SCO puts line in sand in Syria and Iran, and US / Israel combine is backing off for now

http://rt.com/politics/syria-iran-nato-rogozin-749/

Ron Paul

Submitted by Patrancus on January 15, 2012 - 6:19pm.

Ron Paul has been the only republican candidate up to this point not beating on his Iranian foreign policy war drum, hello GOP establishment is their anybody in there?

duly noted

Submitted by Turd Ferguson on January 15, 2012 - 6:42pm.

MODERATOR

and corrected. Thanks.

Response to: Thanks for the charts... But

6:25 & 8:30

Submitted by I Run Bartertown on January 15, 2012 - 6:43pm.

make this clip worth every penny. . Especially 8:30

In case you never saw him:

in my book

Submitted by Turd Ferguson on January 15, 2012 - 6:43pm.

MODERATOR

a person can be smart yet still be foolish. Stupid is just plain old stupid.

Response to: question

CNBS Reporting more QE

Submitted by DaddyO on January 15, 2012 - 6:44pm.

is on the way.

Here's the link

http://www.cnbc.com/id/45977098

DaddyO

Crazy PM bugs

Submitted by Justin on January 15, 2012 - 6:52pm.

Been a while, thought I'd drop in to see what the latest and greatest is in Turdville and the PM world. Haven't dabbled in any trades in a few months, and to be honest, probably the most stress-free time I've had in a few years!! Hope everyone has been doing well in life and the markets.

Just saw your comment on your friends loss Turd, sorry to hear that. Hope him and his family are coping as best they can.

Trip to LCS today

Submitted by waxybilldupp on January 15, 2012 - 6:55pm.

Took a trip to the LCS today. In this case, it was a Local Coin Show. This is a monthly event that attracts about twenty dealers. There is a particular dealer who is always at this show who seems to always have a good selection of gold and silver bullion type stuff, deals in volume and has reasonable prices. He's become my "go-to guy". Today's conversation was very interesting:

He said the volume of his sales have picked up dramatically in the last few weeks. (All he does is shows; he has no shop.) He sees people buying in volume. At a show yesterday, he sold 100 1 oz. AGEs to a single customer. The guy gave him a heads up so he knew he was coming. I just wanted to buy 3 today and all he had left was a single 1 ounce and a single 1/2 ounce. He had a dozen 2012 ASEs left from a monster box he just received so I got those at $35 each.

He was shaking his head at the spread he sees now on silver. Hasn't seen it so wide in a very long time. He remarked that he has recently witnessed other dealers paying OVER spot for 90% coins. He has always been able to buy under spot, but no longer. He said that every dealer he talks to, who does volume in silver, believes that the silver price is about to break significantly higher. At the same time, none of them can believe how reluctant the public is to buy PMs right now. They believe that will change, but Joe Public won't get on board until silver and gold go quite a bit higher. I told him I was fine with that because I'm not done stacking.

The buyers he is seeing are folks like me who have been buying for some time. The biggest difference seems to be the sense of urgency reflected in the quantities they are trying to gather in. With that said, the two customers right ahead of me were buying some silver dollars for the first time @ $30 each for some 1921 morgans. The last time I was at this show, silver was at about $32 and I picked up 23 nice morgan and peace dollars at $26 each. Today, with silver at $30, they were going for $30 to $34. Hmmmmm?

wax off

Margaret Thatcher

Submitted by Orange on January 15, 2012 - 6:58pm.

Sorry Turd, I will read your comments tomorrow.

Just saw "The Iron Lady" regarding Margaret Thatcher.

I lived in the UK at that time. Screw the unions, get on your bike. They depicted her from her current dementia state. Why the hell did they show such disrespect. Her legacy has nothing to do with her current state. Why not show what she did, which is what has to happen in the US. Hollywood sucks!

The Iron Lady taught Reagan, as he did her.

God Bless them both.

Bell Well Turdittes

Good Night

Tomorrow Will Be Fun

Submitted by Ubergrinch on January 15, 2012 - 7:00pm.

