Comments on: Excessive consumption leads to dollar damage and muscle paralysis http://maxkeiser.com/2009/05/21/excessive-consumption-leads-to-dollar-damage-and-muscle-paralysis/ Financial War Reports Mon, 21 May 2012 16:26:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Aridzonan http://maxkeiser.com/2009/05/21/excessive-consumption-leads-to-dollar-damage-and-muscle-paralysis/#comment-4838 Aridzonan Sat, 23 May 2009 04:21:49 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=1310#comment-4838 I was chatting with Catherine Fitts at the beginning of the year about the $ and she warned not to short it. She explained that US Treasuries are a global tax that we force upon rest of the planet via our military; a defacto global tax. Her $ crash forecast was late this year or early next. As our military might goes so goes the Almighty Dollar. I'm still amazed that the $ hasn't crash landed in peso-land. I was chatting with Catherine Fitts at the beginning of the year about the $ and she warned not to short it. She explained that US Treasuries are a global tax that we force upon rest of the planet via our military; a defacto global tax. Her $ crash forecast was late this year or early next. As our military might goes so goes the Almighty Dollar. I’m still amazed that the $ hasn’t crash landed in peso-land.

]]> By: DharmaBum http://maxkeiser.com/2009/05/21/excessive-consumption-leads-to-dollar-damage-and-muscle-paralysis/#comment-4680 DharmaBum Thu, 21 May 2009 20:10:26 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=1310#comment-4680 Russia apparently dropped the US dollar as a reserve currency, transferring over the Euro. What are the implications, then, of a shift towards Russian and European coordination. Zzz Germans have, in the past, been willing to partner with Russia, since Russia has a considerable resource base--not to mention the north pole, which might benefit them should this warming continue, although Alex Jones claims the climate is cooling. Again, the US and German governments--at least--are manipulating the climate. Alex Jones is an interesting guy. I think he is an intrepid journalist who wants the best for the little guy, and while he perhaps paints with a broad stroke and delegates more authority to Bilderbergers, Trilaterialists and Council of Foreign Relationers than they can muster in the muddle of current events, they do enjoy a stupefying amount of oligarchical wealth and certainly have the mechanisms in place to rape spiritual beings (humans and nonhumans and the earth as a whole). Max and Stacey, how often do you listen to Alex Jones? What do you think? peace Russia apparently dropped the US dollar as a reserve currency, transferring over the Euro. What are the implications, then, of a shift towards Russian and European coordination. Zzz Germans have, in the past, been willing to partner with Russia, since Russia has a considerable resource base–not to mention the north pole, which might benefit them should this warming continue, although Alex Jones claims the climate is cooling. Again, the US and German governments–at least–are manipulating the climate.

Alex Jones is an interesting guy. I think he is an intrepid journalist who wants the best for the little guy, and while he perhaps paints with a broad stroke and delegates more authority to Bilderbergers, Trilaterialists and Council of Foreign Relationers than they can muster in the muddle of current events, they do enjoy a stupefying amount of oligarchical wealth and certainly have the mechanisms in place to rape spiritual beings (humans and nonhumans and the earth as a whole).

Max and Stacey,
how often do you listen to Alex Jones? What do you think?

peace

]]> By: Will http://maxkeiser.com/2009/05/21/excessive-consumption-leads-to-dollar-damage-and-muscle-paralysis/#comment-4679 Will Thu, 21 May 2009 19:53:22 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=1310#comment-4679 <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/04/05/040405fa_fact?currentPage=all" rel="nofollow"><i>Why Europeans are getting taller and taller-and Americans aren’t.</i></a> - From <b>The New Yorker</b> Why Europeans are getting taller and taller-and Americans aren’t. – From The New Yorker

