American, European Stocks Rebound After China Cuts Interest Rates Again

The Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite finished the day down, but apparently the rest of the world likes the Chinese plan to cut interest rates to spur their country's lackluster 7% growth. (! -- well, they're used to even higher rates, and some people think that number is inflated.)

Chinee stocks, however, kept falling.

Global markets rallied higher after the Chinese central bank announced plans to cut its one-year lending rate to 4.6 percent, a move the People's Bank of China said would provide long-term liquidity and help support the economy. The move came after China’s benchmark Shanghai composite index slid further Tuesday, losing 7.6 percent to close below the psychological 3,000 mark.
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The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, traded near 31 Tuesday after as much as 90 percent on Monday, its highest level since 2009. The New York Stock Exchange invoked Rule 48 for the second day in a row Tuesday to pre-empt panic selling, Dow Jones reported.

So I'm sure everything's okay now.

Posted by: Ace at 11:36 AM

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1 Still going off the cliff, just the run-out will take a little bit longer and the disaster will be more spectacular.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2015 11:37 AM (gPuuk)

2 Chinee stocks, however, kept falling.

Chinee? Rayciss!!!!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 25, 2015 11:37 AM (PMGbu)

3 TRANS POWER!!!

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at August 25, 2015 11:39 AM (E5UB0)

4 American, European Stocks Rebound After China Cuts Interest Rates Again

Because if there one thing China needs is more delinquent loans.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 25, 2015 11:39 AM (Ck8hC)

5 Yo!

Posted by: Yo! at August 25, 2015 11:39 AM (W6iIX)

6 I'm going to stay on the sidelines for the next few months.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at August 25, 2015 11:39 AM (evdj2)

7 Heathen Chinee stocks?

Posted by: hogmartin at August 25, 2015 11:39 AM (BVSyW)

8 Beware the dead cat bounce.

If you have access to heroin you may want to stock up.

Posted by: Kreplach at August 25, 2015 11:39 AM (eDW1j)

9 Sure are a lot of Capitalists in Communist China.

Posted by: Positive Waves at August 25, 2015 11:40 AM (MQEz6)

10 So, Wile E. just hasn't looked down yet? I like it.

Incidentally, in the shadow of the puddles of gore yesterday, Warner Bros signed a yuuge contract to make their movies in China.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 25, 2015 11:40 AM (xq1UY)

11 Happy days are here again!

Posted by: The Great White Snark at August 25, 2015 11:40 AM (fFIVI)

12 Don't these people ever give up?

Posted by: Sgt. Major Kilgore at August 25, 2015 11:41 AM (ZY81i)

13 Darn it. I missed the purty picture.

'Sunrise' over Yosemite.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2015 11:41 AM (9mTYi)

14 Recovery Fall or something....

Posted by: donna at August 25, 2015 11:41 AM (hUdMz)

15 Incidentally, in the shadow of the puddles of gore yesterday, Warner Bros signed a yuuge contract to make their movies in China.

Well they have several nice empty cities just sitting there, may as well put 'em to good use somehow...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 25, 2015 11:41 AM (9krrF)

16 Well sure, there are plenty of suckers who think governemnt/central bank action is helpful to the economy.

Let them lose their shirts.

Posted by: Methos at August 25, 2015 11:41 AM (ZbV+0)

17 Now that the stock market is fantastic again, I guess the government can start figuring out how to pay those $90 Trillion to $200 Trillion in promises (Unfunded Liabilities) that various politicians kept promising to get elected.

Promises that will never be kept...like a promise of a guy to call a one night pump and dump....or Barky's promise to not do anything in our mouths. Except many people designed their lives around those promises.

No one ever talks about that.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at August 25, 2015 11:41 AM (AC0lD)

18 Because if there one thing China needs is more delinquent loans.

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They fvcked up. They trusted us.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at August 25, 2015 11:42 AM (fFIVI)

19 Isn't Rule 48, "Don't cross the beams!"?

Posted by: Roy at August 25, 2015 11:42 AM (VndSC)

20 God damn chinese! They're gonna come over here and take the jobs from the good Mexicans!

Posted by: Jeb Bush at August 25, 2015 11:42 AM (ph/F7)

21 Hey. A comment just got deleted. WTH?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 25, 2015 11:42 AM (xq1UY)

22 Well moo moo assures us he's making oodles of money in this burgeoning economy, so all must be well.

And no, I don't think a fascist government like China would manipulate its interest rates to serve its purposes, at the expense of individual investors. Why would anyone think that???

Posted by: BurtTC at August 25, 2015 11:42 AM (TOk1P)

23 Modern Chinese secret. Some hot shot.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 25, 2015 11:43 AM (W5DcG)

24 I'm a true Republican

Posted by: Thad Cochran at August 25, 2015 11:43 AM (W6iIX)

25 And no, I don't think a fascist government like China would manipulate its interest rates to serve its purposes, at the expense of individual investors. Why would anyone think that???

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: Federal Reserve at August 25, 2015 11:43 AM (evdj2)

26 9
Sure are a lot of Capitalists in Communist China.

Posted by: Positive Waves at August 25, 2015 11:40 AM (MQEz6)

More gamblers I'd think. When I dealt blackjack, for some reason I was surprised at how much asians liked to gamble.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at August 25, 2015 11:43 AM (AC0lD)

27 If you want to have some fun, start a rumor that all EBT cards will shut off if the Chinese stock market drops below a set point.

Posted by: Roy at August 25, 2015 11:44 AM (VndSC)

28 Look, the Chinese are the world's most inveterate gamblers. Even middle-class (which means you own a moped and have a state apartment) Chinese went big into the stock markets when the government opened them up.

There is a great element of personal fear among the Chinese leadership, they've pulled the lid off Pandora's box and there's a substantial likelihood of physical violence if too many people get hurt too much.

Posted by: JEM at August 25, 2015 11:44 AM (o+SC1)

29 The Ides of March are come.

Aye, but not gone.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at August 25, 2015 11:44 AM (fFIVI)

30 In before the Bovine Bloviator comes in edjakate us rubes.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at August 25, 2015 11:44 AM (Uqhq4)

31 Incidentally, in the shadow of the puddles of gore yesterday, Warner Bros signed a yuuge contract to make their movies in China.>>>

Will there be subtitles or do we have to learn Chinese?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at August 25, 2015 11:44 AM (XtAzU)

32 Ever wonder why the People's Bank of China is named that when the bank has nothing to do with the "people" of China?

Ever wonder why people like George Soros, Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi claim to care about the "people" all the while raking in the big bucks during this crappy economy?

Ever wonder what type of new hell will be unleashed when the "People of China" decide to do away with their gangster commie government?

Posted by: Zombie Andy Rooney at August 25, 2015 11:44 AM (D0NZx)

33
So I'm sure everything's okay now.

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What difference, at this point, does it make?!/1//1!?!?!1!?!/!!??

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 25, 2015 11:45 AM (HSmrB)

34 Barack Obama is a SCOAMT.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at August 25, 2015 11:45 AM (kff5f)

35 Burn it down.
Scatter the stones.
Salt the earth where it stood.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at August 25, 2015 11:45 AM (kff5f)

36 Another bubble to pop. When will they learn?

Ah. Of course. When the first nuke goes off in Tel Aviv.

