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If You’re Green, You’re a Thief

“People who commit their lives to going green are just better people. They’re more moral, more honest. At least, they keep telling us that, and apparently many students believe it, say University of Toronto psychologists” as reported today by John Stossel and printed by Fox News. The Psychologist’s initially quizzed the students on their impressions of [...]

More on that Sugar Tax in Philly

This article properly articulates the massive stupidity that is this new tax. Enjoy. I can just see people driving out of the city and smuggling in sugared drinks now.

Yes, The USA is out of Control

Apparently in Philly they just passed a tax law that states you will be taxed 2 cents for every ounce of any drink containing sugar, be that natural or man made – meaning everything from Soda to Juice. Say good bye to those industries in that area. Best part? If you drink diet soda you [...]

The Financial Truth is Bleak

According to MSNBC.com, as well as many other sources too numerous to name, the economy isn’t quite what you have been told by most Main Stream Media. MSNBC’s article talks about how millions of people are going to be out of work for as long as 5 years. Think about that. Another nice topic you may [...]

Newsweek – MSM Worth Reading

I am not a fan of Main Stream Media (MSM for you not in the know). I see most of it as total bunk paid for by certain groups and steered by revenue needs not news. I don’t really see Newsweek as a news source, which is amusing given that it is actually called Newsweek. [...]

GMAC Gets Even More Money!

So the Government is bailing out GMAC, again. General Motors went under right? Sort of. Then they filed Chapter EleventyBzillion (who knows what they really did) and that helped them reorganize their company. Everything was all better right? Um, no. To the tune of $3.5 BILLION NOes. Man I wish I could run one of [...]

The Zygomaticus Truth

Peace Prize and Obama At 0:27, Obama flashes a micro-expression that offers an honest glimpse into how he feels about being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The President (like any other human) offers small, yet detectable leakages in the social veil that we all establish when communicating to our fellow beings. His brow resets from a [...]

Citigroup Gets Huge Tax Break

How does this make any sense? To insure that Citigroup can pay back its TARP loan, the government is giving it a huge tax break. In other words, by foregoing Citigroup having to pay taxes, the government, aka THE U.S. CITIZEN, is paying back the very loan that was given. Steal from Peter, rob from [...]

Comcast Buys 51% Stake in NBC Universal for $6.5 Billion Cash

So Some rich bastard company bought out another one big freakin’ deal.  However I was sitting here thinking If I asked for the 6.5 billion dollars in $1 dollar bills how much space would that take up. The initial idea was to turn the office space in front of me into a swimming tank full [...]

Dunkin Donuts VS Starbucks

Several people I know swear by one of these two factions for their morning fix. What many people do not know is that there is a not so silent war going on between these two companies - amusing point being that they have completely different target audiences: Starbucks caters to the Coffee Snobs (I fall into this [...]

Yep He Says it all

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No More Free Checking!

This story cracks me up. Why? Banks used to store money for people so that the Bank could lend out that money and make its own money. In effect the person who put their money in the bank was paid an interest rate on that money so that the bank could use it to make its [...]

IT Beware

Apparently, soon, if someone is on your business network, and they look at something or do something illegal on the internet, it is your fault! Read this. It concerns me that we are becoming more and more of a police state. “If you don’t monitor usage, and report it, then you are at fault.”

More Peter Schiff

Definitely worth watching. An article by Time Magazine on the dude.

Google The Cliffnotes

Perks and Big Bank CEOs

Nothing to see here - except how your tax dollars are still giving huge bonuses to Banks that needed bail out. What? Shut up.

Bloggers Beware!

I have made no secret of the fact that we have a SPAM blocker on our comments capabilities for our users. In the past I have posted some of the more creative posts that Spammers have made to try to beat our blocker… beat our blocker! That made me giggle like a school girl. Anyway [...]

Bank Piracy – R.I.P.

I can only hope that something comes of this. Apparently Congress has finally figured out that banks, like USBANK, are total thieves – in effect they have turned overdraft charges into a 38.5 billion dollar a year business. Yes, 38.5 billion. With any luck their evil reign of terror will come to a close – [...]

