tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9051308515720816952024-03-19T05:08:44.515-07:00Wild West Ranchers, BIG Mountain Summit-Skiers, & Maverick Writers Alpine Log Cabin Club"Cattle Barron & Rancher" Geo-politics, Economics, Cowboy Culture; Writer; Photographer; Alpinist; Telemark Skier;Hunter; Anacho-Capitalist Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger209125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905130851572081695.post-16538335305485270612014-10-04T21:58:00.001-07:002014-10-04T22:07:57.016-07:00Alpinist, BackCounrty, Telemark & Mountaineering Clubs and Assocociations <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mountaineering Clubs<br />
Mountaineering Clubs in Japan (without members wanted pages)<br />
University Mountaineering Clubs<br />
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Mountaineering Clubs in Japan (with members wanted pages)<br />
[Hokkaido]<br />
[Tohoku] (Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima)<br />
[Kanto] (Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi)<br />
[Kitashin'etsu] (Nagano, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui)<br />
[Tokai] (Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie)<br />
[Kinki] (Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama)<br />
[Chugoku & Shikoku] (Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kouchi)<br />
[Kyushu] (Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa)<br />
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Ezo Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Obihiro Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Masanobu Sasaki]<br />
Kushiro Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Sapporo Hokuryo Club (Japanese only)<br />
The Alpine Club of Sapporo (Japanese only) [Keiichi Inazumi]<br />
Takikawa Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Group Mataru (Japanese only)<br />
Noboribetsu Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Hakodate Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Hamanasu Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)</div>
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[Tohoku] (Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima)</div>
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Hachinohe Workers Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Mountaineering Group Tagajo (Japanese only)<br />
Mutsu Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Ichinoseki Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Iwate Alpen Rose Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Morioka Sansou Club (Japanese only)<br />
Morioka San'yu Club (Japanese only)<br />
Sendai Rock Climbing Club (Japanese only) [Eiichi Chiba]<br />
AWC4628 (Japanese only) [Sadanobu Yamagishi]<br />
Hakuhou Club (Japanese only)<br />
Hoyu Club (Japanese only)<br />
Akita Youth Hostel Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Mountaineering Group Kawasemi (Japanese only)<br />
Honjo Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Asahi Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Athlete Club Yamagata Trekking Course (Japanese only) [Osamu Inoue]<br />
Ooe Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Okojo Rakuzan-kai (Japanese only)<br />
Kaminoyama City Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Nishikawa Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Aidu Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Adatara Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Iwaki Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Shirakawa Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Fukushima Toukou Club (Japanese only)</div>
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[Kanto] (Ibaraki)</div>
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Aomine Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Ishioka Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Ibaraki Prefectural Office Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Kazumasa Nakano]<br />
Alpine Climbing Club of Japan Ibaraki (Japanese only)<br />
Kasama Ochikochi Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Ichiro Kosaka]<br />
Katatsumuri Club (Japanese only)<br />
Johoku Sansui-kai (Japanese only)<br />
Tsukubane Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Tsukuba Hiking Club (Japanese only)<br />
Tsukuba Honobono Club (Japanese only)<br />
Tsukuba Walking and Mountaineering Club<br />
Hiking Club Nonbiri (Japanese only)<br />
Mito Aoi Climbing Club (Japanese only)<br />
Laligurans (Japanese only)</div>
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[Kanto] (Tochigi)</div>
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Utsunomiya Keirei Club (Japanese only)<br />
Utsunomiya Hiking Club (Japanese only)<br />
Utsunomiya Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Oyama Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kamoshika Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kuroiso Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Kunio Iso]<br />
Chintara Club (Japanese only)<br />
Nogi Sansokai (Japanese only)<br />
Yaita Gakuyuu Club (Japanese only) [Takao Ikegami]<br />
Yamando Club (Japanese only)</div>
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[Kanto] (Gunma)</div>
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Ota Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Gunma Tokou Club (Japanese only) [Saburo Kuroiwa]<br />
Maebashi Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)</div>
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[Kanto] (Saitama)</div>
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Iwazakura Tokou Club (Japanese only) [Hiroshi Ootsuka]<br />
Urawa Keiryo Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Urawa Alpine Club (UAC) (Japanese only) [Shinji Muramatsu]<br />
Enpo Alpine Climbing Club (Japanese only)<br />
Omiya Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Omiya Alpine Club (Japanese only) [Shoichi Ishikura]<br />
Kitamoto Mountain Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kumagaya Sanryou-Kai [Toshihisa Kumagai]<br />
Kumagaya Trekking Group (Japanese only) [Kunihiko Ishikawa]<br />
Chichibu Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Alpine Club Iwa-tsubame (Japanese only)<br />
Tokorozawa Hiking Club (Japanese only)<br />
Niiza Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Heidi Alpen Club (Japanese only) [Tomio Saito]<br />
Hanno Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Tetsuo Iwata]<br />
Fukaya Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Tomiyuki Katoh]<br />
Mahoroba Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Misato Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)</div>
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[Kanto] (Chiba)</div>
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Alpine Club Shanty (Japanese only)<br />
Kagaribi Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Gakujin Abiko (Japanese only)<br />
Alpen Club Gakki (Japanese only) [Kohno]<br />
Kamogawa Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kenryo Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Sirius Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Chiba Komakusa Hiking Club (Japanese only)<br />
Chiba Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Toshiyuki Watanabe]<br />
Narashino Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Takashi Takahashi]<br />
Higashikuzu Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Hiyorimi Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Ken Ohba]<br />
Funabashi Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Makoto Hariu]<br />
Matsudo Gakujin Club (Japanese only) [Tazuru Sakamoto]<br />
Matsudo Sansui Club (Japanese only)<br />
Matsudo Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Dakekanba Club (Japanese only) [Nobuyuki Shimizu]</div>
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[Kanto] (Tokyo)</div>
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International Adventure Club (IAC)<br />
Outdoor Club Japan (OCJ)<br />
Attack Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Arakawa Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Yoshiko Yamamoto]<br />
Alpine Climbers Team (Japanese only)<br />
Alpine Club Rock and Ice (Japanese only)<br />
Alps Tomoshibi Club (Japanese only)<br />
Alpine Club Alpha (Japanese only) [Toru Uchida]<br />
Itabashi Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Ippo Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Unpyou Club (Japanese only) [Yoshihito Nagashima]<br />
ARI Alpine Club (Japanese only) [Masahito Arimochi]<br />
MSCC Hachioji Communication (Japanese only) [Kaoru Shimura]<br />
Oiraku Mountaineers Club (Japanese only)<br />
Oota Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Okutama Gakujin.co.ltd Mountaineering CLUB Tokyo (Japanese only)<br />
Okutama Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kaze-no-kai Hiking Club (Japanese only)<br />
Katakuradai Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kaleidospace (Japanese only)<br />
Circle Suigen (Japanese only)<br />
Kanda Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Group Kita Sanwakai (Japanese only)<br />
Tree Club (Japanese only)<br />
Ginza Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Jun Sawataishi]<br />
Kunitachi Yahho (Japanese only)<br />
Climbing Club Zoo (Japanese only) [Yukiko Hayashi]<br />
Crux Alpine Club (Japanese only) [K. Kumeno]<br />
Club 8.5 (Japanese only) [Tomotaka Chaki]<br />
Group Sawagurumi (Japanese only) [Yoshiyuki Chonan]<br />
Keiyo Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Getsuryo Club (Japanese only) [Mitsuo Iwasaki]<br />
Kozankai Alpine Club [Shigeki Kaneko]<br />
Kokuryo Alpine Club (Japanese only) [Manabu Akamatsu]<br />
Koguma Group (Japanese only)<br />
Kobushi Club (Japanese only)<br />
Komakusa Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Sawarabi Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Sawarabi Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Mountaineering Club Yamanite (Japanese only) [Kazuhiro Sugiyama]<br />
Mugen (Japanese only) [Ryo Arata]<br />
Mountain Photo ASA (Japanese only)<br />
Mountain Photo Group Shiki (Japanese only) [Akio Kawakami]<br />
Mountaineering Group Watagumo (Japanese only)<br />
Sankou Club (Japanese only)<br />
Sanza Club (Japanese only)<br />
Sanpo Club (Japanese only)<br />
SMC (Skiing and Mountain Climbing) (Japanese only)<br />
Four Seasons Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Shinagawa Mountaineering Club "Triangulation Point" (Japanese only)<br />
Shakujii Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Shuho Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Shirouma's Club (Japanese only) [Masato Takahashi]<br />
Shoyo Keiryo Club (Japanese only)<br />
Showa Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Tomoki Ushiyama]<br />
Shinjuku Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
New Hiking Inokashira (Japanese only) [Kazuhiko Atsuki]<br />
New Hiking Club (Japanese only)<br />
New Hachioji Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Suginami Workers Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Suginami Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Suginami Wandervogel Club (Japanese only)<br />
Suzuran Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Yoshio Kobayashi]<br />
Sumida Houtou Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Saito]<br />
Young Mountain Association (Japanese only)<br />
Setagaya Subaru Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Dakekamba Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Tachikawa Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Tamushiba Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Tanpopo Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Chiyoda Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Tsuzura Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Norishige Yoshida]<br />
Tokyo Asagiri Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Tokyo Unryo Club (Japanese only) [Takimoto]<br />
Tokyo Alpinist Club (Japanese only) [Mikio Ohmori]<br />
Tokyo-kita Sanpo Club (Japanese only) [Masahiko Ichinohe]<br />
Tokyo Kocher Club (Japanese only) [Kei Watanabe]<br />
Tokyo Sanraku Club (Japanese only)<br />
Tokyo Shinsui Gakuyu Club (Japanese only) [Akira Kikuta]<br />
Tokyo Ski Mountaineering Club [Michio Kusayanagi]<br />
Tokyo Speleo Club [Satoshi Goto]<br />
Tokyo Setsuryo-kai (Japanese only)<br />
Tokyo Trekking Club (Japanese only)<br />
Tokyo Noboro Club (Japanese only)<br />
Tokyo Hakuryo Club (Japanese only) [Junko Konno]<br />
Tokyo Hokuryo Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Shin'ya Okada]<br />
Tokyo Midori Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Miho Saito]<br />
Tokyo Young Climber's Club (Japanese only) [Mamoru Ishihara]<br />
Tokyo Renpo Club (Japanese only)<br />
Dojin Toma-no-kaze (Japanese only)<br />
Doryu Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Michio Miwa]<br />
Tokou Club Kura (Japanese only)<br />
Doppyo Toukou Club (Japanese only)<br />
