“Like All Sleight-of-Hand Games It Cannot Continue Forever”

by | Mar 11, 2013 | Headline News | 577 comments

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    Spring is in the air, stock markets are driving higher than ever before, and happy days are here again.

    Or are they?

    The facts are that last night Japanese machinery orders fell 13% in January, despite the Japanese government pledging to “beat deflation” with new monetary operations (read: printing money) that has driven the Yen weaker by some 20% in the last couple of months.  That move started in December and as such should have been reflected in January’s order figures — if anyone believed it in Japanese business.

    They clearly don’t.

    Then there’s China.  They have a major property bubble problem, which is what always comes when you start printing cheap “money” (really credit) and allowing it to go into the real estate market.  In China’s case it’s built to the point of literal cities with nobody living in them.  That will eventually burst, and when it does you’ve got trouble.  China has the “luxury” of having an effective command economy since they’re a communist nation, but even that won’t change the laws of mathematics.

    Finally we have Europe.  It’s a basket case.  Europe has failed to deal with its banks, it has failed to deal with its budget deficits and it is still trying to find a way to “pull forward demand” to fill fiscal holes.  It’s not working because it can’t — the leverage was never taken out.  Not there and not here.

    We’re “printing” $85 billion a month and yet can only muster a 0.1% GDP print?  Let’s assume we manage to “rebound” and get a 2% GDP number.  We’re diluting purchasing power by ~8% annually!  Where is that going?  Right into the middle class and below’s pocketbook; like a thief in the night it comes and steals their buying power and that ultimately has to reflect in what they purchase — and thus what people sell.

    There are those who argue that the housing market has “turned.”  Really?  Look at Las Vegas, where there are tens of thousands of homes sitting with people in them who haven’t made a mortgage payment in three years!

    … The key question: Is this a stable environment or is it another bubble that will bust when cap rates fall?  And if the latter, and you erroneously bet on a “housing recovery”, are you going to get reamed twice in a decade?

    In short what we have here is a market that is levitating upward not due to an improving macro environment but rather due to Fed monetary games.  This can and has worked for a while, but like all sleight-of-hand games it cannot continue forever, and won’t.  The structural imbalances that have been built over the last four years set the table for a snapback move worse than 2008.

    This morning CNBS is playing a card that we “should” put forward fiscal policy mirroring The Fed’s views.  These clowns actually believe that the laws of mathematics have been repealed?

    Give me a break.  The guy who decides he doesn’t need more than 2 hours of sleep a night and starts shoving coke up his nose to achieve that outcome may indeed produce more work with less sleep and appear to be more productive.

    For a while.

    But eventually he has a heart attack, and the question becomes this: What are you going to do when you collapse due to the abuse you have heaped on your body and now are able to produce nothing?

    Our economy is experiencing chest pains and rapidly-escalating amounts of coke are going up the nose on a daily basis.

    Source: Karl Denninger’s Market Ticker

    Fundamentally, nothing has changed since 2007. The only thing keeping the stock market rising and the economy seemingly stable is the literal Trillions of dollars of funny-money being slammed into the system on a regular basis. They did it in the U.S., in Europe and in China.

    As Karl Denninger points out, this is akin to a cocaine addict continuously snorting to maintain their high. It always ends badly for the addict, as it will for us.

    There is a strong chance that we see a stock market crash, or at the very least a massive correction, in coming weeks or months.

    But, there is also the possibility that it keeps going higher, an effect of the Fed’s monetary easing and cheap money being given to banks who then leverage that money in stocks and other financial instruments. In this scenario, as we’ve seen since 2008, prices for essential goods continue to rise. What won’t rise is wages commensurate with the price inflation, which means that things like food, gas, and electricity become so expensive that disposable income shrinks to near zero (or goes negative) for the majority of Americans.

    There is no way out.

    All roads lead to a detonation of the financial, monetary and economic systems as we have come to know them.


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    When the economies of the world’s ‘super regions’ finally collapse, and hundreds of millions of people are left destitute and with no hope of recovery, the end result may very well be nuclear engagements across the globe.

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      1. Jeb Bush of the VERY for REAL NWO NJO ZOG actual Luciferian Nazi Freemason 9/11 Treasonous Traitor CIA Bush Family … IS RUNNNING for Illuminati CIA PUPPET PRESIDENT 2016 ???

        OHHHH HELL NO … $UCK BUSH !!!

        NOT ON MY WATCH !!!

        SERIOUSLY …

        THE ENTIRE BUSH FAMILY ARE DIRECTLY CONNECT TO REPEATED PHYSICAL ATTACKS ASSASSINATIONS ILLEGAL FALSE-FAG WARS AND EVEN HITLER SUPPORTING NAZI’S , 9/11 , ETC ETC … THEY ARE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING MILLIONS AROUND THE GLOBE AND 10’S OF 1000’S OF AMERICANS !!!

        $UCK BUSH

        ~b

        • “George Bush, what will the people do if they ever find out the truth about Iraq-gate and Iran contra?

          ‘Sarah, if the American people ever find out what we have done (including the orchestration of September 11, the murder of JFK, Jr, the destruction of New Orleans and this Constitutional Republic), they will chase us down the streets and lynch us.’”

          —From a June, 1992 exclusive and published interview granted by President George H. W. Bush
          to Sarah McClendon, the grand dame of the White House press corps at the time.

          • “If the people were to ever find out what we have done, we would be chased down the streets and lynched.”

            President George H.W. Bush, quoted by Sarah McClendon (White House Reporter) in her June 1992 Newsletter.

            http://www.antichristconspiracy.com/conspiracy1.htm

            • If they do all that you claim. I think they be equipped to silence this little comment. Especially if they even killed the dog.

              You know Nina you might some day piss off someone enough that they will consider you more than just a nuisance. We both know your supplied computers security sucks. How many times has that been proven.

              And just because you are in those far away “wood” won’t make a difference. Actually out there it makes it easier for them.

              • @ F.Book ~ Yea , and whatever happened to ‘COCO-PUFF Crackhead !?? BUT, I have NO doubt, that BUSH & CHENEY & RUMSFELD were the 3 most ARROGANT in modern HISTORY !!! (BUSH own’s the record for BLOTTING OUT the most released information under the ‘Free of INFORMATION ACT !!!) NOMI !!