A Note From Russia

Original Article here. American capitalism gone with a whimper It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people. True, the situation has been well prepared on and off [...]

I Thank You, Americans, for My Paycheck

I’ve been unemployed against my will for the past six weeks, yet not compelled to write about it. Unemployment is not inspiring – I’m really just a statistic. I am also one of millions that suffer from “occasional irregularity”, and you don’t see a lot of creative writing focused on that unfortunate topic either. I [...]

Smartest Pornographer on the Planet

Larry Flynt talks some sense about bankers running the nation- I would venture to say that even scanjack would approve.

Self Fulfilling Prophecies

My favorite thing about the American Media Machine is how it helps to create and filfull prophecies – take this one where they are now telling people the stock market is going to tumble – which will cause people to panic, pull their shares, forcing the stock market to tumble. Got to love mindless ramblings.

“******* Shut Up, Susan Boyle!”

Jon Oliver strikes again. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c MBA Ethics Oath www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Spinal Tap Performance

A Quick Note Regarding Enthusiasm

My spouse and I have a lot of education, relative to our friends. For some reason, that makes them believe that we know what we really want to do in life. That could not be farther from the truth. In reality, except for doctors and lawyers, secondary education after four years is generally just procrastination [...]

eBay Gang = Not So Bright

According to this article, back when ebay bought Skype from JOLTID they got everything but the CORE SOURCE CODE – meaning the very technology that Skype is built on was not included in the deal – a 2.6 billion dollar deal. Man I wish I made that deal. Turns out, through some childish banter and [...]

ZA Practice!

Imagine being in this family’s situation: you are the only people living in a 32 story building, and not because you take up all the space. Kinda creepy – I’d love it.

A Bit on Marketing

FiveOClockCharlie sent me this and its a fascinating read. The gist is how simple marketing strategy will make your marketing endevours more successful – and all from the mind of a 6 year old.

Tragic State of the Economy

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!! You may recall that we are in fact in a recession – some argue the worst recession since the Great Depression, others say that it is actually worse! Let us consider the bank bailout for a minute. Do you remember? Loads of banks needed to be bailed out because they were going [...]

Refreshing News!

Apparently the government has “misread how bad the economy is“! Here is what kills me about that – WHY ARE WE DOING STIMULUS PACKAGES AND BAILING OUT DOUCHEBAGS WHEN WE CAN’T EVEN ESTIMATE HOW BAD SHIT REALLY IS!?!?!

Flopping Malls

A couple weeks ago I found myself out of town with a couple hours to kill and a baby on board. After spending as much time as possible at the local electronics store (Fry’s, the Toys R’ Us for Us grownups), I had to think back to my wonder years. What did I used to [...]

Medical Waste

This last Monday my wife and I had twins – she doing all the hard work. Due to a few complications we spent the better part of this week in the hospital with those twins. Being out of pocket gave me time to reflect and interact a little more closely than usual with the medical [...]

When “Shorn Scrotum” is Too Subtle for A Corporate Website

I remember watching a “bloopers” porno with a roommate, and it featured Ron Jeremy getting shaved from head to toe. Now if you’ve ever seen Ron, they do not call him “the hedgehog” for nothing. Watching him walk around clothed only in a layer of shaving cream reminded me of nightmares I had as a [...]

No Such Thing as a Free Internet or Fans of Hugs

I must say something about hugs. I can’t really buy into becoming a “fan” of hugs. First of all, it is too all-inclusive. Who would admit to not liking hugs? It’s like being a fan of winning World War II. Second, and my main gripe, is that it is not specific enough. Now if you [...]

Honorable? Selfish? Cowardly? Pick One

Musings prompted by the recent Freddie Mac CFO suicide. Thraxxus and I sometimes talk about a big difference between American and foreign businessmen – the latter’s propensity to commit suicide in the wake of infamous failure. Whether they are businessmen of China, Japan, or Korea, those industry leaders seem to have a lower tolerance for professional [...]

Talk is Cheap, Texas

One big pet peeve of mine is people who talk and talk and talk yet take little action to back it up. I think in Texas they call it “all hat no cattle”. You want to secede from the United States? You need to get the process rolling now. Please. Tell me where can I [...]

