Well surprise surprise..never saw this coming.

GaryPDX: Well surprise surprise..never saw this coming.

Bushey did... and his buddies are wiping their asses with $1000 bills in glee

/georgey still prefers using the Constitution

So the predictions tend to be gloomy: some analysts see a shift toward regional trade, and even a major reversal of globalization itself, as rising transport costs make it too expensive to ship many kinds of goods long distances.

Maybe there is a God. I don't want this globalized socialist utopia and I'm not alone.

I don't know how people in other countries handle the rising prices since they pay an assload more than us already.

It is nice to see more people get into public transportation though

GaryPDX: I don't want this globalized socialist utopia and I'm not alone.

I don't want Godzilla to attack.

GaryPDX: I'm not alone.

Lots of nuts in that tree, eh?

40yoVirgin: GaryPDX: I'm not alone.

Lots of nuts in that tree, eh?

It's just simple math, mang. There are too many people and not enough to go around. Globalization requires an endless abundant source of energy that the world doesn't have. The result then will be, dismantle America (and any western country that has anything) and spread it around. Well, when the ideal means taking from you instead of getting free stuff...oh snap!!

GaryPDX: The result then will be, dismantle America (and any western country that has anything) and spread it around. Well, when the ideal means taking from you instead of getting free stuff...oh snap!!

Sounds pretty sweet

40yoVirgin: GaryPDX: The result then will be, dismantle America (and any western country that has anything) and spread it around. Well, when the ideal means taking from you instead of getting free stuff...oh snap!!

Sounds pretty sweet

Well, that's not gonna be easy to accomplish..lol.

Subby demonstrates a solid understanding of the futures market.

So Wil and his appearance in Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show had nothing to do with it?

Maybe we can cut back on foreign aid now and give it to our own citizens.

GaryPDX: So the predictions tend to be gloomy: some analysts see a shift toward regional trade, and even a major reversal of globalization itself, as rising transport costs make it too expensive to ship many kinds of goods long distances.

Maybe there is a God. I don't want this globalized socialist utopia and I'm not alone.

You mean you prefer a 30$ ceramic bowl made by a Western artisan in your neighborhood to a 3$ plastic bowl made by a little brown girl in India chained to a table? How un-American.

naveline: GaryPDX: So the predictions tend to be gloomy: some analysts see a shift toward regional trade, and even a major reversal of globalization itself, as rising transport costs make it too expensive to ship many kinds of goods long distances.

Maybe there is a God. I don't want this globalized socialist utopia and I'm not alone.

You mean you prefer a 30$ ceramic bowl made by a Western artisan in your neighborhood to a 3$ plastic bowl made by a little brown girl in India chained to a table? How un-American.



Once the idiots realize that they can't sell their house for as much as they are or charge the rent they're charging maybe prices will drop. But I predict we'll have a hard time adjusting. I don't think any current americans can even fathom the idea of stuff going down to its real value.

naveline: GaryPDX: So the predictions tend to be gloomy: some analysts see a shift toward regional trade, and even a major reversal of globalization itself, as rising transport costs make it too expensive to ship many kinds of goods long distances.

Maybe there is a God. I don't want this globalized socialist utopia and I'm not alone.

You mean you prefer a 30$ ceramic bowl made by a Western artisan in your neighborhood to a 3$ plastic bowl made by a little brown girl in India chained to a table? How un-American.

Absolutely..in fact..I'll make the damned thing myself in my own foundry/shop...:)

Oh come on already! I had heard this shiat was supposed to be going down by now. Maxine Waters for President!

40yoVirgin:Bushey did... and his buddies are wiping their asses with $1000 bills in glee

/georgey still prefers using the Constitution

Did you know that both the ability to buy oil company stock and that Bush runs every aspect of the world is the best kept secret ever? Well it was until I just told you.

GaryPDX: So the predictions tend to be gloomy: some analysts see a shift toward regional trade, and even a major reversal of globalization itself, as rising transport costs make it too expensive to ship many kinds of goods long distances.

Maybe there is a God. I don't want this globalized socialist utopia and I'm not alone.

Then get used to doing without.
Almost everything you touch is imported now and we cannot make up that difference.

GaryPDX: I don't want this globalized socialist utopia and I'm not alone.

"Globalization" and "socialism" are about as opposite as you can get. The driving force behind globalization is to open up every market to worldwide competition. The drive to close up local and national markets from international competition, on the grounds of "sovereignty," is far more "socialist."

TeddyRooseveltsMustache: Behold: the 2015 Honda Civic

That looks like a giant, shiny Viagra pill.

Anyways, what's next? The oil barrel prices will rise because its afraid of going outside to play with the other barrels?.

Random Reality Check: GaryPDX: So the predictions tend to be gloomy: some analysts see a shift toward regional trade, and even a major reversal of globalization itself, as rising transport costs make it too expensive to ship many kinds of goods long distances.

Maybe there is a God. I don't want this globalized socialist utopia and I'm not alone.

