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ParticipantRecently I returned from a few weeks in the far north of Thailand. I spent my time in small farming villages and I ate as normal, but “native” foods. Fresh foods, not frozen or in anyway enhanced. Imagine my surprise when I returned to the US, and my uniforms were now a size too big.
Could be many reasons, but I believe that the food we are eating in America is killing us. The salt, calories, antibiotics, genetically engineered food, and growth hormones are all contributing to us getting fat. The goal of the food producers is not to grow health items, but the cheapest, most profitable crap we will buy. Any side effect of hormones like increased appetite is just a plus to them.
ParticipantRecently I returned from a few weeks in the far north of Thailand. I spent my time in small farming villages and I ate as normal, but “native” foods. Fresh foods, not frozen or in anyway enhanced. Imagine my surprise when I returned to the US, and my uniforms were now a size too big.
Could be many reasons, but I believe that the food we are eating in America is killing us. The salt, calories, antibiotics, genetically engineered food, and growth hormones are all contributing to us getting fat. The goal of the food producers is not to grow health items, but the cheapest, most profitable crap we will buy. Any side effect of hormones like increased appetite is just a plus to them.
ParticipantWith the advent of high frequency trading, I am not sure what the future of the stock market might be.
Over half of all volumes are the high frequency trades from the big investment banks that are surely distorting the market. It may be that HF trades caused the plunge last month, and can hold the market at current levels no matter what happens in the economy.
The economy is spirialing down. Jobs are being lost even with a trillion in stimulus. Sooner or later the secondary jobs market will suffer. State, local government and Federal employees will lose their jobs as the spiral move further down.
At some point, the market should react in the same downward direction. U(6) the broader measure of unemployment is around 17%. This cannot support the market at current levels. The SGS alternative measure is closer to 22%. Dow jones companies cannot continue to keep current valuations for long as sales start to really decline. Plus, current valuations are tied to the ridiculously low interest rates available due to free fed money.
If fed funds rates were where they belong (around 6% where inflation really is) the market would be overvalued by two times.
The dow level will be completely dependent on how many people keep drinking the coolaide
ParticipantWith the advent of high frequency trading, I am not sure what the future of the stock market might be.
Over half of all volumes are the high frequency trades from the big investment banks that are surely distorting the market. It may be that HF trades caused the plunge last month, and can hold the market at current levels no matter what happens in the economy.
The economy is spirialing down. Jobs are being lost even with a trillion in stimulus. Sooner or later the secondary jobs market will suffer. State, local government and Federal employees will lose their jobs as the spiral move further down.
At some point, the market should react in the same downward direction. U(6) the broader measure of unemployment is around 17%. This cannot support the market at current levels. The SGS alternative measure is closer to 22%. Dow jones companies cannot continue to keep current valuations for long as sales start to really decline. Plus, current valuations are tied to the ridiculously low interest rates available due to free fed money.
If fed funds rates were where they belong (around 6% where inflation really is) the market would be overvalued by two times.
The dow level will be completely dependent on how many people keep drinking the coolaide
ParticipantWith the advent of high frequency trading, I am not sure what the future of the stock market might be.
Over half of all volumes are the high frequency trades from the big investment banks that are surely distorting the market. It may be that HF trades caused the plunge last month, and can hold the market at current levels no matter what happens in the economy.
The economy is spirialing down. Jobs are being lost even with a trillion in stimulus. Sooner or later the secondary jobs market will suffer. State, local government and Federal employees will lose their jobs as the spiral move further down.
At some point, the market should react in the same downward direction. U(6) the broader measure of unemployment is around 17%. This cannot support the market at current levels. The SGS alternative measure is closer to 22%. Dow jones companies cannot continue to keep current valuations for long as sales start to really decline. Plus, current valuations are tied to the ridiculously low interest rates available due to free fed money.
If fed funds rates were where they belong (around 6% where inflation really is) the market would be overvalued by two times.
The dow level will be completely dependent on how many people keep drinking the coolaide
ParticipantWith the advent of high frequency trading, I am not sure what the future of the stock market might be.
Over half of all volumes are the high frequency trades from the big investment banks that are surely distorting the market. It may be that HF trades caused the plunge last month, and can hold the market at current levels no matter what happens in the economy.
The economy is spirialing down. Jobs are being lost even with a trillion in stimulus. Sooner or later the secondary jobs market will suffer. State, local government and Federal employees will lose their jobs as the spiral move further down.
