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Before I get into the heart of the matter, I just want to say that as a D.C. resident AND a federal employee, I am seriously pissed that the Democrats traded away my rights as a D.C. resident just to get a deal with the Republicans to prevent the government from shutting down last week and pass a FY 2011 budget. The Dems should have shut the government down, and I would have been happy to go without a paycheck for a few days / a couple of weeks, rather than see a further erosion of the rights of the already second-class U.S. citizens who live in D.C.
That issue is largely separate from the FY 2012 budget, however, which (together with the debt ceiling) will probably be the center of attention for the next few months in Washington.
Obama laid out his FY 2012 proposal back in January - the entire document is available online, though for a quick analysis, I don't think you can beat the NYTimes' interactive infographic that shows the percent changes for all the various departments from FY 2010 levels, allows you to isolate discretionary and mandatory spending, and highlights areas that Obama proposes to increase or decrease dramatically:
|Click for large, interactive version at NYTimes.com.
Up until now, the entire fight has been about discretionary spending. Here's the same infographic, with only the discretionary areas highlighted:
Obviously, the largest chunk of discretionary spending is defense-related - if take away the gigantic square that is defense spending, you're only left with about 15% of the federal budget. Seeing as how the U.S. government borrows about 40% of what it currently spends, you obviously can't balance the budget by only cutting non-defense discretionary spending, particularly since I don't think there's much left in non-defense discretionary spending to cut, unless you want to stop investing in transportation, education, and basic research completely.
So, to start decreasing the deficit in any meaningful way, you have to increase revenue (i.e. taxes) and/or decrease defense spending, Social Security, and/or Medicare/Medicaid. Obama's FY 2012 budget proposes modest tax increases (i.e. letting the Bush tax cuts expire) for households making over $200,000/year, as well as increased revenue from coal, oil, and gas producers.
A week ago or so, Paul Ryan (R-WI), chairman of the House Budget Committee, released the Republican's FY 2012 budget proposal, and it's since been impossible to read a single newspaper, news website, or blog without seeing at least a dozen posts about Ryan's proposal. I'll link to what I think is some of the best analysis of Ryan's plan at the end of this post, but I want to focus on what I put in my headline:
The Ryan plan (i.e. the Republicans' budget proposal for FY 2012) would raise taxes on all non-millionaires (lower class, middle class, and non-rich elderly), in order to give a big tax break to corporations and the rich.
"Wow," you say, "that's a strange agenda to pursue - how can they hope to sell that to the U.S. public?"
Well, the Republicans are simply hoping that nobody notices. So what's going on here?
First off, the Republicans are making blatantly phony economic assumptions about how America is going to grow in the next decade - every serious economist, conservative and liberal, who has looked at the numbers in the proposal thinks that the numbers are laughably, ridiculously optimistic. For example, they estimate that the U.S. unemployment rate will be 2.8% in 2020 under this budget. The unemployment rate in the U.S. hasn't been that low since the early 1950s, and most economists put the absolute floor for the U.S. unemployment rate at somewhere between 4.5 and 6.5 percent, so unless the Republicans are planning on another World War and post-World War boom (which I suppose they might be), there's nothing to suggest that the U.S. will achieve this level of growth.
It's perhaps useful to remember that the Republicans had similarly optimistic (and just as made-up) numbers to justify the Bush tax cuts, which were supposed to pay for themselves by setting off an unprecedented economic boom in the U.S. Let's check out their predictions v. reality as it happened, shall we?
|Can we please stop pretending that supply-side economics has any basis in reality?
But, Ryan's made-up numbers in this plan allows him to say that the government is going to get more money in taxes, since everyone's going to be richer and employed.
Second, the Ryan plan proposes to:
- keep the Bush tax cuts, and further decrease the top marginal tax rate on the wealthiest Americans from 35% to 25% (read: tax cut for the rich);
- consolidate the number of tax brackets (read: tax increase for the poor and middle class);
- keep overall revenue levels the same (read: have to get more money from poor and middle class to pay for tax cuts for the rich);
- pay for the tax cut at the top by eliminating some unspecified tax expenditures (read: weasel-phrase so they can pretend to do something other than raise taxes on the poor and middle class).
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that, if you massively cut taxes for the richest Americans by another 30% and keep revenues the same, then you're going to replace that lost revenue by massively increasing taxes on the poor and middle class.
In fact, a rigorous analysis of a very similar Ryan plan from last years shows that Ryan has already proposed to do just that - under a previous but similar Ryan proposal put out last year, the poorest 20% of Americans would pay 12.3% more of their total income in taxes, while the richest 1% would pay 15% less of their total income in taxes.
So, yes, the Republican budget plan calls for a massive tax increase on the poor and middle class in order to pay for additional tax cuts for the richest.
