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Trei bucati mai deosebite avem si azi. Stiti ca-mi place mie cifra trei.

Prima ar fi despre revenirea economica. Pusesem si ieri un link, dar am considerat necesar sa-i acordam un pic de atentie suplimentara. Ziceam de faptul ca unora le place sa stea cu capul in nisip, pentru a putea ignora realitatea din jurul lor. Avem 25 de intrebari pentru cei care mai cred ca "revenirea economica" e reala. Eu le-am citat doar pe primele zece, restul le gasiti la urmatorul link:

25 Questions To Ask Anyone Who Is Delusional Enough To Believe That This Economic Recovery Is Real

#1) In what universe is an economy with 39.68 million Americans on food stamps considered to be a healthy, recovering economy? In fact, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts that enrollment in the food stamp program will exceed 43 million Americans in 2011. Is a rapidly increasing number of Americans on food stamps a good sign or a bad sign for the economy?

#2) According to RealtyTrac, foreclosure filings were reported on 367,056 properties in the month of March. This was an increase of almost 19 percent from February, and it was the highest monthly total since RealtyTrac began issuing its report back in January 2005. So can you please explain again how the U.S. real estate market is getting better?

#3) The Mortgage Bankers Association just announced that more than 10 percent of U.S. homeowners with a mortgage had missed at least one payment in the January-March period. That was a record high and up from 9.1 percent a year ago. Do you think that is an indication that the U.S. housing market is recovering?

#4) How can the U.S. real estate market be considered healthy when, for the first time in modern history, banks own a greater share of residential housing net worth in the United States than all individual Americans put together?

#5) With the U.S. Congress planning to quadruple oil taxes, what do you think that is going to do to the price of gasoline in the United States and how do you think that will affect the U.S. economy?

#6) Do you think that it is a good sign that Arnold Schwarzenegger, the governor of the state of California, says that "terrible cuts" are urgently needed in order to avoid a complete financial disaster in his state?

#7) But it just isn't California that is in trouble. Dozens of U.S. states are in such bad financial shape that they are getting ready for their biggest budget cuts in decades. What do you think all of those budget cuts will do to the economy?

#8) In March, the U.S. trade deficit widened to its highest level since December 2008. Month after month after month we buy much more from the rest of the world than they buy from us. Wealth is draining out of the United States at an unprecedented rate. So is the fact that the gigantic U.S. trade deficit is actually getting bigger a good sign or a bad sign for the U.S. economy?

#9) Considering the fact that the U.S. government is projected to have a 1.6 trillion dollar deficit in 2010, and considering the fact that if you went out and spent one dollar every single second it would take you more than 31,000 years to spend a trillion dollars, how can anyone in their right mind claim that the U.S. economy is getting healthier when we are getting into so much debt?

#10) The U.S. Treasury Department recently announced that the U.S. government suffered a wider-than-expected budget deficit of 82.69 billion dollars in April. So is the fact that the red ink of the U.S. government is actually worse than projected a good sign or a bad sign?

A doua stire este despre banci. Vesnicele banci. Uite asa ajungem iar la cuvantul ala urat care incepe cu F si ii sperie pe unii.

Nicolae Cinteza: O banca din sistem se afla intr-o situatie riscanta la sfarsitul lui 2009

O banca din sistemul bancar romanesc se afla intr-o situatie riscanta din punct de vedere prudential la sfarsitul anului trecut, aceasta avand active de calitate slaba si un capital mic in functie de riscurile asumate, potrivit lui Nicolae Cinteza, directorul directiei de supraveghere din BNR. De asemenea, alte patru banci se aflau intr-o pozitie vulnerabila.

Pozitia celor cinci banci a fost determinata pe baza "efectului de parghie", care este raportul dintre capitalurile proprii si volumul activelor detinute.

Nicolae Cinteza a precizat ca nivelul acestui indicator pentru banca aflata in situatie riscanta era de 3,98%, sub nivelul adecvat de 4%, iar in cazul celorlalte banci acest indicator era de sub 5%.

Mda, asta e stirea. Doar nu va asteptati la transparenta. Sau la ceva nominalizari. Dar asta nu ne impiedica sa ne dam cu parerea. Si sa facem cateva incercari la ghici. De Volksbank am tot vorbit noi pe aici. La cat de campioni au fost in perioada creditarilor, cred ca si BRD ar putea candida lejer. Restul locurilor le putem imparti echitabil intre greci si austrieci. Un BCR, BancPost sau Alpha imi vin in cap la prima strigare. Daca aveti careva informatii mai sigure, dati un semn.

A treia stire e una mai deosebita. Nu pentru ca astfel de materiale n-ar fi destule pe net. Ci pentru ca de data aceasta povestea apare in mass-media oficiala. Cea care se fereste de a aborda astfel de subiecte etichetate drept "conspirationiste" de cele mai multe ori.

Cercetatorul Andrew Marshall despre Grupul Bilderberg

Jim Tucker, unul dintre cei mai neobositi "vanatori" ai bilderbergilor, a spus urmatoarele despre selectul grup al elitelor occidentale: "poate ca Dumnezeu a creat Universul, dar, in privinta planetei Pamant, mesajul Clubului Bilderberg catre Dumnezeu este simplu: multumim, dar mai departe avem noi grija"*. Mai multe surse au anuntat ca saptamana viitoare ar putea avea loc cea de-a 58-a intalnire a Bilderberg Group, in localitatea spaniola Sitges, in apropiere de Barcelona. Andrew Marshall, cercetator in cadrul Centre for Research on Globalization, vorbeste pentru HotNews.ro de "fenomenul" Bilderberg.

P.S. Rog luati in considerare ceea ce spuneam AICI inainte de adaugarea unor eventuale comentarii. Va multumesc.