I am sure most of you are following the current events on the markets, where despite good earnings the markets have been falling. If EWI is right, social mood moves the markets and the markets lead the economy. That is, when the markets are bullish, investors earn big money that ends up in the real economy. When markets are falling, investors loose a lot of money, so they cut back on spending, shed jobs, etc, which has an effect on the real economy, but beyond all these the markets are a reflection of the social mood, that is, how investors view the future.
Times are still reasonably good here down under, but expect a sharp downturn, more severe than in 2008. Though I am not a financial adviser, I think it is a good thing to put super into cash equivalents as generally they are invested in stock and real estate, neither of which are doing well right now.
It is to do with nothing else, but social mood. The young people are the most sensitive to it and they simply need to offload their anger. A spark - anything upsetting - can ignite the situation.
Sorting through the stuff as I am packing... and the reality of break-up strikes like lightening from the clear sky... It is no more. Gone. What started so beautifully drowned in misunderstanding and suspicion.
Why?... Why such a mistrust? All your accusations were groundless, yes, I am not perfect, but I am not like you made me out to be...
Pride flames up on both sides, walls raised to the sky, protect yourself, I am right, you are wrong... you don't love me!!!... I do... but I am weak... I don't know how to do it better...
Who cares about the little one... her little eyes wide open and does not understand why she is not loved... What's wrong, she asks... Cleaning up the house, she is told...
Selfishness and pride flashes fiery arrows, blood flows and cries light up the sky... all the little one wants is her hugs and kisses... not at a pre-arranged time, at visitations, but any time and every time... Where is my freedom, to hug mum and dad when I need them? Who cares about ME??? She will get used to not seeing you, I hear the wise saying... but how will I get used to not seeing her?... pain rips my heart, tears run into my eyes... Yes, we will both get used to the scars... they numb our hearts and tone down our feelings... and deep inside the hurts, like boiling lava, are buried forever... but they are alive... these wounds don't heal... we pretend they do, but we lie to ourselves...
We move on with life... if desolation can be called life... for destruction is left behind and blood flows on the streets... cries are heard, quieter and quieter as we go, until all cries die out...
And I enter the cold, unfriendly world... where there is no hope... fearfully looking into the steel cold face of the future... and wonder... what life is about...
This was long overdue. Obama have no power to stop it. QEx made things much worse. If they allowed the too big to fail, a great depression would have occurred and we would already start to recover like in the 30s. But this was everything happens slooooower and the crisis will be deeper.
The problem is wealth disparity. When in the US 1% owns around 70% wealth the 99% have very little money. In a healthy economy 1% owns 10% wealth. In 1929 they owned 40% and that was already too much.
If Obama taxed the rich, increased welfare and wages, the US would be already strong. But their policies increased wealth disparity even more. Hence the current crisis, which will last much longer than a day. This is a greater great depression in the making, with many countries defaulting around the world.
Sorting through the stuff as I am packing... and the reality of break-up strikes like lightening from the clear sky... It is no more. Gone. What started so beautifully drowned in misunderstanding and suspicion.
Why?... Why such a mistrust? All your accusations were groundless, yes, I am not perfect, but I am not like you made me out to be...
Pride flames up on both sides, walls raised to the sky, protect yourself, I am right, you are wrong... you don't love me!!!... I do... but I am weak... I don't know how to do it better...
Who cares about the little one... her little eyes wide open and does not understand why she is not loved... What's wrong, she asks... Cleaning up the house, she is told...
Selfishness and pride flashes fiery arrows, blood flows and cries light up the sky... all the little one wants is her hugs and kisses... not at a pre-arranged time, at visitations, but any time and every time... Where is my freedom, to hug mum and dad when I need them? Who cares about ME??? She will get used to not seeing you, I hear the wise saying... but how will I get used to not seeing her?... pain rips my heart, tears run into my eyes... Yes, we will both get used to the scars... they numb our hearts and tone down out feelings... and deep inside the hurts, like boiling lava, are buried forever... but they are alive... these wounds don't heal... we pretend they do, but we lie to ourselves...
We move on with life... if desolation can be called life... for destruction is left behind and blood flows on the streets... cries are heard, quieter and quieter as we go, until all cries die out...
And I enter the cold, unfriendly world... where there is no hope... fearfully looking into the steel cold face of the future... and wonder... what life is about...
