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Going Full Retard in 2010

“Let the banks die and their employees eat hot lead, for the good of the country and banking system.”

“The fastest way to lasting peace is through the demolition of entire nations in our way.”

“What Wall Street needs is less bailouts and more bankruptcies.”

“In the future, your local grocery store will only accept gold bars. Your money is as good as worthless.”

“OMG, I hate CNBC. Did you see Cramer last night? What a douche.”

“The housing market will never rebound. Ever.”

“This country will never produce jobs because we sent them all to China. Enjoy your day job at Burger King.”

“We need to spend a trillion a year on the military because China is going to invade Oregon one day.”

“Global warming is real. Therefore, we must stop drilling for oil.”

“Our current system of healthcare is perfect. Why mess with perfection?”

“I am a fat slob; therefore, I am on the Atkins diet.”

“Get out there and vote. It’s your constitutional right. Make a difference, by way of electing a republican or democrat!”

“Bush did 9/11.”

If you believe any of the crap written above, then you are “going full retard” in 2010. Congrats. Feel free to add some of your own quotes in the comments section. They must exemplify the stupidity of man, while entertaining me. God speed.

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  1. KatherineHarris

    “YOUR vote counts only if YOU count votes”

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  2. Lydira

    “The fundamental law of supply and demand will never cease but will mutate into many different variations throughout time in every aspect of life or death in the evolution or devolving of all things solid, liquid, gaseous or spirit.” This is not a full retard quote, but I thought it appropriate to place here because the retards have been confused with the facts.

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    • Lydira

      That should be written as “This is not a full retard quote, but I thought it appropriate to place here to confuse the retards with the facts.” Written to entertain The Fly.

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  3. Mark Spiegel

    “No one believes in this rally yet, but when all the sideline cash finally comes in, then we’ll REALLY have a rally.”

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  4. The_Real_Hmmm

    “Cash4Gold was a government scam so the Treasury could build a larger gold position to hedge inflation.”

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  5. Hammy

    “There is a possibility the SPX will make it up to the 850s, but I would take out another mortgage on my house to be able to short at those levels.” ~Danny, in march

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    • TA

      LOL Ouch!

      Although to be fair, anyone on SOH could have been quoted saying the same thing.

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    • Raunchy

      Danny got clown raped in 2009.

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    • Hammy

      I followed Danny’s logic through March, April, and half of may. Ergo, I got clown raped as well.

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    • Teahouse On The Tracks
      Teahouse On The Tracks

      We will not see 960 again … Danny in late 08′ or early 09′

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      • Danny

        I love the lack of context. I posted that at the literal high mark of January 2009

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        • Teahouse On The Tracks
          Teahouse On The Tracks

          and I posted this on 1/6/09:

          http://ibankcoin.com/dannyblog/2009/01/06/ahhh-it-must-be-that-time-again/#comment-7266

          “Our long term OEW pivots suggests a Primary wave B top at either SPX 1107 or SPX 1179, right in line with a 50% retracement scenario. And, we are also observing a strong move upward in overall market breadth.”

          Crazy wave theory or Danny’s colorful market sentiment charts? I’m sticking with OEW .

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          • Teahouse On The Tracks
            Teahouse On The Tracks

            Note the exacting call of 1107 that held stubbornly but finally succumbed and current call for another leg up to 1168 (1170 pivot point) that if correct will substantiate that post 100% … quite accurate for a call made on or before Jan 6 ….

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  6. Panda Bear

    “This is just a bear market rally. We would be net sellers here” – CNBC Guests @ SPX 800, 850, 900, 950, 1000, 1050, 1100

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  7. The_Real_Hmmm

    “Security lines for Dreamliner 787 flights will offer two-for-one specials on colonoscopies and cavity searches to reduce the threats of terrorism, drug trafficking, and colon cancer. Male flight attendants do not object to the screenings.”

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  8. Purdy

    “I knew people who died on 9/11, therefore the country should….”

    “I have family members who serve in the military, therefore…”

    Spoken by slime who seek to steal others’ standing.

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  9. MOOBER

    “I am a fat slob; therefore, I am on the Atkins diet.”

    Ouch. That one hit a little too close to home.

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  10. omfgitsjd

    I only believe in my best friends. Smith and Wesson.

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  11. MX2101

    btw- large regional mall near Baltimore totally packed today. Parking lot jammed.

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    • MOOBER

      Goodwill had their half-price sale today. PACKED. I counted the line. 30 deep on three registers.

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      • sandfleas

        I hope you don’t mind me asking,
        but what were you doing at a Goodwill?

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      • mrsbuttons

        so that was you…I was a few customers behind you and I ‘d like to tell you that you were stressing out the line when you began babbling incoherently and passing gas.

        I, on the other hand, got a brass chandelier for 6.99! pwa!

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    • Mark Spiegel

      New Year’s weekend is a great time to return stuff!

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    • heaterman

      Was at a Kohl’s yesterday with the better half. Place was packed. Loooong lines at the checkouts. Return lines for Christmas stuff…….not so much. BTW Kohl’s prices on K-cups is outrageous.

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  12. kushzilla

    I think we should like jump off our garage roofs and like land on our heads and like have flashbacks to the future so like we can like predict like the stock like market and stuff. SWEEEEEEEEEET

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  13. Simple Jack

    I’m on the Controlled Atkins Diet….this is where I eat chicken wings for breakfast , bacon and ribs for lunch, and then I control at night with a fettuccine. A new twist if you will…..I’ve lost 7 pounds in 4 days but my breath and farts are a little well you know.

    I’m going long the FAZ

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  14. slim

    I did not have relations with that woman.

    The health care bill will not pay for illegal immigrants.

    We will not “double dip” in 2010.

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  15. Dr Fly

    Sideline cash is a good one.

    Or how about this:

    “We will retest the March lows.”

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  16. TraderCaddy

    “Hope and change. Yes we can.”

    P.S. Don’t you mean Going Full Mentally Challenged in 2020?

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  17. sandfleas

    “Yes We can.”

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    • sandfleas

      lol, Tradercaddy, we posted the same comment at the same time.
      WOW.
      I know a guy, Tommy Scherrer, who played on the Hooters Tour,
      think he had a K cup in the PGA….
      good luck to your son…..

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      • TraderCaddy

        LOL.
        We must have been channeling our minds or something like that.
        Thanks on the “luck”. He has a tournament on Tues.
        I just asked him if he has heard of Scherrer (sitting next to me) and he said won the Kemper Open. Don’t know how or why he knows this info.

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        • sandfleas

          That’s PGA trivia for sure.
          Stopped following Scherrer inthe 1990s.
          PGA life is tough – you know if you don’t
          win a certain amount or qualify for a certain number
          of tournaments or whatever it’s
          back to Q school.

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  18. masterpain

    HERE IS ONE ; FTK IS A SURE THING !

    I WILL BE HERE ALL WEEK LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE TRY THE VEAL !

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  19. The_Real_Hmmm

    “Bankers, traders, and investment managers should be paid half as much because they work twice the hours of the average person.”

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  20. Tiger Wood

    How about this?

    I am monogamous. You can trust me on this.

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  21. DMG

    “The moon landing was faked.”

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  22. Po Pimp

    “We are in the beginning stages of a Wave B step 4 leg down under the 18th moon of Jupiter directly in-line with Mars, ergo S&P 250 here we come.”

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  23. mrkcbill

    Resistance has become support

    Buy the dips and sell the rips

    Find a stock that’s heavily shorted and go long.

    I subscribe to Dennis Kneales premium blogging service its only a $1 per day.

    If they didn’t let LEH go under everything would of been just fine.

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  24. Braveflaps

    The system worked!!

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  25. punyandy

    This is just prolonging the inevitable crash.

