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And his opening comment this morning is a shocker. After describing some of the weird action in Treasuries, he says:

Is this the beginning of the end for the dollar and the Treasury market? Is this the first sign of the bursting of the bubble in Treasury securities? That market, in a sense, represents the ultimate bubble as it exists at the whim and caprice of foreign investors, who have as participants in a Faustian bargain, financed our war(s) and our lifestyle so generously over the last decade. Maybe even that bizarre construct is crashing about us as we speak.

Maybe I should be drinking something a bit more ... calming .. than coffee right now.

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Fri Oct 10th, 2008 at 09:55:17 AM EST
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On a separate note, one good thing is that there haven't been any reports of people on Wall Street jumping out of windows. That's because the windows in modern office buildings don't open.
At least window makers think long term.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Fri Oct 10th, 2008 at 10:01:47 AM EST
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I'm going for my walk and shoul be back within 1.5 hrs.

Who wants to blow today off and get rip-roaring drunk while blogging here at ET?

Will be back later to see who wants to participate.

Ah,a GRAND start to the New World Order!

Now where's the fun in that! - Megatron

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Fri Oct 10th, 2008 at 10:03:28 AM EST
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GCW diaries in the offing?

I'm going to see an improvised musical tonight, and then will pop in to hear new triphop band ELK late night.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Oct 10th, 2008 at 10:08:39 AM EST
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There's no point deciding to leave the world when the world has already left on it's own.
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Oct 10th, 2008 at 11:48:44 AM EST
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