Sat August 1st Reading Hit Li$t

Pick ur Poison or Tourniquet time again…Let’s hit it, and start with the funnies (gotta laugh)

1.  The Association of American  Editorial Cartoonists  http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/

2.  Key House Committee Backs Improved Health Reform Plan http://www.thenation.com/blogs.....eform_plan

3.  The Great Reflation Experiment from John Maudin  http://www.frontlinethoughts.com/pdf/mwo073109.pdf

4.  Free Money Runs Out, Congress Authorizes More  (Nuttin is free folks, you have to think long term shuffle)                                                                 http://globaleconomicanalysis......rizes.html

5.  Short Sales, Fascination and Frustration http://www.businessweek.com/th.....s_fas.html

6.  Video-o-rama: The yin and yang of US/China relations (nice collection of weeks clips to view with food for thought) http://www.investmentpostcards.....relations/

7.  7/31 technical analysis stock market video   http://thechartpatterntrader.blogspot.com/

8.  Sentiment Overview: Week of July 31st, 2009 http://www.tradersnarrative.co.....-2807.html

9.  60 Crew have swine flu on cruise ship off France        (confined to cabins)                                                  http://content.usatoday.com/di.....6810.story

10.  Are you being watched? (spy camera technology shows how itty bitty they are becoming and easily hidden)                    http://www.freep.com/article/2.....-big-issue

11.  America’s Racial Time Bomb is Ticking   http://www.thetrumpet.com/inde.....3.4823.0.0

12.  End of the world is no longer nigh ==>”Memories are short, and markets are fickle”  (fairytales from ClownTown and pixie dust from the Boyzz ya think?)  http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0618.....ck_check=1

13.  Now They’re Coming After Your Food (YEPPERS, tax and more tax) http://www.boblonsberry.com/writings.cfm?go=4

14.  GDP in Pictures: The Truth and also CNBC with Dennis Kneale by Karl Denninger http://market-ticker.denninger.net/

15.  The “Real” Mega-Bear Quartet 2000
July 31, 2009  weekend update 

Here’s an new version of our Mega-Bear Quartet. What’s new? We’re showing the current S&P 500 from the top of the Tech Bubble in March 2000. This version is more consistent with our general preference for real (inflation-adjusted) analysis of long-term market behavior. When we adjust for inflation, the all-time high for the S&P 500 was in 2000, not 2007.

For regular visitors to this website, here’s the familiar musical analogy that allows you to view the bear market comparisons

Last but not least, the latest from over at Zero Hedge

Max Keiser’s Latest With Dmitry Orlov and Dr Housing Bubble

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/01/2009 02:27 -0500   http://www.zerohedge.com/artic.....ing-bubble