Wednesday, January 18, 2023

"In Retrospect..."

“In retrospect, the spark might seem as ominous as a financial crash, as ordinary as a national election, or as trivial as a Tea Party. The catalyst will unfold according to a basic Crisis dynamic that underlies all of these scenarios: An initial spark will trigger a chain reaction of unyielding responses and further emergencies. The core elements of these scenarios (debt, civic decay, global disorder) will matter more than the details, which the catalyst will juxtapose and connect in some unknowable way. If foreign societies are also entering a Fourth Turning, this could accelerate the chain reaction. At home and abroad, these events will reflect the tearing of the civic fabric at points of extreme vulnerability – problem areas where America will have neglected, denied, or delayed needed action.” 
– "The Fourth Turning", Strauss & Howe

"Price Increases And Some Empty Shelves At Sam's Club!"

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Adventures With Danno, 1/18/23:
"Price Increases And Some Empty Shelves At Sam's Club!"
"In today's vlog we are at Sam's Club, and are noticing price increases on groceries, and a lot of empty shelves! We are here to check out skyrocketing prices, and the empty shelves situation! It's getting rough out here as stores seem to be struggling with getting products!"
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Meanwhile, no empty shelves here...
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Traveling With Russell, 1/18/23:
"I Visited the Largest Beer Shop in the World"
"I visited the largest beer shop in the world which is located in Moscow, Russia. Beru Vykhodnoy has a collection over 3000 canned and bottled beers and over 200 tap beers. How does it look inside, what beer did we choose. How does it work to purchase beer in the store?"
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Canadian Prepper, "Warning! I Hope You're Sitting Down - This Is Huge!"

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Canadian Prepper, 1/17/23:
"Warning! I Hope You're Sitting Down - This Is Huge!"
"Today we talk about the biggest risks of 2023 according to Klaus and friends. NATO is going all in, every indicator points to stagflation which is WORSE than hyperinflation."
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"Putin Just Issued a Shocking Warning of What's Coming in Ukraine"

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Redacted, 1/17/23:
"Putin Just Issued a Shocking Warning 
of What's Coming in Ukraine"
"Russia just issued a warning of a major false flag operation that is set to hit Ukraine's grain infrastructure. Ukraine is now walking back claims about the destruction of an apartment complex that killed dozens of civilians."
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"Your Number 1 Asset Is Think For Yourself; Beware Of The Financial Illusion"

Jeremiah Babe, 1/17/23:
"Your Number 1 Asset Is Think For Yourself; 
Beware Of The Financial Illusion"
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"Biden Bucks and Gas Stoves"

"Biden Bucks and Gas Stoves"
By Jim Rickards

"I’ve been warning my readers about Biden Bucks coming soon as a threat to your physical cash and your freedoms. I’ve also written frequently about the false science of climate change and the extreme climate alarmism embraced by global elites and their flunky pseudo-scientist collaborators. They’re meeting right now in Davos, by the way, figuring out new ways to try to run your life.

The Biden administration itself has a long history of using this alarmism to try to control your life. Their most recent offense might just be their worst…They’re considering a nationwide ban on gas stoves - citing the harmful pollutants released by the appliances, according to a recent report. The report claims that gas stoves are linked to an increased risk of respiratory illness, including asthma in children.

Groups including the American Chemical Society and New York University Law School’s Institute for Policy Integrity found that gas stoves - which are used in about 40% of U.S. homes - emit pollutants like nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and fine matter at levels deemed unsafe by the Environmental Protection Agency and World Health Organization. “This is a hidden hazard,” Consumer Product Safety Commission Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr., told the outlet. “Any option is on the table. Products that can’t be made safe can be banned.”

In addition to 40% of homes, 76% of restaurants use gas stoves. That’s a lot of gas stoves to ban!

Just Another Attack on Fossil Fuels? Incidentally, or not, the research was led by RMI, an organization that pushes for carbon-free buildings and that “works to transform global energy systems across the real economy.” So there’s an agenda there. That itself doesn’t necessarily disqualify the research, but it should give you pause.

Critics maintain that the studies are flawed, and that the pollutants cited are the byproducts of cooking itself, whatever the energy source. In other words, the studies falsely isolate gas stoves when in reality, it’s cooking itself that releases the contaminants. It’s just another attack on fossil fuels to promote the green agenda. Regardless, the CPSC is mulling the action after these studies showed emissions from the devices can cause health and respiratory problems, Bloomberg reported.

Biden has claimed that he’s not in favor of a ban. But he is allowing the unelected bureaucrats at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to tell you how to live your life.

It CAN Happen Here: Now you might say that they can never get away with it. There’s simply too much public opposition. All I can say is think again. These regulators are unbelievably powerful. They have every intention of carrying out their wishes and are enjoying every minute of it. They don’t answer to Congress and scoff at your protests. They believe they alone are in charge and you have nothing to say about it.

