College Should be as Fun as Miley Cyrus Twerking

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal">As I read Matt’s post yesterday about <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/08/hate-mom-but-love-son.html" target="_blank">Ryno’s first day ofcollege</a> I thought back to when I went to college way back in the day.  I had all these crazy ideas about college and how it would change me. I thought that just by going to college I would suddenly be an outgoing, popular guy who had social skills. I think I also believed that I would magically be able to dance and the babes would be all over me.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-3FOdeDmVySfIMnsYfv_3Rzs9TsHNp0kGMwwi4JnoqcJ4Djh_8B3XCQqJnupMeSl5NzZ1idEqnWxg_StvuRve4KLvq_q0BK5tDM_UU7BlOTYy5rHYr8_y5xfNdeZPPsv5QQJHMegN_VE/s1600/Jay+Ozzy+T+Shirt+Sexy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-3FOdeDmVySfIMnsYfv_3Rzs9TsHNp0kGMwwi4JnoqcJ4Djh_8B3XCQqJnupMeSl5NzZ1idEqnWxg_StvuRve4KLvq_q0BK5tDM_UU7BlOTYy5rHYr8_y5xfNdeZPPsv5QQJHMegN_VE/s1600/Jay+Ozzy+T+Shirt+Sexy.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Shockingly this didn’t happen. I was the same awkward and shy nerd that I had always been. In fact my freshmen year was incredibly boring. I really didn’t do anything much at all. There were none of the big parties that I expected to be attending every weekend. None of the babes hanging all over me that I expected. And when my dorm had some kind of party or dance I would only go and hang out for a little while and then leave. Alone. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />My roommate was a really strange guy. He was a junior architecture major and wasn’t around all that much. We got along great though. Of course, when you only actually see each other once a week, it’s easy to get along.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />I didn’t spend all my time in my room watching my little black and white TV though. We had a pool table and ping pong table in the basement. So, that is where I spent most of my weekend nights. Oh sure, there were a few weekends where I would hang out over in another dorm with some other dudes and we would drink beer or anything else that somebody got his hands on and watch a movie (porn). #Thuglife<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />Sometimes while I was playing ping pong with the other anti-social nerds in the basement at 2 a.m. on a Friday night one of the cool guys with his cool girlfriend would wander through. I always loved that “oh look ... that poor loser is playing ping pong on a Friday night” look from those girls which always made me feel good about myself. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />Most of the fun I had at college, and the closest things ever got to the college experience that I had envisioned, happened in my second year. That’s the year I met Big J, Little J, and S. Those are the guys that I went on the road trips with. And the guys that I actually got out and went to parties and other social functions with.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />After that year Big J and Little J both moved back to California because it was too boring in Arkansas. I should have moved there with them. Then S got married about a year later. Actually he and his girlfriend dated for almost 12 months, then got married and THEN she moved out less than three months later. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />For me college ended up being a colossal waste of time and money. I have a degree in Human Resource Management that has proven to be even more useless that you can imagine. It’s my own fault though because I didn’t stick with a major that I enjoyed and excelled in. I started out as a political science and history major and stupidly switched over to HR. Had stayed with my original major college would have been a more enjoyable and positive experience academically.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Of course God has a plan for all of us and for me it was to eventually become a world famous internet radio star rocking the house at the VMA’s with Miley Cyrus. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9WDqZLJEH5kTT-Vc-6uopIfo-mIruV3F-unRtdxBFnrugw_z5eyBXE9ONm2QQhLVlGlXzllQPPxj23s-S6fLAEVWNRKFWbQhlXD60ZdCy3fSeUt7YiswIzJCaCUsZqydUa5moP1Of-xn_/s1600/Miley+Cyrus+VMAs+Twerk+Sexy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9WDqZLJEH5kTT-Vc-6uopIfo-mIruV3F-unRtdxBFnrugw_z5eyBXE9ONm2QQhLVlGlXzllQPPxj23s-S6fLAEVWNRKFWbQhlXD60ZdCy3fSeUt7YiswIzJCaCUsZqydUa5moP1Of-xn_/s1600/Miley+Cyrus+VMAs+Twerk+Sexy.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">My point is that for people like Ryno and others heading off to college this week don’t worry about the future so much that you punish yourself by selecting a major that you don’t really give a crap about simply because you think it will mean a better chance at a job. It won’t. Do what you’re interested in and what you love and somehow it will all work out. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Probably. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Jayman3768@gmail.com">Jayman3768@gmail.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/jayman68">Facebook</a> <br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jayman_iws">@Jayman_IWS</a><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div>

College Should be as Fun as Miley Cyrus Twerking

As I read Matt’s post yesterday about Ryno’s first day ofcollege I thought back to when I went to college way back in the day.  I had all these crazy ideas about college and how it would change me. I thought that just by going to college I would sudd…

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Long-Term Recession Odds

The following chart shows the odds that a month chosen at random is within a recession.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHAqKHIw9_T1Vb7NoczXzF4yGvexWouVkHxHJYCQMs6nsTtR672ip9vYx8Pi8_UOy_bWbsm0J_BmZR3_qEKBuA_lPH3Vk4cxPsPwN1trlsiXpEtQCXTpZBLs3MC2z78_dwZRS81d1mnyM/s1600/Long-Term+Recession+Odds.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHAqKHIw9_T1Vb7NoczXzF4yGvexWouVkHxHJYCQMs6nsTtR672ip9vYx8Pi8_UOy_bWbsm0J_BmZR3_qEKBuA_lPH3Vk4cxPsPwN1trlsiXpEtQCXTpZBLs3MC2z78_dwZRS81d1mnyM/s320/Long-Term+Recession+Odds.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />The 15-year moving average is shown in black. The average since World War II is shown in red.<br /><br />In my opinion, the odds of the Fed permanently putting a stop to future recessions is about as likely as monkeys magically appearing out of my you know what.<br /><br />It is also my opinion that the low recession frequency of the 1980s and 1990s is officially over. If so, then we can expect 1 month out of every 6 to be in recession, which oddly enough is the same odds one would have in a game of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_roulette">Russian Roulette</a>.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/8Xjr2hnOHiM" width="420"></iframe><br /><br />Feeling lucky?<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/USRECM">St. Louis Fed: NBER based Recession Indicators</a>

