tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post3486020456081777766..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: July 17 2009: Stop bashing Goldman, blame yourselfIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-81185404592347720922009-07-19T01:14:30.654-04:002009-07-19T01:14:30.654-04:00New post up.New post up.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-25520854260777036692009-07-18T23:29:53.524-04:002009-07-18T23:29:53.524-04:00Fuser said:
Someone, be it our honorable hosts, o...Fuser said:<br /><br /><i>Someone, be it our honorable hosts, or another one of our well informed and formidable posters, needs to provide an opinion on my above post, or I will be subjected to watching, with my wife, the unbearable HGTV programs for the foreseeable future. Apologizes for all the commas. ,,,,</i><br /><br />Well, I disagree with you about Obama: he is not the innocent that you redcatbikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08645491470348404443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-5996882511051171992009-07-18T23:12:08.537-04:002009-07-18T23:12:08.537-04:00"This is just a test, only a test, not to wor..."This is just a test, only a test, not to worry about, go back to your seats..."<br />----- <br />I partly dissagree ... the test will become real.<br />jaljalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-11190085074039138722009-07-18T23:09:20.729-04:002009-07-18T23:09:20.729-04:00Anoni-mouse@10:59
Don't think that more th...Anoni-mouse@10:59<br /><br /> Don't think that more than a few folks noticed that little tid -bit...<br /><br />We are walkin the razor right now...slip either way and lose something essential...<br /><br /><br />snuffysnuffynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-76624641520468596072009-07-18T22:59:27.223-04:002009-07-18T22:59:27.223-04:00The carefully contrived Paulson information dump t...The carefully contrived Paulson information dump that the Bush Administration back at TARP uno, was worried about a level of civil disorder that would have made the government doubt their ability to <i>feed the public</i> struck me as a Shock Doctrine plant. A trial balloon to soften up the Sheeple for the real deal, probably this fall.<br /><br />No sweat, just have the former Treasury SecretaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-10098326897752218682009-07-18T22:12:02.606-04:002009-07-18T22:12:02.606-04:00A friend told me a story about a lady with a cat. ...A friend told me a story about a lady with a cat. She really loved this cat but it had developed an odd and disconcerting behavioral loop.<br /><br />It seems every night when the woman would come home, the cat would stand just behind the front door and would not move but would wait to get hit in the head by the door. It would then run into the kitchen and stand right next to the refrigerator toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-87015236349818208482009-07-18T22:00:52.056-04:002009-07-18T22:00:52.056-04:00@ Stoneleigh
You are one amazingly well informed ...@ Stoneleigh<br /><br /><i>You are one amazingly well informed twenty-something</i><br /><br />Thanks! I've learnt much from you and Ilargi, i'm a geek at heart :)<br /><br />ps - I turned 23 this month and quite tipsy from a good night out!!VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-24574241576913657442009-07-18T21:59:52.334-04:002009-07-18T21:59:52.334-04:00Hey Dude, where is my jetpack?Hey Dude, where is my jetpack?el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-3203834620345878442009-07-18T20:11:19.634-04:002009-07-18T20:11:19.634-04:00Dino STS-127
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-12...Dino STS-127<br /><br /> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-127Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-4267349364735950202009-07-18T20:05:16.137-04:002009-07-18T20:05:16.137-04:00Greenpa - "I just ran into this rah-rah featu...Greenpa - "I just ran into this rah-rah feature on CNN"<br /><br />That was a hoot! Remember when we would all have a levitated vehicle?<br /><br />By the way, they sent the dinosaur up again... (NASA)Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-1192875713602766122009-07-18T19:44:20.556-04:002009-07-18T19:44:20.556-04:00An aside for the older among us:
The Future!
