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He's making a big speech on Thursday January 1st to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution. It's gonna be a doozie, methinks.
Oh...I wonder where that might be?
He's making a big speech on Thursday January 1st to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution. It's gonna be a doozie, methinks.
Ecuador: Rafa sez; "Pssst! Wanna sell me your bonds.....cheap like?"
"The debt" referred to is, of course, the Global 2012 and 2015 bonds that were defaulted due to non-payment of interest in December. The 2030 bonds have an interest payment coming up in February and it's to be seen whether they are part of the defaulted basket. The likelihood is yes; the 2012s an 2015s currently trade at 22.5c on the dollar and the 2030s are marked at 23.25c, so the 30s are assumed defaulted by those that trade them.
Studmuffin's plan seems pretty simple, in fact. The $3.8Bn of bonds out there get bought back by the state for U$1Bn or so, and with U$5.2Bn tucked away in international currency reserves the country has the means to pay the massive haircut in cash. So why do I think he's in for a rude awakening? As Correa himself admits, many of the bonds are in the hands of the "international speculators" who are surely going to take the matter to court to try to get the bonds prepaid at full face value. As long as the vulture funds have a sufficient block of bonds and their holders on their side, the plan to take Ecuador to the NY courts will surely move forward. And if their case prospers and if Ecuador has to pay up that will slurp away the lion's share of those international reserves that would probably be compounded by net withdrawals from the country's banking system. From there, one holds one's breath and just hopes Ecuador can get through the shitstorm. And that's just one manifestation of the nasty scenario that awaits Ecuador.
As registered on this blog, I didn't think Correa would go down the defaulting path. That was my mistake but it was based on the fact that if Ecuador did default it would be putting itself in great financial danger. Correa's brinkmanship style might have worked up to now with oil companies, telephone companies etc, but bond holders have a lot of law on their side on this issue. It feels strange to be siding with the vulture funds on this one, but side with them I must; Correa has basically decimated the market price for Ecuador's sovereign debt and then said "look, that's the market price, we're willing to pay that to buy back the debt," which is every bit as dirty a tactic as the vulture funds snapping up the cheap debt and then aiming for legal recourse. Why Studmuffin is trying to convince his public that defaulted bonds holders will just lie down and take this is beyond me. Also, the offer to pay a haircut on the bonds kinda goes against his whole "the debt is illegal" argument. If it's illegal, then cancel it unilaterally and pay 0% of it, right? How can he say that Ecuador is willing to pay 25% or 30% on the dollar? Does that mean the debt is only 3/4 illegal or something?
The point here is that Correa might well have a point about the usury nature of these Global bonds but unless there's some deeper strategy that this analyst (and the wider financial community) hasn't seen, he's being very naive about it all and is likely to get his ass handed to him on a plate by the NYC courtroom that will decide this matter.
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Bad news for the Bolivian white supremists: They're losing their Uncle Tom
However, it seems as though Cuellar is finally getting a dose of shame about the company she keeps. Up to now she has been clearly advocating the "NO" vote in next month's contitutional referendum. Just last month she signed a joint declaration with other rebel prefects that called on people to vote against the new constitution on January 25th, even though said document gives autonomy to Bolivia's departments....exactly what the usurpers have been ostensibly demanding (the reality was "no indios in power", but let's not worry about that too much). But yesterday, Cuellar showed that she was breaking away from her masters by saying, "Every person must vote according to their own conscience. I have not instructed anyone to vote "NO"."
This obvious lie is welcome, of course, but the backtracking must have a reason. Perhaps she's finally got the dose of guilt that would have come sooner or later. Perhaps it's realpolitik to appease angry constituents that have accused her of selling out on many occasions. Perhaps she just realizes the blatantly obvious; the "YES" vote is a sure-fire win on Jan 25th and she doesn't want to be painted as on the losing side. Perhaps perhaps perhaps. But whatever it is, she has just opened up an almighty crack within the racist alliance already in its death throes.
The throat of fire and thoughts of longer time
The volcano is one of the most active in the Andes and woke up from an 80 year slumber in 1999. This photo taken in 2007 shows what it's capable of at the moment.
About 5km away lies the town of Baños and its 25,000 people will be alert to the possibility of (yet another) evacuation. As Quitos is just 87km North of the volcano, finding a friendly roof shouldn't be too hard. On the other hand, if the volcano gets too busy and the wind blows the wrong way, who's going to look after the population in the capital?
Hey ho, all part of the fun of living on top of a rapidly rising mountain feature (in geological timescales, at least). It certainly reminds me of my favourite quote from the magnificent book "The Earth, An Intimate History" by Richard Fortey. The quote that follows is not some sort of evangelizing about global warming, by the way. Taken in the context of geological time the whole issue becomes vastly more philosophical. In the words of Fortey;
"Mankind is no more than a parasitic tick gorging himself on temporary plenty while the seas are low and the climate comparatively clement. but the present arrangement of land and sea will change, and with it our brief supremacy."
News from "investment grade" Peru (part 193)
Anyone who has visited the more remote parts of the Andes Cordillera will know that Courtney Trenwith is the real deal. Her report may be a bit overstuffed with pathos for some tastes, but she's far closer to the truth than the cretins unreservedly praising Peru by looking at its economic numbers from a hotel conference room in Miraflores.
"It took Chavez to show how incompetent the Venezuelan elite was."
That quote in the title line comes from this L.A Times interview. As a snapshot overview of what's going on down here's it's pretty darned good, gotta say. It passes the Otto mental acid test of good analysis, that being when Otto considers his lefty friends and righty friends and notes that both sets of political dogma will be pissed about what Edwards says at some point.
So go read the note. Recommended as concise, accurate, no BS, with particularly sharp observations about Brazil.
News roundup
Glencore Bolivia announces 700 job losses at its zinc/lead/silver mine in Potosí. Locals are protesting the announcement with protests in the town square. Here's bloomberg on the news, but the Bloomie report doesn't mention the job cuts come just after locals rejected an emergency plan put together by Glencore that would have forced workers to accept a 12 hour working day for 14 consecutive days. It's evolution, baby..........
In Peru, the local Amazon development pressure group Aidesep has threatened to throw Dorato Resources (DRI.v) out of the area it is trying to turn into a gold mine on the Peru/Ecuador border. The Peru mining ministry came out with some BS about Dorato not being there and the cmaps being operated by Minera Afrodita, but forgot to mentin that Afrodita is optioned to be sold to Dorato with the operation due closed in 2009. Anyway, Aidesep says that if the company doesn't leave on its own according, it a 5,000 locals will turn up at their camp and persuade them it'd be best to abadon the area.
In Argentina, the Econometrica monthly review is out for the month of December. Here's the link to this most useful PDF that keeps Spanish speakers nicely informed on economic issues. Recommended reading, and free.
In Peru, Prime Minister Yehude Simon complains that businesses should have dropped their retail prices due to cheaper supplies, citing the example of chicken selling at S/8 per kilo (U$2.58). He accuses businesses of not playing fair. Meanwhile, Bolivia's government sets a price limit of Bs./12 per kilo (U$1.70) for chicken and doesn't allow the "free market" room to rip off its population.
Chart of the day is............
.....soybean meal, January 09 futures, six month chart.
You'd do well to watch the bean from here; maybe those enormous Chinese apartment blocks are empty, but the people who were about to move in still need to eat food wherever they're hanging. The last time I looked the world's population was still growing and the thought of that bubble bursting does not promote thoughts of peace on earth and goodwill to all.
