Finally the US debt circus is over as house passes the debt plan. Now senate will just finalize and all will be merry again. Coming up next US debt downgrade by Dagong since their rating agencies cant bite the hand that feeds them. The ponzi circus continues....
Meanwhile Putin is still on a name calling spree. 3 weeks ago he said bernanke & co are a bunch of hooligans. Today he says the big brother nation is a global parasite...
http://www.reuters.com/a...a-idUSTRE77052R20110801
Now we move to euro land of debt circus part 2. EFSF needs to be boosted to 2.5T euros to avert issues of PIIGS going belly up & a last ditch guarantee bond buyer if the market refuses the PIIGS bonds. Italy has already suspended Aug bonds.
Since it is already a public thing that the global financial system is a ponzi casino, why cant we financial players just withdraw our participation and leave the masters stonecold. If anything, they're now part of the acting team instead of directing. 2yrs and the show is stuck with the same plot at the same scene and we the audience are not booing or throwing tomatoes at the actors on stage. We must be dead?! At least some in Europe & MENA are throwing tomatoes...
$15/barrel oil... The commodities lehman moment arrives as well as Sovereign debt volcano!