tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post5952886697089635075..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: slow, fast, instant 2James M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-71144657282757969162019-12-05T12:17:56.852-08:002019-12-05T12:17:56.852-08:00Loved his broader audience book "War & Pe...Loved his broader audience book "War & Peace & War". Read it a few times. His other crap? Nerd in love with math. I view the 20's as problematic due to three forces converging. English 54 year wheat cycle, solar minimum ( NOT Ice Age ) and Olduvai Theory. Hope I'm wrongJames M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-55293649295690196022019-12-05T10:31:48.843-08:002019-12-05T10:31:48.843-08:00Peter Turchin, who you may be aware of, his latest...Peter Turchin, who you may be aware of, his latest being Historical Dynamics: Why States Rise and Fall (Princeton Studies in Complexity), I think misses some of the broader picture, put has a 50 year cycle that at least has the advantage of having a mechanism and a time line.<br /><br />These are relatively short term (50 year) and sociological (population rise and generational dynamics) issues playing out. So your missing issues of environment change, pollution, resource depletion, and a few others. But it's pretty hard to argue with his mass of evidence.<br /><br />His prediction from pre-Trump 2010, has been, and seems to be playing out, that we are due for some serious issues in the 2020s.russell1200https://www.blogger.com/profile/16258915475311426433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-21518308725412889102019-11-29T11:01:54.135-08:002019-11-29T11:01:54.135-08:00Anon 8:22: I remember it. Cosby said he was sick a...Anon 8:22: I remember it. Cosby said he was sick and tired of blacks who can't or won't speak English. "How are you?" → "How you is?" IIRC he actually got some applause for that from his black audience. The video is/was on Youtube somewhere.<br />As for drugging women in order to get them into bed, there were a lot of accusations. Smoke = fire? Probably.daniel_dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18399665251275194585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-73268864224334641372019-11-29T09:26:55.373-08:002019-11-29T09:26:55.373-08:00Yeah, your take makes much more sense. I hadn'...Yeah, your take makes much more sense. I hadn't realized those details. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-73299493083502165562019-11-29T08:22:29.867-08:002019-11-29T08:22:29.867-08:00"I guess it was finally revenge time for all ..."I guess it was finally revenge time for all the White boys who didn't like his success.”<br /><br /><br />Actually Jim, it would make much more sense that it had more to do with what he said about his fellow blacks (and I do believe that he critiqued Obama as well, but don’t quote me on that). For you see, after that, he was an “uncle Tom”, and we all know that commiecrats only tolerate blacks as long as they’re well behaved blacks that don’t stray from the democratic plantation. I forgot exactly what it was that he said, but as I recall, he basically said that most blacks were fuck ups (You’re getting my raw version of it. I do believe that he said it a bit nicer :D )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-68868983854016836482019-11-29T08:06:42.333-08:002019-11-29T08:06:42.333-08:006:03-the problem is when the touching states then ...6:03-the problem is when the touching states then pollute the next state, domino styleJames M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-79341272058756106402019-11-29T08:03:01.176-08:002019-11-29T08:03:01.176-08:00I'm not going to wait one second more for my S...I'm not going to wait one second more for my Social Security than I have to. Wait too long and you get 100% of zero. RIGHT! As if it will be there in seven years! I guess I can hope, in my weaker moments.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-79802100310090869832019-11-29T08:00:06.661-08:002019-11-29T08:00:06.661-08:00Are you channeling Bill Cosby, with the oatmeal? ...Are you channeling Bill Cosby, with the oatmeal? It was cream of wheat with him, but great comedy album. I'm surprised I never wore the record out. I think the poor guy got a bum rush here, lately. I guess it was finally revenge time for all the White boys who didn't like his success. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-47555589650536722362019-11-28T20:19:06.016-08:002019-11-28T20:19:06.016-08:00Demented guy - no shit. I'm gonna get on my la...Demented guy - no shit. I'm gonna get on my late-50s high horse here and say, WTF is up with the kids? Some are handy, most don't know which end of a screwdriver to pick up. I've overheard kids in their 20s talking about their fear of getting away from the apron strings, and I'm like, Wow, at 18 I was on my own, own place, holding down a crappy job, etc. <br /><br />Maybe they'll learn when times get tougher, I dunno. The problem is they're miserable and it's not because of anything the outside world is doing *to* them; the outside world doesn't give a shit. <br /><br />Signed, the kid who liked getting lumps in their oatmeal, they were chewy treats! alex carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12458022111793552536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-46995893110110430102019-11-28T20:10:29.122-08:002019-11-28T20:10:29.122-08:00Yep being a tail-end boomer is not fun. I think th...Yep being a tail-end boomer is not fun. I