A Giant May Tumble.

According to this article Blockbuster may be going belly up soon. Unless you have been living under a rock since VHS was first invented, followed directly by the invent of the movie rental palace, you probably know that Blockbuster is the movie rental place that has been properly cornholing its userbase for the better part [...]

Our Government at its Best.

Last year our government, in a bid to “bail out” big business, decided that it was a good idea to fork over 700 billion dollars to failing companies and banks as according to the Government, if they failed then the rest of the economy would go with them. What was the money spent on? How [...]

Creative Marketing Done Right.

Ladies and Gentlemen, T-Mobile did an ad right.

Aren’t we in a recession?

What kills me about Entrepenuers is that many of them whine about not having any business, but fail to show up to service calls or retrun your calls at all. Enigma and I just discussed this tonight – thought you might enjoy it. Enigma: so my spa salesmen never showed up Enigma: can not even show up [...]

How Not to Handle a Management Decision

True story: I have a friend whom I will call Juan. He was browsing the local Craigslist job postings and found one at his company that read suspiciously like his position. Juan was unaware of any dissatisfaction with his job, and knew for certain they would not hire a backup or coworker. So he [...]

Jon Stewart vs Jim Cramer CONTINUED BUM BUM BUM

Some shit you just cant make up. Last nights interview

Feel Free to Laugh, but…

I hope you have been entertained by this Jon Stewart vs. Jim Cramer feud, because I have thoroughly enjoyed it so far. Cramer will be on The Daily Show Thursday, which should not be missed by anyone (fan of Cramer and/or Stewart or not). It is different than O’Reilly vs. Stewart, because Cramer (a) has [...]

Exciting Developments in the U.S. Economic Crisis: Why you may want to pay attention to this one!

This morning Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, hinted at an increase in regulatory authority of the Federal Reserve over the U.S. banking system. Wait a second here… Folks what does that mean? Well, that’s a darn good question, and one I am hoping you are asking yourself right about now. Bernanke’s little “hint” was [...]

The Woes of Internet Marketing Continue

I reported the other day that we were doing a new site design, loads of internet marketing and focussing on honing our ad placement. I opened up a Google AdWords account and made some key word buys that oddly enough worked amazingly well. To put things in perspective we had 300+ visitors in one day [...]

Gary Vaynerchuk

This dude is straight forward and to the point. My kind of people. Check him out.   Gary Vaynerchuk at FOWA Miami 09 from DamianVoltes.com on Vimeo.

Pardon the dust…

We are building stuff. As you can see (if you have ever been here before) we have launched the basis of our redesign. We will be adding even more shortly, including more writers. Turns out there are more snarky professionals out there than I first thought. Consequently, in the near future, we should have even [...]

Pardon our Ads

You may have noticed a rather silly increase in google ads on our site and may be wondering WTF are these shmucks up to? Fact of the matter we are simply doing a research project, much akin to my buying web traffic one, on which ads work, if any, and why. Let me splain! I just [...]

The Tar Pits Beckon

There are three activities I believe that everyone should participate in at least once in their lives: Get his or her ass kicked in a fight Live in their car for any amount of time Perform community service for at least a week Work for a dying company in a dying industry For myself, the verdict is still out on [...]

HARBINGER OF DOOOOM!!!

GlazedNConfused likes to joke around with me regarding my rather bleak outlook on our present situation not only in the United States of America, but also the tremendous amount of crap I read about all over the place regarding the NWO (New World Order for you noobs). He often points out how I spin things [...]

More fun about Banking.

Another video – different group of people made it – same message. Note the same theme – The Federal Reserve has nothing to do with the USA Government. Amazing how many people still find this hard to believe.

The Cutting Edge

I am alwys amused when I find out that something that I have been doing for a while, or researching on my own, has, unbeknownst to me, and with nothing to do with me, become a movement. A few years back I started buying meat in large quantities because it is cheaper like that and [...]

