tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post7841560956665482021..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: April 6 2011: The Last Financial Samurai and its Merciless SwordIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-42699044950967766232011-04-10T06:56:29.741-04:002011-04-10T06:56:29.741-04:00New post up.
Jumping the Treasury Shark
.New post up.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2011/04/april-10-2011-jumping-treasury-shark.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Jumping the Treasury Shark</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-61008204723913549682011-04-09T21:14:55.882-04:002011-04-09T21:14:55.882-04:00How things work:
The market and the central banks...How things work:<br /><br />The market and the central banks are like the bull and the matador. The bailout is the matador's shiny red cape.<br /><br />My metaphor incorporates many of Stoneleigh's notions, (e.g. the relative strength of markets vs. central banks) but it also explains why the matador (central bank) controls the game 99 times out of 100. <br /><br />The bull is helpless Alfredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01344820424381752942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-83634609178329476652011-04-09T11:27:33.902-04:002011-04-09T11:27:33.902-04:00Robert - being the same kind may not necessarily m...Robert - being the same kind may not necessarily mean they're more dangerous than other types of nuclear plant. Even if one excludes Soviet-style reactors, the world has other types in use; e.g. Magnox and AGR here in the UK, CANDU in Canada and several "export markets". <br /><br />PWR and BWR safety has been analysed at length in relatively open countries like the USA and Sweden. Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472119771650643883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-65089768764673812952011-04-09T10:43:53.890-04:002011-04-09T10:43:53.890-04:00Charles F. said...
"Here is a devil's adv...Charles F. said...<br />"Here is a devil's advocate argument, not a poke in the eye:"<br /><br />A little bit of cognitive dissonance between the first and last sentences.<br /><br />"Psychology does NOT determine the outcome.<br />.......................<br />No IMF and No Central Bank bailout = No confidence = No stability (we all fall down)."<br /><br />I would think el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-14962070520957510172011-04-09T10:16:18.609-04:002011-04-09T10:16:18.609-04:00@ I M Nobody
@ El Buzzardo
Thanks for the welcome...@ I M Nobody<br />@ El Buzzardo<br /><br />Thanks for the welcome home.<br /><br />Day to day neccessity all too often usurps the time I would rather spend writing... but I always find time to at least lurk. Haven't missed a TAE post yet.D. Benton Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09505763959328162067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-17541901191454355212011-04-09T08:52:09.124-04:002011-04-09T08:52:09.124-04:00@Metanis said...
Ashvin's essay states in the...@Metanis said...<br /><br />Ashvin's essay states in the second sentence of paragraph three, "Every technological gain since the Industrial Revolution has come at the expense of people's lives, livelihoods and cultural values."<br /><br />Seriously? What was the opportunity cost of GPS for example? Or Lipitor? Or ABS? Or solid state electronics? Or any number of processes or rcg1950https://www.blogger.com/profile/14528664922464338338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-49613678769039955242011-04-09T08:35:44.897-04:002011-04-09T08:35:44.897-04:00If you have mixed feelings about nuclear power loo...If you have mixed feelings about nuclear power look at this slide show - essay. Incredibly moving.<br /><br />http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com/essay/chernobyl<br /><br />Are some of the Japanese going to be faced with the same tragedy?<br /><br />For those living in the US, remember that many of the American reactors are of the same type as in Fukushima/<br /><br />Cheers,<br />RobertBiologique Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05410194284794713409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-25198970332297224532011-04-09T04:55:45.178-04:002011-04-09T04:55:45.178-04:00The most gruesome inflation of all time was the in...The most gruesome inflation of all time was the inflation in the former Yugoslavia after the Nato <br />war and economic sanctions against the country. Cutting off the flow of goods has a way of bringing this about.<br /><br />Such an embargo could happen to us at any time. A nuke concealed in a container explodes in a big harbour, say Rotterdam.<br />That same day marks the end of container message_in_a_bottlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12958911505180651936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-83547745003475501642011-04-09T04:47:26.463-04:002011-04-09T04:47:26.463-04:00Here is a devil's advocate argument, not a pok...Here is a devil's advocate argument, not a poke in the eye:<br /><br />Psychology does NOT determine the outcome.<br /><br />Central Banks and the IMF determine the outcome.<br /><br />Case in point:<br />What would have happened to Portugal without a bailout?<br /><br />What would have happened to global financial markets without a bailout of Portugal?<br /><br />Markets have remained stableAlfredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01344820424381752942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-75407696011621239652011-04-09T01:03:48.339-04:002011-04-09T01:03:48.339-04:00Egypt security forces break up Tahrir protest
Gun...<a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/04/20114921821599558.html" rel="nofollow">Egypt security forces break up Tahrir protest</a><br /><br /><i>Gunfire reported as soldiers storm central Cairo square, where protesters called for prosecution of former officials.</i><br /><br />Well, it looks like the velvet glove is finally off. The army is really an army of occupation. This Nassimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014132282872515690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-2289683735439879122011-04-09T00:40:22.275-04:002011-04-09T00:40:22.275-04:00@ Board...
