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Thanks for the links Hogan. I had seen two of them before, but the first one was priceless... Smile

Cramer's not a honest criminal, he's a (con)fidence man writ large. I'm sure the Fed loves him...

I have this theory that MOST people like being told what to do. They like the idea of someone more powerful, smarter, more experienced lead the way for them.
This is a good point, and I can see many ...

This is an interesting discussion.

I wasn't able to find an adequate choice from the list, because while I don't think life sucks, I actually do look forward to death.

It happened in 1997 that ...

Well it had to end sometime. Smile

I just took the quiz at Redefining Progress, and get 2.69 Earths. I think they are reporting the values differently than before, because the category breakdowns seem to be different from what most fol ...

We have basically fuxored our planet up for the next hundred generations. Sad to see capitalism messing things up for our future generations so badly.

I would venture a guess that we (or at least ...

Basic sociological fact: when living standards are good, people reproduce less!

WTF? Are you kidding me? You have more of everything and you reproduce less? I don't think that at all qualifies ...

This "quiz" is BS. It's all well and good to make conjectures about causes. This is a specious question.

The real question is: what do you do in the face of uncertainty? Do you try to address the ...

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Great post Twilight.

The average American's doesn't really give a damn about their credit rating, because historically (meaning in their lifetime) even bad credit has not interfered much with the a ...

I know I'm excited about the idea of a partial or complete economic collapse. Yes there will be suffering. But that presumes that there isn't any now, and I don't believe that at all. I think there is ...

And that's the whole point.

Life is always the status quo. Change is gradual.

Life is not always the status quo.

And not all changes are gradual. You ever use an old-time oil can? Heard ...

This doomer crap is the best. It is like a comic book or science fiction movie. We (maybe just some of us) are programmed to enjoy catastrophe. Have you ever wondered why lots of people rubberneck a ...

But bottom line, any, and all other efforts to mitigate peakoil/global warming without addressing population reduction only strive to maintain the status quo of the human population living beyond it ...

AHA! Firestarter kits! What a brilliant idea. I think I'll make some for solstice gifts... Smile

At the very least it seems it would be a nice addition to anyone's first aid and emergency kit. Put a bunc ...