"Here Are 11 Statistics That Show How U.S. Consumers Are Faring In This Rapidly Deteriorating Economy"

"Here Are 11 Statistics That Show How U.S. Consumers

 Are Faring In This Rapidly Deteriorating Economy"

by Michael Snyder

"Prices are soaring, there are widespread shortages of certain items such as baby formula all over the nation, and at the same time U.S. economic activity appears to be really slowing down. Considering all of that, it makes perfect sense why the American people are feeling so negative about the economy right now. In fact, a whopping 85 percent of all Americans believe that there will be a recession within the next year. These days, it is virtually impossible to get Americans to overwhelmingly agree about anything, and so the fact that 85 percent of us are anticipating a recession is a really big deal. Just about everyone realizes that economic conditions are going to get worse, but for those of you that still doubt where we are headed here are 11 statistics that show how U.S. consumers are faring in this rapidly deteriorating economy…

#1 According to a Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll that was recently conducted, 56 percent of Americans say that their financial situations are getting worse, and only 20 percent of Americans say that their financial situations are improving.

#2 Another new survey has just discovered that 66 percent of Americans “have avoided social events because they’ve felt embarrassed or uncomfortable” about their financial situations.

#3 The housing bubble appears to be bursting. At this point, sales of new single family homes are falling at a very frightening pace…"Sales of new single-family houses in April plunged by 16.6% from March and by 26.9% from a year ago, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 591,000 houses, the lowest since lockdown April 2020, according to the Census Bureau today. Sales of new houses are registered when contracts are signed, not when deals close, and can serve as an early indicator of the overall housing market."

#4 After breaking the all-time national record in March, the average price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States has gone 42 cents above the old record and is now sitting at $4.59.

#5 The average age of a car on U.S. roads has reached an all-time record high of 12.2 years. Many Americans continue to delay replacing their current vehicles because new vehicles have become so unaffordable.

#6 Millions of American families are struggling with rapidly rising food prices…"The index for food away from home increased 7.2% over the last year, the Labor Department reported earlier this month. Food prices were up 9.4% in April from the same time last year - the biggest jump since April 1981, the Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported. And grocery store prices increased 10.8% for the year ended in April."

#7 U.S. natural gas futures just crossed the nine dollar threshold – the highest level that we have seen since the financial crisis of 2008. That means that much higher energy costs are on the way for U.S. consumers.

#8 Multiple Fed surveys are showing that manufacturing activity in the U.S. is really slowing down…"The slowdown in manufacturing activity on display in reports from the Federal Reserve banks of New York and Philadelphia was confirmed by a survey from the Richmond Fed indicating that factory activity contracted in the mid-Atlantic region in May. The Fifth District Survey of Manufacturing Activity index dropped 23 points from a positive reading of 14 in April to a minus nine, the lowest reading since May 2020, when much of the economy was still reeling from the onset of the pandemic and lockdowns."

#9 Zero Hedge is reporting extremely depressing news about U.S. macro data: “Other than April 2020 – when the entire economy was closed – May’s serial disappointment in US Macro data is the worst since Lehman”

#10 Thanks to plunging stock prices, approximately 20 trillion dollars in household net worth has been “wiped out” so far this year.

#11 A new CBS News/YouGov survey has found that 74 percent of Americans believe that things are going badly in this country and that 51 percent of Americans actually believe that Joe Biden is “incompetent”.

Right now, conditions are so similar to what we witnessed just before the financial crisis of 2008. If we had addressed our long-term problems back then, perhaps we would be in a much different place at the moment. But instead, we appear to be poised to repeat history in a lot of ways.

In fact, many experts believe that the crisis that is staring us in the face will be even worse than what we went through more than a decade ago. For example, just check out what Peter Schiff is saying…"This one is going to be even bigger because the economy has a lot more debt now than it did in 2008. And Americans are less able to pay it when interest rates rise because the balances are much greater. So, we’re in much worse shape as a result of all the bailouts and all the stimulus that papered over the last crisis. So, now the one we’re dealing with is going to be much worse because we kicked the can down the road instead of solving the problem when we had a chance.”

He makes some really great points. Every time there has been some sort of a crisis in our society, our leaders responded by showering the system with even more money. In 2008, the U.S. national debt crossed the 10 trillion dollar threshold. In 2022, the U.S. national debt has crossed the 30 trillion dollar threshold.

Our politicians have been systematically destroying our future, and most Americans didn’t seem to care. Now a day of reckoning has arrived, and it is going to be immensely painful. There is no silver bullet that is going to cure inflation.

The Federal Reserve is going to try to tame inflation by hiking interest rates, but that will just destroy the housing bubble and dramatically slow down the economy. And there is no silver bullet that is going to end the shortages that we are currently facing. We are now experiencing some of the consequences of decades of mismanagement, and a lot more pain is on the way."

- http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/

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"Energy Supply Shortages Threatens To Trigger Supply Chain Collapse And Push Prices To Skyrocket"

Full screen recommended.

"Energy Supply Shortages Threatens To Trigger 

Supply Chain Collapse And Push Prices To Skyrocket"

by Epic Economist

"We’re in the middle of the worst energy supply shortage the world has ever seen in over five decades. Everything you can imagine - from oil to diesel to jet fuel to natural gas – is in short supply right now. In fact, we’re being told that U.S. fuel reserves have hit dangerously low levels, and this is threatening to bring our already stressed supply chains to a halt as truck drivers struggle to bear the brunt of soaring fuel costs. On top of all that, even the nation’s electricity generation capacity is declining sharply, and power grid regulators are warning that extreme weather is likely to trigger rolling blackouts this summer which could result in widespread business shutdowns and potential water shortages.