Alternatively, the Ryan plan would just produce massive budget deficits, if the Republicans didn't massively raise taxes on the poor and middle class to pay for the tax cuts for the rich. In fact, that's what CBO's analysis of the plan says - that Ryan's plan will increase the deficit relative to current law.
Ryan's avoids utter fiscal catastrophe by gutting Medicare and Medicaid (and shifting much of the cost from the government to seniors), which produces all of the savings in the plan's outer years - another way of raising taxes on the poor and elderly. In fact, fully two-thirds of Ryan's proposed budget cuts fall on the poor and elderly. Furthermore, it's hard to believe that a future Congress wouldn't undo the proposed Medicare austerity when voters start complaining in 10 years or so, reversing the only part of Ryan's plan that would save any real money.
That's it for me on the Ryan plan / the Republicans' FY 2012 budget, and I hope not to have to blog about it again, since I hope that people will soon come to realize what it actually contains - huge tax increases for the poor, middle class, and elderly to pay for huge tax cuts for corporations and the rich. I hope we can stop talking about this unfair, unrealistic plan and talk about balancing the budget in a way that doesn't cause irreparable harm to the most vulnerable Americans among us.
Below is the best of the rest when it comes to commentary on Ryan's plan over the past week or so:
James Fallows points out a number of reasons why Ryan's plan is neither brave nor serious, as many pundits and Republicans are claiming. Most importantly, the plan says nothing about military spending, and while it (correctly) identifies health care costs as the main problem in increasing public spending, it entirely avoids the question of how to contain rising health care costs.
Josh Bivins points out that the kinds of tax cuts the Republicans are calling for (i.e. tax cuts for corporations and the rich) do almost nothing to stimulate economic growth, while Republicans call for cuts to those government activities that most stimulate economic growth - direct spending, infrastructure, unemployment benefits, and food stamps:
Lawrence Lewis dissects what Ryan's plan shows about Republican values: namely, that they don't really care about deficits, just that they care about class warfare in favor of the rich over the poor and middle class. ThinkProgress also thinks that the Republicans don't really care about deficits. ThinkProgress also points out that while services for Main Street are being slashed and the median family is paying more in taxes than they have in 50 years, the richest 400 taxpayers are paying the lowest level of taxes they've paid since the Great Depression:
Even NYTimes conservative columnist Ross Douthat think that the poor bear too much of the economic pain doled out by the Ryan plan.
Karl Smith muses that the Ryan plan is implicitly proposing a repeal of all U.S. immigration restrictions, as that is the only way to make Ryan's projected numbers fit a possible future.
Paul Krugman finds the plan both ludicrous (for the made-up numbers referenced above) and cruel, since 2/3's of Ryan's proposed spending cuts fall on the backs of the poorest Americans.
Andrew Sullivan think that Ryan's plan's biggest problem is that it is deeply, profoundly unfair:
Ezra Klein has lots of thoughts on Ryan's plan. I'll highlight Klein's comments that 1) seniors would pay much, much more for their healthcare under Ryan's plan even as healthcare becomes more expensive overall - it both increases overall healthcare costs and shifts more of those costs to seniors, making healthcare unaffordable for many; and 2) the plan is extremely regressive, doling the most harm out to the most vulnerable Americans.
In separate blog posts, Krugman also points out that, as pointed out above, the Republicans' unemployment projections are ridiculous, and that the Republicans assume two impossible things: 1) that U.S. government spending on healthcare will decrease as a percentage of GDP while the population both grows and ages, and 2) that U.S. discretionary spending (which includes all defense spending) will fall from 12% of GDP today to 6% of GDP by 2022, even as we maintain the ability to wage multiple wars at once.
Kevin Drum points out that the biggest winners under the current system are current retirees, who receive far more in Medicare benefits than they paid into Medicare, and he wonders why Ryan isn't asking current retirees to share some of the pain.
Ezra Klein points out the budget is already balanced, if we do nothing - but we're not going to do nothing, since that would involve allowing all the Bush tax cuts to expire, and even Obama wants to extend them for American households earning less than $200,000/year.
Michael Linden also sees a hidden middle class tax hike.
TPM reports that even Ronald Reagan's old OMB director thinks the Ryan plan is a joke: "It is simply unrealistic to say that raising revenue isn't part of the solution. It's a measure of how far off the deep end Republicans have gone with this religious catechism about taxes." He approves of Ryan's entitlement proposals but breaks faith over taxes and the GOP's unwillingness to slash defense spending. And he laughs off the notion that the plan will do anything about unemployment, let alone dramatically reduce it, which Ryan and his plan claim it will.


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by David Urban
1) Looking back on 2010, what were your best and worst calls?
