tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post4621030184684850610..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: December 9 2010: War is the Health of the StateIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-53730934595967055302010-12-11T10:37:36.794-05:002010-12-11T10:37:36.794-05:00New post up.
The Debt-Dollar Discipline: Part I...New post up.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2010/12/december-11-2010-debt-dollar-discipline.html" rel="nofollow"><b>The Debt-Dollar Discipline: Part II - Conservation & Release</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-6841142525026223732010-12-11T10:05:32.708-05:002010-12-11T10:05:32.708-05:00Snuffy and Dan - War has always been around the co...Snuffy and Dan - War has always been around the corner and may well be tomorrow's headlines. Agreed! But consider this:<br />There are a few new ingredients in today's mix. I have an inkling that there are virtual (unseen) entitys that control things over and above (or underneath) each country's up-front political structure. Or maybe some variation--a partial structure with string Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-13776386244173368942010-12-11T09:39:33.320-05:002010-12-11T09:39:33.320-05:00When the collapse happens I'm going to miss th...When the collapse happens I'm going to miss the Internet the most. The "nearly" free exchange of information will not be tolerated by the authorities, regardless of political orientation. The verb Google will take on a whole new meaning related to getting crushed by the government.Mike Tanishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926879076978547221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-72127106446412989212010-12-11T07:49:53.052-05:002010-12-11T07:49:53.052-05:00@Nassim, I was just checking out your site offerin...@Nassim, I was just checking out your site offering...I am red faced to discover how many comments I've posted ! My only excuse for the excess is it has been a huge learning curve since my first comment. So much for being a normally " silent Finn":)<br />The principle that " less is more " will guide me in 2011...<br /><br />" ancora imparo"scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-48216759585526906852010-12-11T05:59:44.750-05:002010-12-11T05:59:44.750-05:00The first part of this latest message to those of ...The first part of this latest message to those of us out "in the field",rings a true, resonate, note with me as I sit here,in the wee hours of the morning.Had a whole bunch of up and down things flying thru the air in the this last week.Weird,Bad and Worse.<br /><br /> Daughter has begun divorce proceeding against my soon-to-be-ex son-in-law.She has been very,very,quiet quiet with bothsnuffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978637281755386311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-57465441214176493362010-12-11T03:28:45.854-05:002010-12-11T03:28:45.854-05:00Why don't you write a post explaining why stoc...Why don't you write a post explaining why stocks keep going higher?Erin Winthropehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17535747338165517395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-3402113750359310862010-12-11T03:24:04.912-05:002010-12-11T03:24:04.912-05:00In his estimation Chris Martenson sees a tentitive...In his estimation Chris Martenson sees a tentitive 80:20 split in favour of inflation.<br />Stoneleigh and Chris have my respect.<br />I would like a debate between Chris and Stoneleigh to see if we can take a few more layers off this onion.Chaucerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658579849524202064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-34201122420757767102010-12-11T03:04:45.149-05:002010-12-11T03:04:45.149-05:00I have added a rudimentary search function. I am s...I have added a rudimentary search function. I am sure it can be improved so this is really a beta version. The problem, as always, is with the quality of the data.<br /><br /><a href="http://rideswap.co.uk" rel="nofollow">rideswap.co.uk</a><br /><br>Nassimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014132282872515690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-91602123669814637592010-12-11T00:27:23.955-05:002010-12-11T00:27:23.955-05:00@ Frank A. Thanks for posting the link! I feel a s...@ Frank A. Thanks for posting the link! I feel a stirring of hope again, hope that Goliath can be brought down through the courts rather than through violence.