tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post4234242232883662357..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: August 16 2009: Real men pay their debts and move onIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-17897827921139144182009-08-17T13:45:11.202-04:002009-08-17T13:45:11.202-04:00Thanks for the birthday wishes.
VK
In the area o...Thanks for the birthday wishes.<br /><br />VK<br /><br />In the area of chemistry, entropy is often increased by the rearrangement of atoms in molecules to form new molecules of lower free energy. An example of this may be H2 and O2 to form water which has a very low free energy. However, under most conditions, you can store H2 and O2 in a container indefinitely without an explosion. The el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-77053078693397606562009-08-17T13:40:34.632-04:002009-08-17T13:40:34.632-04:00New post up.
VK, I read some of the FOFOA piece ...New post up.<br /><br /><br />VK, I read some of the FOFOA piece and threw it out. It's time to get smarter.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-6253055963583290532009-08-17T13:28:19.277-04:002009-08-17T13:28:19.277-04:00"I have been following W. Black’s public appe..."I have been following W. Black’s public appearances.<br /><br />If he is being effective … Why is he still alive?<br />Same question concerning Karl D. I&I, etc."<br /><br />jal, can you help me understand this? Are you saying that Black (and anyone else who calls out the corruption) will be "ejected".<br /><br />I really do like the Danish motto that Black offered at theSam Dugnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-89409652966122093092009-08-17T13:16:55.621-04:002009-08-17T13:16:55.621-04:00@ Greenpa
You might enjoy this article, though I ...@ Greenpa<br /><br />You might enjoy this article, though I don't agree on the hyperinflation and hyperdeflation argument at the end though.<br /><br />http://fofoa.blogspot.com/2009/08/waterfall-effect.html<br /><br /><i>In "How ALL Systems Can Collapse Overnight", Martin Armstrong uses the concept of entropy. Entropy is the amount of chaos, disorder or unknowable elements in any VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-61299625906091910222009-08-17T13:09:28.443-04:002009-08-17T13:09:28.443-04:00The ULTIMATE contrarian indicator - Abby Cohen.
G...The <b>ULTIMATE</b> contrarian indicator - Abby Cohen.<br /><br />GS is going to go short soon, find itself some bag holders for the trash it's holding.<br /><br /><i>Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. recession is ending “right now,” said Abby Joseph Cohen, a senior investment strategist at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.<br /><br />The economy may grow by 3 percent in the next couple of quarters and VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-87534430994272546042009-08-17T13:08:42.476-04:002009-08-17T13:08:42.476-04:00VK- "Happy Birthday in advance and best wishe...VK- "Happy Birthday in advance and best wishes on your riding the SDS, SH waves to the abyss that is DOW 500!! (Give it good to Golem Sacks)"<br /><br />ditto.<br /><br />And re the fun we have with variations on the Goldman Sacks themes; I have a prediction.<br /><br />About one year from now, the jokes will run more to "Golly Shucks!" as their real name. They've built Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-31838199255780943222009-08-17T12:57:23.104-04:002009-08-17T12:57:23.104-04:00@ El G
Once my stuff finds its way to the shippin...@ El G<br /><br /><i>Once my stuff finds its way to the shipping company, my fuse is lit and I can't stall any longer</i><br /><br />And so begins the adventure of a lifetime! Interesting times lie ahead that's for sure.<br /><br />Happy Birthday in advance and best wishes on your riding the SDS, SH waves to the abyss that is DOW 500!! (Give it good to Golem Sacks)<br /><br />@ Jal<br /><VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-64269910097690029142009-08-17T12:14:31.359-04:002009-08-17T12:14:31.359-04:00@ Sam Dug
I have been following W. Black’s public...@ Sam Dug <br />I have been following W. Black’s public appearances.<br /><br />If he is being effective … Why is he still alive?<br />Same question concerning Karl D. I&I, etc.<br />===== <br />We are spectators … to a battle of the Titans (World wide Govs. vs bankers)<br />Both sides have destroyed more wealth than probably all the previous wars.<br />Both sides have huge mental and jalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-64744994052904434442009-08-17T12:06:26.674-04:002009-08-17T12:06:26.674-04:00Greenpa, I like to listen some Zarzuelas from Madr...Greenpa, I like to listen some Zarzuelas from Madrid that feature Gilbert and Sullivan -like choruses singing high speed phrases in Spanish, but they are in an Italian play so they are employing fake-o Italian accents over the Madrileno Spanish. This is really marvelous!<br /><br />I have to go out and inspect all my flood control projects now and laugh at those who failed to act. Pardon my RCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-36744502552479942312009-08-17T12:00:31.379-04:002009-08-17T12:00:31.379-04:00@David, re: Citibank