In the United States, perilously low inventories of oil products and a shortage of refining capacity have laid the foundations for an oil shortage crisis in the country this summer. At this point, there isn't anything authorities can do to reverse this situation, as highlighted by Paul Sankey, Lead Analyst at Sankey Research, referring to the fact that a refinery cannot be built in time to ease the gasoline and diesel crunch. Since the onset of the health crisis, over 1 million barrels per day of refinery capacity in America has been shut permanently.The surge in consumer demand since economies reopened and people returned to travel, in addition to lower refining capacity and extremely tight distillate markets have pushed down U.S. fuel inventories to below seasonal averages and at multi-year lows, with record-low inventories reported on the East Coast.

The situation is worrying everyone in the industry – from executives to truckers – everybody is now fearing the devastating effects a fuel shortage can have on the economy in the months ahead. “I’ve seen fuel prices when I started out, a dollar something a gallon and we were squalling even back then. Now 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 dollars a gallon, it’s ludicrous, it’s out of hand, it’s going to drive the trucking industry out,” lamented Bart Costi, who has been a truck driver for decades. This massive shortage of fuels can cripple our already fragile supply chain. "If we don't have diesel, then we can't run," outlines Louis Campion, president and CEO of the Maryland Motor Truck Association. Even the U.S. Oil and Gas Association President Tim Stewart is alarmed about the situation. During an interview, Stewart said the U.S. is in the most challenging energy crisis in the last 50 years and the federal government has "no strategy" whatsoever to help the country get out of record-high gasoline and diesel prices.

At the same time, millions of Americans will be facing electricity shortages in the coming months as extreme weather overwhelms our aging power grid. The regulating authority that oversees the health of the nation’s electrical infrastructure released an alarming report about the dire state of the US power grid going into the summer. In its 2022 Summer Reliability Assessment, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, or NERC, pointed out that ongoing drought in several parts of the nation and heatwaves “could require system operators to use emergency procedures, up to and including temporary manual load shedding,” - also known as rolling blackouts.

The problem is that energy supplies are so fragile that there just won't be enough to go around, and power cuts will put lives at risk when heatwaves hits and there are no fans or air conditioners to provide relief from searing temperatures. Without power, the well-being of our population is going to be disrupted. Prolonged outages could also mean that tens of thousands of Americans are at risk of losing access to clean water, the economist added.

If blackouts persist, businesses can face mass shutdowns again, which will consequently bring a huge economic shock. But energy is not just a part of the economy. In a real, physical sense it is the economy. Energy is essential for everything we do. This means that an energy crisis can quickly become an everything crisis. And now, another disaster is looming. But unfortunately, very few Americans have any idea of just how profound the current energy crisis already is, and is about to become."

- https://www.youtube.com/

Musical Interlude: 2002, "Cycle of Time"

Full screen recommended.

2002, "Cycle of Time"

The Poet: Fernando Pessoa, “I Don’t Know If The Stars Rule The World”

“I Don’t Know If The Stars Rule The World”

“I don’t know if the stars rule the world,

Or if Tarot or playing cards

Can reveal anything.

I don’t know if the rolling of dice

Can lead to any conclusion.

But I also don’t know

If anything is attained

By living the way most people do.

Yes, I don’t know

If I should believe in this daily rising sun

Whose authenticity no one can guarantee me,

Or if it would be better (because better or more convenient)

To believe in some other sun,

One that shines even at night,

Some profound incandescence of things,

Surpassing my understanding.

For now...

(Let’s take it slow)

For now

I have an absolutely secure grip on the stair-rail,

I secure it with my hand –

This rail that doesn’t belong to me

And that I lean on as I ascend...

Yes... I ascend...

I ascend to this:

I don’t know if the stars rule the world.”

- Fernando Pessoa

"A Look to the Heavens"

"Galaxies don't normally look like this. NGC 6745 actually shows the results of two galaxies that have been colliding for only hundreds of millions of years. Just off the below digitally sharpened photograph to the lower right is the smaller galaxy, moving away. The larger galaxy, pictured above, used to be a spiral galaxy but now is damaged and appears peculiar. Gravity has distorted the shapes of the galaxies.

Although it is likely that no stars in the two galaxies directly collided, the gas, dust, and ambient magnetic fields do interact directly. In fact, a knot of gas pulled off the larger galaxy on the lower right has now begun to form stars. NGC 6745 spans about 80 thousand light-years across and is located about 200 million light-years away."

- http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120930.html

"I Realized..."

"Lifes impermanence, I realized, is what makes every

single day so precious. It's what shapes our time here.

It's what makes it so important that not a single moment be wasted."

- Wes Moore

"What the Elites at Davos Are Really Up To"

"What the Elites at Davos Are Really Up To"

by Doug Casey

"International Man: It’s that time of the year when a bunch of out-of-touch, self-anointed elites gather at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. It’s where they discuss the big issues of the day. The most influential world leaders attend, as do the CEOs of the largest companies, leaders in the mainstream media, and top academics. Central bankers attend too, along with a wide assortment of celebrities. What do you make of Davos and the people who attend it?

Doug Casey: Davos is an "invitation only" event for the "elite." The usual suspects, and almost uniformly horrible people. These people form a subculture. They’re all members, or hangers-on, of various Deep States. They prefer to associate with other people they consider to be peers. If it turns out you don’t share their worldview, you won’t get invited back.

It’s basically a love fest for the international ruling class. They like to get together, hang out, and schmooze, because they all know about each other, even if they don’t know each other personally. Talking about "important" issues with other "important" people gives meaning to their lives. That’s the essence of what goes on at Davos and similar conclaves.

Now, I know the conspiracy types say, "These people have gotten together to conspire against all of us little people." And some of that undoubtedly happens. That’s nothing new. In "The Wealth of Nations," Adam Smith pointed out that whenever people in the same business get together, they always conspire against the public. Of course. That’s human nature. It’s normal. What do you expect? But it’s not a conspiracy. The fact is that people with the same education, worldview, and economic status tend to think alike. And tend to help one another. It’s not some kind of conspiracy, any more than is a meeting of a local Lion’s Club.

