tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post6944199941063112960..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: January 22 2009: The Aggregator Lemonade StandIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-22664288810305984132009-01-23T18:04:00.000-05:002009-01-23T18:04:00.000-05:00Ilargi, my condolences for your loss.@Roubini"Some...Ilargi, my condolences for your loss.<BR/><BR/>@Roubini<BR/><BR/>"Some fear that these conditions will produce a dangerous spike in inflation, but the greater risk is for a kind of global "stag-deflation": a toxic combination of economic stagnation, recession and falling prices. "<BR/><BR/>Roubini is going into newspeak now. Too many $1000 a plate presentations. Dr. Doom Lite is becoming Dr. el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-19047957421901746992009-01-23T14:08:00.000-05:002009-01-23T14:08:00.000-05:00Sincerely sorry for your loss.Reportedly Omega-3 o...Sincerely sorry for your loss.<BR/><BR/>Reportedly Omega-3 oil may help during grief. YMMV.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for everything you do.<BR/><BR/>MachinistAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-3551665055468245842009-01-23T12:01:00.000-05:002009-01-23T12:01:00.000-05:00illargi, Sorry to hear of your loss. My condolence...illargi, <BR/><BR/>Sorry to hear of your loss. My condolences to you and yours.ogardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062788838505530416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-62481748909400998132009-01-23T11:55:00.001-05:002009-01-23T11:55:00.001-05:00Ilargi, I am sorry for your lossbaaIlargi, <BR/>I am sorry for your loss<BR/>baaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-56887091642670882462009-01-23T11:55:00.000-05:002009-01-23T11:55:00.000-05:00Ilargi, I am sorry for your lossbaaIlargi, <BR/>I am sorry for your loss<BR/>baaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-73107541098977316532009-01-23T09:06:00.000-05:002009-01-23T09:06:00.000-05:00I've just removed your lemonade stand from my book...I've just removed your lemonade stand from my bookmarks. Grow up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-15087770176424498922009-01-23T08:45:00.000-05:002009-01-23T08:45:00.000-05:00More on Dubai Most British crooks who were touting...<B>More on Dubai</B> Most British crooks who were touting time-sharing and properties in the Costa Blanca, Spain, are now in Dubai and Egypt.<BR/>David Beckham doesn't own an Island in the World Dubai project, neither does Jackie Stewart. Sure, they let themselves get invited, they charge a fee, some time in a 7 star hotel, they smile for the TV cameras, that's that. They are clever, they are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-20653696994480373372009-01-23T07:59:00.000-05:002009-01-23T07:59:00.000-05:00Ilargi,My condolences on your loss. It's hard to b...Ilargi,<BR/><BR/>My condolences on your loss. It's hard to be away.digitalfilosophyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10267090066157275326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-44660248383131883882009-01-23T07:34:00.000-05:002009-01-23T07:34:00.000-05:00Ilargi,My condolences on your loss. Aunts are won...Ilargi,<BR/><BR/>My condolences on your loss. Aunts are wonderful assets to one's lives in my experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-71920236948782076792009-01-23T03:57:00.000-05:002009-01-23T03:57:00.000-05:00(CBS) Over the years, booming oil prices helped tu...(CBS) Over the years, booming oil prices helped turn Dubai into a land of opportunity and playground for the ultra rich.<BR/><BR/>But that was then and this is now. And as CBS News correspondent Sheila MacVicar reports, even Dubai is feeling the pinch of the worldwide economic crisis.<BR/><BR/>The gulf city state's property prices went up as fast and as high as the towering buildings. But realityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-56959175299327269792009-01-23T03:45:00.000-05:002009-01-23T03:45:00.000-05:00"You see, when it comes time to face death, is is ..."You see, when it comes time to face death, is is every animal's instinct to go home. It is what I did."<BR/>Mike Rupert<BR/><BR/>Loved the above quote, very true. Rupert in the article was refering to the Dubai bust, where thousands of indians are fleeing for home as their jobs vanish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-63653854656512998052009-01-23T03:32:00.000-05:002009-01-23T03:32:00.000-05:00Sorry to hear about the passing of your Aunt Ilarg...Sorry to hear about the passing of your Aunt Ilargi. Best wishes to you and your family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-45765857315242794962009-01-22T22:30:00.000-05:002009-01-22T22:30:00.000-05:00Mike Ruppert, linked above, is right on target.Mike Ruppert, linked above, is right on target.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-30077127259472265332009-01-22T22:26:00.000-05:002009-01-22T22:26:00.000-05:00Ilargi,So sorry about your favorite aunt ...Ilargi,<BR/><BR/>So sorry about your favorite aunt ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-36184541743121235712009-01-22T22:18:00.000-05:002009-01-22T22:18:00.000-05:00Mike Ruppert: "What will count most immediately --...<A HREF="http://mikeruppert.