A place where a skillful caddy always offers cool contemplation when it comes to your "stick" selection.
Creditcane™: Used new breathing techniques to allow my abilities to go all day.
SPXBearish long day (failed to confirm taker). Midpoint below EMA(10). Failed SMA(89). Failed the 50.0% retrace (1258.53). New low on daily 3LB (reversal is 1306.10). QE2infinity. "JBTFD" aka this has to be the low…right?
DXYBullish long day. Midpoint below EMA(10). Still below the 14.6% retrace (77.54). Below all SMA's. No daily 3LB changes (reversal is 77.28).
VIXBullish long day. Midpoint above EMA(10). Way above all SMA's. New high on daily 3LB (reversal is 20.80). Now above weekly and monthly 3LB mids. Almost closed in the "fear" zone.
GOLDBullish short day. Midpoint below EMA(10). No test of 0.0% retrace. Still below SMA(21). No daily 3LB changes (reversal is 1437.70). Still below upper trend line. Must have the precious.
AUDJPYBearish long day. Midpoint below EMA(10). Further below SMA(233). Also now below its 50.0% retrace (0.7808). New low on daily 3LB (reversal is 0.8212).
JNKBearish engulfing day. Midpoint below EMA(10). Failing SMA(144). Failed its 14.6% retrace (39.78). Still below lower trend line. New low on daily 3LB (reversal is 40.23).
IQIBullish long day (go figure). Midpoint below EMA(10). Still below all SMA's. Back above its 23.6% retrace (11.68). No daily 3LB changes (reversal is 12.30). Still below its weekly 3LB mid (11.76).
10YR YIELDBearish short day. No test of 0.0% retrace at 37.44. Failed SMA(89). Midpoint below EMA(10). Held the 38.2% retrace (32.05). New low on daily 3LB (reversal is 33.93).
SILVERDoji day. Still above all SMA's. Midpoint below EMA(10). No test 0.0% retrace. Tested and held upper trend line. No daily 3LB changes (reversal is 36.05).
TLTBullish short day. Midpoint above EMA(10). Above SMA(89). Above lower trend line. New high on daily 3LB (reversal is 89.68).
USDJPYBearish long day. Midpoint below EMA(10). Below all SMA's. New low on daily 3LB (reversal is 81.70). Now also below weekly 3LB reversal level.
The market went into "Free Fall"...
100 comments:
wow, guess I'm not 'right', anymore, about ~the BOJ holding ~80, "for the Exporters" ..
massive move Up in Yen v. Paperback..
guess it'll give the BOJ, more, room to Print..
AAIP
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2011/03/us-calls-radiation-extremely-high.html
the Japanese government has said it will be giving less information about the situation
Hoffer
What exactly is going on with the yen?
Jen
Surprise. surprise
If it was even possible
foghorn
What would happen if interest rates were raised? You know, like Volcker...here and now wouldn't have to be that severe..
..Have to pare the debt, would we not? What we are doing now is mindless can kicking and we end up without a can..
..oil would go down..
..commodities would go down..
..or something like that..of course the only way we can pretend the federal government is not BK is to keep ZIRPing along..
I think I will opine that the Nikkei can't finish green two days in a row...
..Lefty, how about a burger? Where'd you go? Swedish twins back in town....?
Wouldn't raising rates be a kill shot to Japan?
Looks like Japan needs to raise rates to draw capital. But I am just a stupid engineer, so I don't get the money thing.
foghorn
You didn't hear about the big pedophile bust in the UK?
He is on the lam.
foghorn
foghorn,
http://finviz.com/forex_charts.ashx?t=USDJPY
went to ~76, bounced back, a little, now ~77.43
ibid.
Rumor is that the BoJ usually steps in around USDJPY 79.75. But considering how much they've spent to keep the Nikkei from imploding I don't know if they can fight two battles at once.
Update
Since USDJPY is now around 77.50 all bets are off. Carry traders on life support.
gap down!
http://www.finviz.com/futures_charts.ashx?t=ES&p=m5
what are the implications of the yen move for our markets? gold?
foghorn-
re the strength of the Yen:
"The yen rose to a post-World War II high versus the dollar on speculation investors will buy the currency to fund rebuilding projects."- Bloomberg
ahab
So if geisha girls go for 100 hundred yen per hour,
Will this buy less or more time?
foghorn
AAPL still dropping in AH-
I'm a buyer at $75
Jenny- good question-
http://www.finviz.com/futures_charts.ashx?t=GC&p=m5
futures don't look pretty
I have discovered that our ZIRP policy is also our Middle East policy:
Zero
Intervention
for
Rebels
Policy.
