Certain Washington State professors have lists of words that if you use them you will loose points or other punishments up to dismissal from the class.
The term Illegal Aliens is one that is verboten and must be replaced with the term "undocumented migrant" . Seems to me that by entering the country by less than legal methods doesn't entitle you to special treatment.
Other professors have other word lists . You can clearly see a student preparing an assignment , but first he breaks out the word list for that class before he begins.
Having been an opponent of PC speech from it's inception. Granted I have made some changes to words I use for example the N word. It was never used very often and then one always felt uncomfortable after using it , so I canned that word.
Every culture has their lists in their mind , words used to identify by race or any other identities . Blacks call whites, honkies, cracker etc but I haven't seen a list identifying what words could be used.
Putting word blinders on our students is the last thing we want to do. It is bad enough that our news today is just canned speech given over and over again . Flip between most major news sources the same words , the same story, with the same spin (with the exception of Fox ) which will be exactly the opposite of all others.
There are many forms of censorship applied today speech, opinion, truth, Putting better sounding words of a particular problem , doesn't change the problem. " Illegal alien" is a perfect example of what I speak , renaming they UNDOCUMENTED ALIEN" doesn't make them immune from arrest and deportation.
Purging the word lists in my opinion just dulls down the world allowing us to sleep through it all , happy in our little caves ,hearing nothing that lites our mind up. No nothing that might rouse us from our sleepwalk of life.
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
TRUMP- A TOOL OF THE RULING ELITE
Nothing else makes much sense. Turn on the one eyed monster and what do you get the current murder and Doanld Trump. Both are depressing as hell. In Trumps case according to the TV Trump might be the only guy running , no other candidate gets a 1/10 of the coverage as he does.
If that were not bad enough , they allow Trump to put up the stupidest plans yet invented by man. It sad to see how popular he is with the conservative crowd polling as high as 30% . According to my theory 30 % is how many crazies there are in the conservative ranks. They respond to simpleminded jingles , good one liners , put together to plunk their strings. Immigration is a perfect example of this.
The time to be pissed about immigration was 10 years ago when the influx of legal and illegals came into the country. Instead of arresting management we just ignored the problem as our manufactures were offshoring jobs as fast as they could. Some believe that the flow across the borders has slowed way down. When there are no jobs, there are few coming on board.
So we are fed pablum by the MSM giving us only Trump talk with little to no coverage of the other candidates in the race. Even Hillary as the front runner for the dems gets little coverage. Yesterday as Hillary was giving a major policy plan we got Trump proposing things that are clearly illegal, such as rounding up all the Mexicans legal and illegal and shipping them home. Using the Anchor Babies as an example of how far he would go. Now we got all pissed off when Obama droned an American in Yemen but coo to Trumps deporting legal citizens. Then of course he will rush right out and take all of Iraq's oil. He then says he will handle Putin , is that before or after Putin kills the weasel on his head.
Point of all this being , where are the other candidates in the race. What is it now 20 , 22 , oh any way a bunch running but you would never know it by the coverage. Come to think of it, I look at way too many sites each day and even there you get only brief glimpses of the others in the race. There are many in the race that are polling very , very low and maybe shouldn't get that much coverage but Hillary and Sanders are polling well but you wouldn't know it by the coverage.
I am a Bernie supporter and will be to the end.. whatever that may be, he is the only one who has laid out what he wants to do to the country and how he intends to do it. While most of the conservatives can only talk tax cuts, and the destruction of the social safety net.
This household has just about quit watching the MSM for news about anything , I care not for the current murders, or cop killing blacks, I want to know how we are going to get back on a sustainable economic track. I'm not holding my breath that things will change any time soon.
If that were not bad enough , they allow Trump to put up the stupidest plans yet invented by man. It sad to see how popular he is with the conservative crowd polling as high as 30% . According to my theory 30 % is how many crazies there are in the conservative ranks. They respond to simpleminded jingles , good one liners , put together to plunk their strings. Immigration is a perfect example of this.
The time to be pissed about immigration was 10 years ago when the influx of legal and illegals came into the country. Instead of arresting management we just ignored the problem as our manufactures were offshoring jobs as fast as they could. Some believe that the flow across the borders has slowed way down. When there are no jobs, there are few coming on board.
