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Of SubPrimes and Pigs in Shit

With the passing of the Ides of March, we have strong suspicions that the second market correction may be over – will there be a third? It is possible the subdued buying of resources – first copper, then zinc – by the Chinese in the past little while was deliberately orchestrated to engineer prices down . . . → Read More if you dare: Of SubPrimes and Pigs in Shit

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Tanning Little Johnny’s Hide

Coalition apologists are oft want to lambast Labor for over-spending. Yet why the Coalition runs a surplus with our tax money is questionable, when it would be better off either spent on bettering services and infrastructure or returned to us. Lindsay Tanner is demonstrating already that Labor is committed to reducing wasteful expenditures and trimming . . . → Read More if you dare: Tanning Little Johnny’s Hide

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Little Johnny’s Fluffy Interest Rates Canard

Adulators of our prime monster often pontificate about the proud, supposedly unequalled record of the object of their worship in keeping interest rates under control. Yet as it can easily be demonstrated, they are indulging in pompous magical thinking. For example, from this 2006 7.30 Report: MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: In the same interview Ian Macfarlane tested . . . → Read More if you dare: Little Johnny’s Fluffy Interest Rates Canard

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Bush Games

On the macro front, as the United Stupids position their fleet to aggress Iran, Ahmadinejad predicts the downfall of Israhell. Israhell has previously threatened Iran of course, though they have now issued a decree that they have no intention of attacking Iran – has Bush decided to do the dirty work on Iran and told . . . → Read More if you dare: Bush Games

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Doing the Vatican Rag

Ratzinger puts his foot in it, dredging up antiquated rubbish about Islam. As if the Catholic Church hasn’t got its own nasty violent secrets – think witch hunts and burnings, the inquisition, the crusades, the missionary/messainic colonisations etc etc And that’s just the Catholic Christian sect. I expect whacking Islam takes the heat off the . . . → Read More if you dare: Doing the Vatican Rag

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The Moral Hazard and Gold

According to this article, the neocrim fascists are manipulating the markets to keep interest rates down for the November US election. This nasty operation is accentuated by a bogus oil “find” by Chevron (Rice’s old firm) in the Gulf of Mexico. Logically after the election, there may well be a gawd almighty stock crash as . . . → Read More if you dare: The Moral Hazard and Gold

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Empire of Debt

Recommended by Dub – “Empire of Debt” by Addison and Wiggins, who are the wits responsible for The Daily Reckoning. Another to add to the pile after I demolish the current Femme Fiction offering.

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