Grandinite

• Reading: Severe Space Weather Events–Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts: A Workshop Report. http://ow.ly/5Q9l #sunspots #
• How many of us have lived through a solar storm as bad as 1859? None. The sunspots are coming. http://ow.ly/5Q7F #sunspots #
• RT @redneckmommy RT @PetCobra: This is the best commercial in the history of television: http://tinyurl.com/qk5acn #
• @KenChapman46 Doesn’t seem right Ken: how can affordable housing have a -40% ranking? That page 6 needs some serious clarification. #ableg in reply to KenChapman46 #
• Co-worker and I were talking about Preston Manning. 5 minutes later, he goes for coffee at Second Cup and runs into the guy. Weird. #
• Checking out the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board’s website: http://www.yesab.ca/ #
• RT @eternity_23 wondering wtf is going on with everyone. everyone is so damn sad right now. #
• RT @mikewiz Perceptual Elements ( binaural beats) STEREO HEADPHONES http://twurl.nl/7as8uj #
• RT @ianmckenzie How to Make Gmail Your Ultimate Productivity Center http://bit.ly/MW3jm #
• This is the best essay on television in recent memory: http://ow.ly/5N5m #
• We Want Your Soul: Adam Freeland, a VHS tape, and one hour of daytime tv: http://ow.ly/5N4a Turn off your tv. #soma #
• I am reading ‘Risk Management: the dismal art?’ in the April 09 Energy Economist. Can’t find it online, but it is quite good. #
• I effing love this Tata company. They are brilliant: http://ow.ly/5N2t #
• I love dshort’s ‘4 bear markets’ chart: http://ow.ly/5N2c #economy #
• What is ‘Unrestricted Warfare’? http://ow.ly/5MZV http://ow.ly/5MZY http://ow.ly/5N03 http://ow.ly/5N0h #unrestrictedwarfare #
• This is totally not prudent: U.S. Halts Pilot Program in New York to Detect Biological Attacks http://ow.ly/5MZD #unrestrictedwarfare #
• This is a key component in understanding Iran: Ahmadinejad’s messianic connections: http://ow.ly/5MZ9 #imammahdi #
• The Military Implications of #Swineflu: http://ow.ly/5MYJ #unrestrictedwarfare #bioweapons #
• Does Bilderberg really have the power to plunge the world into a deeper depression? http://ow.ly/5MXA #
• Gas prices are heading up, just in time for May Long Weekend. It’s a spring tradition, yet people still act surprised every year. #
• One of my favorite videos of all time: ‘Hijacking Humanity Final Cut – Chapter 3 – Commerce & Law – Laws of Land & Water’. http://ow.ly/5MNF #
• Reading ‘Stateless in Somalia, and Loving It’. I like the paragraph on statutory law. http://ow.ly/5MLt This also: http://ow.ly/5MMU #
• Why is industry always reeling? And why do crises always loom? http://ow.ly/5MDC http://ow.ly/5MET #
• An Alberta woman may have died from #swineflu. Some context please: How many Albertans have died from the regular old flu? http://ow.ly/5MCL #
• Currently blaming Mitchell for the Canucks’ loss last night. He made some devastating errors last night. #fb #
• It’s Friday. Follow: @investoralist @bugoutblog @qburns @JonChevreau @RachelatVenture @leahita @dprogram @thedailybeast #followfriday #
• Don Hill just told me about the Pathways to Sustainability conference with P. Manning and Mark Anielski. I am going. http://ow.ly/5GXy #yyc #
• I’ve had a hunch for some time that inflation is just around the corner. That hunch keeps getting more certain: http://ow.ly/5GOq #China #
• Is this a hoax? VW to launch 258 MPG car. Costs $600. http://ow.ly/5GOj #
• RT @investoralist If this is true, it’s pretty hilarious: http://bit.ly/16By2b in reply to investoralist #
• First they came for the Homeless . . . http://ow.ly/5FzB #yyc #
• Whoa. #Swineflu could impact 1/3 of the global population says WHO. http://ow.ly/5Fqd #
• Nice. 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon network theory is actually a useful tool for tracking #swineflu. http://ow.ly/5Dtn #
• NP: Downturn hasn’t brought about price declines. That’s because they are downwardly sticky. http://ow.ly/5Dp1 #economy #canada #
• Superb Ruskoff post on real estate: “We try to repair our economy by bolstering the same institutions that sapped it”. http://ow.ly/5CED #
• Found this new blog called “The Vigilant Citizen”. http://vigilantcitizen.com/ It’s not what you think. Fascinating stuff. #
• This is sad: Grande Cache Shocker. If you read it closely, economic troubles may have been at the root of it. http://ow.ly/5AOd #
• AIMCo may have just made a small fortune on its stake in Precision Drilling: http://ow.ly/5AMx #Alberta #ABLeg #
• If you are in Alberta, and are into outdoors stuff, you should check this website out: http://www.yamnuska.com #
• Watching: Take back control of your mind – Joe Marshalla http://ow.ly/5xwv http://ow.ly/5xwZ #
• The Insiders are selling. I repeat: the Insiders are selling. http://ow.ly/5xtU #
• Top 100 Icelandic albums. Free & streaming. http://ow.ly/5xtt #