Preconceived Bullplop Regarding the Automotive Industry

Disclaimer: Yes, I am talking about cars again. The Detroit Three on life support is a once-in-a-lifetime scenario, and can not be overstated. Imagine if Microsoft suddenly goes belly-up in 75 years and goes crawling to whatever black, lesbian, quadriplegic transsexual is running this country for a loan. “We could not predict that Red Hat Siamese [...]

Too Bad Their Burgers are Half as Good

Like everyone else with a mute button and/or a DVR, I avoid TV commercials at all costs. Generally, after all these years they continue to suckle at the teat of Pandering and Tedium. However, I admire creative advertising – even if I cannot relate. Case in point, this Burger King web campaign. Ditch your Facebook [...]

Australian Dream Job Update

The corporate site for this dream job is here. It turns out that the company received so many applicants that for a while there their site was down. Rumor has it something like two thousand video applicants were sent in almost over night. Suffice it to say you have about as much chace of getting that job [...]

Sigh.

Another life time maybe.

Random Facts You May Not Know

In order of shock value: A few years ago, Abba was offered $1 billion to regroup and tour. Mamma Mia! Those sharp tips at the end of whipped cream cans? A lip wound takes weeks to heal, believe me. Holy water-seared undead recover faster. Be patient…the airy sweetness will be dispensed in a timely manner. Kinko’s as [...]

A Piece on American Business Values

I run a software development team. I have run several in the past as well. I take great pride in my team doing what they are supposed to do and try to instill that pride in them as well. More and more lately I have noticed that many of the companies that we interact with [...]

Tax Payers Got Paid

Actually we didn’t, and won’t any time soon. I am of course referring to those wild promises made just a few weeks ago about the bailout. It went something like this – “The bailout will give the American Tax Payer a name stake in  the Companies that they are lending to. We consider it a [...]

Grow a Pair: Time to Tax Gas

Sorry I’ve been neglecting my blog duties – new baby, bitch grad classes, and general lethargy. Briefly, I just have to say that it is time for the government to man up and tax gas – drastically. As oil approaches a measly $40 a barrel, and gas creeps down to a buck-fifty, it is crucial [...]

Exactly How I Feel

Barack Obama Interview John McCain Interview Sarah Palin Video Funny Election Video

Automotive Industry Oversight

As you the reader (if you have ever been here before, that means both of you!) probably know, I frequently listen to NPR as I see it being the closest thing to REAL news that the radio world has to offer, in the United States of America anyway. Recently they have been covering, in many [...]

Inflation a true story

As told by the duck tales.

A Quote for today.

MoMajic just sent me this quote. I think he maybe trying to tell us something. “The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn [...]

You Need Cash?

I’ve come to a conclusion – any company that is ready to give you “CASH!” for anything is a scam on one level or another. I’ve given this some (probably too much) deep thought – in this day and age, why is “CASH!” such a motivating factor? Whether it be wedding rings you have laying [...]

Peter Schiff Called It.

Watch and relish in how this guy was all but totally dismissed by people. I love it when experts are totally ignored. Now look at this.

I want to be a Marketer?

Recently, I graduated from college. Before you flood me with golf claps, let me inform you that I have been in and out of higher education for over 16 years. Matter-of-fact the above picture is my graduation announcement – to emphasize my point. Anywhoo, my sad desperation to make up lost time has become palpable. [...]

Newstopia Explains the Federal Reserve, the US Electoral System and the iGun.

Accurately.   The Electoral System: This one sound familiar? I love these guys. Makes you want to go out and get one of these:

This Guy is Smarter than I

You know my thinking – the country needs money, right? All the rich bastards that have been sucking off the low-tax teat for the past oh, quarter-century, can foot the bill. Seems like common sense to me, although I’m just a simple man. Maybe not a “joe six pack”, thank GOD, but someone who’s only [...]

Bail Out From Hell.

My plan is to make this post brief – let’s see how it goes. I have heard more politicians over the last few days that I’d like to remember talk about the financial bail out plan – you know the 700 billion dollars tax payers are going to borrow from the federal reserve to “buy up” [...]

MoMajic Mo Money

I was speaking with Mo the other day regarding the state of the economy and he told me a ton of things but one really stuck out: “If I was anyone in this country right now I’d pull no less than 20% of my money out of my bank in cash and find a nice [...]

