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by John
Fri Dec 23, 2011 12:02 pm
Forum: Administrative Discussion
Topic: Moderately Speaking
Replies: 60
Views: 592237

Re: Moderately Speaking

Is there an alternate solution? If, by "alternate solution," you mean move the web site to another service, that's pretty much a nightmare. I did that three years ago when the service at web.com got so bad that I did move to Network Solutions. Now the service at Netsol is degrading, but moving is a...
by John
Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:56 am
Forum: Weblog News Comments and Discussion
Topic: 23-Dec-11 World View -- Jordan helps Hamas break with Syria
Replies: 4
Views: 5977

Re: 23-Dec-11 World View -- Jordan helps Hamas break with Sy

To Kirbymuxloe: The previous message is spam, and as long as it isn't repeated it, I won't delete it, since it does have some relevance. Also, if you don't want it deleted, please change the link text from "Arab News", which is a different service, to "New Cissa." You might also wish to explain what...
by John
Fri Dec 23, 2011 12:01 am
Forum: Weblog News Comments and Discussion
Topic: 23-Dec-11 World View -- Jordan helps Hamas break with Syria
Replies: 4
Views: 5977

23-Dec-11 World View -- Jordan helps Hamas break with Syria

23-Dec-11 World View -- Jordan helps Hamas break with Syria and Iran *** Jordan helps Hamas break with Syria and Iran ** 23-Dec-11 World View -- Jordan helps Hamas break with Syria and Iran ** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/cgi-bin/D.PL?xct=gd.e111223#e111223 Contents: Hamas and Palestinian Aut...
by John
Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:57 am
Forum: Finance and Investments
Topic: Financial topics
Replies: 29822
Views: 15664742

Re: Financial topics

jdcpapa wrote: I had trouble getting on the site last night for some reason.
See the postings in the "Administrative Discussion" section.

John
by John
Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:07 pm
Forum: Weblog News Comments and Discussion
Topic: 22-Dec-11 World View -- Defense Sec'y Panetta threatens Iran
Replies: 0
Views: 2406

22-Dec-11 World View -- Defense Sec'y Panetta threatens Iran

22-Dec-11 World View -- Defense Sec'y Panetta threatens Iran over nuclear weapons Massive European bailout operation appears to be failing ** 22-Dec-11 World View -- Defense Sec'y Panetta threatens Iran over nuclear weapons ** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/cgi-bin/D.PL?xct=gd.e111222#e111222 C...
by John
Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:02 pm
Forum: Administrative Discussion
Topic: Moderately Speaking
Replies: 60
Views: 592237

Re: Moderately Speaking

The entire web site was almost completely down since about 6 pm
ET, but now seems to be back up. The problem was with
Network Solutions, whose service is becoming increasingly
worrisome.

John
by John
Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:10 pm
Forum: Generational Theory
Topic: Generation-X culture vs Boomer culture
Replies: 346
Views: 166296

Re: Generation-X culture vs Boomer culture

I came across this as I was searching through some old material. In 2007, I posted an article on Gen-X nihilism. A number of people sent responses to me. Here's one of them: > As an Xer, I actually enjoyed reading your perspective on this. > I found your computer industry experiences enlightening. T...
by John
Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:56 pm
Forum: Finance and Investments
Topic: Financial topics
Replies: 29822
Views: 15664742

Re: LTRO leads to huge shock in Europe today

Here's an additional angle to the above. It seems that European banks HAVE been buying some toxic Spanish and Italian bonds in the last few weeks, pushing yields down a little. But once a bank has those toxic bonds in its portfolio, it's allowed to use them as collateral to borrow money from the ECB...
by John
Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:51 pm
Forum: Finance and Investments
Topic: Financial topics
Replies: 29822
Views: 15664742

LTRO leads to huge shock in Europe today

*** LTRO leads to huge shock in Europe today There's been an enormous drama in play in Europe today, and officials are in a state of shock. For months, pundits have been demanding that the ECB purchase toxic bonds from Greece and Spain and Italy in order to bring down yields, which are now unsustain...
by John
Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:51 am
Forum: Finance and Investments
Topic: Financial topics
Replies: 29822
Views: 15664742

Re: Financial topics

> A question: where do you find the information on bond yields that > you post on this website? The graphs that I post are from Bloomberg, with text added. Here's a list of the URLs for the graphs I've used in the last few months: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=GBTPGR10:IND http://www.b...