<br />This could be the trial of the century, a trial of great import for all of us.<br />If I was a member of the corrupt ruling class I would recognize that my opponent is no longer Assange, it is Robertson. <br />Justice has a mighty scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-45266620772051053362010-12-10T23:20:07.809-05:002010-12-10T23:20:07.809-05:00Ben, years ago my cousin was in Lompoc prison for ...Ben, years ago my cousin was in Lompoc prison for youthful miscreants and we would correspond leaving out personal pronouns because we had decided they seemed just too egocentric. <br /><br />Since then (I) have a hard time breaking(myself of) the habit.<br /><br />If one misses the comma after 'Logout' it changes the whole meaning of your comment since you have not included the personal trojanhorsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09588557877904395571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-24574271952022227902010-12-10T22:24:37.347-05:002010-12-10T22:24:37.347-05:00@ Scandia
Your link had an extra "/" on...@ Scandia<br /><br />Your link had an extra "/" on the end, so the correct link is:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/geoffrey-robertson-qc-the-great-defender-2157455.html" rel="nofollow">Geoffrey Robertson QC: The Great Defender</a>.<br /><br />He sounds like my kind of guy and I wish him and Assange all the best. <br /><br />I am beginning to senseArchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17474700824903759325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-34940738058726643492010-12-10T21:34:15.266-05:002010-12-10T21:34:15.266-05:00Looks like Julian Assange has a brilliant lawyer. ...Looks like Julian Assange has a brilliant lawyer. There is an article about Geoffrey Robertson in the People section of The Independent. See:<br />http://www.independent.co.uk/news/<br />people/profiles/geoffrey-robertson-qc-the-great-defender-2157455.html/<br /><br />I hope there is coverage of the defence/legal arguments. Should be most fascinating.scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-14398093404982617752010-12-10T20:45:24.145-05:002010-12-10T20:45:24.145-05:00good one, dan. thanks. i appreciate the ambivalenc...good one, dan. thanks. i appreciate the ambivalence. <br /><br />to paraphrase the link below, the headshrinker wants everything, your uncle bill, your belisha beacon.<br /><br />the fed is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=satvQ3iBrHA" rel="nofollow">my iron lung</a> <br /><br />(note thom's familiar haircut.) <br /><br />--<br /><br />logout, was drinking some days ago and stupidly benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07338619620804720116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-8083634390010451402010-12-10T17:44:20.687-05:002010-12-10T17:44:20.687-05:00RE: Inflation, Prices, etc.
Market-determined pri...RE: Inflation, Prices, etc.<br /><br />Market-determined prices are the result of relative supply and demand. When supply increases relatively faster than demand, prices decline. When supply decreases relatively faster than demand, prices increase. <br /><br />The important point is the relative nature of the relationship between supply and demand. Supply can increase in absolute terms and pricesTMOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375010615170082192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-81582383469672174352010-12-10T17:09:56.533-05:002010-12-10T17:09:56.533-05:00Re.: Tax cut filibuster by Bernie Sanders (I)
htt...Re.: Tax cut filibuster by Bernie Sanders (I)<br /><br />http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN2.aspx <br /><br />He ran out of things to say and he is calling it like Karl D.<br /><br />The USA is so fucked up its impossible to describe.<br /><br />jaljalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-57455678690212453622010-12-10T15:17:06.223-05:002010-12-10T15:17:06.223-05:00@Sebastian
Only if we're lucky, Sebastian... O...@Sebastian<br />Only if we're lucky, Sebastian... Only if we're lucky...<br />Otherwise...I don't want to think about it, and maybe it's not even worth thinking about it. We are stardust living on starlight; and we happened to find a whole jar full of starlight that is emptying just about now...<br /><br />Regards,<br />Paulp01https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396562841580952642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-23157380966732280352010-12-10T14:12:57.714-05:002010-12-10T14:12:57.714-05:00@ p01 - Paul.