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Mike Ruppert</A>: "What will count most immediately -- and what will show us the Heart of Barack Obama -- will be what he does on the economy and he is going to have to make some very UGLY decisions within <B>two weeks</B> at most."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-24007799615895237352009-01-22T22:11:00.000-05:002009-01-22T22:11:00.000-05:00Snuffy,Under current conditions you made absolutel...Snuffy,<BR/><BR/>Under current conditions you made absolutely the right decisions. That was the point I was trying to make when I used you as an example. Good luck!el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-5920764504738584302009-01-22T22:04:00.000-05:002009-01-22T22:04:00.000-05:00IIlargi,My heart goes out to you.One of the things...IIlargi,My heart goes out to you.One of the things that they don't tell you about growing up and being a "adult"is that you gradually lose all those in your family you hold dear,to time.Over time,your circle of family "blood"grows smaller and smaller,especially if you have,as I have,decided not to have children.I have "family"by marriage,whom I love dearly,but none of my own.I am still blessed Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-56692546556044432182009-01-22T21:51:00.000-05:002009-01-22T21:51:00.000-05:00John Lanchester, in the London Review of Books: "G...John Lanchester, in the London Review of Books: <BR/><BR/>"Grim stuff – though when the car industry is held up as a barometer of economic well-being, a voice inside my head always wishes that someone was making the counter-argument against a thriving car industry. Thomas Friedman recently said in the New York Times that the Detroit bail-out was ‘the equivalent of pouring billions of dollars of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-87085871250988024572009-01-22T21:24:00.000-05:002009-01-22T21:24:00.000-05:00from Mish:"Stunning Miss By Microsoft Calls Into Q...from Mish:<BR/><BR/>"Stunning Miss By Microsoft Calls Into Question Its Business Model"<BR/><BR/>Open Office is killing the aging gorilla, too bad.<BR/><BR/>He ends his post by saying:<BR/><BR/>"Open Office is the epitome of deflation. You can't beat free."<BR/><BR/>(Gee and Apple is doing just fine. Is there a pattern here?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-73684363142963337472009-01-22T20:51:00.000-05:002009-01-22T20:51:00.000-05:00scandia: Then the only question left is when your...scandia: Then the only question left is when your friends will be killed by all this, and by whom.<BR/><BR/>To many of us who do know, TSHTF might well be fatal.<BR/><BR/>To those with their heads in the sand, it will be.Starcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226367306835781483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-59707882127211108512009-01-22T19:24:00.000-05:002009-01-22T19:24:00.000-05:00I am very sorry for you loss.SharonI am very sorry for you loss.<BR/><BR/>Sharonjewishfarmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17547121621115074866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-87086087671665038912009-01-22T18:52:00.000-05:002009-01-22T18:52:00.000-05:00I " spoke" to a few friends again about the banks,...I " spoke" to a few friends again about the banks, about " the fork in the road" decision that Obama has to make sooner than later...Still the same, rolling their eyes response. Frustrating.<BR/>They still think this is a mere wrinkle in the otherwise smooth upward mobility of their lives. They have confidence that it will be handled properly by gov't. sigh...the spirit of entitlement still scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-8657056725177138972009-01-22T18:24:00.000-05:002009-01-22T18:24:00.000-05:00Sorry, one more thing. He keeps referring to how t...Sorry, one more thing. He keeps referring to how the Government needs to get a return on the investment into the "bad" banks, he says it like 3 times...NO CHUCK, it the TAXPAYERS that need a return, not the government...where does he think the money is coming from? Oh that's right, from the printing press, so that makes it ok.Honest Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12695301971657136417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-1849432317332871202009-01-22T18:20:00.000-05:002009-01-22T18:20:00.000-05:00If you didn't get Dan W.'s story then read mine fr...If you didn't get Dan W.'s story then read mine from 10 Jan<BR/>===== <BR/> <BR/>Last week, the friendly banker convinced my grandpa to take $50,000 from his mattress and put it in the bank and get 1% interest. (This is a true fiction story)<BR/><BR/>The next day, the friendly banker went and bought a new car because he had made a loan of $40,000 to the car dealer at 6% so that the car dealer Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-79722220340744083312009-01-22T18:18:00.000-05:002009-01-22T18:18:00.000-05:00@RapierNotice the part when Schumer says "We are l...@Rapier<BR/><BR/>Notice the part when Schumer says "We are like Columbus sailing from Spain, these are uncharted waters"...The tape cuts, then they're laughing...do you think a little editing was done there, hmmmm.... He did use the "D" word at least twice....It just makes my stomach turn....bad things man, bad thingsHonest Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12695301971657136417noreply@blogger.com