What a week. Somali pirates have captured a Ukraninian ship carrying ammunition and tanks to Kenya, stayed inside Somalia's 12 mile limit, keeping the US Navy (and soon, the Russian Navy) at bay.

Tourists and their Egyptian guides were kidnapped and taken for a 10 day ride into Chad. European commandos raided and rescued the prisoners.

Hubble Space Telescope suffered a nearly catastrophic failure causing a 14 Oct rescue mission to be (temporarily) canceled.

The Cern supercollider suffered a failure during testing - but no black holes.

N Korea, in exasperation with international cooperation, has driven out international inspectors and said they are restarting the plutonium reactor.

Thousands of people are still unaccounted for in Galveston.

Instead, we ignore all this to worry about silly money games and Congressman who cannot take their vacation. Some people were so concerned as to even listen to George Jr speeches every morning. What is this world coming to? Winter.

Fear not. It is no longer a bail out. Now it is a rescue plan. I'll take winter over spin anyday.

Someone on some news showed summed it up very well today I thought, "We're privatizing profit and nationalizing debt".

It sucks.

Yabbut, did you know the average N. Korean is three inches shorter than the average South Korean? It's true! Not everything is bad news! Cheer up! Wall Street, the "market", all that stuff is made up anyway.

That explains why Campbell Soup stock rose as the market crashed 777 points. More news that everyone should have seen if not so busy watching the obvious.

:lol2: I'm sure this has something to do with the price of tea in China too.

Seriously, folks, building a stockpile of long life food right now might not be a bad idea.

Most cities have only a few days worth of food in them, thanks to the brilliance of "just in time" inventory. Our economy is so interdependent that if one thing seizes up - say, fuel supplies - everything else will jam up behind it very quickly. Coal supply goes down - no electricity. Fuel pumps don't work - refinery doesn't work - transport becomes very hard to arrange - food becomes scarce... etc.
It could take a few weeks before things start trickling through again.

Most disaster agencies recommend everyone have at least one week worth of essentials on standby. Food, water, and don't forget the toilet paper *.

I am NOT forecasting the end of civilisation as we know it. Maybe nothing like the above will happen. But I reckon that for the next 1 or 2 years, there is a higher than usual chance of things going a bit haywire.

* and ammo, for those that require.
* and tinfoil hats.

2012. That's what the Mayans said and I've never known a Mayan (to be wrong)...wait. Does this mean I can drink now?

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:lol2: at the fact that they took two tries to spell "fuckers".

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House passed 263-161

Is that a good thing, V?
From what I heard this bill was chock-fuckin-full of pork too.

Yeah, I heard there was lots of oinking going on in the background, myself. What I'd like to know is if the CEO's of these failed banks and other lending institutions are going to be held accountable or are they just going to waft away on golden parachutes on the tax payer's dime? :mad2: