OT: Countdown: Three Weeks to Chaos

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All that said. I don’t agree with the authority with which you speak regarding apparently relatively near term very broad “chaos” affecting Americans.

Rus, this is very different situation from any other time in history and chaos is a very accurate description of what most likely will occur. The mechanics of the way our financial/energy/food system intertwine will dictate this. We have converging crises intersecting coupled with sociopathic leadership that lead us down this unsustainable path to complete ruin. This is much bigger than a slightly high unemployment number and some people losing their retirement.

For some quantifications I suggest you watch this presentation. It is a good big picture view of the interdependency of energy and economics, which very very few have.

http://www.chrismartenson.com/crash-course

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081031/ap_on_re_us/california_water#full

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California said Thursday that it plans to cut water deliveries to their second-lowest level ever next year, raising the prospect of rationing for cities and less planting by farmers.

The Department of Water Resources projects that it will deliver just 15 percent of the amount that local water agencies throughout California request every year.

http://www.fcnp.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3695:the-peak-oil-crisis-a-steepening-slope&catid=17:national-commentary&Itemid=79

Thanks to the worsening economic situation the effects of declining oil production – much higher prices and shortages – look to be even closer and more severe than before the financial crisis emerged. Falling prices at the gas pumps are only a temporary distraction: the real troubles are getting closer all the time.

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081110/greider2

The swindle of American taxpayers is proceeding more or less in broad daylight, as the unwitting voters are preoccupied with the national election. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson agreed to invest $125 billion in the nine largest banks, including $10 billion for Goldman Sachs, his old firm. But, if you look more closely at Paulson’s transaction, the taxpayers were taken for a ride–a very expensive ride. They paid $125 billion for bank stock that a private investor could purchase for $62.5 billion. That means half of the public’s money was a straight-out gift to Wall Street, for which taxpayers got nothing in return.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081031/ap_on_re_us/california_water#full

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California said Thursday that it plans to cut water deliveries to their second-lowest level ever next year, raising the prospect of rationing for cities and less planting by farmers.

The Department of Water Resources projects that it will deliver just 15 percent of the amount that local water agencies throughout California request every year.

http://www.fcnp.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3695:the-peak-oil-crisis-a-steepening-slope&catid=17:national-commentary&Itemid=79

Thanks to the worsening economic situation the effects of declining oil production – much higher prices and shortages – look to be even closer and more severe than before the financial crisis emerged. Falling prices at the gas pumps are only a temporary distraction: the real troubles are getting closer all the time.

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081110/greider2

The swindle of American taxpayers is proceeding more or less in broad daylight, as the unwitting voters are preoccupied with the national election. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson agreed to invest $125 billion in the nine largest banks, including $10 billion for Goldman Sachs, his old firm. But, if you look more closely at Paulson’s transaction, the taxpayers were taken for a ride–a very expensive ride. They paid $125 billion for bank stock that a private investor could purchase for $62.5 billion. That means half of the public’s money was a straight-out gift to Wall Street, for which taxpayers got nothing in return.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081031/ap_on_re_us/california_water#full

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California said Thursday that it plans to cut water deliveries to their second-lowest level ever next year, raising the prospect of rationing for cities and less planting by farmers.

The Department of Water Resources projects that it will deliver just 15 percent of the amount that local water agencies throughout California request every year.

http://www.fcnp.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3695:the-peak-oil-crisis-a-steepening-slope&catid=17:national-commentary&Itemid=79

Thanks to the worsening economic situation the effects of declining oil production – much higher prices and shortages – look to be even closer and more severe than before the financial crisis emerged. Falling prices at the gas pumps are only a temporary distraction: the real troubles are getting closer all the time.

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081110/greider2

The swindle of American taxpayers is proceeding more or less in broad daylight, as the unwitting voters are preoccupied with the national election. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson agreed to invest $125 billion in the nine largest banks, including $10 billion for Goldman Sachs, his old firm. But, if you look more closely at Paulson’s transaction, the taxpayers were taken for a ride–a very expensive ride. They paid $125 billion for bank stock that a private investor could purchase for $62.5 billion. That means half of the public’s money was a straight-out gift to Wall Street, for which taxpayers got nothing in return.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081031/ap_on_re_us/california_water#full

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California said Thursday that it plans to cut water deliveries to their second-lowest level ever next year, raising the prospect of rationing for cities and less planting by farmers.

The Department of Water Resources projects that it will deliver just 15 percent of the amount that local water agencies throughout California request every year.

http://www.fcnp.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3695:the-peak-oil-crisis-a-steepening-slope&catid=17:national-commentary&Itemid=79

Thanks to the worsening economic situation the effects of declining oil production – much higher prices and shortages – look to be even closer and more severe than before the financial crisis emerged. Falling prices at the gas pumps are only a temporary distraction: the real troubles are getting closer all the time.

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081110/greider2

The swindle of American taxpayers is proceeding more or less in broad daylight, as the unwitting voters are preoccupied with the national election. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson agreed to invest $125 billion in the nine largest banks, including $10 billion for Goldman Sachs, his old firm. But, if you look more closely at Paulson’s transaction, the taxpayers were taken for a ride–a very expensive ride. They paid $125 billion for bank stock that a private investor could purchase for $62.5 billion. That means half of the public’s money was a straight-out gift to Wall Street, for which taxpayers got nothing in return.

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