Due to the nature of constant growth…It takes ever greater amounts of power to sustain it.

At a 1% demand for yield per year…the amount of power required basically doubles every 70 years.

At a 10% demand …the doubling time is 7 years.

Eventually it becomes impossible to obtain the required amount of power to sustain the delusion you all have embraced.

It’s inevitable that constant expansion will transform into constant contraction

At -1% the half life is 70 years and at -10% the half life is 7 years.

Lets say [...]

HUI Stocks vs Gold

In this article we will have a look at the performance of the HUI index (Amex Gold Bugs) compared to the performance of Gold.
First of all, here is a composition of the HUI index:

Source: AMEX

Now here is a chart that plots the HUI index since January 1st 2000:
We can see that the HUI index had a very impressive run, from about $35 at the end of 2000 to about $635 last [...]

Guess Who’s Letting The US Put A Whole Bunch Of These Missiles In Their Country For The Euro Defense Shield?

by Business Insider

The U.S. State Department announced today that Romania has signed the dotted line on the Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement that welcomes a full SM-3 ballistic missile system into Romania.

 

A land based component of the European Defense Shield, and part of the Lockheed Martin Aegis Combat System, the RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3s) intercept short-range to intermediate range ballistic missiles.

The SM-3s can also be used to take down Low Earth orbit satellites such as when [...]

Precious Metals 2012: Bullish & Bearish Arguments

After the sharp drop in precious metals recently, many people (including me) wonder what will happen next with Gold & Silver (& other PM’s).
To be honest, I don’t know where gold will be in 1 week or a 1 month from now. However, there are some facts that are compelling, which can help us in our decision-taking process.
In this article, I will describe both the Bullish & Bearish arguments for [...]

The Employer of Last Resort isn’t hiring much…

From June 28, 2010…

http://www­.highbeam.­com/doc/1G­1-23028919­9.html
Signing on Uncle’s dotted line; The military has reached its recruiting quotas…

“More than eight years into fighting two wars, the U.S. military finds itself in an odd but enviable position: All four military branches and all six Reserve components reached their recruiting targets, both in quality and quantity, for the first time in the history of the all-volunt­­eer force.

Eschewing the cold call and hard sell for what [...]

When you start out…taking more than you give…it’s easy…but the longer you sustain taking more than you give…the harder it becomes to do so.

How a credit system works…

The consumers use their current income which is composed of previously created credit which is debt that is used as money or an asset inflated in value by previously created credit which is debt that is used as money as collateral backing their request for a commercial bank to create new credit.

Lets say the consumer wants $200,000 to buy a house.

The bank creates an asset of [...]

China Can’t Save Euro Zone And It Is Going To Collapse

by HYPERTlGER

China is not going to play it…when the consumers who use their current income which is previously created debt or an asset which is inflated in value by previously created debt as collateral backing their request for commercial banks to create new debt…reach a point where they can’t continue doing that.

the income the chinese depend upon to sustain their double digit exponential growth stops.

and they collapse.

so they will be forced [...]

ALERT: The more money you try to save from being spent…the greater the supply of money you must turn into spendings to derive a yield from.

by HYPERTlGER

the boomers have been putting money away for retirement.

well someone is because yields have been dropping due to teh massive amount of money trying to obtain a yield.

bonds bid up…yields drop.

the more money you try to save from being spent…the greater the supply of money you must turn into spendings to derive a yield from.

Unless the boomers are taking money out of circulation…they are not saving it from being spent…and [...]

How to boost your WiFi signal with a beer can (with Photos! you boozehounds)

the chive

I love a good hack, especially one that requires me to throw back a cold one before hand (or during). This simple wifi boost has actually been shown to increase signal strength by at least 2 to 4 bars. And, well, I will drink to that.

These instructions came to me via The Chive and i think they are most definitely worth checking out. But here [...]

The Housing Double Dip Is “CONFIRMED” And There’s No Relief In Sight

“Confirmed” is the word used in the latest announcement from Case-Shiller, which showed a surprise 3.61% year-over-year decline in home prices.

This line stands out from the announcement:

“This month’s report is marked by the confirmation of a double-dip in home prices across much of the nation. The National Index, the 20-City Composite and 12 MSAs all hit new lows with data reported through March 2011. The National Index fell 4.2% [...]

The Employer of Last Resort isn’t hiring

From June 28, 2010…

http://www­.highbeam.­com/doc/1G­1-23028919­9.html
Signing on Uncle’s dotted line; The military has reached its recruiting quotas…

“More than eight years into fighting two wars, the U.S. military finds itself in an odd but enviable position: All four military branches and all six Reserve components reached their recruiting targets, both in quality and quantity, for the first time in the history of the all-volunt­­eer force.

Eschewing the cold call and hard sell for what [...]