This is a Bunk Buster blog with a unique perspective that helps you cut through the BS you’re fed by the mainstream media (MSM) or mass media, or what I call the Ass Media.
Warning! If you’re looking for lightweight entertainment or you can’t stand to have your beliefs challenged, then you better stop reading this and watch the crap on TV. This blog is designed for people who can read and think critically. If you can’t make the time for some long articles then stick with your sound bites and Tweets. Good luck.
My mission is to empower you with knowledge so you aren’t fleeced like the other sheep. I don’t have all the answers but I’ll help you cut through some of the crap with unusual ideas and perspectives you won’t find anywhere else. Where you go from there is entirely up to you.
Posts range from global financial doom & gloom to everyday hints & tips, news, viewpoints, humor and LOTS more.
HOW TO NAVIGATE THIS BLOG
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3) you can scroll down past the descriptions below to see the latest posts.
DESCRIPTION OF THE CATEGORIES
9/11 False Flag Perspectives – starting with “9/11 Truth – Hollywood Speaks Out – The Full Movie” – eye-opening YouTube video narrated by Charlie Sheen.
About Women – everything I think I know about women that I’ve learned over more than half a century and I’m still waiting for rebuttals.
Biases – mental biases and deceptive thinking that’s dangerous to your well-being.
Bizarre stuff – over-the-top commentary beginning with The Perfect Hell and going downhill from there (with occasional updates).
Collapse 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 – financial commentary by year. Written from a Canadian perspective, they cover the long, grinding collapse of Canadian, American and global economies. They’re based on the principles of Austro-Libertarian economics. If you want to learn more, it’s easier than you think because real economics is just common sense, unlike the incomprehensible, neo-Keynesian crap they teach in universities. Start with Collapse 2007 and subsequent years’ major articles. By the time you’re finished, you’ll know more than most so-called economists and be better equipped to understand and survive the coming turmoil.
Economic Collapse – contains the same articles as Collapse (by year) except it begins with the latest post and covers all the years above.
Guy Flics – brief, male-oriented reviews of mindless action movies and guy eye-candy. Arranged in alphabetical order by movie title.
Hints and Tips – Useful, practical stuff plus articles on health & healthy eating.
Humor – In spite of all the grim news, there’s always a need & time for humor. Thousands of pages of jokes, cartoons ‘n stuff. Scroll at your leisure – no need to click page after page unlike blogs using unfriendly Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques. Enjoy!.
Islam – everything I’ve learned about the history of Islam & why the West is doomed to be over-run. Hint: stupidity has the utmost persistence.
Letters to the Editor – published and unpublished.
Male Bashing – articles & commentary about Feminism run amok and the reverse discrimination of men.
My Books – these are the books that allow me to live with them.
News & Views – a skeptic’s commentary on current stuff.
Nuclear Disaster – what you can do to protect yourself from the Japanese Fukushima nuclear disaster which is poisoning the Northern Hemisphere.
Photography – scenic & unusual pictures I’ve taken the last few years after about 50 years of practice.
Propaganda – commentary on the latest spin, bunk, bullfeathers & propaganda. If it looks like shit and smells like shit, don’t swallow it.
Quotes – a curmudgeon’s three-decade collection of thought-provoking quotations.
Recipes – healthy, tasty, tried & tested recipes. If I can make these, anyone can.
Stock market lessons – the do’s & don’ts that I learned the hard way.
Stupidity – illustrates the incredible stupidity around us.
Survival & Emergency Preparedness – just what it sounds like including stockpiling.
Uncategorized – even I can’t figure out what this is for so I kept it brief.
Zeitgeist: Moving Forward – a blistering critique of the popular video.
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– Gerold
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Disclaimer: I’m not an accredited investment adviser so financial articles are for commentary only. For specific financial advice, you should consult your own investment professional.
RECENT ARTICLES
Self-Hating Whites
Reading time: 1,343 words, 3 pages, 3 to 5 minutes.
I don’t often do ‘guest posts’ on my blog, but Paul Craig Robert’s essay is one of those exceptions…
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Medical Malpractice Caused Most of the 1918 Spanish Flu Deaths
Posted on December 15, 2018
Reading Time: 2,260 words, 6 pages, 5 to 9 minutes
We may be overdue for any number of disasters, but another Spanish Flu pandemic is NOT one of them. That’s the good news. The bad news is that medical malpractice caused that pandemic, not a virulent flu virus.
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Selco’s SHTF Survival Lessons – Part 1 – ‘A’ to ‘B’
Posted on November 28, 2018
Reading time: 4,810 words, 10 pages, 11 to 18 minutes.
Selco Begovic is the most credible source for prepping and survival advice that I have ever read. He survived the Balkan war of the 90s and one year in a besieged city with no electricity, water, sewage, food distribution, medical system, police, etc…
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Selco’s SHTF Survival Lessons – Part 2 – ‘C’ to ‘F’
Posted on December 5, 2018
Reading time: 4,990 words, 11 pages, 14 to 19 minutes.
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Selco’s SHTF Survival Lessons – Part 3 – ‘G’ to ‘L’
Posted on December 12, 2018 by gerold
Reading time: 4,280 words, 10 pages, 10 to 17 minutes.
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Selco’s SHTF Survival Lessons – Part 4 – ‘M’ to ‘R’
Posted on December 19, 2018
Reading time: 4,903 words, 11 pages, 11 to 19 minutes.
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Selco’s SHTF Survival Lessons – Part 5 – ‘S’ to ‘W’
Posted on January 23, 2019
Reading time: 6,815 words, 16 pages, 16 to 27 minutes.
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The “Mom & Pop Shop” Myth
Posted on October 21, 2018
Reading time: 1,650 words, 4 pages, 4 to 7 minutes.
There’s been so much U.S. political theatre lately (Stormy Daniels, Kavanaugh confirmation, Mid-term elections, etc.) that I thought it time for some diversion and bust a bit of bunk…
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SNOPES BS
Posted on September 17, 2018
Reading time: 120 words, 1 page, 1 minute.
Do you still trust SNOPES? I posted this attached photo to Facebook. SNOPES labeled it “Mixed” insofar it wasn’t during Hurricane Florence but during Hurricane Ike…
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It’s Duct Tape Season
Posted on August 29, 2018
Reading time: 1 page, 150 words, 1 minute.
Whether you’re a handyman (handy-person?) a survivalist or a prepper, the end of August is duct tape buying season …
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Hitler & Trump: “The Great Man” Theory Debunked
Posted on August 8, 2018
Reading time: 6 pages, 2,150 words, 5 to 8 minutes.
We’re told that great leaders make history. Like so much of what we are taught, that’s a load of bunk. Yes, great leaders make it into the history books, but they do not make history…
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Flattening Yield Curve Portends Recession
Posted on July 8, 2018
Reading time: 2,720 words, 9 pages, 6 to 10 minutes.
“Events are converging ominously this summer in the direction of unwinding expectations and serial train wrecks of finance and politics,”
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Is Social Media Plunging Us Into a New Dark Age?
Posted on March 28, 2018
Reading time: 1,520 words, 4 pages, 4 to 6 minutes.
If you weren’t already aware of it, there are few things you need to know about the ass media…
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The Rich are Rich Because They’re Not Stupid
Posted on March 7, 2018
Reading time: 2,520 words, 7 pages, 6 to 9 minutes.
The rich are rich because they’re smart. The corollary is that the poor are poor because they’re stupid so don’t be stupid …
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Embrace the ‘Lagom’ Decline
Posted on November 27, 2017
Reading time: 1,050 words, 4 pages, 3 to 4 minutes.
The Powers-That-Be (TPTB) are preparing us to accept the continuing decline of our standard of living. Canada’s CBC advocates that we adopt the Scandinavian concept of ‘lagom;’ being satisfied with less…
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Macleans’ Desperate Globalists
Posted on November 19, 2017
Reading time: 1,770 words, 5 pages 4 to 7 minutes.
WW III began long ago with the global elites waging economic warfare on the rest of us. The globalists are losing as demonstrated by…
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The Feminist Lie
Posted on November 12, 2017
Reading time: 584 words, 2 pages, 1 to 2 minutes.
A life built upon a lie is doomed to failure. Feminism is such a lie. And, we see the consequences of this lie with the increasing frequency of sexual assaults…
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Fasting – Benefits, and Drawbacks
Posted on November 7, 2017
Reading time: 2,350 words, 6 pages, 5 to 9 minutes.
I’ve been fasting Mondays and Tuesdays since 1982. It started quite by accident. I had to fast for two days before a barium enema X-ray. Although I was climbing the walls starving for two days …
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Pathological Altruism and White Guilt
Posted on August 30, 2017
Reading time: 3,370 words, 10 pages, 8 to 13 minutes.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Even the best of intentions often have unintended consequences. Although few people have bad intentions, many of our problems are caused by good intentions gone awry…
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The Economic Collapse Began Long Ago
Posted on July 22, 2017
Reading Time: 2,820 words, 8 pages, 6 to 11 minutes.
My forty-year old Godson was belly-aching about the lack of jobs. He whined it’s all the Boomers’ fault. I tore a few strips off him…
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Career Advice You Won’t Hear From Anyone Else – Part 1
Reading time: 2,340 words, 6 pages, 5 to 9 minutes
There is much career advice available, especially on the internet. Much of it’s a lot of crap about “maximizing personal growth” and “following your passion” and other gibberish. I’m going to give you career advice you won’t hear from anyone else…
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Career Advice You Won’t Hear From Anyone Else – Part 2
Reading time: 2,942 words, 8 pages, 7 to 11 minutes.
This is the second of a three-part series.
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Career Advice You Won’t Hear From Anyone Else – Part 3
Reading time: 2,974 words, 8 pages, 7 to 12 minutes.
