"The Shortages Are Global, And We Are Being Warned That They Will Intensify"

"The Shortages Are Global,

 And We Are Being Warned That They Will Intensify"

by Michael Snyder

"The global economy was supposed to be getting back to “normal” by now, but instead more problems are erupting with each passing day. As I write this article, supply chains all over the planet are in a state of chaos. The worldwide computer chip shortage is making things very difficult for thousands upon thousands of manufacturers, the process of moving products across our oceans has become insanely expensive and is often plagued by horrendous delays, and a lack of truck drivers is causing enormous headaches when it comes to transporting goods to retailers and consumers in a timely manner. We have never seen anything like this before, and at this point even CNN is admitting that “the disruption to global supply chains is getting worse”…

The vast network of ports, container vessels and trucking companies that moves goods around the world is badly tangled, and the cost of shipping is skyrocketing. That’s troubling news for retailers and holiday shoppers. More than 18 months into the pandemic, the disruption to global supply chains is getting worse, spurring shortages of consumer products and making it more expensive for companies to ship goods where they’re needed.

Earlier this year, some of the economic optimists were projecting that we would experience a tremendous “economic boom” during the second half of 2021. But now we are facing empty shelves, shortages and major headaches in the months ahead. One shipping executive that was interviewed by CNN says that things won’t get any better until “the first quarter of 2022 at the earliest”…"Shipping companies expect the global crunch to continue. That’s massively increasing the cost of moving cargo and could add to the upward pressure on consumer prices. “We currently expect the market situation only to ease in the first quarter of 2022 at the earliest,” Hapag-Lloyd chief executive Rolf Habben Jansen said in a recent statement."

Here in the U.S., quite a few experts are now making very bleak predictions about the upcoming holiday season. But we are definitely not alone. Over in the UK, it is being reported that the “worst supply-chain crisis since the 1970s” could potentially “ruin Christmas”.

One of the big problems that the British are facing is an unprecedented shortage of truck drivers and warehouse workers. Business leaders are begging for more EU workers to be allowed into the country, because they believe that will help to alleviate the crisis. Empty shelves and shortages are now a daily reality in the UK, and some large fast food chains are now being forced to completely drop certain items from their menus… "Gaps on supermarket shelves have been spotted across the country due to a combination of factors, including lorry driver shortages and Covid."

Supplier issues have also led to shortages at fast food chains like McDonald’s, Nandos and KFC, with some items missing from menus and branches closed. Greggs is the latest to say that it’s short on food faves and Costa Coffee has reduced its menu due to the supply chain chaos. Could you imagine going into a McDonald’s and not being able to order a milkshake?

Sadly, that has now become a reality at every single location in the United Kingdom… "McDonald’s says it has pulled milkshakes from the menu in all 1,250 of its British restaurants because of supply problems stemming from a shortage of truck drivers. The fast-food chain says it is also experiencing shortages of bottled drinks."

Here in the United States, we are dealing with similar issues. At this point, it is being reported that finding new truck drivers to hire in this country is “next to impossible”…"Finding truck drivers is “next to impossible,” he said, while freight costs are rising daily. The company’s orders are arriving late and consequently facing delays in being sent to customers. On the outbound side, on-time deliveries are still above 50% but have fallen from the usual rate of more than 90%. “We all thought it would be over by now. It’s just one thing after another,” he said. “This is going to be the norm for a while.”

For decades, we have been taking our truck drivers for granted. We pay them poorly, we treat them like dirt, and we make them work ridiculously long hours. But without truck drivers, our country simply cannot function. These days, most young people don’t want jobs that require a lot of hard, physical work and that don’t pay very well. Instead, they would rather make money producing Tik Tok videos or becoming Instagram influencers.

Traditionally, truck drivers have been strong, physical men with traditional values. Of course our society likes to demonize such individuals these days, but maybe this crisis will get everyone to understand that we actually need them.

Even if we had enough truck drivers, we would still be facing a wide range of shortages because of the global shortage of computer chips…"A global shortage of computer chips is causing major headaches for American manufacturers. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the disruption of supply chains and manufacturing the world over. Manufacturers of computer chips in Asia have been especially hard hit. And that means companies that make products that rely on such chips are feeling the pinch."

As I have warned previously, the computer chip shortage is causing massive headaches for thousands of other industries. We should have never become so dependent on chip production from Asia, and now we are paying a great price.

Yesterday, I discussed the fact that Kamala Harris is warning parents to buy their Christmas presents now because of the severe shortages that are looming on the horizon. On Fox News, contributor Leo Terrell said that this “sounds like a very dangerous warning sign”… "Fox News contributor Leo Terrell expressed concern on “Fox & Friends” Tuesday that Democrats are aiming to shut down the U.S. economy again after Vice President Kamala Harris advised shoppers to consider buying Christmas presents now due to global supply chain issues.

"LEO TERRELL: That scares me because that sounds like shutdown, that sounds like we’re going to expect that the economy is going to basically be locked down again. And that’s frightening. Again, the Democrats have used the pandemic to control Americans. And basically that sounds like a very dangerous warning sign."

Yes, I would definitely categorize her statement as a “warning sign”. This is not going to be a “normal” holiday season. And 2022 will definitely not be “normal” either. We have moved into crazy times, and they are only going to get crazier. A lot of people didn’t want to listen to warnings from people like me at first, but now seeing empty shelves and shortages is starting to wake some of them up. Our economic infrastructure is being shaken, and many are starting to realize that the “invincible” U.S. economy is not actually so invincible after all."

