Journal zogger's Journal: Another clue from the anointed ones 4
As a follow up to my previous entry, here's an interesting story, albeit the writer doesn't "get it" why the new corporate rule. He thinks it is so they won't be seen as partying, he doesn't get it that this is a security move.
OK, now..these are some of the most connected insiders out there on the planet, they have their own intelligence and leech off government intel as well. They have a great idea of what the future geopolitics of the world are. So let's just contemplate a bit on these two back to back stories.....
This article linked to this other article: (Score:2)
http://www.cnbc.com/id/33783316/?site=14081545 [cnbc.com]
Where Lloyd Blankfein claimed that bankers were doing the God's work- by helping large companies grow large and employ more people.
Funny, how that *directly conflicts* with the theory of economy of scale, isn't it? How about this- I'm willing to admit that *small local businesses are less efficient* if you're willing to admit that *the fewer large companies in a given industry, the fewer people are employed in that industry overall*.
Anybody know how I can reach
Simple persecution complex (Score:2)
These assholes are used to rim jobs from the general populace. This is just an overreaction to our anger on their part, a small example of their overall delusions of grandeur. I kind of doubt they are getting communications from the spooks telling them the mobs are coming at any moment, and a 'no large targets' rule just doesn't make sense in the context of a possible future economic collapse; it's more of a response to an immediate threat, real or imagined.
could be (Score:1)
This is all speculation based on publicly available knowledge, so it is hard to say, can only guess. My *guess* is they know something's going to be going down soon (of the nasty/emergency variety) and want their people to be sorta wary in advance, as all the notice they will get may be as blase as just hearing about it through a fast email to all their peeps on their blackberries, or even over the air broadcasts, etc. As to what it might be, don't know yet.
I just don't know, but I love to extrapolate. I do
Re: (Score:2)
Two things:
1. Some people including some credible economists are rather worried about a dollar collapse and possible hyperinflation. Particularly among those who view inflation/deflation as mainly an effect of the overall money supply. The money supply has expanded dramatically in the past 10 years, especially since the Fed stopped directly reporting M3. Many of the measures taken by the Fed in the past 2 years to stabilize the financial system amount to increasing the money supply exponentially.
2. Given th