A couple of years ago, I was mistakenly invited to attend a similar very elitist and globalist conference event in New York. It was made up of exactly the same people who show up at Davos and conferences like it. I found that I didn’t like them. And I strongly suspect they didn’t like me, even though I was on my best behavior. But that’s nothing new. I occasionally get invited to dinner parties in Aspen, with the same kind of people. But usually not more than once. Why might that be? Well, as you know, I say what I think. And that’s usually at odds with what the Masters of the Universe think.

International Man: In previous years, we’ve seen the people at Davos promote various themes that later became policy. For example, negative interest rates, the abolition of cash, and promoting mass migration were all hot topics at Davos before governments around the world started implementing them. What is going on here?

Doug Casey: These people are the self-righteous epitome of the Establishment. They’re absolutely opposed to free minds and free markets. They are, however, in a position to influence the policies of the governments that control much of the world’s economy. And they do. It doesn’t matter how much money and power they have; humans are genetically wired to want more. Now that, in itself, is not a bad thing. In fact, it’s a good thing. It’s responsible for taking humanity from beating on earth with sticks to sending rockets to the other planets.

The problem is that these people are not just willing, but anxious, to use coercion - the State - to get what they want. They camouflage their intentions with massive virtue signaling. For some time, they’ve directed their attention to fixing the planet.

In fact, the bigshots at Davos aren’t going to fix anything, except maybe a few elections. They don’t even understand the problems. But it’s not hard to understand their motives. Everybody, including the African goatherder with flies buzzing around his face, wants to be a bigshot. That’s true even if you only hang out at the local bar or the local Rotary Club. If you’re running with the big dogs, however, you probably want to be a bigshot at Davos.

In years past, mass migration was a major subject for them. Not the migration of Europeans to the Americas in the 19th century, however. Those were mobile, aggressive, opportunity-seeking people who wanted to leave stagnant and repressive cultures for personal freedom. They had zero in the way of state support.

Very unlike the migrants coming to Europe today, who aren’t being attracted by opportunity so much as welfare benefits and the soft life. They know Western Europe is a massive welfare state that provides free food, housing, medical care, schooling, and living expenses to all comers.

Today’s migrants are mostly unskilled, poorly educated, and many have a bad attitude. They - justifiably - hold their new host countries in contempt. The question arises why - since they’re almost all Muslims - they aren’t being welcomed by places like Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, or Brunei, which are wealthy Muslim countries.

There was a massive surge of migrants to Europe in 2015. But that was, I believe, just an overture to what’s coming. What we’re talking about here is the migration of millions of people of different languages, different races, different religions, different cultures, and different modes of living. If you’re an alien and you’re 1 out of 100, or 1,000, or even 10,000, you’re a curiosity, an interesting outsider. And you’d have to integrate into the new society. But an influx of millions of migrants can only destroy the old culture. And guarantee antagonism - especially when the locals are forced to pay for it.

It’s comparable to what happened 1,600 years ago with the migration of the Germanic barbarians into the Roman Empire. But potentially much more serious. The migration policies popular with the Davos crowd are creating minor chaos now, but world-class chaos is in the wings over the next decade. The population of Africa is growing by tens of millions per year while the population of Europe is collapsing. It will be interesting to watch London transform into Lagos North, as Paris starts looking like Kinshasa.

Another item that’s always on their agenda is central bank monetary policies. I’ll make a bet that Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is very much in the cards. MMT amounts to the basically unlimited creation of currency units to finance whatever governments want. It’s essentially Keynesianism on steroids. It seems inevitable because all the major governments are actually bankrupt. And the Deep State - Davos types - would far prefer to see things financed with inflation than taxes, because that could take stock markets much higher. And make corporate bailouts much easier."

- internationalman.com

"To Serve Man"

"To Serve Man"

by Brian Maher

"An invasive species - a globally invasive species - is loose. It is a fierce predator, an apex predator of vast appetites. Its limitless ambitions span the very globe. This fi-fo-fum presently besieges a small burgh high in the Alps of Switzerland. Private jets drop him in and haul him out. Rolex watches encircle his wrists, Armani clothing adorns his back. He rolls around in expensive automobiles pushed by electricity. What is this creature, precisely? Anthropologists label this being Homo Davos – Davos Man.

Where the Elite Meet: Each year he descends upon the high Swiss resort of Davos. There he lives a grand and gorgeous week in the company of like fellows. These are the kingpins, the chieftains, the great and the good…These are the one-worlders, the wowsers, the central planners, the pettifoggers, the pecksniffs, the humanitarians with guillotines…

These are the propaganda-drummers, the think-tankers, the deep staters…And these are the rent-seekers, the crony-capitalists, the idiots useful and non-useful. In Davos they huddle in astounding profusion, like locusts in a Dust Bowl farm. Why do they choose Davos?

Highly Symbolic: After all, Davos lacks the dining, drinking and entertainment venues of a Paris, of a London, of a New York. Our men inform us the resorts of St. Moritz and Gstaad - to name two alone - boast superior skiing. Yet Davos is the very penthouse of Europe. That is, Davos is the highest city on the continent, a sort of Olympus. Is it coincidence they select the highest city on the continent? We hazard it is far from coincidence. Its symbolism is vast.

As Davos Man is above you… you are beneath him… as the lord is above the serf… bigwig above little wig. From this high perch he sets the world to rights and bosses it about. And let it be known: Davos Man is a very vain and self-regarding fellow.

"The future is not just happening,” uber-Davos Man Klaus Schwab gloated this week, adding: The future is built by us, by a powerful community as you here in this room. We have the means to improve the state of the world…"

The Fatal Conceit: Thus Davos Man believes he is an unrivaled engineer - an unrivaled engineer of men. Yet here he falls into fatal error…Man’s toolmaking skills have made him the master of his physical surroundings… propelling him even into space beyond. Alas, man’s undeniable engineering skills have instilled in him a massive self-overestimation. He mistakes his ability to engineer his physical world for his ability to engineer his social world.

