Business and state are clearly highly linked in Russia...but not in the US...???!!
While I'm piling it on, are you nuts?! You don't see our little revolving door in every appointed position that exists? And who launders their money in political campaigns? You don't think those people expect a return on their investment? And worse still the dumbasses who only vote for the guy being pushed in their face? Man, you are right, further discussion is truly impossible. I think I've met another Chuck Todd..
And you don't think Putin is also profiting from the market shift? Oh Muurrrderr! The only people that will suffer are the Russians and those living around the area.
Damn! I'm still laughing at the first part of your post. You get a +5 Funny from me. I like your style... you fit right in with the rest of the crowd.
Who said anything about the US "government"? The government is muscle, that's it.
Hey, you're perfectly welcome to stick to your grade school fantasies all you want. If you want to see everything as a "conspiracy", that would be your issue. I see none at all. I only see nature at work, as she always has.
There really is no reason to distinguish between republicans and democrats. The people who buy their positions for them are very pleased with their performance, and even more so with the performance of the voters who so faithfully reelect these carpetbaggers. It's all money well spent.
Yeah, if you still believe the fairy tale that the government needs a warrant for anything. Jeeze, man, all that stuff went out the window decades ago. Nobody gives a shit. They're still voting for the same rat bastards.
It is the very definition of bourgeoisie... I hope somebody totals up all the carbon they put out getting there, all so nicely dressed, with their pretty signs. A media created event if there ever was one..
The panic is generally triggered by news stories which are written by people who don't understand the business they're writing about...
On the contrary, they know exactly what they're writing about. There are no accidents in this business. They trigger the panics on demand, like a water faucet. The people who run these markets are taking no more risk than any Las Vegas Casino does.
"Sanctions" are merely a method of stimulating cash flow from market to market, like any other trade deal, if you don't have "favored nation" status, you are being "sanctioned". This is how prices are determined. The fantasy of "supply and demand" doesn't even come up in meetings. It is tidal, cyclical in nature, like seasonal weight gain and water retention. Please get the silly politics out of your head, *Mr. Beal*. If you would like to know why the Russians appear a bit "pissed" these days, this should point you in the general direction of what makes the world go 'round. The Obama administration is amongst the most accomplished ever to the people that matter. I can assure you they have no complaints about his "foreign policy".
Yes they do, they need to keep people focused on them, or they might see someone else to vote for. You gotta keep the ratings up, or the show gets cancelled.
Business and state are one, regardless of the form it takes.
Did you have a chat with "Exxon" over coffee about this?
Kinda... And now they say they are shutting down the rig for the winter (or have Rosneft keep it running), while the US government picks up some political hay during election time with its "sanctions" dog and pony show. This is the ebb and flow of currency from one market to another, traders make their money, and then it flows the other direction. Rich Russians are making a killing also.
The state serves the business that props it up. When it fails, it is replaced, hopefully with as little property damage as possible. There's nothing "conspiratorial" about it, it just business. Don't be trying to bring all the emotional baggage into it. And if you think that business with Russia is any less than usual, you really bought a bag of magic beans. Just ask Exxon, if you don't want to believe me. Your fantasy marketplace doesn't operate the way you think it does, and that all the documented corruption as simply "isolated incidents", when in fact it is its very essence. It is not corrupt, it is natural, operating on the very same savagery. It is the "Serengeti in Manhattan".
Heh, I would not consider that a high recommendation. The small timer might get lucky, if they know when to cut and run. The rest are washing their money.
...if the Chinese government wanted to "close the loophole" investors could be out $20B+ in a day.
Whatever action the Chinese government takes on this will totally depend on who the investors are. Besides this whole stock market thing is just a way for pirates to launder their money. And there's really no such thing a "US" or any other "national" company in this business. It's all "investing without borders".
The Americans have the most powerful military in the world. Nothing is out of their "jurisdiction", or their reach. This is a feel good law to win votes, and is meaningless, aside from the PR. If these damn people want to do something worthwhile, they will get a warrant to seize the assets of the banks that are stealing our pensions and hiding overseas. This NSA stuff is a flash in the pan and a distraction, and the "law" is utterly helpless against it. And actually it makes them more dangerous, since they just won't announce what they are doing. On paper it is a rogue agency. In practice it is doing exactly what is expected of them. The nation's much more serious and chronic problem is the 85 billion(!) every damn month we are feeding to parasitic financiers with no end in sight. We are literally being robbed, and nobody is lifting a finger to stop it. 95% of the accomplices will win reelection.
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Business and state are clearly highly linked in Russia...but not in the US...???!!
While I'm piling it on, are you nuts?! You don't see our little revolving door in every appointed position that exists? And who launders their money in political campaigns? You don't think those people expect a return on their investment? And worse still the dumbasses who only vote for the guy being pushed in their face? Man, you are right, further discussion is truly impossible. I think I've met another Chuck Todd..
And you don't think Putin is also profiting from the market shift? Oh Muurrrderr! The only people that will suffer are the Russians and those living around the area.