Being long Gold and equities for the first quarter then going short thereafter which was a great call.
Worst call was underestimating the strength of the rally after Bernanke announced QE2.
2) What surprised you the most and least about financial markets in 2010?
QE2 which really propelled the markets back up and probably stopped 2010 from being a down year.
3) What is the one thing that you think has contributed the most to the market rally we've
seen off the March 2009 lows?
The sheer amount of dollars the Federal Reserve has unnecessarily pumped into the market.
4) What will be the biggest surprise of 2011?
The continued rally of the stock market, at least for the first half of the year.
5) How long will the current bull market continue?
Very hard to say. The banking sector is not healthy and employment growth is weak. Offsetting that is the Federal Reserve being an elephant in the bond market. If employment growth picks up the bull market will gain more traction.
6) What are the various indicators that you follow closely telling you right now about where
the stock market is headed in the near term (next couple of months)?
We should be cautious because when the market turns it will turn quickly and without much warning. I believe we will see a selloff in January with a rally starting in mid-February.
7) Many of you noted that cloud computing would be a popular area of the market in 2010,
which turned out to be correct. What areas of the market or themes will gain more
popularity in 2011?
Gold and Silver based on the lack of political will to tackle the deficit and spending problems in the US. I think Agriculture will become more of a 'Main Street' investment.
8) What do you believe is the contrarian call on equities right now? The economy? Is
investor sentiment currently misplaced?
Aluminum which has high inventories, lots of idled production, and has almost universal bearishness yet is a great substitute for copper in electrical wiring.
If you look at the stock price of Alcoa the smart money seems to be buying into this story.
9) There has been a lot of commentary about the US entering into a "lost decade" similar to
Japan in the 90s. What is your take on this?
The Lost Decade was from 2000 to 2010. If you go back and look at various economic statistics ranging from employment to personal income, amongst others you see that as a whole we really went nowhere. It was a false sense of gains based on cheap and easy credit.
10) In what ways have you had to change your investment strategies over the past couple
of years?
More depth in commodities. I used to be nipping around the edges in agriculture but now have found solid stocks in obscure areas which can be the beneficiary of food inflation globally.
11) What sectors do you believe will perform the best and worst in 2011?
Agriculture will do the best. By agriculture I mean companies that actually grow and harvest their own crops.
Certain technology sectors will outperform and investors need to be selective. Companies that can piggyback off of Google's Android operating system should do well. In this space I like Qualcomm.
I think Financials will continue to underperform. Looking back after the tech bubble many companies never saw their stock prices recover (Cisco, Intel, Dell, Yahoo, and Microsoft are examples). There are still a number of questions concerning foreclosures and a black swan in terms of the balance sheet pricing from the FASB/IFRS.
To give you an understanding of how opaque some of the proposals are the FASB is considering making the banks give loans and deposits valuations. That would create a complete mess if implemented.
It is possible that financials begin to outperform but investors need to pick through the sector with care. Do not think that just because the stock is beat up it represents great value. Underperforming stocks are generally underperforming for a reason.
12) Financials have been lagging the market for much of 2010. Do you expect this to
continue into 2011? Can the market rally without the Financials?
As long as commodities and profit growth stay strong the market rally should continue into the new year.
13) What's in store for the US economy in 2011?
Continued slow growth. I think 4% is too high of an estimate for 2011 unless there is significant across the board hiring in the private sector.
14) The consensus seems to think that the employment picture will get better in 2011, albeit
slowly. Do you agree or disagree with this call?
I think employment will slowly improve in 2011. The 2010 numbers were fudged with the government distorting the available for work numbers.
U-6 is a much more relevant statistic.
15) What are the biggest problems that could emerge in the coming year that could derail
the recovery, and how likely are they to occur?
Another terrorist attack of major proportions or the collapse of a government like North Korea. In the event that happens it will take a major socioeconomic effort from Asian countries to reintegrate North Korea into the world. South Korea and China would get a boost from access to cheap labor help which should cool inflation but at the same time there is a massive socioeconomic cost to be paid in terms of reprogramming the population. I think that is unlikely but nonetheless investors should be concerned.
16) Are Ben Bernanke and the Fed helping or hurting the recovery?
Definitely hurting.
Continued regulatory uncertainty from the US Government is not going to win any private sector friends.
The best thing the Federal Reserve could do right now is get out of the way and be a more vocal proponent for business.
The best judge of QE2's effectiveness is the bond market which has voted by selling Treasuries and raising yields, the opposite effect the Federal Reserve intended.
17) When will the Fed begin to raise rates, and will this be too early, late, or just about
right? (We asked this question last year as well, and rates have yet to change!)