- https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/

Gregory Mannarino, "AM/PM 8/26/21"

Gregory Mannarino, AM 8/26/21:

"MELTDOWN: Its Getting Worse RAPIDLY, 

And THIS Is What's Coming Next"

- https://traderschoice.net/

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Gregory Mannarino, PM 8/26/21:

"The Fed. ADMITS 'Inflation Is Not Moderating'"

- https://traderschoice.net/

"How It Really Is"

"It's Too Late To Save Christmas And The Economy; Leaving California For Kentucky?"

Jeremiah Babe, PM 8/25/21:

"It's Too Late To Save Christmas And The Economy; 

Leaving California For Kentucky?"

"Empty Shelves, Severe Shortages And Widespread Crop Failures Are Ahead In The Fall Of 2021"

Full screen recommended.

"Empty Shelves, Severe Shortages And Widespread

 Crop Failures Are Ahead In The Fall Of 2021"

by Epic Economist

"Morale is plummeting all across the nation and the latest events are only making the overall mood of our society increasingly sour. Just as we thought it was finally ending, the health crisis is starting to become a major concern once again. At the same time, the Afghanistan crisis is probably the greatest embarrassment in modern American history, and it's making Biden's approval sink like a rock as it becomes clear that he is completely incompetent and extremely impulsive when it comes to making important decisions. And very soon Americans will be even more stressed out about the consequences of his reckless measures because as fall months approach, more shortages will emerge, and our store shelves are going to get significantly emptier, especially considering that supply chain problems are just one factor contributing to the lack of everyday products. It looks like we're also headed to a very bad harvest season. Unfortunately, this is what the new normal looks like, and it's not as rosy as most people were expecting.

Data released by the Department of Agriculture suggested that we might lose a big part of our spring wheat harvest this fall due to dry weather conditions. About 63% of the U.S. spring wheat crop is in poor or very poor condition, versus 6% at this time last year. This means that our agricultural production isn't going to meet expectations and our domestic food supply chain will be just as strained as the global food supply chain.

Global hunger will continue to spread and rapidly grow, and that's extremely concerning because global hunger has already been rising at a very alarming rate. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, global hunger increased by 118 million people in 2021, the highest increase since 2006. And now that disasters and rising prices are preventing large populations from accessing food supplies, food insecurity is spreading like a virus. According to the UN food agency’s price index, which measures a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy products, meat, and sugar, world food prices rose 33.9% year-on-year in June. The UN Food Agency highlighted that the global food price index hit the highest level since 2011. Moreover, food insecurity increased by 40% compared to a year ago.

Although many Americans still think our country might be immune to this sort of unrest, they should start thinking twice and preparing for the worse now that even the vice President is warning of imminent shortages at the stores. While she was in Singapore this week, Kamala Harris specifically cautioned us about what is coming in the next few months. “The stories that we are now hearing about the caution that if you want to have Christmas toys for your children, it might now be might be the time to start buying them, because the delay may be many, many months,” she said. It's safe to say that when Kamala Harris starts sounding just like doomsday preppers, then you know that things are about to get really ugly.

At this point, empty shelves and widespread shortages are already being reported all over the nation. Some reports have been compiling photos sent by people from around the country showing us empty shelves, signs informing customers about product shortages and purchasing limits, and proving without a doubt that these shortages are not going away, and are in fact, getting worse by the day. The photos also prove that this is not a phenomenon that is just occurring in a few areas. It's everywhere in the country, and sadly, this is just the beginning.

The coming holiday season is expected to dramatically worsen the shortages, and supply chain woes are only becoming more widespread. Several grocery stores are panic-buying food to ensure inventory, but the situation has spiraled out of control and it has gotten to a point where the largest U.S. food distributors simply cannot fulfill all of the orders. According to Bloomberg, some of the largest U.S. food distributors are “reporting difficulties in fulfilling orders as a lack of workers weighs on the supply chain.”

The price increases we are about to see will reach absurd levels very quickly. If you're a subscriber to our channel, you probably won't be surprised by this because we have been sharing warnings that this would happen for months. But most Americans will be absolutely shocked by the new reality they're about to face, and we can only assume that more panic and chaos will sweep across our stores once they realize that shortages will persist for much longer than they were expecting. Sadly, a big part of the population is still thinking that a great era of prosperity is right at the corner, but they will soon realize that what is coming for us is a terrible nightmare."

- https://www.youtube.com/

"$834 Million Every Hour"

"$834 Million Every Hour"

by Brian Maher

"The eyes glaze, the jaw drops, the legs wobble… and the mind reels... The world’s central banks have printed $834 million each and every hour of each and every day... for the past 18 months… to keep the global economy up and going. That is correct. $834 million an hour - every hour, 18 months running. This we have on the high authority of Bank of America, relayed here by Bloomberg: "Imagine spending $834 million an hour for 18 months. That’s how much central banks have spent buying bonds since the pandemic hit, according to Bank of America strategists, who estimate the Fed alone has put in $4 trillion."

We cannot imagine spending $834 million an hour for 18 months. Nor can we imagine the Standard & Poor’s 500 doubling since its pandemic lows. But the facts are the facts. And the facts are extravagant. Not since the Second World War has the S&P doubled across so short a space - 354 trading days.

As Goes the Balance Sheet, so Goes the Stock Market: The stock market and the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet are mirrors. The movement in one replicates perfectly in the other. They may appear as two. But they are one. More money has poured into stock funds within the past several months than the previous 12 years combined.

If market cap ranges between 50% and 75% of GDP, the market is considered undervalued - in the general. Between 75% and 90% is considered fairly valued. Between 90% and 115%, overvalued. What is today’s market cap-to-GDP ratio? 205% - a record. That is, stocks are obscenely overvalued as history runs.