Middle east is heating up!
Israel com...@ Board...<br /><br />Middle east is heating up!<br /><br />Israel commences "operation scorching summer"<br /><br />http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=24226<br /><br />Inter/Intra national war is erupting around us. How soon (if?) till the war front unifies is open to debate. <br /><br />IMHO there are grassfires everywhere: The wind is blowing, and there is a agtefchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15469725236436142566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-30697767569669675172011-04-08T22:07:03.563-04:002011-04-08T22:07:03.563-04:00el g,
My theory on feudalism 2.0 is that the Fed&...el g,<br /><br />My theory on feudalism 2.0 is that the Fed's cheap money is being used to encourage suckers to build those ant hills. Buying horribly overpriced land in an attempt to get big enough to survive, which the swordsmen will later seize in foreclosure. Thereafter it will be for the real warriors to settle disputes over ownership.Phlogiston Água de Beberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269917130349144430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-37593807286780245522011-04-08T18:50:17.174-04:002011-04-08T18:50:17.174-04:00Greenpa
Just a suggestion, El Galliowhoopwhoop- bu...Greenpa<br /><i>Just a suggestion, El Galliowhoopwhoop- but why do you think the price of real estate has been dropping so hard? Which would you rather own, eventually; a pile of paper money; or Rhode Island?</i><br /><br />Well, I am not so sure that they blew the real estate bubble with the idea that they could eventually buy up all the land on the downside. Maybe. Or maybe it was the most el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-63496589953572946022011-04-08T18:30:52.243-04:002011-04-08T18:30:52.243-04:00@Metanis
Seriously? What was the opportunity cost...@Metanis<br /><br /><i>Seriously? What was the opportunity cost of GPS for example? Or Lipitor? Or ABS? Or solid state electronics? Or any number of processes or things which makes people's lives safer and easier?</i><br /><br />First of all, I believe you are injecting a judgment of value into my words where I have not done so. That's not to say I don't have my own opinions on the Ashvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692970226443206815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-67289818240707576832011-04-08T18:05:08.939-04:002011-04-08T18:05:08.939-04:00http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13012041
gol...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13012041<br /><br />golly, ya know, somehow that just doesn't seem -<br />"right", or, maybe "like a good idea".<br /><br />Can't quite put my finger on why, though. Seems like such a win/win thing- 1st world jerk-offs can now outsource the jerking off. Great.<br /><br />Has to look good on the résumés, too! Occupation: 2nd tier Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-81958341179105432922011-04-08T17:21:25.625-04:002011-04-08T17:21:25.625-04:00@Metanis
I don't think it is a joke, but you ...@Metanis<br /><br />I don't think it is a joke, but you being dense may be a bit harsh. Let's assume you don't have enough information. And now here is some information.<br /><br />Robert Ayres (professor emeritus of seemingly everything) studies the Industrial Metabolism. He calculates that only 6% of materials used end up in the finished product, so, on average, 94% is consumed in Rubenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08391623908501295326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-14778879133044428042011-04-08T17:07:18.293-04:002011-04-08T17:07:18.293-04:00I live in the UK and I haven't heard of any UK...I live in the UK and I haven't heard of any UK reports on peak oil, although I was aware of the Hirsch report.