tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post3956302570215114636..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: August 11 2009: One eye is taken for an eyeIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-38171992754740589192009-08-12T08:59:07.509-04:002009-08-12T08:59:07.509-04:00VK
I noticed that 4.7% drop in the Shanghai this ...VK<br /><br />I noticed that 4.7% drop in the Shanghai this morning. That's a serious number, and I am glad you expressed an opinion. I recall that you wrote a few days ago that the Asian equities collapse would precede the western.<br /><br />Bigelow, Rapier, and other ETF guys<br /><br />I did a little research and found that SDS tracked the S&P500 during the fall collapse by only el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-37242253443997269472009-08-12T08:15:49.312-04:002009-08-12T08:15:49.312-04:00New post up.New post up.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-18759934029227305582009-08-12T08:06:31.282-04:002009-08-12T08:06:31.282-04:00SDS:
In @ 46.39 umm, last Thursday I think.
In f...SDS: <br />In @ 46.39 umm, last Thursday I think. <br />In for some more @ 45.47 Monday. <br /><br />Baby needs a new pair a shoes ... <br /><br />(watch S&P shoot up to 1100. ;-)Jim Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17419179432204743768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-55695303792185899832009-08-12T08:04:59.968-04:002009-08-12T08:04:59.968-04:00@Coy Ote
If I rephrase the headline to Wealthy Le...@Coy Ote<br /><br />If I rephrase the headline to Wealthy Leader Directs Swine to Move Away From Government Trough it would express what I gleaned from it. <br /><br />“Soros said he did not believe the economy needed more stimulus money…”<br /><br />Sure he said there will be growth in this quarter but they do that by increasing productivity, i.e. fire more people so it costs less to make stuff Bigelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883913065391637120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-56445199097557161402009-08-12T08:00:24.319-04:002009-08-12T08:00:24.319-04:00Anon @3:18,
Look out, the debt is a trap to keep ...Anon @3:18,<br /><br /><i>Look out, the debt is a trap to keep the elite in luxury at your expense. Especially since a barrel of oil represents so many labor hours - and without it - the luxury lifestyle must somehow still be maintained. If not manufacturig bricks or mining coal, you may replace their former electric appliances and convenience services.</i><br /><br />Debt is indeed a trap. The Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-29121001707519765892009-08-12T06:51:09.823-04:002009-08-12T06:51:09.823-04:00I can smell the deflation in the air
Consumer pri...I can smell the deflation in the air<br /><br /><i>Consumer prices in Germany posted their first annual decline in more than 22 years in July and wholesale prices plunged after energy costs fell and the worst recession since World War II curbed spending.<br /><br />Consumer prices, calculated using a harmonised European Union method, fell 0.7pc from a year earlier, more than initially estimated, VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-59956909577181190242009-08-12T06:38:24.271-04:002009-08-12T06:38:24.271-04:00Shanghai Stock Exchange was down another 4.7% toda...Shanghai Stock Exchange was down another 4.7% today. The slide has begun. This is the leading indicator IMO for a downturn in US stocks.VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-22039200264929952512009-08-12T06:30:30.472-04:002009-08-12T06:30:30.472-04:00@ Nassim
How do you plan to remain mobile? Once y...@ Nassim<br /><br />How do you plan to remain mobile? Once you are in Australia and TSHTF, you're kinda stuck on a big island in the middle of nowhere! I reckon Tasmania is a pretty good spot, good land and not to populated.VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-69874823865843587162009-08-12T06:18:41.701-04:002009-08-12T06:18:41.701-04:00[....The artisan class in russia was starved out b...<i>[....The artisan class in russia was starved out because the elite did not purchase locally and the peasants had no means to support a middle class....]</i><br /><br />Sounds like a chicken-'n-egg argument - perhaps elites had to import luxury artisanware because there was no artisan class...<br /><br />Richard Pipes in "Property and Freedom" saw a different cause for this MMNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-90320709563339791992009-08-12T03:48:04.045-04:002009-08-12T03:48:04.045-04:00Or, if capital is all being hoarded in a few hands...<i><br />Or, if capital is all being hoarded in a few hands that is being spent out of the country by an elite. I believe during the days of the dutch empire, farmers in dutchland concentrated on high value animal based products (and medium-value mass produced manufactures) and outsourced destructive grain production to russian peasants controlled by a small elite. The wealth generated in Russia Nassimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-15353604852212058012009-08-12T03:18:52.599-04:002009-08-12T03:18:52.599-04:00re debts abandoned
As late as the 1940's the ...re debts abandoned<br /><br />As late as the 1940's the govt rounded up african american citizens off their own neighborhood streets, falsely charged them with vagrancy laws, put them in prison for failing to pay the associated court fees they couldn't afford. Then a nice brick company manufacturer would offer to pay their court fee debt to the government but the price was the african Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-39358994332231310662009-08-12T02:48:46.196-04:002009-08-12T02:48:46.196-04:00Need a job? North Dakota is calling
North Dakota...Need a job? North Dakota is calling<br /> <br />North Dakota has the healthiest labor market in the U.S. Thanks to a $700 million budget surplus and a big tax cut, the state has 9,000 job openings -- which it's hoping to fill with laid-off workers from the rest of the Midwest. Dan Bobkoff reports.<br /><br />http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/08/11/pm-north-dakota/<br /><br /Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-39477500511898729702009-08-12T02:44:06.852-04:002009-08-12T02:44:06.852-04:00I've visited the tent city in Champaign cited ...I've visited the tent city in Champaign cited in that one article and it's a gag - about as much square footage in a back yard as one finds in a modern ranch. There's no room, constant police harassment, they've moved to other towns then promptly been bounced - it'd be quite funny as a Saturday Night Live skit, less so when real people are involved..https://www.blogger.com/profile/03915219261001181341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-27978123544834098482009-08-12T01:07:19.305-04:002009-08-12T01:07:19.305-04:00if you are familiar with Bailey, then undoubtably ...if you are familiar with Bailey, then undoubtably you have run across Leon Rosselson. <br /><br />"Stand Up for Judas ......... It was jesus who betrayed the poor with his words"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-43348311591461743472009-08-12T00:53:03.856-04:002009-08-12T00:53:03.856-04:00"To make my point clearer, when the Soviet Un..."To make my point clearer, when the Soviet Union collapsed, there existed a bunch of fine engineers and technicians. The populace may have had a great demand for services and factories, but there was no money that could facilitate the transactions. Demand existed in this case, as well as supply. The medium of exchange was non-existent."<br /><br /><br />Is it really lack of money supplyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-15013082982879888292009-08-12T00:32:33.824-04:002009-08-12T00:32:33.824-04:00Something interesting ...