Only a $40 trillion economy would justify today’s gargantuan valuations. The United States does not run a $40 trillion economy. It runs perhaps a $21 trillion economy. Adds Bloomberg, by way of fantastic understatement: "It’s a statistic that speaks to the unprecedented wall of money that kept companies afloat during lockdowns and sparked the biggest stock market rally of a generation."

The Choo-Choo Keeps Rolling: The biggest stock market rally of a generation pushed on again today. The Dow Jones stretched 39 points ahead… to close trading at 35,405. The S&P gained 10 points today, the Nasdaq 22. Meantime, 10-year Treasury yields went running ahead to 1.34% - a handsome distance. Gold ran the wrong way, backward, losing $16.50 today. Bitcoin did laps and laps around the ancient metal, gaining $420.

The rah-rah men are yelling about the stock market’s lovely spree. Fresh vistas are in sight, they insist. They are advising you to push all caution out of the way… and go plunging in. Should you - go plunging in? The question is of course a leading question. It very nearly answers itself.

Practically Guaranteed to Lose Money: Stock market valuations are by certain measures the highest in history. That is, investors are paying more and more for each dollar of profit. The higher the valuations, the lower your chances in the stock market. Explains Mr. Lance Roberts of Real Investment Advice: "Starting valuations have much to do with future return expectations. What is often forgotten by investors, especially during robust bull markets, is the subsequent and inevitable bear market."

Alas, the Federal Reserve’s tricks and gimmicks prevented a healthful valuation resetting: "While the jump in earnings and profits surged from the pandemic lows, valuations were not allowed to revert, as would typically be the case during a recession. If valuations corrected during the pandemic-driven shutdown, as prices fell and earnings surged, a more sustainable case might exist. However, the earnings recovery got absorbed by the speculative, liquidity-driven market surge. Such leaves the markets vulnerable to a disappointment in earnings, a slowing of economic growth, or a reduction in liquidity flows into the markets."

Stocks Will Go Nowhere for 20 Years?Today’s preposterous valuations suggest stocks will return negative 2.9% per year across the next decade - dividends included. And over 20 years? Sourpuss analyst John Hussman believes that the S&P may jog in place for much of them: "From this particular starting point, I expect that the S&P 500 will go nowhere for something approaching 20 years."

We do not know where the S&P 500 will trade in 20 years, or 10 years, or three minutes. Yet this we do know - or at least believe powerfully: The stock market is an ingenious device… constructed to inflict the greatest suffering upon the most people… within the least amount of time.

Warns former Securities and Exchange Commissioner Arthur Levitt: "While the temptations are great, and the pressures strong, illusions in numbers are only that - ephemeral, and ultimately self-destructive." (We acknowledge Mr. Roberts for the reference).

Dispelling the Illusions: Let us now penetrate the veil of numerical illusions — the ephemeral and ultimately self-destructive numerical illusions. Here is the substance beneath and within the illusions: Last week Nasdaq components turned in 350 fresh lows. We are informed that is the highest figure since last March 2020 - when the stock market was a howling bedlam of terror. Yet the Nasdaq presently bangs along at record levels. How? We must conclude a limited number of draft horses are hauling the cargo, doing duty for the laggards.

Mr. Larry McDonald of Bear Traps is with us: "This speaks to how mega cap equities are the only reason the market continues to trade at the highs. There is significant weakness beneath the surface. That is, there is significant weakness beneath the gaudy and illusory surface."

“Poor Risk Reward Setup”: But it is not merely the topheavy Nasdaq that is straining under the burden. Mr. McDonald: "In May, with the S&P 500 on all time highs, there were 300 to 550 NYSE stocks at new 52 week highs. In June it was 200 to 300. In August it had been 90 to 120. Despite the strong rally on Friday, there were just 32 (!) new fifty two week highs set."

You therefore have a “poor risk reward set up” on your outstretched hands: "This shows an incredible loss of breadth in the equity market. Index strength is being led by fewer and fewer names. A poor risk reward set up." Is this the description of market health? We do not believe it is. How much longer can the Clydesdales push on… before depleting their steam… and announcing a halt? As always, we offer no answer. Yet we hazard these wagon-pullers require rest sorely. And there are presently no replacements..."

- dailyreckoning.com

Musical Interlude: Disturbed "The Sound Of Silence"

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Disturbed "The Sound Of Silence"

Singer: David Draiman

"A Look to the Heavens"

"In silhouette against a crowded star field along the tail of the arachnalogical constellation Scorpius, this dusty cosmic cloud evokes for some the image of an ominous dark tower.

In fact, clumps of dust and molecular gas collapsing to form stars may well lurk within the dark nebula, a structure that spans almost 40 light-years across this gorgeous telescopic portrait. Known as a cometary globule, the swept-back cloud, is shaped by intense ultraviolet radiation from the OB association of very hot stars in NGC 6231, off the upper edge of the scene. That energetic ultraviolet light also powers the globule's bordering reddish glow of hydrogen gas. Hot stars embedded in the dust can be seen as bluish reflection nebulae. This dark tower, NGC 6231, and associated nebulae are about 5,000 light-years away."

- https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210715.html

Chet Raymo, “Cosmic View”

“Cosmic View”

by Chet Raymo

“When writing about Philip and Phylis Morrison’s “Powers of Ten” the other day I found I had made the following notation in the flyleaf, perhaps a dozen or more years ago:

Britannica
 32 volumes
 1000 pages per vol
 1200 words per page
 5 letters/wd
 = 200 million letters. So, 200 million letters in the 32 volume set of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Why was I making that estimate? I can think of several possibilities. Perhaps…

1. I was making a comparison with the number of nucleotide pairs in the human DNA; that is, the number of steps- ATTGCCCTAA, etc.- on the double-helix. If the information on the human genome- an arm’s length of DNA in every human cell- were written out in ordinary type, it would fill 15 sets of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Nearly 500 thick volumes of information labeled YOU. Think of that for a moment. Fifteen 32-volume sets of the Encyclopedia Britannica in every invisibly-small cell of your body. And every time a cell reproduces, all of that information has to be transcribed correctly. Did I say the other day that it took a semester to stretch the imagination to grasp the universe of the galaxies? It could take another semester to stretch the imagination to grasp the scale of the molecular machinery that makes our bodies work.

