tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post962189367902050299..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: July 7 2009: The Repo ManIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-30160114322646750212009-07-09T10:58:23.750-04:002009-07-09T10:58:23.750-04:00I agree that it is far more than just an economic ...I agree that it is far more than just an economic crisis. But it is more than a political crisis too. I've been as explicit as I can about this. Humanity is coming under the control of what can only be described as a dark occult or arcane force, possibly off-world in origin. Our limbic systems are the focal point of this attack. Television conditioning, gmo foods, electromagnetic radiation, Iconoclast421https://www.blogger.com/profile/01448094227173926913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-22403295159769347632009-07-09T09:40:40.206-04:002009-07-09T09:40:40.206-04:00justjohn and ian - thanks for the additional links...justjohn and ian - thanks for the additional links. I used to pop to the top to get the next/previous postings, but it is also nice to have them at the bottom too.bluebirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600634086150466162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-46223650065697518302009-07-08T23:23:18.779-04:002009-07-08T23:23:18.779-04:00justjohn channels ian and comes up with
New post ...justjohn channels ian and comes up with<br /><br />New post up:<br /><br /><a href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2009/07/july-8-2009-stoneleigh-and-aaron-krowne.html" rel="nofollow">Stoneleigh and Aaron Krowne battle deflation</a><br /><br />Previous post:<br /><a href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2009/07/july-6-2009-inflation-least-of-your.html" rel="nofollow">Inflation, the justjohnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-81475384561804792422009-07-08T20:52:39.416-04:002009-07-08T20:52:39.416-04:00New post up:
Stoneleigh and Aaron Krowne battle d...New post up:<br /><br />Stoneleigh and Aaron Krowne battle deflationIlargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-40936358167618672332009-07-08T20:21:57.031-04:002009-07-08T20:21:57.031-04:00@ jal
Thanks for the Dkos dairy! Looks like it is ...@ jal<br />Thanks for the Dkos dairy! Looks like it is going viral in the econ blogs<br />re: Goldman's secret sauce code<br /><br><br /><i>"...GS, through access to the system as a result of their special gov't perks, was/is able to<b> read the data on trades before it's committed, and place their own buys or sells accordingly in that brief moment</b>, thus allowing them to Persephonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16990525279110502147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-87083955230415608822009-07-08T20:18:22.393-04:002009-07-08T20:18:22.393-04:00Ilargi and Stoneleigh,
I wanted to say thanks for ...Ilargi and Stoneleigh,<br />I wanted to say thanks for the last few articles. I finally felt I was sliding over to the deflation camp, and then today I say this part in a Mish pro deflation article:<br />"Please keep in mind every country on the planet is following the same stupid Keynesian Handbook so on a relative basis the US is not as bad as appears at first glance. Don't expect a EconomicDisconnecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802078645713106743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-73969497710207344642009-07-08T19:03:00.567-04:002009-07-08T19:03:00.567-04:00@ El G
"I can't say enough how it's ...@ El G<br /><br />"I can't say enough how it's time that we get beyond and start focusing on this technology we have and move forward into the future so that our grandchildren can have the same lifestyle we have.<br /><br />This Earth's been hear 6,000 years -- and I know I'm going on and on and I'll shut up -- it's been here 6,000 years, long before anybody had VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-2544610824863917252009-07-08T18:32:46.253-04:002009-07-08T18:32:46.253-04:00Anon@12:44 ... Your post implies that Mish said th...<i>Anon@12:44 ... Your post implies that Mish said that. Mish is actually ambivalent about a recovery soon.<br /><br /> </i>Greyzone i suppose you can look at it that way but that aside, would you have bothered to read the article if I had said that Mish said some bloke said 'the party' was on again? Of course I guess it seems not to matter that you did read it as you seemed more Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-63781153129293558362009-07-08T17:17:08.317-04:002009-07-08T17:17:08.317-04:00Another interesting thing about being able to watc...Another interesting thing about being able to watch American television and read U.S. newspapers in their physical form is to see how far TAE is in front of them. Today on MSNBC they're blathering on about the need for a third "stimulus." Gee, where have I heard that before? When we could finally get a print copy of the New York Times a couple of weeks ago, there was an Bukko Boomerangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424677168216647964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-8808424807087227962009-07-08T17:13:25.983-04:002009-07-08T17:13:25.983-04:00PS
