Make no mistake, we are experiencing the beginning of the worst economic times since the dustbowl. Possibly worse, if you want the truth.
But people don't want the truth, do they? The wheels have fallen off the monster truck of state, but since we're still sliding on the chassis rather than rolling over, everyone pretends that things aren't that bad. The band is still playing, so we can all rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic, and pretend that the band will play on.
Well, wake the fuck up. Things really ARE that bad...the lights are going out all over the world, and nobody knows when - or if - they will ever come on again. The proof of this is listening to that waterhead at the Fed babble on about how the recovery will begin in the second half of the fiscal year. Now, how the FUCK would he know that? He doesn't. He's making a prediction that sounds reassuring, but is far enough out that he assumes nobody will remember it when summer rolls around, the harvest is in...and we are not saved.
Herbert Hoover said the same thing, back at the beginning of 1932: "Prosperity is right around the corner". As a note to those of you who don't study Doom, 1932/33 was the worst fiscal year of the depression.
The worst part about this is that the problem WAS fixable. The bailout was intended to allow the banks to steal capital from us, so they could loan money. Our economy functions on lines of credit, and all that was required to turn this from disaster to a mere recession was for them to actually LOAN THAT MONEY OUT. However, thanks to a weak-sister congress, the language of the bailout bill changed it instead into a massive giveaway with no accountability. The bankers took the money, smiled, and then wrote themselves some bonus checks and used the rest of the money, apparently, to buy up assets. When asked about it, they laughed in congress' face, and told them that they don't have to tell anyone where the money went, and by the way, give us the other $350 Bn, please.
Well, I have something to say to those bankers. Something that should have been said long ago, when they first refused to renegotiate the toxic mortgages that started this whole mess. Listen closely, my fat larcenous friends, for this is very, very important:
WE WILL FUCKING EAT YOU.
That's right. I, for one, will not starve because of your greed. When the deal goes South and it all comes crashing down, I will eat you before I starve. I will use your skull as a wine glass. I will gnaw on your bones with my very own teeth.
My son informs me that eating people is actually very unhealthy. Something about "prions" and mad cow disease. But what does he know? He hasn't been around long enough to really understand DOOM. He lives at that wonderful age of 15, where Really Bad Things happen to other people, and tomorrow's biggest worry is whether or not he'll get to feel up Suzy Rottencrotch under the bleachers during the homecoming game.
Well, I'll ask him again, in a few years, after the lights have gone out and the coyotes begin eying us with interest. When he's learned how to make fuel out of alcohol, and we all live by pillaging those who still try to stand still and grow things. Bankers will be a rare delicacy by then; no longer low hanging fruit dangling from the light poles.
Be warned. The easy times, the years of light and prosperity are behind us, brought low by the same greed and stupidity that has plagued the human race since Og the Caveman decided to corner the market on edible berries. Rough times are ahead, and even if we DON'T get to eat bankers, we can at least stockpile A1 Sauce.
Or kill me.
:lulz: :mittens:
:mittens:
:lulz: :x :lulz: :x :lulz:
I may start NOW, to beat the rush.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 15, 2009, 12:46:18 AM
I may start NOW, to beat the rush.
QFT.
Got to get as many as you can before they realise they're on the menu.
Quote from: Paesior on January 15, 2009, 01:01:48 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 15, 2009, 12:46:18 AM
I may start NOW, to beat the rush.
QFT.
Got to get as many as you can before they realise they're on the menu.
Shut up and pass the vinegar.
:mittens:
om nom fuckin' nom
:mittens: soon to be leading the cannibal army across the desolate wastelands - bravo
Fuck yeah! :mittens:
the doom brings a tear to my eye... :cry:
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I can't wait
(incidentally, i think you were a bit optimistic in thinking that the 'bailout' could do anything except forestall the inevitable DOOM)
Quote from: Iptuous on January 15, 2009, 02:59:07 AM
Fuck yeah! :mittens:
the doom brings a tear to my eye... :cry:
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I can't wait
(incidentally, i think you were a bit optimistic in thinking that the 'bailout' could do anything except forestall the inevitable DOOM)
It could have slowed it down.
I dunno.... there's a few cars already off the rails, and this trainwreck's got the momentum necessary to knock this whole rock out of orbit.
Let me know if you do end up moving before this shit goes down, so we can avoid turf battles when we don our warlord hats. (ECH and i have a tacit understanding already, i think.)
Onward! through the DOOM!
