Loading ...for a long time, way ahead of the curve. That dude has educated me to a level way beyond Fleck, Nourbini, Russell, Noland and our long lost Johnny Mac, with a sharp note of sarcasm and dry whit I so appreciate. That says a lot, as the aforementioned five are really on the ball as well.
I never had so many chuckles watching the economic world disintegrate, mm
Much thanks Equiz, it pays to bribe the site editors 
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Seriously though, as you know, it’s yours and all the goldtenters contributions here that makes this a one of a kind place and one day it’ll be as immortally famous as many of the quoters on that list.I have no doubts about that.
Wishing you and your family a beautiful, enjoyable holiday season and propserous 2008..Cheers , AuGirl
Irish in dreadlocks singing I shot the Sherriff.
I hope the sherriff’s first name was Benny or Hank, mm
In light of the discussions this week surrounding Putin’s gold bullishness, I was prompted to consider the implications of a dollar and broad economic collapse. A year ago I read an article comparing the preparedness of the US vs. the USSR to deal with an economic collapse in the 1980’s.
I’m sure it won’t be a new read to many here, but this article published in the Energy Bulletin in Dec/06 is still very relevant today.
Closing the ‘Collapse Gap’: the USSR was better prepared for collapse than the US
“I am not an expert or a scholar or an activist. I am more of an eye-witness. I watched the Soviet Union collapse, and I have tried to put my observations into a concise message. I will leave it up to you to decide just how urgent a message it is.“
guess i should have read my own posting on sugar yesterday. it blew out today on a strong gap up and closed high range.
rno
I believe that Time Magazines old defination used to be something like “that person who for better or worse has most influenced events for that year”. In my opinion, hands down, that person should be Alan Greenspan.
some sub-species of wheat will germinate without freezing. the ideal climate for wheat is not the same as in belize. why would you want to raise wheat in an area with a year round growing season? many other crops would produce far more income than wheat in belize. actually, wheat is raised where most other crops won’t grow because it gets by on far less rainfall than most other crops.
elephant grass or kenaf would probably be ideal for belize. i heard somewhere that marijuana is a good indicator for heavy forage crops. can’t remember where i heard it or from whom. heavy forage crops in belize will produce in excess of 10 tons per acre with no fertilizer or irrigation.
tell the chairman hi for me and i hope the clinic is a big success.
rno
Excellant. Great prose my friend.
TIME Magazine….LOLOLOL!!! Been using that one for toilet paper for years.
Putin? Cut from the same cloth as a host of other ‘New Worlders’/'Dictators’. The fact he is ’smart’enough to be increasing his ‘Countries’ amount of gold…??…well, I guess he aint as dumb as some.
Best of the Holiday Season to you and yours. And thanks, many thanks, for the poetry you have provided during 07. Truly, some great reads, and thoughts evoked this past year.
Best, Farmboy
Goldtent how extremely impressed I am that you rank (along with Mr. Goldbug) with some exceptionally impressive company in the list of ‘Famous Quotes’ in the right-hand column of this page. To have your name amongst such greats of history must be very satisfying ! Enjoy it to the fullest, and may you have a pleasant 2008. Equiz.
“There will be some kind of decree and our world will change overnight. The situation is THAT BAD and GETTING WORSE by the day.”
Doesn’t this sound like the plan is coming together. My bet is still on a bank failure and cascading defaults..
NSPD 51 is on standby:
(b) “Catastrophic Emergency” means any incident, regardless of location, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the U.S. population, infrastructure, environment, economy, or government functions;
Well….at least we don’t have an income tax here in Texas. However, if ya own much property, it’s getting to be a hand wringer trying to keep up with the damned ad volorum taxes. Had a good piece of commercial land in Wylie, which is becoming part of Plano. The bastards wouldn’t let me keep it because property taxes finally went up to the point I had to sell sooner than I wanted to. Walgreens, Albertsons, Chili’s etc….etc…moved in close by. Although the piece I had wasn’t as good for retail, they kept rasing values, up to $3 psf. That’s horseshit and a lot of taxes to pay on a 5 1/2 acre piece of land. I finally sold it to a group of doctors to build a nursing home for less than appraised value. Still made a lot of money, but not nearly as much as if I could have afforded to hold. Up here, around Amarillo, our farm and ranchland values have gone up. But not at a rate not nearly as alarming as other parts of the state. All the best.—–aggie.
Below is a 15 minute look of the last part of this down leg. We have been consolidating in a small rectangle pattern between 372 and 385. Notice the micro H&S formation in the last part of the rectangle. If we can breakout thru the upside of this rectangle pattern then the bottom should be in but on the other hand if we breakout to the downside we should have one more little down leg to the 356 area completing our wave ii down. Tomorrow may answer a few questions for us.
All the best y2kdon…Rambus
Auric (17:44) and Auric1 (22:12) for reminding us of Willie’s latest. Because I admire Willie’s perspectives I hesitate to poke fun at any of his writing, but I did get a chuckle tonight from Willie’s use of ‘robust’ in the sentence “Yesterday morgan Stanley announced an additional $5.7 billion in bond writedown losses, making their recent total a robust $9.4 billion”.
My dictionary suggests that ‘robust’ means “strong, esp. in resisting fatigue, illness etc”. Frankly, I think Willie was himself having fun in his choice of the word ‘robust’ to describe Bear Stearns dilemma. Bear Stearns, robust indeed, strong indeed, resistant to fatigue and illness too. Good stuff Jim Willie.