tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post7449959490015570002..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: June 21 2010: The major threat to the US economyIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-45989865548809547372010-06-24T14:03:47.256-04:002010-06-24T14:03:47.256-04:00New post up.
The magic yellow brick wall
....New post up.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2010/06/june-24-2010-magic-yellow-brick-wall.html" rel="nofollow"><b>The magic yellow brick wall</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-81337728901795923462010-06-24T14:03:47.257-04:002010-06-24T14:03:47.257-04:00You aint seen nothing yet!
I cant imagine what it ...You aint seen nothing yet!<br />I cant imagine what it will look like after a storm.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fqu3beMcIw <br /><br />Aerial footage of tar on Pensacola Beach from Escambia County Sheriff's Offic...jalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-28695926123676943022010-06-24T10:56:27.815-04:002010-06-24T10:56:27.815-04:00Another GREY SWAN story
http://www.zerohedge.com/...Another GREY SWAN story<br /><br />http://www.zerohedge.com/article/how-middle-class-or-new-rentiers-stuck-between-deflation-and-hyperinflation <br /><br />How The Middle Class, Or The New Rentiers, Is Stuck Between Deflation And Hyperinflation <br /> <br />Rentiers Are Headed for Trouble, but Who Are They?<br />June 24, 2010 By John R. Taylor, Jr. Chief Investment Officer, FX Concepts<br /><brjalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-9147889208375264802010-06-24T10:34:44.838-04:002010-06-24T10:34:44.838-04:00Snuffy
Allow me to correct myself somewhat. The v...Snuffy<br /><br />Allow me to correct myself somewhat. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE-1G_476nA" rel="nofollow"><b>The video I'm talking about</b></a>, I just replayed it, indicates that at day 75, the oil enters the Atlantic (10 days from now) and by day 82 it reaches Virginia Beach, after which it spreads across the Atlantic, which means it will wash up on for instance New York Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-87782115711146454902010-06-24T10:11:36.229-04:002010-06-24T10:11:36.229-04:00It would appear that our couple of weeks worth of ...It would appear that our couple of weeks worth of counter-trend move in the markets is over. IMO the larger trend is down, and has been for quite some time. That means we are moving inexorably closer to another market cascade event. As I have said before, markets do not crash right out of the gate once the trend has changed, but we are living on borrowed time.<br /><br />Look for rationalizationsStoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-6120917561052982712010-06-24T06:50:35.424-04:002010-06-24T06:50:35.424-04:00Snuffy
The little simulation video a while back t...Snuffy<br /><br />The little simulation video a while back that looked at where the oil might go suggested that around day 70 (we're at 65 today) it would enter the Atlantic, moving around Florida. The very powerful Gulfstream would then take it north all along the US Atlantic coast in a matter of weeks, if not days. When winter comes, it could be well established on African and European Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-70411526872314903542010-06-24T04:41:37.406-04:002010-06-24T04:41:37.406-04:00Work will take me to the Atlantic ocean this winte...Work will take me to the Atlantic ocean this winter.I am wondering whether or not the oil will have made it up the coast by that time.<br /><br /> This is a slow-motion catastrophe.<br /><br /> The actions,the response,the focus now changing...more attention here..then there..<br /><br /> This is like the financial storm that just hit...except we still cant see the damage...yet.<br /><br /> snuffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978637281755386311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-46132884220370763332010-06-24T04:39:19.133-04:002010-06-24T04:39:19.133-04:00@ SOS
I seen this video yesterday and I posted ab...@ SOS<br /><br />I seen this video yesterday and I posted about this outcome a couple of times as I wasn't sure about possibility of the oil being drawn into the evaporation cycle.<br />If it's true it's gruesome.<br />I remain sceptical about this video however, ( born cynical, me) not enough clarity to be definitive, too easy to replicate the effect of an oil polluted rainshower zanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15352619368764868819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-81272774077713969662010-06-24T00:12:45.021-04:002010-06-24T00:12:45.021-04:00Unconfirmed reports that it's raining black go...Unconfirmed reports that it's <a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/article/black-gold-heavens-oil-rain-louisiana" rel="nofollow">raining black gold</a> along the coast.soundOfSilencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13710900939537685362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-20898606271991207792010-06-23T23:46:16.887-04:002010-06-23T23:46:16.887-04:00It’s the American way.
Avoid taxes and get as many...It’s the American way.<br />Avoid taxes and get as many tax credit as possible.<br /><br />http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-06-23/irs-blocks-almost-10-of-first-time-u-s-homebuyer-tax-credits-after-audit.html <br /><br />IRS Audits Block 10% of First-Time Homebuyer Credits <br /><br />The claims in question included about $9.1 million from 1,295 prison inmates, $18.8 million from people who jalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-81494358436083442392010-06-23T23:43:42.213-04:002010-06-23T23:43:42.213-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09627943828901298391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-44482288599575377492010-06-23T19:23:14.647-04:002010-06-23T19:23:14.647-04:00@ Frank A:
Great, but what do those of us who abs...@ Frank A:<br /><br />Great, but what do those of us who absolutely cannot stand Donovan do?thethirdcoasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02828310354952426682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-23084013258020652872010-06-23T19:08:15.232-04:002010-06-23T19:08:15.232-04:00Ahimsa –
Interesting, I’m not sure if this is rea...Ahimsa –<br /><br />Interesting, I’m not sure if this is really possible, assuming it happens, the methane wouldn’t explode under water (no oxygen for combustion!), but rapid expansion of the pressurized gas as it rises might cause a so called explosion. The secondary sea floor collapse is more likely to generate the tsunami which begs the question: Are there tsunami sensors in the Gulf? Punxsutawneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09462275239011115572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-58432101083623294432010-06-23T18:02:31.274-04:002010-06-23T18:02:31.274-04:00“All the counter-party risk associated with the cu...“All the counter-party risk associated with the current BP situation means the term curve of the global oil trade has likely shut down. Here we have yet another credit-based event causing a lock-up in markets that will now impede trade and commerce. It looks like an exact replication of the 2008 credit market seizure could ensue all over again – and it could probably be a lot worse. The world is Bigelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883913065391637120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-1423287439553989522010-06-23T17:38:31.153-04:002010-06-23T17:38:31.153-04:00Sorry guys,
I drove 9 hours at a stretch today, t...Sorry guys,<br /><br />I drove 9 hours at a stretch today, taking Stoneleigh to the next location for talks, see the agenda in the right hand side bar. Simply can't focus well right now. European traffic is crazy busy, you really need to concentrate all the time. As early as I can tomorrow, I'll put up the next post.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-40269627920902972982010-06-23T17:28:29.394-04:002010-06-23T17:28:29.394-04:00Sorry to inflict yet another; As The Empires Crumb...Sorry to inflict yet another; As The Empires Crumble: <br /><br />http://www.startribune.com/investigators/96725284.html<br /><br />Play the video; it's nicely depressing, and also helps illustrate why the crash is taking so long- incredible amounts of spare cash still floating around out there.<br /><br />When I was in Egypt in 1988 I was totally appalled to visit the pyramids and discover Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-23293318644096732572010-06-23T17:22:25.128-04:002010-06-23T17:22:25.128-04:00Just wondering what happens to a fired general? Do...Just wondering what happens to a fired general? Does he move to Dubai and work for Blackwater as a mercenary?scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-68699490309234922382010-06-23T17:19:45.081-04:002010-06-23T17:19:45.081-04:00Scary stuff!
"Gulf Oil Gusher: Danger of Tsu...Scary stuff!<br /><br />"Gulf Oil Gusher: Danger of Tsunamis From Methane"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dk-matai/gulf-of-mexico-danger-of_b_619095.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dk-matai/gulf-of-mexico-danger-of_b_619095.html</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-12739973700155559622010-06-23T17:10:22.354-04:002010-06-23T17:10:22.354-04:00I'm starting to get interested in the possibil...I'm starting to get interested in the possibilities of solar power, and I would appreciate if someone here has some knowledge about their efficiency:<br /><br />Is it true that manufacturing a solar panel system uses much less energy than it produces during its lifetime? I've read that the "break-even-point" is about two years, when more energy would be produced than went to Tobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18142687539559887361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-2950663961416362542010-06-23T16:53:29.020-04:002010-06-23T16:53:29.020-04:00Works better with bankers, but what about the budg...Works better with bankers, but what about the budgetless situation, it clearly reveals that in some ways the united states has become ungovernable, but does this also indicate they can't even properly account one year ahead anymore? Has the future become too turbulent to measure just one lightyear out, with encroaching event horizons?Gravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09126443076478406015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-733900133046834752010-06-23T16:08:49.579-04:002010-06-23T16:08:49.579-04:00It's as they say; not all illuminists are bent...It's as they say; not all illuminists are bent, but most of them are. And all it takes is some of them.Gravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09126443076478406015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-75994305268832184192010-06-23T15:59:46.172-04:002010-06-23T15:59:46.172-04:00Yet another, from the As The Empires Crumble Dept....Yet another, from the As The Empires Crumble Dept.<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/32nzgqs<br /><br />the LA city of Maywood is firing all employees. Police and other services will be contracted out. And: <br /><br />"The action is yet another blow for the predominantly Latino city of 45,000 residents densely packed into about 1.2 square miles in the heavily industrial southeast part of Los Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-73982818731193665622010-06-23T15:24:27.954-04:002010-06-23T15:24:27.954-04:00Andrew Leonard has written this wonderful piece on...Andrew Leonard has written <a href="http://www.salon.com/news/world_cup/index.html?story=/tech/htww/2010/06/23/best_american_world_cup_moment_ever" rel="nofollow">this wonderful piece</a> on the USA/Algeria match played today. And the broadcasters call in the video is absolutely scintillating! <br /><br />As Andrew said, "Put away the politics and enjoy."Archiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17474700824903759325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-35331854457135516092010-06-23T15:14:02.488-04:002010-06-23T15:14:02.488-04:00Tero said:
"I'm almost certain gold will...Tero said:<br /><br /><i>"I'm almost certain gold will prove to be a dangerous folly in the medium-term. You can't eat the stuff."</i><br /><br />Hmmmmmmm. Can you eat quarters, nickels, dimes, and pennies? Can you eat Federal Reserve Notes? Can you eat US Treasuries, stock shares of General Electric, or Municipal Bonds?<br /><br />Here's something for you to chew on:<br /><Ventriloquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17710882943614273994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-66559173536088859382010-06-23T15:10:23.410-04:002010-06-23T15:10:23.410-04:00I AM impressed with the Wall Street elite's ab...I AM impressed with the Wall Street elite's ability to keep the market pretending "everything is fine!".<br /><br />Today's reported all-time low in new housing sales really ought to have put the market into a moderate decline, at least. But - it's back up, after the initial drop.<br /><br />Indicates, I think, quite a lot of manipulative power still left.Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.com