I don't pay attention to doom anymore

[old steel]

I find doom is totally overrated.

Going for a bike ride in the rain and i'm going to smile the entire time.

Bbl.

[Ponce]

Is ok steel, I'll worry for you hahahahaha.

V

[chad]

quitter.

[PatColo]

I find doom is totally overrated.

Going for a bike ride in the rain and i'm going to smile the entire time.

Bbl.i hear heeer yuh pheek bowee

[Uncle Salty]

No shit.

All the doom prophets are fucking wrong.

Bullshit.

It will arrive when we have given up on it.

[EE_]

They'll be no mass doom. The only doom is for those that will experience doom themselves.

The world will keep on going, it'll just become a shittier place and no one will do anything about it.

Other then that, everything's great! :)

[Hitch]

A bike ride in the rain, sounds refreshing. :)

The main cause of stress, imo, is worrying about things we have no control over. Whether the whole system collapses or not, we know the truth, so we can't sit around complaining about it anymore.

Keep moving forward in life. If you are not moving forward in life, you are actually moving backwards. This applies to your knowledge, your health, your career, your relationships, everything.

[Ponce]

EE? you must have a good job that you think that it will last, congrat, hummmmmmmmmm working for HLS? hahahahahahaah.

V

[EE_]

EE? you must have a good job that you think that it will last, congrat, hummmmmmmmmm working for HLS? hahahahahahaah.

V

I'm just hoping I get another 20 years out of this world :) after that it's someone else's problem.
I'd be more then glad to help in the revolution, but it's obvious not enough American's care.

HLS? Harvard Law School?

Speaking of doom, this wicked weather system that's rolling across the plain states right now is inflicting doom on Tupelo, MS at this moment. Best of luck to the people there.

[old steel]

Very refreshing, in fact i look like i took a shower with my clothes on.

That was an awesome bite outta life.

Doom postponed indefinitely.

Oh yea one more thing.

Anyone have any ideas on mounting an Ar platform on my handlebars or perhaps a short barreled shotgun, or just sling it over my shoulder when TSHTF?

Hahahah, JK.

[Dogman]

Try doing doom and gloom starting in the early 1980's! When the savings & loans crashed.

Life does move/go on, been waiting for FUBAR to happen all these years, now I really do not care any more, other than seeing if I can fool them out of another day and a wakeup!

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[Hitch]

Try doing doom and gloom starting in the early 1980's! When the savings & loans crashed.

Life does move/go on, been waiting for FUBAR to happen all these years, now I really do not care any more, other than seeing if I can fool them out of another day and a wakeup!

That's some old doom there, the early 80's. Glad you survived, Dogman. :)

For the most part, the solution is simple. Got water, check, Got food and shelter, check. Live in a safe area, check. Guns and ammo, check. Silver and gold, check. Stoves, check.

And that's it, the rest is just mental stimulation and just for enjoyment purposes. Doom can be a fun hobby as long as you have a full balanced life to go with it. I'll take my Doom on the rocks. :)

[Libertytree]

Doom comes in many shapes, forms, fashions and flavors. Doom is always a heartbeat away, it might not be the apocalyptic type where it effects thousands or millions, it can decide to just pick you out, tag, you're it MOFO! Then, we deal with it, it doesn't matter if it's global, continental, state, town, neighborhood or personally, life just got shitty real fast.

Ya do with what ya can with what you've got, however meager or elaborate there's a hole in your plan somewhere and it will bite you in your ass, maybe several times? But.....

In the mean time there's life to be lived with it's usual ups and downs of varying degrees, twists and turns that in themselves are like mini doom schools, with a party here and there.

If it ended today, what the hell, it's been a grand run. Same goes for tomorrow or X years from now, I'm just slow dancin' with the music.

[EE_]

If you think this is doom, then doom is already here...

The Real Unemployment Rate: In 20% Of American Families, EVERYONE Is Unemployed
April 29, 2014 By The Doc 1 Comment

According to shocking new numbers that were just released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 20 percent of American families do not have a single person that is working.
How can anyone not see what is happening to us? America is in the midst of a long-term economic decline, but the mainstream media and most of our politicians seem to think that things are better than ever.
Wake up America.
Your middle class is dying.


Submitted by End of the American Dream:

When someone tries to tell you that the unemployment rate in the United States is about 7 percent, you should just laugh. One-fifth of the families in the entire country do not have a single member with a job. That is absolutely astonishing. How can a family survive if nobody is making any money? Well, the answer to that question is actually quite easy. There is a reason why government dependence has reached epidemic levels in the United States. Without enough jobs, tens of millions of additional Americans have been forced to reach out to the government for help. At this point, if you can believe it, the number of Americans getting money or benefits from the federal government each month exceeds the number of full-time workers in the private sector by more than 60 million.

