tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post5740824089109202863..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: September 24 2009: Fake, Freak and PretendIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-85270861466320167152009-09-27T00:22:39.481-04:002009-09-27T00:22:39.481-04:00I don't usually comment on Dmitri's site t...I don't usually comment on Dmitri's site though I am a huge fan of his. Hope this only applies to this particular article. Apparently it does, as comments were back up on his latter Beg Like A Pirate article. The Caution, White People article is well worth reading. Covers several recent topics here in Dmitri's particular, Russian sardonic humor.<br /><br />CLUBORLOV<br /><br /><brel gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-26337753998077912952009-09-26T23:58:09.984-04:002009-09-26T23:58:09.984-04:00New post up at midnight plus 1.New post up at midnight plus 1.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-55739841689099213072009-09-26T23:37:37.562-04:002009-09-26T23:37:37.562-04:00All Canadians who have mortgaged property should r...All Canadians who have mortgaged property should read <a href="http://www.greaterfool.ca/2009/09/26/your-mortgage/" rel="nofollow">Garth Turner's</a> latest.Farmerodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03492165772535123915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-47710722718194324362009-09-26T23:08:39.698-04:002009-09-26T23:08:39.698-04:00*see my disclaimer below
I was looking at ETFs ag...*see my disclaimer below<br /><br />I was looking at ETFs again today and it seems that PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (UUP) does a decent job of tracking the US dollar. I can't find a symbol for the dollar index on yahoo but ^dxy on Bloomberg works and drawing that with UUP shows that UUP strays a little from time to time but the 3 year shows almost no difference. For Canadians, Farmerodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03492165772535123915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-75112846416940818942009-09-26T22:52:47.546-04:002009-09-26T22:52:47.546-04:00Some new writing from Martin Armstrong
The Collaps...Some new writing from Martin Armstrong<br /><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/20190867/The-Collaspe-of-the-Rule-of-LawA-Prelude-to-Disaster-92009" rel="nofollow">The Collapse of the Rule of the Rule of Law</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/20190779/The-DNA-of-the-Global-Economy-91709" rel="nofollow">The DNA of the Global Economy</a>Bigelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883913065391637120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-45847573962364712142009-09-26T22:49:38.187-04:002009-09-26T22:49:38.187-04:00Ahimsa @ 11:38
Someone referenced this quote to ...Ahimsa @ 11:38<br /><br /><br />Someone referenced this quote to me the other day at lunch, but he couldn't remember the exact wording.<br /><br />Thanks!<br />:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-26384274709150085512009-09-26T22:00:31.331-04:002009-09-26T22:00:31.331-04:00Greenpa,
I'm very interested in planting Che...Greenpa,<br /> I'm very interested in planting Chestnuts and Hazels.<br /><br /> I interned for a summer at the American Chesnut Foundation's Meadowview farm. I have evolved somewhat in my thinking about what type of Castanea I want to grow on my land and wonder if you can make any recommendations. My goal first and foremost is maximum nut production and precociousness (spell? EBrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894676347259218501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-59884917230206805472009-09-26T21:49:55.797-04:002009-09-26T21:49:55.797-04:00P.S. to my comment on the USD carry trade unwindin...P.S. to my comment on the USD carry trade unwinding<br /><br />And it will be a positive feedback loop with the hedge funds having to sell investment instruments in higher interest paying countries to buy dollars to meet their margin calls. Couldn't happen to a bunch of nicer gangsters.el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-52325579674309087432009-09-26T21:47:43.532-04:002009-09-26T21:47:43.532-04:00Very interesting Stoneleigh. I don't have muc...Very interesting Stoneleigh. I don't have much to base it on except gut, but I've been feeling "toppy" recently. Everyone I talk to, whether they are as deeply read as I or whether they are complete financial neophytes understand how screwed we are. NOBODY I talk to seems to think the good times are just around the corner. EVERYONE I talk to feels totally screwed over by theEBrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894676347259218501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-51431554609041176352009-09-26T21:21:31.913-04:002009-09-26T21:21:31.913-04:00It's looking increasingly likely that the mark...It's looking increasingly likely that the market has either topped already, or is very close to doing so. Hold on to your hats - it could be a wild ride. I'm expecting the larger trend to be down from now (give or take a few days) right through next year, although smallish counter-trend rallies will still happen in that time.<br /><br />We should see at least one, if not more, serious Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-66018258759662513512009-09-26T20:32:57.180-04:002009-09-26T20:32:57.180-04:00Mad Max and Stacy go into the new USD carry trade ...Mad Max and Stacy go into the new USD carry trade that has grown up this past year. Max sees little chance of the dollar strengthening. In this area, he really is in the Peter Schiff dollar tanking camp. He is not really clear on his inflation / deflation position.<br /><br />If Stoneleigh is correct about the USD bottoming now and shooting up when the stock market crashes, then the hedge el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-23582309130604763782009-09-26T19:52:46.730-04:002009-09-26T19:52:46.730-04:00Ilargi said...
