Preparedness
Western Energy Capitol–Making the Most of What We’ve Got
Friday, July 30th, 2010Author Steve Foste
Do you really need a PhD in Energy to understand the solution to the energy problem? Do you have to be a lobbyist to line the pockets of the politicians to get anything done? Or do we have to go to the elitist to develop the system of energy control so they [...]
Food Vs. Gold and Silver–How to Start Your Stockpile
Friday, July 30th, 2010Author Steve Foste
One ounce of gold will just about buy you enough food to survive for one year for one person.
How much food do you have and where should you be putting your money today?
I have been looking at the food system at http://www.pleasanthillgrain.com/foodpak1.aspx. Now, I understand that most of us don’t really [...]
Peace Games
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010Author James The Wanderer
The 1983 movie _War Games_ has a sentient computer put in charge (actually, it gains control) of all American nuclear weapons. The computer “games” all the possible outcomes of thermonuclear war, whether the Americans attack first, the Russians attack first, the Russians attack the Chinese who then attack America, and so on; [...]
Lack
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Author James The Wanderer
Nicholas Nassim Taleb (The Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, several other great books) has generated several good ideas, among which are:
( 1 )Events will occur which are both unpredicted and unpredictable. These he calls Black Swan events, in honor of the utter amazement of European naturalists, who KNEW all swans were white, [...]
Something’s Changed
Thursday, June 24th, 2010Author Linda Brady Traynham
Analysis ranges from what to do when your chemistry professor hands you a beaker with instructions to tell him what is in it by Friday to the sudden feeling mothers get that “it’s too quiet,” meaning they had better go find out what their children are up to. I could say [...]
You Can’t Eat Gold
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010Author Linda Brady Traynham
Actually, a few people do eat gold and silver after it has been pounded tissue-paper thin and used as a decorative touch on very costly confections. In general, however those screeching about “barbarous relics” are quite correct that we cannot eat gold. Where they err, as [...]
Self Deception
Thursday, April 15th, 2010Author James the Wanderer
I am an Engineer, at heart; my delight is in those Things that Work, that turn energy into useful products or work, safely, efficiently, and in a controlled manner. Yet when I was an undergraduate, I was required to take Electives, and most of mine were in Psychology and Sociology, for I [...]
CONVERTING CHAOS INTO ORDER Part Three
Monday, March 1st, 2010Author Essie Feldhacher
I love plastic, airtight, snap-lock tubs. And I remember when they were ‘invented’. But then, being born in the 4th year of the Baby Boom Generation, (1946-1964) I recall when a lot of items people take for granted today came into existence. For Yours Truly, among the most appreciated – the vast selection [...]
It’s Always RE-active; Never PRO-active
Monday, March 1st, 2010Author Tex Norton
A story buried on page 16 of the Thursday, February 11, 2010 Financial Times once again confirms that our “regulation” process simply doesn’t work. The article entitled US Safety Watchdog Under Attack reports that the United States car safety watchdog is under attack from Congress and consumer advocates for not being aggressive enough [...]
CONVERTING CHAOS INTO ORDER Part Two
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Author Essie Fedhacher
Before zealously discarding material goods, it is important to preface such heavy-lifting activities, by working to “clear the junk from our own minds” the better to apply sound judgments, rather than emotionally and mentally “doing the same thing and expecting change” – which in 12 Step parlance is the essence of “insanity”.
Sound [...]