                • Coco Puff and Booger. Same IP Address. Better know as Nina OP

          • AMERICAN WRITER AND FAMILY KILLED BY THE TRAITOR CIA BUSH FAMILY …

            ‘CIA killed 9/11 author in black ops hit’

            A former US National Security Agency officer says the 9/11 investigative author Philip Marshall and his children were killed in a “black ops hit” by the CIA, dismissing the suicide hypothesis.

            http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/03/03/291728/cia-killed-911-author-in-black-ops-hit/

            • The ZOG-CIA even killed his poor defenseless family DOG .

              CIA SICKO’S

              R.I.P. Rover .

              ;0P

              • booger, you are such a ham — a hambooger!

              • I thought the new rule was you had to at least keep your crap from the top of the posts.

                • I thought I’d elbow my way in here “booger”, if you don’t mind, with some thoughts by someone called “Lion”.

                  The biggest drug distribution network on the planet is the US military.

                  Fiat banksters are given free reign to steal as much as they can.

                  Is it time yet?

                  Rouge foreign governments occupy the usa.

                  Is it time yet?

                  WMD manufacturers, and military psychopaths are are destroying the planet one country at a time.

                  Is it time yet?

                  Good people are murdered and psychopath deviates are elevated to positions of power.

                  Is it time yet?

                  Criminals are holding the people hostage only because they have control of organized thug gangs known as police and military.

                  Is it time yet?

                  There is no one in a position of power who is NOT maliciously corrupt.

                  Is it time yet?

                  Twisted religionists on TV and in churches endorse the enemies of America.

                  Is it time yet?

                  Delusional ‘elite’ lowlifes have stolen all the best land, and sold the rest of what did not belong to them to foreign interests.

                  Is it time yet?

                  Energy corporations are destroying the planet, and raping the consumer out of existence.

                  Is it time yet?

                  America has been forced into a fascist tyrannical police state, making Joseph Stalin look like a boy scout.

                  Is it time yet?

                  Church leaders are molesting young children as a matter of church policy.

                  Is it time yet?

                  Pedophile rings operate at the highest levels of the fascist government control system – and no one cares because they are all participating in the practice.

                  Is it time yet?

                  Public schools are training your children to be mindless homosexuals.

                  Is it time yet?

                  Society is always looking for another fool to provide perfection for them, because all society wants to do is to ‘be entertained’.

                  Is it time yet?

                  Lion

                  • Well, here’s a link to another “is it time yet” moment. It’s a Rand Paul video about us sending fighter jets to Egypt. It IS a donation page, but I’m not trying to shill for donations. I just would like to present the short video on that page, which can be watched for free.

                    We talk on this site about ways to help this country recover from or avoid a collapse, I think this video presents one good one…

                    Stop funding other country’s wars and destabilization with our taxes!

                    http://www.rand-2016.com/welcome_faid.aspx?pid=new3

                  • Rouge foreign governments = The Reds (i.e., Communists)? What about blue or green governments?

                    I find it very revealing that “Lion” equates each of these points. Clearly insight into a disorganized mind. Don’t disagree on many, but running in every direction makes accomplishing anything difficult. Pick your battles.

                  • yes its time

          • The people have found out, the lynchings have not happened.

            I would say it is finally time to listen to a Bush and do what the criminals expect us to do.

            • America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

              -Abraham Lincoln

              • one quote from the treasonous “honest abe” and all of the sudden it’s all thumbs up.brainwashed.

              • Lincoln mainstreamed, in a horrific way, the attack on freedoms. Traitor.

            • They tell us happy days are here again…

              “The president of the “conservative” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis said on Friday, Feb. 22nd that FOMC policy will remain loose for a long time.

              There is no problem, he says.

              This policy of buying $1 trillion a year in Treasury bonds and Fannie/Freddie bonds is more powerful than expected. This will create U.S. economic growth of 3%.

              Why? The fiscal cliff is behind us. The crisis in Europe is behind us.

              It’s smooth sailing from now on.”

              Federal Reserve Mass Inflation . . . Permanent?
              http://teapartyeconomist.com/2013/02/25/federal-reserve-mass-inflation-permanent/

              • http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/BASE/

                THIS GRAPH IS JUST LIKE WEIMAR GERMANY IN 1919 T 1923.
                The dollar is being destroyed.
                The TSA are stocking up on million of rounds of ammo.
                When the dollar craps out and civil unrests starts…
                The US will ask the UN for “peace keepers”.
                In come the commies…from Russia and China.
                The blue helmets.
                They will order mandatory gun confiscations and you will have to turn in your guns.
                It it critical that you do NOT comply.
                Make them go house to house…then let them search all they want and find nothing.

                It’s my hope the military will step in and save the country from these commies.

                Good luck.

          • booger,

            You shit head, Bush never made that statement in any interview, try and get a certified copy of the ghost interview. Sounds to me like you should be sued for slander like the rest of the left wing nuts. If you say something often enough then others will believe it, right liar?

            • UNDENIABLE TRUTH of HISTORY –

              Prescott Bush (George W. Bush’s grandfather) and other directors of the Union Banking Company (UBC) were Nazi collaborators.

              BUSH FAMILY = ZIO-NAZI’S

              BUSH FAMILY = FASCIST FREEMASONS

              BUSH FAMILY = LUCIFERIANS

              ;0p

              • Dam it you took the dogs meds again.

                • Bone head..this guy is right… know your history.

            • live like a slave you are a loser bush did say that you fucking moron

              • Show the proof. We have enough reason to detest them We dont need to make shit up. We are all ready mad.

            • Here is what bush sr said and I quote Clearly, no longer can a dictator count on East-West confrontation to stymie concerted United Nations action against aggression. A new partnership of nations has begun. And we stand today at a unique and extraordinary moment. The crisis in the Persian Gulf, as grave as it is, also offers a rare opportunity to move toward an historic period of cooperation. Out of these troubled times, our fifth objective — a new world order — can emerge: a new era, freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit of justice, and more secure in the quest for peace. An era in which the nations of the world, east and west, north and south, can prosper and live in harmony THIS SCUMBAG BUSH SAID HE WANTED A NEW WORLD ORDER, THE BUSHES ARE A BIG PART OF WHY THE USA IS SO MESSED UP RIGHT NOW

              • The new world order has been in the making since the sixies. Look it up.

                • You can find new world order quotes going back to the 1920’s, very uncomfortable stuff…

              • Of course, its true, bbbrp; the bushes (old man bush, especially@!) talked of the new world order LOTS OF TIMES!! And no, I won’t give you the links, time is valuable. However, I’VE SEEN THIS NUMEROUS TIMES!! If you nose-in-his-but right wingers don’t realize what a scum bush was, you’re as clueless as the bummerlovers. they both are part and parcel of the NWO crowd!!

