The first day of the month is typically a good one for market investors.

Tomorrow is March 1st. Will be interesting to see if this pattern holds.

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The Calm Before the Storm

Courtesy of Phil of Phil's Stock World

Tomorrow, of course, is March first and, as we all know, the first day of the month is THE BEST day to go long.  12 of the last 14 first day's of the month have been up days with the S&P gaining 17% on the first day of the month (Feb 1 not on this chart) and just 1.4% on all the rest of the day's combined!

So, miss the first day and miss out on the rally is a bit of an understatement, isn't it?  In 2010 alone, the first trading day accounted for 123 of the 134 points the S&P gained. Essentially, the market traded flat the other 200-plus trading days. Read more at www.zerohedge.com

 

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Genetic Patdowns Coming to TSA Checkpoints

http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/02/26/news-tsa-scanner-1-2/

First they came for our papers, then they came for our junk, now they are coming for our DNA.

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Seems the US government cannot get enough war.

Even if we don't wage a war on the people of north Africa, our military industrial complex will surely benefit from the instability in the region.

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War Über Alles

by Paul Craig Roberts

The United States government cannot get enough of war. With Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi’s regime falling to a rebelling population, CNN reports that a Pentagon spokesman said that the U.S. is looking at all options from the military side.

Allegedly, the Pentagon, which is responsible for one million dead Iraqis and an unknown number of dead Afghans and Pakistanis, is concerned about the deaths of 1,000 Libyan protesters.

War makes money for the politically connected. While the flag-waving population remains proud of the service of their sons, brothers, husbands, fathers, cousins, wives, mothers and daughters, the smart boys who got the fireworks started are rolling in the mega-millions.

As General Smedley Butler told the jingoistic American population, to no avail, "war is a racket." As long as the American population remains proud that their relatives serve as cannon fodder for the military/security complex, war will remain a racket. Read more at www.lewrockwell.com

 

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The Political Economy of Government Employee Unions by Thomas DiLorenzo

http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo203.html

"The Wall Street Journal reports that state and local governments in the United States currently have $3.5 trillion in unfunded pension liabilities." That is like 3.5 million duffel bags stuffed with $100 bills (assuming $1,000,000 per bag).

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We're Rapidly Approaching the Crisis to Which 2008 Was a Warm Up

Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 02/25/2011 23:05 -0500

Stocks broke down in a big way this week, falling below the trendline that has supported them since late August. Indeed, it looks as though we not only broke below this line but have since rallied to retest it: a classic pattern during corrections.

The question now is if this is just a minor correction or the start of something more. The S&P 500 appears to have formed a rising bearish wedge pattern (see above), which usually is a termination pattern that results in the underlying security falling to retest its base (in this case 1050 or so on the S&P 500).

While this might not seem like a big deal, I can assure it is THE most significant issue the financial markets face right now. The reason for this is that IF the Bernanke “Put” is no longer relevant, that is additional liquidity and bailouts, doesn’t actually induce a rally anymore… then the entire financial system will collapse in one form or another.

Remember, the only thing that pulled us from the brink in 2008 was Bernanke printing like a lunatic. It’s the ONLY thing that has held the market together. And while it may have kicked off a major rally in stocks… it FAILED to address the underlying issues that caused the Crisis in the first place: namely excessive debt and leverage.

In fact, Bernanke has made the financial system even MORE leveraged than it was in 2008. So if the Fed’s moves no longer have an effect on the markets, then it’s time for the REAL Crisis… the Crisis to which 2008 was a warm up. Read more at www.zerohedge.com

 

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Google Penalizes Overstock for Search Tactics - WSJ.com

URL:  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704520504...

Seems Overstock was getting too many .edu links.

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Obama Budget Cuts Visualization

URL:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=...

Proving it is hard to grasp the concept of BIG numbers.