Totoukou Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Tamotsu Sasaki]<br />
Tokyo Prefectural Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Tomoshibi Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Donguri Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Japan Expert Climbers Club (Japanese only) [Yutaka Ikeda]<br />
Japan Tokou Kenyuu Club (Japanese only) [Sawako Egawa]<br />
Japan Hiking Club (Japanese only) [Katsuhiro Aminaka]<br />
Club des Amis du Mont-Blanc au Japon (Japanese only)<br />
Nerima Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Hiker Club Alpen Rose (Japanese only) [Shigeru Murabayashi]<br />
Hiking Club Shiki (Japanese only)<br />
Hiking Club Nomisuke (Japanese only)<br />
Hachiouji Oruri Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Hachiouji Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Roman Alpine Club<br />
Teizan Club (Japanese only)<br />
Hyoryo Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Bush Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Buna Club (Japanese only) [Yasunori Murai]<br />
Primula Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Nahomi Mizuno]<br />
Blueberry Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Yasushi Kubo]<br />
Heisei Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Hosho Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Machida Grouse Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Mitsumine Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Takao Kaneko]<br />
Musashino Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Meguro Workers Alpine Climbing Club (Japanese only) [Akira Ogasawara]<br />
Monterosa Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Yamagara Group (Japanese only)<br />
Yamaji Club (Japanese only)<br />
Mountain Skiing Doushi Club (Japanese only) [Yasushi Suyama]<br />
Yama-semi Club (Japanese only)<br />
Yamatabi-kai (Japanese only)<br />
Yamatabi Club (Japanese only)<br />
Yamatodamashii (Japanese only) [Hajime Makino]<br />
Yamane Club (Japanese only) [Seiko Sato]<br />
Alm Club (Japanese only)<br />
Mountaineering Club Jugemu (Japanese only)<br />
Mountaineering Club Yamazuto (Japanese only)<br />
Mountaineering Club Watabousi (Japanese only)<br />
Yamabito Nomad (Japanese only) [Koichi Sato]<br />
Yamame Club (Japanese only) [Kayoko Nagura]<br />
Ryohokai (Japanese only)<br />
Waraji-no-nakama (Japanese only)<br />
One-day Walking Club (Japanese only)</div>
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Akatsuki Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Alpine Club Yokohama (Japanese only)<br />
M&C (Japanese only)<br />
Odawara Nagel Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kanagawa Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kamo Club (Japanese only) [Shin'ichi Goto]<br />
Kawasaki Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Masaru Muramatsu]<br />
Kawasaki Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Toru Kuroki]<br />
Kawasaki Shibabue Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kawasaki Tachibana Sansou Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kawasaki Hiking Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kawasaki Yochiyochi Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kuraki Hiking Club (Japanese only)<br />
Sagami Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Tamura]<br />
Sagami San'yu Club (Japanese only)<br />
Sagami Yamaji Club (Japanese only)<br />
Mountaineering Group Meguri House (Japanese only)<br />
Mountaineering Group Shinra (Japanese only) [Katsunori Tomita and Tadashi Kawana]<br />
Setsuryo Toko Club (Japanese only)<br />
Chiheisen Club (Japanese only)<br />
Japan Climbers Club (Japanese only)<br />
Hiratsuka Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Saburo Ishikawa]<br />
Fujisawa Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Fumitake Nakamura]<br />
Fujisawa Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Brocken Alpine Club (Japanese only) [Yasuo Itoh]<br />
Bernina Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Mount Sports Club (Japanese only)<br />
Mizunara Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Miroku Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Yamaji Club (Japanese only)<br />
Mountaineering Group Ukigumo (Japanese only)<br />
Yamaplapla (Japanese only)<br />
Yikiwarabe Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Yokosuka Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Yokohama Katatsumuri Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Yokohama Kobushi Club (Japanese only)<br />
Yokohama Alpine Club (Japanese only) [Yutaka Kirigaya]<br />
Yokohama Turtle Club (Japanese only) [Tatsunori Fukumaki]<br />
Yokohama Hiking Club (Japanese only)<br />
Yokohama Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Yokohama Warabi Club (Japanese only)</div>
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Nanrei Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Misaka Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Yamanashi Alpine Club (Japanese only) [Hitoshi Furuya]<br />
Yamanashi Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)</div>
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Iida Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Ina Mountaineering Companion (Japanese only)<br />
Climbing Mate Club (CMC) (Japanese only)<br />
Saku Ascent Club (Japanese only)<br />
Saku Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Groupe Des Moraines (Japanese only)<br />
Mountaineering Club Rock and Bush (Japanese only) [Bun'yo Nakamura]<br />
Mountaineering Club Gutentag (Japanese only) [Masatomo Nakasima]<br />
Josho Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Shinshu Mount Study Club (Japanese only)<br />
Chikuma San'yu Club (Japanese only)<br />
Nagano Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Matsumoto Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Mamikutoi Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Itoigawa Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Yukio Sato]<br />
Kaetsu Alpine Club (Japanese only) [Masahide Takahashi]<br />
Kyosai Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Niigata Bouen (Japanese only)<br />
Tokamachi Odamaki Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Toyosaka Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Akihiro Yoshida]<br />
Nagaoka Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Niigata I-you Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Niigata Climbing Club (Japanese only)<br />
Niigata Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Niigata San'yu Club (Japanese only)<br />
Niigata Ryoyu Club (Japanese only) [Masao Sudo]<br />
Mizuhara Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Mamoru Matsumura]<br />
Michigusa Hiking Club (Japanese only)<br />
Musasabi Club (Japanese only)<br />
Gendarme Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Toyama Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Toyama Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [T. Nishijima]<br />
Toyama Hiking Club (Japanese only) [Masaru Moriyasu]<br />
Kaga Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kanazawa Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kanazawa San'yu-kai (Japanese only)<br />
Kanazawa Nakao Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kanazawa Hiking Club (Japanese only)<br />
Tanoshii Yama-no-kai (Japanese only)<br />
Hakusan Fuhro Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Mekko Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Ago Trekking Club (Japanese only) [Ken'ichi Nomura]<br />
Ono Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Obama Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Fukui Beech Tree Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Tetsuo Yamada]<br />
Wasabi Club (Japanese only)</div>
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Ogaki Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Tajimi Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
NIFS Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Mizunami Workers Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Asagiri Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Iwata Mountaineering Club Cairn (Japanese only) [Kazuyuki Nakajima]<br />
Shizuoka Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Shimada Shirabiso Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Toru Onogawa]<br />
Shimizu Mountaineering Club(Japanese only)<br />
Susono Reiho Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Natural Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Numadu Katatsumuri Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Masaki Ohtsuka]<br />
Hamamatsu Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Fujinomiya Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Workers Alpine Club of Mishima (Japanese only)<br />
Mountaineering Club Wanderers (Japanese only)<br />
Aichi Alpine Club (Japanese only) [Inaho Imada]<br />
Atsuta Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Anjo Komorebi Club (Japanese only)<br />
Inuyama Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
OL Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Okazaki Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kasugai Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kawasemi Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Mountaineering Group Grizzly (Japanese only)<br />
Mountaineering Group Roterplatz (Japanese only) [Matsumoto]<br />
Shiki Sanso Club (Japanese only)<br />
Suzuka Hiking Club (Japanese only)<br />
Chikusa Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Chuo Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Chukyo Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Tokai Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Tokai Shirakaba Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Toge-no-nakama (Japanese only)<br />
Toyohashi Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Nagoya Arinko Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Sumihiko Kato]<br />
Nagoya Alpine Spilits Club (Japanese only) [Ichirou Shimanto]<br />
Nagoya Alpine Climbing Circle (Japanese only)<br />
Nagoya Gruppe Heidi (Japanese only)<br />
Nagoya Alpine Club (Japanese only) [Takao Suzuki]<br />
Nagoya Sangaku Doushi Club (Japanese only)<br />
Nagoya Sankei Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Nagoya Tekuteku Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Nagoya Hakuryo Club (Japanese only)<br />
Higashimikawa Sanpo Club (Japanese only)<br />
Fuwaku Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Hekiryou Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Horai Climbing Club (Japanese only)<br />
Yamabiko Sanso Club (Japanese only)<br />
Wakakoma Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Fairy Rock Club (Japanese only)<br />
Mountaineering Club Yamabito (Japanese only) [Kiyoshi Ooshima]</div>
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CLUB [GAZ] (Japanese only) [Hisayoshi Ohkoshi]<br />
Konan Gakuyu Club (Japanese only)<br />
Shiga Satoyama Hiking Club (Japanese only)<br />
Shiga San'yu Club (Japanese only)<br />
Hira Setsuryo Club (Japanese only)<br />
Houkou Club (Japanese only)<br />
Youkaichi Mountaineering Club (YMC) (Japanese only)</div>
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Otokuni Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kansai Ganpou Club (Japanese only) [Hiroaki Osumi]<br />
Kyoto Ukyo Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kyoto Gakujin Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kyoto Kameoka Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kyoto Shimogyo Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kyoto Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kyoto Shakunage Club (Japanese only) [Takehiko Kimura]<br />
Kyoto Hobby Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Hirokazu Nakai]<br />
Kyoto Setsuryo Club (Japanese only) [Ikuko Tsukui]<br />
Kyoto Zenith Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kyoto Tanabe San'yu Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kyoto Nishiyama Hiking Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kyoto Hira Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kyoto Hokureikai (Japanese only)<br />
Kyoto Meiho Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kyoto Yamanokai (Japanese only)<br />
Kyoto Rakuchu Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Good Walkers (Japanese only)<br />
ZERO CLIMBER'S CLUB (Japanese only) [Munetoshi Kato]<br />
Kyoto Horn Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Minago Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Rakunan Hiking Club (Japanese only)</div>
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Outdoor All-Rounders (Japanese only)<br />
International Outdoor Club<br />
Osaka Seiun Club (Japanese only)<br />
Osaka Doso Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Osaka Poppo Club (Japanese only)<br />
Osaka Alpine Club<br />
Osaka Waraji Club (Japanese only)<br />
All Mountain Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kazenoko Hiking Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kansai Keisetsu Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kitarou Hiking Club (Japanese only) [Hideo Yamaguchi]<br />
