So, we rise from the rubble...
"The 2020 economic collapse has certainly smashed millions of hopes and dreams, but for children, it has removed prospects for a healthy growth and a flourishing childhood, considering that one out of four American children has been suffering from acute hunger throughout this year. The U.S. has nearly 75 million children, and approximately 18 million of them are now in food-insecure households. As a consequence of the current economic recession, their parents have lost their jobs, therefore, the ability to provide for their kids most basic needs.
Many of these households are also on the brink of eviction, and as federal programs expire and food banks get increasingly overwhelmed the situation of these families is about to get much more aggravating. It's lamentable to see our great nation go down this troubled path - one that could potentially compromise the future of our next generation. In this video, we expose this incredibly concerning issue that authorities haven't been taking seriously and the mainstream media doesn't seem to be properly addressing.
Ever since the health crisis struck in America and triggered the most damaging economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s, a large chunk of our population suddenly lost their main source of income. The majority of these people have never needed external assistance to find ways of ensuring their survival, but now they are counting on government handouts, food distribution events, and the kindness of others to provide a plate of food for their kids. Unfortunately, oftentimes outside help is not enough. According to Feeding America, by December, over 50 million people could be experiencing food insecurity. The organization has warned that one in six Americans and one in four children could go hungry - a 50 percent increase from 2019.
Overall, this massive spike in food insecurity is a clear result of the record unemployment and underemployment rates. An alarming 5.6 million households have struggled to put enough food on the table in the last week of November, which means, several families didn't have what to eat during Thanksgiving.
Although the U.S. has a vast network of food banks across its territory, the demand has been so high that there simply is not going to be enough food if it continues to soar in the months ahead. According to Feeding America, food banks have consistently seen a 60 percent increase in demand compared to this time last year.
Now, as several states started to impose new lockdowns to control the rampant spread of the virus and record-high hospitalization rates, such unprecedented demand for food aid will persist as we advance towards the end of the year. In Texas, the North Texas Food Bank told that before the collapse happened, their aim was to distribute 92 million meals by 2025. But by early June, they had largely surpassed that target.
In Cleveland, where 5,000 families showed up for the pre-Thanksgiving drive-in distribution. About 54% of the food distributed was directed to children and seniors. Some states such as New Mexico and California are on the verge of a famine calamity. According to Sonya Warwick of Albuquerque's Road Runner Food Bank, one in three children are experiencing hunger this year, while in rural California, the executive director of Tulare County FoodLink Nicole Celaya disclosed that "the food cliff is looming. The food system hasn't done a very good job of meeting the increased need. As viral case numbers continue to rise, it's going to get worse."
This staggering level of hunger is something only seen before during the Great Depression. Still, almost a century later, the cracks are large enough for tens of millions of Americans to slip and fall right into poverty. As pantries are running low, and another stimulus package is out of sight, many food banks don't know how they will continue to feed Americans.
"It is true people are known by their actions. We are what we do. Or, more specifically, we are what we do and not what we say we’ll do. Actions speak louder than words. It means if the swamp were to be truly drained, there would have been a steady progression of media revelations indicating genuine results during the Trump administration. Therefore, to quantify any progress of swamp draining, I collated headlines in a series of articles posted in the spring and summer of 2018. The objective at that time was to identify actual trends prior to the midterm elections based upon reported news, instead of political spin, empty promises, smoke and mirrors.
The final compilation of the series of articles was posted on September 1, 2018 and was entitled “Destination in Sight”. It summarized specific trends in accordance with previous monthly postings and there were two prominent progressions identified:
1.) The advancement of Socialism and
2.) The technological ascendency of Orwell’s Big Brother.
Accordingly, over the past few years, we have witnessed corrupt manifestations of sheer political power, seemingly, crashing in waves – each one higher than the last as measured by historical consequence: Russiagate, the Mueller investigation, impeachment, Covid, and, now, a stolen election paired to a propagandic media narrative which has warped reality for millions of Americans.
At this point, it no longer matters whether President Trump is a real swamp fighter, a naïve dupe, or a symbol of (misplaced?) hope to his supporters. In truth, the tsunamis of trends were formed decades ago in America and have since grown larger than any campaign platform or presidential administration.
"Whether Trump wins another term or a convenient stock market crash installs a socialist president and secures a blue wave in 2020, the current administration will have served the bleeding of the nation’s brake lines before the Big Stop. And, undoubtedly, this blogger and those reading these words have defiantly distinct digital footprints. So when the final votes are counted on the inevitable day, the new sheriffs will be in town. They’re coming for us all and all we thought we ever had."
Like a flower, a nation was planted onto the fertile ground. It grew and blossomed under the midday sun but now wilts and dies. The seasons come and go. The sun rises and sets. We are born, we flourish and fade. Everything turns.
The truth is, no matter who is president, vaccinations will be, at the very least, strongly encouraged by means of economic pressure; and, at most, submission to medical tyranny will be mandated in order to travel, work, shop, buy, or sell.
In his four-act drama “Man and Superman”, the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw penned the following quote: "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
And has that not been the Story of Man since the first campfire? But what kind of progress? Isn’t that a most important consideration?