            • GWB signed off on and APPROVED the Israeli Mossad False Flag attack on the USA on September 11, 2001.

              The guy was such an amazing idiot, that you can spend a hour or two on Youtube watching video after video of the guy flapping his gums in front of one audience of people after another, blabbering about 9-11 and successfully incriminating his own treasonous ass in the process.

              The entire Bush Family have been one gigantic, festering, oozing, cancer sore on the ass of not only America – but on the ass of the entire world for at least the last 100 years, pal. The damage that these cockroaches have done to America is only marginally worse than the damage done by the Kennedy clan.

          • Barack Obama, what will the people do if they ever find out the truth about Agan-gate and Begazi-Gate?

            ‘Sarah, if the American people ever find out what we have done (including the orchestration at Bengazi, the murder of Diplomats, the destruction of the constitution and this Constitutional Republic), they will chase me and other liberals down the streets and lynch us.’”

            —From a June, 1992 exclusive and published interview granted by President Barack Hussien Obama
            to Sarah McClendon, the grand dame of the White House press corps at the time.

            DAMN – I cant believe Barack actually confessed to all this

            • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bYqJ6k2ARk

              Funny… even if the took all the guns…
              We’d just make our own.
              Imagine getting shot by a cross bow made from car leaf springs?

              Imagine 100 million angry hungry starving Americans….all the drones in the world won’t help with so many.

              Your best bet is to not get picked up and put in a fema camp.

              Avoid violence and seek change though vote.
              Yet stay armed…remember Hitler’s Jews. 6 million…all gone because they were
              too stupid to see it coming.

              I fear an all black congress for my future grand children…the day might come where some will want to do in the future white minority.
              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vYML_F1Nb0

            • 1992? That doesn’t make sense at all.

          • Sorry folks……I just did a quick search and Bush really did say these things….here is the info where you can find the papers about the interview….yes it was a cut & past…

            The original interview article is kept at the University of Missouri.

            the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia

            Followed the quote to a few places that gave me more information.
            ————————————————

            http://www.antichristconspiracy.com/conspiracy1.htm

            “If the people were to ever find out what we have done, we would be chased down the streets and lynched.”

            President George H.W. Bush, quoted by Sarah McClendon (White House Reporter) in her June 1992 Newsletter.

            —————-

            http://www.newworldpeace.com/purge.html

            “George Bush, what will the people do if they ever find out the truth about Iraq-gate and Iran contra?

            ‘Sarah, if the American people ever find out what we have done (including the orchestration of September 11, the murder of JFK, Jr, the destruction of New Orleans and this Constitutional Republic), they will chase us down the streets and lynch us.’”

            —From a June, 1992 exclusive and published interview granted by President George H. W. Bush
            to Sarah McClendon, the grand dame of the White House press corps at the time.

            ———————————————

            Here’s where it is located—–>

            McClendon, Sarah Newcomb (1910-2003), Papers, 1931-1992 (C2579)

            INTRODUCTION

            The personal and professional papers of Sarah Newcomb McClendon, White House journalist and women’s rights advocate, contain biographical information, correspondence, newspaper columns, speeches, and other miscellaneous writings, photographs, negatives, newspaper clippings and magazine articles, awards, certificates, press badges, press cards, programs, posters, federal agency reports and publications, research, and family materials.

            DONOR INFORMATION

            The Sarah Newcomb McClendon Papers were donated to the University of Missouri by Sarah McClendon on February 1, 1988 (Accession No. 4827). Additions to the papers were made by McClendon on August 21, 1990 (Accession No. 4982), June 18, 1991 (Accession No. 5048), and June 16, 1992 (Accession No. 5185). The papers are part of the National Women and Media Collection.

            http://whmc.umsystem.edu/invent/2579.html

            INDEX TERMS

            These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed
            in all available indexes at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia.

            !!!!!!!!!!!!!

            If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff. http://whmc.umsystem.edu/whmc/ref.html

            Snip–>

            Bush, George Herbert Walker (1924- ) f. 57, 60, 63, 64

            those that don’t like it sorry but it appears to be true!

        • booger,

          You are disgusting and because of vile slime like you, anyone worth their salt wouldn’t even consider posting on this site anymore. You, and at least three more who post here are certifiable psychos who should be institutionalized.

          What does your rant have to do with this article? I have never read so much hateful rhetoric from people who call the left hateful in my life. You and those like you make me sick. You new handle is truly appropriate.

          • ;0p pssszzt

            • You wouldn’t know it when it bitch slaps you in the face.

          • Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms ( And weapons ;0P ).

            -Bryant H. McGill

          • First rule of Prepper Club:

            Do NOT feed the Trolls!!!

            • Exactly

        • Oh.

          $uck this.

          Are you telling me we get to choose between Jeb and Hillary in 2016?

          … dude collapse it. ANY result is better than either of those two.

          • Thats kinda what its looking like at the moment . my god man , what is going to happen to this country ? Why would anyone listen to anything a Bush or a Clinton sais . We are in such deep trouble .

          • R or D doesn’t matter. they’re all about big government. we need a return to constitutionally limited federal government party…

        • Oh oh. Be careful.

          Ol Daisy and Zoltanne are gonna run some “computational linguistics … with analytical methods to compile and assess certain similarities in your syntax.”

          They’re gonna start calling you either Eisenkraut or Angelo Mysterio. *gasp* maybe you’re me!

          LMAO!

            • Damn booger, you’re making me as tired of you as I am of Daisy.

              • Anonymous….That was a terrible comment. I have been reding this blog about a year and started blogging about 4 months ago. Daisy and others have offered alot of good stuff. I read Daisy’s blog and think there is good stuff there.

                Now ‘booger’ has offered nothing and is definitely a troller with a new name.

                And you should start adding something of value. Are you preparing for the future?

                • You are missing something, and it is your brain.

                  • Anonymous….You have been a regular blogger on here since I began here. I cannot remember if you have said much about yourself on prepping.

                    I have. I have about 4 months worth of food for 4 people. Will continue until I reach 6 months. In back yard we have 2 garden spots and also 16 fruit trees.

                    My biggest area of need is purchasing a shortwave radio and also a solar generator. I’ve been slow because you can spend much monies on junk.

                    Anyway, I was just curious what you were doing?

                  • Ugly. Booger is just Nina off his Meds. And Daisy is not the same. At her own blog and in her stories/and Post you can see the change over time. And I think it because she has befriended people such as Nina and the hate crowd here…

                    She hate all not like her just as much she just thinks she’s polite about it.