Kinki Mountain Lovers Club (Japanese only)<br />
Keiyuu Club (Japanese only)<br />
Konohana Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Yoshiyuki Inada]<br />
Safurankai (Japanese only)<br />
City Osaka Workers Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Seiho Club (Japanese only) [Makio Kamino]<br />
Senshu Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Senshu Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Zoki Club (Japanese only)<br />
Tsurumi-ku Walking Club (Japanese only)<br />
Toyonaka Workers Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Hiking Club Windmill (Japanese only)<br />
Hiking Club Gengorou (Japanese only)<br />
Higashi-osaka Festive Mountain Club (Japanese only)<br />
Hyoitsu Takuyu Club (Japanese only)<br />
Fukushima Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Miyakojima Yamaaruki-kai (Japanese only)<br />
KarangKurung Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Mountaineering Club Komorebi (Japanese only)<br />
Mountaineering Club TENSION (Japanese only)<br />
Mountain Club Bacchus (Japanese only)<br />
Mountain Club Friends (Japanese only)<br />
Mountaineering Club Rocky (Japanese only)<br />
Cremant Club (Japanese only)</div>
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Akashi Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Ashiya Workers Alpinist Club (Japanese only) [Kazuaki Yamauchi]<br />
Inagawa Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Rock and Snow Club Kobushi (Japanese only)<br />
Kakogawa Yamatomo Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kobe Katatsumuri Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kobe Workers Alpine Club (Japanese only) [H. Kitaguchi]<br />
Kobe Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kobe Chuo Alpine Club<br />
Kobe Hiyoko Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Suma Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Seinen San'yu Club (Japanese only)<br />
Tanba Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Fumio Katayama]<br />
Mountaineering Club Rokuma-kai (Japanese only)<br />
Nishinomiya Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Harima Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Harima New Hiking Yamanokai (Japanese only)<br />
Higashi-nada Workers Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Himeji Gakuyu Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Himeji Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Hokusetsu Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Matsutou Club (Japanese only) [Masaharu Fujita]<br />
Mountain Skiing Club Donguri (Japanese only) [Shuichi Matsubara]<br />
Mountaineering Club Alp (Japanese only)<br />
Mountaineering Club Komakusa (Japanese only)<br />
Yamaboke Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)</div>
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Nara Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Nara Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Nara San'yu Club (Japanese only)<br />
Nara Hiking Club (Japanese only)</div>
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Kihou Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Mountaneering Club KRC (Japanese only)<br />
Setsuryo Kenkyukai (Japanese only)</div>
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Unryo San'yu Club (Japanese only)<br />
Matsue Alpen Club (Japanese only)<br />
Komakusa Hiking Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kurashiki Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Saeki Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Mountaineering Group Yamaboushi (Japanese only)<br />
Higashi Hiroshima Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Hiroshima Workers Climbing Club (Japanese only)<br />
Hiroshima Workers Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Hiroshima Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Hiroshima Hiking Club (Japanese only) [Kensaku Kumano]<br />
Hiroshima Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
The Fukuyama Sangakukai (Japanese only)<br />
Matsukasa Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Ube-onoda Workers Alpine Club Yamabiko (Japanese only)<br />
Ube Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Hiking Club Sanpo (Japanese only)<br />
Houfu Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Awa Asunaro Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Tokushima City Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Masayuki Yamamoto]<br />
Tokushima Mountains and Friends Club (Japanese only)<br />
Sanuki Sanpo Club (Japanese only)<br />
Shiwaku Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Takamatsu Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Takamatsu Hiking Club (Japanese only)<br />
Matsuyama Workers Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kochi Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kochi Washio Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)</div>
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RKAC (Japanese only)<br />
Okawa Yamabito Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kurume Yuho Club (Japanese only)<br />
Mountaineering Adventure Club Star and Fire (Japanese only)<br />
Sanrei (Japanese only)<br />
Pinnacle Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Phenix Mountaineering Team (Japanese only)<br />
Fukuoka Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Fukuoka Souzan Club (Japanese only)<br />
Morooka Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Mountaineering Club Chikugo (Japanese only)<br />
Yamabiko Club (Japanese only) [Toshio Nakamura]<br />
Karatsu Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Asagiri Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Group Yamabito (Japanese only)<br />
Nagasaki Ayumi Hiking Club (Japanese only)<br />
Nagasaki Alpine Club (Japanese only)<br />
Nagasaki Milan Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Amakusa Alpine Club (Japanese only) [Mitsuyoshi Nagata]<br />
Amakusa Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kumamoto Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Kazuo Minami]<br />
Kagoshima Workers Mountaineering Club (Japanese only)<br />
Kagoshima Mountaineering Club (Japanese only) [Hiromichi Yamaguchi]<br />
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exactly abnormal in today's banking environment. But what's really
strange is that ANZ actually took out an ad in an Australian newspaper
to advertise this.<br /> <br /> Yesterday's page 10 of the Australian
Financial Review (AFR) had a quarter-page ad from ANZ boasting about 0%
interest rates for accounts denominated in number of foreign currencies,
including Hong Kong dollars, Japanese yen, British pounds, and more.<br /> <br /> Curiously, in order to qualify for this bargain 0% rate, you have to meet a rather significant deposit minimum.<br /> <br /> For the 0% Japanese yen account, for example, you have to deposit 23.5 million yen (currently about $223,000 US dollars).<br /> <br />
So basically some manager at ANZ actually thought that paying 0%
interest on substantial account minimums would be an attractive offer...
so attractive, in fact, that they should brag about it in the
newspaper.<br /> <br /> This is so completely ridiculous. But it really crystalizes what's wrong with the entire financial system.<br /> <br /> We're told to keep our money in banks... that banks are safe. But the objective data tells a completely different story.<br /> <br /> Holding money in most banks guarantees that you will lose money.<br /> <br />
Adjusting for taxes and inflation, you're losing at least 2% per year,
even if you believe the governments' notoriously understated official
inflation statistics.<br /> <br /> This level of absurdity pushes people into riskier and riskier assets, simply in an effort to avoid LOSING money.<br /> <br />
Case in point-- the government of Spain recently issued 1 BILLION euros
worth of bonds that yield a paltry 4%. And they're due in 2064.<br /> <br /> Bear in mind, Spain is completely broke. And just two years ago the government had to pay 7.5% on ten year notes.<br /> <br /> Now people are lending money to the Spanish government for 50 fucking years at just 4%.<br /> <br /> This is insane.<br /> <br />
But couldn't this insanity last forever? Couldn't the grand wizards of
the financial system continue to engineer one deranged bailout after
another for decades to come?<br /> <br /> Possibly. But unlikely.<br /> <br />
Right now the US dollar is the world's dominant reserve currency. This
gives the United States nearly total control of the global financial
system.<br /> <br /> In order to clear cross-border trade transactions,
foreign banks HAVE to use the US banking system which is controlled by
the US government.<br /> <br /> Further, rest of the world must essentially mirror US Federal Reserve policy.<br /> <br />
But this power... and insanity... only lasts as long as the US dollar
is the dominant reserve currency. And this is starting to change
rapidly.<br /> <br /> China's renminbi is becoming much more widely accepted
around the world for trade settlement; a number of foreign governments
are now holding renminbi reserves and doing deals to promote trade in
renminbi.<br /> <br /> Even in the United States, renminbi payment business
increased 327% last year, and the US is now the fifth largest offshore
renminbi settlement center.<br /> <br /> It's no secret here, this is happening right under our noses. The financial system IS changing.<br /> <br /> People who ignore this trend do so at their own financial peril.<br /> <br /> Yet those who understand what's happening and align themselves accordingly stand to make fortunes.<br /> <br /> The Weimar Republic's episode with hyperinflation in the 1920s is a great example.<br /> <br /> Despite all the warning signs, most people did nothing... and they got wiped out.<br /> <br />
A handful of people, though, saw the writing on the wall. They took
steps to safeguard what they had. And they allocated their investment
capital to bet that the currency would collapse.<br /> <br /> They were right. And vast fortunes were created in a matter of months.<br /> <br /> Throughout history there's always a handful of people ahead of the trend. And they're rewarded for their foresight.<br /> <br />
Right now we're in the very early stages of a similar transition,
arguably one of the most important economic transformations since the
Industrial Revolution.<br /> <br /> Because of this, opportunities already abound if you know where to look. It's an incredibly exciting time to be alive.</span></div>
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Do you ever look around and think, "This is not the country that I grew up in..."?<br /> <br />
Many people are making this realization. They're utterly disgusted by
what they see happening at home. And they feel powerless to stop it. <br /> <br /> Think about what's happened just in the past two years:<br /> <br /> The US government has brazenly continued its arrogant domestic spying program despite overwhelming public oppositio<span class="text_exposed_show">n. So much for a government "for the people"...<br /> <br /> Banks in Portugal, Spain, Italy, and the UK have begun restricting how much customers can withdraw.<br /> <br /> Banks in the United States are now restricting their customers' international wire transfers.<br /> <br /> And of course, banks in Cyprus completely froze people out of their accounts.<br /> <br />
Everyone from the International Monetary Fund, ANZ CEO Mike Smith to
leading Harvard economists have been calling for capital controls (which
will lock your money inside a failing banking system).<br /> <br /> "Wealth taxes" are also being proposed... again by the IMF, as well as several central banks around the world.<br /> <br />
Poland nationalized private pension funds last year, and the new US
MyRA program has been set up for you to loan your retirement funds
directly to the US Gov. This is slso happening in Australia and Japan.<br /> <br />
Brand spanking new taxes were rolled out in 2014 in the Land of the
Free, including a capital gains tax increase from 15% to 53.8%.<br /> <br />
Obama quietly signed an Executive Order that gives Homeland Security
the ability to control and shut down the nation's communications systems
upon the President's request<br /> <br /> As of January 10, 2014, 92.5
million Americans were receiving food stamps. That's 29% of the entire
population. And it's double the amount in 2008 when the financial crisis
began. <br /> <br /> According to a recent IRS report, "tax requirements
have become so confusing and the compliance burden so great that
taxpayers are giving up their U.S. citizenship in record numbers"<br /> The list goes on and on. But the big picture trend is crystal clear: most of the West is in terminal velocity decline. <br /> <br />
They have reached the point of no return with respect to their MASSIVE
debt burdens, NO country will be saved, when the house of cards begins
to collapse the entire world will implode and come crashing down.