So we are fed pablum by the MSM giving us only Trump talk with little to no coverage of the other candidates in the race. Even Hillary as the front runner for the dems gets little coverage. Yesterday as Hillary was giving a major policy plan we got Trump proposing things that are clearly illegal, such as rounding up all the Mexicans legal and illegal and shipping them home. Using the Anchor Babies as an example of how far he would go. Now we got all pissed off when Obama droned an American in Yemen but coo to Trumps deporting legal citizens. Then of course he will rush right out and take all of Iraq's oil. He then says he will handle Putin , is that before or after Putin kills the weasel on his head.
Point of all this being , where are the other candidates in the race. What is it now 20 , 22 , oh any way a bunch running but you would never know it by the coverage. Come to think of it, I look at way too many sites each day and even there you get only brief glimpses of the others in the race. There are many in the race that are polling very , very low and maybe shouldn't get that much coverage but Hillary and Sanders are polling well but you wouldn't know it by the coverage.
I am a Bernie supporter and will be to the end.. whatever that may be, he is the only one who has laid out what he wants to do to the country and how he intends to do it. While most of the conservatives can only talk tax cuts, and the destruction of the social safety net.
This household has just about quit watching the MSM for news about anything , I care not for the current murders, or cop killing blacks, I want to know how we are going to get back on a sustainable economic track. I'm not holding my breath that things will change any time soon.
Friday, August 21, 2015
THAR SHE BLOWS
Well we have been waiting for a long time for the GREAT CRASH TO BEGIN. We have had several false starts for years now, a 300 point down day here and there only to have it bounce back a day or two later. Could this be one on those times. Keep reading as I am predicting that this time is the real deal and here is why.
A quick look at the charts in this post show you a lot of what you need to know.
A check of this chart will show you the cause of a lot of the current downturns.
A quick look at the charts in this post show you a lot of what you need to know.
A check of this chart will show you the cause of a lot of the current downturns.
This graph is of the Bloomberg Commodity index and as you can easily see it's down a bunch just since December. The down turn of commodities across the board means big trouble for resource supplying countries, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, Saudi Arabia. Russia , ok just throw anybody who digs anything out of the ground and you'll have the big picture.
The slow down has been edging toward us for awhile but seems to have escalated when the deal between the Saudis and the US to lower the price of oil in an attempt to destroy Russia. It seems to have brought to the forefront all the problems that have sitting out there to get noticed. China one of the bigger dogs on the block has been loosing exports for a long time, Couple with the lack of bucks from oil sales has caused exports to drop and import to also fall.
With some EU nations on the verge of default with many more waiting in the wings this down turn would appear to not have and end is site. All raw material prices are in the tank with one exception and this exception is Gold. Gold you know that's where the rich go when the game is over. It's also a sure sign the trouble is in the wind. The stock annalists last week pointed to the death cross of the Dow averages , that's where the 50 day moving average crossed the 200 day moving average as a major indicator of a large downturn in the making. Here's the chart below.
The Death Cross last happened in 2011 and has most always signaled a down turn ahead.
What will probably make this fall worse is the positions held by a lot of Hedge Funds who have large holding of derivatives on all kinds of things including currencies,oil and interest rates in which they hold large holdings. Just one example Oil, they have purchased large lots of oil they are storing in tankers at a price the are well below today, they were betting that oil would top 50 or 60 withing in a year, it looks now that it won't happen and they will be taken to the cleaners. Their other largest holding are in interest rate swaps and national debt . Several funds have taken huge losses on these bets (notice I didn't call them an investment) and are sill liable for a lot more they may loose.
Here's a list of the countries affected just by China's slow down.
THE KA-POOM THEORY
The KA part is the deflationary trend we currently are watching where stocks and commodities had reached the stratosphere and then there is the POOM part where inflation takes off and of course followed by a new stock bubble. The theory is that to avoid the fall governments will cranks up their high speed money making machines which of course ends up causing inflation. There is I think another reason inflation will appear and an old economic saying comes to mine. Inflation is too many dollars chasing too few products. With all the bankruptcies that will happen , companies will disappear and that will take time to up production .
This could go on for many more pages but I think the above is enough to give you the idea we are deep in the shits and may have to tread water for a long long time. I would like to be able to tell you a safe haven for your money but there doesn't appear to be any safe haven in this mess.
So strap yourself in and prepare for a rough ride.
