Archive for the ‘Big Picture’ Category
Economic Hitmen
Posted: June 4, 2011 by Mia in Big Picture, Empire, Human Rights, Money and economicsWhat’s Really Up With This Business in Libya?
Posted: April 21, 2011 by Mia in Big Picture, Energy, Geopolitics, Peak OilIt seems like the world has turned upside down since the beginning of the year. I’m trying to make sense of it all, so I plan to spend a bit of time over the next few weeks discussing the big events; what may have led to them and what might be the outcome. First up….let’s [...]
Brendan and I are well trained to respond to fire alarms. I won’t speak for Brendan, but my experience started in earnest during my four years at University. I shared a building with 47 other people, and my building was directly adjacent to many others just like it. During exam time, we inevitably had people up at [...]
Sometimes art really speaks to me. In this case, music and dance come together to offer a poignant portrait of what I see as the America of today.
It’s been a long time since I’ve written a post on this here blog. The main reason is that I’ve been doing a lot of thinking. Sometimes writing helps my thinking, but recently thinking has been getting in the way of writing. With five months to go until we leave the US and head back [...]
Australia’s first female Prime Minister
Posted: June 23, 2010 by Mia in Big Picture, Climate Change, Environment, Money and economicsPhoto from news.com.au Thank goodness for live steaming TV on the internet. I’ve been glued to the Australian news all afternoon, waiting to see if Australia was going to get it’s first female Prime Minister. Sure enough, we did. Julia Gillard was sworn into office sometime after noon local time and is now attending her [...]
On Building Lifeboats #2
Posted: June 11, 2010 by Mia in Big Picture, Preparedness, Self-SufficiencyOn my last post On Building Lifeboats, there was a comment that I wanted to address, and then my reply became so long I figured I’d just make a new post. More gloom and doom. Sorry, but I just don’t buy it. And I don’t think the way to convince people that change is needed [...]
Power went out at work yesterday and the computer servers are still down today. I’m not sure how many people have been affected by this. It’s certainly hundreds, maybe thousands. There has been so much lost productivity this year due to such events. I don’t bother complaining about how the systems seem to be becoming [...]
Peak Oil, Sustainability and Economic Collapse – Oil Zenith resources
Posted: June 5, 2010 by Mia in Big Picture, Energy, Money and economics, Peak Oil, SustainabilityI’ve just been made aware of this new website which offers a collection of some of the best resources on the web about peak oil, sustainability and economic collapse. I’ve already included some of these links in my resources list, but this website is something else altogether. I think I could get lost in there [...]
The Perfect Storm: Six Trends Converging on Collapse
Posted: May 21, 2010 by Mia in Big Picture, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Food, Peak OilI have an uneasy feeling lately. Everywhere I look I see signs that all is not well. Of course, I’ve been seeing those signs for a couple of years, but things seem to be speeding up and now more and more people appear to be noticing. What interesting times we live in. There are dark [...]