    America will rebuild stronger if we let it fail.

    This is the new normal.

    New lows in July.

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  26. sandfleas

    GMCR is a POS.

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  27. JakeGint

    “I voted for Barack Obama and Joe Biden because that Sarah Palin is just SO wacky!”

    _____________________

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  28. Bobby Boucher

    “You don’t need God anymore, you have us democrats.” – Nancy Pelosi

    “You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent…. I’m not joking.” – Joe Biden

    “I’ve now been in 57 states — I think one left to go.” – Barack Obama (bin Laden)

    fid

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  29. JakeGint

    “Gold is for idiots, because everyone knows you cannot trade a box of White Castly hamburgers for a brick of gold.”

    _________________

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  30. JakeGint

    “Pay not attention to the history of the French franc or the British Pound, the US Fed can continue to abuse our reserve currency status with no concerns about the implications.”

    ____________________

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  31. JakeGint

    “All is well, Barack Obama and Janet Naploitana have your Security as their FIRST priority.”

    ________________

    (I may be here all night…)

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  32. punyandy

    The market going higher is a gift for my shorts.

    Anything using the word “skosh”.

    Anything related to Snoopy.

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  33. JakeGint

    “If you did not die on 911, you MAY NOT advocate fighting back against terrorism. ”

    “Spending money to secure national security is a much poorer investment than establishing gigantic federal bureacracies to tax DEADLY carbon dioxide emitters!”

    “John Kerry is a GIFT to the American people from the people of Taxachussets. You failed him in 2004”

    “I am not an OBAMA voter. No, really, I’m not. I swear. No. C’mon guys, I’m not!”

    — special Commie Milfordism’s 2009

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    • Hammy

      “tenth cousins” means that the person linking you to the other guy is 12 generations back. that means the link in the chain between you two is likely dead for over 200 years. Even if each generation only had two kids, that means you’re one of 4096 people. Change that to three, and you’re one of 531 441 10th cousins.

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      • JakeGint

        Treu, treu. The math gets pretty formidable when you are talking about genetic dispositions. I believe I read somewhere that people with ANY European ancestry have a common genetic forebearer stretching back to the 14th century….

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  34. GW

    “You just can’t make this shit up folks”
    http://aangirfan.blogspot.com/2009/11/is-world-run-by-criminals.html

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    • JakeGint

      GW — instead of sticking with those more run of the mill conspiracies, why not sink your teeth into something a little more substantial?

      (I think I am going to send the above to every divorced man I know… and I know quite a few who’ve “gotten back on the wagon,” too!)

      ______

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      • MOOBER

        How the hell did you find that? Bookmarked the blog. Pretty interesting.

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      • Danny

        I’d be shocked at one’s naivety if you DIDN’T believe that the spirit of that article is true. Modern society is completely feminized, that’s not a conspiracy, it’s observable in myriad ways.

        the conclusion, however, is the same as the GS “conspiracies” — whether true or not is irrelevant if you want to play the game.

        GS controls the market? Ok, well, trade or don’t.
        Women control the sexual mkt place / favorable court treatment / whatever? Ok, well, bang em or don’t.

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        • GW

          You know when a man rapes a woman it is a woman who taunted him. A man is referred to as a stud where as a women is a whore for being promiscuous.
          I do not disagree that some laws do favor women like Clinton’s domestic violence law or some divorce laws, but this article stretches reality a little too far.

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          • Danny

            nope, a man that rapes a woman is in the lower 20th percentile that the article references. He is “sub-beta,” since he is so out of the running that that’s his resort.

            Consider that if a woman has a child out of wedlock the husband, or sucker, or cuckold, or whatever he is, STILL HAS TO PAY FOR THE CHILD UNTIL HE/SHE IS 18

            So this woman steals years of your life in re courtship/marriage, you have to pay for a kid that isnt yours, and every birthday he/she has, every smile on the kids face is another reminder of how YOU were raped financially, emotionally, time-wise, and energy wise. That, I’m sorry to tell you, is much worse in aggregate than a single event of rape.

