Guess who I'm talking to right now???

[CoffeeCat]

Nouriel Roubini! He pm'd me on FB and we're chatting!

I feel like a teenager talking to one of the Jonas Brothers!

:blush:

[Greyhound]

1. Describe the scenario. The US withdraws from the WTO and the IMF,

Disbands The Fed and creates a new currency based on production, not debt.

[CoffeeCat]

2. I asked him why he was up so late...

...and I said, "Up late worrying about the economy?" ....oh I slay myself sometimes!

He replied that he was more worried about nukes. He was just in Korea, he said.

So, there ya go.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Well advise him to stay away from the extreme right wing blogosphere

they are making some shit up that would be funny... in OTHER circumstances

[CoffeeCat]

7. I listened to some right wing radio tonight...

..and that was enough for me.

Mark Levin said that Barack Obama's presidency is a dictatorship. He said he doesn't understand how
we can all stand around while Obama changes our Constitution.

What the hell is he talking about? And where was the outrage when Bush was wiping his hiney with
the Constitution?

They're all on fire about Obama--scaring up the freaks who listen to them. It's just so vitriolic.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. I went to Liberty online

and the shit they were posting on how we were going to take down the N. Koreans would be funny as FICTION...

Scary shit, I tell you

[CoffeeCat]

10. I can only imagine...

Anyone who looks at them cross-eyed is a target for total nuclear annihilation, I'm sure.

Dysfunctional idiots!

[Greyhound]

12. It is bothersome trying to predict whether Pakistan or North Korea

will be the first to nuke their neighbors.

OTOH, it could well be somebody unexpected...

[truedelphi]

3. This is pretty far out there?

And who do you talk to tomorrow?

[truedelphi]

4. I should add - i am jealous. n/t

[CoffeeCat]

6. I knew people would't believe me!

Oh well...I do have the chat log still up. He's been a FB friend of mine for months. I've never
talked with him before. I just follow his posts. I've replied to a couple of them before.

I was shocked when I saw the chat message come up!!!

He said, "Ciao!"

Isn't that so cute????

Yeah, I'm in Tiger Beat mode...sue me!! ha!

[truedelphi]

11. Oh I believe you.

I am so Gr-een with jealousy, and it is bringing me back to that fateful week in High School when an acquaintance of mine got to go see the "Paul Revere and the Raiders" group and she fell down the stairs at McCormack Place breaking her leg and Paul Revere and his group stayed with her till the ambulance came!

Every time I saw her limping down the hall in that cast I'd think "Maybe she is making that all up!"

Jealousy and nothing more!

[CoffeeCat]

8. Chat over...

I guess that was my 'brush with greatness' for the year!

He is pretty cute.

I mean, how many economists have smoldering eyes? ;)

[Hissyspit]

13. Time 100 2009 guy. Paul Krugman did the write-up.

I remember reading it online a few weeks ago:

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1894410_1893209_1893456,00.html

[girl gone mad]

14. Ask him about his wall vaginas...

srsly.

[CoffeeCat]

17. Oh my...

I can't wait to hear what "wall vaginas" are.

The guy IS a notorious flirt.

[clear eye]

15. No kidding!

I'd be starstruck, too. I'm afraid to ask him a question because I might not understand the answer. I listened to one of his conference calls and needed to spend about an hour afterward looking up terms before I got what he was saying. Needless to say, it was my shortcoming--he was brilliant as usual. So much knowledge at his fingertips. He seems never to make an assertion w/o the numbers to back it up.

Speaking about not knowing terms, what's FB?

[CoffeeCat]

18. FB is Facebook...

I'm one of his Facebook friends. I added him just for the hell of it a few
months ago. It's kinda cool. Not only do you see his latest articles
and interviews, he posts about where he's traveling, conferences he's
attending and thoughts he has along the way.

I just just shocked to see that chat screen pop up, with Nouriel Roubini saying, "Ciao!"

[inna]

16. yeah - what's FB, please?... nt

:)

[CoffeeCat]

19. FB is Facebook--many DUers are on it...

...and there is a DU group.

I highly rec'mend it!

[inna]

20. thank you! actually, i just activated my profile on FB, thanks to your rec. :)

couldn't find the DU group though - is there a link to it?

[CoffeeCat]

21. Link to DU Facebook page...

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?sid=0dd1c123cdb35b739e80e3ff655758b1&gid=2426871461&ref=search

Just in case anyone else was wondering!

[inna]

22. awesome~! i just joined both, and thanks again. :) nt