Greece. Italy. The United States. Japan. They have absolutely no hope of
paying down their debts without resorting to some destructive tactic.<br /> <br /> And we're seeing it all unfold in front of our very eyes. Capital controls. Bank withdrawal limitations. Wealth taxes. Etc. <br /> <br />
This is what happens when nations go bankrupt. They almost always
resort to plundering their citizens. Deep down, you know it's already
happening.<br /> <br /> But there's something critical that most people don't realize.<br /> <br /> Most people watch this unfold... and shake their heads in disgust thinking that there's nothing they can do about it.<br /> <br /> And it's true, there really is no 'saving' the system.<br /> <br />
Look at a situation like here in Japan, where the government is already
spending over 25% of its tax revenue just to pay interest on its
debt... at a time when interest rates are basically zero!<br /> <br /> This is not a system that can simply be fixed. There is no adjustment, no lever that can be pulled for a soft landing. <br /> <br />
History is generous with examples going all the way back to the ancient
Sumerians through the French Bourbon monarchy-- whenever things get too
far out of control, the system resets itself.<br /> <br /> This isn't about fear. It's about facts, uncomfortable as they may be.<br /> <br />
We are programmed practically from birth to deny this. We grow up
thinking that the country we live in is " the best country in the world,
and this could never happen here."<br /> <br /> Look around. It's not the country you grew up in. And it's already happening in every country on the planet.</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905130851572081695.post-41573651880542120482014-09-08T01:00:00.003-07:002014-09-08T01:00:58.293-07:00The Demise of the King Dollar <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="userContent">In 1974 Richard Nixon struck a deal with Saudi Arabia that might go down as the biggest scam in US history.<br /> <br /> In exchange for weapons and protection, the Saudis would sell their oil for US dollars, then r<span class="text_exposed_show">einvest those dollars back in the United States.<br /> <br />
This was a matter of life or death for the dollar at the time; Nixon
had closed the gold window three years before, and a massive devaluation
of the dollar ensued.<br /> <br /> Ensuring that the world’s most traded
commodity would only be priced and settled in US dollars was absolutely
critical in propping up the currency.<br /> <br /> Looking back, it was a
brilliant strategic move. The rest of OPEC followed, and this sealed the
deal for US financial, political and military supremacy for decades.<br /> <br /> </span></span><br />
<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"> The</span></span> petrodollar was born.<br />
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Today, oil remains the most widely traded commodity in the world. And
since EVERY nation either buys or sells oil, it means that every nation
holds US dollars.<br /> <br /> Rather than just sitting on a pile of paper
currency, though, foreign banks, governments, and central banks tend to
hold US Treasuries, i.e. US debt.<br /> <br /> This means that the US
government has a nearly unlimited supply of foreigners to pawn off its
dollars, debts, and deficits onto.<br /> <br /> The rest of the world toils
away to produce things. They work in the fields, manufacture products in
factories, pull oil and gas out of the ground.<br /> <br /> The US, on the
other hand, prints dollars… and then trades this paper to foreigners for
the stuff they’ve actually worked to produce.<br /> <br /> It’s an unbelievable scam.<br /> <br />
You’d think the US government would be gratefully sending fruit baskets
to every foreign country in the world, treating everyone like a welcome
friend.<br /> <br /> But that’s not what they do.<br /> <br /> The US
government arrogantly commands every bank in the world to report to the
IRS. They drop bombs, send in drones, and invade foreign nations.<br /> <br />
They spy on their allies and enemies alike. They freeze foreigners out
of the US banking system and fine foreign banks for doing business with
countries they don’t like.<br /> <br /> It’s unbelievably stupid. Their behavior practically begs foreigners to abandon the dollar, and the US.<br /> <br /> And it’s starting to happen, right in front of our very eyes.<br /> <br /> The US has shown that it’s willing to go to war to support this petrodollar system.<br /> <br /> (Saddam Hussein won support from the UN in the early 2000s to sell oil for euros. Shortly after, he was gone.)</span></span><br />
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Currency WOARS <br />Yen hits 6 year low >105 to the U$D, MASSIVE problem for Germany and EU exporters to Asia. Germanys exports have TANKED.<br />Meanwhile US making EVERY effort possible to push their King dollar off the cliff.. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905130851572081695.post-20649165676273330692014-08-13T23:37:00.003-07:002014-08-13T23:37:34.967-07:00The HKD is about to bounce like a frickin' SUPERBALL .<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0">The HKD is about to bounce like a frickin' SUPERBALL .</span><br data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$1:0" /><span data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$2:0">Wealth by shitstorm default.. here is my guide on "How to cleanup in the upcoming global shit storm event."</span><br data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$3:0" /><span data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$4:0">Dump all cash savings into HKD into a Gov. Backed Tax free HK account.</span><br data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$5:0" /><span data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$6:0">The
HKD is pegged to the USD, the night before the USD fails your HKD's
will be tied to CNY. Enjoy as the HKD bounces like a fricken SUPERBALL!</span><br data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$7:0" /><span data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$8:0">This way you ENJOY 'wealth by default SHTF event' as long as the game is played.</span><br data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$9:0" /><span data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$10:0">What
we do know is 'reserve currency' is 40 year life average, the USA is
already on 40, from the last 'reset' by Nixon in 1970's.</span><br data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$11:0" /><span data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$12:0">So
the USA is already in ZOMBIE,... its' going to go down, but sadly it
will keep going up until down,... ONLY A LIAR and a FOOL CAN TELL YOU
WHEN.</span><br data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$13:0" /><span data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$14:0">Thus
that's why HKD pegged to USD is smartest, the CHINESE who are paying
the best minds on the planet to WATCH this shit will decouple the HKD
from USD when they're ready to pull the life support.</span><br data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$15:0" /><span data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$16:0">This
way you have the CHINESE 'jews' taking care of your money, and when
they're ready to kill the USD the night before your HKD becomes CNY.</span><br data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$17:0" /><span data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$18:0">'bitcoin' crypto's where supposed to solve this. However bitcoin is NSA, GOOGLE is GUBMINT, ...</span><br data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$19:0" /><span data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$20:0">We NEO-LUDDITES, ... are not anti tech. butt rather anti GUBMINT, not technology.</span><br data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$21:0" /><span data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$22:0">Today it very smart, one can travel the world like a pauper and carry not a thing, not even a credit card,</span><br data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$23:0" /><span data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$24:0">Yet
one can go online, and have money transferred to a new account where
ever one may go,...or simply rip it out via a hole in the wall via an
ATM machine geographically agnostic.</span><br data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$25:0" /><span data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$26:0">The problem with GOLD is they will find it and take it. Same for goes for carrying CURRENCY.</span><br data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$27:0" /><span data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$28:0">Honestly,
if you can find the means of doing so (the info will be available on
any decent forex site), there will be a significant spike in trading
volumes which will be insider money pouring into the HKD. This will
quite likely indicate the imminent decoupling/de-pegging from the USD.
It might be tomorrow, or it might be in the next 3 months, who knows?
The indicators will be quite obvious.</span><br data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$29:0" /><span data-reactid=".7j.1:3:1:$comment615521938564429_615857481864208:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$30:0">Go BIG! and Best of luck to ya'll...</span></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905130851572081695.post-21067313746885613192014-06-11T23:36:00.000-07:002014-06-11T23:38:01.696-07:00CONTRARY TO WHAT LEFTISTS BELIEVE, PROFIT IS A MEASURE OF HOW WELL A COMPANY SERVES OTHERS AND NOT "GREED"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Why the vast gulf between Left and Right? Why do Leftists live in their own little bubble?</b><br />
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There is a famous anecdote about a journalist (possibly Pauline Kael)
who was amazed at the election of President Nixon. "But I don't know
anybody who voted for Nixon", she said. That bubble again. <a href="http://www.grantwyeth.com/28/">Wyeth</a>,
an Australian Leftist, spells out at some length how Left and Right
seem to live in two different worlds, with very little communication
between them. Wyeth does not know why, however. <br />
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I think the answer is obvious. I think that the separation exists
because the Left has a reflex of closing its ears to anything it does
not want to hear. They do that because their beliefs are so easily open
to challenge. They cannot AFFORD to listen. Reality is against them.
They have to invent a fictional mental world where, for instance, "all
men are equal", despite the perfectly obvious fact that all men are
different. All men are (allegedly) equal only in the sight of God --
and Leftists don't generally believe in him/her.<br />
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Global warming is a good example of reality denial too. It is agreed on
both sides of the divide that the total amount of warming over the last
150 years has been less than one degree Celsius. Why is such a
triviality worth notice? Leftists never say. Global warming scientists
theorize that the warming might suddenly leap but that is mere prophecy
-- and we know how successful prophecies generally are.<br />
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discussing and refuting Leftist arguments. Read almost anything on
Townhall.com, for instance, and it will be discussing and refuting
Leftist arguments and policies with appeals to the facts -- anything but
ignoring them. By contrast, the fact that Leftists do NOT generally
address conservative arguments is what makes them seem alien to
conservatives. It makes them seem alien to rationality. Leftists very
often mock conservative arguments in a superficial and cherrypicked way
but that is a far cry from seriously working through them and honestly
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905130851572081695.post-91614563679507978962014-06-11T23:23:00.002-07:002014-06-11T23:23:57.016-07:00Are conservatives "Right-wing"?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Are conservatives "Right-wing"?</b><br />
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For the excellent reason that Right is the opposite of Left, opponents
of the Left are commonly referred to as Rightist -- and that should be
the end of the matter. But it is not. The problem arises from the
expression "extreme right". What is "the extreme right"?<br />
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The answer to that has been greatly distorted by Leftist disinformation
about Hitler. Hitler was by the standards of his day a fairly mainstream
socialist. Even his ideas about "Aryans" were shared by such Leftist
eminences as U.S. President Woodrow Wilson. But Hitler's defeat in war
created a desperate need in Leftists to deny all that. So they
invariably describe him as "right-wing" to deflect attention from the
fact that he was in his day one of them. He was in fact to the Right of
Stalin's Communism only -- so the Communist view of Hitler has been
conveniently adopted by the Left generally. See <a href="http://ray-dox.blogspot.com/2006/08/this-article-is-published-on-internet.html">here</a> for full details about Hitler's ideas and background.<br />
<br />
So Leftists tend to describe all tyrants and dictators as extreme Right
on the grounds that their behaviour is like Hitler's. But all the great
tyrants of the 20th century -- Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Pol Pot --
were in fact Leftists so the various postwar tyrants should logically be
called "extreme Leftists" -- though that's not logic that Leftists
like, of course. It's only when a tyrant or a tyranny is clearly
Communist (as in, for example, Peru, Nicaragua and Nepal) that Leftists
will generally desist from calling the tyrant "Right wing". It would
probably be most accurate to say that most tyrants are wingless: They
believe only in their own personal power<br />
<br />
So calling conservatives Rightists does little harm when normal everyday
democratic politics is concerned but once we start talking about
extremes of belief a large problem arises. Conservatives reject utterly
the association with Hitler that Leftists try to pin on them.<br />
<br />
<br />
There is clearly a lot of variation among postwar tyrants so presumably
some are better examples of what Leftists call "right-wing" than others.
The Latin American dictators seem to be prime candidates but what do we
make of clowns like Idi Amin or democratically elected authoritarians
like Lee Kuan Yew? Exactly WHICH dictators are good examples of
"Right-wing" seems to be vague. Leftists appear to have no systematic
thinking on that. So some lists include Fascists like Chiang Kai Shek,
the monarchs of the Muslim world and even in some cases undoubted
Communists like the Kim dynasty of North Korea.<br />
<br />
<br />
So I too will have to leave vague just who is a good example of an
"extreme Rightist". For the sake of looking at the subject at all, I
will use "Hitler-like" or "Fascist" as a specification of what Leftists
are talking about when they say "Right wing extremist" -- and leave it
at that. I have however given separate coverage of the Latin American
dictators further below. They have mostly been Bolivarists, a form of
Fascism. And that Fascism is/was Leftist I set out at length <a href="http://ray-dox.blogspot.com/2006/06/this-is-expanded-version-of-article.html">here</a>.<br />
<br />
There are also of course a few individuals around in Western countries
who are Hitler sentimentalists but they are so few and so unorganized
that they are essentially irrelevant to modern politics. I do however
have a discussion of them <a href="http://ray-dox.blogspot.com.au/2006/08/this-article-is-published-on-internet.html#1134">here</a>.<br />
<br />
<i>Extremism versus stability: Taking things to extremes is the Leftist "modus operandi"</i><br />
<br />
<br />
We are accustomed in political discussions to describe both ends of the
political spectrum as "extremists". But what are the extremes? In the
case of the Left it is easy: Communism. But what is an extreme
conservative? The Left are sure that it is someone like Adolf Hitler but
the logic of conservative commitment to individual liberty and
suspicion of government makes libertarianism a much likelier extreme
form of conservatism.<br />
<br />
At this point I am going to skip forward a little, however, and say
where I think people go wrong. I don't think there IS any such thing as
extreme conservatism. Libertarians believe in a lot of stuff that
conservatives reject. But I do believe that there is such a thing as
extreme Leftism. How come?<br />
<br />
I think that the whole polarity of politics is generally misunderstood.