Or maybe…

2. I was trying to give an insight into the complexity of the human brain. There are something like 100 billion nerve cells in the brain. That’s equivalent to the number of letters in 500 sets of the Britannica! Each many-fingered neuron connects to hundreds of other neurons, and each synaptic connection might be in one of many levels of excitation. I’ll let you calculate the number of potential states of the human brain. We’ve left behind the realm of Britannica. Even talking of libraries would be insufficient. I was marveling here recently about the amount of digital memory Google must command to store all of those 360-degree Street View images from all over the planet, all of it instantly retrievable by anyone with access to a computer and the internet. I imagined banks and banks of electronics in some cavernous building in California. Big deal! I’m sitting here right now in the college Commons and I can bring to mind street views of every place I’ve lived since I was three or four years old.

By the way…

3. The number of letters in 500 sets of the Britannica is about the number of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.

And…”

- http://blog.sciencemusings.com/

The Poet: Dylan Thomas, "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"

"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"

"Do not go gentle into that good night,

Old age should burn and rave at close of day;

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,

Because their words had forked no lightning they

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright

Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,

And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight

Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,

Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

- Dylan Thomas

Musical Interlude: 2002, "We Meet Again"

Full screen recommended.

2002, "We Meet Again"

The Daily "Near You?"

East Hampton, Connecticut, USA. Thanks for stopping by!

"Some Things Are Best Left Alone"

"Some Things Are Best Left Alone"

By Bill Bonner

YOUGHAL, IRELAND – "A great headline from yesterday’s AP: "US Troops Surge Evacuations Out of Kabul But Threats Persist." Yes, U.S. troops are launching a major “reverse assault”… surging out of Afghanistan like water down a toilet drain. But at least they tried!

In some countries, women appear on the beach – in public – with practically no clothes on. In others, such as Afghanistan under the Taliban, they cover up, head to toe. Which one is right? We don’t know. We only know which we like. And even as to that – seeing the state of some of the people we see on the beach – we have our doubts. But it is not for us to tell other people what to wear. There are some things we can change for the better. And some things that are better left alone. Today, we explore how to tell the difference.

Down the Drain: And here’s a headline story from yesterday’s Washington Post… giving us advance warning: "House passes $3.5 trillion budget plan, aims to vote on infrastructure package by late September. House Democrats on Tuesday approved a roughly $3.5 trillion budget that could enable sweeping changes to the nation’s health-care, education and tax laws, overcoming their own internal divisions to take the next step toward enacting President Biden’s broader economic agenda."

Yes, the same geniuses who gave us the 20-year debacle in Afghanistan are now working on U.S. finances. And soon, it will be the U.S. economy surging down the drain. Just as they tried to make sweeping changes south of the Hindu Kush… now, they’re aiming to make improvements south of the 49th parallel. Will they succeed? Will the U.S. be a more prosperous place after the improvers are finished with it?

Win-Win Trades Win: Yesterday, we looked at the basics. Money doesn’t make you rich. If it were so, Zimbabwe and Venezuela would be among the richest places in the world. They’ve got plenty of money… all you could want of it. But their money is worthless. The U.S. has money, too. The Federal Reserve is “printing” $120 billion in new money every month. And there’s plenty more where that came from. But wealth comes from supplying goods and services to others – not from money. As we explain in our book "Win-Win or Lose" it’s win-win trades that make people wealthy, nothing more. [Bonner-Denning Letter subscribers can download a copy of Bill’s book here. To subscribe, and receive a free electronic copy – click here.]

And how do you make sure the trades are win-win? It is very simple… People do not go into restaurants run by bad chefs. They do not buy furniture with a reputation for falling apart. They do not buy things they neither want nor need from people they don’t like or don’t trust. So the fellow who fails to provide good products and good services at a reasonable price goes out of business.

No federal program needed! Subsidizing inefficient, unproductive businesses… paying people not to work…providing bailouts to shaky corporations… tariff protection to uncompetitive industries… “investment” funds to unprofitable projects… “welfare” to people who are believed to be unable to provide for themselves… or artificially low rates to keep the zombies alive… all of it makes us poorer.

Easy-Peasy Economics: But wait… Isn’t there anything “we” can do to make a win-win economy work better? How about long-term central planning? How about price controls… maybe only for the price of credit (interest rates)? How about providing liquidity in a pinch… or rewarding/punishing different investments so as to direct capital where “we” want it to go?

According to Marxist theory, you don’t need a free economy to produce goods and services. You can do it more intelligently, more rationally, by organizing the economy according to what you’re trying to achieve.

Women and men earn different salaries? Easy, peasy… Just pay them the same thing.

Too many imports from China? No sweat… Close the border!

Too much advertising? Ban it.

High unemployment? Create jobs.

Poverty? Give a guaranteed income.

Inflation? Declare a moratorium on price increases.

Want people to drive less? Force them to tie their shoelaces together and hop to work.

See how easy it is?

Tried and Failed: The only trouble is, it doesn’t work. Marxian economics, price controls, Grand Projects, and funny money have been tried many times… over many decades. Is there one example where an economy has flourished as a result? Nope. Not a one. More to come…"

- www.rogueeconomics.com

"Most People..."

"Most people find facts irritating. 