..thought you'd like to know...
Actually saw a video in Bahrain much like in South Vietnam where a captured man was shot with a gun withing inches of his head while being interrogated...Absolutely revolting that we are tacitly backing these bastards...
foghorn-
well- if your an American- then your $$$ buys less time-
but how much time you need? I only need 5 minutes (and maybe less)- LOL
So, if you're Japanese and go to Vegas,
it's party on, Garth.
Go long slot machines, madras shorts, black socks and cameras.
foghorn
re: Libya
...as reported on 3 March, 2011, at:
http://my.firedoglake.com/edwardteller/2011/03/03/israeli-company-hires-gadhafis-mercenaries-with-approval-of-the-israeli-government/
"An Israeli company is recruiting mercenaries to support Moammar Gadhafi’s efforts to suppress an uprising against his regime, an Israeli news site said Tuesday.
Citing Egyptian sources, the Hebrew-language news site Inyan Merkazi said the company was run by retired Israeli army commanders.
The report claims that many high-profile former Israeli officers have been illegally trading weapons in several African nations, and have faced interrogations over their activities in the past.
The news site said the head of the company recently met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Israeli intelligence chief Aviv Cokhavi. It added that the officials all approved the company’s recruitment of mercenaries to help Gadhafi."
So were I a betting person, I would not bet on any US, EU, or NATO intervention in Libya.
http://whatreallyhappened.com/#ixzz1GoBxGH7X
y mas..
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/03/14/110429/with-gadhafis-forces-on-the-move.html
AAIP
foghorn-
the casino ends up with all the money-
WINNING!
And the chicks get all the blow
LOSING
foghorn
And all you end up with is the
steady drip, drip, drip of gonorrhea.
Well try new Peter-Rooter and flush your troubles down the drain.
(Sorry, old Cheech and Chong routine.)
foghorn
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My bad,
No more pictures of r------s with h--e f-----g h---s.
Mea culpa.
foghorn
Anonymous
I'll set it so you'll need to type the security phrase out to post if these spam posts continue.
http://www.tlbaa.org/breed/breed.html
random 'horn porn..
AAIP
That's for unsigned anonymous posts...
'horn, 'on the Block'..
http://www.5tlonghorns.com/Cattle.cfm?SalePen=1
ibid.
more 'horn, For Sale
https://www.longhornsalepen.com/
gov't pimped 'horn..
http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/oklahoma/wichitamountains/auctions.html
eAuction for 'horn
http://www.elonghornsales.com/browselisting.aspx?category=bulls
AR,
those 'horn sites, listed above, are from me..
AAIP
http://finviz.com/forex_charts.ashx?t=USDJPY&tf=m5
~79.13 Yen to the U$D
ibid.
AAIP
That much I figured. :-)
That .gov horn actually has a pretty fascinating story behind it.
At the time they were established, less than 100 of the old breed were around, J. Frank Dobie and some other gents roamed the southwest and northern Mexico to get the old, unadulterated bloodlines.
Started with a couple bulls and about 10 cows, if not for the refuge, they would be gone now.
Bred out for more profit margin, of course.
foghorn
foghorn-
I am an ol' Navy boy- Gonorrhea got nothin' on me-
(after a few penicillin shots in the ass and a 6" Q-tip shoved in an uncomfortable place)
I persevere:-)!
Milby Butler was another old pioneer who kept the breed pure.
He did a lot of line breeding and was really interested in the longhorn aspect of them, meaning huge horns. His cattle are distinguishable because of the solid white body coloring and red ears, and of course huge horns.
Two of his most famous bulls are Monarch 102 and Classic, my cattle mostly track back to his bloodlines.
I am trying to work on color right now, my little young bull is a black and white speckled lad and is really coming on.
Pull up Classic and Monarch, they are/were real nice.
foghorn
No .mil for this lad,
They would have just shot my wild ass.
Friendly fire, as it were.
foghorn
"AAPL still dropping in AH-
I'm a buyer at $75"
.....ahab, that's funny
@Jennifer,
I could never find any correlation with currencies that lasted long enough to be meaningful, I bet some hedge funds are making a killing of this, others getting killed. With the Yen being where it hasn't been since the end of WWII perhaps it means we will have a 3,000% rally from here, ya know.....but I'm a little skeptical of that outcome at the moment.
