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djrocksteady on Girl Scouts: 210 Billion Calories Per Year = $714,000,000 in Revenue

2012-02-07T20:31:04.678440+00:00-0700

What do they use the money for?

djrocksteady on Austrian investment strategies?

2012-02-07T16:50:23.091049+00:00-0700

Nice! Thanks!

djrocksteady on With 8.7% market share, Apple has 75% of cell phone profits

2012-02-07T04:41:23.287264+00:00-0700

See, here I was thinking it had something to do with delivering a quality product, how could I be so stupid!

djrocksteady on Google and Facebook remove content in India, Is this the beginning of the end?

2012-02-06T22:03:19.272929+00:00-0700

It would fix things because the Indian people would start to notice that the big companies won't work with them until they make some changes. This would motivate the populace to push for reform. They pulled out of China for many of the same reasons, why would they make an exception for India? http://articles.businessinsider.com/2010-03-22/tech/29990556_1_google-com-hk-google-s-china-googlecn

djrocksteady on Google and Facebook remove content in India, Is this the beginning of the end?

2012-02-06T21:31:47.598351+00:00-0700

They do not have to do business in those countries.

djrocksteady on /r/politics at its finest. If if weren't for the Koch brothers, we'd all be having an Obama love fest now. Kumbaya.

2012-02-06T21:22:55.680588+00:00-0700

You are forgetting that to speak out against Obama, all you need is the truth. The things they say about Ron Paul aren't true half the time.

djrocksteady on /r/politics at its finest. If if weren't for the Koch brothers, we'd all be having an Obama love fest now. Kumbaya.

2012-02-06T21:15:24.203555+00:00-0700

And [/r/politics](/r/politics) does NOT want to hear it. Look at how they treat the truth.. http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/pd475/koch_brothers_driving_antiobama_hate_machine/c3ognyh

djrocksteady on Austrian investment strategies?

2012-02-06T13:59:10.243376-07:00-0700

>my opinion that a period if high inflation lingers on the horizon I agree with this assumption, and I am preparing for it in the way that you mentioned. I am just looking for things other than the normal, easy ones that everyone is doing. Having enough supplies is a good idea to survive, but it isn't really an investment. Warehousing the supplies would cost almost as much as I would make in the future. Everyone in this thread is concentrating on storing value, which I am already doing. I am looking for investments, where I can find profit sooner than later (long term mindset with extra money for short-term speculating). I am not necessarily looking for companies, I am looking for ways to profit from how I think the future will play out - which is a fairly unique viewpoint among investors.

djrocksteady on What does a Dj do during live performance (anyway)

2012-02-06T11:24:49.794546-07:00-0700

Sounds like a real crowd pleaser

djrocksteady on Koch brothers driving anti-Obama hate machine

2012-02-06T10:58:17.859012-07:00-0700

They both had a wide range of things they support. >David Koch, who is still receiving treatment for prostate cancer has donated $120 million to cancer research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, $40 million to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, $100 million to renovating New York City Ballet and Opera Theater, and $20 million to the American Museum of Natural History, among other donations. http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/09/opensecrets-battle---koch-brothers.html

djrocksteady on Koch brothers driving anti-Obama hate machine

2012-02-06T10:55:28.118873-07:00-0700

Gates yes. Soros and Buffet, you have got be fucking kidding. Buffett made like $20 billion off Goldman Sachs getting bailed out. These people know who can help them, don't be so naive.

djrocksteady on Koch brothers driving anti-Obama hate machine

2012-02-06T10:54:07.712471-07:00-0700

There is essentially no difference other than philosophy. http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/09/opensecrets-battle---koch-brothers.html

djrocksteady on Koch brothers driving anti-Obama hate machine

2012-02-06T17:50:32.864870+00:00-0700

Uh, keep telling yourself that. >But it's because of their political activity that the brothers Koch have recently gained notoriety. Together, they're probably the nation's biggest political donors. Nobody else -- not **George Soros**, not Bill Gates, not even Sheldon Adelson -- comes close. From opensecrets.org >VERDICT: Given the difficultly in tracking donations to nonprofits and charitable organizations, it's almost impossible to quantify whether the Koch brothers or Soros dominate this political realm. That said, both the Kochs and Soros have spent incredible riches in this area with no sign of stopping. http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/09/opensecrets-battle---koch-brothers.html 2 minutes of research would have allowed the author to make that statement factually correct, but a partisan agenda was more important. Almost all reporting about the Koch's, and Soros for that matter is biased. Just about every news agency has obvious and noticeable biases, if you know what to look for.

djrocksteady on Austrian investment strategies?

2012-02-06T10:37:19.065216-07:00-0700

So would I have to get started in some futures trading to start speculating on rice? My etrade account currently doesn't have that option.

djrocksteady on Austrian investment strategies?

