Fight Back Against Facebook Prying: You Know Everyone!

The title? Yeah, I know. It's obvious that's what Facebook does. But Facebook has recently started doing something that really is troublesome.

I have been blocked from requesting friends for a while on Facebook. Facebook claims I was sending out unsolicited Facebook requests. Yes I did and no I didn't.

Let me explain. I write under a different name as some people know. It's slightly different from my real name but my real name is so common that people wouldn't know me if I didn't add my moniker especially in a place like Facebook.

Always click "Yes" - It's none of Facebook's business

So why have I been blocked? As I said, Facebook claims I've been sending out unsolicited friend requests. But I have only sent out requests to folks who operate in my circles and are heavy readers and followers of the publication that I have been a regular columnist now for nearly ten years. It's also a place where Ron Paul has been writing regularly for too. I also, in Japan, sometimes send out (but mostly receive) friend requests from many Japanese folks who are regular listeners to my radio show. I simply cannot say "No!" to them! (Why would anyone on radio alienate listeners?)

So, I have sent out requests. Not a lot. But have done it. 

I get many more friend requests than I send out by a ten-fold, but now I realize why people can get blocked. It's because, recently, when you accept a new friend on Facebook, it has has been asking, "Do you know this person outside of Facebook?" Of course, I always answer, "Yes!"

Why do I do this? It's NONE OF FACEBOOK'S DAMNED BUSINESS!

I think it is just another reason why Facebook sucks.

I hear that young people aren't using Facebook and I think that's fine. I won't miss Facebook when it goes the way of Myspace. Why should you or I miss Facebook if that happens? ... Do you miss Myspace?

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For more on a related story, read: Facebook could soon track your every movement

Facebook, the biggest social network on the planet with more than a billion users, seems to want to know even more about you. More precisely Facebook seems to want to track you at all times. At least that’s the gist of a report from Bloomberg that came out on Monday and says that Facebook is working on a smartphone application that would track users’ location even when the app isn’t opened. According to this report the app itself would be used to track a user and alert him whenever friends are nearby but the actual use of the app is so that Facebook can serve you localized ads.

Burlesque Booming in Tokyo!

In these last ten ~ twenty years, there’s been a boom in younger Japanese girls getting into Geisha. They aren’t “TRUE” geisha, of course. Long ago, many of the "true" geisha were sold like slaves into geisha agencies usually to pay off massive family debts. Today’s young geisha likes the fashion and costume and make up of old Japan and the world of the geisha. To today’s geisha it is fun and an art form more than it is a lifestyle or a life’s work as it was to traditional geisha in a feudalistic society.

Miwa Rock

But, along with the art of geisha, today’s young Japanese Tokyoite woman has fallen into love with another sort of dancing and art form that was popular in the west from the late 1890s until the late 1950s and that is Burlesque.

Burlesque has found a great comeback in the west, and now in Japan too due to recent Hollywood movies like Burlesque from 2010. Burlesque starred Cher, Christina Aguilera, Alan Cumming, Eric Dane. It was about a small-town girl who ventured to Los Angeles and finds her place in a neo-burlesque club run by a former dancer.

Movies like this, is it said, have been inspired by modern burlesque superstars like Dita Von Tease. Dita is the Michael Jackson Superstar of Burlesque dancing! Maybe some of you haven’t heard of her, but look her up. She has to be one of the most beautiful women in the entire world today! (Photos of Dita Von Teese here Va-Va-Va Voom!) 

Oh, and a funny note is that she was married to Marilyn Manson!

Anyway, because of Dita and the movie “Burlesque” this kind of art form has a revival boom going on in Tokyo today.

One of the Top dancers is a girl who goes by the name of Miwa Rock. Miwa tells me that there are 14 Burlesque dancers in Tokyo today but only five (and she’s one of them) who gets paid for her efforts.

I saw her dancing once and the guys and girls were going crazy and giving her 1000 yen (about $10) tips!

It really blew my mind to see younger Japanese people today mimicking these sorts of western styles and dance fashions that were so popular 70 years ago.

It just goes to show that these trends come and go in cycles and one must always keep and eye open for them to catch them while they are going and see them real time.

(Here's a video that I made with my best friend Ken Nishikawa of a Psychobilly rock band named Bobby's Bar that Miwa Rock appeared in for us. The entire atmosphere of the entire event was breath-taking.!)

