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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:36 PM Original message |
Weekend Economists Go to the Dogs August 5-7, 2011 |
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keynesFailed (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. lol |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. BANK WATCH: Nothing I like better than watching a bank fail (SIGH) |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. ONE BANK DOWN AT 8 PM |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. SECOND BANK DOWN, AND IT'S COMPLICATED! |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. Fannie Demands Another $5.1B Aid / Treasury Q2, $103.8B Total Since Conservatorship |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. Robert Kuttner: On the Corner of 14th and Wall Street |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. Robert Kuttner: The Markets' Verdict on the Debt Deal |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Budget of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Fiscal Year 2012 |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. 'The Future Is Terrifying': 6.2 Million Long-Term Unemployed Living On the Edge of Disaster |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Leaked Wal-Mart Memo Reveals America's Not Buying Their Stuff |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. Beneath Jobs Report Surface Lie Some Ugly Truths |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. Shady Company Donates a Million Dollars to Mitt Romney Super-PAC, Then Immediately Dissolves |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. US AAA credit rating downgraded ...bbc link here |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. It's absolutely fascinating that they did this Friday evening. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Somebody put them up to it |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I don't know... S&P specifically mentions wanting the Bush tax cuts to expire. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Guess I'll have to read it tomorrow |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 07:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
54. S&P IS PART OF THE BFEE |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Whether the Stone Hits the Pitcher, or the Pitcher Hits the Stone |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. WSJ:S&P Downgrades U.S. Debt for First Time |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. MSNBD: US government loses triple-A credit rating |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. BBC: US loses AAA credit rating after S&P downgrade |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 07:00 AM Response to Reply #11 |
51. Will S&P Downgrade Be Another Y2K Scare? NAKED CAPITALISM |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. You missed the Boozehounds. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Sorry, that's not a recognized breed |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Four dog evening |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. LOL at the pics - My old boy is a product of generations of |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. You also missed the dogs I live with: Basenjis |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. They're so cute! And Very Normal-Looking |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
25. After Months of Partisan Wrangling, Wall Street & Pentagon Emerge Victorious on Debt Deal |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
27. Are We Heading For A Second Global Financial Crisis? |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 07:15 AM Response to Reply #27 |
78. "Feral Finance" - I like that... |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #78 |
85. Indeed. +1 n/t |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
28. How JP Morgan Took Over All Kentucky's Financial Services, And Why You Should Be Scared |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
29. We live with 2 doggies and a cat |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
31. Foxconn to Replace Half a Million Employees with Robots |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. The robots won't commit suicide on the job. |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #36 |
69. Robots get depressed too, ya know |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Like Marvin The Paranoid Android |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #31 |
71. This is why I don't use the self scan lines at the supermarket anymore. |
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hamerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 08:03 AM Response to Reply #71 |
84. Big +1 |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Another Big +1 n/t |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
32. IRS: 235,413 million-dollar earners |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
34. The FAA Will Reopen, But The GOP Still Has Its Hostages |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
35. THE WAY OLIPHANT SEES IT |
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hamerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #35 |
66. +1 for Oliphant toon! |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
37. Got spaghetti? |
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Po_d Mainiac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
74. One of the animals in the top/first picture |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
38. Faber: Brace for a Global 'Reboot' and a War |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
39. This is a classic liquidity crisis | Edward Harrison |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:12 AM Response to Original message |
40. Euroscepticism | Edward Harrison |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
41. Italy bank valuations sink to Lehman crisis lows |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:15 AM Response to Original message |
42. The Full Backstory On The New Investigation Into Christine Lagarde |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
43. Citigroup Said to Get California Subpoena Over Mortgage Deals |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
44. Big Money Gets Into Landlord Game |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
45. Bank of America Death Watch (Updated) NAKED CAPITALISM |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:34 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Market Rout Continues |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:55 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Market Craters: Dow Falls 512 Points (THURS) |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:37 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. New York Attorney General Schneiderman Drops Bomb on Bank of America Settlement and Bank of New York |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 07:05 AM Response to Reply #45 |
52. Delaware to intervene in BoA $8.5 billion pact |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 07:07 AM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Bank of America’s ReconTrust Sued by Washington State Over Foreclosures |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
48. Bill Black: U.S. Subsidies to Systemically Dangerous Institutions Violate WTO Principles |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
50. A TIMELY MESSAGE FROM DILBERT'S EVIL DOG DOGBERT |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
55. National 'poverty tour' will highlight hardships in Obama's backyard |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
56. Obama Talks With Sarkozy, Merkel on Europe Crisis |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 07:46 AM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Italian, Spanish Economic Growth Sluggish as Crisis Threatens Recovery |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 07:47 AM Response to Reply #56 |
62. I'm sure he mentioned Predator Drones |
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Po_d Mainiac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. Just tell him it's under-age....he'd welcome the hit. n/t |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
57. White House unveils broad plan to fight domestic radicalism |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 08:43 AM Response to Reply #57 |
65. Amen, Sister (n/t) |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
58. War and Debt By MICHAEL HUDSON |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 07:38 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. CLARIFICATION CONTINUES |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
60. For those who still doubt the role of corporations in raising food prices through speculations |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
63. Warren Reportedly Ready to Drink From Poisoned Chalice of a Senate Bid |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 06:20 AM Response to Reply #63 |
76. Oh, goddess, that's depressing ...(n/t) |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
64. That's as much grief as I can stand for now |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Yeah, get some rest. I fear it's going to be a sucky week. |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
72. The Great Dog Escape |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
73. Useful Dog Tricks performed by Jesse |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 07:34 AM Response to Reply #73 |
79. Awesome doggie videos, thanks DRDU |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
75. Tel Aviv exchange halts trade after 6% fall |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 08:01 AM Response to Reply #75 |
83. Dubai Shares Drop Most Since February on Global Growth Concern, U.S. Cut |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #83 |
89. The Whole Country is a Bubble |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. The whole world is a bubble, n/t |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
77. Noam sums everything up: "America in Decline" |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
80. Wake Up, Everyone, It's Sunday |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
81. If you need a wry chuckle, or a reason to get mad |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
82. The $1 Billion Armageddon Trade Placed Against the United States Bond Market |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #82 |
87. Who's on the other side of the bet? |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #87 |
88. So is everyone else who isn't corrupted |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. The thing is, there is no money to pay off the bet(s) |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
92. Dollar Tumbling To Record Low Against Swiss Franc, New Lows Against Yen |
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Po_d Mainiac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. The e/s is now under 1175 |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
93. ECB Considers Massive Purchases of Italian and Spanish Bonds |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
95. Asian markets opening in deep red territory right at the opening. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. -241? |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
97. The REAL Crisis is Finally Here... Are You Prepared For It? |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #97 |
98. Dear friends and readers |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 12:38 AM Response to Reply #98 |
99. You can't sleep either, huh? |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 03:30 AM Response to Reply #98 |
101. Why fear? |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
100. My birthday was yesterday |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 05:39 AM Response to Reply #100 |
102. So true |
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