Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.bofh.team!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Don Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: the future long term financial apocalypse of the USA Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 19:06:31 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 50 Message-ID: <20240513a@crcomp.net> References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8stipulation Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 21:06:31 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1ad1439f2883b95244ccb6ed1c906af0"; logging-data="3825859"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/gVvhsb6++fL5vOmRfD+xP" Cancel-Lock: sha1:KhyjaWQZMnaZSKellea8RS5lmGg= Bytes: 3167 Lynn McGuire wrote: > For those who are interested in the future long term financial > apocalypse of the USA, I recommend reading “The Mandibles: A Family, > 2029-2047” by Lionel Shriver: > > https://www.amazon.com/Mandibles-Family-2029-2047-Lionel-Shriver/dp/006232828X/ > > For those who do not like Lionel Shriver, I recommend “Distraction" by > Bruce Sterling: > https://www.amazon.com/Distraction-Bruce-Sterling/dp/1857989287/ > > For those who just want a short term financial apocalypse of the USA, I > recommend “Buck Out” by Ken Benton: > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1514666979/ Don't let the big banks' "Big Short" sequel surprise you: ... The fact that the Fed is reporting that a little more than 8 percent of the office loans still on the books of the banks are in trouble but somehow 31 percent of the office loans the banks bundled into CMBS and sold to investors are in trouble hints at a replay of the tricked-up operations of the megabanks heading into the 2008 financial collapse. Some banks back then told their sales staff to make it a top priority to bundle and sell their "shitty deals" to investors and then made billions by shorting (betting against) the toxic waste they knew were in those deals. ... https://wallstreetonparade.com/2024/05/delinquencies-on-office-property-loans-at-banks-are-at-8-percent-while-office-loans-the-banks-sold-to-investors-show-31-percent-in-trouble/ It goes without saying pension funds are CMBS whales, no? Our officials ought to /do something/. But first things first. Such financial matters must wait while we war. "I love the smell of [BS] in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know, that [BS] smell, the whole hill. Smells like [bankruptcy]." _Apocolypse Now_ adaptation Danke, -- Don.......My cat's )\._.,--....,'``. https://crcomp.net/reviews.php telltale tall tail /, _.. \ _\ (`._ ,. Walk humbly with thy God. tells tall tales.. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.' Make 1984 fiction again.