Then get used to doing without.
Almost everything you touch is imported now and we cannot make up that difference.

Maybe not YOU...lol.

LocalCynic: GaryPDX: I don't want this globalized socialist utopia and I'm not alone.

"Globalization" and "socialism" are about as opposite as you can get. The driving force behind globalization is to open up every market to worldwide competition. The drive to close up local and national markets from international competition, on the grounds of "sovereignty," is far more "socialist."

They may be different paths but they lead to the same watering hole..:)

GaryPDX:
Once the idiots realize that they can't sell their house for as much as they are or charge the rent they're charging maybe prices will drop. But I predict we'll have a hard time adjusting. I don't think any current americans can even fathom the idea of stuff going down to its real value.

Maybe the real value of a real bowl that would last 15 years is closer to 30$, and we just have no clue because of the "glut of objects" our culture has been suffused in. We throw away more shoes in a year than our ancestors ever owned in their entire lives. Are they less well made or are we more careless because "things" are everywhere?

GaryPDX Absolutely..in fact..I'll make the damned thing myself in my own foundry/shop...:)

I'm with you buddy, I could make you a book out of an acre of flax if you like, or process wool from sheep to shirt. Art school had some good points.

muck4doo: Oh come on already! I had heard this shiat was supposed to be going down by now. Maxine Waters for President!

...and who told you that exactly, Jesus? Oh, and who the hell is that fool? Wake up and smell the coffee, the days of riding your fat ass around in an over-sized elevated wagon are over.

I find it hilarious that they refer to Daniel Yergin as an "energy authority"

naveline: GaryPDX:
Once the idiots realize that they can't sell their house for as much as they are or charge the rent they're charging maybe prices will drop. But I predict we'll have a hard time adjusting. I don't think any current americans can even fathom the idea of stuff going down to its real value.

Maybe the real value of a real bowl that would last 15 years is closer to 30$, and we just have no clue because of the "glut of objects" our culture has been suffused in. We throw away more shoes in a year than our ancestors ever owned in their entire lives. Are they less well made or are we more careless because "things" are everywhere?

GaryPDX Absolutely..in fact..I'll make the damned thing myself in my own foundry/shop...:)

I'm with you buddy, I could make you a book out of an acre of flax if you like, or process wool from sheep to shirt. Art school had some good points.

I can timber frame..my buildings last centuries..:) Some people like living in boxes made of sticks and paper. They will not last long..:)

GaryPDX: 40yoVirgin: GaryPDX: I'm not alone.

Lots of nuts in that tree, eh?

It's just simple math, mang. There are too many people and not enough to go around. Globalization requires an endless abundant source of energy that the world doesn't have. The result then will be, dismantle America (and any western country that has anything) and spread it around. Well, when the ideal means taking from you instead of getting free stuff...oh snap!!

Well, simple - but not math.

Your claim that "there's not enough to go around" is a falacy known as artificial scarcity.

You don't think there is enough land to grow enough food for everyone on this planet and more? Are there enough hands to build all the goods these people would need?

The idea that we should be shipping things all over the world and wasting energy never made sense - except to a society where waste and gluttony is acceptable.

By the way, I thought your call for everyone to register as an independent was brilliant but you would need to couple that with legislation that would allow independents to vote in one primary or another for it to be really effective.

I love, love, love these headlines. Love 'em.

That's not what this site says...

http://oil-price.net/dashboard.php?lang=en

Says oil is still $127

Maybe it's behind.

Random Reality Check: By the way, I thought your call for everyone to register as an independent was brilliant but you would need to couple that with legislation that would allow independents to vote in one primary or another for it to be really effective.

Adjustments. The benefits out weigh the adjustments. I know there's plenty to go around, it's warring ideologies that are getting in the way and status quo. We have all the same old shiat man has been dealing with from one civilization to the next. Everyone can't be taken care of, that's just reality. It's dog eat dog and that's our species. I just think this notion of globalization and utopia is fanciful at best.

People are gonna start fighting over natural resources soon enough.

Weak dollar, heavy speculation, limited quantity, high demand? Of course it has nowhere to go but up!

Girion47: Once the idiots realize that they can't sell their house for as much as they are or charge the rent they're charging maybe prices will drop. But I predict we'll have a hard time adjusting. I don't think any current americans can even fathom the idea of stuff going down to its real value.

Tell that to my wife who just returned from grocery shopping where she paid $1.39 for a loaf of store brand white bread. That is double the price a year ago when it was $.69/loaf.

Inflation is going to be devastating to senior citizens as well as most hourly workers who didn't see a hefty raise in their paychecks.

Still that downward adjustment in rent prices is also going to wipe out a lot of property management companies, (right down to the small owner of a three family house) who have based their investment on cash flow.

TeddyRooseveltsMustache: muck4doo: Oh come on already! I had heard this shiat was supposed to be going down by now. Maxine Waters for President!

