tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post555332318081479686..comments2024-03-26T11:32:37.965-07:00Comments on From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog: Jenna Orkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05812985825726850202noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-50989994251441717752009-02-20T08:53:00.000-08:002009-02-20T08:53:00.000-08:00Hi Michael,I began to awaken from my slumber after...Hi Michael,<BR/><BR/>I began to awaken from my slumber after hearing a talk from Richard Heinberg, and then reading your excellent "Rubicon." I have been a business journalist since 1999 and have been looking for ways to get the word out. My current gig consists of writing articles for an audience of small business owners, most of whom cling to the promise of a mythical "recovery" that I doubt will ever come (not a real and lasting one, anyway). Would you be willing to speak with me on the phone sometime? I'd love to hear your thoughts about the future of entrepreneurship or perhaps hear some suggestions for sources and resources. <BR/><BR/>Thank you kindly for your important work.<BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/>Steve Tanner<BR/>editor, California Executive<BR/>digitaldebris@yahoo.com<BR/>stanner@provpubs.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08347156752737588518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-1203381840034264392009-02-10T16:16:00.000-08:002009-02-10T16:16:00.000-08:00http://www.mises.org/books/ouroboros.pdfIt's not r...http://www.mises.org/books/ouroboros.pdf<BR/><BR/>It's not relevant to this story, but there's no way to post non-story related comments, and I though Mike and others might enjoy reading this. I just found it during one of my Wikpedia journeys. Garet Garret is kind of like the William Gibson of the 1920's. He wrapped his mind around the big picture in a way 21st century folks still struggle with.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376424339005425612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-15957454469182520742009-02-10T14:16:00.000-08:002009-02-10T14:16:00.000-08:00Eyeballs' post brings to mind another fine book, A...Eyeballs' post brings to mind another fine book, A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller Jr. The story begins in a new Dark Age, after a nuclear war. It then "progresses" to a new Renaissance ruled by vicious dictators and a new Atomic Age where Leviathans go to war. Of the three periods the one I disliked least was the Dark Age, and that got me interested in the original Dark Age.<BR/><BR/>I found out that it wasn't as bad as some historians think. If you'd been a Roman slave, the Dark Age was an improvement.<BR/><BR/>The Feudal period came, as eyeballs pointed out, after the death of Charlemagne. It endured for a few centuries because the peasants needed protection against marauding armies. In those days the nobles had better weapons (horses and armor, etc) but that might not be true in the future.<BR/><BR/>There is a lot of firepower in the hands of the peasants these days. Plus some experience in democracy and asymmetric combat. As eyeballs said, we need to network with the other peasants to keep the freedoms we have.Perhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02553535458082592374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-80248020258589483242009-02-10T11:24:00.000-08:002009-02-10T11:24:00.000-08:00Re wow, eyeballs aka "braincells."Cute! I wonder h...Re wow, eyeballs aka "braincells."<BR/><BR/>Cute! I wonder how many people actually know that the eye is an extension of the brain...indeed, brain cells.<BR/><BR/>Alas, survival instincts swirl around the R-Complex.Sebastian Ernst Roninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577726817981722245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-20561104194839753302009-02-10T11:19:00.000-08:002009-02-10T11:19:00.000-08:00eyeballs, an after thought: By resorting to Hobbes...eyeballs, an after thought: By resorting to Hobbes are you not in fact justifying and endorsing the Leviathan?Sebastian Ernst Roninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577726817981722245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-41920933961807027472009-02-10T09:58:00.000-08:002009-02-10T09:58:00.000-08:00eyeball: All excellent points, woven into a fairly...eyeball: All excellent points, woven into a fairly stark and fractured scenario of what could be. There are likely scenarios that no one has even imagined yet.<BR/><BR/>However, it alters nothing. The collapse and implosion of a civilization is exactly that. The dynamic of institutional entropy scratching at the end of time is inherent. No one has ever claimed, at least I have not, that the current century is going to be a touchy-feely cake walk. If anyone wishes that type of spin they are more than welcome to join their local Green party.