Monkeyfister

Hmmm. Let Us Stop And Consider the Following this 4th of July... The link is to the enumeration of the Madness and Crimes of our OWN modern-day King George, but, the following is how our Founding Fathers dealt with theirs:

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.

— John Hancock

New Hampshire:
Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton

Massachusetts:
John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry

Rhode Island:
Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery

Connecticut:
Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott

New York:
William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris

New Jersey:
Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark

Pennsylvania:
Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross

Delaware:
Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean

Maryland:
Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton

Virginia:
George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton

North Carolina:
William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn

South Carolina:
Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton

Georgia:
Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton

FUCK YOU George W. Bush, and Richard Bruce Cheney.



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I'm heading out to the country and friends for the weekend. I'm not going to near the internets until probably Sunday. I bid you all a very happy and safe 4th of July holiday.

One very good point of satisfaction to me today is that I FINALLY got some very serious problems (I hope) ironed out of my computer here, at home. It was a pretty good sized bug-- about the size of a six-foot cockroach-- fixed by upgrading to Firefox 3.0 beta, uninstalling Flash Player, and re-installing their latest Flash Player with ActiveX controls. For MONTHS I haven't been unable to view YouTube or any other similar embedded video via Firefox, and it was tearing into my blogging time. I constantly had to open the evil blue E, and play videos in that awful browser.

So, for that, I am happy this weekend.

Be well, tend your gardens, and I will see you after the fireworks are finished.


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Because I don't speak the language, I'm not able to post.

This is your snark-assed post for the day.

Anyone with keys can correct and chide me for being wrong on this.

Rabid Clinton supporters will understand the importance of this and not seem elitist, I guess. I dunno.


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Both are coming in fast and furious, now, and I am very happy.

Everbearing Strawberries-- every day now, I get no less than a nice bowlful of berries, and the promise an even larger bounty in the days to come.










Pickling Cucumbers are rolling in now! This is harvest is from yesterday and today.












It's pickle time!

I'm going to make some Crock Pickles. Some call them "Three-Day Pickles," I call them "About A Day-And-A-Half Pickles," as I can't wait, and they taste great after only 36-hours. They are SO colorful, crispy, and spicy... DAMN, this is the BEST time of year! Almost as good as "Radish-Eating" Time!





Here's the recipe:

For a 1-Gallon Deli Jar
1. Stir 1/2-cup of Kosher Salt into 1 gallon of boiling water to make brine.
2. Place a handful of fresh, snipped Dill in the jar. Use enough dill to cover
the bottom of the jar.
3. Cut the ends off the Cukes, and go a little "Psycho" on them to perforate them
a bit.
4. Add a bulb's worth of garlic, and some hot peppers (optional, but, I really
like that spice!) I cut a big slice through the Peppers to release the flavor.
5. Cover with hot brine, and cover with a lid or small plate, or some plastic wrap
secured with a rubber band-- just keep the crap and bugs out.
6. Let stand a room temperature for 1-1/2 to 3 days depending on your taste prefs.
7. Keep refrigerated after 3 days.

So, I ran out just now, and pulled a Garlic bulb and shucked the cloves, snipped some Dill, and some small hot Peppers. I've got my Deli Jar mouth-down, and the lid, boiling in water to make sure that it is very clean as I type.

Oh, my these Pickles are SO good, and LOOK!-- EVERYTHING is out of the garden!




Here's a pic of the finished jar of "3-Day (1-1/2 day) Pickles." It's getting dark out. Tomorrow, I'll replace the pic with one in better light. They are beautiful!










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Labels: Easy Recipe, Gardening, Harvest, Pickles

Ya know... A lot of Peak Oiler Doomists are pretty freaked-out paranoid.


Case In Point

Me? I have my stocks of saved seeds, and whatnot, but, instead of OPSEC, and RETREAT planning, and all that bullshit, that only the more wealthy can do anyway, I'm involving my neighbors.

My garden beds are really coming in nicely, and I've been giving away extra Cukes, Squashes, Beans, Chard and Greens to my neighbors. One of my neighbor's kids saw me gardening last year, and he came over and talked to me. I gave him some advice, and this year, he has an ENORMOUS 100' x 100' garden-- he just took down two big bagworm-infested pine trees using only my little bowsaw to expand it, and provide more light. His family of seven is not so well-off (dad's a long-haul Independent Trucker), so I lay weed-block cloth, water manifolds and drip hoses, advice and other materials on him as he expresses and demonstrates need.

