iBankCoin
18 years in Wall Street, left after finding out it was all horseshit. Founder/ Master and Commander: iBankCoin, finance news and commentary from the future.
Joined Nov 10, 2007
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Shut Up Already

You fucking people, getting all happy, with the jazz hands waving in the sky, over a pending U.S. collapse make me sick. The internet is a funny place, where all sorts of strange men share the intellectual equivalent of spoiled mashed potatoes and old duck pate.

I throw my shrimp tails in your general direction, while guzzling a glass of single malt Scotch.

Most of you are simply besides yourselves, over some sort of near term economic apocalypse— that is supposed to force fuckers like me into the open fields, farming for beans and shit. I got news for you Alfred Hitchcock, double chinned motherfuckers, I ain’t farming no beans. More importantly, hey guess what, I’m gonna live my bourgeois life in the most egregious fashion, during this decline. After all, economic duress means good times for “big men.”

Here’s the thing: before I take my family to the mountains to escape the “poor” and famished “regular folk,” I will employ a small army, a militia of sorts, of unemployed malcontents to secure the food provisions at my local Costco, then proceed to the mountains to take your guns and rice.

More importantly, many of you third rate bloggers, and youtube box heads, think Asia will, all of a sudden—by the grace of God—live happily ever after, all the while America burns to the ground, amidst civil unrest and eventual revolution. Ha!

Wrong again, friend.

Before that happens, our big mighty tanks and motherfucking cluster bomb carrying bombers of elysium, will secure the coal/copper mines of China and the national treasuries of any middle eastern country of choice.

A 14 trillion dollar economy is not something to piss off, especially when it employs goons with big guns and technology that can eliminate your cities population, without damaging any valuable infrastructure.

What I am saying is: you need to chill the fuck out with your “America is gonna fall” rhetoric. Things may be fucked up and times are likely going to get worse. However, if we go down, so do you.

Therefore, keep buying our fucking treasury bills.

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129 comments

  1. Damon

    Mr. Fly..

    Friggin’ Commi’s

    Rotten potatoes and funky pate.

    Sounds, yummy!

    Nice metaphor for the market this week.

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  2. Damon

    That music was nice..in a Lou Reed/Bryan Ferry sort of way.

    I recommend all your readers to listen to it fully.

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  3. Phil_from_Brazil

    Okay.

    No more inflammatory “America is gonna fall of a cliff forever” retoric.

    Understood.

    How about, “America will descend into a subterranean refuge in a gentle and upbeat manner to only reemerge at the behest of the 4 Horseman in 2 millenia?”

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  4. jg

    long live fly and aretha too.

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  5. The Fly

    America will cycle through the mud and do what is necessary to reemerge. It is a bet, over the long run, worth taking.

    However, for now, I hope stocks go lower.

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  6. Jaques Parizeou

    I came to this country from an ex-communist regime in the 80’s ….. MOST of you fuckers don’t know how good you have it, even if you’re lucky enough to eat Fly’s shrimp tails from his garbage can, now shut the fuck up, make money, and hope we come out of this shit-hole someday.

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  7. EN1GMA

    Hey Fly,
    That’s what Buffet believes…the resilience of the U.S.A. …so what’s your call for you tomorrow?

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  8. The Fly

    I predict the EU will shatter in ’09-’10

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  9. EN1GMA

    Let me clarify,
    I mean market direction? Appears to be a lot of conflicting ‘predictions’ as to whether market goes up or down. FOMC meeting starting Tuesday as well as Geitner’s confirmation tomorrow would bode well for market going up rather than down? Chart Addict seems to have a bullish bias although in a very subdued way.

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  10. The Fly

    bias is lower.

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  11. crude_oil

    This sucks.Its chilly in Honolulu again.I really don’t know if I can deal with wearing a jacket.Life is much too difficult.lol

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  12. EN1GMA

    Damn, I hope not… I need a couple of up days to get out of my longs… this market is on crack

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  13. Damon

    I can see the future(s), sucking things down tomorrow morning.

    A big giant VORTEX of suck.

