tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post7572589861939474328..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: June 1 2009 2: The Rule of Law RevisitedIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-55179964566420610282009-06-02T21:12:28.015-04:002009-06-02T21:12:28.015-04:00Through general surfing I happened upon SEC litiga...Through general surfing I happened upon <a href="http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases.shtml" rel="nofollow">SEC litigation filings</a>. Some pretty juicy info.<br />Also, did I miss a posting about Citi and GM getting kicked off the DOW? Replaced with Cisco and Traveller's. But wait - wasn't Traveller's part of Citi at one time?<br />Incestuous, indeed.Persephonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16990525279110502147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-50602983828586462782009-06-02T21:05:09.141-04:002009-06-02T21:05:09.141-04:00el g.,
I just tried typing 'iraqi telco'...el g., <br /><br />I just tried typing 'iraqi telco' into the google search box, and it seems the planet is swarming with wannabe telecom executives. It looks like, starting in 2003, a number of leftover tech bubble entrepreneurs rushed into the fray to provide Iraqi locals with handy remotes for their roadside bombs... <br /><br />One thing about cellular is that it's easier to set Jim Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17419179432204743768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-90560801148198166792009-06-02T20:53:06.250-04:002009-06-02T20:53:06.250-04:00Subscribers to the consumer or professional versio...Subscribers to the consumer or professional versions of the IRA Bank Monitor may view the Q1 2009 profiles for all US banks. We'll be talking more about zombie banks later this week in an interview with Professor Ed Kane of Boston College. As we discussed with Dr. Kane and also with our friend Josh Rosner last week, without the bailouts of Bear, AIG and the work-around of many other CDS Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-63262138877657933822009-06-02T20:15:35.344-04:002009-06-02T20:15:35.344-04:00Tripwire,
Your comment brought to mind Edward Abbe...Tripwire,<br />Your comment brought to mind Edward Abbey and the monkey wrench gang. I can just imagine what he would be saying about all this.ExRangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284976170979116914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-40285800712437417772009-06-02T20:06:29.330-04:002009-06-02T20:06:29.330-04:00@ el g
Those poor things, they've been sawzalled ...@ el g<br /><br />Those poor things, they've been sawzalled to frugality :-( <br /><br />Oh the pain! Also more trophy wives on the market is highly deflationary.VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-5632661536392028202009-06-02T19:57:48.495-04:002009-06-02T19:57:48.495-04:00They will have to economize by shopping at Trophy ...They will have to economize by shopping at <I>Trophy Wives Are Us</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-16318825555988094922009-06-02T19:41:01.034-04:002009-06-02T19:41:01.034-04:00@starcade
"there are (many) people who, bluntly, ...@starcade<br /><br />"there are (many) people who, bluntly, cannot or will not live without their Barcalounger, 60"Plasma, Hummer, trophy wife..."<br /><br />Well, I am expecting Vanity Fair to come out any month now with an in depth article on the plight of the trophy wife job market. Can you imagine how despondent they must be, living with these ugly, aging type A psychopaths on a budget.el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-59482759305102944792009-06-02T18:44:52.795-04:002009-06-02T18:44:52.795-04:00Those things that are in Gravity
are subjected or...Those things that are in Gravity <br />are subjected or placed under it,<br />but the things on earth are placed upon it.Gravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09126443076478406015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-85672818265424789582009-06-02T18:12:45.787-04:002009-06-02T18:12:45.787-04:00http://www.alternet.org/environment/140349/from_wa...http://www.alternet.org/environment/140349/from_watchdog_to_lapdog%3A_an_insider%27s_history_of_the_epa/<br /><br />From Watchdog to Lapdog: An Insider's History of the EPA<br /><br />http://www.alternet.org/environment/140297/how_much_has_changed_obama_administration_deals_series_of_anti-environmental_blows/<br /><br />How Much Has Changed? Obama Administration Deals Series of Anti-Environmentalacrumbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-23904212795464505552009-06-02T17:52:14.803-04:002009-06-02T17:52:14.803-04:00el gallinazo: Think of this:
How many "shootings...el gallinazo: Think of this:<br /><br />How many "shootings of the day" have basically come down to the fact that there are (many) people who, bluntly, cannot or will not live without their Barcalounger, 60"Plasma, Hummer, trophy wife...Starcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226367306835781483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-17839326912566375572009-06-02T17:46:45.593-04:002009-06-02T17:46:45.593-04:00Dr. J: And it won't matter who raises that "army"...Dr. J: And it won't matter who raises that "army". You could have a situation where entire American cities are lost to gangs -- all they have to do is basically declare that they will take control of the city and offer aid and comfort to those who will fight with them.<br /><br />Get enough men, and the standing army might be able to do little more than call for a carpet-bombing to wipe the Starcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226367306835781483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-35573793503082621262009-06-02T17:45:13.476-04:002009-06-02T17:45:13.476-04:00VK:
I understand where that comes from -- but the...VK:<br /><br />I understand where that comes from -- but there needs to be the implicit (if not <I>explicit</I>) understanding that the stuff you want is going to be given to you, if you play along.<br /><br />I think _that day_ is ending too. The day is almost here (by many reads) where there just is not going to be enough food to feed, enough houses or jobs to live, or, really, the desire thatStarcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226367306835781483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-69865780471505394482009-06-02T17:44:53.377-04:002009-06-02T17:44:53.377-04:00I'm just curious. While I never researched it, I ...I'm just curious. While I never researched it, I got the impression that the cell phone infrastructure was up and running robustly during the worst of times in Iraq. Does anyone have the straight skinny about this?<br /><br />Hopefully fate won't give me the golden sawzall award for hubris (again), but I am tending to think now that not only the physical preparation for the apocalypse is el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-34814520584929520052009-06-02T17:44:29.535-04:002009-06-02T17:44:29.535-04:00Stoneleigh - I think we are on the same page.
