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 | Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
| Selco: Who Survives and Who Dies When the SHTF |
| This article was originally published by Daisy Luther at The Organic Prepper
Did you ever wonder about the differences in how people behave in a crisis? Why some people survive and some people die? Are there characteristics that we can nurture now in good times that could help see us through bad times?
I’d talked with Selco previously about who lives and who doesn’t in a long-term emergency, and a great determiner is a flexible mindset. In this interview, we go deeper into who can withstand theThursday, December 24, 2020 |
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 | Mish - Global Economic Analysis |
| Amazon's Fully-Automated Grocery Store (No-Checkout) Opens Monday |
| The no-checkout process starts Monday. Here's the concept: Go into a store. Pick up stuff. Walk out.
After a year of delays, Amazon’s Cashierless ‘Go’ Convenience Store Set to Open.
Nearly a year after it was promised, Amazon.com Inc.’s cashierless convenience store is slated to open to the public on Monday.
The new Amazon Go store, located in the base of Amazon’s main headquarters in Seattle, uses computer vision and machine-learning algorithms to track shoppers and charge them for what they Monday, January 22, 2018 |
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| Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
| Your Prepper Stockpile: How To Add More Fruits And Veggies To Your Inventory |
| Building a usable supply of fruits and vegetable is difficult for some preppers. Many of us struggle with this aspect of prepping, but there are a few simple steps you can take if you’re looking to add fruit or vegetables to your prepper stockpile.
It is difficult in a SHTF situation to get the fruit and vegetables the human body needs, but without them, you and your family can be at risk for a nutritional deficiency disease such as scurvy (which results from a lack of vitamin C) and immune systSunday, January 21, 2018 |
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| Mish - Global Economic Analysis |
| CPI Up 0.1 Percent: How Much is the CPI Understated |
| The BLS says the CPI is up 0.1% for the month and 2.1% from a year ago. What's the real story?
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.1 percent in December on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index rose 2.1 percent before seasonal adjustment.
An increase of 0.4 percent in the shelter index accounted for almost 80 percent of the 1-month all items increase. The food index rose in DThursday, January 18, 2018 |
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 | Nathan Lewis - New World Economics |
| Life After Heroic Materialism |
| It’s been a long time since I talked about “Heroic Materialism.” However, I find that these themes are rising in the broader culture, so let’s take it up again here.
The Traditional City/Post-Heroic Materialism Archive
For a long time, I’ve done a “Life After Cars” piece around the end of the year. These were intended to be something like introductory items, presenting some of the basic ideas to people who might be seeing it for the first time. (“Life Without Cars” gets a lot of search hits fromSaturday, January 6, 2018 |
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 | Gary Christenson - Sprott Money |
| Rig For Stormy Weather - Gary Christenson |
| What storm? The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DOW)
reached another all-time high. Interest rates in the U.S. are yielding
multi-decade lows, some say multi-century lows. Trillions of dollars in
global sovereign debt have negative yield and European junk bonds yield
less than 10 year U.S. treasuries. “Official” unemployment is low.
Borrowing is inexpensive. Things are good, so they say!
I Doubt It!
Do you believe the above is a fair and accurate representation of our economic world? If so, Thursday, December 7, 2017 |
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| Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
| Outbreak Alert: 36 DEAD In South African Of Food-Borne Disease Listeriosis |
| Just as it appears that Madagascar is slowly containing their outbreak of the air-borne plague, South Africa is hit with Listeriosis. The food-borne illness has killed 36 people so far.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said a total of 557 cases had been detected this year alone and at least 36 people have died in the last 11 months. According to Times Live, the country usually records 60-80 cases a year. “Most cases have been reported from Gauteng province,” Motsoaledi said‚ adding that the proTuesday, December 5, 2017 |
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 | Adrian Ash - Bullion Vault |
 Brexit, Gold and Harold Wilson's 'Pound in Your Pocket', 50 Years On |
| How the 1967 devaluation of Sterling killed the Gold Standard...
THIS WEEKEND will mark 50 years since Harold Wilson's infamous devaluation of Sterling,
writes Adrian Ash at BullionVault.
Hoping to cut the trade deficit by making imports dearer and exports cheaper, the Labour prime minister claimed that the "Pound in your pocket" hadn't been devalued, only its internatioSaturday, November 18, 2017 |
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 | Andy Hoffman - Miles Franklin |
| Shelter From The Storm |
| What storm? The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DOW) reached another all-time high. Interest rates in the U.S. are yielding multi-decade lows, some say multi-century lows. Trillions of dollars in global sovereign debt have negative yield and European junk bonds yield less than 10 year U.S. treasuries. “Official” unemployment is low. Borrowing is inexpensive. Things are good, so they say!
Ho-Hum!
Really? Do you believe the above is a fair and accurate representation of our economic world? If soThursday, November 9, 2017 |
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 | Hugo Salinas Price - Plata.com |
Anecdotes and Reminiscences How unbacked fiat money corrupts society  |
| A well-known story from yesteryear: when Venustiano Carranza was President of Mexico (1917-1920). Carranza issued a great quantity of worthless paper money, which caused much resentment on the part of the population. Someone (whose identity was never discovered) printed up some papers, and these were pasted one night on the walls of buildings in the heart of Mexico City; the papers had the following text:
“The Mexican eagle is a very cruel animal: It eats only silver, and shits only paper.”
