tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post4466186291539278773..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: November 19 2009: Risk versus the US dollarIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-18634871836729353912009-11-21T20:36:02.966-05:002009-11-21T20:36:02.966-05:00KD has Jumped The Shark on the latest brouhaha ove...KD has Jumped The Shark on the latest brouhaha over the "Global Warming Scam"<br /><br />He has clearly ventured into a bog that is far out of his realm of expertise, and has discredited himself in the process.<br /><br />KDs balance of benefits vis a vis his unbalanced contributions has just crossed the boundary.<br /><br /><br />Sorry Karl, you've unfortunately outlived your Ventriloquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17710882943614273994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-60645800501691718902009-11-21T20:26:32.675-05:002009-11-21T20:26:32.675-05:00New post up.New post up.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-58080107953143571342009-11-21T19:25:57.050-05:002009-11-21T19:25:57.050-05:00Ric - Some tough situations for your friends. I wi...Ric - Some tough situations for your friends. I wish them and you well.<br />So far our little circle has managed pretty well but the contraction is just beginning. I hope it remains a slide and does not speed into a crash.<br /><br />David - I readily admit I see way too much denial from folks around me in many of the ways you mentioned. A lot of soft, spoiled people--true. We are a spoon fed Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-1373548060461494182009-11-21T19:08:38.015-05:002009-11-21T19:08:38.015-05:00Valero shuts another refinery
http://news.bbc.co....Valero shuts another refinery<br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8371649.stm<br /><br />550 lost jobs in Delaware city.<br />I don't understand how a refinery can shut down with rising oil prices? I don't understand the place of refinery in the chain? <br />Anyone please inform me?scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-552887453271390272009-11-21T19:06:12.183-05:002009-11-21T19:06:12.183-05:00Those five stages of collapse according to Orlov (...Those five stages of collapse according to Orlov (financial, commercial, political, social and cultural collapse) need not happen in the specified progression and by direct causal relation, as elements of social and cultural corruption pervade the onset of financial and political ruin, permitting that systemic corruption is a prerequisite for collapse, it is the corruption of the citizenry that Gravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09126443076478406015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-69009938348386227882009-11-21T17:23:05.415-05:002009-11-21T17:23:05.415-05:00DIYer said:
But denialism is a secular religion b...DIYer said:<br /><br /><i>But denialism is a secular religion by now. We live in the age of spin, propaganda, and BS. As they're dying of drought or drowning in the gw-induced hurricane their last thought will be "it's all Al Gore's fault".</i><br /><br />Americans are the penultimate Queens of Denial.<br /><br /><br />Abdication Of Responsibility is the rule of the day.<br Ventriloquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17710882943614273994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-44732370474856243792009-11-21T17:21:21.954-05:002009-11-21T17:21:21.954-05:00“Reflations may create new manias, but they don...“Reflations may create new manias, but they don't rejuvenate the disCredited ones.” <br /><a href="http://www.safehaven.com/article-15084.htm" rel="nofollow">Reflation Issues Heat Up</a> -Doug NolandBigelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883913065391637120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-64578201183390319132009-11-21T17:04:05.573-05:002009-11-21T17:04:05.573-05:00“What happens if world trade picks back up, as it ...“What happens if world trade picks back up, as it appears to be doing? Admittedly, it is not a robust recovery as yet, but it is rising. That means more need for dollars. And dollars which are being borrowed (and probably leveraged!) on the assumption the dollar will continue to fall.<br /><br />And I agree that, over time, the case for the dollar is not as good as I would like. But in the Bigelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883913065391637120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-42188976030652747522009-11-21T16:55:18.202-05:002009-11-21T16:55:18.202-05:00Interesting notes on the UK debt situation from Ro...Interesting notes on the UK debt situation from Rolfe Winkler<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/ylnmlwkUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00542311282676290149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-1704307223144369132009-11-21T16:36:57.107-05:002009-11-21T16:36:57.107-05:00Hello,
@ Gravity at 19.07 (20 November)
I was ve...Hello,<br /><br />@ Gravity at 19.07 (20 November)<br /><br />I was very honoured to see that you accepted to extend the tertiary energy dilation for hyperbolic cascade up to 32%.<br /><br />Also noted the slight change in the drones. My impression is that your text is not only self-checked, but self-authorising and I look forward to publication.<br /><br />Good luck,<br />FBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-89941011755716124272009-11-21T16:27:46.349-05:002009-11-21T16:27:46.349-05:00Hi Coy Ote,
"What is really behind the exagg...Hi Coy Ote,<br /><br /><i>"What is really behind the exaggerated reaction?"</i><br /><br />FWIW, it seems to me Mish and KD are becoming increasingly afraid; their world views are teetering. It's like they're sitting at their desks as an earthquake starts shaking the building and the reptillian brain overcomes them.<br /><br />Yesterday, I heard from a friend who has been out Richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01092313041560676587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-34415859272474991772009-11-21T16:22:35.350-05:002009-11-21T16:22:35.350-05:00Starcade said: About the closest, so far, I've...<a rel="nofollow">Starcade</a> said: <i>About the closest, so far, I've seen to what is about to happen is a just-started series by John Galt called "The Day the Dollar Died".</i><br /><br />On your advice, I skimmed through the first two segments of that. My impression: the equivalent of "2012" written by a Limbaugh-loving econogeek. Lots of people sure do cream their Bukko Boomerangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424677168216647964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-30314954215045022002009-11-21T15:54:10.139-05:002009-11-21T15:54:10.139-05:00"Gravity isn’t a useful theory because Newton..."Gravity isn’t a useful theory because Newton was a nice person. "<br /><br />Actually...