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Re: Cultural Errat
By: K-Dog Date: October 23, 2021, 1:55 am
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"unlicensed brain"
not meant to refer to any particular individual
When I put the words together I was thinking of self-anointed
experts. Which I also am. But I know I work a lot harder at
finding my truth than a lot of other people are willing to do.
Not could do, willing to do. My arrogance is earned.
I posted the Rebecca Watson videos for her to explain the
[glow=red,2,300]FACT[/glow] that people absorb ideas and then
think they thought the ideas up all by themselves
[glow=red,2,300]afterwards[/glow]. COVID has shown us this in
the real world. Science also establishes it. She was
interesting enough for two videos.
As far as I am concerned PP is an exception to the rule. For
most people if you go Socratic on their ass they won't last two
questions.
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Re: Cultural Errat
By: Digwe Must Date: October 23, 2021, 11:43 am
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We had a whole Forum on the Diner, the Doomsteading forum
dedicated to topics like permaculture. I chartered a 501c3
nonprofit corporation, the Sustaining Universal Needs (SUN)
Foundation to help educate and build sustainable living
communities. We had many members over the years who were
permaculture enthusiasts. Some even had their official
Permaculture Certificates. Eddie has one of those. I published
numerous blogs by others concerned with this topic, Toby
Hemenway for one. I talked several times with Irv Mills on
Video. We did a show on food preservation, including
cheesemaking, pickling and canning. Don't know why you never
got response to your PMs, but you could have posted on the forum
anytime. I often took detailed posts and threads from the
forum and turned them into blogs. I was always looking for new
authors and contributors.
My own area of expertiese is not in this field, it's in
mathematics and economics, along with biochemistry and
psychology. I don't write about permaculture because I'm not
familiar enough with it.
As to the potential for permaculture to save the population, I
don't know how many people it can feed on the earth, but I don't
think it is 7.8B. Many of the techniques come from antiquity,
but it was consistently out competed by more intensive methods
that grew the population faster. You need a big population to
have a big army, of course.
When it comes to being duped into the military at 19, no I was
not. I knew it was trash by the age of 15 for sure with
Vietnam, possibly earlier than that. I did almost get duped
though, because I applied to the Air Force Academy out of HS. I
wasn't accepted because I was too young graduating HS, I was 16.
You had to be at least 17. They invited me to reapply the next
year (I got a call from a General at the Pentagon personally
inviting me to do that). I didn't want to join the Air Force to
bomb people though, I did it because I wanted to be an
Astronaut. At the time, the only way to get that job was to
have experience as a military pilot. They didn't send 90 year
old actors into space in those years. lol.
Do I forgive 19 year olds for being stupid and voluntarily
signing up to kill people? No I do not, stupidity is no excuse
for making a **** poor moral choice. I do not Forgive and I do
not Forget. People need to be accountable for their mistakes. I
am accountable for all mine, fortunately they don't include
killing anybody else.
It would be nice if everyone was good and kind and generous, but
sadly most people are not. Most people are stupid, greedy and
selfish. The WORST people are smart, greedy and selfish. So it
goes.
RE
Sorry - I should have mentioned that I had large gaps in my
Diner experience. While building a house in the mountains of
Montana, a couple of miles from the Divide, I was offline for a
couple of years. Off grid really. I know that is an impossible
concept for everyone else here. Then came a crisis I won't bore
you with other than to say it involved the gruesome murder of a
friend and neighbor, official malversation, complicity and
corruption, a crooked court system and constant danger for
several years, resulting in a forced move. I was armed 24/7 for
a long time. I was distracted with our actual survival. I still
can't sleep without making sure the firearms are there and
ready. We still keep several extra big dogs - in excess of what
the sheep need. They work all night. I didn't have much time to
spend discussing Doom on a theoretical level. If anyone thinks
I'm bullshitting, I can send along links to the newspaper
articles and TV clips - but I'd rather not think about it. To
anyone who thinks it can't happen here or it can't happen to
them, don't worry about a thing, the authorities will take care
of you.
