Posted on 02/21/2012 5:11:24 AM PST by Kaslin
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
I am aware of what I don't know, and question using an am/fm radio as a test of an EMP cabinet.
At a minimum, I know that a faraday cage needs to be grounded. And the range of frequencies that do damage to solid state electronics must be clearly understood, as well as the probable distance to a likely EMP pulse source.
I would spend my time better learning about the behavior of EMP and its effect on modern electronics first.
The most critical need under catastrophic conditions is portable reliable two-way communications. A healthy receiver, with no working civil transmitters is just another paperweight. I would certainly protect a few sets of those, together with a generous supply of rechargeable batteries in a proven faraday cage.
Not too many people can build a faraday cage to protect a modern automobile. Or to protect the energy grid or the gasoline supply. Even most solar panel chargers rely on "modern" EMP-sensitive electronics.
Although there is no substitute for actually reading the book, the next best thing is to see the author's actual words. From te Kindle Second Edition
What we call here a Black Swan (and capitalize it) is an event with the following three attributes.
First, it is an outlier, as it lies outside the realm of regular expectations, because nothing in the past can convincingly point to its possibility.
Second, it carries an extreme impact (unlike the bird).
Third, in spite of its outlier status, human nature makes us concoct explanations for its occurrence after the fact, making it explainable and predictable.
** The highly expected not happening is also a Black Swan. Note that, by symmetry, the occurrence of a highly improbable event is the equivalent of the nonoccurrence of a highly probable one.*
The true ‘Black Swan’ event that no one seriously believes will happen is the *ZOMBIE APOCOLYPSE*!!!
(cue sinister music)
:-P
Here’s the blurb and way to order “Biflationary Depression” on Amazon’s printer. It is cutting edge. https://www.createspace.com/3683488
(Art.) What if the worst happens and we go from 10-12 million illegals in the United States to 25-40 million packed into the southwestern United States in a relatively short period of time? Demographics are destiny.....
The author's behind the curve: we're already there with those numbers, or rather have been. It's like nailing Jell-O to a wall even to guess at a good number, because the Census Bureau, geeing to the nod of the PTB, has been drastically low-balling the number for years.
I would guess that the number of Mexican nationals in -country in illegal status (is there another?) is over 15,000,000 and that immigrated, amnestied, papered (legalized) immigrants, and first-generation "anchor babies" of same drive the total to around 30,000,000.
Recently there has been some recession of these big numbers as Mexicans bail for the old country as jobs dry up in the recession, so "your guess is as good as mine -- and maybe better".
WAG: a couple million "former illegals" with papers and voting rights are probably actually still illegal, slipping by with fraudulent documents and phony claims on citizenship. Not exactly a solid foundation for patriotism in the later generations.
An emerging issue is that generators have purposively made excess (standby) generating capacity go away. It's all about cost control and all that green-eyeshade stuff that minimized the number of boats on the Titanic, for example. It made sense because the Titanic was unsinkable anyway, so how can you defend burdening the shareholders -- of whom J.P. Morgan was the leader -- with a frivolous expenditure? You're going to tell Morgan he has to spend money on excess lifeboat capacity? Good luck with that!
What? What happened with that? I don't remember that.
Got link? Would like to read more.
The reductions needed to stop the fiscal bleeding would set off huge riots. Pols know this and won’t go there.
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Well, I am trying. Fasting for two weeks now, how much longer do you need it, 'cuz I'm getting weak?
That’s why I keep saying “No matter what anyone does, much unpleasantness lies ahead”.
Who needs a black swan when you have a black Marxist.
Who needs a black swan when you have a black Marxist.
Thanks for the link...
Jobs are people doing favors for each other - 'money' is the way we keep track of those 'favors' - the bookkeeping.
"Jobs" are people doing favors for each other - 'money' is the way we keep track of those 'favors' - the bookkeeping.
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