Re: [silk] Manning the barricades
--- On Thu, 2/4/09, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: From: ss cybers...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [silk] Manning the barricades To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Thursday, 2 April, 2009, 2:28 PM On Thursday 02 Apr 2009 12:19:27 am Bonobashi wrote: Sic transit gloria mundi. I used to know a lady called Gloria Mundi. Did she fall ill or something while travelling? shiv groan No, no, you've got it wrong AGAIN. = (Ill fell) + (while travelling) + (Gloria) + (on Monday). The allusion being to the personification of a capitalist state (as distinct from Uncle Sam for the US, Britannia for Great Britain, Marianne for France, Uma Bharti for India, and so on) fondly called Gloria by economist mavens. So The capitalist state fell ill on Black Monday because it wandered away from its origins. That's what lack of an education does to people (not me; you). I should be sending you an invoice or something. Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
Re: [silk] Manning the barricades
On Thursday 02 Apr 2009 12:19:27 am Bonobashi wrote: Sic transit gloria mundi. I used to know a lady called Gloria Mundi. Did she fall ill or something while travelling? shiv
Re: [silk] Manning the barricades
Sic transit gloria mundi. It means so passes the world's glory -- sic = so as in so is it always for tyrants which John Wilkes Booth said before he shot Abraham Lincoln (Sic semper tyrannus). transit = passes or goes (obviously they based the Latin word on our English word, before inventing their time machine to go back 2500 years) gloria = glory -- like the U2 song -- or glory to God in the highest (Gloria in excelcious Dieu)... forgive all spelling errors which are cleverly intentional as sublime satire... yeah... right... :-) -- much like Bono must be short for Bonobashi :-) mundi = like spiritus mundi from the opening track of Synchronicity by the Police Like many things, popular music has the answers. :-)
Re: [silk] Manning the barricades
--- On Thu, 2/4/09, Ravi Bellur rav...@gmail.com wrote: From: Ravi Bellur rav...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [silk] Manning the barricades To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Thursday, 2 April, 2009, 3:35 PM Sic transit gloria mundi. It means so passes the world's glory -- sic = so as in so is it always for tyrants which John Wilkes Booth said before he shot Abraham Lincoln (Sic semper tyrannus). transit = passes or goes (obviously they based the Latin word on our English word, before inventing their time machine to go back 2500 years) gloria = glory -- like the U2 song -- or glory to God in the highest (Gloria in excelcious Dieu)... forgive all spelling errors which are cleverly intentional as sublime satire... yeah... right... :-) -- much like Bono must be short for Bonobashi :-) mundi = like spiritus mundi from the opening track of Synchronicity by the Police Like many things, popular music has the answers. :-) Gloria in excelsis Deo, you Norman-French de Cock's tail (and that's not ad hominem, merely ad capitam). Or lower down, if those dimwits deciphering onus vs. anus would just get on with it. Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
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2009/4/2 bonoba...@yahoo.co.in: (and that's not ad hominem, merely ad capitam). Or lower down, Would that be Pie Jesu? At the rate you're spewing shuriken, you'll need a full Requiem Mass soon. Ram
Re: [silk] Manning the barricades
Yeah, I've got my problems. I still think the opposite of increment is excrement... :-)
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Oh you poor guy! Getting an increment must have been a very painful part of your life then. It's not completely berift of logic. If the opposite of incremental growth is excremental fall, it could explain the economic shit storm the US is in.
[silk] Manning the barricades
I have just downloaded a remarkable analysis from the Economist, which predicts 3 primary scenarios for the global economy over the next few years. More as I digest it, but the full report is here for thos of you who want to read and comment: http://a330.g.akamai.net/7/330/25828/20090318195802/graphics.eiu.com/specialReport/manning_the_barricades.pdf Udhay http://www.eiu.com/special If things feel bad now, how much worse could they get? In line with our previous risk reports (Heading for the Rocks and Shooting the Rapids), we have identified three macroeconomic scenarios for the evolution of the crisis that began in the US sub-prime mortgage market and is now reverberating throughout the world economy. Scenario 1: Our central forecast (60% probability) Government stimulus stabilises the global financial system and restores economic growth in leading developed markets during 2010, albeit at lower levels than in recent years. This scenario underpins our regular analysis and is not the subject of this report. Scenario 2: The main risk scenario (30% probability) Stimulus fails, leading to continued asset price deflation and sustained contraction in the leading economies—a depression persisting for some years. The stubborn decline in global economic activity is punctuated by occasional rallies that are taken as signs of recovery, but these quickly fade as the underlying downward trend reasserts itself. The prominent role of governments in propping up banks and reviving domestic demand leads to strong political pressure for protectionism, effectively putting the process of globalisation into reverse. Scenario 3: The alternative risk scenario (10% probability) Failing confidence in the dollar leads to its collapse, and the search for alternative safe-havens proves fruitless. Economic upheaval sharply raises the risk of social unrest and violent protest. A Political Instability Index covering 165 countries, developed for this report, highlights the countries particularly vulnerable to political instability as a result of economic distress. The results of the index are displayed in map form and in a ranking table in the centre pages, along with a brief methodology. The political implications of the economic downturn, informed by the results of the Social and Political Unrest Index, are discussed at length in the second half of the report. The full report, in both PDF and HTML format, is available online at www.eiu.com/special. The microsite includes a full methodology for the Political Instability Index, a complete ranking of results including a comparison with the results for 2007, and a large-format version of the map. -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
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http://www.eiu.com/special What's interesting is that, in their political instability analysis for 2009-2010 herehttp://viewswire.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_name=instability_mappage=noads, they rated the US as more unstable than India, politically. In my memory of being a subscriber of the Economist for over 15 years, this is probably a first. :-) Mahesh
Re: [silk] Manning the barricades
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.comwrote: What's interesting is that, in their political instability analysis for 2009-2010 here http://viewswire.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_name=instability_mappage=noads , they rated the US as more unstable than India, politically. In my memory of being a subscriber of the Economist for over 15 years, this is probably a first. :-) If Mayawati becomes PM in a couple of months time, they might just wonder how they could have done that... -- Amit Varma http://www.indiauncut.com
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the political instability index suggests some aspects of the societies in all of these countries. My guess is that Canada being on the bottom of the index hints at the lack of voice of minorities in that country and that includes - First Nations (lip service moniker for Native Americans, without any land of course!), so-called East Indians (i frequently point out that we are india-everyone else is defined by us and not the other way around!), the African community. Paradoxically the higher political instability in the US and India may suggest greater participation and voice! On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Amit Varma amitbl...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com wrote: What's interesting is that, in their political instability analysis for 2009-2010 here http://viewswire.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_name=instability_mappage=noads , they rated the US as more unstable than India, politically. In my memory of being a subscriber of the Economist for over 15 years, this is probably a first. :-) If Mayawati becomes PM in a couple of months time, they might just wonder how they could have done that... -- Amit Varma http://www.indiauncut.com
Re: [silk] Manning the barricades
--- On Wed, 1/4/09, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [silk] Manning the barricades To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Wednesday, 1 April, 2009, 11:15 PM http://www.eiu.com/special What's interesting is that, in their political instability analysis for 2009-2010 herehttp://viewswire.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_name=instability_mappage=noads, they rated the US as more unstable than India, politically. In my memory of being a subscriber of the Economist for over 15 years, this is probably a first. :-) Mahesh Sic transit gloria mundi. Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
