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There is Objective Reality, which scientists attempt to untangle for us. And then there is the Consensus Reality, which comprises the things which humans have agreed (consciously or not) to agree about. And far beyond that, somewhere within the confines of Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom, there is what Americans think is going on.
I'll jump to my conclusion today without preamble. The Human Experiment on Earth has failed. The jury is in, the verdict has been read. Planet Stupid? Bound for self-destruction? Guilty as charged on both counts. What does Objective Reality tell us in this case?
Mother Nature made a Big Mistake in the Pleistocene.
For those of you who do indeed have a clue about what's going on here on Planet Stupid, you have my complete sympathy and my condolences. Do the best you can here. Don't forget to have a good time on those rare occasions when life presents you with the opportunity to do so. Carpe Diem!
Some of you have children. Some of you may want to apologize to them now. Why wait?
More compelling evidence that the Human Experiment has failed comes to us in the latest episode of ABC's This Week with host George Stephanopoulis. As you know, Americans think that global warming is a political issue which everybody gets to have an opinion about. A subset of them think there are easy political solutions to the problem. These latter blame the others for their denial and obstinacy.
Conservative pundit George Will, also known here on DOTE as The Bowtie Of Understanding, believes he knows why the United States has been plagued with extreme weather events this year. In a word—
Summer!
But do not focus solely on George's happy view. The entire roundtable discussion is too ridiculous to ridicule.
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mcgowanjm posted on 2012-07-10 10:33:39 ET Reply Trace Private Reply Edit
TWO really good comments on the DeclineoftheEmpire article:
That poll is amazing; 35% of respondents trust what scientists (presumably, climate scientists) say about global warming "a little or not at all". Only 26% trust what they say "completely or a lot".
Planet stupid, indeed.
Posted by: Mike Roberts | 07/09/2012 at 07:09 PM Anywhere But Here Is Better
This life starts with stupid pain (eviction via the stupidly narrow birth canal). It continues with stupid pain throughout childhood (from crying for more stupid milk to fighting stupid turf wars with parents and siblings to side-stepping truly stupid bullies in the school yard). Painful stupid adolescence kicks you in the balls or tries to barnstorm your vagina, depending on gender and orientation. Adulthood brings pain on a whole new stupid level (from unrequited stupid love to stupidly unfulfilled sexual desire to thwarted stupid ambition). Stupid middle age brings angst, disappointment and growing despair beyond any measure of stupidity. Then old age creeps up on you like a thief with any number of stupid additional dollops of pain (onset of organ failure, decrepitude, senility and spectating as your contemporaries peg it one by one).
Occasional microseconds of joy convince you not to fall accidentally under a train, such as a particularly fine orgasm or a slice of warm chocolate fudge cake or listening to the Ozric Tentacles on headphones in a darkened room. (I recommend the latter as an instant brain repair should you accidentally catch more than five seconds of imbecilic Fox News while channel hopping.)
Yes, I would add it all up and come to the same conclusion as you have Dave, albeit from a slightly different direction. It's just plain stupid, this thing called human life. The pain it inflicts on stupidly sentient us just ain't worth it. And if there was an almighty god in whose image we were made, I'd have just one message to deliver at those pearly gates, en route to my preferred final destination called Oblivion.
"God," I'd intone, calm as a dead parrot in a comedy sketch, "you're fired."
MY EDIT:
The above is EXACTLY why HEAVEN &HELL are here & right now.
And Neither is a Permanent condition unless you WILL IT....;}
Posted by: Anywhere But Here Is Better | 07/09/2012 at 08:29 PM T E Cho
It's gettin worser faster now ...
There WILL be an AHA point of realization, a tipping point of ' wow, this really is for real ' . What will be the reaction then? There's got to be some historical precedents. Perhaps most of humanity is in the 'denial' stage of denial-> anger -> depression -> acceptance . The anger is next, what will that be like?
The predictions are wars over water, ESP when a country dams up rivers for their own use, depriving downstream countries of water. African govts damming the Nile, India and Pakistan,Bangladesh, to name 2 areas ripe for conflict.
And this doesnt count the other looming disasters Dave has detailed, ocean acidification, methane from arctic regions, economies worsening, political polarization, obesity/health epidemics, middle class powerlessness, etc. Etc. And water is need for food irrigation, wait till that hits the fan. All the while floods of refugees.
It's beginning to look like an Armageddon, a disaster of biblical proportions, 'myth' becomes reality.
Probably before the end of next year there'll be so much bad news, Dave won't even be able to keep up. He's practically having difficulty now, as he has hinted at. An embarrassment of riches of bad news. No disrespect intended.
