tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post8014841619962883484..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: September 22 2010: Can't touch thisIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-49154963365359953982010-09-25T16:12:36.262-04:002010-09-25T16:12:36.262-04:00New post up.
What you know for sure that just ...New post up.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2010/09/september-25-2010-what-you-know-for.html" rel="nofollow"><b>What you know for sure that just ain't so</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-76576856307561260662010-09-25T13:57:27.420-04:002010-09-25T13:57:27.420-04:00The optimist says the glass is half full, the pess...The optimist says the glass is half full, the pessimist says the glass is half empty, the drunk (read:bankers) says "where's the bottle?"ghpacifichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829514410903378217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-20701396170089415272010-09-25T13:56:56.710-04:002010-09-25T13:56:56.710-04:00@Sailor Man,
I think deflation is less about pric...@Sailor Man, <br />I think deflation is <i>less</i> about prices going down because we wish them to do so, and <i>more</i> about prices being crushed by inexorable market forces when nobody has any money. The survival trick now is to hang onto cash if you can, but recognize that it may be difficult to do so. <br /><br />@memphis, <br />What's more important than whether the glass is Jim Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17419179432204743768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-71066278377420667752010-09-25T13:50:02.881-04:002010-09-25T13:50:02.881-04:00Ilargi,
Beautiful choice of bookends for this pos...Ilargi, <br />Beautiful choice of bookends for this post. My eyes well up just a little even though I never met Gwen and only briefly met with Stoneleigh. <br /><br />ZH today has a very nerdy theoretical paper on risk. Can't say I understand all of it, but thought it interesting:<br /><a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/article/didier-sornette-critical-market-crashes" rel="nofollow">Didier Jim Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17419179432204743768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-21084864536108832162010-09-25T13:21:13.142-04:002010-09-25T13:21:13.142-04:00IM Nobody wrote:
And then a possible riposte migh...IM Nobody wrote:<br /><br /><i>And then a possible riposte might have been along the lines of, ah but was it previously empty or full? A glass half full is also half empty. But you were quite right, she was saying that she can't quite face what she undoubtedly knows to be true. There are many like that.</i><br /><br />Yes, I understand your line of reasoning Re: half full is half empty. But, memphishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14679189378406297005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-48690206843185726352010-09-25T10:47:08.109-04:002010-09-25T10:47:08.109-04:00I live in London, where house prices appear not to...I live in London, where house prices appear not to be going down in the near future. I wish they went radically down, so I could finally buy me a house. <br />I have to be very patient and ask for patience to my wife who does not understand all this waiting for what. <br /><br />On the other side of the fence I immagine those hedge fund managers also waiting for the disaster to happen. <br /><br Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13897608052686210804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-89617786397139937142010-09-25T00:35:06.450-04:002010-09-25T00:35:06.450-04:00I don't mean to sound exaggerative or hyperbol...I don't mean to sound exaggerative or hyperbolic, but it is blogs like The Automatic Earth that keep me sane and remind me I am not crazy after a mainstream news day full of lies upon lies. Thankyou.Susquehannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497967819770518145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-50078982406176859992010-09-25T00:08:19.724-04:002010-09-25T00:08:19.724-04:00memphis said...
She told me she preferred to look...memphis said...<br /><i><br />She told me she preferred to look at the glass as half full. I understood at that point that there was no need to pursue a conversation; she didn't want to hear it.<br /></i><br />And then a possible riposte might have been along the lines of, ah but was it previously empty or full? A glass half full is also half empty. But you were quite right, she was saying Phlogiston Água de Beberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269917130349144430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-13994054214783000742010-09-24T23:13:51.109-04:002010-09-24T23:13:51.109-04:00Stoneleigh, everybody you've touched is hurtin...Stoneleigh, everybody you've touched is hurting for you and we send our love and comfort to you and your familyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-38345878823667061202010-09-24T22:37:38.158-04:002010-09-24T22:37:38.158-04:00My condolences to you and your family Stoneleigh o...My condolences to you and your family Stoneleigh on your tragic loss.anon10https://www.blogger.com/profile/15846761986848381697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-38036523382244578842010-09-24T21:39:33.312-04:002010-09-24T21:39:33.312-04:00I attended a fundraiser last night for a local non...I attended a fundraiser last night for a local non profit. I knew a couple of the women at my table; one was a host of the event. The others were all women who also knew her. I made some referece to the state of the economy and one of the host's close friends seated next to me felt that things may be turning around because of the actions in metals. I responded that until the price of NG quit memphishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14679189378406297005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-16547474689583277302010-09-24T21:10:34.190-04:002010-09-24T21:10:34.190-04:00Stoneleigh, my sympathies to you and your family. ...Stoneleigh, my sympathies to you and your family. Regardless of how much loved ones believe they are prepared, it seems surreal to actually take the steps. And while disease and death take from us those we love, they can never steal the love shared and memories made. Blessings to you and the family.<br /><br />Memphismemphishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14679189378406297005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-58325206351291269962010-09-24T20:57:19.883-04:002010-09-24T20:57:19.883-04:00Another bank bits the dust as the stock market sur...Another bank bits the dust as the stock market surges up.<br /><br />We have not been getting very much news about how the credit unions are doing.<br />Here is something.<br /><br />Setting the plan into motion required conservatorship today of three additional corporate credit unions that are not viable: Members United Corporate Federal Credit Union of Warrenville, Illinois; Southwest Corporatejalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-11824246372030220972010-09-24T20:25:12.931-04:002010-09-24T20:25:12.931-04:00"Another indication that the meaning of the w...<i>"Another indication that the meaning of the word "sustainable" has sort of evaporated."</i><br /><br />It never had any meaning, or at least not what those who use it think it did.<br /><br />"Building sustainable communities", "using sustainable energy" and all that stuff is for and from people who stop thinking because they found something that makes Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-1813607456736803362010-09-24T19:16:00.043-04:002010-09-24T19:16:00.043-04:00Polka Dot Tar Pit:
http://tinyurl.com/2azp532
H...Polka Dot Tar Pit: <br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/2azp532<br /><br />Halliburton is elected to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index.<br /><br />"Also joining Halliburton on the sustainability index was Nalco, the manufacturer of the oil dispersant Corexit. Nearly two million gallons of the chemical were sprayed on or under the surface of the gulf by BP in a bid to break up the oil gushing fromGreenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-12881561052108876232010-09-24T10:55:22.234-04:002010-09-24T10:55:22.234-04:00"Ahimsa said...