Long-Term Recession Odds

The following chart shows the odds that a month chosen at random is within a recession.Click to enlarge.The 15-year moving average is shown in black. The average since World War II is shown in red.In my opinion, the odds of the Fed permanently puttin…

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We're ZIRPing Along on the "Road" to Full Recovery

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRAyjK-y2r-ejQZUWon0N5dNsLm5egRVkoTd_mkrEzfA95D-WLmW7FgXyHJFbJVF0GlKD2EKX2KBytDXKEmfgNBEsY51Ksmm1hWph6knqMb9gjqj1Yxah2c3clUrGD5anwrVelc7TDn-w/s1600/Annual+Vehicle+Miles+Traveled.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRAyjK-y2r-ejQZUWon0N5dNsLm5egRVkoTd_mkrEzfA95D-WLmW7FgXyHJFbJVF0GlKD2EKX2KBytDXKEmfgNBEsY51Ksmm1hWph6knqMb9gjqj1Yxah2c3clUrGD5anwrVelc7TDn-w/s320/Annual+Vehicle+Miles+Traveled.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />I can feel us all starting to think about potentially driving another 80 billion miles each year within our lifetimes. It could happen, right? It's certainly within the realm of possibility. I mean the thinking part, not necessarily the driving part.<br /><br />We just need to be patient and let the trend in red do all the work! Well, once it reverses and starts to really pick up steam anyway.<br /><br />Fortunately, we have time to be patient. And why is that? We can rule out any other events "driving" this down at an even faster rate. I have it on good authority that the Fed has permanently put a stop to all future recessions! The trick was simple. Cripple the economy so much that it can't possibly fall any further. Genius!<br /><br />So there you have it. I have 100% confidence in the Fed to never allow another recession! There have been <a href="http://www.nber.org/cycles.html">19 recessions</a> since the Fed was founded in 1913? Yeah, but that old Fed isn't like the new Fed! This time it's different! They've got all kinds of advanced data sets on heavily leveraged economies. They know what to expect now. And let's not forget that the "unexpected" housing bust added a great deal to their understanding, just like the dotcom bubble before it!<br /><br /><b>See Also:</b><br /><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-illusion-of-auto-industry-recovery.html">The Illusion of an Auto Industry "Recovery"</a><br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=lPu">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

We're ZIRPing Along on the "Road" to Full Recovery

Click to enlarge.I can feel us all starting to think about potentially driving another 80 billion miles each year within our lifetimes. It could happen, right? It's certainly within the realm of possibility. I mean the thinking part, not necessarily …

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Martinez Salsa Review!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bTR8B487cQE/UhvssfxLXYI/AAAAAAAAJZI/RA0DQYQD9d8/s1600/13+-+1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bTR8B487cQE/UhvssfxLXYI/AAAAAAAAJZI/RA0DQYQD9d8/s320/13+-+1" width="320" /></span></i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">In Mexico's Yucatan peninsula great grandmother Martinez concocted authentic salsa five generations ago and well known for the fire roasted salsa which was only sold in Mexico until now!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I've tried my fair share of salsa before but some were either too runny, too peppery or just didn't taste good to me until now that is because this salsa from <a href="http://www.martinezfood.com/">Martinez salsa</a> is the best ever I've tried!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I was sent some of their mouth watering salsa for review and will tell you about each one of them as soon as I try each one of them!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">You can enjoy fire roasted salsa, mild and peach all in the comfort of your own home today!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Healthy facts:</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">All natural</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Corn free</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Gluten free </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Milk free</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">0 grams trans fat</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">MSG free</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Works great on:</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Chips</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Tacos</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Chicken</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Burritos</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Fish</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Veggies</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And more!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Peach salsa:</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P-cXgwoQEjQ/UhvssSB1NQI/AAAAAAAAJZQ/L9FIrDwsDfo/s1600/13+-+2" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P-cXgwoQEjQ/UhvssSB1NQI/AAAAAAAAJZQ/L9FIrDwsDfo/s320/13+-+2" width="320" /></span></i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Ever since I've eaten at this burrito place called boloco I've been obsessed with their dish called the Mexican which features rice, beans, cheese, grilled chicken, salsa and guacamole on it.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Thought to myself hey that's easy I can make that in my own home! </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Well here it is pictured above using some Martinez peach salsa on top!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It's so good!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">All the flavors mixed together were amazing my taste buds were dancing with excitement! </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The salsa was thick and not runny it gave juicy peach flavor which I absolutely loved!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Website:</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.martinezfood.com/">http://www.martinezfood.com/</a></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Twitter:</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://twitter.com/MartinezSalsa"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">https://twitter.com/MartinezSalsa</span></a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Facebook:</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MartinezSalsa?fref=ts"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">https://www.facebook.com/MartinezSalsa?fref=ts</span></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>

Martinez Salsa Review!

In Mexico's Yucatan peninsula great grandmother Martinez concocted authentic salsa five generations ago and well known for the fire roasted salsa which was only sold in Mexico until now!I've tried my fair share of salsa before but some were either to…

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Breaking: LA port driver strike, kicking off strike season!

