tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post478035282754707372..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: June 4 2010: Who on earth are we?Ilargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-45764947861964216252010-06-10T11:17:36.311-04:002010-06-10T11:17:36.311-04:00I find it somewhat amusing that the U.S. Governmen...I find it somewhat amusing that the U.S. Government and Federal Reserve are committing the same crime as Bernie Madoff and getting away with it... so far. Remove the full faith and credit clause and what are they left with? Zip, nada, null. Wendy's Macht Fries indeed.ogardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062788838505530416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-52795686108722965692010-06-07T17:44:38.670-04:002010-06-07T17:44:38.670-04:00Karl Denninger's nervous break.
http://anythi...Karl Denninger's nervous break.<br /><br />http://anythingexceptthetruth.blogspot.com/2010/06/karls-nervous-breakdown.htmlIconoclast421https://www.blogger.com/profile/01448094227173926913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-40976429109890404402010-06-07T03:32:16.388-04:002010-06-07T03:32:16.388-04:00New post up.
Go long the Euro at this point in ...New post up.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2010/06/june-6-2010-go-long-euro-at-this-point.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Go long the Euro at this point in time? Not me!</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-7482589826314809952010-06-07T01:57:14.543-04:002010-06-07T01:57:14.543-04:00Greenpa,
I have a gut feeling no-one really wan...Greenpa,<br /><br /> I have a gut feeling no-one really wants to see what they know is on the way...a crippling blow to the USA from this festering oozing oil pustule that will infect a whole nations conscience[I hope].This may/will me the pin that pops any hope of "Recovery".This has the potential of destroying a good chunk of the wealth of 6-8 states.I see no end,and no chance of snuffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978637281755386311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-12743832755270328742010-06-06T20:35:54.625-04:002010-06-06T20:35:54.625-04:00Greenpa said...
getchosef: " Is it on purpos...Greenpa said...<br /><i><br />getchosef: " Is it on purpose that a realistic report cannot be found anywhere?"<br /><br />Yes.<br /></i><br />Greenpa, your devotion to brevity is truly disuncommendable. :)<br /><br />As we are today happily engaged in pretending to be Noam Chomsky, I will try to show that GYSC's question contained its own answer. Not being an actual linguistics Phlogiston Água de Beberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269917130349144430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-40465966413770948922010-06-06T19:41:15.953-04:002010-06-06T19:41:15.953-04:00getchosef: " Is it on purpose that a realisti...getchosef: " Is it on purpose that a realistic report cannot be found anywhere?"<br /><br />Yes.Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-91768009119226806972010-06-06T18:37:01.064-04:002010-06-06T18:37:01.064-04:00Dear Ilargi,
After many years of living on the Fl...Dear Ilargi,<br /><br />After many years of living on the Florida beach, I have been screamed at by many pelicans after removing the Cheetos from view. They are very vocal and very, very intelligent (not semantically, of course).<br /><br />There was never a more fitting caption to a photo than this pelican in agony, screaming, Please God Hold My Hand.<br /><br />I am dreaming about it.<br /><br ApleAneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08955040755611777565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-1167020331237396642010-06-06T17:36:40.615-04:002010-06-06T17:36:40.615-04:00"Heart Like a Wheel" is also a great fil..."Heart Like a Wheel" is also a great film about Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney.<br /><br />I wish I could get some real "facts" on the oil spill. Some say the oil will round Florida and go up the East coast. others say it will just sit in the Louisiana area which already seems incorrect. Is it on purpose that a realistic report cannot be found anywhere?EconomicDisconnecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802078645713106743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-50837070584291516752010-06-06T17:28:27.227-04:002010-06-06T17:28:27.227-04:00Greenpa,
Undisirregardless of what you prefer I t...Greenpa,<br /><br />Undisirregardless of what you prefer I think you should have at least responded to wampum's stated wish that there be fewer oil. Doubtless (should that be doubtfewer?) fewer oil will grease our future in I disunfear less years than we may disunwish.<br /><br />And in disunregard to your whimsicalidocious tale of bequeathing the earth to the meek, I selfishlessly share lessPhlogiston Água de Beberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269917130349144430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-61186146813977821482010-06-06T17:28:27.228-04:002010-06-06T17:28:27.228-04:00Polka Dot Gallows:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06...Polka Dot Gallows:<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/education/06pets.html<br /><br />Somehow, this just seems to me to epitomize our increasing distance from anything one might call "the real world".Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-91928154181564012242010-06-06T17:23:49.165-04:002010-06-06T17:23:49.165-04:00ApleAnee et al,
Here the lyrics and a video that ...ApleAnee et al,<br /><br />Here the lyrics <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDrkUmxrxpQ" rel="nofollow"><b>and a video that the words come from</b></a>, a line that's engraved in my brain, in the face of tragedy, for some reason: <br /><br /><b>Heart Like A Wheel</b><br /><br /><i>Some say a heart is just like a wheel <br />When you bend it, you can't mend it <br />And my love for Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-644426882234824182010-06-06T16:51:41.540-04:002010-06-06T16:51:41.540-04:00EBrown said...
