tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post2607743138192352983..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: October 1 2011: How The European Rot Entered Wall StreetIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-10187872771723626112011-10-03T19:23:04.106-04:002011-10-03T19:23:04.106-04:00Martin Armstrong interview on King World News.<a href="http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/Broadcast/Entries/2011/10/2_Martin_Armstrong.html" rel="nofollow">Martin Armstrong </a> interview on King World News.scrofuloushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085471693372823086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-59946277172779476362011-10-03T18:47:29.253-04:002011-10-03T18:47:29.253-04:00@Lautturi...I watched the Anonymous video. My conc...@Lautturi...I watched the Anonymous video. My conclusion is it is a faux Anonymous. That said the video is making the rounds and is expressing the feelings of many people.<br />The paradox in all this is protesters must be non violent to play the game whilst the perpetrators of violence and fraud maintain control of the game. No hold is barred in their camp.scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-32339391625566157332011-10-03T18:36:02.514-04:002011-10-03T18:36:02.514-04:00New post up.
Commodities and Deflation: A Resp...New post up.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-3-2011-commodities-and.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Commodities and Deflation: A Response to Chris Martenson</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>The Ninth Circle of Hell</b><br /><br /><br /><br />.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-41701597795414030302011-10-03T18:24:59.919-04:002011-10-03T18:24:59.919-04:00Subgenius/Bluebird - further to that Brooklyn Brid...Subgenius/Bluebird - further to that Brooklyn Bridge incident, I see the media are playing their part to manipulate public perception: <a href="http://i51.tinypic.com/296i2iq.jpg" rel="nofollow">It only takes 20 minutes to shift the blame</a>NZSanctuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04166233807474941124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-78021340686712277352011-10-03T17:57:50.416-04:002011-10-03T17:57:50.416-04:00I read Candide, wherein Gravity remains the best o...I read Candide, wherein Gravity remains the best of all possible recursive algorithms throughout, and in what befell afterwards.<br /><br />@Greenpa<br /><br />"eeeh. You may be underestimating the sophistication of primal peoples. Are you familiar with the stone money of Yap?"<br /><br />It was slightly condescending, but only concerned the practice of bookkeeping of credit itself. ItsGravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09126443076478406015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-49426098346072744012011-10-03T17:00:26.633-04:002011-10-03T17:00:26.633-04:00Golem XIV writes a bit about China - watch out who...Golem XIV writes a bit about <a href="http://www.golemxiv.co.uk/2011/10/china-10-7-trillion-yuan-of-debt-going-bad/" rel="nofollow">China</a> - watch out whoever expects the Chinese to save the day. In short: 80% of loans are going bad - and the loans were well over 1000 billion €uros in the end of 2010. Now? Yugh (ó_ò)<br /><br />For "<i>alternative</i>" thinking check kind-of-funny <alautturihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269968661393439346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-16533454702153946082011-10-03T16:24:09.874-04:002011-10-03T16:24:09.874-04:00Well El G; the SPX blew through the support at 111...Well El G; the SPX blew through the support at 1115 and it looks like in a couple days I can take off my "DOW 10K" hat.<br /><br />I & S speaking of time lines: when do you think you will introduce the new web site for more sustainability? I frequent a couple like JMGs Green Wizard's ,Country Forum and out local transition site but all knowledge in that direction IMHO is more Lynford1933https://www.blogger.com/profile/03219003310267757286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-84471421827256646652011-10-03T13:39:35.226-04:002011-10-03T13:39:35.226-04:00Ash
Thankee for the gift of the link to Marcell M...Ash<br /><br />Thankee for the gift of the link to Marcell Mauss!scrofuloushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085471693372823086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-22226276385589596292011-10-03T13:31:27.561-04:002011-10-03T13:31:27.561-04:00Ash & El G,
I think that "gap close"...Ash & El G,<br /><br />I think that "gap close" thing is happening to the SPX now.Joe in NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02182396413057310516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-52357778148929917502011-10-03T12:31:09.470-04:002011-10-03T12:31:09.470-04:00El G,
I'm not big on TA either, but if I were...El G,<br /><br />I'm not big on TA either, but if I were trying to make short to medium-term predictions of specific market action, I think some combination of standard TA and elliot wave analysis would be useful. CHS uses TA in his post today to point out the simple prediction that once the market breaks its 200 week MA (SPX 1266 right now) and fails to get back above it, we can expect it toAshvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692970226443206815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-12574013413120446172011-10-03T12:10:43.606-04:002011-10-03T12:10:43.606-04:00Ash
Though I am not big on technical analysis, I ...Ash<br /><br />Though I am not big on technical analysis, I wrote in private emails early last week that I saw the major support in the SPX at 1115. This morning's low was 1122. The next support level is at least a 100 points lower. If the SPX had followed the DAX percentage wise today, it would have been "bombs away." Like a tiring drowning man struggling to keep his head el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-39491801792101047372011-10-03T12:05:04.624-04:002011-10-03T12:05:04.624-04:00Polka Dot Gallows, fer shure! From WaPo, at the h...Polka Dot Gallows, fer shure! From WaPo, at the heart of the Bread and Circuses Industry.<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/3kk2taj<br /><br />"The United States has long imported its food and fuel, its cars and clothes. Now the faltering economy has sparked a push for another type of import: shoppers.<br /><br />"For the first time, lawmakers, businesses and even White House officials areGreenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-77711138925534974912011-10-03T11:48:03.113-04:002011-10-03T11:48:03.113-04:00El G,