This article is the last of a three-part series. Categories are in alphabetical order, so it doesn’t matter in what order you read them or the articles …
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Revealed: Canadian Real Estate Worth 50%
Posted on May 20, 2017
Reading time: 1,340 words, 6 pages, 3 to 5 minutes.
Recent financial problems at an obscure mortgage provider called Home Capital Group demonstrate that Canadian residential real estate is worth only half current market value …
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WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON? by Jim Quinn
Posted on March 10, 2017
Jim Quinn of The Burning Platform blog has written an excellent series of articles that provide great insight into the current state of Amerikan affairs and covers economics, politics and the continuing social breakdown …
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Complementary Projection Bias
Posted on December 10, 2016
Reading time: 2,060 words, 6 pages, 5 to 8 minutes.
Another of our dangerous mental biases is Complementary Projection, a type of Cognitive Bias in which people believe that more people share their beliefs and values than actually do …
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Trump: the Lesser of Two Evils?
Posted on November 21, 2016
Reading time: 4,029 words, 12 pages, 9 to 16 minutes
The good news is Hillary lost. The bad news is Trump won.
Now that the hysteria of Trump’s election is beginning to wear off, it’s time to examine..
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Mr. Earthworm Climbs the Mountain
Posted on November 19, 2016
Reading time: 325 words, 2 pages, 1 to 2 minutes.
I read this story many years before the internet and have since searched and been unable to find it so I’ll try to reconstruct it as best as I can …
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WW III Soon
Posted on October 16, 2016
Reading time: 1,784 words, 6 pages, 4 to 7 minutes.
I’ll be very surprised if we make it to the end of the year without World War III breaking out…
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Anger Rising
Posted on September 11, 2016
Reading time: 1,174 words, 3 pages, 3 to 5 minutes.
The level of anger is rising everywhere and will reach dangerous levels. It’s very noticeable in traffic as well as the ass media. Here are three recent traffic examples…
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The Germanic-Roman Battle that Saved Western Civilization: Teutoburg Forest – Part 1
Posted on August 1, 2016
Reading time: 4,450 words, 12 page 11 to 18 minutes.
In Part 1 – we examine
Prelude to the battle
Arminius and his deception
Archeological confirmation
Incompetent Roman General Varus
Ambush and massacre …
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The Germanic-Roman Battle that Saved Western Civilization: Teutoburg Forest – Part 2
Posted on August 7, 2016
Reading time: 4,352 words, 13 page, 10 to 16 minutes.
In Part 2 we examine:
The Battle’s Aftermath
Consequences of the Roman loss
Spineless Ass Media
Who Really Rules Us?
Economic Basket Cases
Anarchy …
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TSP Running Out; Soon to be Replaced
Posted on August 6, 2016
Reading time: 158 words, 1 page. ½ minute.
Using TSP (trisodium phosphate) is a supplement to laundry detergent to make clothes cleaner and brighter as well as Rug Doctoring Carpets Need TSP…
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Long, Hot Summer of Rage & Riots
Posted on July 11, 2016
Reading time: 923 words, 4 pages, 3 to 4 minutes.
As if deteriorating global economies aren’t bad enough, the summer of 2016 will prove beyond any doubt that the social order and the rule of law in the U.S. are collapsing …
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I Sucked the Internet Dry, Again
Posted on July 3, 2016
Reading time: 826 words, 3 pages, 2 to 3 minutes.
It took a while, but I finally realized that I reached another milestone. I sucked the internet dry, again …
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Brexit Collapse
Posted on June 26, 2016
Reading time: 621 words, 2 pages, 2 to 3 minutes.
I have to admit that I’m surprised the Brits found their backbones voting to leave the European Union (EU). My feeling was that the ‘proper’ British wouldn’t rock the boat …
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Canada Hits the Wall in 2016 – Part 1: Baltic, China, Commodities & Debt
Posted on February 18, 2016
Reading time: 1,571 words, 5 pages, 4 to 7 minutes & some ugly charts.
Canada’s good fortune in escaping the last Great Recession relatively unscathed is turning into a curse…
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Canada Hits the Wall in 2016 – Part 2: Economy, Governments and Voter Stupidity
Posted on February 20, 2016
Reading time: 2,627 words, 9 pages, 7 to 11 minutes & lotsa ugly charts.
Synopsis – covered in this post
Economy
Governments and Voter Stupidity
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Canada Hits the Wall in 2016 – Part 3: Inflation, Oil Price Plunge & Real Estate Bubble
Posted on February 22, 2016
Reading time: 3,262 words, 10 pages, 8 to 13 minutes & lotsa ugly charts.
Synopsis – covered in this post
Inflation
Oil Price Plunge
Real Estate Bubble
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Canada Hits the Wall in 2016 – Part 4: Tourism, Unemployment, US Dollar & Forecast
Posted on February 24, 2016
Reading time: 2,758 words, 8 pages, 7 to 11 minutes & only 2 ugly charts.
Synopsis – covered in this final post – Part 4 of 4
Tourism
Unemployment
US Dollar
Forecast Canada
Conclusion
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Hitting the Wall in 2016
Posted on January 21, 2016
Reading time: 4,335 words, 19 pages 10 to 17 minutes.
Despite the puerile propaganda about the so-called economic recovery of the U.S., we never left the recession that began in 2000 …
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No Trade = No Commerce = No Economy
Posted on January 10, 2016
Reading time: 674 words, 3 pages, 2 to 3 minutes.
An observant reader (H/t: Ken J.) sent me a link to an article titled, Historic First: North Atlantic EMPTY of Cargo Ships in-transit – ALL anchored along coasts; none moving
It takes a lot to make me snort coffee through my nose!
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In the wake of the Paris terror attacks, the cowardly media refuse to discuss Islamic ideology
Posted on November 22, 2015
Reading time: 824 words, 2 pages, 2 to 3 minutes.
Guest post: Paul Cooper
Yet again the sheer horror and barbarity of Islamic terror visits the streets of Paris. Yet again the synchronized response from the mainstream media has been lacklustre …
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Canada Target for Terrorist Attack?
Posted on November 15, 2015
Reading time: 896 words, 3 pages, 2 to 4 minutes plus video.
Our hearts are with the people in Paris for the terrible Friday 13th massacre claimed by ISIS. Notice I said “claimed” …
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SURPRISE! You’re Eating Fukushima Radiation; Bloody Cancerous Tumors in Fish & Seafood
Posted on November 9, 2015
Reading time: 2505 words, 8 pages, 5 to 10 minutes.
This is such a great article, I’ve reprinted it in it’s entirety. The pictures tell it all!
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It’s Now Trudeau’s ‘Crummy Economy’
Posted on November 8, 2015
Reading Time: 1,770 words, 5 pages, 4 to 7 minutes.
The Canadian federal election is over, the Liberals won and Justin Trudeau is the new Prime Minister because the reigning Conservatives under Stephen Harper deliberately threw the election …
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Climate Change Scam Exposed
Posted on October 12, 2015
Reading time: 345 words, 1 page, 1 to 2 minutes.
The best website I’ve found that uses REAL science to debunk the global warming/climate-change scam is WUWT Watts Up With That? …
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The World’s Silliest Empire
Posted on October 7, 2015 by gerold
Reading time: 2,257 words, 5 pages, 6 to 9 minutes.
After Amerika’s psychotic Neocons bombed and invaded Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Sudan, killing millions of civilians in the process, Russian President Putin handed Obama and his ilk their collective asses …
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Buy Duct Tape Now, Before Winter
Posted on September 14, 2015
Reading time: 206 words, 1 page, 1 minute.
If you have winters with freezing temperatures, this fall is the time to buy duct tape. You need to stockpile duct tape to seal windows, doors and cracks for a variety …
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It’s Hitting the Fan This Fall
Posted on August 9, 2015
Reading time: 5,245 words, 15 pages, 12 to 20 minutes.
Eight years ago, I wrote, “Every day more holes in the financial system are uncovered causing more panic in the financial world. Expect to hear many soothing words from politicians and the media. They will try to downplay the problem to avoid panic …”
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Oligarchic Capture – CONSUMERS NOT FOLLOWING ORDERS
Posted on June 21, 2015
Reading time: 3,080 words, 11 pages, 7 to 12 minutes.
Of the 260 articles on this blog, most were written by me, but a handful (maybe 5?) are ‘guest posts’ that are so well-written by other bloggers that I wouldn’t dare alter or condense them for fear of losing their impact. Below, I have shamelessly copied in its entirety Jim Quinn’s article …
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Warning: Radioactive Chernobyl Smoke Reaches North America
Posted on May 10, 2015
Reading time: 4,142 words, 10 pages, 10 to 16 minutes.
I wish I’d see this sooner, but better late than never. Radioactively contaminated smoke from the recent Chernobyl forest fire has already reached the West Coast
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Fukushima Forever – the Pacific Ocean is Dying
Posted on April 11, 2015
Reading time: 12,485 words, 35 pages, 29 to 49 minutes.
The Pacific Ocean is dying. I’ve been warning about the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster for four years and now its deadly consequences are more apparent every day …
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Fake Everything & Pretend Recovery
Posted on Friday, March 13, 2015
Reading time: 7,319 words 23 pages, 18 to 30 minutes.
Governments’ and the presstitute’s propaganda are pathetically pretending global economic improvement. Don’t believe it because it’s as phony as a three dollar bill …
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Baltic Dry Index Sets All-Time Record Lows
Posted on February 9, 2015
Reading time: 372 words, 2 pages, 1 to 2 minutes.
I follow the Baltic Dry Index of global freight rates because it is a reliable leading economic indicator (forecasting the future) …
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Circling Closer to the Drain 2015
Posted on January 28, 2015
Reading time: 2,989 words, 13 pages 7 to 12 minutes.
People who ask when things will collapse just don’t get it. There won’t BE a collapse because it already began …
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Soft Despotism – Democracy’s Death
Posted on December 13, 2014
Reading time: 5,643 words, 19 pages, 13 to 22 minutes.
