tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post1754357102022775386..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: March 3 2009: Sometimes I sit up in the darknessIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-17381071587386569892009-03-05T13:21:00.000-05:002009-03-05T13:21:00.000-05:00snuffy:thanks for your thoughtful replies and comm...snuffy:<BR/>thanks for your thoughtful replies and comments. I am still torn between the community plan and the individual plan and try to work on both simultaneously. Sure my personal plan suffers but I truly believe the community part is not in vain and will indeed help me and mine personally further down the road. That may be wishful thinking, but I will continue to try to wake up others andrachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572854888730065806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-71687333665183990972009-03-05T02:16:00.000-05:002009-03-05T02:16:00.000-05:00Rachel, Not allowing the bastards to grind you do...Rachel,<BR/> Not allowing the bastards to grind you down is the first survival lesson.You come here for a does of reality and some face time with truth.Most times it isn't much fun.{I would prefer some happy happy joy joy..but that is not in the cards now..}<BR/><BR/> We are all shook pretty good at the understanding that life will get hard and...strange soon.<BR/> Adaptability is the key boys Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-90698438779854572402009-03-04T18:03:00.000-05:002009-03-04T18:03:00.000-05:00@ Submit your advice You said... There is no advan...@ Submit your advice <BR/>You said... <BR/><I>There is no advantage whatsoever in staying up late at night losing sleep worrying about what will become of us all, therefore I recommend against it. </I><BR/><BR/>I have to disagree with you on this. I do worry about others. I do empathize with those who are and will continue to be hurt by our unjust system. This is not in vain! There are rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572854888730065806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-35031045130188651562009-03-04T15:30:00.000-05:002009-03-04T15:30:00.000-05:00Insightful discussion at the Oil Drum and scary gr...Insightful discussion at the Oil Drum and scary graphs showing a scenario where oil production could plummet by 2012.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-80460562759774144552009-03-04T15:13:00.000-05:002009-03-04T15:13:00.000-05:00http://www.maritime-connector.com/NewsDetails/3115...http://www.maritime-connector.com/NewsDetails/3115/lang/English/Oil-stored-at-sea-may-top-80-mln-bbls---Frontline.wshtml<BR/><BR/>Quotes a figure of 80 millions bbls stored. <BR/><BR/>Assumptions:<BR/><BR/>Daily demand-<BR/>85 million bbls<BR/><BR/>Daily supply w/~2% decline-<BR/>81.5 million bbls<BR/><BR/>Storage usage days to shortfall-<BR/>47 days<BR/><BR/>So you are right. Only a couple of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-16411554119213491322009-03-04T15:11:00.000-05:002009-03-04T15:11:00.000-05:00The bad news is starting to hit main street here i...The bad news is starting to hit main street here is southern Ontario. Hamilton Steelmaker Stelco (subsidiary of US Steel) announced today that they were "ceasing operations until the economy improves" and indefinitely laid off 1,500 workers. <BR/><BR/>Stelco used to be Canada's largest steelmaker. Hamilton's nickname is Steeltown. <BR/><BR/>You could probably triple the number of jobs lost Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-25103163122305486322009-03-04T15:08:00.000-05:002009-03-04T15:08:00.000-05:00Stoneleigh and Ilargi,Great comments from you and ...Stoneleigh and Ilargi,<BR/><BR/>Great comments from you and others at TOD - thanks! I just read the Daily Kos as well. Do you agree with the time frame of rallies/crashes? Any other thoughts of timeframes?Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521389981122160952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-86770760452537672062009-03-04T14:53:00.000-05:002009-03-04T14:53:00.000-05:00To what extent is stored oil relevant? Apparently ...To what extent is stored oil relevant? Apparently the contango has made if temporarily profitable to store oil in tankers. A large tanker holds about 2 million bbl. The world uses 80 million bbl/day more or less. The oil stored in tankers is probably less than a 24 hour supply. Nor is there much room at sites like Cushing.<BR/>Robert WilsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-53450908661617843042009-03-04T14:52:00.000-05:002009-03-04T14:52:00.000-05:00I&S, great blog. If only world governments had...I&S, great blog. If only world governments had 1% of the honesty in this blog...<BR/><BR/>Still can't believe Obama recommended buying stocks. It's the sort of thing you expected from Bush, coming from Obama is just scary...<BR/><BR/>Great comments today to get ideas for t-shirts:<BR/><BR/>Truth = Riot<BR/><BR/>Hope is the new fear<BR/><BR/>And my favourite,<BR/><BR/>The future is @Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-37050890805725027722009-03-04T14:17:00.000-05:002009-03-04T14:17:00.000-05:00@Noon Summary"* Stoneleigh suggests it may be time...@Noon Summary<BR/><BR/>"* Stoneleigh suggests it may be time to get out of shorts (Note: better too early than to late) "<BR/><BR/>Briefs or boxers?el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-49541055494393052432009-03-04T14:08:00.000-05:002009-03-04T14:08:00.000-05:00@ electric willies, sheep, or what have youI just ...@ electric willies, sheep, or what have you<BR/><BR/>I just reread the Dick novelette a few months ago after seeing the Bladerunner directors cut last year. Great read. Movie, of course, was only vaguely related.<BR/><BR/>BTW, Ridley Scott stated in an interview last year that the way he constructed the movie, Deckard definitely was a replicant.el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-13494966874915817452009-03-04T13:38:00.000-05:002009-03-04T13:38:00.000-05:00There's an interesting discussion on sucker rallie...There's an interesting discussion on sucker rallies going on over at <A HREF="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/4/11942/09306/253/704546" REL="nofollow">Daily Kos</A>.Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-27259178774682465922009-03-04T13:21:00.000-05:002009-03-04T13:21:00.000-05:00"Where do we go from here?."I think ,Starcade, now...<I>"Where do we go from here?."</I><BR/><BR/>I think ,<B>Starcade, now from Leviathan</B> summed it up pretty well with this:<BR/> <BR/><I>"Once the banks are exposed, violent bank runs are the only result. At that point, TSHTF"</I><BR/><BR/>I was thinking the same thing --that the trigger point would be a terrible and violent bank run (all you need is one for the panic to set in) before I ogardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062788838505530416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-32444687045820270272009-03-04T13:15:00.000-05:002009-03-04T13:15:00.000-05:00@StoneleighInteresting discussion.My 2c worth -1) ...@Stoneleigh<BR/><BR/>Interesting discussion.<BR/><BR/>My 2c worth -<BR/><BR/>1) Debt and the debt on debt (ad infinitum) is fantasy. When it collapses what is left has intrinsic value. I.e. the house is still there. Though when the music stops it is painful. (Note: debt/credit/FRNs/anymeansofexchange are all just money to me, i.e. no intrinsic value). <BR/><BR/>2) Peak oil will occur concomitantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-90325610370420498192009-03-04T12:34:00.000-05:002009-03-04T12:34:00.000-05:00There's an interesting discussion going on over at...There's an interesting discussion going on over at <A HREF="http://www.theoildrum.com/node/5160" REL="nofollow">The Oil Drum</A>.Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-17631166498957335032009-03-04T12:23:00.000-05:002009-03-04T12:23:00.000-05:00Noon Sumamry,Economic optimists smoking something ...Noon Sumamry,<BR/><BR/><I>Economic optimists smoking something and now suggest @ shaped recession</I><BR/><BR/>LOL - that was priceless!Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-34839504317980008492009-03-04T12:06:00.000-05:002009-03-04T12:06:00.000-05:00* Noon summary correction: Greenpa said that despe...* Noon summary correction: Greenpa said that desperation can cause rallies; Stoneleigh merely agreed <BR/>* Gravity channels Blinky; aitrader parries with Michael Palin <BR/>* When the depression began, people simply stopped working; Same thing happened at some point on Easter Island; During a depression resources lie idle; This time we will have even more resource limits <BR/>* Bailout money mayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-29609893035728847652009-03-04T11:47:00.000-05:002009-03-04T11:47:00.000-05:00@VK:Yeah. But I have to admit, a few years ago, I ...@VK:<BR/><BR/>Yeah. But I have to admit, a few years ago, I was thinking the same thing.<BR/><BR/>Cheap interest rates could be had. And the stock market looked REAL good.<BR/><BR/>But there's something in me which is just repulsed at the idea of getting a loan and investing it in the stock market.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps it's because I've seen this go bad before. I really don't know. But I do have thisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-69690484214596614522009-03-04T11:31:00.000-05:002009-03-04T11:31:00.000-05:00@Submit your advice"Yet I have never ever seen a n...@Submit your advice<BR/><BR/>"Yet I have never ever seen a news report announce ... this one is a load of crap, too."<BR/><BR/>Of course not. The MSM is all Corporate Media. If the economy goes down, they lose money, and reporters will get fired.<BR/><BR/>What would you propose, if their main goal is to sell ads?<BR/><BR/>Most would call this a conflict of interest. And it's really not that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-50785020027481324152009-03-04T11:28:00.000-05:002009-03-04T11:28:00.000-05:00@GreenpaWillies...willy...Phillip K. Dick, right? ...@Greenpa<BR/><BR/>Willies...willy...Phillip K. Dick, right? <BR/><BR/>Good one.<BR/><BR/> :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-28089755939739061232009-03-04T11:05:00.000-05:002009-03-04T11:05:00.000-05:00aitrader; "...dream of electric sheep,"I always th...aitrader; "...dream of electric sheep,"<BR/><BR/>I always thought, really, that androids would be much more likely to dream of electric willies-Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-43293261791566386032009-03-04T11:02:00.000-05:002009-03-04T11:02:00.000-05:00A Capitalist Paradise I own everything.I am the di...<B>A Capitalist Paradise </B><BR/><BR/>I own everything.<BR/>I am the dictator all powerfull.<BR/>I set the rules of the game so that I always win.<BR/>I spend some of my money into the social structure so that it trickles back 10X.<BR/>The social and socialist structures are there for my benefit and pleasure.<BR/>Rulers, kings, presidents are my pawns.<BR/>Republican are my servants.<BR/>-------Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-18799160509190000082009-03-04T11:00:00.000-05:002009-03-04T11:00:00.000-05:00El gallinazo,Bienvenido!El gallinazo,<BR/><BR/>Bienvenido!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-30412087769464835612009-03-04T10:58:00.000-05:002009-03-04T10:58:00.000-05:00PS you can make gasoline out of milkweed http://w...PS you can make gasoline out of milkweed <BR/><BR/>http://www.juniperus.org/AdamsPapersPDFFiles/38-1982Milkweed1113.pdf<BR/><BR/>Also, if you harvest the shoots early in spring you can cook them. They are sweet and somewhat like asparagus. When mature the white fluff in the seed pods can be used as batting for pillows, cushions, etc. And they attract lots of monarch butterflies.Submit your advicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867890217907128363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-57923147415912335382009-03-04T10:55:00.000-05:002009-03-04T10:55:00.000-05:00Ilargi said:"What goes through your mind if and wh...Ilargi said:<BR/><BR/>"What goes through your mind if and when an impoverished old lady who wants so desperately 'to believe' that she donated $100 to your campaign even if that meant she'd eat only oatmeal for weeks, follows your advice and buys GM, Citi and AIG shares with her last remaining savings ..."<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your empathy. This is why yours is the only blog I consistently Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com