Topic: WE'RE STUFFED!!!

[Jahn]

Russians put into their banks additional...$60 billion...

Billions of what currency?

The Swedish Riksbank has made a Swap deal of 10 billions USD with the US central bank. The increased value of dollars come from the tight situation and then it can be good to have first access to USD.

[erik]

Billions of what currency?

The Swedish Riksbank has made a Swap deal of 10 billions USD with the US central bank. The increased value of dollars come from the tight situation and then it can be good to have first access to USD.

US $

[Jahn]

US $

It is real shaky, isnt't it and we are the last to know.

Wall(et) street is down and out.

[TIOTIT]

Tai Pan ....Sounds Right   

Coastal Taipan
Oxyuranus scutellatus


Main Prey:
exclusively mammals; small rodents (Melomys spp., Rattus spp., Mus musculus), bandicoots (Isoodon macrourus, Perameles nasuta) and quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus)

Venom:
strongly neurotoxic; the third most toxic terrestrial snake venom known.

potentially dangerous; apply first aid and seek urgent medical attention for all suspected bites; responsible for many human deaths. two subspecies - O. scutellatus scutellatus from Australia, O. scutellatus canni from New Guinea.

Similar Species:
Eastern Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis), which has a shorter, more rounded head and different scale counts; Mulga Snake (Pseudechis australis), which has a broader head, different scale counts and lacks orange/pink belly blotches.

[erik]

Not that easy...saving the world, that is...

Republicans refused to endorse a $700 billion dollar package.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article4829757.ece

[erik]

From Times Online
September 26, 2008
Pakistan and US troops exchange fire

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4829370.ece

American and Pakistan troops have exchanged fire over the Afghan border, US officials have confirmed.

In the first serious exchange between forces acknowledged by the US, Pakistani soldiers fired at American helicopters escorting Afghan and U.S. ground troops along the volatile border, sparking a five-minute ground battle between the countries which have been allies in the war on terrorism.

Attempting to play down the incident, President Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan's president said only flares were fired at foreign helicopters which he said had strayed across the border from Afghanistan into his country.

The five-minute exchange, which could have easily escalated into a much bigger conflict, could heighten tensions at a time the United States is stepping up cross-border operations in a region known as a haven for Taliban and al-Qaida militants.

It also came as new Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari was in New York meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai was scheduled to meet with U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday.

Two American OH-58 reconnaissance helicopters, known as Kiowas, were on a routine patrol in the eastern province of Khost when they received small arms fire from the Pakistani border post, according to a U.S. military spokesman in Bagram. There was no damage to aircraft or crew, officials said.

U.S. Central Command spokesman Rear Admiral Greg Smith said the helicopters had been escorting U.S. troops and Afghan border police. When the helicopters were fired on, the ground forces fired rounds meant not to hit the Pakistani troops, but to make certain that they realized they should stop shooting; Rear AdmiralSmith said from Centcom headquarters in Florida.

The Pakistani forces fired back during a skirmish that lasted about five minutes. The joint patrol was moving about a mile inside Afghanistan, with the helicopters flying above, he said.

The Pakistani military disputed the U.S. version, saying its troops fired warning shots when the two helicopters crossed over the border — and that the U.S. helicopters fired back.

"When the helicopters passed over our border post and were well within Pakistani territory, own security forces fires anticipatory warning shots. On this, the helicopters returned fire and flew back," a Pakistani military statement said.

In New York, President Zardari said his military fired only flares at foreign helicopters that he claimed had strayed across the border from Afghanistan.

Mr Zardari said before his meeting with Ms Rice that his forces fired only as a way "to make sure that they know that they crossed the border line."

Later, in an emotion-charged speech at the U.N. General Assembly, President Zardari vowed to continue the fight against terrorists but warned against allied incursions into Pakistan.

"Just as we will not let Pakistan's territory to be used by terrorists for attacks against our people and our neighbors, we cannot allow our territory and our sovereignty to be violated by our friends," he said.

"Unilateral actions of great powers should not inflame the passions of allies," he said.

The Pakistani military said the matter was "being resolved" in consultations between the army and the NATO force in Afghanistan. A NATO statement said the militaries were "working together to resolve the matter."

