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 Topic: losing faith in free markets? |
chrispi
Replies: 43
Views: 1412
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 Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:13 pm Subject: Re: losing faith in free markets? |
| When I was 12 and my middle school government teacher was spewing "capitalism! free market!" then yes, I believed in it. Since then I've seen and heard way too much to be able to look the other way a ... |
| Topic: The TRUTH behind the increase!!! |
chrispi
Replies: 8
Views: 916
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:21 pm Subject: Re: The TRUTH behind the increase!!! |
| Nice to see that I'm not the only one who spotted the Yankoslavian Dinar's falling as the cause of this current crisis, not PO. |
| Topic: losing faith in free markets? |
chrispi
Replies: 43
Views: 1412
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:07 am Subject: Re: losing faith in free markets? |
| There is a "third way." It's called collapse. |
| Topic: Peak Oil and the Yankoslavian Dinar |
chrispi
Replies: 5
Views: 664
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Forum: Americas Discussion Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:39 pm Subject: Re: Peak Oil and the Yankoslavian Dinar |
| What has happened to the price of oil? It's now at $135/bbl, or about €90/bbl with $1.57/€. I'd love to get a graph of bbl/€ or bbl/Au, would clear up a lot of things. |
| Topic: Guns, 2nd Amendment, This Summer . . . |
chrispi
Replies: 54
Views: 2692
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:07 pm Subject: Re: Guns, 2nd Amendment, This Summer . . . |
| My prediction: There won't be a Second Amendment come this summer, because there won't be a US Constitution, or a USA to speak of, thanks to the falling Yankoslavian Dinar... |
| Topic: 406 not acceptable |
chrispi
Replies: 9
Views: 1563
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Forum: Technical Support Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:19 pm Subject: Re: 406 not acceptable |
| I tried to use the correct spelling of naive, but got the very 406 code you described. Maybe cut-and-pasting Unicode is forbidden in this BBS. |
| Topic: Yet another American (possibly) moving to New Zealand |
chrispi
Replies: 18
Views: 3164
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Forum: Australia & New Zealand Discussion Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:21 pm Subject: Re: Yet another American (possibly) moving to New Zealand |
Sometimes one has to make a trade-off...
Do I stay here in "Fark Nation," or move to another, only to find the same problems, to a lesser extent? I'd stay away from Auckland; it's LA withou ... |
| Topic: Yet another American (possibly) moving to New Zealand |
chrispi
Replies: 18
Views: 3164
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Forum: Australia & New Zealand Discussion Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 11:16 pm Subject: Re: Yet another American (possibly) moving to New Zealand |
Maybe it isn't such a good thing to move down under...
http://anz.theoildrum.com/node/3657 |
| Topic: Yet another American (possibly) moving to New Zealand |
chrispi
Replies: 18
Views: 3164
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Forum: Australia & New Zealand Discussion Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:08 pm Subject: Yet another American (possibly) moving to New Zealand |
| Gidday. I discovered Peak Oil ten years ago in a Scientific AmericanLord of the Rings trilogy came out, and I was introduced to New Zealand. The beauty of the land stunned me (and I live in Utah, wi ... |
| Topic: Your Single Best Post-Doom Currency/Store of Value |
chrispi
Replies: 69
Views: 5819
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:37 pm Subject: Re: Your Single Best Post-Doom Currency/Store of Value |
One of the skills that I am learning is how to make gunpowder.
Uh oh. Peak Saltpeter!  |
| Topic: Peak Oil and the Yankoslavian Dinar |
chrispi
Replies: 5
Views: 664
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Forum: Americas Discussion Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:46 am Subject: Peak Oil and the Yankoslavian Dinar |
| I don't think that enough attention has been paid to the fact that we are printing ourselves out of the sub-prime mortgage mess by collapsing the value of the Yankoslavian dinar, ahem, the USD, and di ... |
| Topic: The end of cheap food (The Economist) |
chrispi
Replies: 135
Views: 12349
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:09 am Subject: Re: The end of cheap food (The Economist) |
| Who gives a flying Fark what the Enronomist has to say about anything? |
| Topic: I'm thinking about moving out of the United States |
chrispi
Replies: 21
Views: 2960
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:05 am Subject: Re: I'm thinking about moving out of the United States |
I just checked the polls and they suggest that I should move to Canada or New Zealand. I suppose that both have their advantages and drawbacks...
Canada: Close to family (especially British Colum ... |
| Topic: I'm thinking about moving out of the United States |
chrispi
Replies: 21
Views: 2960
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:27 pm Subject: I'm thinking about moving out of the United States |
| I'm getting sick of the ridiculous politics on both sides and the general head-in-the-sand attitude of my fellow citizens and the asinine attitudes of those in power towards issues that really matter, ... |
| Topic: Is the U.S. southwest sustainable into a dryer future? |
chrispi
Replies: 14
Views: 2061
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Forum: Americas Discussion Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:09 pm Subject: Re: Is the U.S. southwest sustainable into a dryer future? |
| An interesting book dealing with this subject is Cadillac Desertvery interesting for the denizens of the American Southwest. |
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