Add to this mixture religion and a guy who, though gentle, caring, funny, but can be also boring, likes to sit on his computer and doesn't like to be controlled, and see what you get
How much I missed these enlightening words! I had to take my tablets because in my excitement that I have found a true business partner my heart was beating out of place. I sense that the matter is urgent so much that you have forgotten to check the spelling (as usual) and unfortunately for me my eyes stumble over such obvious spelling errors, but hey, why does it matter when you are in the process of making my day!
I know, dear brother, you are a man of few words and I sense you are the ONE I can surely trust with all my heart. A man in such a high position must be beyond reproach and beyond approach as well, but thankfully you stumbled in my way and like an angel without wings falling from the sky offered the best deal of my lifetime!!!
Why should I hesitate to give you all my details? I should not really, except for the fact that all my papers need to be re-done as I lost them in the fire... Oh, dear, didn't I tell you I had a house fire last month? Just a little one, not very big, but all my papers burned along with my stash of cash and for an old woman like me it is very difficult to get to town to organise these again especially that I am disabled and need special taxi to get around, which is expensive. I have sufficient funds in my account (oh, I am not a millionaire, but have a few hundred thousand), but to access it I need to get my papers done again so that I can identify myself and request new bank savings cards. I do have a credit union account with the nearby branch, but I have no funds on it having used it to live since the fire, my other account is with the National Bank that has no nearby branch. So life is complicated and to act urgently I would really need at least $850 to pay for all expenses as I will have to make a few trips to town and pay for the papers. Once done I can reimburse you for all your expenses.
My brother, I of course trust you and in no way I doubt, but just for surety I would that you make that trial transaction so that I fully know that your offer is genuine. I understand that the 1% mentioned earlier is a huge sum even to a prestigious bank manager as yourself - they don't even pay bank managers well nowadays -, but for a start it would be a positive sign if I received that $850 for my immediate expenses, which would surely cause all my doubts to evaporate. Once you kindly help me to regain my papers I will immediately continue our very prosperous business with you.
Thank for you mail and I am glad to here from you again,
I want to quickly let you know that at this stage of this transaction I fully put my trust in you and do not betray the trust I have for you. Also be aware that we are not just partners but like brothers so let work together like brothers and with one mind and henceforth we should keep calling each other brothers
Brother, I want you to know that we should have trust between us if we want to be successful. Please note that I have no bad intention towards you in this business. Your ID will not be used for any other purpose except this business. I am giving you my word.
The reason why I need your Full names and address (2) your occupation and age (3) Phone and fax number(4) A copy of your work ID/ passport, drivers license or any form of identification, Is for me to know that I am dealing with the right person considering the huge amount involved (Twenty Four million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only) in this transfer matter and besides for my attorney to secure all the necessary legal documents that will back us up and place you as the next of kin . Immediately I receive it, I will send you a copy of my passport and the contact of the bank that we shall use in transferring this funds out of my bank so you can go and open the account immediately.
Furthermore, with regards to the legality of this transaction, I must let you know that this transaction is real and 100% risk free, it shall be done in accordance with banking Laws and regulations, My Attorney shall handle the entire documentations, he shall be responsible for drafting and notarization of the Affidavits which shall put you in place as next of kin.. He would handle all matters of probate on your behalf, hence you would not have to be here physically, and you will not be required to be in Court.
My Brother I must let you know that you stand to gain over $7.350.000 million in this business, I am ensuring you that our interest are protected in this transaction, I am a professional banker and I expect you to follow my instructions, for the success of this transaction. I do not want to write too long a letter but let me not fail to alert you that I am 100% sure that you will not regret your involvement in this mutual deal. I am a man of little words and my word is my bond. I shall be expecting to hear from you soonest. Your Brother Patrick Chan
I am greatly disturbed seeing that you have not yet had the chance to read my email, but instead you have sent me a standard reply. Shouldn't the trust I furnished in you deteriorate from such treatment of yours? Do I not deserve to be treated better than the other hundred thousand clients of yours that respond to this email scam?
While I am greatly concerned by the absence of my faraway uncle, Gen. Abbas Radhi Ismail, a great champion of the Hindu faith, I am somewhat perplexed as to how his close relatives are not aware of such bank balance. Perhaps they also died in the Korean war along with my dear relative. What about his only son? Thankfully he didn't die!
I have seriously considered your offer, but my humble heart exceedingly vibrates when I think about the 30% I would receive for my services. I simply, with a clear conscience, cannot take it. Really, I cannot accept more than 29.95% which is the most I am willing to have transferred to my bank account, for transferring more than $7,337,750 would arise the suspicion of not only the bank manager, but also of the police and the tax office. And I need to make it clear I do not intend to pay tax on my share, do you?