Quote from: Iptuous on January 15, 2009, 03:21:37 AM
I dunno.... there's a few cars already off the rails, and this trainwreck's got the momentum necessary to knock this whole rock out of orbit.
Let me know if you do end up moving before this shit goes down, so we can avoid turf battles when we don our warlord hats. (ECH and i have a tacit understanding already, i think.)
Onward! through the DOOM!
I get the Southwest.
You know why that's the best place?
No water? :?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 15, 2009, 03:48:09 AM
I get the Southwest.
You know why that's the best place?
Ok, I'll bite....
why?
until a band of cannibalistic zealots led by Reverend Armitage and an army of heavily armed soldiers begin a rampage through the area,
from a description of Lucifer's Hammer a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Larry Niven
worth reading - topically relevant
Quote from: Iptuous on January 15, 2009, 03:52:50 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 15, 2009, 03:48:09 AM
I get the Southwest.
You know why that's the best place?
Ok, I'll bite....
why?
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Quote from: Fomenter on January 15, 2009, 04:02:59 AM
until a band of cannibalistic zealots led by Reverend Armitage and an army of heavily armed soldiers begin a rampage through the area,
from a description of Lucifer's Hammer a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Larry Niven
worth reading - topically relevant
That was probably his best book.
best i have read, its in my top 10 list for sure
why, you don't have to live in the desert just to wear your favorite leather straps and man panties, TGRR! Remember, you run bartertown!
Quote from: Iptuous on January 15, 2009, 04:27:08 AM
why, you don't have to live in the desert just to wear your favorite leather straps and man panties, TGRR! Remember, you run bartertown!
Yeah, but a lot of that shit was FILMED HERE!
Life imitates art! WHEEEE!
the difference between the two is quickly fading, no? :D
Quote from: Iptuous on January 15, 2009, 04:30:16 AM
the difference between the two is quickly fading, no? :D
And this is just the beginning!
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 15, 2009, 04:31:44 AM
Quote from: Iptuous on January 15, 2009, 04:30:16 AM
the difference between the two is quickly fading, no? :D
And this is just the beginning!
It's gonna be fucking awesome...
all these pansies that lost their natural monkey will-to-evil are gonna get creamed just for us to spread on our toast.
it will be good times when the warlord hats go on
edit to add - i just found a post apocoliptic book torrent hxxp://isohunt.com/torrent_details/46662680/Jerry+Pournelle?tab=summary
it has Lucifers Hammer and some others
Brian Keene-City Of The Dead (=zombies)
Brian Keene-The Rising (=zombies)
Brian W. Aldiss-Greybeard
Cormac McCarthy-The Road
David Brin-The Postman (sounds like kevin Costner movie haven't read)
James BeauSeigneur-Christ Clone Trilogy
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle - Footfall
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle-Lucifers Hammer (=cannibal army)
Margaret Atwood-Oryx And Crake
Margaret Atwood-The Handmaid's Tale
Octavia E. Butler-Lilith's Brood
A1! A1! A1!
muttonly :mittens: Rog!
Roger, you've said you don't feel like your rants are the right context for your Youtube videos. How would you feel about a collaboration, in which I recited your rants, possibly with music, full credit?
:mittens:, Rog
Quote from: Iptuous on January 15, 2009, 04:38:00 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 15, 2009, 04:31:44 AM
Quote from: Iptuous on January 15, 2009, 04:30:16 AM
the difference between the two is quickly fading, no? :D
And this is just the beginning!
It's gonna be fucking awesome...
all these pansies that lost their natural monkey will-to-evil are gonna get creamed just for us to spread on our toast.
You forkey the rich never lost their will to evil. We wouldn't be in this fucking mess if they had. No, the bankers might be soft, but they will be the *first* to start eating people if someone doesn't take them down preemptively.
Roger, your rant reminds me. I really need to go pick up an extra brick of ammo.
Fucking :mittens:
I just hope you're right. Everytime it looks like the end of the civilisation is coming fuck all happens.
Quote from: Requiem on January 15, 2009, 10:04:34 AM
Quote from: Iptuous on January 15, 2009, 04:38:00 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 15, 2009, 04:31:44 AM
Quote from: Iptuous on January 15, 2009, 04:30:16 AM
the difference between the two is quickly fading, no? :D
And this is just the beginning!
It's gonna be fucking awesome...
all these pansies that lost their natural monkey will-to-evil are gonna get creamed just for us to spread on our toast.
You forkey the rich never lost their will to evil. We wouldn't be in this fucking mess if they had. No, the bankers might be soft, but they will be the *first* to start eating people if someone doesn't take them down preemptively.