            Oh, and the consequence for a woman if she does this? Nothing. Because it’s not a crime, nor is it punitive. It would effectively destroy a family as much as the “abusive drunk father” situation. Which, incidentally, is punishable via jail, fines, etc.

            I know you’re a fem-supporting hippy GW, but think about this for a second.

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          • GW

            Danny,
            If your wife cheats on you and has a child that is not yours you do not have to pay for that child. If you end up paying for said child then you had a retarded lawyer.

            Her “lover” will ultimately have to pay for the child unless you choose to forgive and accept that child into your family.

            You must be following Jake’s script on relying on name calling and categorizing me as a fem loving hippie.

            You people are childish when it comes to actual argument. Like most people who create strife and dis-unity you only rely upon name calling and ego boosting.

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          • GW

            Danny,
            If your wife cheats on you and has a child that is not yours you do not have to pay for that child. If you end up paying for said child then you had a retarded lawyer.

            Her “lover” will ultimately have to pay for the child unless you choose to forgive and accept that child into your family.

            You must be following Jake’s script on relying on name calling and categorizing me as a fem loving hippie.

            You people are childish when it comes to actual argument. Like most people who create strife and dis-unity you only rely upon name calling and ego boosting.

            Furthermore the rapist may be sub beta, but this is not an accurate description of what is behind rape. What of date rape? In order to have a date you had to be in the Alpha category no?

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          • JakeGint

            Hey hippie, don’t drag me into your lack of logical argument, buddy. You had some complete grassy knoller conspiracy bullcrap linked. I was trying to tighten up your intellectual bona fides, that’s all.

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          • GW

            By the way it can be punitive in the sense that the father can take the children away from the mother and not make alimony payments to her. Of course he will have to prove this occurred often or the courts might give clemency in a one time event. The latter of course would be unfair, but the father still has a good case at keeping the children and avoiding alimony especially if the woman has a career.

            .

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          • JakeGint

            BS — you obviously haven’t had much contact with the Family Courts. I have a friend who just got through with them, and his drunk, pill-popper wife still gets half his assets and partial custody of his autistic kid AND he’s paying her alimony so she can hang easy with her drunkard boyfriend.

            He has an autistic child so, mom gets a free pass and dad gets the “bag.”

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          • Teahouse On The Tracks
            Teahouse On The Tracks

            Surprised Jake hasn’t placed blame on some ficTITious liberally controlled Supreme Court …

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          • JakeGint

            Well, I guess that’s an appropriate comment, coming as it was from LEFT field.

            Fenway, no less.

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          • GW

            “abusive drunk father” is a crime that violates uniform commercial code law which is why civil and marriage courts must levy fines and jail time. Cheating on your spouse only creates emotional damage which is torture, but far less than physical abuse.

            All laws must abide by uniform commercial code law which states that you may actually do anything you want so long as it does not cause damage or harm to another person or physical property.

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          • The Fly

            I hope not too many women read that comment Danny, for you will be flayed. Needless to say, I could not disagree with you more.

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          • sandfleas

            I’ve read it a couple of times.
            I made a mistake earlier.
            GMCR is not a POS.
            Danny is a POS.
            I hope your balls get speed-chopped off in 2010, buddy.
            The malocchia on you.

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          • The Fly

            Lol @ ” the horns”

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          • Danny

            provocative comments in the comments section are good, no?

            Time for a thought exercise.

            Read Jake’s comment again.

            “BS — you obviously haven’t had much contact with the Family Courts. I have a friend who just got through with them, and his drunk, pill-popper wife still gets half his assets and partial custody of his autistic kid AND he’s paying her alimony so she can hang easy with her drunkard boyfriend.

            He has an autistic child so, mom gets a free pass and dad gets the “bag.” ”

            Mine was more specific in the sense he was raising a kid he thought was his but it wasn’t. How is he not completely fucked by this?

