Hey shoot@18,even stronger.To think of historical context as illuminating, is not reflective of the requisite vision needed to be a high-functioning thinker,i.e., radical thought formation dealing with root cause. Pattern recognition requires historical context for all problem solving, whether dealing with cybernetics,a Columbo mystery or the rationale for metadata.

For these patterns leading to discovery requires vision, and the predicate for such vision requires a belief in the ”new ” Our ability to have a discussion came from the resistor, and that was new. When Jimi made the scene that was new. The neoliberal agenda is based upon inward confiscation of a global monopoly mosaic, and that is so new that hardly anyone understands it.

Hey shoot@14, very strong breakdown.

Hey CTuttle@10 ,I suppose hell will freeze over before anyone disagrees with you. I also suppose this is the same 5% who’ve been protecting him and hence police-state tyranny with the Church Lady intro from SNL,”if you don’t nave anything to hide”.

These class-cloistered elites likely believe we will support another war once it begins, and, their supply-side rant of needing to support the troops becomes relentless. Only a few have a dog in the ME warring, and the majority are adamantly opposed to any war, with full knowledge that austerity will extract the costs out of their debt-leveraged asses.The cost of war is no longer an abstraction.

There are no good guys in this ME hornet’s nest, and other than paying to help the refugees, the entire geopolitical imbroglio can go fuck itself. Energy will find the spot market,and I’m not so stupid and gullible to buy the national- interests ambiguity. Neither Israel nor corporate imperialism is a national interest, but rather special interests of the 1% and its neoliberal agenda that is destroying us.

Hey mas , very strong and poignant diary.

Hey Prag@10 , if you understand that neoliberalism has turned America into a low wage economy, that our earned benefits will not be paid, and all pension funds, e.g., Calpers, have already been looted, why were you not involved with OWS ? Rather than speaking of a ruthless backlash against OWS ,which was anticipated by OWS, the question should be why was America not activated into joining the resistance when our children and vets were having the shit kicked out of them.

Look at Turkey or virtually any other fascist regime,and note when the women and children are visited with the same police-state brutality as OWS, millions come to their rescue.America stands virtually alone by cowing and hiding in the face of danger.

Recent events have emboldened those who rather be dead than live like a coward under this yoke of inverted totalitarianism.I don’t give a fuck if they read this and detain or kill me or if my comments become metadata.Your first sentence avers that you are paralyzed by fear, which is fine, just don;t snitch out those who will fight to eliminate this kleptocratic oligarchy.

I feel more comfortable with the crooks,frauds and corporate toadies who comprise Congress than the 10% who support them. I would assume 5% are blood,staff and Wall.St. benefactors, but the other 5% are roaming the streets without court supervision, maybe armed and anxious to” stand their ground”.

Yes jo6@16 , There is nothing I trust that isn’t local. I’m lucky to live in Berkeley, where a clear majority feel the same way, and we also have some great co-ops to accommodate us.

This is a great diary, because the rigging is well-undersood by those with market knowledge,but there is virtually no mainstream awareness of the issue.It is old market news, because rigged interest rates require price rigging compatibility with currencies and precious metals.Without equilibration of the three,one will be indicating price discovery is dysfunctional and the markets won’t clear.

Basically, this is really significant because of scale, but it is classic front-running done everyday on Wall St.with co-location,wash trades,and other swindles where banksters get info ahead of markets.GS has a co-location directly across the street from the exchange to hijack algorithmic info via flash trades.Beyond all the propaganda about market brilliance, the sharpies use wash trades,i.e., option plays, to push a market move to get sheepies to follow ,and then the smart money profits on the put.

When the currency markets collapse, all dollar-denominated markets must also collapse. Everyone knows Matt Taiibi is the best in economic journalism, yet most always think he is hyping an issue .Not true.

yes kimsarah,you nailed it. The philosopher, Sidney Wolin, defines our fascism as inverted totalitarianism, because it was structured to be systemic as opposed to being lead by a charismatic demagogue.We know our presidents are merely pitchmen and orderlies for Wall St., but nobody knows how real global money,e.g., Fed owners. have so elegantly conceptualized the neoliberal masterplan.

I see how they have game theorized crises,and how austerity,trade arbitrage,privatization,deregulation and other monopoly schemes seamlessly interact, yet I ultimately refer to The Man,MOTU,Mr.Global and whatnot.However, knowing the toady role of political leaders,I don’t even mame personal attacks,well, except for a snide comment infrequently.

The Nikkei just dropped like a rock,bond yields are about ready to blow , and the dollar is losing value by the day, so it appears the global economy is about ready to collapse.I reside in a very dark and cynical place, but if I’m right, it will be interesting how they manipulate the hyperinflation .