Probably in 2013. I cannot see them restricting credit in 2011 and risk a political backlash if there is a rate hike in 2012.
They will at least wait until the bulk of the problem mortgage resets have occurred which points towards 2012 at the earliest.
18) After a bounce off the lows, home prices and sales have begun to dip again. What is
the reason for this and what's in store for real estate in 2011?
There is a tremendous aversion by consumers to leveraging up. If you were foreclosed on and went back to renting it is unlikely that you have 20% for a downpayment after losing a house purchased with no downpayment.
We will continue to see problems and the grey market overhang will continue to depress prices.
There will be isolated pockets for growth but that is more driven by vulture buying.
19) Will the Dollar (US Dollar Index) be up or down in 2011 and why? Is there a serious
threat to the Dollar as the world's reserve currency?
I think the US Dollar will be up for 2011. Europe will need a weaker Euro in order to help the PIIGS and that means a stronger US Dollar since the Euro makes up more than 50% of the index.
The problem with a weaker Euro is that it feeds the German export engine which pushes up German economic growth numbers which will increase calls for removing excess stimulus.
We are already seeing this in China encouraging domestic firms to write overseas contracts in the Yuan instead of Dollars. This is a trend that started about 5 years ago and has been picking up speed. It is mostly off the radar but is important in that global firms, not just Chinese firms, are feeling more and more comfortable dealing in currencies other than the US Dollar.
20) What are your current thoughts on gold – bubble, just the beginning, or fairly valued?
Gold is fairly valued and I think we are in store for another up year. We may see a push towards $1500 before a significant correction happens then the price recovers for an up 2011. But as of now $1265 is an absolute floor for Gold.
21) Oil doesn't get nearly the attention it got back in 2006-2008, and it seems to be losing
steam as an asset class that investors want to be in even though it has slightly
outperformed stocks in 2010. What is your take on oil as an asset class in 2011?
So long as Chindia continue their economic buildout oil demand will rise. We have already passed the point of peak oil and in order to fund the capital programs for the new offshore discoveries oil will need to move much higher.
Investors would be well served to pick up oil producers and service companies with solid dividend yields.
22) Which alternative energy sources do you expect to gain the most market share over the
next decade, and what are some of the best ways to invest in these areas?
Sugar. Khon Kaen Sugar in Thailand. They use the entire sugarcane plant to make everything from sugar to electricity to ethanol to fertilizer. So far ahead of the curve globally that it is not funny.
They were caught hedging too early last year and learned their lessons.
23) What is your take on the automobile sector in both the US and abroad? Will the new
GM stock be up or down in 2011? What is your favorite auto play?
Ford is amazing in terms of what they have accomplished without any help from the US Government.
In terms of the automobile sector Asia will provide almost all of the growth and the US will continue to lag.
Ford is my favorite play followed by Thai Stanley Electric who makes headlights for Toyota, Ford, Chrysler, Honda, and others. Slow and steady growth but a great way to play the Asia automobile market.
24) How will the new Congress impact the stock market and the economy in 2011?
Lots of bluster and backpeddling. Notice how the Republicans are already going back on the earmarks promise before taking office. That will be something major to consider for the 2012 election.
25) What is your take on the political environment in the country right now and what
changes, if any, need to occur to make it better? Will politics play a larger or smaller role
in the year ahead?
Worse. The political environment in the US is not very good right now.
I expect a lot of gridlock and political noise will increase as the year goes on as candidates toss their hats into the Presidential ring.
26) Is the country finally serious about the deficit problem and ready to take steps to
reduce it, or are we just seeing more posturing?
I see more posturing. Good economic growth will help tax receipts but I do not see any strong impetus to get spending under control. A great way to slow economic growth and help the Federal Reserve put off increasing interest rates would be to combine an increase in tax receipts (lower capital gains and dividend rates) with decreased spending. That would show the world that we are taking our budget deficit problem seriously.
If that happened as businesses and employment began to gain traction the government would be creating a drag to ensure we do not grow to fast and let inflation get out of control.
BTW, I am not a Keynesian. The above policy just makes sense to me.
27) What are the biggest global threats to the stock market right now, and how much of a
threat are they?
The market getting too accustomed to QE and cheap money.
28) Which countries/regions are you the most bullish or bearish on at the moment?
Bullish on SE Asia based on their role as a producer and supplier of food to the Chindia.
Bearish on Argentina. CDS spreads are pricing in a default, elections coming this year, out of control inflation, and a government that will do whatever is necessary to stay in power.
Last year they raided their Central Bank to pay the bills. That is never a good sign.
Bearish on Australia as well. There are a number of mixed signals being sent out by the economy and they may have a brief recession.
