tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post1565587557299865474..comments2024-03-29T06:35:11.321-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Charging Headlong And Brainless Into Madness.What Could Possibly Go Wrong?Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-17178276045276381682021-02-25T06:36:41.852-05:002021-02-25T06:36:41.852-05:00When I look at the upper right corner of this blog...When I look at the upper right corner of this blog, I wonder; where did 16 years go?<br /><br />Ideas, anybody? <br /><br />Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3314514384491139062021-02-25T06:16:37.952-05:002021-02-25T06:16:37.952-05:00He would be welcome.He would be welcome.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5857139666938766022021-02-24T08:36:40.192-05:002021-02-24T08:36:40.192-05:00It would be nice if Quirk would drop by...It would be nice if Quirk would drop by...Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89314854889100264102021-02-24T08:35:11.257-05:002021-02-24T08:35:11.257-05:00Yes, we need to adapt to the circumstances we find...Yes, we need to adapt to the circumstances we find ourselves in but, eliminating ourselves from the planet would not advance our (humans) goal of existence. The data is clear that the tonnes of C02 that we inject into the atmosphere contributes to warming. Similarly we found that Fluorocarbons injected into the atmosphere caused problems in the ozone layer. We changed our Fluorocarbon injection rate and the Ozone layer recovered.<br /><br />There are other instances in history where we, as humans, modified our polluting behavior and improved our environment. We can do so as well with respect to carbon. We need not eliminate ourselves in the process but there will be some pain and dislocation as we modify our carbon spewing ways. Tending our garden is a good metaphor to use, being a Luddite isn't.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19861845672727999052021-02-24T02:54:28.350-05:002021-02-24T02:54:28.350-05:00Now, there are four of us, mostly sane and always ...Now, there are four of us, mostly sane and always civil. <br /><br />You only need four people to play a damn good game of Bridge.<br /><br />The World's greatest sport has 11 on the team. Let's make the EB great again.<br /><br />Nice to see you all again!Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90789778675480954052021-02-24T02:43:17.388-05:002021-02-24T02:43:17.388-05:00I know Sam. Just When I Thought I Was Out, They Pu...I know Sam. Just When I Thought I Was Out, They Pull Me Back In! (SCENE - The Godfather: Part 3 MOVIE (1990)Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84538423267957094672021-02-24T02:39:09.501-05:002021-02-24T02:39:09.501-05:00Ash you're correct. You have isolated a proble...Ash you're correct. You have isolated a problem if not the problem. Let's highlight the "man made emissions" part. There is an obvious solution, less people. If your premise, which I mostly agree with is true, there is no acceptable and efficient method to correct that problem outside of total tyranny and horror. <br /><br />But, a big butt, I mean a real big wide ass massive butt, humanity has been around for half a cat's blink in time compared to Planet Earth.<br /><br />So, even if we reduced the volume of people to zero, we would continue to have prolonged periods of warming and equally long periods of cooling. We know that because there is a very narrow temperature band where life exists. Fortunately, the earth, so far, has proven to be stable and oscillates within a safe range to sustain life in general. Species come and go but life goes on.<br /><br />We have a better chance of adapting to the changes than stopping the changes. If we could stop climate change, the law of unforeseen consequences would kick in.<br /><br />Learn and adapt. Read more. Tend your garden.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-13660172520863262732021-02-23T21:46:51.390-05:002021-02-23T21:46:51.390-05:00Dude, we're back up and running! Nice one, De...Dude, we're back up and running! Nice one, Deuce!samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-40564147190797984082021-02-23T16:11:16.849-05:002021-02-23T16:11:16.849-05:00All that is fine and dandy but ignores the consequ...All that is fine and dandy but ignores the consequences of a steadily rising temperature caused by man made emissions.