Democracy is dead. ‘Soft despotism’ replaced it. Most people have never heard of soft despotism, yet we are constantly enslaved by it without our knowledge …
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Baltic Dry Index Collapse – Dec. 2014
Posted on December 9, 2014
Reading time: 214 words, 1 page, 1 minute.
Long time readers know I use the Baltic Dry Index of dry goods shipping rates as a barometer to gauge global economies because it is an excellent leading indicator.
The chart below shows the current rates in black and other years in different colors. The current rate has dropped below 1,000 making it the lowest …
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Collapse Update – Fall 2014
Posted on November 26, 2014
Reading time: 8,670 words, 24 pages, 20 to 35 minutes.
I’ve been reading so much bad news lately, I’m tempted to quit reading and watch the mindless drivel on TV. So instead of depressing you and myself by summarizing everything into a book-length post, I’ve divided this …
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Ebola Panic
Posted on October 19, 2014
Reading time: 4,086 words, 12 pages, 10 to 16 minutes.
You need to prepare for an Ebola panic. I emphasize the word ‘panic’, not pandemic. You need to prepare …
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How to Identify Incompetent People
Posted on October 12, 2014
Reading time: 6 pages, 2,454 words, 6 to 10 minutes.
Incompetent people develop coping strategies and have characteristics that enable you identify them. Incompetent people can be detrimental to you …
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Quinoa Spinach Egg Breakfast Casserole
Posted on September 21, 2014
I’ve tried many different kinds of breakfast recipes over the years including oatmeal and making my own granola but this is a healthy, tasty, to-die-for breakfast loaded with protein that keeps me full until lunch time.
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Alibaba Fraud?
Posted on September 17, 2014
Reading time: 574 words, 2 to 3 minutes, 2 pages.
Alibaba, Chinese, DotCom and IPO are four words that should ring alarm bells with investors.
Alibaba claims they’re a combination of eBay and Amazon and last year their customers allegedly spent more …
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Socialist Envy, Canadian Style
Posted on September 14, 2014
Reading time: 3,420 words, 9 pages, 8 to 14 minutes.
Canada’s premiere weekly news magazine was once fairly neutral, but when Macleans drinks the socialist Kool-Ade, you know we’ve turned a dark corner…
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No Recovery, Ever
Posted on September 1, 2014
Reading time: 5,145 words, lots of graphs, 12 to 20 minutes.
Having watched the decline of the world’s economies for seven years now, it is becoming painfully obvious that there will never be a recovery …
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Fukushima & Typhoon Halong – Update August 7, 2014
Posted on August 7, 2014
Reading time: 983 words, 3 pages, 3 to 4 minutes.
Conspiracy theories are something I’ve never believed in – or much of anything else, for that matter. I’ve written extensively on conspiracy theories. On the other hand …
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The Cupcake Index
Posted on August 6, 2014
Reading time: 579 words, 2 pages, 1 to 2 minutes.
You may have heard about the ‘Skyscraper Index’, but I bet you haven’t heard about the ‘Cupcake Index’. That’s because I just invented it …
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Fukushima & Typhoon Halong
Posted on August 6, 2014
Reading time: 894 words, 3 pages, 2 to 3 minutes.
Warning: keep an eye on Typhoon Halong heading to Japan. What we call hurricanes are called typhoons when a cyclone intensifies …
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BDI Collapse Heralds the Next Global Recession
Posted on August 4, 2014
Reading time: 611 words, 2 pages 2 to 3 minutes
The Baltic Dry Index that measures global shipping prices collapsed in July thus heralding the beginning of the next global economic recession …
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The Basis of Conspiracy Thinking
Posted on July 29, 2014
Reading time: 3,663 words, 9 pages, 8 to 15 minutes
Our human ability to recognize patterns is both a great strength as well as a debilitating weakness as seen in our tendency for ‘conspiracy thinking’. This article is another covering the biases …
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U.S. Economy Collapsed & WW III Began
Posted on July 19, 2014
Reading time: 2,885 words, 10 page 7 to 12 minutes.
They didn’t ring a bell when the U.S. economy collapsed or when World War III began …
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Our Insane Judeo-Christian Slave Morality
Posted on June 7, 2014
Reading time: 5,690 words, 14 to 23 minutes.
Have you ever wondered why western civilization is so insane and warped and twisted? I’ve long wondered why black is white and white is black, why good is bad and bad is good; and why learning is disparaged and ignorance is bliss …
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Hand Skin Cracking?
Posted on May 11, 2014
Reading time: 400 words, 1 page, 1 to 2 minutes.
Some years ago, the skin on my hands began to crack occasionally. Although a bit painful, my concern was infection because human skin, our body’s largest organ …
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Sell in May? Why I’m Bailing Out of Stocks
Posted on May 4, 2014
Reading time: 2,777 words, 18 pages, 7 to 11 minutes.
“Sell in May and go away” is an old pre-summer adage for stock market investors. It means selling your stock portfolio in May to avoid the historical decline or underperformance …
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Benghazi Cover-up Continues
Posted on April 27, 2014
Reading time: 150 words, less than a minute, 3.5 min. video.
The killing of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other U.S. personnel in Benghazi, Libya is another successful Obama cover-up …
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Coffee Harvest Crash – Price Increase Alert
Posted on April 23, 2014
Reading time: 307 words, 1 page, 1 minute.
Continuing drought in Brazil has decimated coffee plants, reduced the production of Arabica beans by 18% and driven up the price of commodity futures by 8.3%, so far …
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Extend Razor Blade Life
Posted on April 19, 2014
Reading time: 699 words, 2 pages, 2 to 3 minutes.
Gary North posted some interesting tips to extend the life of razor blades. This not only reduces garbage going to landfills, but can significantly reduce your cost of blades …
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That Which Does Not Destroy Me … Is Wrong
Posted on April 12, 2014
Reading time: 498 words, 1 page, 1 to 2 minutes.
I often hear people say, “That which does not destroy me (or kill or murder me) makes me stronger.” It’s quaint, but it’s wrong …
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BDI Crash Alert
Posted on April 10, 2014
Reading time: 335 words, 1 ½ pages, 1 to 2 minutes.
The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) has crashed for the last 13 days forecasting a major global economic downturn …
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Demography + Debt = Doom
Posted on April 6, 2014
Reading time: 5,252 words, 20 pages, 13 to 21 minutes.
A ‘Perfect Storm’ of demography and debt will economically and financially doom almost every country on earth. It will be TEOTWAWKI – ‘The End Of The World As We Know It …
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The ‘Great Courses’ from The Teaching Company
Posted on April 2, 2014
Below, in alphabetical order, are the lectures I have from The Teaching Company. I find them great learning tools while commuting and on long trips …
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Canada’s Next Great Recession
Posted on March 23, 2014
Reading time: 3,582 words, 12 pages, 8 to 14 minutes.
My ability to connect disparate dots forecasts a major Canadian economic downturn is imminent and it will be much worse than the last recession …
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China’s Collapsing Economy
Posted on March 19, 2014
Reading time: 2,587 words, 10 pages, 6 to 10 minutes.
Until recently, China’s demand for commodities to feed its manufacturing appetite kept resource nations like Canada, Australia and others from suffering …
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I Did Not Adore Donald Sutherland Today
Posted on March 16, 2014
Reading time: 403 words, 1 page, 1 to 2 minutes.
I saw the actor, Donald Sutherland at Lutsen Mountains today. I thought I recognized him when I walked in the Mountaintop Restaurant for lunch and confirmed it really was him …
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Ukraine – All Talk, No Action
Posted on March 12, 2014
Reading time: 1,216 words, 4 pages, 3 to 5 minutes.
The ass media and the blogosphere continue to play up the so-called crisis in the Ukraine, but it’s just a diversion to distract us from far more important issues …
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One Man’s Preps – Emergency & Survival
Posted on March 6, 2014
Reading time: 6,370 words, 52 pages (lots of pictures), 15 to 25 minutes.
One of this blog’s regular readers suggested I do an article about my own emergency and survival preparations. I thought it was an excellent idea; ‘putting my money where my mouth is’ …
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This is Your Brain on TV
Posted on February 28, 2014
Reading time: 1,860 words, 5 pages, 5 to 8 minutes.
Many times I’ve admonished my readers to abandon their TV’s and get a life because the boob-tube is a stealth brain-killer. Finally, I have the facts to prove it…
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The New York Times Ass Media Propaganda
Posted on February 23, 2014
Reading time: 2,192 words, 5 pages, 5 to 9 minutes.
Sometimes the bullshit spewed forth by the Power Elite’s ass media is so laden with propaganda it gags even this bunk-buster…
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Ukrainians Are Their Own Worst Enemy – Behind the Uprising
Posted on February 21, 2014 by gerold
Reading Time: 1,646 words, 6 pages, 4 to 7 minutes.
The presstitutes’ propaganda about the events in the Ukraine masks the real reasons behind Ukraine’s so-called ‘civil unrest’. Since this is a bunk-buster blog, let’s bust some ass media bunk…
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More Keynesian Insanity with Janet Yellen
Posted on February 17, 2014
Reading time: 778 words, 3 pages, 2 to 3 minutes.
The new U.S. Fed Chairperson, Janet Yellen, is even more dangerous than outgoing Ben Bernanke who at least was cunning enough to “get out of Dodge”. He was also cunning enough …
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Banksters Suicided?
Posted on February 9, 2014
Reading time: 1,041 words, 3 pages, 2.5 to 4 minutes.
There has been a rash of suspicious suicides amongst financiers lately. You know the financial world is teetering on the edge when the banksters are thrown under the bus …
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Life-Saving Defibrillator Alert
Posted on February 6, 2014
Reading time: 345 words, 1 page, 1 to 2 minutes.
Earlier this week, one of my colleagues collapsed with a massive cardiac arrest (heart attack) at work…
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Collapse Forecast 2014
Posted on January 30, 2014
Reading time: 2,570 words, 9 pages, 6 to 10 minutes.
