tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post1131831161452107671..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: April 7 2009 1: Teflon and VelcroIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-31005587203561855222009-04-08T14:03:00.000-04:002009-04-08T14:03:00.000-04:00@Rachel, could I have a copy of your material too?...@Rachel, could I have a copy of your material too? I can be reached through the buzzard aswell. I desperately need to get my wife on board, but all she does is cover her ears and say 'lalalalalalala' at this point, or dismiss me as a nutjob doomer. I've considered overruling her and stocking up on a good water filter and dry goods/cans, but need to balance our family's needs and maintaining Fabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04734681186090767290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-54867644855386833332009-04-08T12:20:00.000-04:002009-04-08T12:20:00.000-04:00dr chaos, besides emigrate, what to do over there?...dr chaos,<BR/> besides emigrate, what to do over there? lots of suburbs around the city centres, is there any widespread movement toward home gardens yet?<BR/><BR/>i know the ag sector went all dependent on oil and cehm fertilizers decades ago. Is Ireland a net food exporter anymore? can everyone be fed in hard times? <BR/><BR/>UK, AFAIK, most defintely CANNOT feed itself when the time comes...<Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-65445063462445575612009-04-08T12:03:00.000-04:002009-04-08T12:03:00.000-04:00The Byzantine equivalent of the New Transparency:h...The Byzantine equivalent of the <BR/>New Transparency:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejweI0EQpX8Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-20196605540523561912009-04-08T11:53:00.000-04:002009-04-08T11:53:00.000-04:00A touch of black or a comment on our times? From t...A touch of black or a comment on our times? From the Italy quake a statement: <BR/><BR/><I> people can live in rubble for a long time.</I><BR/><BR/><BR/>xxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-68912275693246538912009-04-08T07:54:00.000-04:002009-04-08T07:54:00.000-04:00Rachel,would you be willing to share your material...Rachel,<BR/><BR/>would you be willing to share your materials. I like what you are doing, and had similar thoughts regarding todays lists of questions. I could even read them to my wife and not have her cry or want to shy away from the topic, but rather realize my doom has a point, a basis in a shared reality. If you are willing I can be contacted off list, the buzzard has my info.<BR/><BR/>YDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-41712568498298473352009-04-08T01:12:00.000-04:002009-04-08T01:12:00.000-04:00Starcade, now from Leviathan said... David: Why do...<I> Starcade, now from Leviathan said... <BR/>David: Why do you think the guns are beginning to fire all over this nation??</I><BR/><BR/><BR/>CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Concern that the Obama administration could impose a new ban on some semiautomatic weapons is driving worried gun owners to stockpile ammunition and cartridge reloading components at such a rate that manufacturers can't meet demand.<BRVentriloquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17710882943614273994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-86011588935348884832009-04-08T00:05:00.000-04:002009-04-08T00:05:00.000-04:00Has anyone been looking at the stocks of canvas ma...Has anyone been looking at the stocks of canvas makers and tent manufacturer's? This could be a ground floor opportunity to get in on the next housing bubble ;-)ogardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062788838505530416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-86380878371377522272009-04-07T23:24:00.000-04:002009-04-07T23:24:00.000-04:00David: Why do you think the guns are beginning to...David: Why do you think the guns are beginning to fire all over this nation??<BR/><BR/>Frankly, we may be at the start of the rivers running red with the blood of the people...<BR/><BR/>What's that, now, 8 mass shootings within a month, I read??Starcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226367306835781483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-27046831458774286282009-04-07T23:10:00.000-04:002009-04-07T23:10:00.000-04:00I've been thinking of consequences. The bad boyz h...I've been thinking of consequences. The bad boyz have been called to testify before Congress. They have been publically vilified,rebuked for playing with marked cards. REBUKED! That's it. Still playing winning hands,like taking candy from a baby.scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-63536564133033305642009-04-07T22:57:00.000-04:002009-04-07T22:57:00.000-04:00Thanks ilargi for the list of questions.I have bee...Thanks ilargi for the list of questions.<BR/>I have been having small meetings about the economic crisis and how to try to prepare for what is coming. At these gatherings I present information about our dire straits and then pass out an action plan for people to look over and discuss. The responses vary, some never call again, some do a few things and some add more ideas. We are trying to form a rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572854888730065806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-79377203732956884222009-04-07T22:26:00.000-04:002009-04-07T22:26:00.000-04:00I'm a chicken.I'm a chicken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-62408540685443172212009-04-07T22:18:00.000-04:002009-04-07T22:18:00.000-04:00Of Course, the very concept in America of stepping...Of Course, the very concept in America of stepping back in time and adopting the lifestyle of 100-150+years-ago is Horrific.<BR/><BR/>But of course, it is not.<BR/><BR/>Memory serves me correctly, I remember when I was a wee child, going to visit my Grandfather on his farm. Very different back then.<BR/><BR/>This was the early 1950's.<BR/><BR/>Still then, they had no electricity, not on the grid Ventriloquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17710882943614273994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-74390504363562834952009-04-07T21:38:00.000-04:002009-04-07T21:38:00.000-04:00Just stand in front of the mirror and ask yourself...Just stand in front of the mirror and ask yourself: are you a victim or are you a creator?Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-31174521717249836312009-04-07T21:05:00.000-04:002009-04-07T21:05:00.000-04:00@ Ken.Thanks for the link to the interviews from t...@ Ken.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the link to the interviews from the Depression. I've listened to a few of them and I'll listen to some more. <BR/><BR/>It seems like there were some obvious indications of what they could expect, i.e. farms and houses forclosed on, bank closings, judges being threatened with hanging, etc. Somehow I think the current crisis will make the Great Depression seem almost Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-33238700744273422192009-04-07T20:04:00.000-04:002009-04-07T20:04:00.000-04:00FDIC walking the tightrope - of COURSE your money...FDIC walking the tightrope - of <B> COURSE</B> your money is still safe.<BR/><BR/>Are you going to trust Sheila or your lying eyes?<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/business/07sorkin.html?_r=2&ref=business" REL="nofollow">No-Risk’ Insurance at F.D.I.C</A><BR/><BR/><I>To the F.D.I.C., and ultimately, to us taxpayers. A close reading of the F.D.I.C.’s statute suggests the agency Persephonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16990525279110502147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-66971783340270651592009-04-07T19:39:00.000-04:002009-04-07T19:39:00.000-04:00Great Depression Interviews:Studs Terkel's intervi...Great Depression Interviews:<BR/><BR/>Studs Terkel's interviews for his book<BR/>"Hard Times:An Oral History of the Great Depression" can be found at:<BR/><BR/>http://www.studsterkel.org/htimes.phpKennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-37111682045245608992009-04-07T19:16:00.000-04:002009-04-07T19:16:00.000-04:00“We filed the declaratory judgment action because ...“We filed the declaratory judgment action because there are significant legal issues associated with the swap transaction,” Main, the authority’s secretary, said in a statement e-mailed to reporters. “It would not be proper for me to authorize the use of taxpayer money for any payment due under the agreements until the court resolves those issues and determines our rights and obligations.” <BR/><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-57096920524013684222009-04-07T19:14:00.000-04:002009-04-07T19:14:00.000-04:00Anon 7:03: "I should have gotten original intervie...Anon 7:03: "I should have gotten original interviews with people who experienced the Great Depression. Today, if they exist, they would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 years old,"<BR/><BR/>Yep, they would. My dad is 97, and will cheerfully talk your ears off all day about picking apples all day for a dollar. He's totally lucid about it. Not too late!Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-89482395483301410012009-04-07T19:03:00.000-04:002009-04-07T19:03:00.000-04:00“More objectively, the threat of banking collapse ...“More objectively, the threat of banking collapse has likely faded in the face of the massive assistance pledged by the Federal Reserve and the US Treasury and the inventory overhang may have peaked. Even the US housing market data feels a little more balanced than it did.”<BR/><BR/>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f2b0c7e4-2398-11de-996a-00144feabdc0.html<BR/><BR/>"Inventory overhang has peaked?" <BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-20571361402413687652009-04-07T18:57:00.000-04:002009-04-07T18:57:00.000-04:00SO... "Billionaire investor George Soros has ...SO... <BR/>"Billionaire investor George Soros has warned that bailing out banks could turn them into "zombies" that suck the lifeblood of the American economy, which he predicted is in for a "lasting slowdown". He also cautioned that the recent rise in global stockmarkets is a "bear market rally because we have not yet turned the economy around".<BR/><BR/>Is Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-57172192917917738472009-04-07T18:27:00.000-04:002009-04-07T18:27:00.000-04:00not yet marked to mordor.Heh! yours Gravity?<I> not yet marked to mordor.</I><BR/><BR/>Heh! yours Gravity?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-5979030634859747422009-04-07T18:00:00.000-04:002009-04-07T18:00:00.000-04:00"Do you think that the G20 and the individual nati...<I>"Do you think that the G20 and the individual nations have taken the appropirate steps towards mitigating the inevitable?"</I><BR/><BR/>No, they're all wrong, though some more than others. The G20 is the same as OPEC: useful only in times of plenty. <BR/><BR/>The most striking sign that all goes wrong: nobody even talks about a Plan B,. let alone has one. As Geithner told Congress, we don't Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-66548856427839892202009-04-07T17:57:00.000-04:002009-04-07T17:57:00.000-04:00So the Germans (der Spiegel in the article) believ...So the Germans (der Spiegel in the article) believe that Spaniards earn too much money, we have too much job security. <BR/>For the information of Americans who do not necessarily know it, a good salary in Spain is 1000 euros. A month. <B>Mileuristas</B>, that's the name for it. How you would like to earn 15000 dollars a year? <BR/>I read the story somebody posted here of the waitress in the USA Armando Gascónhttp://www.armandobronca.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-81435763200928846322009-04-07T17:05:00.000-04:002009-04-07T17:05:00.000-04:00Thank you for this expressive and important blog i...Thank you for this expressive and important blog illargi!<BR/><BR/>I've been following this blog for over a year and cannot help but to notice that you lately have seemed to be more at ease. Do you think that the G20 and the individual nations have taken the appropirate steps towards mitigating the unevidable?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-86367482161759649162009-04-07T16:55:00.000-04:002009-04-07T16:55:00.000-04:00For a few nights I forget doom and gloom, I forget...For a few nights I forget doom and gloom, I forget peak oil, I forget finance. Today was one of those nights, just grabbed a beer and followed the magic of European football (soccer). What a game, hats of to Porto for a brilliant game at the Theater Of Dreams to draw with Manchester Utd.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if Ilargi follows football? The Dutch have had fine players over the years, Kluivert, VKnoreply@blogger.com