Wednesday, November 30, 2011

The big Euro Bank bailout.. why today?


In the previous post, we explain how all the central banks of the world came together to bailout Europe's banks, or at least extend the can-kicking a little further while Germany and France figure how to turn an economic union into a political union, usurping national autonomies and re-writing basic EU tenets to save their precious currency, the euro.

TheStreet.com put it this way, "What’s great for the banks isn’t so good for everyone else, though. Investment strategists already are noting the desperation of the move, adding that flooding the banking system with liquidity doesn’t do anything to solve the real problem of ballooning, unmanageable debt levels."

Ok.  Still, one question needs to be asked-- why today?

Why not do this last week, yesterday or tomorrow?

Perhaps Forbes.com can best explain:  "It appears that a big European bank got close to failure last night.  European banks, especially French banks, rely heavily on funding in the wholesale money markets.  It appears that a major bank was having difficulty funding its immediate liquidity needs. The cavalry was called in and has come to the successful rescue."

And that's how it works- Problems continually ignored and when collapse of some kind is evident, all the major power brokers work frantically behind the scenes to pull a 11:59p solution out of thin air (or their collective arses)

~ Doc, when I die, I donate my heart and brains to the Eurozone; my kidneys & liver specifically to Ireland"

Remember- the US has a national debt of over $15 Trillion dollars and recently 3Q GDP was downdraded to only 2.3% which is just barely above anemic.  Britain declared they will be entering officially a 2nd recession in Jan. 2012, and its finance ministers have ordered up a new bunch of Quantitative Easing to try to stimulate its economy.  Switzerland's currency was so "strong" due to the weakening of the other currencies that it was forced to peg its franc to the euro to purposely weaken it to help Nestle and other Swiss corporations.   Lastly Japan, has been in economic malaise since 1986 and on two separate occasions has had to appeal to the Fed Reserve and European central banks to help it devalue its yen.

And all these pathetic buffoons with economies barely breathing, are uniting to preserve the Rot which is the Euro??

And the worst part of all this.. we the people are completely, utterly powerless to stop it.  That's the influence and force of the Fed.  No Congressperson or Senator to write to.  No protest movement to join.  And if Ben Bernanke was abducted by anal-probe loving space aliens from a distant planet in a far away galaxy, nothing would change on planet Earth- the President would just appoint another Yes Man (or Woman) for the power-elite to control.

Remember when former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn was wrongly arrested and accused of rape?  Two to three weeks later,  another US friendly European head Christine Lagarde takes the helm...Business as usual & not a beat skipped...

 The Fed- it just does as it wishes and the few who understand the economic destruction in its wake can only bellow and moan, or  join the ignorant masses focused on the mundane and the trivial.

These are the choices left to us in 2011

PPMG Pics: The Tastemakers (November)

PPMG hosts The Tastemakers Series
Popular Press Media Group (PPMG) hosted their monthly event series, The Tastemakers, at Faruy'Art 1969 atelier in the heart of the Melrose Design District at 8646 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, on Tuesday, November 30, 2011.

The Tastemakers is a private event series hosted by PPMG to stimulate conversation among an inspired group of trendsetters and chic arbiters from celebrities to filmmakers, artisans to world leaders in the technology, green and political spaces.

About Popular Press Media Group (PPMG):
PPMG is an innovative company providing a unique hybrid of publicity/branding/ marketing to the entertainment, corporate and government sectors. From Golden Globe and Academy Award campaigns, foreign and domestic media drives and sales strategies, and creating leading edge opportunities in collaboration with an impressive list of clients; PPMG is working extensively with corporate and executive clients around the world developing hybrid marketing/branding/public relations/publicity programs that steer individual, corporate, media and government perception.
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PPMG hosted The Tastemakers series attended by Countess Michelle Czernin von Chudenitz, Jae Joseph and Jessica Kill.
Jaqueline Habsburg, Count Ludovico Marenzi, Gregor Habsburg and Countess Kathryn Marenzi.