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJCgckyRX3fKwhTMSqqaPCHQSQ2RtS5JyAozmrLi-vjDT99YgQdrIt3-SZ3D_gSYsonoKQB1ZCVPtxd7Z0RDd6Q1E_-dtYFkiP9FJk4fCZPCbaluNjSTme6KG3noAQCxP3_erwL4cDi5W/s1600/port+picket.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJCgckyRX3fKwhTMSqqaPCHQSQ2RtS5JyAozmrLi-vjDT99YgQdrIt3-SZ3D_gSYsonoKQB1ZCVPtxd7Z0RDd6Q1E_-dtYFkiP9FJk4fCZPCbaluNjSTme6KG3noAQCxP3_erwL4cDi5W/s400/port+picket.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Fleet Systems strike line in Carson, Calif. </td></tr></tbody></table>Just now <st1:state w:st="on">L.A.</st1:state> port truck drivers walked off their jobs at Green Fleet Systems (GFS) at the start of the evening shift. They are striking for 24 hours to protest harassment and intimidation by company management.<br /><br />The striking port drivers have set up picket lines at the Green Fleet warehouse in <st1:state w:st="on">Carson</st1:state>, <st1:state w:st="on">Calif.</st1:state>Teams of strikers in cars are chasing strikebreaker trucks and picketing them when they deliver at customer warehouses and distribution centers, including <a href="http://www.skechers.com/">Skechers’</a> state-of-the-art national distribution center in <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Moreno Valley</st1:state>, <st1:state w:st="on">Calif. The drivers are continuing their fight against Green Fleet Systems, which spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on union busters. Drivers filed charges with Region 21 of the <a href="http://nlrb.gov/" rel="nofollow">National Labor Relations Board</a> (NLRB). The NLRB investigated Green Fleet and issued an Unfair Labor Practice complaint alleging the company broke federal labor law with retaliatory anti-union actions. <o:p></o:p></st1:state></st1:state><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The company has spent thousands of dollars on union-busters and publicists to intimidate employees. It allows anti-union workers to put posters in their cars that depict the pro-union workers as donkeys.  Jose Rodriguez, a hardworking driver for GFS,  said, <o:p></o:p></div><blockquote class="tr_bq">I feel that is very disrespectful, we should be treated with more respect at work.</blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">GFS has forced the port drivers for the first time to join the ranks of workers fed up with being abused by powerful corporations and staging <a href="http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2013/07/29/americas-hourly-wage-battle-heats-up/?source=cnn_bin">short, sudden strikes</a>.  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/01/low-wage-workers-recovery_n_3685091.html?utm_hp_ref=business" rel="nofollow">Corporategreed is turning America into a Third World country</a> of exploited workers who don’t earn enough to afford food, clothing and rent. The <st1:state w:st="on">Los Angeles</st1:state>port truck drivers’ strike precedes a national fast-food workers strike planned for Thursday, and more job actions are expected in the coming weeks.<br /><br />Fermin Mendez, a GFS port driver, expressed the frustration felt by many workers across the U.S. that their employers don’t respect their desire to form a union</div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><blockquote class="tr_bq">This is dangerous work that we do. GFS management says that we are professional drivers, but they do not treat us professionally. We deserve to have respect on the job as well as fair benefits and a pension. This is a fight against exploitation, in every job I have worked I have been exploited and treated without respect, and that needs to stop.</blockquote>Though the striking Green Fleet drivers are employees, the vast majority of port truck drivers across the United States are misclassified as “independent contractors” and don’t have the same right as employees to form a union. Companies also misclassify employees to avoid paying taxes, to shift business expenses to drivers and to avoid paying drivers for all hours worked.<a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/08/port-druvers-fight-abuse.html">Misclassified drivers in California</a> have brought the fight to the boss by filing wage and hour claims estimated to amount to millions in stolen wages. <o:p></o:p>

port strike truck drivers Breaking: LA port driver strike, kicking off strike season!

Green Fleet Systems strike line in Carson, Calif. Just now L.A. port truck drivers walked off their jobs at Green Fleet Systems (GFS) at the start of the evening shift. They are striking for 24 hours to protest harassment and intimidation by company …

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Port drivers fighting abusive employers all over the US