              • That’s funny.

          • You’re an a$$, OBVIOUSLY, you have no knowledge of what they speak…
            oh wait… I’m sorry…you’re just one of those snot nosed kids hijacking the thread… my bad…
            Carry on…

            • hmmm. snot nosed kid. Ya found me out. Oh, except I haven’t hijacked any thread.

              Nah, the joke is on dipshits like you that think those ass clowns are running ‘analysis’ on someone’s post thru anything other than, ‘hey X said something. Y says stuff like that. Therefore X = Y’. Dont be tool of the delusional. Unless you’re a snot nosed kid.

              Hey, You wanna see thread hijacking, scroll down to the post by that dolt Angelo. Another one of them anti-semite goodies.

              • Their argument was quite analytical…based in science…
                Toned down somewhat so everyone could understand…
                If you did a cursory investigation into it, I mean rudimentary…you’d know.
                And, you wouldn’t have said what you did…unless…
                I was and am still right in my assessment of your motives.

                • Son…

                  • Bitch…

                • “Their argument was quite analytical…based in science…”

                  Bwwaaaa hahah!

                  • KID’s ,KID’s ! Now let’s all get ALONG , we’ll send ya to your ROOM’S!! AND NO SUPPER!!! NOMI!!

        • My inner grammar Nazi is crying.

        • The “Tsar Bomba”, detonated by the Soviets, in 1961, was the equivalent of 1400 Hiroshima bombs, a true planet-breaker.

          As for the economy, I’d still wager on a instigated crash, and sooner rather than later. No sense in wasting a good crisis, eh?

          Had an odd event today, one of the last people I would expect, has apperantly woken up. Maybe a few people are waking up, after all.

          • If I were the Head of DHS charged with the responsibility for the safety of the American people and the preservation of the nation; and if I knew that Nibiru were real and would present itself to US in unmistakable terms within a few years, having a profound effect upon all of civilization, I would order:

            1. 2 billion rounds of ammunition of various caliber, anticipating that supply lines would be severed and production facilities destroyed;

            2. I would accelerate the construction of underground facilities to house OUR command and control structures to maintain OUR national defense;

            3. I would want 30,000 drones in the sky to monitor conditions on the surface, repel any aggressors, and coordinate police charged with corralling the zombie hoards bent on destruction, mayhem, and murder;

            4. I would ensure that there were sufficient internment camps for the zombies, 7,000 “personal defense weapons” for the use of Camp personnel, and 2700 armored vehicles to help round the zombies up, rather than let them ravage the countryside;

            5. I would want ExO’s in place sufficient to organize the chaos and quell the insanity;

            6. I would WANT the population unarmed to make my job protecting them easier; BUT instead, I would direct all gun owners to register with their local Sheriff’s Posse to swell the ranks of legally armed citizens desiring to protect their community;

            7. I would be transparent about the potential threat to civilization …. and delay that announcement for as long as possible understanding that madness could ensue throughout the length and breadth of society; and to ensure that I had all possible preparations in place beforehand.

            8. I would rely on conspiracy theorists and Alt Media to spread their concerns and encourage others to prepare for “Doomsday” understanding that there are limits to what I can do to protect every individual American; knowing that some enlightened souls could read the handwriting on the wall and become ….

            Preppers.

            Just saying. Not everything that glitters is “gold”. Still, invest in gold, speculate with silver, and hoard your lead. They won’t be making anymore of it after the Changes.

            • Glad you read 1984. Or was you talking about today?

              • “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.”
                ― George Orwell, 1984

                That’s why they bought all that crap, DK…

                • JustMe: Time will tell and time is getting short. I will believe that quote if they try to come for OUR guns. That IS the line in the sand.

                  All Americans, black, white, yellow, brown, and red, should feel free to shoot any bastard that comes for their guns.

                  Its a numbers game and WE have them out numbered. If I can take three bastards with me when I go, I have served my country well (again).

                  The future of America is Freedom. The future of Americans are armed to the teeth. “Mutual Assured Destruction” can keep the peace.

                  If not, 100 million American gun owners can eliminate the NWO overnight, and at 1000 yards.

                  WE are ALL Seal Team America. Engage.

                  • In 2012 the Indiana legislature passed a law allowing people to shoot anyone who executes an unlawful entry into their homes — including police officers. It’s designed to “protect the person or a third person from what the person reasonably believes to be the imminent use of unlawful force,” even when it’s the police or other enforcement agents coming through the door at 2am.

                    So far, members of our legislature not only want us to keep our guns, they want us to use them to protect ourselves, and they want to encourage police and other law enforcement operatives to obey the laws.

                    Flyover country can be pretty sweet sometimes.

              • Ugly: Do not mix fiction and reality. Warp Speed and Time Travel may be real, but I am still waiting for a hot cup of tea, “Earl Grey” from the replicator.

                Engage. 😉

                • DK….Warp speed, not sure? Time Travel, sure–especially if they figure a gravitational lense.

                  Wish we could all talk about science fiction and technology instead of an economic collapse. But, the economic collapse is our real future and reality. Unfortunately but true. Hope we are ready for that day.

                  • time travel is real . we all travel forword in time . thats about as rel as it gets

            • You really believe the bull crap you just posted? Amazing.

        • Who the hell is the queer Booger commenting? Another coward leaving stupid messages. Please leave interesting, intellectual comments instead of stupidity. Do everyone a favor and walk into traffic!

          • Just Nina needed attention.

            • This site has been pretty much destroyed by the left wing shills and other nut jobs. It was nice for awhile. What it has to do anymore with prepping is a mystery.

          • “War is peace.
            Freedom is slavery.
            Ignorance is strength.”

            G. Orwell

        • booger has so many posts it’s tough to pick one — pick a booger!

        • This site has seriously gone downhill since I started coming here. That was 4 years ago. Use to be the comment section had some good comments. There are still a few but for the most part, most of the comments here are just filled with hate and bullshit. We use to mostly be on the same page with what was going on. Now I don’t think so. From most of the comments here I’m guessing that if the shit ever does hit the fan in a big way, most of you idiots will be the dumb fuckers I would be shooting at. Too bad Mac. You had a great thing going for along time.

          • Wow Bill I couldn’t have said it better. The blog is so terrible with all the infighting I barely even visit the site anymore, much less read the comments. It is such a shame.

