tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post477831666613321271..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: August 5 2010: Capitalists of Chaos and CatastropheIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-53570428554745956642010-08-08T20:09:11.249-04:002010-08-08T20:09:11.249-04:00New post up.
Stoneleigh takes on John Williams...New post up.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2010/08/august-8-2010-stoneleigh-takes-on-john.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Stoneleigh takes on John Williams: Deflation it is<br /></b></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-47076651719642433702010-08-08T19:34:24.488-04:002010-08-08T19:34:24.488-04:00Not sure why the phrase "city-state" has...Not sure why the phrase "city-state" hasn't come up yet.Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-23680866861592401832010-08-08T17:35:16.562-04:002010-08-08T17:35:16.562-04:00On cities...
I guess what comes to mind is more o...On cities...<br /><br />I guess what comes to mind is more of a Code 46 movie with papers necessary to travel/stay in them. Gated neighborhoods become gated cities. Obviously, we don't have enough resources for this to occur evenly. But with political centers having the power, I think resources will be diverted to put barriers in place and continue/grow life as we know it, within them. Life john patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00620564826238745895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-24170169879777372092010-08-08T17:02:23.015-04:002010-08-08T17:02:23.015-04:00It'll be interesting to see that famous human ...<i>It'll be interesting to see that famous human talent for adaptation at work. Then again, I have little hope for it to turn out to be a cool calm collected drive.</i><br /><br />Yeah, me too!<br /><br />In terms of slums, it should be noted that in 1950 there were 86 cities on the planet with populations exceeding 1 million, by 2000 there were approximately 400, and "business-as-usual&subgeniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06734870137496182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-85698635291949833232010-08-08T16:34:08.060-04:002010-08-08T16:34:08.060-04:00For those who might want to escape a TBTNotF city,...For those who might want to escape a TBTNotF city, and could use a ready- made head start. 60 miles from Portland. First one to the cabin, or the RV hookup, or DIY space, wins!<br /><br />Subject: Ekone is hiring AND seeking new residents<br /><br /> <br /><br />Hi friends,<br /><br />From the uptick in emails, you can probably guess that Ekone is a busy place this summer--lots of great stuff benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07338619620804720116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-45159016431004606642010-08-08T16:28:36.821-04:002010-08-08T16:28:36.821-04:00Perhaps the occurence of local peak freshwater wou...Perhaps the occurence of local peak freshwater would also entail peak sanitation, which has historically provided a concrete limit to slum expansion, and the gravitologistic boundaries of water should especially impact the energy flux density gradients of cities in arid regions or at substantial elevation.Gravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09126443076478406015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-36940927097041200532010-08-08T15:14:40.094-04:002010-08-08T15:14:40.094-04:00Sure subgenius, but then again, human life itself ...Sure subgenius, but then again, human life itself is unsustainable. <br /><br />Meanwhile, cities like Dakar, Calcutta etc. have been home to millions of shanty dwellers for a very long time. Granted, it'll be a notch or two down in comfort zones for most of us, yet still:<br /><br />It's life captain, but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we know it.<br /><br />It'll be Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-48496124509446345552010-08-08T15:00:45.783-04:002010-08-08T15:00:45.783-04:00Nice try, Chuck
But Berlin, the city proper, has...Nice try, Chuck<br /><br /><br />But Berlin, the city proper, has 6 times as many people and 5 times the area of DC. 600.000 people doesn't make a big city. And I've never known Berlin as less than 10 million, so I don't know where Wiki get their data; it all depends on what you include and what you don't. Anyway, the point I tried to make to John is clear, I would guess, even Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-60344278979097136462010-08-08T14:51:07.682-04:002010-08-08T14:51:07.682-04:00@john patrick & Ilargi:
I agree that cities r...@john patrick & Ilargi:<br /><br />I agree that cities resorting to the use of force to retain their imports will probably come to pass when things *really* start to head downhill, but I suspect it will be a temporary experience - the supply chains required to enable the current transport, power and military models are actually pretty fragile, and thus likely to fail as resources decline. <brsubgeniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06734870137496182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-4076378507622130872010-08-08T14:02:51.499-04:002010-08-08T14:02:51.499-04:00Big cities
@Ilargi - as a resident of the Washing...<b>Big cities</b><br /><br />@Ilargi - as a resident of the Washington Metropolitan Area (also known as the National Capital Region), my <i>amour propre</i> is slightly offended by your characterizing it as a "smaller" capital city, versus a "very large" one like Berlin. A few minutes with Wikipedia indicate that the Washington metro area has a population of 5.8 million, mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-61580326013761960712010-08-08T12:29:48.995-04:002010-08-08T12:29:48.995-04:00Ahimsa,
So, they are going to adopt a warlike sta...Ahimsa, <br />So, they are going to adopt a warlike stance against China if ... China doesn't continue to lend them the money to make war? <br /><br />There's a real survival strategy for ya.Jim Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17419179432204743768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-32195826512426450792010-08-08T11:37:46.529-04:002010-08-08T11:37:46.529-04:00Global Military Agenda: U.S. Expands Asian NATO To...<i>Global Military Agenda: U.S. Expands Asian NATO To Contain And Confront China<br /><br />by Rick Rozoff</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=20517" rel="nofollow">http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=20517</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-73445544910633226082010-08-08T10:48:49.696-04:002010-08-08T10:48:49.696-04:00John Patrick
Cities are a very dual topic in my ...John Patrick<br /><br /><br />Cities are a very dual topic in my eyes. They are less likely than "a countryside" to provide essentials for their people, but you have to remember that this is true only for those in the country that have land and other resources to do the actual providing for themselves. <br /><br />That's why, as Stoneleigh always -rightly- points out, people tend toIlargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-41895549194491954592010-08-08T10:47:42.081-04:002010-08-08T10:47:42.081-04:00To reiterate what sv koho said, green coffee beans...To reiterate what sv koho said, green coffee beans last a very long time. Roast them as needed. Otherwise, freeze dried coffee is a good trade good if nothing else.Bigelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883913065391637120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-52184106258062827032010-08-08T10:20:59.996-04:002010-08-08T10:20:59.996-04:00@ scandia,
Yeah, it's big news in Scotland th...@ scandia,<br /><br />Yeah, it's big news in Scotland this morning. will be interesting to see how this one plays out with the public as Scotland has a big protestant majority with rampant sectarianism, PLUS latest opinion polls (if you believe 'em) say the public has swung 60/40 in favour of the decision. <br />The conviction was a joke anyway, the US bribed a key witness to convict thiszanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15352619368764868819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-65683524129486018822010-08-08T10:18:24.279-04:002010-08-08T10:18:24.279-04:00@subgenius thanks for the kind response.
