Morning Audibles

Vick & Eagles Embarrass McNabb & Redskins 59-28

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/recap?gid=20101115028

Translation: No animals were harmed during the playing of this game. But MV has gone from murdering dogs to murdering Indians.

Fed's Dudley: QE2 Exit Could Take Years

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Feds-Dudley-QE2-exit-could-rb-49430394.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=3&asset=&ccode=

EXCERPT
"Dudley cautioned that it will take months of adding 200,000 to 300,000 jobs to foster a meaningful recovery, and said the Fed's program to buy $600 billion in longer-term Treasuries is unlikely to generate a spurt of growth..."

Translation: If adding 200,000 - 300,000 jobs is the goal... Well, let's see... What's $600 billion divided by 200,000? Anybody have an abacus handy?

GM to Raise IPO Stock Price Range

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/AP-Source-GM-to-raise-IPO-apf-1426767295.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=8&asset=&ccode=

EXCERPT
"Investor demand for General Motors' shares is so high that the automaker will raise the price range of its common stock to $32 to $33 when its initial public stock offering begins on Thursday..."

Translation: The high demand for shares cannot, I repeat cannot, be simply due to POMO... It MUST be attributable to "sales" in Europe... Right? Right?

Fiat, Ford, Toyota Lead Seventh Monthly Decline in European Auto Sales

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-16/fiat-ford-toyota-lead-seventh-monthly-decline-in-european-auto-sales.html

EXCERPT
"Fiat SpA, Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. led a seventh consecutive monthly drop in European car sales as demand waned after the expiration of government trade-in incentives."

Translation: Ze Cash for ze "clunkAIRS" programme! A hit wherever she goes!

Or could it be?

Federal Workers Making Over $180,000 Increase By 2,000% In Past Five Years

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/federal-workers-making-over-180000-increases-2000-past-five-years

EXCERPT
"Those earning over $150,000 in the past five years have grown from 7,420 to 82,034, a 1,006% increase. More shockingly, those earning over $180,000 has surged from just 805 in 2005, to 16,912 in 2010: a 2,001% increase. And it is on the background of this that Congress is planning on giving 2.1 million federal workers another 1.4% across the board pay raise! Additionally, it appears that the bulk of the gains have taken place since Obama took office."

http://www.obama-dog.com/blog/about-bo-obama.html

Translation: How much does a "Presidential" dog groomer, and 2nd assistant to social calendar of FLOTUS make again?... BO should have just been sent to Michael Vick for training, that would save money, and get the economy focused on proper things like those high paying GREEN JOBS...

But apparently, some think the idea of high paying "green jobs" is silly...

Rothschild Buys Indonesian Coal Stakes for $3 Billion

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-16/vallar-to-buy-berau-bumi-stakes-in-3-billion-indonesian-cash-stock-deal.html

What else can we do with all these billions & trillions? (& aren't 'greenbacks' printed on cotton, not paper)?

An Upcoming 30% Price Increase For Cotton Products And Defaulting Chinese Clothing Manufacturers May Soon Test The "Deflation" Thesis

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/upcoming-30-price-increase-cotton-products-and-defaulting-chinese-clothing-manufacturers-may

EXCERPT
"many Chinese clothing manufacturers were nearing bankruptcy and the Chinese government was cracking down on hoarders, speculators and investigating position sizes"

I have an idea... Let's just VOTE ALL THOSE BASTARDS OUT OF OFFICE (and start with some fresh faces)...

Voters are Already Gloomy About a GOP Congress

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20101112/el_yblog_upshot/voters-are-already-gloomy-about-a-gop-congress