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Strategies & Market Trends : The coming US dollar crisis

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To: Joseph Silent who wrote (49932)2/7/2013 2:23:33 PM
From: Jeff Jordan1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 71475
 
Didn't someone say this was rigged like everything else...
It's difficult for us to conceive of coincidence as an art form but it certainly can be an art form.

Stocks have been rallying relentlessly to post-crisis highs.
Meanwhile, the volatility index (aka the VIX, aka the "fear index") is near historic lows.

But according to UBS's Art Cashin, some options trader has made an enormous $11.25 million bet that the VIX will explode higher very soon
businessinsider.com

The Department Of Homeland Security Is Hard At Work With One Billion New Bullets
businessinsider.com

en.wikipedia.org
The opportunity cost of war
See also: Military Keynesianism

Let's not go down this path...let it not be the art of war...but, the war of art...Hope & Peace is our only choice ~j~



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The Master and the Dog
The dog barked all the night, keeping the burglar away;
It got a beating for waking the master, next day.
That night it slept soundly, and did the burglar no harm;
He burgled; the dog got caned for not raising alarm.

newworldencyclopedia.org

Don't let it bleed hate

The Gods Are Dangerous
Gilgamesh and Enkidu learn all too well that the gods are dangerous for mortals. Gods live by their own laws and frequently behave as emotionally and irrationally as children. Piety is important to the gods, and they expect obedience and flattery whenever possible. They can often be helpful, but angering them is sheer madness—and a character’s reverence for the gods is no guarantee of safety. Thus, the world of The Epic of Gilgamesh

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