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San Diego is no Charleston
!Examente!— June 23, 2015 10:53 p.m.
San Diego is no Charleston
Another way of saying mediocrity.— June 23, 2015 7 p.m.
But what are we manufacturing?
Again, Ponzi, you got dat right! And jive passes for performance. Bull$hit, prohibited on this site, is the most under-used word in the American Language. It may be the end of work, and that would be good (I've never been in favor of "one [wo]man being used as a means of the ends of another," or any form of wage-slavery. However, it is highly likely that, in the last spasms of the most bodacious depression of all time, the kind of exploitation we saw in the Great Depression--"on steroids." There will be a max mad rush to obsessively and in knee-jerk reaction of the reactionary to maximize profits for the thinnest possible gains until the implosion is complete. Unless some nut presses some button that ends the process . . . As you point out in other words, the ultimate in authoritarianism is hero-worship. Ironies will fly like fans everywhere. What's TMZ?— June 23, 2015 6:56 p.m.
But what are we manufacturing?
There were a lot of hucksters who set up dot-coms to suck up venture capital, intentionally drain them through their own high salaries and perks and other questionable means, use them (or not) on their resumes (believe it or not!), and start the process all over again. And, believe it or not, some of these a$$holes have made it into high places. It's an Alice in Wonderland world.— June 23, 2015 6:39 p.m.
But what are we manufacturing?
That's what caused the dot-com collapse.— June 22, 2015 4:58 p.m.
Pastuszka plagued by untracked artwork
Matt, do you remember all those wonderful plein art paintings that used to adorn the walls of City Hall and the offices of department heads, their top lackeys and the elected and appointed officials? Where is it now? Where are the records?— June 21, 2015 7:17 p.m.
But what are we manufacturing?
The trouble with saving is inflation eats you up. The trouble with investing is that crashes burn it up. Burying gold in the back yard gets dug up by thieves, who shovel your carcass into the hole and cover it up. Were I young and healthy enough, I would buy some land where there was free water and hunt and gather--and maybe grow some crops. If I were to spend, it would be for NECESSARY stuff, and for experiences. I wouldn't waste it on bunkers, however.— June 21, 2015 7:02 p.m.
In San Diego versus Chargers, is next move up to Beutner?
Perhaps the one percent will pit the 99 percent's gladiators against each other to cut down it's enemies lists. Quite a spectacle! While the rest of the 99 percent cheer them on . . . Wait a minute! Are we talkin' movin' frum virtual to actual reality?— June 20, 2015 7:40 p.m.
Babylon by airbus
Must be dope.— June 20, 2015 7:33 p.m.
But what are we manufacturing?
That's all there is, folks! It's not so much the manufacturing jobs, but the talent and knowledge it takes to do them. The central issue is that "we" are out of balance, out of plumb, lopsided, turning right into a graveyard spiral, happy as pigs in the mud. Maybe I should say dust; there won't be enough water for mud (we may get a brief reprieve if The Child dumps enough water on us this winter, but this will serve to reinforce the idea that The Lord will provide). Even so, as good ol' Jim Wright once said, "We just can't go on selling pizza's to each other!" Locally, nationally, internationally. Water from the Carlsbad desal plant, even at cost (claimed to be about $2,400 per acre-foot, but we know from experience to at least double that, not counting the subsidies that put the pea under another shell, so we should double the doubling to about $10,000 per ac ft. Where would you take your chip business if you needed copious amounts of water and you could get it free or, say, about $300 per ac ft? But even that won't work, because there has to be a customer base, which will be following the lines of allocation of scarce resources that actually make sense. Suddenly, being a "survivalist" kinda makes sense. I guess I'll buy stock in water utilities.— June 20, 2015 7:26 p.m.