So, dear partner, let me know my options, and don't forget that I still want you to make a trial transfer of 1% of the amount in question to prove your genuineness.
Kindest Regards,
Bel Antos
PS: You can call me Bel. The "partner" is too general.
Thank you so much for your response to my email. I will want to start by introducing myself. I am Mr. Patrick K.W. Chan (Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer) of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd.
Before the U.S and Iraqi war our client Gen. Abbas Radhi Ismail who was with the Iraqi forces and also businessman made a numbered fixed deposit for 18 calendar months, with a value of (Twenty Four million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only) in my branch. Upon maturity several notices was sent to him, even during the war, which began in 2003. Again after the war another notification was sent and still no response came from him. We later find out that the General along with his wife and only daughter had been killed during the war in a bomb blast that hit their home.
After further investigation it was also discovered that Gen. Abbas Radhi Ismail did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last time he was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank. So, Twenty Four million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it.
What bothers me most is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration of 6 years the funds will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong
Government if nobody applies to claim the funds. Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Gen. Abbas Radhi Ismail so that you will be able to receive his funds.
MODALITIES:
I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we shall come out successful. I have an attorney that will prepare the necessary document that will back you up as the next of kin to Gen. Abbas Radhi Ismail, all that is required from you at this stage is for you to provide me with your Full Names and Address so that the attorney can commence his job. After you have been made the next of kin, the attorney will also fill in for claims on your behalf and secure the necessary approval and letter of probate in your favour for the movement of the funds to an account that will be provided by you.
There is no risk involved at all in this matter, as we are going adopt a legalized method and the attorney will prepare all the necessary documents. Please endeavour to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue.
Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated bank account we shall then share in the ratio of 70% for me, 30% for you. Should you be interested please let me know and I will provide you with further information about this project.
I am delighted that such a fortune had come my way. It is extremely rare to receive such a letter as yours and my heart certainly beats twice as fast on the prospect of sharing such a large amount with you. It is specially exciting that you dug up my most secret email address, and I am sure it cannot be an accident, the hand of the Invisible must have been at work.
I would gladly pass to you all my personal details as long as I know who you are for certain, not that I do not trust you, but you know when such huge sum in at stake it is best to know the person we are dealing with and that the transaction is absolutely legal - not that I have the slightest doubt that it is, but I prefer to have solid proof in my hand about the genuineness of your offer.
Therefore, in order to prove that this whole thing is not a scam I assume you are willing to make a trial transaction to my bank account, as it is normal with such things.
If you are willing to further our dealings and deposit a small fraction of the above-mentioned amount (say, 1%) into my account, please don't hesitate to contact me. Looking forward to your positive response.
Good Day from Patrick Chan, You might be skeptical about this email as we have not met before, but I know with the right mutual understanding,we can work together to achieve success as I introduce to you this project. There is the sum of $24,500,000.00 in my bank as I am a staff of "Hang Seng Bank Ltd.There were no beneficiaries stated concerning these funds which means no one would ever come forward to claim it.That is why I ask that we work together so as to have the sum transfered out of my bank.Should you be interested please send me your: 1,Full names, 2,Occupation, 3,Private phone number, 4,Current residential address. After that I shall furnish you with more details about this Opreation.I will be waiting for your response and assurance. Regards Patrick Chan
My hear has jumped out of its place and it was racing so fast that I could hardly get it, I was chasing it around the table to catch it as it was racing away.
What a joy that this new thingy called cybernet has bought us together!! I was dreaming about you for days and nights, I mean I sleep a lot during the days because I have sleepless nights and since your fairy hairy presence had dropped upon me from this cydernet thingy I cannot rest. Rest assured I run around, or rather, limp around with my remaining leg, the wooden one is a bit hard to drag with me, so when I get exceedingly excited because this great treasure dropped on my lap I just detach it and jump up and down in my immense joy. I mean I only jump up and then fall down, I do not know how to jump down, but people talk a lot about jumping up and down, you see, but I never really figured out how they jump down.
Oh, how can you have 171 cm growth when you are a woman? That is a very long growth indeed, dear. Have you been to the doctor to cut it off? It is not good to let it grow so long when you are a woman.
You know the heat just flushes my whole body from top to toe when I just think about how much you like my photos. You little cutie, you must have had a couple of glasses of vodka, hehe, I only sent you one photo, but you saw more than one!!! Multiplication the Russian way! But I am surely a handsome young bloke on it, I assure you the old lady at the corner shop keeps telling me "Young man you are short by fifty cents!" Haha, she also likes me, but she is not from Russia, you know, so she only sees one of me.
