Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- George Magnus, senior economic advisor at UBS AG, discusses Europe's sovereign debt crisis. Spain's top credit rating was cut one level today by Moody's Investors Service to Aa1 from Aaa with a stable outlook. Magnus speaks with Deirdre Bolton on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack."
Futurist Paul Guerciodiscussed predictions and timelines derived from the Merlin Project, a software-based forecasting technology, he developed with Dr. George Hart. The program is based on the idea that there are repeated pattern changes that occur in 7-year cycles within a person's life, he explained. Interestingly, "timetraks" (Merlin's timelines) depict changes even after people die, such as in the case of Michael Jackson, who shows peaks in 2013, which might reflect a boost in music sales during that year, he noted.
He discussed the timetrak (PDF file) for Tiger Woods, who shows a huge spike over a four year period between 2010 and 2014, which possibly indicates some type of extreme behavior, such as quitting golf. Hillary Clinton's timetrak spikes in 2012, and Guercio suggested she may take Biden's place as the VP, to set herself up for a presidential run in 2016. He foresees Obama being elected to a second term, and it being comparatively uneventful to his first four years in office.
Guercio highlighted some of the points in his 25 page report How the Future Happens (a free read on his website). For instance, the date that is exactly opposite your birthday-- six months later on the calendar, this is a higher time of vulnerability, and "in certain years, you're going to find more of the big stuff happens around those dates," he said.
Numerology Update First hour guest, numerologist Glynis McCants talked about the numbers of Pres. Obama, and shared insights about politics, and celebrities like Lady Gaga. She believes her prediction that August was going to be a difficult time for Obama turned out to be quite accurate, as he was dogged by controversies, and economic problems during that month.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejadtold the United Nations on Thursday most people believe the U.S. government was responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001, prompting the U.S. delegation to leave in protest. In what was a rare moment of truth telling, iraninan president Ahmadinejad tells the UNGA that "everybody knows the US government orchestrated 911"
The USA delegates and others left the UN in protest at such truths being told.
"Harry Reid -- I mean, seriously, I want to go down there tomorrow and tell him to drop and give me 20. ... This guy, absolutely no backbone... It's so frustrating. ... Somebody's got to light a fire under these guys. ... We've got six weeks left. How do we save the Democrats from themselves? Because if the Republicans are taking over, the knife goes in even deeper at that point. ... Only the people -- the people watching this -- are just going to have to say, 'you know what? We're just going to have to do this.' ... What do you do when the leader doesn't do it? You have to do it. ... This is what we've got to do now in these next six weeks." -- Michael Moore on Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Thursday, September 3rd, 2010
As the U.S. deals with bankruptcies and foreclosures, Americans are looking at who's to blame for the current state of their economy. Some are pointing the finger at Investment Bank Lehman Brothers and say its demise drove the country into debt.
BBC online reports on Wednesday, the European Commission has put forth a draft of rules on trading in what it calls "Wild West territory," or intricate financial products. The Commission wants to put a watchdog in place to monitor the derivatives market for products that are not purchased, but are used to make bets on assets. European Commission officials also want to take a look at short-selling, which some say that along with derivatives, have contributed to the eurozone's debt crisis.
