Day of Rage

Speaking of Our Great Leader Obama,I see that he has been busy stealing promoting his taxpayer money American Jobs Act by campaigning appealing for support directly to the people, all of whom just happen to live in key reelection battle states. On Tuesday he flew to Columbus, OH to try and convince a bunch of high school students what a great bill it is and spoke for a grand total of 17 minutes. On Wednesday he flew to Raleigh, NC and at least talked to eligible voters, although he limited his remarks to students at North Carolina State University to 21 minutes.Next Thursday he is going to Cincinnati to promote the rebuilding of a functionally obsolescent bridge that, due to the required engineering and planning lead times, will not be able to even begin construction until at least 2014. 

We are paying attention and Americans are beginning to rise up against the Kleptocracy. This weekend may be the beginning of anti government demonstrations not affiliated with the Tea Party. The Day of Rage could be the spark that ignites the public rage that has become much more personal as stagflation harvests what little remaining disposable income we have left. This video has been around for a while but I notice that it is coming up on 10 million hits, so if you can't get out be seen, at least join them in spirit.      

Kleptocracy, alternatively cleptocracy or kleptarchy, from Greek: κλέπτης (thief) and κράτος (rule), is a term applied to a government subject to control fraud that takes advantage of governmental corruption to extend the personal wealth and political power of government officials and the ruling class (collectively, kleptocrats), via the embezzlement of state funds at the expense of the wider population, sometimes without even the pretense of honest service. The term means "rule by thieves". Not an official form of government such as a democracy, republic, monarchy, or theocracy; a kleptocracy is rather a pejorative for a government perceived to have a particularly severe and systemic problem with the selfish misappropriation of public funds by those in power.

Stewart knocks it over the fence

On Wednesday I asked how Obama spells Watergate (Solyndra). By far the best quote of the week was delivered by Jon Stewart and his segment "That Custom Tailored Scandal You Ordered". In a public service announcement he advised the talking heads at Fox News to "call your doctor, because the erection you currently have is going to last longer than 4 hours."

If you are not paying you are being sold

As Paul Scofield said: If you look around the (poker) table and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you. One of the common misconceptions of the Internet is that it's all free. Actually, nothing could be further from the truth. Two users across the country will get different search results when they type in the exact same query into the Google search engine. Who is they and how do they do it? They are ad networks, behavioral data providers, web publishers and web traffic analysts. Here is an excellent tool to see exactly who is watching you, what they do with your information and it provides a way to block them. I have been using it for several months and as of today have identified and blocked 186 unique sites. For those of you who want to dig a little deeper, here is another tool that goes one step further to show you how the different sites are related (specific your browsing pattern).

Theater of the Absurd

As I sit in the back row of the peanut gallery I can’t believe the drama unfolding on stage.

Europe

Europe is literally destroying itself as the failed experiment with a joint currency, entered into with no exit strategy, is disintegrating, leaving behind anarchy, chaos and a total loss of confidence in any form of leadership. Peter Tchir of TF Market Advisors had a great point when he asked “Greece's way to a budget surplus is through austerity, but our path to austerity is the big new jobs program?”.

Middle East and North Africa

For the first time in weeks we have no headlines about how the “rebels” have once again cornered Gadhafi. 

In the Middle East Israel faces the most serious challenges since they became independent in 1948 as they deal with extremist infiltration on their southern border with Egypt in the Sinai, the Palestinians are pushing for statehood, Syria is imploding and Turkey is still upset about the attack on their flotilla last year.

Political Arena

Instead of dealing with the real issues, Obama wants to spend $250,000 to create $40,000 jobs. His redirection of taxes it is a textbook example of socialism. Even today, as Europe collapses all he wants to do is campaign  to promote his political strategy solution in battle ground states at the taxpayers’ expense. How does Obama spell Watergate? Solyndra.

 Financial Markets

With all this uncertainty the Wall Street Kleptocrats continue to unleash their HFT programs and provide “liquidity” by front running the last organic traders brave enough to put their money in the pit.  How can the markets be up 1.25% with all this drama and uncertainty? I believe that in the near future physical gold at $3,000 will be considered a huge bargain.

So on that note, here is my contribution to the rumor mills in an original posting that is sure to account for another 300 point rise in the Dow, hope you enjoy it.

(AP, Reuters)   Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao  announced today that his country had successfully completed the acquisition of the entire country of Greece. In anticipation of the failure of democratic socialism, his central planners have been preparing for years to import vast numbers of slaves guest workers. Relocation is set to begin immediately to Jiangsu,  Chenggong, Ordos and Zhengzhou, previously falsely identified by Western media sources as ghost cities. After undergoing proper indoctrination to reset their work habits and expectations, all former Greek citizens will begin the production of consumer goods recently outsourced to Vietnam and Thailand.  In a related announcement, France announced that they were partnering with China and Disney Entertainment to fund the construction of the world’s largest vacation theme park in what formerly was referred to as the Greek Islands.

