(off topic, on topic, back to off topic)
Dave, if you know anyone with children in highschool that are interested
in geology, then the following web address under discovery.com should
give good visual pictures to match reading text. Lots of sound and
video stuff, so need a multimedia fast computer to explore. Also, as noted
below new features will arrive, and the following sentence seems to say that
one can get interactive and set parameters for a 'what if'.
"Change something about the planet, then stand back and watch what happens."
(on topic)
I'am not a subscriber to J Taylor's Gold Resource and Environmental Stocks newsletter,
but on his open public site is the following.
<<if as rumored there is a tremendous demand for the gold that Britain
will soon sell, then we could be looking at a $100 or $200 spike up on
the price of gold ...>>
From Le Metropole Cafe
<<If this is what has happened, the implications are frightening. If
financial authorities are covert interventionists, then the financial
system is far weaker than is apparent to the ordinary investor, equity
risk is understated and the potential downside is inevitably much
greater than it otherwise would have been.>>
The Kiki Table Discussion du Jour: Potpourri
A Breaking of the Ranks ?
Professor von Braun, The Rocket School of Economics
June 26th, 1999
Sanity in the market place?, that would be an unusual occurrence, yet it
seems we may have (briefly) seen evidence of just that. This week the
Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Company, (HSBC) issued a 52 page report
entitled, wait for it, -- Bubble Trouble: the US Bubble and how it will
Burst. Take note Mr. Chairman Greenspan , you might want to get a copy
of this report, if nothing else it will help you with a determination of
what a bubble is, what its components are, and what it looks like. In
other words, end the Mr Magoo imitation.
.......... thats classic bubble stuff this fine gentleman
is saying in his report. What that tells us is that contrary to Mr.
Magoo, the cartoon character who always kept bumping into things and
could never identify what they were, somebody can and has identified and
called the US stockmarket, a classic bubble. That somebody is one of the
worlds larger banking and finance groups, albeit one that is not US
owned, operated or influenced.
........ HSBC is not exactly what you
would call small. On the contrary, they have more than 5000 offices in
79 countries, are listed on the London and Hong Kong stock exchanges and
are planning to list on the NYSE. One would imagine that if they keep ....
....... thats nice to know. Most of it is of
course in debt to the IMF, or in a recession of sorts already, or is in
the process of either being bombed or contemplating how to rebuild.
Whats left is dependant upon an ongoing classic asset bubble to
maintain its level of expenditure and repay its consummers debt.
Meanwhile back at the farm, while the chickens, the cows and the ducks
roam free, Mr. Magoo continues to trip around the farmyard trying to
identify what a bubble is.
(back to off topic)
discovery.com
READING THE ROCKS: You look at the Grand Canyon and see an awesome
expanse; a geologist sees the death of the dinosaurs (and other stories)
written on the sandstone and shale, limestone and basalt.
A DIFFICULT BIRTH: After congealing for 100 million years, the Earth was ready
to be called a planet. But it wasn't necessarily a place you'd call home.
EARTH ALIVE: How's our planet doing today? Check out the state of
things right now with our Earth cams and alerts.
DIG DEEPER: Visit our living library of planet Earth experiences, from
sea vents to volcanoes, earthquakes to eclipses.
AT THE MUSEUM: The American Museum of Natural History's Hall of Planet
Earth has opened with an ambitious goal: "To put the world on display..."
ASK THE EARTH EXPERTS: Scientists at the American Museum of Natural
History are answering your questions.
COMING SOON
CLICK THROUGH TIME: How do you condense 4.6 billion years into 20 sentences?
You pick the really good stuff. Take our quick, click-through
historical tour of the ages. Coming July 1
LIVE, FROM EARTH!: Our planetary correspondent peeks into the mouth of
a sputtering volcano to ask: "How does the Earth tick?" Coming July 6
WEBCAST FROM THE MUSEUM: Join us for a live Webcast from the American
Museum of Natural History. Coming July 8
E A R T H J O U R N E Y S
Main Timeline Control the Earth Peel the Planet Dispatches
Change something about the planet, then stand back and watch what happens.
Earth Essays Ask the Experts
Dig Deeper Earth Cams At the Museum
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