]]> By: Mep http://maxkeiser.com/2009/05/21/excessive-consumption-leads-to-dollar-damage-and-muscle-paralysis/#comment-4664 Mep Thu, 21 May 2009 17:56:27 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=1310#comment-4664 @ Stacy, on "droopy piles," flaccid paralysis can be a side effect of having depressed levels of potassium in one's blood. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypokalemia What's gross to me is the idea of drinking between 4 and 10 liters of soda a day. Don't know how anyone can do that. On cattle theft, something similar happened in my neck of the woods not too long ago. A couple unemployed kids stole a calf and ate it. I assumed that they were unemployed, homeless, and hungry, but the article made it sound like they were just a couple of kids camping out, who got hungry, and decided to steal a calf and slaughter it just because. I still don't know what's true. http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/02/2766704-hungry-ny-men-accused-of-stealing-eating-calf @ Stacy, on “droopy piles,” flaccid paralysis can be a side effect of having depressed levels of potassium in one’s blood.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypokalemia

What’s gross to me is the idea of drinking between 4 and 10 liters of soda a day. Don’t know how anyone can do that.

On cattle theft, something similar happened in my neck of the woods not too long ago. A couple unemployed kids stole a calf and ate it. I assumed that they were unemployed, homeless, and hungry, but the article made it sound like they were just a couple of kids camping out, who got hungry, and decided to steal a calf and slaughter it just because. I still don’t know what’s true.

http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/02/2766704-hungry-ny-men-accused-of-stealing-eating-calf

]]> By: Cup o Dirt mmm http://maxkeiser.com/2009/05/21/excessive-consumption-leads-to-dollar-damage-and-muscle-paralysis/#comment-4662 Cup o Dirt mmm Thu, 21 May 2009 17:48:34 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=1310#comment-4662 The study dealt with people who drank 2 to 9 liters of cola per day. Do we really need to study that? If a group of profoundly stupid people start eating a cup of dirt per day, are we going to have to study the effects of excessive dirt eating too? I'm not sure a crisis is such a bad thing. Clearly there are some slow-swimming fish in the gene pool. The study dealt with people who drank 2 to 9 liters of cola per day. Do we really need to study that? If a group of profoundly stupid people start eating a cup of dirt per day, are we going to have to study the effects of excessive dirt eating too?

I’m not sure a crisis is such a bad thing. Clearly there are some slow-swimming fish in the gene pool.

]]> By: Mr Supergeek http://maxkeiser.com/2009/05/21/excessive-consumption-leads-to-dollar-damage-and-muscle-paralysis/#comment-4661 Mr Supergeek Thu, 21 May 2009 17:26:44 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=1310#comment-4661 Obesity = Inflation Proofed Obesity = Inflation Proofed

]]> By: alister http://maxkeiser.com/2009/05/21/excessive-consumption-leads-to-dollar-damage-and-muscle-paralysis/#comment-4658 alister Thu, 21 May 2009 17:08:48 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=1310#comment-4658 will yeah, well remember that harvey is infamously a self-confessed marxist so we are unlikely to derive from him any truly sustainable near-medium term solutions for this gfc. i nevertheless appreciated his pov even though i recognise its ultimate futility (in other public broadcasts he has even gone so far as to actually advocate the eradication of profit from the market place(!))...because to understand the quilt which engulfs us all one must at least accept and hopefully seek to comprehend its invariably scruffy tapestry-recognising the wrong is sometimes more useful than seeing the right will

yeah, well remember that harvey is infamously a self-confessed marxist so we are unlikely to derive from him any truly sustainable near-medium term solutions for this gfc. i nevertheless appreciated his pov even though i recognise its ultimate futility (in other public broadcasts he has even gone so far as to actually advocate the eradication of profit from the market place(!))…because to understand the quilt which engulfs us all one must at least accept and hopefully seek to comprehend its invariably scruffy tapestry-recognising the wrong is sometimes more useful than seeing the right

]]> By: Scott http://maxkeiser.com/2009/05/21/excessive-consumption-leads-to-dollar-damage-and-muscle-paralysis/#comment-4657 Scott Thu, 21 May 2009 16:55:43 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=1310#comment-4657 I think it is important to point out that most processed foods here in the US is made with corn syrup (due to sugar tariffs???). Take a stroll through any major grocery chain here and it is not sugar inside, but corn syrup. (yeah some people call it the same, but I stopped eating corn syrup long ago, and most americans call me "skinny"). I think it is important to point out that most processed foods here in the US is made with corn syrup (due to sugar tariffs???).

