Pm Flat Line

i believe the market is closed today, good friday

LOL

I needed a laugh today (with ya', not at ya'). Thank you!

WOODcr, great timing on that one, classic....

In the last six months, the DJIA has climbed reasonably steadily and the U.S. labor market seems to have passed a bottoming out. I think for these reasons, the PM market has not been all that exciting for the last six months.

The U.S. economy is going through what I think is going to be a long period of recovery, that will take years. It is destined NOT to be the biggest economy in the World again: China will see to that. Fortunately, China and the U.S, are not natural enemies. Never really were.

Good point. Even in the coldest days of the cold war, our focus was always firmly fixed on the USSR and the communists Chinese hated the Russians far more than the US. Of course, a lot of that was due to regional geography and the fact that China was comparably well behind in their infrastructural development. When China manages to achieve parity with the US, economically and militarily, I think their politburo will look at us quite differently than what they do today.

No doubt Poboxw that is some fine points, as I was scratchin my chin on that never natural enemies....

Ed made a fine point, both cultures need to take the time to learn about each other....

I just sold a Combattra super robot system not long back, to a great Asian friend form New York, via KBcollector. Chogokin, translation die-cast robot an I often have a few example for sale on ebay. I grew up collecting Voltron, an watching an loving all the Asian robot anime style cartoons as a young child....

How many Americans have the information on such a eastern base collectors hobby, way less then 1 percent of population, as is with collecting coins....

I have studied many aspects of Asia, including one of my favorite fable stories that is all to true that I mention often....

First emperor of China united a land after hundreds of centuries of unsettled civil wars of sorts. And he had everything, minus the the ability to LIVE FOREVER. So he sent his wise men out in four directions, with orders to not return until they had brought back the fountain of youth. Well, of course after some time he got impatient, and heads literally rolled. So, they mixed him up a nice concoction of ground up jade mixed with Mercury. So, around the age of fifty, he drank his magic potion, and began to slowly die in much pain over the next year as the potion slowly killed him, an no doubt that last year he had a shade of green to his appearance, as the jade was coming to the surface, lol....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Shi_Huang

You also made reference to the countless amount of Chinese immigrants, who were in fact one of the main driving force in building a huge amount of the western railroad and Western America, an no doubt that was different harsh world with much prejudice around every corner for any minority an a very tough short life for many of them....

I recall the history channel preview show of old westerns, where the experts talk about the film during commercials, and the movie in question was UNFORGIVEN, perhaps one of Clint Eastwood's greatest pieces IMO. Well, I recall a huge amount of them felt the director an costume crew nailed the old west, as there are many scenes of the China railroad worker, English Bob, a fictional gun fighter looking for big bounties, this just was the cruel harsh wild west, many black cowboys, the way it really was....

I am certainly NOT proud of all our fore fathers did, slavery for example shameful to know it is even part of my historical bloodline, just is what it is.....

Throughout all of time even in a time of such hate an misunderstanding of different cultures, you had people who changed the world for the better, at great cost via lives of entire family's, via much sacrifice and even acts many would consider a pure sin in the eyes of God....

John Brown did much that many would not agree with, an he had a harsh policy of bloodshed esp in Kansas, but he sacrificed his entire family to end slavery....

A year after he hung at the gallows, the union soldiers were marching south singing...."John Browns body lies smoldering in the grave, but his truth is marching on."

I guess my point is there is always 90% of the ENTIRE world population in all cultures who is gonna be the bad seeds, but the other 10% of us all the make up the good seeds, out weigh all the idiots going through life with blinders on, or at least I like to think we do anyway....

Hey thanks much Traevin as I was bored home alone, and have to bar tend at three eastern, as Easter an Mothers day is two of our larger days of the year, sometimes passing thirty grand in revenue....

I would much prefer to be with the family an what not on Easter, but rent is due tom an I have to secure a wee bit more tonight, which will be easy as again we are real busy. Most will have come an past for brunch, but many off tom so with the AMAZING weather, and I am not kidding the Weather down here has been great last 10 days or so, as not only is the sky's blue an cloudless, but it has even cooled off a bit below the norm pre summer heat that hits real fast in my region.....

, woodcr!

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Flatlined PM is no big deal. Falling off a cliff, however...