If silver goes down, I will buy more.

I thought...

Submitted by tpbeta on January 15, 2012 - 7:07pm.

...it was a slip of the keyboard and you meant to say foolish or subverted.

29th

Submitted by Velocity on January 15, 2012 - 7:12pm.

...working my way up the pecking order ....being 1st ETA: 2025

PS. Thanks for the charts and 'holiday' reading Master Turd ...for us Europeans hope we can have a quick update after tomorrow nights trading

PPS. bought 4x German 23g Silver coins on Friday ...can't find a reference anywhere for their value, they're 999 ...anybody any ideas please?

RE: Margaret Thatcher

Submitted by The Green Manalishi on January 15, 2012 - 7:25pm.

I cannot bring myself to see the film yet.

The Greatest Leader since Churchill.

@ Green Manalishi

Submitted by Velocity on January 15, 2012 - 7:31pm.

is your avatar reference to the Judas Priest track (great song that:)

Regards Thatcher (the Hatcher?) she was a 2 dimensional bitch. For every pro business act she destroyed or vandalised another sector of Britain. There's 2 sides to every coin, but with regards to politicians they always add up to being costly/negative (ie. there's never been a good one in 3,000yrs of history)

Stephanie, about break-ins

Submitted by Maryann on January 15, 2012 - 7:35pm.

Stephanie, as a follow up to your post on the previous thread, I think you are right about the increase in break-ins. Not too long ago in the evening my husband noticed a car parked in front of our house. We had the downstairs lights out watching TV. Our cars happened to be parked in front. He walked outside, thinking we had unexpected company. Someone was standing next to my car apparently checking to see if it was unlocked. When he saw my husband, he jumped in his car and sped away. It was dark, so my husband couldn't get a license number.

When we told our neighbor, a cop, about what happened, he told my husband next time to be sure he arms himself before walking outside to check. It all happened so fast, my husband, who usually is very cautious, just didn't think. Next time, he will.

So, just anecdotes, but I think going forward it is wise to think through self-protection. Stephanie, have you thought about a handgun class? I plan on taking one with a friend this spring.

@ Waxybilldup

Submitted by SilverFocker on January 15, 2012 - 7:37pm.

I have watched the PM area very closely around me and have found that 90% is getting harder to find and the price is increasing a good bit over spot. I have been in the hunt for as much 90% that I can get around here as I mostly got it under spot...........Specificaly I have noticed the price on Morgans are gettin off the hook if you can find them.

I think we are getting to the point where the sheep has traded all of there grandpa's 90% for the quick buck........I can always find it on e-bay or Gainsville but at a good premium, I have not had a problem getting any 90% until the last couple of months around here as there are not many buying, I think it is drying up now and we will never see the quantity that we have had.

Each time the silver bull has ran 90% gets eaten by the smelters........I see that we are on the verge of the last run in 90%.

RE: Velocity

Submitted by The Green Manalishi on January 15, 2012 - 7:49pm.

Not the Judas Priest version, but the original and best version by the Green God - Peter Green as pictured in my avatar.

Regarding Thatcher, agreed a divisive figure. I can see both sides of the coin. But, you can't deny Britain was a complete Basket Case in 79. It would be interesting to have seen how an alternative government would have panned out don't you think?

RE: RE: Velocity

Submitted by The Green Manalishi on January 15, 2012 - 7:54pm.

Sorry meant to post this one

Charts

Submitted by Bagholder on January 15, 2012 - 7:58pm.

Last years Gold chart is a sight to behold. 13 of the most important thoughts to take from it can be found here.

The silver chart is another matter all-together. From a technical perspective there is no reason for silver not to visit the low 20's & test the late 2010 breakout. This would make sense if Gold continues to correct for another few months. While Gold thus far has fallen enough in price to qualify as a correction - it hasn't spent enough TIME in correction mode (only 5 months so far). Most corrections in the GOLD bull have been 8-12 months in nature. Silver is the exact opposite having spent enough time (8 months) in correction mode, but hasn't fallen enough in price. The silver correction - at its worst so far- has only been on the order of 40% off. Prior corrections in this Bull have all been over 55%.