            I had this discussion recently with a group of people so I already know the end all, be all of examples. Mind you, this was a group discussion among six people, 2 girls. And for the love of fucks sake, take it with an element of humor if it is possible to do so and not be so uptight. This wasn’t a completely cynical dickhead discussion we were having, but the subject matter is serious so it made sense to attempt critical thinking.

            Think about it for real — What would be worse?

            You’re walking home from a late night at the office and right when you turn on your block someone grabs you and smashes you into a chain link fence. You try and put your brown belt in judo to good use, but its no use this dude is like way bigger and stronger. You think, this sure is a weird way to get robbed, then he rips off your pants. Terror sets in, fight response to the max. But it’s not use. What took probably 2 minutes seemed like 2 hours. What the fuck. You got ass-raped. You stumble home shaken and terrified, take a shower, and go to sleep. Your wife knows something major happened the next day by the look on your face, but you never tell her. You say it was work related.

            -or-

            You find out right now, this minute, Fly, Jake, whoever reading who has a wife and kids, your wife walks in with this look on her face an says “Fly/Jake…I have to tell you about something that happened X (childs age) years ago. There was another man. We were young. You aren’t the father and I know because he made contact with me and we got the tests done. I’m sorry”

            Would they not be both emotionally devastating? Socially embarrassing? Whatever other stigma or consequence is imaginable? etc? That’s the comparison. Now, it’s pretty easy to say you don’t want to get ass-raped. That’s understandable. On a time scale, 2 minutes of torture isn’t as bad as a decade of your life that turned out to be a sham. At first, we all agreed we didn’t want to be raped. I mean no shit. But then the more we talked about it, the majority agreed that the second instance was actually more damaging to a persons sense of self-worth, and caused more harm in the long term.

            Damn. Who saw all that coming? Anyway, I’m doing the dictionary update today, so thanks for all the submissions.

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          • The Fly

            Let me go out on a limb here and guess: you’re single?

            Rightfully so.

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          • Danny

            nope.

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          • Danny

            plus, how would that change the merit of the discussion?

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          • dave

            Sorry you got raped Danny. You should have some Plan B handy if it happens again. You can also invest in the maker Duramed (DRMD).

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          • omfgitsjd

            Don’t get your panties in a bunch. You could have wandered into the Dominatrix room and found yourself strapped to the medical table for castration. You thought this was going to be a little bit of nurse play but then you find out she’s a crackhead looking to rob you, but you are short the amount she needs to pay back the mobsters flying shit back from Afghanistan via turkey and still have enough to score. Frantically you try to reason with her but she’s freaking out and threatening you with the scalpel. In a few seconds they are gone. Flushed down the toilet. Sure, you could go home and try to explain that it was a bungie jumping accident and they got tangled, mangled, and ripped off during a base jump off a bridge, but chances are she won’t buy your bullshit story.

            What are we talking about here, by the way?

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          • Danny

            omfg – excellent point.

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          • dpeezy

            omfgthatsfuckingawesome
            dot.

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      • GW

        If we go the route of China or India then we as a nation would be going backwards. While it is a very interesting read it is factual rubbish.
        All you need is love my friend. A mother can dispense this very well due to circumstance yet again. Her scorn is something to worry about.
        Not that I would like to see a sub servant role for A. & B. males, but it would be interesting to see what a Amazonian world would produce.
        More importantly, it has been factually proven that bloodlines rule supremely, diebold machines can be tampered with, (& without a paper trail,) and finally those connections between all those in power are with merit.

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        • GW

          One last thing Jake,

          Thanks to the internet and oodles of info to be had upon request, most “conspiracy” theories are no longer left to imagination or crackpots as so many would wish it to be. A whole bunch of “theories” have moved into the world of factual truth backed by evidence courtesy of FOIA. It is up you to suspend disbelief and accept reality for what it is.