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBgxAejC7jNQtwgWGkjCudl0ktonkfAv69AnHLQKHMvQr4OeFv2n0VjrOiHpZFOBDIR7OOIx6tTLLQESsE389SfWfS4Br1Rs2DZoo_k32dFj9Z0wmnqmGNOEEWprveweY14P1ljXE45263/s1600/GFS+Committtee-Teamster+truck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBgxAejC7jNQtwgWGkjCudl0ktonkfAv69AnHLQKHMvQr4OeFv2n0VjrOiHpZFOBDIR7OOIx6tTLLQESsE389SfWfS4Br1Rs2DZoo_k32dFj9Z0wmnqmGNOEEWprveweY14P1ljXE45263/s400/GFS+Committtee-Teamster+truck.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Fleet port truck drivers are ready to rally tomorrow</td></tr></tbody></table><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1395542780671801/" rel="nofollow">Tomorrow's large rally</a> to support abused truck drivers at the Port of Los Angeles comes at a time when port workers are rising up everywhere against injustice.<br /><br />Hundreds are expected to gather at a Carson, Calif., warehouse tomorrow to stand with port truck drivers who are harassed and intimidated by Green Fleet Systems because they want to form a union.<br /><br />The company has hired union busters to frighten workers away from union organizers, adding to an already toxic work environment. Green Fleet driver Ramon Guadamuz said he has been forced to work when he was sick with fever. "They didn’t even let me go to my son’s high school graduation even though I had requested that time off,” he said.<br /><br />In Savannah, port truck drivers are speaking out against the<a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/06/300-learn-how-to-cheat-worker-at.html" rel="nofollow"> theft of their wages</a>. In Hazlet, N.J., port truck drivers at Australia-based Toll Group<a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/07/woo-hoo-another-teamster-organizing.html" rel="nofollow"> voted to join the Teamsters</a> in June, and will meet soon to negotiate a contract. They were inspired by the port truck drivers in Los Angeles who<a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/01/amazing-teamster-contract-sending-wave.html" rel="nofollow"> joined the Teamsters</a> last year. In January, those drivers ratified an amazing contract that gives them a $6-an-hour raise, a pension, affordable health care, job security and clean restrooms.<br /><br />California port truck drivers are filing class action suits against wage theft. At least five trucking companies had charges filed against them for labor law violations by Jerry Brown, the current governor of California, in his last role as California attorney general.<br /><br />As of last year, California is one of 14 states actively partnered with the U.S. Department of Labor’s <a href="http://www.dol.gov/whd/workers/misclassification/">Misclassification Initiative</a> to tamp down on worker abuse. Through this initiative, over <a href="http://blog.capital.org/tag/misclassification-initiative/">$9.5 million has been collected in back wages for more than 11,400 workers</a>.<br />Brothers Jose A. and Jose I. Estrada filed a lawsuit in May against Harbor Express Inc., one of the largest Southern California trucking companies, for wage theft and other basic violations after being classified as independent contractors.  Over 400 other port drivers could be affected by the outcome of the suit. Said Jose A. Estrada,<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">We filed this claim because we’re tired of being taken advantage of. They don't pay us a penny for the time we wait at the port.  I live paycheck to paycheck.</blockquote>Instead of being paid by the hour like normal employees, they are given a small lump sum for their work, which is often lower than minimum wage.<br /><br />Although the brothers have driven Harbor Express company trucks exclusively for years, Horizon Express refuses to acknowledge them as employees.  Jose I. Estrada was disabled after an accident at work and may never be able to work again.  As he was hired as an independent contractor, Harbor Express does not have to provide any worker compensation.<br /><br />As a result of trucking deregulation in the 1980’s, <a href="http://www.demos.org/sites/default/files/publications/Port%20Trucking%20Down%20the%20Low%20Road.pdf">an estimated 90 percent of port drivers at the Southern California ports are now illegally misclassified workers.</a><br /><br />

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Green Fleet port truck drivers are ready to rally tomorrowTomorrow's large rally to support abused truck drivers at the Port of Los Angeles comes at a time when port workers are rising up everywhere against injustice.Hundreds are expected to gather a…

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New Orders: Tactical Advance!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnI-gP3EyawI0iBkaHyO3-LYndfE9A8i571cjADPJ5Gqp1sW-xVoLWw7sSlLP-4tvfoUl2eEdawZMetPEBSz6RB7OHNnIevgFNmXIeIkyxurgWFKU67jaVTcg5Qjwvr_ocYKvDGD-a_qU/s1600/New+Orders.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnI-gP3EyawI0iBkaHyO3-LYndfE9A8i571cjADPJ5Gqp1sW-xVoLWw7sSlLP-4tvfoUl2eEdawZMetPEBSz6RB7OHNnIevgFNmXIeIkyxurgWFKU67jaVTcg5Qjwvr_ocYKvDGD-a_qU/s320/New+Orders.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.259759-Would-you-Kindly-a-VG-Quote-Thread?page=5">Would you Kindly? a VG Quote Thread</a><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">"They are extremely powerful. And quite frankly, we haven't a snowflake's chance in Vulcan's forge of winning here. I suggest a *ahem* tactical advance...directly away from the enemy. Run! Now! Run. Run away. Run away."</span></div><br />No! No! No! What does he know? He's just some Roman General in a video game! Advance towards the enemy! Towards them! Swing for the fencers! Can't lose!<br /><br /><b>See Also:</b><br /><a href="http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/08/durable-goods-orders-plunge-73.html">Mish: Durable Goods Orders Plunge 7.3%, Nondefense New Orders for Capital Goods Plunge 15.4%; Plunge to Accelerate?</a><br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=lOS">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

New Orders: Tactical Advance!

Click to enlarge.Would you Kindly? a VG Quote Thread"They are extremely powerful. And quite frankly, we haven't a snowflake's chance in Vulcan's forge of winning here. I suggest a *ahem* tactical advance...directly away from the enemy. Run! Now! Run.…

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I Almost Choked To Death On The Irony

