Mike Shedlock

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• Gas Price Psychology Under Bush vs. Gas Price Psychology Under Obama; Three Reasons Gas Prices are High; Caroline Baum on 'Obama the Omniscient'

  Published 09 April 2012 | viewed 0 times

  The blatant hypocrisy and arrogance of president Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Hillary Clinton in the following video is simple stunning. Link if video does not…

• US Offers to 'Negotiate' if Iran Surrenders; Thoughts on Negotiation Tactics; Obama Threatens War

  Published 08 April 2012 | viewed 0 times

  President Obama has stepped up the rhetoric against Iran with an offer to "negotiate". His offer is no offer at all, it is a demand…

• My Wife Joanne Has ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease

  Published 04 April 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Today I'm going to share a personal struggle with you. This is news I've largely kept to a small circle of close friends over the…

• The Dating Game: Michael Pettis Challenges The Economist to a Bet on China

  Published 30 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  The Economist says "China's GDP, measured in nominal dollars, will be the world's largest by 2018". Michael Pettis at China Financial Markets disagrees and says…

• Eurozone Retail Sales Contract 5th Consecutive Month, Year-on-Year Sales Decline 10th Month

  Published 29 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Eurozone retail sales fell only slightly this month, but it was the 5th consecutive month, and the worst quarter since the 1st quarter of 2010.…

• Bernanke Puzzled Over Jobs, Cites Okun's Law; Six Things Bernanke is Clueless About

  Published 26 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Bernanke's blind faith in empirical formulas over common sense is again in play with his speech today on Recent Developments in the Labor Market. In…

• Excellent Document on Decoupling and Global Supply Chains by ECRI; Why BRIC, and U.S. Decoupling Won't Happen

  Published 23 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Lakshman Achuthan, Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer, of ECRI just released an exceptional 9-page document on supply chains and decoupling called The Yo-Yo Years. Here…

• Ben Bernanke: Inflationist Jackass, Devoid of Common Sense, and Clueless About Trade, Debt, History, and Gold

  Published 22 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Jo Weisenthal writing for the Business Insider claims Ben Bernanke Just Murdered The Gold Standard. In an equally feeble post, Simone Foxman also writing for…

• Saudi Arabia Aims to Deliver 'Wall of Oil' to US ...

  Published 20 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  ... Oil Minister Says "High Oil Prices Unjustified"; Highest March Price in History; Republicans Say Obama Not Doing Enough Wall of Supertankers Heads For US…

• Is There a Bubble in Treasuries? Both Sides of the Case ...

  Published 19 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  ... Explaining the 2011 Treasury Rally (It's Not What You Think); Where to From Here? People have been calling a bubble in treasuries for at…

• 'Curbs Needed to Avoid China Property Chaos' Says China's Premier...

  Published 15 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  ... Chinese Economy Already in Hard Landing? Regardless, It's Too Late to Prevent Chaos JPMorgan analyst Adrian Mowat says Chinese Economy Already in 'Hard Landing'…

• Executive Director of Goldman Sachs Resigns Over Parasitic Behavior of Goldman to Its Clients; Reflections on Chasing Performance

  Published 15 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Greg Smith's op-ed in the New York Times "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs" is precisely the catalyst that will eventually bring reform to the…

• 'Black Swan' Author Nassim Taleb Cheers Ron Paul's Economic Platform on CNBC

  Published 15 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Inquiring minds are listening to a CNBC video interview with Nassim Taleb, author of the book "The Black Swan".     This quote says it…

• Misty Water-Colored Memories, Dirt-Cheap Stocks, and Patient Opportunism

  Published 06 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Looking at forward earnings estimates, buy recommendations, and numerous explanations once again as to why "stocks are cheap" I am left wondering (to paraphrase Barbara…

• Disingenuous Recession Explanations from ECRI Regarding Coincident Indicators...

  Published 05 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  ...An Email Response From ECRI; Does the ECRI Even Believe Its Own Indicators? Late last month in ECRI Sticks with Recession Call on CNBC; More…

• Unbelievable Stress of Making 'Only' $200,000 After Taxes

  Published 01 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  People who have nothing to eat, no job, and are about to be tossed out of their homes in foreclosure, really do not know what…

• Bill to Destroy California Businesses Introduced in Senate

  Published 25 February 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Bill Mandates Employers with 5 or More Employees to Create 'Personal Defined Benefit Plan' Managed by CALPers The gall, arrogance, and stupidity of public union…

• Fatally Flawed Approaches to the Budget Deficit and Taxes...

  Published 24 February 2012 | viewed 0 times

  ... Debt Will Swell Under 3 of 4 Republican Hopefuls' Tax Plans A number of proposals on taxes and the budget have come out recently,…

• 9 Day Race to Ecstasy; Only Way Greece Can Win Is To Lose

  Published 21 February 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Hold your horses on that "finalized" deal. There are still numerous austerity measures to implement, details to wrap up, ribbons to cut, and bows to…

• Disability Fraud Holds Down Unemployment Rate; Jobless Disability Claims Hit Record $200B in January

  Published 20 February 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Looking for another reason for an artificially low unemployment rate? Consider disability fraud, people claiming disabilities they do not have such as mental illness. Prior…