What’s to stop them from banning sales of new gas stoves, while mandating that all existing gas stoves be replaced within the next decade? Some states and cities are already going after gas stoves. New York City is banning natural gas lines in new buildings shorter than seven stories. The ban will take effect later this year. They’re also launching a ban on natural gas lines in buildings taller than seven stories, which is scheduled to take effect in 2027. So don’t think it can’t happen. It can.

Think of all the things they’ve already wrecked. Look around at your household appliances. Energy use and water restrictions have degraded washing machines, refrigerators, dishwashers, showers, toilets, clothes dryers, steamers and irons, dishwashers, freezers and so much more. So what makes you think your stove is exempt?

Biden Bucks: The bottom line is the Biden administration and the unelected bureaucrats they enable are out of control. I’ve already told you how they want to control your life using Biden Bucks. That’s the term I use in reference to the coming digital dollar - the central bank digital currency. The administration is moving forward with Biden Bucks, their government-backed digital currency.

I fear Biden Bucks will become the basis of a new system of full citizen control through the financial system, something akin to China’s social credit system that controls the entire population based on political loyalty. China is already using its CBDC to deny travel and educational opportunities to political dissidents. Canada seized the bank accounts and crypto accounts of nonviolent trucker protesters last winter. These kinds of “social credit” systems and political suppression will be easy to conduct when “Biden Bucks” are completely rolled out in the U.S.

Biden Bucks and Gas Stoves: This new currency will allow for total control of all American citizens. Because every “digital dollar” will be programmed by the government. That means they will be able to “turn on or off” your money at will. In a country of Biden Bucks, the government will know every purchase you make, every transaction you conduct and even your physical whereabouts at the point of purchase.

It’s a short step from there to negative interest rates, account freezes, tax withholding from your account and even putting you under FBI investigation if you vote for the wrong candidate or give donations to the wrong political party. The purely digital dollar could potentially limit you to purchasing certain things that are in line with their progressive/green agenda. Taking away your ability to cook with a gas stove is just another way for them to control you. But what might gas stoves specifically have to do with “Biden Bucks”?

At first, the answer would seem to be nothing. They have nothing to do with each other. But with Biden Bucks, you can only spend your money on socially approved or politically approved purchases. And if you don’t spend your money on politically approved purchases, you can expect retribution. “Hey citizen, I see you’re still using a gas stove. But we’ve determined that gas stoves are unsafe. You didn’t listen. Well, guess what? We just lowered your social credit score. Good luck getting that loan you wanted. And you can forget about that new job you just applied for.”

A Recipe for Unlimited State Power: That's how these things can play out under Biden Bucks, and how they can relate to something so seemingly disconnected as gas stoves. Under Biden Bucks, there’s really no limit to the state’s interference in your life. Even The Economist has announced the rise of government-backed digital currencies, warning they will “shift power from individuals to the state.” The Economist isn’t known for engaging in conspiracy theories.

Thankfully, people are fighting back, including elected officials. As Rep. Gary Palmer argues: "Unelected bureaucrats should not have the type of power to even consider such an action. It is time to rein in the Biden administration and their continual desire to control Americans’ lives and decisions." The CPSC backed off the idea of banning gas stoves following swift criticism like this. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll give up. They’ll just go about it more quietly. Be prepared."

"The Price is Not Right"

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Dan, iAllegedly 1/17/23:
"The Price is Not Right"
"We are seeing so many different stores have problems, where they are overcharging consumers at the scanner. Dollar general is having a major issue. Canadians are so sick of the price of food. They would rather steal it and feed feel justified in doing so."
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"Philadelphia: Kensington Streets, You Can't Believe This Exists in U.S.A"

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Beach Fanatic, 1/8/23:
"Philadelphia: Kensington Streets, 
You Can't Believe This Exists in U.S.A"
"The streets of Kensington, Philadelphia have been hugely affected by drugs and homelessness, it's been overcrowded with filthiness and all kind of littered trash. There's no sense of guidance and direction. Its only getting worse each day as it gets by."
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Must View! "Look At The Extreme Social Insanity That Is Spreading All Over America"

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"Look At The Extreme Social Insanity 
That Is Spreading All Over America"
by Epic Economist

"If you want to know how extreme is the social decline that is spreading all over the United States, all you need to do is walk the streets of our biggest cities. You don’t even have to go to the “bad areas” to see the absurdities that are eating away our communities and destroying them from within. As we will show you in this video, even in the best parts of Washington D.C., filth, squalor, and disease are everywhere. New images show that only a couple of blocks away from the White House, countless needles can be seen on the ground, homeless encampments are taking over national parks, and the rate of delinquencies has spiked to the highest levels in history. The same is true for many other areas that used to be prosperous and economically and socially stable. Unfortunately, their decay is happening at a frightening pace and will only continue to accelerate as economic conditions go from worse to catastrophic in 2023.