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  14. chivasontherocks

    second paragraph in page 2 would be nirvana for homebuilders

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/24/AR2009012400661.html

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  15. chivasontherocks

    http://www.safehaven.com/article-12413.htm

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  16. Working Man

    Wouldn’t have picked you for that type of musical structure and sound theme…nice pick, nice sound, nice call.

    By the way, I set out two sticks of butter for my Earl Grey tomorrow morning – if everything goes as planned, should be in full cardiac arrest before the bell.

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  17. THE PORKANATOR

    only 1 way out now and that is to legalize pot… that should stimulate the economy worldwide…should work and its worth a try

    your welcome

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  18. j

    is inflation coming?

    Fucking A it is according to this dude that agrees with me.

    And you can have the Dow at 7,000 and gold at $1500 an oz.

    This is unless of course the deflationists have re-defined deflation to mean something else and then we can just call it Paris Hilton.

    the thing is that I used to think that inflation would raise the price of stocks. I’m not so certain that it will and could in fact fuck stock prices. But it won’t fuck the gold price as people begin to see it as the best hedge against monetary debauch.

    Even land could offer some protection at these prices over the long term as silly as that sounds.

    http://seekingalpha.com/article/116297-evidence-that-big-inflation-is-coming?source=article_sb_popular

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  19. The Fly

    Chivas:

    Get your head of out of the sand. This is no time for hole-builders.

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  20. The Fly

    No inflation.

    Deflationary Vortex. Care to get in it?

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  21. EN1GMA

    Hey Fly,
    what do you think of Atilla from Xtrends?

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  22. The Fly

    Enigma:

    Not familiar. If they are bloggers, just know, I don’t read blogs; since I own the best one out there.

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  23. EN1GMA

    Good answer… in true “FLY” fashion

    He’s just one of those ‘guru’s’ that’s made a killing in making good calls. Although, lately in the past few weeks, his calls have been pretty bad. And, yes, your blog is definitely high quality in comparison… can’t stand those blogs that use discus (blogspot) … so damn F’in SLOW loading, esp when there are a lot of comments on one entry

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  24. chivasontherocks

    you might be right. i disagree. don’t delete that entry later on.

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  25. Braveflaps

    The south to america is equal to what kandahar is to afghanistan–a bloody pain in the ass.

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  26. j

    Fly:

    I think you’re seriously mistaken about this deflation/inflation stuff, but no matter as I think the crash will come anyway. However it will be inflationary induced and gold will zoom.

    So you could be right for all the wrong reasons.

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  27. TraderTamas

    Enigma

    don’t blame your shitty internet connection on disqus

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  28. The Original Braveflaps
    The Original Braveflaps

    To the fake Braveflaps: FUCK OFF AND DIE you non-sequitur-spewing bag of DOUCHE.

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  29. EN1GMA

    TraderTamas,
    disqus sucks ass even in high speed internet connection… I have cable and it isn’t as “fast” as Verizon FiOS but it even lags in fast connections, FAG

    You’re defending disqus? what the F is wrong with you fuktard?

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  30. TraderTamas

    Maybe you should update your browser… Google Chrome, Safari, or Firefox

    Disqus loads fine for me.

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  31. Damon

    EN1GMA:

    No one is 100% in this crazy game.

    Just keep some dry powder, read this blog, and keep thy faith.

    The FlY is a HELL of a lot better than CNBC, CRAMER and their associated cronies. (Sowing mustard seeds, anyone?)

    PS: Senor Fly, appreciate all the head-ups in the last 6 months,(CHA-CHING!)

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  32. j

    firefox is a heap of shit. always crashing on apple. Hope they trash the piece of crap.

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  33. The Original Braveflaps
    The Original Braveflaps

    Fuck You

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  34. Braveflaps

    Fuck you 2

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  35. j

    braveflaps.

    Please stop swearing as children are present and Fly doesn’t want the blog getting an M+ rating.

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  36. Phil_from_Brazil

    Fly,

    For the record, I will only feel more comfortable buying and holding for more than 2 weeks when the DOW taps 3,000. And even then, I’ll be scaling in with limit orders (just in case we hit the fuck you elevator straight to 2,000).

