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There is No Engine For Global Growth Pt 3 (the US) September 26, 2012 http://gainspainscapital.com  http://albertpeia.com/theresnoengineforglobalgrowth3.htm  The following is excerpt from a recent issue of Private Wealth Advisory. In it I outline why the world is entering a stagflationary disaster. To find out more about Private Wealth Advisory and how it can help you crush the market Click Here!  {  I feel compelled to add here what I felt was more than just a leap of faith by Mr. Summers who has in a recent public issue stated that he believes the biggest frauds on wall street will be brought to justice. Wow! Thats really all I can say. The next thing he might say is that pervasively corrupt, defacto bankrupt america et als, along with the manipulated fraudulent securities markets, are legitimate. Wow! In his fact-filled renderings, focus more on Mr. Summers facts, fact-based inferences and conclusions, and less on his unsupportable opinions as, ie., prosecutions of the biggest wall street frauds are acomin, or that meaningfully lawless americas suddenly grown scruples. Wow! } ‘In the last few days weve assessed how both China and Europe are no longer engines for global growth. So what about the US? By all counts, the latest ISM (a measure of manufacturing in the US) was a complete and total disaster. In August the ISM hit 49. Anything below 50 is considered a recessionary rating.However, things are even worse below the surface. The ISM is made up of several components. Its Production component is back to May 2009 levels. The New Orders component is back to April 2009 levels.And worse of all, Prices Paid is up to 54, up from a reading of just 39 in July. In simple terms this tells us that inflation is hitting lift off in the US at the very same time that we are entering a recession that could be on par with that of 2008. And with corn and soybean prices at or near record highs, we could be on the verge of a stagflationary disaster combined with a food crisis at the very same time. We get additional confirmation of a major economic contraction from corporate earnings. Recently weve seen earnings forecast cuts from Fed Ex, Bed Bath and Beyond, Proctor and Gamble, Adobe, Starbucks, McDonalds and more.  Indeed, when you remove financials, S&P 500 earnings FELL year over year for 2Q12. This is hardly indicative of a strong economy. The fact a record number of Americans are on food stamps doesnt bode well either. And the Rasmussen Employment Index indicates worker confidence is at levels not seen since the FALL OF 2008!  All of this, combined with the following:

1)   Median income today is lower than it was during at the end of 2009 (when the recession supposedly ended)

2)   The percentage of Americans on food stamps has increased from 11% to nearly 15%

3)   The average unemployment duration has increased from 30 weeks to nearly 40 weeks

4)   The civilian employment to population ratio hasnt budged

5)   Industrial production has yet to exceed its former peak (a first in post WW-II recoveries)