Tonight, he and his dad and I got to talking over a basket of produce that I brought over, and I decided to tear up a chuck of my back meadow acre with their assistance of their small plow, and other implements (which I don't have), and next year, we'll plant a load of Corn, Tomatoes, Black-Eyed Peas, and Beans out there for sharing between us, under my design, and to sell the surplus.

His dad will build a stand for sales, and split the water, organic soil amendments (cool that they are into that) and fuel bills with me. I'll run the irrigation drip lines, and buy some of the seed, get plants started, as I have that stuff. The kid will be the garden mule for the most part. I'll certainly add backbone, as I wanted to do exactly this in that part of the land to begin with, and running water lines was the beginning infrastructure anyway-- now I have motivation. From there, I can finally establish the orchard that I planned. My little fruit trees are doing OK in their pots for now, But, They'll need to get out there this fall, and they'll help be break the hardpan to get them in.

Now, I have neighbors willing to share a stake in our mutual food security, and I actually only want enough of the harvest to eat immediately, and to freeze, can or dry-- one of eight. A good family will make some needed scratch and have the bulk of this food project, the kid will have something to keep him busy, and teach him skills, and together, we secure our harvest. The mutual trust that we are beginning to build is the most priceless thing.

Too few Americans take care of one another like this. Hell, too few Americans bother to stop and even talk to their neighbors in any meaningful way anymore, and that needs to change. If we learn to trust one another again, then personal security and food security will become a norm, and not something relegated to funky patchouli enclaves... It's not even about Liberally Librul Libraliness... it's about Community.

I am beginning to enjoy this weird rural mentality in a sort of suburban setting. It IS a weird setting, as my dead-end road has huge McMansions interspersed with 1970's era single-wides with awnings over them. Right next to each other. It's a potentially good mix of people. I just hope that this coming Financial Shitstorm doesn't force me out of my Federal job, and out of this house. I'm terrified of that, but so far, so good.

Work with your neighbors to secure your Communal future. It's sort of funny-- these folks are Jesus Fish toting conservative Christians, and after a year of knowing them, they never have brought up politics or religion, and I think that if they wanted to, they certainly would have. I like that we're meeting as humans first on this score. I wonder if it has crossed their minds at all that they have approached me to establish a Commune?

I won't bother to bring that point up with them... ;)

Pretty groovy night that has filled my head with a lot of good thoughts. I think I'll look into buying some really, really good sweet corn, seed to save for next Spring.

There is hope for this dark future, folks-- ya just gotta help it along.


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Labels: Community, Community Gardening, Food Security, Small Scale Gardening

From time to time, I'm going to try and provide some advice and fixes for common garden problems for you. Stuff that I have encountered and battled with, and other problems that I might be experiencing and want to help you avoid. We've covered dealing with Cucurbit bug infestations yesterday, and now I want to address another common problem.

Have you ever had a Squash, Pepper or Tomato plant growing wonderfully, setting lots of fruits, and suddenly one day, discover the blossom ends of the fruit starting to rot?

Problem is BLOSSOM END ROT! Pretty aptly named, eh?

It seems terrible to look at-- worse yet when it strikes your beautiful tomatoes! OH NOES!!!

But, fear not, this is an easy problem to fix, and the fix is cheap, as well.

Blossom End Rot is caused by a lack of Calcium in the soil.

Tomatoes and Cucurbits are heavy Calcium feeders, and need it in abundance. So, be sure to ALWAYS recycle those eggshells to the garden soil. Oh, but that is not enough, and not the quick-fix that we need, now is it?

No. It's not... C'mon monkeyfister-- get on with it!

Your plants are screaming for two things-- Bonemeal and a product by Espoma, called PLANT-TONE. Put one cup of each around the "dripline" of each plant, gently work into the soil, and water in. Then water a bit every day. Lime is also a good thing to work into the soil. But don't over-do it, as it can over-adjust the soil pH. Liming is best done before planting. Using this inexpensive products, you'll see improvement in 7-10 days.

via Ohio State University Ag Extension

# Maintain the soil pH around 6.5. Liming will supply calcium and will increase the ratio of calcium ions to other competitive ions in the soil.

# Use nitrate nitrogen as the fertilizer nitrogen source. Ammoniacal nitrogen may increase blossom-end rot as excess ammonium ions reduce calcium uptake. Avoid over-fertilization as side dressings during early fruiting, especially with ammoniacal forms of nitrogen.

# Avoid drought stress and wide fluctuations in soil moisture by using mulches and/or irrigation. Plants generally need about one inch of moisture per week from rain or irrigation for proper growth and development.

