tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post7904883076287033246..comments2024-03-28T21:41:52.558-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: David Stockman - "The United States is broke — fiscally, morally, intellectually — and the Fed has incited a global currency war (Japan just signed up, the Brazilians and Chinese are angry, and the German-dominated euro zone is crumbling) that will soon overwhelm it. When the latest bubble pops, there will be nothing to stop the collapse. If this sounds like advice to get out of the markets and hide out in cash, it is.”Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58720286135609541652013-04-01T19:36:34.079-04:002013-04-01T19:36:34.079-04:00.
Real World in Detroit area.
Cash regular: $3.....<br /><br />Real World in Detroit area.<br /><br />Cash regular: $3.49<br /><br />E85: $3.29<br /><br />5.7% advantage to E85 doesn't cover the lost miles per gallon.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84497007882564552013-04-01T16:37:14.028-04:002013-04-01T16:37:14.028-04:00Well, doug, where is the reality in all of this? ...Well, doug, where is the reality in all of this? Basically we've muddled along borrowing and printing up a storm making most all folks whole and the world hasn't come to an end yet. Where is this reality of which you speak? Is it not quite here yet but just lurking ahead in the future somewhere?Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-80514602855398678302013-04-01T16:15:27.309-04:002013-04-01T16:15:27.309-04:00Better to proceed blindly in an optimistic haze de...Better to proceed blindly in an optimistic haze devoid of reality.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71923295944264653822013-04-01T15:05:35.065-04:002013-04-01T15:05:35.065-04:00So, his essay is basically a rant with no useful m...So, his essay is basically a rant with no useful meaning?Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-49460696746571417162013-04-01T14:52:12.720-04:002013-04-01T14:52:12.720-04:00Great news, rufus.
You've been ahead of the c...Great news, rufus.<br /><br />You've been ahead of the curve on this for a few years, now. <br />Led me to see the viability of domestic ethanol as a substitute for Wahhabi oil.<br /><br />The Brazilians ahead of US all.<br />Twenty plus years of running E30 in standard internal combustion engines.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16959359101943813162013-04-01T14:47:19.131-04:002013-04-01T14:47:19.131-04:00Which is why Mr Stockman says there will be no imp...Which is why Mr Stockman says there will be no implementation of a solution.<br /><br /><i>Since our constitutional stasis rules out any prospect of a “grand bargain,” the nation’s fiscal collapse will play out incrementally, like a Greek/Cypriot tragedy, in carefully choreographed crises over debt ceilings, continuing resolutions and temporary budgetary patches. <br />... <br />...<b> The way out would be so radical it can’t happen. </b></i>...desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-75619540339087426622013-04-01T14:20:25.244-04:002013-04-01T14:20:25.244-04:00And, the first large Cellulosic refineries are sch...And, the first large Cellulosic refineries are scheduled to come online by the end of this year.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-92171239986975794282013-04-01T14:13:23.685-04:002013-04-01T14:13:23.685-04:00$0.90/gal discount in the worst drought is 75 year...$0.90/gal discount in the worst drought is 75 years. That ought to answer a few questions.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54335984418409309382013-04-01T14:02:03.776-04:002013-04-01T14:02:03.776-04:00Ethanol is selling at 29% Discount to Gasoline @ $...Ethanol is selling at 29% Discount to Gasoline @ $2.22/gal vs $3.12/gal.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-86366183856019035692013-04-01T13:58:00.396-04:002013-04-01T13:58:00.396-04:00.