Posted by: S at August 25, 2015 11:45 AM (HCXGq)

37 Sure are a lot of Capitalists in Communist China.

Posted by: Positive Waves at August 25, 2015 11:40 AM (MQEz6)

That is funny, isn't it? It would be nice to know what Downfall Hitler has to say about that.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 25, 2015 11:46 AM (TOk1P)

38 stay away from rule 49

Posted by: Sum Ting Wong at August 25, 2015 11:46 AM (W6iIX)

39 I am sure Michael Bay could blow up one of those empty cities easily. Oh wait, didn't he already do that in a Transformers movie?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2015 11:47 AM (gPuuk)

40 I predicted exactly this earlier- happy days are here again, nothing to worry about, hey these things happen, yadda, yadda.

What, that 3-month slide losing ~2000 points from the DOW? Pffft. Who cares?

Yes, Morons and Ettes, we're 3 months into a negative market.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at August 25, 2015 11:47 AM (kff5f)

41 Who will star in the porn version of "Chinese Stock Market"?

Posted by: Positive Waves at August 25, 2015 11:47 AM (MQEz6)

42 Will there be subtitles or do we have to learn Chinese?
Posted by: Buzzsaw

Not long ago "experts" were saying we needed to learn Chinese because they were going to take over the world. These same experts said the same about Japan thirty years ago.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 25, 2015 11:47 AM (W5DcG)

43 Moo Moo is heavily invested in a Chinee baby formula company. Billions! But he's killing off his clientele.

Posted by: Dave, exiled in RI at August 25, 2015 11:47 AM (ISvft)

44 4.6%? Must be nice.

Posted by: Chupacabras at August 25, 2015 11:47 AM (5npD/)

45 They should take in millions and millions of migrant workers to save their economy
Or that's what the gop says to do

Posted by: Ncj at August 25, 2015 11:48 AM (ZZmY3)

46 We have always been at war with Eastasia.

Posted by: some random meathead at August 25, 2015 11:48 AM (gbIds)

47 China's economic problems are political as much as they are economic. The communist party has dusted off it's heavy totalitarian hand and has been bashing small businesses (and big ones) over the head to get them to rejoin the commie stork dance.

People may fear the commies in China, but they don't respect them.

And thank heavens that the commies are in control in China, or we'd already be making THEIR iPhones.

Posted by: Semper In Stercus at August 25, 2015 11:48 AM (BZAd3)

48 More gamblers I'd think. When I dealt blackjack, for some reason I was surprised at how much asians liked to gamble.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at August 25, 2015 11:43 AM (AC0lD)

Gambling addiction: For cultures that frown on booze.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 25, 2015 11:48 AM (TOk1P)

49 The Great Wall of China is 90% peasant corpses. It'll take a lot more than this to get them riled up.

Posted by: Chupacabras at August 25, 2015 11:48 AM (5npD/)

50 @26 - oh yeah. Macao.

Once worked with a guy (ABC - American-born Chinese, culturally pretty much a banana), senior software engineer, brilliant mind for details if not so good at higher-level architecture - who flew off to Vegas every weekend.

Overall he made money, he was very good, but also quite impulsive - he'd lose a couple hundred grand one weekend and show up in a new S-class a couple weeks later.

Posted by: JEM at August 25, 2015 11:49 AM (o+SC1)

51 So I'm sure everything's okay now.-ace

Seriously Dude, what could go wrong with Ba-Rock Obama and Janet Yellin in the White House? I mean they are Mental Financial Giants after all. Aren't they??

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Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 25, 2015 11:49 AM (n6Nt0)

52 Who will star in the porn version of "Chinese Stock Market"?

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BOHICA! Everybody Gets It In the End

Posted by: The Great White Snark at August 25, 2015 11:49 AM (fFIVI)

53 46 We have always been at war with Eastasia.
Posted by: some random meathead at August 25, 2015 11:48 AM (gbIds

Better them than Peruvia

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 25, 2015 11:50 AM (n6Nt0)

54 The Pr0n version? Probably that Wi-Fi honey-pot from yesterday.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2015 11:50 AM (gPuuk)

55 It will take a few weeks for a lot of the PRC investors to liquidate their overseas properties to secure their margin calls. Then another few weeks for everyone who is selling to be executed.

Posted by: Daybrother at August 25, 2015 11:50 AM (jStVr)

56 Well, we should put it all in a lockbox.

That would fix it.

Posted by: Al Gore, the once and future something or other at August 25, 2015 11:51 AM (RFeQD)

57 Oh. That's why gold is down about $9 the last time I checked. I thought it would be going back up, or back up faster to be more accurate, and it wasn't.

Posted by: andycanuck at August 25, 2015 11:51 AM (pgzyN)

58 Will there be subtitles or do we have to learn Chinese?
Posted by: Buzzsaw

Not long ago "experts" were saying we needed to learn Chinese because they were going to take over the world. These same experts said the same about Japan thirty years ago.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 25, 2015 11:47 AM (W5DcG)

Yup...I remember dumb ass "consultants" going around giving seminars on how to work more like the "Japanee" in the 80's. Screw them and China just stay out of the way when the blood shed starts.

Posted by: Zombie Andy Rooney at August 25, 2015 11:51 AM (D0NZx)

59 Lois Lerner had a email account under an alias, >shocker right there<

Posted by: Yo! at August 25, 2015 11:51 AM (W6iIX)

60 The first thing to remember about the stock market is that its filled with stupid panicky sheep. Stupid, stupid people who are mindless followers.

The slightest thing scares them into a stampede, but once calm they follow a few strong leaders without thinking.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 25, 2015 11:52 AM (39g3+)

61
I thought Rule 48 was about not wearing pants. Maybe it is. That would change the panic to something else.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 25, 2015 11:52 AM (ODxAs)

62 Remember way back in the spring when the Russians and the Chicoms were meeting and discussing plans to replace the US dollar as the standard for world currency?

Posted by: some random meathead at August 25, 2015 11:52 AM (gbIds)

63 Looks like we're all set. No need to thank me...

Posted by: Emperor Clusterfuck I at August 25, 2015 11:52 AM (EDYaR)

64 Sure are a lot of Capitalists in Communist China.

Posted by: Positive Waves

Yes, as a matter of fact, that's probably true. More than in the United States, just because they have 5 times the population.
Forget about the Chinese Central Government and the Communist Party.

They are riding the dragon and think they are in control. The country, the economy, and everything that goes on there is just too much for the central government to have as much control as they think they do.

Posted by: Al Gore, the once and future something or other at August 25, 2015 11:53 AM (RFeQD)

65 Fortunately the bond market is doing gangbusters.

Posted by: Chupacabras at August 25, 2015 11:53 AM (5npD/)

66 So, where's Moo Moo to crow about the great economy?

Posted by: donna at August 25, 2015 11:53 AM (hUdMz)

67 Christopher Taylor, not to add pressure; but we got someone else after our royalty cheques.

Logprof has published.

http://astore.amazon.com/aoshq-20/detail/B014EKK5CO

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2015 11:53 AM (gPuuk)

68 >>China's economic problems are political as much as they are economic.

They are all political. The mandarins in China have been trying to mollify the horde with the patina of economic freedom but there really is very little in China.

Invest in defense contractors.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 25, 2015 11:54 AM (OGm46)

69
Moo Moo enters blog to bellow "you stupid stupid stupid people and your panicky ways" in 5... 4... 3... 2...

Posted by: fixerupper at August 25, 2015 11:54 AM (8XRCm)

70 @62 - it's all a plot to make the Chinese sell us those airbase islands they're building.

I have to admit - if you believe you have time and infinite resources, filling in the ocean is a pretty good way to extend your territorial claims.

