tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post4487959846701694727..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: May 13 2011: The Future of Physical Gold, Part I - Dialectic FoundationsIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-38525145324167815762011-05-17T14:37:52.213-04:002011-05-17T14:37:52.213-04:00El G,
Thanks for the Thomas Campbell reference, I...El G,<br /><br />Thanks for the Thomas Campbell reference, I know of Michael Newton and enjoy his work, so I just ordered the Big Toe Trilogy...Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05716828239924827486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-74857019587064548342011-05-17T12:36:37.461-04:002011-05-17T12:36:37.461-04:00@Ash
I understand that you think freegold will no...@Ash<br /><br />I understand that you think freegold will not happen because it is based on flawed premises.<br /><br />But I don't get your explanation as to how it is flawed.Robert LeRoy Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10590421224681538226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-26803853173524144442011-05-17T11:33:58.705-04:002011-05-17T11:33:58.705-04:00New post up.
Reprofiling
.New post up.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2011/05/may-17-2011-reprofiling.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Reprofiling</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-11420755922691464452011-05-17T10:57:40.452-04:002011-05-17T10:57:40.452-04:00@Alexander Ac
As a person who has some susceptibi...@Alexander Ac<br /><br />As a person who has some susceptibility to depression, I am going to give you my personal answer, though most here would find it dubious and of a "religious" nature. So I will make it brief.<br /><br />I believe all humans are hybrid creatures composed of a physical evolutionally derived body and brain which combines with a non-physical consciousness (soul) el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-26210177847867541442011-05-17T10:13:31.686-04:002011-05-17T10:13:31.686-04:00@Robert,
I am trying to make part2 more clear, bu...@Robert,<br /><br />I am trying to make part2 more clear, but we will see how it ends up. I understand part1 may have came off as convoluted, but honestly you and others at FOFOA should understand my position by now. I really could not have made it more clear than I did in that comment section... so if you are still confused, then by all means keep asking questions, but I'm not sure my Ashvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692970226443206815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-14438278164954449702011-05-17T10:07:25.543-04:002011-05-17T10:07:25.543-04:00Disposing of tainted tea leaves
Farmers in Kanaga...<a href="http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_09.html" rel="nofollow">Disposing of tainted tea leaves</a><br /><br />Farmers in Kanagawa Prefecture have begun disposing of tea leaves that were tainted by radioactive material from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, more than 250 kilometers away.<br /><br />Radioactive cesium above the designated safety limit was detected earlier this ogardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062788838505530416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-10242325153702896142011-05-17T09:35:07.796-04:002011-05-17T09:35:07.796-04:00@jal
"...the clear implication is that there...@jal<br /><br /><i>"...the clear implication is that there are many more lawsuits yet to come..."</i><br /><br />A day late and a dollar short doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of how far behind the curve these clowns (FDIC) are.<br /><br />All their suits are against small fry. The Big Fish get to skate.<br /><br />The U.S Attorney General could have easily pressured the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-29287292083870872582011-05-17T08:33:51.790-04:002011-05-17T08:33:51.790-04:00Reasons for living? Victor Frankel--a survivor of...Reasons for living? Victor Frankel--a survivor of Nazi concentration camps--arrived at this conclusion after studying those who seemed to survive in the camps: <i>you have to make your own reasons for living.</i> I higly recommend his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man's_Search_for_Meaning" rel="nofollow">Man's <br /> Search for Meaning</a>.bosuncookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07560613908076783621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-27481778836442715192011-05-17T07:37:39.641-04:002011-05-17T07:37:39.641-04:00Alex,
when speaking about a world not worth livin...Alex,<br /><br />when speaking about a world not worth living in, are you talking about what we have now or to what we will have possibly sooner than later? <br />For my take, quitting (with grace) is the most difficult part of all that - this is how I read Buddha teaching about the matter. Not being able to quit in any decent way, the only other way is the "narrow path" of dis/engagingmedvedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16615062539562132862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-80633511074257327412011-05-17T01:33:29.373-04:002011-05-17T01:33:29.373-04:00Thanks to all suggestions,
agree with that prospe...Thanks to all suggestions,<br /><br />agree with that prosperity makes monsters and scarcity makes men!<br /><br />And maybe it is time to rename "bail-out" to "fail-out"... <br /><br />AlexAlexander Achttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16845172528191878930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-8815659263785808872011-05-17T01:25:54.760-04:002011-05-17T01:25:54.760-04:00@ board
You got to start looking at different blog...@ board<br />You got to start looking at different blog to stay informed. <br />http://www.banklawyersblog.com/3_bank_lawyers/ <br /><br />FDIC. When it comes to pursuing directors of failed banks, no director should feel safe.<br />The FDIC updated its professional liability lawsuit page on its website to reflect that the FDIC has authorized suits against 208 individuals for D&O liability jalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-35999836393745733162011-05-17T01:25:27.960-04:002011-05-17T01:25:27.960-04:00@Ash
Continuing from Fofoa...
Hopefully part 2 w...@Ash<br /><br />Continuing from Fofoa...<br /><br />Hopefully part 2 will be more helpful for me.<br /><br />But I have to say that your message from part 1 is very convoluted from my point of view. Im not a philospher or economist, but am college educated with a science degree and usually don't think of myself as a total moron.<br /><br />And there are some smart people at fofoa calling you Robert LeRoy Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10590421224681538226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-70118743312809504202011-05-17T00:43:25.386-04:002011-05-17T00:43:25.386-04:00@scandia...