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  37. The Fly

    That’s fine by me. I think S&P 400 is a reasonable place to invest.

    However, the republic will stand.

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  38. The Fly

    Fuck everyone on this thread.

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  39. chivasontherocks

    s&p 400? you’re head is not in the sand but somewhere else.
    however if it goes there or even lower, you are right,
    THE REPUBLIC WILL STAND.

    get some sleep.

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  40. Anton Cigur

    “Unemployed malcontents” make for a volatile constituency, as this blog surely proves.

    Otherwise, another fine, insightful post, in a crossing-guard-at-the-retard-school kind of way.

    So good to see Chivas back.

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  41. Braveflaps

    Fuck you j

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  42. dave

    MISH(Mike Shedlock) tore Peter Schiff a new asshole.

    He basically called Schiff a ‘tard and backed it up very thoroughly.

    It would also seem a lot of money/financial managers are getting called out after the Madoff debacle. If you’re running someone else’s money, how do you prove that account is funded, short of refunding all the money?

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  43. mamma

    For an interesting note on the economic outlook for China see my hometown paper, the Bangkok Post. Thailand has 2 main ports a deep sea port and a river port in Bangkok. Traffic at the deep sea port for December was down 20% year to year and 30% at the river port.

    Why does this have anything to to with China. Thailand assembles shit using it’s cheap labor. A lot of what it assembles comes from China as does everything from the tooling to plastic zip lock bags.

    A good friend of mine is a factory sales rep from mainland China. Two years ago he was moaning and bitching constantly that his orders were never being filled, because the factories couldn’t produce enough to fill all the orders. Now, when I call to see if he wants to go out he says no, he’s very happy with his family and wants to stay home. Lying sack of shit (but a really nice guy).

    Any way you look at it, if you are long China bend over and get a good grip on the table edge. And remember, the China markets aren’t going to give you a reach around.

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  44. j

    If you’re running someone else’s money, how do you prove that account is funded, short of refunding all the money?

    Oh really, that’s silly.

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  45. Cuervos Laugh

    I thought the Mish post on Peter Schiff was interesting until it ended as being a plug for Sitka.

    My favourite part was the correlation to the S&P proving that his hedge fund was rising due to it’s own merits.

    But, in all honestly, I’ve begun to be disenchanted with Mr. Shedlock.

    It’s “the whole sky is falling” until he talks about his hedge fund.

    Meh.

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  46. j

    Thinking about the banking situation……..

    I think in a way certain aspects of the TARP have actually made things worse for the banks and here I’m focusing on the strike price of the warrants and the preferred stock that was issued.

    They are simply far too low and this has done two things. In view of all that extra supply of diluted stock the shorts have been given a decent freebie to go out and short the stock while long side investors are loathe to touch the banks for the same reasons. So the effect of the strike price of the warrants is that it has artificially depressed the tangible equity of these banks.

    One of the things the Obama administration can do right now is to raise the strike price of the TARP warrants and preferred closer to the estimated NAV of the banks.

    The effect could be that the market could immediately lift the market value of these stocks and therefore allow the tangible asset values to increase… which is where the problem stems from.

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  47. fire john paxson

    Good song. Makes me want to start doing heroin and screw a black prostiitute with Herpes. BTW, financials will be up today. I’ll bet Fly’s family on it!

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  48. Phil_from_Brazil

    “The republic will stand”

    ROFL

    Fly, how do you come up with this shit?

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  49. Ass Napkin Mike

    Does anyone give a shit that GE is getting its head handed to them? Nah, no big deal people.

    Move along…nothing to see here.

    Have you seen that annoying Legal Seafood commerical which shows how each president since Regan has been slurrrrrping clam chowdah at the White house?

    Well, GE is going to be making that same slurrrrping noise when they suck the governments one eyed snake for some cash.

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  50. Puts

    collection of morons

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  51. Donny

    J-

    I hate to say it, but I agree with much of you rhetoric on this subject line.