This is just rich. This is<a href="http://www.latimes.com/"> "Breaking News"</a> that is so new that the LA Times doesn't even have a link available to the story yet. I get their news alerts in my Email.<br /><br /> <b> Kerry: U.S. seeks 'accountability' for Syrian gas attack</b><br /><blockquote><br /><br /><br />Secretary of State John F. Kerry said today that President Obama believes "there must be accountability" for the poison gas attack that killed hundreds of people near the Syrian capital of Damascus last week.<br /><br />Kerry's statement appeared geared to building public support for a possible military response. He said Obama is actively consulting with allies and members of Congress about the next step.<br /><br />"By any standard, it is inexcusable," Kerry said of the gas attack. "And despite the excuses and equivocations that some have manufactured, it is undeniable."</blockquote><br />Here we go again.<br /><br />The retarded motherfuckers never seem to learn that sticking your nose in the Middle East gets you a black eye, every time.<br /><br />I am especially humored by his use of the word "Accountable".<br /><br />It seems to me that you have no higher moral ground to stand on there pal.<br />Pot, meet kettle.<br />I'll tell ya what, in my opinion, Obama hasn't got the stones in the first place.<br /><a href="https://news-these-days.wordpress.com/2012/12/24/oh-for-fucks-sake-give-it-a-rest-you-barbaric-assholes/">His "Red Line" got crossed clear back in December on Christmas Eve</a>.<br />Google it, I blogged about it then too.<br /><br />Nope, if Obama was serious we would have gone in and kicked their asses clear back then and been done with it.<br /><br />He is too busy playing politics and worrying about his image.Someone needs to clue the ignorant bastard in, this isn't a game of RISK.<br /><br />So now they are blustering and posturing again, something they are exceedingly good at, instead of acting decisively.<br /><br />Arming the rebels was a really bad idea so they went that route first, of course.<br /><br />Here's the deal.<br />This is basically just another skirmish in the long proxy war with Iran that they won't acknowledge publicly.<br /><br />You've got Al Queada, Hamas and God only knows who else in the mix and Iran is backing them with Russia supplying the hardware. It's also being used as a convenient opportunity for a little ethnic cleansing on both sides, just for fun. <br /><br />If that doesn't distill it down for ya I don't know what will.<br /><br />So Mr. Kerry can save his breath as far as I am concerned.

I Almost Choked To Death On The Irony

This is just rich. This is "Breaking News" that is so new that the LA Times doesn't even have a link available to the story yet. I get their news alerts in my Email. Kerry: U.S. seeks 'accountability' for Syrian gas attackSecr…

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THREE PILLARS OF CHRISTIAN LIVING