The Covid pandemic was unleashed by psychopaths who now demand the plebeians to submit for reasons of safety. The irony is ridiculous. And, now, an American presidential election is in the process of being illegally stolen by the same psychopaths who will soon issue despotic edicts on a citizenry expected to acquiesce and obey.
This is tyranny.
Entire red regions, and counties possessing constitutionally-committed law enforcement agents, could, potentially, be fortified in a balkanized America, and primarily through the coordination and cooperation of existing civil administrations. But the heads of select institutions and agencies will need to work together quickly and decisively for any micro-constitutional republics to achieve self-sufficiency before Mordor swallows all.
The answers are not in the problem. The answers are in the answer. It means compromise is a strategy for failure. Now is the time to rise; to shine like stars at midnight."
"It was just a couple days ago we wrote about one Staten Island bar finding a "creative" solution to the government shutdown by declaring itself an autonomous zone. Now, another bar in England is following suit with another "creative" solution: registering itself as a church. 400 Rabbits Tequila and Mezcal Cocktail Bar in Nottingham, England has rebranded itself as "The Church Of the Four Hundred Rabbits" and has officially filed a formal application for the bar to be used as a place of worship, according to the NY Post.
The owner, James Aspell, now needs people to sign up as his congregation in order for the application to go through.
Aspell wrote on Twitter: “With places of worship allowed to open in all tiers we thought f–k it let’s start a religion! Can’t be that hard can it! Congregation daily till late.” He said that despite the cynical tone of what he's doing, his business is truly struggling and that the hypocrisy of shutting down small businesses is disproportionately hurting bars. “This time of year it’s usually all guns blazing but instead I’m sat at home putting my Christmas decorations up,” he said.
Future customers - err - congregation members seem to love the idea. “The only reason I’d take up a religion. I’m in,” one wrote on Facebook. “The only religion I would get on board with,” another said. Of course, to truly curb all this nonsense, governments could just allow small businesses to open up with precautions. But given government's expertise in misuse of time, money and resources, we're sure that won't happen. "Fearing a supply chain break flashback, people have been rushing into the grocery shops to avoid suffering from shortages during the holiday season. Giant food retailers that have previously affirmed to have prepared in advance for another wave of panicked consumer activity, now say that demand has been so high their chains are inevitably stressed. In this video, we report the effects of the stockpiling trend that has been clearing shelves all across the country and turning everyday essentials into cherishable commodities.
All over the nation, people have been filling grocery carts to the brim in another round of panic buying boosted by the consequences of the latest surge in confirmed viral cases that led states to order the partial or total freeze of their economic activities. "Defensive purchasing" as some may define, is wiping everything out from the stores. Toilet paper, disinfectant, and groceries are flying off the shelves everywhere.
When state governors threatened to enforce strict measures to control the virus, people started stockpiling a wide range of products. However, what was a threat before, now became a reality. As more than 40 states registered daily increases in viral cases this month, several governors acted to restrict social gatherings and non-essential business activity, and while the orders were being put into effect, many reports about panic buying started to pop on the news.
A Seattle worker disclosed to The Daily Beast that "people are stockpiling now not just because they're afraid of being stuck at home, but because they've seen everyone else buying it up and are afraid they won't be able to get any when they need it later”. He's right. That's how any behavior drove by fear works. While some impulsively react to the threat of harder days, the panic spreads to the observant others. Alarmed and frightened, they shortly start to react in order to protect themselves as well. And this damaging loop will likely to continue to extend, as case rates keep increasing and restrictions are being confirmed pretty much everywhere.
Despite the efforts made by authorities and supply chain representatives to highlight that this second run is likely to be less severe because stores are more prepared, shoppers only believe in what they can see. Even though their attitude may cause the disruption they're fearing, consumers another imminent wave of shortages could come regardless of their increasingly defensive tendencies.
When Walmart, the world’s biggest retailer started to report shortages in high-demand items, such as cleaning supplies, breakfast foods – and the most important commodity in any bathroom: toilet paper, warning signs were triggered amongst frightened customers.
Target also communicated it would enforce purchase limits if consumers resume hoarding behavior. According to Anna Nagurney, shortages are a possibility if the sanitary outbreak “adversely affect the labor supply chain. Plus, winter weather can bring additional supply chain disruptions in terms of transportation,” she added.
All in all, panic purchases are understandable considering consumers remember the frustrations of going from store to store in the early months of the health crisis, looking for essentials that suddenly become scarce. "And that pattern will only intensify as the number of virus cases increase and the holidays approach," Nagurney said.
A LendingTree survey has found that 86.7 million U.S. consumers have already begun stockpiling supplies for a potential winter wave of viral cases, with an additional 35% that affirmed to have plans to stockpile but haven't done so yet.
In contrast, the effects of those massive purchases are seen not only on store shelves but on consumers' wallets - 27% of them have been accumulating credit card debt related to these purchasings, and most of them have been laid off or furloughed to the economic recession. Moreover, a recent analysis described how hoarding behavior might result in food waste.
Concerned about the dark winter ahead consumers might be unconsciously setting the stage for much more economic deterioration, as they spend more and increase their debt, rush into the unnecessary purchase of several products, which consequently creates a shortage, lead prices to skyrocket, while perpetuating a disruptive cycle of panic-driven purchases that don’t hurt anyone but themselves."