    Donny O

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  52. Lady Guenevere

    Prediction for today/week made last week:

    Lady Guenevere Says:
    We will have some new partnerships come Monday or next week. All kinds of back-room shenanigans are going on an especially on the weekends on golf courses and country club steam rooms.
    .
    January 23rd, 2009 at 3:49 pm
    **************************

    Pssy PFE bought Wyeth instead of AMGN. I am holding AMGN till earnings then out of that stock. Meanwhile my BGZ is up.

    Fly I am with you…..DONT BET ON AMERICA FALLING INTO A SECOND RATE COUNTRY with civil unrest and collapse. We may not be as free as we once were, but we are still freer than anyone else. Haven’t you “hate America people” learned anything? We are at our best when we are TESTED.
    .

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  53. TraderCaddy

    For all of you gold stock fans-
    HSBC just took a red pen and downgraded a bunch of them including ABX,KGC,AUY,RGLD,AEM,HMY,GFI,GOLD.

    Be careful out there.

    Bullish if they rebound, if not move on.

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  54. VNO

    CNBC doing a bullish piece on Power Lunch concerning REITS today.

    wtf?

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  55. Lady Guenevere

    You know this whole Obama is going to make the rest of the world like us, and he is going ‘big government’ to save us from ourselves is a BUNCH OF HOOEY!

    You want the economy to turn around? Just tell the average American that this is a ‘war’, against our way of life and that nasty little dictators are waiting for us to fall into collapse so they can take over our country. Then tell them to “GO OUT AND SHOP!”, spend money, live your dreams, get off the sidelines and invest in your countrymen, invest in America and stop living in fear.” Tell them the only way to win is to ‘ get going’ and put some energy back into the economy, into their neighborhoods, their cities, buy dont horde, live your life!. Meanwhile kick those asshole management teams out of the banks, let some of them fail, let good ones rise up to meet the challenge, prosecute those white collar criminals so people feel there is justice in this country, then MOVE ON…and rebuild.

    .

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  56. Paradigm Shift

    Mish rules – he nailed it.

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  57. Keyser Soze

    Anybody catch that retarded JPM strategist who just said the S&P is a buy at 800 and a sell at 840.

    He’s so fucking confident in his earnings estimates he can define the bounds of a range to 5%.

    WTF?

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  58. Paradigm Shift

    fly,

    the usa economy is the greatest mother fucker of ponzi.

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  59. Juice

    HBC is/will be/has been wrong, on gold/gold stocks , as well as their own bidness

    fuk them, on a spindle

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  60. Maelstrom

    My Dear Lady G

    To sit complacently by declaring “we may not be as free as
    were but still freer than any one else” is the big problem
    with most Americans. While I agree our country will survive, if we continue to lose our freedom bit by bit, and that is how our Govt. does it..”How do you eat an elephant, one bite ate a time”..Then we have lost all, and we have been on that road for many years. Government takes individual freedom by playing on our fears, they will protect us..How has that worked so far ?

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  61. TraderCaddy

    I be daytrading homies early via etfs XHB,ITB.
    Got in pre-market w/ LEN @7.28.

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  62. E Lo

    The republic will stand, but its currency will change

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  63. Rice and Gun Holder
    Rice and Gun Holder

    Fly,
    we just elected a far, left liberal pacifist to POTUS Did you not see the black and white photos of Obama in that silly female easter/gardener hat? He isn’t going to bomb anyone, but MAYBE us the Wal Street “Greedys”. And those “egregious mofos” we have captured in Afgha and Iraq, yep, they are going to be set free in Kansas or some other predominately middle class area of the U.S. China? Forget-a-bout-it! The only thing Barry may do is send Hillary over for a donation for her husband. We are fucked.
    Signed,
    Rice and Gun Holder
    USCM,ret.

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  64. to all ladies

    Then tell them to “GO OUT AND SHOP!”, spend money, live your dreams, get off the sidelines and invest in your countrymen, invest in America and stop living in fear.”
    ——–
    LadyG – what are you smoking?

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  65. Lady Guenevere

    Maelstrom,

    How did you suppose from my post that I am in favor of losing our freedoms? I was speaking to non-Americans that we are still freer than they are- which means our potential to innovate, create and grow is better than theirs. They shouldn’t bet against us but instead hitch a ride on our tailwinds.