Facts interfere with their systems of denial."

- Walter Darby Bannard

“A Pathologist Summary Of What These Jabs Do To The Brain And Other Organs”

“A Pathologist Summary Of What These Jabs 

Do To The Brain And Other Organs”

"A scientific clarification of what these injections 

do in the head and other organs of the vaccinated people."

by Dr. Ryan Cole

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Please view the video here on Rumble:

- https://rumble.com/

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Related:

Sucharit Bhakdi: COVID-19 Vaccination Is 

Greatest Threat Humanity Ever Faced"

by The Herland Report

"Covid-19 vaccination is greatest threat humanity ever faced: Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi, forefront virus expert in microbiology in Germany, is one of the many doctors, scientists and medical professionals who give dire warnings about the current untested vaccines that are being administered to billions in the world." "In February, 2021, Professor Sucharit Bhakdi, M.D. and a number of his colleagues warned the European Medicines Agency about the potential danger of blood clots and cerebral vein thrombosis in millions of people receiving experimental gene-based injections.  In this episode of Perspectives, Professor Bhakdi explains the science behind the problem, why it is not just limited to the products already suspended, and why in the long term we may be creating dangerously overactive immune systems in billions of unwitting subjects."

Please view the full text interview here:

- https://www.globalresearch.ca/

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"Unthinkable Thoughts"

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Freely download MedFox Book "Rapid Virus Recovery" here:

- https://rvr.medfoxpub.com/

"How It Really Is"

Gregory Mannarino, "AM/PM 8/25/21"

Gregory Mannarino, AM 8/25/21:

"Economy Continues To Crater Which May Be Enough 

For Yet ANOTHER RECORD HIGH For Stocks"

- https://traderschoice.net/

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Gregory Mannarino, PM 8/25/21:

"Economy Collapsing And Contracting Rapidly. 

Inflation Is SURGING!"

- https://traderschoice.net/

"FDA Lied - Vax Not Approved, Still Experimental"

"FDA Lied - Vax Not Approved, Still Experimental"

By Greg Hunter

"The big news the FDA had given “full approval” to the Pfizer CV19 vaccine is a HUGE lie. The FDA has granted approval to some future vaccine called “Comirnaty.” (FDA approved the biologics license application (BLA) submitted by BioNTech Manufacturing GmbH for COMIRNATY (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA). (Here’s the letter from the FDA to Pfizer) You cannot get Comirnaty now because it does not exist. Who knows when, in the future, they will manufacture it so you can get this vax. What you can get is the same old experimental Pfizer vaccine that is under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). All the FDA did was extend the EUA for the crap they were already injecting. This is the vaccine that is available for the forced mandates to civilians and military alike. It’s a total experimental vaccine, and they lied to the public and said it was “fully approved” and “safe and effective.” In a letter to Pfizer on Monday, the FDA said, “The EUA will remain in place for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for the previously-authorized indication and uses...” There it is in black and white from the criminal Nuremberg Code violating liars at the FDA.

Don’t take my word for it. Dr. Robert Malone, inventor of the mRNA (that is found in the so-called vaccines), says there are “two vaccines.” Today, Dr. Malone explained what the FDA did on Steve Bannon’s “War Room.” There was one approval for a future vaccine, and one extension of the Emergency Use Authorization for the vaccine being used now. There is little doubt this will continue to be used for all the upcoming mandates. Is this a huge lie to trick the public into taking the experimental shot? I say yes.

Greg Hunter talks on Rumble about the huge lie that the FDA just told the public that will force them to participate in an experimental drug trial through a new round of jab mandates.

- https://usawatchdog.com/

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To see the viral video of Dr. Sean Brooks at the Talawanda School Board, click here. It’s only four very educational minutes long. The MSM is calling it a “scare video.” Don’t believe the liars at the MSM who are currently lying about the Pfizer vax approval.

Finally, take 10 minutes to watch Friar Alexis Bugnolo. If he is half right, you better prepare for very rough times in the not-so-distant future."

Friar Alexis Bugnolo, "The Horrors Of Covid-19 'Vaccine'"

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"The Fake News that FDA Approved the 

Vaccines is Made Clear in the Letter"

Related, essential:

"Unthinkable Thoughts"

“The Good Ship “World Economy” Meets The $2.3 QUADRILLION Perfect Storm”

Full screen recommended.

“The Good Ship “World Economy” Meets 

The $2.3 QUADRILLION Perfect Storm”

- https://goldbroker.com/news/

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Must Watch! "Tremendous Economic Disruption; Empty Store Shelves; Party Is Over"

Jeremiah Babe, PM 8/24/21:

"Tremendous Economic Disruption; 

Empty Store Shelves; Party Is Over"

"We Are Witnessing Incompetence On A Colossal Scale Throughout Our Society"

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"We Are Witnessing Incompetence On A 

Colossal Scale Throughout Our Society"

by Epic Economist

"For a long time, we have become accustomed to seeing things being done improperly, so when someone actually does something in a competent manner we get truly surprised because it has become such a rare event that most of us wouldn't be expecting to see things working right. People always say "if you want something right, do it yourself," and nowadays, that is more true than ever. Unfortunately, in our broken society, the most incompetent people are in positions of power and making decisions that affect everyone's lives. They run entire organizations, states, and the whole country. It seems that the more inept and corrupt someone is, the bigger are the chances for that person to be a politician.

