Journey Into The Great Bear Rainforest.

Great vid from Sideburn. Not quite sure what is going on a lot of the time but looks brilliant anyway!

There are as many old people as Teenagers and more Protests than riots, but it is a great documentary anyway despite the title. What a mess. None of the “cures” being offered by any of the politicians tackle the 30pc – 40pc currency misalignment and therefore loss of competitiveness Southern Europe has experienced vs the North since the Euro began which is one of the deeper causes of this crisis. So as long as Greece and other Southern European countries stay in the Euro things are unlikely to improve for them. Or until Germany and a few others leave perhaps. Some long, steep, twisty, rocky roads ahead and we seem to be riding a heavy, high mileage old bobber with low gas and flat tires.

Photos L – R Scott Serfas and Cole Barash

A Film about Dustin Kott, the Californian bike builder who makes custom British style Cafe racers out of old Japanese bikes.

There is nothing new in the video above to anyone who reads Zero Hedge or any other impartial news source, but if it takes a documentary to reach the masses who don’t read, it’s better late than never since this mess is still ongoing. There has been no recovery, only a cover up.

The Yen hit a 15-year high against the dollar yesterday. Since Japan’s economy is heavily reliant on exports, a stronger Japanese currency curbs the profits of large Japanese companies. Also yesterday, existing U.S. homes fell more than 27% in July, the largest one-month drop on record, California is To Issue IOUs For the Second Year In A Row, the second time in as many years (going all the way back to the Great Depression), U6 unemployment is around 17% and all of the western sovereign nations are bankrupt already with no way to pay for their future liabilities, let alone pay down their debt. All this before we have even started sliding down the back of Hubberts peak after the bumpy plateau we have been on since 2005.

[4/17/10 9:01:01 PM] yann berger: he’s the chef
[4/17/10 9:01:30 PM] piers: u know it
[4/17/10 9:02:08 PM] yann berger: he made a legend of his name, soulful skier
[4/17/10 9:02:19 PM] piers: artiste
[4/17/10 9:03:03 PM] yann berger: how big are those switch jumps…
[4/17/10 9:03:14 PM] yann berger: retarded
[4/17/10 9:03:55 PM] yann berger: he’s so good in free ski
[4/17/10 9:03:59 PM] piers: enorme
[4/17/10 9:04:20 PM] yann berger: candide for president. lol