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472119771650643883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-61400700892050111652011-04-08T16:55:23.458-04:002011-04-08T16:55:23.458-04:00http://www.oftwominds.com/blogapril11/consumption4...http://www.oftwominds.com/blogapril11/consumption4-11.htmlel gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-83034231153542807982011-04-08T16:49:50.917-04:002011-04-08T16:49:50.917-04:00Bad news escalating on so many fronts at the momen...Bad news escalating on so many fronts at the moment - but this is the one that made me feel worst this morning!<br /><br />Bacteria on brink of victory<br />http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/4867368/Bacteria-on-brink-of-victory<br /><br />Always knew it was happening, just hoped it would be progressing more slowly ...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03745808529952879762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-13748717400327110952011-04-08T16:45:19.745-04:002011-04-08T16:45:19.745-04:00Ash said...
El G, your as of yet unresponded to qu...Ash said...<br />El G, your as of yet unresponded to question about the elites divesting debt-dollar assets has inspired me to write a separate article on it.<br /><br />Just a suggestion, El Galliowhoopwhoop- but why do you think the price of real estate has been dropping so hard? Which would you rather own, eventually; a pile of paper money; or Rhode Island?Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-36224325847754931192011-04-08T16:39:56.372-04:002011-04-08T16:39:56.372-04:00Ashvin's essay states in the second sentence o...Ashvin's essay states in the second sentence of paragraph three, <i>"Every technological gain since the Industrial Revolution has come at the expense of people's lives, livelihoods and cultural values."</i><br /><br />Seriously? What was the opportunity cost of GPS for example? Or Lipitor? Or ABS? Or solid state electronics? Or any number of processes or things which makes Mike Tanishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926879076978547221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-10027027403641779542011-04-08T16:27:19.810-04:002011-04-08T16:27:19.810-04:00@ draft
Per DB Smith's earlier comment, it se...@ draft<br /><br />Per DB Smith's earlier comment, it seems very likely that the banksters will make oil unaffordable well before it becomes unobtanium.<br /><br />@ el g<br /><br />You were looking for suggestions for an index that you could use to gain weight and trophy mistresses. I think I might have one for you. A few days ago it was published here that most states have more people Phlogiston Água de Beberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269917130349144430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-56765947667103510812011-04-08T16:25:54.373-04:002011-04-08T16:25:54.373-04:00From the mouth of bab
In 6 months ... a flat tax....From the mouth of bab<br /><br />In 6 months ... a flat tax.<br /><br />No spending if there is no income.<br /><br />SHUT IT DOWN<br /><br />jaljalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-63073120428868977382011-04-08T15:46:55.490-04:002011-04-08T15:46:55.490-04:00@Draft
b) The rate of decline will follow this pa...@Draft<br /><br />b) The rate of decline will follow this particular trend:<br /><b>Complete cut-off when you least expect where you least expect.</b><br /><br />I think Orlov used more words to describe the downslope, but this is what one would expect; at least I do.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Paulp01https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396562841580952642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-61224471821442943792011-04-08T15:37:12.701-04:002011-04-08T15:37:12.701-04:00el gallinazo said...
I write of these two position...el gallinazo said...<br /><i>I write of these two positions so potential listeners don't throw out the baby with the bath water when they see them. (Also, I find the population one really irritating)</i><br /><br />Those mild irritations can and should be cured with a one week holiday spent... ummm ... let's say ... <a href="http://channel6newsonline.com/2011/04/p01https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396562841580952642noreply@blogger.com