Friday, October 7, 2011

Meltdown in 2-3 Weeks

Not sure what "meltdown" actually means....but when an IMF official says it, I'm guessing it's not a good thing.

"If they can not address [the financial crisis] in a credible way I believe within perhaps 2 to 3 weeks we will have a meltdown in sovereign debt which will produce a meltdown across the European banking system.
We are not just talking about a relatively small Belgian bank, we are talking about the largest banks in the world, the largest banks in Germany, the largest banks in France, that will spread to the United Kingdom, it will spread everywhere because the global financial system is so interconnected. All those banks are counterparties to every significant bank in the United States, and in Britain, and in Japan, and around the world.
This would be a crisis that would be in my view more serious than the crisis in 2008.... What we don't know the state of credit default swaps held by banks against sovereign debt and against European banks, nor do we know the state of CDS held by British banks, nor are we certain of how certain the exposure of British banks is to the Ireland sovereign debt problems."

And Shapiro is not just some random guy living with his girlfirend.

Aside from being an advisor to the IMF, Shapiro is the co-founder and chairman of Sonecon, LLC, and was formerly the U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce. He has a Ph.D. from Harvard, among other degrees, oversaw the Census Bureau, and has been a Fellow at Harvard, Brookings, and the National Bureau of Economic Research.

See it here;  http://www.irna.ir/ENNewsShow.aspx?NID=30597850

According to these last couple paragraphs, Shapiro isn't just some dork from Buffalo who reads Time Magazine....he has quite a resume...and these are the things he is saying.

Would we all live our lives any differently if we knew that the rapture of the church was coming in 2-3 weeks?  Would we maybe have a lot more urgency to tell folks about Jesus before the night actually comes?

3 Comments:

Blogger Tom said...

Hey there,

From Friday's sermons the message: Iran and the greater Ummah are obligated under Sharia to help oppressed

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/203280.html

“Under Article 154 of Iran's constitution, supporting Muslims and other oppressed people anywhere in the world is part of our country's obligations,” Ayatollah Seyyed Ahmad Khatami said on Friday.

BTW the Hajj is in early November. Some Hadiths say that the Mahdi will emerge during the Hajj in Mecca. Other Hadiths say Turkey. Whatever, you have to keep in mind the source.

For what is worth they have the full court press going now. I can't understand how this does not make the western media. Another good article.

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia-Pacific Mohammad-Ali Fathollahi has urged regional nations to savor freedom and independence by following Iran's anti-US lead.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/203333.html

Peace,

Tom

October 8, 2011 at 9:59 AM  
Blogger Tom said...

Hey again,

Like you couldn't see this coming...

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu underlined that Ankara would not allow the Turkish soil to become a launch pad for an aggression against Iran, and stressed that his country would side with Iran against possible attacks.

http://english.farsnews.com/

There is so much coming from various directions now. I can't keep up. I can only speculate on what will be the spark that set off the tinderbox.

Peace,

Tom

October 8, 2011 at 10:02 AM  
Blogger Tom said...

Hey there,

TEHRAN (FNA)- A Lebanese strategic analyst warned on Monday that Hezbollah would strike the Israeli facilities if Tel Aviv continues stealing Lebanon's oil and sea reserves.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9007160352

You called it six months ago...

http://www.israeltoday.co.il/News/tabid/178/nid/22971/language/en-US/Default.aspx

BTW from Israel today Magazine Israeli officials have reportedly warned Syrian dictator Bashar Assad that if he uses the downfall of his regime as an excuse to launch missiles at Tel Aviv, Israel will respond with a massive assault against Syria, Lebanon and Gaza.

Lebanon / Hezbollah would be using Syrian weapons. This might be the spark that lights off the powder keg. Or not...

Cheers,

Tom

October 10, 2011 at 3:22 PM  

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