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2009-06-18 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Steve White 2009-06-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 I shall not wish NORKS success this time. The game is over. I call their bluff now. What do you say Bambi?

Posted by newc">newc 2009-06-18 00:27|| 2009-06-18 00:27|| Front Page Top

#2 They can always just mint as many $100 notes as they need to pay for anything.

Posted by gromky 2009-06-18 02:38|| 2009-06-18 02:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Macau and nork again. I recall that Macau is an SEA banking center, but not the primary one. Just enough 'off' to attract/not be put off by nork business? Maybe the parentage of any $100 bills secured in macau vaults should be looked into. And where did the billions in bonds come from (the recent Switzerland seizure)? Pure conjecture on my part, but there is an odor.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2009-06-18 07:18|| 2009-06-18 07:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Don't be hard on those Nork $100 bills. I suspect starting next year, the Treasury will need a lot of help in printing the suckers. You know the time before the Treasury just gives up and tells everyone that producing them on your color laser printer is actually more expensive than they're worth. 1.6 Trillion served /sarc off

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-06-18 07:53|| 2009-06-18 07:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Could this be a prelude to the missile test and a possible attack on South Korea?

If the North Koreans were to attack, they would want their money in-hand, and in dollar denomination or else in gold, to avoid monetary consequences for failure.

Posted by Lagom 2009-06-18 12:30|| 2009-06-18 12:30|| Front Page Top

#6 I want to say that's conspiracy-theory talk. But it makes sense too. Damn your eyes! Yet another thing to worry about at the fringes.

Posted by OldSpook 2009-06-18 17:11|| 2009-06-18 17:11|| Front Page Top

#7 sorry, couldn't resist

("Damn your eyes" brings this to mind)

Posted by OldSpook 2009-06-18 17:15|| 2009-06-18 17:15|| Front Page Top

#8 Following the money might be interesting.

Posted by mojo 2009-06-18 17:16|| 2009-06-18 17:16|| Front Page Top

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