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The Modern Art of Cluelessness
2009-04-06 00:38:00 Worth a repeat here, The Modern Art Of Cluelessness Fits right in with my latest themes / rants right here. We need an international Declaration of Independence. We need a charter that says, ?I will fight in no more wars for vampire corporations that have been dressed up in patriotism and duty?. ?I will no longer buy ... More About: Collapse , General , Modern Art
Wilkins Ice Shelf Bridge Collapses
2009-04-05 19:45:00 Ice Shelf Bridge Collapse s And on the other end of the world, Arctic Meltdown Is A Threat To Humanity More About: Environment , General
More Detroit Doom
2009-04-05 19:26:00 Yet another article on Detroit , or rather Michigan: Leaving Michigan Behind: Eight-year population exodus staggers state Please read the article first before you read my words of disagreement. I don’t agree with the notion that the State is “losing” anything. Or that the State even has a right to anything. The lost revenue was never ... More About: Collapse , General , Doom
Jobless Rate in Mendota, 41%
2009-04-03 18:22:00 This article has it all: staggering levels of unemployment, drought, no food production, immigration, poverty, failing businesses, hungry children. Jobless Rate in Mendota, 41% But what I found most interesting was the comments posted on this article. Ignorant blame is placed on immigration, or environmental laws, or democrats, or anything but the real problem. Stupid ... More About: Collapse , General
Future Prep Alert!
2009-03-29 06:52:00 Current predictions by the world scientific community (most of them anyway) are that the world will experience increasing temperatures for the next several centuries. I do not know if anyone has done any work beyond 1,000 years, but of immediate and global concern is the temperature increases that are expected this century and what this is ... More About: General , Future , Alert , Prep
Why the End of America is Closer than You Think
2009-03-29 00:26:00 Doug sent me this link, Why the End of America is Closer than You Think This matches my own predictions of our future pretty well. More About: Collapse , General
Senate Passes Bill to Enslave 7 Million Americans
2009-03-25 18:05:00 I wish this were a joke, but it is not. Senate Rubber Stamps National Enslavement Bill The Senate last night rubber stamped a nightmare domestic draft bill that legislates mandatory national service and creates an ?army? of at least 7 million civilian enforcers working at the the behest of the government, while also containing ... More About: General , Tyranny , Americans , Million
Robots ?R Us
2009-03-24 07:29:00 Angie has done it again with another excellent post, The Coup Will Not Be Televised. I think she should have called this “Wake The Fuck Up“, as it goes right to the heart of the matter of what is wrong with us as a species and a civilization. Excellent work, I must say. The Winter Patriot ... More About: Robots , General
Amused To Death
2009-03-24 03:58:00 Doctor Doctor what is wrong with me This supermarket life is getting long What is the heart life of a colour TV What is the shelf life of a teenage queen Ooh western woman Ooh western girl News hound sniffs the air When Jessica Hahn goes down He latches on to that symbol Of detachment Attracted by the peeling away of feeling The celebrity ... More About: General , Death
Beach Front Property
2009-03-23 18:58:00 Climate Progress has an article on just how bad things are going to get, “Hell and High Water“. I suggest a careful reading of this article. This fully supports my own position stated here, Beyond The Point of No Return conclusion, although I don’t think they’ve dared let the proverbial cat out of the bag yet ... More About: Environment , Collapse , Beach , Property , General
Bad News Ahead
2009-03-22 18:43:00 There are two articles today that are very bad news for our financial future - Fed Planning 15-Fold Increase In US Monetary Base (link) This is a staggering devaluation of the US currency! It means that for every dollar in America in September 2008, the fed is going to created fourteen more of them! Recall the concerns of ... More About: News , General , Bad News , Ahead
Beyond The Point Of No Return
2009-03-21 17:56:00 [This is one of those data ‘points’ that supports my own position that our goose is cooked. Please see my final comments on the bottom - Admin] Beyond the Point of No Return by Ross Gelbspan It’s too late to stop climate change — so what do we do now? As the pace of global warming ... More About: Environment , Collapse , General
Royal Dutch Shell Stabs Renewable Energy
2009-03-21 16:45:00 More proof that we’ll keep doing all the wrong things: Shell Oil Abandons Renewable Energy This is the same company that made ‘obscene‘ profits on exploitation of the world’s energy supplies. You can get angry over this if you like, but this is what mega-corporations do, and this is what they’re all about. They’ll always chase the ... More About: Environment , General , Peak Oil , Dutch
The Big Takeover
2009-03-21 06:59:00 Lonewolf sent me this on this article, which is really a must read if you want to understand what has happened in the financial world: The Big Takeover Take the time and read every word of this very informative article. You’ll get a birds-eye view of the carnage that has been wrought by bankers, investment firms, ... More About: Collapse , General
Big Problems Ahead
2009-03-20 17:37:00 Big problems still ahead: Wheat Fungus Could Devastate Harvests. A bit more here, Wheat Fungus Threatens Global Crops. Could be a real biblical plague if they don’t get hold of this in time. I think this article is only right about one thing, and is the “crisis ahead”, but not about when. Growing world ... More About: Collapse , General , Problems , Ahead
Enraged
2009-03-17 17:10:00 “A tidal wave of public outrage over bonus payments swamped American International Group yesterday. Hired guards stood watch outside the suburban Connecticut offices of AIG Financial Products, the division whose exotic derivatives brought the insurance giant to the brink of collapse last year. Inside, death threats and angry letters flooded e-mail inboxes. Irate callers lit ... More About: General
Do You Really Know What?s Going On?
