tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post7332696477060334627..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: Debt Rattle, October 16 2008: Lipstick on a LizardIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-81977992882834407832008-10-17T16:21:00.000-04:002008-10-17T16:21:00.000-04:00IlargiHow is Tony Hankenstein going to cut interes...Ilargi<BR/><BR/>How is Tony Hankenstein going to cut interest rates further? Even the BofJ is not willing to drop its funds rate to an negative number - i.e. (at least on a nominal basis) pay people to borrow money.<BR/><BR/>As deflation sets into the real economy, including plummeting commodities, our savings should be appreciating on a real basis. As of Monday's auction, I should have 90% ofel gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-33544011412806462202008-10-17T14:54:00.000-04:002008-10-17T14:54:00.000-04:00Thanks el pollo, but hey as far as knowing what is...Thanks el pollo, but hey as far as knowing what is what, I don't even have a site to watch US T bills on!(don't tell ilargi but if I didn't figure I need to be watching this economic stuff I would be on the beach in Mexico painting pictures to chuck in the ocean). Do you think Warren Buffet trying to buy low today, and shouting all about it, had any influence?<BR/>Then again thinking that over I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-3471314198200450802008-10-17T14:37:00.000-04:002008-10-17T14:37:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-84246854289963333902008-10-17T14:05:00.000-04:002008-10-17T14:05:00.000-04:00CRI think that the TED is dropping like hell becau...CR<BR/><BR/>I think that the TED is dropping like hell because the 3m T-bill is going up like crazy today. Currently at .85%. Wasn't it like .22% a couple of days ago? Did Hankenstein announce that the treasury was defaulting on Monday :-) This may not representing a melt of the credit markets, but rather resistance to T-Bills. But that said, I am a plumber and don't know shit about it.el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-39047429573127565412008-10-17T12:18:00.000-04:002008-10-17T12:18:00.000-04:00Looks like the TED is into a bit of a free fall. R...Looks like the <A HREF="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/cbuilder?ticker1=.TEDSP%3AIND" REL="nofollow">TED</A> is into a bit of a free fall. Rally time? Look at interday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-69933337703609448062008-10-17T12:16:00.000-04:002008-10-17T12:16:00.000-04:00Bailout Haiku:“Hank”, said W“his plan is right for...Bailout Haiku:<BR/><BR/>“Hank”, said W<BR/>“his plan is right for the world”<BR/>Poverty’s a bitchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-91904921793330064812008-10-17T11:30:00.000-04:002008-10-17T11:30:00.000-04:00Banks Admit Bailout Won't WorkHenry Blodget | ...Banks Admit Bailout Won't Work<BR/>Henry Blodget | Oct 17, 08 8:47 AM<BR/><BR/>So much for that story. A few days ago, when Hank Paulson called the heads of the nine families to Washington and shoved cash down their throats, he announced that the banks would use this new taxpayer cash to lend. They won't, of course. They'll hoard it like a starving family who has just been given a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-23461389058633844392008-10-17T11:12:00.000-04:002008-10-17T11:12:00.000-04:00GEAB 28: "...our researchers anticipate that, bef...<A HREF="http://www.leap2020.eu/GEAB-N-28-is-available!-Global-systemic-crisis-Alert-Summer-2009-The-US-government-defaults-on-its-debt_a2250.html" REL="nofollow">GEAB 28</A>: <I>"...our researchers anticipate that, before next summer 2009, the US government will default and be prevented to pay back its creditors... According to our team, the period that will then begin should be conducive to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-37180501225310849142008-10-17T10:50:00.000-04:002008-10-17T10:50:00.000-04:00Dr. John McDougall examines the diet and drug habi...Dr. John McDougall examines the diet and drug habits of Obama and McCain.<BR/><BR/>McCain does use a bunch of drugs, even inducing sleep with pills.<BR/><BR/>http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2008nl/sep/presidents.htm<BR/><BR/>AhimsaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-29869734203634324492008-10-17T10:36:00.000-04:002008-10-17T10:36:00.000-04:00Thanks for the photo of the fake smile, drugged li...Thanks for the photo of the fake smile, drugged lizard (poor lizards!). We had a good laugh, our sons were rolling. They can't stand McCain and are looking forward to vote for Obama. My husband and I are so disgusted with one party system that for a while we contemplated not participating in federal elections at all. However, we have decided to vote for Obama (no viable Greens in US) despite Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-68957832150878845502008-10-17T09:02:00.000-04:002008-10-17T09:02:00.000-04:00After thinking about it,I vote for Born for the ne...After thinking about it,I vote for Born for the new treasury sec...or to be the one in charge of all that money we just handed "Hank".<BR/><BR/>snuffyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-19469153623339232902008-10-17T00:22:00.000-04:002008-10-17T00:22:00.000-04:00You are not the only one who thinks McCain looks l...You are not the only one who thinks McCain looks like a lizard.<BR/><BR/>check out Sept. 29th full episode of the Colbert report (around minute 4) - www.colbertnation.com<BR/><BR/>I laughed uproariously at that last week.EBrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894676347259218501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-71800404013154826922008-10-16T23:31:00.000-04:002008-10-16T23:31:00.000-04:00Previous post... Dark matter..Rabbits love Hima...Previous post...