I’m also learning other stuff from the Thugs in the White House: How to re-write history

but the Limeys won the aerial medals in 1940, and even on a per capita, Equisetum preferred method, the aerials at Athens.

The next winter olympics, 4 years hence, will be dominated by the Americans. The Canadians did well and the hockey final was a beauty to watch. But, don’t expext any quarter next time around. We gonna get in shape. Obesity has been declarred TOTALLY UNACEPTABLE for all by the White House. I looked at the charts at the docs office and I should at least look like Skeletar to be correctly proportioned and ready to take any sport I choose to compete in. Your frame and the amount of muscle tissue do not matter on the charts. I had no idea that when I was going to the gym 6 days a week, pumpimg iron, that at 4% bodyat and 188 pounds at 5′8″ I was in need of the fat police makeover. I was a confused nonPC bodybuilder. We’ll all be eating out of michelles magic veggy garden, eating no salt, sugar, or partaking in nicotine, cuting way back on the meat - only helthy stuff tasting similar to paper towels. This should also eliminate the junk-in-the-truck syndrome some of the fair sex are sporting. With all the healthful concern of our Central Planners American team can look as fit and compete as well as the 1939 German Olympic.Team (If we can keep our sanity that long)

I failed to specify that I was referring only to those nations one would expect to be top contenders in winter sports because they have snow or ice to practice on.. I did grudgingly admit that Canada is in a totally lower level league with the sports that typify the Summer Olympics, a price we pay by living in a snowy and icy land. Maybe climate warming will change that. [G] Cheers. Equiz.

very ferretesque

……anyhow….did you figure out Russia and China’s per capita Gold…?…..must be miniscule !

“the main variable is the size of the population pool ”

The main variable is access to snowfields!!

the winter Olympics ( I say 4 years because, relative to winter Olympics Canada does not do as well internationally in the summer Olympics, the next of which will be 2 years from now). My comment here is a statistical one, brought on by the third sentence of FGC’s 21:27 posting to me on 28 Feb. where FGC gave his summary of US results in the just-ended winter Olympics.

When making comparisons of this kind, I prefer to think of it on a per-capita basis comparison of the top national medal winners. If one considers the top 3 or top 4 national medal winners, they are all nations that have the wealth to support top athletes by providing them with training facilities and financial support to hone their athletic skills. Given this assumed equal footing, then the main variable is the size of the population pool from which the nation can search for and find genetically advantaged individuals who stand out in athletic competition.

On this basis, the population genetic pool of the top four national medal-winning countries are: United States, 308.8 million; Germany, 81.7 million, Canada, 34.0 million, and Norway, 4.8 million. And, perhaps not surprisingly, these four countries were the top winners of total medals in the same descending order : United States, 37 medals; Germany, 30 medals; Canada, 26 medals; and Norway, 23 medals.

If one now looks at medal wins of the top three medal-winning countries on a per capita basis, expressed as total medals per 34 million population, the order of wins per 34 million is: Canada 26, Germany 12.5, and U.S. 4.1. Or if you prefer to express is solely in numbers of gold medals won per 34 million population, the order is Canada 14, Germany 4.2 and U.S. 1.0.

To make a similar comparison of the top four winter medal-winning nations, by bringing Norway (with a population of only 4.8 millio) into the statistics, then total medals won per 4.8 million population works out to: Norway 23.0, Canada 3.8, Germany 1.8, and U.S. 0.6. And expressing it as gold medals won per 4.8 million population it works out to: Norway 9.0, Canada 2,0, Germany 0.6 and U.S. 0.1.

Congratulations per-capita-basis Norway. You should be proud.

Regarding sentences 1 and 2 of FGC’s comment to me at 21:27 on Goldtent 28 February, I am mystified. Cheers. Equiz.

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….EURO Ditto

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Hey where are all the tent charters….come on guys…bring em on

Four rather rich guys were having breakfast and among other things they were all big car hobby buffs. Between the four they owned about 80 very expensive collector cars stored in their private warehouses averaging $200,000 plus each up to a million. One that wasn’t there has one of the largest collections of Vipers in the world. The conversation was wide ranging from business to car shows, car prices, inflation and deflation future expectations. One brought up the subject of Gold and it’s future outlook. One did not own any gold, two said they owned some gold but thought their cars were a better investment than gold. The fourth didn’t have much knowledge or opinion on gold at all.