    I am very angry about all this bail out crap. I am not happy about some parts of Home Land Security. I just said..we should NOT FEAR, but push ahead, persevere and rise to the occasion.

    I am NOT complacent….I invest in my ideals, I spend money, I employ people, I teach people to master their lives, I teach people how to overcome their fears and I have been doing that for over 20 years. I have done many workshops, lectures, classes, books, schools- all over the USA and other parts of the world.

    WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

    Shut Up Already

    🙂

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  66. dave

    Looks like somebody wants to dance

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  67. chivasontherocks

    http://www.rallymonkey.com/video/kenindex.swf

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  68. mdawsz

    $DJUSEN looks bullish.

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  69. Donny

    BAC breaking out

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  70. Henry Fool

    took last half of NG off the table for 45% gain

    GOLD can pull back now.

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  71. TheArtist

    anyone here know of any tactical gun manufactures (or ammo makers) that are publicly traded besides Smith and Wesson, and Ruger?

    Gun sales have gone thru the fucking roof over the last 12 months, gun stores (tactical type) in my area have bare shelves, back orders are nation wide, used guns are selling right now for a 20% premium over the cost of the same gun brand new, since stores are out of inventory……plus bullets have tripled in price as well (partly due to materials costs but also for massive demand)

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  72. T MOE

    Another day of earnings, more bad news, more layoffs announced and again the market opens up. WTF. Is this the stage where all the fools are sucked in before the big money drops the hammer?

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  73. TheArtist

    I was just thinking the same thing T Moe, looks like a “jump in monday morning buy” moment that has the jumpers doubting……I have not jumped in in either direction yet….I am not sure what the direction will be but I cannot see anyway but down…..so I am just waiting for a signal…….

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  74. Henry Fool

    TheArtist:

    I couldn’t find anything. SWHC looks solid though.

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  75. Rice and Gun Holder
    Rice and Gun Holder

    The Artist,
    ATK owns federal ammunition. I will get on my hands and knees and kiss your ass if you can find federal hydra shock in all three major calibers, 40 s&W, 357 sig, or 45 acp anywhere. You can’t. SOLD OUT, plain and simple. People are scared. Might be a good one. Heres the site. http://www.atk.com/InvestorRelations/investrelate_welcome.asp
    Guns and Rice

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  76. up and away

    GS and XOM continue to f*ck the shorts

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  77. Who thinks Marlin is coming for B-fast?

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  78. DMG

    FAS vs. FAZ…

    Could be ‘tough to swallow’ (CAP)

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  79. TheArtist

    Henry, I just about bought a S&W saturday but opted for a Sig Sauer instead.

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  80. gappingandyapping

    TheArtist: Nice choice, what model did you get?

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  81. TraderCaddy

    Done for the AM thanks LEN,XHB.
    Looking to put some gold stock shorts on (NEM,ABX,GG).

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  82. chivasontherocks

    GO HOMEBUILDERS

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  83. j

    trader C”
    Why are you looking to short gold here?

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  84. TheArtist

    gappingandyapping Says:

    TheArtist: Nice choice, what model did you get?

    January 26th, 2009 at 10:02 am
    _______________

    P239 in single stack 9mm

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  85. TraderCaddy

    Olin (OLN) is an ammo manufacturer under the Winchester brand.

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  86. Donny

    Crude & Metals rising are bullish for stocks. Don’t get caught in a “Doom and Gloom” mindset. We will likely make new lows, BUT not right now.

    It’s a process people. In the meantime, prepare to go higher.

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  87. TraderCaddy

    Just gold stocks, not gold. I only daytrade.
    Although if economy does improve in 6 months dollar should go up vs euro as Europe is lagging and should pressure gold. Only a theory.

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  88. j

    the Dog is back tomorrow.

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    Thanks TC.

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    Morgan Stanley is up a bunch. I read somewhere that brokers are touting it now as the best of its peers. What a difference a little TARP money and what looks like a decent acquisition makes.

