tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post929915294036362184..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: Of bubbles past, the things that come and goIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-13891483820700595362008-04-13T20:54:00.000-04:002008-04-13T20:54:00.000-04:00iowaDebt Rattle April 11:Ilargi: Put down April 10...iowa<BR/><BR/>Debt Rattle April 11:<BR/><I>Ilargi: Put down April 10 as the day the US airline industry started to unravel for real. Bankruptcies will come fast and furious now.</I>Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-4974039721048755502008-04-13T20:23:00.000-04:002008-04-13T20:23:00.000-04:00http://tinyurl.com/4q9taz Will Monday be the begin...http://tinyurl.com/4q9taz<BR/><BR/><BR/> Will Monday be the beginning of the end for airlines? Four bankruptcies, one very suspicious outage, and now this? It's a CNN link, made tiny for your viewing pleasure ....https://www.blogger.com/profile/03915219261001181341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-22064428381238495262008-04-13T15:02:00.000-04:002008-04-13T15:02:00.000-04:00Ahh, yes. Music.It fits.Now it's rap representing ...Ahh, yes. Music.<BR/><BR/>It fits.<BR/><BR/>Now it's rap representing the US.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-64305805164170161942008-04-13T14:56:00.000-04:002008-04-13T14:56:00.000-04:00Well, it wasn't just *any* tulips, in general, tha...Well, it wasn't just *any* tulips, in general, that fetched the very highest prices on the market. It was the so-called "broken tulip." These exotic tulips were striped and splashed with wild patterns never seen before. Breeders and traders traded them without ever really understanding what it was that made them what they were. Unfortunately, these tulips owed their flamboyance to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-72013277171725884372008-04-13T10:43:00.000-04:002008-04-13T10:43:00.000-04:00I always enjoy hearing the story again! Ah, those ...I always enjoy hearing the story again! Ah, those tulips. Sorta like the Gospel reading on Christmas Eve. It just never gets old, and even gets better with age.<BR/><BR/>Funny thing is: Try telling the tulips story during the height of any particular bubble expansion du jour, and you're labeled a tinfoil-hat conspiracy theorist. Not to mention unpatriotic. It works every time!<BR/><BR/>Some Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com