<BR/><BR/>Degrees of hurt and suffering await us that, even if honestly informed about, would be cast aside in order to retain some kind of flimsy, psychic sense of self-preservation. The imminent shake down is a bullet that cannot be dodged. It is history. It need not be taken personally.<BR/><BR/>Re "We don’t want to go there." Of course, no one WANTS to go there. But here again, the sentiment implies that there is some kind of magic will that can alter history, a last minute rising of the John Wayne gene riding over the hills to save the day, call it a wrap, happy ending, all applaud. This movie cannot be stopped and surgically edited to satisfy the folly of human expectations.<BR/><BR/>The consequences of our decisions loom on the horizon. Human vanity is about to receive a severe smack up the side of the head...and no one is prepared, no one, at least not at the social level.Sebastian Ernst Roninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577726817981722245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-76871954936800176552009-02-10T09:07:00.000-08:002009-02-10T09:07:00.000-08:00wow, eyeballs aka "braincells."wow, eyeballs aka "braincells."Jenna Orkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05812985825726850202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-81157755688225041962009-02-09T21:30:00.000-08:002009-02-09T21:30:00.000-08:00RE: collapse of Federal authorityFrom 1787 until t...RE: collapse of Federal authority<BR/><BR/>From 1787 until the latter 20th century, federal authority has been generally favorably received as the protector of “our way of life”. (The South had a different, non-industrial “way of life” that competed unsuccessfully, ditto various "Whiskey Rebels"...) As “our way of life” declines, however, there is a huge indignation with Federal authority which the “War on Terror” was not able to assuage for long. (In fact, it is now a contributing cause to that indignation.) In that sense, we’re nearly ripe for a disempowerment of the Federal machine.<BR/><BR/>But not so fast, people. Being, as it is, controlled by a very few very strongly empowered families, this Beast is not going to give up easily. In fact, I don’t think you want to kick dust in its eyes even at this point. It's armed and dangerous.<BR/><BR/>To lose against an angry Uncle Sam would be disaster. And what about a victory? I urge readers to search the web for “fall of the Carolingian Empire” to see what a power vacuum really means. Feudalism was the salvational system that Western finally evolved to, not the despicable immediate result.<BR/><BR/>In that and other crises, multiple “governments” have straggled around, with a variety of weapons and resources, imposing themselves almost at random on the confused countryside. For the foreseeable future, whoever controls “the U. S. government” will have access to horrific weapons and serious funding. Yet you might have armed men wearing State of California uniforms, City of Fresno uniforms, possibly even U.N. get-ups, and if they have the weapons to play that game, they will tax citizens, execute dissidents, burn homes and appropriate nice bits of territory… until the next group (with or without traditional uniforms) comes bashing through. As Federal authority diminishes, these other entities will correspondingly (and competitively) fill the vacuum.<BR/><BR/>I recommend a look at modern Africa if you want a good picture of uncertain constitutional authority. Imagine the Texas Empire fighting the Mormon Republic of God for the remains of the Southwest, while the “U.S.A.” viciously holds its vital swath between a citadel in Colorado and the port of L.A. The L.A. underground is negotiating with a severely challenged Bay Area Republic for arms to rise up but the Latino Union continues to attack all other parties for control of its “traditional territory”, allying adventurously with first one, then another. Wave upon wave of Koreans, Chinese and Japanese, armed and desperate, are landing on the West Coast, looking for food…<BR/><BR/>Instead of celebrating the end of Federal power like it was Christmas at last, we need to do some serious networking to patch together a relative consensus (or a peaceful patchwork of them) among 350 million confused Americans. I’m not really a fan of Leo Strauss, but both he and Hobbes insisted that myths and powerful leaders were required to move the masses. Anyone who disagrees should get busy right now.<BR/><BR/>As punk teenagers (and on into our 20s, for some) Chaos seemed like a nice idea. No rules! But, in fact, competing “governments” is generally a recipe for fear and brutality. It is the milieu in which Hobbes grew up, and accounts for his weird adoration of Sovereignty. We don’t want to go there.