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What sticks in my mind is the pillar image and for Christianity three is decidedly the right number. I am convinced that there are three pillars of Christian living, three pillars of the way to godly joy and the peace that passes all human understanding. But pillars must rest on a foundation – so let me start briefly with the foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">The Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">The foundation of Christian living is our relationship with Jesus – but not just the Jesus in our heads, not just the Jesus we imagine, not just the Jesus we read about in the Bible. The Biblical teachings of Jesus are very clear, and the Epistles are very clear, that we encounter Jesus in each other. The Kingdom is found in the relational space among us. That is why we need the Church. Just as a Buddhist cannot practice without a sangha, a Christian needs the Church. Christ is present sometimes through others who support, encourage, and inspire us – other times through people who are hurt, angry, and confused needing our ministry – sometimes through those who try our patience. But always Christ meets us, challenges us, inspires and grounds us through our communion, community, and communication.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">      That foundation requires constant shoring up. I see encouraging signs of healing and reconciliation in our Church relationships these days in many parts of the diocese. Other broken relationships are still painfully obvious. Other broken relationships are so broken there is a taboo on even speaking of them, so I can only recognize their presence through vague references and by watching behavior patterns, like an astronomer recognizing a black hole by the motion of nearby planets.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     Continued attention to our relationships, finding opportunities for people who are not speaking to actually talk with one another, must remain our first priority. If you missed my article on this last July, you might want to check it out on my blog. See “Are They Still Fighting?” June 30,2013. <a href="http://bishopdansblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/are-they-still-fighting-how-christian.html">http://bishopdansblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/are-they-still-fighting-how-christian.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     The Three Pillars of Christian living are Mission, Stewardship, and Evangelism. There is a chicken and egg relationship between the Three Pillars and the Foundation. Obviously, we cannot accomplish our part of God’s Mission without solid relationships among the people doing the mission. We cannot practice Stewardship in a broken community because Stewardship depends on trusting the group. It is the same with Evangelism. We cannot invite people into a broken family. Most of them already have one. But, here’s the kicker. We cannot form a healthy community except in the context of mission stewardship, and evangelism. To put a point on it:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">              <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">      <i>We cannot form a healthy community except in the context <o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">      of mission, stewardship, and evangelism!!!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">Without those pillars, our relationships will be torn by individual agendas. Just as community is essential to the Three Pillars, the Three Pillars are essential to community. They all go together. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">Mission: The First Pillar<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     Our <i>raison d’etre, </i>our reason to exist, is as essential to life as air. (Victor Frankl, <i>Man’s Search For Meaning). </i>Individuals can only find that meaning in our relationships with each other. We find our purpose not as solitary hermits but in community. (Bishop Tutu, We cannot be human without each other.) The Church is the Christian Community and its purpose for existing is to continue Jesus’ mission. He states that mission at Luke 4:18ff. But to put it simply, we see Jesus’/our mission in three parts: healing, feeding, and liberating.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">      Cumulatively, Jesus changed lives and gave us the job of changing lives. We change lives in three ways. The first is healing. That can be physical, spiritual, emotional, or relational. Forgiveness and reconciliation are part and parcel of healing. “He heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds.” Ps. 147. Isaiah 61 (the model of Jesus mission) “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me to bind up the broken hearted.” <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     Feeding today is often quite literal. We have the hungry around the world and in our own neighborhoods. Our best-established ministries are literal food ministries. But feeding is more than nutrition. It includes teaching, spiritual support, providing people with the strength and courage for life. Feeding can be pastoral care. It can be partnering with a neighborhood school. It can be supporting character building scouting or providing a place for safe, wholesome fun for young people. It can be providing young parents a night out. There are many forms of feeding.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     Liberating is setting people free from social structures that hold them back from becoming who God created them to become. Our fight against human trafficking is the clearest example. Working with prison inmates and helping the recently released inmates reintegrate into the community is another clear example. The fear that constrains the lives of immigrants is another shackle that we could break. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     Our Mission is to the world. That includes each other. When we invite people into our community. It is not to reinforce ourselves. It is so we can be better healers for them. But most of our healing mission is to the world. Dietrich Bonheoffer called Jesus “the man for others” and said that the church is special because we “exist to serve those who are not our members.” We are not all agreed on this. I know some of us explicitly want the church to be a “club” for each other and no one else. I understand the need. I understand the fear. But Jesus calls us beyond that need and fear to a larger life. It is fine to form such inward looking clubs, but not to pretend they are the Church. To do so would be a hypocritical claiming of the name of Jesus while rejecting his message and it would be a corruption of the sacraments. We are the Church if and only if “the Spirit of the Lord is upon us” to do all Jesus did – to heal, feed, and liberate a broken, hungry, enslaved world.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">Stewardship: The Second Pillar<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">The peace and joy of Christian life come from the triumph of faith over fear. Stewardship is purely and simply the spirituality of faith overcoming fear – not as an abstraction but in actual practice. We put our toe in the baptismal water of Christian living when we devote our resources to the Kingdom Mission through our Church. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     For our Church to bless us with Christian peace and joy, it has to do two things: 1. Teach us the spirituality of faith over fear; and 2. Engage us in a part of God’s mission that we can recognize as more important, richer in meaning, more worthy of our life and its resources than our individual projects. One year at my last parish it came time for the Fall Pledge Drive. We really hadn’t done much mission that year. So I told the Chair of the Stewardship Committee that I knew he had to go through the motions, but that I was not expecting much and didn’t think he should either. You can’t harvest where you haven’t planted. But over time we did engage in mission and we tripled the amount our people chose to give to support that mission.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     Stewardship is how we bless two people: the giver and the receiver. The Church is the connection between the two. The Mission is how we make that connection. When we make it, the world lights up. I commend for your reading <i>Fearless Church Fundraising </i>by Charles LeFond. He means the title to say a lot more than is immediately obvious. He means our fundraising is how our Church can become <i>fearless</i>, which is another way of saying <i>faithful </i>– full of faith.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">Evangelism: The Third Pillar<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">      </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">One could rightly call Evangelism part of Mission. But I name it separately because it really does something distinctive from the rest of Mission and too often I see Churches that do not want to do Evangelism just folding it into other parts of Mission to as to muffle the fact that they have passed on The Great Commission. (Matthew 28: 16-20)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">      Evangelism is not selling a product. It is sharing hope. When I discover a good nutritional supplement or workout plan, I tell my friends. If I see a good movie or read a good book, I tell my friends. If I find something that gives me life, and if I care about other people, I want to share it with them. If our spiritual life is flourishing in a Church that is: 1. A healthy, dynamic community; 2. Working together in a genuine mission of healing, feeding, and liberating; 3. Where we discover peace and joy coming from the triumph of faith over fear – then we will want to share that with others. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     There are a lot of books that make the case for why we should do authentic evangelism. My favorites are <i>Transforming Evangelism </i>by Gortner and <i>Biblical Perspectives on Evangelism </i>by Brueggemann. But if you don’t need to be sold on the <i>why</i> and are ready to go straight to the <i>how, </i>the best book I’ve found yet for evangelism in our time is <i>Speaking Faithfully </i>by Naughton and Wilson. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     But here’s another kicker: When we share with people outside the walls what a great thing is happening in our community, we experience our community in a different way ourselves. We value each other more when we have told others out the community. We are more willing to support our community with our resources if we know we are going to be giving it to other people we care for. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">Conclusion</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     I hope nothing I have said here is new to you. You know the importance of each the Foundation and you know the importance of the Three Pillars. What I hope to elucidate is the interconnectedness. I have heard churches divide up and squabble over inreach vs. outreach, etc. But the truth is that they are all of one piece. Almost all of the petty church fights that cripple us spiritually arise because we haven’t bound ourselves together in the Mission, Stewardship, and Evangelism that lift our hearts and minds above the need to get our way. Yes, we need a lot of healing in our relationships in order to engage effectively in Mission, Stewardship, and Evangelism. But it is only through engaging in Mission, Stewardship, and Evangelism – as best we can right now – that we can heal and build our relationships – the relationships in which we will experience the Kingdom of God.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><!--EndFragment-->

