tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post2917335490731579214..comments2024-03-29T12:26:35.581+00:00Comments on Macro Man: Separated At Birth?Macro Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324967552369915949noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-42832354604570115122008-12-16T06:17:00.000+00:002008-12-16T06:17:00.000+00:00Comforting for Mr Brown; "Despite many close calls...Comforting for Mr Brown; "Despite many close calls, he was one of relatively few important members of Stalin's inner circle who died a natural death in old age"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-21017146147913948542008-12-10T21:48:00.000+00:002008-12-10T21:48:00.000+00:00MM - what is interesting to me about your % of wor...MM - what is interesting to me about your % of workers in govt graph is, the % has been rising not just in the last 10 or 20 years, but since the late 1970s.<BR/><BR/>So even during Thatcher's era, % of workers in the govt was rising. What's with that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-81058504560774013112008-12-10T09:56:00.000+00:002008-12-10T09:56:00.000+00:00Since you actively defend the originality of your ...Since you actively defend the originality of your territory sales post, you goad me into claiming in turn that you got the idea - albeit unconciously perhaps - from me at Setser's blog (see eg <A HREF="http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/2007/03/30/almost-unimaginably-large-2006-global-reserve-growth/" REL="nofollow">my comment at 17.32 on 1/4/07</A>).<BR/><BR/>I do agree with you about Gordon Brown. I despair when I compare our "sugar rush" stimulus in the form of an attempt to revitalise exhausted consumption via a VAT cut (not to mention Gord's efforts to lean on the banks that he is lending to at 12% to "pass on" the BoE cut to 2%), with the infrastructure building plans in China and the US.RebelEconomisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13241098878248190971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-86656001330599822582008-12-09T17:47:00.000+00:002008-12-09T17:47:00.000+00:00"Gordo might actually by Malenkov's bastard love-c..."Gordo might actually by Malenkov's bastard love-child"<BR/><BR/>Good humor, keep up the good work MM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-7320074042309302422008-12-09T16:25:00.000+00:002008-12-09T16:25:00.000+00:00interesting the SPX did +100 on the nose thus far ...interesting the SPX did +100 on the nose thus far from last friday low<BR/><BR/>3-month bills yield below ZERO at -0.05%<BR/><BR/>illinois governor quite the man of the hour, forcing BAC to lend to a bankrupt company a scary notion, and the state itself is a very highly debt laden entity... time to do a good ole american 'punt', i.e. 'kick him out!'<BR/>-deacAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-38665846288302756832008-12-09T15:20:00.000+00:002008-12-09T15:20:00.000+00:00http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1092997/Re...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1092997/Revealed-The-town-HALF-people-say-sick-work.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-15732989019885526412008-12-09T13:35:00.000+00:002008-12-09T13:35:00.000+00:00Here's the conspiracy theory.Brown is bought and p...Here's the conspiracy theory.<BR/><BR/>Brown is bought and paid for by the illuminati. For selling so many tons of gold, Brown was guaranteed the PMs slot.<BR/><BR/>Here's kookiest part of this theory. The Illuminati is planning massive population reduction (use your imagination to figure out how that would happen). <BR/><BR/>By reducing the population, voila, instant cure for the blow up in the UK welfare state.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-17851371251330101982008-12-09T13:08:00.000+00:002008-12-09T13:08:00.000+00:00Spot on MM, Stalin was always a flattering compari...Spot on MM, Stalin was always a flattering comparison for Brown, he lacks the single minded ruthlessness and focus of a world-class dictator, but would have fitted perfectly as one of the grey apparatchiks of the Soviet Politburo, boring on endlessly about the latest combine havrester production levels.Sean Maherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11706813218805999161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-67823711101062993862008-12-09T11:52:00.000+00:002008-12-09T11:52:00.000+00:00MM et al.- Something seems rotten in the state of ...MM et al.- Something seems rotten in the state of BRL... only a matter of time 'till this spills over to the DI? <BR/>On another topic, how u feel about them Treasuries? Look pretty frothy to me (that and the BEIs), might be time to dabble with a little short; will wait to see how the 10-yr auction goes though.<BR/>Brilliant post once again.SDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02004788658738987967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-27372447781477123002008-12-09T11:04:00.000+00:002008-12-09T11:04:00.000+00:00Well written MM. It is depressing what is happeni...Well written MM. It is depressing what is happening in the UK. A place where innovation and risk taking runs in the blood is being turned into a complete backwater by bad policy after bad policy.Manc Traderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15419060899207287530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-45884948844864345422008-12-09T10:44:00.000+00:002008-12-09T10:44:00.000+00:00MM,Dolefully, I have to agree with you about the s...MM,<BR/>Dolefully, I have to agree with you about the state of the UK. Everything seems straight out of <I>1984</I>, from the talking CCTV cameras, through the DNA database (thank goodness for the European Court of Justice, never thought I would be saying that) and the proposed database of all emails, telephone calls and faxes, to the "Ministry of Justice". <I>Private Eye</I>'s satire on Gordon is becoming closer and closer to the truth.<BR/><BR/>Yours, Hoping they are not spying on my PC,<BR/><BR/>CTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-47003889306200620282008-12-09T10:23:00.000+00:002008-12-09T10:23:00.000+00:00No deal as long as the Nuge is still there.No deal as long as the Nuge is still there.Charles Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00486529931043507880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-85568154961922384282008-12-09T09:52:00.000+00:002008-12-09T09:52:00.000+00:00Anonymous, he's ripped me off! I had the same id...Anonymous, he's ripped me off! I had the same <A HREF="http://macro-man.blogspot.com/2008/07/modest-proposal.html" REL="nofollow"> idea I had in July</A>, with Michigan going to Canada. He needs to up his game if he's going to compete....all the recent Boston sports success has made him lazy.Macro Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324967552369915949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34323687.post-47120452036044161172008-12-09T09:25:00.000+00:002008-12-09T09:25:00.000+00:00MM, as a fellow American, you might find this "str...MM, as a fellow American, you might find this "strategy" for the US avoiding the auto crisis. I wish I could take credit for it. It was written by the Sports Guy of ESPN fame....<BR/><BR/>"If the state of Michigan were a struggling athlete, we'd say, "Man, he needs a change of scenery." Well, why can't we give Michigan a change of scenery? What if we sold Michigan to Canada since it's right on their border?<BR/><BR/>"Think about it. Canada gets the spiritual lift of purchasing one of the 50 states, as well as musicians like Kid Rock, Bob Seger and Eminem, a second NBA and MLB team, two Big Ten schools, another NHL team, its first NFL team and, of course, more territory. Canadians would be flying high ... so high they wouldn't even mind that they were now involved in the WNBA. Meanwhile, America would escape billion-dollar buyouts for the car companies, and if we need a 50th state, we can always use Puerto Rico as long as it doesn't put us over the luxury tax. Michigan natives get universal health care, a fresh start and a chance to feel like they're spending more money than usual with the Canadian dollar. Everyone wins!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com