The contest between Left and Right is a contest between stability and
the results of irritability/anger/rage. Conservatives are the sheet
anchor of society. They ensure that there is some continuity and
predictability in our lives. They are the anchor that prevents us all
from being blown onto the shoals of arrogant stupidity in the manner of
Pol Pot and many others.<br />
<br />
For various reasons most people in society have gripes about it. Even
conservatives can usually give you a long list of things that they would
wish otherwise in the world about them.<br />
<br />
But some of the discontented are REALLY discontented -- discontented to
the point of anger/rage/hate -- and among them there is a really
dangerous group: Those who "know" how to fix everything.<br />
<br />
So the political contest ranges across a spectrum from valuing stability to various degrees of revolutionary motivation.<br />
<br />
But can there be an extreme of valuing stability? In theory yes but I
have yet to hear of ANY conservative-dominated government that lacked an
active legislative agenda. BOTH sides of politics have changes they
want to legislate for. Conservatives don't want stability at any price
any more than they want change that threatens stability. So as far as I
can see, ALL conservatives want change PLUS stability. And mostly they
get that.<br />
<br />
Pulling against that anchor that keeps society going on a fairly even
keel, however, there is the Left -- who want every conceivable sort of
change. Some just want more social welfare legislation and some want the
whole society turned upside down by violent revolution. And the latter
are indeed extremists.<br />
<br />
So there is no sharp Left/Right dividing line -- just a continuum from
strong support for stability amid change to a complete disrespect and
disregard for stability among extreme advocates of change.<br />
<br />
It is possible that there is somebody somewhere in the world who values
stability so much that he/she want NO change in the world about them at
all. If so, I have never met such a person. Everybody has gripes and
change is a constant. The only question is whether we can manage change
without great disruptions to our everyday lives. Conservatives think we
can and should. Leftists basically don't care about that. For them
change is the goal with stability hardly considered.<br />
<br />
Now let me skip back to a question I raised earlier. I think we are now
in a better position to answer that question. The question is why do
conservatives and Leftists disagree over what extreme conservatism or
extreme Rightism is? And the answer is now obvious. If it does not
exist, no wonder people disagree over what it is. The theoretical
inference would be that an extreme conservative wants ZERO change:
he/she wants stability alone. But, as I have noted, such people appear
not to exist and if they do exist they are surely too few to matter.<br />
<br />
But what about the Leftist conviction that society is riddled by people
like Hitler: "Racists" and "Nazis". Leftists never cease describing
those they disagree with that way. Even a moderate and compromising
Christian gentleman such as George Bush Jr. was constantly accused of
being a Nazi during his time in office.<br />
<br />
Again our conception of stability versus extremism helps answer that -- particularly if you add in a dash of history.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905130851572081695.post-76887857709081534252014-06-11T23:20:00.001-07:002014-06-11T23:20:29.215-07:00The historical origins and modern psychology of Anglo-Saxon conservatism<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The historical origins and modern psychology of Anglo-Saxon conservatism</span></b></div>
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<br />
<br />
By John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D. -- version of late 2013)<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<blockquote>
<i>"Law, language, literature-these are considerable factors. Common
conceptions of what is right and decent, a marked regard for fair play,
especially to the weak and poor, a stern sentiment of impartial justice,
and <span style="color: red;">above all a love of personal freedom</span> . these are the common conceptions on both sides of the ocean among the English-speaking peoples. </i></blockquote>
<br />
<br />
-- Winston Churchill's view of what characterizes people of British descent both at home and abroad<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Conspectus</b><br />
<br />
This monograph relies on one authority and one authority only: The
authority of history. But I think it may be useful if I pull together
at the beginning what I think history teaches us:<br />
<br />
Left-leaning psychologists and other Leftist "thinkers" sometimes
"study" conservatism -- usually with the obvious motive of proving a
theory which discredits conservatives in some way. But the shallowness
of their actual knowledge of conservatives is shown when they feel the
need to consult dictionaries just to find out what conservatism is (e.g.
Altemeyer and <a href="http://www.grantwyeth.com/28/">Wyeth</a>).
That is a remarkably desperate recourse. Dictionaries record usage
but they cannot tell you whether the usage is right or wrong, shallow or
profound. They even record mistaken usages.<br />
<br />
The problem underlying the recourse to dictionaries is that the Leftist
wouldn't know conservatism if he fell over it. His only concept of
conservatism is the caricature of it that circulates in his own little
Leftist bubble. But he does realize dimly that he doesn't know what it
is. So with a schoolboy level of sophistication, he turns to his
dictionary to find out what it is!<br />
<br />
By contrast, in my studies of Leftism, I feel no need to rely on
dictionaries. From many years of reading Leftist writings, I can tell
you what Leftism regularly is. The essential element of Leftism is the
desire to change society. That DRIVES Leftism. And society is people.
So <span style="color: red;">What the Leftist does or tries to do is to
stop people doing what they want to do and make them do things that
they don't want to do</span>. They are not alone in that but that
underlies all that they do and say. What changes they want and why they
want them is also a big part of the story and I consider that in
detail <a href="http://ray-dox.blogspot.com/2006/07/monograph-below-monograph-is.html">elsewhere</a>.
So conservatives tend to allow the natural world to continue on its way
while Leftists forge an inherently unstable world that can be held
together only by coercion. <span style="color: red;">Leftism is quintessentially authoritarian.</span><br />
<br />
The redirection of a large slice of people's spending power via
compulsory taxation is only one part of the coercion. There are also
many direct commands and prohibitions. The very expensive "mandates" of
Obamacare were under much discussion in late 2013. Only a Leftist
would think that old ladies should be forced to pay for obstetric care.<br />
<br />
It may be noted that some people with strongly-held religious views tend
to be like Leftists in trying to forge an unnatural world. That helps
to explain why Leftists are infinitely tolerant of Muslim Jihadis and
why the major churches tend to support the Left, some of them being very
Leftist. In the 2004 Australian Federal elections, the leaders of ALL
the churches came out in favour of the (Leftist) Australian Labor Party.
The only exception was a small Exclusive Brethren group in Tasmania
who supported the conservative coalition -- and their "intervention"
sparked huge outrage in the media and elsewhere. (The conservatives won
that election in a landslide).<br />
<br />
And in England it is sometimes now held that "C of E" stands for "Church
of the Environment", because of the Church of England's strong
committment to Greenie causes. Cantuar Welby's <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2467854/Archbishop-Justin-Welby-damns-energy-price-hikes-controversial-attack-Firms-generosity--just-maximise-profits.html">scolding of business</a>
might also be noted. And a previous Cantuar (Carey, a generally decent
man) called his little grandson "pollution" on Greenie grounds. Pity
the children! And, in stark contrast with the Bible, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/07/gary-hall-national-cathedral-homobia-is-a-sin_n_4057614.html">a senior Anglican cleric has called "homophobia" a sin</a>.
The C of E and most of its First World offshoots no longer have strong
feelings about salvation but they have strong feelings about
Green/Leftist causes.<br />
<br />
Because they focus so much on personal feelings and the promise of
salvation rather than on "the world", American evangelicals are
something of an exception but, even there, 10 million evangelicals voted
for Al Gore in the year 2000 American Federal elections.<br />
<br />
But back to conservatism: While conservatives tend to let the natural
world run its course, that is not a defining characteristic. Nor is
opposition to change a defining characteristic. What drives conservatism
is something quite different.<br />
<br />
What Leftists find in their dictionaries is that conservatives are
opposed to change. That is indeed the prevailing Leftist conception of
conservatives but it ignores one of the most salient facts about
politics worldwide -- that conservative governments are just as
energetic in legislating as Leftists are. Both sides busily make new
laws all the time. And the point of a new law is to change something.
The changes that Left and Right desire are different but both sides push
for change. On the Leftist's understanding of conservatism, a
conservative government that wins an election should do no more than
yawn, shut up the legislature and go home until the next election! What
conservatives mostly do, however, is reverse Leftist initiatives and
STRENGTHEN existing social arrangements rather than tear them down.
Both Left and right want change but WHAT changes they want are very
different and very differently motivated.
<br /><br />
<span style="color: red;">What has happened is that Leftists are so
self-righteous that they can rarely accept that conservatives oppose
Leftist policies on the merits of those policies. So they have
successfully put about the defensive myth that conservatives are opposed
to ALL change, regardless of its merits. But those busy conservative
legislators put the lie to that towering absurdity. Conservatives have
NO attitude to change per se. It is Leftists who do. They long for it.</span>
<br /><br />
So in a thoroughly anti-intellectual style, the Leftist ignores some of
the most basic facts about politics. That sure is a weird little
intellectual bubble that he lives in. EVERY conservative that I know
has got a whole list of things that he would like to see changed --
usually reversals of Leftist changes. But Leftist intellectuals
clearly just doesn't know any conservatives.
<br />
<br />
So what really is conservatism? I have taught both sociology and
psychology at major Australian universities but when it comes to
politics my psychologist's hat is firmly on. One can understand
conservatism at various levels but to get consistency, you have to drop
back to the psychological level. And at that level it is as plain as a
pikestaff. <span style="color: red;"> Conservatives are cautious</span>. And that is all you need to know to understand the whole of conservatism. <br />
<br />
In science, however, explanations just generate new questions and, as a
psychologist, I am interested in dropping down to an even lower level of
explanation and asking why conservatives are cautious. And I think
that is pretty obvious too. It is in part because they can be. <br />
<br />
As all the surveys show, conservatives are the happy and contented
people. And with that disposition, conservatives just don't feel the
burning urgency for change that Leftists do. Leftists cast caution to
the winds because they want change so badly. ANYTHING seems better to
them than the existing arrangements. Conservatives don't have that
compulsion. Leftists are the perpetually dissatified whiners whereas
conservatives can afford to take their time and get things right from
the outset. <br />
<br />
And why does that difference in happiness exist? As <a href="http://ray-dox.blogspot.com/2006/11/happiness-money-and-politics-by-john.html">the happiness research</a> often reminds us, your degree of happiness is inborn and, as such, is pretty fixed. Leftists are just born miserable.<br />
<br />
So we have now dropped down into a genetic level of explanation. And we
can at that level even derive and test a hypothetico-deductive
prediction. If conservatives are happy and happiness is genetic, then
conservatism should be genetic too. And it is. As <a href="http://tongue-tied2.blogspot.com/2006/08/leftists-are-born-that-way-john-ray-m.html">behaviour geneticists such as Nick Martin</a>
have shown, conservatism has a strong genetic component -- which
suggests that some people are just born cautious. It is, of course, no
surprise that caution and happiness go together. See also <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2527537/The-anatomy-politics-Researchers-say-genes-shape-political-views.html">here</a><br />
<br />
So I think I have now gone as low as I can go in explaining
conservatism. There are of course even lower levels of explanation
possible (tracing the brain areas involved, studying the DNA) but our
understanding of those levels of function is so far so crude that
anyone purporting to offer explanations at that level is merely speculating.<br />
<br />
So having gone down the levels of explanation, I now need to go up the
levels of explanation too. What does being cautious lead to? It rather
obviously leads to distrust: Distrust of the wisdom and goodwill of
one's fellow man, both as individuals and in collectivities. In
Christian terms, man is seen as "fallen" and ineluctibly imperfect. <br />
<br />
But trust and distrust are matters of degree and conservatives are
perfectly willing to give trust when it has been earned. So where
ideas are concerned, conservatives usually trust only those ideas that
have already been shown to work as intended or which extend existing
successful ideas. Leftists, by contrast, trust and put into action
ideas that "sound" right to them -- without bothering to test first
whether their ideas really do generate the consequences that they
envisage. They usually don't of course. Leftists are theorists <i>extraordinaire</i>.