How Does Banking Work?

Watch this entire series. Even though it will terrify you, after watching it you will completely understand how the market is crashing.

Liquidity is Confidence.

So like every other morning, today I was listening to NPR on the way to work – sorry gang they are the closest thing to real news on the radio. Anywoot, they had this expert financial buff on there who was talking about the state of the economy, GLOBALLY. Here are a few things he [...]

Capital Gains Tax, Heal Thy Country!

In case you’ve been living on Saturn for the last six months and this is the only BB post you read when you came back, bad news: our financial system is going to hell in a handbasket. This handbasket has been carried by very wealthy individuals who put their philosophy first before everyone else. This [...]

Some things to ponder.

Here are some quotes on Socialism. “The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” – Winston Churchhill. “Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint [...]

Who is in charge anyway?

My father told me years ago that there is a god and he comes in the form of money. That may be a cynical view of the world, however it is rather difficult to argue against it at times. That said, unless you live under a rock in Sonoma, you know that not only the United [...]

It’s Hopeless to Resist the Sweet, Alluring Siren Song of Fascism

“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power” Mussolini, you sly dog – you saw this coming! So before the U.S. slides into a Brazillian society, you may want to check out this article about how we got there. Short and sweet, please note the juiciest bit [...]

Is it Fascism or Socialism – I forget.

First lookie here! I tried to tell people. I did. I really tried. I posted here on this famous website of 7 readers (I think they all write for it too) about the direction the good old USA is going. I mentioned it back when Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were “bailed out” by the government [...]

A Bit on Success

Recently we have been working on a Facebook Application called The Lunch Game. The premise is simple – we have a database of 500 thousand restaurants in the United States that is searchable by your location and the type of food you want to eat. To delve a bit further it also allows you to [...]

OPEC and You.

Do you recall how the price of oil/per barrel was 152 bucks back in July? Well it turns out that through conservation efforts, leading to a lack of demand, people just being tired of the price of gas, and the increase in the value of the dollar that a new problem has arisen: The Members of [...]

Our Financial Institutions: Delicate Like Paper Flower

Perhaps you read about this interesting phenomenon in BusinessWeek. Apparently, an investment media group somehow picked up an archived article that was 6 years old and distributed it as current news on their website. Unfortunately, the news was UAL going bankrupt. This caused the company’s stock to plummet from $12 to basically nothing just about [...]

Gov Mac

If you have been living under a rock you may not have heard the the ol’ US of A has taken over both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Given the complete debacle that these two companies turned out to be, and the fact that a huge portion of the US economy, and oddly enough the [...]

Your Future Doctor, Sponsored by Cialis

So it is official – I can’t get off this subject. Maybe I’ve just had my head in the sand up to this point, but the Pharmaceutical Machine disturbs me to the core. Sure, the third most profitable industry in the world has to promote their “products” somehow. Nonetheless, we are not talking about [...]

A Thousand Years of Automotive Engineering Has Come to This

I’m sure you’ve heard the gloom and doom by now. Ford has its worst quarter ever. GM is hemorrhaging cash with one foot in the grave. Chrysler is this close from outsourcing all its manufacturing and becoming merely a shiny brand they attach to any car they can get their greasy mitts on. There’s one [...]

A Quick Note on New Domestic Oil Drilling

This author recently popularized the phrase “Disaster Capitalism” – Wow, does any one phrase better sum up the current climate in the U.S.? Anyway, she talks in a recent interview about how we may increase all this drilling on American soil, yet what guarantees WE get the oil? This is an important point – these [...]

The Gasoline Joke

I was having a discussion recently with my father who lives in SoCal and he was explaining to me how nice it was that the price of gasoline had fallen a little bit, something like 20 cents per gallon. I started laughing fairly hard and he made a comment that was funny to me: “Yeah, [...]

BB Reads the Business Rags (So You Don’t Have To)

Readers: I am attempting an ongoing feature where I summarize and comment on articles in the business magazines I read regularly. Let’s just say the gym cross-trainers are not exactly amusement park rides. Also, ever since I worked at my first startup, the world of business has fascinated me – to a point. For example, [...]