PPMG hosted The Tastemakers series attended by artist, Anthony Schmidt, guest, and artist / photographer Peter-Brooker.



PPMG hosted The Tastemakers series attended by Giulio Marcocchi.

PPMG hosted The Tastemakers series attended by Helaine and Michael Levinson.


PPMG hosted The Tastemakers series attended by Meagan MacDonald and Jeff Pogue.

PPMG hosted The Tastemakers series attended by Vida Ghaffari, guest, Susan Johnson and Raoul Mongilardi.


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When Investors smile, you shouldn't

Happy Happy.. Joy Joy!.. whoo hoo... Yippee-Dippee-Doo~

Big Big news which made all the soulless Investors so Happy today and cause a 400+ pt market spike:


Stocks Soar After Central Banks Act Globally (AP) -- "Stocks surged on Wednesday as major central banks around the world acted jointly to add liquidity to the global financial system, sparking a rally in risk assets such as equities and commodities"

OK.. let's stop one second to analyze- what does that sentence really say & mean?  It means the major central bank of the US (The Fed which is providing the VAST majority of the funds), Canada (eh~ .. a small amount), Switzerland (an even smaller amount) and Japan (a completely bankrupt nation right now) are taking precious money which should be used on their own populaces since its taxpayer money that is being used, and giving away, um, I mean "lending" to Europe.

And what is this movement doing?  Why its sparking a rally.. yay! --  in Risk assets like commodities causing them to go up n' up.  And what are commodities again?  Oh they're things like oil, corn, wheat, cotton, electricity..  you know- all the non-essentials no one on earth needs to live and survive. Thank goodness the rise in commodity prices don't translate to what we pay in utilities or at the grocery, right?  Whew~

Look how happy those Investors are eating those marbles.. 'nom' 'nom'..

What does Presidential candidate Ron Paul, the only relatively sane person running in the Republican primaries, think about what happened today?

"Rather than calming markets, these arrangements should indicate just how frightened governments around the world are about the European financial crisis.  Central banks are grasping at straws, hoping that flooding the world with money created out of thin air will somehow resolve a crisis caused by uncontrolled government spending and irresponsible debt issuance.  Congress should not permit this type of open-ended commitment on the part of the Fed, a commitment which could easily run into the trillions of dollars.  These dollar swaps are purely inflationary and will harm American consumers as much as any form of quantitative easing."

Paul summarized it pretty well.

You and I are alive now this very moment, to witness and experience first-hand the Ultimate con job played upon humanity by the banking and financial systems of globe.  One that will ultimately destroy hundreds of years of social and economic progress when it all comes crashing, and forcing billions of people worldwide to be in a state of ultimate shock and reversion to base primal survival instincts.

The thing is, most really aren't aware or don't care.  .

Certainly you care or you wouldn't read this blog or other like-minded sites.  But the vast majority of people here and around the globe truly do not have any concern.  They know bad things are occurring, their lives getting more difficult and financial struggles increasing, but they have no clue why, and no curiosity or interest to investigate the 'who' or 'what' is destroying their lives.

I've had this discussion with a few people in my inner circle on this lately- how few people really know who is responsible most for the mess we're in.  They think its Bush or Obama because they're easy, public targets who open themselves to scorn because both, like all other politicians are nothing more than vote panderers.

The real criminals who've wrecked the US economy are men like Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke, and yet ask yourself, do most Americans have the slightest clue who these people are??  On Saturday Night Live, Letterman, Leno, etc.. have you ever heard either man truly attacked or skewed??  No.  Instead of explaining to the public who these evil men are and eviscerating them, instead, the late night jesters save their daggers for sex scandals and Kardashian fodder.

And the masses become increasingly dumber and easier to rule over...

Just as the system wishes it

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

RivalMe College Trivia App Scores Big at Los Angeles & Atlanta Launch


RivalMe, a free mobile app and website, that lets you play college trivia with friends and rivals, launched on Saturday November 26th on www.RivalMe.com.