            Mac, you used to have a good blog. I’m not blaming you or anything, I guess this is just what happens when you reach a certain level of people. Mob mentality has definitely taken over. All people are concerned about anymore is who is “right”. I never see any actual prepping info or anything useful at all for that matter anymore. Your site has become what your original readers hate.

            I’m not going to call your site a sell out, I’ll let you read the blog and determine that for yourself. In my humble opinion I believe you have sacrificed quality for page views. But like I said, what can you do? A small group of people can be an amazing intellectual thing bouncing ideas off one and other and what not. But when any group gets too big politics inevitably take over and the original message is lost.

            All of you bitchy bloggers should go find somewhere else to hash out your petty arguments. Until then……Adios SHFT blog. It’s been real.

            P. S. Mac I still do commend you for putting out real stories always backed by facts. Thanks for that. Keep up the good work.

            • We better hope this Government never fails, because as we can see on this site, who in the world could even rule this bunch. I have enough of my own prejudice, but on this site, we hate everyone. We hate Jews, we hate Blacks,we hate Whites, we hate Christians, we hate Catholics, we hate Democrats, we hate Republicans, we hate Obama, we hate Bush, we hate Rush, we hate Hannity, we hate Levin, we hate the Left, we hate the Right. And then we’re stupid enough to think we could defeat the powers that be. We better stick to things that we agree on,rather than what seperates us.WASP. Some Time We Even Hate Eisenkraut!

              • @ WASP

                Not to fear! We have not had that, Mind Altering Event yet. We are all lashing out, blameing anyone or anything. How many of us have had an event that we should have been KILLED. But we walked away. A second chance to learn from. With all this anger I believe it would take about three months to burn off us. That is always having to be on watch at hightened alert. Maintaining OPSEC. Caring for many other things and people. The hate will be drained from us as we realise it has more negative than positive.

          • I have to say I agree with you Bill. I have been a daily viewer of this site for 3 years at least. It makes me wonder if those of us here that are preparing will turn on each other when their supplies are gone.

            Now I know that will not happen because we are so geographically separated. It just makes me wonder is all.

            If it were not for B.I., I would find it easy to stop visiting so often.

            Mac, you need to put him on the payroll. 🙂

            FAP out

            NOMI
            Molan Labe

            • It has been targeted. Disruption is in full anarchy mode. It happens to most sites the left targets when the web master takes no action to restore some sanity. Just the way it is, no point in getting upset.

      2. No one can escape this — it is all emcompassing. And if we are heading into war, those nukes on our land could eliminate the shadow inventory of some 2.3 million US homes that no one seems to want to acknowledge exists today.

        • “””When the economies of the world’s ‘super regions’ finally collapse, and hundreds of millions of people are left destitute and with no hope of recovery,”””

          Hopefully, at that point, they will at least try to understand WHY it happened and WHO is responsible. There are now millions who can at least partially answer the why, even if they can’t yet comprehend the who.

          Nothing will turn them to God quicker than being tossed into the financial trash heap by the banksters. Most of what the sheep consider important will prove to be worthless. It was important only because the corporations convinced them so.

          The collapse will be hard on many. Many will die. many will use their last breath for revenge against who they think caused the problems. It is imperative that we stay alive to educate enough of them to give their last breath for freedom, in exchange for making a bankster or politicians breath their last.

          The collapse is coming. the corp wants you to think it will end the world and kill you. What it will actually do is OPEN a window for the people to fight back. The unknown is whether the People will use it.

          • Priorities?

            Sequester Cuts Begin…
            On List: White House Tours and Army Tuition
            Off List: Obama Vacations

            Obama Excludes His Vacations from Sequester Cuts

            Vision to America dot com

              • Ky Mom. I have read several of your post. You are obviosly well educated on subjects of the world today. Thank you for voicing your opinions. Makes me think I should start as well. My son would be one of those who lost federal tuition assistance for the army. Strange how they can do that after he has been in service for two years.

                • VaGentleman,

                  Thank you for your kind words.

                  The priorities of the leadership in Washington are ‘upside down’.

                  I encourage everyone to voice their opinion and forward information to others. People need to learn the truth.

                  Best wishes!
                  KY Mom

                • Those grants have always been subject to funding levels and the to agreement of the command where stationed. They don’t have to pay for courses not considered relevant. Just the way it is.

            • Don’t forget all of the other ‘visible’ government programs like the National Parks, KY Mom.

              Anyone have the estimated total for the Spring vaca at Martha’s Vineyard?

              Obama’s actions might earn him the title “Sequester Nazi”.

              • They cannot stop maintaining, monitoring and protecting the national parks; they are collateral on the debt. Think I’m joking? US Park Service began in March of 1872 coincidentally, just after the Act of 1871 secured us as collateral also.

              • Just one Obama vacation would fund the seasonal employees for the entire National Park Service this year.

            • Obama had taken more vacations and played more golf in 5 years than my entire family has in 30 years.! And one of his golf rounds costs the us tax payers more than $1000. Bucks an hour. Not to include travel. But don’t be upset, He works very hard you know.

              • I believe he should have a golf course at our House but seequestion would probably shut it down.

              • He still is a “Hack”

        • YEAH!

          What’s up with all those shadow inventory homes?

          My folks have drank the Kool-Aid hook, line, and sinker on the “housing recovery” BS.

          And I keep saying… “K. What happened to all those foreclosed houses, eh? Did they disintegrate? Did someone bulldoze them for grins?”

        • The stock market isn’t an indicator of the health of the USA economy. It doesn’t reflect the realities of the street. I no longer use it’s upsides as an indicator of where the economy will be in six months. I tend to look at it as a white collar currency laundromat that facilitates the raping of the American treasury and it exist within a toxic bubble. It’s growth doesn’t help the economy, just the insiders and well connected but when the toxic bubble burst, it will be felt by all.

        • Actual number of the shadow inventory is closer to 2.9. The majority of them are now the property of HUD via the primary mortgage insurance guaranteed by Freddie May and Freddie Mac. The you have another 2 to 5 million homes that are 6 months or worse delinquent.

          Fredie Mac now has a policy that if you make a payment in a calender year the clock on forelosure starts all over. This is all being subsidized by the American Taxpayer. Then you have the Federal Reserve which is printing 85 billion dollars per month out of thin air and applying that money, or a big part, to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to pay the investors off that loaned the money out in the first place. They, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are the insurers of these loans as mandadted by federal law that allowed the finaciers to write these loans.