So the focus will shift from what will the next 20-40 years look like to what will the next 5 - 15 years look like. Or a shorter time frame even. And the focus will keep getting shorter and shorter.
My $0.02 . But when the US military/ intelligence briefings/predictions begin to sound like something from Revelation, you know we are in for one hell of a ride.
Post Tue Jul 10, 2012 10:35 am by mcgowanjm And the thing about Wall St City folks.
Tyler Durden wrote: MF Global 2 is now official. At least one can never accuse ex-Goldmanite, and current head of the CFTC Gary Gensler, as being behind the curve:
* U.S. COMMODITIES REGULATOR SUES PEREGRINE FINANCIAL GROUP * FIRM HAS $200 MILLION CUSTOMER FUND `SHORTFALL', CFTC SAYS * CFTC LAWSUIT FILED ONE DAY AFTER FIRM ANNOUNCES NFA PROBE
Hopefully, the CFTC's now meaningless action will help all those farmers whose money has just vaporized. Luckily, they can make it all up on record corn profits.
If there's a market, you can't grow it.
If you can grow it, there is no market.
Farmers have lost their positions, moneys, and can only continue to pretend that they're farming USDA REQUIRES adding inputs to crop even if the crop is totaled ALL THE WAY to HARVESTING nubbin' stalks.... :twisted: :roll: :shock: :? 8-)
A rough calculation based on 2012 BP Statistical Review data indicates that the combination of the EU-27, the United States, and Japan spent a little over $1 trillion dollars in oil imports in 2011–roughly the same amount as in 2008. Governments have been running up huge deficits and have been keeping interest rates very low to cover up this damage, but it is hard to make this strategy work. The deficit soon becomes unmanageable, as the PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Spain) countries in Europe have recently been recently been discovering. The US government is facing automatic spending cuts, as of January 2, 2013, because of its continuing deficits.
Anyone paying attention @ Economic Undertow is familiar with Gail’s argument: the same high price of crude oil that unravels the waste-based economy is the price needed to bring new oil to markets. Here is another economic paradox: we burn value so as to ‘afford’ more value to burn. This is as pointlessly counterproductive as burning gold.
Fuel, Money, Climate … Posted on July 10, 2012 by steve from virginia
“The core of the Eurozone does not want to take on the credit risk involved in any variance of credit mutualization … you will have a worse crisis, not six months from now but another, bigger crisis in the next two-weeks … It’s a perfect storm … you could have a collapse of the Eurozone, a US double-dip, a hard-landing of China, a hard-landing of emerging markets and war in the Middle East …”
The Plan was rolled out.....takes 90 days for the state to position forces, gear up for battle.... that lasts 12 hours..... :twisted:
July 9 (Bloomberg) -- The worst U.S. drought since Ronald Reagan was president is withering the world’s largest corn crop, and the speed of the damage may spur the government to make a record cut in its July estimate for domestic inventories.
Tumbling yields will combine with the greatest-ever global demand to leave U.S. stockpiles on Sept. 1, 2013, at 1.216 billion bushels (30.89 million metric tons), according to the average of 31 analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. That’s 35 percent below the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s June 12 forecast, implying the biggest reduction since at least 1973. The USDA updates its harvest and inventory estimates July 11."
[quote]USDA’s next report on the corn and soybean crop will be Wednesday morning. At 7:30 Central time this morning, the July Supply and demand report will be released, but may say more about demand than the supply. USDA will not measure the crops in the field until the first of August and release that estimate on August 10. While everyone will be expecting USDA to reduce its 166 bushel per acre estimate for the 2012 corn crop, the July report traditionally does not contain any significant adjustments.
While there is little doubt the 166 bushel figure is no longer considered valid, the USDA might reduce it several bushels, but certainly not down to the 145 to 150 bushel range currently being traded by the grain market. A two or three bushel drop by USDA would be considered rather bearish, even though it may not be considered news for more than a couple minutes.
The market is expecting USDA to place the average yield at 154 bushels per acre. The average trade guess for old crop corn carryout is 840 million bushels at the end of August. The new crop corn carryout has a wide range of guesses, but the average is 1.23 billion bushels, down from June’s 1.88 billion. The market is expecting USDA to estimate the new soybean crop at 42.3 bushels per acre. For the 2011 soybean carryout the average guess is 170 million bushels. The new crop soybean carryout average is at 134 million bushels for new crop. [/quote]
As far as the eye can see.....but by then it will be way too late to matter.....071012..... :roll: :shock: :twisted:
[quote]The Dust Bowl drought period lasted from 1932 until 1939. Imagine seasons-long heat waves and continuous droughts from now until 2020 across the US.[/quote]
The USSA will have collapsed......less than 8 years.