Stocks are at an all time high and copper is at....<br /><br />Stocks are at an all time high and copper is at a seven month low.<br /><br />Troubling.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-67143146982980108882013-04-01T13:49:21.085-04:002013-04-01T13:49:21.085-04:00"“I’m really trying to stress for people to r..."<i>“I’m really trying to stress for people to remain calm,” said Mayor Darren Rozell of Forney, about 15 miles northwest of Kaufman, the county seat. “This appeared to be a targeted attack and not a random attack.” </i>"<br /><br />What a comfort.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19839976625390157312013-04-01T13:20:10.153-04:002013-04-01T13:20:10.153-04:00How you square that with the "UNBELEIVABLE&qu...How you square that with the "UNBELEIVABLE" nature of the Cypriot bailout? It seems the hard medicine Stockman advises would make the austere nature of the Cypriot bailout terms to be, in comparison, a walk in the park.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-318327675360838032013-04-01T13:13:36.459-04:002013-04-01T13:13:36.459-04:00On Jan. 31, gunmen shot and killed Mark Hasse, an ...On Jan. 31, gunmen shot and killed Mark Hasse, an assistant district attorney in Texas' largely rural Kaufman County, in broad daylight as he was walking from his car to the Dallas-area courthouse. District Attorney Mike McLelland quickly vowed to pull the "scum" who shot his deputy "out of whatever hole you're in" and prosecute them "to the fullest extent of the law." Hasse's murder was still unsolved on Saturday, when police found the bodies of McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, in their home, also shot dead.<br /> <br />Hasse had begun carrying a gun to work and varying his routine because he feared for his life, friends say. And after Hasse's death, McLelland started carrying a gun, too. "The people in my line of work are going to have to get better at it, because they're going to need it more in the future," he told The Associated Press less that two weeks ago. "I'm ahead of everybody else because, basically, I'm a soldier," he added, referring to his 23 years in the Army. Police officials say Cynthia McLelland was found near the front door of their house, and her husband was found near the back, still in his pajamas.<br /> <br />Kaufman County Sheriff David Byrnes said Sunday that there was no evidence that the Hasse and McLelland murders were related, but "the killings of two prosecutors in a county of 106,000 people in less than eight weeks appeared to many officials to be more than a coincidence," <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/us/second-prosecutor-shot-to-death-in-texas-county.html?hp&pagewanted=all" rel="nofollow">notes <em>The New York Times</em></a>.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-37259310912864384562013-04-01T13:05:45.209-04:002013-04-01T13:05:45.209-04:00Texas Prosecutor killed by aryan brotherhood.<a href="https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&q=Prosecutor+killed+by+aryan+brotherhood&oq=Prosecutor+killed+by+aryan+brotherhood&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j43i53.18973.38799.0.39308.38.5.0.33.33.0.233.878.0j4j1.5.0...0.0...1ac.1.fY4_8QhpZBI" rel="nofollow"> Texas Prosecutor killed by aryan brotherhood. </a>Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77298862122364259472013-04-01T12:57:13.330-04:002013-04-01T12:57:13.330-04:00"Cattle, Horses and Dogs"
...and Guns."Cattle, Horses and Dogs"<br />...and Guns.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2349365867338210832013-04-01T12:46:49.103-04:002013-04-01T12:46:49.103-04:00"Maybe I'm Right AND an Asshole."
..."<i>Maybe I'm Right AND an Asshole.</i>"<br /><br /> - Adam Carolla<br /><br />Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-8551445687356250182013-04-01T12:41:06.698-04:002013-04-01T12:41:06.698-04:00Michelle wore shades on her walk to church.
Young...Michelle wore shades on her walk to church.<br /><br />Young Doug, rebel that he imagined himself to be, never managed that move.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71637923642887694672013-04-01T12:33:44.888-04:002013-04-01T12:33:44.888-04:00"Cattle, Horses and Dogs"
versus
"..."Cattle, Horses and Dogs"<br /><br />versus<br /><br />"Reality" TV,<br /><br />and <br /><br />The BernankeDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15375127930736688452013-04-01T12:30:39.443-04:002013-04-01T12:30:39.443-04:00If only I were 30 again.
...but it would have to ...If only I were 30 again.<br /><br />...but it would have to be Fortress Doug against the apocalypse.<br /><br />Maybe if I were 30, I'd be up to it.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-80729463229774847062013-04-01T12:07:48.717-04:002013-04-01T12:07:48.717-04:00As to being "fixable" ...
It will never...As to being "fixable" ...<br /><br />It will never again be what it was...<br /><br />Cattle, Horses and Dogs, better than cashdesert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-63927447446026622822013-04-01T12:05:09.605-04:002013-04-01T12:05:09.605-04:00Stockman did well as Reagan's Budget Czar.
He...Stockman did well as Reagan's Budget Czar.<br /><br />He knows the beast, intimately.<br /><br />desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-18774643814908035212013-04-01T12:01:26.007-04:002013-04-01T12:01:26.007-04:00.
You can argue with Stockman's assessment ar....<br /><br />You can argue with Stockman's assessment around the edges, with a piece here or there; but it's hard to argue with the majority of his points or his conclusions.<br /><br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-37004926860967618722013-04-01T11:43:14.045-04:002013-04-01T11:43:14.045-04:00Weimar never happened, never will.
Rufus will exp...Weimar never happened, never will.<br /><br />Rufus will explain.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-63782958513233850672013-04-01T10:19:22.893-04:002013-04-01T10:19:22.893-04:00This is the perfect web site for anybody who wishe...This is the perfect web site for anybody who wishes to understand this <br />topic. You know a whole lot its almost hard to argue with you (not <br />that I personally would want to…HaHa). You definitely put <br />a fresh spin on a topic that's been discussed for ages. Great stuff, just wonderful!<br /><br />Look into my webpage :: <a href="http://www.oakleyii.com" rel="nofollow">オークリー激安</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-70310118250317508162013-04-01T08:45:41.126-04:002013-04-01T08:45:41.126-04:00Did we blow it? The wars. The banks. Morality. The...Did we blow it? The wars. The banks. Morality. The political train wreck? Is it fixable?<br /><br />How could cash be the answer if the fed goes on with its printing binge? How has David Stockman’s opinion worked in the past?Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.com