29) China's stock market has underperformed most of the world in 2010. Will we see
outperformance or underperformance from China in 2011? How do you expect other
emerging markets to perform in 2011?
Difficult to say with respect to China. What is needed is a strong local equity and bond market to soak up the excess liquidity. Historically, a house is seen as a store of value and safety which explains why people are rushing into the housing market. The government needs the Chinese people to view the equity and bond markets with the same safety level as housing. That would allow people to diversify their wealth into other areas than real estate.
30) Will the following be up or down (positive or negative) in 2011? Where noted, what are
your 2011 year-end price targets? The price targets are meant to obtain a "wisdom of
crowds" consensus number from all Roundtable participants.
10% for the S&P and Gold. I am not into market numbers as much as I am individual stocks.
31) Please provide readers with any stocks that you really like right now and for 2011 and
beyond (and why).
Alcoa as a substitution play on Copper and Teck Resources as a substitution play on Tin.
Khon Kaen Sugar and Thai Stanley Electric are stocks I mentioned earlier.
Qualcomm is a great stock to play the growth in Android without having to pay up for Google.
Note: I am long Khon Kaen Sugar, Thai Stanley Electric, Qualcomm, Teck Resources and Alcoa.
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Today, students are focusing on different subjects that they have interest in to build up the career. Engineering is one such course that can give you opportunity to have a bright career ahead. But, it is not limited to engineering as accountancy students are also seeing a good career prospect which is why they are showing a good interest on the subject.
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Hull says NO! So Trump Won't Go!
Here in the dark of a January evening a collection of banner wavers, delusional socialist wannabes, imps, pimps, banjo players and just plain old fashioned passers-by have collected in Queen Victoria Square to demand that SOMETHING MUST BE DONE about that awful Mr Trump and his evil acts. There was lots talk of building a socialist alternative and fighting American Imperialism all drawing the appropriate Pavlovian applause response. I hear he keeps a close ear to the ground and worries so much about how well he's doing down on Hessle Road and the Avenues, so this grand demo will greatly irritate his ulcers and boil his piss I've no doubt.
Seriously though Mr Trump the duly (and newly) elected head of state of a foreign country is getting up everyone's nose at the moment He might be doing something right then, but it's not my circus and not my monkey as they say these days. But it not just American noses, no sir, well it wouldn't be would it? The self-proclaimed liberal luvvies have got to show themselves as "doing" stuff so they hold these little demos sprouting up over the country, all utterly meaningless and just an excuse for the same old tired inane claptrap to be spouted forth. But the irrelevancy doesn't stop at few demos; oh no. There's currently a petition to Parliament (that's the UK Parliament by the way just in case, like me, you were wondering what the hell it has got to do with us) with over 1.5 million signatures saying Mr Trump should not be allowed to meet the Queen! Ye Gods! I would have thought that making him meet that wizened old brood mare was a suitable punishment for anyone but no, he must not shake hands (or anything else) with Queenie or the world will end or some such nonsense. Now as this pathetic little country is seeking a trade deal with the good old evil US of A what chance do you think that petition has, hmmm? I expect Brenda will be told to get her knee pads out, moisten her royal lips and grin and bear it.
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Surplus to Requirements
The natives are getting restless in deepest, darkest Cottingham. The local council, not Hull, for once, but the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, hereinafter known as ERYC, has decided that the Civic Hall in Cottingham is "surplus to requirements" and want to sell it off to whoever. That phrase 'surplus to requirements' clearly came from a soulless, heartless accountant and not something with a brain between its ears. Needless to say this has not gone down well with all the hundreds of people who use it for exercise groups, plays, community activities of all descriptions; real people to whom it is essential. So plans are afoot to take over the place locally with a trust to manage the running of the place. Hopefully ERYC will see sense and stop acting like ideological ass holes and remember there are elections coming up sooner or later when perhaps they'll find that they, too, have become surplus to requirements.
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
The Erstwhile Bank
In what estate agents might call a prime location on the junction of Hallgate and King Street here is the building formerly known as HSBC. If this does not become a trendy wine bar and/or restaurant in the next few months I'll be very surprised. It seems the big boys are closing branches up and down the country. HSBC are closing two branches in town including the Whitefriargate one. While Cottingham still has three other banks that folks can use some villages and even small towns have no banks at all which I imagine is a right pain if you're a pensioner with limited mobility and no understanding the web or if you're trying to run a shop and run out of change.
Monday, 23 January 2017
The Quality Street Lights
So here's some old flats on Porter Street all lit up as an arts project called "I Wish To Communicate With You" for some reason that escapes me. Puts me in mind of those coloured cellophane wrappers that came (probably still do for all I know) with Quality Street chocolates. Obviously it's all to do with that damn culture thing. The pictures I've seen of it, including this one, really don't do it any justice, it's much more impressive in real life, though hardly a stunningly original piece.