And this has happened despite the Feds massive intervention in the markets/economy…’ ,  Daves Daily: http://www.etfdigest.com    EUROZONE CONTAGION RETURNS TO MARKETS 9-26-12 Sure were back from a brief trip but were not a big deal. No, its the rascals in the eurozone who return to annoy us like a bad habit. Spain is front and center now even as rioters are also out in full force in Greece. The issue in Spain is quite simple. Spain needs a bailout but in order to qualify they must meet conditions and thats politically toxic to the public. More austerity is something leaders just cant sell although its said to be working on this behind closed doors. Even the old province of Catalonia is threatening to hold a referendum to secede from Spain.To make matters worse it isnt just the eurozone making things worse but in China as well. Shanghai indexes fell to levels not seen since 2009 and are down nearly 10% on the quarter. This is the poor result even as the PBOC cut bank reserve requirements and borrowing costs twice this year. In the U.S. the Fed is underwriting the U.S. budget deficit through its QE operations. This is like having economic policies in the I.C.U. and on a feeding tube. When the ink runs dry the patient hits the fiscal cliff a la Thelma & Louise.There was some excitement over New Home Sales data released Wednesday. Homes sold disappointed dropping (373K vs 380 expected) but prices paid rose 11.2% which was a surprise. { No! Not so surprising given the over-printed fiat currency/dollar debasement strategies being employed even as fewer and fewer are employed. }  Nevertheless the chart from the Fed shows things still trolling along the bottom.  http://albertpeia.com/bottomfeeders.gif  The big market boost from ECB and Fed QE may have run its course for now. Perhaps the best we can hope for now is to just churn about here barring more poor results. The Draghi & Bernanke Puts should underpin markets but sometimes you just cant overcome the bad news with money printing. Even Bernanke said the Fed has done all it can and now we await the election and the path forward with whoever wins. Whoever wins wont have an easy job given a lack of political consensus.After a large rally its logical to see some profit-taking and a more cautious wait and see approach. In this regard weve seen reversals with the dollar (UUP); gold (GLD); equities (SPY); commodities (DBC); energy (USO); bonds (TLT); emerging markets (EEM) and, in the eurozone certainly (EZU). Domestic U.S. sector ETFs such as homebuilders (ITB) saw serious selling along with energy (XLE).Volume has picked-up with selling these past two days and this is a typical pattern. Breadth per the WSJ was negative overall…’ ,   Fed Virtually Funding the Entire US Deficit  CNBC | If this becomes the new ordinary, its hard to imagine the Feds maneuvering room should another crisis hit, economist Lindsay said. { Another crisis? Folks, the nation is insurmountably defacto bankrupt, along with a panoply of other problems, not the least of which is pervasive crime and corruption. This is a crisis! }  ,  Chicago Fed Asks "What Are Asset Bubbles" As Its President Calls For Even More QE  ,  Guest Post: Why QE May Not Boost Stocks After All  , Europe Goes Pear-Shaped ,  Gold Holds As Equity Dead-Dog-Bounce Folds  ,  iNflation: Americans Spend Less On Food, Movies To Pay For Soaring Cell Phone Obsession   

 

USPS Bailout Imminent: Postal Service Will Miss September 30 'Mandated' Payment

Color us unsurprised by this litte gem (via Bloomberg):

  • *POSTAL SERVICE SAYS IT WON'T MAKE MANDATED PAYMENT ON SEPT. 30
  • *POSTAL SERVICE COMMENTS ON HEALTH BENEFITS PAYMENT IN E-MAIL
  • *U.S. POSTAL SERVICE SAYS OPERATIONS WON'T BE AFFECTED

Miss a payment here, miss a payment there; never mind. It would appear that everyone wants to be bailed out before the election so they can pledge votes for taxpayer cash…

 

Quote Of The Day: Iran > US, EU

Today's quote of the day award goes to...

  • AHMADINEJAD SAYS SITUATION IN IRAN `NOT SO DIRE'

AHMADINEJAD SAYS IRAN ECONOMY `CERTAINLY BETTER' THAN U.S., EU

 

 

 

Guest Post: Globalist Think Tank Suggests Using Engineered Event As Excuse For War With Iran

What is interesting about this discussion by the Washington Institute For Near East Policy, a Neocon (Globalist) think-tank, is that its primary purpose is not necessarily to debate the current political elements of the Iranian question.  They aren't contemplating the viability or morality of a war with Iran.  Instead, they are attempting to devise strategies by which the government could CONVINCE the American public and the world that a war with Iran is the "right thing to do", even if it means fabricating their own justification.  For them, the war is a forgone conclusion, and they will do anything to make it a reality. { This world cannot afford war as ‘a strategy’!  }

 

 

California Screaming As 4th Muni Bankruptcy Looms in Atwater

Whether Atwater, California will join the prodigious ranks of Stockton, San Bernardino, and Mammoth Lakes to become the 4th Muni bankruptcy is up for vote on October 3rd (before a $2mm bond payment in November). As Bloomberg notes, the 28,000-strong Merced county town is suffering under the same weight of public employee costs, lost revenue, and a stagnant economy leaving it with a $3.3 million budget deficit. While some put their hope in the FB IPO, perhaps Bernanke should have mandated investment in AAPL for all these municipal comptrollers? The median income is 19% below the national average as the foreclosure crisis - which saw Atwater's median home price drop by more than half - has depleted property-tax revenues dramatically. "We just started negotiating with our unions and they are going to have to take a major cut," Mayor Joan Faul said. "We hope that once we declare a fiscal emergency, that they will realize that we are definitely in an emergency. If they want to save all the jobs, everyone is going to have to take a cut,"

