Getting on down the road toward 2012 seems to be concurrent with a rise in movies that could be a serious bummer for those folks that just want to get along with life. The NY Times site has a trailer for the new movie Collapse, for example.
then on Friday we get the answer to the question “Who will survive 2012“ The answer – if you haven’t already guessed – is not many. That is, if the 2012′ers are right.
The problem is that even if the 2012′ers are not right, there is still the whole problem which “Collapse” brings up – and it’s a nasty one: All it takes is a major spike in oil prices/shortfall in supplies due to whatever and the ‘civilized world’ (whatever that is) could just simply begin to fall apart.
Seems like a fine time to be working on the fine art of detachment: Not getting too involved (if at all) in the left-right political game. Focusing instead on food, shelter, and being away from crowds. Pay the taxes, drive within the speed limit, and generally maintain a low profile. At some level there’s a real threat that global system collapse will show up despite best efforts of a power & control structure to work it for their own ends, the simple strategy now in play is ‘get through it.’
So over the next couple of weeks I’ve got these two movies on my “must see” list. But will either change my personal plans? Unlikely. If – after seeing both and doing some reading about 2012 and independently researching – you choose to make changes in your lifestyle and personal plans I reckon that would be a good thing.
My simple guiding principle of life is don’t try too hard to win…but try really hard not to lose.
Swirlies
Do crop circles hold information way beyond our present level of knowledge? Like schematics on how to building machines? You gotta see this video.
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Just to keep up, read the story “Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life.” This from the folks who locked up Galileo?
Morse Code – Oh Doh!
Yesterday’s report on electronic interference had a huge hole in it: Forgot about cells phones since I swore off the damn things as ‘electronic dog leashes.
“Good afternoon George:
First, I would like to say that I have recently discovered your site and that it has since become a morning routine to read your daily newsletter. I appreciate both the commentary and comedy that you provide on a daily basis; it makes the working day a little more tolerable, so THANK YOU!
I just read your post, or rather another readers email that you had posted about getting a “morse code” sound out of her computer speakers. I too had experienced something similar to this recently, and your explanation of long wave radio navigation or ham radio interference was something that never occurred to me ( I am NO electronics expert be any stretch of the imagination). I did however find the source of my problem. The culprit was my cell phone and its proximity to my computer and alarm clock. I find that if I have it in my pocket when I am near my computer or set it down on the computer desk or night stand next to the alarm clock, that I get a continuous mild static hiss with random bursts of what sounds like “morse code”. What I found even more interesting after experimenting was that after I set the phone near the alarm clock (I get a stronger “signal” sound from the alarm clock) I would get an extremely violent burst of “morse code” seconds before the phone would ring. I would get bursts at random points without the phone ringing as well but not as strong as when the phone actually did ring. I can only guess that maybe these other random bursts are updates being sent to my phone via satellite? I don’t know, like I said electronics are not my strong suite. I have not looked into this any further as I found a solution that works for me (keep the phone away from the computer and alarm clock), the post just had me thinking about it again. Maybe you know about this kind of thing already? Any thoughts? Any plausibility to cell phone interference being the problem?
Anyway, thanks again for all the work you do, I really enjoy reading your daily newsletter!
Yeah…damn silly oversight on my part: Yes cell phones talk to cell towers so they know which cell they should be listening to…and even if you’re not actively using the phone they will ‘ping’ so the cell system knows if you are still in ring range – otherwise they shunt off to voicemail and such.
Will let you know what I hear back from the reader in ‘Bama.
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Yo Bo!
I mentioned yesterday about how the Bovespa was crazy out-performing the Dow. Seems it’s not the hemline/miniskirt flap says a reader from Brazil:
“This one is easy George. I happen to be in Sao Paolo this week, and today we had a meeting @BOVESPA with their IT Infrastructure and Performance Management group to start a project. Brazilians are enjoying a “War Free” environment, with self-sufficient amounts of Petroleum products (and daily new findings off Rio) + a very strict taxing system, where corporations and individuals alike have to file and pay every month (incredible cash flows into their Treasury kitties). There you have it. if the US starts by eliminating at least one War, well you have those numbers…
Monthly tax filings? You know that’s not a bad idea. Makes more sense than…oh…throwing people in jail for not having insurance, huh?
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The Single Person’s Marketing Plan
Common economic wisdom is that a home is the most important investment most folks make, but I respectfully disagree. I’d suggest it’s the partner you choose to put in the home that is really the biggest investment you make in Life since you can lose money faster than any market in history through the mechanism of divorce. Half to 65% net worth – or more- can disappear in an instant. And you thought stocks in the ‘pink sheets’ were risky? See this divorce rate chart. A number of subscribers who are single have asked for advice, so I thought it might be useful to apply some basic marketing principles to finding a significant other. This may seem a little irreverent here – and to be sure the line between sociopath and social butterfly is a thin one – but it won’t be the first time one of these in-depth reports has stepped over a line or two. Such is the danger of inquiry.
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“Live on $10,000″ A Year
With another round of layoffs due to start later this month…a round which will start to axe many of the middle managers who have managed to avoid the HR grenades…might I suggest a preemptive tactical move? Voluntarily dropping your lifestyle back a bit, since we’re all being marched down that road by either circumstances or some out-of-control-PTB types who write checks to Washington lobby and to anti-reformers in California! A good starting point, at least if you’ve still got $10-bucks is my e-book “How to Live on #10,000 a Year…or less!”
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MyGroPonics
My commodity broker JB Slear and I have written a simple book to get you started on high density hydroponics. It’s an example of how someone with a little creativity, access to a few ‘dollar stores’ and willing to try out some new farming techniques can grow an amazing amount of produce sin a very small space – like even an apartment balcony (if it gets some sunlight). Sound interesting? It’s just $10 bucks here…
No, when you tell your browser to ‘empty your cookies’ of web sites you’ve visited, it probably won’t get them all. Why? Because there is a whole class of ‘browser-independent’ cookies that will gobble up space on your hard drive, but more important is they will sneak out information about you without you being aware of it. Ever week I get emails like this one:
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Test drive it free by downloading it. To upgrade to full functionality will be $35 bucks. Is your privacy worth it?
Once you try it out, click the upgrade button (!) on the upper right hand side for the $35 unlock to get it to remove even those nasty and highly intrusive ‘non-browser specific’ cookies. Bonus: You computer may run faster. I’ve taken 1,000 37,970 41,837 cookies off my machine now. It’s just amazing. (I might ask their CTO to add one more digit to the “Total deleted till now” window…)
Attn: Mac Drivers: MCM does support the Safari Browser, but that does not mean it is compatible with Mac OS. Maxa-Tools only support the Windows world….so far. Given Jens and the other engineers time…
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