Theo Spark

Video: Delivering one last gift

2012-01-28T11:23:00.001Z

H/T Canis 61

Not my Father's market or economy anymore..............from Rico

2012-01-28T11:17:00.002Z

There are still two market days left for January 2012, so don't close the books just yet.

And, be mindful of the absolute beating Gold and Silver endured in December 2011 while you're at it.
- There's still enough time for JPM & Co. to create an algorithm-driven "raid" by issuing massive paper naked 'shorts' on the precious metals (Gold-Silver). Not like they haven't done this before.....

That said, YTD...January to date....Gold is +10.8% and Silver +22%.
- Your average Joe Shmukatelli (or pension fund for that matter) can't say the same thing for his portfolio. Not even close, and this surely ain't horse shoes!

Bonds? Federal Reserve Notes? hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha......
- In case you didn't 'notice' Barry and Benny and Timmy have declared war on savers (anyone left with a pocket worth 'picking'). It's not my Father's 'market' or 'economy' anymore. The 'game' has changed.....

Pic Dump...........

2012-01-28T11:04:00.006Z

Bonus Babe.........

2012-01-28T10:51:00.000Z

2011.............from Rico

2012-01-28T10:29:00.000Z

It's worthwhile remembering way back to 2009 when the talking heads and teleprompter readers were seeing "green shoots of recovery" all over the place.

Yeah.
- Riiiiiight.

It turns out that 2011 was the worst year on record for US housing sales since....since records started being kept.

Idiots or clueless clowns?
- No matter. The end result is the same.

And they keep expecting people to 'trust' them and 'believe' them.
- And, roughly half the people will...they also report Elvis sightings regularly, too.

Video: The Debt Generation

2012-01-28T10:26:00.001Z

Found at The Gateway Pundit

H/T Infidel Joe

The Bear...........

2012-01-28T10:25:00.001Z

A priest, a Pentecostal preacher, and a rabbi all served as chaplains to the students at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. They would get together two or three times a week for coffee and to talk shop. One day, someone made the comment that preaching to people isn't really all that hard. A real challenge would be to preach to a bear. One thing led to another and they decided to do an experiment. They would all go out into the woods, find a bear, preach to it, and attempt to convert it.

Seven days later, they're all together to discuss their experience.

Father Flannery, who has his arm in a sling, is on crutches and has various bandages on his body and limbs, goes first. "Well," he says, "I went into the woods to find a bear. And when I found him I began to read to him from the catechism. Well, that bear wanted nothing to do with me and began to slap me around. So I quickly grabbed my holy water, sprinkled him and, Holy Mary Mother of God, he became as gentle as a lamb. The bishop is coming out next week to give him first communion and confirmation."

Reverend Billy Bob spoke next. He was in a wheelchair, with an IV drip in his arm and both legs in casts. In his best fire and brimstone oratory he exclaimed, "WELL, brothers, you KNOW that we don't sprinkle! I went out and I FOUND a bear. And then I began to read to my bear from GOD'S HOLY WORD! But that bear wanted nothing to do with me. So I took HOLD of him and we began to wrestle. We wrestled down one hill, UP another and DOWN another until we came to a creek. So I quickly DUNKED him and BAPTIZED his hairy soul. And just like you said, he became as gentle as a lamb. We spent the rest of the day praising Jesus."

The priest and the reverend both looked down at the rabbi, who was lying in a hospital bed. He was in a body cast and in traction, with monitors, and tubes running in and out of him. He was in real bad shape.

The rabbi looks up and says, "In retrospect, the best way to start may not have been circumcision."

H/T Bob C

Video: The Cavalry at the Stock Yard

2012-01-28T10:24:00.000Z

H/T DJ Elliott

The "Narrative" Killer.............by Dan Friedman

2012-01-28T10:23:00.000Z

If only the truth mattered. But during a pandemic of Jew-hatred such as we are (re)-experiencing today, it doesn’t. The fever grows and builds to a frenzy, sweeping aside logic and sanity in its path. And that’s the way it’s been for thousands of years – until now. The Jewish state is 64-years-old and has been blessed with awesome power and assigned to protect the Jews and stop the age-old madness in its tracks. The only question now is whether Israel has the will to carry out the mission. We should have our answer before the year is out. Hold on tight. History is going to change, or it’s going to repeat itself.

A return to Andalusia

Dan Friedman
NYC

Video: Asfour with the Iranian reactor at the Institute

2012-01-28T10:21:00.000Z

Needs subtitles on.

Israeli TV ad humor presses Iran's buttons

H/T Christopher R

News...............

2012-01-28T09:24:00.003Z

Greens in the money

BLACKFIVE: The defense budget

Rapid Fire 2012-01-27: FY13 DoD Budget Guidance

Hamas quietly quits Syria as violence continues

CDR Salamander: The Potemkin LCS Deployment ... again

This Week at War: Winners and Losers of the Defense Budget

No Special Operations Bases in Turkey, Pentagon Officials Say

Cuban Communists to consider term limits for leaders

St. Louis to host first major parade for Iraq War vets

CDR Salamander: Well, we got there eventually....

