tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post5228147524697277647..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: April 14 2009 2: The little mathematical models don't workIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-87800837140336679632009-04-15T14:34:00.000-04:002009-04-15T14:34:00.000-04:00stoneleigh,Thankyou for the link, I have seen seve...stoneleigh,Thankyou for the link, I have seen several analysis on my studies of CCD.Nosema,{both types}has a long treatable history.The second form,which was not as widespread,has spread thru the commercial apiaries like wildfire[ceranae]Lots of folks think that the Israeli paralytic wing disease is the culprit.As I am not a ccd researcher,All I know is to treat at least once a year w/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-83099293054700308332009-04-15T13:59:00.000-04:002009-04-15T13:59:00.000-04:00Coy Ote said:
"Ahimsa - "Humans are different fro...Coy Ote said:<br /><br /><I>"Ahimsa - "Humans are different from animals because they have consciousness."<br /><br />I'm sure you meant to say self-consciousness, which we are aware of within ourselves but not quite so sure about... say... whales. Since they do not speak in human language, nor have hands to gesture, etc."</I>Consciousness or just human consciousness rather than Ahimsanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-949306523955961682009-04-15T13:36:00.000-04:002009-04-15T13:36:00.000-04:00Hi Ilargi,
Many thanks for the interesting links ...Hi Ilargi,<br /><br />Many thanks for the interesting links on Monbiot and Dukes. Really stunned to learn this. I don't know what to say really, shall have to gather my thoughts and read the Dukes pdf file a few times to really get it. Pretty bamboozled.VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-83471737419002631652009-04-15T12:54:00.000-04:002009-04-15T12:54:00.000-04:00Ahimsa - "Humans are different from animals becaus...Ahimsa - "Humans are different from animals because they have consciousness."<br /><br />I'm sure you meant to say self-consciousness, which we are aware of within ourselves but not quite so sure about... say... whales. Since they do not speak in human language, nor have hands to gesture, etc.<br /><br />Ilargi: "I was going to write more on the Three Stooges' (Bernanke, Obama, Summers)"<br /><brHombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-10474841067512650412009-04-15T12:29:00.000-04:002009-04-15T12:29:00.000-04:00I've been reflecting on civilization, human beings...I've been reflecting on civilization, human beings and animals for a long time. Here are some thoughts:<br /><br />Humans are different from animals because they have consciousness. This is what 19th-20th century philosophers, etc. emphasize, but the Eastern world was working on what to do with consciousness centuries before. Everything flows from consciousness. The West never gave it much Ahimsanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-85041084825406773192009-04-15T11:18:00.000-04:002009-04-15T11:18:00.000-04:00Re: noble savages
For non-American examples that ...Re: noble savages<br /><br />For non-American examples that help deflate the "noble savage" myth, we can turn to the natives of Easter Island and the Maori. Both of these peoples had significant, detrimental, and lasting impacts.<br /><br />Re: 1491<br /><br />I recommend extreme caution when using this text to support an argument. The author leaps to many, many conclusions with very weak thethirdcoasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02828310354952426682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-66987190175544604702009-04-15T10:19:00.000-04:002009-04-15T10:19:00.000-04:00or further projected as someone did here, that it ...<I>or further projected as someone did here, that it means that only 1/400 of current world population could survive sustainably.</I>el gallinazo<br /><br />Who said that? You wouldn't be going 'sustainable' and trying to burn straw men would you?<br /><br />callowflowerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-40335659069436163012009-04-15T10:15:00.000-04:002009-04-15T10:15:00.000-04:00Goldman Sachs:Wall St Largest Crooks 4/14/09
http...Goldman Sachs:Wall St Largest Crooks 4/14/09<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcYxRmxV-S0<br /><br />I don't know, I just liked the title.<br /><br />William Black eviscerates Goldman Sucks.<br /><br />The British commentator asks where is the outrage in the US over this open thievery, Black says the ordinary public are anger at the situtation, but not at Obama.<br /><br />His appointeesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-90713138224863036102009-04-15T10:02:00.000-04:002009-04-15T10:02:00.000-04:00"YRC Worldwide, the biggest trucking company in th..."YRC Worldwide, the biggest trucking company in the US, is negotiating with its unions to allow it to suspend cash payments to its defined-benefit pension plan and to pledge real estate as collateral instead."<br /><br />Wowie Zowie Batman, now there's an encouraging sign of the times, your employer doesn't have the cash for your pension fund, but hey, how would you like some great Florida 'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-41398743004246812232009-04-15T09:53:00.000-04:002009-04-15T09:53:00.000-04:00The history of pre-contact NA is much different fr...The history of pre-contact NA is much different from what has been conventionally taught. For a better understanding, read the recent book, "1491" by Charles Mann. It will surprise you. Also recommended: "What is America" by Ronald Wright.Dr Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-63259052735550612482009-04-15T09:50:00.000-04:002009-04-15T09:50:00.000-04:00Actually during the last few thousand years segmen...Actually during the last few thousand years segments of the native population lived utilizing both hunter/gatherer and agriculture activities.<br /><br />Sometimes moving or nomadic, sometimes staying in place for decades or even hundreds of years.<br /><br />For example, at Cahokia it is estimated that the population was, for a couple hundred years (about 1000 to 1200) like 18 to 20 thousand Hombrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12930734368916487826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-23540356605302771912009-04-15T09:34:00.000-04:002009-04-15T09:34:00.000-04:00Larry Summers Video at Calculated Risk Scroll to V...Larry Summers Video at <A HREF="http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/" REL="nofollow">Calculated Risk</A> Scroll to Video of the day. <br /><br />callowflowerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-43524853390375142332009-04-15T09:20:00.000-04:002009-04-15T09:20:00.000-04:00@Stoneleigh That article is a bit disquieting. Nos...