"Manufacturing Dissent&q...<i>"Ahimsa said...<br />"Manufacturing Dissent": the Anti-globalization Movement is Funded by the Corporate Elites<br />The People's Movement has been Hijacked<br /><br />by Michel Chossudovsky<br /><br />http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=21110"</i><br /><br />See, things still are not always what they seem.<br /><br />When I say Ahimsa's Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-85703112483322369342010-09-24T10:52:22.527-04:002010-09-24T10:52:22.527-04:00Stephen Colbert is now before Congress, "in c...<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/24/stephen-colbert-hearing-v_n_737813.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Stephen Colbert is now before Congress, "in character"</b></a><br /><br />What better way to characterize US politics?<br /><br />And he's brilliant. Colbert is unique, one of the fastest improv minds and talkers around. No better interviewer on the planet.<br /><br /><br /><Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-13341503200366092582010-09-24T10:25:18.215-04:002010-09-24T10:25:18.215-04:00Thank you all so much for your kind thoughts. They...Thank you all so much for your kind thoughts. They mean so much to us. Here is a link to Gwen's obituary, which (strangely enough) appeared on TOD this morning:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.legacy.com/can-ottawa/obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=145568652" rel="nofollow">Gwen Foss Obituary</a>Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-16566677174930465922010-09-24T09:44:20.454-04:002010-09-24T09:44:20.454-04:00Sorry to hear about your younger sister, Stoneleig...Sorry to hear about your younger sister, Stoneleigh. Please make sure you take enough time off to grieve her passing.M. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844949994636076188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-21917527661994841492010-09-24T08:43:50.281-04:002010-09-24T08:43:50.281-04:00My most sincere condolences to Stoneleigh. Thank y...My most sincere condolences to Stoneleigh. Thank you again for all your work and for your recent visit with us in western Mass. <br /><br />On the opposite end of the sincerity spectrum, was anybody else struck by the Planet Money piece on Morning Edition today? Very lighthearted treatment of the "death" of a mortgage backed security ("Toxie"...cute) that their reporters AndoLawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18358892266069872468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-84195611258274411952010-09-24T07:52:43.271-04:002010-09-24T07:52:43.271-04:00In hindsight one can mark the moment/action that m...In hindsight one can mark the moment/action that made all the difference in forming the outcome.<br />I site the bailout of Greece as such a moment for the EU.<br />I propose the return of Summers to Harvard as another such moment for the United States of America.Only weeks left to pull back...." the devil is in the details ".<br /><br />After Ilargi's comments of people of scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-77571359971657219672010-09-24T07:41:16.734-04:002010-09-24T07:41:16.734-04:00"Amid Tension, Japan Is Releasing Chinese Cap..."Amid Tension, Japan Is Releasing Chinese Captain"<br /><br />TOKYO — Japanese authorities said on Friday that they will release the captain of a Chinese trawler whose arrest two weeks ago near islands claimed by China and Japan had caused growing tensions between the two Asian powers.<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/3y7r8pnHombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-60232145318752993932010-09-24T07:37:26.899-04:002010-09-24T07:37:26.899-04:00@ voice-thrower... KD is proof you can be very ast...@ voice-thrower... KD is proof you can be very astute and very narrow minded at the same time. And believe me, our colleague and commentor, senor buzzard, is well aware of that. Still, silver needles are worth more and more every day now! I agree that TAE is awash in these sparkling gems.Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-79100603711417338352010-09-24T03:55:50.329-04:002010-09-24T03:55:50.329-04:00Canada has been winning praise throughout the indu...Canada has been winning praise throughout the industrialized world for Ottawa's fiscal position, a relatively low level of government debt-to-GDP when compared to its peers. But, Scotia Capital notes today, add in private debt and it doesn't look so good. <br /><br />"Just as the federal government vacated the debt markets from the mid-1990s onward, Canadian households, businesses anon10https://www.blogger.com/profile/15846761986848381697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-22466678939615619272010-09-24T00:17:53.092-04:002010-09-24T00:17:53.092-04:00Please convey our deepest sympathy to Nicole and h...Please convey our deepest sympathy to Nicole and her family. Our family lost my aunt to cancer five years ago and we miss her still. We feel very grateful for all the good advice and news we've received here from you both, and I'm sure that Nicole's family is a good part of the reason behind her immense patience and genuine compassion. We send our best thoughts your way.G E Canterburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109286491760589199noreply@blogger.com