tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post5739312789370755401..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: Debt Rattle, April 8 2008: The end of the roadIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-10148847379291902142008-04-08T22:03:00.000-04:002008-04-08T22:03:00.000-04:00Prometheus, I can guess that Bush & Co. think a wa...Prometheus, I can guess that Bush & Co. think a war with Iran will turn things around? Or the G7 will agree next week, on the count of 3, to simultaneously open their books- transparency, mark to market, get through the pain and recover. <BR/>Oh dear, more magical thinking!<BR/>As a former co-dependent I recognise the language, that it gets better "by the end of the year", always later, never nowscandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-22424914114240598762008-04-08T21:28:00.000-04:002008-04-08T21:28:00.000-04:00Ilargi / Stoneleigh dont miss this article on Scie...Ilargi / Stoneleigh dont miss this article on Scientific American<BR/><BR/>The Economist Has No Clothes<BR/><BR/>Unscientific assumptions in economic theory are undermining efforts to solve environmental problems<BR/><BR/>http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-economist-has-no-clothes&print=trueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-7856437891972738612008-04-08T21:15:00.000-04:002008-04-08T21:15:00.000-04:00Excuse me for my overseas ignorance, but what happ...Excuse me for my overseas ignorance, but what happened in the end with congressional hearings on Bear Stearns?<BR/><BR/>Have they decided to undo the whole scheme already and send to court Bernanke et al.??<BR/><BR/>Has any Supreme Court judge ruled that it was unlawful for the Fed to award 30 Billion bucks to some nice face?<BR/><BR/>Please, keep me up to date, I cant miss a single chapter of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-35612616239133459622008-04-08T20:15:00.000-04:002008-04-08T20:15:00.000-04:00One comment I heard about when 'the present lull' ...One comment I heard about when 'the present lull' will begin unraveling in earnest again is that the Whitehouse (and their faithful Meat Puppets, B-52 Ben and Paul 'Hey Boss, Can I Be Payed in Euros?') want to make sure that they get their Last Big Pay Check on April 15 from the taxpayers of this Great Nation.<BR/><BR/>It all straight down the crapper from there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-73664628923438979352008-04-08T20:13:00.000-04:002008-04-08T20:13:00.000-04:00CRThanks for letting me know. I was diddling with ...CR<BR/><BR/>Thanks for letting me know. I was diddling with the spacing yesterday, and the secure pic code is so complicated that something went wrong, apparently.<BR/><BR/>I fixed it.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-19410092528276831802008-04-08T19:22:00.000-04:002008-04-08T19:22:00.000-04:00Hi ilargi,Whats with your Pay Pal thing? I am tryi...Hi ilargi,<BR/><BR/>Whats with your Pay Pal thing? I am trying to add some $ to your tip jar to buy you that Soros book but all I get is the following:<BR/><BR/> <I> Error Detected<BR/><BR/>We were unable to decrypt the certificate id.</I><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Webjazz,<BR/><BR/>Well there is always API on the Toronto exchange at aprox $6.00. but don't go by anything I might say as to it's value, I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-34068075817726017132008-04-08T16:25:00.000-04:002008-04-08T16:25:00.000-04:00fb,Yes that Bob Shaw. I believe he was touting PO...fb,<BR/><BR/>Yes that Bob Shaw. I believe he was touting POTash as an investment choice when it was around $60 per share. It's a Canadian ferilizer company. Now it's 170. I wish I had bitten.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-30182992219311287982008-04-08T13:11:00.000-04:002008-04-08T13:11:00.000-04:00Hello,Ilargi:"Even if we accept the notion that on...Hello,<BR/><BR/>Ilargi:<BR/>"Even if we accept the notion that only 2% of the total outstanding poses actual risk, that still would mean, considering an estimated $700 trillion derivatives “market”, losses of $14 trillion."<BR/><BR/>About a week ago, I ran that exact calculation past the director of the life-insurance company holding some of my funds, adding that the Fed holds less than 1 T$ (Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-7912885805346644022008-04-08T12:57:00.000-04:002008-04-08T12:57:00.000-04:00http://tinyurl.com/585u6aWASHINGTON — President Bu...http://tinyurl.com/585u6a<BR/><BR/>WASHINGTON — President Bush urged Congress on Monday to resist efforts by Democrats to pass a second economic stimulus package, saying that while the economy is “in a rough time right now,” he is confident it will begin to rebound by the end of the year.<BR/><BR/>Discuss?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com