The shooting comes amid a string of cross-border incidents, including a raid by American commandos into Pakistan's tribal areas on September 3 that angered many in Pakistan, and the apparent crash landing because of possible mechanical failure of a U.S. spy drone this week in Pakistan's tribal areas.

[Jahn]

James Clavell - Tai Pan

"Money! I'll need money. Can you make a small loan Tai Pan? Struan was already holding up a small bag of gold ..."

pp 509

[erik]

we are building a time ship - a vehicle that can span time. we are not the first or the only ones, but the task draws in the will of many to seek the deepest of truths, and creates a vibrancy, beyond the powers of the individuals. I walk around during the day, and feel myself fed by this vibrancy. But it is of such a unique quality that it can only live on the continued efforts of the individuals to 'go beyond their boarders'. As soon as they cease to push into their perimeters, and settle back to chew on old self-reflections, they sabotage the time ship, and all can feel it. this is about the birth of a planet.

A few days ago I drove in our long autumn night. Stars came out and they were bright. Fog shifted from fields to road making it occasionally looking like a thin dark thread running through the cloud of vat.

I thought about that ship - ship built on common efforts to pierce the borders of known. I did wish it to succeed. I did wish it would take off. I did try to look at the power that has called me in existence and tried to see that I was walking the path I am meant to.

...That very moment I saw a falling star in the black sky above the road in front of me. I had never seen such a bright and beautiful one. It was as bright as flare and it had a long flaming tale. So it went...it burned for a long time.

I had a wish and the star fell.

[tangerine dream]

...That very moment I saw a falling star in the black sky above the road in front of me. I had never seen such a bright and beautiful one. It was as bright as flare and it had a long flaming tale. So it went...it burned for a long time.

I had a wish and the star fell.

Nice!
Shooting stars.. good signs!

[tangerine dream]

Indeed. I would like you to keep in mind that the question about being on the right path involved how I talked to you in couple of other threads. That night I realised that I should have said it all in a most direct fashion at the very moment you walked  through the door of Soma again.

I say this to avoid any misunderstandings in the future and that I intend to be much more direct than so far.

I appreciate that.  Thank you.

What is it you wish you would have said?

[xero]

Yep... WE'RE STUFFED !!!
Full to the gills.

[erik]

Yep... WE'RE STUFFED !!!
Full to the gills.

You mean I'm putting out crap? That is a possibility I keep in mind. It could be my mirror that is utterly distorting the picture.

I tried to get a sense of what would it be to leave this place - pulling myself out of here - and saw how much blinking (in others and myself) I caused and realised how strong is the connection.

Believe me, I would not write stuff like that if I saw any better option to get out this impasse. But then again, maybe I'm just deepening the impasse and all I would have to do is to learn to live with as is.

PS Some here remeber how it felt when one massively-posting character appeared in Toltec Nagual (can't name the Voldemort! ). I have had for a while eerily similar feeling...

[erik]

The whole thing reminds me of a set up of one movie.

The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life.
...
[staring at the cherry blossoms while dying] Perfect. They... are all... perfect...

Katsumoto
The Last Samurai

[TIOTIT]

Worth a look....


http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=676-wftOu94

[Taimyr]

To me it seems you are totally obsessed, Juhani. it comes out again and again, but you don't seem to recognize the pattern. don't understand why it all bothers you so much. and i don't understand what good it will make, to tell Lori "you do this wrong and you do that wrong and overall everything is wrong with you". Is that an effective way of teaching? Have you ever seen a teacher with thiskind of approach? You can't be a teacher because you only blame.

btw - i don't hink it is possible for someone to learn, if someone comes and says exactly what is wrong with them and what they should do and how they should act. Imagine, someone comes and tells you exactly what you have to do and what is wrong with you. Do you listen?

I tried to get a sense of what would it be to leave this place - pulling myself out of here - and saw how much blinking (in others and myself) I caused and realised how strong is the connection.

My observation has been, that it is good to pull myself away from here sometimes, i wouldn't want to get stuck here and come here everyday like there's nothing else more inportant in my life.
The connection could be just something like of dependence. If there is a real connection, it wouldn't matter if you stay away for a year and then come back.