Just fishing through the Sunday paper and found the Walgreens flyer.  Those little hams are on the 2 for $5 sale this week!  Woot!

I wouldn't have mentioned it except for the fact that the topic came up just a thread or two ago.  We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming...

Haha! I wish I'd kept the "Ham Denial" email from Walgreens.

As I recall, it had a mildly (Damn you Turd-reading  hamfreaks) abrupt tone to it.

It was a microcosm of what we'll see with the rush to PM's. Denied.

Even if you can't eat them.

Sorry, just one more infobyte:

There appears to be no limit mentioned on the WAG website.  This is a departure from recent practice.  I did some testing and found that you can order 10 of them, no problem, and get the free shipping, for a total cost of $25.00.  If you order more than 10, they start to charge you extra shipping because you go over a weight limit.

It's still probably easier to just go to the store.  Here in my neck o' the woods, there's a Walgreens on every corner.

OK, now I'm done.  Have a great Sunday with your family, everyone!  

http://www.walgreens.com/search/results.jsp?Ntt=celebrity+ham&x=161&y=118

n many[not all]  euros have opinions n no facts, entitled attitudes and no appreciation.

when they come for you next time you can handle it yourselves.

i guess the holocaust was filmed in the same fake moon landing set, huh.

right.

i see Hollande says tax the rich at 75% and lower the retirement age to 60.

sounds about right for people living in fantasyland.

but i will admit, we got alot of that foolishness goin on 'round these parts.

guess where we get it from.

Dutch disease, a term that broadly refers to the harmful consequences of large increases in a country’s income?

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/basics/dutch.htm

Don't blame some of our Europeans Turdites for their socialist inclinations, they have what is called the Dutch Disease. Since the 1960's they have been able to increase spending on social programs as a result of taxing the offshore drilling of gas.

This has created multiple generations of people expecting 37 paid days off per year, "free" university (indoctrination) low cost government housing etc.

As a whole, you won't find nicer people in Europe. They are resourceful, some of the best business minds, very international through their history as a trading nation. (Philips, Shell, Unilever just to name a few of the world's largest companies coming from a nation of around 16 million)

That said, it will take time or a crisis, to remove this indoctrination and realize the gas is running out and the socialist ideals cannot be paid for.

The transformation in ideology has started through necessity. At this link, it shows a woman cooking larger meals for herself and selling the rest at the same time so she eats for free. Great Dutch business thinking reemerging. Wait until the tax police catch and demand a free meal:)

April 3, 2012 2:47 PM EDT

Just as a follow up, the Dutch Disease has arrived in the US, it's not gas or oil, its called print currency and spend. Hell, we can do it, after all it has worked for years, let's just print more.

The Brics are not stupid, they are setting up their own gold backed currency. When TSHTF, they are ready, they won't need a war with the super power, as it will implode from within.

Really sad what socialism does and how destructive an ideology it is. Sounds great with free this and that but removes the souls from within. Expectations without contributions ultimately leads to an unhappy person. Why do you think playing poker for money is more exciting than just playing poker.

The War at the End of the U.S. Dollar

Politics / US DollarApr 12, 2012 - 07:23 AM

By: Ron_Hera

(Partial excerpt...link below)

"...Iran, which is the world’s third largest oil exporter and a major supplier of oil to China, lies outside of U.S. control. Iran refuses to sell oil for U.S. dollars, partly as a consequence of the overthrow of the democratically elected government of Iran in 1953, orchestrated by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, and partly as a consequence of current U.S. policies in the Middle East.

In March of 2012, the U.S. unilaterally removed Iran from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) system, effectively cutting it off from world commerce. However, wielding the U.S. dollar’s world reserve currency status as a blunt instrument could be counterproductive in the current international climate. If the U.S. dollar were to lose its world reserve currency status over a short period of time, a U.S. sovereign debt crisis would be certain and a catastrophic collapse of the U.S. dollar, i.e., hyperinflation, would be possible.

