Bernanke has injected something like 3 trillion into the economy in QE1,2, and 3. Home prices are down to y2k levels, fuel is low too. Where is this inflation hiding? We need more inflation. Perhaps 3% for a few years to let people get debt down to manageable levels.

Bond investors? Those that shorted bonds in the last few years got killed. Further, bond markets show low yields for DECADES into the future. Negative rates on 20 year bonds at the moment. Seems the rest of the world does not agree with you about the hyperinflation.. A weak dollar would be GOOD as it would make exports easier, leading to higher employment.. Bad for those holding piles of cash though. Problems in europe causing a flight to safety though, thus driving up the dollar. Pity.

Why do you view inflation as bad? Debtors benefit, workers benefit (via higher wages), assets appreciate.. The only losers are those sitting on large piles of cash.

Also, depressions are started by deflation, not debt.

"The only way is to pay out" - Might want to read up on the paradox of thrift: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_thrift.

Basically you are about 100% wrong. Your mistake is using a micro economic solution to a macro economic problem. Resonates with Fox news viewers but is directly contradicted by facts and theory.

Euro bonds? problems there.
Japan? not good.
Corporate? well, that is tbills and some extra.
Stocks, well, volatile due to all the catastrophes

Gold? record highs, can not eat it..

There is NO credible plan b

check that dollar chart lately? Devalue much?

they are green pieces of paper. no more, no less. Only worth what somebody will give you for them..

New lows against the japanese yen and swiss franc.

Use your best judgment...

ditto. Clusty is still clean..

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But those are the laws. He uses them to his advantage. That he succeeds at the expense of others just magnifies the hypocrisy of it all.

Not really sure if he is seriously believes his wacked shit, or just taking the piss.. Either way, buy some popcorn, sit back, and enjoy the show! :)

You must admit he has some large diamond hard balls..

He is a retired lawyer, two of his kids are lawyers too. He has this wonderful way of tying the government in knots. For instance his clan/cult have a big house. This is a church. The swimming pool is a baptismal font. All income is tax free due to being a religion. IRS was not pleased, but he beat them.

His views are totally wacko but playing the govt off against itself is just awesome.

USA postal service considers that body part "non-essential". You get a pittance.

Google it!

It is not THAT bad. The whole nation is NAT'ed. You will not have a proper IP address. almost certainly 10.x.x.x. I use the web a lot, and the vast majority of sites work. Groklaw did not work for me, or BBC. But Tor gets around all of that. BitTorrent is slow due to no inbound connections.

To me the bigger problem is dumbass companies trying to 'help' me by detecting my location and localizing.. Just because I am in Whereveristan does not mean I can read the language. My http headers specify us-en. Do not redirect to chinese, or whatever. Annoying.

Time zones are also a PITA because you are awake and they are asleep, or vice versa.

All that aside, screw the internet, and have fun, eat some new foods, meet some locals, wander around aimlessly. Say "Hello", smile. Many do not speak english, but they all studied it from grade school on up. Write it down. But one of those calculator translator things, and have somebody show you the buttons to put it into english mode. Better ones have sound. About $20-30.

Buy a phone with a SIM card. 110 is like 911 in the states. 114 is tourist help. Free. Everywhere. They speak multiple languages. Tell them what you want, hand the phone to the taxi driver, solved.

Check it out..

Do planets stagnate? Same thoughts reverberating? Maybe some pool their replicator rations and take a trip. Record everything ala googleMaps++, come home you sell the reality show version, the art, etc.

On the way home with objective in hand, mention in passing: "You should check out x, y, and z. Stop by and download our culture any time, and we hope to be back to yours in 100 years. Have a nice day!"

McNeally, Ellison, Gates, Brin, Branson, etc.

New billionaires have big egos, and it only takes one!

Did the pause thing, and you could play back at 10% faster to catch up..

Is still science IMO..

Just saying.

The speed of sound depends on the density of the air. Your acceleration would also be affected, drag is at a cube rate or fourth?!? rate. Gravity depends on the distance from the center of the earth. Without doing the math, there should be some region where resistance is low, acceleration fairly high, allowing supersonic speed.

Some body armor, perhaps a viscous gel embedded with carbon fiber, seems wise! Maybe a helmet to keep facial features from being torn removed.. Frost burn, too.

Generally south east asia is pretty good. China is communist, so is Vietnam. But this is really in name only. They do not make any effort at being friendly or fuzzy to the population. But as a foreigner living there, you can say what you want about the government, and pretty much do what you want. They do not want a story about you being arrested on some BS in the international papers.

They are busy building infrastructure so there is no money for fancy ID cards, camera networks, or much spying. Even in china, the internet spying is looking for chinese words, not english..

Language is not a big issue, as the last 20 years english is taught to all school kids.
Weather is nice, internet works good, 5 minute walk to the beach, cheap standard of living.

Go communists!