A great big THANK YOU, sir, ...@David, re: Citibank<br /><br />A great big THANK YOU, sir, for going to the effort of clearing that up. I thought that I was going back to the godawful task of having to read through the call reports.<br /><br />There is another correlation that I've noticed with questionable banks. Namely, that the better ones don't seem to be invested in derivatives at all. That's not a surprise, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-58384402038986020872009-08-17T11:47:29.532-04:002009-08-17T11:47:29.532-04:00El G, I thought of you immediately when I saw the ...El G, I thought of you immediately when I saw the market drop offs this AM. Cuidado!<br />Greenpa, never watched Filipino TV.<br />But many conversations here are fractured like that with the English often being VI patois {mon} and the Spanish being full of French influence because this island was held by French cane growers for centuries. Here a power company pole is called a postel. The RCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-37019165180909859902009-08-17T11:34:13.459-04:002009-08-17T11:34:13.459-04:00RC- "Remarkably, all of his Latin, imparted t...RC- "Remarkably, all of his Latin, imparted to me while we played golf, was spoken with a Georgia, USA {JAHWJAH}accent."<br /><br />LOL!! oh, lordy. First time I worked in China, I was with an old professor from Alabama. You really have to hear minimal Mandarin with solid Alabama grafted onto it. ay, yi yi. Our hosts never laughed, but they were often quietly astonished.Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-45830422646553075352009-08-17T11:29:02.025-04:002009-08-17T11:29:02.025-04:00VK
With the dawn bringing in my 63rd birthday, I ...VK<br /><br />With the dawn bringing in my 63rd birthday, I thought I would try my luck and put all my mad money into SH and SDS split equally. Stoneleigh sees the highest probability of a small correction and then new highs before the crash, but I don't want to miss the boat. Short of government intervention vis-a-vis shorting, I will be letting this bet ride for a while - no day to day el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-49556538916122190312009-08-17T11:27:41.903-04:002009-08-17T11:27:41.903-04:00Coy Ote
"I think the intensity is beginning t...Coy Ote<br />"I think the intensity is beginning to click up a notch or two and it may soon that the voices in distress numbers grow exponentially."<br /><br />Agreed, and I & S are doing a massively positive service toward this end. This blog, by far, presents some of the best, well reasoned and factual evidence to further that cause.<br /><br />With all the discussion about dentalSam Dugnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-26171080765508334992009-08-17T11:24:31.033-04:002009-08-17T11:24:31.033-04:00RC- "You can get in a great deal of trouble u...RC- "You can get in a great deal of trouble using the wrong slang in Latin America. "<br /><br />Sí, seguro. Comics are really just a place to start- and if you have the right attitude, providing folks with something to laugh at is not a bad thing to do. And- at least attempting to learn the language beyond usaco high school Spanish should make some points for you.<br /><br />The Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-49251591922043740522009-08-17T11:02:39.655-04:002009-08-17T11:02:39.655-04:00VK - Re: Yves smith... "The confidence game...VK - Re: Yves smith... "The confidence game worked when he was a new President, but nice talk and not much action is already wearing thin. We could use someone at the helm who is willing to plot a course and stick with it, and instead what we have is someone long on charisma and short on resolve."<br /><br />I think she is expressing the thinking of millions more each week. I noticed Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-40132315970770795982009-08-17T11:02:11.306-04:002009-08-17T11:02:11.306-04:00I have thousands of food trees, almost all of whic...I have thousands of food trees, almost all of which are in pots for sale. Keeping this short, I find that in small installations like backyards, agricultural soap {universally approved as organic growing method} and judicious soil and mulch provision along with proper watering and pruning avoids most problems. However, in large orchards, mixed planting or not, the work becomes overwhelming for RCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-51809071747294012482009-08-17T10:34:09.497-04:002009-08-17T10:34:09.497-04:00Thanks Coy Ote ;)
