The Archdruid says the Internet is doomed

The Archdruid says woe unto you for your profligate ways, your Internet will crumble to dust

Apparently the sustainability of the Internet is doomed. Why? Because the Archdruid Report says so. In fact, head Archdruid John Michael Greer, appears to take considerable glee in announcing that, due to our sinful ways, we’ll soon be [...]

Some swell pessimism porn for all you doom mongers

Clusterstock has thoughtfully assembled a list of the most bearish financial pundits, but really, they’re all a bunch of perkypants compared to Jim Kuntsler, except for Dimitry Orlov, who also basically predicts we’ll be living in caves and grubbing for worms as penance for our excess while society collapses around us. Such prognostications apparently [...]

Dr. Doom is now guardedly optimistic

Nouriel Roubini may be about to get kicked out of the pessimism porn club as he now is saying if governments continue being proactive, we may survive this thing after all.

Meanwhile, Ron Paul raises the bar for disaster chic, saying we have a 15-year depression coming – but then he’s been a nutball buy-guns-and-gold [...]