Further reports indicate that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was last seen in Mongolia discussing the possibility of developing large tracts of grassy steppes and Spain’s President of the Government José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was in Tibet and Nepal evaluating options for their Basque and Catalonian citizens.  

Banking Trojan Detection

Here is a very nice, free, low overhead bank Trojan detection tool.

Our river system

As noted in the STRATFOR analysis of the geopolitical importance of the river basins on our position as the super power, here is an excellent complimentary site compiled from NOAA data. 

The Lanier Effect

The Holy Grail for those of us that practice information aggregating is finding root level information sources. One of the most profound thinkers of our time is Jaron Lanier, who recently sat for an extensive interview with Edge.org. Jason is responsible for popularizing the term virtual reality. He consults to some of the most powerful organizations in the world including Google and Microsoft.

It is very difficult to translate his most recent thoughts into a brief narrative, however, I will try, so forgive me if I don't quite get it all correct or you come away with different conclusions after reading or watching the interview. 

Jaron explains that Walmart was the first global information network and was able to capture a global market by combining their knowledge of consumer buying patterns, manufacturing and transportation logistics. Once they sprinted out ahead they developed such an advantage that it was impossible for anyone to catch them. The problem is that they got so big and so good at what they did that ended up consuming their market. They were successful because they were able to offer value by significantly reducing the cost of consumer goods and food. They were able to provide value by controlling the manufacturing processes and leveraging the wage differentials achieved by outsourcing production offshore. In the process they became the worlds largest employer, but their workers are low wage earners. As years became decades, we became so dependent on cheap prices that we traded away the middle class along with our manufacturing capacity. The Lanier Effect is that if you use your power to capture a market instead of just trading in it, you will not have a long term sustainable model. 

Make no mistake, this is not all about Walmart. He discusses how Google creates so much data that only they can sort it, how Apple is choking on their tether to iTunes, how insurance companies only want to cover healthy and safe people and how the financial services industry was eventually poisoned by their own toxic waste. I hope I haven't tried to make it too simple, as he does a very deep dive.

 

Missing feet

Here is a story I have been following for some time. Over the last four years at least 11 feet, most of them with laced up tennis shoes, have washed ashore in the Pacific Northwest. There have been no reports of accidents or injuries and no one has been able to put forward an explanation.The best that the authorities can offer is that feet becoming detached from the body is a naturally occurring phenomenon and there is no reason for suspicion. 

Tax the rich

What we hear from the Administration is that the solution to our deficit is to tax the rich and make them pay their fair share. OK, lets go for it:

 

The reason we need to keep stimulating the bankers

From lizzy36's blog by way of Zero Hedge:

Today's view from the peanut gallery

As I start to get my sea legs with this blog I am going to be trying some new things as I think of them. Today is the debut of the peanut gallery, where I will pass along information morsels gleaned from my information aggregating efforts. It will not be a daily feature, but I will try and post as many as I can.  I have also been working on my next theme, Yang, which will focus on solutions to some of the challenges that face us (Ying) which is why I began this blog.  And now on to the gallery:


Domestic financial markets:


Great comment from Joe Donohue at Dimension trading,

....the market takes bad news pretty well,

Headlines from CNBC on the non organic (High Frequency Trading) rally:

 President Obama to present a range of policy options that could create up to a million new jobs.

If you are interested in real numbers, check out a real time Price Index as provided by MIT.

 
International financial markets:


So what is going to happen next week when Europe returns from vacation and we see that nothing has improved and the can has just been kicked another month down the path?
To summarize, Finland is not going to fund Greece unless they get cash collateral, which Germany and France are not going to let happen. Italy  knows that they are too big to fail and want to get to the trough before Spain so they are pushing back on their "reforms" and "austerity" mandates from the German overlords. How about this for a solution, combine two of the largest insolvent Greek banks and have them "nationalized" by an insolvent government and pledge their worthless stock for collateral. I know, it's about as bizarre as Bruce Pearl peddling groceries.

Geopolitical:

Israel is really becoming strained by having to open a defense front on their Sinai border with Egypt. It took everything they had to defend their previous borders with Lebanon, Syria and the Palestinian states but all of these are dwarfed by their exposure to Egypt. They just do not have the population and resources to defend so much additional exposure. The Egyptian military regime has adopted a much more pro-Islamist lean and have allowed significant jihadist infiltration into the vast desert region. This is a very real flash point and once Israel takes on Egypt they are all in. 

Conspiracy theory of the day:

China has the world's biggest energy appetite and is gobbling up every resource they can buy or steal. One area where they have had very good success in the countries in North Africa. Could the "NATO" effort to toss out Gadhafi really be about not letting China displace Italy as the real owner of the spigot?      
 