 

 

Less Than Expected 31,000 New Homes Sold In August; Dent "Recovery" Meme

Moments ago, the Census Bureau released the August new single-family house sales number: at 373,000 on an annualized basis, it missed expectations of a rise to 380,000, and was down from a revised 374,000. This is only the second miss in 2012, and confirms that all talk of a housing recovery is misguided, and merely represents one particular segment of the housing market: that of existing home sales where buyers have all cash, are price indiscriminate, and are willing to take advantage of the NAR's exemptions from anti-money laundering provisions. I.e., US real estate is merely a place to park cash for those who have obtained it using questionable means. Looking at the number on a non-SAAR basis reveals that only 31,000 actual houses sold in August, of which 3,000 in the Northeast: surely a reason to keep on bidding up the builders into the stratosphere: fear not, actual sales will come. Eventually. Finally, and demonstrating that rich buyers focus primarily on dumping money into existing mansions, was the distribution of purchases by price bucket, which showed a (Z), or under 500 houses sold, in the $750,000+ category. This was the first time there was a (Z) in this bucket since February.

 

 

 

Frontrunning: September 26

  • China To Maintain Prudent Monetary Policy (China Daily)
  • Why Exit Is An Option For Germany (FT)
  • China-Japan Ministers Hold 'Severe' Talks As Spat Damages Trade (Bloomberg)
  • Eurozone Deal Over Bank Bailout In Doubt (FT)
  • UBS Co-Workers Knew of Fake Trades, Adoboli Told Lawyer (Bloomberg)
  • Banks Seek Changes To Research Settlement (FT)
  • Secession Crisis Heaps Pain On Spain (FT)
  • SEC: NY Firm Allowed HFT Manipulation (Bloomberg) - busted 'providing liquidity'?
  • Germany To Tap Brakes ON High-Speed Trading (WSJ)
  • Rajoy Outlines Fresh Overhauls (WSJ)
  • BBC Apologizes To Queen Over Radical Cleric Leak (Reuters)
  • British Banks Step Back From Libor Role (WSJ)
  • Obama Seeks To Recast Ties With Arab World (FT)

 

 

Violent Protests Swirl in Spain As Regions Seethe

RT.com | The protesters called for members of Parliament members to be sacked for misleading the voters with austerity measures.


 

Quantitative Easing Did Not Work For The Weimar Republic Either

Economic Collapse | Did printing vast quantities of money work for the Weimar Republic? Nope. And it wont work for us either.

 

Is the era of free checking accounts over?

The Week | The financial industry is forcing customers to pay more just to park their money at the bank.


 

Is the Fiscal Cliff “Taxmageddon,” or Too Little, Too Late?

Thomas R. Eddlem | The anti-tax foundation Americans for Tax Reform has labeled the end of the Bush-era tax cuts that are scheduled to expire at the end of this year .


 

The Declining Economic Freedom Of The United States

Zero Hedge | The United States, long considered the standard bearer for economic freedom among large industrial nations, has experienced a remarkable plunge in economic freedom during the past decade.

 

 

 

 

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Impeach Obama 2012. Join the National Campaign

Infowars.com | Now is the time to put an end to Obama’s treasonous and tyrannical behavior.

http://albertpeia.com/impeachobama.htm

Nancy Pelosi Wants to Amend the First Amendment Kurt Nimmo | When Pelosi says “special interests,” she means interests opposed to establishment Democrats. [ Here’s a look at the pelosi / wobama styled new california  ( 16 Reasons To Move Away From California  http://albertpeia.com/16reasonstomoveawayfromcalifornia.htm  ) . pelosi’s incompetent / senile in that chronological order. At this point, wobama the b for b***s*** is just incompetent but acts and seems as if he’s senile, particularly with regard to previous things he’s said and prior promises that he’s made. ]

