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Those are good points, no doubt, but it always brings me back to my initial opinion on this whole matter. Namely, it's symptomatic of a society that transformed itself from productivity and using actual savings and earnings to acquire "things" into one that merely leverages assets in a...

Indeed, you are living proof of that.

An idiot like Governor Quinn will bend over and give handouts to any corporation that makes any noise. More politburo type of politics. Small businesses eat the cost of these tax increases, but if your TBTL (Too Big To Leave), then they will kiss your ass and either give your company some TIF...

Not to worry, all of these "wilding" incidents will kill off alot of summer tourism to that city. They can bullshit all they want, but many different organizations have already told visitors to stay away from Michigan Avenue. Think about that for a second, it's the prime tourist destination...

Honestly, Achilles and zdreg are both on the same side of the debate, for the most part. They are two guys who I largely believe "get it". It's definitely odd to see the in-fighting, but that's the point of frustration we've all reached with this fraudulent system.

It's true. It's also another side effect of the credit bubble bursting. i.e. we've conveniently ignored the fact that the quality of the products we buy has gone down the tubes, but most people are simply content with paying less for some piece of shit furniture or some clothes that will fall...

Agree for the most part, the only caveat is that WHEN the welfare money runs out, we had all better watch out, because crime will become epidemic. I think of third world style muggings, kidnappings, killings, etc... If you've never seen the sense of entitlement amongst the freeloaders who've...

Watch for many, many, many more stories along a similar lines in the very near future. This 2+ year "launch" higher was the liquidation rally for anybody with a half a brain in their heads. As structurally unsound as everything currently is (and continues to be), anyone in a shaky deal should...

Regardless of Sle's comments (I know that he is correct technically), the whiff of 2008 right now is very, very strong. This market has been running higher on fumes driven by this Bernanke QE machine for many, many months. It's also no coincidence gas prices are at the upper limit again which...

Great idea, but wait, there are no real jobs left. Sorry, when TPTB decided to gut this economy into an asset inflationary scheme (where the tail wags the dog of the real economy), we got THIS.

I agree, seems like a group of whiny bitches are trying to run the ship. It will be a major inconvience if you are having a PM back and forth with another member and are now locked into these restrictions because some people get all huffy puffy about being spammed. Maybe the idea of new...

More proof that the 24/7 troll is suffering from "brainrot". Gas is every bit as expensive as 2008. Meanwhile, this country has shed millions more jobs and without endless rounds of QE will continue the "long decline".

lol, too true. If we really want to see some hard core, rip your guts out inflation, just wait until it's all "Made in the USA" again and the unions get all their perks and bennies. Fuk, we'd be paying 3-4x for miscellaneous crap.

And to further that point, my theory is that this upcoming generation of politicians will be more fiscally conservative than the boomer generation that is gradually being replaced. They will have experienced the brunt of failed asset inflation economics (i.e. run perpetually loose fiscal policy...

We've gone far past the point of oblivion with all of these bailouts and "emergency" remedies for preserving some semblance of unions AT THE EXPENSE of basic services. A few others have pointed out the fact that the money now goes simply to pay off retirees and bloated salaries for workers all...

You sound as if you have a dog in this fight. Dare I ask what in the world you actually receive in the mail these days? Bills? (All of them have an electronic option) Credit card statements? Brokerage statements? Paychecks? Letters? In case you haven't noticed, all of these items have been...

I have to say that I think there has got to be a tv show to explore all of these off the wall ideas and theories that Bearice has. They aren't even conspiratorial, just so bizarre that you wonder where in hell they come from. Kind of reminds me of that David Icke guy who had probably done too...

The Postal System is really a perfect metaphor for our entire capitalist/socialist system in a nutshell. I understand the points being made about the USPS being the only current entity capable of delivering to literally every address in the US, but it's something of a non-event at this point in...

That does work remarkably well in bull phases. As do positive options expirations (at least over the past 7-8 years). It should be noted that the May top occurred on the first of the month on a significant gap and it's been steady selling ever since. The indicies are pretty much masking...

Fuck 'em. Folgers is crap coffee and that whole "Dunkin Donuts has great coffee" is a bad joke as well. People will switch brands, it's really not rocket science. Most of these name brand items will be discarded if we continue this massive monetization shell game and goose commodity prices...