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Shoot, I'd want some solitude too after that. Good for him that he went for a few days on the AT.He left a couple of days after the Legislature adjourned after overriding his 10 vetoes and winning a court battle to force Sanford to request $700 million in federal stimulus cash.
Oh man I'm gonna have to get a new excuse!HikeUp wrote:Birth of a new euphemism...
"I'm hiking the AT."
Why would North Korea commit suicide ?Tim wrote:In other, more important news (ignored of course by the MSM), North Korea is threatening to WIPE THE U.S. OFF THE GLOBE ONCE AND FOR FALL.
All I can say is...WOW.
And belligerent!! I love that word.
Ignored? The story is being reported by every news outlet on Earth.Tim wrote:In other, more important news (ignored of course by the MSM), North Korea is threatening to WIPE THE U.S. OFF THE GLOBE ONCE AND FOR FALL.
Yes, that was an incorrect statement by me. Just saying how the Sanford story is more sensationalist so it led the stories. MSM still sucks. Not a lot of play on the Bernanke and BofA story. And very little to no mention of the two guys caught smuggling $154 billion in U.S. bonds in Italy a few weeks back. Something fishy is going on here, even if these were fake.
Italy’s Guardia di Finanza has a reputation for being a highly specialised and expert financial police agency. How could it be so easily duped! And if the bonds are “clearly fakes” why did it take US authorities two weeks to find out.
Another discrepancy is the fact that, along with the securities, original and recent bank documents were seized as proof of their authenticity.
If what Meyerhardt says is true, some major financial institutions have been deceived by the securities carried by the two Asian men. This would be a bombshell and raise serious questions as to how many bank assets are actually made up of securities that for Meyerhardt are “clearly fakes.”
If counterfeit securities of such high quality are in circulation the world’s monetary system, let alone that of the United States, is in danger. International trade and exchanges could come to a halt.
Whether it is counterfeit money or money laundering, what happened is potentially more dangerous for the stability of the international system than the results of Iran’s elections.
If the bonds are real it means someone with a lot of cash no longer trusts the US dollar as a reserve currency. If this is the case then it would spell the end of the Bretton Woods system and most likely negatively impact world trade.
Unfortunately the international press and main TV networks, with some exceptions, have ignored the whole affair. These days this is actually the real news.
Great, just when my wife was used to me coming home at midnight after a death march…. I’ll have to remember to pack some really dirty clothes in my truck so as not to arouse suspicions.mattmaxon wrote: Oh man I'm gonna have to get a new excuse!