Posted by: JEM at August 25, 2015 11:54 AM (o+SC1)

71 If you guys keep picking on Moo Moo you're going to make MAx cry on the ONT again.

Posted by: buzzion at August 25, 2015 11:54 AM (zt+N6)

72 And that would make more sense if Al Gore wasn't saying it.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative...not Spartacus at August 25, 2015 11:54 AM (RFeQD)

73 So, where's Moo Moo to crow about the great economy?

Posted by: donna at August 25, 2015 11:53 AM (hUdMz)

He's along the side of the road, looking for bottles and cans to recycle, so he can put more minutes on his Cricket phone.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 25, 2015 11:55 AM (TOk1P)

74 Nah,Nah, I told you so!

The Great and Powerful Moo Moo...

Posted by: donna at August 25, 2015 11:55 AM (hUdMz)

75 Let us sing a song of cheer again
Happy days are here again

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 25, 2015 11:55 AM (oZr5y)

76 If you guys keep picking on Moo Moo you're going to make MAx cry on the ONT again.

Thanks for the encouragement.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at August 25, 2015 11:55 AM (kff5f)

77 66 So, where's Moo Moo to crow about the great economy?
Posted by: donna at August 25, 2015 11:53 AM (hUdM

He's getting his spiel about higher gas taxes are a good thing in order. Then he will tell us all not to worry and pay higher taxes. And that he is an MBA who finished at the bottom of his class and sucks donkey dick. Or is it goat dick?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 25, 2015 11:55 AM (n6Nt0)

78 Yay! Congo rats for Logprof and I hope he sells a billion books. There's no such thing as competition in writing any more, unless someone somehow writes the same book as you. I don't have to fight for shelf space on Amazon and ABE books. The shelf extends forever.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 25, 2015 11:55 AM (39g3+)

79 buzzion, party on Garth!

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2015 11:56 AM (gPuuk)

80 55
It will take a few weeks for a lot of the PRC investors to liquidate
their overseas properties to secure their margin calls. Then another few
weeks for everyone who is selling to be executed.

Posted by: Daybrother

And another week to annex Taiwan.

Posted by: some random meathead at August 25, 2015 11:56 AM (gbIds)

81 A U.S. federal appeals court ruled in favor of the NCAA, NFL and other major sports leagues Tuesday, denying New Jerseys latest bid to bring legalized sports betting to the states struggling casinos and racetracks.

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia denied New Jerseys appeal by a 2-1 majority decision, ruling that the state's efforts violate the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992.

So for the time being anyone not interested in putting their money in the Stock Market will have to continue to invest with their local Bookie Vinnie

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 25, 2015 11:56 AM (gf8BH)

82 Good thing America never did anything crazy with currency, like all the QE and ZIRP for years. oh ... well, it's OK because we are the police for the world?

We made the banks strong and screwed grandma, and there is a ton of distortion in markets because of easy money. It might be traced back to voodoo economics. Reagan said he was sorry about leaving debt iirc, and Greenspan kept enabling excesses. Of course we could go back 100 years to "commie" influence and the federal reserve being thrust upon us with Obama style brinkmanship. It was passed Dec 23rd 1913 with many members home already.

KT McFarland on Red Eye said China fears rebellion by their own, and blacks out news of their problems. She thinks we should help get the info in, a sort of support for their version of Iran's green rebellion (which Obama ignored).

There are many moving parts, but Trump is right in that we need to be tougher on trade deals. His big talk goes over the top on China and immigration, but it makes for a dialogue at least.

Posted by: Illiniwek at August 25, 2015 11:56 AM (6zZ5y)

83 76 If you guys keep picking on Moo Moo you're going to make MAx cry on the ONT again.
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What happened? Did I pass out too early, again?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 25, 2015 11:56 AM (n6Nt0)

84 Burn it down.
Scatter the stones.
Salt the earth where it stood.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at August 25, 2015 11:45 AM (kff5f)

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We're working on it, infidel.

Posted by: Iranian Mullahs at August 25, 2015 11:56 AM (8XRCm)

85 It used to be a truism about the gold market, used by gold-bugs and gold-haters alike, that China was a bottomless pit of gold demand. I have not heard it mentioned just lately, and that could be that the Chinese are buying various financial instruments instead. Used to be, though, that no matter how poor a Chinese fanily might appear to be to Western eyes, they'd have a cache of gold in some form, and would like more.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 25, 2015 11:56 AM (xq1UY)

86 Not by the hair of my Chinee Chin Chin!

Posted by: That's Not Pork at August 25, 2015 11:56 AM (nCKKS)

87 "NO! NO! NO! You people have it all wrong. The solution to China's problems is to have China's Commie Overlords require the nation's builders to create 100 more enormous empty concrete and steel cities!!!"

Posted by: Sharkman, Channeling Thomas Friedman at August 25, 2015 11:56 AM (72D6h)

88 Though the Chinese do have a lot of disaffected young men. Civilization usually corrects an imbalance with blood.

Posted by: Chupacabras at August 25, 2015 11:56 AM (XiVKO)

89 >>>spur their country's lackluster 7% growth.

Are we still in the negative region? Obama is such a turd.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at August 25, 2015 11:57 AM (E5UB0)

90 Bookie Vinne or buy lottery tickets.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2015 11:57 AM (gPuuk)

91 So, where's Moo Moo to crow about the great economy?

Moo Moo was only talking about his personal economy. And his personal economy is AWESOME.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 25, 2015 11:57 AM (oZr5y)

92 I recall a moment in 'God Bless You Mr. Rosewater':

"In every big transaction," said Leech, "there is a magic moment during which a man has surrendered a treasure, and during which the man who is due to receive it has not yet done so. An alert lawyer will make that moment his own, possessing the treasure for a magic microsecond, taking a little of it, passing it on. "

The same might be said of brokers.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2015 11:57 AM (9mTYi)

93 Remember way back in the spring when the Russians
and the Chicoms were meeting and discussing plans to replace the US
dollar as the standard for world currency?

Posted by: some random meathead

You mean that economic wizard Vladimir Putin, who is going to bankrupt his own country?
Yeah, we should all be pretty worried about THAT.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative...not Spartacus at August 25, 2015 11:57 AM (RFeQD)

94 @64 - The Chinese leadership KNOWS they're dancing on a knife-point. They KNOW they've been selling their leadership on 'you will have more opportunities if you just shut up and do what we say' and they KNOW they have to deliver enough visible success to a large enough body of people to stay in power.

Posted by: JEM at August 25, 2015 11:57 AM (o+SC1)

95 32: "Ever wonder what type of new hell will be unleashed when the "People of China" decide to do away with their gangster commie government?"

I believe the tanks in Tiananmen Square were a preview.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at August 25, 2015 11:57 AM (UPYPp)

96 >>>Though the Chinese do have a lot of disaffected young men.

Let them eat cats.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at August 25, 2015 11:57 AM (E5UB0)

97 Party on, Gort!

Posted by: Klaatu at August 25, 2015 11:58 AM (evdj2)

98 If you guys keep picking on Moo Moo you're going to make MAx cry on the ONT again.

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Challenge status: ACCEPTED

Posted by: fixerupper at August 25, 2015 11:58 AM (8XRCm)

99 >>Though the Chinese do have a lot of disaffected young men. Civilization usually corrects an imbalance with blood.

