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 | Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
 This is How You Can Dodge Facial Recognition Software  |
| This guide was originally published by Jeremiah Johnson at ReadyNutrition.com
Helen of Troy, according to the Odyssey, was “the face that launched a thousand ships,” prior to the Greek invasion of Troy. You and I, on the other hand, are the faces that launch an army of CCTV cameras ready to capture our images when we walk past them. We just covered winter camouflage tips and techniques. Camouflage is an important part of your prepping, in terms of being able to effectively hide yourself and Tuesday, January 12, 2021 |
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 | Nathan Lewis - New World Economics |
| How Much Should Homes Cost (To Rent) |
| Previously, we looked into how much homes should cost. Basically, we concluded that the cost of homes should be a function of construction costs, which are basically stable, profit and some other non-construction costs such as corporate overhead, and land costs. Since there is no particular shortage of land in any U.S. city today, there is no particular reason for very high land costs; and thus, no particular reason why homes should cost very much more than construction costs.
October 22, 2017: Sunday, January 21, 2018 |
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 | James Howard Kunstler |
 Christmas Story  |
| For your reading pleasure Mondays and Fridays
These are the long, dark hours when cis-hetero white patriarchs sit by the hearth chewing over their regrets for the fading year and expectations for the year waiting to be born. I confess, I like Christmas a lot, Hebrew that I am, perhaps the musical and sensual trappings more than the virgin birth business. Something in my mixed Teutonic blood stirs to the paganism of blazing Yule logs, fragrant fir trees, rousing carols, and snow on snow on snowMonday, December 25, 2017 |
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 | Steve St Angelo - SRSRocco Report |
| THE DISINFORMATION WAR: The Attempt To Disregard Silver Investor Demand In The Market |
| There is a Disinformation War taking place in the silver market as certain industry analysis is confusing individuals by purposely disregarding the tremendous impact of rising investment demand. Not only do I find this troubling, but I am also quite surprised how much the silver industry pays attention to this faulty analysis. So, it’s time once again to set the record straight.Setting the record straight has now become a new mission for me at the SRSrocco Report because the amount of disinforFriday, December 8, 2017 |
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| Nathan Lewis - New World Economics |
| How Much Should Homes Cost |
| How much homes cost is the most popular topic at any dinner party. But, people rarely think about how much homes should cost. If this topic is taken up at all, it is typically in the framework of “social justice”; and the solutions are typically some kind of government subsidized housing – what can be bluntly, and accurately, called: communist central planning.
So, let’s look at this from a different angle.
Construction costs are fairly well known and common throughout the United States. Cheap wWednesday, October 25, 2017 |
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| Nathan Lewis - New World Economics |
 The Silliness of the Bretton Woods Years |
| We’re continuing our look into One Nation Under Gold (2017), by James Ledbetter.
October 2, 2017: One Nation Under Gold (2017), by James Ledbetter
Ledbetter glided quickly over the period from 1914 to 1931, taking up the story again in earnest with the British devaluation of 1931 and, especially, the U.S. devaluation of 1933. This was treated with some interesting detail. However, Ledbetter made almost no mention of the fact that the U.S. returned to gold at the beginning of 1934 at $35/oz., andMonday, October 16, 2017 |
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 | Mish - Global Economic Analysis |
| Economic Polarization: Map Shows Distressed Communities Predominantly in in Southern US |
| The Economic Innovation Group has an interesting report on Distressed Communities.
The study notes “America’s elite zip codes are home to a spectacular degree of growth and prosperity. However, millions of Americans are stuck in places where what little economic stability exists is quickly eroding beneath their feet.”
Distress is based on an evaluation of seven metrics.
Distress Metrics
No high school diploma
Housing vacancy rate
Adults not working
Poverty rate
Median income ratio
Change in emTuesday, September 26, 2017 |
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| Steve St Angelo - SRSRocco Report |
| YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED: The Situation In The Markets Is Much Worse Than You Realize |
| By Steve St. AngeloIt’s about time that I share with you all a little secret. The situation in the markets is much worse than you realize. While that may sound like someone who has been crying “wolf” for the past several years, in all honesty, the public has no idea just how dire our present situation has become.The amount of debt, leverage, deceit, corruption, and fraud in the economic markets, financial system, and in the energy industry are off the charts. Unfortunately, the present conditThursday, September 14, 2017 |
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 | Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd |
| Only Political Dividing Line Left - Roots Based Politics |
| aheadoftheherd.com
Because of the rise of Globalism in the late 20th century the U.S. and Western Europe have recently seen stirrings of nationalist awakenings. Terrorism, turmoil in the Middle East and waves of Muslim refugees have fueled the trend.
Wikipedia says this about Nationalism; “a nation should govern itself, free from unwanted outside interference, and is linked to the concept of self-determination. Nationalism is further oriented towards developing and maintaining a national idenSunday, September 10, 2017 |
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| James Howard Kunstler |
| Swamp Fever |
| Further proof, as if more were needed, that God is rather cross with the world’s number one exceptional nation: Hurricane Irma is tracking for a direct hit on Disney World. In the immortal words of the Talking Heads: This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco, this ain’t no fooling around.
