(Rasmussen Reports) — Here’s some bad news for Washington: More voters than ever would vote to replace the entire Congress rather than keep it.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that, if given the choice, 68% of Likely Voters would vote to get rid of the entire Congress rather than keep them all on the job. Just 12% say they would vote to keep the entire Congress. Twenty percent (20%) are undecided.

Mark Steyn: Fauxcahontas and the melting pot

Martin Luther King dreamed of a day when men would be judged not on the color of their skin but on the content of their great-great-great-grandmother’s wedding license application. And now it’s here!

Have you dated a composite woman? They're America's hottest new demographic. As with all the really cool stuff, Barack Obama was doing it years before the rest of us. In "Dreams from My Father," the world's all-time most-unread bestseller, he spills the inside dope on his composite white girlfriend:

"When we got back to the car she started crying. She couldn't be black, she said. She would if she could, but she couldn't. She could only be herself, and wasn't that enough..."...

http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/great-352668-warren-elizabeth.html

[Did the royal his bumness really 'write' that?  Like a horrible Harlequin - did he then rip off her bodice and make her feel that she was black enough for the moment?]

Well, why not tell people on the weekend after the election that the man they elected is a hypocrite and a fraud?  Would have seemed mean-spirited to bring it up before.  

But I am sure he is a friend of the common man.

The finest pundit/author working today (if you're conservative:). He gets his point across with a sense of humor to boot.

Interesting podcast, and Dimons' $2 Billion loss admission is most likely underestimated/ understated. What it does apparently establish though is that JPM is not invincible!

This admission, that a JPM employee got it wrong , combined with BMs' TV appearances re denial of naked shorting by JPM (where she claimed it was on behalf of clients), and the substantial decline of Commercial shorts in the COT reports, all of which has happened in the last 6 weeks, all seem to indicate some things are not going to plan for TPTB.

It's also important to remember that somebody bought the 'fat finger' JPM $1.2Billion 7500 contracts sell mistake on 04/30/12, maybe JPM bought them back, maybe as per Willies' stance, an Eastern buyer got them and intends to take delivery in June (assuming the buyer stands for delivery).

The glaring anomally with all of the above, is what can JPM gain from being so apparently open at this point, and what beneficial purpose for them (and TPTB) will be created in doing the above?

Distraction, discouragement, doubt, smoke and mirrors have always been their weapons of choice historically, so why on earth would they change their innate nature at this point in time (a leopard cannot change its spots)?

QUOTE; "It is just a coincidence"!

The Pentagon is this week leading the largest multinational military exercises in the history of Jordan, with maneuvers planned along the Syrian border as well as in the Gulf of Aqaba, across from Israel

Maj. Robert Bockholt, public affairs officer at US Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT), said "Execution of Eager Lion 2012 is not connected to any real-world event. It has nothing to do with Syria. It is just a coincidence". http://www.ww4report.com/node/11073

On May 10, just as the exercises were announced, Syria suffered its worst terrorist attack since the start of the uprising over a year ago, as 55 people were killed and nearly 400 injured in twin car bomb blasts near a government intelligence building in Damascus. Syrian officials and media blamed foreign-backed terrorist groups for the attack, saying it was carried out "in the service of the interests of Israel and its allies in the region."

Now what was that bit again about Countries (eg Turkey/India etc) needing to hold their reserves of Gold abroad in times of war?

I can't reconcile why the cartel would be forcing metals prices lower with manipulation, if they're having to liquidate their metals to cover margin calls. Wouldn't they want to do that at the highest possible price? To reduce their losses?

Are they caught in a double bind? Serving two masters?

What am I missing here? I've been puzzling over this since yesterday and can't come up with a good answer. To me, this flaw in Jim's argument calls at least part of his scenario into question.

I scanned the comments and didn't see this question in earlier posts.

My stack works like the interest rate/value ratio on T-Bonds.  As rates go up, the value goes down - simple.  Well, I've noticed here lately that as prices come down, my stack is going up, so maybe there is some correlation.  Perhaps at some point in the future (if I can keep from losing it to the neighbors PM eating dog) we will get to test the opposite side of that theory, but I suspect that the price will only affect the rate of growth of the stack and not the overall size of the stack itself.

http://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/61600/are-we-entering-a-cyclical-bea...

36 mins into paul vaneden. he thinks the value of gold is 900$. i'd be curious what others think of his assessement.  

Still on track for a breakout by October.

an oldie but goodie.  

http://www.kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/Broadcast/Entries/2011/11/5_B...

BART what's going on

Two fresh targets, for those who would shoot the messenger.  I have deep disagreements with each of them, but it's an interesting discussion.

