tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post8339784201114729738..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: October 8 2010: Wile E.'s Suspended RealityIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-90598929721181528042010-10-11T23:48:32.609-04:002010-10-11T23:48:32.609-04:00There are also disagreements about the efficacy &a...There are also disagreements about the efficacy & safety of leaves vs. root. Some studies show the leaf to be almost alkaloid free -- thus safe.<br /><br />http://www.henriettesherbal.com/faqs/medi-2-15-comfrey.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-83277889313402827202010-10-11T23:02:38.721-04:002010-10-11T23:02:38.721-04:00New post up.
All your neighbors are zombies
...New post up.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-11-2010-all-your-neighbors-are.html" rel="nofollow"><b>All your neighbors are zombies</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-66833338207828811202010-10-11T22:15:31.626-04:002010-10-11T22:15:31.626-04:00Blogger LynnHarding said...
"@ebrown and ot...Blogger LynnHarding said...<br /><br /><i>"@ebrown and others - I wish I knew how to find out more about Comfrey."</i><br /><br />Would you happen to know the specific epithet of the Comfrey of which you speak? The genus and species of the plant? Common names can be confusing.ogardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062788838505530416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-22801010959722427002010-10-11T21:22:40.275-04:002010-10-11T21:22:40.275-04:00@ebrown and others - I wish I knew how to find out...@ebrown and others - I wish I knew how to find out more about Comfrey. I have planted lots of it and fed it in extreme moderation to goats, chickens and even to my horse. All of my animals like it unwilted. I have used it as a poultice on broken ribs and mixed it up with lemon balm and beeswax to make a skin cream. No ill effects observed.<br />There is something freakish about its extreme LynnHardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14606026107796473837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-75562721182364431532010-10-11T21:13:23.752-04:002010-10-11T21:13:23.752-04:00Starcade said "Has anyone else figured out th...Starcade said "Has anyone else figured out that the only reason we had an economy the last 20-30 years was all this mortgage fraud?"<br /><br />My guess it started in the early 1990s when the MERS system was activated.<br /><br />http://chinkinthearmor.net/Who_Is_MERS_.htmlbluebirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600634086150466162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-22952521830091582922010-10-11T20:28:03.464-04:002010-10-11T20:28:03.464-04:00Has anyone else figured out that the only reason w...Has anyone else figured out that the only reason we had an economy the last 20-30 years was all this mortgage fraud?Starcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226367306835781483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-52961345160893460812010-10-11T20:17:42.840-04:002010-10-11T20:17:42.840-04:00Does anyone see if I’m wrong?
The banks are not u...Does anyone see if I’m wrong?<br /><br />The banks are not using their money for “put back”. They are using t-bills issued by the gov.<br /><br />jaljalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-71006267839025052892010-10-11T19:32:32.548-04:002010-10-11T19:32:32.548-04:00ΑΒ Soup,
If you need a duck and you don't hav...ΑΒ Soup, <br />If you need a duck and you don't have a duck, then yeah, it's valuable to you. And if the world is reduced to a barter economy, then identifiable pieces of precious metal <i>might</i> be useful barter tokens. They won't be worth a brazillion dollars, they'll be worth whatever someone will trade you for them. <br /><br />I think a lot of folks who've studied our Jim Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17419179432204743768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-67041014296871829802010-10-11T18:36:20.437-04:002010-10-11T18:36:20.437-04:00Damon Vrabel has a video presentation Debunking Mo...Damon Vrabel has a video presentation <a href="http://csper.wordpress.com/2010/10/10/debunking-money-volume-1-money-myth-and-machiavelli/" rel="nofollow">Debunking Money (volume 1): Money, Myth, and Machiavelli</a> on his website, which he says is the first in a series, on money and power. He takes a slightly different tack in explaining the debt-based monetary system and what it means.Phlogiston Água de Beberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269917130349144430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-30899409292252366262010-10-11T18:01:36.145-04:002010-10-11T18:01:36.145-04:00I felt bad for bringing up the precious metals bit...I felt bad for bringing up the precious metals bit, as I know it has been hashed over many times by I & S, and others over the years. But I feel the comments that have been posted are worth their weight in gold. <br /><br />I learned today that:<br />Good dirt is more valuable than gold.<br />Gidaduck (= GET a duck), they are more valuable than gold.<br />Comfrey is more valuable than gold.Alpha Beta Souphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13377585666755156683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-6650820415222327042010-10-11T17:28:28.510-04:002010-10-11T17:28:28.510-04:00Andrew - I think there is a lot to be said for mob...Andrew - I think there is a lot to be said for mobility, anytime, and in the future that might take on a whole new meaning depending on how things unravel.