I trust the hilarity of argume...EBrown said...<br /><br /> I trust the hilarity of argument over the meaning of Chevre's comment is not lost on anyone else...<br /><br />I say potato, you say potahto, I say tomato, you say tomahto.<br /><br />So the pelican is not screaming for God's hand in proper English?ApleAneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08955040755611777565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-83278356165698480892010-06-06T15:44:32.451-04:002010-06-06T15:44:32.451-04:00wampum said...
"Irregardless of language usag...wampum said...<br />"Irregardless of language usage, I just wish there is fewer oil."<br /><br />:-)<br /><br />I prefer "undisirregardless", myself.Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-32809225721762663782010-06-06T15:36:26.735-04:002010-06-06T15:36:26.735-04:00@ the last Scandia and VK comments...+1.
I don...@ the last Scandia and VK comments...+1.<br /><br />I don't care about Ilargi's fluidity for all the same reasons he doesn't care. However, I love the history and meaning embodied in language, not to mention the achievement of 'proper' use. Every language is covered in carbuncles and gnarled like an old root. To master the twists and turns shows a dedication just like Rubenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02014088125645527610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-51124570644275972982010-06-06T15:04:05.317-04:002010-06-06T15:04:05.317-04:00Language is a powerful cultural construct. It can ...Language is a powerful cultural construct. It can shackle and liberate, note the existential angst in the US around the use of the word socialist. It's taken a life of it's own to imply all that is evil and bad all the while it's real meaning is lost. <br /><br />Language allows for broad communication of information but also the ability to divide and captivate. Sometimes two people VKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06843562351166927162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-91108084645156636612010-06-06T14:47:49.759-04:002010-06-06T14:47:49.759-04:00Irregardless of language usage, I just wish there ...Irregardless of language usage, I just wish there is fewer oil.wampumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11991824741185928507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-2226918950316269272010-06-06T14:33:07.984-04:002010-06-06T14:33:07.984-04:00Top Cat: " but the language firefight about w...Top Cat: " but the language firefight about word usage and how many angels can dance on the head of an adjective got the upper hand."<br /><br />Hilarious, huh? :-)<br /><br />And EXTREMELY educational. Yes, indeedy, even us wizzes here at TAE are human animals.<br /><br />This is what is known in Ethology as "displacement behavior". It's what happens when a big, crankyGreenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-67907588902972189372010-06-06T14:28:52.404-04:002010-06-06T14:28:52.404-04:00The pictures are indeed sad. However sadness is an...The pictures are indeed sad. However sadness is and has always been a part of nature. Read The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins, my favorite scientific book of the 21st Century. In the chapter Arms Races and Evolutionary Theodicy Dawkins quotes Darwin: "Nature is neither kind or unkind. She is neither against suffering or for it..." <br />and "...The total amount of Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13071103776144941751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-51290570027017603622010-06-06T13:51:35.623-04:002010-06-06T13:51:35.623-04:00@ Ilargi...I want to set the record straight. My r...@ Ilargi...I want to set the record straight. My request to LonerPhrigue for the grammatical rule relating to less and fewer was for my own learning. There had been no intention to criticize anyone else's expression.<br />I love words the way some people love numbers.scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-52839895470557292542010-06-06T13:51:35.622-04:002010-06-06T13:51:35.622-04:00I always marvel at the unexpected twist and turns ...I always marvel at the unexpected twist and turns of the posts here at TAE. I thought the photos of the environmental holocaust unfolding in the Gulf would dominate the tone for "Who on earth are we?" but the language firefight about word usage and how many angels can dance on the head of an adjective got the upper hand.<br /><br />Is this herd behavior raising it's pointed little Top Hat Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18062738110354384414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-91626737623321040532010-06-06T13:30:01.407-04:002010-06-06T13:30:01.407-04:00J wrote:
"you guys are arguing about proper E...J wrote:<br />"you guys are arguing about proper English?"<br /><br />No.<br /><br />FBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-10149851876278538912010-06-06T13:19:18.104-04:002010-06-06T13:19:18.104-04:00you guys are arguing about proper English? seriou...you guys are arguing about proper English? seriously?~J~https://www.blogger.com/profile/13373318721374198331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-48891102500677734232010-06-06T12:49:16.084-04:002010-06-06T12:49:16.084-04:00The photos are ghastly.They need to be on every ti...The photos are ghastly.They need to be on every time a word comes from any B.P mouthpiece.<br /><br />I have a bet with my brother they will see oil in New York by Christmas.<br />As a gift to the nation from the oil industry,free petrol-products delivered to your beach-side home,complete with toxic detergent waste for cleanup..<br /><br /> My god,what a disaster for those making a living on snuffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978637281755386311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-35122056098460659132010-06-06T12:07:29.693-04:002010-06-06T12:07:29.693-04:00Pretending that writers have no personalities is o...<i>Pretending that writers have no personalities is one of the most disastrous policies ever foisted on the scholarly community; it only obscures; it does not illuminate.</i><br /><br />I got a degree in engineering and worked in very technical design environments for a number of years. I agree ... the 'impartial observer' voice that we are trained to write in allows you to state your Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03081291842118351730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-91063387521964164042010-06-06T11:57:43.753-04:002010-06-06T11:57:43.753-04:00I trust the hilarity of argument over the meaning ...I trust the hilarity of argument over the meaning of Chevre's comment is not lost on anyone else...EBrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894676347259218501noreply@blogger.com