Kaz, I understand. I may end up as a target. But not from anyone very close to me. In distance or in heart. We're cool. You made total sense. I understand how optimism is required to keep the system functioning. Give me something to be optimistic economically and I may change my mind. I think the sy...
All, Have you followed Denninger? http://market-ticker.org/archives/813-Examples-Confidence-Destroyed.html his threads are located at http://www.tickerforum.org I believe. I am sure there is a live link. Great trader site. Best debate about financials that exists on a thread. Tonights show with Art ...
What I would give to step outside and see the stars again - it has been too long. Looking out my window now, I see an orange sky. Bill, where you live sounds beautiful - and for the record, I don't think you're silly at all (I've taken steps that my neighbors are totally unaware of to prepare for c...
In other words you've made yourself a target - think about it. If your scenario were to unfold as you think and have prepared for then I think it is highly unlikely you would survive 24 months defending a fortress as described. Kaz, You may be correct. But then again. My fruit trees are a hundred y...
Kaz, I think it was Jim Morrison that sang "Break on through to the other side"? Plants are instrumental in understanding what reality is. This collapse has to happen..... Entropy demands it. And economics will oblige. We may end up pulling carts down rutted roads. Or looking down from hot...
We think about country. We either quit war and pull together. Or die. Michio talks about it. We have to become the type 1 first. and this thing we face is not small. to think about wearing "rose colored" glasses is the problem folks. You can deny this exists. Things are very bad economical...
Eastern Europe complexity... Irrational exuberance about Central and Eastern Europe’s sovereign risk http://www.eurointelligence.com/article.581+M552b0d43542.0.html So many things have to occur JUST right. One or two mistakes? Problems....... Very delicate financial times ahead. Rather be fully pre...
Derivatives were leveraged in some cases 50 to 1. Which means the debt left will be 50 times more than the money loaned. And never can be paid back. Corporations lose, close. California defaults, nations fail. Unemployment grows. So does hunger. Desperation starts. Riots begin. Outright stealing bec...
The German Government announced that they would intervene to stabilize the Eastern European countries.... as a result the Dax fell almost 5% Yesterday.... Watch the FX market with the dollar. Someone is buying lots of dollars. Clearing debt. Endgame? Dead dollar. Flight to Gold and silver. Financia...
And we may have a "Black Swan" event occurring with Eastern European collapse this week. If that cannot be stopped it may be Nassem's bird taking flight.