Obama's State of the Union Flop by Charles Krauthammer

Grandchildren of John Tyler, America's 10th president, are still alive

Georgia Ballot Challenge: Obama Walks On By

Poll: Most believe SCOTUS should reject health insurance mandate

As The State of the Union Speech Shows: The Problem with Obama Isn’t Just Political or Ideological, It’s Ignorance, Inexperience, Character, and Incompetence, Too,

Is Anybody Serious? by Thomas Sowell

What the Hell? 9 Year Old's Being Married? In Britain?

Obama Fanatic Threatened to Kill Arpaio

Once Again, Our Government Finds Itself Clueless

Denying Islamists Federal Security Clearances

Egyptian Court Refuses to Return Kidnapped Christian Girl to Family

SEIU: Myopic Greed

Drugs, the teenager found murdered on the Queen's estate and how the Baltic Mafia is terrorising one of Britain's oldest market towns It's not called Wisbeckistan for nothing.

General David Richards: Afghan campaign was woeful

Iran moving closer to stage where it will be too late to destroy nuclear facilities, Israel warns

Syria: claims of 'racial cleansing' as 14 family members are killed

David Cameron and President Hamid Karzai to sign agreement on Afghanistan's future

Braving Burundi: extract from Crazy River

US building 'mothership' for launching Navy Seal raids

Nigerian violence: Police disappear as Boko Haram brings terror to the streets

Nicolas Sarkozy and Hamid Karzai to push for early Afghanistan handover

Norway apologises for deportation of Jews during Second World War

Dmitry Medvedev 'should have done more to support Vladimir Putin presidential campaign'

Resistant Bacteria: Antibiotics Prove Powerless as Super-Germs Spread

'Muslim taxi' offers gender-segregated rides

German engineer kidnapped in Nigeria

A giant awakes

Political optimist: Venezuelan leader looks to 2031

'US bunker-busters can't destroy some Iran nuke plants'

Defense budget plan doesn't cut as deeply as Pentagon says

Video: "Tea Party Fight Coming" - Wild Bill

2012-01-28T08:11:00.000Z

Saturday Totty............

2012-01-28T08:10:00.001Z

Silver..................from Rico

2012-01-28T08:08:00.000Z

Spot silver closed today at $33.85/oz. One year ago today it was $27.08/oz.
- Well...paper Silver anyway. Try finding any physical Silver, and if you can expect to pay a 'premium' over this artificially low and heavily-manipulated 'spot'...and be a good sport and let Eric Sprott where you found your Silver, would you? With production rates falling, and demand rising, he's having one heck of a time getting his hands on the physical stuff. I rather admire him for his efforts, and for being honest into the bargain...it's much harder to acquire and hold physical [PHYS, PSLV] than it is for the crooks he's competing with [GLD, SLV] who can so easily create paper holdings with a computer-keystroke.

Meanwhile, those of us who aren't billionaires like Eric are buying American Silver Eagles and Canadian Maple Leafs as fast as possible.
- Look at these charts of domestic mine production and domestic demand for Silver coins and decide for yourself where this is headed.

Sizzling Model Luisana Lopilato Stars in Ultimo's Valentine's Day Lingerie Campaign

2012-01-27T21:52:00.000Z

Not kidding guys.

This is one of the hottest photo spreads I've seen in a while. This woman is unbelievably hot.

See: "Smokin' Luisana Lopilato Valentine's Day Lingerie Photo Shoot for UK's Ultimo."

Bedtime Totty...........

2012-01-27T18:34:00.002Z

Hit me again.........from Rico

2012-01-27T13:23:00.002Z

Too big to fail (TBTF)?

Oh, yeah, hit me again!
- Except. the ONLY guy not in line is YOU!

Figured it out yet?

Must Reads!!

2012-01-27T13:19:00.000Z

White Paper: DoD’s Defense Budget Priorities and Choices (PDF)
Fred Kagan: Military must invest in troops, not tech
Israel senses bluffing in Iran’s retaliation threats
Wings Over Iraq: World Updates and Defense Brief
AEI: The Iranian Nuclear Program: Timelines, Data, Estimates
Dozens killed in fighting throughout Syria
GsGf: Myth of American Decline
Shadi Hamid: West must consider intervention in Syria now
Clinton: State Dept to start drawing-down in Afghanistan
Afghan negotiators believe Taliban willing to soften
Rebel militias still dominate Tripoli streets

Pic Dump 2..........

2012-01-27T12:40:00.006Z

Cartoon Round Up....

2012-01-27T12:35:00.001Z

These people have ROBBED you (and still are?)..............from Rico

2012-01-27T12:34:00.001Z

OK, look, I understand that most of you (a) do not 'care' and (b) will not bother to look.

I'll just say that by the "Chpt. 4" I was hooked.

You can easily move the cursor to about 3:04 where the 'end the Fed' message becomes clear, but you will completely 'miss' the context/juxtapostion of events that leads you to that conclusion.

I watched the whole thing. About three hours, but I will NEVER look at "history" with the same eyes ever again.

Usury. Debt. What a novel (not) concept!

Lincoln. Garfield. JFK?

....and Judas was so easily 'bought' for thirty pieces of Silver.

Video: LOD - Gunsite Academy

2012-01-27T12:28:00.001Z

More at Life of Duty

H/T Alyssa

Bonus Babe........

2012-01-27T12:26:00.000Z

Video: THE VOTE PUMP

2012-01-27T12:25:00.000Z

Pic Dump 1.............

2012-01-27T12:13:00.010Z