I don’t usually make specific forecasts, but if you look in the rear-view mirror long enough you get a pretty good sense of the direction we’re headed in 2014…
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The Myth of Nelson Mandela
Posted on December 14, 2013
Reading time: 2,400 words, 7 pages, 6 to 10 minutes.
The leftish ass media’s propaganda love-fest for Nelson Mandela feeds our insatiable longing for heroes. Having thus wrung every drop of blood from the Mandela myth, let’s briefly examine …
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COLLAPSE UPDATE – 2013 Year End
Posted on December 9, 2013
Reading time: 9,171 words, 37 pages, 23 to 37 minutes
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it. – Mark Twain
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Collapse Update Fall 2013 – CANADIAN OUTLOOK
Posted on November 24, 2013
Reading time: 2,374 words, 8 pages, 6 to 10 minutes.
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Canadians Just Don’t Get It
The Canadian housing bubble continues frothing despite the authorities’ efforts to cool it off…
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Fukushima Fuel Rod Removal Alert
Posted on October 31, 2013
Reading time: 6,200 words, 18 pages, 15 to 25 minutes.
It is time to re-visit the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi in Japan because the clean-up process has entered a new and extremely dangerous phase …
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Beware November False Flag Event
Posted on October 26, 2013
Reading time: 2,321 words, 7 pages, 6 to 9 minutes.
We are overdue for another ‘false flag’ event and the November power grid shut-down drill is the perfect venue for the next one. A false flag event is an event staged to look like …
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The Illusion of Freedom – Democracy, Religion, Science and Propaganda – MarketOracle
Posted on October 20, 2013
Reading time: 7,837 words, 18 pages, 18 to 31 minutes.
WARNING: if you do not want your religious or scientific beliefs challenged, then do NOT read this. However, if you have an open mind, you will find this very thought-provoking and wide-ranging. It will help you unplug from the Matrix …
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Forget Taper, U.S. Debt Ceiling & Shut Down
Posted on October 13, 2013
Reading time: 1,563 words, 5 pages, 4 to 6 minutes.
You can ignore the ‘Taper Talk’. You can forget about the U.S. Debt Ceiling and you can laugh at the U.S. government “Shut-Down” because there barely is one. This is just political theatre and an ass media circus…
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Poland Purloins Private Pensions – Yours Next
Posted on September 8, 2013
Reading time: 1,045 words, 3 pages, 2.5 to 4 minutes.
It’s happened. Just as I predicted. And, we’re next. The Polish government has confiscated private pensions…
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Martin Luther King and Labor Day
Posted on September 1, 2013
Reading time: 3,820 words, 10 pages, 9 to 15 minutes.
With Labor Day and the recent 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, it is fitting that we examine the misguided notion of “sharing the wealth”. Why is it misguided? …
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Peter Schiff: Detroit Broke City
Posted on August 7, 2013
Reading time: 1,565 words, 4 pages, 4 to 6 minutes.
I’ve been following Peter Schiff for many years and he’s usually right. This time he eloquently describes what happened to Detroit and what will next happen to the U.S. and what will eventually happen to the rest …
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More Ass Media Distractions
Posted on August 5, 2013
Reading time: 4 pages, 1,175 words, 3 to 5 minutes plus links.
Much of what we see, hear and read in the ass media is senseless trivia designed to divert our attention from more important issues …
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Socialists Bankrupt Detroit
Posted on July 21, 2013
Reading time: 2,394 words, 24 pages, 6 to 10 minutes.
The most important information is often what the ass media do NOT tell us. Such is the case with Detroit’s bankruptcy…
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JP Morgan Mystery Fire – Where’s Your Gold?
Posted on July 21, 2013
Reading time: 263 words, 1 page, 1 minute plus video.
A massive fleet of fire trucks and ambulances stretches around the block at JP Morgan’s New York headquarters apparently responding to a commercial vault fire …
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No Zimmerman Riots
Posted on July 14, 2013
Reading time; 204 words, 1 page, less than a minute.
The ass media idiots got it wrong again. Despite some scattered civil unrest, Amerika has not erupted in the riots the presstitutes predicted after the jury found George Zimmerman not guilty …
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Roasted Tomato Sauce
Posted on July 13, 2013
In the past I used store-bought tomato sauce until the rich red color made me suspicious. The labels showed “Imported by…” or “Prepared for…” but no country of manufacture…
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The Beginning of the End
Posted on July 1, 2013
Reading time: 3,389 words, 11 pages, 9 to 14 minutes.
Another milestone! The authorities’ utter failure to fix our collapsing global economies is now evident in the incredible incompetence of the U.S. Federal Reserve losing control of interest rates…
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Death of the Individual
Posted on June 16, 2013
Reading time: 3,747 words, 8 pages, 9 to 15 minutes.
I am proud to be an individual. It seems there aren’t many of us left.
I’m beginning to wonder how many people can rightfully call themselves individuals. After all …
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How to Clean a Vehicle’s Mass Air Flow Sensor (MAFS)
Posted on June 9, 2013
Reading time: 291 words, 1 page, about a minute plus 3:24 video.
It took me less than 10 minutes to clean my car’s MAFS using CRC SensorKleen and now it’s purring like a kitten. Watch the video …
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West Coast Fish Contaminated with Fukushima Radiation
Posted on June 9, 2013
Reading time: 500 words, 2 pages, 1 to 2 minutes (plus links)
The Fukushima nuclear disaster will be with us forever. Not only did the multiple melt-throughs contaminate the air, seawater
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Resolute sues Greenpeace for $7M
Posted on June 5, 2013
Reading time: post: 71 words, article: 821 words, 2 to 3 minutes.
Congratulations to Resolute for having the balls to challenge the Luddites & failed Marxists at Greenpeace for their pseudo-science and partisan politics …
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Collapse Update – Spring 2013
Posted on June 2, 2013
Reading time: 9,720 words, 35 pages, 23 to 39 minutes plus videos.
A long winter dragged into a late spring, so there’s a lot of ground to cover with a gloomy outlook and lots of ugly graphs in the forecast …
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How to Recognize and Defend Against Psychopaths
Posted on May 31, 2013
Reading time: 550 words, 2 pages, 1 to 2 minutes plus links & video.
Defense Against the Psychopath is a documentary video excerpted from chapter one of Stephan Verstappen’s book; The Art of Urban Survival. It teaches people how to recognize and defend …
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Disconnect: Soaring Markets/Troubled Economies
Posted on May 26, 2013
Reading time: 1,660 words, 6 pages, 4 to 7 minutes.
I read more than 200 articles a month to keep up with our deteriorating global economic situation and summarize pertinent points for my own blog posts. Every so often I find an article so broad-ranging yet concise and hard-hitting that I wouldn’t dare try to summarize it …
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Depression Denial
Posted on May 13, 2013
Reading time: 1,776 words, 5 pages, 4 to 7 minutes.
Do you still think we are not in a Stealth Depression? Do you believe the ass media’s propaganda that things are getting better …
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Gold and Silver Restrictions Coming
Posted on April 28, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 626 words, 2 pages, 2 to 3 minutes.
The article below is written by Dr. Gary North an American economic historian and publisher who writes on topics including Christian theology, economics and history …
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Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone Discovers Everything is Rigged
Posted on April 27, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 4,300 words, 11 pages, 10 to 17 minutes.
I take no joy in being proved correct once again. Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone has finally figured out that the banksters own you, your Mom …
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Beware Your Dangerous Normalcy Bias
Posted on April 26, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 4,142 words, 11 pages, 10 to 16 minutes.
Most people like to think of themselves as rational human beings. Not many people like to admit they having biases, idiosyncrasies and prejudices. Fewer still believe that our brains are deceptive …
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Gold and Silver Hammered
Posted on April 20, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 1,330 pages, 4 pages, 3 to 5 minutes.
Precious metals (PM’s) got hit hard this past week, as did oil, copper and many other commodities. I still recommend buying gold & silver but the bottom for gold & silver may not be in yet so there’s no rush …
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This Isn’t Your Grandfather’s Great Depression
Posted on April 7, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 5,655 words, 16 pages, 13 to 23 minutes plus videos.
This will be far worse than anything seen in history. Empires have fallen before but we will see the entire globe collapse back into the Dark Ages.
It really IS different this time. I’ll briefly outline the failed grand experiments that are turning this “Great Recession” into the World’s Greatest Depression …
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Behind the US-North Korea Conflict
Posted on April 5, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 1,721 words, 4 pages, 4 to 7 minutes.
When the world’s greatest terrorist state, the good ole U.S.S.A. alerts my keen bullshit detector by banging the war drums against a pathetically poor nation like North Korea then you know …
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Home Fire Extinguishers?
Posted on April 3, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 463 words, 1 page, 1 to 2 minutes.
You probably have smoke detector(s) in your home and perhaps even a carbon monoxide alarm but, do you have fire extinguishers? Talking with friends …
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Back to the Dark Ages
Posted on March 30, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 3,983, 10 pages, 9 to 16 minutes.
Banks VS the People: the Banksters won, they’re robbing us blind and driving us back into the Dark Ages …
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Canada’s Soup Kitchens – Lines Now in Banks and Grocery Stores
Posted on March 27, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 418 words, 1 page, 1 to 2 minutes.
Do you think Canada’s economy is doing well just because the ass media is supporting the government’s economy of illusion? Yesterday, March 26th, one of my colleagues …
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Bailout News Misdirected
Posted on March 25, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 1,494 words, 5 pages, 3 ½ to 5 minutes.
Few things in life are as certain as
1) Death
2) Taxes
3) The ass media never tells you what’s important
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Our Incredible Shrinking Economies
Posted on March 24, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 2,156 words, 8 pages, 5 to 9 minutes.