          For the record, just because I bring all this up, only makes me observant. Unfortunately, in today’s twisted world when one recognizes reality he or she is often labeled anti American, radical, liberal, and even fascist. All of which you have used against me in my pursuit of legitimate argument.

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          • JakeGint

            Sorry, GW. Something “being on the internet” doesn’t mean it doesn’t still contain logical holes through which one can drive a truck.

            Listen, I happen to agree with you on most things. However, foregoing the hard calculus of reason in order to jump on an easy conclusion only hurts your cause if your conclusion is so easily disproven.

            Why not study some real history — the rise of “Progressivism” in the United States or Fabian Socialism in the United Kingdom, the “Reviolution of 1848,” the differences between the US and French Revolution, etc.?

            I submit to you that in studying those historical realities you will come to the realization that the point to which we have come to today is the result of an accumulation of bad ideas surrounding various forms of statism, many of them advanced through various European academic salons.

            So, in some sense, you are correuct — our troubles are largely derived from European influences. They just do not come from something so simplistic as a vast shadowy cabal that runs things from behind the scenes. This is not to say that there is not a large group of powerful people who would very much benefit from the limitation of the sovereign rights of the individual, but only that this has been true for the entirety of man’s history.

            In other words, our task should not be to uncover what has always been true of man and his penchant for Authoritarianism (albeit masked in mulitple ideologies always leading to the same end– see “new thinker Purdy” for an example of someone who mistakenly thinks he’s saying something fresh), but rather to advance the case for indiviual freedom here, in the first crucible of it’s testing.

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          • Teahouse On The Tracks
            Teahouse On The Tracks

            That’s how he rolls GW … though he is an equal opportunity lame-baster [sic] as he readily admits.

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          • JakeGint

            Prove that I called GW a “liberal, fascist, or anti-American” or fuggoff, E-8. He’s whining because I’m showing that his links are infantile. He can certainly argue with his own words, but calling someone a “hippy” does not detract from the facts surrounding his ill-grounded conjectures being passed for “reason” here.

            I may throw in an occasional witticism and or barb at an opponent, but my arguments are well grounded and fact based. Feel free to take a shot at proving yours.

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          • Teahouse On The Tracks
            Teahouse On The Tracks

            yeah Jake … as if “hippy” isn’t the same as “liberal” coming from your silk tongue … Please

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          • JakeGint

            “Hippy” refers to his “green” moniker, dipstick.

            Even a fully embalmed -in- -the-savory- sauce-Lib like you, E-8, could read two of GW’s post and know he’s not a “liberal-progressive” in the statist, Taxachussets sense of the word.

            Geez.

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          • Teahouse On The Tracks
            Teahouse On The Tracks

            exactly … so stop trying to be clever by calling him hippy …. everyone knows you’re not referring to his green ideology (pot or ecology) ….

            and once again calling me a liberal cause I reside on Cape Cod is painting with a broad brush encompassing a large number of your Irish Clan, NYers, NJites, Libertarians and sympathetic Conservatives …

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          • JakeGint

            I call you a liberal because you back liberals, no other reason.

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          • Teahouse On The Tracks
            Teahouse On The Tracks

            I back liberals?

            Name 3 liberals that I’ve backed or voted for over the last 30 yrs .. you can’t!

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  35. Tiger Wood

    I swear I will have a better 2010 than 2009.

    Ho Ho Ho

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  36. Fly's neighbor Steve
    Fly's neighbor Steve

    Fly will make a lot of money and move to a Big House (Jail)

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    • SteveTheNeighbor

      That wasn’t me Fly. I believe it was your another neighbor (the bad one ) pretending to be me. We need to have the homeowners association inspect his house. I believe he has a family of illegals living inside doing the cooking and cleaning.

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  37. Teahouse On The Tracks
    Teahouse On The Tracks

    “No one can prove that if Bernanke had done nothing, we would have entered a second Great Depression.”

