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Published Nov 11 2008 by Energy Bulletin Archived Nov 11 2008The Five Stages of Collapse by Dmitry Orlov 1.Hello, everyone! The talk you are about to hear is the result of a lengthy process on my part. My specialty is in thinking about and, unfortunately, predicting collapse. My method is based on comparison: I watched the Soviet Union collapse, and, since I am also familiar with the details of the situation in the United States, I can make comparisons between these two failed superpowers. I was born and grew up in Russia, and I traveled back to Russia repeatedly between...

Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, psychiatrist and prolific author of the ground- breaking book, On Death and Dying, died Tuesday evening, August 24, 2004, in Scottsdale, Arizona of natural causes. She was surrounded by her family and close friends. She was 78. (from her website) Despite her passing, Dr. Kubler-Ross was able to chime in on Rathergate. Kubler-Ross noted that CBS's response to Rathergate seems to fit the five stages that a dying patient experiences when informed of their terminal prognosis : 1) Denial (this isn't happening to me!) 2) Anger (why is this happening to me?) 3) Bargaining (I promise I'll...