TEOTWAWKI ARRIVES!
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Published on The Doomstead Diner March 29, 2020
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What Can Collapsologists Learn From the Coronavirus Disaster?
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Published originally on Cassandra's Legacy on March 27, 2020
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What Can Collapsologists Learn From the Coronavirus Disaster?
Guest post by Herbert Krill
March 23, 2020
These are interesting times for collapsologists and for anyone interested in collapse. For many years, we all studied the past, historic collapses like the Fall of Ancient Rome, and speculated about future collapses. We studied Joseph Tainter, Jared Diamond, read the Blogs of Dmitry Orlov and James Howard Kunstler, re-read "The Limits to Growth" and "Overshoot", enjoyed "The Long Descent" and so on … But now, something that could end in collapse is really here. There is a very fast decline of things as we speak, a "cliff" just as Seneca and Ugo Bardi and others have described.
Is the Coronavirus disaster our collapse? Is that "it"?
It might not "the Big One". But it's a big, fat Black Swan. And big enough to learn a lot from it. Like one learns from a quake, even if it's not […] Continue Reading…
Coronavirus Sets the Sun on the British Empire
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Published on The Doomstead Diner March 24, 2020
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Today's installment of the CoroNewz Reports features more input from the Diner International Correspondents, in this case Jason Heppenstall (Hepp) of 22 Billion Energy Slaves based in Cornwall, England & Monsta666, aonther Admin on the Diner based in London, England who also works in the Bankstering Industry.
Before I get into a synopsis of what we discussed in this chat, I want to adress a criticism I got inside the Diner on our Forum regarding the FOOD intros I do in all our Broadcasts now. The critic was too "impatient" to watch the 7 minutes or so I spend going over the meal of the day, where it was grown or sourced, how it was prepared and how much it costs. To me, these are among the most important questions we must deal with as we move inexorably into the next stage of Collapse. The fact of the matter is despite […] Continue Reading…
A Pox Upon Us
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Originally published on the Doomstead Diner on March 22, 2020
“Stupidity has a knack of getting its way; as we should see if we were not always so much wrapped up in ourselves”
― Albert Camus, The Plague
During the incursions of the Black Death, the bubonic plague that attacked Europe in waves during the 14th and 16th centuries, the rich have always taken pains to insure that sickness remains the province of the poor. Some things never change.
Plague doctors wore a beaked mask and carried a stick. During the 16th century, French royal physician Charles de Lorme is credited with having invented the bird-beak plague mask. The long, beaked mask was typically filled with sweet or strong-smelling herbs, such as wormwood, the main ingredient in absinthe, which were believed to filter out miasma, or bad air, thought at the time to spread plague.
As Jezebel reminds us, Rich People Have Always Been Assholes During Plagues. In the 14th century Black Death, which wiped out somewhere between 30 to 50 percent of Europe’s population, those who could afford were told “cito, longe, tarde:” “flee soon, go far, come back late.” As servants were left behind to clean the houses of an absent aristocracy, the swells and grandees got […] Continue Reading…
Coronavirus Money for Nothing and your Checks for Free
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Published on The Doomstead Diner March 22, 2020
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Another day, another Calamity in the Coronavirus Pandemic. It's really hard to keep up with this, it is spinning out of control so fast. A puny Homo Sap cannot keep pace with the Exponential Function. Perhaps this explains why so many Homo Saps have trouble even grasping the concept.
Today's CoroNewz Special Sunday Brunch Report features an analysis of the "Stimulus" package being concocted up in CONgress which has now balloned up to $2.5T!!! Gotta keep that Konsumer Ecoomy going even if it means handing out FREE Helicopter money to J6P!
This isn't really about bailing out J6P, it's about bailing out Amerikan Bizness, particularly the bizness of Donalditry Trumpovetsky. Isn't it amazing how they can find an infinite supply of money when they want to, but during BAU theres never enough for Food Stamps or Medicare?
Mnuchin: Tentative coronavirus package will include average of $3,000 to a family of four
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Corned Beef, Cabbage, Coronavirus & Collapse
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Published on The Doomstead Diner March 20, 2020
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St. Paddy's Day has come and gone, but this year the Hangover afterward is exceptionally bad, and nobody even went out drinking! Although I suspect the Stay-at-Home Boozing was even more over-the-top than usual.