Bruce,
despite all the talk of how great the economy is, and I'd certainly agree it is a lot better than 08-09, it seems to me that despite being down here on the zero bound, we are just sort of skating along on some pretty thin ice, with a cheap iPad2 in hand of course. I would guess then that a rate increase would be bad, it would really crush real estate. This seems to be the message of the market on the short end. Also, not to be johnny chart all the time, though last I checked this is still a traders site, higher rates doesn't always equate to lower oil, take the 03-07 time period as a recent example, higher rates had a positive correlation with oil during that period.
http://www.chartsrus.com/chart1.php?image=http://www.sharelynx.com/chartstemp/free/chartind1CRU.php?ticker=^OIX
I'm hearing in an awful lot of meetings people bringing up gas prices and concern about the summer.
check out this stock.....CRZO
some interesting things going on there
USDJPY back over 79.00
BoJ? The Bernank?
@AAIP (from other thread - can't remember the timestamp - I think 4;08)...
Anyway... That was a great post...
MIX your own homebrew potassium iodide... See - THAT's what CV is all about... Clever folks, with application, can do just about anything...
Others - well... I suppose MOST would know how to scramble an egg (if you put a gun to their head)...
ROR
On the little mask thingys...
I guess if you start coughing up black blood into them, there could later be a SECONDARY MARKET for them selling to would be Somali pirates...
Speaking of Somalia (and the waters thereof)... Isn't that where the French & Europeans dump their spent unranium fuel rods...
Just asking (because I'm not sure)... We know the Japanese kept them in Fukushima containment pools because the shark fins in their fishing waters were too valuable...
I can't spell "unranium"...
Seems I've been exposed... Oh WOE is me... Must be why I'm acting so oddly :-)
CV
You were still thinking about unobtainium from earlier.
@ben22
Did you put in your NCAA bracket picks?
It's on like Donkey Kong between you and me... I got a bone to pick :-)...
But actually I have a hole in my brackets as we speak...
If VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH beats USC, I'm taking them over GEORGETOWN... If USC wins, I'm taking GU...
Doesn't matter, because either gets bounced in the next game...
@Amen Ra
CV is "always" thinking about "unobtanium"...
It's a disease :-)
I saw that OBAMA didn't have time to address the situation in MENA, or offer anything material with regards to Japan...
But he DID take timeout today to grace us all with his bracket selections...
The "Bracketeer in Chief" (that's why we elected him)... Well - "CV" didn't... But I guess I'll just have to go along with the SUPERIOR wisdom and foresight of others on the matter...
Funny that "nickles bitchez" wasn't a turn of phrase CV had ever used until recently...
CV,
unlike Obama, I haven't really had time to fill out any, but I will be sure to do it before I go to bed tonight, you didn't think I miss battling out with you in there did you?
c'mon man!
b22-
re CRZO- a nice 6% bump in the stock price today it appears but looks like there was a upgrade this morning-
what am I missing?
news, notes, and musings..
1. At pilates this evening, "Jan" read aloud two emails from Tokyo.. one from her good friend (and another from the daughter, age 29). She also relayed many of the first hand accounts from the day of the earthquake onward as she receives word everyday. I have shivers and tears. They were/are well prepared with food and have electricity at least half of the day. But the situation in the north is dire.
2. Bruce, LB has flown the coop! London and then Sri Lanka, then London, before "home" to NY.. no burgers for 3 weeks !! For him, the bigger withdrawal will be no pizza, I suspect.
3. Chet, Carolyn is going to cross country in Mammoth with Kathy Adams this weekend.. btw, she said Lynn was a psycho.. her present husband dated her as well.. Lynn was viciously jealous apparently.
This... (because I started "spewing", as usual, BEFORE reading all the posts)...
But this...
What would happen if interest rates were raised? You know, like Volcker...here and now wouldn't have to be that severe..
..Have to pare the debt, would we not?
Bruce... I'm ashamed of you... YGBFKM... Actually I'm ashamed of EVERYONE (except for ben, who at least made an attempt to address the issue at 8:31)...
Peeps, don't you get it?... Repeat after me... Loudly...
THE FED CANNOT & WILL NOT RAISE RATES... E-V-E-R... Get that thru your cabesas!