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15089030424077326543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-46482730711506825652009-02-09T14:47:00.000-08:002009-02-09T14:47:00.000-08:00Secession by states or secession within states is ...Secession by states or secession within states is messy enough, but what happens when areas from two adjoining states secede to form a new union for mutually beneficial economic reasons? I'm thinking that the state of Jefferson, which has been advocated for some time, might become a reality under the New Paradigm:<BR/><BR/>http://www.jeffersonstate.com/<A HREF="http://www.jeffersonstate.com/" REL="nofollow"></A>Robert Paulsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15208594652127037486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-33210279774045413112009-02-09T11:51:00.000-08:002009-02-09T11:51:00.000-08:00I have always wondered about the provision in US N...I have always wondered about the provision in US NorthCom that allows for the deployment of American and Canadian troops on each others soil. Fast forward two years to NAU, social breakdown, etc. Exchange of troops eliminates the ties to community...theoretically. Personally, I think the brass big brains are dreaming on this one.Sebastian Ernst Roninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577726817981722245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-78590519157168949912009-02-09T11:16:00.000-08:002009-02-09T11:16:00.000-08:00Doesn't bode well when one mixes in the Praetorian...Doesn't bode well when one mixes in the Praetorian Guard, i.e. the Blackwaters of this world. Due to relative size possibly whittled down to flying squad, from hot spot to hot spot?Sebastian Ernst Roninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577726817981722245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-87165414722218203282009-02-09T09:46:00.000-08:002009-02-09T09:46:00.000-08:00National Guard units can always be relased back to...National Guard units can always be relased back to the states can't they? Is that any more unthinkable than secession, the dissolution of the constitution, governmental collapse, or the end of industrial civilization?<BR/><BR/>And if states secede they will certainly call the Guard units back.<BR/><BR/>I have many military contacts and I can guarantee that California National Guard units (or those from ANY state) will not shoot their own neighbors. They will keep the peace but all the individuals in the military from E1to O7 have deep personal feelings and are very aware of the issues.<BR/><BR/>MCR<BR/><BR/>MCRMCRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05338936496305240656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-25604012194016177252009-02-09T08:07:00.000-08:002009-02-09T08:07:00.000-08:00The National Guard belongs to the States? I wonde...The National Guard belongs to the States? I wonder if the release of a memo by SecDef Gates this past December is about to change all of that?<BR/><BR/>Gates Memo Announces Final Assimilation of National Guard and Reserve.<BR/>The National Guard is being assimilated into the "Total Force" of the US military. <BR/>http://www.survivalistnews.com/2008/12/11/the-congress-blog-gates-memo-announces-final-assimilation-of-national-guard-and-reserve/ <BR/><BR/>The recommendations…involve the assimilation the National Guard and Reserves into the regular US military, under control and management of the DoD. Some recommendations that were accepted and show this disturbing trend include the assertion that it should be codified into federal law that it is the DoD’s responsibility to provide support to civil authorities, is a "core competency" and comprises and equal importance to its combat responsibilities. In addition, DoD should prepare the bulk of necessary planning etc., and the response to any catastrophe. Further, proposed changes in legislative language will created after an assessment by the Joint Chiefs of Staff in consultation with DHS, other federal agencies and " representative State and local officials as appropriate (which may be accomplished through the Council of Governors, once established)." <BR/><BR/>The statement that the DoD, various intelligence, various federal agencies and "representative State and local officials as appropriate (which may be accomplished through the Council of Governors, once established)" will be determining the role of the Guard and Reserves - and the "integrated role" of the National Guard and Reserves in the "Total Force" - in emergency situations that affect states is alarming on several levels. Notice how the input from representatives of the People are "as appropriate" listed with the Federal agencies, and listed last. Just like ingredients listed on food labels, the departments and responsible persons listed here are listed in order of their importance and level of