Here's Miwa Rock's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/miwa.rock.5?fref=ts

Here's her blog (Japanese only): http://ameblo.jp/miwa-rock1025/

Japan and China Reported on the Brink of War!

Investment Watchdog Blog reports this alarming situation developing this morning. In the last few days, Chinese warships and aircraft have upped the tit-for-tat dangerous gamesmanship to "locking on" radar to Japanese ships and aircraft.

What is "locking on" radar?  

Lock-on is when the guidance system for a missile can accurately track a target, and a fire-control system can calculate the required flightpath for the missile to hit the target. Missile lock-on is typically indicated to the pilot or missile operator via an audible tone, a head-up display or a helmet-mounted display. The subject of a lock-on may become aware of the fact that it is being actively targeted by virtue of the electro-magnetic emissions of the tracking system, notably the illuminator. This condition will present a heightened threat to the target, as it indicates that a missile may be about to be fired at it.

Think about that. If you were in a vessel and your ship (aircraft) were locked on, what would your reaction be? Probably to lock onto them, right?

One mistake and you have antagonists firing missiles at each other. We know what would happen then.

Chinese warships have pointed missile radars at Japanese military targets and taken the two regional powers to the brink of “a dangerous situation”, say Japanese officials.  The news overnight marks a dangerous escalation of a four-month diplomatic and military stand-off between Australia’s two largest trading partners, involving disputed islets in the East China Sea.  

Japan’s defence minister, Itsunori Onodera, told reporters last night that a Chinese frigate pointed a missile control radar at the Japanese destroyer Yuudachi on January 30.

BBC reports: Japan protest over China ship’s radar action  

Chinese-Japanese Tension Reached Critical Last Week  “A Chinese military vessel last week locked its weapons-targeting radar on a Japanese warship, Japan’s Ministry of Defense said Tuesday, marking a brief but dangerous escalation in the showdown for maritime territory between Asia’s two largest economies.  The Chinese ship ultimately unlocked its radar without firing a shot, but the incident underscores how the neighbors — wrangling over uninhabited islands in the East China Sea — are just one mistake away from potential armed conflict.” 

According to this AP report there were two separate incidents of this, about two weeks apart, on 1/19 and 1/30.

The 1/19 incident roughly coincides with the sharp escalation that occurred on 1/20. 

The 1/30 incident roughly coincides with China’s warning to the Fed on 1/29 to slow the rate of its currency inflation.

In speculating what's going on here, Japan said that it withheld this information until it could verify the facts. It now has. This explains why the Japanese Nikkei plummeted almost 2% yesterday which was a real head scratcher for most of us (excepting, obviously, those with inside information). This is a very bad sign because it suggests that the recent bump in the stock market may have reached its peak. So this is a great time to release this sort of news. (a) Japanese media will be focused on that rather than the market’s response to Abe’s new policies, and (b) countries always rally around foreign aggression.

If you don't own gold or silver, you should think about it immediately... Please refer to He Who Laughs Last, Laughs Best! Dow at 14,000 and People Laugh About the Gold Price? Ha! Where I demonstrate how the Dow Jones Industrial average has lost about 58% versus gold and silver since 2007 even with the Dow hitting record highs.

It's all basic mathematics folks, and math doesn't lie. 

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If you want more background on what's going on behind the scenes and how this all isn't what it seems on the surface and has MUCH to do with the global economy, watch this. Here's a politicians who speaks the truth.

He Who Laughs Last, Laughs Best! Dow at 14,000 and People Laugh About the Gold Price? Ha!

Some people have been teasing me and saying "the Dow is at 14,000. where is your gold price? Ha!"

Really? Let's compare apples to apples, my friends:

Gold/Silver Exposes 2007 Dow $14,000 v. 2013 Dow $14,000 

"...what does Gold tell us about the recovery of the top in the DOW? 

In 2007 it took 20 ounces of Gold to buy 1 stock in the Dow index. 

In 2013 it only takes 8.3 ounces of Gold to by 1 stock in the Dow index. 

The Dow is off 58% from its 2007 high in terms of Gold. 

What does Silver tell us? 

In 2007 it took 1056 ounces of Silver to buy 1 stock in the Dow index. 

In 2013 it only takes 439 ounces of Silver to by 1 stock in the Dow index. 

The Dow is off 58% from its 2007 high in terms of Silver."  

Now, whose laughing? My detractors or moi? Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!

Need physical gold or silver and living in Japan?

Where to buy physical gold in Japan

Time is Running Out! Buy Silver & Protect Yourself & Your Family!