Los Angeles, CA – November 28, 2011 RivalMe, a free mobile app and website, that lets you play college trivia with friends and rivals, launched on Saturday November 26th on www.RivalMe.com.  Thousands of fans were introduced to RivalMe at their activation events, coinciding with Rivaly Week, in Atlanta and Los Angeles.  With tailgate parties at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the USC vs. UCLA football game and Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia for the Georgia vs. Georgia Tech football game, RivalMe hosted Rivalry Tailgates, with street teams at both sites to start the party and engage in friendly and raucous team rivalry.  RivalMe founder, Dr. Steven Rotter, states “RivalMe is the place where the 99% of the students who did not get to represent their school as an athlete, can compete on the field of knowledge. As we all know, knowledge is power! The question of school rankings will finally be answered!”

Fans at both games were encouraged to step in and show their team spirit in RivalMe photo booths with instant YouTube sharing.  “It was great to interact with the fans at the tailgate parties in Los Angeles and Atlanta” stated Sameer Gupta, Co-Founder, “more than 500 videos of "RivalMe Moments" were uploaded on Saturday for the RivalMe Now $1,000 viral video contest.”  You can view many of them now at www.YouTube.com/RivalMeNow.  Those across the country can join in too, by taking a 30 second clip of their best rivalry moment; from a kiss to an argument to a hand-made sign, and then upload it to www.YouTube.com (and share with win@rivalme.com) for a chance to win $1,000.00 this week, the deadline to enter your video is Friday, December 2nd.

RivalMe is initially targeted to college students, alumni, and other college fans. It has been designed and developed for one singular purpose: To ask better questions. With an artificially intelligent game engine and industry-leading game developers, RivalMe is revolutionizing the world of cognitive gaming.  “We see RivalMe becoming an addictive game that lets people show their friends and enemies just how smart they are” stated Co-Founder David Peck.

Available at RivalMe.com and accessible on iPhone, Android and Tablets, RivalMe is a fun trivia game with questions about colleges, rivalries, sports, history, TV, movies, music, science, art, and more.  The game customizes trivia to your interests and personal profile. With its intelligent backbone, RivalMe learns what questions you like, and gets rid of things you hate.  The more you play, the more you win.  Answer 100 questions and get a free drink.  Answer 2,500 questions and get a free flight.

RivalMe is poised to become the world’s leader in intellectual gaming.  With innovative, fun approaches to traditional game formats like multiple-choice trivia, RivalMe lets its users win prizes, play with friends, compete with rival, power up school pride and learn while having fun.

For the latest news, photos and activities of RivalMe, please visit the following:
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Official Website: http://www.RivalMe.com

About RivalMe:
Founded by Dr. Steve Rotter, Sameer Gupta, David Peck and Andrew Bishop, RivalMe is a comprehensive, nationwide, gaming platform for college students and alumni, to earn the same kind of glory for their school that the NCAA athletes receive, while competing for cash prizes and scholarship funds.  Built with an AI (artificial intelligence) backbone, RivalMe intuitively learns the players’ tastes and challenges them according to their likes and level of play.  RivalMe LLC is based in Los Angeles, CA, with offices in Washington, DC and Atlanta, GA.  For more info visit http://www.RivalMe.com

About Popular press Media Group (PPMG):
PPMG is an innovative company providing a unique hybrid of publicity/branding/marketing to the entertainment, corporate and government sectors. From Golden Globe and Academy Award campaigns, foreign and domestic media drives and sales strategies, and creating leading edge opportunities in collaboration with an impressive list of clients; PPMG is working extensively with corporate and executive clients around the world developing hybrid marketing/branding/public relations/publicity programs that steer individual, corporate, media and government perception. http://www.PPMG.info/; @PPMGinfo


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Royalty Magazine (Netherlands) Exclusive Interview with Princess Theodora on the set of The Bold & The Beautiful




My favorite pics with Margaret . . .