Roger, your rant reminds me. I really need to go pick up an extra brick of ammo.
That is true, but i wonder how many of them have lost the taste for carrying out the dirty work themselves? It'll definitely be interesting to see how it unfolds.
what's the ammo availability in your neck of the woods. on some paranoid sites, they are discussing how ammo is low on stock and flies off the shelves as soon as it comes in. I know the subsonic stuff my dad and i sell is a hot seller right now...
:mittens:
Now THAT's a way to wake up.
Yowza.
BRAVO
:mittens:
Yet another piece that sends chills, but fucking awesome all the way!!!
New line? Have A1 and will kill a motherfucker?
:mittens:
awesome rant, Roger!
btw, afaik, the deal with eating humans is not so much the prions, as well as the toxins, chemical waste and crap us humans consume all our lives.
not a expert but my understanding is don't eat the brain don't eat any body who eats human brain (to be safe don't eat other cannibals) and you will be relatively safe.
Best fucking headline:
QuoteMale Praying Mantids Prefer Not To Be Victims Of Sexual Cannibalism
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/07/060726183753.htm
It's surprisingly difficult to learn much about the nutritional benefit or health risks of cannibalism online. My friend, who has a Masters in Public Health, told me that our bodies are unable to derive much nutritional value from human meat, and that the risk of contracting human-specific parasites or diseases is quite high. Another factor is that humans, from being at the top of the food chain, have the most polluted flesh of any animal; far worse than some of the foods we're warned against eating too much of, like tuna. Pregnant and nursing women probably should not eat people.
I seem to recall reading somewhere that its actually a small number of types of mantises that eat the males when copulating, but it gets all the press.
And, that in the wild it almost never happens... scientists would starve the mantises and that, on top of the usual stress of being captured and viewed and whatnot, lead to a freakish outcome.
Quote from: Fomenter on January 15, 2009, 04:53:17 AM
it will be good times when the warlord hats go on
edit to add - i just found a post apocoliptic book torrent hxxp://isohunt.com/torrent_details/46662680/Jerry+Pournelle?tab=summary
it has Lucifers Hammer and some others
Brian Keene-City Of The Dead (=zombies)
Brian Keene-The Rising (=zombies)
Brian W. Aldiss-Greybeard
Cormac McCarthy-The Road
David Brin-The Postman (sounds like kevin Costner movie haven't read)
James BeauSeigneur-Christ Clone Trilogy
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle - Footfall
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle-Lucifers Hammer (=cannibal army)
Margaret Atwood-Oryx And Crake
Margaret Atwood-The Handmaid's Tale
Octavia E. Butler-Lilith's Brood
Greybeard was a work of genius. GENIUS!
I still have a first edition paperback. 8)
Quote from: Triple Zero on January 15, 2009, 06:07:13 PM
:mittens:
awesome rant, Roger!
btw, afaik, the deal with eating humans is not so much the prions, as well as the toxins, chemical waste and crap us humans consume all our lives.
I'll take my chances.
Fuck, I might even become a wendigo. That would fucking ROCK!
TGRR,
Eats the bark off the North side of trees.
Quote from: Fomenter on January 15, 2009, 04:53:17 AM
David Brin-The Postman (sounds like kevin Costner movie haven't read)
Other than the fact that cosnters movie was based on this book they have nothing in commen.
the book was good for one thing.
Quote from: Fuquad on January 15, 2009, 11:12:06 PM
Quote from: Fomenter on January 15, 2009, 04:53:17 AM
David Brin-The Postman (sounds like kevin Costner movie haven't read)
Other than the fact that cosnters movie was based on this book they have nothing in commen.
the book was good for one thing.
it sounded better than the movie, still seeding if someone wants the torrent
i am also looking forward to reading greybeard
Quote from: Iptuous on January 15, 2009, 01:04:45 PM
That is true, but i wonder how many of them have lost the taste for carrying out the dirty work themselves? It'll definitely be interesting to see how it unfolds.
what's the ammo availability in your neck of the woods. on some paranoid sites, they are discussing how ammo is low on stock and flies off the shelves as soon as it comes in. I know the subsonic stuff my dad and i sell is a hot seller right now...
