tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post830603732201514577..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: Debt Rattle, December 3 2008: It's Not A "Slow Down", BarackIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-11114222042687380282008-12-04T15:38:00.000-05:002008-12-04T15:38:00.000-05:00justjohnon the BDI - that what i get from itMrMoto...justjohn<BR/><BR/>on the BDI - that what i get from it<BR/><BR/>MrMotoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-11020160420003779662008-12-04T14:41:00.000-05:002008-12-04T14:41:00.000-05:00Am I misunderstanding item 4 in Dan's main article...Am I misunderstanding item 4 in Dan's main article: "...A 90+% drop in just 6 months means ships are not moving goods because the ship-owners cannot make a profit in doing so. As such, much needed bulk commodities (wheat, steel, etc.) are not being shipped to market.."<BR/><BR/>The way I understood it, the index has dropped because ships aren't in demand. While shipping costs have declined such Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-29904070396451262422008-12-04T14:02:00.000-05:002008-12-04T14:02:00.000-05:00Many Canadians are just discovering that their sys...Many Canadians are just discovering that their system of government wasn't completely or accurately described by reruns of The West Wing.<BR/><BR/>Welcome to a Westminster Parliament - it seems to have more ways to govern and ungovern that a federal state does.<BR/><BR/>(Isn't Pro Rogue just a politician's job description?)The Lizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044779666881689690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-51435069332411412272008-12-04T13:58:00.000-05:002008-12-04T13:58:00.000-05:00anonymous at 12:40and thanks for the reminder- our...anonymous at 12:40<BR/><BR/>and thanks for the reminder<BR/><BR/>- our strengths are also our weaknesses<BR/><BR/>MrMotoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-71593988335401630692008-12-04T13:44:00.000-05:002008-12-04T13:44:00.000-05:00scandia said...Harper wins round one. I feel so si...<I>scandia said...<BR/>Harper wins round one. I feel so sick...here we are out on the stormy seas and there is no skipper on board.</I><BR/><BR/>I think the Liberals and NDP might have won too, as they don't really want to be in charge right now. If one of the Big 3 collapses before Jan 20 as Ilargi predicts, Canadian politicians will be able to join in on the ensuing blame game. The coalition Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-84573797405669174032008-12-04T13:30:00.000-05:002008-12-04T13:30:00.000-05:00with no skipper we may be washed upon the rocks bu...<I>with no skipper we may be washed upon the rocks but then again we won't be steered upon the rocks</I><BR/><BR/>Alas, the rudderman is steering a paper boat.Farmerodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03492165772535123915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-84692644011453810352008-12-04T12:56:00.000-05:002008-12-04T12:56:00.000-05:00Found this link:Web of Debt BlogFound this link:<BR/><A HREF="http://webofdebt.wordpress.com/" REL="nofollow"><BR/>Web of Debt Blog<BR/></A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-84460994512327258122008-12-04T12:50:00.000-05:002008-12-04T12:50:00.000-05:00ScandiaLook on the bright side - all kinds of Cana...Scandia<BR/><BR/>Look on the bright side - <BR/><BR/>all kinds of Canadians learned a new word - PROROGUE<BR/><BR/>with no skipper we may be washed upon the rocks but then again we won't be steered upon the rocks<BR/><BR/>anonymous at 12:40<BR/>indeed it does <BR/><BR/>MrMotoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-9077201965424993172008-12-04T12:48:00.000-05:002008-12-04T12:48:00.000-05:00Slumlord said..."I started a garden in 2005 and ha...<I> Slumlord said...<BR/>"I started a garden in 2005 and have been expanding it each year since. My approach combines short term and highly productive crops such as potatoes with a long-term strategy that I hope will pay off. ..."<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>It seems like a good idea to produce some food on your own. If the ag system is as fragile as the finance system you may need the food!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-3796348829519023522008-12-04T12:40:00.000-05:002008-12-04T12:40:00.000-05:00"Praise the lord and pass the koolaid. - MrMoto"..."Praise the lord and pass the koolaid. - MrMoto"<BR/><BR/>Tuttavia, si muove.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-62614108613784243232008-12-04T12:17:00.000-05:002008-12-04T12:17:00.000-05:00Harper wins round one. I feel so sick...here we ar...Harper wins round one. I feel so sick...here we are out on the stormy seas and there is no skipper on board.scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-17188996414988362622008-12-04T11:18:00.000-05:002008-12-04T11:18:00.000-05:00"HOT AIR" and the book with a number is clearly vi..."HOT AIR" and the book with a number is clearly visible on Global TV rerun of the news. <BR/><BR/>I bet that nobody would have ever dreamt that Canadian politics could be so much fun. hehehhe <BR/>"Only in Canada"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-80294590942302722552008-12-04T11:13:00.000-05:002008-12-04T11:13:00.000-05:00While I'm on a roll here - Reactions to DanW's spi...While I'm on a roll here - <BR/><BR/>Reactions to DanW's spiel<BR/><BR/>1) move along now - nothing new here<BR/>2) this reminds me of the incessant droning by Gail the Actuary over at TOD<BR/>3)Flashbacks to when the kids that got the gold stars were the ones that did the best job of parroting the teachers words.<BR/><BR/>Now I know this sounds like an overly harsh personal attack on DanW but Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-74114008952094861612008-12-04T11:04:00.000-05:002008-12-04T11:04:00.000-05:00www.afr.com, offers another excellent perspective ...