think the break point was 1960. Get born before it as a boomer and all you ever had to do was show up. Born after it, and you're an X'er as far as your life will go. <br /><br />Las Vegas ..... I could probably do well there, doing as I do, as my "gig" or back-up, street music. No, not another goddamn guitar; geez everyone's sick of those things unless you're REALLY good. But when the party ends in Vegas, it'll end quick. <br /><br />Too bad really, because I could probably live a block at most from my "work place" on the strip or Fremont Street, eat cheap in the casinos, and save more money than I am in the cyberpunk dystopia that is the so-called "Silicon Valley". <br /><br />But I'm less than 3 years out from what I call "ripcord in hand" which means I can collect Social Security. Not at the full payout which I'm about 9 years from, but 3/4's of it anyway. So I'll be out of Silly Valley soon enough. alex carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12458022111793552536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-80297885307092042982019-11-28T18:03:38.460-08:002019-11-28T18:03:38.460-08:00Any state that touches California is a state where...Any state that touches California is a state where you should realize is going to go to shit.<br />Just a matter of time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-619379582462989932019-11-28T10:42:16.579-08:002019-11-28T10:42:16.579-08:00Nevada turned on a dime. Can't really plan ar...Nevada turned on a dime. Can't really plan around that one! Your fair state, same. Bear moved from Texas as it is already too dark of a shade of purple. Florida, where I almost bought land as it was rather pro-freedom, turned quick. Just when you think they can't get dumber...James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-12187930901864543042019-11-28T08:23:16.804-08:002019-11-28T08:23:16.804-08:00Sometimes you just can't fix bias, huh?
I sho...Sometimes you just can't fix bias, huh?<br /><br />I should also add that we're in the Southern state of Virginia, where The Turn may just take place sooner rather than later with our very own Mr. Blackface governor and his newly voted in Dem-squad heading towards confiscation. HIn a little more than a month, almost every Virginia County is enacting "Sanctuary" legislation for gun-owners.<br /><br />It never gets dull, only dumber...<br /><br />Modern ThrowbackAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-84809402216343023022019-11-28T07:58:20.360-08:002019-11-28T07:58:20.360-08:00I'll have to try to remember to thank Fat Ass,...I'll have to try to remember to thank Fat Ass, baby momma, for pushing me into the lower class. I missed all your excitement. My parents are about in your boat. All going to crap, all being asset stripped, all the rules changing. Of course, like good little Cali refugees, they think if they just went back there all would be perfect. Nevada is too dry to support the river De Nile. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-6522158275970350882019-11-28T07:05:38.705-08:002019-11-28T07:05:38.705-08:00I'm loving that percentage breakdown, and I wo...I'm loving that percentage breakdown, and I would also fall in as a 40%er, but with a twist. I quit the rat race at 50, as planned, just as soon as that mortgaged property was paid-in-full. With my spouse continuing to work, and going along as planned, we were ready to be fully retired in 2008. But a funny (not haha-funny, queer-funny) thing happened and we got Obama. <br /><br />We're tail-end boomers who've been screwed over and over with rules and laws changing on us: tax games (no real deductibles for those in the 40% club), loss of savings income via interest, loss of Market profits due to rampant corruption, healthcare redistribution to fund the 1% and the oxygen-wasters... So, that retirement didn't happen until this February -- a full decade later.<br /><br />And now, almost the entire monthly Pension goes to medical insurance. I don't remember seeing ANY retirement planning take THEFT into those equations on how much to save for.<br /><br />In our case, we can be fully debt-free, own our place outright (as long as we can pay the increasing taxes), have Precious, be well prepared, heat/cook w/ our own wood, DIY, stock our BB&B, and even grow a bunch of what we eat, but we will NOT be allowed to continue on as we are today. We have never lived on a straight-line conntinuum. So, for us, it doesn't much matter if the collapse happens next month or next year. It doesn't much matter if it all comes down slow or fast, or in an instant. The Turning is here and I already realize I'll be living like it's 1810, ready or not.<br /><br />Modern ThrowbackAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-31057168655885289232019-11-28T06:20:23.443-08:002019-11-28T06:20:23.443-08:00I'll just make two points. Companies make idi...I'll just make two points. Companies make idiotic decisions at every turn. If you look at them like some Randian rational beast of unicorn status, you'll be disappointed. And, banks have been subsidizing fracking from the very beginning. Everyone thinks it is investors, happy to continue losing money. Why would they? It was the bankers, keeping energy flowing into the economy to prop up everything else making them money. I don't read MSM for economic news. Prostitutes, all of them. And reading Bloomberg, you are supporting an anti-gun campaign. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-85051997698171478312019-11-28T06:14:05.185-08:002019-11-28T06:14:05.185-08:00Now you'll appreciate the FFOD ( love that one...Now you'll appreciate the FFOD ( love that one! ) all the more. Yep, family can do that to you. Not looking forward to mine. Not because they are bad, but because I have to be good. Too early for "bah-humbug"? James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-44474931569952421642019-11-27T20:35:26.278-08:002019-11-27T20:35:26.278-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Demented guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17071191996716087797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-21968503296984646382019-11-27T19:42:43.153-08:002019-11-27T19:42:43.153-08:00US Steel is reopening a plant closed in 2016. They...US Steel is reopening a plant closed in 2016. They cite growth in the Permian. 140 new hires.<br /><br />https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/us-steel-lone-star-texas-pipe-mill/<br /><br />Texas Pipe Supply announced this summer the purchase of 4 other pipe firms. I was raised around men who worked there. Long long experience in oilfield pipe. Big plant with serious rail yard. Reprocesses used drill pipe. Drove by couple months ago....yard absolutely STACKED with pipe being loaded.<br />Why would they purchase other firms if prospects so dim? <br />What the hell group of banks would go along and syndicate the purchase loan if things look so bad? Don't you think the loan syndicate committee has access to experts, too? <br /><br />You got to ask basic questions and actually see what is going on.<br /><br />https://www.supplyht.com/articles/102474-texas-pipe-supply-acquires-four-companies<br /><br />I'll stand by the industry insight of above two companies against any crap that Bloomberg News and MSN prints. Did you read the MSN article? Kinda amorphous. No hard numbers, just the general moan and groan of guys who bet big and lost. But they blame entire industry "trends" rather than their specific actions. Typical no cites, no numbers. Just crap to feed the guillable.<br />Par for the course.<br /><br />I'll leave Minions with this...<br /><br />https://www.rigzone.com/news/us_on_its_way_to_energy_independence-26-nov-2019-160438-article/Anon()()noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-74767464143587308812019-11-27T15:17:15.923-08:002019-11-27T15:17:15.923-08:00Big outfitter of steel pipe ( used in oil industry...Big outfitter of steel pipe ( used in oil industry ) closing facility in Texas. Fracking Forever!James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-32804350038032901042019-11-27T15:14:10.486-08:002019-11-27T15:14:10.486-08:00So far, reported at least, Lebanon and China havin...So far, reported at least, Lebanon and China having several local bank runs in the last few weeks. Could be isolated incident, could be opening credits with large tub of popcorn for our viewing pleasureJames M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-82607467181184760902019-11-27T14:54:04.563-08:002019-11-27T14:54:04.563-08:00Falling down,
with a full on Ted K.
and some D...Falling down, <br /><br />with a full on Ted K. <br /><br />and some Dorner X 1,000. <br /><br />So way overdue. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-46871490400987601682019-11-27T14:50:18.669-08:002019-11-27T14:50:18.669-08:00Right. the different layers of society castes prov...Right. the different layers of society castes provide reality insulations. The gluttonous oil age inputs along with bankster manipulations have erected potemkin village fascades to fool us a little longer as show tickets to yuppie hopium dreams are still bought by upcoming proles. <br /><br />Like a cheezy ass Vegas stage production, sucks badly, but the only game to play by those without any other options. <br /> <br />The resource demands and average folks expectation demands upon an imploding and self immolation destined system collapse is going to be it's own force in nature.<br /><br />Like nuclear fusion with a much messier after effects.<br /><br />Stay very Frosty. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-73002677230931467842019-11-27T12:36:28.924-08:002019-11-27T12:36:28.924-08:00https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/texas-oil-...https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/texas-oil-explorers-say-predictions-of-growth-contradict-dire-reality/ar-BBXpdjY?ocid=spartanntpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-33147786623405374122019-11-27T10:46:02.210-08:002019-11-27T10:46:02.210-08:00Agreed, great breakdown! I'd place myself in ...Agreed, great breakdown! I'd place myself in the 40% set...bust my bawls to keep the front line employees from revolting and simultaneously make the boss look good to his boss... ZERO job satisfaction, but the pay is enough to keep a roof over the heads of the family, a packed pantry and even a few luxuries to keep me from going all Michael Douglas in "Falling Down"...for now at least ;-) Still saving for the junk land tho, had a little over $2k put up, then lo and behold, get a letter from the State of Crapifornia threatening wage garnishment over $2.5k in past due taxes. So, back in the f'n hole, back the the hamster wheel to keep earning the coin of the realm. Meanwhile tech workers in my 'hood throw down a $$million + for a house, then set contractors loose in it for 3-6 months BEFORE moving in, so they can have their "dream home". Surely this can't hold out much longer...jlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662563822328082468noreply@blogger.com