Will energy show us that inflation and deflation can occur at the same time?

At the beginning of this decade investment advisor Marc Faber told incredulous investors that rising economic prosperity in Asia signalled the ... the investor class are clamoring for short-term government debt, bank deposits and money market accounts [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 19:30:00

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Zombie Economics

   Though Citicorp is deemed too big to fail, it's hardly reassuring to know that it's been allowed to sink its fangs into the Mother Zombie that ... through compressive debt deflation.       My guess, given the usual time-lag factor, is that the super [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 13:56:07

Is Israel the next Iceland?

Bloomberg.com reports that Israel may be the next country to be dragged down by the ongoing world financial crisis.The country’s 15 largest real estate companies have about 140 billion shekels in overall debt ... to do so in the future.” About 50 billion shekels of that debt is in the hands of those saving [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 06:30:00

Powiull Sleep Day 3: How to Adopt Powiull Sleep: by Nicholas Powiull

10:00AMI am feeling a little tired! Wow, I was wondering when or if this point was going to happen. It's not the feeling of being overwhelming tired ... if I will sleep right through the alarm, it has been ages since I slept last and if sleep-debt is fact, I can see [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 08:00:00

Canadian ABCP Pyramid Built Pointy End Down

"Because they’re levered, the amount of global assets that would be affected if all this went down would be eight or 10 times the nominal value ... here. Remember that debt is money. Nobody finances things from a pile of gold coins in his money [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 07:01:28

BlueZero concept. Three cars are planned, a pure electric, a range extended electric, and a fuel cell.  Confirming production intention, Dr ... because of the economic fragility of the autos.” And the clock ticks on. Source (AP) and (Reuters [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 14:08:49

Vaginas are not “disgusting”. The Be Cervix Savvy campaign

Be Cervix Savvy is a new English cervical screening “awareness” campaign by registered charity Jo’s Trust and Hologic/Cytyc (manufacturers of the ThinPrep cervical screening system). There is some good, plain-language information at the site, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 10:53:33

I am Oscar Grant. I am Adolph Grimes. I am Sean Bell. I am Amadou Diallo. etc.

2009 opens up with a historic unemployment rate and horrible economy. Another grave debt comes from our law enforcement ... discovered the murder of his son on the 5 o’clock news. Sincere condolences are due to the family [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 19:34:59

My opinion on the state of our nation

My opinion on the state of our nation As far as the economy goes, if I have money, I need to spend it. I'm not saying I need to spend myself into debt, just that if I have extra money, I shouldn't hoard it. Face it, our economy relies on us spending money. That's the way it works, unless you want [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 03:26:13

Successful Home Based Businesses Have These 5 Attributes

If you asked anyone if they would like a way to work from home and have the ability to have an infinite income, they would say yes ... exponentially more than you ever will by punching a time clock. Yet, there are so many home based [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:59:02

RNC Chair Race: The Lay of the Land

RNC Chair Race: The Lay of the Land The fight to be the next face of the Republican party -- or at least the next chairman of the Republican National Committee -- has been defined so far by a cavalcade of announced and potential candidates and a dearth of individuals with the star power to emerge as the frontrunner [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 10:45:20

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/24/2008

The big news of the evening is that the Holy Land Foundation was convicted of 108 counts related to the funneling of money to Hamas. Add this to the serving of CAIR (see last night’s GoV), and we can only hope that Nihad Awad has heartburn from it all.Thanks to C [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 04:45:00

Big Banks and Bumbling Idiots

by The Mogambo Guru The really chilling news is that investment banks are being changed into commercial banks, ... from an ever-ready Uzi which shot the hell out of my clock-radio and the shelf it was sitting upon. Of course [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 21:10:12

Views on the News - 1/10/2009

NO MORE BAILOUTS! – eventually we have to learn from our mistakes from the last bailout / stimulus package: ... had Congress approved this proposal than it quickly morphed into a program aimed at infusing capital [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 01:09:14

Job Hunting in An Economic Depression: A Changing Landscape

Job Hunting in An Economic Depression: A Changing Landscape My young ward and I (along with DH) make an interesting contrast in job hunters ... needed for the jobs (from high school to college), and we’ve put quite a few people deeply in debt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 16:58:48

Government aid to save newspapers? Hell, no!