<br /><br />I remember some rather quietly circulated information, some decades ago, about some data that Newton- "fudged". Ie. "falsified".<br /><br />Very naughty, that. As I recall- it had to do with measurements of planetary movement. The problem was- he was SO careful andGreenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-50012143004247313122009-11-21T15:27:43.248-05:002009-11-21T15:27:43.248-05:00One of the worst arguments concerns CO2 being nece...One of the worst arguments concerns CO2 being necessary for photosynthesis, therefore it ought never to be harmful in any concentration, optimal growth trajectories not applicable.<br /><br />This must also be an opportunity to vent some hostility towards the establishment of technocratic scientificism which appears to dominate the discourse, as people anticipate the consequences of serious Gravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09126443076478406015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-31491072446097771132009-11-21T15:21:05.342-05:002009-11-21T15:21:05.342-05:00Global warming--climate change is down a few pegs ...Global warming--climate change is down a few pegs on my list of major concerns. Down beyond Financial debt and corruption, and resource depletion, for example.<br /><br />But noxious pollution and wasteful manufacturing processes are at the heart of the CC matter, and it is folly to ignore them, regardless of the specifics of how much we are damaging our climatic (and climactic) future.<br /><br Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-59237782024305783292009-11-21T13:24:20.352-05:002009-11-21T13:24:20.352-05:00Yeah, I run into climate deniers at work ... "...Yeah, I run into climate deniers at work ... "Damn those sneaky scientists faking the IR spectrum of CO2 this last 120 years! Arrhenius was such a fraud!" I say to them. "How did they ever get CO2 lasers to work with all that disinformation?" (these are supposedly well-educated engineers) <br /><br />But denialism is a secular religion by now. We live in the age of spin, Jim Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17419179432204743768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-22428055072677590292009-11-21T12:58:44.778-05:002009-11-21T12:58:44.778-05:00And Mish is by no means today's only full-out ...And Mish is by no means today's only full-out climate doofus. Friend Karl is apparently all over it too. Where would we be without Holmes and Watson? Or would Quixote and Panza be more appropriate? <br /><br />Want some ice with that guys? Well, too bad, we're all out.<br /><br />Why don't you leave the comments to the folks at RealClimate? They have, after all, a slight advantage Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-28057836143163040202009-11-21T12:25:48.674-05:002009-11-21T12:25:48.674-05:00"Hackers Prove Global Warming Is A Scam
It&#...<i>"Hackers Prove Global Warming Is A Scam<br /><br />It's now official. Much of the hype about global warming is nothing but a complete scam."</i><br /><br />Really <a href="http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Mish,</a> that "<i>official</i>" sounds more in the genera of propaganda than officialdom.<br /><br />A few out of context emails and scrofuloushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085471693372823086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-14486406425509846842009-11-21T11:45:18.849-05:002009-11-21T11:45:18.849-05:00Coy Ote
Yes, it's amazing how bright Mish can...Coy Ote<br /><br />Yes, it's amazing how bright Mish can be, and then how dumb when it meets his political needs. He discovers, apparently a fraud at one university in the UK, and this discredits the entire global research.el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-44643178743756293192009-11-21T11:05:25.247-05:002009-11-21T11:05:25.247-05:00What used to be...
MISH'S Global Economic Tre...What used to be... <br />MISH'S Global Economic Trend Analysis<br />Is now...<br />The International Earth Climate Trends Forum<br /><br />Global warming proven a hoax by hackers!<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/ygkx4r8<br /><br />Hooray! Now we can all go back to mining, producing, manufacturing, shipping, consuming, and wasting!Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-65253476653737346782009-11-21T07:35:42.598-05:002009-11-21T07:35:42.598-05:00Gravity
Born too late; you missed your calling. ...Gravity<br /><br />Born too late; you missed your calling. You should have been the Congressional speech writer for Alan Greenspan.<br /><br />I you look at the current global financial system as a huge dike, Ilargi's columns could be viewed analogously as a descriptor of the mounting pressures on the inner wall. ( Who better than a Dutch boy to do this? :-)<br /><br />It could be my el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-59245867447263806732009-11-21T07:23:00.071-05:002009-11-21T07:23:00.071-05:00DIYer
I read Zero Hedge at least as much for the ...DIYer<br /><br />I read Zero Hedge at least as much for the comments as the articles. The commenters on TAE, for the most part, deal with far more important issues in a serious and heartfelt manner, but for shear snarky, sarcastic, and hilarious humor, the Zero Hedge trader guys can't be beat.el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-89483687329657083632009-11-21T07:17:52.885-05:002009-11-21T07:17:52.885-05:00sculptorbill said...
"hes like Shakespere wri...sculptorbill said...<br />"hes like Shakespere writing lines for Polonius<br /><br />this is pomposity elevated to a fucking artform man, he's like Tom Wolf or something....let him riff."<br /><br />Or stick him behind a curtain.el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-62064310854044087112009-11-21T01:37:52.018-05:002009-11-21T01:37:52.018-05:00~J~,
I to have a brother who had a similar o...~J~,<br /><br /> I to have a brother who had a similar outlook...for awhile.He gets his ya-hahs trying to figure out program trading on the forex...his education was not of the "higher"sort...just enough 25 years ago to begin his career as a programmer.He,however is the sharpest one of the three of us,and has made a very good life out of programming.[He as missed becoming insanely snuffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978637281755386311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-26967725053696532032009-11-20T23:33:10.952-05:002009-11-20T23:33:10.952-05:00Did your bank receive a “Cease-and-Desist-Orders” ...Did your bank receive a “Cease-and-Desist-Orders” from the FDIC?<br />Will it be the next one that will be closed?<br /><br />Here are the “Cease-and-Desist-Orders”<br />http://www.scribd.com/doc/22136914/FDIC-Cease-and-Desist-Orders-for-2009-updated-November-4-2009jalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.com