Trading Post (not a creature was stirring edition)
On these kinds of days the person that cares enough can look for an anomaly or two in the market and scalp a couple of percentage points once the market kicks back into gear in a day or two. In the case of today the idea would be to buy or sell a position and reverse Monday. Frankly I don't care enough to do it myself, but in times past it was one of the ways used to make a bit of coin when living in Argentina. On days when the local market was open and the USA closed, the floor brokers would try and pump a local dog-stock that would normally be held back by foreign money transactions. Not quite the same scenario today, but there are enough parallels to remind me of the heady days in Buenos Aires. Memories, eh?
So check out how GRZ is up 18% on low volume. The idea would be to sell a few shares here, then repurchase at $0.50 on Monday or Tuesday.
The example on the opposite side of the trade is DMM.to. On the quietest volume day of the month it's decided to buck its recent strong uptrend. If you think this is coincidence I recommend you never trade the stock market ever again. Down 21c at $3.39 right now, the idea would be to buy a few shares and then sell them for the quick'n'happy flip when the market returned to normal, presumably at $3.60.
Just two examples of the trade available and they get chosen because they're two stocks front'n'centre on my radar at the moment. Pick your own example, as it's likely to be just as good.
Merry Christmas
Have yourself a merry little Christmas if that's what they call it where you live. Have yourself an equally happy holiday if it goes under a different name. Whatever and however, have a good one.
Click here for the IncaKolaNews super-duper corporate greetings card from here to you.
Coro Mining (COP.to) pays a heavy price for its bad financing decisions
So overnight COP.to shares out go from 38.5m to over 79m. Full dilution goes from under 43m shares to over 120m shares, all to get its hands on $4.5m in working cap. And it gets tougher still, because since COP.to lost its premier project due to the dearth of financing back in October it's betting the farm on a copper/gold project in Mendoza Argentina, possibly the worst place in the whole Southern Cone to get mining permits.
The ostensible reason for Mendoza's hatred of mining is that the locals are all clean and green and won't allow nasty chemicals to be used around their way, such as cyanide and sulphuric acid. So COP.to has submitted a float-only business plan that needs no H2SO4 to produce its copper and gold. The problem with this is that the real reason Mendoza doesn't want miners is the local wine growers' cartel of criollo landed gentry want no competition for the cheap near-slave labour around grape harvesting time and they view any other large scale industry trying to move in on their patch as serious competition.
Progress sucks when it stops you from being rich and powerful. Thus even though COP.to's plan is green, clean and mean, expect some trumped up objection to stop the mine from moving ahead. Unless, of course, COP.to can come up with suitable 'incentives' for the right people at the right time and by the looks of things that kind of deal might push share count over 200m just to get the permit signed. Then there'd be the little matter of raising $277m to build the actual mine. Yeah, we're talking Lake Titicaca dilution world here.
Otto sez: avoid COP.to like the veritable plague. This thing is now operating for the benefit of those employed, not for any reason that could even approach being labelled as shareholder value. There are plenty other microdot priced juniors you can risk a few shekels with. This one is not the place.
Is it just me......
Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Colombia will "delay" 3 trillion pesos ($1.4 billion) in spending from the 2009 budget in a bid to bolster investor confidence amid a global economic crisis.
Dec. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Peru is advancing with plans to sell its first foreign bonds in almost two years to "demonstrate the economy's strength" after receiving investment-grade ratings, said Betty Sotelo, the Economy Ministry's debt director.
So how's this go again? One country is going into debt to boost investor confidence. The other is holding on to savings in order to do exactly the same. Both will receive the breath of popular applause, of course. After all, it's not what you do but who you do it to that counts.
Latin Business Chronicle's Leader of the Year Award goes to............
Meanwhile, to get a feel about just how much chance Chávez, Studmuffin and the Axis of Evo has of bagging this award one day, note that previous winners were Felipe Calderón (2007), Martín Torrijos (2006) and Álvaro Uribe (2005). Nuff said. These LBC guys are running out of friendly natives fast, but they've already thought of a solution, clever fachas that they are. Because of the current lack of right wing candidates, next year Latin Business Chronicle poll will try and pick the best LatAm leader of the last 50 years. Here's the short list;
1. Juan Peron
2. Alfredo Stroessner
3. Rafael Videla
4. Augusto Pinochet
5. Alvaro Uribe
It's going to be a tough choice, because photos of all five figure prominently on the walls of the LBC editor's office.
A bit of Keynes in Argentina
What with this electrodomestics front and the gov't plan to offer easy payment plans on the key new car sector now underway, Argentina is not sitting on it hands and waiting for the crisis to wash over the country tsunami-style. But of course, these measures aren't the way the experts up North advise as best, so don't expect any praise aimed at Argentina from the people who actually caused this mess in the first place.
Trading Post (life back together edition)
Dynasty (DMM.to) up 12% at $3.64. Yeah, I'm gloating today....bite me. Now 200% up on the original recommendation...tough to believe we're just three weeks gone from that point. The valuation doesn't surprise me, but the speed it got to where it got does. Not complaining, though. Not selling, either.
Colossus Minerals (CSI.to) UNCH at $0.60. It may well be time to revisit this thing at this price, Albatross or no Albatross. The last set of drill grades were good but not unexpected, either. The orebody is good (else it wouldn't have been dug to hell in the 1980s by garimpeiro miners) and the 2009 drilling campaign that already has its budget locked'n'loaded will go a long way in deciding whether the tough to get at deeper mineral will be commercially viable or not. Pricewise it does seem to be bottoming out at this $0.45 to $0.60 band level. If Anderson "was retired" I'd be more interested, but in the end biz iz biz.
What is it with Troy Resources (TRY.to)? Down 3% at $0.72 right now, but that might change to up 8% at $0.80 at any moment as the bid/ask is wider than the Grand Canyon. It really is about time the Canadian market swallowed its national pride, admitted that Aussies are just as good as they are in the junior game and bought into this stock. Wildly good fundamentals.
Great Panther Resources (GPR.to) at $0.23. I actually read some newsletter dude saying this thing had great fundamentals this week (I refuse to say who the idiot is, but the name starts with a David and finishes with a Morgan) which is the silliest statement possible if you ever bother to read the financial reports and that kind of thing. Trust me on this; no cash and severely restricted mining operations in 2009 to try and rein in a double-digit cash cost is no sane person's idea of good fundies. GPR should re-name itself Great Dogwithfleas Resources.
Rusoro (RML.v) at $0.43 and Gold Reserve (GRZ) at $0.52. So RML has rebounded nicely in the last couple of days, certainly more to do with the rolling out of a slick promo campaign than the company fundamentals. There's more dilution on the way than the punchbowl at a Mormon Prom night. Taken strictly on the numbers, the 3-for-1 deal RML is offering for GRZ means it's valuing each GRZ share at $1.04 now (0.43X3/1.21 forex rate), precisely double its PPS. This alone would point to just how much the market expects RML to dilute in order to raise capital after the GRZ buyout happens. This assuming it ever happens, of course. A real tangled web, all in all. The very best advice is go look somewhere else to put your money if you're not bought in already. Just avoid them both.
Protests against the passage of Ecuador's mining law....
Right now the law is in a transitory committee stage, between is successful first reading and the second reading due next week. Without complicating matters, it's fair to say that if it passes its second reading it becomes law as stands (just need some rubberstamping here and there).
As for protests, yesterday there were "dozens" (reports El Comercio) of protesters that descended on the Congresillo building carrying banners saying "Viva la Vida" etc (thanks to a band that appeals to those that don't understand Radiohead, there's no need to translate that one).Then this morning a roadblock was set up by indigenous protesters that blocked the main highway between Cuenca and el Oro (the main mining district part of Ecuador). Ironically, those that damn the miners for crimes against environmental humanity used burning car tires to block the roads.....nothing like a bit of black smoke to draw attention to yourself, is there? Police opened the road quickly, then it was blocked again in a different part...then opened again, then blocked, then re-opened etc etc.
