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VIEW MORE...Just two more outfits from my NYFW trip and I will come back to my regular posts... So here it is a casual look that I wore in a lovely morning for a breakfast out with Bogdan in our all-time favorite place in NY: Le Pain Quotidien..I hope I won't drive you crazy these months with my "burgundy obsession"but I can't help myself :)                     ...

A New Political Party Aborning?A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet********************** I may be a bit premature with this, well, I don't like calling it a prediction, because it isn't.  So, let's just refer to it as a, uh,  "future-probing observation."   So, here's what I THINKI see as I probe the future: First, though, we need to consider what is happening within the GOP as I write.  There...

Click to enlarge.The future's too bright.Merriam Webster: Pretensionan allegation of doubtful valueThis post inspired by robj's comment at Calculated Risk.Source Data:St. Louis Fed: Federal Surplus or Deficit [-] as Percent of Gross Domestic Produ...

Click to enlarge.Monthly retail and food services sales per capita is shown in blue.Annual median household income is shown in red.Please factor in that neither series is adjusted for inflation. You are therefore looking at the raw data in all its grandeur.We must be incredibly optimistic as a society. I say this because the following is what Google offers me as search results.1. 8,870,000 search results for "Pent-Up...

September 29, 2013Golden era of farm prosperity in Iowa, nation at an endFarmers may still be the richest people many of us know, but their seeming license to print money during a seven-year run of record grain prices and near exponential growth in land values has been revoked by falling markets for corn and soybean...

The following chart shows the median price of new homes sold divided by the median household income.Click to enlarge.HUD: Affordable HousingWho Needs Affordable Housing?More people than you might realize.May 2013REALTOR: Not a High-Wire ActThe economic benefits of a strong housing market are clear. Housing has contributed 17 to 19 percent to the national gross domestic product on average over the past four decades;...

The following chart shows the median household income of Washington, D.C. divided by the median household income of the United States.Click to enlarge.Exponential growth! It's only a matter of time before our "investment" pays off! Genius!The Next Biggest Boom Towns In The U.S.No. 6: Washington, D.C.The D.C. metro area's great competitive advantage lies in proximity to the federal government. Washington has continuing...

by: Les CarpenterRational Nation USALiberty -vs- TyrannyGive me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost, to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door!It's here America!The anticipated government shutdown.With 31+ hours to shutdown the melodrama continues.And, America braces itself to deal with the result of the...

The Zombie drug from Russia is also known as Krokodil or desomorphine.By H. Nelson GoodsonSeptember 29, 2013Phoenix, Arizona - Last week, two cases of a Zombie like drug known as Krokodil were reported to the Banner Poison Control Center in the state of Arizona. Other similar cases having been detected in the U.S. Krokodil drug symptoms are similar to heroin, but costs multiple times cheaper making it an affordable...

Click to enlarge.For the love of all that is holy, please stop depositing so much cash in the banks. They've already got the Holy Grail. They certainly don't need yours!Some of us would like to actually earn more than 0.49% on 5-year CDs again. So stop already!1.0049^5 = 1.02472.47% total return in 5 years? I say bury that cash instead! What's the worst that could happen?The Worst that Could HappenDo *not* weasel your...

by: Les CarpenterRational Nation USALiberty -vs- Tyranny"Declaration" by John Trumbull depicting the signing of the Declaration of Independence. As Americans watch and witness the evolution of our democratic republic as it locks itself into partisan ideological positions that may result in the shutdown of our government and have far reaching global economic implications I found some solace, and...

September 26, 2013China investment opportunities today: Jim Rogers"In the 19th century in America, we had 15 depressions, with a 'd', and yet we became the most exciting and successful country in the 20th century.""China's gonna have a lot of problems. I don't know what or when or why, but I know it's coming. But when they happen, take advantage of the opportunity, don't throw up your hands and say 'oh gosh, now I'm...

Although the report comes originally from Maariv, an Israeli paper notorious for being far left and their reports have been far from the truth, I submit this to you, my truth seeker, so you can make an honest assessment.Some Israeli government analysts believe Iran already has at least one nuclear bomb, an Israeli journalist wrote in an article published Friday.Shalom Yerushalmi, writing in the national daily Maariv,...

VIEW MORE...I had a great time shooting together with this lovely lady, Ange...Finally it came the moment to post this outfit that I wore while we shot a video with Polyvore team. Let me tell you that this video was my first one and I was really nervous, but after a while I started being a little bit more comfortable with the whole "video idea"We recorded at the Polyvore office, in the taxi on our way to Rebecca Minkoff...

Ulises Guerrero and IsaacPhoto courtesy of La OpiniónImmigration judge gave Guerrero six months to find an alternative to stay in the U.S.By H. Nelson GoodsonSeptember 28, 2013Los Angeles, California - Ulises Guerrero, 33, originally from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico was facing deportation on September 26, but won a stay for six months, La Opinión reported. U.S. Immigration Judge Robert E. Coughlon told Guerrero's...

The following chart shows the inverse of the 10-year treasury yield. Why the inverse? At 0%, one could borrow an infinite amount of money and still pay the interest payments in full (without even breaking a sweat). When seen this way, 0% isn't a floor. It's infinity!Click to enlarge.Note that there has been a trend change. As seen in the difference between the red and blue exponential trend channels, the inverse is...

American Exceptionalism Diluted by Illegal ImmigrationA Commentary by J. D. Longstreet**************Throughout history governments had lied to their constituents.  It is an indisputable fact of life. We Americans have been lied to, by our government, mercilessly, since our founding.  No matter where in the world you are reading this, rest assured your government has lied to you and may, even now, be lying...

Scientists can now say with extreme confidence that human activity is the dominant cause of the global warming observed since the 1950s, a new report by an international scientific group said Friday.Calling man-made warming "extremely likely," the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change used the strongest words yet on the issue as it adopted its assessment on the state of the climate system.In its previous assessment,...

Angelica D. BelenBelen was sentenced to 18 years in prison and 18 years of extended supervision for three felony counts of child neglect related to her three children who died in a blaze while they were locked inside an upper second floor bedroom.By H. Nelson GoodsonSeptember 27, 2013Milwaukee, WI - On Friday, Angelica D. Belen, 24, was sentenced to 18 years in prison and 18 years of extended supervision for three felony...

Great praise! The weekend is finally upon us! I know everyone says they need a weekend to recharge, but I really need it. I have what you could call a lot of good problems - lots of work (wahoo and thank God), two big secret projects I can't share yet but they are mongo time suckers, and a new school who "encourages" a lot of participation from their Kindergarten parents. Oy people!So because of all of that, I apologize...