Wobama’s Choom Gang Bangin’ { This brief video (11 mb) is well done and worth a watch!  }

http://www.albertpeia.com/wobamaschoomgangbangin.wmv 

 

PAPER: Obama's grandfather tortured by the British? A fantasy (like most of the President's own memoir)... {  http://albertpeia.com/wobamaschoomgangfantasy.htm  }

 

 

 

Drudgereport: Obama: 'Sometimes I Forget' Magnitude of Recession…{ Oh! How conveniently forgetful, though the vast majority of americans don’t have wobama’s luxury of feigned amnesia suffering from what wobama did and didn’t do contrary to promises last time around the perpetual campaign trail littered with his typical jive-talking b***s***! The following headline will help him remember some of his sordid, pot-clouded high school past! }...
FLASHBACK: Obama's Sordid High School Past...
By Ben Shapiro ‘While the Washington Post has been diligently digging into relatively innocent high school pranks by Mitt Romney, they’ve spent the last few years diligently ignoring President Obama’s far more controversial high school days.Obama, by all accounts, was a habitual drug user in high school. He tried cocaine, he admits in Dreams From My Father; he “tried drugs enthusiastically.” The Chicago Tribune reported back in 2007 that Obama thanked the “Choom Gang” in his high school yearbook; “chooming” was Hawaiian slang for smoking pot. The Honolulu Advertiser reported that Obama’s senior portrait “prominently displayed … A package of ‘Zig-Zag’ rolling papers and a matchbook.” One of Obama’s close friends was arrested for drug possession during high school.In his memoir, Obama talked about routinely getting high. “Junkie. Pothead,” he wrote. “That’s where I’d been headed: the final, fatal role of the young would-be black man.” But, according to Obama, he only got high because he was contemplating deep matters: drugs could “push questions of who I was out of my mind.” Obama told students in 2007 that this activity constituted “goofing off” and “wasting time”:"I will confess to you that I was kind of a goof off in high school as my mom reminded me," Obama said. "I went to high school in Hawaii, so there's a lot of opportunity to goof off because the weather is really good all the time …"You know, I made some bad decisions …. You know, got into drinking and experimenting with drugs. There was a whole stretch of time where I didn't apply myself. It wasn't until I got out of … high school, and went to college that I started realizing, man, I wasted a lot of time.”The New York Times, however, went out of its way to find Obama’s classmates to testify that drugs played only a “bit part” in Obama’s youth. Yet Obama would later brag on the campaign trail that he “inhaled frequently … that was the point.”During his high school years, Obama hung out with communist radical Frank Marshall Davis; in 2007, the Los Angeles Times reported that during his high school days, “he felt the first stirrings of anger toward whites. He says he also delved into black nationalism.” He was “offended or even enraged when white classmates adopted black street slang or revealed their underlying consciousness of his race by going out of their way to tell him how much they admired a black musician or athlete.” This activity is certainly more reflective of Obama’s ideological history than Mitt Romney’s pranks on teachers and fellow students. And as for the drug use – well, that seems just a bit more serious than walking a teacher into a door or cutting a student’s hair. But leave it to the Post to ignore or downplay all of that in favor of continuing stories about Romney’s dog, his high school hijinks, and whatever other nonsense they can use to protect President Obama from his own incompetence.Ben Shapiro is Breitbart News Editor-at-Large.  Follow him on twitter @benshapiro.
Cracks in the Washington Post story on Romney’s ‘pranks’ emerge
Correction Request: Washington Post Uses Falsehood in Romney Hit Piece
Media Downplays Obama's Past, Tries to Define Romney with Teen Prank
If we're going to delve deep into a candidate's past, let's delve deep into a candidate's past. Here's Obama in his own words admitting to physically shoving a little girl named Coretta. Yes, it was at this moment that the first shot in the War on Women was fired.   http://albertpeia.com/obamashovesgirl.png

