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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.

bgamall4 says

Bigsby says

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.

You do what you want. But know this, my natural father was Jewish and being anti-Zionist is not being anti-Semitic. You are such a tool, Bigsby.

Oh, I didn't put you on ignore Bgamall. The comedy value is too great. It was the other chap. And yes, we know your natural father was supposedly Jewish as you've mentioned it so many times I've lost count. It still apparently doesn't prevent you from being anti-semitic though, does it?

bgamall4 says

Bigsby says

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

Moshe Dayan said that Israeli villages took the place of Arab villages. He admitted the Palestinians were pushed out. Now we have the rejection of a two state solution in the news. We knew it would happen, Bigsby.

'We' knew it would happen? FFS Bgamall, try and keep up with events. The Israelis have been pushing out the Palestinians for a very long time. You sound like you think this is some kind of revelatory news.

By the way, have you come to a firm conclusion yet about whether those two women are not one and the same?

Bigsby says

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

Bigsby says

Oh, I didn't put you on ignore Bgamall. The comedy value is too great. It was the other chap

Aww Bigsby, you hurt my feelings homie!!! He's referring to me, which I find so funny but truth be told, just based upon the topic of the thread, it's very easy to find you Bigsby so I figure the only way you'd be able to avoid me is to never write here in our forum again, and I actually enjoy your responses here and furthermore as others here can see, I've never been mean spirited or nasty to you so I'm in awe as to why you are avoiding me my friend. I see that you come from the Middle East, I believe Kuwait if I'm not mistaken. Do you avoid me because you consider me your enemy being from the Middle East and myself from N.Y. and American? I know the policies of the U.S. have been oppressive to the Muslim population in the Middle East and I too do not agree with it....

As the other poster mentioned (whom you of course deleted), what do you notice about that site you linked to? And what is your utter fixation with anything negative that you can find to do with the Jews? Oh, I'm sorry, 'zionism'.

bgamall4 says

Bigsby says

And what is your utter fixation with anything negativethat you can find to do with the Jews? Oh, I'm sorry, 'zionism'.

Only a retard would still say Jews and Zionists are the same after being corrected by your peers. WTF, Bigsby?

Ohh, but I wasn't the only person who thought it, was I Gary? And I don't think Jews and zionists are the same. I think you are using the word as cover for your rather blatant anti-semitism. Everywhere a Jew is doing something you don't like (and that seems to be an awful lot of places) they suddenly become zionists. Remarkable.

Ah yes, 'zionists' controlling finance, 'zionists' controlling the media...

mell says

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.

Red is the new Green. Sit back and relax as the world enters this new phase. It'll be called "shit there were consequences?"

Carolyn C says

The Livermore downtown is amazing.

You've just illustrated why I can't buy a house in the Bay Area. I'm just not amazed by the suburbs. All the same-looking houses in rows with the same yards look like a graveyard.

I don't get you. And more over, I don't get the Jews on this one.

I mean they can really kick a dead horse until it gets up and dances a jig, on a good "Anti Semitic" wrap. Which may have constituted nothing more than someone uttering the word "Jew" while being a redneck. While there's not a day that doesn't go by, that you aren't spouting of this complete and utterly useless nonsense. And they say bupkis.

Wow Bigz, you're treading on some dangerous racially inflammatory areas my friend. I am not Jewish, nor am I a Zionist, but I would advise that you'd be better served to check out Wikipedia and look into the two and compare the pages using a different tab for each.

Bgmall4 is correct in his description of the two, there differences, and the information he is providing to you has been documented elsewhere. Bgmall4 is also stating he is Jewish, so it would be logical to assume as such, he is far more personally invested in knowing the difference between the definitions of the two than you or I, since we are not Jewish and therefore, may not be as invested in knowing these things. When I read these statements spoken by Bgmall4 above, I immediately went to Wikipedia as I suggested above and reread the descriptions of both in order to be better versed in this conversation so that I could have helpful, pertinent criticisms if they applied...

I can also agree with CaptainShuddup that there are Jewish people out there who are fixated on the holocaust and the Jewish plight, similarly to some blacks who are focused on slavery that occurred over a hundred years ago and I believe that bgmall4 wasn't attempting to gain sympathy but to express his disgust with Zionist influences in the Jewish world. Am I correct bgmall4??

Redding,Ca is a good place to live. Low crime rate, very low air pollution,
small number of homeless, affordable houses.
And 300 days of sunshine.

Obviously, this has a very simple explanation:

1. Most Americans are living just above poverty and therefore don't have the 10-20% down to afford a fixed rate loan.
2. They're too ignorant to grasp the concept that their adjustable rate loan could adjust higher making their home unaffordable leading them to bankruptcy and losing their homes, despite the RE Market Crash that occurred a few years ago...