The latest public links posted by ian. http://myprops.org/usercontent/ian/?m=4 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:21:24 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Post by batshwing: Consumer Price Level up DESPITE: 18-Nov-09 12:01 pm 1) Highest unemployment in decades 2) Highest savings rate in decades 3) Highest outstanding consumer debt contraction rate in decades 4) Highest debt default rates in decades 5) Greatest deflation fears in 80 years 6) Highest bank failure rate in decades 7) 500 Trillion in world-wide derivatives notional ("=the Tsunami which never washed ashore") 8) 50% of mortgages under water prediction 9) ... http://myprops.org/content/Consumer-Price-Level-up-DESPITE-585396/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:06:45 GMT Warning for perma bulls: listening to this could seriously alter your world view. More by Peter Schiff http://myprops.org/content/Wall-Street-Unspun-with-Peter-Schiff-internet-radio-show-November-18-2009-recording/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:51:47 GMT In a report entitled "Worst-case debt scenario", the bank's asset team said state rescue packages over the last year have merely transferred private liabilities onto sagging sovereign shoulders, creating a fresh set of problems. Overall debt is still far too high in almost all rich economies as a share of GDP (350pc in the US), whether public or private. It must be reduced by the hard slog of "deleveraging", for years. "As yet, nobody can say with any certainty ... http://myprops.org/content/Socit-Gnrale-tells-clients-how-to-prepare-for-global-collapse/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:33:12 GMT (Bloomberg) This is a must see interview for everyone. Marc Faber Says `Sky Will Be The Limit' for Rising Gold Price. Faber says the US will print and print and print money for years, maybe 5 years or longer. He says in 5 years 50% of US tax revenue will be used to cover US interest payments and at that point complete monetization will be necessary. He doesn't believe the US stimulus will be withdrawn. He sees another stimulus plan coming in the US and even more after that. He sees ... http://myprops.org/content/Marc-Faber-Says-Sky-Will-Be-The-Limit-for-Rising-Gold-Price/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:27:06 GMT Warning for perma bulls: listening to this could seriously alter your world view. More by Peter Schiff http://myprops.org/content/Wall-Street-Unspun-with-Peter-Schiff-internet-radio-show-November-11-2009-recording/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:13:24 GMT Interstate Love Song - Live - Stone Temple Pilots http://myprops.org/content/Interstate-Love-Song-Live-Stone-Temple-Pilots/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:20:17 GMT Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song Waiting on a Sunday afternoon For what I read between the lines, Your lies. Feelin' like a hand in rusted shame So do you laugh, or does it cry? Reply? Leavin' on a southern train Only yesterday, you lied, Promises of what I seemed to be Only watch the time go by, All of these things you said to me. Breathing, is the hardest thing to do With all I've said and all that's dead for you. You Lied - Good bye. Leavin' on a southern ... http://myprops.org/content/Stone-Temple-Pilots-Interstate-Love-Song-acoustic-live/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:48:34 GMT Warning for perma bulls: listening to this could seriously alter your world view. More by Peter Schiff http://myprops.org/content/Wall-Street-Unspun-with-Peter-Schiff-internet-radio-show-November-04-2009-recording/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:53:19 GMT Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly Video - HD 720p High Definition. Hilarious. http://myprops.org/content/Foo-Fighters-Learn-To-Fly-HD-720p/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:32:15 GMT Warning for perma bulls: listening to this could seriously alter your world view. More by Peter Schiff http://myprops.org/content/Wall-Street-Unspun-with-Peter-Schiff-internet-radio-show-October-28-2009-recording/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:53:29 GMT Warning for perma bulls: listening to this could seriously alter your world view. More by Peter Schiff http://myprops.org/content/Wall-Street-Unspun-with-Peter-Schiff-internet-radio-show-October-22-2009-recording/ Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:07:24 GMT Genesis - Abacab - Mama Tour - 1984 - HQ - studio version http://myprops.org/content/Genesis-Abacab-Mama-Tour-1984-HQ/ Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:35:46 GMT Full article http://myprops.org/content/35-Years-of-the-Worlds-Best-Microscope-Photography/ Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:02:46 GMT Warning for perma bulls: listening to this could seriously alter your world view. More by Peter Schiff http://myprops.org/content/Wall-Street-Unspun-with-Peter-Schiff-internet-radio-show-October-14-2009-recording/ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:03:05 GMT By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard You can date the end of dollar hegemony from China's decision last month to sell its first batch of sovereign bonds in Chinese yuan to foreigners. Beijing does not need to raise money abroad since it has $2 trillion (£1.26 trillion) in reserves. The sole purpose is to prepare the way for the emergence of the yuan as a full-fledged global currency. "It's the tolling of the bell," said Michael Power from Investec Asset Management. "We are ... http://myprops.org/content/China-calls-time-on-dollar-hegemony/ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:40:57 GMT by Martin Hutchinson October 12, 2009 The Financial Times last