Quite frankly, these people don't know what they're protesting against. As a legal framework to provide solid rules and safeguards against pollution, the new law is a good document and this government is bound to come down heavily on any mining company stupid enough to try and cut corners on the enviro aspect (just ask Chevron). There are still "dirty" mining companies (such as PTQ.to, recently fined $1.9m for being a shame on the face of Panama), but the 21st century has mainly left these relics behind, especially when it comes to new operations. I'm very pro-enviro causes and also very anti-polluters of all types (especially miners), but common sense needs to be applied, too. It all boils down to the two words that President Correa uses when talking about mining, "responsible development". He's got it right.
UPDATE: The second passage is now slated for the first week in January. Perfectly acceptable IMHO.
A fascinating read
Highly recommended reading. Thank you ElOtro for passing this on.
Chart of the day is............
.........sugar, March futures, two year chart.
The chart is self explanatory. It goes up, it goes down. One thing CZZ does is times its sales to this chart and last quarter it reported (as usual) that it was storing sugar for future sales.
Looking at this chart, they'd be pretty silly if they didn't. DYODD.
Top of the Props
On the day Petaquilla Mining (PTQ.to) did over 600k of volume.........
Dec 19/08 | Dec 18/08 | Fifer, Richard Glenn Fifer Carles | Direct Ownership | Common Shares | 10 - Acquisition in the public market | 9,500 | $0.425 |
Dec 19/08 | Dec 18/08 | Fifer, Richard Glenn Fifer Carles | Direct Ownership | Common Shares | 10 - Acquisition in the public market | 10,000 | $0.400 |
Dec 19/08 | Dec 18/08 | Fifer, Richard Glenn Fifer Carles | Direct Ownership | Common Shares | 10 - Acquisition in the public market | 15,500 | $0.400 |
Dec 19/08 | Dec 18/08 | Fifer, Richard Glenn Fifer Carles | Direct Ownership | Common Shares | 10 - Acquisition in the public market | 13,000 | $0.400 |
Dec 19/08 | Dec 18/08 | Fifer, Richard Glenn Fifer Carles | Direct Ownership | Common Shares | 10 - Acquisition in the public market | 7,000 | $0.380 |
Dec 19/08 | Dec 18/08 | Fifer, Richard Glenn Fifer Carles | Direct Ownership | Common Shares | 10 - Acquisition in the public market | 500 | $0.380 |
Dec 19/08 | Dec 18/08 | Fifer, Richard Glenn Fifer Carles | Direct Ownership | Common Shares | 10 - Acquisition in the public market | 19,500 | $0.370 |
Dec 19/08 | Dec 18/08 | Fifer, Richard Glenn Fifer Carles | Direct Ownership | Common Shares | 10 - Acquisition in the public market | 20,500 | $0.370 |
Dec 19/08 | Dec 18/08 | Fifer, Richard Glenn Fifer Carles | Direct Ownership | Common Shares | 10 - Acquisition in the public market | 13,500 | $0.370 |
Dec 19/08 | Dec 18/08 | Fifer, Richard Glenn Fifer Carles | Direct Ownership | Common Shares | 10 - Acquisition in the public market | 2,500 | $0.365 |
Nuff said.
About DMM.to
In the report I wrote that I was looking for a jump to $3, then $4 or so once the mine opened and a steady state target (using the conservative-biased parameters mentioned in the report) of $5.60. You think I'm going to bail just because the first target was blow away in just three weeks? No way! If it rushes directly to $4 then there's a place for thought and perhaps taking 1/2 profits. That's as whussy as I get, though.
If you want a copy of the report I'll be happy to sell you one (sold two today). Here's the pitch post, but it boils down to sending U$10 via PayPal to this address......
.....and I'll send you your copy. But the call is the same as on the free blog. It's still a great buy.
Greetings from a crummy cybercafe as I wait for the computer doctor to give me the bad news.
major office computer malfunction
The world decided to blow up my computer last night. Normal service will resume as soon as possible.
Bolivia: An impressive economy (doesn't that sound strange?)
Nah, let's look at something that's just as impressive, from this financial analyst's viewpoint anyhow.
..... but as with all the region the biggest hike (to 8.85%) came in the first six months of 2008 as the main pressure came in the second half of 2007 and the first half of 2008 when commodities were going batshit. The last two months in Bolivia have seen things more under control, with inflation clicking up just 0.31%. Little doubt that Bolivia's headline inflation rate will tumble in 2009.
All told, when those lists are made of "countries that will ride out the recession" Bolivia should be up there with Chile, Peru and the other usual suspects. This blog has already noted in this previous post how Bolivia in 2009 benefits from major countercyclical infrastructure projects that will keep the GDP number clicking over handily. Evo's doing right by his country's economy and has had precious little applause for his efforts. No need to wonder why.
Meanwhile, how have the economies of the world's expert financial nations been doing recently?
And while we read about the plane that slid off the runway.....
1) Seventeen people died in the early hours of this morning when a bus fell 100m off the side of the hill that connects La Paz with El Alto, Bolivia. Anyone who's visited the place knows the zigzag road that connects the two cities, as the airport is in El Alto and your hotel was almost certainly down the hill in the city centre.
2) Twenty-one people died yesterday morning when a minivan was hit at high speed by a 50-seater bus travelling significantly over the speed limit some 23km outside of the city of Juliaca, Peru. The owner/driver of the bus, fearing he would be lynched by locals for causing the accident, fled. Furious locals burnt his bus to the ground instead. One person inside the minivan survived.
The three multiple-death causing accidents in the last 24 hours are from Peru and Bolivia, but the next headline might be from any other country you care to mention. The criminal combination of badly maintained vehicles, badly maintained roads, badly paid public transport workers who are often obliged to drive for 14 hours non-stop, the machismo attitude of said drivers, the all-out drive for lower costs and higher revenues, the lack of laws and enforcement of laws that exist, the driver/police dance of bribing one's way out of a problem...all these factors and more combine to make journeying on LatAm roads a dangerous pastime.
But there's nothing like a plane crash, is there?
UPDATE: I just noticed that eight people died and 39 were injured in various auto accidents in Argentina today.
Nestor Kirchner is unwell
It's one of those urban legend rumour things that is part of the fabric down here. It's never occurred to this humble scribe to mention the issue because it's a bit of a cheap shot, really. It's too normal for bitchy K detractors to go after Neshtor this way and there's not much the guy can do to defend himself on the issue. But when I saw this photo today of Neshtor going to pay his respects to local BsAs Peronist stalwart politico Manuel Quindimil who passed on Friday....
..... here he is in 2006.....
I've tried to be fair with these examples, rejecting photos that are either too modeled or too informal, just attempting to get an honest shot of the guy in the years in question. The bottom line is that he suddenly looks 15 years older. Correct me if I'm wrong cos I'd like to be, but my next door neighbour is 79 (just asked him this morning) and looks in far better shape.
Is the health of Nestor Kirchner truly newsworthy and worth mentioning here? Well, yes it is. It's not just gossip and snark, not while he's the President of the PJ (Peronist) party, he tries (and fails) to get the top job at the newly formed regional Unasur body and he continues to be the undisputed driving force behind Argentine governmental politics. It's also notable how his eldest son Maximo is suddenly making noises inside the party and trying to secure a powerbase in his local structure; the thought of him doing that without Nestor's help is just too silly to imagine. Thoughts of setting up his lasting dynasty before it's too late, perhaps.
