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Huge Plunge In Petroleum and Gasoline Usage

{ Posted on Feb 06 2012 by Mike "Mish" Shedlock }
Categories : All, Globaleconomicanalysis
Inquiring minds are watching a plunge in Petroleum Distillates and Gasoline usage. Reader Tim Wallace writes Hello Mish As I have been telling you recently, there is some unprecedented data coming out in petroleum distillates, and they slap me in the face and ...Read More »

Country Specific Blog Censorship by Google; Twitter Employs Censorship as Well; Echo Comments Not Working on Redirects

{ Posted on Feb 05 2012 by Mike "Mish" Shedlock }
Categories : All, Globaleconomicanalysis
Blog Redirects Today I learned my blog is being redirected to another URL name in some countries. This is a new "feature" in Blogger that Google added beginning a few weeks back. Instead of exposing a single "Blogger" to the world then ...Read More »

Country Specific Blog Censorship by Google; Twitter Employs Censorship as Well; Echo Comments Not Working on Redirects

{ Posted on Feb 05 2012 by Mike "Mish" Shedlock }
Categories : All, Globaleconomicanalysis
Blog Redirects Today I learned my blog is being redirected to another URL name in some countries. This is a new "feature" in Blogger that Google added beginning a few weeks back. Instead of exposing a single "Blogger" to the world then ...Read More »

Postponed Till "Tomorrow"; Juncker Issues ultimatum "Comply or Default"

{ Posted on Feb 05 2012 by Mike "Mish" Shedlock }
Categories : All, Globaleconomicanalysis
It's Groundhog Day once again as Greek crisis talks for debt deal pushed to Monday Coalition backers held a five-hour meeting late Sunday with Prime Minister Lucas Papademos to hammer out a deal with debt inspectors representing eurozone countries and the ...Read More »

Postponed Till "Tomorrow"; Juncker Issues ultimatum "Comply or Default"

{ Posted on Feb 05 2012 by Mike "Mish" Shedlock }
Categories : All, Globaleconomicanalysis
It's Groundhog Day once again as Greek crisis talks for debt deal pushed to Monday Coalition backers held a five-hour meeting late Sunday with Prime Minister Lucas Papademos to hammer out a deal with debt inspectors representing eurozone countries and the ...Read More »

Groundhog Day: Allegedly "Only One Day Left" to Save Greece; LAOS Party Leader Rejects Ultimatum, Hands Out Drachma Coins to Fondly Recall Greece’s Pre-Euro Days

{ Posted on Feb 04 2012 by Mike "Mish" Shedlock }
Categories : All, Globaleconomicanalysis
Greek default drama is much like the movie Groundhog Day. If you prefer a quote from Yogi Berra instead, then please consider It's déjà vu all over again. Every day for weeks we have heard a "deal is close". Moreover, on ...Read More »

Cost for Doing God’s Work Declines from $13.2 Million to $9 Million

{ Posted on Feb 04 2012 by Mike "Mish" Shedlock }
Categories : All, Globaleconomicanalysis
Inquiring minds note a stunning drop in the price for doing God's Work. Last year Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein received a salary of a $600,000 as well as a stock bonus worth $12.6 million. This year the base salary for ...Read More »

Greek Leaders (All 3 Coalition Parties) Oppose New Austerity Measures; Words of the Day: "Hardball", Followed by "Meeting Cancelled" and the Always Popular "Meeting May be Scheduled Later in the Week"

{ Posted on Feb 03 2012 by Mike "Mish" Shedlock }
Categories : All, Globaleconomicanalysis
Shortly after Dutch finance minister, said "We want no further delays" came news of further delays. The reason: Greek political parties all refuse to go along with more austerity measures. Please consider Greece’s leaders oppose new austerity measures All three party leaders ...Read More »

Nonfarm Payroll +243,000 ; Unemployment Rate 8.3%; Those Not in Labor Force Rose an Amazing 1,177,000

{ Posted on Feb 03 2012 by Mike "Mish" Shedlock }
Categories : All, Globaleconomicanalysis
Quick Notes About the "Falling" Unemployment Rate In the last year, the civilian population rose by 3,565,000. Yet the labor force only rose by 1,145,000. Those not in the labor force rose by 2,420,000.   In ...Read More »

Providence Rhode Island Faces "Bankruptcy by June" says Mayor; Pension Plan 32% Funded (and About to Get Worse)

{ Posted on Feb 03 2012 by Mike "Mish" Shedlock }
Categories : All, Globaleconomicanalysis
Untenable pension promises made by corrupt politicians to corrupt unions in an unholy alliance is about to sink another city. Please consider Providence is facing bankruptcy Rhode Island's capital city will be in bankruptcy by June if it doesn't get help ...Read More »