Tuesday noted a disturbing new trend - hedge fund and other investors are increasingly seeking to invest in physical commodities themselves, rather than in futures. Given the excess of global liquidity, this is not entirely surprising. It does, however, raise an ominous possibility of a supply shortage in one or more commodities, caused by investor demand that exceeds available mine output and inventory. That could potentially ... http://myprops.org/content/When-Money-Becomes-Worthless/ Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:58:18 GMT Robert Plant's voice was a 10 out of 10 in 1969. By 1974 it had degraded to 6 out of 10; by 1980, don't even ask. This was Led Zeppelin at their best (too bad the fidelity of the recording is not great). http://myprops.org/content/Led-Zeppelin-Dazed-and-Confused-1969-Denmark-and-London/ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:26:06 GMT Classic performance. http://myprops.org/content/Led-Zeppelin-Black-Dog-live-1973/ Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:38:37 GMT Warning for perma bulls: listening to this could seriously alter your world view. More by Peter Schiff http://myprops.org/content/Wall-Street-Unspun-with-Peter-Schiff-internet-radio-show-October-07-2009-recording/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:53:34 GMT RSS Search Feed for 'inflation' in Finance. (You can now get RSS feeds for any search term, either ordinary search or category search ... Just click the RSS link at the top of the search results.) http://myprops.org/content/MyProps-Inflation-News-RSS-Feed/ Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:35:14 GMT RSS Search Feed for 'gold' in Finance. (You can now get RSS feeds for any search term, either ordinary search or category search ... Just click the RSS link at the top of the search results.) http://myprops.org/content/MyProps-Gold-Investors-RSS-Feed/ Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:06:48 GMT With what has happened in the world of late and what will be unfolding in the next 5 years or so those few investors who fully understand the impact the current economic situation is going to have on future inflation, the USD, interest rates, the stock market, physical gold and silver and gold and silver stocks and warrants in particular are going to be in the unique position of being the benefactors of currently unimaginable returns and wealth. All they need do, as I like to say, is "Just ... http://myprops.org/content/Can-Gold-and-Silver-Equities-Expect-5000-percent-Returns-Again/ Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:32:23 GMT Three Government Reports Point to Fiscal Doomsday by Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. 10-05-09 When our leaders have no awareness of the disastrous consequences of their actions, they can claim ignorance and take no action. Or when our leaders have no hard evidence as to what might happen in the future, they can at least claim uncertainty. But when they have full knowledge of an impending disaster . they have proof of its inevitability in ANY scenario . and they so declare in their official ... http://myprops.org/content/Three-Government-Reports-Point-to-Fiscal-Doomsday/ Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:40:37 GMT The US already has over $100 Trillion in obligations. The "stimulus" spending will not stop and cannot stop. Unemployment is still rising. Home prices are still falling. Rates must be kept low. The US wants to "re-flate" its economy. A weaker dollar helps accomplish this. The United States wants and needs a weaker dollar. Meanwhile China is still growing, building out infrastructure and locking down huge quantities of commodities through deals with major companies and countries worldwide. ... http://myprops.org/content/Gold-at-3000-an-ounce-is-going-to-look-dirt-cheapbefore-2010-is-done/ Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:19:42 GMT 41 years difference, wow. http://myprops.org/content/Rolling-Stones-Paint-It-Black-1966-and-2007/ Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:36:14 GMT They were on fire this day. http://myprops.org/content/Rush-La-Villa-Strangiato-10-13-2002-in-HQ/ Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:22:25 GMT Absolutely sick drumming. I tried to find a mistake but could not. http://myprops.org/content/RUSH-SUBDIVISIONS-A-DRUMMING-TRIBUTE-BY-RAY-HARBER-HD/ Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:13:53 GMT Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The number of U.S. lenders that can't collect on at least 20 percent of their loans hit an 18-year high, signaling that more bank failures and losses could slow an economic recovery. Units of Frontier Financial Corp.,Towne Bancorp Inc. and Steel Partners Holdings LP are among 26 firms with more than one-fifth of their loans 90 days overdue or not accruing interest as of June 30 -- a level of distress almost five times the national average -- according to Federal Deposit ... http://myprops.org/content/Banks-With-20-percent-Unpaid-Loans-at-18-Year-High-Doubts-Over-Recovery-Deepen-957497/ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:29:39 GMT Commentary and weekly watch by Doug Noland I was inspired to put a few thoughts together after pondering Jim Grant's interesting op-ed piece in last Saturday's Wall Street Journal, "From Bear to Bull". Along with Mr Grant, I don't want to be associated with the term "permabear". It implies a dogmatic lack of objectivity - the kiss of death for sound analysis. I've been bearish for awhile and I remain so. My view is firmly analytically based. Yet it doesn't mean that I ... http://myprops.org/content/From-Bear-to-Bear/ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:39:27 GMT David Serchuk, 09.22.09, 6:00 PM ET It's