tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post7353365653682483917..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: January 18 2010: Where does your donation go?Ilargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-44083157876962300812010-01-21T05:29:33.320-05:002010-01-21T05:29:33.320-05:00A question to (US)TAErs.
Being from the UK it is ...A question to (US)TAErs.<br /><br />Being from the UK it is hard to gauge the social mood in the US, and I realise that it could swing wildly in a land so vast.<br />Is the election result (which is getting big coverage here) down to mostly<br />A. widespread rejection of the proposed healthcare reform, which, we are now being told is going to be seriously diluted.<br />B. Obama's unexpectedzanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15352619368764868819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-41330545320056366642010-01-20T23:12:22.899-05:002010-01-20T23:12:22.899-05:00@Stoneleigh
Thank you so very much for the talk i...@Stoneleigh<br /><br />Thank you so very much for the talk in Portland. My sparkled ears enjoyed every minute ;-) It was a pleasure to meet you.<br /><br />Many thanks to Kurt and Ann for hosting.<br /><br />Any plans of our getting our hands on a recording? <br /><br />Best regards and a safe journey home.<br />~lbLindaBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11866785649684395589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-16284819908971587982010-01-20T21:38:44.431-05:002010-01-20T21:38:44.431-05:00"An enthusiastic New Dealer, Johnson won reel...<i>"An enthusiastic New Dealer, Johnson won reelection to the House in 1938 and 1940, but was narrowly defeated in his 1941 bid for a Senate seat when his opponent stuffed the ballot box. The loss was instructive for the thirty-three year-old LBJ; the next time around it was Johnson who manipulated the votes. In 1948, Johnson won his race for the Senate by a mere eighty-seven votes against Jim Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17419179432204743768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-75127125645413408332010-01-20T21:33:55.569-05:002010-01-20T21:33:55.569-05:00@Mugabee, I don't watch the market daily but h...@Mugabee, I don't watch the market daily but had a peak this morning.It was diving and I wondered why. I usually check after 2P.M. to see if the usual rise begins. Yup. It always does and did again to-day.<br />What happens at 2P.M. that is so consistent?scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-19125948975336459062010-01-20T21:33:42.994-05:002010-01-20T21:33:42.994-05:00New post up.
Japan, China, Greece and Geithner
...New post up.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2010/01/january-20-2010-japan-china-greece-and.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Japan, China, Greece and Geithner</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br />.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-17339771752863411542010-01-20T21:20:35.715-05:002010-01-20T21:20:35.715-05:00I just saw Boone Pickens on TV.
He says natural g...I just saw Boone Pickens on TV.<br /><br />He says natural gas is the solution to our economic and national security problems. We've got 100 years worth of natural gas and if we convert our tractor trailer fleet to natural gas rather than gasoline, then we cut our oil consumption by 2.5 million barrels/day. New horizontal drilling technology opens up 1000's of new sites for nat. gas Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06407366038696294348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-15219706524498081472010-01-20T21:20:34.757-05:002010-01-20T21:20:34.757-05:00Greyzone said...
Snuffy, there is no better way. ...<i>Greyzone said... <br />Snuffy, there is no better way. Not within our lifetimes.<br /><br />Look at this:<br /><br />Global Population Growth Curve</i><br /><br />Ugh... can't open it. Is there a jpeg or pdf equivalent somewhere?soundOfSilencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13710900939537685362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-7824876261037229602010-01-20T20:48:32.101-05:002010-01-20T20:48:32.101-05:00Ilargi, Simply your best monologue ever.
January ...Ilargi, Simply your best monologue ever.<br /><br />January 18, 2010 11:25 PM<br /><br />Not THIS David said that.<br /><br />What David ARE you??Ventriloquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17710882943614273994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-14076899880871506162010-01-20T20:41:02.123-05:002010-01-20T20:41:02.123-05:00I agree with Amy. Exactly what is the point of th...I agree with Amy. Exactly what is the point of the intro? To demonstrate how his vision of the future, resplendent with the chaos that is projected, somehow should poison support for the completely terrified and displaced Haitians? Screw that and the intellectual high horse it road in on. So what if the military is there? There is no government, scores of thousands dead, a week of thirst, Wyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17639946106031416118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-47935253909861040562010-01-20T19:32:03.132-05:002010-01-20T19:32:03.132-05:00re: compensation rates:
it's the general expe...re: compensation rates:<br /><br />it's the general experience, across all disciplines, that it rarely works to ask a speaker/whatsit to set their own rates.<br /><br />Many will underprice themselves painfully- so they are still poor, and to the knowledgeable look like shoddy goods.<br /><br />You can, of course, scan the field and see what others charge. Even then- some expert advice couldGreenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-55854063075818809042010-01-20T18:12:32.324-05:002010-01-20T18:12:32.324-05:00Starcade,
So, it is your contention then that Rep...Starcade,<br /><br />So, it is your contention then that Republicans are such morally reprehensible people that they would participate in causing landslides and commit assault and battery on a woman getting on in years. I had no idea, to me they just seemed to be ignorant savages. :)<br /><br />In the interests of full disclosure, my ancestors were all Republicans and Whigs before that. I lasted Phlogiston Água de Beberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269917130349144430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-45469995928667713542010-01-20T17:57:07.053-05:002010-01-20T17:57:07.053-05:00Bay Tree Bookstore: You're right about the &q...Bay Tree Bookstore: You're right about the "suffering the military to eat the next day", but that will make for a rise of Kunstler's "corn-pone Hitler" who will see most of them who are in that situation dead -- and quickly!Starcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226367306835781483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-41821955801529214072010-01-20T17:53:39.249-05:002010-01-20T17:53:39.249-05:00Snuffy: I think it's clear that there is only...Snuffy: I think it's clear that there is only one solution, to TPTB: Cull the herd. And the day for that is coming real quick, for all the reasons you've said and others.