Having taken a decision to act unilaterally against Iran, the U.S. may be forced to resort to more extreme measures if the world reserve currency status of the U.S. dollar begins to break down. Of course, the U.S. does not control the oil trade solely through financial means. With Israel as a close ally, Iraq and Afghanistan occupied by U.S. forces, close ties with Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and other Middle Eastern countries, Iran is surrounded by more than 40 U.S. military installations.

A successful invasion of Iran would eliminate the largest non U.S. dollar oil exporter, delaying the breakdown of the U.S. dollar’s status as the world reserve currency. Although a war with Iran would cause a spike in oil prices, U.S. control of Iran’s oil would increase the supply of oil available for purchase in U.S. dollars, which would bring the U.S. dollar price of oil down and enhance the ability of the U.S. to manage the price of oil to meet the needs of the U.S. economy. Controlling a major supplier of crude oil to China and India would give the U.S. additional leverage to support the U.S. dollar and U.S. debt, as well as a means of influencing the policies and economic growth of the two largest nations. The option of invasion, however, may be time limited. If Iran were to eventually obtain nuclear weapons, the risks involved in a U.S. invasion would escalate."

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article34085.html

This post is about the Silver market from 1979/80, recent events in the Silver market, and how all of these Silver Market times, dates, and events, seem to be following a Biblical pattern that if continued could indicate SILVER will be at a 1:1 (121) ratio with Gold right about May 14th, 2012. The 2 links below describe the current silver market and the 33 year Biblical pattern ending May 14th with a GSR of 1:1. 

http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/comment/146995#comment-146995 http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/comment/151747#comment-151747)

The 33 year cycle pattern completes with a specific 40 day period which started on the 3rd day following the 14th day following the spring equinox. Or, more simply, on April 5th. And since....

Today is April 15, 2012,

It is day 11 of that final 40 day period,

And the GSR sits at 52.65

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Re-visit of the two April 5th Silver market announcements and the corresponding Biblical events which occurred on the exact same day, some 1,980 years ago.

On April 5th there were 2 major announcements of interest to Silver followers. First there was the Chief Priestess, of the major financial institution which has set itself up as the "controller" of Silver. Her message was basically that her and their hands were clean of any wrongdoing concerning silver. If, of course, any major Silver wrongdoing were to come to light.

One of the main charges of the blogosphere, (which she claimed to be defending herself from), is that IT IS NOT THERE. The Silver IS NOT THERE. The Silver is not in the vault. So the Blogosphere claims that the silver is just not there, and at this point she doesn't claim that it is there, or attempt to prove that it is there. She just makes every effort to claim that their hands are clean of any wrong doing, should anything come up missing, they are innocent, hands clean. They have only been doing their job, you know... "for the people" (their clients). Ok, got it.

The other April 5th announcement was from an anonymous trader. No big name, no major position in the banking world, just an every day soldier. This "soldier" who established communication long ago, so is now trusted by many as a valid source of info, claimed on April 5th that massive physical removal of Precious Metals from the vaults is being caused by Asian buyers. So if the vaults are found to be empty..... it's because some Asian buyers just came and physically removed/bought everything. Okeedoke, got it.

Now let's go back about 1,980 years, and check out the Biblical events on what was the exact same day of the year, and at the exact same point in the corresponding 33 year cycle as detailed in the links above. We're going to Matthew 28, verses 1-15.... Where the Chief priests have just learned that Christ (on that third day) has resurrected, and is not in the tomb. They know the world hasn't yet heard that the tomb is empty, so let's check out what they do back then....

Matthew 28, 1-15 (Any bold, or Me: comments below are inserted by me.)

1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

Me: This is the 3rd day, after the 14th day (crucifixion day) after the spring equinox. Same as this year's April 5th.

2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.

8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.

9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.

10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.

11 Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.

Me: You can read in Matthew 27 where the chief priests were aware of rumors that the tomb would be found empty, so they had this "watch" of soldiers strategically positioned ahead of time.

12 And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,

13 Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.

