tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post6734092538862739381..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: July 2 2009: Irrelevant exuberanceIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-72632953265545370342009-07-05T22:06:07.336-04:002009-07-05T22:06:07.336-04:00Anon 3:34 said ccpo: You're funny. You rail ag...Anon 3:34 said <i>ccpo: You're funny. You rail against warped thinking by missing the point, and then go asking for serious medical advice from a complete stranger on the Internet.<br /><br />That's not just warped, but it's Darwinian Selection in progress. ROFL.</i><br /><br />One of us missed the point, but it wasn't me. Rah! Rah! America! It<br />s bullshit. It requires an ccpohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02608765517662755393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-73521883287577839242009-07-03T22:02:42.964-04:002009-07-03T22:02:42.964-04:00New post up.New post up.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-69443055097826678412009-07-03T21:50:30.652-04:002009-07-03T21:50:30.652-04:00Greyzone,
They is a garden on the far side of the...Greyzone,<br /><br />They is a garden on the far side of the brick wall you are staring at. Communism and capitalism are just systems like you speak of! What we need is not new ones but a change in values, the '<i>system</i> will form itself.<br /><br />-Pinkleberry-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-18220954977342517452009-07-03T21:49:26.846-04:002009-07-03T21:49:26.846-04:00Xenakis comments about circuit breakers and algori...<a title="Xenakis comments about circuit breakers and algorithmic trading" href="http://generationaldynamics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2&p=3669&hilit=saluzzi#p3670" rel="nofollow">Xenakis comments about circuit breakers and algorithmic trading</a>bluebirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600634086150466162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-52525976022145064672009-07-03T21:35:35.977-04:002009-07-03T21:35:35.977-04:00Gary North wrote:
"Otherwise, they go out of...Gary North wrote:<br /><br />"Otherwise, they go out of business."<br /><br />http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/H3/Current/<br /><br />Read the first column. Where's your money multiplier?<br /><br />Have you already asked for political asylum in North Korea?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-26412768600098774452009-07-03T21:22:18.592-04:002009-07-03T21:22:18.592-04:00justjohn - that is true the NYSE has computer with...justjohn - that is true the NYSE has computer with circuit breakers that stops a freefall in the market on any day. But remember in 1929, the crash did not occur on just one day, it occurred over 3 days, and the collapse continued for a month.<br /> <br />From Wikipedia<br />Black Thursday, Black Monday, and Black Tuesday—are commonly used to describe this collapse of stock values. All three are bluebirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600634086150466162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-20584499921669148682009-07-03T20:46:08.369-04:002009-07-03T20:46:08.369-04:00communism... capitalism... democrat... republican....communism... capitalism... democrat... republican...<br /><br />mental fixations that will soon beforgotten by millions dealing with the new reality.<br /><br />I suggest one listen for a few minutes to Sigfried's Idyll and just beAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-34855284204990888932009-07-03T20:20:49.928-04:002009-07-03T20:20:49.928-04:00Are you serious, Malcom Martin? Communism is just ...Are you serious, Malcom Martin? Communism is just as much a farce as capitalism. If you can't see that then you've had your brain washed one too many times by the Marxist "synthesis" bullshit.<br /><br />Homo sapiens is an omnivore, a hunter-gatherer (murderer-thief), and a completely irrational animal. Every attempt to impose rationality on the species fails. The only path Greyzonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03675706201111951125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-39879610575985997052009-07-03T20:13:03.303-04:002009-07-03T20:13:03.303-04:00A 8:04
There is a big difference between posting ...A 8:04<br /><br />There is a big difference between posting anonymously and with a consistent pseudonym. I have never seen a complaint, until yours, about people posting with a consistent pseudonym. Even Mark Twain did it.el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-42044099481134241922009-07-03T20:04:59.909-04:002009-07-03T20:04:59.909-04:00I was wondering, why does Illargi wish to remain a...I was wondering, why does Illargi wish to remain anonymous? It seems like every other financial blogger is willing to put his/her name and face out there with their message. We have heard complaints about the anonymous comments here, but the hosts themselves post anonymously every day. Is there a plan in the future to reveal who you are and what your qualifications are? I mean no disrespect in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-60303624304465800652009-07-03T19:31:27.273-04:002009-07-03T19:31:27.273-04:00El G,
Perhaps I'm just reading too many doom...El G, <br /><br />Perhaps I'm just reading too many doomer sites, but I believe we have triggered (or will soon do so) the runaway positive feedback climate loop known as the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clathrate_gun_hypothesis" rel="nofollow">clathrate gun</a>". Methane levels haven't yet risen much, but the thawing of the arctic is disturbing. I didn't think we&Jim Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17419179432204743768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-7915914837594840782009-07-03T19:17:19.947-04:002009-07-03T19:17:19.947-04:00Maybe I am prejudice about this living on and leav...Maybe I am prejudice about this living on and leaving a Caribbean island, but here is all you have to know about the coming events in 2009 - 10:<br /><br />"Black Diamond Bay"<br /><br />Up on the white veranda<br />She wears a necktie and a Panama hat<br />Her passport shows another face<br />From another time and place<br />She looks nothing like that<br />And all the remnants of her el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-85192641934971451482009-07-03T19:16:32.666-04:002009-07-03T19:16:32.666-04:00Something stinks or a lack of stench!