Goodnight my sweet blog readers  I'm reading fashion blogs of the world every day.... And following all of them...One of them it's fashion blog of  Margaret from Poland...She is very beautiful and her pictures are very professional...and sweet...
Now I want to share with you some of them..that I like......Look and Enjoy...dear Stylebookers :)
Bye
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Black Friday black lies

There's been a lot of Happy Happy! Joy Joy! optimism and excitement by those horrid, lying little monsters known to all as the print and visual media over the success of Black Friday.  Without taking anytime to research the validity of the statistics which come from retail trade groups, they proudly bluster "Black Friday sales up 7% over 2010" (USA Today) and "Black Friday weekend: Record $52.4 billion spent" (CNN/Money)

There is of course a method to the madness; in plain speak-- an agenda.  The more optimistic you feel about the US economy (even if that hopefulness that things are getting better is complete bunk) the more it will psychologically trigger you to spend more (and charge more onto your credit cards), which helps corporations increase their profits... which encourages more advertising spending... which benefits the print and visual media... which allows the talking meatsticks on your local newscasts to continue receiving six-figure paychecks to continue false-smiling into the camera and telling you how bustling the holiday shopping season is.

It's called a symbiotic relationship or "I scratch your back & you scratch mine"

Here's how to think of Black Friday: let's say a new movie comes out that the viewing public is wanting to see.  Opening weekend box-office numbers are strong- they break records.  Yay!  But, most of the people who were going to see the film, did so in the first weekend and are not returning.  So the following weekend, the film's box office drops by 85% and is a distant memory by week 3, already pulled from the movie theater.

Remember, the advertising and media perception is this will be a continual top-grossing film based on what?  Nods...  Based on just opening weekend- nothing more.

Well basically, Black Friday is no different; your shopping nest egg or 'canteen' mostly spent up within 1 day and that's basically the end of the retail 'boost'; an artificially created frenzy to get people to spend money they don't have on things they don't need.

Forbes Magazine explains the Black Friday statistical distortions best:  "Surveys done by America’s Research Group, a tracker of shopper behavior, found that 76% of customers said they didn’t expect to find any better deals after the Black Friday door busters... 12.6% of store goers report they’ve already finished all their Christmas shopping , the highest percentage since 2004..."

"Separately, 68% said they’d completed “most” of their shopping by Friday, up from 61.4% a year ago. In other words, the big opening splash retailers created through huge, well-publicized Black Friday deals may have simply shifted spending to the front of the weekend, not increased it."

Its really no different than when the government set up those ridiculous rebates such as 'Cash for Clunkers" and First time Homeowner rebates to try to stimulate the economy without actually directly having to help those with the most need.  And they were both trumpeted as huge successes with the time frames extended to meet demand.

But what happened afterward?  Statistics showed a dramatic drop off in car and home purchases.  Why?  Because all the rebates did was encourage all those considering purchase of an auto or home over a 6 month period to do so within a limited window of time, drawing away sales from future months.

Here's more from Forbes:  "Another data tracking firm, Port Washington, N.Y.-based NPD Group, notes that more than half (56%) of consumers that shopped Thursday night or Friday said they had no plans to shop the rest of the weekend. NPD’s statement from chief analyst Marshal Cohen: “Black Friday may have come in with a roar, but it’s going out with a whimper.” "

Hmmm, I didn't hear my local newscaster say anything like That?!

Gee...

The lesson to take from Black Friday?  Tell us Forbes:  "Black Friday did great because the deals were great. Just don’t use it to forecast the next four weeks."

How amazing.. I happen to agree.

Monday, November 28, 2011

Popular Press Media Group (PPMG) hosts The Tastemakers at Faruy'Art 1969

PPMG hosts The Tastemakers at Faruy'Art 1969. A private event series to stimulate conversation among an inspired group of tastemakers from celebrities to filmmakers, artisans to world leaders in the technology, green and political space.