Yeah, I don't see any "decoupling&...El G,<br /><br />Yeah, I don't see any "decoupling" as much as a marked divergence, since the two still seem to be trading in unison. Such divergences tend to close the gap within short order one way or the other.Ashvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692970226443206815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-82004254542309042392011-10-03T11:45:14.511-04:002011-10-03T11:45:14.511-04:00Ash,
Regarding decoupling of the DAX and the SPX,...Ash,<br /><br />Regarding decoupling of the DAX and the SPX, I think we might have to chalk it off to animal spirits. Unless you assume that the European investors are closer to the EFSF situation and its political realities. US investors are showing a certain desperation stupidity. No place to hide. Reminds me of the Grateful Dead song, "Dire Wolf," speaking of animal spirits.<br /><brel gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-81278145358523305462011-10-03T10:47:53.694-04:002011-10-03T10:47:53.694-04:00@Snuffy - I mis-read your line as ...Timmy is tryi...@Snuffy - I mis-read your line as ...Timmy is trying to talk everyone in Europe to buy into a euro-trap!<br /><br />Which indeed is mostly likely a trap, lol!bluebirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600634086150466162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-44502185632738355022011-10-03T10:47:45.163-04:002011-10-03T10:47:45.163-04:00For those banksters, et al, struggling with "...For those banksters, et al, struggling with "moral quicksand", might I suggest that any rope tossed to them be composed of very strong hemp, with 13 twines around it and snuggled not-too-gently about their necks???emahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697894734765381469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-74766031475602624552011-10-03T10:43:20.716-04:002011-10-03T10:43:20.716-04:00Bloomberg video Harry Dent, The Great Crash Ahead
...<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/video/76381224/" rel="nofollow">Bloomberg video Harry Dent, The Great Crash Ahead</a><br /> <br />short video, appx 4.5 minutes<br />He's selling his new bookbluebirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600634086150466162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-4750950540474582462011-10-03T10:40:52.889-04:002011-10-03T10:40:52.889-04:00The world is becoming a progressively weirder plac...The world is becoming a progressively weirder place...<br /><br /> I am back home for a short[1week] break from the road,my sinuses still in shock from aircraft..<br />Its amazing how strange the world can see when you try to totally ignore news for a few weeks,then immerse yourself in a sea of compute-generated input from "everywhere".<br /><br /> Wall-street Occupied.<br /><br />snuffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978637281755386311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-26074598069491504242011-10-03T10:40:31.513-04:002011-10-03T10:40:31.513-04:00Clowns to the left of me,
Jokers to the right, her...Clowns to the left of me,<br />Jokers to the right, here I am,<br />Stuck in the middle with you.<br /><br /><br />The "good news leak" this morning from Reuters:<br /><br />Even then, however, while the 440 billion euro fund will be able to buy government bonds from the market, recapitalize banks and extend precautionary credit to sovereigns, it may not have enough cash to cope with el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-13029650862294226442011-10-03T10:36:10.857-04:002011-10-03T10:36:10.857-04:00Greenpa,
"I guess mostly I'm suggesting ...Greenpa,<br /><br />"I guess mostly I'm suggesting we have hard evidence primal "money" could be quite sophisticated- and most Western discussions about <i><b>everything</b></i> are deeply condescending, when not wholly delusional, top to bottom."<br /><br />FYP ;-)<br /><br />You make a really good point, though. The spot barter system leading to "double coincidence Ashvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692970226443206815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-47492442514637771772011-10-03T10:16:43.707-04:002011-10-03T10:16:43.707-04:00Ash
¡¡Fortress America!!
DAXX still down 3%; SP...Ash<br /><br />¡¡Fortress America!!<br /><br />DAXX still down 3%; SPX up 0.7%.<br /><br />Also USD now 1.05 CanD.el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-9540227895825475662011-10-03T10:10:45.295-04:002011-10-03T10:10:45.295-04:00El G,
"Decoupling of markets? DAXX down 3%. ...El G,<br /><br />"Decoupling of markets? DAXX down 3%. SPX down 0.6%."<br /><br />Looks like US markets are trying to ignore the Euro headlines and get some upwards momentum with economic data, which all seems to beat "estimates" these days. They are also holding out for some more political capitulation towards a leveraged EFSF. However, it also seems that the highly Ashvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692970226443206815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-69064903723779702432011-10-03T10:04:38.092-04:002011-10-03T10:04:38.092-04:00Ash- not suggesting Yap "undermines", pe...Ash- not suggesting Yap "undermines", per se. I think we're mostly on the same page. I guess mostly I'm suggesting we have hard evidence primal "money" could be quite sophisticated- and most Western discussions about primal economics are deeply condescending, when not wholly delusional, top to bottom. :-)<br /><br />Speaking of delusions; remember my note above fromGreenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-3686452831399768612011-10-03T09:55:41.910-04:002011-10-03T09:55:41.910-04:00Bloomberg does a nice electronic front page invest...Bloomberg does a nice electronic front page investigative hit piece on fascist Koch Industries. Wonder what that is about politically?<br /><br />http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-02/koch-brothers-flout-law-getting-richer-with-secret-iran-sales.html<br /><br />Gives Koch's consumer brands so we can boycott them.<br /><br />Also<br /><br />Decoupling of markets? DAXX down 3%. SPX down 0.6%.el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-51738615021196381412011-10-03T09:54:57.874-04:002011-10-03T09:54:57.874-04:00more money!
http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/coins....more money!<br />http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/coins.htmljalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.com