input. And note also the "Council of Governors" which has "yet to be established." <BR/><BR/>The yet-to-be-established Council of Governors will eliminate the control of state Governors, who are representatives of the People of their states and the bulwark against federal intrusion and co-opting of the rights of the People within their states, over the National Guard of their states. Without the control of the National Guard, the governors no longer have the authority to deploy them to protect the People of the state from the federal government. "Homeland missions" are now under federal control of the DoD, according to the recommendation accepted by SecDef Gates. <BR/><BR/>Reserve and Guard designations are to be eliminated in rank and title, the Guard and Reserves have a common personnel management system (combining Defense Officer Personnel Management Act (DOPMA) and the Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act (ROPMA)), pay system, education (to achieve "joint qualification" certification and credits), retirement system, medical and dental care system, and their command structure within NORTHCOM. Guard and Reserve members now have common missions ("Joint Duty Assignments") and "all reserve duty will be considered active duty." In addition, the military will now "reduce duty statuses from 29 to 2" (active/non-active), create a civilian skill database that is like NATOs and will "allow worldwide interoperability." All of these measures are intended, as repeatedly stated to achieve a "Total Integrated Force." <BR/><BR/>The DoD will write legislative language that will be delivered to Congress so that existing laws will be amended to enable these changes to be made, in addition to policy changes within the Department itself. Some of these changes have yet to be codified into law and reflect only the recommendations accepted by SecDef Gates, others have already been implemented. <BR/><BR/>Attempts to remove or lessen control by governors of the National Guard is nothing new. In 1986 "James H. Webb, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, disclosed a week ago that he had been directed to prepare a bill that would prevent governors from blocking the assignment of their Guard units to Central America for training." In August 2006,Diasporahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08327346131443956483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-83710248623282883492009-02-09T01:20:00.000-08:002009-02-09T01:20:00.000-08:00p.coil, re "One thing I would like to know is peop...p.coil, re "One thing I would like to know is people's opinion on the future of Canada as my brother has just emigrated there from the UK convinced of its self-sufficiency for years to come. Thoughts?"<BR/><BR/>Here's a hint: Canadians, on a per capita basis (largely due to climate) are the biggest energy pigs on the planet. It is an industrial nation, ergo the dynamics of implosion/devolution, etc. apply. The bulk of the population is spread along the 49th, the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence. That leaves a lot of land, but can you work it with the energy resources and physical assets that will be left?<BR/><BR/>All in all, the rural Maritimes are pretty good. Property is cheap, but there's a reason for that: there's no work. It is possible to grab an old farmhouse on a couple of acres for under $50K. So a home-based business or enough capital to purchase outright and get at it will do. The growing season is short allowing for only one crop, so one has to get it right the first time.<BR/><BR/>Cultural barriers are difficult to break through as with most rural environments. Do not expect to meet too many "cosmopolitan" allies. The Maritimes share with New Englanders one of the oddest nouns for "stranger/outsider:" Come-From-Away. If you haven't been born here you will remain a Come-From-Away for the rest of your life.<BR/><BR/>To get an idea of how embarrassingly cheap property values are, visit:<BR/><BR/>http://www.mls.ca/map.aspx#Sebastian Ernst Roninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577726817981722245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-199966869498309262009-02-09T00:57:00.000-08:002009-02-09T00:57:00.000-08:00Thanks Sebastian for the feedback. ...and the wind...Thanks Sebastian for the feedback. <BR/>...and the wind power link. <BR/>cheers.sambahdihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13107919322021435173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-79793503279135203402009-02-08T21:29:00.000-08:002009-02-08T21:29:00.000-08:00I remember reading here, on another thread, that t...I remember reading here, on another thread, that there could be a "green zone" in LA (Santa Monica to Malibu) in the event of the <BR/><BR/>What happens to the green zone if cities like Riverside, San Bernadino or Palmdale become restless? Check points to get through Malibu Canyon?ATLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08588683347932441223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-1140487031054260502009-02-08T19:35:00.000-08:002009-02-08T19:35:00.000-08:00Question for MCR:What is the ramification of the U...Question for MCR:<BR/><BR/>What is the ramification of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1990 that held the Feds could send National Guard units anywhere it wanted (in that case, to train for prospective action in Central America), even though the governors opposed the measure? Is the answer that, as long as the Guard is federalized, the Guard belongs to the Feds?