They have no use for Mr Gradgrind's "facts". That theory is useful
only insofar as it is a good guide to facts seems to be beyond their
ken.<br />
<br />
The enthusiasm for "whole language" methods in teaching kids to read is
an example of untested Leftist policy being implemented. It was widely
adopted in the schools but worked so badly that most schools have now
reverted to phonics -- the old "tried and tested" method.<br />
<br />
And conservative caution leads to conservatives valuing stability
generally -- because sweeping changes could well not work out well --
and usually don't. Leftists usually seem to think they know it all but
conservatives know that they don't. So conservatives may want various
changes but also want to proceed cautiously with change. They want
"safe" change, change off a stable base -- a base that embodies what has
worked in the past.<br />
<br />
And the traditional conservative advocacy of individual liberty also
stems from caution. It is highly likely that a tyrant won't have your
particular interests at heart so you want to be free to pursue your own
interests yourself. And in the economic sphere that is capitalism.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905130851572081695.post-6189927349844207662014-06-11T22:45:00.000-07:002014-06-11T22:45:08.792-07:00Desperately avoiding default<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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</h3>
One thing you have to understand
about every federal debt-related action: it's not for the benefit of the
borrowers, but for the benefit of the banks. We saw this in 2009 with
"mortgage reform" and it will be the same with <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/06/08/obama-prepares-to-take-executive-action-expanding-student-loan-program/">"student loan reform"</a>:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
President Barack Obama is prepping new executive steps to help Americans
struggling to pay off their student debt, and throwing his support
behind Senate Democratic legislation with a similar goal but potentially
a much more profound impact.<br /><br />Obama on Monday will announce he's
expanding his "Pay As You Earn" program that lets borrowers pay no more
than 10 percent of their monthly income in loan payments, the White
House said. Currently, the program is only available to those who
started borrowing after October 2007 and kept borrowing after October
2011. Obama plans to start allowing those who borrowed earlier to
participate, potentially extending the benefit to millions more
borrowers.</blockquote>
The problem Obama is addressing is that although it is impossible for
graduates (and non-graduates) to formally default on their student
loans, they will effectively default on them when they simply don't have
the money to make their payments.<br />
<br />
This is simply reducing the payments in order to keep them on the hook
longer and thereby prevent the loans from being correctly recognized as
bad loans that have to be written off. As Karl Denninger correctly
ascertains, the ultimate goal is to keep the
young borrowers on the hook, but force taxpayers to pay off their
loans. It about the banks not the borrowers. It's ALWAYS about the
banks.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905130851572081695.post-30561532442975463702014-06-11T22:33:00.002-07:002014-06-11T22:33:25.462-07:00The European Central Bank goes negative on interest rates: Negativity<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Negativity
</h3>
The European Central Bank <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/bank-of-england/10879560/Interest-rates-are-entering-the-twilight-zone.html">goes negative on interest rates</a>:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
The European Central Bank broke new ground last week; it became the
first of the monetary superpowers to cut its deposit rate below zero.
This is truly desperate stuff. That nearly six years after the collapse
of Lehman Brothers, Europe is still belatedly trying to address the twin
afflictions of deflation and economic depression tells you as much
about the political paralysis that grips the euro area as about the
severity of the crisis.<br /><br />These are not uncharted waters. Denmark
and Sweden have experimented with negative nominal interest rates, and
in any case, the difference between minus 0.1 per cent and the
pre-existing deposit rate of zero is so marginal as to be almost
irrelevant. Certainly, it’s hard to see why, beyond symbolism, it would
make much difference to the eurozone’s beleaguered economies, even
combined with other measures announced by the ECB on Thursday to ease
credit conditions.<br /><br />None the less, it is quite something when
bankers actually have to pay a fee for the privilege of parking their
money with the central bank, which is the effect of a negative deposit
rate. </blockquote>
It's important to keep in mind that this is the interest rate paid to
bankers by the central bank rather than the interest rate paid to
depositors by the banks. Remember, the banks are just borrowing those
loan-deposits from the public, so they will still compete on the
interest rates they pay. There is a relationship between the two
interest rates, of course, but it is not a fixed ratio. Depositors have
to worry about bail-ins and manufactured fees more than they have to
worry about the interest rates on their savings account going negative.<br />
<br />
However, it is indicative of the strong grip that Keynesian economics
still has on the central bankers. They are still trying to figure out
the best way to fine-tune the magic financial remote for the economy,
little realizing that they are the equivalent of children pressing
buttons on an outdated remote for a cathode ray tube television, with no
batteries in it, pointing it at a flatscreen and wondering why it
doesn't work.<br />
<br />
Everything revolves around the concept of the demand gap, and the idea
that more liquidity will cause people to spend more. But credit money
requires someone, somewhere, to borrow something and while one can print
money, one can't print borrowers. As Americans learned in 2008, even if
one creates a new class of borrowers by loosening the standards, they
tend to fall behind on their payments and default so rapidly that it
would be better to have never loaned them money in the first place.<br />
<br />
As usual, the central bank is belatedly reacting to events; it isn't
controlling them. This is merely another indication - not proof, but an
indication - that the global economy is in a deflationary scenario
rather than the inflationary one most people tend to assume. The
takeaway: don't add to your debt with the assumption you'll be able to
pay it off with cheaper currency.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905130851572081695.post-35952669294801506632014-06-10T06:35:00.000-07:002014-06-10T06:37:15.666-07:00Wes Montgomery - Full House Live (Full Album) <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YS16yA8Ef0#">00:00</a> Full House <br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YS16yA8Ef0#">09:14</a> I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face <br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YS16yA8Ef0#">12:43</a> Blue 'N' Boogle <br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YS16yA8Ef0#">22:24</a> Cariba <br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YS16yA8Ef0#">32:07</a> Come Rain Or Come Shine (Take 2) <br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YS16yA8Ef0#">39:04</a> Come Rain Or Come Shine (Take 1)<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YS16yA8Ef0#">46:23</a> S.O.S. (Take 3) <br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YS16yA8Ef0#">51:29</a> S.O.S. (Take 2)<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YS16yA8Ef0#">56:18</a> Born to be Blue<br />
<br />
<br /></div>
<iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_YS16yA8Ef0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905130851572081695.post-84903869835291945422014-06-10T05:25:00.002-07:002014-06-10T05:25:49.311-07:00Eric Lau - Gilles Peterson<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
1. Barney Kessel - Look Of Love<br />2. Heidi Vogel - Joy You Give <br />3. Olutugu – Alter call ft Eska <br />4. Yaw - Where Will U Be <br />5. Carlos Nino & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – Find A Way<br />6. D’angelo - Jonez In My Bones (Live Rehearsal) <br />7. Georgia Anne Muldrow - Pretty Roses <br /> 8. Muhsinah - JetBoat (Boozina Remix)<br /> 9. Annabel – January 10th<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905130851572081695.post-8260338080382544052014-06-10T02:13:00.002-07:002014-06-10T02:13:31.995-07:00Rik Mayall, star of The Young Ones, dies aged 56 R.I.P <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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British comedian and actor Rik Mayall has died aged 56.</div>
He played obnoxious, poetry-writing anarchist Rick in The
Young Ones with his friend Adrian Edmondson. The pair later starred in
the sitcom Bottom.<br />
A pioneer of the 1980s alternative comedy scene, Mayall also appeared in Blackadder and The New Statesman.<br />
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"He was a quiet, polite, caring gentleman. The antithesis of the characters he played”</div>
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<span class="quote-credit">Laurence Marks</span>
<span class="quote-credit-title">Creator, The New Statesman</span>
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His manager Roger Davidson said:
"It is a terrible shock. All we know... is that Rik died at home. He
touched many lives, and always for the better."</div>
Edmondson added: "There were times when Rik and I were writing together when we almost died laughing. <br />
"They were some of the most carefree stupid days I ever had, and I feel privileged to have shared them with him. <br />
"And now he's died for real. Without me. Selfish bastard."<br />
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Police said they were called to reports of a sudden death of a man in
his 50s at 13:19 BST on Monday, in Barnes in south west London. <br />
London Ambulance Service said "a man, aged in his 50s, was pronounced dead at the scene".<br />
The Metropolitan Police said the death was not believed to be suspicious.<br />
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Rik was inspirational, bonkers, and a great life force”</div>
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<span class="quote-credit">Nigel Planer</span>
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The actor, who was married with
three children, was left seriously ill after a quad bike accident in
1998 which left him in a coma for several days.</div>
His big break came at The Comic Strip Club, performing with
comedy partner Adrian Edmondson as 20th Century Coyote in the 1980s,
which led to cult television hit The Comic Strip Presents. <br />
He co-wrote The Young Ones with Lise Mayer and Ben Elton,
which ran for 12 episodes between 1982 and 1985. It shared cult status
and schoolboy humour with later sitcom Bottom. <br />
Mayall and Edmondson's slapstick comedy often involved fires, explosions, and hefty blows to the head with a frying pan.<br />
The pair met at Manchester University before forming the on-stage comedy duo The Dangerous Brothers.<br />
It was there Mayall had befriended Elton, who said of his
friend: "He changed my life utterly," adding: "He always made me cry
with laughter, now he's just made me cry."<br />
<span class="cross-head">Anarchic characters</span>
Mayall's film roles included the comedies Drop Dead Fred and Guest House Paradiso. <br />
He also famously played the loud-mouthed and lecherous Lord
Flashheart in BBC comedy series Blackadder, starring Rowan Atkinson. <br />
The actor appeared in the second and fourth series, shouting catchphrases such as "woof!" and "let's do-oo-oo it!".<br />
But his early, anarchic characters gave way to the smooth,
scheming Conservative politician Alan B'Stard in The New Statesman,
which ran on ABC from 1986 to 1992.<br />
<br />
<br />
Blackadder producer and writer John Lloyd paid tribute, telling the BBC: "It's really a dreadful piece of news."<br />
"He was the most extraordinarily good actor as well as being
an amazing stand-up comic. Apart from being great company, he was a
great professional," said Lloyd.<br />
Stephen Fry, who appeared with Mayall in Blackadder,
described his co-star as "an authentic comedy genius and a prince among
men," adding he was "simply distraught" at the news.<br />
Writer Laurence Marks, who created The New Statesman, described Mayall as "a quiet, polite, caring gentleman". <br />
"He was the antithesis of the characters he played," he said,
adding that the comedian's health had deteriorated after his quad bike
crash 16 years ago.<br />
"I think he lost his long-term memory, so often when we were discussing The New Statesman, he couldn't remember it."<br />
Nigel Planer, who played the hapless hippie Neil in The Young
Ones, said he was "very, very sad and upset that we've lost Rik, who
was inspirational, bonkers, and a great life force". <br />
He described Mayall as "a brilliant comedian and someone who
made everyone else's lives more fun. He will be really, really missed".<br />
<span class="cross-head">'Truly brilliant comedian'</span>
Among those paying tribute on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/davidwalliams/status/476019451868233728">was comedian David Walliams.</a><br />
He wrote: "I am heartbroken that my comedy idol growing up Rik Mayall has died. He made me want to be a comedian."<br />
"Growing up there was no one funnier," said The Mighty Boosh comedian <a href="https://twitter.com/noelfielding11/status/476025950984220672">Noel Fielding</a>. "We will really miss you Rik Mayall you genius."<br />
Alan Davies, who starred opposite Mayall in Jonathan Creek, <a href="https://twitter.com/alandavies1/status/476045058933030912">said the star</a> was "great to be around"<br />
"Funny, funny man and a comic hero in my teens. Terrible news."<br />