SmallCaps 2009
This year (and quite impressively), Can'o'corn has already put its foot in it somewhat with the choice of Condor Resurces (CN.v), as on the very same day that the SmallCaps2009 came out CN.v reported dusters from its Brahma project in Chile. And even though it may be the second semi-non sequitur of the morning it makes me feel like quoting Oscar Wilde: "To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness."
So anyway, here's the list of the twenty stocks Can'o'corn has highlighted this year. You'll note quite a few are just the company talking its own book (the dreadful ITH, for example), some are actually quite interesting as picks (an e-mail friend and I have already noted the intruiging GUY.to has been included, and my e-mail friend noted that Can'o'corn won't have a cat in hell's chance of getting any financing action there so it's fun to see it included)
Banro Corp, Brilliant Mining Corp, Condor Resources Inc, Diamonds North Resources Inc. Extract Resources Ltd, Fortress Minerals Corp, Golden Arrow Resources Corp, Guyana Goldfields Inc, Helio Resource Corp, Intl. Royalty Corp, Intl. Tower Hill Mines Ltd, Keegan Resources Inc, Kivalliq Energy Corp, Lumina Copper Corp, Peregrine Diamonds Limited, Rubicon Minerals Corp, Serengeti Resources Inc, Underworld Resources Inc, Uracan Resources Ltd, West Timmins Mining Inc.
Finally, added to the team headed up by the acceptable Wendell Zerb this year is Eric Zaunscherb, the guy who helped rip off the market with his moronic Aurelian calls while at Haywood (from where he "was resigned" some weeks later) and a few days after getting the stock and the politics totally wrong decided to rip off my own blog thoughts on Ecuador and Aurelian as his own. Fortunately Zaunscherb has been limited to coverage of Canada-based miners by his new employers; a relief all round, I'd venture.
So how can you get your hands on a copy of this 2009 smallcaps report? I have no idea, but maybe clicking on this link might help.
Bad news for Ecuador-haters
1) The new mining law has passed its first reading. It now spends a week in committee before going to the second debate. If it passes debate two (which should happen before the end of December, but relax and smell flowers if it doesn't happen til January, yeah?) then it just needs the Congresillo rubber-stamps and its a done deal. Were you warned and did you have the time to take advantage? Yes you were. The good news is that there's plenty more to come. If you want a copy of the 3mega 88 page Spanish language PDF that was debated in the assembly, send me a mail; I don't see why I should be the only one to suffer ;-)
2) Correa isn't dropping the dollar. Bloomie (via Stephan Kueffner, who along with Alonso Soto at Reuters Ecuador does a good job in covering the country) notes in a Radio MUFN soundbite yesterday, Correa said, "It would be stupidity to drop the dollar under these circumstances."
Where does that leave Alberto Ramos of Goldman Sachs and his "I would not make a bet that we will have dollarization in three to five years?". Well, it just highlights what a hedged and non-commital statement it was in the first place. Certainly far more wishy-washy than the screaming "Ecuador May Be Forced to Scrap Dollar After Default" headline slapped on top of the story. The authors? Oh wow! Lester "ring the usual suspects" Pimentel and Matthew "balance is for suckers" Walter. Tell 'em what they want to hear, boyz........
PS: thanks once again to reader DMMwatcher, who is keeping tabs on the mining law's passage far more closely than me and gave the headsup about the first passage yesterday afternoon. He shows me up as the slacker that I am, but I'm grateful all the same :-). And with a handle like his he's probably be a bit richer after this week's market action, too :-)


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Its detractors describe it as shamelessly cretinous, while Nielsen himself proudly describes it as 'dumb'. Yet it was only 13 years ago that people thought Nielsen best suited to straight roles. L Frank Drebin wasn't even a twinkle in Paramount Pictures' eye and Nielsen was best known as the ship's captain in The Poseidon Adventure. He would spend hours making comic faces at himself in the shaving mirror but, he says, didn't have the courage to take it any further.
The comedian in him was strictly closeted, and he made do by telling himself that life wasn't all bad. After all, his agent had kept him in work with over 60 motion pictures and 1000 television appearances.
The agent, however, wasn't interested in giving Nielsen his comic relief; it took Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers, the team behind Airplane], to do that in 1980. 'They kept on knocking on the door and saying 'Come on out Leslie'. They had me pegged,' Nielsen says, recalling the sense of liberation that coupled this first comic role, and how he then ended his association with his agent. 'He wasn't exactly interested in guiding my career, he was interested in making money from it.'
Were it not for the poor judgement of his agent, Nielsen would certainly have more to list on his comic CV. Besides Airplane], it is most notable for the TV series Police Squad, the Red Rock cider ads and the Naked Gun films, a litany of lunacy that Nielsen says is his sense of humour entirely. 'At the bottom of it, I'm a clown. . . I like putting on that red nose.'
The break into comedy allowed him to play himself on screen as well as off; hence the GMTV performance. 'It adds up to freedom,' he says. 'You have a license to be nuts, to be bonkers. I find people no longer point at me and say 'What a fool.' Now they laugh and let me get away with being who I am.' On GMTV, these words proved true: Holmes just laughed and let him get away with it.
The same tomfoolery fills Bad Golf Made Easier. Short of farting, Nielsen recommends almost any sort of noise to put off your opponent mid-swing: not exactly subtle, but Nielsen carries it off. There are many similarities to his other comedies: Naked Gun is packed with parodic film references, while Bad Golf is a spoof of the golf instruction manuals, containing the standard pack of visual gags and absurdities ('When you stop your backswing at the top to look at the position of your hands, you'll learn two things: how many hands you have and which hand has the glove on it.')
Beside the gags, there is the repeated message: 'I don't play golf to feel bad, I play bad golf to feel good.' The motto is Nielsen's own (though the handicap of 19 suggests his game isn't as 'appalling' as he makes out) and he was extremely keen to have it included in the script. It reflects his own life code: Enjoy.
'There's no point in doing anything at this stage in my life if you're not going to have some fun,' he says. You wonder how much fun he'd be having if his funny faces had been restricted to the shaving mirror. 'They were just dumb faces. I just did them because they amused me, never wondering whether I would use them in movies. Now that's all I'm doing and I love it.'
'Bad Golf Made Easier' is on retail (Polygram) pounds 9.99
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A small-town bank in Oklahoma said the Federal Reserve won't let it keep religious signs and symbols on display.
Federal Reserve examiners come every four years to make sure banks are complying with a long list of regulations. The examiners came to Perkins last week. And the team from Kansas City deemed a Bible verse of the day, crosses on the teller's counter and buttons that say "Merry Christmas, God With Us." were inappropriate. The Bible verse of the day on the bank's Internet site also had to be taken down.
"I don't think there should be a problem with them displaying whatever religious symbols they want to display," said Amy Weierman, a Perkins resident.
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Those Magnificent Women In Their Flying Machines
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Thank you so much, Shana, for your comment. When you start to look into the history of women in aviation - and not only as pilots - you realize just how intrepid women were in what was a completely new means of travel. I'm so inspired by them - and for women born into an age of corsets and stays, the experience must have been truly exhilarating.
ReplyDeleteWonderful post, on many fronts. I've loved West with the Night for years, I think it might be one of my all time favorites, really. My grandmother was a WAAF in WW2 and I've been fascinated by women pilots and women who worked with the air force my whole life so it's so interesting to hear about early female aviators.
And also, that astronaut on the far right in your photo is my darling friend and the godmother of my children. I almost squealed when I saw that photo here. It never ceases to thrill me when I think of what she has done with her life.


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MSU won in overtime against Notre Dame with a fake field goal!! So SWEET!!
Then our poor coach had a heart attack and had to be rushed to surgery for a stint. I understand he is doing well though. Hopefully we will see him back on the field soon.