tempting to consider gold overbought. It currently trades at $1,017 an ounce, near its all-time high. It's survived two asset bubbles with flying colors. It sells for three times its April 2001 decade low of $255 an ounce. Now you have all kinds of cheesy, late night TV pitch-men screaming that they will buy your gold while former Richard Nixon staffers hock gold coins--things seem a bit overheated. Two years ago it was time to quit your job and get a ... http://myprops.org/content/Golds-No-Bubble-823408/ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:29:21 GMT Top investors in precious metals are waiting for a pullback to buy, but they say gold looks like a promising inflation hedge well into the future. China is hungry for it, too. By Bill Fleckenstein On a recent trip to New York, I had the opportunity to meet with my (very successful) metal trader friends and some other smart investors, as well as listen to a star-studded cast of brilliant thinkers/investors who shared their world views at the Grant's Interest Rate Observer fall ... http://myprops.org/content/The-case-for-inflation-and-gold/ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:27:30 GMT Stocks opened the new month and new quarter with a tumble following disappointing reports on jobless claims and the ISM manufacturing survey. The Dow fell 2.10%, the S&P lost 2.58% and the Nasdaq shed 3.06% Thursday, once again raising questions about the rally's sustainability. Bill Strazzullo, chief market strategist of Bell Curve Trading in Boston, isn't ready to declare the bull dead, but he is advising clients to reign in their horns. "The time for aggressive buying has ... http://myprops.org/content/Time-for-Aggressive-Buying-Has-Past-Stocks-Slump-to-Start-Q4/ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:24:06 GMT Warning for perma bulls: listening to this could seriously alter your world view. More by Peter Schiff http://myprops.org/content/Wall-Street-Unspun-with-Peter-Schiff-internet-radio-show-September-30-2009-recording/ Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:44:33 GMT Sounds better than the studio version. http://myprops.org/content/Rush-Limelight-Live/ Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:00:20 GMT One word: brilliant. http://myprops.org/content/Rush-Red-Barchetta-live/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:00:28 GMT Warning for perma bulls: listening to this could seriously alter your world view. More by Peter Schiff http://myprops.org/content/Wall-Street-Unspun-with-Peter-Schiff-internet-radio-show-September-23-2009-recording/ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:39:33 GMT Undoubtedly you have seen some of the personal videos of the tsunami that hit Thailand and Indonesia in 2004. A normal day on the beach with the waves gently slapping the shoreline, moving back and forth as the ocean always does. For some strange reason though, the next wave does not come up to shore and the water is seemingly being pulled back into the ocean. Then, without warning, the next wave rushing toward the shore keeps growing larger and higher until the people realize that this is ... http://myprops.org/content/The-golddollar-tsunami/ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:58:07 GMT Gold bull still has a long way to run By Adam Hamilton & Scott Wright | 21.09.2009 One-thousand Federal Reserve Notes per troy ounce! This past week gold edged over $1000 to close at its highest levels ever witnessed. This much-maligned investment has nearly quadrupled since its secular bull's humble beginnings in April 2001, a fantastic 297% gain compared to the S&P 500's pathetic 7% loss over this 8+ year span. With gold being the best-performing major asset of this decade, ... http://myprops.org/content/Gold-bull-still-has-a-long-way-to-run/ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:57:02 GMT Warning for perma bulls: listening to this could seriously alter your world view. More by Peter Schiff http://myprops.org/content/Wall-Street-Unspun-with-Peter-Schiff-internet-radio-show-September-16-2009-recording/ Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:03:27 GMT The $12.1 trillion debt ceiling is fast approaching 'over the limit' status. Unless Congress raises it, Uncle Sam won't be able to pay what the country owes. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Congress has raised the debt ceiling four times in the past two years and will probably have to do it again in the next month. With the government borrowing record amounts of money, the nation's current debt ceiling of $12.1 trillion will be pierced soon. That ceiling is the cap on how much the country ... http://myprops.org/content/U.S.-governments-12.1-trillion-debt-ceiling-is-fast-approaching-over-the-limit-status.-Unless-Congress-raises-it-the-country-will-go-into-default-on-its-debt/ Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:20:06 GMT Congressman Ron Paul discusses the failures of Keynesian economics, the true cause of the financial crisis, and the need to end the Fed. http://myprops.org/content/Great-Depression-2-Ron-Paul-discusses-the-failures-of-Keynesian-economics-the-true-cause-of-the-financial-crisis-and-the-need-to-end-the-Fed/ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:16:57 GMT Both bank credit and the M3 money supply in the United States have been contracting at rates comparable to the onset of the Great Depression since early summer, raising fears of a double-dip recession in 2010 and a slide into debt-deflation. "There has been nothing like this in the USA since the 1930s," he said. "The rapid destruction of money balances is madness." The M3 "broad" money supply, watched as an early warning signal for the economy a year or so ... http://myprops.org/content/US-credit-shrinks-at-Great-Depression-rate-prompting-fears-of-double-dip-recession-34953/ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:52:05 GMT Their first meeting, and Federer won in 5 sets: 7-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-7, 7-5. Watch in HQ. Note the first ball Sampras saw hit by Federer was an ace. http://myprops.org/content/Greatest-tennis-player-of-all-times-Federer-vs-2nd-greatest-Sampras-Wimbledon-2001-Round-4-highlights/ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:30:10 GMT A normally calm and collected Roger Federer went on a mini-rage at the chair umpire of the 2009 U.S. Open Finals, during a changeover: "Do you have any rules in there, or what? Stop showing me the hand, OK. Don't tell me to be quiet, OK. When I want to talk, I'll talk, alright. I don't give a shit what he said. I just say he waited too long. Don't fucking tell me the rules. I was not allowed to challenge..." CBS was carrying the event live and was unable to censor his ... http://myprops.org/content/Federer-uses-profanity-live-on-CBS-at-the-2009-U.S.-Open-I-dont-give-a-shit-what-he-says...-Dont-fucking-tell-me-the-rules/ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:18:53 GMT The US economy faces a difficult time ahead as consumers stop spending and the fallout escalates from the collapse of the commercial real estate market, economist Nouriel Roubini told CNBC. Repeating his prediction that the economy faces a threat of a "double-dip" recession and at best a slow-growth U-shaped recovery, Roubini said in a live interview that more banks will fail and residential real estate prices have more room to decline. Additionally, non-government bonds will ... http://myprops.org/content/US-Economy-Facing-Death-by-a-Thousand-Cuts-Roubini-770520/ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:50:19 GMT Keep up to date on the latest news from dozens of high quality sources. Gold is going much higher in the next year! http://myprops.org/content/MyProps-Gold-news-feed/ Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:06:07 GMT Warning for perma bulls: listening to this could seriously alter your world view. More by Peter Schiff http://myprops.org/content/Wall-Street-Unspun-with-Peter-Schiff-internet-radio-show-September-09-2009-recording/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:54:19 GMT By Mike Swanson Gold is clearly headed to 1000 an ounce now. Last week we saw a key breakout in both gold and gold stocks, with many gold stocks up over 15% in just the past two trading sessions. The HUI and XAU both closed at new highs for the year last week too. This is key, because normally the trend in gold stocks leads the metal - meaning when gold stocks outperform the metal and go up faster than the metal it is bullish for both. For disclosure purposes I am long gold stocks. I started ... http://myprops.org/content/Gold-at-1000-Next-hot-rally-to-1300-1700-level/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:32:23 GMT Hyperinflation Nation starring Peter Schiff, Ron Paul, Jim Rogers, Tom Woods, Gerald Celente, and others. Prepare now before the US dollar is worthless. --------------------------- FORT LEE, N.J., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Inflation Association today released the following statement to its http://inflation.us members: "While the mainstream media has officially declared the U.S. recession over and an economic recovery here, NIA believes what the media sees as an ... http://myprops.org/content/Hyperinflation-Nation-3-part-video/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:31:02 GMT LONDON (Reuters) - The price of gold could rise as high as $1,600 an ounce as investors opt for assets with lasting value rather than volatile currencies, says one hedge fund manager who has increased his exposure to the precious metal. "All the fundamentals are in place. If it breaks last year's high it can go to $1,200 to $1,400 quite quickly," Pedro de Noronha, managing partner of Noster Capital told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday. Spot gold rose through the ... http://myprops.org/content/Hedge-fund-eyes-gold-at-1600/ Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:44:13 GMT History repeating itself? President Obama has been accused by some economists of making the same mistakes policymakers in the US made in the Great Depression, which followed the Wall Street crash of 1929, pictured Photo: AP His policies even have the potential to consign the US to a similar fate as Argentina, which suffered a painful and humiliating slide from first to Third World status last century, the paper says. There are "troubling similarities" between the US President's ... http://myprops.org/content/It-is-not-impossible-that-the-US-will-experience-the-kind-of-economic-collapse-from-first-to-Third-World-status-experienced-by-Argentina-under-the-national-socialist-governance-of-Juan-Peron/ Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:05:12 GMT By Nicholas Larkin Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Gold, little changed near a six- month high in London today, may rise toward $1,000 an ounce as a weakening dollar increases the metal's appeal as an alternative investment. Silver climbed to a 13-month high. The dollar slipped as much as 0.4 percent against the euro as a report showed European investor confidence increased for a second month in September. Gold tends to rise when the greenback weakens. Bullion last surpassed $1,000 on Feb. ... http://myprops.org/content/Gold-May-Advance-Toward-1000-as-Weakening-Dollar-Spurs-Demand/ Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:03:53 GMT The US Federal Reserve's policy of printing money to buy Treasury debt threatens to set off a serious decline of the dollar and