>>The US and Canada have yet to...@scandia...<br /><br />>>The US and Canada have yet to " suffer " an invasion.<<<br /><br />Perhaps overt invasion.<br /><br />A covert invasion has been well under way for more than a century.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-79364181885556182652011-05-17T00:38:52.797-04:002011-05-17T00:38:52.797-04:00@ Alex A,
The lesson I've ingrained into my c...@ Alex A,<br /><br />The lesson I've ingrained into my child from the time he could understand is, "good lasts forever, everything else is a waste of time."<br /><br />There will be plenty of opportunities to do good in the post collapse world - so it is worth living if you begin to think in terms of adding value to a community.<br /><br />Communities will need good people more thanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-49227499298556978772011-05-16T20:17:14.683-04:002011-05-16T20:17:14.683-04:00@Lautturi, again it is inspiring that the Finns pe...@Lautturi, again it is inspiring that the Finns perceive a citizen responsibility to protect the nation. Citizens of the colonial powers have been " taught "to serve the Empire, to militarize/occupy other nations. <br />The US and Canada have yet to " suffer " an invasion. Excepting the abuse we impose on our native populations. Invasion is more economic that physical. Look atscandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-65110110424593311492011-05-16T18:51:53.126-04:002011-05-16T18:51:53.126-04:00regarding the sawzall, i submit Prince Albert. :P
...regarding the sawzall, i submit Prince Albert. :P<br /><br />which makes two (loosely) pornographic comments from me recently.benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07338619620804720116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-19766688171575000292011-05-16T18:20:38.860-04:002011-05-16T18:20:38.860-04:00I had a complete WTF moment regarding that piece o...<i>I had a complete WTF moment regarding that piece of Russia between Poland and Lithuania called Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia's "Hong Kong on the Baltic." </i><br /><br />El G,<br /><br />It is even more complicated. Earlier still, it was part of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Prussia" rel="nofollow">Eastern Prussian</a> and separated from Germany by the newly-liberated Nassimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014132282872515690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-92163715135510978432011-05-16T18:01:15.032-04:002011-05-16T18:01:15.032-04:00After assaulting and then "bailing out" ...After assaulting and then "bailing out" Greece, Ireland, and Portugal, DSK has to stew in Rikers Island until Friday, being denied a million dollar bail out request, thanks to the Roman Polanski bail jumping precedent.<br /><br />First few seconds of the video are a frog march perp walk. Ah, if only it were Cheney tomorrow. Perhaps he could be coaxed to visit the Riviera :-) <br /><el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-67861843910692258652011-05-16T18:01:04.960-04:002011-05-16T18:01:04.960-04:00@Alexander Ac
"why..survive in a world not w...@Alexander Ac<br /><br /><i>"why..survive in a world not worth to live in.."</i><br /><br />Morbid Curiosity<br /><br />;>)<br />_Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-81132458458014374602011-05-16T17:19:49.356-04:002011-05-16T17:19:49.356-04:00E. Gal - you nailed it! And in an astonishingly r...E. Gal - you nailed it! And in an astonishingly relevant way!<br /><br />Alas, YouTube seems to be missing the precise bit I wanted; it's a line or two right after the end of this clip:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAaWvVFERVA<br /><br />Which provides one of the most lucid disquisitions regarding forms of government available.<br /><br />And as Arthur hops off into the distanceGreenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-20934375478882959702011-05-16T16:32:25.242-04:002011-05-16T16:32:25.242-04:00Alexander Ac said...
Ok friends,
tell me why we t...Alexander Ac said...<br />Ok friends,<br /><br />tell me why we try to survive in a world not worth to live in???<br /><br />If somebody explains that to me, I will be happy!<br />=============<br /><br />I would explain it to you from my perspective, but it would involve metaphysics which some might even regard as religion, and would disgruntle Ilargi. Wrong blog.<br /><br />Greenpa,<br /><br />el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-71040821791976229662011-05-16T15:20:29.096-04:002011-05-16T15:20:29.096-04:00@ Skilo
Indeed, money is just an expression of wh...@ Skilo<br /><br />Indeed, money is just an expression of who we are as a species.<br /><br />We are hard wired to overshoot given enough resources, so our money system reflects that current reality of reckless expansion.<br /><br />A debt based monetary system perfectly encapsulates our current predicament as a species, believing in the kool aid of infinite growth on a finite sphere. Using up VKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06843562351166927162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-89282009737391453922011-05-16T15:04:11.173-04:002011-05-16T15:04:11.173-04:00Ok friends,
tell me why we try to survive in a wo...Ok friends,<br /><br />tell me why we try to survive in a world not worth to live in???<br /><br />If somebody explains that to me, I will be happy!<br /><br />cheers,<br /><br />AlexAlexander Achttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16845172528191878930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-15872942625830341782011-05-16T14:49:41.508-04:002011-05-16T14:49:41.508-04:00El Buzardo: " My newly discovered ignorance i...El Buzardo: " My newly discovered ignorance is inspiring some humility."<br /><br />:-) Not that you really needed it; one of your more endearing characteristics is that you are always pretty charmingly humile.<br /><br />Anyone willing to have the Legend Of The Invincible Sawzall known and even bandied, is clearly a personage of advanced Zenocity.<br /><br />You know, I think we need Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-446201906621156662011-05-16T12:58:08.633-04:002011-05-16T12:58:08.633-04:00Checking out the borders of Finland on a map just ...Checking out the borders of Finland on a map just now, I had a complete WTF moment regarding that piece of Russia between Poland and Lithuania called Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia's "Hong Kong on the Baltic." As New Yorkers would put it, "Who knew?" My newly discovered ignorance is inspiring some humility.<br /><br />TAE Summary<br /><br />Excellent!el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.com