Take a stroll through any major grocery chain here and it is not sugar inside, but corn syrup.

(yeah some people call it the same, but I stopped eating corn syrup long ago, and most americans call me “skinny”).

]]> By: William http://maxkeiser.com/2009/05/21/excessive-consumption-leads-to-dollar-damage-and-muscle-paralysis/#comment-4656 William Thu, 21 May 2009 16:46:22 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=1310#comment-4656 @ Alister, the quote was from your first post; the lecture by david harvey. I just think he is mis-assigning the blame/cause/culprit. (Sorry for my previous post; I felt angry just listening to the mis-diagnosis.) You're latter post I agree with. Most textbooks are, at best incomplete. Some just plain wrong. (Not a big Keynes fan, either) Just curious to what is being proposed as the replacements. (I would like to point out that the Austrian School of economists have been predicting this longer than two years before it happened.) @ Alister,

the quote was from your first post; the lecture by david harvey. I just think he is mis-assigning the blame/cause/culprit. (Sorry for my previous post; I felt angry just listening to the mis-diagnosis.)

You’re latter post I agree with. Most textbooks are, at best incomplete. Some just plain wrong. (Not a big Keynes fan, either) Just curious to what is being proposed as the replacements.

(I would like to point out that the Austrian School of economists have been predicting this longer than two years before it happened.)

]]> By: alister http://maxkeiser.com/2009/05/21/excessive-consumption-leads-to-dollar-damage-and-muscle-paralysis/#comment-4650 alister Thu, 21 May 2009 16:29:14 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=1310#comment-4650 will “centralized power of wall street is not bad in some ways…..Rob the government of assets and via that to rob the people of their assets." how is this quote related to what i posted? 0_o will

“centralized power of wall street is not bad in some ways…..Rob the government of assets and via that to rob the people of their assets.” how is this quote related to what i posted? 0_o

]]> By: Youri Carma http://maxkeiser.com/2009/05/21/excessive-consumption-leads-to-dollar-damage-and-muscle-paralysis/#comment-4649 Youri Carma Thu, 21 May 2009 16:25:31 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=1310#comment-4649 There has been a lot of talk about Ron Paul's flair but looking back on some debates I think he didn't do that bad at all and maybe it's beside the point anyways. Ron Paul's campaign was mend to bring issues into the mainstream media rather actually than winning the elections which would be a remote change we knew from the beginning. It sounds strange but I think Ron Paul was happy not to win cause he would be an immediate target for the NWO and most likely be killed like JF or King. He knew that. Confessions of an economic hit man make this point very clear. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCZCA5ZinNw There has been a lot of talk about Ron Paul’s flair but looking back on some debates I think he didn’t do that bad at all and maybe it’s beside the point anyways.

Ron Paul’s campaign was mend to bring issues into the mainstream media rather actually than winning the elections which would be a remote change we knew from the beginning.

It sounds strange but I think Ron Paul was happy not to win cause he would be an immediate target for the NWO and most likely be killed like JF or King. He knew that.

Confessions of an economic hit man make this point very clear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCZCA5ZinNw

