tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post7982299125593534141..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: April 17 2011: Bailing Out The Thimble With The TitanicIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-81414884035183946302011-04-20T20:16:06.445-04:002011-04-20T20:16:06.445-04:00New post up.
Fukushima: Review of an INES Clas...New post up.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2011/04/april-20-2011-fukushima-review-of-ines.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Fukushima: Review of an INES Class 7 Accident</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-45335067895662518702011-04-20T20:03:16.732-04:002011-04-20T20:03:16.732-04:00Nassim,
I would be surprised if Saudi isn't p...Nassim,<br /><br />I would be surprised if Saudi isn't past peak, but their might be another reason for cutting production. Perhaps it reached their ears that failing to support Lloyd and Jamie's commodity pillaging operation might prove to be a dynasty ending move?Phlogiston Água de Beberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269917130349144430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-5852066645873705362011-04-20T17:53:17.884-04:002011-04-20T17:53:17.884-04:00... the kingdom had slashed output by 800,000 barr...<i>... the kingdom had slashed output by 800,000 barrels per day in March due to oversupply</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/17/us-saudi-oil-idUSTRE73G14020110417" rel="nofollow">Saudi slashes oil output, says market oversupplied</a><br /><br />Since Saudi Arabia is trying to please everyone right now (except for the Bahrainis), I suspect this piece of news means Nassimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014132282872515690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-22830972398372356382011-04-20T17:43:07.365-04:002011-04-20T17:43:07.365-04:00National Australia Bank is the most aggressive, le...<i>National Australia Bank is the most aggressive, lending up to 95 per cent of the value of a borrower's property.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/money/borrowing/get-a-home-loan-while-you-can--banks-set-to-get-tough-20110419-1dme7.html" rel="nofollow">Get a home loan while you can - banks set to get tough</a><br /><br />In Australia, we are still at the stage where you haveNassimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014132282872515690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-61308037640470172402011-04-20T17:17:22.453-04:002011-04-20T17:17:22.453-04:00@IMN
Yup! When I'm so outraged by the crap d...@IMN<br /><br />Yup! When I'm so outraged by the crap de jour that I lose my powers of speech, Fred Reed never fails to deliver. He makes James Howard Kunstler sound Canadian.D. Benton Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09505763959328162067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-21061444599084218312011-04-20T17:06:13.797-04:002011-04-20T17:06:13.797-04:00@El G and Greenpa
re: The opposites of Love.
G...@El G and Greenpa<br /><br />re: The opposites of Love.<br /><br />Greenpa probably has the science of it right, but I'll go with the poetry of Mr. Campbell.<br /><br />I, too, have often heard and sometimes repeated that the opposite of Love is not Hate, but Indifference.<br /><br />So, how about an amalgamation?<br /><br />If the opposite of Love is Fear, then Indifference is its absence,D. Benton Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09505763959328162067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-37822731265418906072011-04-20T17:02:53.228-04:002011-04-20T17:02:53.228-04:00For all the TAE Geezers:
The coin-toss scene from...For all the TAE Geezers:<br /><br />The coin-toss scene from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhXJcfczNIc" rel="nofollow">No Country for Old Men</a><br /><br />This is the scene where the Sheeple of Main St meet the sociopaths of Wall St.<br /><br />Strange News from a Different Star<br />_Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-70668994096880009622011-04-20T16:48:29.411-04:002011-04-20T16:48:29.411-04:00@A Walk In The Woods
I've got a caption for t...@A Walk In The Woods<br /><br />I've got a caption for that photograph link you posted, 'What the World Is Coming To'<br /><br />I would call the modified photo "What The World Has ALREADY Come To."<br /><br /><br />Picture a dialogue balloon above the skyscraper in the photo. It reads:<br /><br />"Hey, Steve, Oh yeah, man. Great! Just Great !<br />Say, Steve, I wasD. Benton Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09505763959328162067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-79890905020493345312011-04-20T15:58:26.131-04:002011-04-20T15:58:26.131-04:00Greenpa said:
eh. I've seen it authoritativel...Greenpa said:<br /><br /><i>eh. I've seen it authoritatively written, in several places, that the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference.</i><br /><br />I can buy into that. I think hate can exist without actually causing harm. But indifference allows tragic events to occur as people stand by and simply--do--nothing.memphishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14679189378406297005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-59212896492180123852011-04-20T15:21:22.888-04:002011-04-20T15:21:22.888-04:00DBS,