<BR/><BR/>See Perpich v. Dep't of Defense, 496 U.S. 334 (1990)<BR/><BR/>Since 1933, federal law has provided that persons enlisting in a state National Guard unit simultaneously enlist in the National Guard of the United States, a part of the Army. The enlistees retain their status as state Guard members unless and until ordered to active federal duty, and revert to state status upon being relieved from federal service. The authority to order the Guard to federal duty was limited to periods of national emergency until 1952, when Congress broadly authorized orders "to active duty or active duty for training" without any emergency requirement, but provided that such orders could not be issued without the consent of the governor of the State concerned. After two State Governors refused to consent to federal training missions abroad for their Guard units, the gubernatorial consent requirement was partially repealed in 1986 by the "Montgomery Amendment," which provides that a governor cannot withhold consent with regard to active duty outside the United States because of any objection to the location, purpose, type, or schedule of such duty. Petitioner, Governor of Minnesota, filed a complaint for injunctive relief, alleging, inter alia, that the Montgomery Amendment had prevented him from withholding his consent to a 1987 federal training mission in Central America for certain members of the state Guard, and that the Amendment violates the Militia Clauses of Article I, § 8, of the Constitution, which authorize Congress to provide for (1) calling forth the militia to execute federal law, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions, and (2) organizing, arming, disciplining, and governing such part of the militia as may be employed in the federal service, reserving to the States the appointment of officers and the power to train the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress. The District Court rejected the Governor's challenge, holding that the federal Guard was created pursuant to Congress' Article I, § 8, power to raise and support armies; that the fact that Guard units also have an identity as part of the state militia does not limit Congress' plenary authority to train the units as it sees fit when the Guard is called to active federal service; and that, accordingly, the Constitution neither required the gubernatorial veto nor prohibited its withdrawal. The Court of Appeals affirmed.<BR/><BR/>Page 496 U. S. 335<BR/><BR/>Held: Article I's plain language, read as a whole, establishes that Congress may authorize members of the National Guard of the United States to be ordered to active federal duty for purposes of training outside the United States without either the consent of a state governor or the declaration of a national emergency. Pp. 496 U. S. 347-355.<BR/><BR/>Peter J. of MinneapolisPeter J. Nickitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316405022690082781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-34494192777978269752009-02-08T19:25:00.000-08:002009-02-08T19:25:00.000-08:00Wezbo -- Great compliment, Thx. I knew someone wou...Wezbo -- Great compliment, Thx. I knew someone would catch that, and yeah... I survived a really screwed up adolescence and teen years singing along with records while the parents screamed at each other in the rest of the house...<BR/><BR/>Singing was and is a survival skill.<BR/><BR/>MCRMCRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05338936496305240656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-4367345231437782252009-02-08T19:11:00.000-08:002009-02-08T19:11:00.000-08:00As a long time lurker on this site who's read Rubi...As a long time lurker on this site who's read Rubicon (twice) I'm thinking it's finally time to offer my public support in the work you're doing here.