          To top it all off they have started making the same loans again. 3% down and credit score of 580 will get you into a house no questions asked. A guy who owns 3 homes outright and wants to put 50% down on a house cannot get a loan because it is not insured by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Because the bankers know this is all going to crumble and they want to make sure they get the money they loaned with interest back fom the U.S. Government.

          Think what I just said is Bullsh*t? Check it out. Talk to a real estate broker or some one who works at a home lending company.

          Astounding and amazing isn’t it. Factor that in with no new jobs people are getting have the wages to afford a home not even in a 2 family income household. But because of federal lending giudelines the banks have to follow most people can qualify. Why is the bank the bad guy when all they do is lend by the government guidelines?

          Good question, thanks BigB for asking it. You see when the home buyer defaults and the loan is kicked back for payment by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac then the bank still retains the right to manage the loan. So as in any contract the first thing that comes out of any proceeds such as payments or refinancing is the collection costs.

          Now that the loan is delinquent the bank makes money all the way till that house is sold at auction or by a realtor. First thing out of those proceeds is a check to the bank who originaly financed it for collection costs. By the way 8 out of 10 homes in America are being sold on the steps of the courthouses for back taxes. The banks or federal enity holding the notes don’t care as the value is virtualy nothing. 30% of those are being bought by Chinese investment companies.

          If these houses were put out on the market peoples equities in thier homes would plunge by at least 50%. As I have stated before the sh*t has already hit the fan and most people are just to ignorant to know it.

          • Thanks for what sounds like the inside scoop.

          • Wait what?

            Ok I get the whole thing about not releasing them into the wild. That part I get.

            Ok so if Mr. Guy with his 3 homes and 50% down can’t get a loan, then…. he just gets a Fannie loan???

            Or… something???

            It’s not computing for me, sorry…

            • Oh wait I get it.

              Basically unless you sign up for the 3% down “to infinity and beyond” payment plan insured by Freddy Kruger, you can’t buy jack sh*t unless you plop down 100%.

              … wow that sucks…

              So… ok wait NOW I don’t get the whole thing about them not being in the market. I mean… they’re… selling them, aren’t they? They’re in the market one way or the other… pretty much… unless they’re destroyed or sold to foreign investors only… just because it’s a fed auction doesn’t mean they’re not in the market… does it?

              • Every case is different. The houses are not on the market. Some do make it to market most of them that do are short sales.

          • 12 million homes are still “underwater”under current conditions. That means the mortgage amount owed is higher than the value of the property.

            Just saying.

          • I am a Realtor. What you are illustrating is true. The market is literally being set up for the next mortgage mess, and we are no where out of the present one. Another program out there is the USDA loan program. Loans now being made with ZERO down payment, get the seller to pay all the buyers closing costs. Stick built homes only…. no manufactured (unless it is a land package deal). In a lot of areas, with an average interest rate of 3.5%, most borrowers can get into a home and a mortgage payment is less than the going rent rate. A home purchase with no financial “skin in the game” often ends up as a foreclosure. No real hard money lost due to no original cash out of pocket. The real irony is the 20% down buyer is going through underwriting requirements beyond belief.

          • Thanks for the insight, its jaw dropping. Where can I find info on China buying up mortgages?

          • The next amnesty will take care of all that excess inventory. Free stuff for Dem voters. Everyone who works and is a legal American can pound sand.

      3. Here’s a question for you more serious preppers? When shtf and the grid goes down and we have economic collapse and no one is working anymore, what’s going to happen to the nuclear power plants. I was thinking about it the othe day that we are surrounded by like 100 nuclear power plants here on the east coast and if no one is working/ the grid is down and you can’t keep the reactors cool, it can potentially creat multiple Chernobyl like disasters that would make most of the land unusable. It was something that I kinda just thought about and haven’t heard or seen anyone talk about and since I’m new at prepping and probably much younger you guys might have some input.

        • It has been discussed on here from time to time. The inplications of an EMP and the effect it will have on the upwards of 100 nuke power plants here is not so good.
          After about 30 days the fuel will possibly run out for the backup generators that run the pumps to cool the rods. After they shut down and the rods heat up and spew radiation we won’t need any lights. We’ll all be glowing bright enough to see just fine in the dark.

          • BTW, the same I’m sure will apply to a total economic collapse unless the military takes them over.

        • There will always be ” high priority” actions that will be taken, so as to ensure survival. Keeping nuclear reactors running, or conversely, doing a controlled shutown, ranks pretty high so that tens of millions, including gvt. officials, avoid radiation poisoning!

        • It would irradiate the whole northern half of the planet atleast. I’ve thought about a scenario like that where a foreign invasion would have to as a top priority secure all nuc plants from melt down or else there would be nothing to gain by an invasion.

          Since fukashima I’ve done a complete 180 on nuc power. Its just too risky and the downside is apocalyptic.

          War is coming, make no mistake about it. And we will be facing off against china and russia from a disadvantaged position of power. Worse yet is america doesnt have the stomach for a costly and deadly conflict. People will be begging for a return to normalcy and will go along with anything to get it.

          • Check out “Thorium Reactor” on your favorite search engine.

            What I got was that it is basically a clean nuclear reactor that does not generate enriched fission bomb materials. The US nuclear program chose not to research or develop them, since our reactors were built during the cold war when everyone was trying to make as much enriched plutonium and uranium as possible.

          • …whether or not they have a stomach for it will be irrelivent IF the conflict is actually here on our ground…the tough will get going and the weak will die en masse…if Washingtons vision is correct we have to figure on a fight for our existence….if not we still are going to show those bassturds what it means to mess with real Americans…rebs and yanks!

        • The Nuke plants will stay up. If for no other reason than they supply power to the wife of the plant engineer. No way in hell is she going to to tolerate no power. All the workers have no place to go and live around the plants. Never been collapse where everything went down. When we cannot import oil because our money is no good those plants will be worth far more than now. Every worker will be drafted and the plants will run.

          • We’ll be unlucky enough to have COG powered by all the Nuke plants. If not for their own self interest. They’ll be there with guns at their heads to keep the power going for the Corruptiticians.

          • I have thought of the same thing>> That would B the last nail in the coffin…

            • You let him gain weight

          • The president has the power to make people work in an emergency situation. New laws passed last year. was posted here. I copied.
            ” Executive Doomsday Order: Obama Authorizes Gov to Seize Farms, Food, Processing Plants, Energy Resources, Transportation, Skilled Laborers During National Emergency”

            • You can lead a horse to water but ya cant make him drink!

              • …ya can if youre bigger and meaner than a horse… 😉

            • The catch is you can’t make them accomplish anything. The Russians were masters at looking busy while goofing off.

