tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post3000776279326496566..comments2023-06-29T23:58:03.749+10:00Comments on church of nobody: Insight with Jenny Brockienobodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13067422372087431256noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-65490128393531480172008-11-18T16:54:00.000+11:002008-11-18T16:54:00.000+11:00Ayah! More stuff on bankers? I'm already up for th...Ayah! More stuff on bankers? I'm already up for the obvious criticism of being 'one-note'.<BR/><BR/>Don't worry AC, I ain't about to drop the subject neither. Ciao.nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067422372087431256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-85614244799751185292008-11-18T12:54:00.000+11:002008-11-18T12:54:00.000+11:00You would be branded a Terrorist/Communist/anythin...You would be branded a Terrorist/Communist/anything that ends in IST. <BR/><BR/>Either way, it was funny. You should write more funny stuff with caricatures of bankers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-72625725129414624392008-11-15T11:01:00.000+11:002008-11-15T11:01:00.000+11:00Oh ho. You don't want me to get all Buddhist on yo...Oh ho. You don't want me to get all Buddhist on your arse do you? Ha ha ha, don't worry Pen, things are only what you make of them.nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067422372087431256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-83059084395231868732008-11-15T01:10:00.000+11:002008-11-15T01:10:00.000+11:00sorry, I am just trying to frame everything in a m...sorry, I am just trying to frame everything in a more positive wording.<BR/><BR/>sometimes, when we say things like that will never happen, It just sounds so doom and gloomy.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16834513101685995010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-25657582822071157652008-11-14T11:09:00.000+11:002008-11-14T11:09:00.000+11:00Ah soka! Kikuzu san wakarimashita!I'm going to che...Ah soka! Kikuzu san wakarimashita!<BR/><BR/>I'm going to check it out. Part of the appeal for me (and this is trite, I know) is the sound of the word. 'Amaranthus'. Beautiful. It sounds like the name of a character from Greek myth.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Pen. 'Negative'? What? Thanks P, I am interested. Clicking now.nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067422372087431256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-56398450044002132062008-11-14T09:19:00.000+11:002008-11-14T09:19:00.000+11:00Hey n, If you're interested in the concept, Charle...Hey n, <BR/><BR/>If you're interested in the concept, Charles Eisentstein's articles are a good place to start (that's where I learned about the idea, at least):<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.realitysandwich.com/money_a_new_beginning_part_2" REL="nofollow">Money: A New Beginning (Part 2)</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-69641082934144865432008-11-13T23:44:00.000+11:002008-11-13T23:44:00.000+11:00nobody, I liked that, not that i ever see it happe...nobody, I liked that, not that i ever see it happening, but, it was a good read.<BR/><BR/>aargh, I hate that I said that.<BR/><BR/>so negative.<BR/><BR/>we are only limited by the restrictions we place on ourselves, <BR/><BR/><BR/>I shall make this my mantra.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16834513101685995010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-83541051203391786132008-11-13T22:46:00.000+11:002008-11-13T22:46:00.000+11:00sorry noby :)my rant frm the rabbit hole ......the...sorry noby :)<BR/><BR/>my rant frm the rabbit hole ......<BR/>the economic situation and the bad possibilities it indicates - has me concerned w/home grown veg...<BR/><BR/>i just got excited doing some research on orka and pruning methods.. <BR/><BR/>while reading, amaranth was mentioned. so i googled amaranth.. and found a couple of listings for it... one on an interesting website that's concerend w/famine proof foodstuffs, wild plantings frm ethopia.<BR/>which led me to another guy's website who'd done quite a bit of research on famine foods in other cultures. <BR/><BR/>i just got excited reading about amaranth.. a complete amino acid, more vit A than cabbage.....leaves/stems edible.. seed/grains can be ground for flour... it can be brewed into a beerlike beverage, a certain variety used by the hopi indians yeilds a red dye..chinese consider it high in medicinal properties...