# Foliar applications of calcium, which are often advocated, are of little value because of poor absorption and movement to fruit where it is needed.

So don't spray that shit on your plants-- put it in the ground, and water it in!

I hope this helps you!

Feel free to ask questions about other garden dilemmas-- a picture is a plus, but I can often work with a decent description. I try to help, and will certainly help do the research for the benefit of all.


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Terry Gross spends an hour talking with Seymour Hersh about Bush, Cheney, Iraq and Iran. Truly don't miss radio. Hit the link to get to the audio.

via WHYY/NPR Fresh Air

Fresh Air from WHYY, June 30, 2008 · Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh believes that the United States may be closer to armed conflict with Iran than previously imagined. He writes about Congress' funding of covert military operations in the upcoming issue of The New Yorker.

A regular contributor to The New Yorker, Hersh exposed the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in a series of articles published in the magazine early in 2005.

During the Vietnam War, Hersh was the first to report on the My Lai massacre. He has been the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, five George Polk Awards, two National Magazine Awards, and a dozen other prizes. He is also the author of eight books, including Chain of Command about Abu Ghraib.

Good. Stuff.


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From Hoffmania!


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Ummm. These warnings are coming too hard and fast to ignore, but if you speak Dutch, I'd appreciate a confirmation of the translation, the original Dutch article is at the link.

via Kitcomm Forum

American 'meltdown' reason for money injection Fortis.
28th of June, 9:10
BRUSSELS/AMSTERDAM - Fortis expects a complete collapse of the US financial markets within a few days to weeks. That explains, according to Fortis, the series of interventions of last Thursday to retrieve € 8 billion. "We have been saved just in time. The situation in the US is much worse than we thought", says Fortis chairman Maurice Lippens. Fortis expects bankruptcies amongst 6000 American banks which have a small coverage currently. But also Citigroup, General Motors, there is starting a complete meltdown in the US."

More at the link.

And Here's A Scary Interview From Bloomberg Video Warns of Hyperinflationary Depression.

I'm starting to lock up with the fear.


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I've been getting a LOT of email questions like this this one from Kate...

First a run-down of the Cucurbit Family: ALL Cucumbers, Squashes, Melons and Pumpkins.

I do have a question about zucchini. I've tried contacting our county extension agent, to no avail. I planted four grown-from-seed zucchini plants. (Sorry, I don't recall the cultivar. Burpee seed company from Home Depot.) I got lovely foliage, lovely blooms, and not one single squash. The blooms fell off and never set fruit, and the vines died last week. One day they were beautiful and two days later they were all dead. Do you have any idea what would cause this?

Answer:

You probabably got hit by the Squash Vine Borer Beetle Larvae. The mother lays eggs at the base of the Cucurbit. When the eggs hatch, the larvae bores into the vine, just above the soil line, and lives off of the juices in the hollow stalk, killing the plant by starvation.

I'm willing to bet that if you look at the stalks just above the soil, you will see several small holes-- perhaps if you dig into those stalks, you'll see the larvae.

The fix to this is to plant RADISHES withing 2-inches of each Zucchini seed. The Borer doesn't like the smell of Radishes won't go near your Zucchini. This holds true for Cucumbers, Melons, Squashes and Pumpkins.

You can still replant the Zucchini, down there in Texas. Just plant Radishes right next to them, and NEVER PICK THE RADISHES. Let them grow and grow, and go to seed.

--mf

More below...

Pictures:
I mean plant those Radishes RIGHT NEXT to your Cucurbits...

Zucchini in a pot.















Radishes planted next to them.















Radishes planted next to Cucumbers.














Radishes planted next to Squash.















This is also a good proof against Squash Bugs, different Bug, same Radish aversion. see: "What's That Bug?" in the Sidebar, under Gardening.

Planting the Radishes is NOT a 100% guarantee, absolving the gardener from checking on the health of one's plants. But, it does provide some good first-line protection. ALWAYS check your plants for bug infestations, pick them off by hand.


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I had one last garden box left to prepare, and I figured that it would make a great tutorial. This method of gardening is foolproof, and hugely productive. Here's a quick step-by-step.

(Click pics for larger.)
Make a four-sided bottomless box frame, fill it with your favorite dirt mixture, and make a 1-foot x 1-foot grid. I use jute twine because it is cheap, and compostable. Two months ago, I laid down some weed-blocker material to kill the damnable Bermuda Grass that plagues me, so I know that I have a weed-free area to plant into.