 No doubt that after expending all that energy bullying an innocent little girl, young Obama readied himself for round two by eating a Golden Retriever. More on this breaking story here.If you're wondering what the rules are regarding a candidate's past; how far back we're allowed to go in an attempt to define them -- the answer is simple: the corrupt media will let us know.
Washington Post Disgraces Itself By Targeting Romney's 'Anti-Gay' High School Pranks

Obama WILL NOT pursue gay marriage as part of party platform...
STONE: 'Playing a cruel and cynical game'...
Unites Republicans?
New Black Panther Niggers Plan Newspaper Cover With Zimmerman In Noose { and civilized people everywhere should respond with niggers in nooses and contributions to the Klu Klux Klan! } ...
LOONEY CLOONEYLAND: BIG CAMPAIGN BOXOFFICE FOR NIGGERO – Meanwhile, looney clooneyland ain’t doin’ so well with the niggero model – see next headline! ...

Failed Wobama model illustrated: 16 Reasons To Move Away From California 
http://albertpeia.com/16reasonstomoveawayfromcalifornia.htm
Postal Service loses $3.2b in first quarter...
78% of California 8th graders fail national science test...

 

 

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A Warning Sign For The World  http://albertpeia.com/warningsignfortheworld.htm  , Inventor of World Wide Web Savages Government’s Big Brother Plans  http://albertpeia.com/bernersleeantibigbrotherwebintrusion.htm , 16 Reasons To Move Away From California  http://albertpeia.com/16reasonstomoveawayfromcalifornia.htm  ,  20 Signs You Might Be A Typical American Worker  http://albertpeia.com/20signsoftypicalamericanworker.htm , 10 Signs That America Is Decomposing Right In Front Of Our Eyes   http://albertpeia.com/10signsamericadecomposing.htm , Soylent Pepsi is People  http://albertpeia.com/soylentpepsi.htm  Infowars.com | Ground up dead baby fetuses… just business as usual. {  Well, let’s not kid ourselves; there’s likely canabalism in wobama’s line! How totally disgusting. I’ll never drink pepsi ever again! } New Obama Executive Order Pushes Us Closer To A North American Union And A One World Economic System http://albertpeia.com/wobamaexecorderforoneworldgovernment.htm { The truly astounding thing here is that without exception, these respective nations, from largest to smallest, can’t even manage themselves, their own nations properly, efficiently; and then there’s the inevitable corruption, ‘bigger and better?’. Come on! More obfuscation! In a world such as this, human nature being what it is, ‘bigger is definitely not better’! They’re pushing on a string! Time for accountability! Time to pay the piper! Additionally, people must come to grips with the reality that wobama hasn’t the slightest idea what he’s doing; hence, the over-vacationed teleprompter reader whose ‘handlers’ have literally taken over policy, with some ‘slick’ maneuvering to try and repackage him; ultimately to no avail inasmuch as his disastrous results at home and abroad speak volumes. If only he had done what he said he was going to do last campaign, this nation and the world would have been in a better position today! } , Military Winning War Over Pensions Bruce Krasting 05/02/2012 Why is the Military Retirement Fund exploding higher? http://albertpeia.com/militarypensiondebacle.htm , This Is the First Time In History that All Central Banks Have Printed Money at the Same Time … And They’re Failing Miserably Washington’s Blog | Simultaneous Global Printing Is Failing Miserably. Why New York Times Economist Paul Krugman Is Partly Right But Mostly Wrong http://albertpeia.com/nyteconomistkrugmanwrong.htm  , NBER's Martin Feldstein Bashes The Deplorable US Economy, Says Bernanke Has Engineered Another Stock Bubble Tyler Durden 5-2-12 , Hugh Hendry On Europe "You Can't Make Up How Bad It Is" ,  Biderman Makes Friends: "Bankers Are As Dumb As Politicians" , Guest Post: 3 Likely Triggers Of The Next Recession {  Financial Crisis Phase II Is Ahead at Forbes Bert Dohmen ‘ In late 2007, I wrote the book Prelude To Meltdown, predicting the global crisis that occurred the following year.  