It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way–in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
-Master of the English language, Charles Dickens
There isn’t anyone who has ever written a passage as succinct and haunting as the opening paragraph in A Tale of Two Cities, by Dickens. The first time I read those words, I was hooked. In many ways, it describes the plight of mankind, at least since the invention of fire and the wheel. There will always be injustices thrusted upon the lower wrung of society and there will always be excesses enjoyed by those in a position to enjoy them. Somewhere in the middle we fight for position, trying to outmanoeuvre one another for the spoils of capitalism. To that end, many of us (speaking in general terms here, nothing personal you insolent knave) cheat and steal to further our position, regular mountebanks living in the shadows of treachery.
Here is my point: how is it that we were stricken by panic, sheer unadulterated panic, when rates were going higher? Now that they’re going lower, these same blackguards are trying to instill fear into the hearts of all of you in the middle, who rarely refuse an opportunity to step on each other’s faces in order to get a leg up on the competition. This is intellectually insulting and you should try to ignore what the hucksters in the bond markets are doing, for they are always led astray–easily tricked like red meat tossed at a dog…by a burglar.
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Fly- Since bannings are back, how come Zombie has never been banned? All he ever posts is “FIG”. Is it only because he’s a PPT member?
Zombie is the most ardent supporter of the site, since forever.
Clearly, but if he were not a member, would he not be a good candidate for a proper banning?
I only ban people who are disruptive, so no.
Where is Alf ?
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… been out of pocket the last few days with the death (last Thursday) of my wife’s Mother.
Funeral arrangements … meetings with attorneys … Relatives …
Fun stuff !!!
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Sorry for your loss alf.
Sorry to hear alf
Sorry for yor loss, Alf
Sorry to hear
My condolences.
Yes..Condolences
Ibankcoin is a nice place, members are family.
God bless your family. I once saw this on a headstone and it has always brought comfort to me, I hope it does to you as well. ” May we meet everyday in the garden of memory?
Pray out to you and your wife Alf.
Funny, you get all philosophical, quoting classic literature and not a peep from anyone, but when you lose money terribly, the comment section gets littered with wild animals speaking of masturbation and feces.
This should tell you something about the audience you are attracting.
I was here because it was distracting.
The Fly is God.
loosing the grip , uh?
if this was a top formation today we would have had a disaster . so this is not a top . go ahead and trade .
the only thing it seems ( TO ME ) we’ve stepped in is some old top digestion.
Dark red to green days are best. Nice shakeout of all the Tom Demark followers.
A program of self improvement does not require beating the competition, whoever that is.
interesting , how can you improve ( on what? too general as assesment ) if you do not beat a competition , i.e. yourself
The competition is not myself.
There are all kinds of self improvement. In athletics we try to improve strength, speed, conditioning, skills. In academics we try to learn more. Other skills like music can be a means of personal improvement. In life, I feel, one must continue self improvement and there are many avenues to do that. Failing to strive in some area of personal improvement is a route to failure, in my opinion.
if you are not good ( @ something ) may be better to learn&practice , then compete , then when you understand well rules and yourself usually you become your best competitor . that’s simple and is how it works , in many fileds and applications
ok, for your watchlist. Cause I’m feeling magnanimous, too.
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Fly – Can you describe your IFON thesis again? I’m curious about this stock…
Ahhh, didn’t Tale of Two Cities end with the poor masses uprising and cut the heads off the rich? For this market, IMHO it has been always a China Story. With that default in March/April, no one is going to be falling all over themselves to loan out to their Shadow Banking System. We are popping, finally, it is just taking time because Hedge Fund Managers are too busy buying up Multi Million Dollar Homes.
lady,,,,drop the ball please..it’s been years you wrtie we were we are we will be about to pop … no pop around.. grab some pop corn and prepare for more of the same
In 2009 I saw a bubble forming when China was importing more Copper then what it needed for true demand. I choose to study it because very few people have watched a bubble form in real time. Normally, People see bubbles when they are huge or not at all…this FIVE year study has been mine and like all bubbles, it will pop…very interesting anatomy of it..I have learned a lot.
like how to look like a dumbass on a blog comments section
sorry to remember you,,, this pop should have happened,., to your forecast.. and happaned again .. and again.. and then again.. multiple time,.. but never did eventually..
so this time , it is the right one milady?
just to register one more time your studies results and forecasts..
wow no one comments anymore, going to go check out some other sites I guess 🙁
This is the passage that did it for me, probably the reason why I am a Perma bull life’s too short not to believe in the green light
“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgasticfuture that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And one fine morning——
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
This is the passage that did it for me, probably the reason why I am a Perma bull life’s too short not to believe in the green light
“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgasticfuture that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And one fine morning——
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”