I found this story quite interesting as I like to know what moneyed people are doing with their money as an indicator of the present and the future. You may draw other conclusions but I was very encouraged to find so little interest and respect for gold. It is hard to realize how much money is floating around in rather loose fashion and not in panic or even really concerned about the future. It struck me how little balanced knowledge that many with money really have. Some Doctors, lawyers and Indians chiefs included. The airplane hobbie people are of the same mindset. The ones without car or airplane hobbies have their money mostly in Bonds and commercial real estate.

Bottomline: Indeed worlds apart! When TSHTF there is going to be such panic and so much money wanting to buy Gold even us at the tent are not going to believe the magnitude any more than those in 1979-80 could believe it back then. That will look like a penny ante poker game compared to what is going to happen at some future date. Deadeye

…now if you can just get them to shut down the IRS and the FED….then you got something

…was a golden moment I’m sure

Shut Down,,, sorry ,,got so carried away with my rant that forgot to post    http://www.landlinemag.com/Special_Reports/2010/Feb/022610-DOT-to-shut-down.htm  

to shut down tomorrow,,,Yep, lack o fundin,,, Hey Big Ben,,, add a printin press,, will ya,, or put on another shift ,,, you could create some jobs,,, but ,we need _mo money_,,,, NOW!!,,, all for the good of the poor sheeple,,,An’nt Amerika Great ,,, wit this reserve currency,,, yep all ya gotta do is print it,, all dem so called emegin country’s they gotta work fur thar’s

thanks to the powers that be I was put in contact with Dusty last week.  He posted a pic up the beach from me that I recognized….Well the short of it was Dusty and I had breakfast in a warm sun today.  How fortunate I was later to sit at my computer with him and have him put the pics of previous tenter gatherings with names I know.  I hope those who read know how much it means to identify family names with pics.  What a great day….even went to the local coin shop…and let me tell you Dusty is not only an awesome family member but quite a trove of info when it comes to grading coins.   For me a Golden day!  All the best to the rest of the family!

Fractal Gold Report for March 2, 2010

By David Nichols
dnichols@fractalpublishing.com

Monday was Day 74 for this timing cycle, and not much happened. This is fine in this situation, coming after two nice rally days following the reversal on Day 72; plus there is still plenty of time for gold to get into position for a strong surge after Day 86 on March 17th.

The daily fractal dimension is still in consolidation mode. It looks like it’s going to take a strong breakout above the highly-charged $1,128 energy level to start a daily trend, and we might not see a real daily trend until the new cycle.

The good news about finally overcoming a stubborn level like $1,128 is the breakout is often very strong and linear. But in this case there is another potentially troublesome energy level overhead around $1,145, but after so much testing and probing of $1,128, I’m thinking now that $1,145 will not be so difficult, and should only briefly impede further upside progress.

The 150-minute chart is looking very ripe for a trending move after the flat trading on Monday.

65 is a big reading on the fractal dimension, which is telling us that the short-term trading has been exceptionally non-linear and non-directional over the past 30 hours or so.

Although I think gold is finally ready to bust back over $1,128, there is still a good chance that we’ll have to wait until the new 86-day cycle before we see the definitive breakout that starts the hyper-growth phase. That should be coming over the second half of March, and it’s likely to have some obvious trigger — at least obvious in hind-sight — that sends gold moving up sharply while the dollar index plunges.

As I discuss frequently, the actual news or event that triggers this hyper-growth phase will not be significant. The only significance it will have is that it happens to hit at the precise moment that the energy from the new cycle is ready to release, and the pattern has worked itself into a perfect position for a major trend. This is a hard concept for most people to grasp, but once you understand and accept this idea, the movement of financial markets starts to make more sense.

So my current thinking is gold should “ratchet up” to the $1,128 to $1,145 area over the next few weeks, perhaps stretching up to $1,163 during this time, but the overall movement will remain a bit choppy. The sustained, one-way move up should hit after March 17th, and we could very well see a very big move start right on March 18th, Day 1 of the new cycle.