Popular Press Media Group (PPMG) will host their monthly event series, The Tastemakers, at Faruy'Art 1969 atelier in the heart of the Melrose Design District at 8646 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, on Tuesday, November 30, 2011.

The Tastemakers is a private event series to stimulate conversation among an inspired group of trendsetters and chic arbiters from celebrities to filmmakers, artisans to world leaders in the technology, green and political spaces.

About David Faruya, Faruy'Art 1969
After 17 years of expertise in creating and finishing furniture for several high-end furniture companies, David Faruya decided to fulfill his own artistic destiny and use his talents to create his own works of designer furniture art. After successfully launching his own design line, Faruy’Art 1969, in the South of France, he is now fulfilling a lifelong dream by bringing his unique style and vision to the heart of the Melrose Design District in Los Angeles, with a new showroom at 8646 Melrose Ave. opening in November 2011.

David Faruya describes his work as “furniture jewelry made of dreams and heat.” This young designer is inspired by a fresh and bright palette to create a universe of laughter and dazzling flamboyance. With his over-the-top designs, he turns the stark lines and austere monochromes of modern design on its head, while at the same time drawing admiration for the quality craftsmanship and classic lines at the heart of all his pieces.

Metal, lacquer, and rhinestones give this world of furniture such an impact that no one experiencing it can be left indifferent.  Each creation is an original and unique, and signed by the hand of the artist. All pieces sold in the U.S. will have been created in and imported from the Faruy’Art atelier in the South of France.

About Popular Press Media Group (PPMG):
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marketing to the entertainment, corporate and government sectors. From Golden Globe and Academy Award campaigns, foreign and domestic media drives and sales strategies, and creating leading edge opportunities in collaboration with an impressive list of clients; PPMG is working extensively with corporate and executive clients around the world developing hybrid marketing/branding/public relations/publicity programs that steer individual, corporate, media and government perception.
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Theodora van Griekenland in "The Bold and The Beautiful"

Het zijn moeilijke tijden voor royals. Veel koningshuizen krijgen te maken met bezuinigingen. Maar dat ze van baan veranderen, horen we niet vaak, en al helemaal niet dat een prinses besluit om secretaresse te worden. Het gebeurt toch, ook al is het in een soap en is de prinses al langer bekend als actrice. Theodora, prinses van Griekenland en Denemarken, maakt in december haar debuut op de Amerikaanse buis als soapactrice in The Bold and the Beautiful. Ze zal daarin de rol vertolken van Alison, de secretaresse van Bill Spencer. Theodora speelt ook een rol in de serie The Big Valley, een nieuwe versie van een klassieke TV Western.

Prinses Theodora (28) is de jongste dochter van de voormalige koning en koningin van Griekenland, Constantine en Anne-Marie. Ze werd in Londen geboren en studeerde theater in de VS aan de Brown University. Tegenwoordig woont ze in Los Angeles. In 2008 werd ze door Forbes uitgeroepen tot een van de tien meest aantrekkelijke royals ter wereld.

Google Translate:
These are difficult times for the royals. Many royal families have to deal with cuts. But they change jobs, we do not hear often, and certainly not a princess decides to be a secretary. It happens anyway, even if it is a soap opera and the princess has been known as an actress. Theodora, Princess of Greece and Denmark, in December, makes her debut on the American soap opera actress tube as in The Bold and the Beautiful. She will perform the role of Alison in it, the secretary of Bill Spencer. Theodora also plays a role in the series The Big Valley, a new version of a classic TV Western.

Princess Theodora (28) is the youngest daughter of the former king and queen of Greece, Constantine and Anne-Marie. She was born in London and studied theater at Brown University, USA. Today she lives in Los Angeles. In 2008 she was named by Forbes as one of the ten most attractive royals in the world.


http://www.royalty-online.nl/entry/1010/prinses-wordt-secretaresse-1

Things always end up worse than you think..

OK.. its 4:30p and everyone in the financial media is happy as syphilitic monkeys that the market spiked 294pts to close at 11,523. Of course this based on absolutely nothing but a bunch of soulless, vile cockroach investors who got tired of seeing the market drop n' drop on Real news and felt today was a good buying opportunity.