Mr. Hayek famously labeled it the “fatal conceit.” He mistakes the inner human universe for the external clockwork universe. In theory they are one - engineering is engineering. In reality they are two. The hormone-governed, capricious and willful human being has no existence along the engineer’s x and y axes. As well plot a love affair along the x and y axes… or a riot.

A Master Opportunist: He may be a poor social engineer, yet Davos Man is a masterful opportunist. He senses his chance and seizes it. Herr Schwab, from 2018’s convocation: "A new framework for global public-private cooperation has been taking shape. Public-private cooperation is about harnessing the private sector and open markets to drive economic growth for the public good, with environmental sustainability and social inclusiveness always in mind."

The preceding can be reduced to two words: crony capitalism. Davos Man will profit wildly from the government subsidies underwriting this “new framework for global public-private cooperation.” Unfortunately for the rest of us, it sounds much like the old framework. Yet the question remains: How precisely would Davos Man improve the state of the world? Through “global governance."

The Nation-State Is Obsolete: They argue the nation-state cannot scotch the world’s bugaboos - climate change, pandemics, economic inequality and a hundred other transnational evils. The sovereign and independent nation therefore represents something of an appendix. It may have once performed a useful service. Yet no longer. It is obsolete in today’s globalized world. Only global solutions can equal the herculean challenges. And so global institutions must rise above the nation, argues Davos Man… as the United States government must rise above Kansas and Oregon and Texas and Rhode Island.

Davos Man’s objective is to blackjack national governments into embracing enlightened "global" perspectives. These of course often war with national interests, at times vital national interests - hence the blackjacking. Above we mentioned climate change. Climate change is Davos Man’s greatest hobbyhorse. It is his central fixation.

The Globalist Lever to Move the World: Climate change is, after all, a menace truly global. Only a concerted global effort can rout it. And the weaponry required is readily on offer: Centralized economic planning, taxation, wealth redistribution… all on a global scale. Imagine it - placing a taxable claim on the very respiration of civilization - carbon dioxide.

Old Archimedes claimed he could move the world with a lever of adequate length: “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” Carbon dioxide is the globalists’ lever. The alpine city of Davos is his fulcrum. From there he intends to move the world. Is it coincidence - then - that one-third of panel discussions this week in Davos address climate change?

How to Solve “Eco-Anxiety”: Peter Prengaman is the Associated Press' global climate and environmental news director. He claims these panels “range from combating “eco-anxiety" to helping debt-ridden countries finance a renewable transition.” How they intend to ease eco-anxiety, we do not pretend to know. Yet we would soothe their fears by reminding them of Davos Man’s botched forecasts…In 1988, the United Nations fretted the Maldives would be under the water by 2018. Yet in 2022 the Maldives jut high above the water. They drive a flourishing tourist trade.

Mr. Albert Gore soothsaid in 2009 that the polar ice cap may vanish by 2014.Eight years on, the ice still caps Earth’s poles. It shows little sign of liquefying. In certain locations it is in fact thickening.

In 2009 climatologist of climatologists - Prince Charles - shrieked that humanity had but eight years to save Earth. In 2022, five years past the midnight deadline… Earth pegs along yet.

Examples as these multiply and multiply. Only the wayward economic crystal-gazings of the Federal Reserve possibly rival them.

Do as I Say, Not as I Say! Davos Man likes to moan about the flying public. He argues they should limit their air travel to reduce carbon emissions. There is irony here - irony twinned with the common human vice of hypocrisy.

Davos Man may sob about aviation emissions all he pleases. He nonetheless rockets around in private jets… expanding his “carbon footprint” to proportions truly obscene. Here is a certain Matthew Finch. He is with an outfit labeled the Transport & Environment campaign group: "The average private jet, and we are not talking Air Force One, emits two tons of CO2 for every hour in flight. It can’t be stressed enough how bad private jets are for the environment. It is the worst way to travel…"

To put it in context, the total carbon footprint of an ordinary citizen - including everywhere they travel and everything they consume - is around eight tons a year. So an executive or politician taking one long-haul private flight will burn more CO2 than several normal people do in a year.

To Serve Man: Davos Man is nonetheless out to save the climate - and the world. Yet we trust Davos Man with our future no more than we trust a dog with our dinner. And so we conclude with the irreplaceable Mencken: “The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”

We are reminded of the old Twilight Zone series. In one episode an apparently benevolent alien race descends upon Earth. They bear a book with them: "To Serve Man." Only too late did the humans realize it was a cookbook…"

- dailyreckoning.com

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"Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World"

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Full screen recommended.

The Twilight Zone, "To Serve Man"

Celente and the Judge, "Princeton U, How Low Can You Go And How Stupid Can You Be?"

Celente and the Judge, 5/25/22:

"Princeton U, How Low Can You Go 

And How Stupid Can You Be?"

"The Trends Journal is a weekly magazine analyzing global current events forming future trends. Our mission is to present Facts and Truth over fear and propaganda to help subscribers prepare for What’s Next in these increasingly turbulent times."

- https://trendsresearch.com/

"System Shutdown; More Credit Card Chaos; Economic Fantasyland; Inflation Cooling?"

Jeremiah Babe, 5/25/22:

"System Shutdown; More Credit Card Chaos; 

Economic Fantasyland; Inflation Cooling?"

Gregory Mannarino, "US Economy Dead; Consumer Weak; Inflation Surging"

Gregory Mannarino, PM 5/25/22:

"US Economy Dead; Consumer Weak; Inflation Surging"

- https://traderschoice.net/

The Daily "Near You?"

Argyle, Texas, USA. Thanks for stopping by!

