tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post819390666730578169..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: June 13 2011: The Derivatives Pressure CookerIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-65045995338564012982011-06-15T13:19:16.595-04:002011-06-15T13:19:16.595-04:00I thought MBAs would be more in tune with money. S...I thought MBAs would be more in tune with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZHCVyllnck" rel="nofollow">money</a>. Serves me right to make ridiculous assumptions and generalizations.p01https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396562841580952642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-15360500409433922302011-06-15T13:18:58.194-04:002011-06-15T13:18:58.194-04:00New post up.
Credit Downgrade Swaps
.New post up.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2011/06/june-15-2011-credit-downgrade-swaps.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Credit Downgrade Swaps</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-19193817151784774752011-06-15T13:16:46.658-04:002011-06-15T13:16:46.658-04:00Greenpa,
I hear he's kind of knee deep in mon...Greenpa,<br /><br />I hear he's kind of knee deep in monkey business himself right now. :)<br /><br />I sure hope Spice buys that story about the accountant. ;)Phlogiston Água de Beberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269917130349144430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-8974147171457644982011-06-15T13:07:34.074-04:002011-06-15T13:07:34.074-04:00Sooner or later, Ilargi is going to come in here w...Sooner or later, Ilargi is going to come in here with "ok enough monkey business, kids..."Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-29975379378363015212011-06-15T13:06:48.097-04:002011-06-15T13:06:48.097-04:00El Gal: if you google "bipedal bonobo" a...El Gal: if you google "bipedal bonobo" and hit "videos" - there are a bunch. This one is nice:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0tAQcpLILQ<br /><br />What we know about australopithecine behavior is based on skeletons, of course- and the actual number of skeletons in hand is not huge. There's always a range.<br /><br />The most australopithecine like bonobo Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-61285040793635013472011-06-15T12:56:53.404-04:002011-06-15T12:56:53.404-04:00"Greenpa, what you doin' shoppin' on ..."Greenpa, what you doin' shoppin' on eHarmony anyway?"<br /><br />OMG, I didn't think of that question. :-)<br /><br />Nope, wasn't; my accountant sent me that video, which she picked up from a Facebook buddy. Really! Honest!Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-15296937704222280842011-06-15T12:48:47.649-04:002011-06-15T12:48:47.649-04:00Big things happening in Greece today. Stay tuned....Big things happening in Greece today. Stay tuned. Euro sinking. Dollar rising. Stock markets plummeting. Strong dollar bad for the S&P500. Looks like Brian Sack had to put down his pastrami on rye to goose the market around 12:30. Hope he didn't get mustard on those supercomputers - they are finicky.<br /><br />Greenpa<br /><br />I subscribe, but not fanatically, to the triple el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-91224850846803477272011-06-15T12:42:04.614-04:002011-06-15T12:42:04.614-04:00Greenpa said ...
I do encourage all to watch that ...Greenpa said ...<br /><i>I do encourage all to watch that video to completion. For one thing, you'll learn the current value and meaning of an MBA.<br /></i><br />Greenpa, what you doin' shoppin' on eHarmony anyway?<br /><br />Paraphrasing Arnie Gundersen, the words value and MBA should never appear in the same sentence. The video certainly does demonstrate that one need not be Phlogiston Água de Beberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269917130349144430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-80911156553032886332011-06-15T12:32:23.968-04:002011-06-15T12:32:23.968-04:00Interesting to watch this morning CNN run all arou...Interesting to watch this morning CNN run all around the shop talking on how much Greece needs another bailout but never mentioning the reason why all those Greeks are in the square protesting their guts out about this.<br /><br />Okay,CNN doesn't seem able to do a quick sound bite on this so who here can do that in , say, 21 words or less, you know twitter size?scrofuloushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085471693372823086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-82099276050857159462011-06-15T12:13:38.326-04:002011-06-15T12:13:38.326-04:00Frank: "Macro anatomy makes it look like chim...Frank: "Macro anatomy makes it look like chimps and bonobos had a more recent common ancestor than humans and either"<br /><br />I happen to be privy to some unpublished research, where the worker examined pretty much the entire range of bonobo skeletons available for study in world museums. <br /><br />He found a considerable range in "morphology". On one end, the Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-34639869231656695622011-06-15T12:05:45.304-04:002011-06-15T12:05:45.304-04:00El. Gal: "Modern humans evolved in Africa - t...El. Gal: "Modern humans evolved in Africa - there is little doubt of that from the fossil evidence."<br /><br />Well- but- bear in mind that about 90% of all digging for human fossils has been in Africa- the broad presence of erectus across Asia, and prior species- makes me wonder.<br /><br />"Additionally, I am fond of cats.."<br /><br />ah, but; are you THIS fond of cats?<brGreenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-87418333561167810032011-06-15T12:00:51.848-04:002011-06-15T12:00:51.848-04:00el gallinazo said:
So there is a very good chance ...el gallinazo said:<br /><i>So there is a very good chance that Neanderthals were eliminated through love, not war.</i><br /><br />It's also possible there was a different kind of <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/18/controversial-study-suggests-early-humans-feasted-on-neanderthals/" rel="nofollow">love</a>.<br />Who knows...p01https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396562841580952642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-87046437102498600312011-06-15T11:27:18.541-04:002011-06-15T11:27:18.541-04:00Jal
Of course I was not implying that bonobos had...Jal<br /><br />Of course I was not implying that bonobos had stopped evolving and the split I mentioned would be from a common ancestor. Most of the timing comes from mitochondrial DNA comparisons, though, in the last 15 years, there have been big advances in the use of the Y chromosome, at least in studying human migrations over the past 60,000 years. I only have a few vague snippets in my el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-84948139188973566302011-06-15T11:17:36.519-04:002011-06-15T11:17:36.519-04:00I live in Amish country where they still grow larg...I live in Amish country where they still grow large families. After the collapse we may be back to growing large extended families for mutual protection as well as the young strong backs needed for subsistence farming.Mike Tanishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926879076978547221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-32199559179359052452011-06-15T11:13:16.714-04:002011-06-15T11:13:16.714-04:00@JAL I don't have references to hand. But bono...@JAL I don't have references to hand. But bonobos and humans had a common ancestor with regular chimps at 6 megayears, and bonobos are still parked in the same genus with chimps (Pan), while we are in a different one (Homo). It took DNA sequencing parse out the sequence of last common ancestors. Macro anatomy makes it look like chimps and bonobos had a more recent common ancestor than humans Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752307987743035281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-29877412053280410622011-06-15T11:10:50.478-04:002011-06-15T11:10:50.478-04:00A Walk in the Woods said...