    How many times have we heard this beauty? People that agree must enjoy betting on the Mets with their mortgage money each month … I’m with Fly, give me the same playing field with inflation as the medicine over deflation and lost decades anytime.

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    • Teahouse On The Tracks
      Teahouse On The Tracks

      I should have said the NY Giants rather than the Mets … what an embarrassing display against the Vikings today … Congrats to Favre

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      • JakeGint

        Ugh, fire the lot, I insist. No pride, except maybe Steve Smith and Manning and Ware.

        That flag on Osi for sacking Brett was just “too much” as well.

        Still, the Giants kicking your bloated Patriots’ ass two years back still warms me in this bleak winter. 😉

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        • JakeGint

          Too funny… the announcers are so beleaguered here that they are saying “Favre” even when Carr is throwing the ball (Manning is on the bench now).

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        • Teahouse On The Tracks
          Teahouse On The Tracks

          On the contrary Jake … do you really think the NFL was gunna let The Patriots win that game after video-gate, and have to deal with the after effects. You know damn well the officials were told to do nothing to assist the Pats other than the obvious.

          Once again, game over when Manning in the grasp but a blind eye from the good zebras at the commissioners request … stop being so naive.

          Since that undeserving win the giants have been nothing more than losers and your team is getting its’ “just deserts” …. they are what they are (8-8), and New Englanders tune in every week to see the giants fail again and again while celebrating continued success ovah heah .. ah hah hah!

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          • JakeGint

            ROFL!

            So it was a “conspiracy theory” that beat the Pats that year? Not the ass whupping Osi and Tuck put on pretty boy Tom most of the game?

            Thanks, this is a night maker. Maybe the refs helped sack Pretty Boy too?

            LOFL.

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  38. Juiceyfruit

    “Fanaticism is an epidemic that spreads quickly. The one who becomes infected will soon communicate it to others. It is a blazing fire that spreads among people, that consumes reason and eliminates their view for variety allowing themselves to be intolerant of opposing beliefs. Fanaticism is like an arrow that races through the air towards its destination. Never would it stop voluntarily. Never would it deviate from its path and never would it let go of its sharp point.

    Lots of those people live on our planet. Blindly they fight for their ideas, caught up in an ideal for which they can’t let go of. Neither do they respect the life of their fellow creatures nor do they respect their own life.

    Defend yourselves if you are attacked, but don’t kill without reason. Be consistent with your resolutions but only go so far as it is necessary. Fight for your rights and your freedom but don’t do this at the cost of innocent lives. Live your life as you think it is good but don’t forget that there are lots of people with many lives. Be free in the things you do, but still allowing everybody to breath in their own personal space. Believe what you need to believe, but don’t put your belief above that of others. Be patriots in your own country but also think about being a citizen of earth. Say your opinion but don’t say it so loud that you are unable to hear others. And whatever you do don’t forget that no crime stays unpunished; that’s why you shouldn’t act like criminals but like brothers and sisters sitting in a small boat and sailing towards an unknown country. There are lots of dangers out there, but you are your own biggest danger. Don’t let the boat capsize. Row gently down the stream of life … “

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  39. Toops

    GW still thinks that siding with women on issues of feminism will get him laid.

    It will not, and only the lamest of men have not yet figured this out.

    The article mentions this too.

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    • GW

      Toops,

      How does a avatar get laid ?
      I’m not siding with any side. I recognize the stats the article brings forth and know that your opinion would be different if you were the opposite sex.

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  40. TMoe

    ” This is a long only market”

    NOT

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    • JakeGint

      Pssst… TMOE!

      The “NOT” is assumed in this piece, buddy.

      Unless you are saying it actually IS a long only market?

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      • Hammy

        General Gint is unstoppable

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        • Teahouse On The Tracks
          Teahouse On The Tracks

          “It only takes one man with courage to make a majority” …. hence like Fly, He wins even when it appears he is losing.

