tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post82099739601776220..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: July 25 2009: Laudable and uselessIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-82170416579380920842009-07-26T23:47:32.937-04:002009-07-26T23:47:32.937-04:00New post up.New post up.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-64905390508758761322009-07-26T23:28:28.451-04:002009-07-26T23:28:28.451-04:00@John Hemingway
"...predictions of a slide i...@John Hemingway<br /><br />"...predictions of a slide into fascism stand a very good chance of coming true..."<br /><br />Are you kidding me - we're already there, if I understand fascism to be the marriage of government and business.<br /><br />One thing I think we all agree on, trolls and all, is that govt and business/corporations/finance are one big revolving door and the peopleJimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-73422242934918620922009-07-26T22:45:53.103-04:002009-07-26T22:45:53.103-04:00So, what's going to happen to guys like this w...So, what's going to happen to guys like this when TSHTF?<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a8CWuX1TTI&feature=fvhl<br /><br />The video is funny, but the question is serious. Into what will this sense of entitlement transform?Steve Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06135840564156902622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-30959497934435517982009-07-26T22:27:56.005-04:002009-07-26T22:27:56.005-04:00El Gallinule: "Maybe he is writing his memoir...El Gallinule: "Maybe he is writing his memoirs in prison. Mein navel."<br /><br />Actually, my contacts in Chinese Intelligence tell me it's "Mein Prepuce." They also tell me he was recently circumcised, on his conversion to Keynsianism. Which may be why the focus.Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-52139583956445173042009-07-26T21:21:32.371-04:002009-07-26T21:21:32.371-04:00" Farmerod said...
So why are you here troll?...<i>" Farmerod said...<br />So why are you here troll? <br /><br />To get you to walk over to the TV set."</i><br /><br />Coming up next on NBC: <br /><br />Real Plumbers of the Caribbean.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-59621488131947979102009-07-26T21:16:57.016-04:002009-07-26T21:16:57.016-04:00"And even if some sensible people at these ba...<i>"And even if some sensible people at these banks would like to rein in employee compensation to more moderate and reasonable levels, they have a problem. If you lower the wages for your people, another bank -- perhaps one based in Europe -- will hire them away with a crazy package. "<br /><br />Hmmm. If the taxpayers hadn't bailed out these miscreant scumbags, the stockholders brendannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-42303173773427205892009-07-26T21:12:06.789-04:002009-07-26T21:12:06.789-04:00@ el buzzard
"...Since a conspiracy legally ...@ el buzzard<br /><br />"...Since a conspiracy legally requires at least two people"<br /><br />I went into a record shop once and no one but the cashier was there. He had a t-shirt on with a oneliner inscribe in a font I can only describe as 'blood spatter' that said, "I use to be Schizophrenic but now We're better."<br /><br />He then said, "How may we help Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-14215047216308453572009-07-26T20:34:24.397-04:002009-07-26T20:34:24.397-04:00So why are you here troll?
To get you to walk ov...<i>So why are you here troll? </i><br /><br />To get you to walk over to the TV set.Farmerodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03492165772535123915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-19009424056066142222009-07-26T20:24:13.573-04:002009-07-26T20:24:13.573-04:00Great post Ilargi! Absolutely agree with you on th...Great post Ilargi! Absolutely agree with you on this one. It's a political crisis, first and foremost. I know that while Stoneleigh's predictions of a slide into fascism stand a very good chance of coming true (thanks in large part to our High priest of Hope, Barack Hussein) I still like to think that things can be turned around and people will come to their senses. As the Italians like John Hemingwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06835706404432796187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-4211077628085995132009-07-26T19:58:01.698-04:002009-07-26T19:58:01.698-04:00Stoneleigh --
In Robert McHugh's recent repor...Stoneleigh --<br /><br />In Robert McHugh's recent report, he indicates that there is more than a 50% chance that the S&P could end up from 0 to 100.<br />I don't understand how it could be zero. Is such a thing possible?canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-39569569886428210112009-07-26T19:53:35.861-04:002009-07-26T19:53:35.861-04:00timekeepr
"I wonder why they picked 1913?&qu...timekeepr<br /><br /><i>"I wonder why they picked 1913?"</i><br /><br />Because it's when the Federal Reserve was founded.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-25243407570360413202009-07-26T19:50:01.973-04:002009-07-26T19:50:01.973-04:00A 7:30
So why are you here troll? Do you also en...A 7:30<br /><br />So why are you here troll? Do you also enjoy eating 5 day old road kill and dog shit off the sidewalk? Probably. What is our great attraction to you? I never post on the Skinheads for Genocide blog, so I can't relate to your kinkiness. But I do try to empathize.<br /><br />So sorry. Scepticus didn't pull off his beer hall putsch. Maybe he is writing his memoirs el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-52178832897560467552009-07-26T19:36:25.767-04:002009-07-26T19:36:25.767-04:00Simon Johnson
"And even if some sensible peo...Simon Johnson<br /><br />"And even if some sensible people at these banks would like to rein in employee compensation to more moderate and reasonable levels, they have a problem. If you lower the wages for your people, another bank -- perhaps one based in Europe -- will hire them away with a crazy package. "<br /><br />Hmmm. If the taxpayers hadn't bailed out these miscreant el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-35100256043445047562009-07-26T19:30:00.887-04:002009-07-26T19:30:00.887-04:00@Arnold