Thus my advice to invest in defense contractors.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 25, 2015 11:58 AM (OGm46)

100 You bounce dead cat. We eat him in fried lice!

Posted by: Chinee Bankers at August 25, 2015 11:58 AM (nCKKS)

101 30 million unmarried Chinese men with blue-balls, AK-47s, and tanks.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2015 11:58 AM (gPuuk)

102 The same might be said of brokers.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2015 11:57 AM (9mTYi

or of pimps

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 25, 2015 11:59 AM (n6Nt0)

103 @96 It's not what they eat that's off-putting. It's...something else.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 25, 2015 11:59 AM (xq1UY)

104
I think they stopped executing people in china for embezzlement and some fraud. A lot of owners of companies did get whacked but they did things like dilute antibiotics and baby formula which caused severe injury and death. So, they desevered it. Not sure what they think was going to happen when people died and it was traced back to their knowingly contaminating their products.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 25, 2015 11:59 AM (iQIUe)

105 A U.S. federal appeals court ruled in favor of the
NCAA, NFL and other major sports leagues Tuesday, denying New Jerseys
latest bid to bring legalized sports betting to the states struggling
casinos and racetracks.

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia denied New
Jerseys appeal by a 2-1 majority decision, ruling that the state's
efforts violate the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of
1992.

So for the time being anyone not interested in putting their money
in the Stock Market will have to continue to invest with their local
Bookie Vinnie

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 25, 2015 11:56 AM (gf8BH)

Well that's good. Gambling has no business mingling with our pure and pristine sporting events.

Posted by: Draftkings and Fanduel, sponsors of NFL and MLB Networks at August 25, 2015 11:59 AM (TOk1P)

106 f you guys keep picking on Moo Moo you're going to make MAx cry on the ONT again.

OK I missed that one? What does that mean?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 25, 2015 11:59 AM (gf8BH)

107 Don't get tricked by the Moo Moo socks like me....

Posted by: Draki at August 25, 2015 11:59 AM (v7hxt)

108 I would like to thank my colleagues in the European Union and People's Republic of China for doing everything possible to postpone the next global recession until at least 2017.

Posted by: BHO at August 25, 2015 11:59 AM (FohCt)

109 Used to be, though, that no matter how poor a Chinese fanily might appear to be to Western eyes, they'd have a cache of gold in some form, and would like more.
Posted by: Stringer
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I found it to be not unusual for Europeans who experienced WWII to invest in 'portable' hard items of value. Mostly gold and silver jewelry.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2015 12:00 PM (9mTYi)

110 I'm telling you this is a dead cat bounce.

Without true austerity, balanced budgets and paying down the debt all they can do is manufacture an economy using bubbles to mask the fact that it's all built on quicksand.

The market has been sliding for months.

They have run out of tricks.

It's going to get ugly real fast.

Posted by: Kreplach at August 25, 2015 12:00 PM (eDW1j)

111 101 30 million unmarried Chinese men with blue-balls, AK-47s, and tanks.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2015 11:58 AM (gPuuk

Yeah, what could wrong with that scenario?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 25, 2015 12:00 PM (n6Nt0)

112 So Draki, you advising to only to let the genuine mau mau socks in?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2015 12:00 PM (gPuuk)

113 "Chine(s)e stocks, however, kept falling."

?

The rate cut came after the Chinese market closed yesterday.

Posted by: MMM at August 25, 2015 12:00 PM (mwcEF)

114 You mean that economic wizard Vladimir Putin, who is going to bankrupt his own country?
Yeah, we should all be pretty worried about THAT.

Hopefully my sarc was clear.

Posted by: some random meathead at August 25, 2015 12:00 PM (gbIds)

115 @82 - Trump is establishing a starting point for negotiations. Having someone who knows not to give everything away up front would be a welcome relief over the last two guys.

Posted by: JEM at August 25, 2015 12:01 PM (o+SC1)

116 So I should put my silver dimes back in storage?

Posted by: logprof, now available on Amazon at August 25, 2015 12:01 PM (vsbNu)

117 It's going to get ugly real fast.

"Slowly, then all at once."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at August 25, 2015 12:01 PM (kff5f)

118 The same might be said of brokers.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2015 11:57 AM (9mTYi

or of pimps
Posted by: Misanthropic
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Same cloth. All of them.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2015 12:01 PM (9mTYi)

119 So Draki, you advising to only to let the genuine mau mau socks in?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2015 12:00 PM (gPuuk)

LOL, naw more like try to pay more attention to hashs. Also, some of us are really good at impersonating liberals.

Posted by: Draki at August 25, 2015 12:02 PM (v7hxt)

120 http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/wine-train-apologizes-to-women-who-were-kicked-off/

Noisy women kicked off wine train claim they were targeted because they were black.

They should have gone to a movie instead.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at August 25, 2015 12:02 PM (E5UB0)

121 @114 - oil at $38/barrel means all the hot Russian girls with an eye for the main chance will be heading somewhere else again.

Posted by: JEM at August 25, 2015 12:02 PM (o+SC1)

122 115 @82 - Trump is establishing a starting point for negotiations. Having someone who knows not to give everything away up front would be a welcome relief over the last two guys.

Posted by: JEM at August 25, 2015 12:01 PM (o+SC1

2 years? Where you been??

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 25, 2015 12:02 PM (n6Nt0)

123 Yeah, what could wrong with that scenario?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
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And, they are still pissed off about Nanking

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2015 12:03 PM (9mTYi)

124 The Chinese growth number is unsustainable where it was. Pushing 20% growth w/no inflation? Commies and Progs are great at stretching the laws of economics, and delaying the inevitable, but they can't do it forever.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 25, 2015 12:03 PM (5buP8)

125 T-6 Days until I get my "Rev Share" check from work and can *finally* complete my novel (editing, printing, etc.).

So one of the Ettes is my editor, and is doing (IMO) a fantastic job. But I need someone to do cover art. I've got a couple leads, but wanted to give a chance to the Horde if possible. I would either need two files (one for print, one for ebook) or I would need one file that could be used with equal facility for both.

Anyone in the Horde got the skill set, time, and inclination? Shoot me an email at dedicatedtenther at the gmail thingy with rates, etc.

And, yes, I will likely be spamming this periodically for the next couple days.

- I did get one inquiry from an otherwise anonymous member of the Horde on behalf of his/her daughter, but I would be silly, at this stage, to limit myself to one person if more than one is interested in the work.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at August 25, 2015 12:03 PM (kff5f)

126 The market has been sliding for months.

They have run out of tricks.

It's going to get ugly real fast.

Posted by: Kreplach at August 25, 2015 12:00 PM (eDW1j)
The 1000 pt drop before opening I think showed this.

Posted by: Draki at August 25, 2015 12:03 PM (v7hxt)

127 @113 - the rate cut came after the mob grabbed the commodity-exchange guy...

Posted by: JEM at August 25, 2015 12:03 PM (o+SC1)

128 The economy is great! Look at the DJIA, poor stupid rubes!

Posted by: Moo Mao at August 25, 2015 12:04 PM (/Ho8c)

129 Used to be, though, that no matter how poor a Chinese fanily might appear to be to Western eyes, they'd have a cache of gold in some form, and would like more.
Posted by: Stringer Davis

Read somewhere speculation that there was a lot of selling recently because new investors suddenly needed money. I don't know if it is true but certainly the PRC has been buying huge amounts of gold the last few years in preparation of backstopping their currency should they move as the new reserve. It also makes sense that what do you do with US treasury paper? Get dollars for it? Maybe short term but then you buy something with those dollars that has real staying power like properties or commodities or Africa or something.