In this video, I focus on Local Food Production, with the main Produce we grow up here on the Last Great Frontier, namely Alaska Grown Carrots and Potatoes. Alaska is best know for its Fish production of course, with probably the best remaining good fisherie in the world and a huge export market for that fish, both in the lower 48 as well as in Asia. Well known also for our Game Meat Hunting of Moose, Caribou, Bear and Big Horn Sheep as well. There are also numerous small farms raising cattle, and at 3 Bears you can always choose to buy the local meats, although they come at a Premium Price, about 25% higher than the commercial beef from the Lower 48.
Discussed also in this video is […] Continue Reading…
Happy Vernal Equinox – 2020: A Black Swan Trigger for the Collapse
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Published on the Question Everything on March 19, 2020
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Happy Vernal Equinox – 2020: A Black Swan Trigger for the Collapse
Might the SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus be the black swan event that puts us past the tipping point? The virus itself, and the disease it causes, Covid-19, is certainly dangerous in its own right (though the actual death rate is not really known because we don't have accurate data on the actual number of cases) I wouldn't worry about it decimating the population. Rather what concerns me is the so-called 'knock-on' effects or the cascade of disruptions to our very brittle economic (and political) systems. Yesterday I went to Costco for some supplies (not toilet paper thank you) and was a little taken aback at the empty shelves where some of my favorite items could generally be found. Our global economy and distributed production/supply chains are vulnerable to disruptions. Like people not working in order to avoid contacting those with the virus. As we have seen over the past week, whole countries and most of the states in the US are […] Continue Reading…
Pandemic Panic
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Published on The Doomstead Diner March 17, 2020
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St. Paddy's Day has arrived and it's time for some Corned Beef & Cabbage and plenty of Booze today! 🙂 But first of course I had to go out and do some FOOD Shopping for a few items, fresh veggies mostly, I have everything else in my Preps. I'm good on the Corned Beef for I think 5 St. Paddy's Days into the future, I think I have 5 Briskets in the chest freezer.
It's not a Happy St. Paddy's day this year either for the Leprechauns or the Irish-Amerikan Cops who still run the NYPD and march every year down 5th Avenue then go out and get shit-faced drunk at various Irish bars in Brooklyn & Queens. No parade this year in NY Shity, and none across the Pond on the Emerald Isle either. Coronavirus has dealt the ultimate blow to the Irish this year.
Anyhow, Surly wrote yesterday about his terrifying shopping expedition to COSTCO, but I figured on leaving my […] Continue Reading…
Panic at the Costco
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Originally published on the Doomstead Diner on March 15, 2020
“Who needs four horsemen when one will do just fine?” ― Charlotte Hale, Westworld
There are two schools of thought as to the consequences of the current coronavirus pandemic:
1) This is the BIG ONE. The US is still in "no data, no problem" mode. Ten days behind Italy. Watch for a near-vertical spike when testing begins and denial ends.
2) This is NOT the BIG ONE. While the "infectabliity" factor oif the disease is ten times greater than the flu, its lethality is relatively low, aside from the elderly, the sicks, and the poors. Making the disease a gift to the capitalists by way of reducing overhead. "Buy the fucking dip, 'cuz nothing matters."
Most of us who frequents sites like Doomstead Diner would agree that whether you’ve been personally touched by coronavirus or not, one is well-advised to be prepared with essentials to weather an interruption of several weeks in business-as-usual (BAU.) But many people do not, and have neither the interest nor means to prepare for much except tomorrow.. Homeland Security’s emergency and disaster prep site, ready.gov, suggests: “Store a two-week supply of water and food,” Prepper types think […] Continue Reading…
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant during the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Published on The Doomstead Diner March 16, 2020
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"Two Professors, an IT Engineer & a Crippled Cook walk into an Italian Restaurant during the Coronavirus Pandemic…"
Two days ago on Friday the 13th, I got together around the Diner Table with 3 other Collapse Bloggers and long time friends, Ugo Bardi of Cassandra's Legacy, George Mobus of Question Everything and K-Dog of Chasing the Squirrel. Originally I had intended to work on the editing of the videos through the week and Premier the Broadcast on the Vernal Equinox coming on March 19th for a couple of reasons.
