tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post2739973359215241329..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: Debt Rattle, May 22 2008: Risks and certaintiesIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-25514343753252372892008-05-23T22:23:00.000-04:002008-05-23T22:23:00.000-04:00Well now, I've not had anyone to buy "play clothes...Well now, I've not had anyone to buy "play clothes" for in quite a while ... and all of the women here are very comfy/outdoorsy looking ... very strange. We never get stuff like that on http://strandedwind.org ... but I do have to boot clean coal greenwashing crap every once in a while..https://www.blogger.com/profile/03915219261001181341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-69135623440412641732008-05-23T09:27:00.000-04:002008-05-23T09:27:00.000-04:00IowaThat ad is there because of your surfing behav...Iowa<BR/><BR/>That ad is there because of your surfing behavior, or rather the computer you are working on (I understand you're not home), as well as the local markets where you are. There's also the contents of our site, but that's not applicable in this case; we don't do sexy clothing.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-30350434812336465432008-05-22T23:41:00.000-04:002008-05-22T23:41:00.000-04:00OMG you must expunge greatglam.com from your Googl...OMG you must expunge greatglam.com from your Google ads. That has to be the most tacky exposition of the female breast I've ever seen on the net ....https://www.blogger.com/profile/03915219261001181341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-9025881285317813272008-05-22T23:12:00.000-04:002008-05-22T23:12:00.000-04:00So the bailout has gone to double down dealings fr...So the bailout has gone to double down dealings from the banks? And someone went short on oil in a big way? That would explain the spike yesterday and all of the U.S. crudes being up $3 today while elsewhere they were flat or down. And maybe the $141 spike in Omani crude is explained, too?<BR/><BR/> This is all too funny for me, but it's not funny haha, it's funny strange..https://www.blogger.com/profile/03915219261001181341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-9667133195546798902008-05-22T22:42:00.000-04:002008-05-22T22:42:00.000-04:00thanks matthew. man, that's archaic. I changed it....thanks matthew. man, that's archaic. I changed it.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-54914079659809598122008-05-22T20:42:00.000-04:002008-05-22T20:42:00.000-04:00Your sidebar link to Denninger is broken. You hav...Your sidebar link to Denninger is broken. You have it pointing to http://denninger.net/, which doesn't work. It needs to point to http://www.denninger.net/<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the great work you're doing.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17358013418606700054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-47928386676687372102008-05-22T19:34:00.000-04:002008-05-22T19:34:00.000-04:00About last night:(sorry, couldn't help myself)Just...<B>About last night</B>:<I>(sorry, couldn't help myself)</I><BR/><BR/>Just in case anyone had the impression that I'd suggest writing to politicians, believe me, not at all. I don't even recommend voting for that matter. You're either in the game, or you're not.<BR/><BR/>I think for instance <A HREF="http://thisjune5th.com" REL="nofollow">Thisjune5th.com</A> is a far more promising way to go. In Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-18270877615676188912008-05-22T18:16:00.000-04:002008-05-22T18:16:00.000-04:00One other comment I have from yesterday's thread a...One other comment I have from yesterday's thread and which is hinted at by fb is that I'm not all doom and gloom either. I just don't see right now as the time to act in order to stop the undoing of what has been done. I don't believe, and I hope I'm not wrong, that society will completely unravel due to an economic crash and peak oil and climate change. If it does, then there truly is nothingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-27780243491532869392008-05-22T18:06:00.000-04:002008-05-22T18:06:00.000-04:00AMEX said about $50 billion was involved in specul...AMEX said about $50 billion was involved in speculative shorts recently. So while that full $250 billion may not be all in oil, I think it's safe to say that the banks are gambling double or nothing because they are so deep in the hole already. How much so? I don't know and I doubt we will ever get a true and full accounting. But it's going to be massive and any significant move the wrong way on Greyzonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03675706201111951125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-29419286989877580542008-05-22T17:12:00.000-04:002008-05-22T17:12:00.000-04:00Greyzone said..."So... what are the banks doing wi...Greyzone said...<BR/><BR/>"So... what are the banks doing with all the money that Helicopter Ben is loaning them? Are they lending to each other? To individuals for mortgages? To companies to expand?"....<BR/><BR/>The big investment banks are taking Butt Boy Ben's Phunny Money and gambling with it like crack whores doubling down at a Vegas crap table.<BR/><BR/>They're gambling on commodities, theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-60896471278138864292008-05-22T16:17:00.000-04:002008-05-22T16:17:00.000-04:00GZ, that sounds like Denninger's argument yesterda...GZ, that sounds like Denninger's argument yesterday (see Debt Rattle May 21)<BR/><BR/><I><B>"Benn Steil, director of international economics with the Council on Foreign Relations, testified that the value of commodity index investments has grown by about one-third since the beginning of the year to more than $250 billion.</B><BR/><BR/>That's a very curious number, $250 billion. It all seems to Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-32283630342917141292008-05-22T15:36:00.000-04:002008-05-22T15:36:00.000-04:00So... what are the banks doing with all the money ...So... what are the banks doing with all the money that Helicopter Ben is loaning them? Are they lending to each other? To individuals for mortgages? To companies to expand?<BR/><BR/>None of the above!<BR/><BR/>I watched with amusement recently while two different sets of hearings occurred in front of our esteemed CONgress critters. In the first hearing there was much gnashing of teeth about "Greyzonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03675706201111951125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-37815768264370437212008-05-22T14:25:00.000-04:002008-05-22T14:25:00.000-04:00Second a comment that your’s is one of the most im...<B>Second a comment that your’s is one of the most important financial sites on the internet. And your commentary is the best.</B><BR/><BR/>Re: Oil's perfect storm set to blow over <BR/><BR/>Ambrose Evans-Pritchard doesn’t touch on what an 8% oil depletion rate does to "a strong rebound in supply," and “US Energy Information Agency says non-Opec supply will edge up by 600,000 BPD over coming Bigelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883913065391637120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-84852806344325057202008-05-22T14:16:00.000-04:002008-05-22T14:16:00.000-04:00Hello,This is in response to the encouragements by...Hello,<BR/><BR/>This is in response to the encouragements by Ilargi yesterday.<BR/><BR/>My representative to the French national assembly happens to be one of the three or four most influential people in terms of budget and financial affairs. We have already met on different occasions and I have let him know that I would like a meeting. We just have to set the date and I have been waiting for… Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-25414614113902094022008-05-22T12:38:00.000-04:002008-05-22T12:38:00.000-04:00Sorry Iowa, I has to replace the whole post, since...<I>Sorry Iowa, I has to replace the whole post, since I scwerered up the date, and I can only bring your comment along in this way:</I><BR/><BR/>Iowa Boy said...<BR/><BR/>What a fat lot of nonsense today. You can't bail out a sewage lagoon when you're standing in the middle of it. Someone will be the last to get robbed, almost certainly the U.S. taxpayer, and they're going to be *pissed*.<BR/><BRIlargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.com