And the prize of "most incompetent" of them all has to go to our delirious Mr. President. Everything Biden tries to do turns into an epic failure. A major example of it is the ongoing border crisis. It is the most chaotic it has ever been in all of our History, and recent reports describe that our Border Patrol agents are completely burned out. Thanks to Biden's illogical new policies, our Border Patrol agents have their hands tied and have been forbidden to do their jobs, and as a result, many of them show up to work hopeless and exhausted. Evidently, the border crisis is just one of the many Biden has been failing to tackle. When it comes to our economy, his reckless spending has resulted in what many are calling the "Bidenflation" because in less than a year into his presidency he effectively succeeded in making everyone's purchasing power collapse irreversibly.

And if we were to criticize his response to the health crisis and the completely impulsive decisions he has been making ever since he got into office, we would definitely get censored into oblivion. At least right now his utter incompetence has been making the headlines due to the tragic crisis he provoked in Afghanistan. The offenders that we were supposed to destroy in 2001 have managed to surround and corner us in half an airport, and there are still countless people that can’t get to the evacuation planes. Several staff members that worked at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul are still in extreme shock and totally disappointed in how poorly the US government handled the situation.

As opposed to British forces that have been leaving the airport and bringing back people that need to be evacuated, the U.S. government isn't taking more active evacuation measures. In fact, the Daily Mail revealed that "The White House repeatedly refused to address the August 31 deadline to get US troops out of Afghanistan on Monday, dodging questions on the subject and snapping at reporters who asked how the government planned to save the remaining Americans stuck in Kabul". At this point, our troops are still holed up at the airport, trying to evacuate tens of thousands of people while fending off an increasingly desperate crowd.

Yesterday, Biden turned his back on reporters again when the angry journalists asked for answers on what he was doing to solve the worsening crisis. The President has only given a handful of remarks on the situation, claiming he made the right decision to withdraw in every one of them and insisting his administration has "everything under control" while forgetting to share basic details of operations with the public. When will he ever be held accountable for this tragic disaster? Of course, there are many others that also should share in the blame.

If this country still had some sense of justice, and officials started to be held accountable for their performance, many of them would definitely be fired on the spot. What is even more worrying is the fact that millions upon millions of Americans have been dealing with so many hardships and with things being done in a wrongful manner that they became numb and started to accept whatever our incompetent leaders tell them to believe. They don't want to think for themselves and come to their own conclusions. And now we're in a country where the blind are leading the blind while we steamroll down a highway that doesn’t lead us anywhere good. Every major society throughout history ended up crumbling and falling apart, and now our society has started to crumble too. Although our ruin was probably inevitable, do we really have to look so shamefully incompetent in the process?"

- https://www.youtube.com/

"The 'Quiet' Month of August"

"The 'Quiet' Month of August"

by Jim Rickards

"Twenty years ago, I wrote a report called "The Myth of August". The idea was to compare what most people thought about the month of August to what actually happens in August. The myth is that August is a quiet month, everyone in the world is on vacation, no deals get done, people just enjoy the beach or mountains or other quiet recreations. This is famously true in France, but it's a French habit that Americans have copied with enthusiasm. When it comes to business and politics, the attitude is, "See you in September."

The reality is quite different. The number of world historical political events or natural catastrophes that have occurred in August could fill an encyclopedia. Let’s consider... On August 2, 1990, Saddam Hussein of Iraq invaded Kuwait. On August 18, 1991, there was an attempted coup d'état against Russian leader Gorbachev. On August 17, 1998, Russia defaulted on its debt and devalued its currency, which led to the collapse of LTCM and a global financial crisis.

On August 23, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans with fury, killing 1,833 and shutting down natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico. The list goes on but you get the point.

One of the Worst Disasters in History: In fact, August is notorious for disasters that require all hands on deck, even if the hands are calling in from the Hamptons or Catalina. I was thinking about this in early August and asked myself, "Gee, I wonder what it will be this year?"

Now we know. The fiasco in Afghanistan is one of the worst military and diplomatic setbacks in U.S. history. It's still unfolding and we pray for the Americans and our Afghani friends stuck behind enemy Taliban lines.

But there's more at stake here than just an outpost in Afghanistan. This is a major loss of prestige for the U.S... Our allies from Israel to Taiwan will start to doubt U.S. commitments. NATO is splitting at the seams. And the mental health decline of Joe Biden, which we've been writing about since before his election, is now plain for all to see.

This will not be over soon. It's not a three-day news cycle type event. This is more like Pearl Harbor or 9/11 where the aftermath goes on for years. The results will be mostly negative for U.S. confidence, and will have adverse effects in emerging markets that depend on U.S. security guarantees. But Afghanistan is not the only front that is presenting problems...

What Happened to Energy Independence? The Biden administration swept into office last January with a pile of executive orders on a broad range of subjects. Many were directed at undoing the policies of the Trump administration as quickly as possible. Biden rejoined the Paris Climate Accord, opened the U.S. border with Mexico, emphasized multilateralism over America First and much more. (By the way, these executive orders were not written in haste. Activists keep them "on the shelf" and can trot them out quickly when the opportunity presents. Biden's executive order spree was a rapid response to Democrat control of Washington).

Among these anti-Trump initiatives was a wish list from the Green New Deal crowd. Biden shut down the KeystoneXL pipeline from Canada, banned new oil and natural gas exploration on federal lands, imposed new regulations on the fracking industry, stopped energy exploration in Alaska and much more. He did this at a time when the U.S. had finally achieved energy independence from Middle-Eastern suppliers. Guess what happened next?

The U.S. went into energy deficit and began to import more from OPEC. Domestic prices for gas at the pump rose steeply. Right on cue, OPEC began to cut out put to raise oil prices even higher. Now, Biden is begging OPEC to increase output to lower energy prices and reduce the price of gas at the pump for Americans. Not surprisingly, OPEC is ignoring these calls and is continuing its efforts to increase energy prices.