In short, it seems likely Gold could could continue to correct for several months, while silver may yet have another washout down into the low $20's - after which - its launch time. I hope I am wrong, and its all blue sky from here. If not, I will be scaling in deeper all the way down.

90% silver - SilverFocker

Submitted by waxybilldupp on January 15, 2012 - 8:01pm.

I agree. 90% coins have been getting eaten for almost 50 years. I had the thought of picking up a little more at the LCS today. Should have been able to get some at 22X face. What little there was had a price tag of 25 or 26X face. Could not bring myself to do it. 1 -1/2 AGEs and 12 ASEs were all I could find at my price. The only other 1 ounce AGE in the place had a price of $1950 on it. I've never seen such a complete lack of bullion inventory at this show, and I've been going regularly for about 2 years. There's a ginormous show coming up in March. That one should tell the tale regarding prices and availability.

So, looking forward to March, I guess. However, I always have this uneasy feeling as I drive away, that today's purchase was the last "good deal" I'll ever get. GLTU in your 90% quest.

wax off

For those interested...

Submitted by DaddyO on January 15, 2012 - 8:10pm.

in what DHS is looking at in social media and internet news, here is the actual DHS document with a list of monitored sites.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/78072735/Privacy-Pia-Ops-Publicly-Available-So...

DaddyO

@ Be Prepared

Submitted by swmnguy on January 15, 2012 - 8:18pm.

A very important post re. the "Enemy Expatriation Act." I would recommend, if you haven't already read it, The Cunning of History by Richard L. Rubenstein. It's a very short book, but dense. It's about the atrocities by the Nazis, mostly. Among its many insights was the way the Nazis very carefully laid legal groundwork for everything they did. One of the most insidiously evil things they did was to destroy the government of every place they invaded, and to strip any citizenship from everyone they detained. That way, there was no legal authority governing these people. The people they held in their power were not, legally, people. Therefore, nothing anyone did to those people was a crime.

Well, that didn't withstand Nuremberg, but clearly the idea hasn't been lost on those with similar objectives. Sen. Lieberman and the state apparatus of the nation of Israel obviously paid keen attention.

I'm not being the least bit partisan here. The PATRIOT Act wasn't written in a month; it was a compilation of wish lists going back for years and spanning the (very constrained) spectrum of American politics. Nothing the current Administration has enacted has deviated in any way from the trend of the past 30 years; it's just that now with the foundation having been put in place, the pieces left to establish are more flagrantly disturbing.

All these people are lawyers, bear in mind. They'll make sure to lay the legal framework first.

Green Manalishi

Submitted by Velocity on January 15, 2012 - 8:32pm.

Thanks for taking me down memory lane ;)

Was a fan of Fleetwood Mac from the Rumours album on (yes the commercial stuff!) rather than before.. think the Judas Priest version of 'Green..' is the better!

Thatcher was all gob, little action (like Reagan: they deserved each other). They expanded the State, they didn't cut it despite their endless rhetoric.

She had to flog every State asset she could to afford the vandlaism of her Monetarist 'experiment' of raising the $Pound to kill off the uncompetitive industries to leave the strong. All that did was kill off any chance of stumbling companies to revive while kicking the good ones between the legs. It's the surgey of cutting off half injured legs giving them no chance to heel and thinking hobbling around on 1 good leg with half a face makes things better!

So she 'privatised' State assets and turned public monopolies into public-private monopolies instead of free markets. The tragic trains and rip-off telecoms and other utilities are her legacy (fascism) as well as introducing regulation (protectionism in another word)

I could go on ....and on...

Politicians are all a bunch of worthless/destructive c*nts ...get rid of the lot and Govt too

@swmnguy - Right on the Mark

Submitted by Be Prepared on January 15, 2012 - 8:37pm.

Very insightful and exactly what I've been thinking for some time. I stand in disbelief, sit in despair and, then, rise again ever stronger and more resolved in my desire to never go quietly in the night (or on the FEMA train).

