tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post8709954287235668671..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: December 21 2009: The weakest hands fold firstIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-29874121382056798112009-12-24T17:47:24.081-05:002009-12-24T17:47:24.081-05:00New post up.
No Morals, No Hazard
.New post up.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-eve-2009-no-morals-no-hazard.html" rel="nofollow"><b>No Morals, No Hazard</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-71011221694443612792009-12-24T17:10:12.994-05:002009-12-24T17:10:12.994-05:00Happy Christmas to our hosts, Stoneleigh and Ilarg...Happy Christmas to our hosts, Stoneleigh and Ilargi, and the awesome TAE community.<br /><br />John Lennon says it well...<br /><br /><i>Happy Xmas (War is Over)</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kw2DF82VIk" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kw2DF82VIk</a><br /><br /><br />Amor y Paz!<br />AhimsaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-68114936865055262472009-12-24T16:49:55.882-05:002009-12-24T16:49:55.882-05:00Silent Monks Singing (Best seen with sound off)
...<a rel="nofollow">Silent Monks Singing</a> (Best seen with sound off) <br /><br />Thanks so much for everything, everyone! I can't think of a better group to go barreling over a waterfall with! :-) <br /><br />WgS--<i>Integrity is that illusive factor you gain or lose.</i><br /><br />Integrity to what? To itself?<br /><br />As Gravity might suggest--"To understand recursion, one must Richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01092313041560676587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-9500057115326612362009-12-24T16:26:41.509-05:002009-12-24T16:26:41.509-05:00Hello,
Day three in a New Year (if you count from...Hello,<br /><br />Day three in a New Year (if you count from the solstice) that promises to be eventful.<br /><br />Hope everyone finishes the year as well as we seem, still, to be starting it.<br /><br />It would be fun to no longer be obliged to always think first before talking with people (how much to say, to who, when), but the pre-condition is probably the crash, so I suppose our discomfortAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-10597429106040146332009-12-24T16:09:36.318-05:002009-12-24T16:09:36.318-05:00The geithner interview linked on ZH has some ironi...The geithner interview linked on ZH has some ironically poor lighting, as he shifts his head a curious shadow 'stache can be seen, briefly adding some sinister comic relief, and growth in the spring. <br /><br />http://www.zerohedge.com/article/there-will-be-growth-spring<br /><br />http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=9406369<br /><br />Merry crisismas!Gravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09126443076478406015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-91022095724171431062009-12-24T15:22:18.050-05:002009-12-24T15:22:18.050-05:00With all the post classical physics here, and for ...With all the post classical physics here, and for all you WIMPS and MACHOS, I'm am posting a little of Marla Singer's humor from ZH:<br /><br />° Fannie and Freddie throw millions to politically connected senior execs. (Largest fiscal black holes emit Bekenstein-Hawking radiation in the form of salary. Perhaps evaporation will finally result?) <br /><br />http://www.reuters.com/article/el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-30573067082575788342009-12-24T15:07:58.695-05:002009-12-24T15:07:58.695-05:00IM Nobody wrote: "So, from Ahura Mazda to Zul...IM Nobody wrote: "So, from Ahura Mazda to Zul, I hope they are all getting a little extra love this week."<br /><br />I love this phrase! <br /><br />to you and all the TAE community<br />Have a Happy Holiday! <br /><br />Peace to All,<br />ShambaShambahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074819389467884194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-35526427033424402452009-12-24T14:58:18.754-05:002009-12-24T14:58:18.754-05:00RE: the giving & the taking
Integrity is tha...RE: the giving & the taking<br /><br />Integrity is that illusive factor you gain or lose. <br /><br />---<br /><br />Naomi Klein on <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/dec/21/copenhagen-failure-obama-climate-change" rel="nofollow">Copenhagen's failure...</a><br /><br /><br /><b>Merry Christmas to one and all!</b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-31243248578716582182009-12-24T14:39:35.053-05:002009-12-24T14:39:35.053-05:00"A witty saying proves gravity is a recursive..."A witty saying proves gravity is a recursive algorithm" ~fulltear~<br /><br />By christmas, <br />you didn't recognize your local continuum.Gravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09126443076478406015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-9041844676512731812009-12-24T14:39:13.603-05:002009-12-24T14:39:13.603-05:00best wishes for the festive season and into the ne...best wishes for the festive season and into the new decade to the entire TAE community<br /><br />I'm glad I found you all.<br /><br />Zander.zanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15352619368764868819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-1442942973841139782009-12-24T14:34:01.858-05:002009-12-24T14:34:01.858-05:00Happy holidays and a tip of the beak from the equa...Happy holidays and a tip of the beak from the equatorial regions to I & S and the entire commentariat who make this my favorite blog. And the best of luck in 2010. We are all going to need it. And wishing a special lump of luck in Snuffy' stocking.el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-23344484432527573402009-12-24T13:22:21.414-05:002009-12-24T13:22:21.414-05:00TAE'lings that also visit TOD may have seen th...TAE'lings that also visit TOD may have seen this already. I present a link here for the entertainment of those that have not.<br /><br /><a href="http://moxnews.com/?p=110" rel="nofollow">It’s A Christmas Miracle!