"The Level Of Evil In Our Society Is Off The Charts"

"The Level Of Evil In Our Society Is Off The Charts"

by Michael Snyder

"What in the world has happened to our society? Every day I scour dozens of news websites as I do research for my articles and upcoming books, and every day I am horrified by all of the evil that I encounter. We are a deeply, deeply sick society, and more symptoms emerge with each passing day. For example, what would cause an 18-year-old to walk into an elementary school and start gunning down young children? When I was growing up, I never once imagined something like that could possibly ever happen in any of the public schools that I attended. But now this sort of thing is becoming a regular occurrence in America, and the great tragedy that we witnessed on Tuesday quickly made headlines all over the nation…

A gunman opened fire at an elementary school in Uvalde on Tuesday, killing 19 students and one teacher, Gov. Greg Abbott said. The gunman, identified by law enforcement as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, was also killed, Abbott said. Ramos was reportedly a student at Uvalde High School or was a former student, Abbott said. Uvalde Police Chief Pete Arredondo said it appears that Ramos acted alone. It was not immediately clear how many people, in addition to the dead, were wounded, but Arredondo said there were “several injuries.” It is also being reported that Ramos actually shot his own grandmother before going over to the school…"The suspect also allegedly shot his grandmother before entering the school and again opening fire, Abbott said. He did not say anything further about her condition."

Decades ago, this sort of incident would have been talked about for years. But most Americans will forget all about this shooting a few days from now, and that is because school shootings have become incredibly common in our day and time. In fact, this was the 27th school shooting in the United States so far this year. How many of them can you name?

Our schools are not safe anymore, and this is one of the big reasons why so many parents are turning to homeschooling. Of course it isn’t just our schools that have become danger zones. At this point, major urban areas all over the country are rapidly being transformed into war zones. According to the CDC, the number of firearm homicides jumped almost 35 percent just from 2019 to 2020…"The United States suffered 19,350 firearm homicides in 2020, up nearly 35 percent compared to 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in its latest data."

Sadly, getting shot and killed is not the only thing our kids have to be concerned about these days. There is also the possibility that they could be abducted and forced into sex slavery. This actually happened to one extremely unfortunate 15-year-old girl that attended a Dallas Mavericks game a few weeks ago…"A 15-year-old Texas girl was rescued by police 10 days after she was kidnapped at a basketball game while using the bathroom, then trafficked by pedophiles. The unidentified teenager’s father raised the alarm shortly after she left to use the restroom and didn’t return to her seat at a Dallas Maverick game in the American Airline Center on April 8." She was one of the lucky ones. There are countless others that are never rescued.

But at least our kids should be safe in church, right? Wrong. There are sexual predators there too, and sometimes they are even in the pulpit. On Sunday, a woman named Bobi Gephart that had her virginity taken by a pastor when she was just 16 years old confronted him in front of the entire congregation…"Turning to Lowe, she continued: ‘I was just 16 when you took my virginity on your office floor. Do you remember that? I know you do. You did things to to my teenage body that should have never been done. If you can’t admit the truth, you have to answer to God. You are not the victim here.’

I can’t even begin to describe how evil this is. And her husband stated that this abuse lasted for a total of nine years…"Bobi’s husband Nate then added: ‘This is a lie. This is not just adultery. It’s another level. It happened for nine years. When she was 15, 16, the grooming started.’

I wish that this was an isolated incident, but it isn’t. In fact, a new report has revealed widespread sexual misconduct in one of the largest Christian denominations in the entire nation…"Leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention publicly apologized to victims of sexual abuse within the denomination and vowed to make public a private database of offenders in response to an explosive report detailing allegations of sexual misconduct and cover-up.

On Tuesday, SBC leaders gathered to discuss a historic investigation report from Guidepost Solutions that found that the denomination’s leadership mishandled widespread sexual abuse allegations, ignored and silenced victims and engaged in an abusive pattern of intimidation largely to avoid liability." This shouldn’t be happening. People go to church to find God, but in way too many instances they are encountering predators instead.

We have become a deeply, deeply wicked country, and it is getting worse with each passing year. It is in this sort of environment that exceedingly wicked leaders can emerge. In fact, the guy currently in the White House has been telling mammoth lie after mammoth lie for decades…

Stumbled across this montage from the doomed Biden ‘88 campaign and I’m crying at the McLaughlin Group reactions at the end. pic.twitter.com/A9etqn8J4H 

- Jimmy (@JimmyPrinceton) May 23, 2022

If we lived in a just society filled with decent people, such a man could never have a career in politics. Of course the entire world is headed in the same direction, and that has enabled someone like Klaus Schwab to become one of the most important leaders on the entire planet…

Not concerning at all the guy who wants to take over the world has a bust of Lenin on his bookshelf. pic.twitter.com/krmtSrfKiW

- Jesse Kelly Show (@JesseKellyShow) May 24, 2022

This week, Schwab boldly told the elite gathered at Davos that “the future is being built by us”…

NEW – Klaus Schwab tells attendees at his World Economic Forum in Davos that "the future is being built by us." pic.twitter.com/yIqB4jclNd

- Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) May 23, 2022

Sadly, to a very large degree he is correct. They are trying to construct their version of “utopia”, but their plans are starting to crumble as a “perfect storm” of war, economic troubles, food shortages, energy problems and major pestilences hammers their efforts from all sides.

As I have tried to explain for many years, ultimately they will fail. They have destroyed everything that our forefathers worked so hard to build, and in the end their efforts will be destroyed as well. But right now just about every form of evil that you can possibly imagine is flourishing in our society, and that should deeply sicken all of us."

- https://www.investmentwatchblog.com

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"I'm Rightly Tired..."

“I'm rightly tired of the pain I hear and feel, boss. I'm tired of bein' on the road, lonely as a robin in the rain. Not never havin' no buddy to go on with or tell me where we's comin' from or goin' to or why. I'm tired of people bein' ugly to each other. It feels like pieces of glass in my head. I'm tired of all the times I've wanted to help and couldn't. I'm tired of bein' in the dark. Mostly it's the pain. There's too much. If I could end it, I would. But I can't.”