-I'll check out that book!

Even Kids know What's Best!

Submitted by Be Prepared on January 15, 2012 - 8:40pm.

Luck?

Submitted by steveo on January 15, 2012 - 9:18pm.

Luck?

Great idea to get armed and

Submitted by steveo on January 15, 2012 - 9:22pm.

Great idea to get armed and get concealed carry permit before those rights are taken away, you might be more likely to keep rights you took now.

@DaddyO

Submitted by Justin on January 15, 2012 - 9:25pm.

Just skimmed through that list... Hulu?! Have they actually resorted to monitoring shows/movies that people stream online in order to combat terrorism? They really have run out of ideas, haven't they ha ha! Somebody wake me up when this episode of the Twilight Zone is over, I give up.

@justin sleet and blizzard

Submitted by opticsguy on January 15, 2012 - 10:15pm.

@justin

sleet and blizzard are key words, also. Who was it that said all it would take to lock up a country would be to make the very act of living a crime?

Had my weekly chat w/ me mum

Submitted by DaddyO on January 15, 2012 - 10:36pm.

today. She informed me she received a call from someone who identified themselves as being with the US Dept of Labor. They wanted information on her buying habits, what food she bought, how much she paid, when she shopped and if she bought extra to add to a "stockpile".

My mother has always been a staunch liberal and thought the government could do no wrong. Today she all but apologized to me for thinking I wore a tin foil hat. Her eyes were yanked wide open by this seemingly innocuous call. She asked me why the gov't would ask her questions about her food supply.

All the info I have sent her the past few months took on new meaning for her this week.

Now if I can get my sisters to think out side the box, I'll feel like I have not wasted all the effort I have invested in them over the years.

DaddyO

@Justin

Submitted by DaddyO on January 15, 2012 - 10:40pm.

When I looked at the keyword list, I realized how much deep doodoo we are in. This whole police state line of governance is way further along than anyone realizes.

Just by being here, you are ahead of the main flock of sheep but you have also identified yourself with a suspect group of individuals who bear watching. Just keep that in mind as you move about the internet.

DaddyO

Situational awareness

Submitted by kingboo on January 15, 2012 - 10:43pm.

In reading about home security in Turdville, i think about something i was told long ago......"your situational awareness will be very poor in the middle of the night if an intruder breaks in". So true. All ego aside, if someone broke into my house in the middle of the night, i might not even wake up, even if i did....how long would it take me to secure my family and get armed? (so much for the gun....not to say you shouldn't have several) Let's not forget that the intruder has acute situational awareness and is desperate, particularly if they are willing to enter when you are present. Which leads us back to the dog. Everyone should have a dog capable of: a) alerting you b) handling the situation by itself. c) willing to die trying. Guard dogs are THE best insurance policy you will ever buy, i take tremendous comfort knowing my family is protected when i am not home or when we are sleeping. I would recommend german shepherds, dobermans, rhodesian ridgeback, mastiff, (pitbulls are great but can be tricky)....all great family companions when raised in a house full of love, and they will all die defending you and your family! Heck, i even turned my shepherd loose on the local cops one day when they knocked on my door at 4:30 a.m. to tell me that there had been some robberies on my street that night. Dog scared the shit out of them :) Love my dogs......can you tell? Welcome back Turd......

@DaddyO

Submitted by Justin on January 15, 2012 - 11:06pm.

I'm an outspoken Navy vet that used to blog about the bafoonery taking place in politics, government, the economy, etc. Worrying about being on a list doesn't concern me anymore as I've probably already been added to DHS's naughty list due to practicing my freedom of speech... and using Hulu... and Facebook. Might just start up a Twitter account so I can get a trifecta going and make some poor-sap-of-a-desk-jockey actually work for his paycheck just to find out that I never have anything of importance to say anyway. God forbid that citizens share information that the mainstream media sweeps under the rug. After all, who are we to take it upon ourselves to form educated opinions about the country that The Man made us pledge allegiance to before recess and naptime in kindergarten?