Governments’ fictitious inflation statistics conceal our shrinking economies. All western governments are “cooking the books” and lying about inflation thus disguising our unraveling economies…
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Lights ON for Earth Hour
Posted on March 23, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 650 words, 2 pages, 2 to 3 minutes.
I refuse to be bullied by “Earth Hour” bullshit and propaganda so I’m leaving ALL my lights on tonight…
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Bank Run Alert
Posted on March 19, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 1,337 words, 4 pages, 3 to 5 minutes.
Cyprus is a small Mediterranean island with two of their major banks bankrupt. As part of their bailout, the Eurozone insisted that Cyprus (which is also bankrupt, as are all governments nowadays, but they’re desperately pretending otherwise) put some skin in the game…
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REAL News – Alt News Blog Links
Posted on March 17, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 1,777 words, 7 pages, 4 to 7 minutes.
This is my 25th Anniversary being TV-free. Having unplugged from the Matrix so long ago has given me a unique perspective and that’s what this blog is all about. Having developed alternate news sources, I’m happy to share…
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Demogogue Arising: Beppe Grillo
Posted on March 11, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: a few seconds plus video.
As economies decline, demagogues – political leaders who seek support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices – will gain power.
Italy’s economy is circling the drain and austerity is causing much pain. The revolutionary Beppe Grillo, a comedian and convicted murderer gained considerable political power …
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Non-Recovery Alert
Posted on March 10, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 2,800 words, 10 pages, 7 to 11 minutes.
The ass media’s “Recovery” propaganda is on steroids lately. As I’ve long said, we cannot pretend our way out of trouble. That the ass media propaganda machine is trying so hard to deceive …
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Firemen Are Idiots, Not Heroes
Posted on March 9, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 1,843 words, 5 pages, 4 to 7 minutes.
It’s time to dispel another myth; firefighters are NOT heroes; most of them are idiots and overpaid government bureaucrats…
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Human Nature Trumps Ideology
Posted on March 2, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 10 pages, 3,920 words, 9 to 15 minutes.
As a political science major, you’d think I would use some official definition of ‘politics’. Wikipedia says, “Politics (from Greek politikos “of, for, or relating to citizens”) is the art or science of influencing people on a civic, or individual level…”
However, I won’t do that. I’m a simple fellow so I like to think that politics is simply the way a society organizes itself. It’s not rocket science but it only tells half the story…
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TUNA Alert!
Posted on March 2, 2013 by gerold
Reading time; 2 pages, 288 words, 1 to 2 minutes plus links.
Fish eaters take note, especially Sushi lovers. What you’re eating may NOT be tuna. Although this article covers the American market, I suspect the same deception happens world-wide …
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TFSA or RRSP? Try these five tests
Posted on February 26, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 2,159 words, 6 pages, 5 to 9 minutes
It’s Canadian tax time again and both old and young may be confused about the differences and benefits of contributing to RRSP’s versus TFSA’s so reprinted in their entirety are two excellent articles …
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Why Would Anyone Want to Learn English?
Posted on February 23, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 4 pages, 1,300 words, 3 to 5 minutes.
Gerold comment: having learned English as a second language, I can confirm that English is difficult to learn as a second language. Those who learned English as a first language sometimes marvel at Asians …
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Do They Know Something We Don’t?
Posted on February 12, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 3 pages, 1,027 words, 3 to 4 minutes.
There’s an old stock market adage, “Sell in May and go away”. Summer doldrums usually cause weakness and sideways movement in stock prices. Long term investors often wait …
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The Snowboard Goddess & Confessions of a Fanatic Snowboarder
Posted on February 10, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 13 pages, 5,744 words, 13 to 23 minutes.
Being an über skeptic, I am neither religious nor spiritual. However, there are mysteries beyond our ken that I cannot ignore. I share some of them here…
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Wheelchairs & Asking the Right Question
Posted on February 1, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 777 words, 2 to 3 minutes.
Today we learn two lessons: stupid people in wheelchairs and the importance of asking the right question …
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Dumb and Dumber Future
Posted on January 26, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 2,565 words, 6 to 10 minutes
‘Dumb’ is more than a four letter word. Get used to it because there will be a lot more ‘dumb’ in the future. You may not be able to cure ‘dumb’ but knowledge is …
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Obama’s Inaugural Address: Gary North’s Translation
Posted on January 22, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 2,310 words, 5 to 9 minutes.
Occasionally I read an article so well-written that I wouldn’t dare try to summarize it so I’ll reprint it in its entirety – with attribution, of course. The article below is by one of my favorite commentators …
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TSP Alert – Back to Grungy Laundry & Carpets
Posted on January 12, 2013 by gerold
Reading time: 154 words plus links – 1 to 2 minutes.
I was wondering when they’d ban TSP. I recently had an interesting conversation with a fellow who works in the retail paint industry. I asked him about Trisodium Phosphate …
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Working Canadians 60+ Getting CPP Pensions
Posted on November 30, 2012
Reading time: 1,734 words, 4 to 7 minutes.
If you’re a working Canadian 60 + you can apply for pension payments from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). YES, you can receive CPP payments if you’re still working. Canada is one of the few countries where you can …
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Beware Carbon Tax Hoax
Posted on November 21, 2012
Reading time: 1,150 words, 3 to 5 minutes.
Einstein said, “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.”
Frank Zappa said, “Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful …
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Massive Worldwide Downturn Alert
Posted on November 18, 2012
Reading time: 4,380 words, 10 to 17 minutes.
Another massive economic downturn is underway worldwide that will plunge the entire globe into another Greater Depression. Here we’ll focus on the U.S. downturn that has also begun in Canada …
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Dumbed-Down War Nation
Posted on November 10, 2012
Reading time: 2,085 words, 5 to 8 minutes.
Amerika has achieved a critical mass for stupidity and has now become a perpetual-war nation. I received a Facebook request to sign a ‘Causes’ “PETITION: About Demand Facebook to take down this deplorable page: “Soldiers Deserve to Die – They’re Murderers”
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The Fourth Turning
Posted on November 5, 2012
Reading time: 5,323 words, 12 to 22 minutes
One of the most prescient books I’ve recently read is William Strauss & Neil Howe’s 1997 The Fourth Turning subtitled “An American Prophecy – What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America’s Next Rendezvous with Destiny …
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Inflation & Deflation
Posted on November 1, 2012
Reading time: 196 words, no time at all.
Hallelujah! Garth Turner in his latest blog The big D finally gets what I’ve been saying all along. Yes, you can have inflation and deflation at the same time …
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Collapse Update – Autumn 2012
Posted on October 28, 2012
Reading time: 4,357 words, 10 to 17 minutes.
After more than four years of financial crisis, none of the major causes have been addressed let alone fixed and the over-indebted global economy continues piling on more and more debt while, circling the drain, the next downturn has already started and will surpass the last …
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Mr. Global Economy – The Economic & Psychological Prognosis
Posted on October 15, 2012
Reading time: 2,516 words, 6 to 10 minutes
Satyajit Das, who I consider one of the high priests of ‘Finance’, wrote the following hard-hitting global economic prognosis on the Prudent Bear.
I re-print his introduction below with a link if you want to read the rest of the article. He confirms what I’ve been saying for five years; we’re in for a long global depression…
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QE3 To Infinity – The Final End Game
Posted on September 21, 2012
Reading time: 1,220 words, 3 to 5 minutes.
As usual, crusty veteran Jim Sinclair nails it in the article below. I’ve been harping on ‘Derivatives’ since September, 2007. I can’t believe I’ve been doing this for five years …
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Brief Collapse Update – September 16, 2012
Posted on September 16, 2012
Reading time: 2,700 words, 6 to 11 minutes. Ok, not so brief.
There has been much in the news this week.
U.S. QE 3 – Unlimited Bond Purchasing
As I expected, Helicopter Ben Bernanke, U.S. Fed Chairman announced another round of Quantitative Easing (QE 3) just before the U.S. elections …
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Brief Collapse Update – September 9, 2012
Posted on September 9, 2012
Reading time: 1,946 words, 5 to 8 minutes.
Last week was notable in that three of the world’s most powerful so-called leaders failed to announce anything new about the continuing global economic meltdown. Unfortunately, all they did was confirm …
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Labor Day and the Leadership Crisis
Posted on September 3, 2012
Reading time: 2,685 words, 6 to 11 minutes.
This is a tribute to ordinary working people. Labor Day is an appropriate time to examine the vast gulf of understanding between ordinary working people and our so-called leadership. Events over the last five years prove without a doubt that working people have a fairly good grasp of reality whereas our leadership doesn’t have a friggin’ clue …
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NOTES FROM A HAPPY-GO-LUCKY BACHELOR
Posted on September 1, 2012
Reading time: 2,990 words, 7 to 12 minutes including the jokes that follow.
The last few years, I’ve received a number of “It’s great to be a man” type of jokes. It’s always women who send me these jokes. Perhaps women are beginning to suspect they’ve short-changed themselves …
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The Complete Edition of Murphy’s Laws
Posted on August 25, 2012
Reading time: 36,600 words, 1 ½ to 2 ½ hours
Here are 170 pages of cynical observations; “The Complete Edition of Murphy’s Laws”
Warning: if you value your sanity, don’t read this all in one sitting.
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Bailout while you can
Reading time: 467 words, 1 to 2 minutes
Originally sent as an email to family and friends August 13, 2007 before the “Great Recession” began. I’m posting this because I’m tired of hearing the refrain, “Who could have seen this coming?” I’m not the only one who foresaw it, nor do I take any pleasure in being prescient.
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Collapse Update – Summer 2012
Posted on August 12, 2012
Reading time: 10,900 words, 25 to 40 minutes
The global economy is entering another recession and this time it will be longer, deeper and more painful than the last one that I forecast. Even the ass media is beginning report on the global economic slowdown.
