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I'm thinking more like 1984 or Brave New World.

What did I learn not much, I guess if you want to blend in you will need Soma or expatriate.

New Renter says

Not sure how effective they are on zombie bites but really, what do you have to lose by trying.

Then you've got yourself a zombie maggot. Not too many things worse than a zombie maggot.

Ceffer says

New Renter says

Not sure how effective they are on zombie bites but really, what do you have to lose by trying.

Then you've got yourself a zombie maggot. Not too many things worse than a zombie maggot.

Maggot - feeds on human flesh

Zombie maggot - feeds on human flesh

What's the difference?

Regular maggots only eat necrotic i.e. dead flesh, they would like the zombies.

That's why they are good for wounds, they debride infected, dead tissue, but do not touch living tissue.

Maggot zombies eat living flesh, just like the regular zombies!

The great northwest is the first area of the world where the various races of the world have harmoniously integrated into one species, Albino.

Ceffer says

Regular maggots only eat necrotic i.e. dead flesh, they would like the zombies.

That's why they are good for wounds, they debride infected, dead tissue, but do not touch living tissue.

Maggot zombies eat living flesh, just like the regular zombies!

Sounds like a good plot for "Walking Dead"

Ceffer says

I only saw Mad Max. It taught me that they will still have lots of anabolic steroids after the cannibal anarchy apocalypse, but not much gas.

That won't stop anybody from driving gas guzzlers like fiends, I guess it's in the DNA.

na... thats from radiation .. the "muscle growth" is actual advanced cancer growth.

Haven't seen The Road, should I?

I *LOVE* LOVE love some of the action in WWZ.

Like the zombies piling their bodies up to get over the Israeli wall, and then invading at horrifying speed.

Gripping. But....

Everything Wrong with World War Z in 6 minutes or less
http://youtu.be/tss--a2XxMY

Vicente says

Haven't seen The Road, should I?

Too slow, I couldn't get through it.

The day the fish came out followed by Dr. Strangelove. I love happy endings.

mell says

This is absolutely unsustainable, but I am unclear about the timeline, housing could go into a quick downturn from here or it could take another couple of years, but the fat gains since 2008 are over. Some short hedges in REITs and the financial sector are in order for the prudent.

You said it.

Analyzer says

RentingForHalfTheCost says

A drop of 500-800 is the best case scenario.

We can only hope..............another buying opportunity. Guys like Buffet thrive on these gifts in the market.

Watch out for the "trying to catch a falling knife" syndrome. There is going to be a lot of blood before healing in this market when it finally turns.

Carolyn C says

I plan on visiting Portland over the summer and stay for a few weeks.

Carolyn - in my (never to be humble) opinion, that is a MISTAKE. Go visit it at it's worst, try December, January or Feburary. Going during the summer, especially as it heads towards August (mid-July thru mid-September) will give you a very inaccurate view of the weather there.

Mish already posted this HIMSELF on patnet 8 hours ago. I think that is quite enough.

Downtown Portland is now over run with street bums, druggies, and alcoholics. Even the TV stations have run series on this group living next to the Portland Building,
drinking, fighting, and deficating next to the building.
30 Years ago, Portland was a great place to live. Now, it is a paradise only for the low lifes. And we now get snow, as late as March. And all the wood stoves are terrible on anyone with asthma, or breathing problems

Two members of my family have asthma so that would not be good. And visiting in the winter would make more sense.

They Live.

RentingForHalfTheCost says

Analyzer says

RentingForHalfTheCost says

A drop of 500-800 is the best case scenario.

We can only hope..............another buying opportunity. Guys like Buffet thrive on these gifts in the market.

Watch out for the "trying to catch a falling knife" syndrome. There is going to be a lot of blood before healing in this market when it finally turns.

Just put a huge short play on the DJIA. Screw trying to etch out 2-3%. This tumble is going to reward the people who play it correct with a huge lotto win. Get ready for the wealth shift from the virtual rich. Now you see it, now you don't. Gotcha.

The market looks like shit, gold holding up ok.

Uh oh the 'recovery' is teetering on the brink........time for the Fed to swoop in as the hero.

Analyzer says

Uh oh the 'recovery' is teetering on the brink........time for the Fed to swoop in as the hero.

I just emailed the fed and told them it was okay to use the money I pay in taxes to help the people of China and Brazil to move from middle to upper class. It is the least I can do for others.

Blurtman says

They Live.

I'll second that. It may be a cheezefest but the story is good.

Damnation Alley if you like mid 1970's type flicks.

RentingForHalfTheCost says

Analyzer says

Uh oh the 'recovery' is teetering on the brink........time for the Fed to swoop in as the hero.

I just emailed the fed and told them it was okay to use the money I pay in taxes to help the people of China and Brazil to move from middle to upper class. It is the least I can do for others.

Why bother using your tax money? They can just start the printing presses if need be..............

I believe that having a diverse portfolio with physical gold and silver in it wouldn't hurt anyone, provided you bought the metals at the right time for the right price. When I read about individuals buying gold, my first thought is that they have too much of a percentage of their portfolio in the metals, or in general, have an imbalance of one type of investment dominating their portfolio. My rule of thumb in general is to have even proportions of things in life

One thing I do like about precious metals is that they can't be artificially manufactured and therefore are in finite supply, unlike the dollar which can be created from nothing. My only worry on the flipside is that if you had the doomsday scenario unfold as those who acquire metals are expecting, how will you exchange the metal for goods and will you get fair market value for your metals when negotiating them in the open market.