The BBC's director of television, Danny Cohen, paid tribute to his "vibrancy and energy".<br />
"If you look at something like Blackadder Two, Rik just had
quite a small part in that series as Lord Flashheart - but it's one of
the most memorable scenes in any series of Blackadder. <br />
"And I think that tells you something about Rik. He stole
scenes because of his energy and his vibrancy and his comic performances
and he was truly extraordinary."<br />
<br />
Speaking about his 1998 quad bike accident last year, Mayall said
doctors had kept him alive on a life-support machine for five days and
were about to turn it off when he began to show signs of life.<br />
He used to mark the occasion by exchanging presents with his
wife and children and said the near-death experience changed his life.<br />
He said: "The main difference between now and before my accident is I'm just very glad to be alive.<br />
"Other people get moody in their 40s and 50s - men get the male menopause. I missed the whole thing. I was just really happy."</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905130851572081695.post-85095225815040588672014-06-09T23:53:00.003-07:002014-06-09T23:53:38.993-07:00Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO): Net Neutrality <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Italic"></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpbOEoRrHyU" target="_blank"><span class="New-Window-Hyperlink">a wonderful piece from John Oliver</span></a><span class="Italic"> in which he skewers net neutrality and the cable companies.</span> <br />
<div class="Body-Text">
<span class="Italic">As
funny as this piece is (and it is hilarious), this issue is a
tremendously important one that far too few people understand —
something that is being counted upon by those looking to gain an
advantage from proposed legislation — so share this with as many people
as you can.</span></div>
<div class="Body-Text">
<span class="Italic">This won’t interest EVERYBODY, however. If you don’t use the internet, then this one probably isn’t for you...</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905130851572081695.post-51384280084015191592014-06-09T23:40:00.000-07:002014-06-09T23:40:08.066-07:00Steen Jakobsen: Expect A 30% Stock Market Correction in 2014 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="Body-Text">
<span class="ParagraphLead">Steen Jakobsen is</span>
one of the few CIOs of major banks who is prepared (and allowed) to say
exactly what he thinks about the state of the global economy — even
when the story he tells is somewhat alarming.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
In
this great interview with Chris Martenson, Steen explains why he is 70%
in fixed income and why he expects a 30% stock market correction before
2014 is in the books. </div>
<div class="Body-Text">
There’s plenty more to get your teeth into, so sit back and enjoy Steen’s take...</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
<br /></div>
<div class="Body-Text">
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</div>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/GwssfhzIqg8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905130851572081695.post-60800083863008107782014-06-09T23:32:00.001-07:002014-06-10T00:11:01.851-07:00Stephanie Pomboy Wine Country Conference 2014 "Confessions of Ben Bernanke" <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="Body-Text">
<span class="ParagraphLead">Stephanie Pomboy gave </span>a
tour de force performance at this year’s Wine Country Conference in
Sonoma in early May, with her presentation of “The Confessions of Ben
Bernanke.”</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
There are many reasons why
Stephanie is followed by many of the smartest people in the world of
finance, and this presentation gives a glimpse into why...</div>
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</div>
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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/8xX1_hdlrtg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905130851572081695.post-85890864513791427902014-06-09T23:24:00.000-07:002014-06-09T23:24:00.100-07:00“The 50-50-90 rule”.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="BeginningQuotes">
“The 50-50-90 rule: anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there’s a 90% probability you’ll get it wrong.”</div>
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<div class="BeginningQuotes">
<span class="BlackText">— </span><span class="BeginQuotes-Byline">Andy Rooney</span></div>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905130851572081695.post-61227086251097069432014-06-09T23:22:00.000-07:002014-06-09T23:22:27.267-07:00Russia-China gas deal could ignite a shift in global trading<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<h2 class="Subhead">
<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/liamhalligan/10854595/Russia-China-gas-deal-could-ignite-a-shift-in-global-trading.html">Russia-China gas deal could ignite a shift in global trading</a><span class="ParagraphLead"></span></h2>
<div class="Body-Text">
“The unipolar model of the world is over”, declared Vladimir Putin last week.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
“The global picture has completely changed”.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
The
St Petersburg International Economic Forum was less well-attended than
usual. During previous visits to this annual “Russian Davos”, now in its
18th year, I’ve regularly been mown down by American and West European
CEOs, as they’ve purposefully stomped down carpet-tiled corridors, their
retinue of aides and cameras in tow.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
This
year, while plenty of Western executives did make the annual trek to
Russia’s beautiful second city, keen to sell more cars, soap powder and
financial services in Europe’s most valuable consumer market, the
corridors were safer. Many of the top names stayed away.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
The
sanctions imposed on Russia in response to events in Ukraine put
Western business leaders under pressure. Fearing unsavoury headlines,
and often responding to specific government requests, some of our
best-known corporate pole-climbers gave “Putin’s vanity summit” a miss.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
Such
absences, along with the UK’s local and European election shenanigans,
meant the St Petersburg Forum generated less comment than usual. Yet I’d
say this year’s event provided confirmation of one of the most
important pieces of news to emerge from Russia since the Soviet Union
was dissolved a quarter of a century ago.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
I’m
referring to the $400bn (£237bn) deal struck between Moscow and
Beijing, under which Russia will supply 38bn cubic metres (bcm) of gas
to China over 30 years from 2018. Before that happens, the two sides are
to share the estimated $77bn cost of building the new “Power of
Siberia” pipeline, stretching from Eastern Siberia to China’s populous
north-east.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
While that will already amount
to the world’s biggest construction project, this joint initiative could
yet see a second pipeline built to the Western Provinces of the
People’s Republic, expanding Russia’s annual Chinese gas sale to 61bcm.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
This
deal has been a long time coming. Last spring, after a decade of
negotiation, state-run energy giants Gazprom and CNPC signed a
memorandum of understanding regarding the initial pipeline route.
Putin’s visit to China last week, followed by events in St Petersburg,
cemented the high politics of the tie-up.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
Some
say the Ukrainian crisis has forced an “isolated” Russia to do this
China deal now, in a scramble for allies. Others judge that Beijing,
showing its disapproval of Western adventurism and lingering Cold War
attitudes, is deliberately standing next to Moscow in a joint display of
strength. Whichever way you spin it, the outcome is the same. Russia,
source of a third of all natural gas used in Western Europe, will soon
have a major alternative market for its vast exports. And that can only
put upward pressure on both wholesale and retail gas prices.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
Enemies
for much of the Cold War, Russia and China are now building serious
commercial ties across their 2,700-mile border. Under-reported in the
West, this fast-strengthening relationship will do much to shape the
world economy in the years and decades to come.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
As
recently as 2003, cross-border trade between Russia and China amounted
to just $12bn. Over the last decade, that’s expanded more than
seven-fold, reaching $90bn last year. Both sides recognise the synergies
between the world’s largest energy exporter and the world’s most
populous nation and biggest manufacturer.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
In
2009, Russia’s oil giant Rosneft secured a $25bn oil swap contract with
China. Last year, that relationship deepened, after Rosneft agreed to
double oil supplies to China in a deal valued at a colossal $270bn. This
reflected Russia’s plan to shift its focus away from saturated and
crisis-ridden European energy markets and towards Asia — a plan well in
train years before recent events in Ukraine.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
Under
the latest oil agreement, Russia pumps an extra 300,000 barrels to
China daily for the next 25 years, doubling the crude it already sells
to the energy-hungry People’s Republic. The speed of change in the
direction of Russia’s oil exports has been stark. Russia now sends about
750,000 barrels a day to Asia, a fifth of the oil it sells abroad,
helped by the East Siberia Pacific Ocean crude pipeline, linking Russia
to China, which opened in 2010....</div>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905130851572081695.post-84199027381859368922014-06-09T23:11:00.001-07:002014-06-09T23:11:11.415-07:00Interview with Marine Le Pen: “I Don’t Want This European Soviet Union”<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jun/06/george-osborne-concedes-threat-rising-house-prices-uk-economy" target="_blank"><span class="New-Window-Hyperlink-Red-Text"></span></a><a href="mailto:whay%40evergreen.net?subject=Things%20That%20Make%20You%20Go%20Hmmm.....%20EVA%20Commentary" target="_blank"><span class="New-Window-Hyperlink-Red-Text"></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Interview with Marine Le Pen: “I Don’t Want This European Soviet Union”<a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/interview-with-french-front-national-leader-marine-le-pen-a-972925.html">http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/interview-with-french-front-national-leader-marine-le-pen-a-972925.html</a></b></span><span class="ParagraphLead"></span> <div class="Body-Text">
SPIEGEL:
Ms. Le Pen, having won 25 percent of the French vote, your Front
National party stands as one of the primary beneficiaries of the May 25
European Parliament election. How could such a thing come to pass?</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
Le
Pen: The French want to regain control of their own country. They want
to determine the course of their own economy and their immigration
policies. They want their own laws to take precedence over those of the
European Union. The French have understood that the EU does not live up
to the utopia they were sold. It has distanced itself significantly from
a democratic mode of operation.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
SPIEGEL:
Yet, prior to the election, it was said that the establishment of lead
candidates for the two biggest groups — Jean-Claude Juncker for the
center-right and Martin Schulz for the center-left — would strengthen
democracy in the EU.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
Le Pen: That is totally
bogus. Everybody knew that the parliament wouldn’t be making the final
decision on the next president of the European Commission.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
SPIEGEL: Do you want to destroy Europe?</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
Le
Pen: I want to destroy the EU, not Europe! I believe in a Europe of
nation-states. I believe in Airbus and Ariane, in a Europe based on
cooperation. But I don’t want this European Soviet Union.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
SPIEGEL: The EU is a vast project for peace. It has helped ensure 70 years without war on the Continent.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
Le
Pen: No. Europe is war. Economic war. It is the increase of hostilities
between the countries. Germans are denigrated as being cruel, the
Greeks as fraudsters, the French as lazy. Ms. Merkel can’t travel to any
European country without being protected by hundreds of police. That is
not brotherhood.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
SPIEGEL: You now intend to head to Brussels only to fight the system.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
Le
Pen: And why not? The EU is deeply harmful, it is an anti-democratic
monster. I want to prevent it from becoming fatter, from continuing to
breathe, from grabbing everything with its paws and from extending its
tentacles into all areas of our legislation. In our glorious history,
millions have died to ensure that our country remains free. Today, we
are simply allowing our right to self-determination to be stolen from
us.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
SPIEGEL: In truth, though, you didn’t
win the elections because of the EU, but because the French are furious
with their economic situation and with President François Hollande. Have
you thanked him?</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
Le Pen: No. Then I would
have had to call Nicolas Sarkozy as well. France is in this situation
because the conservative Union for a Popular Movement (Sarkozy’s party)
and the Socialists (Hollande’s party) submitted to European treaties.