Exactly one block behind the White House, dozens of homeless encampments were scattered throughout city streets and even into national parks. Severe sanitation issues, including human waste, used needles, and trash piling up everywhere left Johnson in disbelief. At D.C. Sparkle street, glass from smashed car windows posed a threat to everyday citizens walking by. Even in front of St. Johns Cathedral, garbage dominated the landscape.

Until 2017, Johnson said he didn’t see a single tent near public buildings. As he interviewed local residents, it became clear that people don’t feel safe and they say that new problems emerge on a daily basis. “Disease, decay, and people that don’t care about this nation running things, and running them directly to the ground. This is an apt metaphor for a country in decline” Johnson stressed. On the West Coast, things are no different. In recent years, Portland, once considered one of the finest cities in America, has become something short of a dystopia, where shop owners sleep with self-defense tools behind their pillows, and citizens must act as law enforcement agents.

This crisis is unfolding at a pace that is just breathtaking. According to Joel Kotkin, the Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and executive director of the Urban Reform Institute, the social decay that is rotting the foundations of U.S. cities is systemic and getting worse over time.

“The old saying that “the city air makes one free” all too often means freedom to be poor, to experience endemic homelessness, collapsing public infrastructure and rising neglect,” Kotkin says. “As cities slowly fall to pieces, they are increasingly becoming no-go zones for investors and business. Barely ten percent of US companies are interested in investing in large urban areas,” the expert reveals.

Sadly, it appears that our leaders are not too worried about restoring the economic and social balance this country needs to start thriving again. Year after year, our social decline intensifies, and our major cities continue to collapse all around us. If you love America, you should be completely disgusted by what is happening to our country. What do you think our founders would say if they could see what our cities have become? They would certainly be deeply ashamed of us. And we should be deeply ashamed of ourselves too because we should have never allowed our beloved country to sink so low."

Gerald Celente, "Trends Journal 1/17/23"

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Gerald Celente, 1/17/23:
"Trends Journal: Biden Going Down; 
When All Else Fails They Take You To War"
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Musical Interlude: Medwyn Goodall, “Eyes of Heaven”

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Medwyn Goodall, “Eyes of Heaven”

"A Look to the Heavens"

“Separated by about 14 degrees (28 Full Moons) in planet Earth's sky, spiral galaxies M31 at left, and M33 are both large members of the Local Group, along with our own Milky Way galaxy. This narrow- and wide-angle, multi-camera composite finds details of spiral structure in both, while the massive neighboring galaxies seem to be balanced in starry fields either side of bright Mirach, beta star in the constellation Andromeda. Mirach is just 200 light-years from the Sun. But M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, is really 2.5 million light-years distant and M33, the Triangulum Galaxy, is also about 3 million light years away. 
Although they look far apart, M31 and M33 are engaged in a gravitational struggle. In fact, radio astronomers have found indications of a bridge of neutral hydrogen gas that could connect the two, evidence of a closer encounter in the past. Based on measurements, gravitational simulations currently predict that the Milky Way, M31, and M33 will all undergo mutual close encounters and potentially mergers, billions of years in the future.”
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"Everything passes away- suffering, pain, blood, hunger, pestilence. The sword will pass away too, but the stars will still remain when the shadows of our presence and our deeds have vanished from the earth. There is no man who does not know that. Why, then, will we not turn our eyes towards the stars? Why?"
- Mikhail Bulgakov, "The White Guard"

"I Had An Experience..."

"I had an experience...I can't prove it, I can't even explain it, but everything that I know as a human being, everything that I am tells me that it was real! I was given something wonderful, something that changed me forever...A vision of the universe that tells us, undeniably, how tiny, and insignificant and how...rare, and precious we all are! A vision that tells us that we belong to something that is greater than ourselves, that we are not — that none of us — are alone! I wish I could share that. I wish, that everyone, if only for one moment, could feel that awe, and humility, and hope. But...that continues to be my wish."
- "Ellie Arroway", "Contact" by Carl Sagan.

Chet Raymo,"Why We Need Poets"

"Why We Need Poets"
by Chet Raymo

"The poet Jane Hirshfield referred in a poem to the number of atoms it takes to make a butterfly. Ten to the 24th power, I think she said. I thought I'd check it out. A typical butterfly might weigh about half a gram. The exact ratio of elements I don't know, but mostly hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen. Let's assume an atomic weight of ten for a typical atom; that is, an atom with ten nuclear particles (Hydrogen=1, carbon= 12, oxygen=16, and so on). A proton or neutron has a weight of about 1.6 X 10-24 grams. About 3 X 1022 atoms in a butterfly.

