tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post12641063396885924..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: Debt Rattle, December 4 2008: The throws of a drunken darts playerIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-10505270984268077852008-12-05T22:28:00.000-05:002008-12-05T22:28:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comments on GPS. I agree on the not...Thanks for the comments on GPS. I agree on the not totally depending upon it. It is just that I have a Garmin Exercise GPS that is very good directing to certain points. It can also be charged from multple sources including a car, so a long as a little fuel is available to run the engine it could be charged even if the car's drive train didn't work.<BR/>Many years ago I used to teach map Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318309864441672787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-79126231351658389842008-12-05T16:26:00.000-05:002008-12-05T16:26:00.000-05:00Turkey Vulture,Duh, my bad. Time for a trip to Co...Turkey Vulture,<BR/>Duh, my bad. Time for a trip to Costco.<BR/>AAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-53705541500479628672008-12-05T15:19:00.000-05:002008-12-05T15:19:00.000-05:00Re: GPS Systemsthe GPS system uses two frequencies...Re: GPS Systems<BR/><BR/>the GPS system uses two frequencies. One is encoded and only available for the military, the other is not encoded and that is what everybody else uses. It has happened before that the US military switches of the civilian frequency when it fits their purpose. That can happen just in some parts of the world selectively or for the whole world. So it can surely happen again Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-90275973132885377132008-12-05T14:50:00.000-05:002008-12-05T14:50:00.000-05:00AIt seems that you don't keep up to the latest fas...A<BR/><BR/>It seems that you don't keep up to the latest fashion with your tin foil hat.el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-62255339949820062302008-12-05T14:47:00.000-05:002008-12-05T14:47:00.000-05:00Dark MatterAm wondering what you do with all that ...Dark Matter<BR/>Am wondering what you do with all that aluminum foil. For me, a 20 year supply would be 1 or 2 rolls. Am I missing out?<BR/>AAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-72602795959465417652008-12-05T14:43:00.000-05:002008-12-05T14:43:00.000-05:00Mr. MotoI agree with you that if it were a simply ...Mr. Moto<BR/><BR/>I agree with you that if it were a simply a choice of giving the $7.7T to the Bankstas or to ourselves, I would certainly rather give it back to ourselves. However, I go along with Ilargi that it is crazy to give it to anyone, except to the desperate, indigent, freezing, and starving when the SHTF. I am not quite sure where the humor of your proposal comes from. I assume thatel gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-22655969205632033402008-12-05T14:28:00.000-05:002008-12-05T14:28:00.000-05:00GPS accuracy can be degraded by the U.S. Govt at a...GPS accuracy can be degraded by the U.S. Govt at any time with no warning. Military GPS recievers will not be affected but civilian recievers will. I have never owned a GPS reciever but I do have two really good compasses and accutate maps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-81712560362612933612008-12-05T14:26:00.000-05:002008-12-05T14:26:00.000-05:00EBrownThanks - I had fun with it and I thought it ...EBrown<BR/><BR/>Thanks - I had fun with it and I thought it pointed out some contradictions in certain things and also left the question sort of hanging - is it really THAT crazy?<BR/><BR/>I have a separate 'solution' for just the mortgage crisis that I might be able to get to later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-14646261053616041572008-12-05T14:23:00.000-05:002008-12-05T14:23:00.000-05:00Wild GypsyConsidering how many years of forbearanc...Wild Gypsy<BR/><BR/>Considering how many years of forbearance and labor it took the average person to accumulate a small cache of cash, it may not be too much trouble to spend a few hours thinking about how to hide it well. Stoneleigh gave the operational instruction - use your creativity. Otherwise one may wind up sounding like Blanche DuBois.<BR/><BR/>Ranger,<BR/><BR/>Allowing civilians to el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-66652575252300480882008-12-05T13:42:00.000-05:002008-12-05T13:42:00.000-05:00Talk abput bare shelves, I was just ordering some ...Talk abput bare shelves, I was just ordering some firearm related items from my wholesaler and AR15 and riot shotguns are totally unavailable. Someone is buying these type firearms as fast as they are built.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-38780252508835434592008-12-05T13:02:00.000-05:002008-12-05T13:02:00.000-05:00@rumor‘Balance in all things, goritsas. Moto didn'...@rumor<BR/><BR/>‘Balance in all things, goritsas. Moto didn't say "eliminate", he said "reduce".’<BR/><BR/>Absolutely, that I why I used the phrase “maximise dependency reduction.” We don’t want too many doomers missing out the maximisation now, do we?goritsashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09767556060065779629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-76059300660736542082008-12-05T13:01:00.000-05:002008-12-05T13:01:00.000-05:00Got to love to optimism ay CNBC! The current head...Got to love to optimism ay CNBC! The current headline says, "Despite huge job losses the worst could be over" Somehow I doubt it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-22450232089474822212008-12-05T12:56:00.000-05:002008-12-05T12:56:00.000-05:00Balance in all things, goritsas. Moto didn't say "...Balance in all things, goritsas. Moto didn't say "eliminate", he said "reduce".Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15614205920972531674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-59581613275070999152008-12-05T12:48:00.000-05:002008-12-05T12:48:00.000-05:00@ MrMoto,“This is one of the guiding rules of any ...@ MrMoto,<BR/><BR/>“This is one of the guiding rules of any good doomer – reduce dependency on complex technology and outside systems that are beyond your control.”<BR/><BR/>Well, in that case, all good doomers should do the obvious, commit suicide. Since, by any reasonable definition, all the biosphere’s systems are complex (we could argue the technology toss, but what’s “technology” anyways?), goritsashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09767556060065779629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-4285796191299767022008-12-05T12:38:00.000-05:002008-12-05T12:38:00.000-05:00Oc – a bit cranky today? - have to give you a 2nd ...Oc<BR/> – a bit cranky today? - have to give you a 2nd on that Starcade thing though<BR/><BR/>Anonymous at 2:13 AM<BR/>yes you get it - crazy but maybe not so crazy right?<BR/><BR/>Cheryl - thanks for the Taleb link. That is someone who is always entertaining but more importantly has real insight.<BR/><BR/>Kerrysl<BR/>The gps system depends on satellites and once they're up there they stay there Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-28765439470811823262008-12-05T12:31:00.000-05:002008-12-05T12:31:00.000-05:00Mr. Moto, I guess your sense of humor parallels ...Mr. Moto,<BR/> I guess your sense of humor parallels mine fairly closely because I laughed at your post. I picked up on its tongue in cheek nature.EBrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894676347259218501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-43322961488994952152008-12-05T12:00:00.000-05:002008-12-05T12:00:00.000-05:00Anonymous in Haarlem: here too.http://tinyurl.com/...Anonymous in Haarlem: here too.<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/6egdoe<BR/><BR/>We also have car dealers now doing "Buy one, get one FREE!" sales. No kidding.Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-21879885741544757942008-12-05T11:54:00.000-05:002008-12-05T11:54:00.000-05:00HaarlemI'm visiting Holland right now, and I saw t...Haarlem<BR/><BR/>I'm visiting Holland right now, and I saw the same things in the town of Groningen: at the very moment where profits should be max, every store has 30-40-50% discounts. <BR/><BR/>And still, the denial continues unabated among the people. They think they know what the downturn means, but they have not a clue, and it's all deaf ears from there.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-90976758647352198002008-12-05T11:50:00.000-05:002008-12-05T11:50:00.000-05:00Ilargi,Thank you!Ilargi,<BR/>Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-67003212506300187152008-12-05T11:37:00.000-05:002008-12-05T11:37:00.000-05:00was just walking through main street in my home to...was just walking through main street in my home town, Haarlem, in the netherlands,<BR/>all high-end shops are now offering 30% to 50% discounts, <BR/>employees standing around, nothing to do.<BR/><BR/>I suppose deflation would be apparent first in this way, but what happens in january when they dont get rid of their stocks this christmas?<BR/><BR/>95% discounts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-80168369103439433632008-12-05T10:41:00.000-05:002008-12-05T10:41:00.000-05:00@ goritsas RE: "...I think the speed that a nation...@ goritsas RE: "...I think the speed that a nation-state fractures along primary loyalties may be far faster than the nation-state will be able to respond to. The far more worrying thing, if you live in any nation with a weaker nation-state tradition than say, Canada, is this could occur very, very fast, in social timescales, whatever those are..."<BR/><BR/>The nation-state question is of course Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-74446957600886812062008-12-05T09:31:00.000-05:002008-12-05T09:31:00.000-05:00re: caches of cash Anyone with much money surplus...re: caches of cash <BR/><BR/>Anyone with much money surplus may as well be a banker themselves. It sounds like it gives a person more of a headache trying to figure out how to protect it than it does, peace of mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-55991803333431333792008-12-05T09:03:00.000-05:002008-12-05T09:03:00.000-05:00Stoneleigh and Dan W.,With regard to our previous ...Stoneleigh and Dan W.,<BR/><BR/>With regard to our previous discussions about the end of the line for the nation-state, here’s a little take on it for those of the Canadian persuasion by a Canadian:<BR/><BR/>http://smartpei.typepad.com/robert_patersons_weblog/2008/12/a-guide-for-the-perplexed-canadas-constitutional-crisis-.html<BR/><BR/>http://smartpei.typepad.com/robert_patersons_weblog/2008/12/goritsashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09767556060065779629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-82503654699606006602008-12-05T08:12:00.000-05:002008-12-05T08:12:00.000-05:00Another anecdote. I am in China on a business tri...Another anecdote. I am in China on a business trip. I flew into Shanghai. On the approach,I observed many evenly spaced lights that I thought were on the coast.<BR/><BR/>As we descended, I got a closer look. The lights were ships, moored in row after row off the coast. You could see their reflections in the water.<BR/><BR/>There must have been hundreds of idle ships there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-74447790223380006022008-12-05T06:39:00.000-05:002008-12-05T06:39:00.000-05:00The following video with Nassim Taleb is worth wat...The following video with Nassim Taleb is worth watching. He believes Roubini is too optimistic.<BR/><BR/>http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2008/12/04/nassim_taleb_on.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com