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  89. The Fox

    Artist,

    I just went to the Shot Show in Orlando Florida which is arguably the biggest gun show in the world (about the size of 10 Home Depots). No way you could see it all in a day. I really liked the Sigs. Good choice. Quality gun- not cheap though.

    I heard the same thing from all the gun manufacturers…”We can’t make enough to meet demand”. Scary. Anyway, good choice on the gun. 9 mm ammo is cheap too which is good. Try buying 10mm. That stuff will break you.

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  90. T MOE

    up-
    I know that all too well. My profits from my shorts in XOM and GS are evaporating fast. Not looking to capitulate, at least not yet. Soon or later the hammer will drop. 56,000 layoffs announced just today. That can’t be good for the broader market. This maybe a short term bounce for the bulls to get a little money back, but IMO longer term things look bleak

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  91. TraderCaddy

    Rumors abound that Obama as an anti second amendment type will push some heavier gun restrictions at time of registration but will tax the hell out of the ammo and thus make them prohibitively expensive for the average person.

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  92. j

    Caterpillar to Cut 20000 Jobs as 2009 Profit Slumps

    Sprint job cuts to total 8000

    Home Depot to Cut 7000 Jobs, Exit Expo Division

    35,000 jobs toast and that’s just Monday morning.

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  93. mdawsz

    Retarded bears!!!!

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  94. The Fox

    T MOE,

    Couldn’t agree more. My only concern is that EVERYONE is saying “We go lower”. It makes perfect sense which means it probably won’t happen in this f**ked up market. I have a short bias and will stay with it.

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  95. up

    It makes perfect sense which means it probably won’t happen in this f**ked up market.
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    you meant to say f**ked UP market

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  96. TheArtist

    Exactly TradderC, and Fox, thats why I go with 9mm, at the present prices, I can buy 150 rounds of 9 for the same as 50 rounds of .45 and for general paper punching it doesn’t make sense to go with .45 at the costs.

    I also hear rumors on the gun front that legislation is leaning towards laser etching serial numbers on each cartridge made and matching serial on the tail of the bullet and require your drivers license number to be put into a computer base for each box you buy and that boxes serial numbers are registered to you……so what that means now is if that insanity goes down we will have to make sure no one steals bullets from you…….

    it is getting ridiculous….guns do not kill, evil assholes with the intent to kill, kill…..

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  97. Jakegint

    Some Wordsworth, for your morning:

    The World is Too Much With Us

    The world is too much with us; late and soon,
    Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
    Little we see in Nature that is ours;
    We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
    This sea, that bares her bosom to the moon;
    The winds that will be howling at all hours
    And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;
    For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
    It moves us not–Great God! I’d rather be
    A pagan, suckled in a creed outworn;
    So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
    Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
    Have sight of Proteus, rising from the sea;
    Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.

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  98. Jakegint

    anyone here know of any tactical gun manufactures (or ammo makers) that are publicly traded besides Smith and Wesson, and Ruger?

    We know PE buyers out there right now who will buy ANY company.

    Cash flow or no, schitty sales or no.

    ANY company even peripherally related to the gun bidness.

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  99. Lady Guenevere

    Jake where do you live? New York?

    William Wordsworth good words.

    I agree – we have outworn outdated religions of fear that keep men’s minds trapped in the illusion of life being nothing more than ‘reward and punishment’
    .

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  100. MOOBER

    I just bought 1k GE, 1k DRYS, 1k BOOM, for fun.

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  101. Juice

    Much to Jakes chagrin (actually he prob couldn’t give a shit or two, no matter how much he bellaches)

    that said – what a diff listening to the Messiah than his predecessor …

    I am beginning to believe … that he will save the world

    well, maybe not but he seems to be saying some right things

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  102. gappingandyapping

    TheArtist: Nice choice, I am partial to Glock but I have always been. When I go to the range 9mm is much cheaper than my Glock .40 but I find the .40 to be a nice balance between impact expansion and stability for my size. Very hard for me to accurately shoot the .45 plus ammo costs so much. I have seen cases where the 9mm shoots straight through a target and doesn’t even faze them, then again that’s full jacketed. By the way there is a huge demand right now for AR’s, people worried about a possible ban.

