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The American Energy Crisis: My Bad

Trading is not like fighting with your spouse. There is no time to insist that you are right. Admit your mistakes, ASAP, and move on. Thankfully I did not have the confidence to be short (and when shorting, you REALLY must admit any error quickly or you won’t have any capital left to trade with in very short order). So some of my trader’s intuition was working. After all, we sold Oil rather than ride it down.

t r u t h o u t | WTO Talks Collapse Amidst Concerns for Food Security
Despite trade ministers’ hopes for a last-minute deal, World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations collapsed yet again today, and observers at the talks in Geneva say that the failure is not surprising, given the reluctance of India and other developing nations to sacrifice food security measures in the wake of the recent global spike in food prices.

Seems like the developing nations are wising up 

No Nanny State - Molon Labe!
Last year, there was a big stink about how politicians had hidden $13 billion in pork in the Defense and Homeland Security Appropriations Act. It included the Bridge crap, and Stevens had made a big production out of it, promising to quit in protest if any of his pet projects were touched. Everyone caved in, and they all got their pork. As I wrote in March of last year:

Yeah, those pussies in both houses of congress hide their shit in defense and homeland security bills, knowing that no one will vote against them. Draw and quarter every fucking one of them.

As the chairman of the appropriations committee, this bastard was the one who held the purse strings in the Senate. The special interests knew where to go to get their pieces of silver.

Circle of the Oroborous: Product Review
Today we review the Woodgas camp stove.
A sturdy little number constructed of stainless steel.
It’s available in two models The XL and the LE.

TEOTWAWKIAIFF: Roving Bands Of Mutant Ninja Biker Zombies? - Or Not?
A popular idea in the survival circles is the Golden Horde. Post TEOWAWKI, sheeple deprived of food, water, shelter would roam the countryside in ever-growing numbers to devour all in their path like a pack of locusts.