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-83125841897665177842021-02-23T13:04:57.278-05:002021-02-23T13:04:57.278-05:00Let time that I checked the climate changes 4 time...Let time that I checked the climate changes 4 times a year: summer, fall, winter and spring. <br /><br />Without continuous climate change we would not have any fossil fuels. <br /><br />Climate change. is necessary for species diversity.<br /><br />Greenland would not be called Greenland except for climate change.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-4201450871308909102021-02-22T18:45:50.886-05:002021-02-22T18:45:50.886-05:00I’m staying in the big indexes, real estate (they ...I’m staying in the big indexes, real estate (they don’t make it anymore) and my own mad money acct where I play with stocks. Swiftboat John can do his best impression of Al Gore and it will not alter my thought on Climate change, which has been happening since the beginning of time. Fucking hypocrites one and all. MOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307879234693014691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-48735006373351698562021-02-22T14:08:14.470-05:002021-02-22T14:08:14.470-05:00Interest rates on the 30-year bond were down 75% ...Interest rates on the 30-year bond were down 75% from the period November, 2018 to March, 2020. Since that low, rates have edged up 115%. That seems like a major deal except it isn't because actual rates are ridiculously low. <br /><br />Big tech is going to take it in the neck. <br /><br />Long term. leveraged, fixed low rate, occupied residential real estate in Red states looks good to me.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-39320614257099742452021-02-22T09:22:50.993-05:002021-02-22T09:22:50.993-05:00Bitcoin as a marker of value? - I dunno. Gold use...Bitcoin as a marker of value? - I dunno. Gold used to have that function. So too a McDonald's Big Mac.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56325146804701017912021-02-22T09:02:47.709-05:002021-02-22T09:02:47.709-05:00Bond yields appear to be rising. That may prick a...Bond yields appear to be rising. That may prick a few bubbles...Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-4574692038707870752021-02-22T02:32:19.694-05:002021-02-22T02:32:19.694-05:00In 2012 Bitcoin was worth $5. Today $55,000.
Cu...In 2012 Bitcoin was worth $5. Today $55,000. <br /><br />Current global debt is a paltry $281 trillion. <br /><br />At the current rate of expansion, Bitcoin will eclipse $281 trillion in four years. What could possibly go wrong?Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-64721668745170804742021-02-22T02:04:58.626-05:002021-02-22T02:04:58.626-05:00Agreed. We hear that Bitcoin is now worth one tril...Agreed. We hear that Bitcoin is now worth one trillion USD. At the current rate of expansion (5-7years) it will shortly eclipse the value of all sovereign currencies. How long before the US Treasury release a Twitcoin? Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-39925635415645072582021-02-21T15:30:17.111-05:002021-02-21T15:30:17.111-05:00So much silliness.
Citing the cold weather in Tex...So much silliness.<br /><br />Citing the cold weather in Texas as being counterfactual to global warming is silly. Take a look at the 'jet stream' and how it 'slipped down' to bring the cold air to Texas. While Texas is cold the Artic is warm.<br /><br />Even sillier is the notion that 'green' energy (10% of total power in Texas) was the cause of the power failure in Texas, State of freedom, it's own electricity grid, and oil and gas galore. No, failure to plan for operations in cold weather appears to be paramount. Wind turbines work fine in the north, where it is often cold. So does natural gas as well.<br /><br />The massive use of debt, and, more interesting to me, newly minted money, is interesting. Folks moaned how the past use of massive debt and money printing would lead to runaway inflation and the devaluing of the US dollar. It hasn't happened, yet. We've seen what look like bubbles (i.e. Trumps much touted high flying stock markets) but, so far, nope, hasn't happened.<br /><br />"Charging Headlong And Brainless Into Madness" - that certainly isn't new.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6549845611128067752021-02-19T04:03:42.846-05:002021-02-19T04:03:42.846-05:00Charging Headlong And Brainless Into Madness.What ...Charging Headlong And Brainless Into Madness.What Could Possibly Go Wrong?Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-43932477645426284772021-02-19T04:02:36.207-05:002021-02-19T04:02:36.207-05:00Biden-backed immigration bill to let deported back...<b>Biden-backed immigration bill to let deported back in and amnesty for 20M</b><br /><br />by Paul Bedard, Washington Secrets Columnist | | February 18, 2021 01:50 PM<br /><br /><br />A new Democratic immigration package backed by President Biden is already coming under fire because it would extend amnesty and citizenship to nearly 20 million immigrants, a population five times that of Los Angeles, and even extend an invitation to return to those recently deported.<br /><br />“It’s extraordinarily radical,” said former Trump adviser Stephen Miller. “You can’t even call it left-wing because it’s actually nihilist,” he told Secrets.<br /><br />And coming as millions remain out of work and with the nation still trying to end the coronavirus pandemic, it threatens the livelihood and safety of border states, said other critics.<br /><br />“This latest move would only further harm American workers already struggling from our health and economic national crises caused by the ongoing pandemic and our government's response. This new immigration bill will damage America’s safety, weaken our economy, and endanger our freedoms,” said Heritage Action Executive Director Jessica Anderson.<br /><br />Recommended For You<br />Shock: Just half to get coronavirus vaccine, rest cite safety, effectiveness, needles<br />Gates Foundation behind effort to end white supremacy in math instruction by eliminating need for students to show work<br />How and why a nuclear reactor shut down in Texas cold snap when energy was needed most<br />She said the plan would greenlight about 20 million immigrants on a path to citizenship.<br /><br />Biden's open-door plan has already sparked a new surge of 3,500 illegal immigrants to the border daily, Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-26743478338127714142021-02-19T03:55:09.622-05:002021-02-19T03:55:09.622-05:00A peek back into the time machine:
ELEPHANT BAR: ...A peek back into the time machine:<br /><br /><b>ELEPHANT BAR: Wednesday, September 27, 2006<br />But We Don't Need a Wall</b><br /><br />The Associated Press had this brief snippet earlier today: <br /><br />MEXICO CITY — Mexico's president-elect says murder and mayhem fueled by drug smuggling have overwhelmed the governments of the nation's capital and key states across the country.<br /><br />Felipe Calderon said the wave of bloodshed is ravaging state governments controlled by each of Mexico's three major parties. He singled out Mexico City, the northern states of Sinaloa and Tamaulipas, the southern state of Guerrero and his home state of Michoacan, as being especially hard-hit.<br /><br />"It seems to me that drug violence has overwhelmed the governments," Calderon said Monday in a radio interview.<br />The article goes on to report that "people are gunned down with automatic weapons almost daily, and dozens of Americans have been kidnapped" and more than 1,500 people have died in Mexican drug violence so far this year. Drug gangs battling for control of smuggling corridors are blamed.<br /><br />The graft and corruption, murder and mayhem, kidnappings, carjackings are rampant particularly along the border and in Mexico City.<br /><br />Meanwhile, elsewhere in Latin America it's no better.<br />QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - The leftist presidential front-runner in Ecuador said Wednesday that the devil should be insulted by comparisons to President Bush, whom he called a "dimwitted" leader who has done "great damage" to the world.<br /><br />Rafael Correa, speaking to Channel 8 television, referred to a U.N. speech last week by his friend, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who caused an uproar in the United States by calling Bush "the devil."<br /><br />"Calling Bush the devil is offending the devil," said Correa, a U.S.-trained economist who leads 12 other candidates in polls ahead of the Oct. 15 election. He said "the devil is evil, but intelligent."<br />And the Democrats in the Senate are blocking a fence while various groups forge ahead with the NAFTA Superhighway and the North American Parliament. It's all insane.<br /><br /><b>Posted by Anonymous at 9/27/2006 04:54:00 PM </b>Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-13689818384213398002021-02-19T03:41:20.035-05:002021-02-19T03:41:20.035-05:00No promises.No promises.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.com