If I'm remembering Hirshfield's reference correctly (and I may not be), we are off by one or two orders of magnitude. No matter. It's a very big number. You want to make a butterfly? You will need 30,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms. And every one in exactly the right place.

Now consider the miracle of metamorphosis. The caterpillar builds a chrysalis. Wraps itself up in its closet. And there, in the privacy of its self-sufficiency, it rearranges those arrangements of atoms. The caterpillar's six stumpy front feet are turned into the butterfly's slender legs. Four wings develop, as do reproductive organs. Chewing mouthparts become adapted for sucking. A crawling, insatiable, leaf-eater is transformed into a winged, sex-obsessed nectar sipper.

This is why we need poets. It's one thing to count atoms, or draw diagrams of the 22 amino acids, or suss out their sequence on the long chains that are the proteins. Or read out the genome that controls the machinery that turns a creeping leaf-cruncher into a winged angel. But all that biochemistry, as wonderful as it is, leaves the essential mystery intact. The hum. The unceasing hum that is life. The inextinguishable continuity.  Sing, poets. Sing your hosannas."

The Poet: Joaquín Arcadio Pagaza, “Twilight”

“Twilight”

“Slowly the sun descends at fall of night,
And rests on clouds of amber, rose and red;
The mist upon the distant mountains shed
Turns to a rain of gold and silver light.

The evening star shines tremulous and bright
Through wreaths of vapor, and the clouds o'erhead
Are mirrored in the lake, where soft they spread,
And break the blue of heaven's azure height.

Bright grows the whole horizon in the west
Like a devouring fire; a golden hue
Spreads o'er the sky, the trees, the plains that shine.
The bird is singing near its hidden nest
Its latest song, amid the falling dew,
Enraptured by the sunset's charm divine.”

- Joaquín Arcadio Pagaza (1839-1918)

“10 Things You Should Know About Life’s Most Important Questions”

“10 Things You Should Know About 
Life’s Most Important Questions”
by Marc Chernoff

"It’s a harsh fact that every one of us is ignorant in some way. Although we tend to pretend otherwise, it’s impossible to know it all. Ignorance is our biggest collective secret. And it’s one of the scariest and most damaging realities of life, because those of us who are most ignorant – and thus most likely to spread ignorance – are also the ones who often don’t know it.

Here’s a quick test: If you have never changed your mind about one of your learned beliefs, if you have never questioned the fundamentals of your opinions, and if you have no inclination to do so, then you are likely ignorant about something you think you know.

What’s the quickest solution? Get outside and find someone who, in your opinion, believes, behaves, and handles certain aspects of life very differently from you, and just have a simple, honest conversation with them. I promise, some of life’s most important questions will become clearer by doing so. And it will do both of you lots of good. Once you’ve done that, here are some key things to remember:

1. Many of the biggest misunderstandings in life could be avoided if we would simply take the time to ask, “What else could this mean?”

2. An expert is not a person who gives all the right answers; she’s the one who asks the right questions.

3. Very few of us actively seek new knowledge in this world on a daily basis. We get comfortable with what we know, and we stop questioning things. On the contrary, we try to squeeze from the unknown the answers we have already shaped in our own minds – judgments, justifications, validations, forms of consolation without which we might feel incomplete or off-center. To really ask something new is to open the door to the storm.  And the answer just may blow us away.

4. If someone can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about how they answer you.

5. Monsters do exist in the real world, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous in the long run. More dangerous are the common people with good intentions who are instantly ready to believe and act without asking questions.

6. At the end of the day, the questions you ask of yourself determine the type of person you will become.

7. Courage doesn’t happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your whole life. 

8. When it comes to your relationships: Does he/she treat you with respect at all times? That’s the first question. The second question is: If he/she remains the exact same person ten years from now, would you still want to be in a relationship with him/her? And finally, does he/she inspire to be a better human being? When you find someone that you can answer yes to all three questions, you know you’ve found yourself a relationship worth having.

9. Regardless of how much you know, or how many incredible questions you ask, you can never know it all. To believe that you do, is proof of the contrary. The wilderness around us always holds answers to more questions than we have yet learned to ask. And that’s a beautiful thing.

10. Although life will always be filled with unanswered questions, it’s the courage to seek the answers that counts – this journey is what gives life meaning.  Ultimately, you can spend your life wallowing in frustration and misery, wondering why you were the one who was chosen to deal with your problems, or you can be grateful that you are strong enough and smart enough to grow from them. 

Your turn: Be present and have patience with everything that remains unexplained in your heart and mind. Try to love life’s questions. Like locked doors or like good books written in foreign languages, respect their nature. Don’t expect all the answers to come easy. They cannot be given to you right now because your present understanding isn’t ready yet. It’s a question of experiencing everything first. Right now you need to hold on to the questions – explore, learn, and live your life. Perhaps, as you do, you will gradually find yourself experiencing the answers you always wanted.