</a><br /><br />I'm a pantheistic atheist myself. That is, I don't believe in any of the identified gods, but I do believe they exist as long as anyone believes in them. So, Phlogiston Água de Beberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269917130349144430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-75340531976360978962009-12-24T13:06:21.847-05:002009-12-24T13:06:21.847-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Philip Rutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11041935672454266013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-37434483329075068562009-12-24T11:46:47.426-05:002009-12-24T11:46:47.426-05:00Perhaps I am just dreaming, but those crafty righ...Perhaps I am just dreaming, but those crafty right -wingers not “acquainted with reality nor with the actual meanings of commonly used political terms of the English language,” have quite successfully managed to control the highest court in the land along with fair portion of Federal and District courts. But I am always willing to be awakened from a nightmare, so please elaborate a different Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02818666639049192595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-43473972001830363232009-12-24T11:27:16.851-05:002009-12-24T11:27:16.851-05:00I want to thank everyone for helping me learn, esp...I want to thank everyone for helping me learn, especially on this blog.<br /><br />I hope that my contributions have helped you in the quest. (mentally, emotionally financially and physically.)<br /><br />Be happy ... give joy ... <br /><br />Love, <br /><br />jaljalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-21465889562137618032009-12-24T10:35:44.072-05:002009-12-24T10:35:44.072-05:00I've been pndering the year past, taking a pee...I've been pndering the year past, taking a peek at what is ahead. <br />" Warning people " has not been a fruitful experience. I have decided not to raise the financial/environmental/die off subjects over the holidays. If others seek my comment I will refer them to TAE saying it would be more efficient for them to go directly to my primary source of information/sanity. <br />Happy scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-33116578612060151492009-12-24T10:05:20.402-05:002009-12-24T10:05:20.402-05:00I wish everyone here and their families a very Mer...I wish everyone here and their families a very Merry Christmas. We are lucky that the rally lasted long enough for us to enjoy one more relatively untroubled holiday season.Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-1633527485760257792009-12-24T08:56:51.599-05:002009-12-24T08:56:51.599-05:00Throughout this year of spectacular lies and decep...Throughout this year of spectacular lies and deceptions in the financial world, it's hard to pick a 'winner', it's such a 'target rich' environment'.<br /><br />But I found an old Christmas card sent to me years ago by a friend with a particularly dark sense of the absurd, and it seemed on the mark metaphorically, for these times.<br /><br />On the front, it shows a Top Hat Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18062738110354384414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-92110943338588096152009-12-24T01:15:24.841-05:002009-12-24T01:15:24.841-05:00DIY,
Thank you for the kind thoughts,I would r...DIY,<br /><br /> Thank you for the kind thoughts,I would remind you that "being prepared",aside from being a motto,is a state of mind.You,by simply being willing to face the "cold fact" of life-changing events soon to be upon us,are much better prepared than most.I do not think any of our readers,including YOU,Mr,Mrs miss,sir lurker,will be caught totally flatfooted by whatssnuffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978637281755386311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-16337470537485294002009-12-23T23:58:51.743-05:002009-12-23T23:58:51.743-05:00It's winter and the markets are still buoyant,...It's winter and the markets are still buoyant, leaving TAE regulars to speculate on when will it end? I see no one is making firm predictions anymore, settling generally on sometime in 2010. I agree that it will end, but I worry that it will end differently than people here expect. Who knows.<br /><br />Interesting item at ZeroHedge: http://www.zerohedge.com/article/Tristramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053656204918222037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-12553303308115577232009-12-23T23:15:44.801-05:002009-12-23T23:15:44.801-05:00The movie Avatar was quite good.
All that was mis...The movie Avatar was quite good.<br /><br />All that was missing was a politician back on earth explaining through an accommodating infotainer that the Na'vi were invaded for a moral reason like spreading democracy or defending earth's nonnegotiable way of life [rather than for appropriating the moon's precious metals for corporate profit].gylangirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15070402756630613211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-43850348782782065282009-12-23T23:02:31.200-05:002009-12-23T23:02:31.200-05:00Whenever one is tempted to take solace in a rightw...Whenever one is tempted to take solace in a rightwinger's complaint that Obama has placed us on the road to socialism, expanded public options, and the like; one must recall that rightwingers are neither acquainted with reality nor with the actual meanings of commonly used political terms of the English language.gylangirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15070402756630613211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-1253123992981549062009-12-23T22:34:45.312-05:002009-12-23T22:34:45.312-05:00Great piece by Steve Lendman:
"Obama Year On...Great piece by Steve Lendman:<br /><br />"Obama Year One: Betrayal and Failure (Part I & II)"<br /><br /><a href="http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-16447305052728652692009-12-23T21:55:09.438-05:002009-12-23T21:55:09.438-05:00From Sprott...
"Amazingly, we discovered that...From Sprott...<br />"Amazingly, we discovered that the Household Sector is actually just a catch-all category.It represents the buyers left over who can’t be slotted into the other group headings. Formost categories of financial assets and liabilities, the values for the Household Sector arecalculated as residuals. That is, amounts held or owed by the other sectors are subtractedfrom known bluebirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600634086150466162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-26639274069803676912009-12-23T21:06:08.346-05:002009-12-23T21:06:08.346-05:00One of my many failing faculties are my eyes. (For...One of my many failing faculties are my eyes. (Fortunately, it was discovered only this year that buzzards have an incredible sense of smell. Maybe that's why so much lately fails the smell test). Anyway, since my hours gazing at the computer display are limited, it's always a pleasure to find an entertaining and educational audible podcast. One that I found today was Frisby's Bullel gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.com