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The US Today: What Happens When You Let Investment Bankers Run a Country

Investment banking as an industry runs almost completely contrary to wealth creation since it thrives on fees rather that capital appreciation. Investment banking is about making DEALS (any deals) regardless of whether the deals make sense or benefit both parties (after all, the advisors to the deals, the investment bankers, get paid based on commission and free stock).   Indeed, investment banking is one of the few industries on the planet in which you can get rich by creating debt for others to pay off. Goldman Sachs, as you know, is an investment bank. And this financial crisis is riddled with former Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street execs.   Indeed, you can see the “investment banking” stamp everywhere.  Consider the major deals the Feds have created and consider the actual benefit they offer to the parties involved:   §  Bear Stearns/ JP Morgan §  The US taxpayer/ Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac §  The US taxpayer/ AIG (and all of its counterparties) §  Merrill Lynch/ Bank of America   All of these deals were terrible. All of them were rushed through. And all of them were allowed because of lax regulation/ poor analysis. To this day no one in the mainstream media seems to have adequately analyzed these deals in a way that includes actual numbers. Instead we get dopey adages like “it’s about stemming the tide,” it’s important to “stop the bleeding,” “it’s about saving the system.”   Read more at www.zerohedge.com

 

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NEW PLR - Cuisinart Product Review PLR Article Pack #plr

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The Intent of the Global Ruling Class is to Rule

There is a global awakening occurring. People are realizing they aren't serfs, owned by governments and the criminals that control them. Wake up humanity!

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The Intent of the U.S. Ruling Class Is Total Tyranny: We Must Stop It!

The Imperial United State of America is headed straight to hell, and without an honest awakening by the conceited, and seemingly unconcerned sheep-like masses, this departure from grace will happen before most are aware of the imminent collapse.

The government and its controlling partners are in perpetual war with those who never attacked or threatened to attack us. The military power structure is entrenched in most all countries around the world. We are now a people that are spied upon, groped, x-rayed, harassed, and stolen from on a daily basis.

Government literally lives and thrives on the blood and sweat of others, a literal vampire in disguise living off its gullible host. That host of course, is the very people who put the government in power in the first place. This is an irony that is almost impossible to bear. Read more at www.lewrockwell.com

 

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What is PLR?

http://plrdaddy.com/blog/what-is-plr

Just what the heck is P.L.R. anyway? Read this article to get up to speed on this content creation shortcut.

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Calgary council votes to stop fluoridating city water

URL:  http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Health/20110209/calgary-water...

A victory for those who feel public water supplies should not be used to forcibly medicate (or poison) the population.

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5 Essential Tools for the Mobile Journalist

In addition to the standard smartphone equipment, such as a camera and social networking applications, we’ve compiled a list of five additional tools that can help a single journalist rival a fully-functional news team. With these tools, a mobile journalist can record data, edit clips, and broadcast polished stories as events unfold.

1. Voice Recorder/Google Voice

2. Ustream

3. Reeldirector

4. Fast Thumbs and Sync-able Memos

5. WordPress

Today, everything a journalist needs to publish a story is only a few clicks away. In addition to speedy publication, inexpensive reporting allows less-endowed news outfits to blanket an area with more reporters. For instance, at Penn State, an unofficial campus newspaper, Onward State, is taking on the century-old university standby The Daily Collegian. According to sources at Onward State, a combination of mobile journalism and social media has helped the rogue publication become a competitor to the more established, award-winning official newspaper.

From college campuses to the streets of Tehran, a combination of low costs and hyper-local resourcefulness is democratizing the world of news journalism, putting the power of the press, literally, into the hands of every citizen. Read more at mashable.com

 

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New home theater System PLR articles

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Stephen Ayer Expert Author Profile & Articles | Sooper Articles

URL:  http://www.sooperarticles.com/authors/90691/stephen-aye...

Here are some of my recent articles published on Sooper Articles

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Depression PLR Articles Can Get Your Website Out of the Dumps

URL:  http://hubpages.com/hub/Depression-PLR

If you have a website about depression, stress or health, you may be able to use this PLR content.

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Microsoft out of ideas for search, swipes a few from Google.

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Google: Bing Is Cheating, Copying Our Search Results Read more at searchengineland.com

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Google has run a sting operation that it says proves Bing has been watching what people search for on Google, the sites they select from Google’s results, then uses that information to improve Bing’s own search listings. Bing doesn’t deny this.

Google: Is Bing Copying Us?

Is It Illegal?

Suffice to say, Google’s pretty unhappy with the whole situation, which does raise a number of issues. For one, is what Bing seems to be doing illegal? Singhal was “hesitant” to say that since Google technically hasn’t lost anything. It still has its own results, even if it feels Bing is mimicking them.

Is it Cheating?

If it’s not illegal, is what Bing may be doing unfair, somehow cheating at the search game? Read more at techcrunch.com

 

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