tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post2968152702810821191..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: April 13 2009: Where the sweetness gently rubsIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-7898877317355007222009-04-16T02:11:00.000-04:002009-04-16T02:11:00.000-04:00Ilargi wrote "What honesty says is this: get the h...Ilargi wrote "What honesty says is this: get the hell out of the system what you can, run with what you can hold in your two bare arms, because it's all set to steamroller all over you and your families."<br /><br />So, doesn't this mean it's time to update the "How to Build a Lifeboat" post? Given all that's happened in such a short time, and all we expect to face in the next 24 months...I'm Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-46247730515349267132009-04-14T17:44:00.000-04:002009-04-14T17:44:00.000-04:00VK
I've never known what correlation apart f...VK <br /><br />I've never known what correlation apart from a very loose one economic activity or quality of life actually has with energy use & CO2 emissions. Switzerland uses less energy, emits 70% less CO2 per capita than the USA and is equally rich ... maybe richer. <br /><br />DOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-19008962876956855032009-04-14T14:56:00.000-04:002009-04-14T14:56:00.000-04:00Greetings, snotneus ;)
I was wondering about touri...Greetings, snotneus ;)<br />I was wondering about tourism.<br />During the easter holiday there were significantly less british and americans who visited Holland, <br />but this was partially compensated for by more local tourism.<br />I feel that next year will show truly horrific declines in trans-national tourism.<br /><br />I think certain countries cannot remain stable if the tourist Gravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09126443076478406015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-85952115254482275022009-04-14T14:24:00.000-04:002009-04-14T14:24:00.000-04:00@ el gall:
I have to wonder if the South would ha...@ el gall:<br /><br />I have to wonder if the South would have exerted less cultural influence over the North if Lincoln said "See ya!"<br /><br />I know that the federal government wouldn't have spent 30+ redistributing the Northeast and Upper Midwest's federal tax dollars to the Southeast.<br /><br />@ Coy Ote:<br /><br />I'm not saying unions are part of the future solution. I wasn't trying tothethirdcoasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02828310354952426682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-73799089463661752322009-04-14T14:16:00.000-04:002009-04-14T14:16:00.000-04:00Ooops! Here it is:
http://rawstory.com/news/2008...Ooops! Here it is:<br /><br /><A HREF="http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Cybersecurity_Act_seeks_broad_powers_0413.html" REL="nofollow"><br />http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Cybersecurity_Act_seeks_broad_powers_0413.html</A>Ahimsanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-35792846106305515612009-04-14T14:10:00.000-04:002009-04-14T14:10:00.000-04:00Jesse's Cafe ... This facilitated their share off...<A HREF="http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow"> Jesse's Cafe </A><I> ... This facilitated their share offering with the 'wonderful earnings news' which Matt Miller of Bloomberg referred to approximately every five minutes as "blowing away their numbers."<br /><br />However, this morning, Matt did mumble something about Goldman "maybe not blowing away their numbers."</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-34994066650075124882009-04-14T14:07:00.000-04:002009-04-14T14:07:00.000-04:00Did anyone see this?
"Cybersecurity Act would giv...Did anyone see this?<br /><br />"Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet"<br /><br /><A>http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Cybersecurity_Act_seeks_broad_powers_0413.html</A>Ahimsanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-85380356692984365812009-04-14T13:52:00.000-04:002009-04-14T13:52:00.000-04:00"Just watched Obama's Georgetown U speech. Jeez - ..."Just watched Obama's Georgetown U speech. Jeez - he's good. Style is everything. Made me want to rush down to the corner and buy a big, cold slurpy of cyanide laced kool-aid."<br /><br />In my college days, had the opportunity to see a Leni Riefenstahl film on the big screen at the museum of civilization in Ottawa. A magnificent, inspiring propaganda film with no negativity whatsover; nothing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-58950462682539293412009-04-14T13:42:00.000-04:002009-04-14T13:42:00.000-04:00It happened to me again today. After reading a par...It happened to me again today. After reading a paragraph or two of an anonymous poster, a very familiar idiosyncratic quality taps me on the shoulder, letting me know I have read this poster many times in the past. Chuckling to myself, and immensely enjoying the homespun thoughts of this very authentic thinker, I read on till the end--the so long for now departure point graced with a very humble Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-67509942439840456552009-04-14T13:32:00.000-04:002009-04-14T13:32:00.000-04:00WOW, the balls on these guys. GS are pricing their...WOW, the balls on these guys. GS are pricing their new share offering at apparently 123 dollars!!!<br /><br />Aarrghhh.VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-47019249250014506052009-04-14T12:59:00.000-04:002009-04-14T12:59:00.000-04:00"How to Puff Up Earnings, Goldman Sachs Style -ver...<I>"How to Puff Up Earnings, <A HREF="http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/" REL="nofollow">Goldman Sachs Style </A></I>-verisimilitude-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-59140328464843711772009-04-14T12:52:00.000-04:002009-04-14T12:52:00.000-04:00I just heard Obama too.
