tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post5917059736917325020..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: July 6 2011: Why some countries fall into the financial black hole faster than othersIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-8215255020863590502011-07-08T08:52:32.404-04:002011-07-08T08:52:32.404-04:00@lautturi
Hehe, I actually remember eating some of...@lautturi<br />Hehe, I actually remember eating some of those. We'll be eating them again thanks to the waste-based economy, sadly.<br />Yeast we are, at the final stages of fermentation.p01https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396562841580952642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-44488230254658874672011-07-08T08:52:13.458-04:002011-07-08T08:52:13.458-04:00New post up.
Get ready for the North American ...New post up.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2011/07/july-8-2011-get-ready-for-north.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Get ready for the North American gas shock</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-48442897164360952992011-07-08T01:26:53.282-04:002011-07-08T01:26:53.282-04:00Black holes are indeed invisible for the most obvi...Black holes are indeed invisible for the most obvious of reasons. Most galaxies have giant black holes in their centers, including our own Milky Way, which are millions of times the mass of the our sun. They reach these TBTF proportions by chowing down surrounding stars and dust, and as the stars circle around closer in their death spirals, the black holes belch out huge amounts of el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-8005050343289422112011-07-08T01:20:29.925-04:002011-07-08T01:20:29.925-04:00Although a black hole is a reasonably apt analogy ...Although a black hole is a reasonably apt analogy to use to describe what will and is happening to any attempted "rescue" of decades of credit binging and financial instrument fakery, a few too many people seem to take the actual notion of black holes seriously.<br /><br />They are most likely faerie dust - strangely derived mathematical entities that have been confused for real things.NZSanctuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04166233807474941124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-54497928816383014832011-07-08T00:46:06.922-04:002011-07-08T00:46:06.922-04:00Blogger thethirdcoast said...
Just another be...Blogger thethirdcoast said...<br /><br /> Just another beautiful day in the USSA where the local gauleiters are oppressing citizens foolish enough to grow vegetables in their front yard:<br /><br />---------------<br /><br />Yes and similar harassment has been noted for people who hang up their laundry to dry in their back yard in cities in the US.<br /><br />I have never owned a clothes dryerBiologique Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05410194284794713409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-62183232397366198142011-07-08T00:38:16.678-04:002011-07-08T00:38:16.678-04:00WOW: I better watch out for "The Man" t...WOW: I better watch out for "The Man" to come by and put his foot on my neck. I have a garden in front of the house, in back of the house, and to the East of the house we find a 14 X 42 High Tunnel AKA Hoop House. I'm sure if I put a couple 7/24 grow lights in the high tunnel I would have a lot of company.Lynford1933https://www.blogger.com/profile/03219003310267757286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-55469872216839689912011-07-07T22:29:45.423-04:002011-07-07T22:29:45.423-04:00Just another beautiful day in the USSA where the l...Just another beautiful day in the USSA where the local gauleiters are oppressing citizens foolish enough to grow vegetables in their front yard:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/julie-bass-of-oak-park-faces-misdemeanor-charge-for-vegetable-garden-20110630-wpms" rel="nofollow">Julie Bass of Oak Park Faces Misdemeanor Charge for Vegetable Garden</a><br /><br /><i>Bass&thethirdcoasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02828310354952426682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-61965233270283559452011-07-07T22:12:50.810-04:002011-07-07T22:12:50.810-04:00scandia said...
"@Bood, loved your excellent...scandia said...<br /><br />"@Bood, loved your excellent comment that " gravitational effects on nearby stars or material that swirls around them" This translate so well to the financial black hole that we can't see in the shadow system but know it is there as evidenced in too early summer sidewalk sales, in 20-40% off signs all over the place, the sad look on my corner store Ashvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692970226443206815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-72017182468251095362011-07-07T21:03:48.982-04:002011-07-07T21:03:48.982-04:00@ p01 and el G
Finns have long history of eating ...@ p01 and el G<br /><br />Finns have long history of eating "pettuleipä" (literally <i>pinewood bread</i>) in times of distress/famine. Wikipedia has a short note about it <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine_food" rel="nofollow">here</a>, just roll down a bit. Some other types of "cuisine" listed there, too.<br /><br />I doubt modern Finns find it very appetizing lautturihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269968661393439346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-5453293748325543632011-07-07T20:48:42.719-04:002011-07-07T20:48:42.719-04:00Bob-
I suggest reading everything at Morris Berma...Bob-<br /><br />I suggest reading everything at <a href="http://morrisberman.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Morris Berman's blog</a>. He suggests getting out of the US. I recommend reading all the comments as well.<br /><a href="http://www.joebageant.com" rel="nofollow"><br />Joe Bageant</a> thought the same way about the US.deflationistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12493260004417743546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-88654094681446440322011-07-07T20:05:46.667-04:002011-07-07T20:05:46.667-04:00@Bood, loved your excellent comment that " gr...@Bood, loved your excellent comment that " gravitational effects on nearby stars or material that swirls around them" This translate so well to the financial black hole that we can't see in the shadow system but know it is there as evidenced in too early summer sidewalk sales, in 20-40% off signs all over the place, the sad look on my corner store owners face because business is scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-74143391938211633902011-07-07T14:41:23.035-04:002011-07-07T14:41:23.035-04:00@Nassim,
