tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post14435952236221549..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: December 11 2011: Cash for ChristmasIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger211125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-44278069916484352042011-12-14T08:29:06.972-05:002011-12-14T08:29:06.972-05:00New post up.
A Glimpse Into the Self-Destructi...New post up.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2011/12/december-14-2011-glimpse-into-self.html" rel="nofollow"><b>A Glimpse Into the Self-Destructive Psychology of Sharks</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-71694334648967282072011-12-14T08:21:44.189-05:002011-12-14T08:21:44.189-05:00@ Scandia
I think there is a bit more significanc...@ Scandia<br /><br />I think there is a bit more significance behind the prune announcement than meets the eye. It is not simply eurocrats attempting to distract.<br /><br />As you know, a number of natural substances and compounds of natural substances have active ingredients and produce effects, for example, prunes and many decoctions used in gardening.<br /><br />For years, chemical and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-81579095706972862932011-12-14T08:14:27.235-05:002011-12-14T08:14:27.235-05:00MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, Dec 14 (Reuters)- "India...MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, Dec 14 (Reuters)- "India's economic gloom deepened on Wednesday as figures showed a record low rupee is adding to the central bank's inflation headache and an adviser to the prime minister said there was little that could be done to check the currency's slump. <br /> <br />An 18 percent slide in the value of the rupee since July is adding to a growing worry Ashvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692970226443206815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-37299104701091664582011-12-14T08:11:19.507-05:002011-12-14T08:11:19.507-05:00Futures dip as euro slides, Italian yields weigh
...<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/14/us-markets-stocks-idUSTRE7AO0B420111214" rel="nofollow">Futures dip as euro slides, Italian yields weigh</a><br /><br />"Italy paid a euro-era record high yield of 6.47 percent to sell five-year notes in its first auction of longer-term debt since the European Union moved toward greater fiscal integration. The benchmark 10-year Italian bond Ashvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692970226443206815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-70788794598380327982011-12-14T07:28:03.756-05:002011-12-14T07:28:03.756-05:00EU rules that prunes are not a laxative....LOL.......EU rules that prunes are not a laxative....LOL....Imagine those busy bureaucrats in endless meetings coming up with this announcement! The effort to distract is getting desperate.scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-81995358203160570842011-12-14T07:25:54.938-05:002011-12-14T07:25:54.938-05:00We shouldn't blame anybody for the financial m...We shouldn't blame anybody for the financial meltdown, we should just form <a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7164/6498066063_993b6b9945_z.jpg" rel="nofollow">a circle</a> and sing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsC8cKxSjfk" rel="nofollow">A Little Tin Box</a><br /><br />~Greenwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875577399877213343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-7157361185723168932011-12-14T04:33:39.693-05:002011-12-14T04:33:39.693-05:00Its just getting weirder.I have spent this one nig...Its just getting weirder.I have spent this one night off I had ,prior to my heading home,on the net looking up news,and it seems our world is accelerating in its rush to head over the cliff.In three days or so,I get in my rig,get on I80/84,and see how fast I can make the run west.It usually takes 2 20hr drives for me to make it home from the mid-west,with one sleep in Green river Wyoming,or snuffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01972064604856045786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-79764623111681800472011-12-14T00:54:17.601-05:002011-12-14T00:54:17.601-05:00Interesting story from a "family Guy" wr...Interesting story from a "family Guy" writer.<br /><br />My occupy arrest<br /><br />http://myoccupylaarrest.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-occupy-la-arrest-by-patrick-meighan.html?spref=tw<br /><br /><i>It was horrible to watch, and apparently designed to terrorize the rest of us. At least I was sufficiently terrorized. I unlinked my arms voluntarily and informed the LAPD officers that I SecularAnimisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00391479249569818914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-73606082907006696422011-12-13T23:21:48.916-05:002011-12-13T23:21:48.916-05:00Local (Central Texas) financial institutions and t...Local (Central Texas) financial institutions and the old push-pull.<br /><br />In the recent past, I have tried to set up accounts at one local bank, one local<br />brokerage firm, and two local credit unions to increase the links to my Treasury Direct account. No problems with the local bank. One credit union refused to link in any way to TD. One credit union agreed to link to TD for "seychelleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17758362037570506475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-77084630572337177692011-12-13T22:35:58.928-05:002011-12-13T22:35:58.928-05:00BTW - my new Bison hand pump (made in Maine) has b...BTW - my new Bison hand pump (made in Maine) has been installed and it works great. I can pump 4 GPM into my 60 gallon tank so we have water for us and the animals and the garden when the lights go out.<br /><br />Bravo: We have had a Simple Pump (www.simplepump.com) for almost a year now. I have the solar system for it and it will pump a 5 gal bucket full in 1 min 20 sec (200+ gal/hr) all day Lynford1933https://www.blogger.com/profile/03219003310267757286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-33176832530413420512011-12-13T21:58:36.372-05:002011-12-13T21:58:36.372-05:00"I do appreciate the community building aspec..."I do appreciate the community building aspects of the Occupy movement but did and do think the urgent purpose now is to get the message/warning out.<br />I guess I'm saying that would be my purpose if I was a participant."<br /><br />that's definitely my purpose. i started a 'general interest open thread' on one of the minor local Occupy forums to which, unfortunately, benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07338619620804720116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-82620294664727323452011-12-13T21:13:22.684-05:002011-12-13T21:13:22.684-05:00..Ashvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692970226443206815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-26662449569977481222011-12-13T21:00:49.205-05:002011-12-13T21:00:49.205-05:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEVc3AZcvXI
Gerald...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEVc3AZcvXI<br /><br />Gerald Celente is predicting economic martial law in 2012.Ant Whispererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14802532229100235250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-26430358782756316552011-12-13T20:35:52.266-05:002011-12-13T20:35:52.266-05:00Thanks el G for the photon sauntering link.
