tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post110097391436311391..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: October 11 2010: All your neighbors are zombiesIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-27859166174422913902010-10-14T20:33:52.998-04:002010-10-14T20:33:52.998-04:00New post up.
QE 2 and The Nominal Man
.New post up.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-14-2010-qe-2-and-nominal-man.html" rel="nofollow"><b>QE 2 and The Nominal Man</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-15544271192196771882010-10-14T19:54:20.894-04:002010-10-14T19:54:20.894-04:00Not everyone has to get convinced by Stoneleigh - ...<i>Not everyone has to get convinced by Stoneleigh - only the 100th monkey.</i><br /><br />I respect Ruppert's work and enjoyed <i>Collapse</i>, but was curious about the 100th Monkey story and found this wiki: <br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921988708619968880&postID=110097391436311391" rel="nofollow"><br />Hundredth monkey effect</a><br /><br /><i>One of the Richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01092313041560676587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-15406460045058122022010-10-14T19:51:07.908-04:002010-10-14T19:51:07.908-04:00Interesting Max Kaiser interview with Eric Jantzen...Interesting Max Kaiser interview with Eric Jantzen (iTuliip), not to knock what Mr. Jantzen says, but, if one adds, at the very end of the interview, the question: "<i> ...and how is that to be done with a soon diminishing oll supply?</i> ", one might be inclined to say, "Oh fuddle!".<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPz5hScPYrs&feature=player_embedded#!scrofuloushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085471693372823086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-11680242816427760472010-10-14T19:51:06.957-04:002010-10-14T19:51:06.957-04:00@Coy Ote; Very good letter - may I borrow (actual...@Coy Ote; Very good letter - may I borrow (actually copy) it and take care of WFCR and WAMC? Let's see who can get it done first! <br /><br />Meanwhile - Googling comfrey, siberian pea shrubs and spraying raw goats milk on fields as fertilizer. <br /><br />Our heads in the virtual world, our feet on the earth.LynnHardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14606026107796473837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-55332308601079941582010-10-14T19:46:53.078-04:002010-10-14T19:46:53.078-04:00Blackwater works for Monsanto and other corporatio...Blackwater works for Monsanto and other corporations within the USA!<br /><br /><i>Blackwater's Black Ops<br /><br />by Jeremy Scahill</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/154739/blackwaters-black-ops" rel="nofollow">http://www.thenation.com/article/154739/blackwaters-black-ops</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-23832752384783292442010-10-14T19:44:24.795-04:002010-10-14T19:44:24.795-04:00Greenpa said...
To me this does indeed speak of p...Greenpa said...<br /><i><br />To me this does indeed speak of powers unrevealed.<br /></i><br />Vrabel described it as power Machiavelli never dreamed of. Mike Whitney has dug up some tidbits from an old Bernanke speach to a Japanese audience. If Big Ben does try to pull this off, <a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/whitney10142010.html" rel="nofollow">Bernanke Ponders the "Nuclear" Phlogiston Água de Beberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269917130349144430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-34761506282281646322010-10-14T19:09:12.226-04:002010-10-14T19:09:12.226-04:00@ rapier:
Re: who cares?
Your suggestion would c...@ rapier:<br /><br />Re: who cares?<br /><br />Your suggestion would cause long term interest rates to spike and thereby precipitate an immediate full stop deflationary collapse due to unserviceable debt loads. Long term interest rates remain low because the FED has not yet attempted to truly debase the dollar. The dollar has value because the assets of the FED balance sheet come with a Erin Winthropehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17535747338165517395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-44021703180781501002010-10-14T19:01:41.516-04:002010-10-14T19:01:41.516-04:00Ventriloquist:"Be forewarned that the elites ...Ventriloquist:"Be forewarned that the elites have significant powers that they have not even yet begun to reveal..."<br /><br />I found myself last night watching Harold Lloyd's "last" movie; "The Sin Of Harold Diddlebock" (1947).<br /><br />A central aspect of the film was the wholehearted and emphatic vilification of bankers, as a class. "You are loathed,Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-12443086113893732682010-10-14T18:19:41.998-04:002010-10-14T18:19:41.998-04:00el gallinazo said...
The reason that many predic...el gallinazo said...<br /><br /><i> The reason that many predictions made here are postponed is that we didn't imagine that the Fed "would actually go that far and do that" :-(</i><br /><br />Actually, Mr. Vulture, I think that in the months and years ahead of us, we ill begin to see many, many things this government will do that will go far and beyond what we all have grown up to Ventriloquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17710882943614273994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-72461974673799090662010-10-14T18:19:15.519-04:002010-10-14T18:19:15.519-04:00The Fed could purchase private, non GSE, MBS to t...The Fed could purchase private, non GSE, MBS to the tune of 1.5 or 2 trillion. With the understanding they will not sue the originators or servicers for anything ever. Presto, the TBTF banks problem just shrunk enormously. In 5 years the Fed starts recognizing the losses on their balance sheet. Who cares?rapierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523689282452865865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-64572896855651250552010-10-14T17:30:36.962-04:002010-10-14T17:30:36.962-04:00OK Lynnharding! I just sent this to my local PBS!