Sunday, August 16, 2015
MY HEAD HURTS AND MY HAIR IS ON FIRE
The past few weeks have been pig heaven for an economics freak and I plead guilty to being one. For quite a long time I have said we have never came out of the 08 recession which may have actually been a depression. Somehow we struggled through 7 years just hanging on by our teeth. Forget about the stock market rise being anything real, it's now simply a playground for the big money players who coupled with government drive the market in whatever direction they choose.
In a year where the US pulled a coup in Ukraine that failed to suck Russia into a confrontation and installed a Nazi looking government in place of a pro Russian one. Tried every trick in the book to sucker them into a conflict , none of it worked.
Then Russia and China joined forces to form new economic and business ventures which many other nations joined in to form a powerfull force in world economics. Not saying the US is running scared but their next action might bring you to think so.
They and Saudi Arabia dumped the price of oil by 50% in an attempt to bankrupt Russia. That plus putting sanctions on Russia to put more hurt on them. Russia replied with sanction against the EU putting the hurt on everyone. Russia pulled a lot of tricks out of their hat and while the damage has been done it looks as of this writing they will be ok.
Meantime back in the world of economics the effect of all the shenanigans is starting to show thru. China's stock market lost 25%. In an attempt to increase their exports which has fallen to a multi year low they devalued their currency twice. Making their exports cheaper and our exports more expensive. Their exports haven't picked up and ours remains unchanged.
All commodities are down to their historic lows, most have fallen past the cost of their production.
Led by oil, all commodities are headed down with no bottom in sight. Producers of some commodities will not make it through this mess. Frackers are at the head of that line with some due to fold within the month when their credit lines have to be redone. With little to show that they are profitable they will probably have to go bankrupt. Keep your eye on the commodities market they will probably be the first indicator of a turnaround. It won't be tomorrow and it could be another Great Depression, except it will probably be called after the fact as "THE GREATnionsEST DEPRESSION"
Every economic analyst of not has called this as another recession and some are calling it a coming depression. Here are just a few of their comments.
12 signs of a GLOBAL FINANCIAL STORM
THE CRASH OF 2015
AMERICAS FINANCIAL RESET WILL CAUSE GLOBAL RECESSION
HARD EVIDENCE WE ARE IN A GLOBAL DEPRESSION
With Greece on the ropes, and a bunch more of the Eu in the same financial fix more and more will have to default. Many other countries are in the same bind each and every one of them driven to destruction by damn derivatives issued by killer American banks. We see American cities driven to bankruptcy, pension funds being stolen in an attempt to remain solvent. Unions busted, wages cut, benefits cut, all in an attempt to fix their books.
All the American talking heads keep saying we are in a recovery, never mention the factors that say we aren't. A consumer who has lost significant reduction of income cannot support a system based on consumers spending , they just don't have the clout they use to and their credit is limited out. There is nothing to drive the economy.
It is a very troubling time, one would like to think all will be well, but when say that to my mirror "IT SCREAMS BACK BULLSHIT' In a more honest moment , I know things are not all right, you don't have to be very smart to know all is not well.
Then you take a look at our current crop of presidential candidates and with the exception of Bernie
Sanders not one of them to date has given us anyhope. It will take a Sanders to turn this country around , any of the others will just put further hurt on us. I hope after reading this you have a better idea of what you have to do.
FELL THE BERN
In a year where the US pulled a coup in Ukraine that failed to suck Russia into a confrontation and installed a Nazi looking government in place of a pro Russian one. Tried every trick in the book to sucker them into a conflict , none of it worked.
Then Russia and China joined forces to form new economic and business ventures which many other nations joined in to form a powerfull force in world economics. Not saying the US is running scared but their next action might bring you to think so.
They and Saudi Arabia dumped the price of oil by 50% in an attempt to bankrupt Russia. That plus putting sanctions on Russia to put more hurt on them. Russia replied with sanction against the EU putting the hurt on everyone. Russia pulled a lot of tricks out of their hat and while the damage has been done it looks as of this writing they will be ok.
Meantime back in the world of economics the effect of all the shenanigans is starting to show thru. China's stock market lost 25%. In an attempt to increase their exports which has fallen to a multi year low they devalued their currency twice. Making their exports cheaper and our exports more expensive. Their exports haven't picked up and ours remains unchanged.
All commodities are down to their historic lows, most have fallen past the cost of their production.