<I>www.afr.com, offers another excellent perspective on global business issues</I><BR/><BR/>OK, I need a tech geek to tell me how I can copy text from that site.Farmerodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03492165772535123915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-85979858914998205212008-12-04T10:36:00.000-05:002008-12-04T10:36:00.000-05:00Uncertain,Excellent comments! Thanks.Kerrysl, ple...Uncertain,<BR/><BR/>Excellent comments! Thanks.<BR/><BR/>Kerrysl, please use reason and research the topic of climate change thoroughly. The world scientific community has reached a consensus on this topic. There is no question that human-induced catastrophic climate change is a reality.<BR/><BR/>AhimsaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-33361317950465927482008-12-04T09:48:00.000-05:002008-12-04T09:48:00.000-05:00Dion Video HackOK last post on this - I promise.Th...Dion Video Hack<BR/><BR/>OK last post on this - I promise.<BR/><BR/>There really is a book 'Hot Air' – actually many but this one could indeed be on Dion's bookshelf.<BR/>Hot Air: Meeting Canada's Climate Change Challenge by<BR/>by Jeffrey Simpson (Author), Mark Jaccard (Author), Nic Rivers (Author) <BR/>It makes perfect sense that Dion would have read this and may have it on his bookshelf. StillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-56001681707235123062008-12-04T09:30:00.000-05:002008-12-04T09:30:00.000-05:00Mr. MotoThe following is far more operationally a...Mr. Moto<BR/><BR/>The following is far more operationally accurate aphorisms than the ones you presented,<BR/><BR/><BR/>1) "Never ascribe to incompetence, that which can be explained by malice." <BR/>2) "Any sufficiently advanced form of malice is indistinguishable from stupidity."<BR/><BR/>I read somewhere that over 50% of all USA federal prosecutions were for conspiracy to commit a crime. Yetel gallinazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642036843036726232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-81317329687136574702008-12-04T08:54:00.000-05:002008-12-04T08:54:00.000-05:00Dion Video HackOK so it's the next day and I d...Dion Video Hack<BR/><BR/>OK so it's the next day and I don't see anything in the media about this hack. Just got up though.<BR/>Last night there were a lot comments on the Globe & Mail site about the poor quality and a few people picked up on the 'Hot Air' thing but I didn't see anything about a hack.<BR/><BR/>Today there is a CP video of the speech on the Toronto Star Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-36671216097902862602008-12-04T08:31:00.000-05:002008-12-04T08:31:00.000-05:00Scandia,Yes, that one is a spoof. In some ways rea...Scandia,<BR/><BR/>Yes, that one is a spoof. In some ways reality is not much less unbelievable though.Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-16916878024803219052008-12-04T07:49:00.000-05:002008-12-04T07:49:00.000-05:00Pirates investing in Citigroup is a joke, right?So...Pirates investing in Citigroup is a joke, right?<BR/>So many unexpected things happening( add Mr. Moto's comments on the Dion tape)it is difficult to sort truth from fantasy.scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-31599074449709731602008-12-04T04:01:00.000-05:002008-12-04T04:01:00.000-05:00For the record, this is my first post to TAE even ...For the record, this is my first post to TAE even though I have been following Ilargi and Stoneleigh since their days on The Oil Drum.<BR/><BR/>Greg-<BR/><BR/>I started a garden in 2005 and have been expanding it each year since. My approach combines short term and highly productive crops such as potatoes with a long-term strategy that I hope will pay off. Specifically, I am counting on climate Slumlordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07339711660012342458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-40631915642021929092008-12-04T02:59:00.000-05:002008-12-04T02:59:00.000-05:00Re just the common sense approach, here's how I pr...Re just the common sense approach, here's how I prefer to look at it: rephrase the question:<BR/><BR/>Why would burning about 1/2 the world's entire supply of fossil fuels in about 200 years NOT alter our environment? It's patently absurd to ever have posed the question in any other way.<BR/><BR/>Re the understanding and history: CO2 emissions were I believe first noted to be rising around 1900, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-51874684531076696402008-12-04T02:18:00.000-05:002008-12-04T02:18:00.000-05:00Sorry, I just read the post I wrote and there's a ...Sorry, I just read the post I wrote and there's a nasty sentence in the middle of the paragraph.<BR/><BR/>I meant to say that some back in the early 90s some alert scientists were ringing the alarm bells. There's a heck of a lot more support for their concerns today than there was back then. Looks like they were right to sound the alarm when they did, not that it did much good.EBrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894676347259218501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-73195608868629960812008-12-04T02:15:00.000-05:002008-12-04T02:15:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.EBrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894676347259218501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-12764761408286596002008-12-04T02:14:00.000-05:002008-12-04T02:14:00.000-05:00Kerrysl, I have only one quick point to add to th...Kerrysl,<BR/> I have only one quick point to add to the list that 'Uncertain' threw your way. I wonder, how long ago you read anything in depth on climate change? I have an intelligent cousin who decided to be skeptical of climate change back in 10th grade because her intelligent, well read chemistry teacher was skeptical. My cousin read little bit here and there and decided that skepticism EBrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894676347259218501noreply@blogger.com