...OK Lynnharding! I just sent this to my local PBS!<br /><br />Greetings PBS WBST,<br /><br />First, thank you for the fine programs presented on WBST!<br />I wish to suggest that your program director(s) consider running an interview with Nicole Foss, one of the co-authors of the blog The Automatic Earth. Her TAE blog identity is Stoneleigh.<br />See her extensive qualifications and bio here... Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-61396112342723544772010-10-14T16:38:40.219-04:002010-10-14T16:38:40.219-04:00Make a DVD and I'll buy several copies for Chr...Make a DVD and I'll buy several copies for Christmas.Rockbasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00645450848198903847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-735938061840753272010-10-14T15:12:19.261-04:002010-10-14T15:12:19.261-04:00For all you TA obsessives, BIG outside days on the...For all you TA obsessives, BIG outside days on the big 3 UK bank charts. BARC,LLOY,RBS.<br /><br />Z.zanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15352619368764868819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-83486523096227811812010-10-14T15:01:40.210-04:002010-10-14T15:01:40.210-04:00Why should anyone need a college degree to get a j...Why should anyone need a college degree to get a job? Professional schools and vocational schools prepare people for jobs. People go to college or just study books to get an education which is an intrinsic good. Keep thinking that. <br /><br />Also, I can't help but think of Michael Ruppert's 100th monkey in "Collapse." Not everyone has to get convinced by Stoneleigh - only the LynnHardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14606026107796473837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-4044101798298167292010-10-14T14:45:07.640-04:002010-10-14T14:45:07.640-04:00Whzzamatter ilargi, ox gore questions get your goa...Whzzamatter ilargi, ox gore questions get your goat? But no time for idle chit chat, gotta run and stock up on popcorn for tonight as we just bearded paypal and ordered Stoners's Magnus Opus. BTW remember just another aprox 9 orders and you can make the purchase of a 1/10th oz Can. gold Maple Leaf a possibility. Of course prices do change for the up as well I guess as the down. <br />Say, scrofuloushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085471693372823086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-17653542121528435302010-10-14T14:18:54.115-04:002010-10-14T14:18:54.115-04:00Greenpa! That's it! de Sousa got it backwards ...Greenpa! That's it! de Sousa got it backwards and even forgot the butter! <br />Money = butter+metals-debt<br />But not just any butter, it must be from an Indiana Guernsey! ;-)<br /><br />IMO... With gold near $1390 and silver near $25 I think I would sell if I had a large stash! But I will keep my little survival-90% bag.Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-8559967863995483972010-10-14T13:49:05.576-04:002010-10-14T13:49:05.576-04:00C'mon Ilargi, you've got a blockbuster pos...C'mon Ilargi, you've got a blockbuster post brewing re. the latest foreclosure fiasco, and we ALL know it.<br />I'm tired of waiting. Lets have it.<br /><br />Z.zanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15352619368764868819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-4835955330571340272010-10-14T13:33:59.070-04:002010-10-14T13:33:59.070-04:00justjohn, I didn't see the graph, but people o...justjohn, I didn't see the graph, but people over 25 probably graduated three years ago and got their foot in the door before all hell broke loose, didn't they? I'm more concerned about those that graduated in the last two years.<br /><br />My kids are 8 and 10, so I have time to see what develops in the next five years. But I'm not too hopeful. I will be making sure they learnUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16634009451411805755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-61901740577418655322010-10-14T12:19:53.196-04:002010-10-14T12:19:53.196-04:00TAE Sumerian: you wanted answers to your questions...TAE Sumerian: you wanted answers to your questions! I have One!<br /><br />I've recently been amusing myself by responding to everyone who asks me "Do you have any questions?" - which means doctors, nurses, dentists, mechanics, etc; with "Yes, I do. What IS the meaning of life?"<br /><br />Their responses are great fun, once they get past being derailed. Particularly Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-49338034311227663442010-10-14T11:16:24.482-04:002010-10-14T11:16:24.482-04:00Yes, banks and mortgage companies hired hair styli...Yes, banks and mortgage companies hired hair stylists, etc., to vet foreclosures. They also hired them to process the loan applications. <br /><br />Loan processors included ACORN and other "social justice" groups, the groups that worked with Congress to develop the legislation that would promote "affordable housing" and "home ownership" via "community mercutiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06966072879420613513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-79343243781528291562010-10-14T10:22:48.744-04:002010-10-14T10:22:48.744-04:00"Luís de Sousa said...
It is now clear that ...<i>"Luís de Sousa said...<br /><br />It is now clear that the forecast of Deflation underpinned on the bold redefinition of money as money + debt - metals has failed.</i><br /><br />Huh? What did I miss? Who redefined money?<br /><br />.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-61383100737794719672010-10-14T10:04:07.086-04:002010-10-14T10:04:07.086-04:00Linda,
Ventriloquist was referring to students de...Linda,<br /><br />Ventriloquist was referring to students debt when they graduate.<br /><br />It is quoted about the same 24K/year at my Big 10. And yes, that is obscene and unsustainable.justjohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03693513420955254166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-59859742193701502662010-10-14T09:31:36.246-04:002010-10-14T09:31:36.246-04:00@ just john
$24 large is merely a year at a state...@ just john<br /><br />$24 large is merely a year at a state school in IL. If you go 4 years, $100 large. It's obscene and unsustainable.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15691388297498844536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-5825782773884462832010-10-14T08:28:35.128-04:002010-10-14T08:28:35.128-04:00Oh, lord. It just gets worse and worse.
Banks ‘h...Oh, lord. It just gets worse and worse.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/10/banks-hair-stylists-foreclosures/" rel="nofollow">Banks ‘hired hair stylists’ to vet foreclosures</a><br /><br />In an effort to rush through thousands of home foreclosures since 2007, financial institutions and their mortgage servicing departments hired hair stylists, Walmart floor workers and people Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07317858463978974538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-47940212047330955872010-10-14T04:56:21.253-04:002010-10-14T04:56:21.253-04:00Hi folks, just passing by to say hi.
It is now cl...Hi folks, just passing by to say hi.<br /><br />It is now clear that the forecast of Deflation underpinned on the bold redefinition of money as money + debt - metals has failed.<br /><br />Market players are now openly talking of a currency war. But wait till coal gets over 200 $/ton forcing China to quit the peg.<br /><br />Be well,<br /><br />£Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895745055248556694noreply@blogger.com