I decided to split off my postings of economic links from Jim's Thoughts, so that I can get that topic back to what it was intended to be, a place for me to post trading ideas and thoughts I had that I felt could be of interest to the readers.

This topic is where I will post links to various economic articles, for those that find them interesting. If you want to read (or post) articles about the unfolding debaucle, this is the place to look. If you are a short-term daytrader or swing trader and have zero interest in the economy, you can now just read Jim's Thoughts and not have to wade through this type of dicussion.

At best I think this material only has a direct effect on longer-term plays, the bigger swings that make up the major legs of the bull and bear markets. I follow this stuff for that reason, and because I want to have a handle on things, if that is even possible in this era of lies and deception, so that I can make decisions on life issues.

For example, as I posted in the commentary on the website and discussed with many people well in advance, this was something that wasn't hard to see coming. I saw many people who told me as late as Oct 2007 that 'this thing is about to 'break out' to the upside, and that Dow 20,000, and then much higher, was 'just around the corner' '. The type of articles I am posting discuss the type of information that helped me form the viewpoints I had back then.

If this is far from over, as I suspect, we are in a similar postion now as back then. With the rally that is unfolding right now the talk is the bull is back, the bottom is in, and we are set. I'm not so sure. So, I try to weigh up all the factors and not get too sucked in by the hype. To that end, I will post things here I find interesting.

This is a really good read, in my opinion. People just don't realize how 'organized' the system is that milks us like the cows that we are.

I'll start with a few quotes, as everyone knows I love to quote movies, songs, anything.

"So welcome... to the machine." From Welcome to the Machine, by Pink Floyd

"And still some times remember, the masquerade's forever." From Masquerade, by Berlin


http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2012/01/january-3-2012-storm-surge-of.html

And for that tiny handful that 'get' me, what I'm saying, and understand why I say it the way that I do, here's some of the following lines from Masquerade:

And still some times remember
The masquerade's forever

They reached for tomorrow
But tomorrow's more of the same
So they reached for tomorrow
But tomorrow never came

The players try to leave the room
Frantic puppets on a string
And all the while the music sings
And still sometimes remember
The masquerade's forever...

This is a bit of a tough slog, but maybe skim it if you want. The overall concept is really worth grasping.

http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2012/01/january-14-2012-housing-and-oil-dark.html

Very interesting.

http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2012/01/january-16-2012-quo-vadis-britannia.html

I think this is really worth the read.

http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2012/01/report-that-will-blow-up-eurozone.html

I give up. Seriously, I just don't care any more...

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/guest-post-post-2009-northern-western-european-housing-bubble

It all just seems so hopeless. I am reaching, at best, a small handful in here. Maybe if they tell everyone they know... But tyranny always plays out, look at history. It is never, ever 'stopped in its tracks'. It always goes full-term, full brutality, before it is stopped. I wish this time it could be different, but it won't be. Still, I keep trying, keep hoping...

http://www.theospark.net/2012/03/our-cold-civil-war.html

Basic, but fun. We'll, fun if you are a masochist and like getting reamed.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/fast-forward-through-fiats-fantastic-fabrications

I forgot, I do have another hero to go with Ron Paul and David Stockman, and that's Nigel Farage. Here's his latest:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-04-17/farage-unleashed-you-are-common-criminals