I do believe the dollar, along with most of the worlds money systems will eventually collapse somewhere in my lifetime due to the disproportionate amount of debt becoming unsustainable in the system creating a domino effect of destruction. What I don't know is this, what combination of assets are appropriate to hold so you and your family can weather this financial storm....

sbh says

mfs.admin says

if you had the doomsday scenario unfold as those who acquire metals are expecting, how will you exchange the metal for goods and will you get fair market value for your metals

This is what the doomsdayers don't focus on, namely, that if their blessed event occurs, we won't be "exchanging" anything for anything. We'll be brutalizing each other for antibiotics and weapons. If they get what their begging for they'll regret it. Some of their kids will be killed for the food in their backpacks, some will be raped, some will be burned in the streets. If you have a brain in your head, you don't want the "day of reckoning" because you're not prepared to deal with it. Well, unless you're sitting in your bunker loading your gatling gun.

No ones talking about an apocalypse here. Just a serious devaluation of the dollar and a decline in US living standards.

When Google pops so goes the Market, the Busses, and all of your problems.

Let me ask a serious question here.

How many of you that are butt hurt by Google's pressures they created on the SFBA RE area, still have Google in their 401K?

We're the fucking 1%!

mmmarvel says

that is a MISTAKE. Go visit it at it's worst, try December, January or Feburary

Agreed. Portland, the Northwest, in late summer is heaven on Earth. Everyone has been cooped-up all year, the hot weather hits and people lose their minds by BBQing and partying outside every day for a few months. Everything is sunny and green. The green coming from the nine months of rain you just endured.

It's a great place to live for a lot of reasons but I'm never living in that weather again for any reason I can think of at this point.

sbh says

RentingForHalfTheCost says

Just wait

Shucks! No meltdown today. One down, four to go. Then we wait some more I reckon? Just sayin' it has to happen this week: "now is now". It's the end of the world and Jesus is coming. If it doesn't happen, at what point do you recommend we stop paying attention?

All stocks are behaving wicked right now. In four days many meltdowns can happen. Be prepared to lose if you ignore. Just saying...

sbh says

RentingForHalfTheCost says

Just wait

Shucks! No meltdown today. One down, four to go. Then we wait some more I reckon? Just sayin' it has to happen this week: "now is now". It's the end of the world and Jesus is coming. If it doesn't happen, at what point do you recommend we stop paying attention?

Guess you turned off your lights just when the final bell rang. Tomorrow is going to be some sharp moves DOWN. That means UP UP UP for me. ;)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/01/27/apple-first-quarter-2014-results/4944267/

Why not both at the same time?

What is more just?

Stuffing a SERVANT up a SLAVE's ass?

or shoving a SLAVE up a SERVANT's ass?

This is an extremely important chart and everyone should take a real good look at it, but the constant posting may be defeating that purpose. What we should do is all post it to social media sites with a short explanation of its ramifications. Get it out there in the public.

Wow yea the stock marfket is really taking a bath, only up 0.5%

errc says

Wow yea the stock marfket is really taking a bath, only up 0.5%

Yeah looking ok so far today (but could still turn around later depending on anticipation of tomorrow's Fed decision) - tomorrow the Fed will likely postpone more tapering due to the recent minor "turmoil". If they taper more I expect red. Also durable goods wasn't great. Still looks shaky to me. Would need a couple of green blowout days to shake out sideways/down action.

I dunno mell,,,it seems to step up, step up, step up. It would take a whole hell of a lot of down days to put a dent in these gains. Not sure there is a need for "a couple of green blowout days" to cease all this bloodletting. Its not like the market can just go up 0.5 -1.0% 250 days per year. Every stocks chart shows years of steady climb. I see no reason why anything changes anytime soon.

The other 95% of the worlds population is just getting started at playing ketsup with America, and the corps are global. There ain't no stopping it now, the markets got the groove

More of your clearly anti-semitic nonsense. Oh sorry, more of your 'zionist' nonsense. Why don't you give it a rest?

I am unaware as to whether the Rothschild family is indeed the true rulers of London or whether they are Zionist or anti-semetic, but they consider the City of London a crown colony and sovereign state with separate laws, just as they also consider Vatican City and Washington D.C. similarly.

You'll also notice another commonality. Each of those locations contain an obelisk of sorts. In Washington D.C, The Washington Momument, In London, Cleopatra's Needle and finally in Vatican City, the Vatican Obelisk located in the center of St. Peter's Square

Bigsby says

More of your clearly anti-semitic nonsense. Oh sorry, more of your 'zionist' nonsense. Why don't you give it a rest?

Oh, and I see that Bigsby is here and when I saw the topic of this new thread I could predict you'd be all over this one. I know you are probably rushing to say hello to me after seeing me post in this thread so I thought I'd beat you too it.

Suppose the powers to be will not allow the market to drop precipitously.

Just as a heads up so you don't waste any more of your time trying to troll me - I've now put you on ignore.