071012.....USSA admits man made climate change.....about 30 years too late..... :? 8-)
Nexum was a debt bondage contract in the early Roman Republic. ... Under the nexum contract, a free man became a bond slave, or nexus, until he could pay ...
EROEI effectively determines what is and is not an energy source for a given society (ie to maintain a given level of socioeconomic complexity). Unconventional fossil fuels are caught in a paradox - that their EROEI is too low for them to sustain a society complex enough to produced them.
They can only be produced for the relatively short period of time that the complex society built on conventional sources continues to maintain its current capacities, but as the conventional sources disappear, and that society can no longer support itself, the ability to undertake all the activities required for unconventional production will be lost. The hype has no foundation."
Nexum was a debt bondage contract in the early Roman Republic. ... Under the nexum contract, a free man became a bond slave, or nexus, until he could pay ...
Any questions...........BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....8D
Obama was given Super Mandate and the First thing he did?
A new entry to add to you. You said you are a faggot, muslim stinky hippy. Now add liar.
Obama never reached out on anything. He was only elected because he wasn't Bush. No one really likes him. Especially Real Americans. You know the white guys plus some others.
Obama was given Super Mandate and the First thing he did?
A new entry to add to you. You said you are a faggot, muslim stinky hippy. Now add liar.
Obama never reached out on anything. He was only elected because he wasn't Bush. No one really likes him. Especially Real Americans. You know the white guys plus some others.
BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You missed 'poor'. But you zioFundy's always do....;}
For those that have vowed to lose weight in 2009, try this if you wind up fatter than ever .... Ted Kennedy, endorsed and campaigned for Obama over Clinton - who is .... I'm not sure an adoring press is good for Obama right now as expectations are ...... out to Democrats, so he likely has the better argument for bi-partisnaship.
Oct 10, 2008 – He's said many times that he wants to reach across the aisle, and ..... I'm glad Obama's daring him to say it to his face, because that puts McCain in a box. .... "The first rule is to have an untroubled spirit. ...... And the big fool says to march on. .... And bi-partisnaship is going to be the large ingredient that we'll ...
Sweet fuckin baby hesus.....page after page.....and you called me a liar on it.....;}
Read 'em and weap....
IMAO » Blog Archive » The Obama Report Part I www.imao.us/index.php/2008/11/the-obama-report-part-i/Cached You +1'd this publicly. Undo Nov 8, 2008 – Which, when translated by President Elect Obama meant, “I will work in the spirit of bipartisanship to forge a new Washington and reach across ...
By Bill Schneider CNN Senior Political Analyst | February 13, 2009 ... to act, and I hope they act in a bipartisan fashion," President Obama said when he went ... "All the talk about bipartisanship that we have heard over the last several months ... with members of Congress ready to reach across the aisle and "budge on some ...
02 | September | 2011 | The Domino Theory by Jeff Winbush http://jeffwinbush.com/2011/09/02/
Sep 2, 2011 – A funny thing happened on the way to President Obama's big jobs address ... that many Congressional Republicans supported in 2009 but oppose now ... I'm not exactly sure how Obama can command the respect that is due him ... to reach across the aisle in the spirit of bipartisan bullshit, I'll retch and be ... # Can Obama Get Off the Mat? | The Domino Theory by Jeff Winbush jeffwinbush.com/2011/09/0...ma-get-off-the-mat/Cached
Sep 2, 2011 – A funny thing happened on the way to President Obama's big jobs address ... that many Congressional Republicans supported in 2009 but oppose now ... I'm not exactly sure how Obama can command the respect that is due him ... to reach across the aisle in the spirit of bipartisan bullshit, I'll retch and be ... # Aides: Obama Hasn't Been Rewarded For Reaching Across The Aisle www.huffingtonpost.com/20...nt-been-re_n_166...Cached
Feb 13, 2009 – 02:57 AM on 02/14/2009 ... I'm turned off by CNN anyways. ... Obama's continued effort to "reach across the aisle" will have a double effect in the long run. Firstly, over time the spirit of true bipartisanship will become more of a reality ..... Should the Republicans continue their self inflicted death death march?
Media Mourns Lugar Loss as a 'Tragic' Blow to 'Bipartisanship ... newsbusters.org › Blogs › Geoffrey Dickens's blogCached You +1'd this publicly. Undo May 9, 2012 – Will Media Fact Checkers Find Obama's 'Outspent' Underdog Whoppers In Ohio? ... Right now reaching across the aisle to try to solve a problem is a ... Coming up what happens to Republicans who don't march to the right wing tune? .... I was probably clutching my guns and religion at the time but I'm ...