Here... I'll help you along with some imagery...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZQwnJTPh-M
Now, I'll regal you all with some Shakespeare... "Let me count the ways"...
- First of all, since friggin May of 2009, the Maiden Lane portfolio ISN'T EVEN HEDGED... To save a few pennies on paying a premium to hedge that against interest rate hikes, they dropped it altogether... All you need to do is watch how Blackrock manages that, and you have everything you need to know about the derivative risk there... Assuming anyone actually tells the truth...
- Since late 2009, there has been a huge move of the longer term debt rollover moving from 10yN & 30yB towards... mostly a 2 year rollover (or otherwise in the 'belly' area)...
No effing way in hell that the Fed could EVER raise rates at this point... Jesus Herman Christ, they're the largest holders & buyers of Treasury Debt on the planet... Until MARTIANS arrive to purchase out debt, there exists NOBODY to sell it to... And now, possibly, you have the 3rd largest holders, the Japanese, ostensibly needing to SELL their holdings into the market...
I friggin need "Sri Lanka Lefty" here to back me up on this because I'm sure all you readers think of me as only some buffoon who collects nickles and knows how to count to 8 in rhythm...
Fuck me (and the horse I rode in on)...
@karen
"Lynn was a psycho"...
I concur... Lynn WAS a psycho... I'm guessing that's why her & I hit it off so well...
CV's first "cougar" experience...
I am pretty sure you are up to quarters, CV..
Pre 1965 quarters are all I'm interested in...
I told Andy I'd BUY that stash he found at $32 (spot x .9)...
The offer still stands...
I told karen I'd buy the sterling silver sets she wanted to sell at $32 (spot x .925)...
Both offers still stand...
What I NOTICE though... Is that NEITHER is selling to CV...
Smart traders!
ben
CRZO is fighting to stay above its 38.2% retrace, a weekly 3LB reversal down (with a close below 33.33), and its SMA(233) at 32.26.
CV-
you say that- knowing that Andy sold all his Kennedy's-
no way I'd part with those
@ahab
I frankly don't remember WHAT he sold (only that he partitioned off a chunk at $32 - an I expressed my disappointment)...
And there was an unofficial STANDING BET made as to whether $21 or $50 would be reached first...
CV took the $50...
Kennedy's, Franklins, Standing Liberty's...
I care not...
Many Kennedy's are "shinier"...
But actually, I'm more fond of the "Standing Liberty's"...
TASTE & PREFERENCE... I suppose...
I actually have a bunch of "Morgans"...
U don't hear much about those... 'cept for silver dollars...
Here's a fun picture... Silver certificates (in silver payable to the bearer on demand)...
"This certifies that there is on deposit in the Treasury of the United States of America"
One has to appreciate that NOWHERE does it say "Federal Reserve Note" on it... What's THAT payable to the bearer on demand?
Possibly a "look see" into empty vaults???
The opportunity to lick the boots of a Rothschild, if you're a lucky chosen one?
Sorry, forgot... The picture...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Silvercertificate.jpg
CV-
I wouldn't part w/ any of it-
but I am particularly fond of the Kennedy halves-
childhood memories- nice half dollar in your pocket-
that was living large
I have few a silver certificates
a few...not "few a"
Of course...
Fives and tens of this time were mainly Federal Reserve Notes, which were backed by and redeemable in gold. All this would change, however, with the beginning of the Great Depression in October 1929. The United States was plunged into an economic disaster of profound proportions.
Many citizens blamed the fluctuating price of gold (no doubt the "bankers" told them so), which directly affected the U.S. dollar because it was pegged to the value of gold....
President-"elect" Franklin Roosevelt felt the same way... (of course he damn well did - after all - he was President "ELECT" - the SAME way WILSON was President ELECT when he authorized the Fed charter, or Obama was President ELECT during the crisis of 2008-2009 before the famous "PROFIT to EARNINGS teleprompter speech just before FASB rules were changed)... Roosevelt persuaded Congress to recall all gold coins, gold bullion, and gold certificates, which circulated alongside Silver Certificates. This prompted Congress to quietly place the U.S. on the silver standard (and of course, as Ron Paul says "Nowadays we can't even hold a copper or zinc standard")... On May 12, 1933, the Agricultural Adjustment Act was passed, which included a clause allowing for the pumping of silver into the market to replace the gold. A new Series 1933 $10 Silver Certificate was printed and released, but not many were released into circulation.