I ...An aside for the older among us: <br /><br /><a href="http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2008/edge.of.discovery/" rel="nofollow">The Future!</a><br /><br />I just ran into this rah-rah feature on CNN; and was painfully struck by the absolute absence of a single new idea. Every single "just around the corner!" fabulous invention- was just around the corner in 1950, too; and featured constantlyGreenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-37980374097033137882009-07-18T19:40:42.473-04:002009-07-18T19:40:42.473-04:00"I forget who it was that said Congress event..."I forget who it was that said Congress eventually does the right thing but only after exhausting all other options."<br /><br />Churchill, for one; but he said America, not Congress.Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-75807856485406994202009-07-18T19:36:43.473-04:002009-07-18T19:36:43.473-04:00Nice Polka Dot Gallows material:
Roast Vampire Sq...Nice Polka Dot Gallows material: <br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jul/19/goldmansachs" rel="nofollow">Roast Vampire Squid</a><br /><br />And as with all gallows humor; the last paragraph is painful.Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-36541105653194062022009-07-18T19:30:48.835-04:002009-07-18T19:30:48.835-04:00I think Taibbi explains it well here — and the res...I think Taibbi explains it well<a href="http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2009/07/07/on-the-everyone-was-doing-it-excuse/" rel="nofollow"> here</a><i> — and the response isn’t “You’re wrong,” or “We didn’t do that shit, not us,” but “Well, Morgan did the same stuff,” and “Why aren’t you writing about Morgan?”<br /><br />Why didn’t we write about Morgan? Because we didn’t. Because it’s your turn, RobertMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960912417983904202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-21040630587395771722009-07-18T19:22:50.207-04:002009-07-18T19:22:50.207-04:00@ El Gallinazo
USNORTHCOM? All by myself? Sure, w...@ El Gallinazo<br /><br />USNORTHCOM? All by myself? Sure, why not?;-) <br /><br />Still, from what I've been hearing Obamarama is not all that popular among the military. I criticize the prince of Hope from the left, while many US soldiers tend to be on the other end of the political spectrum.<br />cheers,<br />JohnJohn Hemingwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06835706404432796187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-80064267858721079162009-07-18T19:11:34.712-04:002009-07-18T19:11:34.712-04:00VK,
Thank you for leading us to:
http://ascentof...VK,<br /><br />Thank you for leading us to:<br /><br /><a href="http://ascentofhumanity.com/" rel="nofollow">http://ascentofhumanity.com/</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-36323469324623048922009-07-18T18:57:48.401-04:002009-07-18T18:57:48.401-04:00scepticus - http://www.debtdeflation.com/blogs/lec...scepticus - http://www.debtdeflation.com/blogs/lectures/<br /><br />Thanks. I marked it to my "favorites" and will peruse it, but "to pontificate on economics blogs" is not on my list of current priorities.<br /><br />(I'm converting now from several previous "hats" to mini-farmer)Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-79680365889769908552009-07-18T18:37:36.975-04:002009-07-18T18:37:36.975-04:00"What you are saying is true, but the corrupt..."What you are saying is true, but the corruption has becomes so deep that it has become a positive feedback loop very similar to the deflation."<br /><br />True, but this kind of force is always trumped sooner or later by the greater forces of demographics and social balance.<br /><br />Likewise for deflation. <br /><br />GS, the USA and the current situation are just the froth on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-63471569327349811602009-07-18T18:22:02.873-04:002009-07-18T18:22:02.873-04:00Coy ote, you don't need to know any finance.
...Coy ote, you don't need to know any finance. <br /><br />Simply research and understand the nature of the nebulous thing we call the surplus.<br /><br />Best place to begin is Steve Keens set of lectures:<br /><br />http://www.debtdeflation.com/blogs/lectures/<br /><br />Go through the entire set of the 'History of economic thought' presentations and you'll be able to pontificate Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-39608219936111044322009-07-18T18:19:31.859-04:002009-07-18T18:19:31.859-04:00have to havehave to haveGreenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-23384626648317012982009-07-18T18:19:04.795-04:002009-07-18T18:19:04.795-04:00Coy: " I do feel like a regular self examinat...Coy: " I do feel like a regular self examination of our motives and actions is appropriate. And it's often where much of our learning experience takes place."<br /><br />Absolutely!<br /><br />Wouldn't it be nice if the amoeba could evolve a brain? Have to some brain cells somewhere... :-)Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-87339406306287777262009-07-18T18:16:30.519-04:002009-07-18T18:16:30.519-04:00greenpa "In that case- blaming ourselves fo...greenpa "In that case- blaming ourselves for our trouble would be the same as a liver cell blaming a skin cell for the entire body catching tuberculosis."<br /><br />Good point. <br />I don't like the "blame myself" notion much either as it is a negative use of mental energy, but I do feel like a regular self examination of our motives and actions is appropriate. And it&Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-21564367490249970302009-07-18T18:07:27.466-04:002009-07-18T18:07:27.466-04:00VK - Thanks for the "Ascent of Humanity"...VK - Thanks for the "Ascent of Humanity" reminder.<br /><br />From the site, a quote on BASIC economics.<br /><br />"While pre-agricultural peoples often have a tribal territory, they would be appalled at the idea that land could be owned. Is not the earth a being greater than any human, or even any group of humans? ...To presume to own a piece of the earth, to say it is mine, is Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-68775485039605435082009-07-18T18:06:55.003-04:002009-07-18T18:06:55.003-04:00VK,
You are one amazingly well informed twenty-so...VK,<br /><br />You are one amazingly well informed twenty-something. I wish I had had as good a handle on world events when I was your age. Thanks for participating here.Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-11583697168380478962009-07-18T17:59:33.984-04:002009-07-18T17:59:33.984-04:00Re: "Piss on you peak oilers."
i "...Re: "Piss on you peak oilers."<br /><br />i "Better yet, piss on your compost pile, sooner than you think you are going to need the nutrients on the garden!"<br /><br />Works for me.ogardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062788838505530416noreply@blogger.com