tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post9123241460344344429..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: July 10 2009: Stupid Human Number TricksIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-45448819645909939572009-07-12T01:30:47.015-04:002009-07-12T01:30:47.015-04:00"They" are making this crisis so much wo..."They" are making this crisis so much worse in order to usher in a NWO run by a One World Government.<br /><br />Some people think this will be a viable solution to fix this mess, but who do you think will be running the One World Government? Indeed the same evil ones who created this very situation in order to consolidate more control over the world's populace and turn up the Endtimernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-48755682835987337842009-07-12T01:20:35.254-04:002009-07-12T01:20:35.254-04:00Arnold said,
"...I have been writing my repr...Arnold said,<br /><br />"...I have been writing my representatives in government and am actively trying get involved in the formation of a new political party. I do this, because I am displeased with the way the system is currently set up. Decadent and corrupt. I agree, however I think that real change can be achieved if only the people decide to do so..."<br /><br />What makes you Endtimernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-18502024798566522462009-07-12T00:00:48.012-04:002009-07-12T00:00:48.012-04:00New post upNew post upIlargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-82164161169893500712009-07-11T23:53:13.067-04:002009-07-11T23:53:13.067-04:00"In many ways Europeans are like women"
..."In many ways Europeans are like women"<br /><br />To think there's people who actually write this sort of thing.<br /><br />To think that some male ego from was offened by my analagous women comment is not surprising; but I am surprised it was you, Ilargi.<br /><br />More careful reading will reveal the comment to be a compliment, for women and Europeans of both gendersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-61474751876311603612009-07-11T23:43:00.073-04:002009-07-11T23:43:00.073-04:00Ilargi,
How about....... in many ways, half of Eu...Ilargi,<br /><br />How about....... in many ways, half of Europeans are like women?el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-28008215751335122192009-07-11T23:16:20.502-04:002009-07-11T23:16:20.502-04:00118 comments and counting! Ilargi and Stoneleigh ...118 comments and counting! Ilargi and Stoneleigh this is a great resource.EconomicDisconnecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802078645713106743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-24836578505327099342009-07-11T22:40:48.961-04:002009-07-11T22:40:48.961-04:00@ anon 10:25 - No doubt we have experienced a &quo...@ anon 10:25 - No doubt we have experienced a "Golden Age" here in North America these past decades. Our mistake is to believe that this is normal. In fact, the usual state of affairs for humans is long periods of strife and conflict separated by usually shorter periods of relative stability. That we have had a long and prosperous period of stability in NA is an anomaly in terms of Dr Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-52157168923858371742009-07-11T22:25:57.482-04:002009-07-11T22:25:57.482-04:00@ Dr J
Years ago I knew a guy from Norway. He had...@ Dr J<br /><br />Years ago I knew a guy from Norway. He had been too young to fight during WWII in Norway. Many members of his extended family had been killed or executed by the Germans during their occupation of Norway. He told me the war had finally ended but that their were still German soldiers garrisoned in his town awaiting departure back to Germany. There was a barge in the harbor of his Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-76817383114452753372009-07-11T22:19:06.441-04:002009-07-11T22:19:06.441-04:00"In many ways Europeans are like women"
...<i>"In many ways Europeans are like women"</i><br /><br />To think there's people who actually write this sort of thing.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-19740754329759258362009-07-11T22:10:25.101-04:002009-07-11T22:10:25.101-04:00Arnold
I don't wish to be insulting in this p...Arnold<br /><br />I don't wish to be insulting in this post, but I will be blunt. I&S are extremely intelligent and very heavy duty theoretical thinkers. Stoneleigh is uniquely capable of expressing the conclusions of her investigations in a clear and concise manner. Ilargi spends most of his waking hours studying the details and numbers and can express and write the results in a more el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-4807598314455286082009-07-11T22:08:04.440-04:002009-07-11T22:08:04.440-04:00Arnold,
You may be stupendously naive and all tha...Arnold,<br /><br />You may be stupendously naive and all that, but even for one such as you to suggest that TAE is about whining all day is plain pitch dark blind, insulting of tens of thousands of people who've had more courage to pay attention, use their brains and follow their instincts then you ever will have, and so far south of intelligent that there is no hope for any plans you may Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-31366977938469482222009-07-11T22:01:29.819-04:002009-07-11T22:01:29.819-04:00El G,