Posted by: Daybrother at August 25, 2015 12:04 PM (jStVr)

130 OK I missed that one? What does that mean?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 25, 2015 11:59 AM (gf8BH)

Oh God, it was absolutely pathetic.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 25, 2015 12:04 PM (2Ojst)

131 401k money continues to come in daily to these stock funds and they must be invested. I wonder whats the lag time allowed between receipt and purchase? Is it instantaneous ?

Posted by: Cruzinator at August 25, 2015 12:04 PM (zoyKY)

132 2 years? Where you been??

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 25, 2015 12:02 PM (n6Nt0)

Two guys.

Not two years.

I'm not sure which particular "two guys" JEM was talking about though. We have a bevy of options, after all.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Fire-hooks and Rock Salt for sale at August 25, 2015 12:05 PM (kff5f)

133
30 million unmarried Chinese men with blue-balls, AK-47s, and tanks.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2015 11:58 AM (gPuuk)

____________________

Sounds good to me...

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at August 25, 2015 12:05 PM (HSmrB)

134 AllenG, check this past Sunday's book thread. Polliwog'ette linked to a service that has people bid on your cover art. And BornLib linked to two others.

Or you could talk me into doing it...

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2015 12:05 PM (gPuuk)

135 The scary part of China's situation, as has been alluded to by others here, is that they have a surplus of men and need a distraction from this. What's a great solution to both of those problems? A massive war.

However, China also historically has a gigantic amount of inertia and tends to be very static. They just have not very often used their enormous wealth and manpower to take action militarily as often as you'd expect. Its a cultural thing, a nation heavily informed by confucianism and lending its self toward fatalism, staying where you are, and not acting.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 25, 2015 12:05 PM (39g3+)

136 106 f you guys keep picking on Moo Moo you're going to make MAx cry on the ONT again.

OK I missed that one? What does that mean?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 25, 2015 11:59 AM (gf8BH)

#397 on the ONT

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 25, 2015 12:06 PM (fWAjv)

137 If the markets get worse we should consider Rule .303

Posted by: Harry Harbord Morant at August 25, 2015 12:06 PM (l3vZN)

138 Oh God, it was absolutely pathetic.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 25, 2015 12:04 PM (2Ojst)

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As a pureblood daywalker..... fill me in....

Posted by: fixerupper at August 25, 2015 12:06 PM (8XRCm)

139 127 @113 - the rate cut came after the mob grabbed the commodity-exchange guy...
Posted by: JEM at August 25, 2015 12:03 PM (o+SC1)

So you're saying he got Shanghaied?

Posted by: Insomniac at August 25, 2015 12:06 PM (2Ojst)

140 The economy is great! Look at the DJIA, poor stupid rubes!

Posted by: Moo Mao at August 25, 2015 12:04 PM (/Ho8c)
See now I know it's not Moo Moo, because he's got the Meow in there.

Posted by: Draki at August 25, 2015 12:06 PM (v7hxt)

141 401k money continues to come in daily to these stock funds and they must be invested. I wonder whats the lag time allowed between receipt and purchase? Is it instantaneous ?
Posted by: Cruzinator
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Almost. See: 92

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2015 12:06 PM (9mTYi)

142 I'm very tempted to join Draftkings or FanDuel in time for college hoops season. I have a few friends who bet every day, baseball, golf, you name it. I have seen that knowing the sports/athletes well and keeping up with day-to-day health/rumors/match-ups definitely improves their payouts. Might as well put my otherwise useless knowledge to work for me.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 25, 2015 12:06 PM (2cS/G)

143 The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX),

funny, I've peeking in on this every day

C = Chicago

and I saw Goldman Sachs had their hand in it's further development/methodology

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 25, 2015 12:06 PM (qCMvj)

144 No Mao Mao sock? It's like I don't even know you people.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at August 25, 2015 12:07 PM (evdj2)

145 @133 - invest in markets, make money, go Thailand or somewhere and bring back wife.

Posted by: Your Friendly PRC Central Planners at August 25, 2015 12:08 PM (o+SC1)

146
As a pureblood daywalker..... fill me in....
Posted by: fixerupper at August 25, 2015 12:06 PM (8XRCm)

Try this: http://acecomments.mu.nu/?blog=86&post=358663#c24097492

It's Maxy going on how moo moo is the kindest, bravest, warmest most wonderful human being he's ever known in his life.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 25, 2015 12:08 PM (2Ojst)

147 144 No Mao Mao sock? It's like I don't even know you people.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at August 25, 2015 12:07 PM (evdj2)

#128

*not reading the comments... definitely know you people

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 25, 2015 12:08 PM (fWAjv)

148 I mean seriously how can it not all come crashing down.

Every state is up to its eyeballs in debt.

The federal government is in unrepeatable debt.

Every country in the 1st world is running at 100+pct GDP-Debt.

The whole damn system is going to collapse if they don't figure out a way to reset.

Posted by: Kreplach at August 25, 2015 12:09 PM (eDW1j)

149 Oom-pah-pah
Oom-pah-pah
Oom-pah-pah
Mao Mao

Hi-ho Silver! Away!

Posted by: Oakridge Boys at August 25, 2015 12:09 PM (/kI1Q)

150 I feel soooo bad for having been soooo mean to Moo, Moo........ I guess I have that "tribal" thing going....

Posted by: donna at August 25, 2015 12:09 PM (hUdMz)

151 #128

That's moo mao.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at August 25, 2015 12:09 PM (evdj2)

152 I don't think a whole lot of s&p companies are over valued as there is more cash reserve in these companies than ever. The deevaluation is based more on what they think is going to happen to the global economy in the future.

Posted by: Cruzinator at August 25, 2015 12:09 PM (zoyKY)

153 Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on which way you're looking through the window) the Chinese tend to go kill crazy on their own people.

Working them to death is kind of their thing, and it is allowed to go on for a long time. Until it isn't.

Posted by: Chupacabras at August 25, 2015 12:09 PM (XiVKO)

154 136 106 f you guys keep picking on Moo Moo you're going to make MAx cry on the ONT again.

OK I missed that one? What does that mean?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 25, 2015 11:59 AM (gf8BH)

#397 on the ONT
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 25, 2015 12:06 PM

Was it Snark or was it Memorex? I gots to know.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 25, 2015 12:10 PM (n6Nt0)

155 MAx is Moo Moo's Iphone.

Posted by: some random meathead at August 25, 2015 12:10 PM (gbIds)

156 401k money continues to come in daily to these stock funds and they must be invested. I wonder whats the lag time allowed between receipt and purchase? Is it instantaneous ?
Posted by: Cruzinator

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Stocks and ETF are almost instantaneous.

Mutual Funds are next business day.

Posted by: fixerupper at August 25, 2015 12:10 PM (8XRCm)

157
The market can not crash with fed intercession buying and market stops. At some point (who knows when) the distortions will become so great as to not even have a market. Kinda like rent controls.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 25, 2015 12:10 PM (ODxAs)

158 How bad is the dating situation in the PRC, for I think the past decade Chinese men have been trolling dating sites in other countries like Vietnam.

There is also the whole family support pyramid. Working son not only supports wife and kids. But all four parents to boot.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2015 12:10 PM (gPuuk)

159 Do not taunt Happy Fun Dead Cat....

Posted by: Der Hildebeast at August 25, 2015 12:11 PM (IJUmN)

160 It's Maxy going on how moo moo is the kindest, bravest, warmest most wonderful human being he's ever known in his life.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 25, 2015 12:08 PM (2Ojst)

You're just a wannabe trying to show that you're in the in crowd and not a real contributor!

