[Cog]

Being a Viking is a good way to end up dead.

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'B')eing a Viking is a good way to end up dead.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rangerone314', '
')has it occurred to anyone to start training classes or write a guide with tactics for and info on forming raiding parties for pillaging post-peak-oil doomsteads and transition communities?
...
why not be a Viking?

[vision-master]

Those that live by the sword, die by the sword

[Ludi]

Why not be a Viking? Aside from the moral issue, being a raider for a living is a VERY difficult and dangerous way of life. That's why few peoples chose that way of life and why those peoples had a reputation for being fearless, ruthless fighters. The Comanche of my own region are an example. They are now extinct.

By all means, be a raider if you want your life to come to a quick, painful end.

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vision-master', '[')i]Those that live by the sword, die by the sword

[vision-master]

It all seems rather pointless, no?

[rangerone314]

The Vikings had a pretty good run. Who said they are extinct?

There are a lot of redheads in Ireland (and elsewhere) that PROVE Vikings are not extinct. (at least not genetically).

The Mongols had a pretty good run, too. I think Genghis Khan is supposed to have more descendants than anyone else. He had a new woman or two everyday (the best looking ones from each city he conquered). Sounds to me like Genghis Khan had a pretty good life (while it lasted), which is about the most you can ask for (other than dying in your sleep like an ailing pet, having tiptoed through life to arrive safely at death).

<<<Rangerone's raider advice of the day: For pesky doomsteads/transition towns that are walled up, locate the source of their water (spring or upstream) and dump some hellebore in it. They will have something worse than even Montezuma's revenge and not be able to fight well.>>>

[pup55]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')here are a lot of redheads in Ireland (and elsewhere) that PROVE Vikings are not extinct. (at least not genetically).

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pup55', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')here are a lot of redheads in Ireland (and elsewhere) that PROVE Vikings are not extinct. (at least not genetically).

[Mesuge]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rangerone314', ' ')... has it occurred to anyone to start training classes or write a guide with tactics for and info on forming raiding parties for pillaging post-peak-oil doomsteads and transition communities? I mean not everyone has a green thumb, but if things break down into feudalism, why not be a Viking?

[rangerone314]

I for one am planning on drills when the kids are older (old enough to use paintball guns) and practice Blue Squad/Red Squad tactics where one group defends and the other group tries to conduct a raid.

I'm also working towards inputting the property and house into a 3D mapping game program so that I can test it against AI in various games, like Battlefield 2 and Modern Warfare 2. Will help clarify vulnerabilities and best fields of fire based on the terrain.

[Daniel_Plainview]

Bernanke's Poverty Effect: Foodstamp Recipients Jump by 400K In November, Hit New Record Of 43.6 Million

02/01/2011 14:21 -0500



$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'M')uch has been said about Bernanke's wealth effect and how it impacts a whopping 1% of the US population (traditionally, those very same bail out recipients who would be insolvent had Gen Ben not rescued the entire financial system at the expense of the DXY, which at last check was below 77 again). Unfortunately, a little less time has been spent discussing the equal and opposite effect: that of the poverty effect. Luckily, every month we get an update on this just as useful metric. And as of November, the SNAP program had 43.6 million participants, an increase of 400k from October, and a 14% increase, or 5.3 million from a year prior. We are confident that this 15% of the US population will be delighted to know that their rapidly diminishing dollars will end up acquiring increasingly less and less stuff.

The chart above says it all.

[Armageddon]

this needs to be in oily"s 'recovery' thread,

[Outcast_Searcher]

Um, color me an idiot, but I don't see the specific short term connection to Bernanke here.

I DO understand that in the LONG run, that real inflation hurts the poor (e.g. the people anti-inflation policies like minimum wages PURPORT to be helping) the most - despite all claims and intents to the contrary.

But in the short run we don't have much inflation. Oh.......I think I see now.

Is the issue that despite the core rate being low, that in the real world since basic commodities like food and energy are increasing wildly (and of course aren't included in the core CPI ) - that the poor are getting crushed in this supposedly benign inflation environment?

If that's it, then never mind.

Though, i will point out, at places like I shop (i.e. Walmart and Kroger) that sell staples like soup and canned veggies -- I'm not seeing much inflation at ALL of basics on the shelves. I expect a (relatively) fully functioning economy, assuming it arrives in a few years or so WILL drive such prices up, and perhaps intensely. But it doesn't seem to be happening YET at the FOOD and basic products SUBSISTENCE level. Yes, I know gasoline is going up, but if public transport is available and your family requires foodstamps, shouldn't one take the bus?

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Outcast_Searcher', 'T')hough, i will point out, at places like I shop (i.e. Walmart and Kroger) that sell staples like soup and canned veggies -- I'm not seeing much inflation at ALL of basics on the shelves.

[Plantagenet]

Another triumph for Obama's inept economic policies. Who elected this bozo anyway?

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'A')nother triumph for Obama's inept economic policies. Who elected this bozo anyway?

[Daniel_Plainview]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', 'W')hen the Fed injects trillions into the world economy, that money has to go somewhere Outcast. A lot, maybe most, goes offshore -- hot American money fuels infrastructure and industrial growth everywhere from China to Brazil. ... You haven't really noticed yet because the base commodity costs still haven't quite "hit the consumer."But the price hikes are there. 10% here, 15% there.. I've posted about it before.

[Daniel_Plainview]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he end result of all the money printing and investor bailouts is that money winds up not just in equities but also commodities. This is what fuels speculator runs on oil, cocoa, wheat, on and on.