2011 "Black Friday" will be BLACK!

The psychological dampening effects of the Kondratieff long-wave down cycle that commenced with a vengeance in the summer of 2007 and finally imploded the US economy in the fall of 2008 has very clearly begun.  But, the vast majority of Americans remain TOTALLY blind to the coming economic ‘train wreck’ and do not yet recognize these things.  

They are being fooled, hoodwinked and deluded very intentionally by the 'Gradualist Reporting Technique' (GRT) of the Mainstream Media (MSM).  The GRT is simply ingenious, because by the time the public wakes up to anything truly disastrous (like the US debt, which is now $15,000,000,000,000 and will be $16,500,000,000,000 in 2012) it is too late!

For, if the average American ever did discover the horrendous future that is now ordained for them, that their very livelihoods and investments are in very real jeopardy, then they would sell ALL stock investments (there is one more HUGE stock rally planned for spring/summer to winter 2012/2013 which we call the "Great Deception of 2012") and ALL "Bubble" priced Real Estate immediately and in mass, and sell ALL debt instruments, which MUST be sold within the next 18 months for those investors who wish to retain the value of their $ that they have stupidly invested in bonds. 

The deception of the average American by the MSM is most clearly proven by the rhetorical presentations of the daily economic news on the MSM, which borders on infantile and purely deceptive, e.g. CPI reported this AM to be up merely 0.1% for October is pure unadulterated rubbish and every American knows it but says nothing about the phony numbers nor ever comments or recognizes the outlandishly high degree of outright lies that they are fed on a daily basis!

Following from today is just one example of the GRT that is employed by the MSM in the delivery of the increasingly bad news, where some very sobering projections are made from a recent poll of retailers who actually interact with the consumer.  Perhaps, even these on the “Front Line” of this battle of reality vs. fantasy are just vaguely becoming increasingly aware of the shift in consumer psychology, which will negatively impact consumer behavior for many, many years to come. 

Quite obviously, the reporting of such things is crafted very intentionally so as to not alert the public to the undeniable fact that this poll is more evidence of generational and systemic shifts of consumer psychology and behavior that is most clearly related to the effects of a long-wave Kondratieff  down turn and NOT a CYCLICAL down turn!

“Retail Execs Less Optimistic About Black Friday”
Bloomberg; By Matt Townsend - Nov 16, 2011 8:30 AM ET

“Retailers’ chief marketing officers are less optimistic about sales growth on Black Friday than they were a year earlier as increasing competition prompts stores to boost discounts, according to a survey by BDO USA.

Purchases on Nov. 25, the day after the Thanksgiving holiday, may rise 1.6 percent, … That compares with an average projection of a 3.8 percent increase in the survey last year.

“It’s not a home run by any means, but it’s positive growth,” Ted Vaughan, a partner at BDO’s retail and consumer practice in Dallas, said in an interview. Black Friday’s importance has diminished as retailers start advertising holiday deals earlier, he said. . . . Sales on the day rose 0.3 percent last year, according to Chicago-based ShopperTrak. Sales for the weekend after Thanksgiving gained 6.4 percent last year, according to the National Retail Federation.

Sales for the entire holiday shopping season may increase 2.9 percent,. . .. That would be slower than the 5.2 percent gain a year earlier. . .  Discounts will also increase and put more pressure on retailers’ profit margins, Vaughan said. About 78 percent of respondents in the BDO survey expected a gain in promotions, up from 64 percent a year ago. . . “