So with that said, which of the reminders above hit home the most? Why? Leave a comment below and share your thoughts and insights with us."

"Bad Things Do Happen..."

“Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.” 
- Walter Anderson 

The Daily "Near You?"

Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Thanks for stopping by!

"Life, eh?"

"We said together, wistfully, 'Life, eh?' It says everything without having to say anything: that we all experience moments of joyful or painful reflection, sometimes alone, sometimes sharing laughs and tears with others; that we all know and appreciate that however wonderful and precious life is, it can equally be a terribly confusing and mysterious beast. 'Life, eh?"
- Miranda Hart

Judge Napolitano, "Judging Freedom, 1/17/23"

Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom, 1/17/23:
"Scott Ritter: Nuclear War; Ukraine"
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Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom, 1/17/23:
"Col. Doug Macgregor: 
More Tanks & Ukrainians Training In US"
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Gregory Mannarino, "Economy Cratering Faster, Consumer In Distress"

Gregory Mannarino, AM 1/17/23:
"Economy Cratering Faster, Consumer In Distress"
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"A Time of Unimaginable Sorrow is Upon Us"

"A Time of Unimaginable Sorrow is Upon Us"
By Stucky

"It was a nice cool sunny morning with some blue birds soaking up the sun, all in a row on the high wire. It took some time to figure out what happened. There were a few low rumbles, they seemed to be coming from north of here. We live on a farm out in the wooded hills of southern Missouri, and north would be up towards St Louis. Soon as the booming sounds started the power went off. At first, I didn’t pay much attention, but with all the military stirrings going on in the world these days, you just don’t know what to expect.

I went inside the house, but with the power off there’s no internet, so no way to find out what’s going on. At least until the power comes back on, or until I get the generator started up. More distant thunderous booms that echo now less like thunder and more like tremendous explosions – and I’m starting to get worried. My kids are at work and the grandkids are in school. I swear I‘m seeing sparks and smoke coming from under the hood of my car, but it’s not running. Now the power line where those bluebirds were singing looks like it’s getting really hot and smoke is coming from the bucket transformer on the poles. Wow! The transformer just blew up sending a shower of sparks and molten metal flying all around the pole! I can hear blasts all over the countryside from more pole transformers exploding. All the fences are sparking and smoking. The woods around the power lines and transformers are starting to go up in extremely violent flames. And the cars are now on fire – all of them! Even the old broken-down ones out in people’s pastures. Our emergency generators are smoking – I’ve got to get them away from the houses before they burn up.

Now I’ve got an idea of what’s happening, because I’ve heard of what an EMP event could do to electrical circuits. Electromagnetic Pulse. That’s what happens when a nuclear weapon explodes. The only other thing I can think of that would do this is a coronal mass ejection from a solar flare. It happened back in 1859 and it was named the Carrington Event. Fortunately, the world did not have much electrical infrastructure back then, just telegraphs, and the induced currents caused the wires to catch fire – sort of like what’s happening to the power lines out here right now. I don’t think it’s a solar event either, because the warmongers in Washington have been beating the nuclear drums for a while, and I’ve been afraid the Russians were going to get spooked and do a first strike. I guess this is it.

A big problem for those of us who might survive a while because we live in areas that aren’t targets is that we lose all sources of information. We don’t have any way of knowing what’s happening. Don’t know if it’s a first strike or a retaliatory strike. Does Washington DC even exist anymore, or is it just a huge radioactive smoking crater? Are those beautiful, magnificient buildings of the Kremlin still standing?

How many of our big cities are destroyed? I remember seeing pictures of the devastation that was Nagasaki and Hiroshima when that monster Truman murdered all those Japanese civilians, and thinking that those bombs were tiny compared to what the psychopaths have in their arsenals today – the Russians have bombs that could literally flatten New York City and/or Houston. I cannot, nor can anyone else, begin to fathom the destruction of a 10 or 20 megaton thermonuclear weapon could wreak on a major city.

Lights go off and then nothing. No TV; no internet. No football – the treasury department that writes all the government checks is gone. Fear-crazed citizens make runs on Wal Marts and grocery stores and take everything they can. No one tries to stop them; the store employees are in a panic to get home. Problem is, with no operable vehicles, the only things people can take are what they can carry by hand. Everyone has to walk, even the police are stranded out on the highways. All troopers, city cops, and sheriff deputies are trying desperately to get home to their loved ones. No cops on duty anymore. No traffic moving anymore. Just lots of people running, screaming, hoping they can just get home, and that there still is a home.

Fires are blazing everywhere from the powerlines and transformers exploding. All electrical substations in the country are smoldering and blazing chaos. Forest fires are rampant and out of control all over the nation and there are no operable fire trucks. No firefighting planes or helicopters are available to fight the fires. Houses hundreds of miles away from the many ground zeros are burning both from the unchecked wildfires, and from EMP induced electrical shorts in home wiring. Almost every building in every town is on fire with no way to put them out. And these towns are far away from the targeted places where the bombs actually hit. 

This is truly a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions, the like of which has never been witnessed in all of human history. There will never be electricity in this country again. Let that sink in. Freezers will thaw out and food will ruin. Untold thousands of people will perish, starting with those vaporized, then those being burned up in their homes, and there are no fire departments available to help anyone. No hospitals; doctors and nurses are gone, understandably abandoning useless smoldering medical facilities. No industry, no UPS deliveries, no more dog food for the pups. If your house didn’t burn to the ground, at least you may (for a while) have a (dark) shelter from the elements.

Huge blasts of radioactive winds blow hundreds of miles from the explosions, of which there have been many. The first wave was intended to take out the military establishment. No way of knowing, but there’s no reason to believe that anything remains of the Pentagon, DC or Langley, Norfolk, San Diego, Chicago, Houston, or any of the coastal cities where there are refineries. All cities with military infrastructure of any kind will be destroyed. The joke that has been for years a missile defense system has been exposed. The sick joke that a nuclear war could be “winnable” has also been exposed. The numbers of people succumbing to radiation sickness is beyond belief. There will be no schools, no stores, no food, and no government services; no disaster relief will be forthcoming. All banks will have ceased to function, so even if there is any money left, it won’t be worth anything. The bankers never were.

If you take medications to stay alive, you’d best have a good supply, because there won’t be any more. All livestock will either be dead from radiation, burned to a crisp in the fires, or promptly slaughtered by starving survivors, and it doesn’t matter to whom they belonged. Same with property. People will no longer obey private property signs, they will go anywhere they think there might be resources, food, water, at the risk of their lives, which aren’t worth much right now anyway. There will be no law!

Every military ship on and under the ocean, with the likely exception of a few submarines, will be sunk. All of the nuclear-powered ships will go to the bottom with reactors likely damaged, spewing radioactive contamination. Like dozens, maybe hundreds, of Fukushimas. Even the reactors that aren’t damaged will undergo meltdowns with no controls. The bible says that something will kill all of the fishes in the oceans, maybe this is how that happens.

The USSR detonated a bomb of around 50-megaton yield back in 1961. It was called the Tsar Bomba. The weapon had a 100-megaton capacity, but for safety they modified the yield. Awe inspiring is just too mild of a description of what that looked like. Since the bomb was so powerful, they calculated that the plane that dropped it had only a 50 percent chance of surviving – that is even after the plane released the weapon several thousand feet up in the air with a parachute to slow it down while the plane flew away from the scene at full speed. It did almost destroy the plane – they said the blast wave overtook the plane some 45 miles from the explosion and it lost over a kilometer of altitude before the pilot, Andrey Durnovtsev, could regain control and keep it from crashing. That thing made a mushroom cloud 37, yes 37 miles, (60 km) high! An uninhabited village, Severny, 34 miles (55 km) from ground zero was obliterated, and buildings 100 miles away were damaged! The blast would have caused third degree burns 62 miles (100 km) from the explosion. I would expect if they still have these in their arsenal, they would use one on Cheyenne Mountain. It would probably take out Denver and Amarillo, TX and certainly everything in between. Instantly vaporized. What are our “leaders” thinking?

It sounds crazy, but if this happens, I want to be at one of the ground zeros. As bad as being vaporized sounds, it would be infinitely better than surviving into the nightmarish existence that would ensue. There will be marauding gangs of survivors, undoubtedly armed, in various stages of hunger, disease, emaciation, and injury. It will probably be a situation where anyone you encounter will be apt to kill you. For one thing, they won’t know whether you are out to kill them too, or maybe you have something they want/need to survive. A can of tuna or a bowl of beans might cost your life.

The landscape will be nightmarish. Imagine a few days or weeks after the event. There will be burned out stumps on land that was beautiful forest, now riddled with stagnant pools of black muddy radioactive slime, full of human and animal bones, charred flesh, and entrails. Few buildings will exist intact, and many will perish fighting over them. There will be no light at night. Light would attract unwanted guests. No music. No one will have any idea what’s going on. There may be a few survivors in places like subway tunnels, abandoned train cars, or in remote wilderness areas, but such people will have resorted to the basest of behavior, including cannibalism, in short order. Imagine! Human beings who once inhabited a civilized nation and lived decent lives will have to worry about being killed and eaten by other human beings! Zombie apocalypse, just with regular people, not zombies, although with burns and wounds, hair falling out and all out of sorts with radiation poisoning, they probably will look the part.

I have heard people talking like they plan to survive and stay healthy by hunting and foraging. Well, if a nuclear winter follows a nuclear apocalypse, foraging is going to be slim pickings. And the deer won’t last long if they manage to survive the bombs, radiation, and fires, there’ll probably only be a few very unhealthy specimens left, but if a gunshot rings out, I’m pretty sure it will attract whatever starving people hear it, so there might be more to deal with than just dressing a deer.

Bedraggled survivors will wander in shock around former cities in hopes of disaster relief which will never come. Desperate people will offer anything – gold, jewelry, ammunition, their own bodies, for sustenance. Helpless parents will watch in horror as their children starve, hoping against hope that they will awaken from this nightmare, but when this all comes down, it’ll be too late for them.

And we still won’t know what happened. Who decided that a nuclear war would be a good idea? Who “won” the war? Did any of our leaders survive to sign a surrender, and to whom? Or did Russia or China surrender? Will there be hordes of soldiers from some faraway land invading our country after the radiation dies down?

And what of the wealthy folk who built the magnificent bunkers filled with the necessities of life in which to wait out the nuclear winter? Do they actually believe they will emerge into a second garden of Eden complete with succulent fruit trees and minstrels singing their praises? First of all, the bible speaks of a great earthquake, such as has not occurred since people have been on earth, so I think a big part of those individuals will be entombed in those lavish bunkers. So maybe a few do survive, and after some months, maybe a few years tucked away, they stumble blindly onto the surface, a hardly recognizable landscape littered with human skulls, burned out cars and buildings, and destroyed terrain. When they went into the holes, they were wealthy, but after what has transpired, of the few commoners left, no one will be interested in their gold – and those old bank accounts? Well the digital age has completely and utterly vanished, and all those millions or billions they had on their ledgers is now squat. 

Even by this time, there will undoubtedly still be a few scroungy survivors, but instead of the fawning proles these rich folks were used to in the old world, those survivors will undoubtedly have a taste for some well-fed and plump upper crust brisket, so thanks for preserving some. It won’t help their situation any when they discover that some of the survivors actually know they caused, or at least played a part in causing the disaster. The scenario described does not take into account the likelihood that hapless survivors will undoubtedly spend their time searching for air vents to the bunkers in which to pour gasoline or whatever else they can find to upset living conditions in said refuges down below. Any who survive this carnage will be on a mission and will not easily be placated!

Who knows what the final outcome will be. How many millions, or hundreds of millions of people will be counted among the slain? When this calamity happens, it will obviously involve the deaths of millions. This destruction, I believe is prophesied as the destruction of the modern Babylon in Revelation 18, and most people I’ve heard seem to think (as I do) that the place named as Babylon is the United States, and it is utterly destroyed in the space of one hour, by fire! Completely devastated to the point that (verse 22) “the music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters, will never be heard in you again,” and “no worker of any trade will ever be found in you again,” this decadent place will cease to be! According to scripture, it’s not a bad thing that this evil place is destroyed. “Rejoice over her, you heavens! Rejoice, you people of God! Rejoice apostles and prophets! For God has judged her with the judgement she imposed on you.”

Time will tell, but I’m afraid we don’t have much."
Hat tip to Stucky and The Burning Platform for this material.

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"Ukraine Is Throwing In Troops To Face Certain Death Defending Bakhmut"

George Galloway, 1/17/23:
"Ukraine Is Throwing In Troops To Face 
Certain Death Defending Bakhmut"
"Kyiv installed three defensive lines but the Russians are gradually grinding through them, explains Gonzalo Lira. Soledar, which has fallen, was the penultimate town of the penultimate defense line."
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"Stocking Up At Meijer! Prepping For The Future! What's Coming?"

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"In today's vlog we are at Meijer and noticing some strange price increases! We are here to check out skyrocketing prices, and a lot of empty shelves! It's getting rough out here as stores seem to be struggling with getting products!"
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"Energy Crisis: Putin and China Could Devastate the West With This One Move"

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"Energy Crisis: Putin and China Could 
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"The United States and Europe are being backed into an economic catastrophe while Russia and China are capitalizing on this weakness. New energy cost numbers show how bad things are getting for western countries. With one move, China and Russia could shut off the most important energy supply."
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Monday, January 16, 2023

"This is Why Nuclear War Will Likely Happen"

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Canadian Prepper, 1/16/23:
"This is Why Nuclear War Will Likely Happen"
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"15 Food Items That Will Be Priceless In 2023"

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Finance Today, 1/16/23:
"15 Food Items That Will Be Priceless In 2023"

"Many American households worry about grocery prices. We're experiencing price rises significantly higher than the official food inflation rate. While government authorities say we're paying 15% more on groceries, some staple products have risen over 100% this year.