I'm planting Pole Beans and Bush Beans on this very windy day. I checked the back of the seed packet, and it gave me two sets of spacing information: A "Sow At" spacing, and the "Thin To" spacing. It really doesn't matter how you garden, Row Gardening or Square-Foot Gardening just always ignore the "Sow At" spacing entirely-- you're just wasting seed. So, the packet tells me to "Thin To" 3-inches, and THAT is what we will plant our seeds to. So, I poked four holes per foot, 1" deep.


I put one seed in each hole, covered them up, and watered thoroughly. Later, when the plants pop up, I will make an 8-foot string frame for the Pole Beans to grow up.

This bed is going to be entirely sown in Beans. I wanted Pole Beans for a constant harvest, but I am also going to plant in Bush Beans every week until this 4' x 8' bed is full. Bush Beans require 4-inches per plant.


In the squares that I have planted the Pole Beans, I still have space to plant six plants, and then nine plants in each of the remaining squares in each foot-row. I'm going to plant two 1 x 3 square-foot rows.









I've put in all the bean seeds. As you can see, they are in a very specific geometric pattern. If a seed doesn't germinate, I'll simply plant a new seed in it's place. anything that pops up that is not like the others, and not in the pattern is a weed, and I can pull it out.








Cover, tamp, and water thoroughly. Done.

I now have 32 Pole Beans for constant harvest until First Frost around November 15th, and 66 Bush Beans for a one-time harvest. That's a lot of Beans for eating and the freezer.







BTW: As you might be able to tell, it is a VERY windy day, and my string-trained vine plants are doing just fine.

I have cabbage plants starting in the house, and as the Bush Beans exhaust, I will plant in the cabbages for a fall/winter harvest. The nitrogen that the Beans have fixed in the soil will nourish the cabbages.





8-foot frame in place.
















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Oh, boy! Lemme tell you, I have had a HOT CRUSH on Elana James for several years. They played the Wheatland Music Festival with the legendary Jimmy Gimble a few years ago, and I had the joyous pleasure of waking up to Elana and Jimmy playing this song ten feet from my tent. What a voice... What a talent... What a beautiful woman!

She's Jimmy Gimble's protege.



Here's "24 Hours A Day" from the same set...



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Every Financial Institute is beginning to shout the same warning.

via The Telegraph UK

US central bank accused of unleashing an inflation shock that will rock financial markets, reports Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Barclays Capital has advised clients to batten down the hatches for a worldwide financial storm, warning that the US Federal Reserve has allowed the inflation genie out of the bottle and let its credibility fall "below zero".

"We're in a nasty environment," said Tim Bond, the bank's chief equity strategist. "There is an inflation shock underway. This is going to be very negative for financial assets. We are going into tortoise mood and are retreating into our shell. Investors will do well if they can preserve their wealth."

Barclays Capital said in its closely-watched Global Outlook that US headline inflation would hit 5.5pc by August and the Fed will have to raise interest rates six times by the end of next year to prevent a wage-spiral. If it hesitates, the bond markets will take matters into their own hands. "This is the first test for central banks in 30 years and they have fluffed it. They have zero credibility, and the Fed is negative if that's possible. It has lost all credibility," said Mr Bond.

The grim verdict on Ben Bernanke's Fed was underscored by the markets yesterday as the dollar fell against the euro following the bank's dovish policy statement on Wednesday.

Traders said the Fed seemed to be rowing back from rate rises. The effect was to propel oil to $138 a barrel, confirming its role as a sort of "anti-dollar" and as a market reproach to Washington's easy-money policies.

The Fed's stimulus is being transmitted to the 45-odd countries linked to the dollar around world. The result is surging commodity prices. Global inflation has jumped from 3.2pc to 5pc over the last year.

Mr Bond said the emerging world is now on the cusp of a serious crisis. "Inflation is out of control in Asia. Vietnam has already blown up. The policy response is to shoot the messenger, like the developed central banks in the late 1960s and 1970s," he said.

"They will have to slam on the brakes. There is going to be a deep global recession over the next three years as policy-makers try to get inflation back in the box."

Barclays Capital recommends outright "short" positions on Asian bonds, warning that yields could jump 200 to 300 basis points. The currencies of trade-deficit states like India should be sold. The US yield curve is likely to "steepen" with a vengeance, causing a bloodbath for bond holders.

More at the link.

It would seem that the US Economy IS the Global Economy.


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Youch!




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A calculator...

Click the link.
via Peak Oil.com



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