...and who told you that exactly, Jesus? Oh, and who the hell is that fool? Wake up and smell the coffee, the days of riding your fat ass around in an over-sized elevated wagon are over.

I'm not fat and I drive a KIA Sportage. Maxine Waters for President!

naveline: Maybe the real value of a real bowl that would last 15 years is closer to 30$, and we just have no clue because of the "glut of objects" our culture has been suffused in. We throw away more shoes in a year than our ancestors ever owned in their entire lives. Are they less well made or are we more careless because "things" are everywhere?

From a capitalist mindset, there is no such thing as a "real value." A product's value is relative to a given society and market, at a given place and time. An object couldn't have an inherent or natural value outside of what buyers and sellers at the given place and time value it, because all objects are essentially worthless except in the eye of the beholder.

Not to say that I don't agree with what you're getting at, but I'd phrase it differently. It's not that some objects have "real value." It's that we tend to overvalue frivolous things, and as a result, large sectors of Western economies are unsustainable. Starbucks is a brilliant example of this. Coffee serves an important utility for lots of people, but most people don't NEED to drink froofy coffee drinks that cost $4 a cup. And more importantly, even if people WILL drink them, there aren't enough froofy coffee drinkers to support three Starbucks stores on every corner.

Nightjars: Weak dollar, heavy speculation, limited quantity, high demand? Of course it has nowhere to go but up!

There's a limit contrary to popular belief.

Snowflake Tubbybottom: 40yoVirgin:Bushey did... and his buddies are wiping their asses with $1000 bills in glee

/georgey still prefers using the Constitution

Did you know that both the ability to buy oil company stock and that Bush runs every aspect of the world is the best kept secret ever? Well it was until I just told you.

And yet with this knowledge you are perfectly comfortable affecting the
entire economy under the guise of a free market in a monopoly situation.

Astounding.

Too bad we can't use OUR OWN resources. Thanks to maggots like these


here he is protecting plague carriers, the prairie dog


This douche loves to protest anything and everything!

Lol @ the threads from yesterday with all the people saying "THE BUBBLE HAS FINALLY BURST!!!!!!oneoneoneeleventy."

FarkleMatter: Too bad we can't use OUR OWN resources. Thanks to maggots like these


here he is protecting plague carriers, the prairie dog


This douche loves to protest anything and everything!

Have you considered that, motives aside, it might be a good idea to hang onto some of that stuff?

I think the aholes that keep telling us oil is going to be $200.00/bbl should be taken out behind the barn and shot. They talk, people believe, and then the very thing they are concerned about manifests itself because all the speculators rush out to make it happen. A few people end up getting rich while the rest of the world slowly swirls around the bowl.

If I read my history right, I think it goes like this..

Civilization establishes itself. It grows and prospers. It over extends itself. It collapses. There's a Dark Age. Civilization establishes itself. Rinse repeat.

Okay..for a free gallon of gas..wild guess which stage we're at..anyone?

FarkleMatter: Too bad we can't use OUR OWN resources. Thanks to maggots like these


here he is protecting plague carriers, the prairie dog


This douche loves to protest anything and everything!

eh i'm pretty sure it's all about money right now and nothing to do with supply, otherwise we would've had $4 a gallon of gas 3 years ago

FarkleMatter: Too bad we can't use OUR OWN resources. Thanks to maggots like these


here he is protecting plague carriers, the prairie dog


This douche loves to protest anything and everything!

our own resources, completely tapped and producing max output per day, would still leave us a net importer. we might drop the price per barrel by a dollar or so.

GaryPDX: If I read my history right, I think it goes like this..

Civilization establishes itself. It grows and prospers. It over extends itself. It collapses. There's a Dark Age. Civilization establishes itself. Rinse repeat.

Okay..for a free gallon of gas..wild guess which stage we're at..anyone?

The part where Americans finally have to pay a similar amount of money for gas that the rest of the world does?

Excellent article. And Scary. "You Will Adapt."??

FarkleMatter
Too bad we can't use OUR OWN resources. Thanks to maggots like these

Don't forget Jeb Bush for stopping drilling in Florida. That damn liberal.

Random Reality Check: Inflation is going to be devastating to senior citizens as well as most hourly workers who didn't see a hefty raise in their paychecks.

Dude, I hate memes, but THIS.

We're running our own citizens into the ground, and between oil prices, and the whole social security debaucle, you'd be a fool to not be concerned.

/TFA: Oil prices climbed from $10 in 1999 to $95 last year without slowing the surging world economy.
//WTF?

GaryPDX: Random Reality Check: GaryPDX: So the predictions tend to be gloomy: some analysts see a shift toward regional trade, and even a major reversal of globalization itself, as rising transport costs make it too expensive to ship many kinds of goods long distances.

Maybe there is a God. I don't want this globalized socialist utopia and I'm not alone.

Then get used to doing without.
Almost everything you touch is imported now and we cannot make up that difference.

Maybe not YOU...lol.

Can't wait until you "smelt" your first computer.
Gary's Gaming Gadget.