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  103. j_remington

    Why are we up? Short covering. Why? Fear.

    What was it triggered by? Who cares.

    possible explanations… VIX falling, “it can’t get worse” mentality, its the Lunar New Year

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  104. Jakegint

    One of the things the Obama administration can do right now is to raise the strike price of the TARP warrants and preferred closer to the estimated NAV of the banks.

    Why stop there?

    Why not, via executive order, make all the money center banks common stock price $100?

    And then he could decree “all children… under the age of … 16 years old, are now…. 16 years old!

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  105. Jakegint

    Jake where do you live? New York?

    Not anymore.

    And with all due respect, that’s just about the opposite of what the poem’s about.

    _______

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  106. Juice

    we’re up because people are trying to get in front of the shortly coming 25% rally

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  107. Rice and Gun Holder
    Rice and Gun Holder

    I agree gappingandyapping. I also use 40 s$w as my personal defense caliber. I don’t want a bloody bad guy on top of me trying to rape and take my gun away after I shoot him. The 40s&w makes a much better blood channel than the 9mm. In fact, the NRA published an article revealing the military’s woeful disatisfaction with the 9mm and the planned return to the 45. Unfortunately combat troops are complaining about the “stopping power” of the nine mm. Anyways, congrats to TheArtist for arming himself. He has made himself and all of us safer. I just advise him to run the other way as fast as he can after he shoots the bad guy with that 9mm.

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  108. TheArtist

    Gapping, yep, AR’s are on indefinite back order, I have a Sig556 on order…..I may never get it…the store cannot even give me a date at all. and used ones on gunbroker are selling for as much as 40% more than “new” retail…..

    and people are worried about “taxing” bullets as mentioned above, if they implement a 49.9% tax on bullets, a box of .45 at current prices will be 50.00 dollars a box of 50 or a dollar each,

    which will only hurt family run businesses across the country that run small mom and pop hardware stores that sell hunting rifles and bullets which are a big part of their weekly sales, and not to mention all the private gun ranges closing up….the gun range across the street from me just closed about 2 months ago, not due to bullet prices but due to legal battles with the county.

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  109. Lady Guenevere

    We have altered the earth to our own will : by 19th century, the means of mining and gathering of materials, concentrations of humanity in drab filthy tenements blocks, the abuses of the labor force, their concentration in industry-

    The Poet asks if we cannot recognize ourselves in nature in a God-created universe?

    ‘Little we see in Nature that is ours’ suggests the illusion of separation, brought on by our materialistic focus and away from the Divine and Oneness.

    ‘The sea’, ‘the wind’ are as ‘sleeping flowers’…we have lost this connection in pursuit of material gain. ‘We are out of tune, – It moves us not’.

    ‘… a creed outworn’? We have lost our way- the supposed truth in creeds…wears thin as the world weighs heavy.

    Truly tho Jake at the heart of all separation is the idea of unworthiness which is pushed on the masses by religions based on fear, reward and punishment. We as humanity can never be happy and can never reconnect to that inner wisdom as long as we live in fear of ‘ an outcome’. So becus of that fear we create hell on earth…as a direct reflection of our separateness from ONENESS.

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  110. A Pagan, suckled

    What the fuck!?!

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  111. dave

    More good news:

    Jacking off or having too much sex causes cancer.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7850666.stm

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  112. Donnymeister, I doubled up on FAS – avg. cost 9.50. I am just playing “oversold” condition – I will sell at 11.50 or 12.50 or see what happens.

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  113. gappingandyapping

    What round do you guys use for personal defense? I used to use the Speer Gold Dots but have switched to the Hydra-shock. I was just looking for a really low velocity round with a high expansion high grain load. The slower the better for what I am looking for and really they are a much safer round since you don’t want the round to go through anything and it should really fragment as much as possible.

    In stock related news DXO is on a rampage, I am going to punt a piece that I bought at 2.35 if we hit $3.00. I am hedged with long DUG and short XOM.

