"Deepest Dinosaur bones found at 16.000ft, oil drilled from 35.000ft!" Methane is geologic and probably due to carbon subduction. As methane rises through the crust, it is converted by BACTERIA into oil over millennia. It has nothing to do with ...

Saudi Arabia faces 'economic bomb'

"atheists get offended for wishing them Merry Christmas" I'm an atheist and I don't get offended by that at all. I think it's kind of sweet. Not everyone has to have the same beliefs. But, it does seem like bullying when someone chooses to deny ...

Oregon bakery owners pay more than $135G in damages over refusal to make cake for gay wedding

If fact isn't profitable then just make something up.

$10 Trillion Investment Needed To Avoid Massive Oil Price Spike Says OPEC

Also serving buckets of poison to all her 'friends'. Proof that money can't buy brains.

Mary-Kate Olsen marries longtime investment banker boyfriend Olivier Sarkozy

In this case it is the sound a train makes going uphill with a heavy load. It means slow but not slowing. It's a train relentlessly climbing a hill.

Fed's Tarullo says US economy is "chugging along" but still a mixed picture

I don't want belittle the Greek tragedy, but the 32% Chinese market correction is far more significant. Where are the news headlines about that?

Greek FM Varoufakis: Minister No More

... delusional Lenders have even less incentive to lend more. I predict Greek default to the ECB on July 20th. They won't pay the $3.7b. On July 21st, the ECB will meet to decide Greece's fate in the EU. The Chinese collapse is far more ominous than ...

Risk Aversion Dominates After Greece Votes “No”

Good question. On July 20th, the $3.9b payment to ECB is due. They will default. Greek banks will collapse. Pensioners and military will not be paid. Then Greeks will learn the 'true' meaning of austerity. The Greeks didn't put themselves into a ...

Greek FM Varoufakis: Minister No More

So? An Italian make plans to spend German money. Do Germans agree? I doubt it. And I also think Germans have to agree even if 99% of other Europeans say they want to spend German money. Mario Dragi still sounds like a video game to me.

ECB said to prepare broad-based QE package for January meeting – BBG

Indians buy gold out of fear. Gold is priced far beyond it's intrinsic value. If the Swiss bought gold based on Indian fear, then they would lose a high percentage of their investment when Indians release their fear. It's a foolish investment and ...

Swiss Reject SNB Gold Initiative, SRF Projections Show

"Putin may need to use his two most powerful weapons: shutting off natural gas to Europe and shutting down the New York Stock Exchange with cyber warfare..." WTF? Who IS this moron?

Is the oil price fall more than just a coincidence?

The gold price surge was largely due to India. The division of Pakistan and mass migration of Muslims from India resulted in millions of families traversing the country with gold as their only form of currency. Indians and Pakistani have been ...

Five consequences of a stronger dollar

BRICS ... BICS

UK PM Cameron warns of further consequences for Putin

Obama issues 5.8 trillion in new treasury debt. The Fed buys 4+ trillion in treasury debt. A future rally in the US economy will be hampered by the Fed unraveling this massive debt. That would be ok if the debt helped acquire a cure for cancer or ...

Yellen: Monetary Policy and the Economy

People who gamble at race tracks sometimes have bizarre reasoning too. Sometimes it's superstition. Sometimes it's hem lines or Jennifer Lopez. But, that kind of gambling is just gambling.

The Case for Ignoring Jennifer Lopez When Making Trades

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US House's Ryan: budget talks continuing and he does not know if deal can be reached

Media has their snoot in the government trough. So, if you talk about a balanced budget they scream DEFAULT. Fed income is $200b/month. Average treasury debt interest payment is $34.7b/month. A newborn American baby owes MORE than $52,000 in Federal ...

6 ways a default could hurt the world

bipartnership ? Did he really use that word! Reid and Mitch are partners and the rest of the world is just getting in the way! ROTFLMAO

US Harry Reid calls debt limit and funding proposal a blatant attack on bipartnership

pitiful

Treasury Auction Results

But, gat u r right. We don't default unless Congress deliberately does so. They can authorize small increases in the debt at any time of their choosing.

Obama says if GOP can't resolve debt standoff, "we stand a good chance of default"