Me: So.... go report that the vault is empty because "He was physically removed by his disciples". (How about the Chinese came and bought him in the night!? LOL)

14 And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.

Me: a governor huh? So there's a governor that gets reported to in all of this... interesting.

15 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

Me: So they took the money, and did as they were told. Also, it's beyond the context of this post, but in the Bible there are Jews, meaning from the tribe of Judah, or Jews, meaning residents of the land of Judea, and then Christ teaches in His own words (Rev 2.9, and Rev 3.9) that there are Jews who are not...

Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations—entangling alliances with none.

Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1801).

Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation?—Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground?"

George Washington, Farewell Address (Sept. 17, 1796).

Where can I find reliable actual (practical) coin weight and dimensions for common bullion?

Or else what is the weight variance on silver bullion?

DHS, huh? Protect me from cave dwellers 8,000 miles away, huh? 

Looks like the basic menu of liberal .gov expansion to me - shield yourself with a "victim class" and use them to justify ever-more encroachment, deny facts, and push your propaganda at children.

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/11505-dhs-introduces-green-police

"The Department of Homeland Security has announced that it will be creating an “environmental justice”

"The DHS defines environmental justice as “the commitment of the Federal Government … to avoid placing disproportionately high and adverse effects on the human health and environment of minority populations and low-income populations.”

"The DHS document explains:

Communication on initiatives related to environmental justice will implement the DHS Guidance to Federal Financial Assistance Recipients Regarding Title VI Prohibition Against National Origin Discrimination Affecting Limited English Proficient Persons … and with the Department’s forthcoming language access plan."

The DHS’ Environmental Justice Working Group involves 11 federal government agencies, including the TSA, FEMA, and Secret Service.

And what’s a government agency agenda without some sort of reference to climate change? The document on the DHS website lists concerns like “climate change” and “melting Arctic ice,” even as the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center reports that the amount of floating ice in the Arctic’s Bering Sea has “reached all-time record high levels last month.”

"Maryland is now the first state to impose a new requirement to graduate from high school: environmental literacy."

Dear CIGAs,

On the heels of the Fed members commenting publicly, legendary trader and investor, Jim Sinclair, told King World News that even though we have already seen $17 trillion of money printing, we should expect another $17 trillion going forward. KWN also asked Sinclair how he knew, from the beginning, that there would be 'QE to infinity,' before anyone else. But first, here is what Sinclair had to say about the action in gold: "$1,650 is a comfortable number (for central planners). Haven't you seen the tremendous jawboning and market intervention to hold gold in that range at $1,650? $1,764 and they lose control. That begins the move which is exponential."

Jim Sinclair continues:

"It's a formidable challenge (keeping gold below $1,800). The true range of gold is $1,700 to $2,111, but these guys are going to try to fight it like nobody's business. Do you think for a moment they are not listening to you and I speaking right now? Forget it, Eric, we are the morning 'Squawk Box' tomorrow.

Now comes the payback. The hope and desire that things would improve is ignorant because of the fact that the trillions which have come in have been to save the financial organizations, not Main Street.... 

http://www.jsmineset.com/

Click here to listen to the full audio interview on KingWorldNews.com...

Indoctrination classes.  Nothing more, nothing less.  Take those mushy little brains and mold them into lock-step citizens.  The staggering speed at which the government is over-running our lives just boggles my mind.  And yet so few seem to care, much less be outraged.  Won't be too long now before there's a Bill of Rights bonfire on the Mall.  And all the mushy-brained citizens will be cheering, because (of course) the government knows better than the Founding Fathers.

Happy effin' Sunday.

Buy Mexican bullion coins !  They are minted with the "quaint disclaimer" of their net weight  !  Monedas  2012  Mexicans can tell the truth....if it's really important !     PS:  I'll bet Dutch Customs knows what's what on bullion coins....for imposing duties ? FWIW

http://www.goldbarsworldwide.com/section03/HTML_9_GoldBullionCoins.html

This link was posted earlier by a fellow turdite.

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