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m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Globale Inflation hat begonnen: Das Finanzsystem kippt </span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Via </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.deutsche-mittelstands-nachrichten.de/autor/deutsche-mittelstands-nachrichten/"><span lang="DE-AT" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;">Deutsche Mittelstands Nachrichten</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Die dramatischen Zusammenbrüche in den jungen Volkswirtschaften der Welt sind Vorboten für den Crash des Weltfinanzsystems. Der Schulden-Tsunami rollt an. Er wird zu einer Inflation des Zorns gegen jene führen, die sich die Ausbeutung der Welt zum Ziel gemacht haben. Das Ende wird schmerzhaft sein, sagt Marc Faber. Christine Lagarde spricht vom Dammbruch, gegen den Verteidigungs-Linien errichtet werden müssen. Doch die Angreifer handeln aus Notwehr: Millionen Menschen beginnen, gegen das Finanzsystem zu rebellieren. Die Lage kippt. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Die Alchemisten des globalen Finanz-Systems werden unruhig.</span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Aus vielen Ländern der Erde kommen beunruhigende Zeichen.Und sie kommen in immer schnellerer Folge.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Die Schulden-Blase beginnt zu platzen. </span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Die Folgen sind klar: <b>Inflation und soziale Unruhen.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b> </b></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In immer schnellerer Folge geraten Länder unter Druck, die in den vergangenen Jahren die bevorzugten Ziele einer globalen Spekulations-Elite geworden sind. Währungen sind mit einem Mal nicht mehr wert: <b>Brasilien, die Türkei, Indien, Indonesien, Südafrika</b> – überall beschleunigen sich inflationäre Tendenzen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Das Kapital wird nervös.</span></b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Es zieht sich aus jenen Ländern zurück, in die es die verantwortungslose Niedrigzins-Politik der Zentralbanken getrieben hat. Zurück bleiben immer größere soziale Probleme.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Der Investor <b>Marc Faber</b> hat in einer sehr scharfsinnigen Analyse (Video am Ende des Artikels) genau vor dieser Entwicklung gewarnt. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Faber erklärt, dass das maßlose Gelddrucken zu keiner Inflation in den USA oder in Europa geführt hat. Durch die unkontrollierten <b>internationalen Verflechtungen wurde die Inflation exportiert</b>. Anleger haben in Blasen investiert, weil sie von den Zentralbanken verführt wurden. Wie schon beim Internet-Boom, bei der Immobilien-Blase oder beim Goldrausch sind gewaltige Summen über Finanzprodukte in die sogenannten Schwellenländer geflossen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Die Fiktion, mit der die globale Finanzindustrie operiert hat, ist simpel: Durch das viele Geld sind <b>keine Produkte oder Werte geschaffe</b>n worden. Es wurden einfach die Preise von Assets erhöht. Faber sagt, dass das Bruttosozialprodukt der ganzen Welt in einem Jahr so hoch ist wie die Summe der künstlichen Finanz-Papiere, die innerhalb einer einzigen Woche auf den Markt geworfen werden.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Die Folge: Diejenigen, die in einer real existierenden Wirtschaft leben müssen, können sich nichts mehr leisten. Faber, der in Asien lebt, beschreibt die Lage in Thailand: Wegen des Irrsinns der Spekulationen sind die <b>Immobilienpreise</b>so massiv gestiegen, dass sich eine junge thailändische Familie kein Haus mehr leisten kann. Die <b>Lebensmittelpreise</b> sind explodiert. Für die Reichen der Welt ist das kein Problem: Wer eine Million Dollar im Jahr zur Verfügung hat, gibt nur 3 Prozent für Lebensmittel aus. Wer 1.000 Dollar im Jahr verdient, gibt 60 Prozent und mehr für das Essen aus.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Das ist der Punkt, an dem das morsches System bricht.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Brechen muss.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nach Fabers Einschätzung waren die Unruhen in Tunesien, Ägypten, der Türkei und anderswo ausschließlich soziale Unruhen. Die <b>Leute rebellieren, weil sie keine Zukunft mehr haben.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In Europa und den USA wird der Ausbruch von Unruhen noch verhindert, weil die Staaten manisch weiter Geld in die <b>Sozialsysteme</b> pumpen, um die Leute ruhig zu stellen – Geld, das sie nicht mehr haben.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Zugleich wird die Gesellschaft immer älter – und es ist eine Überlebensfrage für die Systeme, dass die Rentner Geld bekommen. Die <b>Pensionsfonds</b> sind hypernervös, weil sie wissen: Wenn das Finanzsystem wirklich crasht, können sie die Renten nicht mehr bezahlen. Sie jagen daher von einer Blase in die nächste.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Doch bald gibt es keinen sicheren Ort mehr.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Denn am Ende muss hinter jedem Investment, selbst hinter dem absurdesten Finanzprodukt, ein realer Wert stehen: Ein Unternehmen, ein Stück Land, ein Rohstoff.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Doch die realen Werte können mit den Preisen nicht mithalten, die diese selbstmörderische Strategie der globalen Spekulanten in die Höhe getrieben haben.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Und nun wollen die Alchemisten, die das Fiasko ausgelöst haben, <b>den Geist wieder in die Flasche zurückdrängen.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Doch das gelingt nicht.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Der Geist ist aus der Flasche, es ist der Ungeist der ungedeckten Kredite, der Todeshauch der globalen Schulden.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Das System steckt in der Falle.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">IWF-Chefin Christine Lagarde</span></b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> hat in ihrer </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.imf.org/external/np/speeches/2013/082313.htm" target="_blank"><span lang="DE-AT" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;">Rede</span></a></span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> vor den Finanz-Jongleuren in Jackson Hole daher die Kassandra gegeben und gesagt: Der Damm drohe zu brechen. Es müssen Verteidigungslinien erreichtet werden, um den System-Crash zu verhindern.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Die Krise in den Schwellenländern gerät außer Kontrolle. Hilflos hat Lagarde angekündigt, der IWF stehe bereit, Ländern, die in Not geraten zu helfen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mit politischem Rat.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mit Geld.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Doch auch der IWF hat kein Geld mehr.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Es wurde zu viel gedruckt.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Geld verliert in dem Moment seinen Wert, wenn hinter dem Geld nichts mehr steckt. Diesen Moment erleben wir gerade.