In 1934, a law was passed in Congress that changed the obligation on Silver Certificates so as to denote the current location of the silver. This law also allowed the government to exchange silver bullion for the certificates, not just silver dollars. The 1933, along with its sister, the 1933A, $10 silvers, as well as the 1928 $1 silvers were phased out and replaced with certificates of Series 1934. The small-size $5 Silver Certificate was introduced with this series, as well...
Then...
In 1963 President John F. Kennedy issued Executive Order 11110authorizing the Department of Treasury to issue additional Silver Certificates for any silver held by the U.S. Government in excess of that not already backing issued certificates... Basically - usurping the FED's monopoly on money printing...
He was tragically assassinated a few months later...
---
So what's a poor fellow to do but wish all of you "Federal Reserve Note Traders" to CARRY ON the torch of trading scraps of notes of this wonderful, humanitarian and benevolent cartel...
Glencore Investments Lose $3.4 Billion, Threatening IPO Plans
http://bloom.bg/i32I4P
Don't mind me...I just make this stuff up as I go along...
My synthesis could not possibly be correct because I don't use any charts to back me up...
JPY going that low was a major bank gone bust, IMO.
Kennedy released those silver certs, and I have heard a lot of speculation that it was the final nail in his coffin.
bob.. that is big news..
JPY "gap up"... SPX "gap down" (well - practically)...
Carry trade unwind... A BITCH... I "presume"?...
Note: I only PRESUME that... PRESUMPTIONS are also a bitch I suppose as they might indicate a lack of research (going on "gut feel", so to speak)...
Anybody here ever see the movie "Smilla's Sense of Snow"? (or read the book it was based on)... I doubt it...
Just another one of those "Indie" weirdo things... "off the charts" (so to speak)...
@bob
are u going to get into this BRACKETS Tournament we have going here?
I kno ur a BIG EAST fan... Sorry for the potential error, but aren't you a 'CUSE guy???
saw it
CV
I heard that about Kennedy some years ago. That messing with the "money" did him in.
I don't have time to fill out a bracket. I am trading nights this week and have not had much sleep.
Something about filling out one of those takes the fun out of the tourney for me.
I appreciate the offer though.
Hope all is well with everyone.
Why is it that every year, for the past couple, the NCAA's lead to market "fluctuations"? Bear sterns happened during it, if I am remembering correctly.
@ahab
LOL - "ice bitchez" :-)
@Amen (11:15)
Well - I'm sure he wasn't the FIRST, & I presume he won't be the LAST...
But I don't have my charts handy, so there's NO WAY I can verify that notion...
@bob
That's OK... But I only ask for refresher...
Who "IS" your "squadra del cuore" (team of your heart) in the Big East...
Frankly - I'll offer this...
I think Pitt (with a #1 seed), will get bounced earlier than either Syracuse, Notre Dame, or Connecticut...
I have Gerogetown getting bounced early... St. Johns advancing a round or so, then out... WVU getting bounced early... Can't think off the top of my head who I'm missing (me being the IDIOT who goes on "gut feel" and all)...
Anyway... If my head is screwed on straight... I think I have Notre Dame going deepest...
Nic, if she happens to be reading this, ought to be pleased to hear that...
But again, my 'rememberance' on that is not based on charts or statistics... It's OFF THE TOP OF MY DOME... Simple 'recollection'... I'm not in the habit of writing this stuff down, or charting it on an "x" "y" axis (same way with Lynn G. karen - no "diary" there from 25 years ago - simple anecdotal reference)...
So be VERY WARY of my input...
Sincerely,
CV
AR
Piss off the banks and the mob, and you'll get that.
Wait, maybe they are the same thing? The amount of money in the Caribbean seems to say yes....
Pretty classy "gun and dump" there in the equities, huh?
Karen, I believe you said it nicely the other day, "banks trying to unload their positions," I believe it was.
To be expected. Rats dont like to be cornered.
And many of them are getting hurt right now, you can be sure of that.
Still not over...
The more the tape is fought, the nastier it will be.
I'd imagine some smart folks will be around to cover some badass trades and carve us a low at some point.
Still a few hundo pts away in the dow far as I concerned.
Been salmon fishing every day after market for the past week on little sleep, so my charts need some touching up before mentioning any "specifics"... however unspecific and wrong they might end up to be, lol.
Hope folks are trading this well, volatility is a double edged sword.
