Miserable Means - Miserable Ends

SUBHEAD: Our remaining intellectual horsepower will be exhausted trying to revive the 'Kar Kulture'.By Steve Ludlum on 6 March 2011 in Economic Undertow - (http://economic-undertow.blogspot.com/2011/03/miserable-ends-justify-miserable-means.html)Image above: Before and After. Scene from movie "Cars". From (http://www.bloggerdad.com/how-cars-almost-ruined-the-super-bowl).I mean, who really cares

Damned if you do, doomed if you don't

SUBHEAD: All we can do is "minimize the suffering of the herd". Our way of life is over. For good. We’ll have to find other ways.By Ilargi on 4 March 2011 for The Automatic Earth - (http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2011/03/march-4-2011-damned-if-you-do-doomed-if.html)Image above: "The Silk Road" by Hing Nian Zhang. From (http://worldhistoryto1500.blogspot.com/2010/10/

The Sound of Distant Hoofbeats

SUBHEAD: Get used to listening for the cracks and judderings of an overburdened system as it lurches down the slope of its own decline and fall.By John Michael Greer on 2 March 2011 in The Archdruid Report - (http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2011/03/sound-of-distant-hoofbeats.html)Image above: Houses made out of money. FRom (http://www.allwelike.com/2010/12/household-wealth-climbs-to-1-2-

Demise of the Dollar

SUBHEAD: The Great Recession never left us and collapse of the industrial economy is already under way.By Guy McPherson on 22 February 2011 in Nature Bats Last -(http://guymcpherson.com/2011/02/demise-of-the-dollar)Image above: Illustration of hyperinflation by David Dees. From (http://www.rense.com/1.mpicons/deesA2.htm).The U.S. dollar continues its journey from Brobdingnagian to Lilliputian

White Knight of Zombieland

SUBHEAD: The Fed's effort now suggests that the harsh effects of Peak Oil are to be felt imminently. Our waste-based economy is a zombie.Image above: Bust of zombie version of superhero Colonel America. From (http://www.gametrailers.com/users/bobafett300/gamepad/?action=viewblog&id=99236).By Steve Ludlum on 5 November 2010 in Economic Undertow -(http://economic-undertow.blogspot.com/2010/11/

Dollar's Decline - Oil to Soar

SUBHEAD: What current Fed dollar actions mean for Hawaii. At $100/barrel things will be looking bad.Image above: What's the worst case scenario. The streets of Waikiki are empty. From (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/xUwDRlg66O2l2AXNQW3ZCw).By Brad Parsons on 5 November 2010 -Today, the futures price of a barrel of oil rose again to above $87. As expected, it has been rising since Federal

The Tombstone Blues

SUBHEAD: Bottom line is that banks are toast. The Fed is toast. The Dollar is toast.Image above: Haunted house in a graveyard. From (http://bobbypotter.com/wallpaper/34271-haunted-house-screen-saver.jpg).By James Howard Kunstler on 25 October 2010 for Kunstler.com - (http://kunstler.com/blog/2010/10/the-tombstone-blues.html)