• Having a gander at Army Surveillance of Civilians: A Documentary Analysis: http://ow.ly/5xt8 This was way before Twitter & Facebook, btw. #
• I wonder if any of these Tyson chickens made their way over to Oprah’s KFC giveaway: http://ow.ly/5xid #
• Here’s a thought: Did #swineflu save Mexico from collapse? Just prior it was all druglords and border gunfights. #
• Listening to M4 Part I DVAS RMX by the Faunts http://ow.ly/5wFg #
• Listening to ‘Quiet Earth’ by Le Matos. http://ow.ly/5wCs #
• #Swineflu2: Second strain discovered in B.C. complicates matters. http://ow.ly/5v2x #
• Video of a FEMA instructor teaching new FEMA agents that the Founding Fathers were the 1st terrorists in U.S. http://ow.ly/5v1F #
• This is a good article on alternative building practices in #YEG. Been waiting for a piece like this for some time. http://ow.ly/5rDU #
• I find Biochar fascinating. http://ow.ly/5qE1 http://ow.ly/5qFZ #
• Russia expels 2 CDN Diplomats. http://ow.ly/5ql1 Might it have something to do with Georgia? The Arctic, perhaps? #NATO #
• This is what a lack of due process looks like. http://ow.ly/5qkl #Unistadt #Amerika #PatriotAct #
• Bowmont Off-Leash area is my fave in #YYC What other dog parks are awesome? DM me. #woofwednesday #
• RT @cityofcalgary No power, no water. Is your family prepared? If you had to do it for three days, could you? http://ow.ly/5iMn #yyc #
• Reading: “Worst Case Scenario” at Seeking Alpha: http://ow.ly/5p46 #economy #doom #
• The same guys who saw nothing wrong with the economy 2 years ago now say it’s almost fixed. http://ow.ly/5oZ7 #
• Orlov: “American Swine come in three main varieties: the Hog, the Bankster, and the Neocon. “. http://ow.ly/5oNe #rimshot #cheekybastard #
• Reading – New Scientist: 13 things that do not make sense: http://ow.ly/5oIP #science #
• RT @markarza The average weight of a car is 1.000 kg. Does it make sense to move around 1.070 kg. when only the 70 matter? #
• Reading about Jeff Cooper http://ow.ly/5lwx and the history of the scout rifle: http://ow.ly/5lwy #
• Medicine Hat military drill. http://ow.ly/5jB8 Operation Total Ram: complete with explosions and protesters. http://ow.ly/5jBf #wtf #
• RT @ABFoodBanks We are gaining followers/supporters, almost 250 now. Keep it going Alberta Tweeters. You are awesome. #ABFoodBanks #
• Staring at this copy of Roberto Bolano’s #2666. Dare I crack the spine? It’s a freakin’ trilogy. http://ow.ly/5jhf #
• At some point, the costs outweigh the benefits of containing #swineflu. http://ow.ly/5jer Not sure where that point is. #
• RT @Richard_Florida Calgary and the creative class http://tiny.cc/xq0fu #
• Reading this thread from 2007 on Calgary’s next trend-district. Consensus in 2007 was Bridgeland by a wide margin. http://ow.ly/5iV7 #yyc #
• Where’d GP hide the 1.4 mil surplus? @BillGiven How The Provincial Budget Drove Up Taxes in Grande Prairie: http://is.gd/wXNc #ableg #
• finally -some rain in #yyc. #
• Coup attempts: Bolivia http://ow.ly/5fy6, Thailand http://ow.ly/5fyI, Georgia http://ow.ly/5fzg. Pakistan next? http://ow.ly/5fxB #
• Listening to/watching: “A Radical Blackfoot Teaches the Economics of Globalization”. http://ow.ly/5feM #
• Scotia Economics says Canada’s housing market is improving. I say: wait six months. http://ow.ly/5eEf #economy #canada #
• RT @RachelatVenture An Inconvenient Economist. Mark Anielski talks about the relationship between wealth and well-being http://bit.ly/mLjRM #
• The first item to inflate in an economic crisis: Food, then fuel. Pay attention to this. http://ow.ly/5eyZ http://ow.ly/5ezE #
• Watching: Sean Gourley: The mathematics of war (TED) http://ow.ly/5egw #media #war #
• Onion: Nation ready to be lied to about the economy again: http://ow.ly/5e72 #
• My friend Andrew says to give #BenHarper’s latest a listen. http://ow.ly/5e11 #
• Slowly picking my wayt hrough the Alberta Chamber of Resources’ report: “Oil Sands Technology Roadmap”. http://ow.ly/5dXK #Alberta #
• RT @BoingBoing Short vid about small operators who are coping with econopocalypse http://tinyurl.com/d39b29 #
• Watching this video on the Starchild Skull. http://ow.ly/5at1 #
• Why I dislike cats: http://ow.ly/5asb They are taking over the planet. #Toxoplasma #
• Just finished reading the most recent books by Richard Florida http://ow.ly/55rg and Neil Strauss http://ow.ly/55rv . Both are excellent. #
• A forum member at GLP offered 2k for someone to get some #swineflu footage in Mexico City. Here’s what 2k bought: http://ow.ly/55pW #
• #Swineflu is going Bruce Willis. It will return “with a vengeance”. http://ow.ly/55n6 #
• ‘Jihad Recollections’. A glossy magazine like Vanity Fair, but for terrorists. http://ow.ly/55m0 #
• #yyc embraces the Creative Class as least as much as it does lift kits and truckticles. http://ow.ly/55kJ #
• Pakistan could be two weeks from collapse. http://ow.ly/4Wwu Obama seeks more military powers to fight it: http://ow.ly/4Wxq #

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