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 25, 2015 12:11 PM (fWAjv)

161 60 The first thing to remember about the stock market is that its filled with stupid panicky sheep. Stupid, stupid people who are mindless followers.
The slightest thing scares them into a stampede, but once calm they follow a few strong leaders without thinking.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 25, 2015 11:52 AM (39g3+)

But ... but ... the efficient market hypothesis! Rational actors! It's how we justify using calculus instead of voodoo dolls! We're scientists too!

Posted by: Economists Everywhere at August 25, 2015 12:11 PM (oKE6c)

162 you guys keep picking on Moo Moo you're going to make MAx cry on the ONT again.

OK I missed that one? What does that mean?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 25, 2015 11:59 AM (gf8BH)

#397 on the ONT
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 25, 2015 12:06 PM (fWAjv)

OK saw it. I guess that Putz doesn't know the moo is lying piece of shit who has the moral of a jackel and is passing them onto his unfortunate kids

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 25, 2015 12:12 PM (gf8BH)

163 from the ONT #397

Moo/HUCK is consistently one of the most positive and productive commenters here

wow.

Posted by: some random meathead at August 25, 2015 12:12 PM (gbIds)

164 There is also the whole family support pyramid. Working son not only supports wife and kids. But all four parents to boot.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2015 12:10 PM (gPuuk)

With the shortage of women, thats a whole lot of fapping going on.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 25, 2015 12:12 PM (n6Nt0)

165 My 93 year old mother in law is living off of her salary and social security, because the return on bonds and CD's is next to nothing.

Also, because she's a bit crazy and can't bring herself to ever spend any principle. Ever.

Posted by: jwest at August 25, 2015 12:12 PM (Zs4uk)

166 That's moo mao.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at August 25, 2015 12:09 PM (evdj2)

Ok, I read the comments. Never said I read them thoroughly.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 25, 2015 12:12 PM (fWAjv)

167 You're just a wannabe trying to show that you're in the in crowd and not a real contributor!
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 25, 2015 12:11 PM (fWAjv)

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I liked the part where he waxed poetic about the regular core posters not picking on Moo Moo and its the riff raff tarnishing and sullying his good name.

Posted by: fixerupper at August 25, 2015 12:13 PM (8XRCm)

168 30 million unmarried Chinese men with blue-balls, AK-47s, and tanks.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2015 11:58 AM (gPuuk)

Not necessarily in that order.

Posted by: Sharkman, Channeling Thomas Friedman at August 25, 2015 12:13 PM (72D6h)

169 I liked the part where he waxed poetic about the regular core posters not picking on Moo Moo and its the riff raff tarnishing and sullying his good name.

Because Tribal mentality or something..

Posted by: donna at August 25, 2015 12:13 PM (hUdMz)

170 With the shortage of women, thats a whole lot of fapping going on.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

You have no idea.

Posted by: International Union of Spooge-moppers, Shanghai Local #683 at August 25, 2015 12:13 PM (/Ho8c)

171 I liked the part where he waxed poetic about the regular core posters not picking on Moo Moo and its the riff raff tarnishing and sullying his good name.
Posted by: fixerupper at August 25, 2015 12:13 PM (8XRCm)

All I ever called him is lying POS and anti-semite?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 25, 2015 12:13 PM (gf8BH)

172 The whole damn system is going to collapse if they don't figure out a way to reset.

Posted by: Kreplach at August 25, 2015 12:09 PM (eDW1j)

You rang?

Posted by: Rampant Inflation at August 25, 2015 12:14 PM (oKE6c)

173 >>> 30 million unmarried Chinese men with blue-balls, AK-47s, and tanks.

Ok, so they may lack women. But they should think outside the box. There's ways to remedy that. They should look to their neighbors in Thailand and Indonesia.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at August 25, 2015 12:14 PM (E5UB0)

174 No no no... it's not "You Rang?"

It's "Yu Wang?"

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2015 12:15 PM (gPuuk)

175 OK saw it. I guess that Putz doesn't know the moo is lying piece of shit who has the moral of a jackel and is passing them onto his unfortunate kids
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 25, 2015 12:12 PM (gf8BH)

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Heres my read on Mew Mew....

Not married.
No Kids.
Rents or lives with parents.
Not an MBA.... in anything, esp Iinternational Business.
Under 30.

Posted by: fixerupper at August 25, 2015 12:15 PM (8XRCm)

176 169 I liked the part where he waxed poetic about the regular core posters not picking on Moo Moo and its the riff raff tarnishing and sullying his good name.

Because Tribal mentality or something..
Posted by: donna at August 25, 2015 12:13 PM (hUdMz)

The fact that he's a lying, vicious supercilious c*nt who shits all over everyone, and would take his own daughter to get an abortion then fish through the remains to see how much money he could get for them, has absolutely nothing to do with it.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 25, 2015 12:15 PM (2Ojst)

177 With the shortage of women, thats a whole lot of fapping going on.
>>>

You would think but the one handbaby rule is enforced very harshly.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at August 25, 2015 12:15 PM (XtAzU)

178 The cud chewer does make a valid point now and then, I will grant him that. It is always a surprise when a lucid, well thought-out opinion is expressed, but it does happen. Plus, the guy gets points for tenacity. Who else would walk in here so often wearing a 'Kick Me' sign?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2015 12:15 PM (9mTYi)

179 You people keep coming back to the same thing. What you are doing is stupid, and that makes you stupid.
So how about a little comradery? How about that Trump fellow?

Posted by: not moo moo's sock at August 25, 2015 12:15 PM (WjXce)

180 talk about willowed...jeez

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 25, 2015 12:16 PM (0O7c5)

181 Where is Monty? Doom is when we need him most!

Posted by: Paladin at August 25, 2015 12:16 PM (LtaK3)

182 Question: What if Nixon had never gone to China? What if our relations with them were the same as it was in 1972? What if they were isolated like they basically were up to that time? What kind of effect do you think that would have on our economy?

Posted by: Mike at August 25, 2015 12:16 PM (ylrkv)

183 With the shortage of women, thats a whole lot of fapping going on.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

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Do you know what is the difference between a Red China Man and a Purple China Man????

.

.

His grip.

Posted by: fixerupper at August 25, 2015 12:16 PM (8XRCm)

184 *serves PG a cup of coffee*

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2015 12:16 PM (gPuuk)

185 I'm not a gold bug, but it may be time to lay in some precious metals.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2015 12:17 PM (9mTYi)

186 Remember that sexycyborg guy who invented the spy platform wedge shoes? He can show them the way.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at August 25, 2015 12:17 PM (E5UB0)

187 Moo/HUCK is consistently one of the most positive and productive commenters here.

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Dude just get the fuck over yourself. Solider = guy in uniform for the vast majority of the public. You sound like a little why bitch

POSITIVE!

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 25, 2015 12:17 PM (fWAjv)

188 talk about willowed...jeez
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 25, 2015 12:16 PM (0O7c5)

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You dont do Daylights Saving Time..... so...... youre actually on time......

Posted by: fixerupper at August 25, 2015 12:18 PM (8XRCm)

189 Warner Brothers: Don't tell Superman that China has a bunch of empty un-punched cities.

Posted by: bourbonchicken at August 25, 2015 12:18 PM (y5pmM)

190 We probably have used the phrase to death, but Trump really has been moving the Overton Window. Speaking for myself, I could not imagine the words "anchor babies" passing Jeb!'s lips before Trump entered the fray.