- Stephen King, "The Green Mile"

"Running on Empty" (Excerpt)

"Running on Empty," Part I (Excerpt)

by Contemplations On the Tree Of Woe

Excerpt: "The Russo-Ukraine War has at this point been ongoing for several months. Even if the war were to end tomorrow (which it won’t), it has already had a massive effect on the globe, with food crises, mass migrations, and enormous expenditure of blood and treasure. The biggest effect of the war, though, is only beginning. America’s global hegemony is based on the petrodollar system and the Russo-Ukraine war is rapidly bringing that system to an end. The end of the petrodollar will be the end of the world order as we have known it since 1945.

Though the U.S. petrodollar system is perhaps the most important economic structure in the world, it is almost never discussed in mainstream sources. Therefore, before I write about the future, I’m going to write first about the past and present. Part I of this series will explain what the petrodollar system is and what its financial effects have been. In Part II, I’ll explain its implications for foreign policy and how that led to the Russo-Ukraine War. In Part III, I’ll explain how the system is breaking down and what might happen next."

Please view this complete article here:

- https://treeofwoe.substack.com/

Bill Bonner, "Rules for Thee"

"Rules for Thee"

"What if the Feds are NOT as incompetent as they appear...

 if this is all part of the plan?"

by Bill Bonner

Paris, France - "Norwegian finance CEO Kjerstin Braathen spoke to the World Economic Forum this week. She was rehearsing a consistent elite theme – the need to move to a greener economy: “We need to accept that there will be SOME PAIN in the process… shortages on energy, inflationary pressures… that pain is actually worth it because if we don’t…there’s no economy, there’s no welfare…”

Is it true? Without carbon emission controls will we have no economy? No producing? No buying and selling? No trade? No income? No bussing, schlepping and toting? Of course, it’s nonsense. Economies work… even on hot days. But every tornado and heat wave is taken as a foretaste of catastrophe – like the whiff of a gas leak before an explosion.

Commoner Disregard: We don’t know how the world’s weather will evolve… nor exactly what it will mean for life on earth. Nor do we know whether temperatures could be controlled by eliminating carbon emissions… nor whether it would be worth trying. Nobody does. But there are plenty of climate modelers to spread alarm. And what they have in common is a common disregard for the common man.

Ms. Braathen did not mention it, but Norway is uncommonly rich, with a huge nationally-owned wealth fund. Where did the money come from? Selling North Sea oil. And now, with so much money made in the fossil fueled economy, Ms. Braathen and the Establishment can look forward to a post-fossil fuel world. They need not worry about a marginal increase in the price of gasoline… or the pain that may be inflicted by shortages or inflation. The nomenklatura can afford to spend a little more for gasoline… and enjoy their hot summers in Aspen or on Cape Cod.

Bloomberg: "A Hot, Deadly Summer Is Coming With Frequent Blackouts." There won’t be enough energy supplies to go around as sweltering heat boosts power demand in the months ahead, putting lives at risk.

As you know, dear reader, here at Bonner Private Research, our hearts bleed for the poor, the oppressed, the downtrodden, the half-wit and half-smart masses… the underdogs and diehards, who are over-taxed, over-bossed and over burdened. The suits have their vanities and fantasies; the working classes pay for them. They fight the wars. They pay the taxes. They stand in line, fill out forms, and wait for orders. And now, they are being set up for another rip-off.

Fox News: "The national average gas price is up 35% since President Biden touted his "major effort" to bring down the costs of fuel. On November 24, 2021, Biden announced his administration’s launch of "a major effort to reduce the price of gas at your corner gas station" as prices across America were ticking up. "We’re launching a major effort to moderate the price of oil," the president said in a speech. "An effort that will span the globe in its reach, and ultimately reach your corner gas station, God willing."

Was God unwilling? Or was the ‘major effort’ just another major fraud? Inflation is an opportunity for the elite… and a scourge of the common man. It forces him to tighten his belt, to do without, to downsize and downgrade. At the margin – where nearly a billion of the planet’s poorest people live – it is worse than a nuisance. Almost all their money goes to pay for vittles; higher priced food means less to eat.

A Ruse by Any Other Name: But what if the feds’ major efforts to bring inflation under control were phony? The Fed says it will raise its key rate by 100 more basis points this year – or 1%. Does anyone really think that will be enough to stop 9% inflation? But maybe the Fed is not as incompetent as it appears. What if the real agenda were to let inflation rip? Maybe it would be ‘actually worth it?’ The proletariat will burn less fuel. The masses will eat less food. And they will take up less space on the ferry to Nantucket.

And what if Ms. Braathen and the whole crème de la crème de la crème – meeting in Davos, Switzerland… or perhaps in Nice, France, where Ms. Braathen went to school… or the Upper East Side of Manhattan… or Chelsea…what if they would actually feel good about it, because… well… wouldn’t ‘de-growth’ be good for the planet?

And maybe the deplorables could be persuaded that ‘saving the planet’ was a worthy, even urgent, goal? Then, they would accept their poverty gracefully – as they now bear airport screening and Covid rules…in the mistaken belief that it is for a good cause."

- bonnerprivateresearch@substack.com

"Massive Price Increases At Walmart! This Is Getting Crazy! What's Coming?"

Full screen recommended.

Adventures with Danno, 5/25/22:

"Massive Price Increases At Walmart! 

This Is Getting Crazy! What's Coming?"

"In today's vlog we are at Walmart and are noticing massive 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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Related:

"US Middle Class Is Shutting Down As 

Spending By The Rich Remains Robust"

“You know, I've been around the ruling class all my life, and I've been 

quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country.” 

- Gore Vidal

And how are you doing, Good Citizen?

"Markets are Imploding - More Pain Ahead"

Full screen recommended.