That is an excellent website (http:/...@ p01 - Paul.<br />That is an excellent website (http://www.leafpile.com/TravelLog/Romania/Farming/Farming.htm)<br /><br />The less 'developed' I'd say mutated place - country, state etc., the less pain going through the transition. Sooner or later people will be living this way again. That's the way forward, not backward. To know your land, your comunity and place in it. Simple Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11805861664610872079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-67196244573145072242010-12-10T12:50:06.346-05:002010-12-10T12:50:06.346-05:00@Linda:
I'm not so sure about them starving or...@Linda:<br />I'm not so sure about them starving or not. When things will go really bad, many city dwellers will try to go to the country-side. And in Europe in general there simply is not enough land for all the people, IMO.<br />Not to mention that it's always easier to take than work hard to produce.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Paulp01https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396562841580952642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-60444596648731871702010-12-10T12:14:46.163-05:002010-12-10T12:14:46.163-05:00Bigelow
" Martenson's piece defines i...Bigelow<br /><br /><i>" Martenson's piece defines inflation via basket of goods and services. Bad definition makes the article difficult. "</i><br /><br />Don't care much for that site as can get better other places and without always being led by the nose down the yellow brick road to Paypal.<br /><br />BUT, I think that at least in the open part of the article he was trojanhorsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09588557877904395571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-3297158451004016132010-12-10T11:51:03.001-05:002010-12-10T11:51:03.001-05:00Tristram said...
The standard argument is -- the ...Tristram said...<br /><i><br />The standard argument is -- the Fed floods market with US$ liquidity; most of it leaks out to emerging markets like China, fueling booms there; people there start to have "too much money"; they start to eat more corn-fed meat, bidding up the price. Don't be too quick to dismiss that line of reasoning.<br /></i><br />You may have missed my comment a fewPhlogiston Água de Beberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269917130349144430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-38837150199575147562010-12-10T11:49:47.700-05:002010-12-10T11:49:47.700-05:00Martenson's piece defines inflation via basket...Martenson's piece defines inflation via basket of goods and services. Bad definition makes the article difficult. <br /><br />Re: oil prices choke economic activity and inflation <br /><br />80% is the magic threshold for oil price increases year over year to definitely smash economic activity in the following 12-18 months; Stephen Leeb had the first info I saw on this.<br /><br />The Oil - Bigelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883913065391637120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-55351076603780646692010-12-10T11:25:20.873-05:002010-12-10T11:25:20.873-05:00Paul,
"I just realized you were crediting me...Paul,<br /><br />"<i>I just realized you were crediting me for the pictures. The pictures are not mine. </i>"<br /><br />Nice to see someone who doesn't take credit for what they don't feel is theirs to take. Very un-North American of you :)<br /><br />But if I am taken out for a lovely dinner do I thank the host or the cook?<br /><br />I too grew up in both worlds and think I trojanhorsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09588557877904395571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-74783454601826122122010-12-10T11:13:10.813-05:002010-12-10T11:13:10.813-05:00A site called OpenLeaks, formed by WikiLeaks staff...A site called OpenLeaks, formed by WikiLeaks staff who broke with Assange, will launch on Monday, the respected Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported Friday.<br /><br />OpenLeaks has so far created a Twitter account, which is blank.<br /><br />“Our long-term goal is to build a strong, transparent platform to support whistleblowers, both in terms of technology and politics, while at the same anon10https://www.blogger.com/profile/15846761986848381697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-29507870801615985612010-12-10T10:43:03.695-05:002010-12-10T10:43:03.695-05:00Cloud Cuckoo Land
Cloud Cuckoo Land refers to an ...<b>Cloud Cuckoo Land</b><br /><br />Cloud Cuckoo Land refers to an unrealistically idealistic state where everything is perfect. ("You're living in Cloud Cuckoo Land.") It hints that the person referred to is naïve, unaware of reality or deranged in holding such an optimistic belief.<br /><br />The reference comes from <i>The Birds</i>, a play by Aristophanes in which Tereus helps mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-62765000591414297632010-12-10T08:51:48.355-05:002010-12-10T08:51:48.355-05:00If you, like me, are into doomer porn, Ian Welsh h...If you, like me, are into doomer porn, Ian Welsh has a good one up (apologies if previously posted). <br /><br />https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4921988708619968880&postID=4621030184684850610<br /><br />I also like his take on Wikileaks...Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894756860871926638noreply@blogger.com