Sunday, 22 January 2017
The Ideal
This place on Midland Street seems to be hanging on despite the demolition of the nearby Albert Hall. It's both a driving school and a printers, odd combination but that's how it is.
Saturday, 21 January 2017
The Terrace
Or rather the back of the terrace. This is the derrière of Albion Street and is posted here to give a fuller, all round picture, wouldn't want to be accused of frontistic tendencies ...
The weekend in black and white is here.
Friday, 20 January 2017
The Vacuous Nonsense
As part of the cultural bonanza currently being spread like field manure, hither and yon, several advertising hoardings around town are to be taken over for what is termed Art. Now I know art is not meant to mean anything so this is clearly qualifies as art, a house, a car like thing and Rudolph the reindeer suddenly discovering who has been sworn in as 45th president of the US of A. A whole year of this fap crap, oh how wonderful!
Thursday, 19 January 2017
The E.U International
Hard boiled Brexit or the soft runny kind may affect these little supermarkets selling delicacies from the Baltic and other exotic places but I rather think they'll still be here long after we've all forgotten about the EU, Mrs Merkel (Wer sie?) and the single market or whatever. The current stupid little falling out is a mere blip, a historical hiccup. It'll all blow over and the dust will settle and we'll say what was all the fuss about. What kind of madness was that? We''ll get back to doing what we've been doing for two thousand years or more, trading goods and carrying people across the North Sea and the Channel, to and from Europe and beyond. What else can we or Europe do?
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
The Bingo Hall
The advertising on this building attempts to convince that it is so much more than bingo but that's advertising for you; a manifest denial of the truth. This place, on Clough Road, looks like and is the same size as a large warehouse and has a large car park to cope with demand. It replaced the much smaller hall on Beverley Road. I can think of at least two other similarly large bingo clubs in Hull so there must be plenty of people wanting to get their "eyes down for a full house". In the UK 45 million visits a year were made to bingo clubs which was more than went to professional football in England so it's no small business but personally I cannot see the attraction of housey-housey.
Tuesday, 17 January 2017
One for sorrow
Yesterday, Blue Monday, was supposed to be the saddest, most depressing day of the year which, if true, means that things can only get better ...
Margot took this sad picture so many years ago that we still had a Labour government and the current out-going POTUS was Borack Who?
Monday, 16 January 2017
The Wrong Way
If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well. It were done quickly ...
I hope yesterday's post did not give the impression that the town is cleared of the orange menace. As you can see there's still plenty of it about. Work is still going on and won't be finished until March so I'm told. So if you're in town and want to get from A to B without going via C to Z, it's as well to check out the intricate maze of pathways that have been set out before us. The unwary may be taken several hundred yards out of their way.
If you think there's an inordinate amount of this stuff going on in Hull it's because the Council claim to be trying to do three years work in one year. We shall see if might not have been quicker to go slower.
Sunday, 15 January 2017
The Orange Barrier Man
Someone has to have the job of taking away all those friendly barriers that have corralled and shepherded us these past months and here is that someone wearing suitable camouflage.
Saturday, 14 January 2017
The New Look
In the bad old days Jameson Street had paving, a few trees, a scattering of seats and a row of street lights. Now, after the expenditure of untold millions, Jameson Street has paving, a few trees, a scattering of seats and a row of street lights. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose as they often say these days in the city of culture.
Friday, 13 January 2017
The statement from our sponsors
The City of Culture thing is under way as I may have mentioned. The year is being financed by 'partners' or sponsors in common parlance. The old saying "he who pays the piper calls the tune" mostly definitely applies to what you see before you. Siemens manufacture wind turbines in an old dock out in the badlands of east Hull and being a major sponsor, sorry partner, they get to plonk, sorry (again) tastefully place their produce in the town square. Oh to be sure it's officially a sculpture or an installation or whatever by the name of "The Blade" but anyone can see this is just product placement gone barmy. I won't bore you with statistics of size and weight and so on since I know you won't be impressed, let's just say it's big and intrusive and leave it at that. And you certainly don't want to know how it got here, let's just say the fairies left it overnight. The natives, however, seem mightily pleased with their gift from the gods and go up to it and touch it as if it wasn't real, all very odd, still if it keeps them happy I suppose it does no harm.
Somewhere there's a team of engineers who must be very pleased with their work.
Did I mention it was bloody big?
It may not be art but it makes a good place for birds to keep an eye on the insanity of this place.
The weekend in black and white is here.