Always Buy on the Dip..  the Global Investor motto...

But let's look beyond this insignificant market move to the real news of the day.  Actually there were two pieces of important news that might have been missed amid the clutter of how wonderful Black Friday sales were and Department Store winners/losers.

The first is that the American-owned & controlled IMF is expected to bail Italy out for just about $800 Billion US dollars, 17.7% of which comes from the American taxpayer who will get absolutely Nothing of benefit in return for that money...

http://ants-and-grasshoppers.blogspot.com/2011/11/whats-few-billion-dollars-among-friends.html

And here's the second important piece of news:  It seems that deeply treasonous bastard, Fed Chair Ben Bernanke was secretly bailing out banks to the cost of Trillions of dollars which was never disclosed until only recently because Bloomberg sued the Fed to disclose this information and won in court...

"The Federal Reserve and the big banks fought for more than two years to keep details of the largest bailout in U.S. history a secret. Now, the rest of the world can see what it was missing.  The Fed didn’t tell anyone which banks were in trouble so deep they required a combined $1.2 trillion on Dec. 5, 2008, their single neediest day. Bankers didn’t mention that they took tens of billions of dollars in emergency loans at the same time they were assuring investors their firms were healthy. And no one calculated until now that banks reaped an estimated $13 billion of income by taking advantage of the Fed’s below-market rates...

"Add up guarantees and lending limits, and the Fed had committed $7.77 trillion as of March 2009 to rescuing the financial system, more than half the value of everything produced in the U.S. that year...  Bankers didn’t disclose the extent of their borrowing. On Nov. 26, 2008, then-Bank of America (BAC) Corp. Chief Executive Officer Kenneth D. Lewis wrote to shareholders that he headed “one of the strongest and most stable major banks in the world.” He didn’t say that his Charlotte, North Carolina-based firm owed the central bank $86 billion that day...

"The six biggest U.S. banks, which received $160 billion of TARP funds, borrowed as much as $460 billion from the Fed.  (Add the two figures-- that's $620 Billion)...  Judd Gregg, a former New Hampshire senator who was a lead Republican negotiator on TARP, and Barney Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat who chaired the House Financial Services Committee, both say they were kept in the dark. “We didn’t know the specifics,” says Gregg, who’s now an adviser to Goldman Sachs. "

~ Funny how Goldman Sachs scum enter political life and politicians enter Goldman..  like a revolving door, but that's been addressed often enough here.

Full Bloomberg article found here:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-28/secret-fed-loans-undisclosed-to-congress-gave-banks-13-billion-in-income.html

Here's the truth as plain as one can write or verbalize it.   The US Govt is corrupt to the core.  Put aside the left-right political bullshit that always springs up.. That is a charade.  In a crisis, any true checks and balances is put aside for the supposed 'good of the nation' and whoever has power will do whatever he or she wishes, and if questioned later, will say it was done out of necessity.


Fed Chair Ben Bernanke is a criminal...  Period.  Sentence.. Paragraph.

In the grand scheme of financial corruption and ponzi, Bernie Madoff's was the equivalent of a jaywalker  in comparison.  Bernanke's actions; his dogged determination to save the global banking system at all costs has cost everyday people trillions of dollars, loss of home, loss of job, triggered riots and revolution throughout Northern Africa due to QE encouraging speculation in commodities like corn and wheat prices.

Bernanke's actions in concert with the other financial heads of state around the world have caused the global economy to be far worse today than 2008, in spite of media statements to the contrary.  And you can spend your time bitching about the Democrats or the Republicans or Tea Party or Occupy Movement.. or this or that.. but the True Evil which infects this nation and is causing its demise doesn't acquire power through popular election and the Fed, unlike a political party does not concern itself with how its policy affects the populace.

If you are "mad as hell", venting is good and healthy but its good to know who specifically to aim the vitriol and anger at...