"Sorry guys, we're really ...Ilargi said...<br />"Sorry guys, we're really going to cut all food related comments for the foreseeable future. I get far too many complaints about them."<br /><br />Damn, just when I got off my Caribbean rock and was about to wax orgiastic on once again having affordable fresh fruits and vegetables.<br /><br />Thanks for the link - I am in the middle of reading it, and it has el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-87578913593825223032009-09-26T19:31:48.538-04:002009-09-26T19:31:48.538-04:00Sorry guys, we're really going to cut all food...Sorry guys, we're really going to cut all food related comments for the foreseeable future. I get far too many complaints about them. <br /><br />A last one, this from Greyzone: <a href="http://www.thepaleodiet.com/articles/2006_Oxford.pdf" rel="nofollow">Implications of Plio-Pleistocene Hominin Diets for Modern Humans</a>Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-27805808182009334672009-09-26T19:24:10.033-04:002009-09-26T19:24:10.033-04:00“Welcome a new carry trade to town! Before introdu...“Welcome a new carry trade to town! Before introducing it, let it be known that the carry trade concept was not a foreign tool to Robert Rubin, former Goldman Sachs currency superstar and former Treasury Secy in the Clinton Admin. He was the initial Wall Street fox invited to serve in the Dept Treasury henhouse, the beginning of the financial structure ruin for the nation. He served as Treasury Bigelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883913065391637120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-58349580439958855652009-09-26T18:24:00.212-04:002009-09-26T18:24:00.212-04:00Regarding dental care, the Hesperian Foundation ha...Regarding dental care, the Hesperian Foundation has made available the internationally famous "When There is no Dentist" for free download. <br />http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download_dentist.php<br /><br />They have also made available other documents including "When there is No Doctor" at the following site.<br />http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download.phpEric Liliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05856745528020599736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-30486029763814385012009-09-26T17:47:01.438-04:002009-09-26T17:47:01.438-04:00The dominant sociopaths may be contained by indent...The dominant sociopaths may be contained by indentifying them through intensive pan-political sociopathological screening, and subsequently implanting them all with monetized tracking chips, so as to monitor their activities and to prevent them from expressing their monetary valuation in concert, while maintaining a strict limit on sociopathic congregations, limiting assemblies to groups of two Gravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09126443076478406015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-33724237619467515952009-09-26T17:08:35.749-04:002009-09-26T17:08:35.749-04:00el gallinazo @ 12:45 said "EDS was just sold ...el gallinazo @ 12:45 said "EDS was just sold off to HP. I wonder if Ross Perot was still a major stockholder. I wonder if he heard a "huge, sucking sound."<br /><br />EDS has quite the interesting history. Started by Perot in 1962, bought by GM in 1984, and stock became GME. Perot left in 1988 to start Perot systems, and as far as I know Perot was no longer able to be connected to bluebirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600634086150466162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-6664813677056587312009-09-26T16:47:23.620-04:002009-09-26T16:47:23.620-04:00Each day brings another tightening strand in the n...Each day brings another tightening strand in the national contraction...<br /><br />LAINGSBURG, Mich. – Economically beleaguered Michigan faces a possible government shutdown — shuttering highway rest areas, state parks, construction projects and the state lottery — if lawmakers fail to reach a budget deal by next week.<br /><br /><br />WASHINGTON - Regulators on Friday shut down Atlanta-based Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-34447762014427907122009-09-26T16:39:39.633-04:002009-09-26T16:39:39.633-04:00Re.: Update community garden
I had planted 9 rows ...Re.: Update community garden<br />I had planted 9 rows of donated potatoes. Some 15 of us did the harvest and took what we wanted. We had +1,000 lbs. left over for the food bank.<br /><br />We did not have the following crowd.<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/y9r9qwo <br />Free spuds all gone, organizer reports<br />jaljalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-34176644283812684492009-09-26T15:50:13.763-04:002009-09-26T15:50:13.763-04:00And there ends your cooking news for toady. And th...And there ends your cooking news for toady. And this week, and....Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-72560729937468287062009-09-26T15:24:43.731-04:002009-09-26T15:24:43.731-04:00Chaos - don't get me started!
In brief, the ...Chaos - don't get me started! <br /><br />In brief, the idea that milk fat should be restricted stems from the idiotic idea that obesity occurs simply because calories in (of any kind) exceed calories out. Following this logic, fat is considered obesogenic because it has double the calories per gram of carb or protein. This kind of mis-guided reductionist thinking informs the drive to reduce Dr Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578932342600399932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-18496215830065336712009-09-26T14:55:49.514-04:002009-09-26T14:55:49.514-04:00For those interested in the Canadian economy.
http...For those interested in the Canadian economy.<br />http://americacanada.blogspot.com/ <br />"What's the risk?"<br />------ <br />http://canadahousingcrash.blogspot.com/ <br />The second biggest bubble in the world: Canadian housing<br />------ <br />I said that I would keep track of Harvey Enchin, Vancouver Sun, to see if he is double talking or telling the “truth”.<br /><br />Here jalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-49346491076689504742009-09-26T14:22:32.018-04:002009-09-26T14:22:32.018-04:00Dr.J:
I'm having a little dietary dilemma in ...Dr.J:<br /><br />I'm having a little dietary dilemma in my approach to dairy at the moment; are aware of any definitive studies which establish the desirability of full fat dairy over low- or nonfat? <br /><br />Thanks for any thoughts, and no, I'm not trying to resurrect the "diet wars."Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14511045883879753073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-63145840823485059352009-09-26T14:20:26.173-04:002009-09-26T14:20:26.173-04:00VK said...
@ El G Indeed, the bit about being out...VK said...<br />@ El G Indeed, the bit about being out of touch with reality is to be found across large swaths of the global population. It seems that there is a very fine line between sanity and delusion, optimism is actually good for a long life. <br />-------<br />@ VK<br />Those pictures are sick. ( The people in the pictures are sick)<br />---------<br />Why would the leaders of China takejalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-87884237109323681472009-09-26T14:05:58.401-04:002009-09-26T14:05:58.401-04:00“ES&S has just purchased the voting machine di...“ES&S has just purchased the voting machine division of the Ohio-based Diebold, whose role in fixing the 2004 presidential election for George W. Bush is infamous.<br /><br />Critics of the merger hope Holder will rescind the purchase on anti-trust grounds.<br /><br />But only a transparent system totally based on hand-counted paper ballots, with universal automatic voter registration, can Bigelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883913065391637120noreply@blogger.com