compel China to redesign its foreign reserve policy, according to a top member of the Communist hierarchy. By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, in Cernobbio, Italy Published: 9:06PM BST 06 Sep 2009 Cheng Siwei, former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee and now head of China's green energy drive, said Beijing was dismayed by the Fed's recourse to "credit ... http://myprops.org/content/The-US-Federal-Reserves-policy-of-printing-money-to-buy-Treasury-debt-threatens-to-set-off-a-serious-decline-of-the-dollar-and-compel-China-to-redesign-its-foreign-reserve-policy/ Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:03:17 GMT Warning for perma bulls: listening to this could seriously alter your world view. More by Peter Schiff http://myprops.org/content/Wall-Street-Unspun-with-Peter-Schiff-internet-radio-show-September-02-2009-recording/ Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:53:24 GMT The death of American manufacturing has been greatly exaggerated. According to U.N. statistics, the U.S. remains by far the world's largest manufacturer, producing nearly twice as much value as No. 2 China. Since 1990, U.S. manufacturing output has grown by nearly $800 billion - an amount larger than the entire manufacturing economy of Germany, a global powerhouse. But growth does not mean jobs. While sales soared (at least until the recession), manufacturing employment sank. Using constantly ... http://myprops.org/content/Yes-Well-Still-Make-Stuff-The-Future-of-Work-TIME/ Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:55:42 GMT Kitten in Japan has eyebrows (not painted on) http://myprops.org/content/Kitten-in-Japan-has-eyebrows/ Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:28:09 GMT Wow, GREAT cover. This guy is talented. Even adds his own unique touches. What a song. Good job, dude. Here is the live version by U2 that he is more or less trying to emulate (he says in YouTube comments he was going for that version versus the studio). Minor mistake at 3:30 but otherwise more or less flawless. Watch in HQ. http://myprops.org/content/U2-Until-The-End-of-the-World-guitar-cover-by-YouTube-user-Sherm911/ Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:27:14 GMT In my opinion, "Until the End of the World" is the greatest U2 song, and perhaps one of the top 10 songs in rock history. This live version blows away the studio version. This version was played by U2 at their peak during their greatest tour (Zoo TV) in 1993. Watch in HQ (click HQ on the lower right side of the video). The Zoo TV Tour was an elaborately-staged worldwide concert tour by Irish rock band U2. Launched in support of the album Achtung Baby (released in 1992), the ... http://myprops.org/content/U2-Until-The-End-Of-The-World-New-Years-Day-ZOO-TV-Live-From-Sydney-HIGH-QUALITY/ Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:09:42 GMT Warning for perma bulls: listening to this could seriously alter your world view. More by Peter Schiff http://myprops.org/content/Wall-Street-Unspun-with-Peter-Schiff-internet-radio-show-August-26-2009-recording/ Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:49:45 GMT August 25, 2009 "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value - zero." ~ Voltaire "The Federal Reserve in collaboration with the giant banks has created the greatest financial crisis the world has ever seen. The foolish notion that unlimited amounts of money and credit created out of thin air can provide sustainable economic growth has delivered this crisis to us. Instead of economic growth and stable prices, (The Fed) has given us a system of government and finance that now ... http://myprops.org/content/The-Federal-Reserve-Must-Die-by-Jim-Quinn/ Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:23:52 GMT Warning for perma bulls: listening to this could seriously alter your world view. More by Peter Schiff http://myprops.org/content/Wall-Street-Unspun-with-Peter-Schiff-internet-radio-show-August-19-2009-recording/ Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:57:14 GMT Project Natal is the code name for a "controller-free gaming and entertainment experience" by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 video game platform. BTW this is real, not a joke or skit. http://myprops.org/content/Project-Natal-Demo-Late-Night-With-Jimmy-Fallon/ Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:01:52 GMT Jimi Hendrix - Like A Rolling Stone - Monterey Pop Festival. Press the "HQ" button on the lower right of video. This is amazingly good. http://myprops.org/content/Jimi-Hendrix-Like-A-Rolling-Stone-Monterey-Pop-Festival-June-16-18-1967-High-Quality/ Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:39:28 GMT Jimi Hendrix performing Voodoo Child May 30th, 1970 at Berkeley. He died less than 4 months later (September 18, 1970, age 27). This is better than his performance at Woodstock (August 18, 1969). Amazing performance, the best I have seen of this song. At 7:20 he plays with his teeth and a cute girl in the front row appears in love with him. http://myprops.org/content/Jimi-Hendrix-Voodoo-Child-slight-return-High-Quality-May-30th-1970-Berkeley/ Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:30:28 GMT Pink Floyd - Pulse Filmed at London Earls Court on Oct 10, 1994 http://myprops.org/content/Pink-Floyd-Comfortably-Numb-Pulse-1994-Live/ Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:34:27 GMT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A massive rally in U.S. stocks since March has reawakened bullish spirits, but insiders are jumping out of the market in a sign the run up is getting stretched. Company executives are selling stock at a rate not seen in two years after a near 50 percent rise in the S&P 500 from a March 9 low. That suggests