          • Suppose he detests his wife and especially his MIL? Are we then burnt(ed) toast for sure?

        • Oh I’ve talked about it.

          You will never, and I mean NEVER, have a nuclear war for this very reason. I mean, if they got a direct hit on the plant as a groundburst, you *might* be ok as the stuff is vaporized. But, a near miss?

          Containment cracks, cooling goes offline, guess what? Everyone’s a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. Worldwide.

          You have radioactive “hostages”. Anyone with 1/100th of an active brain cell is not going to “set off the doomsday device” (aka full scale nuclear war against a country with 300 fission reactors).

          Methinks this may be why Iran wants them so bad…

          If it’s an economic collapse scenario, I WOULD SINCERELY HOPE that the people in charge have enough brains to either allocate massive amounts of dedicated resources to running those things, or else shut them down in a controlled fashion.

          I would sincerely hope.

          • Remember even the government thinks someone else will take care of things.

        • I hope to God that the critical workers that maintain these facilites will do the right thing. Maybe wishful thinking on my part. I know I would stay on and ease the towers down without disaster if possible. What good would it be to run off screaming. You and your country would all turn into a radioactive wasteland if we’re talking all of them simultaneously being left unattened. I know I would stay on realizing the importance of my role. Who knows. Could get very ugly in a hurry.

        • Plants are automated and don’t need people.

          • These ain’t self service gas stations scooter. There ain’t no place to swipe your card nor ass.

          • Which plants are completely automated, exactly?

            The one we toured in California when I was in 6th grade (pre 9/11) had hundreds of skilled laborers and engineers who looked very busy doing who knows what, but it looked important!

        • My previous reply didn’t show-your scenario would be one of those ” critical” items that would get priority attention. Tens of millions, including top gvt. officials would be seriously and physically affected. The plants would either be kept running, or a contolled shutdown would be initiated.

          • Crat,

            Even with a controlled shutdown a continuous flow of heavy water would need to be up and running to cool the spent fuel rods in storage tanks. Thats the real danger just like fukushima right now. Once exposed to air meltdown will occur.

        • Unfortunately nuclear power plants not only require people to make them work they also require materials that may or may not be available. If war breaks out a nuclear power plant is in itself an effective bomb just needing a detonator. The entire northern hemisphere if not the world will become a wasteland. Why do you think George Soros and his buddies are hiding out in Brazil?

          • No see. A BOMB produces LIMITED fallout. You could get away with that. I mean we been blowing them up over and voer in above ground tests from 1945- I’m not sure when but post 1960 something.

            We blew up LOTS of those.

            A fission plant? Whole different story there.

        • There are two methods. One is operate the in house back up steam turbine(s) to power the cooling pumps as the core temperature decays. The second is to run diesel powered generators to power the coolant pumps.

        • Maybe they will run for a little while…It will be every man/woman for themself in these areas.

          Believe what others say if you like…ultimately it is your ass that must keep your family safe.

        • The power plants leak daily as a normal way of operation.
          They go down for minor events all the time. leaking pipes, electrical fires. They have backup generators – Generators to run a nuclear power plant! Those generators rely on fossil fuel and trucks and pipes that do not get tore up in Hurricanes, tornados, floods and earth quakes.
          When they go down, it is game over for the next generation and those in the area.
          Please do not kid yourself into beliveing that this planet can take multiple failures at nuclear weapons/power plants and keep on ticking as usual.
          ELE.

        • You are thinking correctly. I believe you don’t see it mentioned often because if itcomes to that we are totally screwed.

        • I don’t know, Awoken, but a few years ago, when there was major drought in the area around Georgia, and about 3 states were all fighting over the last few drops of water in surrounding rivers, they had to close down the nuclear plants because there wasn’t enough water to keep them running… I’m not sure of all the detail.

        • It might surprise you to find out that the folks at our nrc are a bit more savvy than their eastern-block counter parts. Our e-scram capacity is still the benchmark for nuke power although the French are nothing to scoff at in this area. I doubt a “faded-giant” is on our horizon.

        • East coast is toast if the plants can’t get diesel before the gens run out. Or a lot less time if they don’t start after cme. It probably won’t be the plants themselves that blow. It will be the used fuel dumps that are the problem. They will overheat in 1 to 2 weeks and anything downwind will be covered with fallout. It won’t be a big nuclear blast, just enough to get it into the atmosphere and the winds will carry it.

          Everyone should have a radiation detector. If this happens, stay inside for a few weeks, then check the radiation. The heaviest radiation will drop out quickly, but after that you will need to clean the dust off everything, and scrape off the surface of the ground before anything can be grown. This includes any pasture that animals will be in.

          I believe it is survivable, but most will not be prepared. Iodine tablets and a radiation detector would help a million fold.
          molon labe

          • In a radio active contamination event,
            the detector, in most cases, will just tell you how fast you are going to die. The best thing to do to “GET OUT”. Look on the net to find the procedures if you have to BUG IN.
            Get to Know your Gamma, Alfa, Beta and X -rays. The sheilding needed for protection which includes over your head. Iodine is some serious buisness and can kill. Some are alergic to it and you better have the RIGHT IODINE.

            Do Not turn on your heating or air condition!

            Really. How many of you will be able to tell if you had a lethal dose or radioactivity? How long was your exposure? How far away from the event?

            • There’s plenty of good literature out there for this, but some common sense goes a long way.

              First, if you’ve had a “lethal” dose of radiation, All questions become rather moot—because you’re either dead or too sick to care.

              How long you were exposed is rather useless information too, as you won’t have much chance of customizing any treatment/doses you may have, in your basement or root cellar. You can only guess and do your best with what you have.

              As far as how far you are from the event, if you’re too close it won’t matter for much longer, and if you MIGHT be at a safe distance, the guidelines say to treat anyway, just in case you’re wrong. It will ultimately be up to your own judgment.

              I’m afraid knowing the intimate details and calculations won’t count for much in that SHTF situation, since most of us won’t be living in a laboratory with all the knowledge needed to put those calculations to any use.

              You’ll have to guess and go with your gut for the most part, tempered by common sense, tinged with caution.

              I’d rather spend my time worrying about having the best preps at my disposal that I can, and the knowledge to use them, rather than convincing myself that I’m screwed anyway.

              • Good one Sixpack.

        • Nuke plants require LOTS of maintainence, and LOTS of repair parts. To keep a nuke plant going, you need to have significant manufacturing capabilities, and raw materials to work with.