Keep up the scepticism by all means. Just...@Arnold<br /><br />Keep up the scepticism by all means. Just make sure you keep it lowbrow and tame. Should you attempt to test I&S with facts and reason beyond the mundane you will find yourself banned and edited to the netherworld. Scepticus is only the latest casualty of TAE urbanity.<br /><br />This is the domain of plebes and lords I&S. Bread and circuses here are doom, gloom, and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-35299097345278233102009-07-26T19:15:08.116-04:002009-07-26T19:15:08.116-04:00Talk about deflation:
News from 1930
"BL...Talk about deflation:<br /><br /><a href="http://newsfrom1930.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"><br />News from 1930 <br /></a><br /><i><br />"BLS reports June 1930 US cost of living down 2.8% from Dec. 1929; decline from June 1929 was 2.1%; from June 1920 was 23.0%. However, was up 67% from 1913. Decline in first half varied between 0.6% and 4.9% in different cities. Food down 6.4%, fuel and timekeeprhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14020096490041944876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-70444095162456003102009-07-26T19:09:08.681-04:002009-07-26T19:09:08.681-04:00El G...I agree about the goat...we have a local wh...El G...I agree about the goat...we have a local who teased me into trying a few bites of a young one that a expert had cooked yumm..<br /> <br />Its too hot to do anything but hide... <br /><br /> That fellow on the uke was fantastic...having played ,I know how good he is.{he must have teeny tiny solid steel fingers to play like that.}<br /><br /> For the benefit of one of our trolls..<br /><snuffynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-79304678385122440442009-07-26T19:03:24.314-04:002009-07-26T19:03:24.314-04:00As long as we're comparing ukulele virtuosos, ...As long as we're comparing ukulele virtuosos, here's one from the part of the world I currently inhabit:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgHoY_IOp_s&NR=1" rel="nofollow">Her Majesty, The Beatles on ukulele</a>thethirdcoasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02828310354952426682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-54461706202805127012009-07-26T18:54:41.012-04:002009-07-26T18:54:41.012-04:00anon 3:47
Fantastic global rendition -
"Sta...anon 3:47<br /><br />Fantastic global rendition - <br />"Stand By Me" Great link!<br /><br />Years ago I was fortunate enough to play a couple tunes with a New Orleans streetcorner band while on vacation. Brings me back, twas a good thing. (We did some Buddy Holly)Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-12778349425900867432009-07-26T18:48:38.964-04:002009-07-26T18:48:38.964-04:00@Greenpa (and other Safari users)
Didn't Wozn...@Greenpa (and other Safari users)<br /><br />Didn't Wozniak quit Apple to teach?<br />That's having an admirable value system!<br /><br />The prank is innocently mischievous - unlike Balmer tapping into phone lines to make free calls.Persephonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16990525279110502147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-36255411275503610602009-07-26T18:27:26.941-04:002009-07-26T18:27:26.941-04:00El Gal- ah, yes. It's a grand tradition.
I h...El Gal- ah, yes. It's a grand tradition.<br /><br />I have this one on excellent authority (one step removed from the perp.)<br /><br />In college, Steve Wozniak prevented boredom this way: he built a TV signal scrambling device, then would go down to the college dorm lounge, which at that time had the only TV in the dorm. Preferably during a big football game.<br /><br />He'd sit in Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-78046103773015369232009-07-26T18:15:42.850-04:002009-07-26T18:15:42.850-04:00Continued:
I was a troll before the Internet was ...Continued:<br /><br />I was a troll before the Internet was a wet dream:<br /><br />When I was in my twenties, I and a group of friends use to watch tele-evangelists on TV. One from Texas asked us to send in money and he would issue us a Pass Book to Heaven. We started to collect grocery coupons for junk food and send them in asking for heaven credit. They would write back explaining with moreel gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-43612447351774380022009-07-26T18:07:24.869-04:002009-07-26T18:07:24.869-04:00Anon 3:47 - Stunning!! in about 10 ways. Fabulou...Anon 3:47 - Stunning!! in about 10 ways. Fabulous idea. Thanks!Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-55590099885642759852009-07-26T18:07:04.209-04:002009-07-26T18:07:04.209-04:00Arnold is a fucking shill for somebody.
And he...Arnold is a fucking shill for somebody.<br /><br />And he's a bad liar too.<br /><br />Make him perfect as a US Gov't Agent Provocateur.<br /><br />Lord knows we have enough of them around.Starcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226367306835781483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-78403930547394514042009-07-26T18:00:29.396-04:002009-07-26T18:00:29.396-04:00I think that Arnold and all the anonymouses are th...I think that Arnold and all the anonymouses are the same person. The only other probable explanation for that shit squall would turn me into a conspiracy nut -god forbid. Since a conspiracy legally requires at least two people, my hypothesis relieves me of that mantle. Also, I don't think that Arnold is really as dumb as he presents himself.el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-70746364999587888062009-07-26T17:53:30.302-04:002009-07-26T17:53:30.302-04:00Greenpa, thanks for the link to the Ukulele virtuo...Greenpa, thanks for the link to the Ukulele virtuoso. Who would have thunk?<br /><br />Trolls are OK. They are like goats. They have to be marinated overnight and then stewed for at least 8 hours. Or alternatively, left out in the sun for a few days until properly inflated.<br /><br />When people tell me that, "I hope you are wrong," my reply is that I do also. It would be well el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.com