Re: T...Thanks el G for the photon sauntering link.<br /><br />Re: The Higgs Boson AKA 'the God particle'.<br /><br />I don't expect this to really turn out. Whatever they find they may well misinterpret the data as they are so intent with expectations.<br /><br />Assuming 'something' is found, whatever it is, I won't be excited, by this single event. To me the context is 'it&RBMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00877168639220865060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-1763161475013279812011-12-13T20:12:48.728-05:002011-12-13T20:12:48.728-05:00@Ben, I'm not an entertainer either. The techn...@Ben, I'm not an entertainer either. The technique can be adjusted in form and timing...<br />I do appreciate the community building aspects of the Occupy movement but did and do think the urgent purpose now is to get the message/warning out.<br />I guess I'm saying that would be my purpose if I was a participant.scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-12244501446237128852011-12-13T19:44:10.761-05:002011-12-13T19:44:10.761-05:00true, lynneharding - i bike-trailer home from the ...true, lynneharding - i bike-trailer home from the drop-off house our raw milk half-gallons. i lie them on their sides and the plastic lids hold. i was under the impression that the farm is reusing the lids.<br /><br />hi scandia. i'm personally not a fan of singing flash mobs. i'd rather political flash mobs, which i think are supposed to be called smart mobs, were used for something morebenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07338619620804720116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-22172395433162923562011-12-13T19:31:20.802-05:002011-12-13T19:31:20.802-05:00Drive by photons
MIT group photographs a laser pu...Drive by photons<br /><br />MIT group photographs a laser pulse as it saunters by.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EtsXgODHMWkel gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-49168806380850247642011-12-13T19:26:25.882-05:002011-12-13T19:26:25.882-05:00I just had an idea I'd like to pass on to the ...I just had an idea I'd like to pass on to the Occupy movement.<br />Nothing original but I think " flash mobs " would be an effective and charming way to communicate. I know I love to watch flash mob videos of singers, some mobs dance...better than camping out in a permanent location and a whole lot more fun.scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-28609393433453886042011-12-13T19:18:56.312-05:002011-12-13T19:18:56.312-05:00Just to keep up with the bleeding edge, our (and t...Just to keep up with the bleeding edge, our (and the US Dept.of State) favorite corporate gang of murderers, Blackwater, has changed its name again, this time to Academi. You can get a Ph.D. from them for as few as 10 notches on your assault rifle. Women and children count double. Applications may be found at an internment camp near you.el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-91591936437949956422011-12-13T17:26:02.639-05:002011-12-13T17:26:02.639-05:00Finally - El G - you are in my area of expertise! ...Finally - El G - you are in my area of expertise! Plastic caps can be bought for Mason Jars. Raw milk producers use quart and half gallon glass jars with plastic lids that they do not reuse. I have accidentally turned jars upside down and found that they do not leak if the tops are on really really tight. I wonder whether they might take on water as time goes by, however.<br />BTW - my new Bison LynnHardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14606026107796473837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-44441351052908447502011-12-13T17:03:18.199-05:002011-12-13T17:03:18.199-05:00Seriously ... and yes this is serious. Methane wil...Seriously ... and yes this is serious. Methane will only burn in a rather narrow range of gas/air ratios which would not be met with free methane from the sea floor.Lynford1933https://www.blogger.com/profile/03219003310267757286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-5412821508556330122011-12-13T16:44:08.624-05:002011-12-13T16:44:08.624-05:00CH4+ 2 O2---> CO2+ 2 x H2O
Flick your BICCH4+ 2 O2---> CO2+ 2 x H2O<br /><br />Flick your BICLynford1933https://www.blogger.com/profile/03219003310267757286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-35330624576041020902011-12-13T15:59:18.355-05:002011-12-13T15:59:18.355-05:00Nice planet while it lasted.
Shock as retreat of ...Nice planet while it lasted.<br /><br />Shock as retreat of Arctic sea ice releases deadly greenhouse gas<br />Steve Connor <br />Tuesday, 13 December 2011 <br />Dramatic and unprecedented plumes of methane – a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide – have been seen bubbling to the surface of the Arctic Ocean by scientists undertaking an extensive survey of the region.<br />The newgrowerjoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671275992525003929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-58437671215474243502011-12-13T12:56:05.685-05:002011-12-13T12:56:05.685-05:00“My thesis would suggest that that’s where we’re g...<i>“My thesis would suggest that that’s where we’re going next, and chances are we won’t behave that well in that sphere either,” Gardiner said."</i><br /><br />Remember the part in Fantasia when Mickey thinks he's so slick with the brooms and fetching water?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuBzi05O0xY" rel="nofollow">The Sorcerer's Apprentice </a><br /><br />~Greenwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875577399877213343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-11339108575992107242011-12-13T12:11:40.854-05:002011-12-13T12:11:40.854-05:00Re: climate change
http://www.washington.edu/news...Re: climate change<br /><br />http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/climate-change-stirs-perfect-moral-storm-prof-says<br /><br />"Gardiner is on sabbatical this year, currently in the Netherlands and later in Oxford, where he will do further research on a subject that forms a chapter in A Perfect Moral Storm — geoengineering, defined as intentional intervention in the Earth’s climate Eliza Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16391113260635506269noreply@blogger.com