tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post5707700052409199420..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: Debt Rattle, December 26 2008: Frail forms fainting at the doorIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-64077199945509450772008-12-27T10:46:00.000-05:002008-12-27T10:46:00.000-05:00I was surprised with Mish today, sayindg he sees a...I was surprised with Mish today, sayindg he sees a possible recovery a year or more from now.<BR/><BR/>A year??? Recovery???<BR/><BR/>He's an optimist!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-56679113414314089882008-12-27T10:27:00.000-05:002008-12-27T10:27:00.000-05:00Media obfuscation is not limited to financial matt...Media obfuscation is not limited to financial matters, to whit:<BR/><BR/><I>At the time of the IPCC report, scientists were uncertain whether collapses of ice shelves into the ocean off the western Antarctica were being offset by snow accumulation in the continent's interior.</I><BR/><BR/>There was no uncertainty whatsoever. It was well known for several years, and thus entirely expected, that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-15128490768388135002008-12-27T09:07:00.000-05:002008-12-27T09:07:00.000-05:00Hello,Interesting post and discussion over at TOD....Hello,<BR/><BR/>Interesting post and discussion over at TOD.<BR/><BR/>http://www.theoildrum.com/node/4899#more<BR/><BR/>Ciao,<BR/>FrançoisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-69519176974351365202008-12-27T08:36:00.000-05:002008-12-27T08:36:00.000-05:00Annon 2:35 AM.As Stoneleigh has pointed out severa...Annon 2:35 AM.<BR/><BR/>As Stoneleigh has pointed out several times before the inbalance between supply and demand is deflationary. (That is a high supply and a low demand.). <BR/><BR/>In past crisis the governments have attempted reverse this into inflation by lowering supply and increasing demand. One way to do that is by creating non-productive or destructive jobs, and the army is the perfect Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-85163281432574802572008-12-27T08:32:00.000-05:002008-12-27T08:32:00.000-05:00I don't think we have the time you guys think we h...I don't think we have the time you guys think we have. felt it in my bones and then watched this about the secret session of the house - planned economic collapse by the end of this year.<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHTFrt4wGk4<BR/><BR/>Maybe my panic is not so stupid.<BR/><BR/>AnneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-17644329710931346602008-12-27T07:56:00.000-05:002008-12-27T07:56:00.000-05:00Wind back the British economy 5 years?Not enough, ...Wind back the British economy 5 years?<BR/><BR/>Not enough, we have to wind it back at least a decade, to a state before the "housing boom" started, and a time before that mad Scotsman's (un)economic policies (errrm, dogmas) came into force.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05789761931551673481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-56835383327375869762008-12-27T04:19:00.000-05:002008-12-27T04:19:00.000-05:00Parody site :http://www.bleedtheworld.com/"At Chri...Parody site :<BR/><BR/>http://www.bleedtheworld.com/<BR/><BR/>"At Christmas time we should always spare a thought for those less fortunate than us. After 20 years of bleeding the world, the global financial community has fallen on hard times. These people desperately need our thoughts, prayers and lots of our money. If you have any investments or savings left, or any money left over at the end ofTyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13323557695349223393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-31329443024384090262008-12-27T02:35:00.000-05:002008-12-27T02:35:00.000-05:00too much conspiracy theory or perhaps real? US Arm...too much conspiracy theory or perhaps real? US Army College preparing for unrest brought by "unforseen" economic collapse or nuclear civil war?<BR/><BR/>We've been hearing a lot about terrorist attacks impending and Obama being "tested" early on...<BR/><BR/>now this:<BR/><BR/>http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/4872/61/<BR/><BR/>I know I'll die fairly early anyway, but to die by nuclear civil Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-46556749655147042602008-12-27T00:20:00.000-05:002008-12-27T00:20:00.000-05:00My reputation is at steak with this tater thing an...My reputation is at steak with this tater thing and although this will seem off topic, it's intended to leave no rock un-turned:<BR/><BR/> Undercurrents of fatal attraction<BR/>http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2002/dec/19/research.science<BR/><BR/>Few plants can escape, yet scientists are confused about what exactly these organisms are. They are called oomycetes and look like fungi, with a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-74810562180551797502008-12-27T00:01:00.000-05:002008-12-27T00:01:00.000-05:00Ilargi,Great tater stories! I have to go back to ...Ilargi,<BR/><BR/>Great tater stories! I have to go back to my source on the seaweed idea and get to the root of this rumor, as maybe I misunderstood something in between glasses of wine. If it helps, I grew some taters in a pile of hay one year and had some nice red and blue examples.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-52454039844207560492008-12-26T23:23:00.000-05:002008-12-26T23:23:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Submit your advicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867890217907128363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-3422600962167970842008-12-26T23:03:00.000-05:002008-12-26T23:03:00.000-05:00Ireland exported food during the famine, just as t...Ireland exported food during the famine, just as the Ukraine did during the Holodomor. In both cases the starvation was caused by a callous ruling class with complete disregard (contempt in fact) for ordinary people.Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-82350149750609071802008-12-26T22:50:00.000-05:002008-12-26T22:50:00.000-05:00Dong Down! : DungThose Fuggers charge a year's re...Dong Down! : Dung<BR/><BR/><BR/>Those Fuggers charge a year's rent for staggering home late!? <BR/><BR/><BR/>My mycology prof said (simplified): potato fungus lives 2 weeks in storage. Sailing ships take 3 weeks to cross the Atlantic. Steamships take a week, therefore the fungus survives and takes over Ireland - famine caused by ship technology. <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>My $0.0002 worthswans-of-borghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05486905101711324233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-2232523933985010562008-12-26T21:24:00.000-05:002008-12-26T21:24:00.000-05:00"...It is time for us to stop using the euphemism ..."...It is time for us to stop using the euphemism "Irish potato famine" for two <BR/>reasons. First, it is wrong because there was no shortage of food in <BR/>Ireland. Secondly, it was not simply an "Irish famine" but a starvation <BR/>based on systematic British exploitation of the Irish people, inaction in <BR/>the face of the potato crop failure, and a vindictive, racist attitude <BR/>toward Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-65912699665946979862008-12-26T21:22:00.000-05:002008-12-26T21:22:00.000-05:00Re: "British economy back five years"We are talkin...Re: "British economy back five years"<BR/><BR/>We are talking here about a country where the perpetual growth myth is so ingrained that even small drops in retail sales last year were seen as a tragedy.<BR/><BR/>Still economic editors talk about "negative growth". As if at the moment you stop using the word growth the magic will finally disappear...<BR/><BR/>Most worrying is the assertion at the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-44399539608609340032008-12-26T20:48:00.000-05:002008-12-26T20:48:00.000-05:00I truely believe that the most important function ...I truely believe that the most important function of the banks is to invest the deposits. In this way saving won't inbalance the principe of "supply makes it own demand". Malfunction banks therefore make the deflation gap incorrectible by government spending. In a credit based economy that means meeting your creator! I have given up preparing for a life after the total collapse - this will not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-36016368723615291042008-12-26T20:34:00.000-05:002008-12-26T20:34:00.000-05:005%??? Illagri, you truely deserve half of the inve...5%??? Illagri, you truely deserve half of the investments saved. Any financial advisor would demand much more for far worse advice than you give! And that money would end up in his greedfilled pocket instead of further development of this site. Your graceful unselfishness and generosity hurt yourself while your followers endavour. I know this is not at religious site, but you are truely the "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-59415944389833657472008-12-26T20:31:00.000-05:002008-12-26T20:31:00.000-05:00January seems like a good month to close out my ba...January seems like a good month to close out my bank accounts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-44776202586159957742008-12-26T20:22:00.000-05:002008-12-26T20:22:00.000-05:00Nice tater advice Kenneth. I'm interested in heari...Nice tater advice Kenneth. I'm interested in hearing more food growing tales you might have to tell. I'll take food and dirt over gold and silver any day.<BR/>Food, glorious food.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-48790134637959865722008-12-26T19:41:00.000-05:002008-12-26T19:41:00.000-05:00david mathewsThe best place to observe the end of ...david mathews<BR/><BR/>The best place to observe the end of the world is <A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/guide/milliways.shtml" REL="nofollow"> Milliways the Restaurant at the End of the Universe</A>. Patrons can watch the entire universe end while they dine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-3832662061035114602008-12-26T18:53:00.000-05:002008-12-26T18:53:00.000-05:00Money going to money heaven, money being created o...Money going to money heaven, money being created out of thin air...It all makes my head ache as I am compelled to explore a difficult question as to the nature of reality.All that appears so real to those around me, through my eyes ,appears ephemeral.I think this must be a disorientation arising out of " end of an era" times.Events have moved past bull or bear.scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-70618686329558696942008-12-26T18:32:00.000-05:002008-12-26T18:32:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Submit your advicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867890217907128363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-38022748502551997382008-12-26T17:46:00.000-05:002008-12-26T17:46:00.000-05:00“ The present crisis risks enlarging organized cri...“ The present crisis risks enlarging organized crime's access to the legal economy. In a context of rarefaction of investments, the funds resulting from money laundering are, in fact, mechanically more interesting than ever. The legal and ethical resistance to pressure from questionable investors risks decreasing, in emerging countries as well as in the heart of the OECD. This is all the more Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-86690159971908086662008-12-26T16:22:00.000-05:002008-12-26T16:22:00.000-05:00Doc, well, we agree on the type of fungus. There a...Doc, well, we agree on the type of fungus. There are several theories, apparently. Wikipedia is closer to my understanding:<BR/><BR/>------------<BR/>Prior to the arrival in Ireland of the fungal disease Phytophthora infestans, commonly known as blight, there were only two main potato plant diseases.[28] One was called 'dry rot' or 'taint' and the other was a virus, known popularly as 'curl'.[29]Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-36035470195746897712008-12-26T15:03:00.000-05:002008-12-26T15:03:00.000-05:00The (off) topic of taters came up this week in a w...The (off) topic of taters came up this week in a weird XMAS talk I was having with some ghost about genetics and modification of food -- so thought I'd toss this in (versus some porn).<BR/><BR/> The Irish used seaweed to fertilize crappy soil, like using compost -- and at some point, a unique type of mold hitchhiked on some seaweed and then found a nice dwelling place to grow in a tater Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com