So, no doubt I missed some of the best the Diner had to offer.
And, I should not smooth over the fact that I am inept on the
damn computer. I used to write a weekly newspaper column and
I've written for Permaculture publications, but beyond primitive
knowledge of the keyboard, I really don't get it. I could not
figure out how to post an article on the Diner. That was part
of the reason I messaged you. I wanted also to just comment on
some of Cat 5's projects with some photos of my own, but
couldn't figure out how to get photos on the site. I still
can't post photos here - even after K-Dog tried to help me. As
I told him, I approach the computer every day warily, and with a
whip and a chair. So my being incompetent is also a major
reason I didn't contribute.
Toby Hemenway was a professional friend of Mrs. Digwe. He was a
great guy and a good man. He made Permaculture accessible for
many through his books. We owe him a lot.
The Diner introduced me to Irv Mills. I like his stuff. I
still check in on him occasionally. He works in an exciting
ecosystem, right there on the lake. After collapse boats will
still float, making low-energy transport of goods and people on
the lakes a positive for the region. Irv can get evangelical
about his Atheism. I skip those parts. I don't agree with all
his assumptions about the way communities will organize
themselves after collapse, but hell he's Canadian, by nature
civilized, rational and just slightly morally superior to his
southern neighbors. He does good work.
I recall that Eddie has his PDC. That's good. After getting my
PDC I got a teaching certificate but haven't been in front of a
class for years. I'm shy of crowds. Mrs. Digwe however, has
spoken to thousands and does very well at it. I stay in the
shadows and grub in the dirt.
Can Permaculture feed 7.8 billion people? We'll never know.
The current paradigm will stay firmly in place as long as
corporate capitalism is the operating and organizing system.
The wealthy of the world have no intention of sacrificing
anything they own or control for a greater good.
So, rather than viewing Permaculture as a system that can
transform and replace big ag or suburbs now, I have evolved my
view of Pc. I consider it a really good post-collapse strategy
and valuable for individuals to implement now for a healthier
and more reliable food supply. It has some success now in a
capitalist system. There are folks who've adapted permaculture
techniques to their farm or business and done very well. But
that is not happening at anywhere near a pace that will overtake
and replace industrial ag before collapse. Permaculture really
is a system designed for a post-capitalist era.
You are much harder and more judgmental than I am about young
men who enlist in the military. You aren't dealing with some
young fuckhead who holds up a liquor store and shoots somebody.
These are youngsters duped by the entire establishment into
thinking they are heroes saving democracy and the free world. I
can tell you they are accountable for their mistakes. The vets
I know pay for it every day of their lives. WW2, Vietnam, Iraq
(twice), Afghanistan, all those guys paid or still pay.
You were too smart to believe the bullshit. Just because they
aren't as perspicacious as you does not make them stupid or
evil. Having said that, some who participate, of course, are
stupid and evil, finding joy in destruction and slaughter. They
aren't in my house.
Indeed many people are stupid, greedy, selfish and fart in bed.
But I still believe that it is important to resist them and do
good whenever we can. I'm not saying we will win, or get
recognition, or alter the the tsunami of events headed our way.
And I am definitely not the person to define what is "good" for
anyone else.
Back where I started, I think many of us can make more positive
difference working on small solutions than arguing about the
choice of which nation-state's children will starve. Those giant
questions are very important and I'm here largely because of
them, but my own inclination is to do something positive in
response to these crises. My own abilities are very small
scale. Others with more reach and influence can do more big
picture stuff successfully.
Digwe Must
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Re: Cultural Errat
By: Phil Potts Date: October 23, 2021, 2:54 pm
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I was offline for a couple of years. Off grid really. I know
that is an impossible concept for everyone else here.
