tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post957181411687084281..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: Debt Rattle, July 5 2008: The blood of patriots and tyrantsIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-74911960584011013062008-07-08T02:20:00.000-04:002008-07-08T02:20:00.000-04:00nice posting keep it upnice posting keep it upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-9437563484087760232008-07-08T01:05:00.000-04:002008-07-08T01:05:00.000-04:00Covered the Indymac thing and made the front page ...Covered the Indymac thing and made the front page on DailyKos ...<BR/><BR/>http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/7/153052/0283/382/547799.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03915219261001181341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-83356364803128182912008-07-06T20:33:00.000-04:002008-07-06T20:33:00.000-04:00Greenpa,good advice. thanks. I do feel I could con...Greenpa,good advice. thanks. I do feel I could contribute to a class " of young minds" . Certainly share the learning I've experienced here on TAE!scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-11759931094936350572008-07-06T11:25:00.000-04:002008-07-06T11:25:00.000-04:00Scandia- I'd hate to cause you to not go! Univers...Scandia- I'd hate to cause you to not go! Universities have 2 major functions; mostly separate; and which one comes first on the list is a matter of endless fights; a) to educate young minds; b) to boldly go where no mind has gone before. <BR/><BR/>Universities crowing that they are "among the top 10 research universities in the world!" are a very risky bet if you want an education- they're notGreenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-17027661217951487972008-07-06T00:29:00.000-04:002008-07-06T00:29:00.000-04:00About that Phillip Swagel video, I don't think it ...About that Phillip Swagel video, I don't think it said anything about the US economy that isn't pretty common knowledge, but I think it did say a lot about the Washington Post and the readership it looks like they pander to.<BR/> <BR/>I don't know what anyone else saw but I saw a rather nice guy but terribly shy who didn't know how to lie like a blackguard. What a sin, eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-44239818362305522522008-07-05T21:45:00.000-04:002008-07-05T21:45:00.000-04:00Greenpa, you cause me to rethink my long standing ...Greenpa, you cause me to rethink my long standing dream to go to university! I might be shocked at what I find there...a microcosm of society no doubt. I am truly shocked at what we are discovering about other institutions like banking,government.scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-3307813552442823702008-07-05T18:45:00.000-04:002008-07-05T18:45:00.000-04:00Greenpa- re universities. That DOES explain a lot...Greenpa- re universities. That DOES explain a lot. Entertaining to watch- but questionable efficiency in generating knowledge...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-4374918550308592632008-07-05T17:25:00.000-04:002008-07-05T17:25:00.000-04:00Scandia- we are, indeed, apes. My analysis of Uni...Scandia- we are, indeed, apes. My analysis of Universities:<BR/><BR/>From the alleged human standpoint: "Let's go out and get all the brightest minds, and bring them together, so they can stimulate each other!!"<BR/><BR/>From the ape reality: "Let's go catch 400 silverback gorillas, and put them all in one room!"<BR/><BR/>:-)Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-1367076195560694862008-07-05T16:33:00.000-04:002008-07-05T16:33:00.000-04:00Greenpa,I was listening to a CBC radio program thi...Greenpa,I was listening to a CBC radio program this morning about apes. We are apes. Apes, according to the researchers, have exactly the same socializing abilities as we homo sapiens do. The only difference is the brain, the size of our brains enables the intelligence to thrive in diverse environments/conditions, allows for complexity of systems. Seems to me we have indeed succeeded in system scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-9337945473469496522008-07-05T15:51:00.000-04:002008-07-05T15:51:00.000-04:00el pollo,I threw out the Spiegel article, mostly u...el pollo,<BR/><BR/>I threw out the Spiegel article, mostly unread, when it came out. Saying that speculators cause the food and energy price rise is false on more than one level. And I don't have the time and patience for the 10000th article that starts off like that.<BR/><BR/>Speculation is a certain type of investing. You can't just go say that anyone who puts money in a certain investment Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-43513814906580170532008-07-05T15:39:00.000-04:002008-07-05T15:39:00.000-04:00"Melancholy Korean,"Thanks for your comments. But..."Melancholy Korean,"<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comments. But I just want to say that my comments about going long on the "SUV index" was just being snarky. Not being an iBank or a hedge fund, I must behave with a certain degree of ethics, and the commodity bubble, especially food, is highly unethical. Even OPEC is embarrassed and is saying in no uncertain terms that it is the Western financiersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-9242551590636208942008-07-05T14:48:00.000-04:002008-07-05T14:48:00.000-04:00Jefferson said at the time of seeing the Declarati...Jefferson said at the time of seeing the Declaration of Independence signed that he would like to see what became of it 50 years later.<BR/><BR/>He died a little after noon on July 4, 1825.<BR/><BR/>John Adams died the same day.<BR/><BR/>It is told that messengers from each household, bearing the news of each man's death, passed each other mid way between Boston and Virginia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-73119325575201447872008-07-05T14:47:00.001-04:002008-07-05T14:47:00.001-04:00""Central banks are paid to cause a recession now ...<I>""Central banks are paid to cause a recession now and then," said Fortis Investments Chief Investment Officer William De Vijlder."</I><BR/><BR/>Those at the front of the line on the inflation gravy train benefit most; usually war contractors and bankers. The excess liquidity ends up where ever it can make a profit. Periodic crashes or bear markets cause much of this excess liquidity to Bigelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883913065391637120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-16087003207728887672008-07-05T14:47:00.000-04:002008-07-05T14:47:00.000-04:00Thanks "el pollo" for the great article. I like y...Thanks "el pollo" for the great article. I like your thinking about the SUV index, but remember, it's unwise to try to call market tops or bottoms. <BR/><BR/>Follow the lead of the speculators and hedge funders. "The trend is your friend." Commodities, especially oil, will be a buy until it starts to fall in price. The trick is to buy high, buy higher, as the prices up goes, keep buying, andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-50263184594526773822008-07-05T13:48:00.000-04:002008-07-05T13:48:00.000-04:00Ilargi- "If the past 200 years have taught us anyt...Ilargi- "If the past 200 years have taught us anything, it’s that we are a tragic species."<BR/><BR/>I will share a little of my own unpublished research with you. One of my avatars is an evolutionary ecologist; another is an ethologist... I've discovered that "Homo sapiens" in fact consists of at least 6 different "crypto-species" ; they look alike, but do not interbreed, nor occupy the same Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-57088725103890874172008-07-05T13:25:00.000-04:002008-07-05T13:25:00.000-04:00Just read the Spiegel article on the commodities s...Just read the Spiegel article on the commodities spike. It is a superlative article, and it proves beyond a reasonable doubt in my mind that the sharp spike in crude oil, food, and other commodities is almost totally the result of ibanks, hedge funds, and pension funds moving into what was once a sensible market, commodities futures.<BR/><BR/>http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-34998736370503111462008-07-05T12:48:00.000-04:002008-07-05T12:48:00.000-04:00The Washington Post article, "The Economy? Words F...The Washington Post article, "The Economy? Words Fail Me", everyone should watch the accompanying video at the link for the article. Phillip Swagel truly is a total wreck. I have never seen anyone on video who is so nervous about the economy.<BR/>Here is direct link to the video<BR/>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2008/07/03/VI2008070302627.html<BR/><BR/>Anonymous ReaderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com