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  114. MOOBER

    I just tucked a few things away in an IRA:

    1k MSFT
    1k YHOO
    1k GE
    1k BOOM
    1k DRYS

    Get drunk, buy stocks!

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  115. Contrary Indicator
    Contrary Indicator

    This morning:
    Closed out financials shorts (despite the fact that they’re all doomed).
    Got back into TBT, GLD, and DIG.
    The theme is that there’s no deflation… yet.

    All of this is against my better judgment.

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  116. Anonymous Says:

    Donnymeister, I doubled up on FAS – avg. cost 9.50. I am just playing “oversold” condition – I will sell at 11.50 or 12.50 or see what happens.

    Click to Edit (2 minutes and 30 seconds)January 26th, 2009 at 11:03 am

    _____________

    why don’t you anonymous fuckers get a fucking name?

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  117. VladimirRocks

    Rice and Gun Holder Says:

    I agree gappingandyapping. I also use 40 s$w as my personal defense caliber. I don’t want a bloody bad guy on top of me trying to rape and take my gun away after I shoot him. The 40s&w makes a much better blood channel than the 9mm. In fact, the NRA published an article revealing the military’s woeful disatisfaction with the 9mm and the planned return to the 45. Unfortunately combat troops are complaining about the “stopping power” of the nine mm. Anyways, congrats to TheArtist for arming himself. He has made himself and all of us safer. I just advise him to run the other way as fast as he can after he shoots the bad guy with that 9mm.
    ********************************************

    You fuckin’ DUMBASS Gun Lovers. You are SOOO worried about that 17-year-old black kid stealing your $129 TV set. KILL THAT Mo-Fo!

    Never mind that you 16-year-old daughter is blowing him in the back seat of YOUR car twice a week.

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  118. TheArtist

    are we stalling and moving higher or getting ready to roll over?

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  119. The Fly

    new post up

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  120. Rice and Gun Holder
    Rice and Gun Holder

    Viad,
    Who said anything about black kid? Are you a racist? These “fuckin dumbass gun lovers” as you have put it are the ones have kept you free so you can spout your diabtribes and implicit hateful racist remarks. Maybe you should think about talking to someone about your anger. Hope everything resolves with you…
    Best regards.

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  121. The Fox

    gappingandyapping

    Interesting that you mention the ballastic difference between .40 and 9mm. I spoke at length to the Glock representative at the Shot Show and he said the difference is almost non-existent. I have read the same stories as you, but he disputes them. He stated that with the +P rounds (plus powder) that the difference was even smaller. He said for true “stopping power” which is a misnomer he said you have to jump from 9mm to .45- .40 won’t do it. Those are his words not mine.

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  122. Jakegint

    Much to Jakes chagrin (actually he prob couldn’t give a shit or two, no matter how much he bellaches)

    What’s “much to my chagrin?”

    Communication skills are important, and you might want to work on yours w. regard to the above, but they are not the “end all.”

    Socialist policy still destroys economies, no matter how flowery the delivery.

    __________

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  123. Jakegint

    ‘… a creed outworn’? We have lost our way- the supposed truth in creeds…wears thin as the world weighs heavy.

    This speaks to the pagan creed, which the author would choose as the least respite from the modern world.

    ____________

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  124. Rice and Gun Holder
    Rice and Gun Holder

    Hello Fox,
    Just out of curiosity, when you spoke to Glock did they try to push their new (or, somewhat new) 45 GAP round? Doesn’t seem to be catching on is why I ask. Thank you.

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  125. Jakegint

    Vladimir,

    Sounds like a personal problem with that sucking thing.

    Take your notions elsewhere.

    __________

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  126. The Fox

    Rice-

    No…they weren’t pushing anything in particular. He definitely said .45 was the way to go if “knock down power” was your objective. His personal opinion, after viewing the gelatin tests, (shooting into molds) was that the difference between the .40 and the 9mm was nominal. The .45 was much better. He went onto say that the 9mm was much easier to control when firing multiple rounds quickly. The .40 has more recoil which leads to inaccurate fire when shooting in “bursts”. Again, I am not qualified to speak intelligently on the matter and everything I am saying came from the Glock rep.

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