Oldtent Archives 2007 - 2008

(snip - this morning - Sydney Morning Herald)

A GENERATION of young Australian expatriates are being forced home from New York and London due to the tightening job market in the finance industry.

There has been an increase in the number of expatriates looking for work back in Australia, recruiters told the Herald.

The finance recruitment company Michael Page registered a 27 per cent rise in the number of Australian white-collar expatriates looking to return home for work in August compared with the same month last year.

The number of US applicants accessing the company’s Australian jobs site has also tripled in that time. “It is getting very competitive for jobs in the London and New York markets so people are looking to areas where the economy is performing better,” a company spokesman said.

“We’ve seen huge interest in centres like Hong Kong and Singapore, and of course for Australians working overseas there’s been a huge interest in jobs back home.”

  FGC - no doubt uncharted territory. I still think the bill passes, I suspect bribes are being handed - out as we write - to shore up votes. This is how our beloved Congress get things done - a little pork here, a little pocket lining there. Eustace Mullins talked about how the Bank of NY managed to get every Congressman voted out of office if who spoke out against the Federal Reserve Act. Heads will roll in this case too, but….the beast must live…the money masters must continue to steal wealth and they must do it through the banking system and Wall Street. They are just consolidating everything right now. You know what’s funny? The gold miners don’t seem to be having a whole lot of trouble raising capital. Everyday on Kitco I see another miner raising more. ABX raised $1.5 billion a couple of weeks ago - no sweat. That should tell us something.

  Irish - I have a place in Idaho, at the first hint of Marshall Law here in SoCal we hit the road. Alot of folks up there are like ment described in Utah.

What is a “Goldbug“???..

http://www.gold-eagle.com/gold_digest_08/daughty092408.html

think it’s time for me to start another batch of stinkbait?

i went to the bank last week and took out a small loan just to check the liquidity system here. banker said “this ain’t new york”. no hassle, no bs. if i could could find some pm to buy, that’s where i will put the proceeds.

rno

Consensus downunder IMO is we like Americans (the people) but not the government or its actions overseas.

In some ways we are a little USA like you used to be 20 yrs ago, sorta tagging along.

What can 20m people do, a pimple on an elephant….1 of us is 15 of you!

This financial thing is a worry locally but not too drastic as finacail institution have been on a short leash like since forever, a few rougue companies but nothing to bring our system down IMO.

Locals seem more concerned with Asia and what it might do as all we we dig, drill, grow and ship it there, basically.

cheers……..

“Probably MENT taking all his money out!”

FG - Actually Ment’s.. “MotherInlaw”…lol

http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_08/orlandini092808.html

If this thing does not pass…because they bend to the pressure . we have an immediate problem//// I want more time to be added to the clock let them inflate away…we as a group obviously need more time….we need more time….

Yeah, I know BUT the run on the banks started last week.   WaMu had 16 BILLION drawn out in a week and that is what they said caused the FDIC to close them.  Probably MENT taking all his money out! 

it occurred to me while watching some weekend financial news that we need to get used to another acronym , TO’s & BU’s.  Goldtenters are used to M & A’s, always interested in mergers in the PM sector and secretely hoping one or more of their junior PMs will benefit from an acquisition.  But now the weekend lingo of business analysts, given the current financial situation, has switched from M & A’s to :  “take-overs and break-up’s” (TO & BU).  I guess the latter does fit the banking sector a bit better than a simple M & A.    Cheers.  Equiz.

….the subsequent Bank Holiday will be all your fault…

…also might be a good time to stop paying the mortgage and taxes …

Locked, cocked, ready to rock-Hey,I might get irradiated or a thousand other diabolically, evil things could befall me. I won’t go live in a hole and live on freeze dried foods. These doomsday scenarios are getting out of hand IMHO. I lived through the “duck and cover” years, the ’60’s, the coming ice age, meteors heading right at us, global warming mania, Mad Cow, Anthrax, snipers, serial killers , more crises and hysteria than I could ever recount. Could this be one more manufactured to gain ever more control over the unsuspecting prolitariat (after all, troops are coming home and Bush will declare Martial Law any day) It is always the same theme-only the crisis of the day changes. Sorry if I am a little skeptical, but this is not my first rodeo. Buy gold, silver, and LEAD, never trust banks or the phony benevolence of those who hold control over our lives, know how to grow your own food, hunt and fish, learn to shoot straight and without hesitation when required, don’t live in the city, be as self-sufficient as possible. Most of all, have an escape plan if all else fails. Mine is in place. I am suspect of those wanting to make money on our fears-that is all. My best to you and I am always pleased when someone recognizes the importance of making it on your own in a very dangerous world.

A little Hank JR for your listening pleasure

www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4s0nzsU1Wg

Can we save to..I don’t know what that is. The limit to my internet exp. is searches lol. When internet was booming I was way up north where the wild was my back yeard for many yrs. I didn’t even know about how far it came or what internet even was. I guess that is why I tried to tell people about this site. Because survival is a mind set and one most arn’t used to. No starbucks, no cable tv, no socializing in city functions,no movies, and having this and more cut off from them in an instant would be quite tramatic for most. Then many in citys will have to deal with looting and who knows what. It’s just not the Gov. issues, it could happen any time, hurricanes, getting snowed in, fires, floods. In some of these instances hunting and fishing may not be a immediate option. Police could and have blocked roads, or the conditions aren’t favorable. Gardens could be flooded, burned, or harvested by neighbors who know you have them. If you lived in a area where people were adapted to be more self sufficient like I did way up north you would have a better chance keeping what is yours but would still be under threat by some. In the city, Im guessing,by most. Menas when people know you have it, how long are you gonna keep it. Even if in a riot situation you had plenty of ammo, that wouldn’t stop people from burning down your house. At  the bottom of that page is the menu that will take you to the rest of the subjects, there is much good information there you could save or print out. Regards Goldie

700 billion is just the  ante - the POT is in the tens of  TRILLIONS and maybe higher! 

I don’t think I would wait around too long in the morning before going to the bank and getting a good chunk of CASH - just in case it might be needed.   IF, it is not needed, put it back in the bank in a few days.  JMO

….Could the Cretins be putting a little more pressure on McCotter and friends…we alll know they OWN the SPX Futures in the overnite market…its their toy !