It seems I'm a bit late to ...Thanks Coy Ote ;)<br /><br />It seems I'm a bit late to the party and the regulars here have been aware of Black months ago.<br /><br />It would be nice if he "shouted" a bit more, but he seems to be quietly making his way through the Congress.<br /><br />At this point it appears to be a catch 22. Calling out this gigantic, systemic ponzi scheme may cause panic and chaos in the Sam Dugnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-8124749433273449822009-08-17T10:33:14.153-04:002009-08-17T10:33:14.153-04:00Whoa! Yves Smith has some sharp writing today
htt...Whoa! Yves Smith has some sharp writing today<br /><br />http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/08/is-this-start-of-big-one.html<br /><br />I don't believe in market calls, and trying to time turns is a perilous game. But most savvy people I know have been skeptical of this rally, beyond the initial strong bounce off the bottom. It has not had the characteristics of a bull market. Volumes have VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-64467688025633353302009-08-17T10:11:51.741-04:002009-08-17T10:11:51.741-04:00@ Anonymous of 11:26 PM
Selecting Citibank from t...@ Anonymous of 11:26 PM<br /><br />Selecting Citibank from the BankTracker returns 3 selections: the one you picked, HQ in Century City, CA, is not the main Citibank sub of CitiGroup. The one you want to pick is the Citibank HQ in Nevada.<br /><br />That one shows a Troubled Asset Ration of 26.8 in 12/08, and a TAR of 14.1 in 03/09. That is more in line with what you would expect.<br /><br />AlsoVentriloquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17710882943614273994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-85507092195152380742009-08-17T09:52:21.007-04:002009-08-17T09:52:21.007-04:00Jim Kunstler had fun this weekend.
His epic desc...Jim Kunstler had <a href="http://kunstler.com/blog/2009/08/the-first-die-off.html" rel="nofollow">fun</a> this weekend. <br /><br />His epic description of <i>The Last Monumental Traffic Jam</i> off Cape Cod was telling for the near future.<br /><br />Good News:<br /><br />"I'm serenely confident that we're in the twilight of Happy Motoring now. Without debt service there is no autoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-47841717789904484782009-08-17T09:37:09.933-04:002009-08-17T09:37:09.933-04:00Rats & Monkeys
Many are as you speak,member...Rats & Monkeys<br /><br /> Many are as you speak,members of that family...however I chose disease-resistant as a primary concern...Apple types are liberty,spartan,...pear are Asian]chojoro,20th century and European Umbileen and Bosc.After nearly 20 years I still have little problem...except for coddling moth<br /><br /> Lots to be said for integrated pest management...But I use no poisons snuffynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-47145164559428996342009-08-17T09:32:48.611-04:002009-08-17T09:32:48.611-04:00Afghanistan is the Graveyard of Empires.
The fact...Afghanistan is the Graveyard of Empires.<br /><br />The fact that the U.S. is there at all confirmed it's own death as an imperial wannabee.<br /><br />Obama's performance in this theater resembles a low rent vaudeville act complete with a his mini Idi Amin imitation.<br /><br />All that's missing is for Obama to actually say 'There's Light at the End of the Tunnel' to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-8191629084480372502009-08-17T09:29:21.851-04:002009-08-17T09:29:21.851-04:00Sam Dug - Saw the William Black thing. He is our (...Sam Dug - Saw the William Black thing. He is our (soft spoken), truth speaking Mad Max, without the ravings. I wish he would start shouting!<br /><br />Great interview.Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-17248683138628465192009-08-17T08:58:32.165-04:002009-08-17T08:58:32.165-04:00PHOENIX, Aug 17 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama...PHOENIX, Aug 17 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek to shore up U.S. public support for the war in Afghanistan on Monday just days before an Afghan presidential election widely seen as a major test of his revamped strategy.<br />http://tinyurl.com/r7526k<br /><br />Yeah sure, keep killing our kids and bankrupting them too fighting a war in a hell hole where there is no way we can win.<brAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com