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hat tip to hypr

Neda

"If an innocent girl gets shot halfway across the world, does she make a sound? Yes, the whole world hears her."
This afternoon I was haunted by a video of a young woman (named Neda) lying in a street in Iran. She was shot and killed while watching the protests with her father by her side. The video is very disturbing (and has haunted me all day long), so I will not embed it, but here is the link should you have an insatiable urge for morbid fascination.
For a government to answer peaceful protest with violence is simply abhoribble. I find myself completely absorbed by the news and images coming out of Iran. Not only that, but the technological link by people around the world is really amazing.
Here's a link to some of the events.
On twitter you can follow #iranelection for updates that are streaming in by the second.
Another article here.
As a show of support for the people of Iran, and in memory of Neda, I'm temporarily going to a green background color for this blog.

iran

good for them

the Geithner Plan

Interesting set of videos, this being only the first in a 6-part series. Check them all out here.

amusement

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windmills of your mind

on the outside, I'm very calm.

Nails...broke?

"The firm gave Dykstra a $850,000 bridge loan in November to help his struggling The Players Club magazine meet expenses. That loan was secured with his mansion...But Dykstra allegedly missed making payments, which were supposed to begin in January...Washington Mutual then filed its own notice of default on his $12 million mortgage on March 18...Meanwhile, Dykstra's Gulfstream II was impounded in Cleveland on Feb. 12 after a creditor said the ex-slugger failed to pay $228,000 for interior renovations to it. The work mainly involved the installation of a state-of-the-art entertainment system...The former center fielder also is targeted in a dozen lawsuits by ex-employees and creditors who say they've been stiffed by him."

cnbc

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abolish the Federal Reserve

It's a very long video, but very relevant. I listened to a lot of it while making lunch.

"I sincerely believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs."
- Thomas Jefferson




"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and the corporations which grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless in the continent their fathers conquered."
-Thomas Jefferson

"I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution - taking from the federal government their power of borrowing."
-Thomas Jefferson

blind lead the blind

caught this over at TraderX's site. I'm laying low today; there's something about old french wine that could lead to vicious headaches.

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wow

pretty awesome video recreation; gave me chills.

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classic

Thanks to Stewie for the link. I could never get enough of Jim Rogers....I love that he pulls out gold from his pockets. Only guys with bowties walk around with $700+ coins in their pockets!
"Abolish the Fed"

F-bomb

What to do in a market that chops sideways for 3 hours? YouTube!

happy halloween

alphatrends

"If you expect nothing and are prepared for anything you should never be surprised."

today's last hour

This about sums up today's market and going into the close.

'bout sums it up

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