Category Archives: Al Swearengen

howard K stern

Chalk up one for Al…I called this

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Smart Ass Pawn

Obama…he was a pawn and was actually able to become king (skip ahead 2 minutes)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B-QE_g3JPU

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Grown Locally

Obama’s looking to make certification of organics & crop insurance for organics more affordable. He also wants to “promote regional food systems.” This is a great idea. Having the government support local farming rather than the big producers means higher … Continue reading

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Yup

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Midnight Rider

Allman Brothers Band – Midnight Rider (Great Woods)Uploaded by fuzz59

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Moby Dick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW4b2axczFI

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Lehman Brothers Files for Bankruptcy

This is going to be the focus tomorrow…buckle your seat belts! Trying to get it right in my head over the weekend wasn’t easy, until Sunday night came and there was no announcement to be made out of the Treasury … Continue reading

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Don’t believe the hype

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Holdings 7/16/08

Two more transactions for this morning. Diversifying further out of gold, increasing stake in BAM and keeping cash on hand.

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Bad Month

“U.S. stocks tumbled, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its worst June since the Great Depression, as record oil prices, credit-market write downs and a slowing economy threatened to extend a yearlong profit slump…Initial jobless claims totaled 384,000 in … Continue reading

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Desertion

I don’t know if there’s a medical term for how my mind works, but the evidence of something significant going on thus far is irrefutable. My job used to consist of taking care of the boys by day, and going … Continue reading

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The voices of veterans

As much of this as they can afford to pay for! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOkjxN_ofJUкомпютри втора употреба

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Ticking Time Bomb

How many of these scenarios have there ever actually been? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka0rw0zvK90

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The Reverend Wright Gambit

It’s hard to get around the fact that this is an example of Obama playing on the stupidity of the media to get Hillary off of the television screen.  It is a fact that by having him up in front … Continue reading

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Merck wrote the research & doctors signed it for money

JAMA published this today. Every one of these doctors need to provide answers to the medical community, and if they didn’t actually conduct the research they attached their name to, their medical license should be revoked. People are dead because … Continue reading

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The new thing

The final assignment was turned in at 2:34AM this morning, and the paper that says I have attained the rank of B.S. in our society will be here soon.  It couldn’t come a moment too soon.  The job I started … Continue reading

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I’ve got a trade on the way

Selling at least half of the gold. Buying Transocean (w/in a week or two), natural gas producers (basket – ETF, Russian play, NGS?), BAM (Brookfield Asset Management), long Yen short USD (looking for an ETF)…selling 15% of the IAU shares … Continue reading

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Randi Rhodes

I guess you can’t have a radio show and be controversial at the same time…she should sue Air America. To me it looks like she’s doing an appearance somewhere. So if her contract doesn’t stipulate what she can and cannot … Continue reading

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Going off on a storm trooper

There’s this idiot over at Control Congress named bb who back in November agreed to wager on which party would win in 2008. I’ve been working hard lately, so the blog world is pretty much dead to me. Never forgetting … Continue reading

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Obama’s Speech on Race

One of the best speeches in my lifetime: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrp-v2tHaDo

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Warren Haynes and Trey Anastasio

They’re talking for a bit, and then it’s a free-flow jam session with my two favorite guitarists. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4wFs91qJaY

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Bush surveys the front, on a mission to boost morale

Maureen Dowd: Bush, who used his family connections to avoid Vietnam, told troops serving in Afghanistan on Thursday that he is “a little envious” of their adventure there, saying it was “in some ways romantic.” (left) my alma matter

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Gold Closes Over 1000

 

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+16.72% since November ’07

November 27, 2007 – I liquidated the portfolio and put it all into gold, ending with 16,337 shares of IAU – avg price $77.70 Total Value – $1,329,020.80 – (The fantasy portfolio had gained 20.16% since it’s inception in February … Continue reading

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How are the new MREs?

Being a smart ass while in the military…it’s a right of passage. 

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Omar – RIP

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Alan Greenspan – Professional Douchebag

How much of an asshole is this guy? Bernanke and Paulson are testifying before Congress, the former having just slashed 125 basis points off the Fed rate faster than any central banker in history…every week brings out the discovery of … Continue reading

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Super Bowl Sunday

The time that passes is a frustratingly slow grind. No big plans or recipes, nor are there the usual assortments of imported drink, all replaced by laundry folding, floor cleaning and anything else I can direct my nervous energy towards … Continue reading

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Harper’s Weekly Review (part)

“…Dwarf thieves had infested Swedish buses,9 Lithuania was pondering changing its name,10 and a plot by retired Turkish Army officers to kill Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk was foiled. 11 Police in Malda, India, were battling avian flu by conducting a … Continue reading

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Veteran Killers

Al Swearengen on 2/23/2006: “Iraq Vet Mutilates Wife” – Get ready America, the war’s not over when these guys leave Iraq. Typical of youngsters who sign up while suffering from a mental disorder commonly known as ‘outrageous stupidity’…Marry a woman … Continue reading

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