Thinks that make you go hMMMMMM August 12

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Bath Salts in the Wound | VICE

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But by the end of February something had changed. Comments from Amped users started appearing on blogs, claiming that unlike the initial batches of the fine high-octane stimulant powder that “made ladybugs scatter,” recent shipments were the color and texture of soggy piecrust. The stuff smelled like piss. For those willing to snort this congealed paste, however, it still provided a decent high.

via Bath Salts in the Wound | VICE.

Maudlin Letter August 11

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The Solution…is the Problem, Part II – Sprott Asset Management

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When we wrote Part I of this paper in June 2009, the total U.S. public debt was just north of $10 trillion. Since then, that figure has increased by more than 50% to almost $16 trillion, thanks largely to unprecedented levels of government intervention.

Once the exclusive domain of central bankers and policy makers, acronyms such as QE, LTRO, SMP, TWIST, TARP, TALF have found their way into the mainstream. With the aim of providing stimulus to the economy, central planners of all stripes have both increased spending and reduced taxes in most rich countries. But do these fiscal and monetary measures really increase economic activity or do they have other perverse effects?

via The Solution…is the Problem, Part II – Sprott Asset Management.

Broyhill Letter August 12

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Zynga: Game Over, and Echoes of a Bubble | Inc.com

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It was a Christmas present everyone in Silicon Valley was wishing for: a Zynga IPO that would reinstate the faith in the Valley’s tech companies. On December 16, 2011, the company’s founder and CEO, Mark Pincus, rang the closing bell at Nasdaq, proclaiming, “With our IPO, we are accelerating this mission of connecting the world through games.”

via Zynga: Game Over, and Echoes of a Bubble | Inc.com.

High Conviction Sector Calls Toward our 1,600 S&P 500 Price Target

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Thinks that make you go hMMMMMM August 12

223 views

Bath Salts in the Wound | VICE

405 views

But by the end of February something had changed. Comments from Amped users started appearing on blogs, claiming that unlike the initial batches of the fine high-octane stimulant powder that “made ladybugs scatter,” recent shipments were the color and texture of soggy piecrust. The stuff smelled like piss. For those willing to snort this congealed paste, however, it still provided a decent high.

via Bath Salts in the Wound | VICE.

Maudlin Letter August 11

242 views

The Solution…is the Problem, Part II – Sprott Asset Management

181 views

When we wrote Part I of this paper in June 2009, the total U.S. public debt was just north of $10 trillion. Since then, that figure has increased by more than 50% to almost $16 trillion, thanks largely to unprecedented levels of government intervention.

Once the exclusive domain of central bankers and policy makers, acronyms such as QE, LTRO, SMP, TWIST, TARP, TALF have found their way into the mainstream. With the aim of providing stimulus to the economy, central planners of all stripes have both increased spending and reduced taxes in most rich countries. But do these fiscal and monetary measures really increase economic activity or do they have other perverse effects?

via The Solution…is the Problem, Part II – Sprott Asset Management.

Broyhill Letter August 12

212 views

Zynga: Game Over, and Echoes of a Bubble | Inc.com

242 views

It was a Christmas present everyone in Silicon Valley was wishing for: a Zynga IPO that would reinstate the faith in the Valley’s tech companies. On December 16, 2011, the company’s founder and CEO, Mark Pincus, rang the closing bell at Nasdaq, proclaiming, “With our IPO, we are accelerating this mission of connecting the world through games.”

via Zynga: Game Over, and Echoes of a Bubble | Inc.com.

High Conviction Sector Calls Toward our 1,600 S&P 500 Price Target

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