Category Archives: Armageddon

…aaand here comes the Grain Blight….

Posted on April 6, 2007 by Alaska

From the FAL Files Forums, here’s this article for your reflection. I’m not much of a farmer, myself, although I come from a long line of ’em on one side of my family. So I’m not sure how serious a … Continue reading →

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Real-Life Zombie Outbreak

Posted on April 1, 2007 by Alaska

…in Cambodia. BBC writeup here. Heads’ up, Josh, it’s only 8267 air miles from Cambodia to San Diego!

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Apocalypse Now

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Alaska

Think it can’t happen here? First, take a look at what happens when a community dies — the abandoned fire department, courthouse and police buildings in Henry Ford’s “birthplace of industrialization,” Highland Park. The municipality fled and left the place … Continue reading →

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Sunday Book Review: Stephen King’s CELL

Posted on February 18, 2007 by Alaska

While waiting for my antibiotics last week at the pharmacy, I picked up this book and started reading, because any book blurbed by the Washington Post as “the Great American Zombie Novel” can’t be all bad. And I really enjoyed … Continue reading →

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How Much Money Can You Come Up With On Short Notice?

Posted on January 17, 2007 by Phil Kadath

And do you / would you like to live near the town of Oneida, New York? I know I’ve been asking this question a lot lately, but there is just so much excellent capitalism going on these days. It may … Continue reading →

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The Definition of Insanity

Posted on January 5, 2007 by Phil Kadath

At least according to Ben Franklin, was “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” Which makes me wonder why my tax dollars are being wasted on rebuilding even a bird’s nest in New Orleans. … Continue reading →

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If the Economy Tanks, Don’t Blame it on Subprime Mortgages

Posted on January 2, 2007 by Alaska

Be sure to keep the below in mind the next time you read another doom-n-gloom assessment of the housing collapse slowdown that relies at least in part on the notion that all the “nontraditional” mortgages granted recently to “people with … Continue reading →

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We’re all gonna die from Global Warming!

Posted on December 28, 2006 by Phil Kadath

At least that is what this WaPo article on the possibility of Polar Bears being listed as  an endangered species because of global warming would like you to believe. The Bush administration has decided to propose listing the polar bear … Continue reading →

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They finally get it

Posted on December 14, 2006 by Phil Kadath

Diarist and inmate at the Kos Petting Zoo and Anmial Farm, “jforman”, asks a question in his post “Why They Don’t Get It” Have you ever wondered why Republicans will cling to a belief despite seemingly overwhelming evidence to the contrary? His correct … Continue reading →

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High Winds

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Phil Kadath

What, are they burning a captured crop of the Mary Jane? But seriously, more wicked weather is coming this way so, just an FYI: If I don’t post tomorrow, it is probably just because the local cable and phone systems … Continue reading →

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