Wall Street can terrorize the playground bec...DBS,<br /><br />Wall Street can terrorize the playground because they own a major shareholding in it. Pentagonia and CIAsea can bomb whoever they like as long as they promise never to declare victory. Because MIC also has a major stake. Fred Reed came up with some choice words about it a couple of years ago.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.fredoneverything.net/Damocles.shtml" rel="nofollow">MowingPhlogiston Água de Beberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269917130349144430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-13295580893812603582011-04-20T14:35:51.904-04:002011-04-20T14:35:51.904-04:00One explanation for why Wall Street bullies are be...One explanation for why Wall Street bullies are being not just allowed to terrorize the playground, but encouraged to do so, is that they are considered to be providing an indispensible service.<br /><br />There are plenty of 'realpolitik' reasons for giving carte blanche to criminals, topmost being that if Wall Street were forced to get honest that the Empire would drop dead in its D. Benton Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09505763959328162067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-37766357173086327252011-04-20T14:03:19.252-04:002011-04-20T14:03:19.252-04:00Wall St. Stands at the Pinnacle of 5,000 Years of ...<a href="http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/150416" rel="nofollow">Wall St. Stands at the Pinnacle of 5,000 Years of Human Exploitation<br /></a><br /><br />Gee, I always thought paying attention (mindfulness=being here) was the opposite of indifference. <br /><br />The massive almost uncountable herds of Sheeple, indifferent to the world around them, their financial future, the ecology Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-46170999245607776382011-04-20T13:34:55.821-04:002011-04-20T13:34:55.821-04:00The Krug-man takes a shot at the definition of inf...The Krug-man takes a shot at the definition of inflation. Anyone like to point out why he's wrong?<br /><br />http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/extra-credit/unkle.smokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16734571316080674218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-44607496117924189222011-04-20T12:30:33.930-04:002011-04-20T12:30:33.930-04:00el g,
Thirty short years from Morning in America ...el g,<br /><br />Thirty short years from Morning in America to dusk for the world. A long dark night until population crashes enough to make hunter-gatherer society practical again. Bummer!<br /><br />Who could have known that sociopathy could be so efficient?Phlogiston Água de Beberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269917130349144430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-40621714768306238942011-04-20T11:37:37.959-04:002011-04-20T11:37:37.959-04:00IMN
I think feudalism is the most stable form of ...IMN<br /><br />I think feudalism is the most stable form of power arrangements for nation states with a tiny middle class. With social arrangements of small city-states, villages, and clans. there is a natural power counter balance to the sociopaths rising to control. After a certain point of size, this balance is overwhelmed. Of course the human species spent 98% of its evolution in hunter el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-19129335366213211402011-04-20T11:28:17.785-04:002011-04-20T11:28:17.785-04:00@ Greenpa
Your mileage may vary.@ Greenpa<br /><br />Your mileage may vary.el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-41499167666236765402011-04-20T11:08:07.304-04:002011-04-20T11:08:07.304-04:00Supply and Demand
Gold is over $1,500,
Oil is ov...Supply and Demand<br /><br />Gold is over $1,500, <br />Oil is over $110.00<br />$C is over $105.00<br /><br />Everyone is controlling the supply and demand curves. <br /><br />China is in a hard spot.<br /><br />It needs to do some supply and demand control.<br />It cannot get any return on the treasury, therefore it can gets its return by increasing the price of its exports and by lowering the jalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-7688123797691606832011-04-20T10:35:55.130-04:002011-04-20T10:35:55.130-04:00El Gal: "he repeatedly states that the opposi...El Gal: "he repeatedly states that the opposite of love is fear - not hate. "<br /><br />eh. I've seen it authoritatively written, in several places, that the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference.<br /><br />Which rings a bit truer to me than fear; but my real question is, who said emotions have "opposites"; at all? Indeed in physics it's common for +'sGreenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-74114852630392078762011-04-20T10:15:12.731-04:002011-04-20T10:15:12.731-04:00Verrry interesting thoughts from David Malone (Gol...Verrry interesting thoughts from David Malone (Golem XIV) regarding the IMF and democratic governance.<br /><br /><a href="http://golemxiv-credo.blogspot.com/2011/04/ongoing-imf-attack-on-european.html" rel="nofollow">The ongoing IMF attack on European Democracy</a><br /><br />Is this the shape of neo-feudalism? If so, could it be sustained for at least several generations?Phlogiston Água de Beberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269917130349144430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-18668310923242667362011-04-20T04:55:38.876-04:002011-04-20T04:55:38.876-04:00" steve said...