<BR/><BR/>One thing I would like to know is people's opinion on the future of Canada as my brother has just emigrated there from the UK convinced of its self-sufficiency for years to come. Thoughts?p.coilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550514430761400968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-4334825018948007792009-02-08T18:06:00.000-08:002009-02-08T18:06:00.000-08:00Obama’s New Stimulus Plan May Be the Needle That P...Obama’s New Stimulus Plan May Be the Needle That Pops the Treasury-Bond Bubble <BR/><BR/>http://www.moneymorning.com/2009/01/28/us-treasury-bubble/<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><B>Rise of nationalism in bad times</B> <BR/><BR/><I>"In the meanwhile, there was an international row caused by a controversial "Buy American" clause in the package, passed by the House. The clause has sought to ensure that only American iron, steel and manufactured goods are used in government funded projects. European nations have already hinted that they would move WTO to strike the provision illegal as it discriminates against foreign suppliers in regard to US government projects."</I><BR/><BR/>http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=113876<BR/><BR/>Washington Post pointing at China calling in it's $600 Billion+ in US T-Bills...<BR/><B>America's New Rescuer: Japan</B><BR/><BR/><I>"During his confirmation hearings, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner fixated on China. But Beijing is sitting on its own social and political bubble, which is about to burst. When that happens, China will be tempted to draw massive amounts of its global savings back home if only to buy off the angry mobs in the streets. Japan is a more logical focus."</I><BR/><BR/>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/06/AR2009020602992.html?hpid=opinionsbox1<BR/>The plan B appears to be let Japan finance the US Govt when the Russians and Chinese demand payment for their US T-Bills once their Dollar Reserves are spent.wxdude714https://www.blogger.com/profile/02134115307649116623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-56389694956869752472009-02-08T16:58:00.000-08:002009-02-08T16:58:00.000-08:00I may have posted this in another thread by accide...I may have posted this in another thread by accident. Apologies if I did. Here's a strong recommendation to MCR to check out the now-wrapped TV show "The Wire." Any ex-cop should love it. There is a quote late in Season 1 that sounds straight from Mike about how when the police investigate homicides in the drug trade, nobody cares, but when they investigate where the money goes, everyone (especially the politicians) gets nervous. The title of this speech from the show's creator, David Simon, sounds a heck of a lot like Rubicon. :)<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJNkL12QD68<BR/>But for Mr. Simon's proclamation that populations will remain urban in the future, this speech could have been delivered at any peak oil conference.Al Czervikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07882530173221022736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-76202477648876858672009-02-08T16:08:00.000-08:002009-02-08T16:08:00.000-08:00Both "practical" and "philosophical":cj's #44 5:54...Both "practical" and "philosophical":<BR/><BR/>cj's #44 5:54 comments' last paragraph points to it all. And RanD loves you all. <BR/><BR/>Sincerely, RanDRanDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05841404809073660720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-69950223259939463812009-02-08T14:23:00.000-08:002009-02-08T14:23:00.000-08:00By the way, Mike.... you're actually a pretty soph...By the way, Mike.... you're actually a pretty sophisticated singer...by that , I mean, you capture some very subtle vocal inflections of both Jackson Brown and Stills in your covers...inflections that most cover singers would miss....you'd make a hell of a cover-band singer!wezbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01784427331746925553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-33569864590497215942009-02-08T13:01:00.000-08:002009-02-08T13:01:00.000-08:00The counter intelligence service of Novosibirsk re...The counter intelligence service of Novosibirsk region has recently noticed an increase in activity by Asian-Pacific countries in Siberia. Dozens of foreign spies and agents have been discovered in the region in 2008, according to the FSB. <BR/><BR/>http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/36983<BR/><BR/>Interesting story coming out of Russia.Anybody see any significance in this? Looks like alot of new research in oil and gas geology.<BR/><BR/>Have the Russians got something new going on????Flying columnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13454907771340348016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-29383792507968710802009-02-08T10:06:00.000-08:002009-02-08T10:06:00.000-08:00‘National Emergency Centers Establishment Act’:htt...‘National Emergency Centers Establishment Act’:<BR/><BR/>http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-645Donald Ceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14612420299993919789noreply@blogger.com