2009-03-13 20:40:00 This may seem like a rhetorical question, but the title says it all: Do you really know what’s going on? Several words come to mind right now: Media Spin, Downplay, Deception, Danger. The headlies are once again spinning the newz to suit the moment and the fleeting attention spans of Americants, but the reality remains ... More About: Collapse , General
What?s Dead
2009-03-05 19:06:00 From the Market Ticker: What’s Dead Just so you have a short list of what’s at stake if Washington DC doesn’t change policy here and now (which means before the collapse in equities comes, which could start as soon as today, if the indicators I watch have any validity at all. For what its worth, ... More About: Collapse , General
Nationalization of The Food Supply Begins
2009-03-05 03:43:00 More nationalization taking place: Venezuela Seizes American Food Giant A bit more on this can be found here: Chavez Tightens State Control I’m going to withhold my personal comments on this, just remember, I don’t write the news. Update: Argentina Plans To Take Control Of Grain Trade More About: Collapse , General
By 2100
2009-03-04 23:38:00 [James Hansen shares my own pessimism about our future, but unlike me, Hansen in a world-renown climate scientist. He’s one of the few “boldly honest” scientist speaking out today on the real severity of the problem. Many of the rest are still trying to weakly declare we’re not in this much trouble (yet). ... More About: Environment , Collapse , General
Imagine That
2009-03-03 06:57:00 I “thought” to write a quick entry on this blog on “contraction”, as this is now a global phenomena with terrifying repercussions (think havoc, homelessness and helplessness). But then I realized that I had already done so, many times and in ways that are shall we say, “interesting” because of their predictive accuracy. So here’s what ... More About: Collapse , General , Imagine
Let?s Go Out To Eat!
2009-03-03 02:28:00 NEW YORK?Drawn by a strange force they could neither resist nor describe, millions of Americans reportedly dropped what they were doing Tuesday and, acting as if by instinct alone, gathered into one massive nationwide breadline. According to witnesses, citizens across the country exited their homes in near unison, leaving behind growing stacks of bills, empty kitchen ... More About: General
Month 2 of 2009 - Accelerating Facts of Collapse Continues
2009-02-28 07:00:00 A state of emergency is declared in California, with an “official” unemployment rate over 10%, and tens of thousands of growing, desperate people maxing out services. I’ve often been accused (but almost never to my face) of exaggerating the reality of our collapse. Once again, I remind the entire reading world, I don’t write the ... More About: Environment , Collapse , Facts , General , Accelerating
Just How Bad Is It?
2009-02-25 00:14:00 [I refuse to let this blog completely die, so here is a tiny update - Admin] A few news clips: What do you think of being paid to pay off your credit card debt (so you can create more debt by buying an overpriced house)? The goal is to fatten up the tax rolls and keep ... More About: Collapse , General
Climate Change Means Global Famine
2009-02-22 05:18:00 Greenfyre has a good write-up on why climate change means global famine. Anyone who imagines that with climate change we will simply shift agriculture towards the poles probably does not even have house plants, much less a garden, and certainly knows little or nothing about agriculture or climate change. Put simply, these soils are total ... More About: Collapse , Climate Change , Climate , General , Change
The Future Of City Gardens and Big Business
2009-02-18 22:45:00 Community gardens bulldozed into dust: It’s called The Destruction of South Central Farmers and it demonstrates why short-term, profit-based thinking will ultimately destroy sustainable human life on our planet. Keep in mind what you are watching it the city of Los Angeles destroying a community garden plot. It’s like an apocalyptic future scene right out of ... More About: Business , Environment , Collapse , General , Future
The Coming Food Wars
2009-02-17 02:52:00 [This is one of those infrequent updates that I more or less promised I’d make. This is an issue that affects us all and should be aired (again) from time to time, especially in light of all the bad news we are receiving every day - Admin] There is a treatise over on the Ishmael ... More About: Environment , Collapse , Food , Wars , General
PsyOps - Mind Control In the 21st Century
2009-02-12 20:23:00 [I found this over on Great Linking For Peace Project. It’s important enough to post even though “I’m not here”. There are some very important points / techniques / methods shared which I hope you will take the time to fully read. My comments are in italicized brackets - Admin] This is a long long ... More About: Collapse , General , Mind , Mind Control , Control
The Final Word
2009-01-28 05:11:00 Quite a few readers have privately written to me, requesting that I explain my reasons for the blog shutdown, and to express their hope that I would resume writing on this blog. Some have actually plead with me to do so. First off, the food website remains open. I’m actually at a loss why ... More About: Collapse , General , Word , Final
2008 In Pictorial Review
More articles from this author:2009-01-02 04:30:00 Knowing how much Americants like pictures, I thought I’d post a few. Signs of the Times: More Signs of the Times: Our Future Expectations: The Only Brave Man in the world: And the Not So Brave: The Future Ex-Leader: Future Herr Leader’s Job Opportunities: And the Future Of Our Troops Occupations: More Signs of The Times: More Horseshit From American Corporations: American Dartboards of the Future: The ... More About: General , Pictorial , Review , 2008 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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