Hang gliding in a hurricane may be fun for some. I'll take a pass, and keep working on my storm shelter, thanks very much.
Two parts to this clusterfuck. One, the potential energy accumulated by 40+ years trying to borrow our way out of debt set the stage. Two,...
The truth is...IMO...that yesterday, in between microsecond print points, the system came very close to Dow = 0.0 yesterday. You didn't see...
Anytime. Got to tell you though, it is damn frustrating to have sat thru this, minute by minute, in multi-screen realtime, live video feed from...
Larry's mostly right, just a little bit slow getting it into print. I said about the same thing an hour earlier, here:...
Ok, I'm in. If Asia stays flat, and EU opens flat to down 3-5%, US opens flat to down 4% and holds there, until something major happens in...
The world here is alive and kicking. If the question is "How will the markets react just BEFORE the end of the world?", or "How will the...
I think this partial do-over is a response to delayed trade executions brought on by system overload. Oh man...we already had the burnt about...
No mistake. At 1400 EST, I was watching the crowd in front of the Greek Parliament building, live, on an internet feed, as the result of a...
WSJ's website hoses every browser and computer I own. Lockups, crashes, blue screens, you name it. Buggiest code I've ever seen. I cancelled my...
If it passes, while they are patting themselves on the back Monday morning, I'm going to be cashing out of the system. Once the IRS has legal...
If dislocation occurs to the point the grid goes down, or welfare payments stop, the first thing to happen will be the looting of the urban...
Interesting. You use advice from an Argentinian blogger to rebut my stance on this subject, without ever realizing that Ferfal is a long time...
There's the money quote right there. The purpose of preparing for rainy days is so you can sleep on quiet nights. If you're preparations do not...
Sorry Lojanica, I didn't see this until Dr. Pepper quoted it. I'm not sure how to answer this, without writing another book length post. Bare...
Took a crash course in Great Depression Era Economics late last year, around 20 textbooks worth. The thing that stood out the most, for me, was...
Better keep some of that Guard in reserve. Word on the streets sez you may need to put a perimeter around Austin.
Nice read of the best case scenario. I agree. But "the herd" is nervous, looking at a lot of different worries depending on who and where they...
This is farm country. Every house I drive by has one or more fuel tanks outside. On the flip side, of the neighbors I know well, at least half...
A search online will turn up numerous propane conversion kits, especially for Briggs and Stratton powered gensets. Upgrading my tank from 500...
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