Of course, none of this would be happening if Biden had just left the U.S. energy industry alone and allowed it to use their technology and exploration capability to continue a U.S. energy surplus consistent with environmental goals.

Referring to Biden's policies, Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) said, "The stupidity behind this couldn't be any greater." That's about right. Gas prices will remain high during the summer driving season to be followed by higher natural gas prices during the winter heating season. You can thank Joe Biden for your higher costs. Here’s more potentially bad news for Democrats...

Finally, the Durham Report: Despite all the storm and stress from 2015 to 2019 about Russian collusion, no actual collusion was ever found. What was found was official wrongdoing, lies, cover-ups, media complicity and a web of efforts to discredit Trump, even though he never did anything wrong. Strangely, there has been almost no accountability about this. There were many investigations, reports and hearings that pointed at the anti-Trump wrongdoing, but almost no one has been held to account. All of that is about to change.

U.S. Attorney John Durham has been leading a criminal investigation of the real collusion behind the fake collusion for the past two years. Most of those who have followed this closely have given up on Durham. The questions, "Where's John Durham?" or "What's John Durham doing?" have become punchlines. Still, based on reliable leaks and other sources, we may be getting close to actual indictments and a detailed report.

Durham's theory of the case is interesting. Instead of focusing on corrupt investigations by the FBI, he's focusing on the false allegations and phony tips that gave rise to the FBI investigation in the first place. This shifts the focus away from James Comey and Andrew McCabe toward less well-known but still powerful figures such as Democrat super-lawyer Marc Elias, Glenn Simpson of research firm Fusion GPS and former Hillary Clinton campaign manager John Podesta. While these names may not be familiar as John Brennan and James Comey, any indictments among this group will shake the Democratic power structure to its core.

How long will it be before these political developments have an impact on the market? We may soon have an answer. But it’s time to bury the myth that August is a quiet month."

- dailyreckoning.com

Gerald Celente, "Trends Journal": "The 'Majority' Wanted War, They Were Wrong"

Full screen recommended.

VERY Strong Language Alert!

Gerald Celente, "Trends Journal":

"The 'Majority' Wanted War, They Were Wrong"

"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/

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Related:

Philip Giraldi,  8/24/21:

"The Evil That Men Do Lives After Them"

Musical Interlude: Vangelis, “Hymn”

Full screen recommended.

Vangelis, “Hymn”

"A Look to the Heavens"

“Large, dusty, spiral galaxy NGC 4945 is seen edge-on near the center of this rich telescopic image. The field of view spans nearly 2 degrees, or about 4 times the width of the Full Moon, toward the expansive southern constellation Centaurus.

About 13 million light-years distant, NGC 4945 is almost the size of our own Milky Way Galaxy. But X-ray and infrared observations reveal even more high energy emission and star formation in the core of NGC 4945. The other prominent galaxy in the field, NGC 4976, is an elliptical galaxy. Left of center, NGC 4976 is much farther away, at a distance of about 35 million light-years, and not physically associated with NGC 4945.”

- http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090109.html

"The Only Animal..."

"Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is

struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be."

- William Hazlitt

The Poet: Mary Oliver, “October”

“October”

"There’s this shape, black as the entrance to a cave.

A longing wells up in its throat

like a blossom

as it breathes slowly.

What does the world

mean to you if you can’t trust it

to go on shining when you’re

not there? and there’s

a tree, long-fallen; once

the bees flew to it, like a procession

of messengers, and filled it

with honey.

I said to the chickadee, 

singing his heart out in the

green pine tree:

little dazzler

little song,

little mouthful.

The shape climbs up out of the curled grass. It

grunts into view. There is no measure

for the confidence at the bottom of its eyes -

there is no telling

the suppleness of its shoulders as it turns

and yawns.

Near the fallen tree

something - a leaf snapped loose

from the branch and fluttering down - tries to pull me

into its trap of attention.

It pulls me

into its trap of attention,

And when I turn again, the bear is gone.

Look, hasn’t my body already felt

like the body of a flower?

Look, I want to love this world

as thought it’s the last chance I’m ever going to get

to be alive

and know it.

Sometimes in late summer I won’t touch anything, not

the flowers, not the blackberries

brimming in the thickets; I won’t drink

from the pond; I won’t name the birds or the trees;

I won’t whisper my own name.

One morning

the fox came down the hill, glittering and confident,

and didn’t see me - and I thought:

so this is the world.

I’m not in it.

It is beautiful."

- Mary Oliver

"When The Demons Come Along..."

"Here is a universal law: that when it comes to negative and positive, you will always thrive more powerfully in the positive if you have first been immersed in, and have heroically overcome, the polar opposite negative of that thing. To abide in the positive existence of something, without having known and overcome its polar opposite - that is to be only a frame of the real structure. Easily toppled down and taken apart. True power is in the hands of the one who thrives in the positive, after having known and conquered the negative. Because when the demons come along, she will say to those demons: "I know you, I have owned you, but now you bow down to me."

- C. JoyBell C.

“Zachary”

“Zachary”

by Tim Knight

“A handwritten letter arrived in my mailbox last week from a reader. In it was a note from whom I would guess is an elderly gentleman, thanking me for my work both on Slope and on Tastytrade, but politely asking me to use the phrase "God damn it" less frequently, since he found it upsetting. The handwriting on the paper trembled like leaves in an autumn breeze, and it was obvious it took time and effort to send me this two-page missive. It meant something to him.

It never occurred to me that I ever used this phrase in a video, let alone often enough to cause concern. All the same, the letter, as with the many other letters I have received over the years, made an impression. For one thing, it made me wonder how angry I must be in order for this kind of sentiment to seep through, since I wasn't even aware I was saying it.