Ah, nothing is more pleasurable than telling you, dear beautiful angel, about myself. As you can see I am a very sturdy guy. You know what sturdy is? I don't have my dictionary handy, hmm, I keep forgetting this word. My mother used to tell me, "Bob, just study harrrrd". That must be it! Yeah, I do study harrrd and hence I am sturrrdy, thank you very much indeed.
Did I tell you I am handsome also? That lady in the corner shop on the other side of the road as that has a corner also and there is a corner shop there - maybe it is not even a corner shop because it is, you know, not quite on the corner, but a bit further in, so I don't remember what shop it is called, maybe "further-in shop", yes, that's it dear, so in that further-in shop there is an old lady, but she is not as old as the old lady in the other corner shop on the other side of the road, which is really a corner shop, so this not so old lady said once to me, "You know the politicians' pay is handsome Bob". Well, I didn't know the politicians' pay, but it felt good that I was called handsome, and when I went home I checked myself in the mirror, and voila!!! I was indeed very handsome.
Now I don't waste my words any more, I mean your time and my time because it is now bedtime, but to keep you reminded and excited about me I attached another photo of mine that is a bit larger, I don't know how it happened or where it came from, I have just found it on the hard drive - shhh, it took such a hard drive to find it, hehehe.
OK, dear my little fairy, be peaceful with yourself and promise me you don't drink too much vodka this time before you look at my picture because I am sliming on you from it - well, almost. Sliming? Maybe smiling? I forgot how to spell it.
hello Bob, I have received your message, thanks. Excuse, that at once has not answered, I was in business trip and now with pleasure I write to you. my name Ekaterina. I liked your photos. You rather attractive man. Please continue to send me your photos! Now acquaintance on the Internet popularly in the whole world. We can communicate here and learn each other. please, your photos have gone to me, viewing of your photos will help me to know better you. I the sociable girl. To me 31 year, I was born on May, 2nd, 1979. (zodiac a Taurus). My growth of 171 centimetre, weight of 62 kg. please tell about itself, it will be very interesting to me! I live one and never was married. In the past I had relations with the man, but my last relations with the man have ended one year ago. I wish as to tell, that I study English language independently. I hope, that I do not suppose many grammatical errors. I have forgotten to tell, that I live in Russia. I hope, the distance between us will not make to us complexities in dialogue? With impatience I wait for your letter. Bye...
(picture of a pretty young lady in winter coat in the snow)
I repost it here so people can find it easier... _____________________
Once upon the time there was a large, dry oak tree standing over the cliff, watching in desperation the sun go down behind the clouds soaked in blood... and darkness fell upon his heart... there was no hope for the dawn, it was late now, far too late... the night has arrived and life's goals are gone forever... There was nothing to live for, no-one to care for... The journey had come to its end...
Yet, the dawn had arrived when a bright white dove found rest upon his branches. His soul was filled with sparks, his heart was thrilled from joy he never felt...
How long the sun will shine, I do not know... Or that the morning dew will quench the thirst of empty hearts... or the blinking stars sprinkle their lights into the darkest corners of souls...
How long?...
Life is mysterious and relationships are complicated... wounded birds falling from the sky hear: 'Go, heal each other!', and they cry: 'Don't touch my wounds! Keep away! It is hurting! and they hurl down to the ashes in pain and blood...
Slowly but surely they are drifting apart... wounds bleed and leave scars when healed... being frightened they desperately grab after the other with their sharp nails...
Why is life so complex? Why are we so hopeless when there is so much beauty around us? When there is so much to appreciate about each of us...
A year has passed and the dry oak tree that in the past in desperation watched the sun going down had found life again... life, beautiful beyond imagination... a year that was worth waiting and hoping for, that was worth living...
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Get into safety
I am sure most of you are following the current events on the markets, where despite good earnings the markets have been falling. If EWI is right, social mood moves the markets and the markets lead the economy. That is, when the markets are bullish, investors earn big money that ends up in the real economy. When markets are falling, investors loose a lot of money, so they cut back on spending, shed jobs, etc, which has an effect on the real economy, but beyond all these the markets are a reflection of the social mood, that is, how investors view the future.Times are still reasonably good here down under, but expect a sharp downturn, more severe than in 2008. Though I am not a financial adviser, I think it is a good thing to put super into cash equivalents as generally they are invested in stock and real estate, neither of which are doing well right now.