In other weekend news, I met my friend, Shelby, for lunch. It was a nice time and we don't get to see each other too often. When I got home DD1 and a friend wanted to use my sewing machine to make a cover for her arm so it won't get all scratched up by the peacock landing on it. There went my sewing time!
Sunday was the best though. I finished my Jelly Roll Quilt Along top!!!
Don't you just love when the sun shines from behind your top? It almost looks like stained glass!!
In addition I finished block 4 from the FQS BOM and did the second block of the third month (I had one finished but gave the first 3 to LTW for her birthday). It was too dark for photos so I will take some today and post them later.
I am slowly working my way though some UFO's and it feels good! Now I need to make a back and the binding for the JRQAL top and send it off to LTW!! How was your weekend?
Monday, September 20, 2010
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- Mary on Lake Pulaski said...
I love how you framed your JRQAL! It does look like stained glass!
- Melinda said...
Your JRQAL looks great - I need to get mine out and finish it.
- Michelle said...
It's BEAUTIFUL!
- Crispy said...
Goodness you certainly were productive!! I did a fair amount of hand quilting between the naps LOL. What a difference in the quilt with the sun behind it!!
Crispy - 8:58 PM
- Gari said...
Well, your JRQAL is great but you realize that she is going to do another one pretty soon. My blocks are still sitting in a pile and not telling me what they want to be. I think they will wind up being a summer table topper, like in next summer. ;-)
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Don't give up....don't give up......
I have had a little surprise the past few weeks. Let me tell a little story. Sharing this with the WORLD will give me more motivation.
About 2 weeks ago, I was called in to go to the dress alterer's house to get a final measure. I brought my two sisters, Brynn, and Haley, with me. The lovely alterer, Andrea Woodall, left the room as I changed into my wedding dress. Brynn began zipping up my dress, and stopped, when I heard these words come from her mouth. "I hate to say it but.......your dress,.............doesn't zip up." NOooooooooooooo! So to give a short summary of what I just told you, yes, I'll admit, I'm too fat for my wedding dress that I'm supposed to wear in 15 days. No actually 11 days, for pictures.
So the past couple weeks have consisted of dieting. My diet includes: veggies, fruit, chicken, and fish. AKA, no sugar. Mostly veggies. It's working slowly, but surely. Woo! It's one of the hardest things I've ever done, because if you know me, I LOVE sweets. And it doesn't help that Derek and his brothers are doing what's called BG. Biggest G
ainer. They eat fatty foods all day long. I am learning to just leave the room while they enjoy heavenly milk shakes. Mandy Pandy Queen of Candy is the nickname I was given at age 2. I miss sugar, but it'll be worth it. And surprisingly, I'm excited to eat like this more often! I've also been exercising daily. Being able to do this, has given me more confidence in myself and I know I can do it now! I never thought I could.
P90X came in the mail yesterday. I completed the cardio X disc. I was excited. This morning as I stood up out of bed, I almost collapsed I was so sore. But I'm going to do as much as I can again this morning.
Last thing, I miss Derek. We again, are apart. I saw him tuesday for a little bit after his ward shower. I seem him again Saturday. Hopefully Friday for a date. I hate being apart from him. I'm so excited to be married so we don't have to do this anymore. But we are both being productive at home. I've been working hard on wedding plans and school, and he's been working on finding a place for us to live with his dad, real estate, and helping his brother with these last weeks of school. He is such a good example of love. Nicest and most loving person I know.
Announcements are about done and should be arriving in the mail today and tomorrow. If you don't get one, it's not on purpose I promise. There have been many complications and we did our best. Let me know, and I can get one to you! There are extras! Love you guys!
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hi! so i alllways read your blog, everytime you update. i just always forget to comment!! your fiance is the cutest--so funny when he posts. did you find somewhere to live yet? pain in the behind.
and ps my sister did p90x and LOVED it. she finished it a bit ago, and totally slimmed down! good luck & let us know how it goes!
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Patrick Henry's Tom Busch celebrates after recovering a Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy fumble on Friday.
The year was 1970, and a newly formed high school in Henry County was playing its first football contest against another school.
It was only a junior varsity game. It was a home game played at another school's field. The weather was a miserable mix of rain and wind.
All that didn't matter, though, when Patrick Henry won that inaugural contest.
"I remember Mary Bauerle came down after the game and gave me a hug and a kiss," then-superintendent Dick Krauss said. "She said to me, 'It can't get any better than this.' "
Little did Bauerle, the wife of then-coach Bob Bauerle, know that 35 years later things would get much better.
On Friday the Patriots claimed the first state football title in school history with a 42-30 victory over Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy in the Division V final at Fawcett Stadium in Canton. Afterward the emotions on the field were equal parts joy for winning a title and celebration of communities accomplishing something together.
That might have been hard to imagine back in 1969 when Malinta, Deshler and Hamler high schools consolidated with Westhope Junior High to form Patrick Henry High School.
It wasn't easy to envision the new school developing a football program. The biggest problem? None of these schools had ever sponsored the sport.
Bob Bauerle, then a 23-year-old assistant coach at Clyde, was hired to build a program from scratch. There were hurdles, to be sure: In 1969 the team did nothing but practice, playing one solitary intrasquad scrimmage to end the season.
Because there was no practice field, practices were held on Deshler's baseball diamond. The football dressing room, which doubled as a bus garage, was three blocks away from the field - and had no showers or heat.
"[Building the program] was the most fun, most rewarding thing I had ever done," said Bauerle, who traveled from his home in Nebraska to watch Friday's championship contest. "The hardest thing for me was to practice for a whole year without playing a game. Looking back, I don't know how they came back the second year."
Still, the program thrived. In 1977 Patrick Henry earned a berth in the Class A state semifinals, losing to Ashtabula St. John in Elyria.
But Bauerle's biggest accomplishment was developing a passion for the sport and the school among a cadre of players in the 1970s who would return to lead the program to this year's title.
"Getting to see the kids of the parents who played for us, and the coaches who played for us, win the title is just great," Bauerle said. "I can't begin to describe it."
What made Friday's victory especially sweet for Bauerle was that he admitted it always was the goal of the program.
"We talked about [winning a title] from Day 1," he admitted. "We just didn't think it would take this long. I can't think of anything more rewarding than to see this tradition being carried on by people that I had something to do with."
Head coach Bill Inselmann played for Bauerle before graduating from PH in 1979. Inselmann hired Scott Leonard, a '77 grad, to be his defensive coordinator when he took the Patriots' job in 1991. Another '77 grad, Bob George, joined the staff a few years later. All but one member of the 10-man staff is a Patrick Henry graduate.
Inselmann said much of the credit for this year's title goes to the coaching and teaching of Bauerle and his longtime assistant, John Kieffer.
"They taught us how to love football, and we all love PH," Inselmann said. "It's that love of Patrick Henry that keeps us there, and it's why our staff gets along great. We wouldn't have this state title without those assistant coaches."
Those assistant coaches have passed a love of the school and the sport to their sons, many of whom played key roles in this year's title. For example, Bob George's son Zack quarterbacked the Pats to the crown; the players on the receiving end of George's passes often were Scott Leonard's son, Brad, or Dick Krauss' grandson, Marc.
"I've always been on the sidelines, starting when I was a waterboy back who-knows-when," Brad Leonard said. "To share this state title with [my dad] is awesome."
Zack George said having his dad as a coach "makes this championship even sweeter. If you've got to hang it up, this is the way to do it because you don't have any regrets."
The ties Marc Krauss has to the school go even deeper than his grandfather. Both his father, current PH basketball coach Dave Krauss, and uncle also played for the Patriots, as did his older brothers.
"This was for everybody - everybody who ever put on a red, white and blue uniform," Marc Krauss said. "It's for everybody at home, for everybody in the stands. It's a great feeling."
Watching Friday's game from the press box, Dick Krauss enjoyed seeing a prediction he made many years ago come true.
"Marc has grown up with a good class of teammates - there was a lot of talent among them," Dick Krauss said. "I said I thought those kids would play in a state championship, but I never thought it would be in football."
Dick Krauss also had to be pleased at how the football program born 35 years earlier had become the best in its division in the whole state.
"At that time, we did not envision how football would go," Krauss said. "Basically these were basketball communities. This [championship] is the culmination of a lot of hard work and dedication on the part of the community, the parents, the coaches, and of course the students who put a lot of time and effort into the program."
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Holy Shroud of Turin
Powerful prayer to St. Michael the Archangel - video ~ link
AVE MARIA - by Helene Fischer - video ~ link
AVE MARIA by Perry Como - video ~ link
On the Road to the Third World War.
Armageddon also means that the Second Coming of Christ is near.
28 May 2014 ~ Fourth Update
Tim Earl of Stirling
Ukraine braces for more junta terror under Poroshenko ~ link ~ He, like the junta PM, is a Zionist central banker placed in power by the Globalists and Zionists to trigger World War III and to destroy the Ukraine, Russia and as many people as possible. Stirling
"The Candy King shows no inclination to be reasonable and engage in peaceful dialogue. The signs are that state terrorism is to be stepped [up] under his management and with full Western support too," Finian Cunningham wrote for the Press TV website.
The analyst added that the "fiasco" victory of Poroshenko in the weekend election heralds the "bitter taste of further appalling violence in Ukraine."
Weapons, Prostitutes and Drugs - These are the things that Petro Poroshenko IS ASSOCIATED WITH ~ link ~ But the western mainstream news media has named him the 'Chocolate King'. He ran the Ukrainian central bank (tied into the rotten Rothschild empire of central banks) and is a hard core Zionist (most likely with dual Israeli citizenship). Stirling
Billionaire Poroshenko
started his business by laundering the money of Soviet times'
administrators. He has never been an entrepreneur to start a business of
his own. The story is invented. He made a head start thanks to the
criminal connections of his father sentenced for large-scale theft in
1986. Having served the sentence, Poroshenko Sr. launched his own
business making his son involved in the activities. The business was
dirty, it all started with plundering state property by armed gangs. The
Poroshenko family had plans to expand the activities beyond Ukraine.
Tatyana Mikoyan, a well-known Kiev-based lawyer, remembers what the
family did in Transnistria, «It was horrible back in the 1990s: illegal
arms, prostitutes, drugs – all bringing profits to father and son».
Poroshenko Sr. was awarded for his merits – in 2009 he received the Hero
of Ukraine decoration bought for him by his son who paid to then
President Yushenko, the Godfather to Petro Poroshenko's children. The
would-be President-elect is well known for misappropriating budget
funds. He has the reputation of someone who knows how to make money out
of thin air. Many times he has been accused of being involved in large
scale corruption schemes, open lobbying, embezzlement of budget
allocations, tax evasion, illegal operations to acquire shares and
physically threatening political opponents and competitors. Certainly he
is not just another swindler but a tycoon, an owner of huge and
diversified business empire.
Forbes lists Petro Poroshenko
as the 130th richest Jew in the world with 1, 6 billion dollars. The
would-be President of Ukraine Poroshenko was born Waltzman. Poroshenko
is his mother's name, she was also a Jew. In the past Poroshenko was a
sponsor of Our Ukraine and Victor Yushchenko. His business empire also
includes the 5th TV channel known for vehement anti-Russian propaganda.
Until recently his Roshen confectionary manufacturing group had earned
hundreds of millions in US dollars making business in Russia. As of
2012, Roshen accounted for 3, 2% of Russian market (the 6th largest
producer). He always used the money earned for anti-Russian projects.
Shells hit school and kindergarten in Slavyansk amid Ukraine junta's military operations in east - with video ~ link ~ Your tax dollars at work America and NATO!!! Stirling
A school and a kindergarten have been shelled in Slavyansk as the city becomes increasingly unsafe in the intensified Kiev military campaign. At least 9 civilians were injured in Wednesday's shelling incidents, including a child.
However, this week the battleground apparently moved right into civilian quarters of Slavyansk, as shells started hitting residential blocks and nearby buildings, killing three people on Monday.
While the Kiev authorities keep asserting that the military action in the southeast is meant to protect the people against "terrorists," many people on the ground in Slavyansk have a directly opposite opinion on the issue. "We are simply horrified – you see? Horrified that our 'brave army,' which we pay taxes to maintain, is [doing] nothing else but destroying us. And our president, who must protect the civilian population – he is determined to exterminate us," a woman working at the damaged school no. 13 told RT's Ruptly news agency. "For some reason, they think that we here in Slavyansk are all terrorists," the woman said.
Civil War Metastasizing in the Ukraine - USA silent on civilian casualties - video ~ link
Ukraine's New President ~ link ~
He's like his predecessor. Coup-appointed. In his case anointed. By electoral rubber-stamping.
Putin warns Kiev coup junta against defaulting on natural gas debts ~ link ~ Also see ~ link
President Vladimir Putin has warned Ukraine against defaulting on its
gas debts, saying Moscow cannot supply Kiev with free natural gas for
"Up until now, as I have already said, we were supplying Ukraine for free with more gas than the total consumption and our annual gas supplies to a country like Poland. This situation cannot continue forever. This is simply not possible and everyone understands this," Putin said in televised remarks at Wednesday's cabinet session.He added that Ukraine should first pay for the supplies and then receive them, in case of failing to clear its debt.
"I hope we won't get into the situation when we will be forced to switch to prepayments," he said.
Kiev junta launches Genocide Campaign against Donbass ~ link ~ There are 4.5 Million People living in he Donbass Region ... most are Russian speaking and of Russian descent!!! Stirling
The combat area goes much farther beyond the airport area. The Putilov
Bridge was exploded, the TochMash Factory in Donetsk suffered great
damage. The junta forces attacked the Donetsk railway station. They
opened fire as the train approached making people run along the rails
for their lives. The combat area is situated near living quarters; any
shooting there is doomed to damage the people's homes. The houses
situated on Pyatnitskaya, Gradostroitel and Artiom streets and a
dormitory were damaged, a bread-baking plant caught fire.
Slavyansk came under artillery shelling. Igor Strelkov, the self-defense forces leader, says, «The
enemy is zeroing in. As the evening approached they shot point-blank.
According to preliminary estimates, four civilians were dead, some
crippled. They shot at the dormitory suburb of Arteom. There are no
military targets there. The suburban town is clearly seen from Mount
Karachun, where they had howitzers and mortars deployed to fire directly
at the area». A woman died when a mine exploded near the Orthodox
temple she was walking from, the temple was damaged with five windows
broken, the fence and the façade destroyed. Another mine damaged a block
of flats at the distance of 200 m from the temple, a man and a woman
died inside. Three civilians were dead and a few wounded as the strikes
were delivered at the houses located on Batiuk and Bogomolets streets.
An artillery shell hit the ground floor of a nine-storey living house
where the children's polyclinic is situated. Another shell exploded near
the teacher's training college killing a woman born in 1954. The Arteom
suburban town of Slavyansk is the most densely populated area in the
city with the population of 40 thousand.
Ukrainian chasteners make civilians suffer most. A few women and a
parking lot worker were shot near the Donetsk railway station, an eight
years old boy was killed near the airport. It's not artillery shells
only. Neo-Nazi never stop, they use small arms to shoot at people like
they did in Novoaydar when a few cars were fired upon as they were
riding packed with people.