Dan, iAllegedly 5/25/22:

"Markets are Imploding - More Pain Ahead"

"The Feds action has completely destroyed the markets. Entire industries are suffering right now. We are seeing the real estate market finally turn with April being a horrible month for sales across the country. Prices for real estate continue to go up and show the interest rates."

Gregory Mannarino, "The Coming Debt Market Meltdown; US Economy Is Done"

Gregory Mannarino, AM 5/25/22:

"The Coming Debt Market Meltdown; US Economy Is Done"

- https://traderschoice.net/

"How It Really, Tragically, Is"

 
Oh, please God, help us...

Samuel Barber, "Adagio For Strings"

“But I couldn't respond. My culture had taught me all the wrong things well. So I lay completely still, and gave no reaction at all. But the soul has no culture. The soul has no nations. The soul has no color or accent or way of life. The soul is forever. The soul is one. And when the heart has its moment of truth and sorrow, the soul can't be stilled. I clenched my teeth against the stars. I closed my eyes. I surrendered to sleep. One of the reasons why we crave love, and seek it so desperately, is that love is the only cure for loneliness, and shame, and sorrow. But some feelings sink so deep into the heart that only loneliness can help you find them again. Some truths about yourself are so painful that only shame can help you live with them. And some things are just so sad that only your soul can do the crying for you.”

- Gregory David Roberts, "Shantaram"

Greg Hunter, "CV19 Virus & Vax About Control Not Health – Dr. Michael Yeadon"

"CV19 Virus & Vax About Control Not Health – Dr. Michael Yeadon"

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com

"Dr. Michael Yeadon was a chief scientist in drug discovery research and also a VP at Pfizer for 20 years. He has been sounding the alarm about the Covid “lies” being told and warning the so-called vaccines for CV19 are “neither safe or effective.” Yeadon contends the entire Covid plandemic is just a piece of the puzzle in a much wider plan by “evil” globalists. Yeadon contends, “Governments all around the world have lied to their people in the same set of absurd ways simultaneously. So, it’s not a mistake. It’s not copycat because it’s so obviously stupid that if a neighboring country did it and you weren’t in on it, you would say I don’t want to do that, it’s literally absurd, and yet every country except Sweden did it. Pretty much all the countries of the world did the same absurd things at the same time. The reason why I have said this repeatedly is you will not get stronger evidence of ‘Super-National’ evidence behind the scenes. There ain’t no way this happens by telepathy. They must have agreed to do this.”

When will the medical tyranny be over? Dr. Yeadon says, “It’s never going to be over. Why would they do this? I think it’s to end the model of free humanity. It’s literally going to do that. It’s going to smash the currency, and that will bring an end to the economic system that has taken 300 or 400 years to build, and we don’t have a suitable replacement. Let’s say the currency does not buy anything. What will governments do? Let them starve or ration the food that is remaining? I think they will do the latter, and then they will need an ID system to make sure you don’t get two rations. You see where this is going? I think this was designed to end the world we just came out of. The objective is control. It’s not about money. It’s not about to make a bit more loot out of our hides. I am not saying some people have not made money. Yes, they have, but is it the driving underlying motive? I don’t think it is in any way, shape or form. It’s control. How would they get control? I think ultimately by marking you with a vaccine, and you don’t need a vaccine.”

On the mRNA first-of-a-kind gene therapy vaccines, Dr. Yeadon, who was chief Pfizer scientist in drug discovery research, warns, “We have no mass market so-called gene-based vaccines. They use DNA and messenger RNA to encode a piece of the virus, and then it hijacks your cells to become factories for a bit of the virus. There is no precedent for that whatsoever. It’s a hideous, dangerous thing. Why? I describe it like a little go-cart or racing cart. The engine is running, and someone puts a big house brick on the throttle and then lets it go. That’s like these gene-based vaccines. There is no off switch! Some people will make lots and lots of whatever it’s coding, which is the virus or spike protein. They will make loads of it for ages. None of the manufacturers were required to study how long their material would stay in the body. So, when people rolled up their sleeve, my word, they were trusting. I read the packages, and I said I am not going to have this stuff. When they say the CV19 vax is safe, I say you have no idea if it is safe. You have literally not done the experiments.”

Dr. Yeadon also talks about Monkey Pox, more lies on future vaccines, mass murder and the fight we face, which Dr. Yeadon describes as, “It’s evil what has gone on, and I do think this is a diabolical push.” There is much more in the in-depth 1 hour and 18 minute interview."

- https://usawatchdog.com/

Join Greg Hunter on Rumble as he talks to Dr. Michael Yeadon, former 20-year Pfizer VP, as he explains why the so-called CV19 vax is “dangerous,” “not effective” and is “being used for control,” not your health."

- https://rumble.com/

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"Unthinkable Thoughts"

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"The Vaccine Death Report"

by David John Sorenson and Dr. Vladimir Zelenko, MD

"Purpose: The purpose of this report is to document how all over the world millions of people have died, and hundreds of millions of serious adverse events have occurred, after injections with the experimental mRNA gene therapy. We also reveal the real risk of an unprecedented genocide.

Facts: We aim to only present scientific facts and stay away from unfounded claims. The data is clear and verifiable. Over one hundred references can be found for all presented information, which is provided as a starting point for further investigation.

Complicity: The data suggests that we may currently be witnessing the greatest organized mass murder in the history of our world. The severity of this situation compels us to ask this critical question: will we rise to the defense of billions of innocent people? Or will we permit personal profit over justice, and be complicit? Networks of lawyers all over the world are preparing class-action lawsuits to prosecute all who are serving this criminal agenda. To all who have been complicit so far, we say: There is still time to turn and choose the side of truth. Please make the right choice."

Freely download "The Vaccine Death Report" here:

- https://www.stopworldcontrol.com/

Must Watch! "State of Emergency: Everything is Imploding"

Full screen recommended.