Bitter Analysis: Examples of Obama's Bipartisanship bitteranalysis.blogspot.c...ipartisanship.ht...Cached You +1'd this publicly. Undo Jun 20, 2008 – Obama's bipartisan efforts while in the Illinois Senate: .... THEN I'd say you are reaching across the aisle bravely in the spirit of bi-partisanship.
Jul 26, 2010 – ... civil action in January 2009, then dismissed for two of the three defendants the following May. ... Judiciary Committee Republicans, I'm willing to bet, know this. .... Isn't that why we voted for Obama in the first place? ... and Republicans pay to "bipartisanship" and "reaching across the aisle", ..... March 2009 ...
Do you think Obama has done a good job of being bipartisan ... answers.yahoo.com › ... › All Categories › Politics & Government › Politics
20 answers - Oct 28, 2009 Member since: July 13, 2009; Total points: 182 (Level 1) ... I have faith in the American spirit and the will of the true American people - yes there ... Yah, that's Obama's effort to reach across the aisle. ... So, I'm not sure there is any bipartisanship .... Member since: March 10, 2007; Total points: 15470 (Level 6) ...
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by Brian Morton | February 12, 2009 - 10:05am. Barack Obama, in a spirit of bipartisanship, reached across the aisle and extended a hand. .... They are promoting fascism and continue to march down that path right this minute, with ... Like you, I'm hoping that the worst aspects of humans will be put to rest, but I don't think the ...
Obama was given Super Mandate and the First thing he did?
A new entry to add to you. You said you are a faggot, muslim stinky hippy. Now add liar.
Obama never reached out on anything. He was only elected because he wasn't Bush. No one really likes him. Especially Real Americans. You know the white guys plus some others.
BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You missed 'poor'. But you zioFundy's always do....;}
Name the lie......and be specific.......;}
So.....a week after the election Obama rols out his Military/Finance
picks and bush43 would've chosen no differently....;}
Then......after a SUPER MANDATE.....can you even imagine what the GOP would've done with that!!!!!!!!!!??????????....;}
The VERY FIRST thing after setting up the Command Economy and Expanded Wars for the Jews was .......
wait ....for....it.....
WE NEED MORE BIPARTISANSHIP IN WASHINGTON......BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....
But, if I remember correctly, the foundational tenet of central planning in a Communist system is, "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need" - the economic version of the Golden Rule. Is that what we see happening here? That's not what I see happening... I see the central authorities bending over backwards to take what people can no longer afford to give and giving it to those who are never satisfied with what they have."
15 enemy vehicles destroyed in attack on convoy Qari Yousuf Ahmadi E-mail Print PDF Friday, 23 Sya'ban 1433 Friday, 13 July 2012 11:30
FARAH, Jul. 13 – 12 large logistical, 1 escort security and 2 loader vehicles were destroyed while 1 escort security guard was killed and 4 others wounded when Mujahideen waylaid the enemy convoy this morning at 10:00 am in Khalifa Khelo area of Bakwa district.
Mujahideen kill 25 security guards, hurt 26 in Wardak; 24 fuel and supply trucks eliminated Zabihullah Mujahid E-mail Print PDF Thursday, 22 Sya'ban 1433 Thursday, 12 July 2012 16:43
WARDAK, July 12 – Twenty five including 15 escort security guards 4, puppets soldiers (ANA) and 6 drivers were killed and 26 security guards, soldiers and drivers were wounded on Thursday as a result of Mujahideen three separate onslaughts on the US-NATO fuel and supply convoys in Wardak province.
Bankers also respond to strong dis-incentives, and will alter their behavior if those rules are enforced. For example, fraud and inordinate risk-taking on Wall Street would all but disappear if We The People carried out a few televised public executions, making sure to precede them with lots of very painful torture.
However, the liberal economist would be upset by the uncivilized lengths we might go to to discourage further rip-offs of American citizens. He believes in the rule of law and due process. Unfortunately, once again, these civilized procedures do not apply to Wall Street bankers, who own (or rent) the people who might bring them to swift justice.
Diogenes of Sinope, also known as Diogenes the Cynic, lived in 4th century B.C.E. and died in Corinth in 323.
Diogenes is especially scornful of sophisms. He disproves an argument that a person has horns by touching his forehead, and in a similar manner, counters the claim that there is no such thing as motion by walking around...
Diogenes’ talent for undercutting social and religious conventions and subverting political power can tempt readers into viewing his position as merely negative. This would, however, be a mistake. Diogenes is clearly contentious, but he is so for the sake of promoting reason and virtue. In the end, for a human to be in accord with nature is to be rational, for it is in the nature of a human being to act in accord with reason.