Which leads me to the topic at hand. Specifically, a man. A terribly deformed man whom I think about almost daily. For now, I'll call him Sup.

One summer evening, a few months ago, I was walking with my family down University Avenue, the central boulevard in our town, and the location of dozens of high-end retail stores that cater to the insatiable appetite of the affluent consumers in my fair city. "Sup?" came from the voice from below. (As is: "What's up?") I glanced around and didn't see the speaker. That is, until I looked lower. There, standing on the brick sidewalk on the corner of Bryant and University Avenues was a person unlike any I had ever seen before.

His head, torso, and arms were normal. There were two things obviously terribly wrong with 1117-suphim: first, his back was completely malformed, with a huge hump, and second, his legs - or what passed for legs - were just a few inches long. He appeared to be mixed race (the politically incorrect term, I think, is "mulatto") and he had a big afro.

"How you guys doin' this evening?", he asked. I stammered that we were pretty good, although I confess being a little surprised. That brief exchange ended the conversation, and my family and I continued on to Umami Burgers for dinner. In the receding distance, I heard this fellow chatting up other people as they passed, asking for a dollar from anyone who would listen.

From that day forward, I paid attention to that corner whenever I passed it in my car or walked by it during my downtown errands. Sup, as I called him, was on that corner more often than not. On occasion, I'd see a special wheelchair near him, which I suppose he could hoist himself onto and roll to wherever it was he lived (if such a place existed). But he was never in it. He was also on the sidewalk at knee level.

What struck me about Sup the most was his attitude. This guy was seriously and, dare I say, grotesquely deformed. When he moved from one place to another, he typically did so by pressing his hands against the ground and swinging his torso and tiny legs forward, much like an ape at the zoo. Although his short stature made him easy to miss, once people saw him, they couldn't help but take note. I can only imagine the range of reactions he's ever received.

But back to his attitude: this guy was relentlessly positive. And I don't mean grinning, giggling, and thumbs-up positive. I'm talking about a self-evident confidence, determination, and cachet. He gave salutations to everyone who passed; he casually smoked on a cigarette while chatting up people who would talk to him; and he made verbal passes at good-looking women as they strolled by (enjoying, incidentally, a supremely good view of their legs from his two-foot high vantage point). In spite of all this, most people tried their best to ignore him. They just felt too awkward (as if they were the ones who were entitled to feel uneasy).

Since I'm an unrelentingly self-referential twit, I pondered these observations in the context of my own behavior. Here was this guy who had every reason to feel sorry for himself. His tremendous physical deformities were going to dominate whatever impression he might possibly give to someone. He was begging on a street corner for dollar bills. He was being passed every day by countless numbers of people, many of them affluent, some of them stinking rich, while he begged for a little money to eat. And yet he was totally unfazed (in spite of, I wager, some cruel reactions or mean utterances offered by heartless strangers).

I, on the other hand, have a PhD in self-pity. I'm a white American male - by definition, a privileged class - who has a perfectly good body, good health, a zillion dollar house, and enough money to live the rest of my life without working another day. I've got a beautiful wife, magnificent children, and a good income that doesn't rob me of any personal freedom. And yet I am seized on a virtually daily basis with how miserable and rotten my life is, and how I don't deserve any of the bad things that have ever happened to me. I dare feel sorry for myself due to solvable personal problems or the fact the stupid stock market refuses to fall.

Sure, if I cornered you and shared a couple of drinks, I could probably conjure up enough tales-of-woe to get you to agree that, yeah, poor Tim is a pathetic sumbitch, and it's no wonder he's often tempted to jump in front of the next CalTrain that passes by. Indeed, most people on this planet would be able to surgically extract some sliver of their lives and make it seem sad. Hell, Elon Musk could surely give grisly tales from his multiple failed marriages, although I imagine it would be a Herculean feat for anyone to actually conjure up sympathy for the guy.

Sup, in sharp contrast to this morose malaise, was just plain cool. On more than one occasion, I'd see that he had managed to coax a couple of women - attractive young women - over to talk to him, and he was just smoking his cig, chatting them up, casual as could be. I don't know what he said to get their attention, but whatever it was, it worked. God knows the guy has chatted up more good-looking women than I ever have in my own life. That's me in the corner.

I've long been tempted to interview the guy, because there's so much I want to know about him. Where is he from? What's his background? What's his physical malady all about? What are the most interesting, kind, and nasty things people have said to him? What are some interesting stories from the many months he's been hanging out at this particular corner? What does he hope the future brings to him? How does he manage to stay so upbeat?

I haven't done the interview yet, and I'm not sure if I ever will. I mean, it takes a certain amount of gumption to start quizzing a guy up and down; he might react poorly to the whole thing. But I've got a suspicion he would be all too glad to tell his story. I'm more worried about my ability to do the interview than his interest in answering my questions.

However, I took one baby step in that direction a few days ago. I was walking by, and as usual, he tosses out - "Sup, man? Got a dollar for me?" I was on my way to my mailbox, so I replied, "In a minute." I suppose he gets this kind of brush-off all the time, but I was sincere. I was going to come back with a dollar in a minute, because there was something I wanted to buy with it.

"Yo, yo!" he said as I returned to the corner. I handed him a dollar and asked, "What's your name?" In my mind, the question was "What's your real name?", since I had known him as "Sup" all these months.

"Zachary."

"OK, have a good night." And I left.

So now at least I had a real name for this person. That was a more dignified, after all, since I had heretofore attached a goofy moniker to him. But I really need to interview this guy one of these days. In a way, I admire him, even though his disposition and attitude just make me loathe myself even worse than before. I mean, seriously, what right do I have?

So be it. Zachary is one tough hombre. Respect.”

- http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-11-17/zachary

- http://slopeofhope.com/