Posted by: logprof, now available on Amazon at August 25, 2015 12:18 PM (vsbNu)

191 I liked the part where he waxed poetic about the regular core posters not picking on Moo Moo and its the riff raff tarnishing and sullying his good name.

Ha. I have Moolin Steele on Ignore(), though perhaps I am not a core poster.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at August 25, 2015 12:18 PM (evdj2)

192 I guess I will be re-reading Stephenson's The Diamond Age about Princess Nell.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2015 12:19 PM (gPuuk)

193 i'm really not digging 'interesting times'

Posted by: willow at August 25, 2015 12:20 PM (nqBYe)

194 from the ONT #397

Moo/HUCK is consistently one of the most positive and productive commenters here

wow.

Posted by: some random meathead

Seriously? That's a bit much.

I've found myself agreeing with Moo on occasion and agree that he/she can make interesting points. Moo's view of ethics is disturbing, and it often seems to just be contrarian so he/she can insult people.

Posted by: Moderate Salami, weeping for our dead Republic at August 25, 2015 12:20 PM (/Ho8c)

195 Willow, but you get Kung-Pao Economy and Spring Roll!

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2015 12:21 PM (gPuuk)

196 So how about a little comradery? How about that Trump fellow?

Posted by: not moo moo's sock at August 25, 2015 12:15 PM (WjXce)
We've created a monster

Posted by: Draki at August 25, 2015 12:21 PM (v7hxt)

197 Good thing America never did anything crazy with currency, like all the QE and ZIRP for years. oh ... well, it's OK because we are the police for the world?

We made the banks strong and screwed grandma, and there is a ton of distortion in markets because of easy money. It might be traced back to voodoo economics. Reagan said he was sorry about leaving debt iirc, and Greenspan kept enabling excesses. Of course we could go back 100 years to "commie" influence and the federal reserve being thrust upon us with Obama style brinkmanship. It was passed Dec 23rd 1913 with many members home already.

KT McFarland on Red Eye said China fears rebellion by their own, and blacks out news of their problems.

Posted by: Illiniwek at August 25, 2015 11:56 AM (6zZ5y)

What the Fed did - and its unintended consequences - is really a lot responsible for what is going on in the developing countries. The Fed set interest rates at essentially at zero, the dev. countries borrowed massively to support development and now the strong dollars is like a high interest rate for them to get $ to repay the loans, which they are struggling to do.

So while the actions the Fed took to make Barry look good, came back to bite them in the ass and will eventually make Barry look as bad, or worse then he really is.

F--king karma is a bitch.

Posted by: Semper In Stercus at August 25, 2015 12:21 PM (BZAd3)

198 We probably have used the phrase to death, but Trump really has been moving the Overton Window. Speaking for myself, I could not imagine the words "anchor babies" passing Jeb!'s lips before Trump entered the fray.
Posted by: logprof
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Having witnessed Perry's near-death experience consequent of REALLY stupid advisers, the others are grasping that Trump is resonating with a goodly chunk of the base, and it's time to hitch on to the coat tails a bit.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2015 12:21 PM (9mTYi)

199 Anna throw in some wontons and maybe i'll try to hang in there.

Posted by: willow at August 25, 2015 12:22 PM (nqBYe)

200 We've created a monster
Posted by: Draki at August 25, 2015 12:21 PM (v7hxt)

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Meh.... could be worse.

You could have a bionic penis.

Posted by: fixerupper at August 25, 2015 12:22 PM (8XRCm)

201 What's funny is I see China having a government overthrow not over the incredible human rights abuses like forced abortions or tanks rolling over their people, but because a bunch of degenerate gamblers lost everything and they're going to need someone to hang.

Posted by: Coolio at August 25, 2015 12:22 PM (IYs8F)

202 mmm, speaking of wontons, what actually is the substance inside the wonton i like so much?
and does Anyone have a good recipe for hot mustard sauce?

Posted by: willow at August 25, 2015 12:23 PM (nqBYe)

203 Under 30.

Posted by: fixerupper

I'm positive that's correct.

Posted by: Moderate Salami, weeping for our dead Republic at August 25, 2015 12:23 PM (/Ho8c)

204 Nelson Muntz Ha Haaa

A well known British Islamist preacher, Hamza Tzortzis, has turned up on the Ashley Madison user list that was leaked by hackers earlier this week, according to his own Facebook page.

http://tinyurl.com/ncgzq3f

It's fake! Fake I tell ya!

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 25, 2015 12:24 PM (fWAjv)

205 Anna throw in some wontons and maybe i'll try to hang in there.
Posted by: willow
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Okay, I read that as 'wanton'...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2015 12:24 PM (9mTYi)

206 personal fear among the Chinese leadership, they've pulled the lid off
Pandora's box and there's a substantial likelihood of physical violence
if too many people get hurt too much.

Peasants with rocks and sticks vs. Made in China Knock-offs' of Russian T-72 Tanks?

I'm still going to go with tanks.

Posted by: Paladin at August 25, 2015 12:24 PM (LtaK3)

207 Mike Hammer @ 185- Precious metals?
Where were you this morning when a 'friend' was buying a damn AK and 400 rounds? This is supposed to be a support group, right? Sheesh. Another caliber to keep up with.

Posted by: Eromero at August 25, 2015 12:24 PM (go5uR)

208 You're just a wannabe trying to show that you're in the in crowd and not a real contributor!
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at August 25, 2015 12:11 PM (fWAjv

Yeah, I've got something to contribute. Just sayin'

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 25, 2015 12:24 PM (n6Nt0)

209
5
Yo!
Posted by: Yo!
........................
Yo-yo!

Posted by: DJIA at August 25, 2015 12:24 PM (wAQA5)

210 Where is Monty? Doom is when we need him most!

Monty's Posts Matter! MONTY'S POSTS MATTER!

Posted by: Monty's Posts Matter AoSHQ National Coordinating Office at August 25, 2015 12:24 PM (jStVr)

211 maybe i should look that up myself.

sorry trying to make you all do the work for me.

Posted by: willow at August 25, 2015 12:24 PM (nqBYe)

212 Mike Hammer, if you want wanton then buy my book. Momma needs some new shoes...

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2015 12:25 PM (gPuuk)

213 Meh.... could be worse.

You could have a bionic penis.
Posted by: fixerupper at August 25, 2015 12:22 PM (8XRCm)

Is it better to have a bionic one or a detachable one?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 25, 2015 12:25 PM (n6Nt0)

214 I'm not a gold bug, but it may be time to lay in some precious metals.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Markets are still in a long-term boom, albeit on the lower half.

If this is only a correction for China commodities will probably maintain the higher levels.

If this is the warm up for the first modern China depression commodities are probably headed for a lower plateau.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 25, 2015 12:25 PM (Ck8hC)

215 Mike, i've done wanton a time or two.

Posted by: willow at August 25, 2015 12:25 PM (nqBYe)

216

I wonder if the online publication _Reason_ has any insights into the cause for the turnaround.
(Considering it had blamed Trump for the preceding fall off.)

Posted by: _Dave_ at August 25, 2015 12:25 PM (l2dSQ)

217 I'm not a gold bug, but it may be time to lay in some precious metals.

Brass, lead, copper, gold, & silver.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2015 12:25 PM (k+zgr)

218 Julianne Moore is petitioning to change the name of her former high school, which is named the J. E. B. Stuart high school.

Is that because she hates Jeb! as much as everyone else? I could support her if that's the reason, but I don't think it's the same person.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at August 25, 2015 12:25 PM (E5UB0)

219 The Fed set interest rates at essentially at zero, the dev. countries borrowed massively to support development

It's almost as if unduly cheap money leads to poor allocation of resources.