These treaties promote German interests quite well, but they are poor at
defending France’s interests.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
SPIEGEL: Germany is to be blamed for France’s misery?</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
Le
Pen: Whenever I hear people utter anti-German sentiments, I say: You
can’t blame Germany for defending its own interests. I can’t blame Ms.
Merkel for saying she wants a strong euro. I place the blame with our
own leaders who are not defending our interests. A strong euro is
ruining our economy.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
SPIEGEL: Why would you say that the euro is only helping Germany?</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
Le Pen: For a very simple reason: It was created by Germany, for Germany.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
SPIEGEL:
It was François Mitterand who wanted the euro in order to contain
Germany. In fact, it was difficult for the Germans to give up their
beloved deutsche mark.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
Le Pen: That’s
another story. Mitterand wanted to push integration forward with the
euro. But from an economic standpoint, the euro is German. Were we to
return to our national currencies, the D-Mark would be the only one to
appreciate in value, which would be a competitive disadvantage for
Germany. Our currency, by contrast, would be devalued, which would give
us a bit of room to breathe.</div>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905130851572081695.post-86070546221550898792014-06-09T23:08:00.002-07:002014-06-09T23:08:14.121-07:00Wall Street concerned over China’s gold hoarding<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<h2 class="Subhead">
<a href="http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1203&MainCatID=12&id=20140602000001">Wall Street concerned over China’s gold hoarding</a><span class="ParagraphLead"></span></h2>
<div class="Body-Text">
The
People’s Bank of China, China’s central bank, is the world’s biggest
gold hoarder and the bane of Wall Street traders, reports the
Chinese-language financial news website BwChinese, citing a Hong Kong
financial analyst.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
Leung Hai-ming told the
portal that China’s central bank took advantage of the US Federal
Reserve’s quantitative easing program in 2013, when the price of gold
fell by 27%. The bank bought in over 1,000 tonnes of gold, representing
almost one third of the world’s 3,756 tonnes last year.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
There
is reportedly less than 180,000 tonnes of gold reserves left, and only
20% of that remaining gold is tradable. This means that the People’s
Bank of China will likely keep hold of the gold, limiting the gold
trading volume — a concern for both the US government and Wall Street
traders.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
Leung said that the US Federal
Reserve loans gold to investment banks such as Goldman Sachs, Citibank,
JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and others every year to trade in the
market. The amount of gold ranges between 400-500 tonnes and the move
acts to artificially suppress gold prices. When the prices are in their
favor, these investment banks buy back the gold and return it to the
Fed.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
But this measure is absolutely useless
because China’s is hoarding the gold and does not follow the rules,
Leung said. When it sees that gold prices are going down, the first
thing it does is buy them, and does not sell when prices continue to
fall. It seems that Wall Street cannot do anything to counter China on
this, according to Leung.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
The analyst said
that the People’s Bank of China is putting pressure on Washington and
Wall Street as the US dollar has been linked with gold prices since its
rise as the leading global currency. The Fed hopes to manipulate gold
prices in its favor, Leung said, but the Chinese central bank is
standing in its way.</div>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905130851572081695.post-5501214938837328792014-06-09T23:06:00.004-07:002014-06-09T23:06:45.885-07:00Businessman “who bought HK$270m of gold” ends up with rusty metal bars<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<h2 class="Subhead">
Police
were last night making arrangements with a mainland businessman to
check whether HK$270 million of gold bullion he bought in Africa was
genuine after part of the consignment was swapped with metal bars. </h2>
<div class="Body-Text">
On
Wednesday, Zhao Jingjun, 43, opened part of his shipment in front of
his buyer in Hong Kong and discovered the gold had been switched for
worthless metal.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
A senior officer said it would be the city’s biggest heist in a decade if it was confirmed that all the gold had been stolen.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
An initial inquiry showed Zhao purchased 998kg of gold bars from a company in Ghana in mid-April, police said.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
The consignment, in 14 cases, was escorted by his staff and delivered from Ghana on a chartered flight late last month.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
“Officers
were told that his employee confirmed the cases contained the gold
before it was loaded onto the chartered flight in Ghana,” a police
source said.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
The source said the employee
left Hong Kong after the consignment was handed to the staff of a
logistics company at Chek Lap Kok airport. It was then couriered to a
Tsuen Wan warehouse.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
The businessman arrived from Hebei province on Monday and checked into the Kowloon Shangri-La <a href="http://www.mauldineconomics.com/ttmygh/conscious-uncouplings#" id="_GPLITA_1" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent ! important; border: medium none ! important; display: inline-block ! important; float: none ! important; height: auto ! important; margin: 0px ! important; min-height: 0px ! important; min-width: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important; text-decoration: underline ! important; text-indent: 0px ! important; vertical-align: baseline ! important; width: auto ! important;" title="Click to Continue > by MyShopper">hotel in<img src="http://cdncache-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent ! important; border: medium none ! important; display: inline-block ! important; float: none ! important; height: 10px ! important; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px ! important; min-height: 0px ! important; min-width: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important; text-indent: 0px ! important; vertical-align: super ! important; width: 10px ! important;" /></a> Tsim Sha Tsui. On Wednesday, he had five of the cases couriered to his buyer’s Hung Hom office.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
“When
he opened the boxes, he found they were filled with metal bars instead
of gold bullion,” the source said. “He told officers the cases appeared
to have been tampered with.”</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
Police received a report from Zhao on Wednesday night when he returned to his <a href="http://www.mauldineconomics.com/ttmygh/conscious-uncouplings#" id="_GPLITA_2" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent ! important; border: medium none ! important; display: inline-block ! important; float: none ! important; height: auto ! important; margin: 0px ! important; min-height: 0px ! important; min-width: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important; text-decoration: underline ! important; text-indent: 0px ! important; vertical-align: baseline ! important; width: auto ! important;" title="Click to Continue > by MyShopper">hotel room<img src="http://cdncache-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent ! important; border: medium none ! important; display: inline-block ! important; float: none ! important; height: 10px ! important; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px ! important; min-height: 0px ! important; min-width: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important; text-indent: 0px ! important; vertical-align: super ! important; width: 10px ! important;" /></a>.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
He
went to Tsim Sha Tsui police station yesterday with documents proving
he bought the bullion in Ghana and that it was delivered to Hong Kong.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
A
police investigator said: “We don’t rule out the possibility that the
gold bullion may have been switched for metal bars before being
delivered to Hong Kong.”</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
Zhao has reportedly
made several such transactions. His business activities include the
purchase of iron ore from Australia, Africa and South America.</div>
<div class="Body-Text">
Four
years ago, 265 gold bars were taken from a Yuen Long company. Police
arrested three men and recovered most of the HK$90 million in bullion
stolen.</div>
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<span class="userContent">A truly remarkable woman, France may not yet
be completely swallowed by the Obama administrations imperialism with people like her there
is still hope for the Country. Long live Marine Le Pen. </span><br />
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By
labelling the FN "far-right" the mainstream media seek to marginalise
and demonise grass roots movements such as FN - It is subtle and
effective (nobody wants to be seen as extremist). Mme Le Pen knows this,
which is why she is threatening to sue media organisations labelling
them as "far-right" Long Live Marine Le Pen! She is a politician trying
to look after the people who have voted for her rater than to promote
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The EU will indeed collapse. A country needs full control over its currency and other monetary policies.<br /><div class="post-message " data-role="message" dir="auto">
the leftists are always first to cry racism, but never in favor of their own kind...<br />
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a traitorous bunch of fools. I sincerely hope when Europe finally
breaks out in the next civil/race war, these muso appeasing Politicians will be hanging from the streetlamps first.<br />
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Marine La Pen
the New Joan of Arc! Long Live Marine!!! </div>
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The EU has lost control of its foreign policy to Washington, France's
National Front leader Marine Le Pen told RT, calling the bloc's
diplomacy a “catastrophe” in which no independent voice of reason could
be heard.<br />
<span style="background-color: initial;"><em>“The European
Union's diplomacy is a catastrophe,”</em> Le Pen told
RT's</span><a href="http://rt.com/shows/sophieco/" target="_blank">Sophie Shevardnadze</a> <span style="background-color: initial;">in an exclusive interview to be
broadcast Monday. <em>“The EU speaks out on foreign affairs
either to create problems, or to make them worse.”</em></span>
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Where Ukraine is concerned, Le Pen believes that Europe had no
right to blackmail the country into breaking up its historical
and cultural ties to Russia.
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<em>“When offering a partnership agreement to Ukraine – which
would mean breaking off of its allied relations with Russia – the
EU has clearly set blackmail in motion. And that can't help but
fuel dissent inside the country,”</em> Le Pen told RT, adding
that <em>“pouring oil onto the fire”</em> could lead to an
increasing risk of a civil war.
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<em>“The EU has been doing nothing but making the situation worse
using threats, blackmail and sanctions, which, as we can see now,
clearly do not encourage anyone to sit at the negotiation table
in order to come up with a peaceful and reasonable solution to
the conflict.”</em>
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Le Penn, whose National Front party in late May secured a third
of France’s seats in the European Parliamentary elections, says
the EU's foreign policy has been badly misguided by the United
States – Syria and Libya being just some of the most recent
examples.
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<em>“We've made a great deal of foreign policy mistakes under
Washington's influence, but the worst of them is Syria,”</em> Le
Penn said.
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There are <em>“no independent states left in Europe”</em> that
would call for peaceful solutions to conflicts, the National
Front leader says.
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<em>“We [National Front] have been the only party to stand
against the option of intervening in Syria. When the crisis first
started, we said France is supplying arms to jihadists, who would
spread terror if they win. That's what already happened in
Libya.”</em>
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<em>“That's the way the US acts in the international arena. But
what is even more horrible, is that one can't hear the voices of
European countries,”</em> Le Pen added.
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Watch the full interview with Marine Le Pen on RT’s SophieCo on
Monday, June 9.
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