Regard...@subgenius thanks for the kind response.<br /><br />Regarding cities too big to fail...<br /><br />On the matter of obtainable resources, it's obvious a large city can't provide for its own using its own real estate, farmland, etc.. But i'm starting to think whatwith political centers being in charge, military to enforce laws, that the cities can continue to remove resources from john patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00620564826238745895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-74345495217658882852010-08-08T08:49:52.509-04:002010-08-08T08:49:52.509-04:00Interesting video featuring a debate between Faber...Interesting video featuring a debate between Faber and Hendry regarding Japan and the US outcome regarding deflation versus hyperinflation. Hendry argues, that the US will see massive deflation first. Worth watching to get the gray cells firing on a Sunday morning.<br /><br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udT3dbbryEU&feature=player_embedded#!el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-18951737225170634092010-08-08T07:28:13.722-04:002010-08-08T07:28:13.722-04:00@ Zander...speaking of obcene take a look at a BBC...@ Zander...speaking of obcene take a look at a BBC story of Cardinal O'Brien covering up the collusion of the Church with Blair in getting oil contracts in exchange for releasing the Lockerbie bomber. <br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-10905562<br /><br />It's all about compassion! LOLscandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-70603704831968294002010-08-08T05:19:13.113-04:002010-08-08T05:19:13.113-04:00Stoneleigh/Ilargi - a question related to an earli...Stoneleigh/Ilargi - a question related to an earlier point by Ed.<br /><br />In a perfect world would the underlying real wealth pie for all increase to match (or thereabouts) the credit expansion IF ALL the credit was used to create a productive capacity which mirrored the amount of credit extented?, or does the interest payable mean that expansion has to be ongoing ad infinitum?<br />Massively zanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15352619368764868819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-36958771036170031352010-08-08T00:58:58.625-04:002010-08-08T00:58:58.625-04:00The crime that was committed by BP will have victi...The crime that was committed by BP will have victims for the next 50 years.I don't know how the deal was struck,but they missed what I thought was a sure corp. death sentence.<br /><br /> In one sense we are all victims,as there will be a very high bar to prove malfeasance on the executive level for a major outfit that can 1#compromise all scientists capable of supplying damaging testimony.snuffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978637281755386311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-67747985875033307562010-08-08T00:36:30.781-04:002010-08-08T00:36:30.781-04:00@sv koho
Thanks for the coffee link!
@john patri...@sv koho<br /><br />Thanks for the coffee link!<br /><br />@john patrick<br /><br />Cities tbtf? Sadly unlikely - it's a question of the miles traveled by the resources essential to the city's ongoing survival. A small city in a resource-rich environment with a low per-capita requirement may make it, but somewhere like here (LA) has little chance in a world of reduced availability of subgeniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06734870137496182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-34645739400696557062010-08-07T23:33:55.922-04:002010-08-07T23:33:55.922-04:00Hi, all!
- Bill McBride (Calculated Risk) skewe...Hi, all! <br /><br /> - Bill McBride (Calculated Risk) skewered the Fannie- Freddie rumor a couple of days ago. Who are you gonna believe, Risk or your lying eyes:<br /><br />http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2010/07/slam-dunk-stimulus-ms-missing-something.html<br /><br />Michael Hudson just published a long article referring to Karl Marx' rentier economics (The New Feudalism) that parallels Steve From Virginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04002636865996847926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-5403209809643434542010-08-07T21:44:42.010-04:002010-08-07T21:44:42.010-04:00Question for I&S and the group:
There's a...Question for I&S and the group:<br /><br />There's a lot of talk about exiting big cities because of the coming hardship. But, I wonder if certain cities will be too big to fail, as well? Do you think the same principle applied to large banks will apply to some of the larger cities?<br /><br />Thanks.john patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00620564826238745895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-80001312493469563772010-08-07T20:13:27.172-04:002010-08-07T20:13:27.172-04:00The US is now a corporate-state. Did you hear, the...The US is now a corporate-state. Did you hear, the oil well is plugged and all the crude and the corexit has just vanished! Don't believe me or BP, then just ask Carol Browner, the people's guardian of the environment. Gosh it was a close call too! That industrial homicide and killing of the Gulf of Mexico nearly brought down Britain's largest corporation and the Obama Administration.andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03729973018160659213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-30890829388361562582010-08-07T19:18:02.494-04:002010-08-07T19:18:02.494-04:00@ el gallinazo -
Thanks for the link to the info...@ el gallinazo - <br /><br />Thanks for the link to the info on the new FHA mortgage reduction program.<br /><br />Another "faux" program, all part of the IC/PM (illusion creation/perception management) plan.<br /><br />Glad it's a useless plan. Yet, I hate that tax dollars will be spent to administer it. <br /><br />Housing prices in most places still need to fall to become truly btravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396136829377883183noreply@blogger.com