Gunderson starts out ...A Walk in the Woods said...<br /><br />Gunderson starts out the interview by saying, "..the words sandbag and nuclear plant should never be in the same sentence..."<br /><br />A bit of dark levee levity, I guess.<br /><br />More worries...risks to the dams upstream. Bernard Shanks of the Resource Renewal Institute believes that "Six dams from Fort Peck in Montana to Gavins Point inumaperegrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03583409652287544317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-79522028515101070642011-06-15T11:04:21.167-04:002011-06-15T11:04:21.167-04:00@ p01
They could have started a fast food franchi...@ p01<br /><br />They could have started a fast food franchise featuring Neanderburgers:<br /><br />McMagnon's<br /><br /><i>What we're made of...</i><br /><br /><b>I'm Lovin' It</b><br />_A Walk in the Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01875330637254706917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-19814305135503756372011-06-15T10:56:31.373-04:002011-06-15T10:56:31.373-04:00@A Walk in the Woods
You forgot to mention that CM...@A Walk in the Woods<br />You forgot to mention that CM probably ate them too...<br /><br />If the BigBadBoys decide for a Nuk'nDuck approach, they will have a heart-stopping surprise when they exit the bunkers...literally.p01https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396562841580952642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-77450981959288281812011-06-15T10:50:07.063-04:002011-06-15T10:50:07.063-04:00@ umaperegrina
thanks for the Gunderson link. The...@ umaperegrina<br /><br />thanks for the Gunderson link. The guy is AOK.<br /><br />Even has a sense of humor. The newscast has workers stacking sand bags to try to keep the water out of the nuclear plant.<br /><br />Gunderson starts out the interview by saying, "..the words sandbag and nuclear plant should never be in the same sentence..."<br /><br />haha, ain't that the truth.<br A Walk in the Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01875330637254706917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-28204428775093012852011-06-15T10:23:37.497-04:002011-06-15T10:23:37.497-04:00p01 said...
Just in case the clusterfsck was not b...p01 said...<br />Just in case the clusterfsck was not big enough, there's a "level 4" at Nebraska nuclear power plant.<br /><br />Thanks p01. This is my neck of the woods and I have lots of friends and family in the vicinity.<br /><br />Here's a broadcast about the incident that includes a lengthy interview with Arnie Gunderson:<br /><br />http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/umaperegrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03583409652287544317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-67542237164899119932011-06-15T09:26:29.224-04:002011-06-15T09:26:29.224-04:00Derringer:
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban...Derringer:<br /><br />The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent in May on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 3.6 percent before seasonal adjustment.<br /><br />The general business conditions index slipped below zero for the first time since November of 2010, Biologique Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05410194284794713409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-3914713707930033132011-06-15T09:11:43.963-04:002011-06-15T09:11:43.963-04:00Part II
Pistol Whipping the Big Bad Brain
Neande...Part II<br /><br />Pistol Whipping the Big Bad Brain<br /><br />Neanderthals had stone tools and spears for hunting, Cro-Magnons however had stone tools and had invented <i>bow & arrows.</i> <br /><br />In a 'rock-paper-scissors' contest, a <i>bow & arrow</i> beats the hell out of a Neanderthal spear. Cro-Magnon could kill stuff from a much greater distance than their big browed A Walk in the Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01875330637254706917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-47544954777882745932011-06-15T09:10:23.524-04:002011-06-15T09:10:23.524-04:00"I tend to think Technology Will Not Save Us,..."I tend to think Technology Will Not Save Us, because technology "has nothing to do with Neurology, evolution, health, natural systems" Again, technology is fine enough (especially if you are a fan of Ursula Franklin) but it is so bound up in cultural myths and assumptions that I don't have great hopes for salvation."<br /><br />Leaving aside the definition of the word &SecularAnimisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00391479249569818914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-76568943547240695422011-06-15T08:42:49.510-04:002011-06-15T08:42:49.510-04:00Ya know, H. s. Sapien's 'big brain' ne...Ya know, H. s. Sapien's 'big brain' needs a good pistol whipping.<br /><br />Let's see, where to begin.<br /><br />A long ,long, long time ago a certain hominid sub species emerged into prominence and spread from the Balkins and the Steppes into western Europe. It was dubbed Homo Sapien Sapien.<br /><br />There's the first clue right there, that it wasn't too smart. It A Walk in the Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01875330637254706917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-29104464786551895502011-06-15T08:12:53.638-04:002011-06-15T08:12:53.638-04:00Just in case the clusterfsck was not big enough, t...Just in case the clusterfsck was not big enough, there's a "level 4" at Nebraska nuclear power plant.<br />As always, take "level 4" with a grain of salt and escalate, expect worst, hope best.p01https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396562841580952642noreply@blogger.com