Yes, the 1/x function as x increases. I...El G, <br /><br />Yes, the 1/x function as x increases. I'm interested in that wacky derivative that does the opposite, until they kill it off as a terra' suspect. <br /><br />And, they'd piss off Gort. I'm convinced of that.Jim Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17419179432204743768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-15230405970908779802009-07-11T21:58:49.421-04:002009-07-11T21:58:49.421-04:00We are already in a Kleptocracy controlled by Gove...We are already in a Kleptocracy controlled by Government Sachs.<br /><br />You are already in a fascist state.<br /><br />They will not abide the formation of a truly effective challenge to their power.<br /><br />They will do anything including no fly list 'roundups' for warrant-less arrest and detention, assassination and just plain old vanilla physical threats, to you and your extendedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-65827906444202714032009-07-11T21:55:47.837-04:002009-07-11T21:55:47.837-04:00The ‘American exceptionalism ‘ discussion has real...The ‘American exceptionalism ‘ discussion has really taken a turn toward biased generalities. No doubt, it was the lower classes who predominantly immigrated to America; however, many of Europe’s poor chose not to make the trip-- they didn’t call them coffin shops for nothing. <br /><br />One of my male ancestors was put on a ship to America from County Mayo during the Irish famine, never to be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-58280624725960686342009-07-11T21:50:47.641-04:002009-07-11T21:50:47.641-04:00Anyone who has seriously considered the implicatio...Anyone who has seriously considered the implications of peak energy has to be REALISTIC! It is not pessimism to understand one's limitations and try to make the best of them.<br /><br />"Economic progress" you say?<br /><br />That has to be... learning to properly use simple machines... say the lever and the inclined plane!Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-49301302762412914312009-07-11T21:47:07.420-04:002009-07-11T21:47:07.420-04:00@arnold
I don't think the economy will stand ...@arnold<br /><br /><i>I don't think the economy will stand as in, but to simply through [sic] my hands up. Say the situation is completely doomed and whine all day on TAE does not seem productive to me.</i><br /><br />You clearly have other options, yes? May I suggest a subscription to Yes! magazine? They seem more up your alley ;-)Toddmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17663381108485431038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-86525189565386311172009-07-11T21:44:46.572-04:002009-07-11T21:44:46.572-04:00Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptan...Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance - the five stages of grief a la Kubler-Ross. I have observed myself traversing these as I adjust to the idea that the party is over and that I will have to face a world much more daunting and less comfortable than the one I have known for so long. I think the hapless optimists here are in the early stages and tincture of time rather than harsh Dr Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-572379766663185712009-07-11T21:17:19.458-04:002009-07-11T21:17:19.458-04:00Coy Ote - I agree, but flexibility requires being ...Coy Ote - I agree, but flexibility requires being able to at least consider certain strategies that can be productively implemented to achieve long term SUSTAINABLE economic progress. I don't think the economy will stand as in, but to simply through my hands up. Say the situation is completely doomed and whine all day on TAE does not seem productive to me. I have been writing my Arnoldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-13497589943580957882009-07-11T21:08:34.314-04:002009-07-11T21:08:34.314-04:00Arnold....
Thanks. I read the "Of Two Minds&...Arnold....<br /><br />Thanks. I read the "Of Two Minds" piece. Been to the site many times. It's pretty interesting.<br /><br />One paragaph...<br /><br />"Prudence suggests always maintaining a skeptical point of view: what if we're wrong? What's our Plan B/alternative strategy?"<br /><br />I'm in agreement that having a plan B (and C and D) is good policy. I&Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-63611019619678527482009-07-11T20:51:14.655-04:002009-07-11T20:51:14.655-04:00VK
Though experiment properly referred to as
Ged...VK<br /><br />Though experiment properly referred to as <br />Gedankenexperiment :<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<br />Thought_experimentel gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-26411437028590108542009-07-11T20:32:57.783-04:002009-07-11T20:32:57.783-04:00"...They will have torches and pitch forks an..."...They will have torches and pitch forks and red hot buckets of tar and crow feathers..."<br /><br />On second thought, make that <i>Black Swan Feathers </i><br /><br /><br />~~Resistance is Feudal~~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-37954563256752384972009-07-11T20:29:30.756-04:002009-07-11T20:29:30.756-04:00"..Also, I don't see why insults need to ..."..Also, I don't see why insults need to be hurled by some of the posters here. Are you so spiteful and insecure in your position that you need to insult people?.."<br /><br />~~Arnold~~<br /><br />Grow a thicker skin Dude, this is nothing compared to what's in the 'on deck circle'. <br /><br />Practice having spiteful, insulting people on all sides of you. There will beAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-521718704958610532009-07-11T20:28:19.580-04:002009-07-11T20:28:19.580-04:00VK
I also think it represents the cost of solar p...VK<br /><br />I also think it represents the cost of solar panels<br /><br />VickyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-44423062103317453392009-07-11T20:24:17.679-04:002009-07-11T20:24:17.679-04:00VK regarding the thought experiment
It's who ...VK regarding the thought experiment<br /><br />It's who gains control of the energy source. Not likely to be passed out to everyone as a public good.<br /><br />And not likely to be cheap to the end users.<br /><br />VickyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-85570191267817620202009-07-11T20:22:17.371-04:002009-07-11T20:22:17.371-04:00“What we do not grasp, is that the economy is no d...“What we do not grasp, is that the economy is no different than any other complex system. It can be easily predicted from a long-term perspective that the present course of events will unquestionably lead to the destruction of the United States and Western economies from excessive debt, declining real growth, and rising costs of government that set in motion the same collapse of Rome and just VKnoreply@blogger.com