For one, I just Premiered yesterday a video, A Millenial's Eye View of the Collapse of Industrial Civilization. It is my general practice to give any major Videos or Blogs at least 2 days in the Feature Spot at the top of the Diner Blog Homepage. The 2nd reason is because the Solstices and Equinoxes are important dates for at least two of […] Continue Reading…
A Millenial’s Eye View of the Collapse of Industrial Civilization
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Published on The Doomstead Diner March 15, 2020
The Ides of March
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Note: Due to problems with the Video & Audio capture software I have been using with Skype, portions of the Video have somewhat out-of-sync A&V along with dropouts. I am going to change platforms due to this problem for the next interview show (after the one with Ugo Bardi, George Mobus & K-Dog coming on Thursday, already recorded). In this case, if you turn off the YouTube sound and turn on the Soundcloud sound, you will get clear audio all the way through.
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A discussion held this week with a true Millenial Generation (Born 1998, Age 21) young man from northern Ontario Canada, who recently became aware the Civilization he lives in is undergoing Collapse. He joined our intrepid Clan of Kollapsniks on the Doomstead Diner after becoming "Collapse Aware" in September of 2019 and happening on George Mobus' Blog, Question Everything. On a websitejab packed with Old White Men from […] Continue Reading…
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Responding to Collapse, Part 15—Addendum
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At the end of my last post I said something to the effect that while I had just said pretty much all I had to say on the subject of diesel fuel, comments from my readers might spark something further. Indeed they have, and at least two of those ideas from the comments section are worth sharing here with the rest of my readers.
Battery Powered Tractor Trailers (EV Semis)
There has been a lot in the news lately about battery powered electric trucks suitable for long distance hauling of heavy loads, following the release of Tesla's prototypes of such a vehicle.
One reader on Facebook was outraged that I wasn't sufficiently impressed by Tesla's "achievement", but in the context of this blog whether disruptions in cargo transport are caused by problems with the supply of diesel fuel or problems with the supply of electricity (needed to charge batteries for electric trucks) is of little importance. We are going to experience both those problems, in any case, as collapse progresses.
Concerns about climate change, […] Continue Reading…
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
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Published on The Doomstead Diner March 14, 2020
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You've heard the joke before I am sure…
"Two Professors, an Engineer and a Crippled Cook walk into an Italian Restaurant during the Coronavirus Pandemic…"
Full length Feature Film coming to a Laptop near you on the Vernal Equinox of 2020. That's Thursday, March 19th, 2020 for those of you unfamiliar with important Astronomical dates on the Calendar.
Coronavirus & the Oil Market
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Published on The Doomstead Diner March 13, 2020
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IT'S FRIDAY THE 13TH!!!
No accompanying article for this vid as of yet. You will have to watch the vid to find out what it's about. I am overloaded right now with vids to edit and no time to write. Another discussion set for tomorrow.with George Mobus, Ugo Bardi and K-Dog. SHTF Day HAS ARRIVED. Now I gotta REALLY work to keep up with Collapse!
Prepping for Coronavirus
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Published on The Doomstead Diner March 11, 2020
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How do the Fashion Conscious dress for a trip to the Food Superstore in the midst of the Coronavirus Pandemic (now Certified Officially by the WHO)? Would you want to be seen outside your McMansion wearing one of those ugly Surgical Masks? I wouldn't DREAM of going out in public looking like that!
Then there is the question of just HOW EFFECTIVE are these preventative measures? Will these masks really protect you from COV-19? Do you really want to sacrifice your Fashion Sense on the theory that this will keep you safe, and you can go to the local Bar or Dance Club and Part all night free of worry that you will not only DIE, but probably spread the bug to everyone in your family too? Before you even know you got it?
How many of these masks (even the ugly ones) are produced each year? There is speculation that this virus is contagious enough to eventually infect every last one of […] Continue Reading…
Florence Hit by the Coronavirus: The Curse of Hyperspecialization
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Published on Cassandra's Legacy on March 9, 2020
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Like the Giant Panda, the economy of Florence is at risk of extinction.
Florence is like the Chinese Panda: a creature highly specialized in the resources it exploits. The pandas need bamboo, Florence needs tourists. No bamboo, the pandas die. No tourists, well….