Donetsk braces for third day of fighting ~ link ~
Shooting was heard in the afternoon on Wednesday in the center of Donetsk, near the local office of the Ukrainian intelligence service. It prompted a warning by the mayor's office, which urged residents to avoid that area of the city and not to "come close to the windows, step out onto the balconies or go outside," unless it's really necessary.
War Without Mercy ~ link ~
Ukraine's President-Elect Petro Poroshenko ordered it straightaway. He wants Eastern freedom fighters crushed.
He calls them "terrorists." He declared war without mercy.
CIA faces purges as situation remains tense in the Ukraine ~ link ~ Do take the time to read this one in full at the link. Stirling
They try to avoid publicity in case suicides are committed by
operatives working under cover. But it's hard to conceal anything when
it happens with high-placed officials. According to the «Washington
Times», a senior CIA official died in an apparent suicide in early April
from injuries sustained after jumping off a building in Northern
Virginia. CIA spokesman Christopher White confirmed the death and said
the incident did not take place at CIA headquarters in McLean, Va. «We
can confirm that there was an individual fatally injured at a facility
where agency work is done», White told the Washington Free Beacon. «He
was rushed to a local area hospital where he subsequently died. Due to
privacy reasons and out of respect for the family, we are not releasing
additional information at this time.» The name of the deceased was
mentioned at first to respect privacy of the family members. No exact
location of the accident has been disclosed. Time went by to alleviate
post-traumatic stress of the victim's next of kin, but still no
additional information about the dead person and the reasons for suicide
has leaked into press.
What has really happened? Why should a high-positioned official do such a thing? Was it really a suicide?
100 Rebels killed in Ukraine junta's airport offensive - Junta's troops attacked vehicles transporting wounded ~ link ~ Russia has urged Ukraine to stop the offensive and attempt negotiation, and had previously warned they reserve the right to intervene to defend the ethnic Russian civilians in the far east of the country. So far there is no indication Russia is any closer to crossing the border, but the high body count in the airport fight is likely to raise new calls among locals.
What are Polish Death Squads fighting for in the Ukraine? ~ link ~ What in God's name are the people of the NATO nations doing allowing this evil to go on? Stirling
According to available data (5), this Polish PMC lost 6 men during a
punitive operation in Eastern Ukraine (the remaining casualties among
foreign mercenaries working for the junta came from the American PMC
Academi and its subsidiary PMC Greystone Limited, which lost 50 and 14
fighters, respectively, as well as the CIA and the FBI, with 25
casualties, 13 of whom were killed).
The Poles have been participating actively in the formation of death
squads in Ukraine since September 2013, when Foreign Minister R.
Sikorski invited 86 members of the Right Sector to train at the police
training center in Legionowo, 23 km from Warsaw. The fighters, who came
on the pretext of a university exchange program, were mostly men of
around 40; they received a month-long training course in organizing mass
protests, erecting barricades, seizing government buildings, street
fighting tactics, shooting techniques, including from sniper rifles,
etc. The Polish weekly Nie published a photo from Legionowo showing
Ukrainian fascists dressed in Nazi uniforms alongside their Polish
instructors in civilian clothing.
While the Polish special services were training the future participants
of punitive operations, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs made
this official statement (02-02-2014): «We support the hard line
taken by the Right Sector... The radical actions of the Right Sector and
other militant groups of demonstrators and the use of force by
protestors are justified... The Right Sector has taken full
responsibility for all the acts of violence during the recent protests.
This is an honest position, and we respect it. The politicians have
failed at their peacekeeping function. This means that the only
acceptable option is the radical actions of the Right Sector. There is
no other alternative». At the same time, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk cautioned President Yanukovich against «disproportionate use of force» against
the Maidan. Today Donald Tusk, whose grandfather, Josef Tusk, served in
Hitler's Wehrmacht, demands that the Kiev junta deal with the «eastern rebels» harshly, «as with terrorists».
Kiev junta bombs psychiatric hospital - video ~ link
Ukraine government vows more WAR ~ link ~
The Ukrainian government vowed to push ahead Wednesday with military operations against pro-Russian separatists in the embattled east of the country after a big show of strength routing rebels from this city's international airport.
Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine's president-elect, said the "anti-terrorist operation" against the rebels, whom he has likened to Somali pirates, "has finally really begun." In an interview with Germany's Bild newspaper, Poroshenko, 48, said he was in close contact with the Ukrainian interim government in Kiev.
Putin says Russia and China need to ensure the security of their Gold Reserves ~ link ~
One week ago we reported that while Russia was dumping a record amount of Treasurys it was buying gold, or some 900,000 ounces to be precise. Today we learn that as Russia continues to purchase gold, and is likely taking advantage of the recent rout in gold prices, it certainly won't be storing its physical metal with any of the western Central Banks. According to Reuters, shortly after Russia and China announced their historic gas deal, Vladimit Putin said at the recent International Economic Forum, that Russia need to ensure its gold and currency reserves are secure. And not just Russia: China too. Because apparently when it comes to speaking for "hard" monetary policy, Putin is now authorized to speak for both nations.
Why are food prices so high? Because we are eating oil. ~ link ~ While these factors undoubtedly influence the cost of food, it turns out that food moves in virtual lockstep with the one master commodity in an industrialized global economy: oil. Courtesy of our friends at Market Daily Briefing, here is a chart of a basket of basic foodstuffs and Brent Crude Oil:
Unless you want to go to prison, read this before taking money out of your bank ~ link ~ Good One! Stirling
George Soros won't go to prison for taking his money out of the bank, but you could, if you are not very careful.
Read more at http://investmentwatchblog.com/unless-you-want-to-go-to-prison-read-this-before-taking-money-out-of-your-bank/#vKjJitJ0oRMCpT0L.99
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Men thought to be impersonating cops robbing people turned out to just be Cops Robbing People ~ link ~ Granted this is in Detroit, which has become a failed city, but still it is a VERY BAD SIGN...this is the type of crap you see in totally failed Third World nations. Wake up America, see what the Globalists are doing to you and put a stop to it while you still can!!! Stirling


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Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake are set to take on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend, with Fallon as host and JT as the musical guest — for his 5th time!
The late night show has a history of funny holiday skits, and the duo is always one to entertain, so you're pretty much guaranteed an evening full of laughs.
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FREDERICTON, NB – Picaroons Traditional Ales has announced the return of its popular summer seasonal, with a launch party set to take place later today to celebrate.
Described as a "quirky blend of three traditional wheat beer styles (that) gives the palate a refreshing sunny burst of citrus and spice," Dooryard Summer Ale is a certified organic beer that will be available until the fall.
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Klug, Francesca and Wildbore, Helen (2010) Follow or lead?: the Human Rights Act and the European Court of Human Rights. European Human Rights Law Review, 6 . pp. 621-630. ISSN 1361-1526
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Since the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) came into force ten years ago a debate has rumbled on about its larger purpose. It was drafted in response to a long-standing campaign for a bill of rights for the UK which attracted support across the political spectrum. But to what extent can its legal form serve that purpose if, as has been suggested, the HRA was intended not just to incorporate most of the rights in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) into domestic law, but the totality of its case law? To shed light on the debate, this article examines the duty in HRA s.2 for domestic courts to "take into account" Strasbourg jurisprudence when considering a Convention right. We identify three broad approaches taken by the domestic courts to European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence: the mirror approach, the dynamic approach and the municipal approach. The parliamentary debate on s.2 reveals that the language of that section was purposefully drafted to avoid the domestic courts from being bound by Strasbourg jurisprudence, whilst still requiring them to take it into account. Developing this further, we suggest that the purpose of the HRA was to allow the courts to use the ECHR as a source of rights and freedoms to be interpreted domestically in the manner of a bill of rights, in order to enhance human rights in the UK.