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Cosmic rays, global warming, bubbles and droughts
Posted on August 11, 2012
Reading time: 935 words, 2 to 4 minutes plus a 300 year list of sunspots
Originally sent as an email to family and friends April 14, 2010
A new solar cycle began late in 2007. Solar cycles typically run 9 to 14 years and average about 11 years. Believe it or not but cosmic rays may be responsible for climate change …
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Drought Alert – Higher Food Prices
Posted on August 4, 2012
Reading time: 1005 words, 3 to 5 minutes
The drought ravaging the U.S. and southern Ontario farmland will drive up the price of food but you can protect yourself if you act now.
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Fukushima Disaster: Lessons NOT Learned
Posted on July 9, 2012
Reading time: 740 words, 2 to 3 minutes
This is being posted in the Stupidity category as well as Nuclear Disaster Japan; the only article to receive such a dubious dual category which gives you some idea how incredibly stupid they think we are …
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LIBOR Distraction
Posted on July 7, 2012
Reading time: 1,600 words, 4 to 6 minutes
The so-called LIBOR scandal is just a distraction from more critical issues. The story is making its way from the financial blogosphere to the ass media. The insidious decline of global economies has so rattled the rich and powerful oligarchs that they’re throwing their own henchmen under the bus.
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Rug Doctoring Carpets Need TSP
Posted on July 2, 2012
Reading time: 630 words, 2 to 3 minutes
Long ago I discovered the best way to clean carpets is with a Rug Doctor® because its vibrating brush cleans deep down into the pile. When I first started using a Rug
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Money Under the Mattress
Posted on June 17, 2012
Reading time: 457 words, 1 to 2 minutes plus 4:14 video (skip ad)
Another historic economic milestone has been reached. The yield on the 2-year German bond is ZERO.
I’ll let The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur explain how we are rapidly circling the drain in the video …
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Oh, The Things I’ve Learned
Posted on May 12, 2012
Reading time: 5,444 words, 13 to 22 minutes
During a long life, I managed to learn a few things they never teach in school. Some lessons had to be learned more than once. It’s not for lack of trying, but I sometimes …
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Economic Insanity – brief update May 9, 2012
Posted on May 9, 2012
Reading time: 950 words, 3 to 4 minutes
As expected, the incumbent French President Sarkozy has been ousted by left-wing Hollande who vows an end to austerity. Greece is left with messy minorities in Parliament elected by Greeks fed up with austerity. The Dutch government fell a few weeks ago …
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Fukushima Disaster Still Dangerous
Posted on May 5, 2012
Reading time: 3,140 words, 8 to 13 minutes
Synopsis:
Dubious cold shutdown in December
Burning radioactive debris wafting toward North America
Japanese ocean currents reach North America
If reactor # 4 collapses – Panic!
Expect more earthquakes
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The Last Canadian Penny
Posted on May 4, 2012
Reading time: 830 words, 2 to 3 minutes.
The last Canadian penny rolled off the presses today; a testament to the demise of our money and the insidious effects of inflation and the magic of compound interest that you’re not supposed to …
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Economy Face Off: Ron Paul vs Paul Krugman
Posted on May 2, 2012
Reading time: 300 words, 1 minute
Bloomberg video: 20 minutes
In this debate between U.S. Congressman Ron Paul and New York Times columnist and professor of economics Paul Krugman, I’ll let you decide what a pack of imeciles the Nobel Prize …
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H.L. Mencken Was Right – The Burning Platform
Posted on April 29, 2012
Reading time
Blog: 473 words, 1 to 2 minutes
Linked article: 2,473 words, 6 to 10 minutes
Every so often I come across an article that is so astute and hard-hitting that I wouldn’t dare try to summarize it or extract bits and pieces from it. Instead, I’ve provided a link …
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Collapse Update – Spring 2012
Posted on April 28, 2012
Reading time: 2396 words, 6 to 10 minutes
John Williams developed a chart that graphically demonstrates how the mightiest economy in the world is collapsing. I’ve mentioned several times that the so-called GDP growth of the U.S. does not take into account the effect of inflation …
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France Could Trigger a Global Collapse
Posted on April 23, 2012
eading time: 620 words, 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 minutes
Keep your eyes on the French Presidential election because the results could trigger another global financial collapse. Incumbent President Sarkozy is very unpopular and Hollande, his likely replacement, is a raving …
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Gas Going Down in Price
Posted on April 21, 2012
The value of paper money is decreasing but gold and silver retain their purchasing power
Reading time: 2,554 words, 6 to 10 minutes
We hear a lot of people complaining about gas (petrol) increasing in price. That’s not true. Gas has been going down in price for almost century.
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They’re Preparing Us for Another War
Posted on April 15, 2012
Reading time: 2,950 words, 7 to 12 minutes
What’s with all the Vimy Ridge propaganda in Canada this week? Did you know Canada now has a Vimy Ridge Day? That was news to me until I read about it …
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You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
Posted on April 9, 2012
Reading time: 2,806 words, 7 to 11 minutes
Jim Quinn’s “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” is an incredible analysis of the on-going global financial crisis that is leading to the Greatest Depression mankind has ever known. This is the first in a three part series…
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Vampire Elites Desperate for Organ Donors
Posted on April 7, 2012
Reading time: 445 words, 1 to 2 minutes
CBC Radio news breathlessly reported a successful double lung transplant on a young Ottawa woman suffering a degenerative lung disease. The organ recipient had previously Tweeted Justin Bieber who contacted Ellen DeGeneres to help publicize…
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Toxic Sugar
Posted on April 6, 2012
Reading time – article: 2,740 words, 6 to 11 minutes
Reading time – comments: 22,993 words, 54 to 92 minutes
I gave up refined sugar long ago, but I was surprised that this “60 Minutes” segment linked sugar (sucrose, fructose, etc.) to so many modern diseases. By the way; artificial sweeteners are even more toxic …
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Vanilla Shortage
Posted on April 6, 2012
Reading time: 266 words, 1/2 to 1 minute
If you cook or bake with real vanilla, you might want to stock up before the shortage hits and prices increase much more.
Also, researching this I found that vanilla cuts the acidity in tomatoey stuff like tomato sauce and my favorite food: chili…
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Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful
Posted on March 29, 2012
Reading time: 450 words, 1 to 2 minutes
This piece from The Economist should be of interest to young people, especially females, sending their curricula vitae (CV) searching for employment. Conclusion: attractive females should NOT include a photo but hunky …
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2W Drive 4X4 AWD and Dangerous Pick-Up Trucks
Posted on March 28, 2012
Reading time: 1,000 words, 2.5 to 4 minutes
To understand the difference between 4 X 4 and All-Wheel Drive, you need to understand that ordinary Two Wheel Drive is actually ONE wheel drive – whichever wheel has the least traction gets most of the power causing the vehicle to …
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The Book of Eli and The Road: Movies VS Reality
Posted on March 24, 2012
Reading time: 844 words, 2 to 3.5 minutes
The movie, The Book of Eli with Denzel Washington – I just can’t get it out of my head although it’s been two years now. Long ago I’ve learned to listen to my instincts (subconscious) because the only time it’s wrong…
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MF Global Collapse Update – March 2012
Posted on March 24, 2012
Reading time: 274 words, 0.5 to 1 minute
If you have financial investments especially through American brokerages, you better read this. The bankruptcy of MF Global, a major global financial broker is another step in the collapse of the global …
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Donate your organs? Think again!
Posted on March 19, 2012
Reading time: 2,187 words, 5 to 8 minutes
Macleans published an extremely disturbing article on organ donation. I once thought the science behind death, brain death and organ donation was straightforward. It’s not. It’s unsettled and so very unsettling that I’ve ripped up and trashed my organ donor card until we can get answers…
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Scientists say America is too dumb for democracy to thrive
Posted on March 15, 2012
Article reading time: 1,368 words, 3 to 5 minutes
Readers’ comments reading time: 28,664 words, 1 to 2 hours
This is the first post on the new “Stupid” category. There’s lots of material available so I expect to post more in the future. This is a story the San Francisco Chronicle did on “Life’s Little Mysteries” article titled “Incompetent People Too Ignorant to Know It” …
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72 survival articles Beans Bullets Bullion and Bible
Reading time: depends on web-linked articles you select
If you’re concerned about the you-know-what hitting the fan and losing internet access, then consider reviewing and printing the articles you feel are most important to you.
BTW – this link takes you to “24H Gold” website. I’m a subscriber (it’s free upon registration) so the articles open for me easily. If they don’t open for you, you may need to register & subscribe. It’s free and besides they have excellent gold-related articles.
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Greek Default, Credit Event or Maybe Not
Reading time: 1500 words, 3.5 to 6 minutes
Greece is in the news again. Ho, hum!
We hear that Greece suffered a “restructuring credit event’ yesterday. Or, maybe not! The blogosphere is all atwitter with Greece being in default. Let’s put this into perspective…
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Top Expert Travel Tips
Reading time: 3,900 words, 9 to 15 minutes PLUS additional links
I lifted tons of travel advice from BeReady.net much of which applies to air travel but many of the ideas apply to travel by car, bus, train, ship, etc. Some of these tips you may already know but I’d bet…
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70 Percent of Ground Beef at U.S. Supermarkets Contains ‘Pink Slime’
Reading time; 1500 words, 3.5 to 6 minutes
Based on the stories below, Americans might want to think twice about buying hamburger at the store. Canadians might want to think twice about eating American hamburger …
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Best dry skin solution – petroleum jelly
Reading time: 500 words, 1 to 2 minutes
This expands on a comment I left on Facebook that my sister was good enough to post about dry skin solutions. You may not know it, but our skin is, by weight, our largest organ and one of the first …
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Time to panic about the Canadian housing market
Reading time: 1280 words, 3 to 5 minutes
“Time to panic about the Canadian housing market” is the by-line Macleans magazine uses in their article “You’re about to get burned” in its latest issue. You’ll notice they don’t use a question mark in the title…
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Common Wisdom: Germany & Communism
Reading time: 900 words, 2 to 4 minutes
The trouble with common wisdom is it’s neither common nor very wise. In fact, most of the time it’s either completely wrong or, at best, only half right. Case in point: the collapse of the USSR in 1991. Common wisdom …
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Canada Collapse – Update Feb 19, 2012
Reading time: 2650 words, 6 to 10 minutes
Well that didn’t take very long! No sooner do I post a grim forecast CANADA COLLAPSING on Canada’s economic future Sunday, Feb. 12 when the news catches up and passes me a couple days later. Damn, I hate being right!