<BR/><BR/>it's just a very dynamic plant.. and i wanted to share...<BR/><BR/>sorry to wander off the path.. i did indicate a topic swerve... :)kikzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647064395400783134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-65722269513905923972008-11-13T11:19:00.000+11:002008-11-13T11:19:00.000+11:00And sorry Kikz, you lost me. But I shall put it in...And sorry Kikz, you lost me. But I shall put it into google and see what I make of it. What was this apropos?<BR/><BR/>Otherwise we have a particularly virulent pest here we call tobacco weed, or tobacco tree (it grows into a tree size). To kill it you have to cut it off at the base and apply the poison to the stump within two seconds. Any longer than that and it seals up and will certainly re-grow. A mate and I spent a day cutting them down on his property not knowing this and we completely wasted our time.<BR/><BR/>Might that be your problem with this plant?nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067422372087431256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-15723880590444327182008-11-13T11:10:00.000+11:002008-11-13T11:10:00.000+11:00Thanks folks,Yes, I admit that this was a silly da...Thanks folks,<BR/><BR/>Yes, I admit that this was a silly daydream I had. M - you're right of course. To be honest I'd never have gotten on such a show. The audiences are carefully screened.<BR/><BR/>Demurrage, eh? I've never heard this term but I was toying with the idea, in this piece, of suggesting that a bank charges a 1% fee per annum to keep your money safe. Ideally (which is to say, I have no idea if it would be that simple) this fee would replace income taxes.<BR/><BR/>Mind you I can imagine that people would subseqently then refuse to put their money in banks. Private blackmarket banks would then spring up and we'd be back to the goldsmiths and the whole fractional thing.<BR/><BR/>But the fact that I don't have a complete plan doesn't mean I lose the argument. It just means we need more contributions from people more mathematically inclined than yours truly. Rothschilds excluded, natch.nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067422372087431256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-16368962705931689792008-11-13T01:57:00.000+11:002008-11-13T01:57:00.000+11:00and for something completely different..hattip to ...and for something completely different..<BR/>hattip to python..apologies to noby;)<BR/><BR/>orka/amaranth....<BR/>and the best part of all this.. monsanto's fuking roundup, can't even kill it >:)<BR/><BR/>i wanna try to find some seeds :)<BR/><BR/>found this on amaranth, while researching ratooning of okra.<BR/><BR/>ratooning, is also done to sugar cane, rice... <BR/><BR/>utilizes the (pruned) stubble and rootstock of the previous yr's plants to get a time jump on replanting..<BR/>i'm gonna try an experiment on my okra rootstock, as it is flush w/new limb buds/leaves.. shows potential for huge increase in per plant yield, if we don't get a deep freeze that kills the stock :)<BR/><BR/><BR/>k*<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranth<BR/><BR/>Amaranth, or Amarant (from the Greek amarantos, unwithering), a name chiefly used in poetry, and applied to Amaranth and other plants which, from not soon fading, typified immortality.<BR/><BR/>Aesop's Fables (6th century BC) compares the Rose to the Amaranth to illustrate the difference in fleeting and everlasting beauty.<BR/><BR/> A Rose and an Amaranth blossomed side by side in a garden,<BR/> and the Amaranth said to her neighbour,<BR/> "How I envy you your beauty and your sweet scent!<BR/> No wonder you are such a universal favourite."<BR/> But the Rose replied with a shade of sadness in her voice,<BR/> "Ah, my dear friend, I bloom but for a time:<BR/> my petals soon wither and fall, and then I die.<BR/> But your flowers never fade, even if they are cut;<BR/> for they are everlasting."<BR/><BR/><BR/>pigweed could save the world, and us...<BR/>who'da thunk:)?kikzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647064395400783134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-40521171720243297022008-11-13T01:00:00.000+11:002008-11-13T01:00:00.000+11:00"*Not really. I just made it all up."Dang. For a m..."*Not really. I just made it all up."