The Y-axis is going up at a factor of 2,...@Nassim,<br /><br />The Y-axis is going up at a factor of 2, not 10, but still.... According to the chart, food prices (in constant dollars) fell over 95% from 1980 to 2000, which is ridiculous. (I checked a chart of FAO's which shows food prices from 1990 to 2000 being about constant.)Kahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05667147292403648981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-64348515715455473462011-07-07T13:13:13.045-04:002011-07-07T13:13:13.045-04:00My best guess is that the Y axis is normalized to ...<i>My best guess is that the Y axis is normalized to reflect the prices of those things in the purchasing power of 2009 dollars, expanded by a factor of 10 to help spread out the graph vertically.</i><br /><br />Ash,<br /><br />Thanks for that. However, as I am sure you know, the factor should be more, or less, depending on the date - i.e. it seems a pretty useless, erroneous or misleading chart.Nassimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014132282872515690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-17702947621740684642011-07-07T13:08:45.512-04:002011-07-07T13:08:45.512-04:00Nassim,
My best guess is that the Y axis is norma...Nassim,<br /><br />My best guess is that the Y axis is normalized to reflect the prices of those things in the purchasing power of 2009 dollars, expanded by a factor of 10 to help spread out the graph vertically.Ashvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692970226443206815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-4522756794537122932011-07-07T13:04:22.915-04:002011-07-07T13:04:22.915-04:00I hope everyone understands that the picture of th...I hope everyone understands that the picture of the "black hole" is a fake, not that it matters to the argument, of course.<br /><br />"Black holes can't be seen, because all matter and light that enters them is trapped. So black holes are detected by noting their gravitational effects on nearby stars or on material that swirls around them." from www.space.comBoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08725502242474559097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-32876439823732951912011-07-07T13:02:35.963-04:002011-07-07T13:02:35.963-04:00Geez, you could have least have mentioned that the...Geez, you could have least have mentioned that the picture of a "black hole" was a fake.Boodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08725502242474559097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-14165760473280003402011-07-07T12:46:42.144-04:002011-07-07T12:46:42.144-04:00ZeroHedge had this graph in this article and I can...ZeroHedge had this <a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/draghi/NWO%2011.jpg" rel="nofollow">graph</a> in this <a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/article/coming-new-world-order-revolution-how-things-will-change-next-20-years-kondratieff-cycle-per" rel="nofollow">article</a> and I cannot understand the Y-axis. <br /><br />It is a log-scale but the values are Nassimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014132282872515690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-84354667378008537672011-07-07T12:38:38.448-04:002011-07-07T12:38:38.448-04:00And you know what's really really sad? They ST...And you know what's really really sad? They <b>STILL</b> don't get it. Keynesian nutrition FTW!<br /><br /><a href="http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/childrens-health/articles/2011/07/07/us-obesity-epidemic-continues-to-spread" rel="nofollow">U.S. Obesity Epidemic Continues to Spread</a><br /><i>"This generation of kids could have shorter life spans, because people p01https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396562841580952642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-89273106381534757322011-07-07T11:27:39.111-04:002011-07-07T11:27:39.111-04:00@el gallinazo
Were they also told that it was heal...@el gallinazo<br />Were they also told that it was healthier for them? If they were told did they believe it?<br />Ceausescu tried to enforce the piramid but nobody believed it; they ate what was available, but no one believed brown bread was healthier than bacon.p01https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396562841580952642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-24524029999333417512011-07-07T11:15:09.536-04:002011-07-07T11:15:09.536-04:00Hello,
@ p01
The bathtub image is very powerful. ...Hello,<br /><br />@ p01<br />The bathtub image is very powerful. Particularly the idea of nuclear plants creeping up the far side with us humans stuck in the tub.<br /><br />@ A Fall Guy<br />"work towards having less dependence on timing of systemic collapse"<br /><br />Excellent conclusion to the entire discussion. Though still difficult for Alex to implement, it at least gives him a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-88771966622975372782011-07-07T10:06:08.124-04:002011-07-07T10:06:08.124-04:00Nothing new under the sun. My father was born in ...Nothing new under the sun. My father was born in Austria in 1913 and went through the post war blockade as a boy when everyone was starving. Two things he told me. No one let their cat or dog outside unattended and the bread was mainly sawdust (cellulose).el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-56790256408257959492011-07-07T08:38:17.833-04:002011-07-07T08:38:17.833-04:00@lautturi
Time to stock up on some printing paper ...@lautturi<br />Time to stock up on some printing paper for our fibre requirements. Actually, looks like TP will do fine, easier to munch. And last I heard, the Japanese did not get that many fibres from the doo-doo, so used TP might be just what the government ordered.p01https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396562841580952642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-67227986191766066302011-07-07T07:49:43.361-04:002011-07-07T07:49:43.361-04:00Actor Alec Baldwin is reportedly thinking about ru...Actor Alec Baldwin is reportedly thinking about running for mayor of New York City in 2013<br />There is noticeably a lot to realize about this, but I suppose you made some nice points <br /><a href="http://carssportscars.com/fastest-car-in-the-world/" rel="nofollow">FastEst</a>tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06328096548904586396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-76218308903167645302011-07-07T07:45:59.274-04:002011-07-07T07:45:59.274-04:00Bad times custom of eating wood appears to be stan...Bad times custom of eating wood appears to be standard procedure in US. Spokesman for the industry is <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/story/11012915/1/cellulose-wood-pulp-never-tasted-so-good.html" rel="nofollow">pretty ecstatic</a>:<br /><br /><i>Cellulose adds fiber to the food, which is good for people who do not get the recommended daily intake of fiber in their diets, Inman said. It also lautturihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269968661393439346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-21003264296038872011-07-07T03:46:37.086-04:002011-07-07T03:46:37.086-04:00@Bob, Joel Skousen's "Strategic Relocatio...@Bob, Joel Skousen's "Strategic Relocation" book might help you out.<br /><br />send him an email off his website and see how much th book will cost - i hear $35 to $40 is about right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com