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These days, walking in downtown Florence reminds me of my childhood, when Florence was not packed full of tourists. It is a ghostly experience: there is almost nobody around. The few Florentines walking in the streets look perplexed, as if asking each other "and now what?" All Italy is like that, frozen: schools and universities are closed, most restaurants have closed and the trains and the buses run nearly […] Continue Reading…
Life After Oil
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Published on The Doomstead Diner on March 9, 2020
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Life After Oil
France has collapsologues and Pablo Servigne is one. Pablo is an agricultural engineer with a Doctorate in Science. For the past decade Pablo has worked with Barricade in Liège Belgium. Leaving academics to do what he can Pablo is facilitating the transition away from oil. Barricade is about a new way forward. Pablo knows academics by itself can’t make the new world. Nothing by itself can.
In this video Pablo talks about the end of oil and European agriculture. I discovered Pablo by exploring what is happening with collapse in France. The video is in French which I don't understand but I do have enough familiarity with the language so that with the help of Google Translate I was able to summarize Pablo's talk for you. It is a very good talk much like a TED talk or a good interview by Sam Mitchell. I wanted to know if there were any perspectives I was not aware of in the French collapse tribe. I'm glad I watched it for I did […] Continue Reading…
Corona Virus & the Death of the Left
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Published on The Doomstead Diner March 8, 2020
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It has been another Banner Week in the world of Collapse, on the Political, Economic and Medical fronts of the ongoing Collapse of Industrial Civilization. It is becoming far too easy these days to find Collapse Topics to write on. It's not even a challenge anymore. 🙁
Starting with Politics, the Race for POTUS saw a huge collapse in the size of the Democratic candidates who may face down Donalditry Tumpovetsky in the election, if there is one. Falling by the wayside this week vere Tom Steyer, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and most significant of all IMHO, Liz Warren. She was the only one besides B & B, Biden and Bernie who was pulling down double digits in the Polling. So the race has now boiled down to one between the "Progressive" end of the Demodope Party and the "Corporate Sellout" end.
Common Wisdom among Diners is that in NO WAY will the Democratic Party hacks allow Bernie to get the nomination, and […] Continue Reading…
The Collapse Cardiologist from Oz Daily Double
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Published on The Doomstead Diner on March 7, 2020
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by Geoffrey Chia, March 2020
MY “IDEAL” SMALL OCEAN-CAPABLE CATAMARAN / SEASTEAD
Buying a luxury yacht for recreation or as a status symbol while still living ashore may be viewed as an act of vanity and profligacy, particularly if the boat is seldom used. Buying a seaworthy boat to live aboard full time and achieve independence from the coal fired power grid and reduce your overall resource consumption (and eliminate all land dwelling expenses) is another matter however. Yachties tend to be incredibly parsimonious with their use of power and fresh water. Depending on your circumstances, an offgrid lifestyle in your “floating tiny house” may be cheaper than living ashore and can dramatically reduce your ecological footprint. “Doomers” may consider it the ultimate “bug out” vehicle.
For monohull fans, the best small oceangoing liveaboard sailboat is the Sirius 35DS. Hands down. End of discussion.
For catamaran fans the debate rages on.
I live aboard a FP Mahe 36 evolution catamaran which, for my particular purposes, was the best (and smallest) ocean capable liveaboard cat available at […] Continue Reading…
A Diner Exercises his Voting Franchise
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Published on The Doomstead Diner March 1, 2020
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Diner Admin and Author of the Chasing the Squirrel Blog K-Dog who lives in thr Super Tuesday staate of Washington cast his Ballot today in one of the Ballot Boxes sprinkled around the city of Renton, which is one of the Seattle Suburbs. Nowadays there is no more going to the local Elementary School and going inside a Drape Covered Booth and pulling a lever. First they went to Postal Mail voting, then when that turned out to have a lot of problems (not to mention election fraud), they started dropping down these boxes around town where you go to drop down your vote anytime after you get your Ballot in the mail. Obviously there still can be Fraud with this system also, but hopefully it is slightly less.
Here on the Diner mosst of us make no secret of who we support in an election, and Diner Support leans heavily toward Bernie Sanders & Liz Warren. A couple of Bloomberg Supporters […] Continue Reading…
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