Re ...Stoneleigh - I think we are on the same page.<br /><br />Re sabotage - consider what happens during work stoppages. It is common for strikers to use their knowledge of vital systems to inflict sabotage to weaken the resolve of the employer. Imagine what they would be capable of when they are terminated and realize they have nothing to lose?<br /><br />Another danger lurks in the fact that with Dr Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-91497646153657976072009-06-02T17:33:53.961-04:002009-06-02T17:33:53.961-04:00Starcade,
That depends, populations who are hungr...Starcade,<br /><br />That depends, populations who are hungry and starving might not exactly revolt especially if the center is still strong. <br /><br />People might be angry for a few days, but take away water, food supplies, medicines and energy and after a few days they will submit to the center.<br /><br />Reminds me of North Korea, Burma, Zimbabwe. The people have no energy to revolt as theVKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-23266322452637872502009-06-02T17:29:22.009-04:002009-06-02T17:29:22.009-04:00Anon 1727: Maybe before then. Keep your eye on d...Anon 1727: Maybe before then. Keep your eye on developments out of Sacramento.Starcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226367306835781483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-45577757944418008912009-06-02T17:28:42.945-04:002009-06-02T17:28:42.945-04:00Tripwire: Lots of the populace will disappear, bu...Tripwire: Lots of the populace will disappear, but it won't be quiet.<br /><br />The "never will haves" will be violent and will have to be pacified forcefully.<br /><br />The "used to haves" might join them.<br /><br />This is one of the reasons I believe a significant amount of the population will be cleaved by the end of all this.Starcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226367306835781483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-59005832542915377772009-06-02T17:27:10.599-04:002009-06-02T17:27:10.599-04:00@ andrew
So we're on the highway to hell by Augus...@ andrew<br /><br />So we're on the highway to hell by August?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-38167762079795744792009-06-02T17:25:04.169-04:002009-06-02T17:25:04.169-04:00Stoneleigh: Trust me. You haven't seen a lot of ...Stoneleigh: Trust me. You haven't seen a lot of that dynamic in play until you see people who squander (and, hence, won't have enough) angry.<br /><br />You're going to want to get as far away from the inner cities as possible. Those will be the first to go up.Starcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226367306835781483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-361968100050285522009-06-02T17:14:52.758-04:002009-06-02T17:14:52.758-04:00pdh1953,
Paul Craig Roberts linkspdh1953,<br /><br /><A HREF="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2009/05/may-30-2009-old-man-and-lawn.html?showComment=1243807644111#c7431214390362444644" REL="nofollow">Paul Craig Roberts links</A>Rototillermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-27552416580628710202009-06-02T17:02:31.516-04:002009-06-02T17:02:31.516-04:00Tripwire,
I think an unanticipated consequence wi...Tripwire,<br /><br /><I>I think an unanticipated consequence will be widespread sabotage and looting of our infrastructure. This will accelerate the decline in services and the fragmentation of our society, and may be used as an excuse to limit certain services (such as the "public" Internet?).</I><BR><BR>I agree completely. This is one of the reasons I see for energy supply collapse, not so muchStoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-6308735714221931632009-06-02T16:42:33.527-04:002009-06-02T16:42:33.527-04:00Thanks much, el gallinazo.
pdh1953Thanks much, el gallinazo. <br /><br />pdh1953Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-66308168838947562282009-06-02T16:38:43.506-04:002009-06-02T16:38:43.506-04:00The talk about sabotage in yesterday's comments go...The talk about sabotage in yesterday's comments got me thinking...<br /><br />Should the industrialized societies trifurcate into "haves," "used to haves," and "never will haves," I think an unanticipated consequence will be widespread sabotage and looting of our infrastructure. This will accelerate the decline in services and the fragmentation of our society, and may be used as an excuse to Tripwirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-15336126523598891182009-06-02T16:19:31.683-04:002009-06-02T16:19:31.683-04:00pdh1953
You are probably referring to the Paul Cr...pdh1953<br /><br />You are probably referring to the Paul Craig Roberts interviews. Ilargi posted one a couple of days ago which was on the same program as his most recent radio interview:<br /><br />http://www.businessmatters.net/episodes/<br />bailout/bm-pcr.mp3<br /><br />but Roberts only mentioned 9/11 as part of a list of lies the American Sheeple were supposed to buy (including WMD). He el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-42282018557753855032009-06-02T15:28:42.810-04:002009-06-02T15:28:42.810-04:00Dr J,
Very much so. The ponzi dynamics are very c...Dr J,<br /><br />Very much so. The ponzi dynamics are very clear. That's not incompatible with the notion of making an aggressive bluff in order to grab someone else's chips though, or the point that ordinary people who go through life following the rules lose out year after year.Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.com