17:30 Secession of the Heart - Balkanization of America

24:30 -25:30 Bolsheviks 

Some folks do not want to buy, because they fear they are trying to catch a falling knife.

Sorry guys, but the Cartel knows each and every trick and this is exactly what they want.

Anyone buying physical silver under 35$ will be greatly rewarded.

I am not their mother, but I happily admit I CAN be a "mother-f'r" when it comes to teaching my family's kids honourable and righteous morals & ethics.  .... but the kids seem to respect (sometimes superficially grudgingly, I admit) my methods and modus operandi.

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When I was a kid, my mum & dad taught me & my brothers a pretty good sense of personal responsibility & ethics ... even though one of my brothers made James Dean look like a "pansy wuss" and I was a pretty scummy kid.

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IF we wanted a major purchase or gadget (which in those days amounted to something like a secondhand record player or TV for our bedroom) ... They WOULD lend us the money, BUT they would make us sign a "repayment agreement" for the full amount+interest which we had to pay back from our pocket-money ... and they wouldn't simply "deduct" the payment, they paid us "in full" and we then had to "hand back" the agreed amount so that we could see in Real Life what the practical effects of borrowing were on the "cash in our pocket", and our "non-payment" excuses were NEVER accepted.

At the time (as a moronic & ignorant kid), I hated their guts for that ... UNTIL I grew up and realised the value of the lifelong gift they had taught me.

Ever since, I have done exactly the same with both my kids & my various nieces & nephews, etc ... and (with one exception) it has acheived similar results so far ... IF my son, nieces, nephews, or even an adult family member wants to borrow some money from me, I prepare & make them sign a Legally Binding Contract/Agreement for the Capital PLUS Reasonable Interest, AND I hold them to it. 

I can strongly recommend this as an excellent "practical teaching method" 

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In a similar vein, my mum died 15 years ago, and a fair while before she died, told us of her plans for her estate, which was originally to leave everything in equal shares to my brothers & I.

My brothers & I discussed it and unanimously agreed that we were all "big enough & ugly enough" to take care of ourselves, and we proposed to our mum that she leave her entire estate (apart from a few valueless trinket-heirlooms) to all her Grandkids in equal shares, and she liked the idea & agreed.

So I wrote a bulletproof Will for her to keep "Vulture" family members, governments, banks, & shyster lawyers away from vulture-stripping her assets, and made my brothers & I joint-equal executors for the sole benefit of my mum's grandkids (= OUR kids). 

TIP :- IF writing-yourself or instructing a 3rd party to write a will for someone... Try your damnedest to AVOID allowing any legal or bank professional to make themselves an Executor or Trustee as they almost certainly WILL have a "Personal Profit Centered Motive" to themselves for doing so ... and ALWAYS try to create "more than ONE" & an ODD-NUMBER (3, 5, etc) of Executors/Trustees as this helps (A) prevent a single-Executor/Trustee from becoming a "Dictatorial Estate Tyrant", and (B) Forces a "Deciding Vote" in the event of any "Split Decision/Proposal".

Also, knowing (at that time) the statistical odds that my mum was likely to die in the "not too distant future" due to her poor health & having had a lung removed in her youth due to TB , I arranged for "the Corporate Vampires" to contribute to her assets by way of us taking out (at OUR expense & with my mum's blessing) a couple of those "no health questions asked" death-insurances at the MAXIMUM amount possible to cover the balance of her outstanding mortgage, and at the time of her death some three years later, the Corporate Vampires had to pay out nearly six times what we had paid to them in monthly subscriptions, which nicely paid off the mortgage in full & left more for the Grandkids ... My mum would have greatly enjoyed the irony & justice of that.   

... TIP :- I wouldn't NORMALLY recommend this type of insurance for generally healthy people as the Vampires rely upon a "statistical scam" for profits, BUT this CAN be very effective for "estate asset improvement" in the less common circumstances where you know someone not-too-old is potentially likely to live at least another 2 or more years (the usual "Full Benefits" minimum-deadline), but probably less than (generally) 10 years (= 10 years being the buyer's "break even point" for many policies) ... Although it MAY sound "ghoulish" to some, it's a VERY practical & effective way to increase someone's assets for THEIR benefit, as in essence, the Corporate Vampires are betting that the insured-person will live AT LEAST another 10 years before any profit is made, whereas you are effectively betting your loved will profit if they (unfortunately) die beforehand.

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To those of you whose Mum is still alive today ... I ENVY you, you lucky buggers!!  Make the MOST of these days while you still can, because they will NEVER last as long as one hopes. ... I miss my Auld Dear and would give almost anything to see & talk with her again, and there are times when I find it hard knowing that I never will.

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