By John Galt August 31, 2011 – 22:30 ET
Daily Archives: 31/08/2011
8/31 V of Galt: I open the Gates of Hell and Unleash “THE RANT”
By John Galt August 31, 2011 – 14:30 ET What we have here is a failure to communicate. I was watching a Reaganite on television today blaming a “lack of training” on the 4 million job openings not being filled by the 15 million unemployed. Really dorkboy? Really? You want to go there? You want to open up this can? Bull#!&@!!! I’ll open it tonight and give you a basic education on Main Street, U.S.A. economics. These fools on CNBC, FBN, and Bloomberg talk in…
More bad news for Rice: Floods threaten Vietnam’s Mekong Delta rice basket
By John Galt August 31, 2011 – 07:50 ET While Americans in the Northeast stripped the shelves bare thinking that grocery stores magically reproduce fresh stock at will, the future crisis building up worldwide regarding a potential rice shortage continues. With China experiencing major problems due to weather, Japanese rice contaminated with radiation from Fukushima, and South Korea reporting a sharp decline in production the other day, now flooding is threating the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam where a record crop was projected. From China…
8/30 AEP: Double-dip fears across the West as confidence crumbles
By John Galt August 31, 2011 – 07:35 ET To read the column in full from this morning’s print edition of the UK Telegraph, click on the title below: Double-dip fears across the West as confidence crumbles
Case Shiller Indexes: Down Year over Year and bouncing on the bottom
By John Galt August 31, 2011 – 07:05 ET Yesterday the Case-Shiller indices were updated by Standard & Poor’s (Click here to read full report) and the bottom line without much drama is simple: Year over year the 20 city composite was down 4.5% year over year (seasonally adjusted) and 4.9% (NSA) Month over month the composite was down 0.1% (SA) and basically unchanged month over month. The five city condo index improved in Boston, Chicago, and New York where areas of high government spending…
8/30 Woo-Woo Report: Snakes, Panda Poop, and Bad Moms
By John Galt August 31, 2011 – 06:50 ET Just click on the links to find the Woo stories of the week thus far. I’m sure as the world turns even more amazing things will appear as we head into Weirdsville. Chinese chuggers compete for beer-drinking title(video at link) Adult children’s ‘bad mothering’ lawsuit dismissed Panda Poop Could Be Key To Producing Biofuels Man nabbed at U.S. airport with snakes in his pants
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