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Best garlic tool ever!
Reading time: 315 words, 1 minute
If you cook with garlic, and if you don’t why not? It’s incredibly healthful! I’ve bought and experimented with so many garlic presses and tools over decades I could start a museum. Most garlic tools don’t work very well and many are totally useless, messy and a waste of money, time and garlic.
Well, you’ll be happy to know I finally found the ultimate garlic peeler and grater (although they call it a cutter – I don’t know why.) It easily purées without having to peel the bulb first, keeps your fingers clean and completely disassembles for easy cleaning.
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Canada Collapsing
Reading time: 5,000 words, 12 to 20 minutes
Global financial contagion has begun to infect Canada and it is becoming more evident in several different areas:
1) Increasing Unemployment
2) Bursting housing bubble
3) GDP falling
4) Debt bubble
5) Global disaster’s impact
6) Canadian bank bubble
7) Canadian pension problems
8) Labor unrest
9) Increasing anger
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U.S. Election year SPIN in High Gear – Part 2 – Employment
Reading time: 1,520 words, 4 to 6 minutes
The U.S. employment news last week appeared very positive. However, there’s good news and bad news.
There are a lot of charts in this report. Being a statistics freak, I love charts because they bring dry numbers to life. However, I realize not everyone is a chartist so I’ve tried to keep these charts as simple as possible. Once you’ve seen a few of these charts you’ll soon realize they’re all going downhill…
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METHYL HYDRATE WARNING
Reading time: 190 words, 1 to 2 minutes
Methyl Hydrate, also known as gas line antifreeze (similar to wood alcohol), added regularly to fuel tanks is an excellent way to prevent condensation from freezing and clogging gas lines on vehicles in winter.
BALTIC DRY INDEX – CRASH ALERT
Reading time: 1,642 words, 4 to 7 minutes
Regular readers know that one of the important gauges I rely on is the Baltic Dry Index to forecast the health of the global economy. The Baltic Dry Index tracks world-wide shipping…
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US Election Year SPIN in High Gear
We face an onslaught of spin, hype & propaganda entering the U.S. election year circus. Put on your skeptical hats because “Everything is Wonderful” is being drilled into our heads.
Last week’s announcement of 200,000 new U.S. jobs in December had the ass media all aflutter. Here’s an example from one of the major cheerleaders
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Assorted Pictures
I’ve been taking pictures for over 40 years. I almost know what I’m doing now. The pictures below are a small sample of my photography.
lightning bolt
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lighthouse rainbow
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blooming Christmas Cactus
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sailboats outside breakwall
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STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND
Reading time: 368 words, 1 to 2 minutes
I’m single, turned 60 this year and still fairly active with in-line skating in summer and snowboarding in winter so I thought perhaps I should get out and meet new people. Talked to the neighbors; a nice retired couple. They suggested the ‘55 Plus Centre’ so I visited the centre.
“Are there any snowboarders here…
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Collapse Update December 2011
Reading time: 4,546 words, 11 to 18 minutes
I was going to write an update for December but there isn’t much to say that hasn’t already been said. The good news is I’ve finished my Christmas shopping so I plan to start wrapping gifts shortly. I admit, that’s really stretching it for good news.
First, a few quick thoughts. The Euro Summit is finished (in more ways than one) and, as usual nothing much was accomplished….
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First Thing Every Morning
Reading time: 480 words, 1 to 2 minutes
Here’s an inspiring message from simpletruths.com
First Thing Every Morning
If you had a bank that credited your account each morning with $86,400—with no balance carried from day to day—what would you do? Well, you do have such a bank…time.
Every morning it credits you with 86,400 seconds…
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Alert: China Crash
Reading time: 670 words, 1.5 to 2.5 minutes
The China boom is ending and will impact the global economy. The news coming out of China indicates the Chinese economy is slowing down. China’s 2009 stimulus spawned excessive speculation in construction and real estate but their massive construction spree is coming to an end. They’ve built dozens of empty cities that can house millions of people each, yet there are barely 20,000 inhabitants in some of them. Huge malls stand empty; few shops, no customers….
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U.S. Electile Dysfunction
Reading time: 1021 words, 2.5 to 4 minutes
Someone finally came up with a name to describe the American 2012 election: Electile Dysfunction: the inability to become aroused over any of the choices for President put forth by either party in the 2012 election year.
There’s a reason for that…
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Insane Norwegian Killer
Reading time: 780 words, 2 to 3 minutes
Barely mentioned in the mainstream news today is a report from Norway. Confessed mass killer Anders Breivik has been declared criminally insane after a court-ordered mental evaluation. The Globe and Mail buried the short Associated Press on page 24. You’ll recall that Breivik killed 77 people this last July in response to what he saw as modern political correctness…
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The Squirrel and the Grasshopper
Reading time: 780 words, 2 to 3 minutes
This fable has been around a few years but it’s still worth re-visiting. This is for all the well-meaning but misguided bleeding-heart liberals and socialists. There’s an old saying: if you’re a conservative at age 20 you have no heart, if you’re still a liberal at age 30 you have no brain…
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“SUPER COMMITTEE” FAILURE?
Reading time: 839 words, 2 to 3 minutes
Beware Wednesday, November 23! If you’re planning cash withdrawals or financial transactions such as selling stocks or bonds or whatever – do it before Wednesday. That’s the deadline for America’s “Super Committee” to find $1.5 trillion in budget cuts annually. That’s not just over a period of years but ANNUALLY. Good luck with that…
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HOW TO MAKE CLOTHES LAST LONGER
Reading time: 480 words, 1 to 2 minutes
Do you use a dryer to dry your clothes? If so, you may be shortening the life of clothes by drying them too long. Much of clothing wear and tear happens when clothes tumble into each other in the dryer. Wet clothes wear less than dry clothes so the longer your clothes tumble, and the dryer they get, the more they wear.
The lint in the lint trap is an indicator of wear and tear. Lint is not “dust”. Dirt and dust are removed …
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ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE COLLAPSE
Reading time: 1,860 words, 4 to 7 minutes
For more than four years I have been warning as many people as would listen that the global economy is collapsing. Yesterday saw another milestone in the ongoing collapse with Ann Barnhardt announcing the closing of Barnhardt Capital Management. I’m sure it was all over the news, wasn’t it? Ok, I’m being sarcastic.
She closed her brokerage firm because…
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New book on wheat goes against the grain
Reading time: 1,025 words, 2.5 to 4 minutes
This is the second article I’ve seen decrying the so-called benefits of wheat. I’m copying it in its entirety below.
I haven’t quit eating wheat products altogether but I’ve reduced my consumption of wheat. I’m alternating my breakfast with oats and quinoa / barley and substituting rye bread for whole wheat and brown rice for pasta. If anyone has any other suggestions, please…
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Collected Quotations – Vol. I & II
Reading time: 27,000 words plus, 1 to 2 hours plus (more being added)
Here are some interesting and thought-provoking quotations collected over three decades from 1977 in a hand-written journal (before the computer age).
Warning: this is a cynic’s lexicon. If you can’t stand to have your perceptions and beliefs challenged, then don’t…
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10 FACTS ABOUT FOODS THAT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU
Reading time: 838 words, 2 to 3 minutes
I shamelessly copied this entire article from http://www.livingwell.ca a website I highly recommend for healthful hints and tips. Gerold Nov 4, 2011 You’ll raise your eyebrows and say “Really!” when you learn these food facts. But they’ll also help you…
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HUMOR
Reading time: 57,000 words plus, 2 to 3 hours plus (more being added)
In spite of all the grim news, there’s always room for some humor. More than 200 pages of jokes & cartoons below. New ones will be posted periodically. Enjoy!
INTERESTING FACTS – WITH COMMENTARY
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
(Hardly seems worth it.)
If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb….
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What Good is a University Education?
Reading time: 1,321 words, 3 to 5 minutes
An interesting meme (social theme) is emerging lately questioning the value of a university education. Admittedly, there have always been questions about this but; the issue has taken on greater importance lately. The “Occupy Wall Street” movement is partly responsible …
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Occupy Sesame Street
Reading time: 1,393 words, 3 to 5.5 minutes
The Sesame Street generation’s occupation of Wall Street, Bay Street, and other places continues apace and seems to be growing. Their rage and frustration is understandable…
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Toronto woman acquitted of killing boyfriend
Reading time: 753 words, 2 to 3 minutes
I’ve created a new Category called ’Male-Bashing’ for news and views on feminism run amok and the double standard we’ve created where women can LITERALLY get away with murder and where men are treated with contempt and ridicule in the ass media. It’s no wonder that movements like Marriage Strike have sprung up. It’s even less of a wonder that the marriage rate is dropping. Men are becoming fed up with being treated as nothing more than sperm banks and wallets. Courts treat men as second-class citizens and as nothing…
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I am an Anarchist
Reading time: 1,312 words, 3 to 5 minutes
Given my disdain for socialists and my contempt for communists and marxists, I am sometimes accused of being a hard-hearted conservative. I may be hard-hearted (tough love works) but I am not a conservative. I am an anarchist.
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Occupy Wall Street – Idiots & Hypocrites
Reading time 1,070 words, 3 to 4 minutes
Don’t get me wrong; I’m all in favor of protests and demonstrations to let the powers-that-be know we’re on to them, or raise a little consciousness, or spread the message about something important, or even just for a bit of fun. I like to think my demonstrating against the Vietnam War way back when had some sort of an effect and America didn’t retreat just because they were losing a war they couldn’t win or were running out of cash.