I now see a similar confluence of events .. “the new recession has started.”… Over the past 33 years, we have called the start of every recession..Currently, the GDP deflator is 1.8%, which hardly reflects the true rise in prices. Therefore, what is counted as “growth,” is actually price increases. Actual inflation..is now more than 11%. Using that to adjust GDP for inflation, would show that the economy is now in a very sharp contraction…’ }   ] , Zuckerman To CNBC: "The Recession Never Ended" 8 Reasons Why The Greek Debt Deal May Not Stop A Chaotic Greek Debt Default   http://albertpeia.com/8reasonsgreekdebtdefaultstillcoming.htm , 55 Interesting Facts About The U.S. Economy In 2012   http://albertpeia.com/55factsaboutus2012economy.htm  ,  http://albertpeia.com/debtpercapita.jpg  , Double-dip recession setting in across eurozone: EU , America 1950 vs. America 2012    http://albertpeia.com/downhillslideofamerica.htm , Society’s Five Stages of Economic Collapse  http://albertpeia.com/5stagesofcollapse.htm ,  No Housing Recovery - Case Shiller Shows 8th Consecutive Month Of House Price Declines, Goldman: Germany Is Now On The Hook By €1 Trillion (Or 40% Of GDP), 20 Economic Statistics To Use To Wake Sheeple Up From Their Entertainment-Induced Comas  http://albertpeia.com/20ecostatstowakesheeple.htm  , Central bank balance sheet expansion since end 2007  Mar 1st, 2012 by News (ZeroHedge) — SNB +230%; Fed +222%, BOJ +125%, BOE +87%, PBOC +93%, ECB +51%. USA Gold / PG View: Pretty strong evidence that the rally in bonds — and by extension the rally in stocks — is nothing but a charade. , 10.7 Percent: Unemployment In Europe Is Worse Than It Was At The Peak Of The Last Recession  http://albertpeia.com/europeunemploymentworsethanrecession.htm , Inflation Is A Tax And The Federal Reserve Is Taxing The Living Daylights Out Of Us   http://albertpeia.com/inflationisatax.htm  , 15 Potentially Massive Threats To The U.S. Economy Over The Next 12 Months  http://albertpeia.com/15massivethreatstoeconomy.htm , 1 Through 30 – The Coming U.S. Financial Crisis By The Numbers http://albertpeia.com/1-30usfinancialcrisiscoming.htm Greece Has Defaulted - Which Country In Europe Is Next?    http://albertpeia.com/greecehasdefaultedwhonext.htm , Five Charts That Prove We’re in a Depression and That the Federal Reserve and Washington Are Wasting Money gpc1981  http://albertpeia.com/usindepressionfedandgovwastingmoney.htm  , Broken Promises: Pensions All Over America Are Being Savagely Cut Or Are Vanishing Completely .http://albertpeia.com/uspensionscutorvanishing.htm  , America Is Being Transformed From A Wealthy Nation Into A Poor Nation At Breathtaking Speed   http://albertpeia.com/ustransformedfromwealthytopoor.htm , ECRI Stays with Recession Call  New American | The vicious cycle is starting where lower sales, lower production, lower employment and lower income [leads] back to lower sales…BOB ADELMANN New American Tuesday, March 13, 2012 http://albertpeia.com/ecricallsrecession.htm , Consumer prices rise on high gas costs But outside higher pump prices, inflation stayed mild. (Washington Post) [ Wake up! They’d have a hard time denying what’s in plain sight for everyone to see. Yet, apparently they’ve not gone grocery shopping lately; you know, all that catered food for fools in Washington.  , Financial Crisis Phase II Is Ahead at Forbes Bert Dohmen ‘ In late 2007, I wrote the book Prelude To Meltdown, predicting the global crisis that occurred the following year.  I now see a similar confluence of events that warns of phase II of the global crisis… My work shows that “the new recession has started.”