At some point, the market should react in the same downward direction. U(6) the broader measure of unemployment is around 17%. This cannot support the market at current levels. The SGS alternative measure is closer to 22%. Dow jones companies cannot continue to keep current valuations for long as sales start to really decline. Plus, current valuations are tied to the ridiculously low interest rates available due to free fed money.
If fed funds rates were where they belong (around 6% where inflation really is) the market would be overvalued by two times.
The dow level will be completely dependent on how many people keep drinking the coolaide
ParticipantWith the advent of high frequency trading, I am not sure what the future of the stock market might be.
Over half of all volumes are the high frequency trades from the big investment banks that are surely distorting the market. It may be that HF trades caused the plunge last month, and can hold the market at current levels no matter what happens in the economy.
The economy is spirialing down. Jobs are being lost even with a trillion in stimulus. Sooner or later the secondary jobs market will suffer. State, local government and Federal employees will lose their jobs as the spiral move further down.
At some point, the market should react in the same downward direction. U(6) the broader measure of unemployment is around 17%. This cannot support the market at current levels. The SGS alternative measure is closer to 22%. Dow jones companies cannot continue to keep current valuations for long as sales start to really decline. Plus, current valuations are tied to the ridiculously low interest rates available due to free fed money.
If fed funds rates were where they belong (around 6% where inflation really is) the market would be overvalued by two times.
The dow level will be completely dependent on how many people keep drinking the coolaide
ParticipantNot sure it was a technology problem or a process problem. The mud loggers (engineers) on site noted a serious pressure problem while the well was being flooded with seawater to ready for a cement cap.
The pressure was 1400 psi, way too high for the manover they were trying. The rig people wanted to refill with drilling mud until the pressure could be explained or mitigated. The BP manager on site said no. Continue with the sea water. The rest is history.
Technology is only as good as the people who use it. And in this case, mis-use it.
ParticipantNot sure it was a technology problem or a process problem. The mud loggers (engineers) on site noted a serious pressure problem while the well was being flooded with seawater to ready for a cement cap.
The pressure was 1400 psi, way too high for the manover they were trying. The rig people wanted to refill with drilling mud until the pressure could be explained or mitigated. The BP manager on site said no. Continue with the sea water. The rest is history.
Technology is only as good as the people who use it. And in this case, mis-use it.
ParticipantNot sure it was a technology problem or a process problem. The mud loggers (engineers) on site noted a serious pressure problem while the well was being flooded with seawater to ready for a cement cap.
The pressure was 1400 psi, way too high for the manover they were trying. The rig people wanted to refill with drilling mud until the pressure could be explained or mitigated. The BP manager on site said no. Continue with the sea water. The rest is history.
Technology is only as good as the people who use it. And in this case, mis-use it.
ParticipantNot sure it was a technology problem or a process problem. The mud loggers (engineers) on site noted a serious pressure problem while the well was being flooded with seawater to ready for a cement cap.
The pressure was 1400 psi, way too high for the manover they were trying. The rig people wanted to refill with drilling mud until the pressure could be explained or mitigated. The BP manager on site said no. Continue with the sea water. The rest is history.
Technology is only as good as the people who use it. And in this case, mis-use it.
ParticipantNot sure it was a technology problem or a process problem. The mud loggers (engineers) on site noted a serious pressure problem while the well was being flooded with seawater to ready for a cement cap.
The pressure was 1400 psi, way too high for the manover they were trying. The rig people wanted to refill with drilling mud until the pressure could be explained or mitigated. The BP manager on site said no. Continue with the sea water. The rest is history.
Technology is only as good as the people who use it. And in this case, mis-use it.
ParticipantOne of Obama’s other pledges during the campaign was to wind down Afganistan. Instead we are getting sucked further into an unwinable conflict.
The Russians learned as did every other invading force since the year zero that Afganistan is not conquer-able. And now we are fighting the very troups that we trained to fight the Russians.
The losers in Afganistan wars include Alexander the Great, England, Russia, and soon America. The tribal nature of the people, and ridiculous terrain make winning a war almost impossible.
Unfortunately, the alternative is another 100,000 people on unemployment.
ParticipantOne of Obama’s other pledges during the campaign was to wind down Afganistan. Instead we are getting sucked further into an unwinable conflict.
The Russians learned as did every other invading force since the year zero that Afganistan is not conquer-able. And now we are fighting the very troups that we trained to fight the Russians.
The losers in Afganistan wars include Alexander the Great, England, Russia, and soon America. The tribal nature of the people, and ridiculous terrain make winning a war almost impossible.
Unfortunately, the alternative is another 100,000 people on unemployment.
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