Robert MacMillan, writing for Reuters: Government aid could save U.S. newspapers, spark debate NEW YORK (Reuters) ... , in danger of being crushed under hundreds of millions of dollars of debt, says it cannot afford to keep [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 15:35:35

Someday soon we may have to turn back the clock on home lending

This is my column for this week from the Arizona Republic (permanent link). Someday soon we may have to turn back the clock on home lending Furniture stores are offering ... plans. Check the calendar. Did someone dial the clock back to 1968? Not quite, but the credit crunch [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 19:54:07

Someday soon we may have to turn back the clock on home lending

This is my column for this week from the Arizona Republic (permanent link). Someday soon we may have to turn back the clock on home lending Furniture stores are offering ... plans. Check the calendar. Did someone dial the clock back to 1968? Not quite, but the credit crunch [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 19:47:52

Corporate Earnings Go Cliff Diving

by The Mogambo Guru The news just keeps getting worse, and I note with dismay that the latest report of initial claims for unemployment are 516, ... more so with every tick of the clock, I was trying to think [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 16:33:40

An Interview with George Salamis, President of Rusoro Mining (RML.v)

George Salamis An Interview with George Salamis, President of Rusoro Mining (RML.v) Mickey Fulp is a very connected guy. Thanks to The Mercenary Geologist (check out his website here) your humble correspondent recently got in touch with Mickey's friend George Salamis, the President of Rusoro Mining (RML.v) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 21:42:00

Fed Intervention: Managing Moral Hazard in Financial Crises

"Moral hazard has its costs, but it also has its benefits": Fed Intervention: Managing Moral Hazard in Financial Crises, by Harvey Rosenblum, ... International Group (AIG), a giant global company heavily involved in insuring against debt defaults [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 20:51:00

Over-Leveraged Redstone Sells Midway For $100K In Tax Loss Play Worth $800M

Over-Leveraged Redstone Sells Midway For $100K In Tax Loss Play Worth $800M UPDATE: ... $70 million debt Midway owes to National Amusements, according to a regulatory filing today. Tax benefits should help Redstone refinance the National Amusements debt coming due this month and avoid [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 20:26:32

Lending Money to Family and Friends

We all know someone who has been hit hard by the economic downturn ... to look at their financial situation and if they are in debt trouble of any kind, they should [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:27:21

NEW YORK CITY LUXURY RESIDENTIAL MARKET IS FLATLINING

from CRAIN’S NEW YORK BUSINESS:January 13, 2009 5:59 AMBrooklyn housing market still sufferingAs the recession continues to wreak havoc on the city’s ... selling. Because the number of sales fell 42.7%, the overall market is likely settling [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 04:30:24

The Story Of 2008

By Jan MarkellA one-world system in my lifetime? Never! ... the prophetic clock go on fast-forward in all categories. But the worldwide cry for global governance [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 18:49:00

Las Vegas & The Mob: The Early Years – Part I

By Denny Griffin Las Vegas didn’t begin as a mob-controlled town; it grew into it ... workers. On May 15, 1905, the railroad auctioned off 1,200 lots in a 40-block area surrounding [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 08:11:00

Your Happiness Project: Abandon Your Self-Control.

I’m working on my Happiness Project, and you could have one, too! ... to your credit card debt, leave your credit card in your sock drawer. If you have to shop, take a list [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 06:52:33

Hurry Stimulus, The End is Near ... by gimleteye

.fullpost{display:inline;}In the first months of the Obama administration, ... is not the volume of debt. It is corruption. And since corruption and its first cousin-- trespass of ethics [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 14:43:00

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