When I was growing up, it seemed like anyone that was willing to work hard could find a good paying job. But now that has all changed. At this point, 20 percent of all the families in the entire country do not have a single member that has a job. That includes fathers, mothers and children. The following is how CNSNews.com broke down the numbers…

A family, as defined by the BLS, is a group of two or more people who live together and who are related by birth, adoption or marriage. In 2013, there were 80,445,000 families in the United States and in 16,127,000—or 20 percent–no one had a job.

To be honest, these really are Great Depression-type numbers. But over the years “unemployment” has been redefined so many times that it doesn’t mean the same thing that it once did. The government tells us that the official unemployment rate is about 7 percent, but that number is almost meaningless at this point.

A number that I find much more useful is the employment-population ratio. According to the employment-population ratio, the percentage of working age Americans that actually have a job has been below 59 percent for more than four years in a row…

That means that more than 41 percent of all working age Americans do not have a job.

When people can’t take care of themselves, it becomes necessary for the government to take care of them. And what we have seen in recent years is government dependence soar to unprecedented levels. In fact, welfare spending and entitlement payments now make up 69 percent of the entire federal budget. For much more on this, please see my previous article entitled “18 Stats That Prove That Government Dependence Has Reached Epidemic Levels“.

And what is even more frightening is that more families are falling out of the middle class every single day. As a recent CNN article explained, approximately one-third of all U.S. households are living “hand-to-mouth”. In other words, they are constantly living on the edge of financial disaster…

About one-third of American households live “hand-to-mouth,” meaning that they spend all their paychecks. But what surprised the study authors is that 66% of these families are middle class, with a median income of $41,000. While they don’t have liquid assets, such as savings accounts or mutual fund holdings, they do have homes and retirement accounts, with a median net worth of $41,000.

“We don’t expect them to be living paycheck to paycheck,” said Greg Kaplan, study co-author and assistant professor of economics at Princeton University.

The American Dream is rapidly becoming an American nightmare.

When I was growing up, I lived in a pretty typical middle class neighborhood. Everyone had a nice home, a couple of cars and could go on vacation during the summer. I don’t remember ever hearing of anyone using food stamps or going to a food bank. In fact, I can’t even remember anyone having a parent that was unemployed. If someone did leave a job, it was usually quite easy to find another one.

But today, the middle class is being ripped to shreds and according to one new report there are 49 million Americans that are dealing with food insecurity in 2014.

How can anyone not see what is happening to us? America is in the midst of a long-term economic decline, but the mainstream media and most of our politicians seem to think that things are better than ever. They continue to try to convince us that “business as usual” is the right path to take.

But one-fifth of the families in the entire nation are already totally unemployed.

At what point will we finally admit that what we are doing right now is simply not working?

30 percent of all families unemployed?

40 percent?

50 percent?

http://www.silverdoctors.com/the-real-unemployment-rate-in-20-of-american-families-everyone-is-unemployed/#more-41910


If you think this is doom, then doom is alreay here..

Watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9KJuzXD1-4

Meet AISight – The Artificial Intelligence Pre-Crime Software Being Installed on CCTV Networks Globally
April 28, 2014 By The Doc 9 Comments

If you thought that CCTV cameras tracking your every move in public was bad enough, you’re going to just love AISight (pronounced “eyesight” of course). The invention of a Houston, Texas based company called BRS Labs (which stands for Behavioral Recognition Systems) is headed by former secret service special agent John Frazzini, and this Orwellian surveillance platform brings artificial intelligence to all of those creepy cameras that have been installed everywhere around you.
This system is currently being installed in Boston, and has already been implemented in Chicago and Washington. In the event you live in these cities, I bet you’ve never heard of AISight, and more importantly, I bet there’s been little to no public debate.
The most disturbing part about this platform is that this artificial intelligence defines what is “normal” behavior and anything that falls outside of that narrow band can be flagged for “pre crime” potential.

Submitted by Michael Krieger, Liberty Blitzkrieg:

Ultimately, if these things are allowed to proliferate, it will condition humans to behave like zombie automatons fearful that anything interesting or creative might be viewed as criminal.

The NYPD recently engaged in such behavior when it arrested a street artist unlawfully. Now imagine if a computer could do the work the work without human involvement.

The entire sad incident was caught on video. See below:

The “War on Street Artists” – Puppeteer Unlawfully Arrested and Harassed in NYC Subway
For more details on AISight, we turn to ITProPortal:

Imagine a major city completely covered by a video surveillance system designed to monitor the every move of its citizens. Now imagine that the system is run by a fast-learning machine intelligence, that’s designed to spot crimes before they even happen. No, this isn’t the dystopian dream of a cyber-punk science fiction author, or the writers of TV show “Person of Interest”. This is Boston, on the US East Coast, and it could soon be many more cities around the world.