Thursday, 12 January 2017
The Lumpy Bumps
You know how it is; finishing off a make over and deciding that a little extra decorative piece would just round off the tout ensemble. So it came to pass that Hull acquired this artfully crafted installation down by the Marina. What is it, do I hear you ask? Hmm, you and the rest of the world ...
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
The Alley
I showed the pleasures of the far end of this delightful place a while back (OK five years ago, who's counting?). It looked like this. I don't think it'll have changed much since then.
I suppose in the interests of fairness, filling in space and finding something to say when completely out of ideas that the building on the right is reckoned to be one of the most haunted buildings in Hull if not in the whole country. The local rag regularly runs pieces (here's one) on alleged paranormal happenings, there is apparently an evil force lurking within. Even the police have been called out, I bet they loved that. I guess even Hull has its dull news days (no, no it does, rarely, I admit, but it can be dull in Hull) so these fantastical reports should come as no real surprise. If I was to tell you that you can pay to spend the night there and be scared out of your wits you might think some sort of scam was being played. I couldn't possibly comment.
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
The Florist
This was taken in December when it seems there was a market for wreaths of holly and mistletoe and other Yuletide paraphernalia; how long ago that seems now. Hollyhocks is on Princes Avenue and seems to be blooming.
Monday, 9 January 2017
The Takeaway
This one is on Cottingham Road but it could be just about anywhere in town, they're ubiquitous and they all look pretty much the same.
Sunday, 8 January 2017
The Deterrent
On Liberty Lane some recent demolition work has left this quite redundant anti-intruder device hanging in the wind.
The weekend in black and white is here.
Saturday, 7 January 2017
The Millpond
I'd never seen old Humber so flat calm and peaceful. No clouds other than those made by the gentle folk of Lincolnshire (*waves hello*) without which this picture and the similar one below would be somewhat lacking in interest.
Thursday was exceptionally clear and in these parts and at this time of year that almost always means there'll be a cracking sunset, so I make no excuses yet another going-down-of-the-sun photo. I could get tired of these sights but hopefully not any time soon.
Thursday was exceptionally clear and in these parts and at this time of year that almost always means there'll be a cracking sunset, so I make no excuses yet another going-down-of-the-sun photo. I could get tired of these sights but hopefully not any time soon.
Weekend Reflections are here.
Friday, 6 January 2017
The Public House
Next door to our greasy fingered barber is the Star of the West or rather the reinvented Star of the West. The original watering hole was on West Street (geddit!) and looked a lot like this.
As I recall I went into the old place on my first Saturday afternoon in Hull some thirty five or more years ago and had a pint of uninspired beer and a memorably soggy and execrable steak pie. A fine welcome! The place remained a sleazy dive, frequented by Saturday night pub crawlers and reporters from the nearby Hull Daily Mail. I never went in again and can't really say I missed it when the old place was knocked down to make way for this. However in my assiduous research for this post I did come across a song about the Star of West, it's in the 'folk' style and clearly the writer was more impressed than I was.
Thursday, 5 January 2017
The Barber Shop
It's a barber's shop on Trinity House Lane. OK it's a rock 'n' roll barber's shop. So why Greasy Fingers? Something to do with hair product apparently.
I post this but I haven't been in a barber's for over thirty years and my hair, what there is of it, is over my shoulders like some ageing hippy.
Wednesday, 4 January 2017
The Laundry
You can't make an economy out of taking in each other's washing said somebody, (possibly Mark Twain it sounds like the sort thing he might come out with). Well maybe not an economy but certainly a thriving little business. The laundry at the end of the road seems to being doing nicely so much so it has recently expanded into the old Victoria Wines off licence next door. I've always called this place sounding like Netta but it occurs to me they might want to be more like Neater, who knows or even cares?
Tuesday, 3 January 2017
The corner shop
This shop replaced an older shop about ten years or so ago and has a number of franchises running it. The current lot took over this Summer and immediately put up the price of everything an cut the range of goods on offer. So I don't go there as often ususally to take money out of the ATM now Lloyds have shut the local bank across the road. It's cheaper in Tesco and Sainsburys which I never would have believed. Until I took photo this I hadn't realised quite how many bollards surround the place, security to prevent ram-raiding which seems to be out of fashion these days.
Monday, 2 January 2017
Eyes like saucers
I could do with a little tinder-box and few wishes being fulfilled at the moment but I don't suppose one is coming my way any time soon.
This hound was in a shop window in Bridlington oh so many months ago and has hopefully found a forever home by now. I believe his eyes light up and maybe he performs other tricks who knows? He looks harmless though.
Sunday, 1 January 2017
That was the year that was
The theme for City Daily Photo starts the year Janus fashion by looking back for the 'Photo of the Year'. Out of 236 postings I liked this monochrome effort the most although not particularly strongly. In terms of most viewings, however, the one below was easily the most popular with twice as many hits as the runner-up. Why? I don't know, maybe it was my shameful purloining of the Sea of Hull thing, maybe folks just like a big wide brown river or since most of my viewings are from Russia for some unknown reason maybe Putin is planning to visit this year.