]]> By: juergenwahl http://maxkeiser.com/2009/05/21/excessive-consumption-leads-to-dollar-damage-and-muscle-paralysis/#comment-4641 juergenwahl Thu, 21 May 2009 15:55:26 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=1310#comment-4641 1) Yes, it is a well-known fact that the "Do-Lar" is going to Hades in a handbasket. Long-term, its prospects are deplorable. However, so are the prospects of all other major currencies. The question is which one will get to the bottom last. It may very well be the dollar. And, relatively speaking, the comparative laggard will be the financial winner in an economically twisted way. Short-term, I would not be surprised to see the dollar mount a bear-crunching rally from somewhere around its present level. Positive divergences are appearing. Vide: http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=UUP&p=D&yr=1&mn=0&dy=0&id=p69827560852 Talk of the dollar being supplanted by the 人民币 (Renminbi) is ridiculous in the foreseeable future. I have been to China, and do not believe a single number coming out of that hectic-paced country. 2) Europeans tend to be more physically fit than Americans because they: a) spend less time in front of the television; b) walk more; and 3) drink greater quantities of red wine vis-à-vis colas. 1) Yes, it is a well-known fact that the “Do-Lar” is going to Hades in a handbasket. Long-term, its prospects are deplorable. However, so are the prospects of all other major currencies. The question is which one will get to the bottom last. It may very well be the dollar. And, relatively speaking, the comparative laggard will be the financial winner in an economically twisted way.

Short-term, I would not be surprised to see the dollar mount a bear-crunching rally from somewhere around its present level. Positive divergences are appearing. Vide:

http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=UUP&p=D&yr=1&mn=0&dy=0&id=p69827560852

Talk of the dollar being supplanted by the 人民币 (Renminbi) is ridiculous in the foreseeable future. I have been to China, and do not believe a single number coming out of that hectic-paced country.

2) Europeans tend to be more physically fit than Americans because they: a) spend less time in front of the television; b) walk more; and 3) drink greater quantities of red wine vis-à-vis colas.

]]> By: William http://maxkeiser.com/2009/05/21/excessive-consumption-leads-to-dollar-damage-and-muscle-paralysis/#comment-4635 William Thu, 21 May 2009 15:19:36 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=1310#comment-4635 @ Alister, "centralized power of wall street is not bad in some ways.....Rob the government of assets and via that to rob the people of their assets." The government robbed from the people to get the "assets". The government GAVE wall street those assets. Big difference here. To me the solution is to stop letting the state robbing from the people in the first place. He also seems to be overlooking the fact that the central banks have been given a monopoly of the creation of money. This is the underlying cause of boom and bust. If this guy doesn't see or understand this, he is always going to come to the wrong conclusion. I can't believe people listen to this garbage. @ Alister,

“centralized power of wall street is not bad in some ways…..Rob the government of assets and via that to rob the people of their assets.”

The government robbed from the people to get the “assets”. The government GAVE wall street those assets. Big difference here. To me the solution is to stop letting the state robbing from the people in the first place.

He also seems to be overlooking the fact that the central banks have been given a monopoly of the creation of money. This is the underlying cause of boom and bust. If this guy doesn’t see or understand this, he is always going to come to the wrong conclusion.

I can’t believe people listen to this garbage.

]]> By: frances snoot http://maxkeiser.com/2009/05/21/excessive-consumption-leads-to-dollar-damage-and-muscle-paralysis/#comment-4634 frances snoot Thu, 21 May 2009 15:15:52 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=1310#comment-4634 I did not indicate in my post that I believed in ignoring problems concerning obesity, but I believe that obesity is the problem of an individual, not any think-tank or government agency. The study is interesting, but not very applicable. Muscle fiber atrophy and fat cellular composition aside: people without common sense will not avoid health problems. Will the government now tax soda to save Gerty Blubberbuss? Living in France, one might be forgiven for unconciously taking up a negative American bias. It is something to consider; that is all! Thank you for your reply and your hard work on this extremely informative site and Max's great commentaries! I did not indicate in my post that I believed in ignoring problems concerning obesity, but I believe that obesity is the problem of an individual, not any think-tank or government agency. The study is interesting, but not very applicable. Muscle fiber atrophy and fat cellular composition aside: people without common sense will not avoid health problems. Will the government now tax soda to save Gerty Blubberbuss?

Living in France, one might be forgiven for unconciously taking up a negative American bias. It is something to consider; that is all!

Thank you for your reply and your hard work on this extremely informative site and Max’s great commentaries!

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