directors and managers may think stock prices are nearing the top end of their range in the current economic climate. There has been a decline in short interest ... http://myprops.org/content/Company-insiders-are-selling-stock-at-a-rate-not-seen-in-two-years-after-a-50-percent-rise-in-the-the-March-lows/ Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:00:10 GMT US stocks have risen almost 50 per cent from their lows in March, a turbo-charged performance that ranks as the best post-war market rebound. Biggest bull runs on equity marketsFive months and counting since the lows in March has the S&P up 49 per cent, eclipsing the 43 per cent rally reached 105 trading days after the lows of August 1982. Investors in other established equity markets have also enjoyed big rallies from their March lows. Japan's Nikkei 225 index has bounced 50 per ... http://myprops.org/content/A-rally-with-troubling-aspects-The-money-trade-right-now-is-the-March-rally-its-a-momentum-play-and-not-based-on-a-fundamental-change/ Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:19:29 GMT Warning for perma bulls: listening to this could seriously alter your world view. More by Peter Schiff http://myprops.org/content/Wall-Street-Unspun-with-Peter-Schiff-internet-radio-show-August-12-2009-recording/ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:25:38 GMT New bull, new bubble, new meltdown by 2012 Commentary: Brutal 'collateral damage' will follow recovery By Paul B. Farrell Aug 11, 2009 ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- Something's in the air. You can feel it. A new bull. Hype? Maybe, but also a roaring new bull -- and eventually another meltdown. Television is a metaphor for our cycles, so see how America's becoming a huge ratings competition: * "America's Got Talent." Complete with kooky judges like ... http://myprops.org/content/Revolution-coming-with-next-meltdown-326148/ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:12:28 GMT From Wired: Clever Crows Prove Aesop's Fable Is More Than Fiction Researchers presented four crows with a challenge from Aesop's fable "The Crow and the Pitcher": a container of water not quite full enough for the birds to reach with their beaks. Just like Aesop's crow, all four birds figured out how to raise the water level by dropping stones into the glass. The crows also selectively chose large pebbles over small ones, and quickly realized that dropping rocks into a container of sawdust ... http://myprops.org/content/Stone-the-crows-Clever-bird-gets-the-worm-by-using-pebbles-and-water-to-raise-it-within-reach-648087/ Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:49:39 GMT Warning for perma bulls: listening to this could seriously alter your world view. More by Peter Schiff http://myprops.org/content/Wall-Street-Unspun-with-Peter-Schiff-internet-radio-show-August-05-2009-recording/ Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:17:16 GMT Given the devastation of Wall Street and financial markets in 2008, a lot of folks have been surprised gold hasn't fared better. Since March 2008, gold has twice been rebuffed at the $1000 level, disappointing its most ardent supporters. But Peter Boockvar, equity strategist at Miller Tabak, notes gold is the best performing asset over the past year and is only a few percentage points from its all-time high despite "all this deflationary talk." Given the Fed's unprecedented ... http://myprops.org/content/A-Lot-of-Room-on-the-Upside-for-Gold-as-the-Dollar-Wobbles/ Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:25:11 GMT Interesting http://myprops.org/content/The-migration-of-modern-humans-pic/ Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:52:18 GMT John Lennon of The Beatles on vocals and guitar, Eric Clapton of Cream on lead guitar, Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones on bass, and Mitch Mitchell of The Jimi Hendrix Experience on drums. 4 legends on the same stage. http://myprops.org/content/Yer-Blues-by-Dirty-Mac-1968-blues-supergroup-dream-team/ Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:45:46 GMT Some of the commenters on YouTube say they like it better than the Beatles version. http://myprops.org/content/Let-it-be-guy-plays-with-his-feet/ Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:29:10 GMT July 31 (Bloomberg) -- The first 12 months of the U.S. recession saw the economy shrink more than twice as much as previously estimated, reflecting even bigger declines in consumer spending and housing, revised figures showed. The world's largest economy contracted 1.9 percent from the fourth quarter of 2007 to the last three months of 2008, compared with the 0.8 percent drop previously on the books, the Commerce Department said today in Washington. "The current downturn beginning in 2008 ... http://myprops.org/content/REVISED-ECONOMY-2X-WORSE/ Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:16:08 GMT Warning for perma bulls: listening to this could seriously alter your world view. More by Peter Schiff http://myprops.org/content/Wall-Street-Unspun-with-Peter-Schiff-internet-radio-show-July-29-2009-recording/ Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:15:25 GMT By MARIE COCCO | Posted Tuesday, July 28, 2009 4:20 PM PT So is there good news, or bad? Are we poised for an economic rebound or are we perched on the edge of another unnerving cycle in which Wall Street analysts - along with politicians with a huge stake in talking things up - try to chat us out of our funk? Goldman Sachs, fresh from returning the $10 billion infusion of taxpayer money that helped keep it afloat during last fall's credit crisis, posted a record-breaking $3 billion profit ... http://myprops.org/content/Is-It-Recovery-If-Its-Confined-To-Wall-Street-619248/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:09:26 