Today is also the start of the City of Culture Year, there are fireworks tonight on the Humber and a week of light shows in the town centre. I shall endeavour to keep coverage of this to a minimum, there might be something tomorrow and that'll be it for a while. There's more than enough rubbish already out there without me adding to it. If you want more: Google is your friend.
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New Era of GCSE Grades for Students at Forge
Students and staff at Ormiston Forge Academy follow excellent A level results last week with more good news.
Almost half of the cohort of 150 students achieved a grade 4 in English and maths despite this being the first year of the new more challenging exams in these subjects. Over fifty per cent of students also achieved a C grade or above in all other subjects.
Students have been marked under the new 1-9 grading system, with 9 being the highest grade for English Literature, English Language and maths, while the rest of their subjects have been marked under the old A* to G grades. New GCSEs are linear in structure rather than modular, with all exams at the end of a two-year course. A grade 4 is effectively an old C grade and the top grade, a grade 9 is the equivalent of very top A*.
Head of academy, Dr Lisa Mason, said: "I'm delighted for the students who have all worked so hard this year to achieve these good results, despite this being the first year of the new tougher exams.
"These results are a testament to hard work and dedication. Once we have the full set of results including the progress measures, I'm even more confident that Forge will continue to show that it's the best place for young people to study and grow."
There were also some outstanding individual performances:
Sophia Ashraf, who achieved 3 A*s, 4 As, 2 Bs, 1 grade 8, 1 grade 7, 1 grade 6
Sehrish Mahmood, who achieved 6 A*s, 2 As, 2 grade 9s, 1 grade 8
Aqib Mohammad, who achieved 3 A*s, 5 As, 2 grade 6s, 1 grade 8
James Mahon, who achieved 4 A*s, 3 As, 1 grade 8, 1 grade 6 and 1 grade 5
Saya Mawaty, who achieved 4 A*s, 4 As, 1 B, 2 grade 8s, 1 grade 7
Sophie Slim, who achieved 4 A*s, 2 As, 2 Bs, 3 grade 7s
Mitch Turner, who achieved 3 A*s, 2 As, 3 Bs, 1 grade 8, 1 grade 7, 1 grade 6
Principal, Andrew Burns, said: "Firstly, and most importantly, congratulations to students picking up their grades today. The ones that have done well will get a pat on the back, the ones that are disappointed will be picked up, dusted off, supported and given guidance on next steps. Our commitment to our young people is absolute.
"I would also like to thank our staff for all of their hard work in preparing students for these more rigorous GCSEs, helping to raise standards and ensure that our students are prepared, not just for exams, but for life as well-rounded, decent members of society."
All GCSE subjects will be revised by 2018 and examined by 2020. Between 2017 and 2019, GCSE exam certificates will have a combination of number and letter grades. By 2020, exam certificates will contain only number grades.
Nick Hudson, Interim CEO of Ormiston Academies Trust, said: "It is our absolute priority to ensure that every student fulfils their potential, no matter what their background, and we are delighted to see these results from Ormiston Forge Academy. Students, staff and parents deserve great credit for these results which reflect their commitment and determination to succeed and we look forward to building on these achievements year after year."
Last week students at Forge capped a remarkable year with 84 per cent of the A level cohort achieving three or more passes at grades A*-E. Just 18 months after the Academy was judged as Good by Ofsted and in the same year it was designated as a National Support School, every indicator at Key Stage 5 has improved yet again.


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This Video of an Underwater Fart Is Bizarrely Wonderful
If you haven't mined the internet's baser depth you might make the mistake of saying, "Everything has been done before." You may be right, but the internet will absolutely take that as a challenge and you will absolutely see something that you can't unsee. Like the below video.
Vimeo is home to some pretty artsy-fartsy videos, but this might be the artsy fartsy-iest of them all. Filmmaker Micky Zilbershtein has shot an underwater fart in 120 fps. The fart, with audio, is set to Duettino Sull'aria from Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" just to make you feel like this is a short clip from a Werner Herzog documentary about water farts. Or maybe you just picture that fart making a break for it because of the use of this music in The Shawshank Redemption.
Without that soundtrack, it's basically just Escape From New York with the part of Snake Plissken played by a fart and the part of New York played by a butt.
There. Now you've seen what a fart looks like underwater. Basically exactly what you thought it'd look like every time you farted in the bathtub, except with color correction and music.
The more you think about it, the more this is probably mislabeled "MATURE."
h/t Reddit
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