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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 07:00 PM Original message |
Fortis "predicts a total collapse of the American financial markets within days to weeks." |
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Fed_Up_Grammy (923 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. And the sky is falling too ! |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Laugh all you want, but I think the sky IS falling. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. The fall is in slo-mo which is too slow for fools to notice |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. and to all the baby boomers |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. You have stated numerous times in the past that Hedge Funds issue securities. |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 07:05 PM Original message |
I bet they shorted |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. Oh, the joys of 'puke governance: it just keeps on giving through insane tax and fiscal policies |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. Oh woe is me! The end is near! |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. See post #3. |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. well, the folks in the Economy forum saved my ass in 2006 |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
29. A great deal of people here were pooh-poohing the notion that there even was a housing bubble |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
58. I have zip in the stock market. I pulled it for the shortterm loss and |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
50. Have you noticed how expensive things are getting? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 06:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
54. Yo, lobster. I got news for ya. The news is: You're a fucking lobster. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. LOL |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. You're assuming that the Chinese can save us. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Hello? Finnfan... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Assholes don't like spreading gloom and doom; real or imagined? |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
44. whatr's the best way to deal with this if you are poor? |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
52. People pretend they have a problem with Finnfan's facts and they may even think they do, |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. We've given alternatives with the warnings |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. I think they have no choice |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Perhaps not |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Long term no - but anywhere from 20-50 years? Maybe. |
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agentS (922 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 12:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
49. They won't |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
51. That is a commonly heard refrain |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
41. China's and India's economy is also slowing down |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yea!!! Let all those greedy companies burn! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. Wow, talk about market manipulation! |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. I believe it. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. So if people decide to think all that's happening, what will people do? |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Panic. nt |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Then let's take a step back and breathe. |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I am breathing , I am in the mode of knowing |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
53. Exactly! |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Have you ever been through a recession before? |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #22 |
48. Residents of Japanese tent cities are mainly single males |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. Fortunately, the manufacturing sector will save us |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. And what percentage of the economy do these people make up? |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. You think manufacturing is a bigger part of the economy than services? |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. OK, you don't want to answer the question |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. You apparently didn't read either post of mine |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Of course I read it |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. You agree that the share of the economy of manufacturing is in decline |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I pointed out that we're in the middle of a correction |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
20. I guess it's a good thing, then, that Bush already wiped out my |
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24HRrnr (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 12:27 AM Response to Reply #20 |
47. Remind me |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
23. Fortis is a bank with its own problems |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 08:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Thank you for that perspective. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Fortis - the same Fortis that claimed I had a pre-existing condition and could not get insured |
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pa28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Kind of what I was thinking. |
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nilram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
57. I had the same thought |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
30. Many thanks to SCOTUS. They made the gun ruling just in time! |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
35. Does anyone have a full translation by a legit source? |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Just use google translate |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
43. Trickle Down Bushanomics.... |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
45. I understood it was supposed to do this for sure 3 or 4 months ago? |
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Extend a Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
46. FinFan, I'm worried too |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
55. We have a major problem, that is true. |
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