[My note: I'm afraid Diogenes has got this last part exactly backwards. Otherwise we are in complete agreement.]
Diogenes has trouble finding such humans, and expresses his sentiments regarding his difficulty theatrically. He is reported to have lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about—
I am searching for a human being
(Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book 6, Chapter 41).
He does not back down, especially when he knows he's right.....;}
"by Jason Ditz, July 12, 2012 Print This | Share This
The Russian cargo ship the Alaed has left Russian waters again on an attempt to deliver refurbished Syrian helicopters back to the Syrian military. The last shipping attempt failed after British officials, under US pressure, forced the revocation of their insurance.
The Alaed had been a Curucao-flagged ship, and British officials made a big deal of having given serious consideration to launching a naval attack on the ship ......
.....This time, things are different. The ship has been reflagged as a Russian ship and while still traveling as a private vessel it is trailing not far behind a flotilla of Russian naval ships headed to the same area on a “training” operation. Being a Russian-flagged ship removes the insurance obstacle, and the close proximity of the flotilla presumably will prevent Britain from giving serious consideration to attacking it when it gets close to British waters......;}
I see the central authorities bending over backwards to take what people can no longer afford to give and giving it to those who are never satisfied with what they have.
And in related news, Customer Dodged Bullet, Tranferred Account From MF Global Just Before It Collapsed (wait for it) and put it into PFGBest, where it is now being liquidated/frozen.
Sorry but that's just way too funny....in a very sick way.....;}
I see the central authorities bending over backwards to take what people can no longer afford to give and giving it to those who are never satisfied with what they have.
And in related news, Customer Dodged Bullet, Tranferred Account From MF Global Just Before It Collapsed (wait for it) and put it into PFGBest, where it is now being liquidated/frozen.
Sorry but that's just way too funny....in a very sick way.....;}
mcgowanjm posted on 2012-07-13 9:56:16 ET Reply Trace Private Reply Edit #503. To: All (#0)
13 July 2012 Note From Europe: Spain Has Its 'Let Them Eat Cake" Moment
Here is a note from a friend about a news item that seem to have not penetrated the Anglo-American news media yet.
When the Prime Minister said that they must cut benefits to Spain's unemployed, Miss Fabra was caught on video shouting, "Screw them."
It appears that the damage control groups are now trying to spin this that Miss Fabra was not saying 'screw them' to the unemployed, which is who the Prime Minister was talking about, but rather the Socialists, who favor things like benefits for the unemployed."
They really can't help themselves.
Self Destruction is just built in to their gene pool....;}
mcgowanjm posted on 2012-07-13 10:22:01 ET Reply Trace Private Reply Edit #504. To: All (#503) (Edited)
Translation Note:
Que se jodan directly translates to 'fu ck you/them'.
Big difference....;}
or Better....and the great thing about the word 'Fu ck' is that Everyone Immediately knows EXACTLY what you meant.....;}
A Print Chatter discussion: f**k them all! ... on announcing unemployment benefit cuts, Andrea Fabra is reported to have shouted “Que se jodan” (“f**k them!
Andrea Fabra, Deputy PP (Spain), clapping and yelling “Fuck them” when Rajoy (Prime Minister ) announced the cut in unemployment. Andrea Fabra, Diputada ...
QUE SE JODAN :!: LMFAO..... :twisted:
Better translation:
"Fuck them All :!: "
The Very same message being given World wide to the Bottom 99%..... :twisted: :? 8-)
After the collapse of MF Global, the C.F.T.C. ordered a review of all futures firms to ensure the safety of customer money. The N.F.A. gave Peregrine a clean bill of health in January.
CBC: For Past 30 Years Most Economic Gains Have Gone to Top One Percent
"Over the past 30 years, the benefits of economic growth in Canada, the US and much of the rest of the world, have gone increasingly to the top one percent of the population.
QUE SE JODAN :!: :!: :!: :twisted: :x :lol: :shock: :? 8-)
After the Tucker evidence I posted again to say ‘yesterday’s Tucker Treat was simply unbelievable’. Now the Post’s well-crafted, sourced and fully-documented piece confirms it.
And there will be more to come today: The New York Fed that Timmy led between until 2008 is to publish ‘dozens of implicatory documents’ this afternoon GMT. Says my trusty New York source, “We’re talking trillions of dollars in money rates here. I hear that several of the papers, emails and letters show conclusively that Geithner’s Fed knew about Libor dishonesty by 2007 at the latest.”