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  41. MX2101

    It may seem cold here in the mid-Atlantic states, but as typical the upper mid-plains states show how it is done.
    International Falls MN airport is reporting -34 right now.

    If you are not young (like me) be careful walking on ice. I took a fall on some steps the other day, talk about a crap shoot. Not a good way to go.

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    • JakeGint

      “If it does not actually get warmer, then the need for an excuse to to constrain the world’s energy output through socialistic means shall be called ‘CLIMATE CHANGE.'”

      “Where’s my G-5??”

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  42. zugzwang

    I like free money so free money is good

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  43. HeSaysShe

    (US) The $75B federal program to keep homeowners facing foreclosure in their homes has not been successful, may have done more harm than good – NY Times
    – While lowering mortgage payments on a trial basis for hundreds of thousands, the program did not provide permanent relief, but rather may have raised false hopes among those who cannot afford their homes.
    – Instead of continuing to pay banks, those homeowners may have used the funds to secure residence in cheaper rentals.
    – Feature notes that the “the program has impeded economic recovery by delaying a wrenching yet cleansing process through which borrowers give up unaffordable homes and banks fully reckon with their disastrous bets on real estate.”

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  44. TMoe

    ” The housing crisis is over”

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  45. Casey Ryback

    “I’m a millwright buddy, you can’t pay me six figures and put me on the assembly line, I’m calling my committee man”

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  46. Purdy

    “I knew people who were killed by religious nuts on 9/11, therefore we should depose a SECULAR leader in an unrelated country and throw that country into chaos.”

    Gintism # 37

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    • JakeGint

      “Despite 35 years if ignoring Islamic Terrorism, we should ONLY go after the ragheads in caves and forego any attempts to decapitate the financiers of said global terror, NO MATTER what was promised subsequent to 911 or in following SOTU addresses to the citizenry. **”

      ADDENDA:

      “When finding termites in one’s house ONLY stomp individual bugs seen out in the open ground, DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES call the Orken man. This would be “illogical.””

      — Sophomore year warmed-over political pablum shoved down my throat, Taxachusetts Community College

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      ** (This position MAY be acceptable, but ONLY if you were killed dead on 911)

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      • Purdy

        “I’ll call on the same Orken man over and over again ….even though last time, he went to the wrong house …and FED the bugs.”

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        • JakeGint

          “Fighting the terrorists is equivalent to making more terrorists, so we must lay down and let them cut our heads off. Barring that, we should create child care centers for them and hope they leave us alone.”

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  47. Skeptical

    Tim Knight is going to prove you bulls were wrong all along in 2010.

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  48. Richy

    Do the opposite of Tmoe in 2010

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  49. The Fly

    Most of you are so flawed, it’s amazing that you are employed/run a business/ managed to trick someone to marry you.

    “seek professional help”

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  50. dpeezy

    This thread went “full retard” a long time ago.

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    • Danny

      I’d say so

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      • franky

        Danny & Jake, I cannot begin to tell you how fucking stunned i am at your blatent misogyny. You have lost every bit of my respect.

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        • JakeGint

          In repsonse, I am appalled at your vicious racism. I never had any respect for you, as I don’t know who you are.

          As well, I have as much evidence of your vicious racism as you do of my “blatent (sic) misgyny.”

          Please get a life, and soon.

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  51. Po Pimp

    “I am entering the new year with 50’% of my capital committed, virtually all of it to bearish positions.” – TK

    Confirmation that the market is preparing for the next leg up. Believe dat.

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  52. mrkcbill

    Worst thread of 2010

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  53. The_Real_Hmmm

    “Congress will endlessly debate whether the new electricity management system will be ‘too smart to fail.'”

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  54. The_Real_Hmmm

    “The Mets will be awesome.”

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  55. bill miller

    godman slacks wants it all guitner, paulson let lehman fail goldmans competion big brother is here fuck tyhis sight it doesnt even work corectly

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