I've been covering my shorts pretty conservatively in this tape. Getting back in can be tough for sure, but nothing wrong with booking 20 ticks at a time in the YM. Havent caught the 100 ticker yet, but its coming.
CV
I can almost "verify" there will be a financial institution in trouble if the USDJPY doesn't get back to 79.75 by the open.
Lets call it another 500 dow points for this swing, and its done.
That'd be about 11K, and would wipe out the move off the Nov lows, sounds about symmetrical to I and I...
CV
Cuse, big east kind of got screwed as far as placement in the brackets. I have only done a once over and don't really know how it will shake out.
Pitt is good. St.J is the same old bronx playground team, they will get killed by real refs. Cuse can do some damage, but I hate the point, he is stupid, and you can't fix that. Jackson is really under rated.
I can't believe that ND got anywhere. The white kid on the team will pull ratings. Giving Brey coach of the year is like putting jimmy cayne on CNBC.
The rest are all dangerous, but no real "standouts". I think the tourney should show if they are all that much better, or over rated.
CV.. I did READ Smilla's Sense of Snow !! probably saw the movie because I loved the book.. but the book is all I remember. Before the internet, I read non-stop : )
@karen
Another ANECDOTAL story... Kinda "Lynn" related...
She (they)... Came in to my West Hollywood studio classes around late summer 1987...
You have to place yourself in the timeframe (or else you'll laugh), but Lynn drove a white Mercedes 190 sedan (with tan leather interior), which I thought was "the bomb" at the time... I said to myself (me - being a Suzuki Samurai cheep jeep owner at the time - altho THAT was kinda cool in those dayz)... "I want one of these MF's [the Mercedes]"...
Within a year, I saved my nickles and bought, CASH, an upgraded version of Lynn's ride (I bought a "300" sedan - but I went midnight blue with a tan leather interior)...
I almost TOTALLED the thing on the Las Vegas strip about 2 years later... (Did some serious "frame" damage to it... Hookers, booze, & gambling, CV found, didn't mix)...
Learned a lesson... And many years later, became a "a "blogger" that nobody cares to pay attention to because my CHART ANALYSIS can't POSSIBLY be up to par with a LIFELONG of experience of various things in 45 countries...
@bob
"Piss off the banks and the mob, and you'll get that"
Now you're on the trail...
Japanese "mob" YAKUZA...
TEPCO oversight??? Starting to ring any bells???
CV, that is not a good story to share! Black leather interiors are the only way to go ; )
I've always wanted a Suzuki Samauri, however.. so you are partially redeemed.
@bob
Thanx 4 those BigE thoughts... I love to hear from true "fans" (the best kind of input)...
Tragically - or whatever... I have a lot of the Big East going to the elite 8, but NONE to the final 4...
Ohio St - Duke - Florida - Kansas
(Buckeye) "Dust in the Wind"...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hzv0TSSDgU
More on what I know best.
Cuse, they were really hurt by Rautins leaving. Snoop was great off the bench to mix things up, but he has zero sense, and is not getting better. I'd put him one on one against most. His "management" has to be telephoned in.
Melo was supposed to be great. He had an early season injury that did now allow him to get into shape, he has been dragging ass ever since. Too bad, having a real center and using jackson as a PF is deadly. His showing at the BET was the best yet, can he come back this late?
Jackson is awesome this year. Complete change from last year, dropped 20 pounds and looks like a marathon runner compared to him last season. He's more of a threat at PF, but can play center better than most. Very aware of where "he is".
Keita is good, better than most. He "gets" the game boeheim plays, big guys on offense stand at the top of the key, and sprint back to the other end. Points? Rebounds? If you can, but you are most of all a big fence.
Trische is building on a great start. He is finally getting some confidence. He's a great athlete.
Joseph is also not the brightest bulb, but he has some great days.
The bench may be suffering from too much talent and ego.
@karen
truth be told...
That effin SUZUKI SAMURAI was the best damn ride I ever owned... I called it "The Milk Wagon" (it was milk white)...
The damn thing would GRIND EVERY GEAR as I shifted, but I could care the f*** less...
I drove that thing with the top uncovered night & day... Mostly with the heater going FULL BORE (because it's colder than most people think in Southern California...
Gotta admit too...
Lynn G... knew how to do things right... Believe it or not, we'd RENDEVOUZ in 'Manhattan' all the time... (She turned me on to the 'Parker Meridian' [which I STILL think is one of the best VALUE/LUXURY choices on the island - especially LATER when one understands the savoir faire of the brand and how they deal with the European elite in their locations - I won't get into it, but I'm referring more to the European 'business elite')]...
