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137 commentators.
Lawrance G. Lux
"This Blog will basically discuss economic issues, with some history and political events thrown in. The author is a mix of Conservative and Liberal impulses, with matching Authoritarian and Libertarian trends.”
May 11, 2008, 11:04 am, 290134
What is Peter Goodman trying to tell Us? I cannot really tell, except that the Dollar may be acting irrationally in economic terms. There is a buoyancy to the Dollar for which no fundamentals can be found. Many claim it is the huge Holdings of Dollars held by central ...
May 10, 2008, 11:04 am, 289929
The Numbers may seem small when discussed in Percentage increases, but counting physical bodies in Movement becomes more impressive, though I like the traditional (Right!) estimate of transportation of biomass tonnage. I think that the Energy Dept. should put out a Computer program where you plug in your ...
May 9, 2008, 11:04 am, 289517
Methinks that the Spooks are getting spooked again, though the Risks be great. Bad English, and bad Spooking! The Reader should know that there are two types of Threat–Open and Closed. The later is Spook heaven, where the Threat level is known, and the avenues of Threat are limited ...
May 8, 2008, 11:04 am, 288813
This article, along with a rise in the price of Oil to almost $124/barrel, was bound to make my Day; except only Dirty Harry gets to shoot Somebody. The data explains how Americans put the March Expenses on the Cuff, Credit Cards are so much easier than writing all ...
May 7, 2008, 9:04 am, 288082
I find I must present a ‘mea culpa’ to one of my Exercise partners, because I told him at last Conversation that American Oil consumption would be down 3.4% (a most hoped-for Target) this year, but the Energy Dept. says a loss of 330,000/Day, something less than a ...
May 6, 2008, 11:04 am, 287407
Ben Bernanke easily expresses the degree of his submission to Bankers, by his reflection of the fears of financial institutions. Foreclosures are the central Topic of Discussion throughout the Banking sphere, and reactions are extreme. The amount of Money at Risk is overly large, but is fear for the ...
May 5, 2008, 11:04 am, 286763
I wonder if a Pale Recession is like a Pale Ale, something with no real Kick or Taste, but will make you Sick in the Morning? Greenspan is beginning to sound as bad as myself, coming up with metaphor straight out of Dick Tracy. He says that the Recession ...
May 4, 2008, 11:04 am, 286382
Why do We always find Kellogg, Brown, and Root behind every debacle of military supply in Iraq and Afghanistan? Simple malfeasance and professional ineptitude cannot explain flaws of performance which are endemic to Halliburton provision of military supplies. The current idiocy is a Case in Point: Domestic Electricians normally ...
May 3, 2008, 1:04 pm, 286162
William Polley probably has the most balanced View of the Gas Tax Holiday for the Holiday Season. His Account, though, does not mention Oil companies’ ability to manipulate Production facilities to maximize their absorption of the gains of the Tax Break. Here We are talking about the velocity of ...
May 2, 2008, 9:04 am, 285589
Every once in a while, more often than any of Us care to occur, a Paper comes along which We know requires in-depth study; We knowing that it is just not going to happen. Such it is with this Paper (pdf). The Construct of the Paper provokes interest, and ...