<br />Being an old timer I plan to sit tight with this house (in Indiana) but if younger I would adapt/build a Mandan style house, round with centered heat source and about half below ground level. Heat it with a candle... (well, a small heat Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-67083515902711354202010-10-11T17:28:21.139-04:002010-10-11T17:28:21.139-04:00I agree with Draft. I was thinking it was a sexist...I agree with Draft. I was thinking it was a sexist thing before he mentioned it. Sorry, but it is still very difficult for alpha males (I wrote a book!) to stomach a challenge of any kind from a woman. Too bad Stoneleigh was not given an opportunity to respond. I thought I kind of liked Rubin's ideas...now not so much.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15691388297498844536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-15762352166450104402010-10-11T17:21:20.668-04:002010-10-11T17:21:20.668-04:00Andrew said...
What do you guys think of the ...<i>Andrew said...<br /><br /> What do you guys think of the tiny house on wheels concept (e.g., Tumbleweed Houses)?<br /></i><br />I think these buildings are a great idea.<br /><br />The building is portable, the investment is minimal and you can learn useful skills while building it. <br /><br />If you do eventually settle on a piece of land you can simply move the house there and live in Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03081291842118351730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-49891416658164473902010-10-11T15:45:43.098-04:002010-10-11T15:45:43.098-04:00Andy -
I've been a big fan of Tumbleweed'...Andy -<br /><br />I've been a big fan of Tumbleweed's houses for a long time. They're extremely well designed.<br /><br />My suggestion is you might consider getting an open plot of land and building one there rather than building it on a trailer. That is, if you know where you want to live long-term.<br /><br />I say this because eventually you might run into a problem of having toDrafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06476204907199270127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-40949832695213658182010-10-11T14:52:38.411-04:002010-10-11T14:52:38.411-04:00There's been talk of housing, building your so...There's been talk of housing, building your soil, and preparing in general in this post's comments. What do you guys think of the tiny house on wheels concept (e.g., <a href="http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/" rel="nofollow">Tumbleweed Houses</a>)? I'm rather stuck in San Diego for now and not able to build a permanent homestead, but I'm thinking for the cost of a year's rentUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16634009451411805755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-51498878580980401882010-10-11T14:41:37.494-04:002010-10-11T14:41:37.494-04:00Greenpa,
I think they just changed the title to a...Greenpa,<br /><br />I think they just changed the title to a gentler "Don't believe the bulls." "Stocks have nowhere to go but down" is just too scary for CNN.<br /><br />-AndyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16634009451411805755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-71662476039362456362010-10-11T13:06:29.692-04:002010-10-11T13:06:29.692-04:00This is interesting; a senior editor at Fortune ju...This is interesting; a senior editor at Fortune just put up an article "Stocks have nowhere to go but down" -<br /><br />http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/11/pf/investing/stocks_earnings.fortune/index.htm<br /><br />fairly sane analysis, even; but this little mood killer got taken down from CNN's headline list between the time I clicked on it, and the time I went looking for that URL...Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-80173378471144761742010-10-11T12:45:05.217-04:002010-10-11T12:45:05.217-04:00Morning and a look at Kuntsler's Monday morni...Morning and a look at Kuntsler's Monday morning American blues review, and reading to the end of what I read as, a very unusual for him, enervated rant he ends with this thought by Lon Chaney:<br /><br />- when explaining his technique of horror movie-making - "...there's nothing funny about a clown in the moonlight...."<br /><br /> and then I wandered over to listen to Max scrofuloushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085471693372823086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-59843193129678999292010-10-11T11:51:26.028-04:002010-10-11T11:51:26.028-04:00You have not been paying attention to what is happ...You have not been paying attention to what is happening.<br /><br />Do a search for Freddie “put back”<br /><br />Here is one article.<br /><br />http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1821994820100818 <br /><br />UPDATE 1-Four banks face big losses on repurchases-Fitch(Updates with banks declining comment)<br />By Al Yoon<br />Aug 18 (Reuters<br /><b> Potential repurchases demanded by investors jalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-84867854713684429062010-10-11T11:35:31.736-04:002010-10-11T11:35:31.736-04:00Frank said...