GMT A passenger cruise ship arrived at port in Vancouver on the weekend with a dead fin whale lodged on its bow. The Sapphire Princess, from the Princess Cruise Lines, arrived in Canada from Alaska on Saturday morning with the whale speared to the ship's bulbous bow, the part of the bow which cuts through the water. It is not known how long the carcass of the fin whale, estimated to be approximately 70 feet long, had been attached to the ship before it docked at the Port of Vancouver's Canada ... http://myprops.org/content/Cruise-ship-docks-with-dead-whale-lodged-on-its-bow/ Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:49:32 GMT Video here Defiant Mapua artist Roger Griffiths today made a stand against Westpac by withdrawing his $190,000 savings in $20 notes. The bank provided a red-and-black carry bag to take away the cash after meticulously counting it in front of Mr Griffiths at its Nelson branch. Mr Griffiths, a loyal Westpac customer for 25 years, decided to withdraw his money after the bank rejected his application for an $80,000 mortgage. "It's about time normal people took a stand." He said ... http://myprops.org/content/Pissed-off-bank-customer-withdraws-190000-in-20-bills/ Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:34:47 GMT Built by Janos Marton. More info here. http://myprops.org/content/If-Dell-sold-this-computer-50-percent-of-men-would-buy-it-Computer-in-a-Ballentines-Scotch-Whiskey-bottle/ Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:20:31 GMT Warning for perma bulls: listening to this could seriously alter your world view. More by Peter Schiff http://myprops.org/content/Wall-Street-Unspun-with-Peter-Schiff-internet-radio-show-July-22-2009-recording/ Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:46:30 GMT A C17 fuselage, used for engineering tests at Boeing's Long Beach, CA plant is sent down city streets to Seal Beach, CA...to be transported by ship to the East Coast (via the Panana Canal) for military training purposes. http://myprops.org/content/C17-Fuselage-Moved-on-City-Streets-from-Long-Beach-to-Seal-Beach-CA-Video/ Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:30:32 GMT Healthcare legislation is quickly picking up momentum in Washington. Three separate committees in the House of Representatives are hard at work hammering out details of a bill. Votes are planned today in the Education and Labor and Ways and Means committees on a plan that majority House Democrats presented this week. The legislation seeks to provide coverage to nearly all Americans by subsidizing the poor and penalizing individuals and employers who don't purchase health ... http://myprops.org/content/Healthcare-Is-Not-a-Right-and-Obamas-Plan-Will-Cost-Way-Beyond-1-Trillion-Ron-Paul-Says/ Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:26:10 GMT Warning for perma bulls: listening to this could seriously alter your world view. More by Peter Schiff http://myprops.org/content/Wall-Street-Unspun-with-Peter-Schiff-internet-radio-show-July-15-2009-recording/ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:34:58 GMT WHY THIS BUBBLE BUST IS NO DIFFERENT THAN PAST BUBBLE BUST: The Pragmatic Capitalist's Instablog Why do bubbles form and why do markets crash? Both are intriguing questions and both are the result of the inefficiency of human psychology. The cornerstone of my investment approach lies in one core belief: through the study of human psychology we can come to the conclusion that humans are irrational creatures. Put 1 million humans in a room with blinking lights, ever changing prices ... http://myprops.org/content/How-Bubbles-End-Chart/ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:17:51 GMT 2004-2009 Pompous Prognosticators Revisited: 2004 1. "The ability of lending institutions to manage the risks associated with mortgages that have high loan-to-value ratios seems to have improved markedly over the past decade." - Alan Greenspan [February 2004] 2005 2. "Home sales are coming down from the mountain peak, but they will level out at a high plateau, a plateau that is higher than previous peaks in the housing cycle." - David Lereah, Chief Economist, National ... http://myprops.org/content/Pompous-Prognosticators-Revisited/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:02:24 GMT Warning for perma bulls: listening to this could seriously alter your world view. More by Peter Schiff http://myprops.org/content/Wall-Street-Unspun-with-Peter-Schiff-internet-radio-show-July-08-2009-recording/ Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:47:59 GMT David Rosenberg, the Toronto-based chief economist for Gluskin Sheff and former chief North American economist for Merrill Lynch, recommends Asia, commodities, and fixed income, but not US stocks. Q. You've written that we're in a deflationary environment based on the loss of earnings power in North America yet you are also a commodity bull. Can you square that circle? A. Asia and China are reviving much more quickly than the rest of the world. And China is the world's largest buyer of ... http://myprops.org/content/David-Rosenberg-Bullish-on-Commodities-Bearish-on-Stocks/ Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:35:59 GMT Since the wheels started coming off the wagon of the U.S. financial markets in June 2007, when Bear Stearns allowed two hedge funds it managed go broke after losses on mortgage-backed securities, Federal Reserve economists have taken a curious stance. It reminds one of a cartoon scene: An angry homeowner, baseball in hand, charges out of a house with a shattered picture window. In an adjacent vacant lot, several boys with baseball gloves and bats try hard to look nonchalant while their leader ... http://myprops.org/content/The-Fed-must-admit-its-role-in-causing-the-current-crisis/ Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:22:47 GMT The editors of The Daily Bell are pleased to present this exclusive interview conducted by Scott Smith with hard money commentator James Turk. Introduction: James has specialized in international banking, finance and investments since graduating in 1969 from George Washington University with a B.A. degree in International Economics. In 1980 he joined the private investment and trading company of a prominent precious metals trader. He moved to the United Arab Emirates in December 1983 to be ... http://myprops.org/content/James-Turk-On-How-The-Elites-Always-Destroy-The-Paper-Money-They-Value-And-Why-Gold-Wins/ Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:17:52 GMT The G8 Summit in Aquila, Italy is underway. World leaders are gathered to discuss threats to global security, climate change, world hunger, and the global economic crisis. But investors will be paying especially close attention to what's said about the U.S. dollar as the de facto international currency reserve. Charles Ortel managing director with Newport Value Partners, an independent research firm, is convinced lawmakers have already doomed the greenback. "In the actions of our ... http://myprops.org/content/The-Dollars-Demise-Is-China-Signaling-the-Beginning-of-the-End-Tech-Ticker-Yahoo-Finance/ Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:15:07 GMT After Joe Biden's "misread" comment last weekend, the Obama Administration sought to quickly dampen discussions of a second stimulus (or third, if you count Bush's 2007 tax rebates.) It's "premature at this point" to talk about a second stimulus package, a White House spokesman told The Wall Street Journal. But less than 24 hours later, Obama economic adviser Laura Tyson recommended more stimulus at a speech in Singapore, and downplayed concerns about the deficit, ... http://myprops.org/content/Americas-War-on-Capitalism-Why-More-Govt.-Stimulus-Is-a-Bad-Idea/ Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:14:34 GMT Obama and Biden should have been reading the Housing Bubble and Bear Links Channel ... Big admission from Vice President Joe Biden today. "The truth is, we and everyone else misread the economy," Biden told me during our exclusive "This Week" interview in Iraq. Biden acknowledged administration officials were too optimistic earlier this year when they predicted the unemployment rate would peak at 8 percent as part of their effort to sell the stimulus package. The ... http://myprops.org/content/Joe-Biden-Obama-and-I-Misread-the-Economy/ Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:36:30 GMT Warning for perma bulls: listening to this could seriously alter your world view. More by Peter Schiff http://myprops.org/content/Wall-Street-Unspun-with-Peter-Schiff-internet-radio-show-July-01-2009-recording/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:36:19 GMT What have we learned in 2,000 years? "The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." Cicero - 55 BC Absolutely nothing it would seem!!! Ben Bernanke and ... http://myprops.org/content/No-Green-Shoots-with-US-Debt-at-700-percent-of-GDP/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:29:20 GMT By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Fitch Ratings has been warning for some time that China's lenders are wading into dangerous water China's banks are veering out of control. The half-reformed economy of the People's Republic cannot absorb the $1,000bn (£600bn) blitz of new lending issued since December. Money is leaking instead into Shanghai's stock casino, or being used to keep bankrupt builders on life support. It is doing very little to help lift the world economy out of slump. ... http://myprops.org/content/Are-Chinese-banks-a-disaster-waiting-to-happen/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:26:35 GMT Billionaire investor/guru/jovial-grandfatherly-figure Warren Buffett has said the American economy is a "shambles." Buffett told CNBC that the worst of the financial crisis peaked late last year (we're not so sure). But the economic crisis? That's still in full flight. "I get figures on 70-odd businesses, a lot of them daily," said Buffett. "Everything that I see about the economy is that we've had no bounce. The financial system was really where the crisis was last ... http://myprops.org/content/Warren-Buffett-Says-American-Economy-is-a-Shambles-411738/ Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:31:44 GMT A 13-story residential building under construction in Shanghai collapsed on Saturday, killing one worker and highlighting the dangers of shoddy building in fast-urbanizing China. The building, in the outskirts of the city, collapsed at around 6 a.m. (2200 GMT), with one construction worker killed, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The block of high-rise residential flats was shown toppled onto its side in a muddy construction site, in footage from Hong Kong's Cable Television. ... http://myprops.org/content/Almost-completed-building-in-Shanghai-falls-flat-on-its-back-8-images/ Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:45:49 GMT By C. Edmund Wright Shhh. Don't let this get around, but Warren Buffet just let the cat out of the bag -- no economic recovery in sight. Well no kidding. I have long tired of the economists and investment gurus debating "when our economy recovers" and how to position your investments for "when America bounces back" and so on, as if it's a foregone conclusion. Haven't they heard? The America that always recovers is not in anymore. Any assumption of a recovery fails ... http://myprops.org/content/Recovery-When-How-About-If/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:13:43 GMT