Our anger, FWIW, should be primarily directed ...PS<br /><br />Our anger, FWIW, should be primarily directed at the ruling elites. They are certainly more responsible for what's transpiring in the world nowadays than our next door neighbor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-19998756754503028012009-07-08T17:11:53.099-04:002009-07-08T17:11:53.099-04:00There has been a lot of talk on this site over the...There has been a lot of talk on this site over the last several months of the US federal government making it much more difficult to extract your money out of IRA's. My 66 year old friend still has most of her liquid assets in her IRA and, on my advice, she is looking at the tax hit to pull them out right now and over three years.<br /><br />But the more I think about it, the harder it is el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-53240896439392455412009-07-08T16:59:34.927-04:002009-07-08T16:59:34.927-04:00Greyzone said:
"Until people start voting fo...Greyzone said:<br /><br />"Until people start voting for someone in whom they can really believe, even knowing that their choice may not get elected, will we even begin to see change in the US."<br /><br />Wake up! You ain't gonna see change in the USA. The republic is history. No genuine leader has a chance in the USA. Empires can only decay and bring suffering and destruction to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-24865797646638110412009-07-08T16:54:35.689-04:002009-07-08T16:54:35.689-04:00Malcolm Martin
I will be even more surprised than...Malcolm Martin<br /><br />I will be even more surprised than greyzone. Perhaps a last minute epiphany like a lobster in a heating pot a moment before it expires.<br /><br />Voting for a major party is certainly a waste of time. Voting for a minor party is probably a waste of time. The game is rigged.<br /><br />Speaking of rigged games, check out Karl's rant today on the possibility that el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-77430032341300578932009-07-08T16:52:40.580-04:002009-07-08T16:52:40.580-04:00On Third Parties
I vote for third party candidate...On Third Parties<br /><br />I vote for third party candidates in many elections, but that isn't the answer either. There are different electoral systems and they have different mathematical issues with them. Plurality voting or winner take all voting, (the system that the US uses for most purposes, including presidents) strongly encourages 2 party systems. It is built into the mathematics Brian M.http://selfreferentialcollapse.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-46977738439043993232009-07-08T16:43:04.253-04:002009-07-08T16:43:04.253-04:00Greyzone, it doesn't matter who "voted&qu...Greyzone, it doesn't matter who "voted" for anybody in the last presidential election. The matter was decided far from the electorate in those small circles that run the economic system.<br /><br />The American people will surprise you with their intelligence as the capacity of the capitalist economy to socialize or shape them into one-dimensional consumers and mesmerize them with aMalcolm Martinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-23925880657762769132009-07-08T16:42:10.173-04:002009-07-08T16:42:10.173-04:00DIY
I think I've got it. When Mish goes seri...DIY<br /><br />I think I've got it. When Mish goes seriously bullish, it time to buy the ultrashorts.el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-10903076084287162242009-07-08T16:40:17.943-04:002009-07-08T16:40:17.943-04:00Gravity
LMAO at your last submission. I am afrai...Gravity<br /><br />LMAO at your last submission. I am afraid to encourage you, but the quality is improving greatly. If Dutch is your first language, your mastery of English is superlative. Were your academics in the physical sciences?<br /><br />Bukko<br /><br />When I was a kid it was Steve McQueen as a bounty hunter. Now it's repo men. I guess we just became more materialistic. At el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-54201966335714744892009-07-08T16:29:12.078-04:002009-07-08T16:29:12.078-04:00Back to Petroleum
