tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post8887462668061764629..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: March 15 2009: A Wonderful Battle of Derivative SecuritiesIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-79914467777678649782009-03-17T11:18:00.000-04:002009-03-17T11:18:00.000-04:00Suggested listening for all TAE readers who like t...Suggested listening for all TAE readers who like to make disparaging remarks about other readers who prefer wearing tin foil baseball caps.<BR/><BR/>http://kpfa.org/archive/id/47346el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-50953080847452980342009-03-17T07:30:00.000-04:002009-03-17T07:30:00.000-04:00Thanks for the responses, Redcatbiker and Ahimsa. ...Thanks for the responses, Redcatbiker and Ahimsa. I'll check out flaxseeds a bit more.Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14511045883879753073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-55817279319937277392009-03-17T00:14:00.000-04:002009-03-17T00:14:00.000-04:00@ Chaos -- Here are a couple of links for you rega...@ Chaos -- <BR/><BR/>Here are a couple of links for you regarding flax seed oil. (Once you go to the website, you can click on more links within and outside of the website for more information.)<BR/><BR/>Flaxseed and Flaxseed Oils for Omega-3 Fatty Acids<BR/><B>http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/flaxseed.html</B><BR/><BR/>The Skinny on Fats<BR/><B>http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/redcatbikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08645491470348404443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-80378700422448594712009-03-17T00:11:00.000-04:002009-03-17T00:11:00.000-04:00Greenpa,I like the idea of a new set of kidneys,or...Greenpa,I like the idea of a new set of kidneys,or a new stomach,on order for when these wear out...same with the whole organism...i can see a injection of cells that would be "good for what ails ya"very quickly..<BR/><BR/>snuffyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-54177783715524632542009-03-17T00:08:00.000-04:002009-03-17T00:08:00.000-04:00I would get the later[1990]for a newbee..there is ...I would get the later[1990]for a newbee..there is a whole lot of stuff that has come out in the last 50 years...although a copy of "the hive and the honeybee"[1st print 1853]is the bible for "beeks"It has been updated constantly,and is THE book.<BR/><BR/> Pleased to advise..anytime old bird.<BR/>snuffyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-39971685039643115692009-03-16T23:38:00.000-04:002009-03-16T23:38:00.000-04:00@ ChaosThis might be what you're looking for.http:...@ Chaos<BR/><BR/>This might be what you're looking for.<BR/><BR/>http://www.vegsoc.org/info/omega3.html<BR/><BR/>One may also take a supplement of omega -3 DHA derived from Algae. Normally, pregnant women and young children are the ones most in need of DHA from Algae. I grind flax seeds (keep in refrigerator to avoid rancidity) and add a heaping tablespoon to my bowl of oatmeal every morning. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-46209917415054241022009-03-16T21:43:00.000-04:002009-03-16T21:43:00.000-04:00@redcatbiker:If you've got more specific stuff abo...@redcatbiker:<BR/><BR/>If you've got more specific stuff about flax seeds (or a link), please share. I'm interested.Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14511045883879753073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-36618027125725103842009-03-16T21:14:00.000-04:002009-03-16T21:14:00.000-04:00Donald Watson formed the word vegan from the begin...Donald Watson formed the word vegan from the beginning and end of "vegetarian" and founded The Vegan Society in November 1944.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.foodsforlife.org.uk/people/Donald-Watson-Vegan/Donald-Watson.html" REL="nofollow">http://www.foodsforlife.org.uk/people/Donald-Watson-Vegan/Donald-Watson.html</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-5043578960482859012009-03-16T21:00:00.000-04:002009-03-16T21:00:00.000-04:00@ EnkiduThanks for the link on storage life of foo...@ Enkidu<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the link on storage life of foods.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-81444813479571463582009-03-16T20:58:00.000-04:002009-03-16T20:58:00.000-04:00Anon. @ 6:55 PMThank you for your understanding.Anon. @ 6:55 PM<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your understanding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-39684685327887482022009-03-16T19:51:00.000-04:002009-03-16T19:51:00.000-04:00Anon 6:24"You support a high meat/fat diet or did ...Anon 6:24<BR/><BR/>"You support a high meat/fat diet or did I read Dr. J incorrectly?"<BR/><BR/>I am more convinced by the evidence for Dr. J's stance. That said I think your statement is too final to be accurate. <BR/><BR/>I feel more confident with people eating a high proportion of fat and protein if it is clean than I do with people eating a high proportion of simple carbohydrates EVEN IF YDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11659429390056544844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-14404852158485607692009-03-16T19:26:00.000-04:002009-03-16T19:26:00.000-04:00As a former eater of the Standard American Diet (S...As a former eater of the Standard American Diet (SAD) and then a vegetarian-to-vegan diet, I can tell you that neither diet is healthy, in the long run, over the course of one's life. A diet with meat and the fats from meats, along with vegetables and eggs and fruit and nuts and seeds, has improved my health considerably. Of course, when it comes to meat (and seafood) it is all about the redcatbikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08645491470348404443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-77181631019175173452009-03-16T19:02:00.000-04:002009-03-16T19:02:00.000-04:00Brian M said:"It is hard to transcend one's cultur...Brian M said:<BR/><BR/>"It is hard to transcend one's cultural prejudices about what is appropriate and inappropriate to eat ..."