… Over the past 33 years, we have called the start of every recession, often on the exact month, or within one month, of the official start as determined one year later by the official arbiter of recession, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)… However, inflation is far understated for political reasons. Currently, the GDP deflator is 1.8%, which hardly reflects the true rise in prices. Therefore, what is counted as “growth,” is actually price increases. Actual inflation, according to free market economists who calculate inflation as it was done in 1980 before the politician re-engineered it, is now more than 11%. Using that to adjust GDP for inflation, would show that the economy is now in a very sharp contraction…’ , Conned 2012: Joseph Kony Is A CIA Contractor  [ Yeah, cia, mossad, kony, they look like and are a bunch of spooks. ] Saman Mohammadi | Former European MP, journalist, and author Richard Cottrell says Lord Resistance Army is backed by CIA and Mossad. , 11 Reasons Why America Would Be A Better Place Without Goldman Sachs [ If only it was just 11 and not an endless number of reasons why the aforesaid is true! And, though america particularly, not just america, but the entire world as well! ] http://albertpeia.com/americabetterwithoutgoldmansachs.htm   , The Obama Flag: Who Decided That It Was Okay To Replace The Stars On The American Flag With The Face Of Barack Obama? http://endoftheamericandream.com http://albertpeia.com/monkeyflag.htm   [Aside from the desecration issues, from a purely aesthetic perspective, that picture on the flag of that ugly monkey obama is an absolute disgrace and affront to any rational person’s aesthetic sensibilities!] , Who Decided That It Would Be A Good Idea.... http://albertpeia.com/misplacedfaith.htm , Chimps Throwing Poop And 29 Other Mind Blowing Ways That The Government Is Wasting Your Money  http://albertpeia.com/whydochimpslikeobamasthrowpoop29waysgovernmentwastesmoney.htm  , Failed Wobama model illustrated: 16 Reasons To Move Away From California  http://albertpeia.com/16reasonstomoveawayfromcalifornia.htm  , No Housing Recovery Until 2020 In 5 Simple Charts
http://albertpeia.com/nohousingrecoveryuntil2020in5charts.htm
, The Mother Of All Infographics: Visualizing America's Derivatives Universe   Fasten Your Seatbelts: High Frequency Trading Is Coming To The Treasury Market    [ , As US Rakes Largest Monthly Deficit In History, 2012 Tax Revenues Net Of Refunds Trail 2011Guest Post: Money from Nothing - A Primer On Fake Wealth Creation And Its Implications (Part 1)What is fraud except creating “value” from nothing and passing it off as something? Frauds interlink and grow upon each other. Our debt-based money system serves as the fraud foundation. In our debt-based money system, debt must grow in order to create money. Therefore, there is no way to pay off aggregate debt with available money. More money must be lent into the system to make the payments for old debts. This causes overall debt to expand as new money for actual people (vs. banks) always arrives at interest and compounds exponentially. This process is called financialization. Financialization: The process of making money from nothing in which debt (i.e. poverty, lack) is paradoxically considered an asset (i.e. wealth, gain). In current financialized economies “wealth expansion” comes from the parasitic taxation of productivity in the form of interest on fiat lending. This interest over time consumes a greater and greater share of resources, assets, labor, and livelihood until nothing is left., Guest Post: Money from Nothing - A Primer on Fake Wealth Creation and its Implications (Part 2) Only in a debt-based money system could debt be curiously cast as an asset. We’ve made “extend and pretend” a quaint phrase for a burgeoning market for financial lying and profiteering aimed toward preventing the collapse of a debt- (or lack-) based system that was already doomed by its initial design to collapse. , Guest Post: The Audacity of Bonuses At MF GlobalIn the spirit of George Orwell’s Animal Farm commandment: “all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal then others” comes the galling news that bankruptcy trustee, Louis Freeh, could approve the defunct, MF Global to pay bonuses to certain senior executives. This, despite the fact that nearly $1.6 billion of customer funds remains “missing” or otherwise partially accounted for, yet beyond the reach of those customers, perhaps forever, since before the firm declared bankruptcy on October 31, 2011...