<br /><br />I'm too dangerous to have a child -- both in my own mindset and in that I would impart to my child. You would not want me raising a kid, knowing what I know and seeing what I have seen.<br /><br />The Starcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226367306835781483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-75282728181223841362010-01-20T17:53:17.967-05:002010-01-20T17:53:17.967-05:00Why is it that so few articles/graphs show/mention...Why is it that so few articles/graphs show/mention global population above 6 billion people (a few state 6.5). According to the population clock, we passed 6.8 billion a little while ago, and we will be at 7 billion in 2 years. Everybody should be talking about 7 billion now...NZSanctuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06676287221558805541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-63234544795017180772010-01-20T17:36:07.681-05:002010-01-20T17:36:07.681-05:00I think you have to look at the possibility of a l...I think you have to look at the possibility of a landslide in November which throws Pelosi out of the Speaker's chair and an R into it.<br /><br />Last night showed that's very possible. At the rate things are going, the best Obummer can hope for is an LBJ position, but I'm thinking much more likely results point to the fate of Johnson's immediate predecessor.Starcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226367306835781483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-48782343424639580202010-01-20T17:30:34.571-05:002010-01-20T17:30:34.571-05:00The Onion News Service has uncovered some previous...The Onion News Service has uncovered some previously unreported <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/infograph/gods_wrath_according_to_pat" rel="nofollow">Attributions of Godly Wrath by Pat Robertson</a>.<br /><br />Also, this just in. On a dreary, here in Iowa anyway, afternoon a question that noone heretofore dared to ask has without warning appeared on that disreputable blog known as The Phlogiston Água de Beberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269917130349144430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-36743463070055906332010-01-20T17:25:52.427-05:002010-01-20T17:25:52.427-05:00@ Ilargi
Re: compensation
Perhaps Stoneleigh wil...@ Ilargi<br /><br />Re: compensation<br /><br />Perhaps Stoneleigh will tell us what such suitable compensation would be both for the lecture in person and for a digital version (possibly with slides). Amongst us, we may be able to identify a suitable venue where many more could attend. <br /><br />gg-minorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07538584920169603580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-5302466537924914102010-01-20T17:09:06.699-05:002010-01-20T17:09:06.699-05:00Mike, g et al
There are no New York dates set. Al...Mike, g et al<br /><br />There are no New York dates set. Alors, they'd have to be organized. First though, we need to find away to make sure Stoneleigh gets properly compensated, if only to make these things viable and possible in the first place. Similar considerations apply to making the text available digitally.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-32979732734765387612010-01-20T16:39:03.700-05:002010-01-20T16:39:03.700-05:00Dear Stonelady,
Is is possible for you to make y...Dear Stonelady, <br /><br />Is is possible for you to make your presentation text published here at the TAE?<br /><br />Or somehow downloadeable (sp?)?<br /><br />and I'm sure I'm not the only one who would be willing to pay you something for access to it. <br /><br />I'm sure you've thought of all this already!<br /><br />Peace,<br />ShambaShambahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074819389467884194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-41076020887383914232010-01-20T16:03:29.854-05:002010-01-20T16:03:29.854-05:00Mike wrote:
"I have Stoneleigh presentation ...Mike wrote:<br /><br />"I have Stoneleigh presentation envy.. any chance she will be coming to the New York Area this year?"<br /><br />Ditto.<br /><br />gg-minorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07538584920169603580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-75072691733546553972010-01-20T15:24:34.255-05:002010-01-20T15:24:34.255-05:00Mugabe, good observation.
I'm hoping that the...Mugabe, good observation.<br /><br />I'm hoping that the loss of the "Kenedy chair" by the Democrats will but the fear of removal into the Democrats. Making the credit crunch investigating committee into something more like the Pecora Commission would be a splendid start...pansceptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100759925727851708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-15696189280446346812010-01-20T15:21:05.719-05:002010-01-20T15:21:05.719-05:00I. M. Nobody said...
"VK,
Eric Sevaried once ...I. M. Nobody said...<br />"VK,<br />Eric Sevaried once said that the cause of problems was solutions. I believe he was right. I also believe that we got to be so good at, not to mention devoted to, the solving of problems that we solved ourselves right into the predicament."<br /><br />Yup. Too smart for our own britches. Rather than doing the sensible thing and stopping whatever is NZSanctuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06676287221558805541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-76070217814013607012010-01-20T14:52:03.175-05:002010-01-20T14:52:03.175-05:00Snuffy, there is no better way. Not within our lif...Snuffy, there is no better way. Not within our lifetimes.<br /><br />Look at this:<br /><br /><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Population_curve.svg" rel="nofollow">Global Population Growth Curve</a><br /><br />If that doesn't make clear the situation in which our species finds itself, then there is no way to discuss this further with you (or anyone else who refuses Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-17858261483216806752010-01-20T14:37:22.820-05:002010-01-20T14:37:22.820-05:00While the few private individuals have done what t...While the few private individuals have done what they could to help Haitians long before now, that early effort will never be an accomplishment of the human herd in general.Bigelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883913065391637120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-83895201425482023722010-01-20T14:25:19.469-05:002010-01-20T14:25:19.469-05:00Mugabe said...
MSM reports of the daily catalysts...Mugabe said...<br /><i><br />MSM reports of the daily catalysts for market movements are usually dubious or random.<br /></i><br />Certainly. Aren't market reporters in the same bind as, for instance, theatrical or literary critics? They are required to write or say something, whether they understand it or not.Phlogiston Água de Beberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269917130349144430noreply@blogger.com