tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post8600798138333327365..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: April 14 2010: A fragile teetering tower of debtIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-1340108790922652792010-04-16T00:03:46.051-04:002010-04-16T00:03:46.051-04:00Ilargi: Barring the courage to do that, I'd s...Ilargi: Barring the courage to do that, I'd say get your nose out of the bankers' asses, demand the people's money back, apologize for all you've done and jump off a cliff.<br /><br /><br />William Wallace: Before we let you leave, your commander must cross that field, present himself before this army, put his head between his legs, and kiss his own arse.<br /><br />InterestinglyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-5883887299161342742010-04-15T21:40:25.083-04:002010-04-15T21:40:25.083-04:00" There's not nearly enough carping about...<i><br /> " There's not nearly enough carping about him, [Obama] wish there would be much more,...."</i><br /><br /><br />Right on ilargi, lets carp on, Obama has stalled the collapse till who knows when! Chee my garden is in and I have stored as big a pile of dung as the mayor of my town.scrofuloushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085471693372823086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-56251238353125977052010-04-15T21:35:29.731-04:002010-04-15T21:35:29.731-04:00New post up.
Foreclosures will be the wrecking ...New post up.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2010/04/april-15-2010-foreclosures-wil-be.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Foreclosures will be the wrecking ball for the American economy.</b></a><br /><br /><br />.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-347595054855974972010-04-15T20:07:08.905-04:002010-04-15T20:07:08.905-04:00If the volcano continues for more than a couple of...If the volcano continues for more than a couple of days ... consider ... black swan event<br />jaljalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-15760265731372540932010-04-15T19:01:14.445-04:002010-04-15T19:01:14.445-04:00@Gravity
“More plausible explanations not forthcom...@Gravity<br />“More plausible explanations not forthcoming…”<br /><br />“Arch Crawford's Crawford Perspectives (down 7.2% according to the Hulbert Financial Digest compared to a gain of 27.10% for the dividend-reinvested Wilshire 5000 Total Stock Market Index), was the top performing letter in 2008. ( See Jan. 9 column.) It's famous for its astrology perspective, something that few Wall Bigelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883913065391637120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-27992371120982351892010-04-15T18:50:50.321-04:002010-04-15T18:50:50.321-04:00Remind me never to get driving directions from Gre...Remind me never to get driving directions from Greyzone, who is apparently unable to tell Left from Right. <br /><br />I haven't seen the left-wing incitement of violence against the tea party that he describes. But if such leftist thuggery exists--and frankly, if Andrew Breitbart is riding this particular hobbyhorse, I suspect it doesn't--then those involved are dupes as well as thugs, Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16938735993136012856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-43038344612139745272010-04-15T18:43:18.225-04:002010-04-15T18:43:18.225-04:00There may be a talk in NYC added to the agenda for...There may be a talk in NYC added to the agenda for my trip to New York State. No details yet, other than that it would have to be on either the 22nd or 23rd of April. The 22nd would probably be better from my point of view.Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-27122288188011174202010-04-15T18:09:45.635-04:002010-04-15T18:09:45.635-04:00@Muagabe...what crash? CBC radio reports/interview...@Muagabe...what crash? CBC radio reports/interviews with TPTB and their PR agents have announced that the recession is over! Hurrah! It is now spoken off as that past recession and how silly we have all been to become fearful as this " past " recession wasn't even as bad as the 2 recessions previous to this past one. Well thank god for that eh? Furthermore the RE market was very scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-27066214521049013902010-04-15T17:29:53.361-04:002010-04-15T17:29:53.361-04:00After listening to Crawfords dire astromarketology...After listening to Crawfords dire astromarketology predictions, I can't help but rewonder whether any existent transfer mechanisms that would allow such minute gravimetric pertubations to effect the affairs of men and markets would also require that capital is subject to gravity, such as in my favorite delusion, so that capital exhibits the property of having quantifiable invariant mass in Gravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09126443076478406015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-22815011686473715932010-04-15T17:15:17.015-04:002010-04-15T17:15:17.015-04:00@Mugabe
You may have to wait on WFC til Monday. ...@Mugabe <br /><br />You may have to wait on WFC til Monday. Luck.Bigelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883913065391637120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-40797344051263715192010-04-15T16:35:52.160-04:002010-04-15T16:35:52.160-04:00OK, going overnight with a big short in Wells Farg...OK, going overnight with a big short in Wells Fargo. Ready for the crash. Tap tap tap ...<br /><br />The market doesn't seem to care, however, about employment, or foreclosures, or all that negative ninny stuff. All the news is good. I got a call today from a friend who said he has put $100K back in the market in the last month. "I'm bullish" he declared, having already Tristramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053656204918222037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-8889422319235441602010-04-15T15:55:32.011-04:002010-04-15T15:55:32.011-04:00@ Greyzone
Your hatred of "ism" is obv...@ Greyzone <br /><br />Your hatred of "ism" is obvious. <br /><br />The enemy is debt. <br /><br />Debt has won over all "the rules of law".<br /><br />""Where are the indictments?" And there are none, folks. None. Nada. Zip. Zero."<br /><br />Instead,you should ask, "Where are the innocent that can run things according "to the rule of law".jalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-40427721763740206592010-04-15T15:52:14.294-04:002010-04-15T15:52:14.294-04:00"The ultimate weapon to force private savings..."The ultimate weapon to force private savings to fund governments will be capital controls. To support public debt to GDP levels not seen since the second world war, we are likely to see a return to similar forms of market constraints which were necessary in that era. The 'new normal' is not sub par economic growth. The new normal is the roll back of the free markets."<br /><br Gravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09126443076478406015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-35437581100827013652010-04-15T15:42:52.615-04:002010-04-15T15:42:52.615-04:00@Grayzone