Houston is still soggy and punch-drunk, with a fantastic explosion of breeding mosquitoes, and otherwise it’s not even in the news anymore. This week, the cable networks had their scant crews of reporters scuttlFriday, September 8, 2017 |
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| Sprott Money |
| Illinois On The Brink The Whole Country Is On The Brink - Dave Kranzler |
| The biggest problem facing Illinois is the public pension fund
problem. I don’t care what the “official” number is for the degree to
which it is underfunded. I can guarantee that even without
marking-to-real-market the illiquid investments like private equity
funds, derivatives, commercial real estate trusts and other assets that
do not have truly visible markets, collectively the public pension
system in Illinois is at least 60-70% underfunded. Then apply a
realistic assumed actuariaWednesday, July 12, 2017 |
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| James Howard Kunstler |
We’re Good People, Really We Are!  |
| The disgrace of America’s putative intellectual class is nearly complete as it shoves the polity further into dysfunction and toward collapse. These are the people Nassim Taleb refers to as “intellectuals-yet-idiots.” Big questions loom over this dynamic: How did the thinking class of America sink into this slough of thoughtlessness? And why – what is motivating them?
One path to understanding it can be found in this sober essay by Neal Devers, The Overton Bubble, published two years ago on TheFMonday, July 10, 2017 |
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| Steve St Angelo - SRSRocco Report |
| Massive Central Bank Asset Purchases: Last Ditch Effort To Save Economy Cap Silver-Gold Prices |
| The Central banks bought a staggering $1.5 trillion in assets in the first five months of the year to keep the economy from imploding while at the same time, capping the gold price. Yes, it’s true…. $300 billion a month of Central bank asset purchases pushes up STOCK, BOND and REAL ESTATE values while it depresses or caps the gold (or silver) price.The amount of Central bank asset purchases are now reaching insane levels. And they have to. It is the same thing as being a drug addict. Once, sTuesday, June 13, 2017 |
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| Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
| Letters from Venezuela: This Is What Life Is Really Like in a Post-Collapse Society |
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If you ever wondered what life was really like in a post-collapse society, look no further than Venezuela. Today, I’d like to share a first-hand report of everyday life there.
The country has been on the way down since a socialist government destroyed the economy. Here’s a quick timeline:
Private ownership of guns was banned in 2012. Then things began to go downhill in a hurry.
In 2013, preppers were relabeleTuesday, June 6, 2017 |
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| Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
| How To Improve Your Odds Of Surviving If A Massive Catastrophe Hits Your City |
| This guide was originally published by Joshua Krause at ReadyNutrition.com
The main thread that seems to run through the prepper community, is that most preppers really want to get out of the cities and live a rural life. It’s easy to understand why. Most preppers rightfully believe that the cities would be the most dangerous places to be if society collapsed. Rural areas are generally safer, have less burdensome governance, and provide the opportunity to gain some degree of self-sufficiency.
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| Nathan Lewis - New World Economics |
| The Process of Urban Change |
| It seems like people don’t have much of an idea of how cities change. It is mostly done by private individuals (and corporations), for profit, within the regulatory framework of the municipal government. There might be a few public elements, like a convention or sports center, or a library, but these are a small portion of buildings as a whole. Governments are certainly responsible for things like streets (and there has been a lot of talk about redesigning Arterials or adding things like streetSunday, May 7, 2017 |
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| USA GOLD - USA Gold |
| France: A divided nation decides |
| FT/Anne-Sylvaine Chassany/05-05-17
Sunday’s presidential duel pits Mr Macron against Ms Le Pen and their clash of visions for the eurozone’s second-largest economy. Opinion polls suggest he will win but the fight for office has exposed a divided country: one part happy, the other unhappy; one urban, the other rural and suburban; one embracing internationalism, the other seeking to erect barriers. They are the same faultlines shaking other western democracies, splitting those who feel they have gSaturday, May 6, 2017 |
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 | Gordon Long - Market Analytics |
| What Makes Millennials Disturbingly Different |
| In Stealth Fashion Millennials Are Rapidly Transforming Society
Something had mysteriously changed during the 2016 US Presidential primaries
when an unlikely democratic candidate burst on the national scene with an unquestionable
allure for the Millennial generation. How was it that a 'left wing' Bernie
Sanders, who was of an age that he would be considered as a very old grandfather
by this young generation, could draw such rousing support? What was it about
this grey haired unknown seFriday, April 7, 2017 |
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| James Howard Kunstler |
| Musktopia Here We Come! |
| It ought to be sign of just how delusional the nation is these days that Elon Musk of Tesla and Space X is taken seriously. Musk continues to dangle his fantasy of travel to Mars before a country that can barely get its shit together on Planet Earth, and the Tesla car represents one of the main reasons for it — namely, that we’ll do anything to preserve, maintain, and defend our addiction to incessant and pointless motoring (and nothing to devise a saner living arrangement).
Even people with IvyMonday, April 3, 2017 |
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| James Howard Kunstler |
| Racket of Rackets |
| If you thought banking in our time was a miserable racket — which it is, of course, and by “racket” I mean a criminal enterprise — then so-called health care has it beat by a country mile, with an added layer of sadism and cruelty built into its operations. Lots of people willingly sign onto mortgages and car loans they wouldn’t qualify for in an ethically sound society, but the interest rates and payments are generally spelled out on paper. They know what they’re signing on for, even if the conFriday, March 31, 2017 |
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