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  1. IanMacQuaide

    Where are we going and why are we in this handbasket?

    ""I thought that the $2000 gold crowd was kinda kooky...I may join them... or at least attend a meeting or two"" I'm still laughing about that line..... The $2000 gold idea is scary...it's the meetings that made me laugh... But it made me wonder what kind of world it'd be if gold got to...
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    Impression of US Economy in 2008

    Hyperinflative Depression and WWIII.
  3. IanMacQuaide

    Florida Schools Struggle to Pay Teachers as Investments Frozen

    Retired Teachers, Cops, Firefighters and Municipal Employees will be the first to be denied a retirement check. Then it'l roll UPHILL.
  4. IanMacQuaide

    Florida suspends withdrawals from state investment fund

    I find it suspicious in the extreme that this isn't the lead story on CNN CBS NBC FOX CNBC MSNBC FBC, ABC and Drudge!
  5. IanMacQuaide

    Need advice on new laptop

    Big screen, LOTS of SPEED from the chips, and a DVI output for another monitor. iow: 4gigs mem, 2ghz chip speed duo core, preferrably INTEL, and a 120 gig HD. Minimal. Like a gamers pkg. imho
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    Need advice on new laptop

    I called Gateway and got a remanufactured 17", 2gig mem, 100gig HD, and brand new Intel 2.1 GHZ duo core chip set. $750 shipped, with 1 yr warranty.
  7. IanMacQuaide

    Netflix type business for books:

    Printed material won't last long either. It's not "green". San Francisco county is about to ban fireplace fires. Some wingnut claims they account for 33% of the particulate matter in the air.
  8. IanMacQuaide

    New Wave of Mortgage Failures Could Create a Nightmare Economic Scenario

    I read that earlier today. Food for thought at the least.:eek:
  9. IanMacQuaide

    Where are we going and why are we in this handbasket?

    :D LOVE the thread title..really made me laugh. WITH you, not AT you. I mentioned Hyper-Inflative Depression on another thread, and was surprised I got some to agree that it's possible, 1 or 2 even said probable.
  10. IanMacQuaide

    DELL 30" Ultra Sharp

    6 months ago I got an Acer 22" at Best Buy for like...$200, and a nice DVI card. On the way home, I found a 15"Samsung on the side of the road for free. Got home, hooked both up, put the DOM and Trading platform on the Samsung, Charts on the Acer. Perfect!
  11. IanMacQuaide

    Consumer spending

    s2007 said "Just like other asset backed securities, credit card debt.... " I don't mean to pick nits, but credit cards are NOT asset backed. OR, I could be wrong depending on the semantics of the word "asset". I thought "asset backed" was like collateralized..as in mtg is to house as car...
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    Caution, Watch Out Muni Bonds !

    Any chance some municipalities will default on these debt instruments? Or just tax us 100% ?
  13. IanMacQuaide

    U.S. Recession

    Hyper-Inflative Depression, anyone?
  14. IanMacQuaide

    AHG - Profitable Strategy for Struggling Traders

    "financials"....and these are? (please excuse my astounding ignorance!)
  15. IanMacQuaide

    How much of the subprime losses remain to be booked?

    Being "on the hook" doesn't pay the mtg.
  16. IanMacQuaide

    POLL: What is your economic collapse strategy

    Liquor and large caliber weapons.
  17. IanMacQuaide

    How to cardiovert the global banking system

    "structured investment vehicles" = shitty loans
  18. IanMacQuaide

    US Industry in trouble

    I never was able to figure out how a guy making $15 an hr can buy a 40K car built by guys that make $25 an hr.
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