do you have a system for lett...<i>" steve said...<br />do you have a system for letting people know when you get a new post up. do you have and email notification system?"</i><br /><br />We do. You can leave your email in the little box located in the right hand side column, just below the Stoneleigh agenda and the Twitter etc. buttons. <br /><br /><br />.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-32501212741614780932011-04-20T03:00:55.656-04:002011-04-20T03:00:55.656-04:00image 2kg organic tomato
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Blogger ...image 2kg organic tomato<br />================<br />Blogger jal said...<br /><br /> Did you know Libya has more than oil???<br /><br />---------------<br />Which do you figure will run out first - oil or water- I am betting water.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />RobertBiologique Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05410194284794713409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-78458053956367565592011-04-20T01:13:03.981-04:002011-04-20T01:13:03.981-04:00@scandia
People here usually take English or Germa...@scandia<br />People here usually take English or German as their 1st foreign language at 9 yrs. Obligatory Swedish is started at 13 yrs. If Swedish was voluntary, many would choose it anyway methinks. Many take their 3rd foreign language at 14 yrs or 16 yrs. Some take 4th at 16 yrs and a few their 5th at 17 yrs. I agree obligatory/ voluntary Swedish here is now plain distraction (>_<)<br /lautturihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269968661393439346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-91592543486692082932011-04-20T01:01:46.330-04:002011-04-20T01:01:46.330-04:00... many reports in Egyptian publications accused ...<i>... many reports in Egyptian publications accused Saudi Arabia of working against the fulfilment of the promise of the revolution because of its potential impact on the region ...</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.counterpunch.org" rel="nofollow">How Egypt's Youth Forced the Issue</a><br /><br />It seems to me that the rulers of Saudi Arabia, encouraged by the West, have politically Nassimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014132282872515690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-65623036852939588392011-04-20T00:41:47.353-04:002011-04-20T00:41:47.353-04:00Here is one SMALL TIMER that I’m sure you will hea...Here is one SMALL TIMER that I’m sure you will hear about at market ticker.<br /><br />http://preview.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-19/ex-taylor-bean-chairman-convicted-of-conspiracy-fraud-1-.html <br /><br />Former Taylor Bean Chairman Farkas Guilty of Conspiracy, Fraud<br /><br />Alabama regulators seized Colonial Bank in 2009 and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was appointed as receiver. jalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-3485432727551746212011-04-19T22:42:20.806-04:002011-04-19T22:42:20.806-04:00Did you know Libya has more than oil???
http://en...Did you know Libya has more than oil???<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Manmade_River <br /><br />The Great Man-Made River (GMR, النهر الصناعي العظيم) is a network of pipes that supplies water to the Sahara Desert in Libya, from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System fossil aquifer. It is the world's largest irrigation project.[1]<br />According to its website, it is the largest jalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.com