Also refer to: Stocks Will Go Higher if We Keep Printing Money where you can find this excellent quote about the stock market rally

Macklemore at Sizzler in Tokyo! Why I Love Japan: Episode #287 "Profanity on the Background Music at Family Restaurants"

*This article is not censored! 今日１１：３０ごろMacklemoreは世田谷Sizzlerで！！！！

Yo! Japan rocks. There's a million reasons why Japan is one of the best places to live in the whole world. Ask any American who can choose to live in the USA or Japan why they stay here... There's no comparison.

Macklemore was at Sizzler today in Tokyo! Really! I heard him! 

Did I say, "Japan Rocks"!? I did? Okay.

Yo! Check it! Reason #287 why Japan rocks: No BS politically correct censorship on the radio or at the in-store background music in public places.

Nope. Japan doesn't have a fascist FCC type of organization telling stations what they can and cannot air and what kind of language is appropriate. Japanese broadcasting stations have the right to censor themselves. There is no quasi-government organization pushing their shit Christian ethic on the rest of the public.. And when it comes to the language, there's no such thing as "Seven Words That You Can Never Say on Television"... They certainly don't have it in English, either....

In Japan, there's no PC crowd or organization saying that children can't hear words broadcasted on TV, radio and films that they hear their parents and neighbors saying all the god-damned time at home anyway!

Today, I took my wife and son to Sizzler. You know, the family steak house chain that originally came from the USA. It was wonderful. We had the salad bar set like we always do.

I laughed when Macklemore & Ryan Lewis came over the piped in music and they started singing these words:

I’m gonna pop some tags, only got twenty dollars in my pocket 
I’m, I’m, I’m hunting, looking for a come up, this is fucking awesome 

Now walk into the club like "What up?! I got a big cock!" 
Nah, I’m just pumped, I bought some shit from the thrift shop 
Ice on the fringe is so damn frosty 
The people like “Damn, that’s a cold ass honky” 
Rolling in hella deep, headed to the mezzanine 
Dressed in all pink except my gator shoes, 
those are green Draped in a leopard mink, 
girl standing next to me Probably should've washed this, 
smells like R.Kelly sheets 
Piss.... 

But shit, it was 99 cents 
Buy it, coppin' it, washin' it, 
‘bout to go and get some compliments 
Passing up on those moccasins someone else has been walking in 
Bummy and grungy, fucking it, 
I am stunting and flossing and Saving my money and I’m hella happy, 
that’s a bargain bitch 
I’ma take your grandpa's style, I’ma take your grandpa's style 
No for real, ask your grandpa, can I have his hand-me-downs? 
Velour jumpsuit and some house slippers 
Dookie Brown leather jacket that I found digging 
They had a broken keyboard, I bought a broken keyboard 
I bought a skeet blanket, then I bought a knee board 
Hello, hello, my ace man, my mellow John Wayne ain’t got nothing on my fringe game, 
hell no I could take some Pro Wings, make them cool, sell those 
The sneaker heads would be like “Ah, he got the Velcros” 

What you know about rocking a wolf on your noggin? 
What you knowing about wearing a fur fox skin? 
I’m digging, I’m digging, 
I’m searching right through that luggage 
One man’s trash, that’s another man’s come up 
Thank your granddad for donating that plaid button- Up shirt, 
‘cause right now, I’m up in hurr stuntin' I’m at the Goodwill, 
you can find me in the (Uptons) 
I’m that, I’m that sucker searchin' in that section (Uptons) 
Your grammy, your aunty, your momma, your mammy 
I’ll take those flannel zebra jammies, 
second hand and I’ll rock that motherfucker 
The built-in onesie with the socks on the motherfucker 
I hit the party and they stop in that motherfucker 
They be like “Oh that Gucci, that’s hella tight” 
I’m like “Yo, that’s fifty dollars for a t-shirt” 
Limited edition, let’s do some simple addition 
Fifty dollars for a t-shirt, 
that’s just some ignorant bitch shit I call that getting swindled and pimped, 
shit I call that getting tricked by business 
That shirt’s hella dope 
And having the same one as six other people in this club is a hella don’t 
Peep game, come take a look through my telescope 
Trying to get girls from a brand? 
Then you hella won’t 
Man you hella won’t, 
man you hella won't


I’m gonna pop some tags, only got twenty dollars in my pocket 
I’m, I’m, I’m hunting, looking for a come up, this is fucking awesome 

As I chuckle and enjoy the tune, the rest of the patrons at the restaurant enjoy the pleasant piped in music. To the left of me there's a table with a family with two little girls who look to be 4 or 5 years old... They enjoy the music, the food and the atmosphere of the restaurant....