<BR/><BR/> Dark matter..Rabbits love Himalayan blackberries,the invasive species that is the same as living bob-wire all around my place.They like the shoots best,but will munch all the leaves you give them.This was a trick that the guy who supplied Fred Meyers stores w/rabbit taught me.The old boy lived up the road from me with his wife in a run-down trailer w/a processing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-69180733387555825512008-10-16T23:29:00.001-04:002008-10-16T23:29:00.001-04:00Re the Freaky Lizard link- can this be a real phot...<I>Re the Freaky Lizard link- can this be a real photo. In what context was McCain behaving this way.Was he joking around? He looks like he is having a heart attack or something? I didn't watch the debate</I><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>I didn't watch the debate either. It's all such a farce. <BR/><BR/>My guess is that McCain was told by his handlers to act 'young and vibrant.' After mistakenly Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08986703569596383117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-21583289058299422812008-10-16T23:29:00.000-04:002008-10-16T23:29:00.000-04:00Re the Freaky Lizard link- can this be a real phot...<I>Re the Freaky Lizard link- can this be a real photo. In what context was McCain behaving this way.Was he joking around? He looks like he is having a heart attack or something? I didn't watch the debate</I><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>I didn't watch the debate either. It's all such a farce. <BR/><BR/>My guess is that McCain was told by his handlers to act 'young and vibrant.' After mistakenly Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08986703569596383117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-54266649782758336902008-10-16T22:02:00.000-04:002008-10-16T22:02:00.000-04:00Bigelow -- Forgot to add that my main worry is tha...Bigelow -- Forgot to add that my main worry is that the market never seems to do what you need it to do...and hope turns into dispair. (And that is a very brief but complete history of my experience trading stocks and options in a different lifetime.)<BR/><BR/>GSJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-38068926226722579642008-10-16T21:49:00.000-04:002008-10-16T21:49:00.000-04:00Bigelow -- I have no idea what the market will do,...Bigelow -- I have no idea what the market will do, and if I did you could make a large fortune using me as a contrary indicator!! That said, I sincerely hope you are right about a rally coming -- I think we probably all have friends and family that need to sell in to it - if we can only persuade them to take that step! --(In this case, forget what I said about me being a contrary indicator...I'mAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-61608262776829163482008-10-16T19:40:00.000-04:002008-10-16T19:40:00.000-04:00Speaking of market timing for entertaining porpois...Speaking of market timing for entertaining porpoises. Anybody think S&P and Dow made their temporary double bottoms today? Say legs up into mid-November?Bigelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883913065391637120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-25064493625049274142008-10-16T19:16:00.000-04:002008-10-16T19:16:00.000-04:00Yahoo News - McCain Is One Freaky LizardThat pictu...<I>Yahoo News - McCain Is One Freaky Lizard</I><BR/><BR/>That picture, and the title Reuters filed it under, are real funny. I thought all night long last night that he looked like a lizard, and wrote about it this morning, without seeing that pic. Guess i wasn't the only on thinking of a big wet sticky 3 meter green tongue coming out of the jab any moment now. Thanks for the pic.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-87644958892546017552008-10-16T18:48:00.000-04:002008-10-16T18:48:00.000-04:00The ghost of Jim Morrison must be pissed. A new L...The ghost of Jim Morrison must be pissed. A new Lizard King.el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-43814707823353362352008-10-16T17:56:00.000-04:002008-10-16T17:56:00.000-04:00The Freaky Lizard photo is indeed genuine. Here's ...The Freaky Lizard photo is indeed genuine. Here's a link to the Reuters photo in context at Yahoo:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Republican-presidential-nominee-shaking-hands-Senator-Barack-Obama-presidential-debate/photo/081016/ids_photos_ts/r1772410910.jpg/;_ylt=AujAY6EXHmMQy5Zsha09SbsDW7oF" REL="nofollow">Yahoo News - McCain Is One Freaky Lizard</A><BR/><BR/>I believe this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-86238142888497809852008-10-16T17:34:00.000-04:002008-10-16T17:34:00.000-04:00Came across a great quote on Jesse's Cafe Americai...Came across a great quote on Jesse's Cafe Americain:<BR/>" Those entrapped by the herd instinct are drowned by the deluges of history. But there are always the few who observe,reason, and take precautions and thus escape the flood." Anthony C. Sutton<BR/>Numbered in the few are Ilargi and Stoneleighscandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-89067856261739855952008-10-16T17:13:00.000-04:002008-10-16T17:13:00.000-04:00Re the Freaky Lizard link- can this be a real phot...Re the Freaky Lizard link- can this be a real photo. In what context was McCain behaving this way.Was he joking around? He looks like he is having a heart attack or something? <BR/>I didn't watch the debate- no television.scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-4997040716406768422008-10-16T17:05:00.000-04:002008-10-16T17:05:00.000-04:00Sorry:Freaky Lizard linkSorry:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20081016/i/r1772410910.jpg" REL="nofollow">Freaky Lizard link</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-5236323530567694762008-10-16T16:59:00.000-04:002008-10-16T16:59:00.000-04:00Well, speaking of Calm & Boring vs. Freaky Liz...Well, speaking of Calm & Boring vs. Freaky Lizard, check out this photo from the end of last night's debate:<BR/><BR/>http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20081016/i/r1772410910.jpg<BR/><BR/>(or: http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Republican-presidential-nominee-shaking-hands-Senator-Barack-Obama-presidential-debate/photo/081016/ids_photos_ts/r1772410910.jpg/;_ylt=AujAY6EXHmMQy5Zsha09SbsDW7oF )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com