<BR/><BR/>Agree. And the great majority of Westerners have a very difficult time conceiving of eating a plant-based diet. We're enculturated by our society into believing that to be well nourished we must eat animal protein and fat, which is totally false, as proven byAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-65665476689301889092009-03-16T18:55:00.000-04:002009-03-16T18:55:00.000-04:00Ahimsa,Listen up! People either get it or they don...Ahimsa,<BR/><BR/>Listen up! People either get it or they don't. The research is there. The books have been written. The scientists have spoken...And I'm not talking about the fact that the enviroment is being destroyed so that that billions upon billions of animals that share the earth with us can be consumed by those who choose not to open their minds to the TRUTH. Of course factory farming isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-3708172415136099282009-03-16T18:49:00.001-04:002009-03-16T18:49:00.001-04:00EBrown re methane- this whole topic is already in ...EBrown re methane- this whole topic is already in the hands of the spindoctors. Great quantities of data have been assembled- to prove one side, or the other.<BR/><BR/>Basically- I'd bet the same way you would. But I'll also bet we will be reading "new study proves..." whatever, about cows and methane, long into our genetically engineered extended lifespan. Then our kids will have to read Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-48675073155937919522009-03-16T18:49:00.000-04:002009-03-16T18:49:00.000-04:00YD said... " Scandia, Your point is well take...YD said...<BR/><BR/> "<I> Scandia,<BR/><BR/> Your point is well taken, and the mainstay of my locker of doom is rice (white rice, it is cheap and lasts)</I>"<BR/><BR/>Good were off that other topic but hey YD try <A HREF="http://waltonfeed.net/grain/life.html#soft" REL="nofollow"> this site.</A><BR/><BR/> I wouldn't want you catching your death of <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-38174373327543699612009-03-16T18:48:00.000-04:002009-03-16T18:48:00.000-04:00Bobb, I agree that the sentence I wrote, taken by...Bobb,<BR/> I agree that the sentence I wrote, taken by itself is could be derisive of "timber and orchards". I am resistant to apologizing for it because it was the culminating sentence to an argument that there is a lot of land in many parts of the world that cannot be used for growing veggie and grain crops. I think this is pretty clear if one reads the whole paragraph that I wrote, and notEBrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894676347259218501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-54545536415086383412009-03-16T18:38:00.000-04:002009-03-16T18:38:00.000-04:00Anon from 6:10, This is a topic change but I'll b...Anon from 6:10,<BR/> This is a topic change but I'll bite since I'm interested in these topics as well. I don't dispute that ruminants produce methane. Only a fool of someone who has never been near a cow could do so. But I do wonder, how do they come up with those methane numbers? Did the researchers calculate emissions from typical US feedlots and large dairy operations with manure lagoonsEBrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894676347259218501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-6238720562803608142009-03-16T18:35:00.000-04:002009-03-16T18:35:00.000-04:00If you cant fathom the size of the $1.14 Quadrilli...If you cant fathom the size of the $1.14 Quadrillion derivatives bubble, view <A HREF="http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/seventeen.asp" REL="nofollow">One Quadrillion Pennies</A>Bigelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883913065391637120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-4830266863605861852009-03-16T18:32:00.000-04:002009-03-16T18:32:00.000-04:00EBrown- "Please don't distort my words. I didn't s...EBrown- "Please don't distort my words. I didn't say anything to deride the importance of having forest land and orchards. "<BR/><BR/>Not to pick nits, but you have no grounds for complaint. On the contrary your original statement was "capitalize on land that would otherwise ONLY be suitable for timber."<BR/><BR/>While you may not have intended to deride- if you are speaking English- you did. "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-25830784967597669272009-03-16T18:24:00.000-04:002009-03-16T18:24:00.000-04:00@ YD You support a high meat/fat diet or did I rea...@ YD <BR/><BR/>You support a high meat/fat diet or did I read Dr. J incorrectly?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-39977233222472910342009-03-16T18:10:00.000-04:002009-03-16T18:10:00.000-04:00It was said: I like to support my local farmers an...It was said: <BR/><BR/>I like to support my local farmers and purchasing meat and milk from farmers who raise their animals on grass is important to me.<BR/><BR/>From my memory. 15% of world greenhouse gas emissions are from ruminants so I can't see much possibility of <BR/>(1) getting climate change under control <BR/>and <BR/>(2) continuing to eat diets full of beef, lamb & dairy. <BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-57555969738717921572009-03-16T18:00:00.000-04:002009-03-16T18:00:00.000-04:00Jared Diamond's discussion of why the Greenland Vi...Jared Diamond's discussion of why the Greenland Vikings died out, whereas the Inuit did not, in the same basic territory is interesting. One of many factors is that the Vikings were unwilling to eat fish or walrus, but focused on farming, and highly valued dairy. Being unwilling to eat a potential food source even in times of trouble, can be a problem.<BR/><BR/>It is hard to transcend one's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-27639497379053039522009-03-16T17:51:00.000-04:002009-03-16T17:51:00.000-04:00Scandia,Your point is well taken, and the mainstay...Scandia,<BR/><BR/>Your point is well taken, and the mainstay of my locker of doom is rice (white rice, it is cheap and lasts) & sugar (same reason and I suspect it will barter well) I have stores of protein powder for the same reason. There are many things I keep in my locker to get us over any hump, because in the end all calories are good calories when there are no calories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-41487393204373485292009-03-16T17:47:00.000-04:002009-03-16T17:47:00.000-04:00Anon, Please don't distort my words. I didn't sa...Anon,<BR/> Please don't distort my words. I didn't say anything to deride the importance of having forest land and orchards. All I'm trying to convey is the idea that a holistic approach to living lightly on the land requires consumption of animals, especially in colder climates with steep and erodable hills.EBrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894676347259218501noreply@blogger.com