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the unsettling truth about this market
- Thread starter tortoise
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Quote from tmarket:
He can't imagine Iran falling on its own, which is what is most likely to happen.
I'll bet you it won't, america can dream on
I wonder if there is an online website we can bet on through, or is that illegal?!, I'm willing to bet up to $5000
oh that reminds me there is intrade, let me check it out ... oh just found this;
"Will Ayatollah Ali Khamenei depart as Supreme Leader of Iran?
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to depart as Supreme Leader of Iran before midnight ET 31 Dec 2009"
haha, ya right, no where in hell will that happen
Quote from Illum:
Did it feel this way back in 03? Or different?
2003 was sort of similar.
Almost everyday the futures would gap up big overnight and the market would just drift around during the day.
The difference is that in 2003 things were actually getting better and computer programs weren't completely manipulating stocks the way they do now.
Quote from parker:
That government could potentially fall apart before even getting the bomb.
keep dreaming
why do humans like to live in hope, and assume what is best for them will happen without any effort on their side, and then politicians feed on this stupidity, and feed people as much false hope as possible
Quote from tmarket:
Guess who wrote 'Coming War With Japan', with Meredith LeBard (1991). St Martins Press? What ever happened to that war in the 90s?
George Friedman designs war games, that is what he thinks and breathes. He can't imagine Iran falling on its own, which is what is most likely to happen.
You could be right; I'm not saying that we or Israel will definitely attack Iran, I'm just saying it's a possibility to watch out for.
All part of the game of being a trader, right? Everything is an uncertainty; it's all about weighing the possibilities.
why do humans like to live in hope, and assume what is best for them will happen without any effort on their side, and then politicians feed on this stupidity, and feed people as much false hope as possible
what? How could Iran collapsing ever be what's best for me?
get back on your meds
what? How could Iran collapsing ever be what's best for me?
get back on your meds
Quote from parker:
That government could potentially fall apart before even getting the bomb.
I don't get why people in the intelligence agencies can't realize that the current iranian government is not the same as the one that existed before the islamic revolution, that the current iranian regime considers itself as "bad ass" as the US government considers itself a "bad ass", and like the US government, is willing to do everything and anything to keep itself in power
there are many similarities between the iranian government and the US government; bureaucracy has paralyzed both, more than half their population's income comes directly or indirectly from the government, they both profit from war, they both fund and support terrorism, and accuse eachother of being terrorists, they both try to neutralize eachother's efforts in the ME, they can't mind their own business and have to butt their heads into other countries business, they are both control freaks, etc
Quote from parker:
what? How could Iran collapsing ever be what's best for me?
get back on your meds
though I quoted your post, the statement wasn't directed at you, but rather at the people who have fed you this idea through the media, basically the US gov, they want to topple the iranian regime without much effort, they can keep dreaming, everything comes at a cost, you can't just sit there feeding yourself and others false hope just to keep your job