Hmm, its been a while since I bought any, and between Obama fears and the economy it's possible it's running off. Still shooting ranges usually have ammo in mass amounts (and better prices than anywhere else).
cannibal diseases
QuoteKURU, A CANNIBAL DISEASE: The real breakthrough for understanding Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease occurred in 1957 with the discovery of a curious degenerative brain disease of cannibals. Certain Fore tribes of Papua, New Guinea were inflicted with a disease called Kuru - the trembling with fear. This disease manifested itself as a fatal disease with an onset and duration that lasted usually 1 year. To date there have been 2500+ cases reported in these relatively small villages with an occurrence of at least 1% of the population. It was prevalent in women and children but rarely affected adult males. The terminal stage of this brain disease was marked by total dementia, muteness, inability to move, ataxia (jerkiness of the muscles), dysarthria, dysphagia and death.
Kuru was determined to be linked to the ritual cannibalism that was practiced by these tribes. The brains of the elders were ritually prepared and eaten by the women and children, but seldom by the men. This endocannibalism was outlawed by the authorities of New Guinea and now the disease is slowly disappearing. There are still cases appearing due to the extreme incubation periods of the disease -exceeding 30 years in some instances. Kuru was successfully passed to chimpanzees in 1966 by intracerebral injection of brain specimens. This disease however, was not passed maternally or by mother's milk which was determined by very careful epidemiological studies. Further studies have even determined the exact cannibal feast that resulted in the transmission to certain victims. A suggested link to a bizarre disease of sheep (scrapie) was proposed in 1959 and ultimately lead to the path of understanding for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
more here http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/04/0410_030410_cannibal.html
Surgeon Generals Warning: Pregnant and nursing women should not eat people.
Quote from: Fuquad on January 15, 2009, 11:12:06 PM
Quote from: Fomenter on January 15, 2009, 04:53:17 AM
David Brin-The Postman (sounds like kevin Costner movie haven't read)
Other than the fact that cosnters movie was based on this book they have nothing in commen.
the book was good for one thing.
The book was truly excellent.
Quote from: Ratatosk on January 16, 2009, 05:31:31 AM
nursing women
Curious... how many of them are or were bankers?
Can't eat my Weetabix dry, you know.
Quote from: Ratatosk on January 16, 2009, 05:31:31 AM
Surgeon Generals Warning: Pregnant and nursing women should not eat people.
LIES.
Anyone have some solid knife recommendations that will carve bankers the best?
Quote from: Batty Kissinger on April 14, 2009, 05:45:23 AM
Anyone have some solid knife recommendations that will carve bankers the best?
I prefer chainsaws.
Or for a salad, a chipper and a garbage bag.
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on January 15, 2009, 06:40:39 AM
Roger, you've said you don't feel like your rants are the right context for your Youtube videos. How would you feel about a collaboration, in which I recited your rants, possibly with music, full credit?
THIS
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 03, 2009, 05:57:06 PM
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on January 15, 2009, 06:40:39 AM
Roger, you've said you don't feel like your rants are the right context for your Youtube videos. How would you feel about a collaboration, in which I recited your rants, possibly with music, full credit?
THIS
Oh shit, you just now saw that???
I'm glad you like it, as I think it would be AWESORM.
As long as nigel does it nude, I have no problems.
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on September 03, 2009, 08:09:16 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 03, 2009, 05:57:06 PM
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on January 15, 2009, 06:40:39 AM
Roger, you've said you don't feel like your rants are the right context for your Youtube videos. How would you feel about a collaboration, in which I recited your rants, possibly with music, full credit?
THIS
Oh shit, you just now saw that???
I'm glad you like it, as I think it would be AWESORM.
I can be just as blind and dumb as anyone.
Knock yourself out, lady.
LMNO can play, too.
Quote from: LMNO on September 03, 2009, 08:10:54 PM
As long as nigel does it nude, I have no problems.
You had also asked about this, much earlier. Go ahead.
Oh, hell. This could be fun.
Quote from: LMNO on September 03, 2009, 08:40:13 PM
Oh, hell. This could be fun.
I'll let you spags fight over who gets to do which ones.
Though I think that either of you would do well on this one. Ragiest poster wins.
Well, goddamn. I've been waiting for this.
Quote from: LMNO on September 03, 2009, 08:43:07 PM
Well, goddamn. I've been waiting for this.
I better see some anger. Just saying.
TGRR,
Will settle for mindless hate, though.
I have to go away to DC for the weekend, but you can be sure that you'll be hearing this from me soon.
Quote from: LMNO on September 03, 2009, 08:45:43 PM
I have to go away to DC for the weekend,
I hope you got your shots.
These bankers are making me thirsty!
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Bump for recent G/S shennanigans.