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To: ild who wrote (35022)	6/29/2005 3:46:37 PM
From: ild	Respond to of 110194

Date: Wed Jun 29 2005 15:29 trotsky (dan) ID#248269: Copyright © 2002 trotsky/Kitco Inc. All rights reserved it has nothing to do with stocks, diluted or otherwise. i only explained why gold functions as money, while e.g. platinum does not. and thus, analysis of gold supply and demand must be different from normal commodity supply /demand analysis ( which continues to work splendidly with platinum, palladium, and other primarily industrial metals ) . Date: Wed Jun 29 2005 15:09 trotsky (James@Scrushy) ID#248269: Copyright © 2002 trotsky/Kitco Inc. All rights reserved well, as a matter of fact, it is difficult to actually KNOW which of the alleged crimes Scrushy really committed. as William Anderson explains in this article that was published before the verdict came out ( at the time, Anderson fully expected Scrushy to be convicted ) , the 'plea bargaining' system and the admittance of hearsay evidence ( !!! ) mean that there is no more interest in getting at the truth - the only interest is in obrtaining convictions, come hell or high water. in that sense, the jury in the Scrushy case may have done us a favor by refusing to play along: mises.org Date: Wed Jun 29 2005 14:47 trotsky (Heavy Metal, 13:54) ID#248269: Copyright © 2002 trotsky/Kitco Inc. All rights reserved if so, then it would be an exceedingly poor strategy. Iraq is the best training ground imaginable for would-be and actual terrorists. one huge training camp with a real life war situation...it doesn't get any better for them. and the best of the bunch will survive and one day disperse again...returning to their home countries, like e.g. Saudi Arabia, where they then would represent a formidable challenge to the ruling class.

To: ild who wrote (35022)	6/29/2005 4:15:19 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Respond to of 110194

I do agree with Heinz re: SKI...I don't trust black box systems anyways, and it seems like his has resulted in numerous whipsaws. Trade with what you know, that's what gets the dough.....

To: ild who wrote (35022)	6/29/2005 4:48:33 PM
From: benwood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

"in light of the recent suspension of property rights ..." I was pleased to see the Seattle Times comment on this. They said, "Our 1889 constitution says, with a short list of exceptions: 'Private property shall not be taken for private use.' " The went on to say that what happened in Connecticut can not happen here. Now that the Supreme Court has let the cat out of the bag, the onus in other states without similar state protection will be on the property owner to prove (all the way to the Supreme Court) that the "value" of the downstream public good does meet the sniff test. That totally sucks. How can you even keep Wal-Mart from usurping your farm now?

To: ild who wrote (35022)	6/29/2005 5:18:45 PM
From: CalculatedRisk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

Professor Kash has an interesting chart presenting savings rates and current account balances for various countries: International Saving Comparisons angrybear.blogspot.com Kash suggests an interesting reason: "... my favorite theory, at least in this case, is that the high rate of saving in many Asian economies is primarily due to the inertia of consumption spending. It is an increasingly well-established empirical fact that consumption displays a great deal of inertia – people’s consumption habits only change slowly, even when their income rises or falls dramatically. If a country is experiencing rapid economic growth, this could well explain why savings rates are high in those countries: households’ consumption has not yet caught up to their increased income, so they save the difference." That could be ugly for the US as consumption turns down to match US income! This is a follow up to his previous post: Explaining the Capital Flow Puzzle angrybear.blogspot.com