@Stoneleigh That article is a bit disquieting. Nosema is a well known, long standing disease, with Fumagilin (no first L) as the standard treatment.<br /><br />So far so good, but its' symptom is dysentery -- bee poop everywhere. Without that expected symptom, I would say that the authors of that article still have some explaining to do.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752307987743035281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-87306240889989391932009-04-15T09:13:00.000-04:002009-04-15T09:13:00.000-04:00Nightly Summary - well done (as usual) thanks for ...Nightly Summary - well done (as usual) thanks for the laughs, they are needed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-17615872338669470942009-04-15T08:54:00.000-04:002009-04-15T08:54:00.000-04:00@Anon 8:30am
Very interesting... reality can be so...@Anon 8:30am<br />Very interesting... reality can be so cruel and sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-91746328617012067752009-04-15T08:37:00.000-04:002009-04-15T08:37:00.000-04:00For Snuffy:
Cure For Honey Bee Colony Collapse?For Snuffy:<br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414084627.htm" REL="nofollow">Cure For Honey Bee Colony Collapse?</A>Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-18010999065559862442009-04-15T08:30:00.000-04:002009-04-15T08:30:00.000-04:00"mortality rates were quite high"
When the Englis..."mortality rates were quite high"<br /><br />When the English began pushing into the French territories, they (both the English and French) were able to twist the territorial conflicts to their own advantage. <br /><br />It is usually best to look to French sources for information, and there are very sad accounts of the brutality of that era. (Such as the English giving the natives small-pox Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-22938637656672993322009-04-15T08:00:00.000-04:002009-04-15T08:00:00.000-04:00Anon 7:56
Reading your comment brings to mind the...Anon 7:56<br /><br />Reading your comment brings to mind the question, what kept the Native American population low enough over thousands of years to allow them to continue this locally nomadic existence? Either their fertility rates was quite low or their mortality rates were quite high (or both).el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-38620233902869759042009-04-15T07:56:00.001-04:002009-04-15T07:56:00.001-04:00I just skimmed Duke's paper. It would take me sev...I just skimmed Duke's paper. It would take me several hours to really get into it and follow all his threads. But I think what he was saying was that the planet is restoring about 1/400 fossil fuels per year that humans are burning. But one has to bear in mind that only a small percentage of all bioproductivity, ancient or modern, is or was actually stored as fossil fuels. This is quite el gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-69140980390169133562009-04-15T07:56:00.000-04:002009-04-15T07:56:00.000-04:00"The Native Americans and other indigenous tribes ..."The Native Americans and other indigenous tribes in the Americas lived in harmony with the environment. Just a thought. "<br /><br />In the early years of colonialisation of NA, the settlers and missionaries had great respect for the natives, because they relied on their tolerance and advise for survival. The Jesuit missionaries have left considerable written records (many translated into Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-42710974616490129882009-04-15T07:06:00.000-04:002009-04-15T07:06:00.000-04:00Regardless of the failures of the UAW, the Proleta...Regardless of the failures of the UAW, the Proletariat has the power.<br />Brief (op-ed) history of unions and organized labor<br /><BR><A HREF="http://www.economicpopulist.org/?q=content/general-strike" REL="nofollow">The General Strike</A>Persephonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16990525279110502147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-63143392565612226192009-04-15T06:30:00.000-04:002009-04-15T06:30:00.000-04:00@Ilargi
Thank you for your response. I agree.
It ...@Ilargi<br />Thank you for your response. I agree.<br /><br />It seems that when humans attempt to control the environment (from Roman aqueducts, to Salk's immunizations, to cloud seeding) - Mother Nature has the last word. <br />Some societies had respect for the power of nature and lived by environmental justice (peppered with their own culling rituals).<br /><br />@snuffy:<br /><br />I 100% Persephonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16990525279110502147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-25137827126523299392009-04-15T02:43:00.000-04:002009-04-15T02:43:00.000-04:00I have a feeling that is exactly how it will shake...I have a feeling that is exactly how it will shake out here in America.Fast crash from a bug that whacks the electrical system,and banking...Voila!no bank problemos,,,keep a hard hand in a fist ready to "restore order"but in the mean while a whole lot of old folks,chronic illness types ,stupids and unlucky,as well as all those with the rambo ideas, all go not so gently [kicking and screaming]intoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-74364129422873699982009-04-15T01:39:00.000-04:002009-04-15T01:39:00.000-04:00Anon 1226,
How about 16,000,000? I suspect the ...Anon 1226,<br /> How about 16,000,000? I suspect the carrying capacity will actually prove to be a bit higher than 1/400th current world population, but it is an interesting thought all the same to relate energy availability directly to population. Will there even be any way to guess at that sort of thing once world population is less than 4 billion? I envision a cessation of accurate census EBrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894676347259218501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-76850215381538301952009-04-15T01:28:00.000-04:002009-04-15T01:28:00.000-04:00Are these the 10 ideas?
I Have A Meeting With Verm...Are these the 10 ideas?<br /><A HREF="http://goingtomontpelier.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow" TITLE="I Have A Meeting With Vermont's Lieutenant Governor Tomorrow ">I Have A Meeting With Vermont's Lieutenant Governor Tomorrow </A>jalnoreply@blogger.com