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Daher fummeln die Zentralbanker, die von niemandem gewählten, niemand verantwortlichen, von niemandem kontrollierten Animateure der weltweiten Gier, nun am Ausstieg herum.</span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Lagarde sagte, das Gelddrucken müsse langsam zu Ende gehen.</span><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Der „Exit“, </span></b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">wie sie das nennt<b>, müsse kontrolliert erfolgen.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lagarde ist Juristin. Sie hat von Wirtschaft keine Ahnung.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wovon sie etwas versteht, ist <b>das kalte Spiel der Macht</b>. Sie klammerte sich daher in ihrer Rede an die bekannte Fiktion, an das gefürchtete Instrument der Drohung: Die Staaten müssen alles gemeinsam machen. Nationale Egoismen müssten nun zurücktreten gegenüber dem großen, gemeinsamen Ziel – der <b>Rettung</b>des Weltfinanzsystems.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Doch die Beschwörungen verfangen nicht.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Für den überwiegenden Teil der Menschheit ist das Weltfinanzsystem nichts, was sie retten müssen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Im Gegenteil: <b>Für 99 Prozent der Menschen ist dieses Monopoly</b>, bei dem sie nichts sind als die kleinen Plastikfiguren, die beim Monopoly hin- und hergeschoben werden, der sichere <b>Untergang</b>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Marc Faber, der immer wieder etwas schrullig wirkt, versteht von Wirtschaft eine Menge.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ganz anders als Lagarde sieht er die Konsequenzen: Die Folge der globalen Schuldenblase werden <b>Krieg, soziale Unruhen und Zerstörung</b> sein.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Der sich abzeichnende Crash in den jungen Volkswirtschaften ist ein sicheres Indiz, dass das Endspiel erreicht ist.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Das Bruttosozialprodukt der ganzen Welt, das Faber mit etwa 60 Billionen Dollar beziffert, entspricht dem Umsatz, den die Banken in einer Woche machen.</span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Das <b>Geld</b>, das im Umlauf ist, hat mit der <b>Realität</b> nichts mehr zu tun.</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wenn nun Indien, Indonesien, Brasilien, die Türkei und all die Staaten, in die die Finanzindustrie das Geld in Form von Krediten und Wetten auf diese Kredite gepumpt haben, mit einem Schlag die Balance verlieren – dann ist das ein untrügliches Zeichen dafür, dass die Finanz-Industrie die Leute nicht mehr länger im globalen<b> Schulden-Gefängnis</b> festgehalten werden können.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Es kommt zum Ausbruch.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lagarde redet immer noch von einem ineinander verwobenen Finanzsystem und behauptet, dass alle gesittet an diesem System mitwirken sollten, damit weiter Geld verdient werden kann mit Werten, die es in der Höhe niemals wird geben können.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sie übersieht jedoch, dass gerade die Menschen in jenen Staaten, die nun als erste zu fallen drohen, kein Interesse mehr haben an diesem System.</span> So korrupt und von den Banken abhängig kann gar kein Politiker sein, als dass er nicht bei der einsetzenden Beschleunigung merken würde: <b>Jetzt geht es um das Überleben</b>.</div><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Beppe Grillo</span></b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> hat in einem Interview für die BusinessWeek gesagt, dass Italien schleunigst aus der <b>Schuldenfalle</b> kommen müsse. Nicht der Euro sei das Problem, sondern die Schulden. Die italienische Wirtschaft kann die Kredite nicht zurückzahlen, die dieses absurde politische System der Finanzinvestoren ihnen aufgezwungen hat – jene Kredite, die die ganz und gar skrupellosen Politiker gerne genommen haben, um sich bis zur nächsten Wahl am Futtertrog der Macht zu halten.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Doch nun kippt der Futtertrog.</span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Und wenn in Indien, Brasilien oder der Türkei Millionen auf die Straße gehen und das System kurz und klein schlagen, dann hilft kein „financial engineering“ mehr, wie es der IWF so gerne betreiben würde.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Russland und China werden folgen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Und die <b>Euro-Zone wird mit ihrer Schuldenlast mitgerissen werden</b>. Das Ansteigen der Zinsen im Bond-Markt zeigt für Deutschland einen signifikanten Anstieg innerhalb kürzester Zeit. Auch die US-Staatsanleihen stehen schon bei 2 Prozent. Es wird immer teurer für die reichen, großen Schuldner, ihre Kredite zu bedienen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Daher werde die Dämme nicht nur im Reich von Madame Lagarde brechen, sondern schon sehr bald auch die Grundfesten der westlichen <b>Sozialsysteme</b> unterspült und schließlich zum Einsturz gebracht werden von den gewaltigen Fluten an Geld, das gebraucht wird, um Schulden abzuzahlen.</span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Zypern, Griechenland, Portugal – das sind die Vorboten im Kleinen. Nun kommen die Großen an die Reihe.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dem Dammbruch wird die Sintflut folgen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Der Tsunami der globalen Schulden.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Den kann der IWF nicht stoppen, die EZB nicht und auch die US-Notenbank nicht.</span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Die Inflation, die sich jetzt überall in der Welt zusammenbraut, kennt keine nationalen Grenzen.</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Das ist der Denkfehler der Alchemisten, die so gerne die neue Weltordnung sehen würden: All das, was die Oligarchen, die dieses System erfunden und von ihm maßlos profitiert haben, in dieses System gesteckt haben, wird sich in der selben, unvorstellbaren Dimension gegen sie selbst richten.</span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Mark Faber sagt, das System geht zu Ende, „entweder durch Krieg oder den finanziellen Kollaps“.</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Christine Lagarde glaubt, dass der Crash, den sie in ihrer Rede in Jackson Hole erstaunlich konkret beschreibt, durch noch mehr Kredit verhindert werden könne, durch die Aufgabe von nationaler Souveränität, durch noch härtere Sparmaßnahmen bei den Leuten.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Marc Faber sagt, das Ende werde „sehr schmerzhaft“ sein.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Denn was sich nun zusammenbraut, ist die Inflation des Zorns all jener, die sich betrogen und ausgebeutet sehen, um ihre Zukunft betrogen, in den Sklavenstand zurückversetzt von einer kleinen Elite, die ihnen selbst im Endspiel noch einreden will, dass „Wachstum“ die einzige Lösung sei.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Welches Wachstum?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Das Wachstum der Armut?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Der Ausbeutung?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; 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