Quote from: K-Dog on Mar 31, 2026, 08:13 PMYour criticism of Berman is accusation without substance.  You have found no fault with his argument.

Maybe. But I have found fault with the pofessional mistakes he has made in public, in front of hundreds of people, or just tens, in national conferences.Or however many were on TOD and knew someone selling an amateurs perspective when it was announced.

What is your experience with his professional mistakes and their magnitude, to believe nothing more than his AI generated argument?

As I have mentioned, folks BELIEVE things they want to believe, first and foremost. Why? Because the scientific training and experience to test out a hypothesis is rare. I can name PhDs who lack such an ability.

Art is a history major for starters. And I caught him at a SIPES meeting not knowing that when it comes to the oil and gas industry as well.

In your world K-Dog, someone who claims to know something about electricity and doesn't know the different between voltage and amps, you take their word for wiring a circuit to your satisfaction do you?

An excellent synopsis from India.

My suggestion to the employees, use your sick leave.  Call in.

This is tit for tat because Trump just hit Iran hard, and Iran gave fair warning that they would retaliate against US companies.

Quote from: K-Dog on Apr 01, 2026, 10:52 AMEverything you need to know.  Watch this Downfall clip, and you will be up to date on the war.  More will happen, but this brings you up to date.

I love the Hitler parodies.  Bruno Ganz did the greatest Hitler impersonation EVAH! 😁  He was a better Hitler than Hitler.  lol.

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The rockets falling in the Middle East are sending shockwaves straight to your dinner plate. When the U.S.-led military intervention in Iran escalated, most expected an energy crisis. They watched the oil markets and the gasoline pumps. And indeed prices have soared, with the Brent barrel hovering at around $105 and U.S. gas prices topping $4 for the first time since 2022.

But the real casualty of this war may be far more insidious, and it starts in the soil.

Our modern food system is based on a foundation of natural gas, and now that foundation is cracking. It's becoming clearer as the war drags on that the world is bound to face a historic global fertiliser shortage. With the Strait of Hormuz restricted by the Iranian military, shipments of critical agricultural chemicals have effectively stopped.

The result is a cascading failure across the global supply chain. This bottleneck is pushing food prices toward record highs not seen since the 1970s energy crisis, threatening millions of people with severe food insecurity...

Follow the link for more.

How many people will Trumpolini starve?  He might out kill Hitler, Stalin, Mao & Pol Pot put together!

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This upcoming likelihood was mentioned by Paul Krugman, but I think ME-E is a little more clear and specific regarding the probability of Demand Destruction becoming the greater problem arising from the current restricted supply.  Your average J6P along with dimwit Pols like El Trumpo focuses more on the inflation they see right now, but once DD kicks in you get the spiral of bankruptcies, rising UE & bank failures as loans & mortgages get defaulted on.  This doesn't happen immediately, it takes a few months as businesses fall behind on their coupon payments until they are forced to default and make it public.  Paul addressses it from the academic side, but M E-E has to deal with this blowback in lotsa real money, so you should pay attention.  I'd give it to mid summer before it really begins to bite, a little sooner in Europe, a bit later here.  Hard to say how deep the spiral goes down yet, but every day that goes by makes it exponentially more difficult to recover from.

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Can't wait to hear the next pile of steaming shit to spew out of his mouth.  Actually, read the synopsis since I can't stand listening to him speak.

So the latest idea is to claim victory and leave the straight closed?  How does he sell that one?

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Go FSoA! See how tough I am?  No Fuckee with Trumpee!

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