I love Japan! It's fucking awesome!

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PS: Yo Dawg! I am proud to say that we were was the first ones to play Macklemore and Ryan Lewis in Japan on the FM radio one day before release on August 27, 2012 (thanks to my dear friend Willie Gee in Los Angeles!) As of today, Feb. 2, 2013, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop" has hit #1 on Billboard Digital music charts for three weeks in a row! Awesome! Macklemore is awesome!

Stocks Will Go Higher if We Keep Printing Money

Today the Dow surpassed $14,000. The crowd cheers. The Fed is buying $85 billion a month, about what the US fiscal deficit is, so then stock prices do and will continue to go up. 

Everyone cheers...

But, the cheering actually means nothing.... As Kyle Bass says, "Zimbabwe's stock market was the best performer this decade - but your entire portfolio now buys you 3 eggs." 

Is there any wonder as to what is going to happen in the USA?

Please refer to Zerohedge and Kyle Bass Tells 'Nominal' Stock Market Cheerleaders: Remember Zimbabwe  

Amid the euphoria of today's crossing of the Dow's Maginot Line at 14,000, Kyle Bass provided a few minutes of sanity this morning in an interview with CNBC's Gary Kaminsky. Bass starts by reflecting on the ongoing (and escalating) money-printing (or balance sheet expansion as we noted here) as the driver of stock movements currently and would not be surprised to see them move higher still (given the ongoing printing expected). However, he caveats that nominally bullish statement with a critical point, "Zimbabwe's stock market was the best performer this decade - but your entire portfolio now buys you 3 eggs" as purchasing power is crushed.

Now Japan's stock market has been climbing higher and higher in the last two months also. The Japanese government has been printing and printing.The currency war has begun and we (the people) will be the losers.

Is there any wonder as to what is going to happen in Japan?

For the Keynesians out there who think this is good fiscal policy, then let me ask the tried and true question, "If government's can create wealth just by printing money, then why are there still poor and starving people in the world?"

The answer is obvious; you cannot fix a debt problem by creation of more debt.

PS: The Japanese stock market has gone way up in January 2013, right? WRONG! It has flatlined against the US dollar:

How Much Has the Japanese Stock Market Risen in January 2013?

There is a rising roar of bulls stampeding to the Japanese stock market. Whether due to Abe's apparent "this time it's different" cratering of the JPY to aid exports (and avoid deflation) or just plain old momentum (as the Nikkei 225 is nominally up almost 8% in January). However, just a little reminder that this return is priced in those increasing worth-less JPY. For all those exuberant overseas investors eying the gains, the reality is that, in USD, Japan's stock market is almost perfectly unchanged since 12/28

Great work, Abe... Deeper in debt and nothing to show for it except the destruction of the purchasing power of the yen.

Japan: Senkaku Islands, China War? North Korea Nuclear Tests, Korean War? Yen Manipulations, Currency War? What Next? Killer Bugs!

Yeah, you read that headline correctly.

We have a ton of trouble with China and the Senkaku Islands and it seems things are beginning to simmer and get hotter by the day...

North Korea? Sure Nuclear tests and now Martial Law set in place to prepare for war!

Japanese yen and currency manipulation to set off another type of war, a currency war... And those currency wars have always ended badly, and sparked shooting wars throughout history; the worst possible outcome for everyone involved.

What next for Japan? How could things get worse? What could possibly bring all this sh*t even closer to home in Japan than... are you ready for it? Deadly bugs? Mites to be exact.  

What?! The reporter says that these mites came from China in 2009 and now they are here in Japan and they have confirmed that the first death from these mits has occurred. These mites transmit a deadly virus! 

Now we are at war with Chinese Arachnids? Is this for real???

News on Japan has the story: New mite-linked viral infection claimed first fatality in Japan

Japan recorded its first death from a new viral infection last autumn, the health ministry said Wednesday. The adult victim, a resident of Yamaguchi Prefecture, had no recent record of overseas travel or any apparent trace of a mite bite, even though the new viral infection, called severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, is usually transmitted by such a bite.

Oh the horror! Can it get any worse? 

Yes it can! Mites from China? Sure. There's lots of folks who go back and froth from the USA too!.... Bringing us....