Rupp: An international arena

No observer of college basketball can deny the incredible impact that John Calipari has had on the University of Kentucky's basketball  program. Where the previous coaches struggled and failed under the weight of the Big Blue Nation's expectations, Calipari has been able to not only resurrect the brand, he has arguably put us at the epicenter of college basketball nationally. 

Not content with just the domestic stage, he has leverage his experiences with China and is currently coaching the Dominican National team in Argentina. Not to be outdone, the City of Lexington has elevated the renovation of our Ground Zero (Rupp Arena) to an international project by bring in talent from Norway and around the world to design a truly world class facility.

Why we beleive we are blessed

Here is the conclusion of the STRATFOR series on the geopolitical foundation of the United States. It provides an excellent discussion of why we feel that have and always will be destined for greatness. The article also contains a great summary of the major strategic threats that we will be facing over the next three years.

How did we get to be the Global Superpower?

As noted in my first post, one of the things that I will be commenting on is geopolitics. For those of you able to spare a few minutes, here is an excellent primer by STRATFOR on why geography plays such a huge role in nation building and the projection of power.

Jet Man

I have been away for a few days writing a letter to our community leaders regarding a proposed downtown convention and events center. Let's get back on track with a really neat video celebrating the ultimate free spirit in his breathtaking ride over the Grand Canyon earlier this year. 

h/t to my friend Peter for the link

One of my Black Swans a swimming

For the record, I believe that one of the greatest threats that we (modern civilization) face is a coordinated attack on our Internet based command and control systems. I will be touching on this many more times in the future, but here is an excellent example of where it will have a significant impact. From Tyler Durden at Zero Hedge here is what very well may be an example of High Frequency Trading (HFT) illegal market manipulation. This is a very serious concern because these autonomous programs trade millions of shares at computer machine level speeds. They are particularly dangerous due to their proprietary nature, their lack of security (encryption takes too long) and a total lack of standards, regulation or oversight.

Do you feel another one coming?

Another massive theft of public funds in plain view, that is. The largest bank in the country is stands mortally wounded at the edge of cliff with predators and parasites watching to see if the Bernank will come riding back to rescue from Jackson Hole this week. What is interesting is the very public debate between the press and the blogging community and the bank regarding their solvency. Here is what touched it off and here and here are the rebuttals from Zero Hedge. On a day where the broader markets were up 3% BAC was down 1.87%, who do you believe the market or the managers?

There is not much real news because it is hard work

In this world of headline news coming from the Re Tweet of an unnamed source, it is not often that we see real investigative journalism. Here is an excellent look, provided by the Miami Herald, into Charles Robinson's investigation of Nevin Shapiro and the Miami Hurricanes.       

Our real problem

In the spirit of the solutions immediately in front us, (see picture at the bottom of the blog) here is a summary of our predicament from Tim Staermose in Manila, Philippines. 

  

When the pie-takers begin to significantly outnumber the pie-makers, there simply isn’t enough to go around anymore, and the mob becomes violent.

Presented without further comment

From the Wall Street Journal:

US Stocks Rise As Investors Overlook Bleak Domestic Data

The dogs are about to catch the car

As the "rebels" take control of Tripoli and Gadhafi retreats to his tribal homelands, Obama is taking the stage to once again claim victory. The likely result, however, will be yet another descent in tribal warfare as the colonizers move in to harvest the bounty.

Rise of Fourth Reich

It is becoming clear that Germany (or at least their banks) intend to return to a position of European dominance. In today's world of instant communication and live television feeds, the colonization is being accomplished by debt slavery according to Tyler Durden from Zero Hedge. From the Bundesbank most recent Outlook, in order to protect the "institutional framework of the monetary union" debtor nations will be required to submit to "an extensive surrender of national fiscal sovereignty". 

Obama impersonator

Obama diary entry after the third day of his bus tour. This is one of the best impersonators that I have heard and we will continue to follow him. 

If Gold isn't money then why are all the Central Banks buying it?

Here is an interesting exchange between Ron Paul and the Bernanke during a July 13, 2011 appearance before Congress:

Paul: Do you think gold is money?

Bernanke: (pause) … No.

Paul: Even if it’s been used as money for 6,000 years … somebody reversed that? Eliminated that economic law?

Bernanke: Well, it’s an asset. Would you say treasury bills are money? I don’t think they’re money either.

Paul: Why do central banks hold it? Why don’t they hold diamonds?

Bernanke: Well it’s tradition. Long term tradition.

A look at the World Trade Center-Buidling 7

As I write this post it is interesting that the official site for the Architects and Engineers that support an in depth review of the events relating to the "demolition" of Building 7 is down. Check out this You Tube video and for more information dig into the official site. We'll be on top of this story and report back on the attempts to discredit this ray of sunshine. 

 

 

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Welcome to the Darknet of Light blog. 

The purpose of this blog is to provide value to my readers by aggregating news and information worthy of the limited time that they can share. In this era of instant communication and rapid technological evolution it is critical to look beyond the veneer provided by lamestream media and examine agendas and motivations.


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