Recently th...Something stinks or a lack of stench!<br /><br />Recently there's hardly been much news of Robert Rubin, Fannie and Freddie, AIG, Citigroup. Most of the blogosphere has been focusing on GS manipulating the NYSE and JPM too.<br /><br />The European banks are even quieter, what of HSBC and Societe Generale? Hmmm...<br /><br />The silence of the lambs.VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-2751744641723927082009-07-03T19:14:13.986-04:002009-07-03T19:14:13.986-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-2495004336266811142009-07-03T18:59:36.701-04:002009-07-03T18:59:36.701-04:00Malcom posted:
"Ilargi in this posting y...Malcom posted:<br /><br /> <i>"Ilargi in this posting you write, "A free market system is fine by me, but only if there are fair and equal opportunities for everyone."</i>"<br /><br />I would agree with ilargi on this as long as equal opportunities also contains the idea that we all have different abilities and degrees of same. Putting out a pot and giving everyone a spoon Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-76413723421349671992009-07-03T18:50:41.331-04:002009-07-03T18:50:41.331-04:00It is all about the smackdown!It is all about the smackdown!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-39941819391043066202009-07-03T18:28:27.504-04:002009-07-03T18:28:27.504-04:00Ilargi in this posting you write, "A free mar...Ilargi in this posting you write, "A free market system is fine by me, but only if there are fair and equal opportunities for everyone."<br /><br />With all due respect, you are showing some irrationally exuberant faith in the nature of capitalism, which you refer to by the euphemism "free market system."<br /><br />A parable you have no doubt heard before applied to the Malcolm Martinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-54759352462830654992009-07-03T17:38:16.979-04:002009-07-03T17:38:16.979-04:00@ Ilargi
Now that's a smackdown! :D@ Ilargi<br /><br />Now that's a smackdown! :DVKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-79713463229212580752009-07-03T17:23:49.422-04:002009-07-03T17:23:49.422-04:00I remember Timebomb2000, when Phil Greenspun set i...I remember Timebomb2000, when Phil Greenspun set it up. I always thought it was a great experiment in early web sociology. Snuffy, remember the battles between "Mr. Decker" and the rest of the gang? <br /><br />The IT industry did do a great deal of work to mitigate the effects. I always had the sneaking suspicion the whole thing was a put-on to get institutions to fork over the Oarwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-55297347333640042372009-07-03T17:18:53.376-04:002009-07-03T17:18:53.376-04:00Jesse's Cafe"India Puts Its Weight Behind...<a href="http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Jesse's Cafe</a><br><br><i>"India Puts Its Weight Behind Alternatives to the Dollar Reserve Currency<br /><br /><br />When an alternative to the dollar as reserve currency does occur will this be the most widely telegraphed "black swan surprise" in history?<br /><br />We would agree that it appears to be an Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-9588216991155559872009-07-03T16:58:52.304-04:002009-07-03T16:58:52.304-04:00VK
I didn't mean concurrently, deflation and...VK <br /><br />I didn't mean concurrently, deflation and inflation but merely both to think on'. I do have a son:)<br /> <br />-pinkleberry-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-54790105305141570402009-07-03T16:46:58.649-04:002009-07-03T16:46:58.649-04:00What is with the Gary North fanclub around here? I...What is with the Gary North fanclub around here? It gets to feel like a kudzu attack.<br /><br />I don't want to "analyze" Gary North. I don't find that interesting. He's off on too many points, and he's shown himself to be a graceless conversationalist.<br /><br />He says deflationists (whoever he figures they are) talk about price deflation. I don't, because there&Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-11078353575020465612009-07-03T16:38:02.659-04:002009-07-03T16:38:02.659-04:00DIY
Why a mega P-T event. We really don't kn...DIY<br /><br />Why a mega P-T event. We really don't know what triggered it. Maybe cataclysmic volcanism. Other than green house gases, what's triggering our event? If we are going back to the stone age in the next 15 years, and fossil fuel use is way down, and we haven't already triggered a runaway positive feedback loop vis-a-vis albedo and deep sea methane hydrate, etc., why el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-88798262594264675692009-07-03T16:30:52.827-04:002009-07-03T16:30:52.827-04:00@ pinkleberry
Likely we will have both deflation ...@ pinkleberry<br /><br />Likely we will have both deflation and inflation , maybe prepare for both? <br /><br />No,no,no! There will only be deflation for the next decade or so. What will happen though is prices will rise for neccessities like food while prices will fall for assets like houses, stocks, cars, factories etc. BUT the price falls will be far greater then the price rises - Hence VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-84157004912377683262009-07-03T16:23:24.303-04:002009-07-03T16:23:24.303-04:00DIYerNo wonder my stepmother kept telling me to ea...DIYer<br><br>No wonder my stepmother kept telling me to eat my <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycada" rel="nofollow"> cycads</a><br><br><i>This blue-green algae produces a neurotoxin called BMAA that is found in the seeds of cycads.</i><br><br>-VK-<br><br>Likely we will have both deflation and inflation , maybe prepare for both? Much more pertinent than worrying recipes for deep fried Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com