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b8626...Back to Petroleum<br /><br />http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b8626bf4-6b20-11de-861d-00144feabdc0.html<br /><br />If BP is to go “beyond petroleum”, as its slogan says, it is the Alternative Energy businesses run from County Hall, including biofuels, solar and wind power, that will take it there. <br /><br />Yet the office is being shut, investment cut and its chief executive has taken early retirementVKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-56205496662693171572009-07-08T16:21:53.912-04:002009-07-08T16:21:53.912-04:00http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive...http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aDhdHJrK42P0<br /><br />July 7 (Bloomberg) -- A record 33.8 million people received food stamps in April, up 20 percent from a year earlier, as unemployment surged toward a 26-year high, government figures show. Spending also jumped, as the average benefit rose.<br /><br />It was the fifth straight month of record participation in the VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-83833632517538960802009-07-08T16:15:22.663-04:002009-07-08T16:15:22.663-04:00@ Board
Regarding the Minyanville article that Mi...@ Board<br /><br />Regarding the Minyanville article that Mish commented on. That article shows a graph of ONLY post world war 2 recessions.<br /><br />The US has NOT experienced a credit driven recession since the 1930's. All the post WW2 recessions are inventory led. We can not compare the two and the graph is thus useless.VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-19405829596013654582009-07-08T16:15:11.632-04:002009-07-08T16:15:11.632-04:00@ Anon @ 12:44
So, you think that 8 cubicals bein...@ Anon @ 12:44<br /><br /><i>So, you think that 8 cubicals being unlit and trip-and-fall areas not being lit enough are indicators of failed geopolitical strategy?</i><br /><br />I think they are a detail that speaks to my general sense of societal decay at all levels. Despite what many believe, details matter.<br /> <br /><i>Are lights in all government facilities being turned off to save money thethirdcoasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02828310354952426682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-15526942355805667342009-07-08T16:15:06.656-04:002009-07-08T16:15:06.656-04:00Inadequate illumination in the workspace (task lig...Inadequate illumination in the workspace (task lighting) can adversely impact productivity and reduce general workspace safety, and also poses a specific gravity-based hazard during bipedal locomotion.<br /><br />Being a source of β-carotene, which is metabolised into vitamin A, carrots can help to prevent poor vision in inadequate lighting. <br /><br />"The bankers were only too happy to Gravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09126443076478406015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-49610197264522103852009-07-08T16:09:00.747-04:002009-07-08T16:09:00.747-04:00@Greyzone:
Well said.
There's only one thing...@Greyzone:<br /><br />Well said.<br /><br />There's only one thing more pathetic than a politician saying "Well, I didn't like it, but I held my nose and voted for it".<br /><br />And that's a voter saying the same thing about the politician they voted for.<br /><br />That whole thinking permeates this mess that we're in, and goes to the heart of why we have a political Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-16783488392419298492009-07-08T16:03:14.661-04:002009-07-08T16:03:14.661-04:00Re: repo's...
I'm in Maui, at the tail en...Re: repo's...<br /><br />I'm in Maui, at the tail end of a month-long holiday mostly in the U.S., and was flipping through the cable channels in the B&B where we're staying. I came across a show <a href="http://www.film.com/tv/operation-repo/20193804" rel="nofollow"> titled "Operation Repo"</a> which follows burly, tattooed repo men around as they snatch Lamborghinis andBukko Boomerangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424677168216647964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-62477203765490514872009-07-08T15:53:39.210-04:002009-07-08T15:53:39.210-04:00Anon@12:44 - Mish did not make that comment. He wa...Anon@12:44 - Mish did not make that comment. He was quoting Minyanville Professor Tony Dwyer in the article <a href="http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/07/comparing-job-losses-and-investment.html" rel="nofollow">Comparing Job Losses and Investment Opportunities in Post WWII Recessions</a>. Your post implies that Mish said that. Mish is actually ambivalent about a recovery soon. In Greyzonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03675706201111951125noreply@blogger.com