Archive for March, 2008
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Man's definition of love suggested passive responses to conflict. A person's rights were secondary if he was to walk in love. He was to turn the other cheek in a confrontation. He was to look the other way if lawlessness challenged him. However, love has many characteristics including mercy and ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
In our previously posted "Brace Yourself" http://www.servias.org/?p=48 posted on January 21, 2008, we specifically warned of the Domino Theory scenario. Now the theory is now circulating among the mainstream media: March 15, 2008 News Analysis A Wall Street ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
In a conference call on Friday Alan Schwartz, CEO of Bear Stearns, spoke about the substantial withdrawal requests by investors. Customers wanted their cash. Banks typically do not keep much cash on hand. When they speak of cash on hand, they use the term liquidity. If you are extremely liquid, ...
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
Within the last 48 hours, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a second warning to not only the United States but other countries as well. IMF tells states to plan for the worst By Krishna Guha in Washington Published: March 12 2008 23:55 | Last updated: ...
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
How would you like to be one of those who purchased the following stock in January of 2007 at $25.00 only to see it now worth $1.79? Thornburg Mortgage is unable to meet margin call requirements by its lenders on $610 million. ...
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
I posted a writing on December 23rd, 2007 on "Fraud and Deception..." http://www.servias.org/?p=28. We are starting to see the sharks circling their prey in the derivative insurance arena of collateralized debt obligations (CDO's) contracts : Johnson & Perkinson Announces Commencement of Class Action Litigation Naming Ambac Financial ...
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
When a major revelation is at hand, the counterfeits surface to test those who are in pursuit of the revelation. Jesus spoke of this occurrence in Matthew 24: 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of ...
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
A recent article in Harper's Magazine suggested that the next bubble would be "alternative energy" also known as "going green". I would suggest that there has been a mother of all bubbles forming. This bubble has a different set of rules. This is the commodity bubble. Commodities differ from other ...
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