Almost.

Posted by: Rampant Inflation at August 25, 2015 12:26 PM (oKE6c)

220 pushes Anna aside gently..
I really do Need some pretty heels. I've been really low!

Posted by: willow at August 25, 2015 12:26 PM (nqBYe)

221 By the Way what that fraternity at Old Dominion did was kinda funny. People really need a sense of humor.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 25, 2015 12:26 PM (gf8BH)

222 Sock off.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 25, 2015 12:26 PM (oKE6c)

223 God damn chinese! They're gonna come over here and take the jobs from the good Mexicans!
Posted by: Jeb Bush
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Lol! Well played, sir.

Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at August 25, 2015 12:26 PM (E5UB0)

224 #@#
*Feeling pretty low*

Posted by: willow at August 25, 2015 12:27 PM (nqBYe)

225 Is it better to have a bionic one or a detachable one?

Either is better than the one on The Strain, where it just falls off.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2015 12:28 PM (k+zgr)

226
I'm not a gold bug, but it may be time to lay in some precious metals.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

The ZeroHedge approved Butter Flavored Crisco Sticks. For barter in the post-apocalyptic now.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 25, 2015 12:29 PM (kdS6q)

227 Mike, i've done wanton a time or two.

Posted by: willow

Pics or it never happened.

Posted by: Moderate Salami, weeping for our dead Republic at August 25, 2015 12:29 PM (/Ho8c)

228
Hahahahahahaha
See, like I said, they SELF-IDENTIFY

Posted by: MAx at August 25, 2015 12:29 PM (LAliD)

229
Momma needs some new shoes...
.................
Word.

Posted by: Hillary!s feet at August 25, 2015 12:30 PM (wAQA5)

230 "Butter Flavored Crisco Sticks"

Is that what Waffle House uses to make the hash browns taste so good?

Posted by: jwest at August 25, 2015 12:31 PM (Zs4uk)

231 229
Momma needs some new shoes...
.................
Word.

Posted by: Hillary!s feet at August 25, 2015 12:30 PM (wAQA5)
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Or prison slippers.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at August 25, 2015 12:31 PM (MbrzC)

232 I have mixed feelings about gold.

I think the reasons for wanting gold are sound, there is a currency war globally combined with the fact that no country is really doing any sort of austerity to get their budget house in order. There really is no exit plan if the economy doesn't start roaring again and I'm just seeing zero evidence that any of it is working.

But the commodity itself doesn't just derive value from bad public policy. And if the shit hits the fan, I could easily see gold going down the shitter with other commodities like oil.

I do know this, if I lived in China I doubt I would invest in anything but physical gold, warts and all because you simply can't trust anything else.

Posted by: Coolio at August 25, 2015 12:31 PM (IYs8F)

233 Me chinee
Me play joke
Me drink your milkshake
Beat your head in with bowling pin

Hahahaha

Posted by: Shanghai Plainview at August 25, 2015 12:31 PM (xzEFm)

234 None of this would have happened if Ace had convinced Monty to continue his DOOM! posts.
So really the global meltdown is due to some drunken argument about a dental plan or something.

Posted by: Monty's Posts Matter AoSHQ National Coordinating Office at August 25, 2015 12:32 PM (jStVr)

235 Is it better to have a bionic one or a detachable one?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

Single or married?

Posted by: wrg500 at August 25, 2015 12:33 PM (sgrzZ)

236 Where were you this morning when a 'friend' was buying a damn AK and 400 rounds? This is supposed to be a support group, right? Sheesh. Another caliber to keep up with.

Posted by: Eromero
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Not seeing the problem.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2015 12:33 PM (9mTYi)

237 Willow, that will be the true horror. When Zappo and Shoe Buy no longer have all those great shoes and boots from the PRC.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 25, 2015 12:33 PM (gPuuk)

238 Is it better to have a bionic one or a detachable one?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

Single or married?

Ashley Madison member, or not?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2015 12:34 PM (k+zgr)

239 Hollywood is already heavily using Chinese money and changing their movies for the domestic Chinese audience.

Example?

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation-

In the credits along with the big American/British stars is a Chinese name - Chung King or something I forget-

any who in the scene where they're in the Train station(?) trying to recapture the double agent girl,

there's about a 10-15 second scene following a Chinese woman around whom we've never seen and never see again.

I assume she's some big Chinese star and there are other scenes in the Chinese version of MI:RN, where she actually plays some important part.

I'm sure in no way will this partnership result in the spreading of Chinese communist/fascist propaganda through American movies.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 25, 2015 12:36 PM (0cMkb)

240 234 None of this would have happened if Ace had convinced Monty to continue his DOOM! posts.
So really the global meltdown is due to some drunken argument about a dental plan or something.
Posted by: Monty's Posts Matter AoSHQ National Coordinating Office at August 25, 2015 12:32 PM (jStVr

All ace needed was a non-compete clause, no one would have jumped ship to Hot Air or The Federalist.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 25, 2015 12:36 PM (n6Nt0)

241 Zappo and Shoe Buy

Blacklisted on my home network hehehe.

Posted by: wrg500 at August 25, 2015 12:36 PM (sgrzZ)

242 Married.

Non-AM member.

Detachable penis best penis.

http://tinyurl.com/nadpcol

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at August 25, 2015 12:37 PM (UPYPp)

243
Is it better to have a bionic one or a detachable one?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 25, 2015 12:25 PM (n6Nt0)

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It's all good sparky.....

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at August 25, 2015 12:37 PM (HSmrB)

244 238 Is it better to have a bionic one or a detachable one?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

Single or married?

Ashley Madison member, or not?
Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2015 12:34 PM (k+zgr

Let's see, do we still have a 5th Amendment?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 25, 2015 12:37 PM (n6Nt0)

245 Nood.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 25, 2015 12:37 PM (k+zgr)

246 Let's see, do we still have a 5th Amendment?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 25, 2015 12:37 PM (n6Nt0)

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**squinty eyes**

Posted by: Lois Lerner at August 25, 2015 12:38 PM (8XRCm)

247 I'm sure in no way will this partnership result in
the spreading of Chinese communist/fascist propaganda through American
movies.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 25, 2015 12:36 PM (0cMkb)

Yeah, Hollywood's been rampantly pro-American for too long.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 25, 2015 12:39 PM (oKE6c)

248 I'm sure in no way will this partnership result in the spreading of Chinese communist/fascist propaganda through American movies.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 25, 2015 12:36 PM (0cMkb)

Yeah, because that would be so different compared to the last couple of decades.

Posted by: buzzion at August 25, 2015 12:42 PM (zt+N6)

249 Doesn't panic selling presuppose a panic buyer? Whatever.

Posted by: mojo at August 25, 2015 01:07 PM (OmBeX)

250 "Chinese communist/fascist propaganda"

TOTALLY different from a Weinstein production, btw.

Posted by: mojo at August 25, 2015 01:09 PM (OmBeX)

251 Me love you long time.

Posted by: Serious Candidate Jeb! at August 25, 2015 01:18 PM (Cktyg)

252 Once I built a railroad made it run Made it race against time,
Once I built a railroad, now it's done,
Buddy, can you spare a yuan?

Posted by: joey biden at August 25, 2015 01:46 PM (pgzyN)

253 Where were you this morning when a 'friend' was buying a damn AK and 400 rounds?

What are you going to do for the second hour at the range?

Posted by: Grump928(c) at August 25, 2015 04:41 PM (evdj2)

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