Behavioral Recognition Systems, Inc. (BRS Labs) is a software development company based out of a nondescript office block in Houston Texas, with the motto: “New World. New security.”

BRS Labs’ AISight is different because it doesn’t rely on a human programmer to tell it what behaviour is suspicious. It learns that all by itself.

The system enables a machine to monitor is environment, and build up a detailed profile of what can be considered “normal” behaviour. The AI can then determine what kind of behavior is abnormal, without human pre-programing.

Just what the world needs.


Oh, but wait, it gets even better…

What’s more, AISight permanently learns and registers when changes in normal behavior occur, so no ongoing programing is required from human operators. In order to do this, it employs a technology known as “artificial neural networks”, which mimics the function of the human brain.

What’s more, BRS Labs’ system is extremely easy to implement even across huge, disparate networks of outdated camera equipment. The company claims that it needs maximum of only a few days for the complete hardware and software installation.

So fast the public won’t have a chance for public debate!

After that, the system sets about “autonomously building an ever-changing knowledge base of activity seen through every camera on your video network.”

The software is already in place in other cities around the United States, such as Chicago and Washington.

“Our system will figure out things you never thought of looking for,” said Wesley Cobb, BRS’ chief science officer. “You never thought to look for a car driving backwards up the entrance of a parking garage, for example. Our system will find that and alert on it, because it’s different from what it usually sees. It’s taught itself what to look for.”

How about laugher, is that banned yet? How about thinking?

The inevitable security concerns have already been raised. While BRS claims to be “concerned about the privacy rights of individuals everywhere,” it’s not hard to imagine a future where our every move is assessed, quantified and judged by ever-smarter generations of artificial intelligence.

There’s one security camera for every 11 people in the UK, and it has been reported that the average British citizen is recorded on camera over 300 times every day.

Have fun serfs
http://www.silverdoctors.com/meet-aisight-the-artificial-intelligence-software-being-installed-on-cctv-networks-globally/#more-41785

[horseshoe3]

I'll be much more excited about doom again after my kids are grown and I'm free to die without any worries.

[VX1]

Yep, no quick and dirty doom event (except on an individual level), but a slow boil to a harder life for most. If your individual doom hasn't happened yet, I suggest speaking the truth often, but less talking about losing freedom, and more seizing freedom at every opportunity (remembering that responsibility and freedom go hand and hand). I realized this many years ago, that I was basically letting the bastards win, by fixating on the loss, while not working on the gain, and so I did something about it. Today, I walk out my back door, jump in my plane, and fly anywhere I want, when I want, no TSA involved, and no permission from anyone. Freedom is still to be had, just do the work to seize it.

[gunDriller]

i think it depends a lot on the definition of Doom.

it is interesting to see how American businesses "adapt." what i observe is that they keep on coming up with new ways to scam their customers.


for example, i just had JP Morgan Chase charge me 5% monthly, 80% annually on a credit card. I have the $$ to pay it off, so it's not a big deal. the interest charge was $7.59 when it should have been about $2.33.

but it is fascinating to watch.

i wrote James Dimon a letter and asked him if he was sure he wanted to do that.


for many Americans, they don't have the $$ to re-pay the principal, to escape a situation like that.


i am actually in the middle of a 'writing vacation'. it's not a manuscript about Doom, it's about saving money. But i guess i will have a chapter about Survivalism.


it seems that one of the tricks with doom is, avoiding it. so it becomes sort of like playing dodgeball.

except being hit with a regular dodgeball is much less traumatic than being hit with a Doom Dodge Ball.


i think Doom & survivalism would make a good video game. side-stepping the fact that there's already a video game called Doom (i think).


one of the aspects of doom is that it often produces great fear regarding your survival. that FEAR takes you out of your A game. you may completely pass your "B" game and end up with a mental "C" game.

the Paradox is that you NEED your "A Game" to DEAL with doom - the contracting economy, the neighbors who might want to steal from you (nothing personal !), the businesses who take little bites out of your wallet.


i wish i could help all (most ? some ? a few ? one ?) of the people who have been hurt by Doom.

[Dogman]

Dam all of this doom speak, makes me miss K-os!

Hope you are doing well. k!

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[vacuum]

Because it's spring time. Doom season doesn't restart until the fall. Though there will probably be a little bit of a mid-summer bump.

[mick silver]

doom takes time and we all living in a slow and burn doom . at lease i got in when it was cheap been to the food store