PresTuesday, October 31, 2017 |
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| Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
 10 Survival Seeds You Must Stockpile For When The System Collapses |
| This guide was originally published by Tess Pennington at ReadyGardens.com.
Limited Time Offer From Ready Gardens:
FREE Survival Seed Starter Pack (Seriously, 1,000 Seeds For Free!)
There are many different types of emergencies that can have long-term repercussions on our way of life. One of those impacts is on our food system. Due to our aging infrastructure and roadways, emergencies can stall the delivery of goods, leaving a community without food for a given period of time. As well, personaSunday, October 29, 2017 |
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| Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
| A Crash Course in Preparedness – Week 1 – Essential Basics To Survive The Most Common Emergencies And Disasters |
| We’re ushering in National Preparedness Month with the first in a series of four preparedness guides. This crash course into preparedness will help you plan a strategy, position critical assets and greatly increase your chance of surviving many of the most common emergencies. While the subject of preparedness is an extensive one, we aSaturday, September 9, 2017 |
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 | Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| Gold Hedges Against Currency Devaluation and Cost Of Fuel, Food, Beer and Housing |
| – Gold hedge against currency devaluation – cost of fuel, food, housing
– True inflation figures reflect impact on household spending
– Household items climbed by average 964%
– Pint of beer sees biggest increase in basket of goods – rise of 2464%
– Bread rises 836%, butter by 1023% and fuel (diesel) up by 1375%
– Gold rises 2672% and hold’s its value over 40 years
– Savings eaten away by money creation and negative interest rates
– Further evidence of gold’s role as inflation hedge and safe havFriday, July 21, 2017 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| Shrinkflation – Real Inflation Much Higher Than Reported |
| Shrinkflation – Real inflation much higher than reported and realised
Shrinkflation is taking hold in consumer sector
Important consumer, financial, monetary and economic issue being largely ignored by financial analysts, financial advisers, economists, central banks and the media.
Food becoming more expensive as consumers get less for price paid
A form of stealth inflation, few can avoid it
Brexit is the scapegoat for shrinkflation by the media and companies
Consumers blame retailers rather thaWednesday, June 28, 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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| Mish - Global Economic Analysis |
| PPI Uneven Jump Hints at More Consumer Weakness, Trouble at Retailers |
| The BLS reported the Producer Price Index (PPI) for final demand rose 0.5%. This exceeded the Econoday consensus of 0.2% in a range of -0.2% to +0.3%. Details are interesting.
March was an unusually weak month for inflation and April, after yesterday’s import & export price report followed by today’s producer price report, is shaping up to prove an unusually strong month. Producer prices rose 0.5 percent to easily exceed Econoday’s high-side forecast for only 0.3 percent. Excluding food & energThursday, May 11, 2017 |
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 | Michael Ballanger |
| Stand on Guard for Thee (Canada) |
| Over the past 40 years, the British Columbia lumber business has always taken great glee in plucking the chin hairs out of Uncle Sam's beard by legislating protection for its markets by way of subsidies and tax credits with political parties catering and pandering to the voting workers in an industry that dominates the provincial workforce ranking second only to agriculture.
Each time one of the grey bristles was plucked from that star-spangled beard, the Big Man would flinch and growl and wavThursday, April 27, 2017 |
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| Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
| “Survive the Apocalypse In Style”: Go Beyond Prepping to Self-Sustaining |
| This article was written and originally published by Activist Post.
Editor’s Comment: These things go beyond the basics you might put together in a 72-hour bug out bag. If you have the means, these might be items well-worth investing in. In the long term, while you must be prepared for bugging out and making do with little-to-nothing, the most ideal survival plan would be one that overlapped neatly with a self-sustaining, off grid homestead. If it were properly set-up, and well-away from the beaThursday, April 20, 2017 |
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| Mish - Global Economic Analysis |
| Amazon Plans Robotic Supermarket Staffed by 3; Chinese Factory Eliminate 90 of Humans, Defects Drop 80 |
| Trump blames Mexico, China, and even Germany for taking US jobs and for US trade imbalances.
His message resonated with voters.
People can believe whatever “fake news” they want, but Trump’s theory on manufacturing jobs falls flat under any degree of scrutiny.
ZME Science reports Chinese Factory Replaces 90% of Human Workers with Robots. Production rose by 250%. Defects dropped by 80%.
According to Monetary Watch, the Changying Precision Technology Company focuses on the production of mobile phWednesday, February 8, 2017 |
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| Mish - Global Economic Analysis |
| Preposterous Rumors From Pelosi on Russia, Trump, Sanctions |
| It did not take long for the economic illiterates and rumor-mongers to chime in on Trump’s lifting of some trivial sanctions on Russia.
Minority leader Nancy Pelosi led the way, repeating a preposterous rumor that “Russians have something on Trump”
Please consider Yanking Russian Sanctions ‘Staggeringly Dangerous’.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) warned Thursday that any move by the Trump administration to roll back sanctions against Russia would fray international alliances and Thursday, February 2, 2017 |
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