tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902921887068783713.post3929218717598328951..comments2023-11-03T04:19:17.635-07:00Comments on Disaster Porn: Black(ened) SwanEdwardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03613197383283896190noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902921887068783713.post-3121603231004295212010-05-04T10:09:40.126-07:002010-05-04T10:09:40.126-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01510189619803992336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902921887068783713.post-82314325557754005042010-05-04T10:08:02.291-07:002010-05-04T10:08:02.291-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01510189619803992336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902921887068783713.post-1391781971528150032010-05-04T09:01:09.271-07:002010-05-04T09:01:09.271-07:00Thai, the health care bill has, as per some of the...Thai, the health care bill has, as per some of the links in a prior post, all sorts of disturbing elements embedded in it.Edwardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03613197383283896190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902921887068783713.post-51972385640436859952010-05-04T04:28:32.172-07:002010-05-04T04:28:32.172-07:00By the way, I'm shared this to show the health...By the way, I'm shared this to show the health bill apparently has a "show your papers" requirement which I had no idea about.<br /><br />I didn't mean to bring up the whole immigration bill.Thaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00700253024420397221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902921887068783713.post-17241608861191974382010-05-04T04:25:20.913-07:002010-05-04T04:25:20.913-07:00FYI<a href="http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/04/obamacare-requires-you-to-show-your.html" rel="nofollow">FYI</a>Thaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00700253024420397221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902921887068783713.post-89230204591678532702010-05-04T03:27:06.070-07:002010-05-04T03:27:06.070-07:00I just don't see it Deb.
Remember, rats will ...I just don't see it Deb.<br /><br />Remember, rats will choose death over stopping their cocaine addiction.<br /><br />We are not rational animals ;-)Thaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00700253024420397221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902921887068783713.post-23677128096477612122010-05-03T23:27:17.389-07:002010-05-03T23:27:17.389-07:00Wake us up from collective and individual hubris/i...Wake us up from collective and individual hubris/indifference/feeling of helplessness.<br />Playing with your Monopoly money while the ship goes down is not very rational, now, is it ?<br />I don't know many people who are excited and pleased about the idea of the ecological ship going down.<br />With them, or their children in it, of course...Debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01510189619803992336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902921887068783713.post-58597935558929249152010-05-03T14:27:47.553-07:002010-05-03T14:27:47.553-07:00Edwardo, this made me think of the exchange we had...Edwardo, this made me think of the exchange we had on possible tipping points.<br /><br />This could end up leading to it, definitely if one of the worst case scenarios plays out, and perhaps even if a lesser one does.<br /><br />(And let's hear it for Heckuva-job-Obama, who chose his moment to join the Drill Baby Drill screech just a few weeks ago. He said the question of whether oil spills can occur is a "tired debate."<br /><br />Nice timing, scumbag. Heckuva job.) <br /><br />I'm planning to write my own post on this tomorrow. I assembled some info today for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902921887068783713.post-43857358950269890622010-05-03T14:03:30.841-07:002010-05-03T14:03:30.841-07:00Nice post
But wake us from what Deb?
It is clear...Nice post<br /><br />But wake us from what Deb?<br /><br />It is clear people have very different visions of what they want.Thaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00700253024420397221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902921887068783713.post-12696287656849070662010-05-03T14:01:17.408-07:002010-05-03T14:01:17.408-07:00An oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico would be like.....An oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico would be like... an oil spill in the Meditteranean...<br />I think that we have been "in luck" for such a long time that it blinded us to what COULD really happen.<br />We have a natural tendency to function in "outta sight, outta mind" mode as a species.<br />Maybe this black swan will wake us up ?Debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01510189619803992336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902921887068783713.post-41507423903958863922010-05-03T13:15:18.883-07:002010-05-03T13:15:18.883-07:00I totally agree, Edwardo, but I sure hope that som...I totally agree, Edwardo, but I sure hope that somehow, miracle-like, they are able to cap this damn thing in the next couple of days. <br /><br />My god, man. This is bad already, and if they don't get it capped ASAP, there is no way anything good is going to come of this.<br /><br />Related, I saw a news story somewhere today that mentioned how this might be something that sends the economy into a tailspin again. My first thought was, "Yeah, right. Like snow in the winter time is a big surprise, you all blamed it for a couple of months for the bad economy, and now this is going to be the tipping point?"<br /><br />Now, here, with a writer I admire, I see similar musings. This gives me pause to think a bit deeper. <br /><br />Now wait, I knew when I saw this back almost two weeks ago now that this was not going to be good, but now I think I'm really seeing this for the massive disaster this has the potential to become. Basically, this is an ecological Pearl Harbor, or, if you prefer - 9-11. <br /><br />Black Swan, indeed.Johnny D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17141127764617679586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902921887068783713.post-30154947681555479732010-05-03T10:50:38.374-07:002010-05-03T10:50:38.374-07:00Beautiful piece, Edwardo. Thanks. Enjoyed it a lot...Beautiful piece, Edwardo. Thanks. Enjoyed it a lot.Debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01510189619803992336noreply@blogger.com