Shouldn't the Racketeer Influenced ...@Grayzone<br /><br />Shouldn't the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act be applied to the Democratic and Republican government?<br /><br /><br />...Could be a long wait.Bigelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883913065391637120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-63341300827052342482010-04-15T15:07:00.186-04:002010-04-15T15:07:00.186-04:00So it's the tea partiers who are the threat? W...So it's the tea partiers who are the threat? WAKE UP!<br /><br /><a href="http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/04/15/photo-released-of-gop-official-and-boyfriend-beaten-bloody/" rel="nofollow">GOP Official and Boyfriend Beaten Bloody</a><br /><br />The above is not an isolated case. There are now articles from left wing publications urging liberals to infiltrate tea party organizations and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-21544170256247587602010-04-15T14:45:49.689-04:002010-04-15T14:45:49.689-04:00Carpe diem,
Yes, hermitary.com is a wonderful web...Carpe diem,<br /><br />Yes, hermitary.com is a wonderful website.<br /><br />Thought Meng-hu's review of Anthony Storr's excellent book, "Solitude" (recommended by Zander) might be of interest:<br /><br /><a href="http://hermitary.com/bookreviews/storr.html" rel="nofollow">http://hermitary.com/bookreviews/storr.html</a><br /><br />Salwak's book is great. I'll check out Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-42419570569240746362010-04-15T14:15:06.435-04:002010-04-15T14:15:06.435-04:00El G,
(And astrology buffs) you might find this...El G, <br /><br />(And astrology buffs) you might find this one interesting, a recent interview with Arch Crawford whom you have referenced before:<br /><br /><a href="http://radio.goldseek.com/nuggets/crawford04.14.10.mp3" rel="nofollow">Arch Crawford on Gold Seek Radio</a><br /><br />Arch sees fireworks in July with astrological alignments not seen in 10000 yrs... is crash astrology window MayMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05716828239924827486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-20861767424670829872010-04-15T13:29:42.548-04:002010-04-15T13:29:42.548-04:00The ash cloud expelled from the icelandic vulcano ...The ash cloud expelled from the icelandic vulcano will apparently necessitate the grounding of flights across europe for the next few days, which presents a rare opportunity to monitor continental temperature fluctuations caused by the temporary reduction of airline exhaust, similar to the observed post-911 fluctuation, when all flights were grounded. Ashtonishingly, I dont remember whether the Gravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09126443076478406015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-89341654934995177212010-04-15T13:18:15.062-04:002010-04-15T13:18:15.062-04:00Retail is starting to jump back in the market. ISE...Retail is starting to jump back in the market. ISEE is at an insane, all time high--viz, non institutional folks think the market is going much higher. Likely a good fade. <br /><br />Premiums are quite low so puts at 6 months out might be a good bet.Malmo's Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04093477606210134463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-34047342542442261522010-04-15T12:32:18.388-04:002010-04-15T12:32:18.388-04:00Thank you Zander. Will check out the books you men...Thank you Zander. Will check out the books you mention. The more the merrier.carpe diemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14488224761512097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-36741572203391651422010-04-15T12:22:29.440-04:002010-04-15T12:22:29.440-04:00@Zander
O.k., there are lots of Boomers and their...@Zander<br /><br />O.k., there are lots of Boomers and their participation in materialistic lifestyles and bubble manias, in part, lead to our present circumstances. To round that out please consider what has happened to the Boomer’s public purse. The country is bankrupt, and there is little opportunity to offer subsequent generations. <br /><br />The US public endured decades of thefts of Bigelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883913065391637120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-68638705463395711302010-04-15T12:13:47.198-04:002010-04-15T12:13:47.198-04:00Re.: Obama path
First, identify the real problem....Re.: Obama path<br /><br />First, identify the real problem.<br />read http://market-ticker.org/archives/2198-Death-Spiral-Intercept.html <br />Death-Spiral Intercept<br /><br />The inherited problem was debt.<br /><br />Here is what Karl says, <br />“The 2000s were marked by even more leverage. Why? Because it was the only way to get return left. The Government, having stepped in to support jalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-3438669411485510262010-04-15T11:27:10.476-04:002010-04-15T11:27:10.476-04:00Frankly, I'm appreciative of Obama. It gives ...Frankly, I'm appreciative of Obama. It gives people a single entity to "piss and moan" about. This is called "focus". Otherwise our whining would have to be spread across multiple administrations, Congress, US military, economists, economic theories, people who made fortunes during the build up to the debacle, voters, etc. Such thinking is "defocusing" and Zekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556209891757768646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-49896006424209663682010-04-15T10:22:12.890-04:002010-04-15T10:22:12.890-04:00Greece formally calls on IMF for assistance. Good?...Greece formally calls on IMF for assistance. Good? Bad?<br /><br />Anyone out there have a view on the IMF? Don't they exploit for a living?Malmo's Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04093477606210134463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-19972696161918036992010-04-15T08:18:00.655-04:002010-04-15T08:18:00.655-04:00VK's post was excellent, thanks for letting hi...VK's post was excellent, thanks for letting him be heard Ilargi. One solution I've recently found may be of interest to readers here. A Swiss mathematician has created an online game (the Karus Game) that is NOT gambling or a scam, but a way for us to pool our resources and help each other. Available around the world. See www.deep-liberty.com for more info; if you want to know more, Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06745911694802819903noreply@blogger.com