A Bit on Budgets

All this recent talk about budgets, balancing them, corruption, money loss, bankruptcy and debt induced suicide got me to thinking about budgets in general. Recently, as in today, I was chatting via Google Chat with my niece regarding her seemingly endless debt when I brought up the notion of making a budget. Turns out she [...]

California in Peril – Continued

As Thraxxus mentioned just previously, yes my wonderful Golden State is having issues. Big-time cash flow issues, mostly caused by the current real-estate crisis, and its effect on tax revenue. The perilous drop in housing prices means less property taxes. Also, the drought didn’t help either. Vallejo was kicking around the bankruptcy escape clause, probably [...]

A Bit on Corruption

I have never hidden the fact that I am originally from California, in fact I will even share with you that I am from a small town of 300 thousand people called Escondido. My father still lives in the house in which I was raised and constantly feeds me information regarding my home state. I refer [...]

The Hollywood Legion of Doom – Part 2 of 2

Sorry folks for the delay. Click here for Part 1 of this glorious series. 7. Michael BayCrimes against humanity:Attempted to give millions diabetes with the animal cracker scene in Armageddon WMDs:Every movie he has ever directed, with possible exception of TransformersHumanitarian efforts:He allowed Steven Spielberg to produce Transformers (as opposed to Bruckheimer), resulting in a decent [...]

More on Mae and Mac

I wrote a piece a few days back on Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac that spoke a bit to the idea of how business and state are mixing. Well to up that this happened. I suggest you read it. According to National Public Radio news this morning this basically means that Fannie Mae and Freddie [...]

The Elephant in the Room

Ever heard of Fannie Mae? Freddie Mac? I had heard of them, but until two days ago I didn’t really realize why they were important. (The links I have provided point to write-ups done on these two corporations dating back several years, prior to the housing bubble bursting.) Prior to learning about them I had just [...]

The Creation of Corporate Policy

This story illustrates how Corporate Policy is created and followed blindly. “Five monkeys were in a room that contained a table in one corner, and a banana hanging from a string in the middle of the room. The monkeys figured out that if they dragged the table to the middle of the room, they could climb [...]

Amazing Statistics That Blow Me Away – The Sequel!

Hello all – I will try to make this an ongoing series of posts regarding statistics I come across that fry my little mind. Feel free to visit the first here. I was reading BusinessWeek recently, and I came across an article about how Wal-Mart puts pressure on their suppliers to be more efficient, environmentally conscious, [...]

Hit Me Like a Ton of Pork

Let’s face it – most statistics force-fed the masses by the media nowadays fall into two categories: A. Well, duh. (ex. Bush approval rating) B. Who the hell cares? (i.e. the “MLB Stats Overkill” – did you know that Rich Ballplayer is the fourteenth player since 1975 to hit 25+ homers, have 20+ stolen bases, have an [...]

Et Tu, Dreyer’s?

Perhaps from my recent fried ice cream recipe, you assumed I like ice cream. You would be correct, and this fact did not prepare me for what I saw at the grocery store today: Dreyer’s has brazenly reduced the size of their ice cream cartons, with nary a price reduction or even a hint [...]

Just Fix the F’n Problem!

At what point in our glorious national history did Americans stop being problem – solution oriented, opting instead to focus on a problem – excuse oriented strategy? I grow more weary with each day when I approach someone with a problem, that they are actually paid to solve, and the reply I get is something [...]

Blankness: In Leadership and at the Pump

On an overcast southern California afternoon, I rolled my Honda Accord V6 to the fuel pump at a local Chevron station. I quickly remembered those emails blasts calling for a boycott of Chevron and Exxon/Mobile stations to force fuel prices down. That worked well. A few yards away the employees at the car wash were [...]

I got Dubai in my Eye!

Where does all that oil money go you ask? Watch this.

Disturbing News

A friend of mine this morning shared this article with me regarding what the Big Oil Companies are doing with the landfall of money, that they are oddly getting during an oil crisis. Not sure how. Think about it – You are saying that the supply for a product is far lower than the demand. [...]