Led by oil, all commodities are headed down with no bottom in sight. Producers of some commodities will not make it through this mess. Frackers are at the head of that line with some due to fold within the month when their credit lines have to be redone. With little to show that they are profitable they will probably have to go bankrupt. Keep your eye on the commodities market they will probably be the first indicator of a turnaround. It won't be tomorrow and it could be another Great Depression, except it will probably be called after the fact as "THE GREATnionsEST DEPRESSION"
Every economic analyst of not has called this as another recession and some are calling it a coming depression. Here are just a few of their comments.
12 signs of a GLOBAL FINANCIAL STORM
THE CRASH OF 2015
AMERICAS FINANCIAL RESET WILL CAUSE GLOBAL RECESSION
HARD EVIDENCE WE ARE IN A GLOBAL DEPRESSION
With Greece on the ropes, and a bunch more of the Eu in the same financial fix more and more will have to default. Many other countries are in the same bind each and every one of them driven to destruction by damn derivatives issued by killer American banks. We see American cities driven to bankruptcy, pension funds being stolen in an attempt to remain solvent. Unions busted, wages cut, benefits cut, all in an attempt to fix their books.
All the American talking heads keep saying we are in a recovery, never mention the factors that say we aren't. A consumer who has lost significant reduction of income cannot support a system based on consumers spending , they just don't have the clout they use to and their credit is limited out. There is nothing to drive the economy.
It is a very troubling time, one would like to think all will be well, but when say that to my mirror "IT SCREAMS BACK BULLSHIT' In a more honest moment , I know things are not all right, you don't have to be very smart to know all is not well.
Then you take a look at our current crop of presidential candidates and with the exception of Bernie
Sanders not one of them to date has given us anyhope. It will take a Sanders to turn this country around , any of the others will just put further hurt on us. I hope after reading this you have a better idea of what you have to do.
FELL THE BERN
Thursday, August 13, 2015
WHERE DOES BERNIE STAND ON THE ISSUES
If you listened to any of this long speeches you know a lot of them but this new site feeltheburn.org
Every issue of the campaign is laid out in simplex format and a click on any of the boxes takes to his position on the heading of that block.. No bullshit , just straight forward explanations of where Bernie stands and what he intends to do about it.
If you have any interest on Bernie a visit to this site will firm your support. Next step dig into your wallet.
Every issue of the campaign is laid out in simplex format and a click on any of the boxes takes to his position on the heading of that block.. No bullshit , just straight forward explanations of where Bernie stands and what he intends to do about it.
If you have any interest on Bernie a visit to this site will firm your support. Next step dig into your wallet.
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
ED SHULTZ ON BLACK LIVEs MATTER
While not coming right out and calling it a conspiracy he did ask the question "Why hasn't Black Lives Matter interrupted other campaigns"? The only thing that makes sense I stated in a blog of a few days that Black Lives Matter could be a conspiracy because they didn't bother any other candidate . Lord knows all 18 of the other candidates are better targets.
I doubt it is a republican responsible as they have their own problem in Trump. That leaves Hillary or O'Malley but I believe this is more Clinton style.
Here is the link to Ed's daily podcast 28 minutes or so each day. Watch the last two podcasts and see his comments on Black Lives Matter's attack of only Bernie, suggesting as I did that is might actually be a conspiracy. Of course they could rectify that by attacking other candidates..
Ed even suggested that this movement has no leaders making it similar to the Occupy Movement I can hardly wait for the finger wiggling of Occupy comes to this movement.
What ever they hope to achieve they lost the support of this progressive and most likely can't get me back on board. Disrupting the only candidate that might do them some good is not the way to mend their problems.
I doubt it is a republican responsible as they have their own problem in Trump. That leaves Hillary or O'Malley but I believe this is more Clinton style.
Here is the link to Ed's daily podcast 28 minutes or so each day. Watch the last two podcasts and see his comments on Black Lives Matter's attack of only Bernie, suggesting as I did that is might actually be a conspiracy. Of course they could rectify that by attacking other candidates..
Ed even suggested that this movement has no leaders making it similar to the Occupy Movement I can hardly wait for the finger wiggling of Occupy comes to this movement.
What ever they hope to achieve they lost the support of this progressive and most likely can't get me back on board. Disrupting the only candidate that might do them some good is not the way to mend their problems.
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