But Occupying Wall Street or anywhere else is rather pointless…
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Gerold. Miss you buddy. Hope you’re safe and well.
Thanks, Nigel. I retired in 2019. I gave up working, snowboarding, blogging, and landscape photography. Instead, I took up hiking, mountain biking, fermenting, and biohacking.
There’s so much going on, I have trouble keeping up with it let alone researching, writing, editing, and posting anything. I don’t expect to write much unless something massive comes up.
– Gerold
This article is really very informative. Have enjoyed reading it.
Very well-written blog. Keep sharing.
Hello, your post about fireman is one of the few things I have been able to find in my research about fire departments destroying an entire home with water damage when there was only a little fire that a home owner could or had extinguished with a basic fire extinguisher and where calling the fire department was a mistake. Even then it was one of the comments made on the article that search found rather then the article itself. It appears that either very little to no info about such incidents is available on the web or search algorithms are tailored to obscure such info, or some combination of both.
That blog post and it’s extensive series of comments which I read most of but admittedly not all was closed and I could not find your direct email to privately contact you so posting a comment here after I saw a recent comment here by the firefighter offering you some inside info from his perspective in the comment section here.
I have a neighbor that some years ago had an incident of smoke comming out of his ceiling around where the brick chimney went through the ceiling/roof. An “oh $@#+*” moment. He told his wife not to call the fire department yet and went after it himself with a ladder, crowbar, and fire extinguisher. Peeling the sheetrock on the ceiling back from around the chimney and blasting inside the rafters around the chimney with the fire extinguisher.
This was more then sufficient, there actually wasn’t any fire, smoldering or otherwise, in the ceiling around the chimney pass through. But rather the morter had cracked between bricks in the old brick chimney and a large crack was leaking smoke from the chimney right where it went through the ceiling (he thinks foundation settling made the house frame shift slightly and put shear pressure on the side of the chimney).
Well, his wife had called the fire department, and they showed up shortly after he had figured this out and threw water in his fireplace as well putting out his fire to stop the smoke and let everything cool down so he could repair the chimney. Room still had a lot of smoke in it, partly from him dowsing his fire in the fireplace with water which backblew a big cloud more of smoke and steam into the room when he did that.
He tried to explain what was going on, and that everything was now under control, false alarm. But they refused to listen and proceeded to spring the inside of his down with four hoses. One through the main door straight into that room with the fireplace and three more through three windows they smashed out in other parts of the house.
Seeings the water damage they were doing to his house and personal belongings inside his house he (according to him I wasn’t there personally at the initial incident) first tried to reason with them, plead with them to stop, and then try to order them off his property as trespassers and vandals. After accordingly to him this failed (there are differing stories) he attempted to stop them by physical force and physically remove them from his house.
All agree it did escalate to that point at which point he was wrestled down, and pinned down, was arrested and handcuffed and put in the back of a police car. At which point he claimshe was told they were really going to water damage his house now. Whether as he states at this point is were they chopped multiple holes in the roof and put more water hoses in through the roof and really started pumping the water in or as they state they were doing that from the beginning to put out what they believed to be a fire inside the roof structure, well I helped him strip the house back down to it’s frame afterwards and I can personally confirm absolutely no scorching or blackening by fire on any of the timbers in the roof around the chimney or anywhere else. Three smashed out windows, multiple holes hacked into the roof all over, and incredible water damage, all sheetrock half liquified and hanging from ceiling and walls in shreds by massive amounts of pressurized water. Like a miniturized version the aftermath of an old hydraulic mining opperation if you have ever seen one. Sludge from the liquified sheetrock all over and soaked into the floors. Crawlspace under the house filled up with nasty water like a swimming pool. It was winter when this happened and everything froze up with the house open to the outside and no heat, both a problem because all the plumbing froze, but also a blessing in disguise because it prevented the water damage from leading to mold and rot and gave time for us to strip and clean everything out before spring that so that it could dry out saving the main structure of the house.
Anyway, primary question is if you have any info or places you could direct me or maybe “todd” who commented on May 20, 2016 at 8:51 pm about any other similar incidents documented on the web or otherwise where calling the fire department resulted in destruction by water damage of a house that was already or very easily saveable from fire by just a fire extinguisher and not calling the fire department. This cannot be a one off situation and yet I am having difficulty finding any similar incidents by internet searching.
I have some old snapshots of the house so damaged that I could scan and digitalize, but it was not my house but rather my neighbors and I do not wish to publicly display such pictures against his desire for privacy and in a semi-private board discussion (behind pay-wall) I tried to educate about what can happen if you call the fire department when they aren’t really needed and the risk one takes when they “ask the government for help” and that should be the last not first resort and I made a cop with a firefighter father REALLY angry and I’m being accused of making the whole thing up and that firefighters don’t cause water damage beyond the damage a fire has or would have done. So I figured I would just find another similar incidents on the web and use it as “show & tell” since my neighbor has refused when I asked his consent to scan and post the pictures or a redacted version of some of the documents from the court concerning the incident that I have due to my involvement in helping him with the aftermath years ago back when this went down.
Any help appreciated, since your blog post and one article by a brave fire chief calling out toxic leadership and toxic culture in some fire departments is all I have been able to find after several hours of internet searching using multiple different search engines. Almost got some good info on a forum for insurance adjusters but the photo links were all old expired non-existent photo-bucket links.
Thanks,
Thanks for your comments. And, you’re right … good luck finding pertinent info on damage caused by fire fighters. I sometime think the insurance companies are in cahoots because whenever insurance companies try to ‘fix the problem’ it is allowed to die on the drawing board.
– Gerold
Is that a photo of the Sleeping Lady?
Actually, it’s called the Sleeping Giant. His head is on the left, arms folded over his chest and long legs on the right disappearing into the rock.
Do you have an email address which we, the readers can chat with? Hope you can post it on the about page. Thanks.
Good idea! Done.
I’ll leave it up unless I get overwhelmed.
– Gerold
Hey Gerold, I am writing about a post of yours concerning firefighters. I am for the most part ignorant about how these blogs work, so please excuse any imperfections. I am, was a firefighter. I can prove and have been involved in large fires that were let go for political reasons. If you would like to know more I would be willing to share info with the correct person
Thanks for the insight, Todd.
I’m sure there are times that politics raises its ugly head, but those issues are outside the scope of that article.
There are many alternate websites that cover various conspiracies, but you have to be selective as some of them are over-the-top and it becomes difficult to extricate oneself if we go too deep into the rabbit-hole.
– Gerold
Do you believe sodium bentonite would help stop the leak. Please read binder, purifier, barrier absorbent and slurry walls. It’s amazing at absorbing toxins and continues to thicken in water. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentonite
Also Non-aluminum Baking Soda has a pH of 8, this may help to alkalize the Pacific Ocean. This Smithsonian Institute article is very educational – preFukushima. http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-acidification
We need some masterminds working together to heal our beautiful planet. Let me know if I can help, in any way. A caring herbalist.
Thank you for your incredible work!
Kate
Geroid your a piece of fucking shit and when you die no one is really going to care, the world will keep on spinning without your shitty opinions. go count some some beans you fucking pussy.
I will allow your angry shite to remind my gentle readers what uncivilized trash slithers among us.
Does your mother know you talk like that?
If you don’t like what I say, why do you read it? Go start your own blog.
– Gerold
I was looking for ways to remove road salt from carpet (possibly using tsp) and I happened upon this blog. (I recently bought a box and find great pleasure adding it to each and every load of laundry…and dishwasher too….)
I’ve bookmarked your blog and will spend hours here….this is great.
Being an avid Glenn Beck…. here is something he read yesterday on his radio show….
Seven national crimes:
1. I don’t think.
2. I don’t know.
3. I don’t care.
4. I am too busy.
5. I leave well enough alone.
6. I have no time to read and find out.
7. I am not interested.
• You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
• You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
• You cannot help little men by tearing down big men.
• You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
• You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
• You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.
• You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
• You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.
• You cannot build character and courage by destroying man’s initiative and independence.
• And you cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.
— William J.H. Boetcker
Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.
Me too Beck fan: guilty as charged. Interesting that Beck would call them ‘national’ crimes because they are distinctly Amerikan.
It’s sad that I had to Google ‘William J.H. Boetcker’ having never heard of the author of such profound gems. It’s sadder still that Lincoln is often erroneously attributed as the author especially since ‘old Abe’ is greatly exaggerated in myth & lore.
– Gerold
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I truly appreciate your efforts and
I am waiting for your next post thanks once again.
Hi,
My name is Ileana Grigorescu and I’m contacting you with a business proposal. I browsed through your blog and read some of the articles you have there.
I, together with my colleagues have a survival information website as well: http://www.myfamilysurvivalplan.com/. I propose that we exchange some survival articles and promote each other on our websites. You post our articles, we post yours, and we both add each other’s link on each website.
In the meantime, feel free to browse on our website and read the articles! I think this can be a win-win situation for both of us.
If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact me!
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Ileana Grigorescu
Thank you. I appreciate your interest in my blog.
However, I try to control my readership. I do not want increased volume. I avoid search engine optimization (SEO) techniques. I write long articles with boring charts and graphs. I target a small, dedicated audience; family, friends, colleagues. There are several reasons for this.
First, I’m concerned about ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’. If enough people believe something will happen, it increases the likelihood of it happening.
Second, the larger a blog the more of a threat if becomes to the ruthless ‘powers-that-be’. Smaller is less of a target with less likelihood of retaliation.
Third, if the boob-tube watchers and attention-deficit-disordered video generation hasn’t woken up yet and begun preparation for survival, then they’re screwed and sadly, there’s nothing I can do for them now.
I wish you success with your survival blog.
Gerold
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