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TRT outbid private equity firm Starwood Capital Group in a court hearing that lasted more than four hours, including several recesses.
Atlanta-based Noble Investment Group submitted an initial bid of $45.9 million in May to acquire the Plantation as part of the Amelia Island Co.'s reorganization, but that bid was subject to higher offers at Monday's auction. Noble, the only other bidder at the auction, declined to bid Monday.
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Oh, what's the source on that? I want to re-post that somewhere. Friggin' gold.
I wonder if Bryce's tweets constitute tampering?
Does the Marlins trading away their entire team constitute tampering? If BGS demands a trade, it's not because of Bryce.
It's just a player saying "We'll take you on our team."
Put yourself in Stanton's shoes right now... a sinking feeling of desperation and depression. Loria needs to make him happy to be with the Marlins. A requisite first step in that process is resignation: Stanton needs to be convinced that he is stuck there - no way out. Any encouragement that there is a way out runs counter to that process. A Nats player saying "We'll take you on our team" just encourages him to want to get out.
I've decided that I am going to defend the Marlins and their ownership on this move.Suppose you are the Marlins. You are one of the less profitable teams in baseball and your players usually leave once they are FA's, but you are pretty good at IDing and developing prospects, and you just spent a lot of money on FA's. But the chemistry or whatever just didn't work out, and you didn't contend with all those FA's on your team.Do you:(1) Keep them and their backloaded contracts on the books, hoping that magic will somehow strike the same group differently, and risking those contracts becoming untradeable? (2) Do something else?The Marlins did something else. For whatever reason, the current crew wasn't getting it done, so they dumped them (along with players likely to become FA's and leave soon), reloaded with prospects, and cleaned up $80 million in payroll. Now, you have a new core to rebuild around, and the option to sign FA help around that core once you see a window opening up. The Marlins, in my view, are one of the most shrewdly managed teams in baseball. It doesn't always work out, but they're highly Vulcan-like. Dismantling the 1997 and 2003 WS teams was shrewd: most teams don't repeat the same performance the next season and players are at their peak after a WS win. Compare the 1997 Marlins to, say, the 2002 Angels, who kept everyone and became a mediocre team.
If it wasn't a salary dump, why didn't they shop the players to multiple teams?
Jose Reyes was talked about with the Diamondbacks - just read that somewhere.
Anyone hear Bowden this afternoon on XM89, around 2PM? He makes a pretty convincing case for what the Marlins did.
If there's one thing we know about Bowden, it's that he knows how to make a convincing case for a crappy move.
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3000:1 Contrast Ratio 3200 Lumens PC 3D Ready Street Price: n/a $729 MSRP The ViewSonic PJD6243 is a 5.7 lb. portable projector with a bright 3,200-lumen rating that is appropriate for classrooms and conference rooms alike. Street price is about $650, and while many other XGA projectors are priced lower, none can match the PJD6243's networking, video, and audio performance. The rear panel has connections for virtually any source found in classrooms or conference rooms, including HDMI. You can have two computers and three video sources connected simultaneously with two methods of switching between them. There are a couple of limitations you need to be aware of, but all in all, ViewSonic's PJD6243 is a lot of projector for a modest cost.
Many classroom projectors do a good job with data images but fall short on video performance. The PJD6243 is not one of them. The Movie preset is spot on, but if you feel the need to tweak the picture settings, the User modes provide all the adjustment range you will need. In fact, you can adjust all six projection colors (R, B, G, C, M, Y) if you are willing to devote the time to get the picture perfect. One test of a projector's optical design is to view small fonts with full keystone correction. This is an especially tough test for the PJD 6243 because its keystone correction range is ±40°. The result was satisfying as even 8-point fonts were still readable at full vertical keystone correction. Data images were excellent with plenty of saturation and flawless edge-to-edge sharpness. Video images were color balanced and had plenty of pop. Shadows and highlights were well rendered given the contrast rating of 3,000:1. Flesh tones are always a tough test, but the PJD6243's Movie preset mode nailed them with no image adjustment needed. If you like to adjust the image for your particular taste, you have all the tools necessary in the User mode sections of the Picture menu. In fact, you can even adjust all picture settings for HDMI material, an uncommon feature in projectors of this class. It is a treat to be able to connect a PC and a Mac simultaneously with HDMI video and a network. Not many inexpensive projectors can do that, but the PJD6243 is up to the task. It is also a pleasure to be able to crank up the volume to the point that it fills a medium sized room with clear, crisp sound. Its XGA resolution may not be theater quality, but given its picture quality and its robust 5-watt speaker, the PJD6243 may make you forget you are in a classroom.
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Technologies of the allied warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan, such as remote-controlled drones and night vision goggles, allow the user to "virtualize" human targets. This coincides with increased civilian casualties and a perpetuation of the very insecurity these technologies are meant to combat. This concise volume of research and reflections from different regions across Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa, observes how anthropology operates as a technology of war. It tackles recent theories of humans in society colluding with imperialist claims, including anthropologists who have become involved professionally in warfare through their knowledge of "cultures," renamed as "human terrain systems." The chapters link varied yet crucial domains of inquiry: from battlefields technologies, military-driven scientific policy, and economic warfare, to martyrdom cosmology shifts, media coverage of "distant" wars, and the virtualizing techniques and "war porn" soundtracks of the gaming industry.
Koen Stroeken is an Associate Professor of Africanist Anthropology at Ghent University. Committed to the value of reflexivity, he published most recently Moral Power: The Magic of Witchcraft (Berghahn Books, 2010), which is based on fieldwork in rural Tanzania.
Series: Volume 13, Critical Interventions: A Forum for Social Analysis
Subject: Peace & Conflict Studies Theory & Methodology in Anthropology
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BISAC: SOC002010 SOCIAL SCIENCE/Anthropology/Cultural; POL036000 POLITICAL SCIENCE/Political Freedom & Security/Intelligence
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Introduction: War Technology Anthropology
Koen Stroeken
Part I: Perpetuating War
Chapter 1. Drones in the Tribal Zone: Virtual War and Losing Hearts and Minds in the Af-Pak War
Jeffrey A. Sluka
Chapter 2. The Dead of Night: Chaos and Spectacide of Nocturnal Combat in the Iraq War
Antonius C.G.M. Robben
Chapter 3. World in a Bottle: Prognosticating Insurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan
Roberto J. González
Chapter 4. Anthropology As We Know It – A Casualty of War?
R. Brian Ferguson
Part II: Globalizing War
Chapter 5. Games Without Tears, Wars Without Frontiers
Robertson Allen
Chapter 6. Music, Aesthetics, and the Technologies of Online War
Matthew Sumera
Chapter 7. Humanitarian Death and the Magic of Global War in Uganda
Sverker Finnström
Chapter 8. Resident Violence: Miner mwanga magic as a war technology anthropology
Koen Stroeken
Chapter 9. The Magic of Martyrdom and Cultural Imaginaries in Palestine
Neil L. Whitehead and Nasser Abufarha


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Sorry Michelle, but therapy may be required.
Under the close supervision of a qualified range master, of course.
Therapy, Republican Style:
Take favorite Firearm(s),
Drive SUV to local gun range,
Expend 200 (or more) rounds,
Police your brass,
Clean your weapon(s),
Return Home,
Stow your Firearms properly,
Get kids out of house,
Seduce your spouse,
Pro-create, to your heart's content!
Now you should feel better,
If not, Pro-create again.
Therapy, Republican Style.
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
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