<BR/><BR/>Dang. For a moment there I was really hoping.... Ah, well. Back to reality. <BR/><BR/>I've been on about monetary/banking reform myself for a while, both online and off, to any who'll listen. <BR/><BR/>Here's the thing. The bankers have every government in the world by the short and curlies. A single, publicly owned national bank just Ain't Gonna Happen, for the simple reasons that a) the bankers would never give their pet politicians a long enough leash to do so, b) the politicians aren't about to bite the hand that feeds them anyway and c) those who are sufficiently aware to even be able to <I>conceive</I> of a different system are few, and unable to get heard. <BR/><BR/>Pessimistic? Perhaps. Though there are still ways to fight back. My favored way is through stealth: to launch a new currency off of the old, an act of economic aikido. The concept is fairly simple: you know those points cards every large chain is operating? Set up a system like that, only with the points transferable between parties, ie customer-customer, business-business. Money gets created with every transaction; but then, utilizing the principle of demurrage (the opposite of interest), it decays over time, thus encouraging circulation of the currency rather than hoarding. Silvio Gessel, a philosopher-economist from the last century (whom you've likely never heard of, for a reason) came up with this idea. <BR/><BR/>Here's my collected thoughts on the matter (a work in progress, naturally):<BR/><BR/>http://frecu.wetpaint.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-16909575879999399812008-11-13T00:51:00.000+11:002008-11-13T00:51:00.000+11:00Actually, you would have been hauled off at "You h...Actually, you would have been hauled off at "You haven't bought it yet...", mate.<BR/><BR/>Nicely played though... =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-36359441802569191182008-11-12T22:56:00.000+11:002008-11-12T22:56:00.000+11:00aaah, shite...ya had me goin there for a min noby ...aaah, shite...<BR/><BR/>ya had me goin there for a min noby >:)<BR/><BR/>i'll try to email ya a .jpg of what was in my yard halloween night :)<BR/><BR/>k*<BR/><BR/>silv... go dame edna!kikzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647064395400783134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-81069789494090843252008-11-12T16:50:00.000+11:002008-11-12T16:50:00.000+11:00And I thought I was silly...Don't let the snow do ...And I thought I was silly...<BR/><BR/>Don't let the snow do your head in Silv! Think of all the good things about snow. And it could be worse. Where I live, we have to write our names in the sand. Boring!nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067422372087431256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-85547368959761731962008-11-12T16:04:00.000+11:002008-11-12T16:04:00.000+11:00Really? Gee whoda thunk it.Just last nite after a ...Really? Gee whoda thunk it.<BR/>Just last nite after a wee dram of Livet, I put a beta tape in da machine backwards, and when it started to play that was the exact same program that was on.<BR/><BR/>And as I watched the security hauling this fellow out a woman in the audience asked who was that Intelligent sounding young man?<BR/> The big burly constable in charge of politicaly correct questions(who bore a striking resemblance to Dame Edna) turned to the woman and said "That Mam was Nobody just a nobody, the shows over folks nothin to see here, now just move along, move along" it was Weird I tell Yuh just plain Weird. <BR/><BR/>Then the tape broke, and I think I woke up, not sure though.the Silverfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09019227476380575638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-22772934203497463302008-11-12T13:51:00.000+11:002008-11-12T13:51:00.000+11:00That is strange. I wonder why it was misspelt? Hmm...That is strange. I wonder why it was misspelt? Hmm...nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067422372087431256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842308776616107900.post-77535952366988645272008-11-12T13:35:00.000+11:002008-11-12T13:35:00.000+11:00Noby- they wouldn't let you within 200 feet of a m...Noby- they wouldn't let you within 200 feet of a microphone, on national television, friend...that's why I love ya!<BR/><BR/>BTB-my verification word is "rescu"...strange.notamobsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14531613308398800336noreply@blogger.com