2012-02-06T10:27:46.735881-07:00-0700

Ok, so the devaluing dollar will drive the value of these items up, makes sense to me. I am going to check out SIL, would be good to get some mining companies in there. What I am looking for are trading strategies that take this future devaluation into account. We all know that precious metals gain value through this, but what are other ways to profit from this mindset? I know Schiff advocates getting into stable foreign currency markets and foreign stocks as a way to hedge against a collapsing dollar, I am wondering if anyone has had any success with any other Austrian strategies. I am pretty much on board with the stockpiling and precious metals, I am looking for other ways to approach the situation.

Austrian investment strategies?

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:51:56 +0000

Hi there, I was just wondering what sort of investment strategies you all are using. I follow Peter Schiff pretty closely, and I've started building positions in precious metals, and I have some investments in foreign markets.

I am looking to get a little more active and agressive soon, so I was wondering if you all had any interesting ideas. I've heard of some people who use congressional trading techniques, like avoiding trades when congress is session. I've seen others that take advantage of the insider trading that analyzes the trades of high-ranking senators (Pelosi) involved in regulation and such and trades based on that.

I know we Austrians are genrally pessimistic about many things, what are some good ways to profit from this pessimism?

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djrocksteady on January U.S. jobs rise 243,000; jobless rate 8.3%

2012-02-03T13:59:58.212222-07:00-0700

Which has been conveniently excluded from every report I've seen on the jobs numbers. Looks like the media machine is gearing up for the Obama 2012 campaign.

djrocksteady on Hands down one of the greatest DJs of all time - The Executioner - Andy C - does it on 3 decks!

2012-02-03T11:57:02.182913-07:00-0700

Also, drum n bass has its own style of DJ'ing, backspins and platter touching are an integral part of it. Another thing Andy C used to do all the time was the "double drop", where you line up two drops in the same key and EQ it into a new melody line...It doesn't seem like the guy above is familiar with this scene.

djrocksteady on Hands down one of the greatest DJs of all time - The Executioner - Andy C - does it on 3 decks!

2012-02-03T11:52:52.785439-07:00-0700

This guy has been a huge influence on me, I am always surprised he doesn't get more credit for being one of the most amazing DJ's...What has he been up to lately? I saw him a bunch of times around 2003-2006.

djrocksteady on My coworker has been making music for over 20 years, I just left his show and I was the only person in the audience... can you give him some love Reddit?

2012-02-03T11:34:20.588281-07:00-0700

>Give nothing away for free. It never leads anywhere. It kind of worked for Skrillex. >After releasing the My Name is Skrillex EP for free download on his official MySpace page One of those things where, if you are good, giving it away doesn't matter because you can make money later..you need the popularity first.

djrocksteady on This is not an economic recovery we are seeing, it is an illusion of a recovery.

2012-02-03T10:43:05.811805-07:00-0700

Check out how reuters reports it http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/03/us-usa-economy-idUSTRE7BM0AB20120203 No mention of the giant drop in the labor force, this is good news everybody!

djrocksteady on Study reveals almost complete Ron Paul media blackout in Florida

2012-02-03T10:20:18.540218-07:00-0700

They never did. The "objective" period of journalism, which I place from Post WWII to the early 90's before cable television - was never objective. Their "objectivity" was a shroud designed to distract from the fact that people were getting their information from one or two sources...the "objectivity" was to make it look less like propaganda, even though it certainly was. Think of how many covert government operations went on during that period without a peep from the media.

djrocksteady on Neil Young: "Piracy is the new radio. That's how music gets around...That's the radio. If you really want to hear it, let's make it available, let them hear it"

2012-02-02T21:46:00.660750-07:00-0700

>No revenue. Also, no cost. Radio stations required lots of money and resources to run, and many times labels had to pay off DJ's to get their music played. Radio was still subject to control of the major labels. With piracy, the good music is promoted and propagated and the revenue comes in other ways.

djrocksteady on Journalists Arrested At Hearing By Order Of House Republicans -- In a stunning break with First Amendment policy, House Republicans directed Capitol Hill police to detain a highly regarded documentary crew attempting to film a Wednesday hearing on a controversial natural gas procurement practice.

2012-02-02T15:10:11.037763-07:00-0700

NPR will show the Republican version and the Democrat version, but anything outside of those two paradigms is off limits. A status quo bias like you wouldn't believe.

djrocksteady on Journalists Arrested At Hearing By Order Of House Republicans -- In a stunning break with First Amendment policy, House Republicans directed Capitol Hill police to detain a highly regarded documentary crew attempting to film a Wednesday hearing on a controversial natural gas procurement practice.

2012-02-02T15:07:03.745159-07:00-0700

It's not very public if you aren't allowed to film.