@bob
Totally agree on Jackson & Keita... Good analysis there...
@karen
WAIT... I "misstated" above...
By late summer 1987, CV was gone from that studio... I'm not thinking my rememberances thru... (perhaps it's BETTER, after all, to rely on charts - ror)...
In any case, it would have been the late 1986 to early 1987 timeframe...
Too many margarita pitchers at MARIX Tex Mex must have clouded my memory :-)...
No WONDER I suck at trading... I guess I'm more the "buy and hold" type... These days that means BULLION... :-)
One more thought, I gave St. J short shrift. Lavin has done great work there, but he needs another year or two to get the team he wants.
Brey is not a good coach. He makes stupid decisions. The recruits he gets cover a lot of his mistakes. He is very prone to being out-coached.
EUR defining gravity for the time being...
(Reuters) - Bank of America, Citigroup and Barclays have received subpoenas from U.S. regulators probing the setting of the London interbank offered rate, or Libor, for U.S. dollars between 2006 and 2008, the Financial Times said, citing people familiar with the investigation.
Gee, ya think?
@bob
"It's ON" (says CV, now)... Big East style...
Virginia Commonwealth beat USC (and will now face Georgetown in Rd. 1)...
I'm taking VCU... (Georgetown, Pitt, & WVU are overrated, badly coached, chokers, IMO)...
I 'hear ya' on St. John's... REALLY - to me, they were one of the more entertaining teams to watch in the later season (& Big E tourney)...
But they're NOT closers...
Assuming BYU can get by WOFFORD (and I 'underline' ASSUMING ('could' be a 13-4 'shocker' there)... I think BYU gets by St. John's...
Again - what DEFENSE does St. John's have (or offense that can CLOSE a critical game that's gonna stop the "Jimmer" man)?...
St John's... one & done...
In re: Silver.
I sold about $2500 worth of Silver "junk" at an average 33-34 via Ebay. [I don't mind sending the Ebay results to anyone that really cares].
Didn't get rid of all the Kennedys. I liked the Lady Liberty and Franklins A LOT more than the Kennedy...I suppose it is a preference thing.
I was hoping to sell another $2500 worth of the Junk on a "new high" in Silver in the 37-38 range. Unfortunately, that may not happen.
Silver has a better shot of seeing low 20's than a 50 handle. I don't mind standing by whatever that bet was....
Was at the Houston Rodeo tonight to see Miranda Lambert. The wife and daughters are big, big fans. I think she's pretty "ok" as well.
This was my very first Houston Rodeo. It's a big thing in these parts, but I'm just not a "Rodeo" guy and I loathe big crowds.
Some notes:
If you take children to a Rodeo, who have never been to a rodeo or seen anything like it on television, prepare them for the "Calf Roping" competition.
It was the very first event of the evening and my two daughters both looked at us in sheer horror at what they were witnessing. My oldest (13) started to tear up a bit. The rest of it was OK and a lot of fun, but calf roping can be a tough one for the animal lovers out there.
Across the aisle, I noticed a "cowboy" type with a buck knife on his belt. At that point it occurred to me there was no "pat down" or metal detectors to get into the place. Crazy. I don't remember the last time I was at 70K+ venue like that without a metal detector, etc. It's a much different experience than the football games in the same arena. What does that say about the two different crowds???
Miranda Lambert is terrific. If you have any affinity toward the "country/rock" fusion stuff and she's in the area, check out the show. She's got a great band backing her and she's pretty good.
@Andy
Actually - I think I'd buy at the $37-$38 range...
Not to make yet another enemy on this site that thinks I'm FOS... (Hell - I'm pretty sure, by now, I'll have my IP address 'banned' [as with other blogs] when it hits triple digits...
Past $36, It's ought to be a straight run to Hunt Bros territory...
Tsunamis/Quisps & Quakes/ have put a pause on the momentum... for now...
At that point it occurred to me there was no "pat down" or metal detectors to get into the place. Crazy. I don't remember the last time I was at 70K+ venue like that without a metal detector, etc. It's a much different experience than the football games in the same arena. What does that say about the two different crowds???
It says that if & when Obama repeals the 2nd amendment, based on his SUPERIOR intellect in interpreting the Constitution... only OUTLAWS (vis a vis - Chicago union workers) will own guns)...
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