Category Archives: Armageddon

The Seven Percent Non-Solution

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Alaska

Ten short days ago, the $125 Spanish bank rescue plan was being hailed, briefly, by rattled European officials as a breakthrough that would stabilize the eurozone’s fourth largest economy. Now yields on Spanish 10 year bonds have passed 7 percent, … Continue reading →

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Spain’s Ten-Year Yield Moonshot

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Alaska

Everybody seems happy about the Greek elections. No financial Armageddon just yet, right? On the other hand, there are the Spanish bond traders….

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Brain Feed

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Alaska

I pretty much live to read. I get twitchy if I sit down to a meal and don’t have a book handy. Cereal boxes kept me sane at childhood breakfasts. My mom taught me to read at 3.* At five … Continue reading →

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Zombie Safe House Design Winners

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Alaska

Interesting.

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What was the Panic of 1857 about, again?

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Alaska

It now seems that the 21st century will resemble the 19th and early 20th centuries, with periodic panics and runs on financial institutions, perhaps followed by deflationary collapses. In the euro zone, these problems have plagued banks and entire countries, … Continue reading →

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All I Can Say Is WHEW!

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Dave RNS Photographer

By now some of you may have seen the news videos of the angry Ides of March event that hit Southeast Michigan yesterday.  It took place in a small town just 14 miles from my house.  I can’t recall any … Continue reading →

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What’s Really Happening In The Consumer Economy

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Alaska

It’s dying. I’ve been mostly absent from RNS for the last several months as I worked on a multistate* deal for my employers to purchase a decent-sized package of national-brand fast-food restaurant franchises, a deal that fell through this week … Continue reading →

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Prepping? . . . . not really, just a small slice of peace of mind

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Dave RNS Photographer

The location where I happen to reside is not fraught with multiple varieties of cataclysmic revenge events from Mother Gaia. The lower peninsula of Michigan hasn’t seen a hurricane that I know of (in my lifetime anyway). Not being a … Continue reading →

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Gettin’ Ready

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Phil Kadath

Not for Boomershoot. I’m always ready for that. No, I’m ready for another snowstorm, but thankfully, it look like we’re only in line for a little more wind. Speaking of being ready, co-worker and friend, Paul, and his better half … Continue reading →

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Snowmageddon

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Phil Kadath

That is the actual title of an article at the Tacoma News Tribune. Methinks someone is overdoing it. Anyway, we’re getting an above-standard Winter whiteout here in the PacNW. 5-6 inches here at Firebase Blue already, with another 5-6 on … Continue reading →

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