If the definition includes being offline
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Re: Cultural Errat
By: Digwe Must Date: October 27, 2021, 2:05 pm
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consensus by suppressing dissent - Follow the silence
A peer reviewed article on myocarditis and the vaccines is
pulled after publication with no explanation
HTML https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8483988/
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_kW7_9azxI&list=TLPQMjcxMDIwMjE_u0PI5ERDdQ&index=9
HTML https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0020138
Medical Journals Are an Extension of the Marketing Arm of
Pharmaceutical Companies
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Pope tells young people to protect the environment as 'everythin
g around us seems to be collapsing'
By: RE Date: November 26, 2021, 8:14 pm
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It's official! The Holy Roman Catholic Church has certified
Collapse. ;D The Vicar of Christ on Earth has spoken!
HTML https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/11/22/pope-tells-young-people-to-protect-the-environment-as-everything-around-us-seems-to-be-col
Pope tells young people to protect the environment as
'everything around us seems to be collapsing'
RE
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Smash & Grab
By: RE Date: November 28, 2021, 8:12 pm
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This latest fad could really do some shaking things up if it
gets traction. Much more than street protests. If 80 Homies
can walk out with $20K in 15 minutes, imagine what just 8000
could do in an hour sprinkled around the big box stores in a
city. ::)
HTML https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/583262-smash-and-grab-robberies-hit-stores-around-the-country-on-black-friday
Smash-and-grab robberies hit stores around the country on Black
Friday
RE
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Elon Musk says he is considering 'quitting' his jobs, becoming '
influencer'
By: RE Date: December 10, 2021, 6:07 pm
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Perhaps Elon will retire to a Bunker in NZ while everyone dies
off? Why would anyone with more than $1B work anyhow? ???
No ,he has a NEW Job Category for himself, an "Influencer". AKA
Salesman to the Rich & Powerful or more commonly called a
Lobbyist. Both jobs he is emminently qualified for, since that
is what he does already. He just wants to quit the dull tasks
of running Tesla & SpaceX. Also exit stage left before they
crash and burn, Tesla style.
HTML https://thehill.com/policy/technology/585298-elon-musk-says-he-is-considering-quitting-his-jobs-becoming-influencer
Elon Musk says he is considering 'quitting' his jobs, becoming
'influencer'
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RE
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Alaskans are stuck on vacations that won’t end
By: RE Date: January 5, 2022, 12:52 am
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Remember the good old days when if your flight got cancelled the
airline gave you a voucher for a hotel room? Now you get to
pick up the bills.
HTML https://www.alaskapublic.org/2022/01/04/alaskans-stuck-on-vacations-that-wont-end/
Alaskans are stuck on vacations that won’t end
“Now, you know, we can’t take anything for granted anymore —
like having a set schedule, or arriving at our destination,” she
said. “Or going home.”
The only thing Hayner feels she can rely on now is uncertainty.
RE
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Crises Crisis
By: RE Date: January 6, 2022, 5:33 am
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I managed to get back online here as somehow magically my phone
hotspot got switched to invisible. Screen still worked though
and I eventually located the switch.
Upon returning to the cyber world, it was Crisis after Crisis.
Energy Crisis, Political Crisis, Climate Crisis, Covid Crisis
and so forth. Those are just the big global ones. Then you
have your local ones, like your flood or wildfire or in our case
here, windstorm. Then your personal crises,as you get stuck in
Vegas for an extra week paying the hotel bills and rental car or
trying to get a working internet connection when your phone
craps out. Or you have to stick your kids with more needles and
take them out of school again.
Living in a state of crisis all the time is very wearing, and
obviously not sustainable.
RE
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The super-stranded: Some Alaskans are having epic troubles tryin
g to return home
By: RE Date: January 6, 2022, 10:44 pm
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Who would fly anywhere today?
HTML https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2022/01/06/the-super-stranded-some-alaskans-are-having-epic-troubles-trying-to-return-home/
The super-stranded: Some Alaskans are having epic troubles
trying to return home
RE
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