During this long bull market in gold, the start of the 86-day cycle each Spring — remember, these cycles take almost exactly 4 calendar months, so they start in March, July, and November — has seen a big energy surge. It would definitely be appropriate to see a really big energy surge near the start of this cycle, as gold launches into the big rally up to the 64-month peak.

“The Fed will probably still describe the U.S. economy as “gloomy” and say inflation isn’t a concern, Stanley said. ”
{Scot Lanman-Bloomberg)
Like when the loo is overflowin from a excrement stoppage and no way to stop the incoming water. The water ain’t a concern cause they can’t stop it anyway. The shut-off was outsourced.

Somethin to think about: Insurance Privacy forms at docs office-
Signin them forms negates privacy. Read the fine print, you know the documents that the patients sign that they have read the privacy policy but normally, have not. Normally the full disclosure agreement isn’t handed out to read, unless specifically asked
for it. It acts as an automatic signed release to various gov agencies and others, on file, waiving one’s rights to medical privacy
Protect your privacy, write your own billing authorization without all the releases.

1. The roundest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference.  He acquired his size from too much pi.

2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.

3. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class because it was a weapon of math disruption.

4. No matter how much you push the envelope, it’ll still be stationery.

5. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.

6. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.

7. Two silk worms had a race.  They ended up in a tie.

8. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall.  The police are looking into it.

9. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

10. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger.  Then, it hit me.

11. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said, ‘Keep off the Grass.’

12. A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital.  When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse said, ‘No change yet.’

13. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.

14. It’s not that the man did not know how to juggle, he just idn’t have the balls to do it.

15. The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

16. The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.

17. A backward poet writes inverse.

18. In democracy, it’s your vote that counts.  In feudalism, it’s your count that votes.

19 . When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion.

20. Don’t join dangerous cults: Practice safe sects.

Just finished converting VHS tape I made a decade ago from TV into DVD format - “Jesus of Montreal” made 1989 - great seamless acting, plus non-cynical comment on organised religion, government (power), society’s attitude to outsiders etc. - nothing’s changed in 2000 years.

Enjoy life.

By David Derbyshire

Scientists at the heart of the Climategate row were yesterday accused by a leading academic body of undermining science’s credibility.
The Institute of Physics said ‘worrying implications’ had been raised after it was revealed the University of East Anglia had manipulated data on global warming.

The rebuke - the strongest yet from the scientific community - came as Professor Phil Jones, the researcher at the heart of the scandal, told MPs he had written ’some pretty awful emails’ - but denied trying to suppress data. 

 On the spot: Professor Phil Jones being grilled by the Science and Technology committee in the Commons yesterday

The Climategate row, which was first revealed by the Daily Mail in November, was triggered when a hacker stole hundreds of emails sent from East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit.

They revealed scientists plotting how to avoid responding to Freedom of Information requests from climate change sceptics.

Some even appeared to show the researchers discussing how to manipulate raw data from tree rings about historical temperatures.

In one, Professor Jones talks about using a ‘trick’ to massage figures and ‘hide the decline’. 

Giving evidence to a Science and Technology Committee inquiry, the Institute of Physics said: ‘Unless the disclosed emails are proved to be forgeries or adaptations, worrying implications arise for the integrity of scientific research and for the credibility of the scientific method.

‘The principle that scientists should be willing to expose their results to independent testing and replication by others, which requires the open exchange of data, procedures and materials, is vital.’

Last month, the Information Commissioner ruled the CRU had broken Freedom of Information rules by refusing to hand over raw data.

But yesterday Professor Jones - in his first public appearance since the scandal broke - denied manipulating the figures.

Looking pale and clasping his shaking hands in front of him, he told MPs: ‘I have obviously written some pretty awful emails.’

He admitted withholding data about global temperatures but said the information was publicly available from American websites.

And he claimed it was not ’standard practice’ to release data and computer models so other scientists could check and challenge research.

‘I don’t think there is anything in those emails that really supports any view that I, or the CRU, have been trying to pervert the peer review process in any way,’ he said.

Professor Jones, who was forced to stand down as head of the CRU last year, also insisted the scientific findings on climate change were robust.

Just got off the Hangin list,,,,,    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts1202

“Once upon a time, I had a little money. Government burglars took it.”
– Elvis Costello, “Blame it on Cain”