Here is what I interpret w...I just heard Obama too.<br />Here is what I interpret what he said.<br /><B>Solution<br />1. Stabilize the banks<br />2. Stop the economic depression<br />3. Governments offer zero interest loans<br />4. Reform the financial system by getting rid of the systematic fault (compound interest)<br />5. Make banking a public utility</B>Let's wait and see how point #4 and #5 actually come out after the jalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-82392713029974057912009-04-14T12:45:00.001-04:002009-04-14T12:45:00.001-04:00Just watched Obama's Georgetown U speech. Jeez - ...Just watched Obama's Georgetown U speech. Jeez - he's good. Style is everything. Made me want to rush down to the corner and buy a big, cold slurpy of cyanide laced kool-aid. I'd rather get it from a highly intelligent, well spoken president than from a monkey in a cowboy hat. Of course the cyanide content is the same. Whatever.<br /><br />@Coy Ote<br /><br />I think the trick is to view el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-59003092695022214932009-04-14T12:45:00.000-04:002009-04-14T12:45:00.000-04:00From the Post... This must be Ilargi's answer to o...From the Post... This must be Ilargi's answer to our Clint Eastwood imitation... "GO AHEAD... MAKE MY DAY!"<br />I had no idea that I, a mere Hoosier lad, could have borrowed so much!<br /><br /><br />Total US Debt so far: $115 - $315 Trillion dollars? excluding/including derivatives notional)<br /><br />$380,000 - $1,037,000 per person.<br /><br />The break out:<br /><br />$9.7 Trillion in Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-6155477818364055702009-04-14T12:33:00.000-04:002009-04-14T12:33:00.000-04:00About China's one-child per policy. It has it's fl...About China's one-child per policy. It has it's flaws and unintended consequences but so does a billion plus people in a finite space!<br /><br />What to do? !Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-75889577176902536752009-04-14T12:06:00.000-04:002009-04-14T12:06:00.000-04:00Stoneleigh- belated best wishes to you and your si...Stoneleigh- belated best wishes to you and your sister. With this type of cancer she will have a fighting chance. Good luck with it all. <br />Hugs are good medicine, too.<br />Dr JDr Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-53031593607811798092009-04-14T11:47:00.000-04:002009-04-14T11:47:00.000-04:00On the US falling: "It's just waaaay waaay to much...On the US falling: "It's just waaaay waaay to much to fall, I'm thinking Brazilian or South African standards of living are far likelier" <br /><br />Do you know what Spanish (and many Hispanics) call Brazil?<br />Belindia.<br />Some live like in Belgium and most live like in India!Armando Gascónhttp://www.armandobronca.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-25649102149926518712009-04-14T11:41:00.000-04:002009-04-14T11:41:00.000-04:00I've been away for the weekend, and I would just l...I've been away for the weekend, and I would just like to extend my best wishes to Stoneleigh and her sister for a healthy and happy outcome. I would give hugs freely like many others here, if I were nearby, and so accept them in spirit, please.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15614205920972531674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-89205155649195601102009-04-14T11:39:00.000-04:002009-04-14T11:39:00.000-04:00"One is the loneliest number"
Anon., I tip my hat..."One is the loneliest number" <br />Anon., I tip my hat to you, your post is a very clever observation.Armando gascónhttp://www.armandobronca.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-3772685193546950932009-04-14T10:46:00.000-04:002009-04-14T10:46:00.000-04:00I believe the "V' stands for VendettaI believe the "V' stands for VendettaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-85544948964794485082009-04-14T10:32:00.000-04:002009-04-14T10:32:00.000-04:00Knightly Summary,
Anon readhead promises to save ...Knightly Summary,<br /><br /><I>Anon readhead promises to save the world if she can just have her nightly summary</I>Is that doublespeak, Mr. Knightly?<br /> <br /><I>Let the saving begin</I>I'm working on it. Trust me. I'm working on it.<br /><br />The Anon RedheadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-55186743085963507822009-04-14T10:30:00.000-04:002009-04-14T10:30:00.000-04:00"Goldman’s Vintage V fund last week closed to new ..."Goldman’s Vintage V fund last week closed to new investors after 10 months of fundraising, having surpassed its goal of $5bn."<br /><br />I wonder what the "V" stands for? Buzzard?el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-39282327311982612452009-04-14T09:46:00.000-04:002009-04-14T09:46:00.000-04:00UofT president just reassured University about via...UofT president just reassured University about viability of UofT pension plan. Should I be reassured?<br /><br /> "The Pension Plan<br />I turn next to some specific comments on the pension plan. The pension plan has over the past ten years moved from a going-concern surplus position, to a deficit, back to a surplus and again to a deficit in 2008. When the plan is in a deficit position, the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-34794340139448643442009-04-14T09:45:00.000-04:002009-04-14T09:45:00.000-04:00snuffy
"We now see the outlines of the game plan ...snuffy<br /><br />"We now see the outlines of the game plan to rule us now.GS is the [usa].gov now.One corp has one all the marbles.We the people lose... Unless we shake free of these plutocrats,whom now own the us.gov, we are lost.."<br /><br />Look at the bright side, we at least know who to locate and go after. Better to concentrate pitchforks on a narrower target range.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-15488494479071927782009-04-14T09:39:00.000-04:002009-04-14T09:39:00.000-04:00China's one child policy has another ironic result...China's one child policy has another ironic result other than the gender bias angle (very serious in it's own right).<br /><br />After a several generations of one child per couple, all adults will have not only grown up with no siblings, but they will have no aunts or uncles or cousins.<br /><br />The cement of extended family relations is gone.<br /><br />One is the loneliest number.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com