Damn! I'm still laughing at the first part of your post. You get a +5 Funny from me. I like your style... you fit right in with the rest of the crowd.
Who said anything about the US "government"? The government is muscle, that's it.
Hey, you're perfectly welcome to stick to your grade school fantasies all you want. If you want to see everything as a "conspiracy", that would be your issue. I see none at all. I only see nature at work, as she always has.
Dream on, the man needs you :-)
Well, you certainly have gone off the deep end...
Are you one of those people who go around saying that if you don't like Obama, you must be a republican?
More like a government without a government..
Anybody involved with these secret underground forces is not to be respected nor obeyed!!!
How many degrees of separation are required? Kevin Bacon is everywhere...
It is, kind of... an offer they can't refuse, either their brains or their signature would be on the contract...
There really is no reason to distinguish between republicans and democrats. The people who buy their positions for them are very pleased with their performance, and even more so with the performance of the voters who so faithfully reelect these carpetbaggers. It's all money well spent.
A huge difference if you ask me.
Yeah, if you still believe the fairy tale that the government needs a warrant for anything. Jeeze, man, all that stuff went out the window decades ago. Nobody gives a shit. They're still voting for the same rat bastards.
It is the very definition of bourgeoisie... I hope somebody totals up all the carbon they put out getting there, all so nicely dressed, with their pretty signs. A media created event if there ever was one..
The panic is generally triggered by news stories which are written by people who don't understand the business they're writing about...
On the contrary, they know exactly what they're writing about. There are no accidents in this business. They trigger the panics on demand, like a water faucet. The people who run these markets are taking no more risk than any Las Vegas Casino does.
"Sanctions" are merely a method of stimulating cash flow from market to market, like any other trade deal, if you don't have "favored nation" status, you are being "sanctioned". This is how prices are determined. The fantasy of "supply and demand" doesn't even come up in meetings. It is tidal, cyclical in nature, like seasonal weight gain and water retention. Please get the silly politics out of your head, *Mr. Beal*. If you would like to know why the Russians appear a bit "pissed" these days, this should point you in the general direction of what makes the world go 'round. The Obama administration is amongst the most accomplished ever to the people that matter. I can assure you they have no complaints about his "foreign policy".
Yes they do, they need to keep people focused on them, or they might see someone else to vote for. You gotta keep the ratings up, or the show gets cancelled.
"two" sides, one coin. It is about reelection, it is a show, there is no competition or opposition.
Business and state are one, regardless of the form it takes.
Did you have a chat with "Exxon" over coffee about this?
Kinda... And now they say they are shutting down the rig for the winter (or have Rosneft keep it running), while the US government picks up some political hay during election time with its "sanctions" dog and pony show. This is the ebb and flow of currency from one market to another, traders make their money, and then it flows the other direction. Rich Russians are making a killing also.
The state serves the business that props it up. When it fails, it is replaced, hopefully with as little property damage as possible. There's nothing "conspiratorial" about it, it just business. Don't be trying to bring all the emotional baggage into it. And if you think that business with Russia is any less than usual, you really bought a bag of magic beans. Just ask Exxon, if you don't want to believe me. Your fantasy marketplace doesn't operate the way you think it does, and that all the documented corruption as simply "isolated incidents", when in fact it is its very essence. It is not corrupt, it is natural, operating on the very same savagery. It is the "Serengeti in Manhattan".
And then... you vote for them again, and AGAIN! Is this a face palm moment or not?
China builds the world's largest washing machine.
Alibaba is probably as good as any stock.
Heh, I would not consider that a high recommendation. The small timer might get lucky, if they know when to cut and run. The rest are washing their money.
...Internet-based e-commerce businesses...
Oh my god! They are vaporware! What a great scam this one is. Eat your heart out, Nigerian Prince!
...if the Chinese government wanted to "close the loophole" investors could be out $20B+ in a day.
Whatever action the Chinese government takes on this will totally depend on who the investors are. Besides this whole stock market thing is just a way for pirates to launder their money. And there's really no such thing a "US" or any other "national" company in this business. It's all "investing without borders".
The Americans have the most powerful military in the world. Nothing is out of their "jurisdiction", or their reach. This is a feel good law to win votes, and is meaningless, aside from the PR. If these damn people want to do something worthwhile, they will get a warrant to seize the assets of the banks that are stealing our pensions and hiding overseas. This NSA stuff is a flash in the pan and a distraction, and the "law" is utterly helpless against it. And actually it makes them more dangerous, since they just won't announce what they are doing. On paper it is a rogue agency. In practice it is doing exactly what is expected of them. The nation's much more serious and chronic problem is the 85 billion(!) every damn month we are feeding to parasitic financiers with no end in sight. We are literally being robbed, and nobody is lifting a finger to stop it. 95% of the accomplices will win reelection.
Don't you just love the smell of electioneering in the morning?
Just another toothless regulation to be watered down in the run up to November.
At least that boy band - The Beatles - were pretty good musicians.
Yeah? Ask John what happened the money his mother gave him for singing lessons..
It would flip a coin...
Is it a European wrench, or an African wrench?