http://www.latimes.com/n...Something interesting ...<br />http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lawsuits10-2009aug10,0,6482327.story<br />Lawsuits are the latest roadblock for California budget<br /><br />jaljalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-36720079849517838242009-08-12T00:15:06.034-04:002009-08-12T00:15:06.034-04:00I watched some of President Obama’s health-care to...I watched some of President Obama’s health-care town hall meeting today. One participant, a middle-aged man very concerned about his Lipitor cholesterol drug, grabbed my attention. To say this man was carrying a few extra pounds would be putting it far too mildly. <br /><br />There are a lot of lifestyle angles yet to be viewed concerning health-care reform in America. And one angle in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-48039427095413807142009-08-12T00:13:22.595-04:002009-08-12T00:13:22.595-04:00Greenpa... I might be krill...but by thought and d...Greenpa... I might be krill...but by thought and deed,would I may become the most poisonous bit of plankton that was ever created by being a quiet voice of reason...to be the one who explains to those who will listen just how we got here..and why and by whose hand all was taken from whatever is left.The trick will be to live through the next 20 years.To be a witness...the one who remembers.And snuffynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-77116915637402600822009-08-11T23:31:10.399-04:002009-08-11T23:31:10.399-04:00Anon 7:12; "And maybe even eat you."
We...Anon 7:12; "And maybe even eat you."<br /><br />Well. ew, again. I know I was joking about eating my organic neighbors the other day, but- probably not.<br /><br />On the other hand, dog food is getting too expensive. I could use a good new source.Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-1712207104786664472009-08-11T23:26:38.757-04:002009-08-11T23:26:38.757-04:00Among all the dire survival tactics being bandied ...Among all the dire survival tactics being bandied about here, with abundant opinion, I find one missing.<br /><br />Become related to a cop. The closer the better. Any way you can.Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-82578326064007488102009-08-11T23:23:06.311-04:002009-08-11T23:23:06.311-04:00Starcade- "The optimism of the American cultu...Starcade- "The optimism of the American culture is GONE.<br /><br />"I got mine, so f*ck you. -- and what's yours is mine too."<br /><br />While that attitude is certainly plentiful, I think there is another dynamic at work, either underneath, or in addition. Hard to tell.<br /><br />Your timing on the change in optimism is pretty good.<br /><br />One of the things that Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-4367225815628151392009-08-11T23:20:20.437-04:002009-08-11T23:20:20.437-04:00Anon @9:42,
Chevy Volt, 230 MPG. Knockout blow to...Anon @9:42,<br /><br /><i>Chevy Volt, 230 MPG. Knockout blow to PO--at least for now, no?</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.darrylsiry.com/2009/08/gm-volt-gets-unrealistic-230-mpg-rating.html" rel="nofollow">Here's</a> a fairer assessment of the Volt.<br /><br />It won't be long before no one can afford a new car, so I very much doubt if this model will ever see significant market Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-54506971553410749102009-08-11T23:11:14.693-04:002009-08-11T23:11:14.693-04:00El Gallinulio-"Regarding maxing out your cred...El Gallinulio-"Regarding maxing out your credit with no intention of repaying, I am more than a bit leery if one has a choice. "<br /><br />Well, sure. Whaddya think I am, silly or something? As I said there- it was pay Chase, or my mechanic. No choice. :-)<br /><br />And I certainly would not go and max out a card with the intent of defaulting. Ew. Not recommended; you'll Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-85039233983077199412009-08-11T22:33:14.779-04:002009-08-11T22:33:14.779-04:00reading the blogs from the past few days on health...reading the blogs from the past few days on health care one thing has become obvious to me. Few of TAE blog readers know much of the realities of health care in the southwestern USA. Ilargi knows a lot about Europe. I wonder how many of your readers have lived in Mexico or Brazil. Knowing about these cultures is much more relevant to the US than what the Europeans are doing. Europes gene pool Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-89928429923561621132009-08-11T22:15:01.530-04:002009-08-11T22:15:01.530-04:00I suspect that those that hold the debts will cont...I suspect that those that hold the debts will control the enforcement as well. <br /><br />Just my opinion, but being armed will help protect you from your average street thug, it will do little to help you from well organized crime, or the government when they show up with guys wearing body armor in armored APC’s. Maybe you’ll slow them down a bit, but the end result will be the same.<br /><br Punxsutawneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09462275239011115572noreply@blogger.com