Canadian Prepper, 5/24/22:

"State of Emergency: Everything is Imploding"

"Hungary has declared a state of emergency, China and Russia hold joint military exercises with bombers near Japan. China threatens wholesale retaliation if US intervenes in Taiwans quest for independence, George Soros warns about WW3 and Nuclear armageddon, Germany to restart Coal plants, the Kremlin plots their next move as they await the influx of billions in weapons and aid to Kyiv, Famine and civil unrest in impacted countries is mere months away."

Musical Interlude: The Moody Blues, “Blue World”

Full screen recommended.

The Moody Blues, “Blue World”

"A Look to the Heavens"

"Why does this galaxy have such a long tail? In this stunning vista, based on image data from the Hubble Legacy Archive, distant galaxies form a dramatic backdrop for disrupted spiral galaxy Arp 188, the Tadpole Galaxy. The cosmic tadpole is a mere 420 million light-years distant toward the northern constellation of the Dragon (Draco). Its eye-catching tail is about 280 thousand light-years long and features massive, bright blue star clusters.

One story goes that a more compact intruder galaxy crossed in front of Arp 188 - from right to left in this view - and was slung around behind the Tadpole by their gravitational attraction. During the close encounter, tidal forces drew out the spiral galaxy's stars, gas, and dust forming the spectacular tail. The intruder galaxy itself, estimated to lie about 300 thousand light-years behind the Tadpole, can be seen through foreground spiral arms at the upper right. Following its terrestrial namesake, the Tadpole Galaxy will likely lose its tail as it grows older, the tail's star clusters forming smaller satellites of the large spiral galaxy."

- https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210621.html

'Knowing..."

“Knowing can be a curse on a person’s life. I’d traded in a pack of lies for a pack of truth, and I didn’t know which one was heavier. Which one took the most strength to carry around? It was a ridiculous question, though, because once you know the truth, you can’t ever go back and pick up your suitcase of lies. Heavier or not, the truth is yours now.”

- Sue Monk Kidd

"I Find It Shocking And Absurd..."

 

Gerald Celente, "You Want A War? Fight It Out! Leave Us Out Of It"

Full screen recommended.

Very strong language alert!

Gerald Celente, 5/24/22:

"You Want A War? Fight It Out! Leave Us Out Of It"

- https://trendsresearch.com/

"America, how low can you go? How stupid can you be?"

- Gerald Celente

"The Apocalyptic Global Food Crisis That We Were Told To Prepare For Has Already Started In 2022"

Full screen recommended.

"The Apocalyptic Global Food Crisis That We Were 

Told To Prepare For Has Already Started In 2022"

by Epic Economist

"We have been warned that a devastating food crisis would hit the entire planet sooner rather than later. But most of us didn’t imagine things would actually escalate so quickly. The global food crisis we were told to prepare for is already upon us, and it is reaching apocalyptic proportions as problems continue to pile up. Millions of people that are already facing hunger will be pushed to the brink of starvation in the coming months. Even those who have been insulated from such problems up until this point are likely to experience food insecurity this year as shortages become far more extensive than anticipated. Farmers, industry executives, and global authorities are saying that there isn’t going to be enough food for everyone in 2022. And if all of that seems too hard to believe, hopefully, you’ll change your mind and start preparing after your watch this video.

The food crisis that is now unfolding all over the world is developing so rapidly that global leaders are getting extremely fearful about the short-term future of humanity. In recent weeks, a number of authorities, industry executives, and farmers came forward to warn about the severity of the situation. On Saturday, the CEO of Gro Intelligence told the UN Security Council that the world will enter a critical phase in less than three months as food supplies continue to get tighter and tighter. Sara Menker alerted that the planet only has 10 weeks’ worth of wheat left to deal with the crisis before it reaches catastrophic levels.

We are all going to be affected by this tragedy, but we have to remind ourselves that we were already heading towards a historic global food crisis way before the conflict in Ukraine erupted, and one of the main factors fueling this disaster is the fact that fertilizers are in short supply everywhere in the world, and prices are surging to unprecedented highs.

Massive fertilizer shortages are leaving farmers, fertilizer companies, and governments around the globe scrambling to avert a seemingly inevitable tumble in crop yields. And while some farmers in the western world can still afford to pay the higher prices, in poorer nations, millions of farmers are being forced to cut back on fertilizer, and in some cases, abandon their crops altogether. Consequently, food production will be way down this year.

Sadly, this is just the tip of the iceberg. The real problem will be the food that is not grown and not harvested this year. Soon, winter wheat will be harvested in the U.S., and according to Bloomberg data, thanks to the historic drought in the western half of the country it is being projected that the total amount harvested will be the smallest in almost 60 years.

“Some farmers already are writing off losses from parched grains. The US Department of Agriculture expects lower yields in Kansas, the top-growing state for hard red winter wheat, a staple relied on for bread flour. The shortfall is seen by USDA as pushing national production to the smallest since 1963,” Bloomberg reported. We have to consider that in 1963, the population of the United States was 189 million. Today, the population of the United States is 329 million. This crisis is so serious that the vast majority of us have absolutely no frame of reference for what is about to happen. A “perfect storm” is already upon us, and the most worrying part of it all is that most of us remain completely and utterly unprepared for it."

- https://www.epiceconomist.com/

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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AO2jPY3ntY

"Don't Buy A House Or Car Now, It's Time To Prepare; Markets Should Have Crashed Today; Tech Destroyed"

Full screen recommended.

Jeremiah Babe, PM 5/24/22:

"Don't Buy A House Or Car Now, It's Time To Prepare;

 Markets Should Have Crashed Today; Tech Destroyed"

Gregory Mannarino, "The Market Is 100% Fake And The FED Is Buying It"

Gregory Mannarino, PM 5/24/22:

"The Market Is 100% Fake And The FED Is Buying It"

- https://traderschoice.net/

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