Weekend library & cinema (updated July 4)

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(new) morganslv: silver @ 34.17 (July 4 2011)

(new) Demcad: Yellowstone oil spill, banks forgive mortgage debt, breast cancer news (July 4 2011)

(new) george4title: Bank closures, Russian hyperinflation, TSA = Capitol control (July 3 2011)

(new) The Weekly Telegram: Epic fail by US media on 4th of July (July 4 2011)

(new) Anonymous: Class action lawsuit against Federal Reserve (June 28 2011)

(new) The Weekly Telegram: Too big to fail or too big to succeed? (July 2 2011)

(new) The Weekly Telegram: How not to get scammed from a bank run (June 26 2011)

(new) Corbett Report: Radiation coverups confirmed (July 3 2011)

• Los Alamos, Fort Calhoun, Fukushima, TSA

(new) SGTbull07: Silver Gurus: Paper to physical ratio of 2, 100, 500 to 1? (July 3 2011)

• Sprott, Martenson, Bix Weir

RT: Daily life in Fukushima: 'It was like visiting another universe' (July 3 2011)

MaxKeiserTV: Keiser speaks to lawyers in Athens (July 2 2011)

• Keiser: Greece should go on the offensive

Yahoo: North Dakota, spurred by energy, ag boom, has 3.2% unemployment (July 1 2011)

silverfuturist: Silver to shine in global, not national, currency crisis (July 1 2011)
morganslv: Silver @ 33.84 (July 1 2011)
george4title: Southern California to secede (July 1 2011)
Yahoo: 'No way' Ft. Calhoun turns into American Fukushima, nuclear expert says (July 1 2011)
Yahoo: Deep recession, financial chaose if debt ceiling isn't raised, Zandi says (July 1 2011)
• This guy also says Jamie Dimon would be 'fabulous' as Geithner's replacement. Fucking banksters.
Fox: Precious metals fall Friday (July 1 2011)
Bloomberg: Apple-backed group wins Nortel patents for $4.5 billion (July 1 2011)
Bloomberg: Pollack sees buying opportunity in Chinese stocks (July 1 2011)
Bloomberg: EU's Rehn is 'confident' of paying next Greek Tranche (July 1 2011)
Fox: Construction spending slips in May (July 1 2011)
Bloomberg: Rice says Zynga pressured by competition to speed IPO (July 1 2011)
Alex Jones: Million man march dares Obama, NATO to invade (July 1 2011)
CNBC: Food inflation bites your BBQ (July 1 2011)

CNBC: The Communist Party of China's road to power (July 1 2011)
CNBC: Getting to know Yingluck Shinawatra (July 1 2011)

visionvictory: Collapse of the annual summer recovery (July 1 2011)
paladex77: Government Debt and You (July 1 2011)
• An updated edition of 'Economic Armageddon and You'
Jim Rogers: Goldseek Radio (June 30 2011)
Yahoo: Obama & Wall St: Is the love affair really over? (June 30 2011)
Yahoo: Newest gov solution: Free money for struggling home owners (June 30 2011)

Larry Edelson: Don't expect too much right now (June 30 2011)
• Does he ever talk about the effect of QE?
NTD: China news (June 30 2011)
drutter: 17-month trading channel in silver remains intact - barely (June 30 2011)

Andrew Maguire: 'This exchange promises better price discovery, should dilute the effects of short-side concentration in gold, silver' (June 28 2011)

• Pan Asia Gold Exchange opens; see Maguire at 1:25

Wikileaks: Banking blockade (June 28 2011)

999SoundMoney: Every cloud has a silver lining (June 22 2011)

(new) Richard Gless: Talks about investing in gold and silver (June 19 2011)

Yahoo: Why the Starbucks CEO doesn't drink frappucinos (Mar 30 2011)

TheSurvivalSummary: The Toilet Paper Scam - Proof of Inflation (Jan 29 2011)

Reports & Blogs
(new) Bloomberg: Radioactive Cesium is found in Tokyo water (July 3 2011)

(new) Reuters: Huge rare earth deposits found in Pacific: Japan experts (July 4 2011)

(new) Zero Hedge: Banks commence wholesale, unsolicited mortgage-debt forgiveness (July 3 2011)

AP: Defiant Gadhafi threatens attacks in Europe (July 2 2011)

AP: Exxon oil spill in Montana river prompts evacuations (July 2 2011)

Ubergizmo: Gold-dispensing ATM installed at London's Westfield Shopping Center (July 1 2011)
Silver Shield: Deja vu in silver (July 1 2011)
Dan Norcini: Australian Reserve bank director issues sobering warning (July 1 2011)
Business Day: Global 'train wreck' coming (July 1 2011)
Turd Ferguson: The Doldrum Whipsaw (July 1 2011)
Zero Hedge: UM consumer confidence misses expectations (July 1 2011)
Zero Hedge: The Kubler-Ross model of terminal Keynesian unwind (July 1 2011)
SEC.gov: Zynga IPO registration statement (July 1 2011)
Ron Holland; Where will you go when the sovereign debt volcano blows (July 1 2011)
Chuck Butler: Greek parliament votes to 'implement' austerity measures (July 1 2011)
Morningstar: Why the Greek bailout won't work (June 30 2011)
Gary North: Just say no to school vouchers again (June 30 2011)
CBC.ca: Canada's 'housing bubble' deemed close to bursting (June 29 2011)
Jeffrey Lewis: Is the silver ETF bleeding to save the Comex? (June 29 2011)

Andrew Maguire lives (see 1:25)

Brew Review: Cooper's Best Extra Stout

Cooper's Best Extra Stout (Australia)
Appearance (0 to 4 stars): 4. Dark as shoyu. I like that.
Aroma: 3. Not a strong aroma, but definitely rich.
Flavor: 3.5. Sweet, then a tinge of bitterness.
Texture: 4. Goes down as smooth as Guiness.
Drinkability: 3.5. Nice, not as sweet as Guiness, but still sweeter than the average brew.

Overall score: 18.

Cost: $3, size 12.7 oz.
On the label:
Summary: The only other Aussie beer I'd seen was Foster's Lager (oil can). This brew has an old-fashioned look with the label and 19th-century font style. However, once I poured this baby into my mug, it looked very much like Guiness, except a little darker. This didn't disappoint a bit. Hail Australia!

See more at Cooper's site.

Don't piss it away

That's right. The pic below is a cup of urine. Piss. Or as we call it in Hawaii, shishi.

Don't get pissy, though. News is out from Australia that the world's phosphorus supply may be completely out in 50 years. Urine, it turns out, is a chock full of this stuff. Why is phosphorus an issue? It is a main ingredient in the world's fertilizer supply.

So, while this installment of Holy Crap! isn't a success story, I can't help but wonder who will capitalize on this industry-in-the-making. Hey, maybe if I get started in a minute, the next behemoth in a phosphorus market will emerge. After all, I wouldn't want to piss away a magnificent opportunity.

I'll call my company Liquid Gold. IPO due out in 2010. Ticker: PEEE.

I'll need a little time to figure out how to extract phosphorus from the icky stuff. According to the story, I'll produce 132 gallons of pee every year. That won't be enough. Jeez, I'm gonna need some help. How is this going to work?

Will it be like selling plasma? Will I have to pay people for their pee? Does this mean people will load up on Coca Cola and Mountain Dew (and Bud Light) before walking into my Phosphorus Extraction Facility to wizz it all into my Big Gulp-sized cups? Looks like some research is in store.