Mike Shedlock

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• Dear Treasury Secretary Geithner, With All Due Respect Please 'Go To Hell'

  Published 04 April 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Treasury Secretary Geithner is not happy the Republicans have held the debt ceiling hostage to budget negotiations. In response, Geithner has embarked on a fear…

• Spanish Prime Minister Drops 2012 Reelection Bid

  Published 04 April 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Trichet Transforms Into Hawk; What Does it Mean for the Euro? The Dollar? Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, has decided to not seek…

• Fed Releases 895 PDFs in Response to Court Order

  Published 31 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Fed Does Not Disclose Collateral for Loans; Why Secrecy is a Problem; FDIC's Role in the Mess At long last the Fed has responded to…

• Geithner's Blatant Lies at the G20 Meeting; Four-Pronged Solution

  Published 31 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Proving that he cannot find his ass with two hands and a road map, Treasury secretary Tim Geithner says inflexible currencies are biggest monetary problem.…

• Poisonous Illinois; Caterpillar CEO Threatens to Leave Illinois over Taxes; Illinois Attorney General Wins Dubious Honor 'Prevailing Wage Award'

  Published 27 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

  To prove how totally fooked the state of Illinois is, simply read Madigan honored with "prevailing wage" award So allied are the unions with Madigan,…

• Central Bank Authorized Fraud; Fractional Reserve Lending Problems Go Far Beyond 'Duration Mismatch'

  Published 24 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Keith Weiner at the Daily Capitalist purports to explain the Fractional Reserve Banking: The Real Story Weiner makes a case that the problem with fractional…

• U.S. Petroleum Usage, New Home Sales, Jobs, Consumer Credit and the Alleged Recovery

  Published 23 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

  If the recovery was in full swing, why isn't petroleum usage? Here are a pair of charts from reader Tim Wallace showing the percentage change…

• Global Crisis in Leadership Nearly Everywhere You Look

  Published 17 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Is there a crisis in leadership in Japan? That's what New York Times writers Hiroko Tabuchi, Ken Belson and Norimitsu Onishi say. I think a…

• Anatomy of Bubbles; Negative Returns for a Decade Revisited; Is Gold in a Bubble?

  Published 15 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

  John Hussman is is once again exploring the topic of valuations and expected future returns. Please consider this snip from Anatomy of a Bubble When…

• Michael Moore Manipulates Student Fools Who Buy His Self-Serving Socialist Message; Mooore Declares 'War' and Calls for 'Student Walkout'

  Published 12 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Several seriously misguided socialist fools sent me links to a Michael Moore video clip appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show. They thought the video was…

• Bloodstained Property Map and Trampled Rights; China's Population: 1.3 Billion; Construction Underway: 43 Billion Square Feet

  Published 09 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

  The Financial Times published an interesting article a couple days on the concept of growing democracy in China. Despite a few anecdotes in the article,…

• Paul Krugman, Stephen Colbert, Bill Maher, others, Ignore Extortion, Bribery, Coercion, and Slavery: No One Should Own You!

  Published 03 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

  A large number of people have recently come out in support of extortion, bribery, coercion, and even slavery. They don't realize it, but I can…

• China Holdings of US Treasuries Revised Up 30%; An Unsustainable Model

  Published 01 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Annual revisions released Monday show that China's holding of US treasuries is 30% greater than reported just weeks ago. I am not surprised given that…

• Commodities Bloodbath Except Gold, Silver, Crude; Nasdaq Off 2.7%, SP 400 Off 2%; VIX Shows Little Fear; Will this be the Dip that Won't be Bought?

  Published 22 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Commodities and equities are taking a steep dive today with the turmoil in Libya. Please see Libya's Deputy Ambassador Calls for "No-Fly Zone Over Libya";…

• Bank of America Preys on Elderly Depositors; Culture of Greed, Arrogance, Incompetence

  Published 16 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  In Citigroup, Chase, Bank of America CD Ripoff I talked about guaranteed to blow up Borrow-Short Lend-Long strategies that banks are using. I also talked…

• Money Heaven

  Published 09 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Via email, reader Denis wonders "Where did the Money go?" Hello Mish I read many times on your blog how bubbles created by the Fed…

• Negative Annualized Stock Market Returns for the Next 10 Years or Longer? It's Far More Likely Than You Think

  Published 07 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Market cheerleaders keep ratcheting up expected earnings, failing to note that much of the recent earnings growth is simply not sustainable. Reasons for Unsustainable Earnings…

• Prime Healthcare accuses SEIU of Extortion; Cell Phone Graft, Pay Extortion by California Prison Guards; FireFighter Fraud in Nevada

  Published 04 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  I have many times accused public unions of winning contracts by extortion, bribery, graft, vote buying, and getting into bed with administrators. Thus, I am…

• Are Teachers 'Special'? Is Anyone? Why?

  Published 03 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  In response to New York Mayor Seeks Pension Overhaul; New Jersey Governor Tells Unions "Sue Me" Over Pension Cuts I received yet another email stating…

• Bernanke Reports 'Good News' on Inflation Targets; Treasury Selloff Continues on Strong ISM; 2-30 Yield Spread at Record

  Published 01 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Treasuries Decline on Strong ISM Numbers With a stronger than expected manufacturing ISM numbers, especially prices paid, U.S treasuries continued their slide. Manufacturing continued to…