Quartz reports that worldwide oat prices are climbing faster than oil. No surprise store-brand oats went from $1.99 to $3.99. Oatly, one of the world's major oat milk producers, predicts rising pricing due to limited supplies. Pineapples rose 78% since 2020 owing to rising costs of basic inputs such carton boxes for transport, fertilizers, machinery, and manpower shortages at farms. In 24 months, canned pineapples rose 120% from $0.79 to $2.22 due to an aluminum scarcity. Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines, which produce 75% of the world's pineapples, have experienced record drought, flooding, and pests. Lower supplies mean higher costs.

As refined flour prices rise, many shops are tripling the price of a quick and easy recipe. Unfortunately, soaring flour prices will continue to affect the pricing of many of customers' favorite foods. Guinevere M wrote on a Facebook group: “The other day I went to buy a pack of ramen that used to be 25 cents. Great for pre-paycheck meals. Finds quarters. I almost fainted when I saw it was 45 cents after not buying any. 45 cents? It covers the whole issue. Prices pole vaulted."

Farmers, food manufacturers, and retailers warn us that many supermarket products will cost higher in 2023. Consumer prices rose longer than expected. Events that affected our food supply networks throughout the year are making the outlook for the next few months even more unsettling.

After two years of price fluctuations, American consumers deserve positive news to start the new year. Many may agree that honesty is better than false hope, and while our leaders continue to ignore the reality of the challenges U.S. families are facing, we have a promise to our audience to constantly present the news no one else appears to be talking about. Today, we highlighted 20 grocery goods that food industry experts predict could see major price spikes in the near future. We feel the best way to prepare for these dramatic price swings is to get ahead of them before they ripple through the system."
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"We Are All In Big Trouble As The Richest 1% Laugh; Americans Struggle To Feed Family; Food Crisis"

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Jeremiah Babe, 1/16/23:
"We Are All In Big Trouble As The Richest 1% Laugh; 
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"The richest 1% of people amassed almost two-thirds of new wealth created in the last two years. Welcome to biggest wealth transfer in history if you are not prepared to protect your wealth you will lose it. The recession everybody denies existing is going to get much worse..."
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"Kroger Shoppers Reporting Mass Shortages Across Grocery Store Locations"

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"Kroger Shoppers Reporting Mass Shortages 
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"Kroger is by far the largest supermarket chain in the entire country, and millions of Americans rely on its stores for groceries and other necessities on a daily basis. The company operates over 2,800 locations across 35 states, including some brand names like Ralphs, King Soopers, and Dillon’s. But in recent weeks, Kroger shoppers have been complaining about mass shortages at its stores and unprecedented price hikes hitting a series of essential products. Yahoo reports that the shortages are looking a lot like “a repeat of early 2020 when many staples sold out”. The start of 2023 is seeing “a lot of empty shelves at Kroger,” according to numerous sources, some providing video evidence of the worsening supply chain issues.

On top of that, not only the grocer is facing multiple shortages, but prices for the items that are still available are reaching eye-popping levels. In one of the videos posted on social media, one grocery shopper documented staggering changes in inventory and pricing at the supermarket chain. Many bare shelves can be seen, while in several aisles shelves were only stocked with ultra-high priced items, with cheaper alternatives nowhere to be found.

“We are at Kroger, and are noticing price increases on groceries, and a lot of empty shelves!” one vlogger said during its latest visit to the supermarket. “We are here to check out skyrocketing prices and the empty shelves situation! It’s getting rough out here as stores seem to be struggling with getting products!” he added. Another worrying discovery the vlogger made was that most of the store-brand items were missing, and the only things left at the store were overpriced products of lesser-sought-out brands.

At this point, 86% of households noticed dairy price increases in Kroger stores, and 80% cited price gains in deli/meat/fish, according to the 84.51° Real-Time Insights Survey, which polled people who shopped with The Kroger Co. in the past three months. Other categories where Kroger shoppers saw higher prices included produce, cited by 78% of shoppers; drinks (73%), frozen foods (72%), paper products (72%), and household cleaners (66%).

In all of those product categories, Kroger shoppers reported that they’re cutting back - notably in drinks (42%), deli/meat/fish (34%), frozen food (23%), and paper products (21%) - and, the same survey showed that Kroger has seen unit sales decline in all of those segments last month, with decreases ranging from 4% to 8%.

Unfortunately, higher prices and supply shortages aren’t a problem exclusive to Kroger, and many other grocery chains will confront similar issues this winter. Brandon Scholz, president, and CEO of the Wisconsin Grocers Association, said that there is still an overwhelming demand from customers that the supply cannot keep up with.“We’re in a supply shortage situation,” said Scholz, adding, “grocers are not able to get all the food they ordered from their suppliers and that’s why you see empty shelves.”

As we are hit by one crisis after another throughout 2023, retail analyst project that our supply chain problems will continue to intensify in the coming months. So we encourage our viewers to stock up while they still can. Yes, prices are ridiculously high now, but the truth is that they aren’t going to be getting any lower than they are at this moment. And it is safe to say that inventory holes will only grow wider from here on."
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