Stock given to insiders as a bonus, ...Frank said...<br />Stock given to insiders as a bonus, or purchased at a discount through stock options is not listed in the insider trading reports. _All_ sales however are.<br /><br />embarrassingly, I totally knew that; ergo a 1:1 ratio is never going to be. duh.<br /><br />So what IS the common "good times" ratio range?Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-74124164839854485842010-10-11T11:23:42.950-04:002010-10-11T11:23:42.950-04:00"Ilargi said...
"Ha, ha! I didn't t..."Ilargi said...<br /><br />"Ha, ha! I didn't think about that angle till I saw this, buy yes, Bob Hirsch also has a new book out! It's a mix of ego and sales promotion, using ASPO as their tool.""<br /><br />And I don't know if any of you have checked out Hirsch's book, but it's awful. It was like a middle school yearbook staff edited and formatted the Drafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06476204907199270127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-6820897026028096742010-10-11T11:07:15.575-04:002010-10-11T11:07:15.575-04:00"Nicole Foss (Stoneleigh) - the Diva of Defla..."Nicole Foss (Stoneleigh) - the Diva of Deflation - was indeed the star of ASPO, sucking the air out of a large room filled with a bunch o' doomers. A tough audience indeed. The farmers came close w/ Sharon Astyk wondering aloud why people would be so stupid as to grow human food to feed to carz."<br /><br />I wonder how much of this has to do with the fact that doomers at Drafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06476204907199270127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-57726634018308372972010-10-11T10:38:34.628-04:002010-10-11T10:38:34.628-04:00" DIYer said...
[..] the ASPO panelists in th...<i>" DIYer said...<br />[..] the ASPO panelists in that recording are definitely on an ego trip, which tends to eclipse any message they might wish to convey."</i><br /><br />Ha, ha! I didn't think about that angle till I saw this, buy yes, Bob Hirsch also has a new book out! It's a mix of ego and sales promotion, using ASPO as their tool.<br /><br />.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-42886048225611117232010-10-11T10:26:28.114-04:002010-10-11T10:26:28.114-04:00scandia,
Argentina. Maybe they'll be adopted ...scandia, <br />Argentina. Maybe they'll be adopted by a family of buzzards. <br /><br />JF, <br />That sounds about right, cold fusion may be a real effect but will never be more than a laboratory curiosity, if it can find a curious laboratory. Hot fusion is a real effect, but useful applications have been 20 years in the future for the last sixty or seventy years, right up to the present. <Jim Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17419179432204743768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-77715895551279916502010-10-11T10:01:29.051-04:002010-10-11T10:01:29.051-04:00Stock given to insiders as a bonus, or purchased a...Stock given to insiders as a bonus, or purchased at a discount through stock options is not listed in the insider trading reports. _All_ sales however are.<br /><br />Given reasonable desires to diversify, and buy houses and cars, insiders are virtually guaranteed to be net (reported) sellers.<br /><br />My recollection from paying casual attention (I had some dotcom insider stock myself) is thatFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752307987743035281noreply@blogger.com