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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 10:01 AM Original message |
Did China just fire a warning shot at the Fed? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. Gulp. K&R |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
2. Hey look, we're a third world nation! |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
3. BROTHERS AND SISTERS, keep shopping at Wal Mart! |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. A large part of this is pure pragmatics. You can't buy debt from a bad risk forever. |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. But...... |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. You forgot one: |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
51. A rising tide |
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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. "$1 trillion-plus holdings of foreign reserves"... Thank you Walmart Shoppers! eom |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. A lot of Wal-Mart shoppers are poor people who don't have the transporation or money |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Particularly since Walmart forced out the small local businesses. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
47. A lot of Wal-Mart shoppers are poor because their jobs have been moved to China. |
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harpboy_ak (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 02:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
54. They should be using cloth diapers, dammit |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 04:28 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I think you forgot your sarcasm tag |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. Thanks, Borrow & Spend Repukes! |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
7. China's "most favored nation" trading status can be reviewed, can't it? |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Wal-Mart won't let it happen. |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. And Wal*Mart's puppets in Washington.... |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
9. Bomb them. They have nukes. They are poisoning our people and terrorizing us financially. |
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War Pigs (176 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. cousin-fucker Guiliani just stated: "I am the only candidate |
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dpbrown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. Hey look - no housing loans and a depressed economy forever because China says so! |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
11. We should liquitate the holdings of war profiteers... |
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jlake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:27 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yep! |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. Sounds good to me. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. Pragmatic, workable, patriotic. Excellent. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. Works for me! |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
13. Oil is at $98+ The Pound is at $2.10 Perfect time for China to f#ck with the Fed |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
14. Good thing for Dick Cheney he moved his money into Euros |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 12:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. If it is done on purpose, it might be an impeachable offense. |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 02:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. I see this as a deliberate wrecking strategy. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
15. How much more bollocksed up will things get? |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
17. I'm ready for it. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
18. Some of the problem here is that China has refused to let its currency appreciate |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. How long do you think OPEC ...... |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. yup, Saddam WAS headed in that direction-Euro news sources |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. I thought that they would have already. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 09:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
49. Problem now is that $1TT of holdings. Let the Yuan float and that |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
19. china is going to huff and puff and do nothing. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
43. I think that the Chinese might move if it looked like they weren't doing it to satisfy the West. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. they have more problems than we do |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
20. Gosh, maybe it's time to call a halt to Bush and Cheney's illegal and immoral wars |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
22. Tax cuts for the rich, expensive foreign wars, big deficits |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
23. Corporatists have made China rich and powerful |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
24. Looks like a warning to me-predict: the Feds will cut int rates |
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Danascot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
25. Who cares about China ... we've been spurned by |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
28. "UCLA-educated economist"? Why the fuck wasn't my kid educated at UCLA? |
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ckramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
48. What's your kids' SAT score? |
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LaloBorges (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
30. For all of those who wanted to have a beer with the chimp... |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 08:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
46. I was just thinking about the GIs in Germany today. |
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PinkyisBlue (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 12:39 AM Response to Reply #30 |
52. I saw it, which is why I voted for McCain in the primary in 2000. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
32. rugh ro. Hod on to your hats kids! Ride about to get rougher. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
35. meanwhile Bush piddles around in Iraq with our money! |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
40. Uh oh! |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
44. So we finally realize just who is the economic power in the world and who isn't. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
50. there won't be any warning shots in this war |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
53. Bloomberg: Yuan Rises Most in Two Weeks; Reserve Plan Sparks Dollar Drop |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
56. Rethugs think that money is FREE!!! |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
57. We have met our financiers and we are theirs. nt |
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