          In short, nuke plants, as much as anything, and/or anyone, rely heavily on everything, including the “just-in-time” delivery apperatus to continue to function. No parts, no maintainence, equals eventual meltdown.

        • We will be “bugging in” at our 140 acre family farm with our small family (elderly parents, one son and daughter in law and two grandchildren). Our community is 75 miles from nearest city and 10 miles from small local town. We suspect many of our neighbors are prepping too but we do not discuss. Like most rural areas in the South people here “prep” as a way of life. Women can and men hunt deer, turkey, rabbits, squirrels, etc. most have chickens and many have cattle too. We all share ffruits of our gardens and orchards in the summer. All our neighbors have guns. Since most farmms in our valley are family farms we all know one another and we have no doubt will work together when the time comes. For now we keep quiet and look out for one another and go about our ddaily lives. My husband and I moved back here 4 years ago when we realized California was not the place to be. We rarely travel more than 3 to 4 hours from home anymore(use to travel the world)and woould not want to be in a city area with lots of people no matter how capable they are. Set up for power struggles and threats. A few rural folks with skills are a much better way to go….in our opinion. Good luck.

        • thanks for this question it is one I have had on my mind for a while too. Hopefully some folks will have answers for us.

        • The grid is probably not going to go down in an economic collapse.

      4. I realize things are bad but I don’t believe that anyone will start nuking things.

        • @bill

          are you seriously blind deaf and dumb , or just stupid ???

          THEY already are NUKING THINGS !!!

          9/11 – nyc , 3/11 – fukushima , katrina – new orleans , sandy – nyc , man-made tsunami tidal wave kills more than 200,000 in southern Asia , etc etc !!!

          THESE ARE ALL HUMAN DELIBERATELY MAN-MADE CREATED DISASTERS !!!

          THEY ARE JUST GETTING STARTED .

          PREPARE .

          ~b

          • Have you seriously lost it?

            • 0_o

              No see it was this Iguana. And like he was near a French atomic test in the Bikini Atolls. And now… he’s like big. Really big. And really pissed off.

              That’s who made the tidal waves…

              9_9

        • If the parasites don’t get thier way, they may resort to “scorched Earth policies”…

          • Just exactly why would the people who have billions and run the planet, want to scorch it? GET REAL

            • Booger,
              You left out all the “depleted uranium”, now laying all over the Middle East…

              Paranoid,
              If they can’t have it, they sure don’t want you to 😉

            • MASSIVE SACRIFICE TO LORD LUCIFER BEEZELBUB – POPULATION CONTROL – REBUILD SOCIETY IN THE NWO GLOBALIST ILLUMIATI LUCIFERIAN UN AGENDA 21 WAY …

              @p … they the NWO NJO ZOG FREEMASON ILLUMINATI GLOBALISTS want 95% of the human population dead … get it ?

              after the massive man-made eugenics die off of the global population … society humanity is going to change to a two class system …

              watch the new movie “cloud atlas” it will show you what is coming society is going to split , into two seperate class of people who will be very different mentally physically educationally . the majority 80% will live very short poor diseased lives as dumb downed work slaves , while the top 20% will live long rich educated fullfilling lives of luxury .

              GUESS WHICH CLASS ALL OF YOU BELONG TOO ???

              UN AGENDA 21 is here – GLOBAL POPULATION CONTROL – EUGENICS DEATH by DESIGN .

              ;0p

              • At least he’s not hate spitting today.

              • I think Nina just got back from a 90 day commitment and he won’t listen to his mom and take his meds.

                • “During times of Universal Deceit, Telling the Truth becomes a Criminal and Revolutionary Act.”

                  -George Orwell

      5. Simple put it is all a numbers mirage. Just like what appears to be water on a hot day, when you look closer it disappears and nothing is there. This is what is happening with the joke that is the stock market, it is a mirage and those that look to find a drink in it will end up very disappointed in the long term for sure and maybe make a tiny amount of money now. Precious metals offer stability and when you have them in your hands you can purchase what you need until everything falls apart completely. Then barter items are king for personal commerce.

        • My question is who is going to end up holding the Bag? Bag full of FRN’s. We have been trying to use them before they before they are useless.

          • Actually, the FRNs amount to only a very small percentage of all “dollar” denominated paper. Cash money green paper will be used long after the rest of the derivative digits evaporate. They represent the only PHYSICALLY EXISTING CLAIM against the corp.

            People will take them out of habit and an inborn desire to obtain them that has been instilled in them from birth. They are just as worthless now as they will be after the collapse. It’s just that people will begin to understand what they are taking and will eventually quit doing so.

            Businesses will take them until they are registered under some other sovereignty.

            The banksters are hoping it is them. The People are STRONGLY against it.

            It will be fun to watch from a safe distance, far away from any city or town.

            • Why would the banksters want to end up with worthless paper?

              My mind is still struggling with the time change.

              It will be interesting to watch!

              • The banksters are using the worthless pieces of green FRN’s to buy gold and silver by the ton. Does anyone really believe that the Fed Res is really printing real money. Think about it for a second. If you or I could print all the worthless dollar notes we wanted, would we stockpile them or use them to purchase tangible assets.
                I do believe I for one would buy everything that had value until everyone figured out that the bills were actually worthless, then I would hide in my bunker when the SHTF. Maybe that new bunker under the West Wing?

              • Because they have been turning said paper into hard assets, like ocean-going yachts, and bunkers.

                And, Daylight Savings Time, is truely something we could live without.

                • Bush made daylight savings time two weeks longer.

                • Amen , it take me 6 months to ajust to the time change ,and then ditto they do it to me again

            • First food will cost twice as much, then four times as much. Soon you will need a wheelbarrow full of money to buy bread.

              Better to invest in the means to grow your own food, and land to do it on.

              You do not want to be helpless in a population center during a currency collapse. Even if you have the money, chances are the infrastructure would go down in no time, leaving empty shelves and desperate citizens.

              This is their plan, and they have done it countless times before:

              1. Grab all the Gold, ideally at below market value.
              2. Get everyone else to invest in paper assets.
              3. Keep inflating the Ponzi scheme until it collapses.
              4. Step back in with Gold and buy up everything in sight for a fraction of its prior value.
              5. Start the whole process again.

            • I agree GC… a few months ago I started adding FRN’s to my preps, maybe 6 months supply (who knows with hyper inflation or even possible deflation). After that, I got right back to converting the rest to PM’s and other physical items for survival. But you’re probably right; from the first bank holiday to the introduction of the global electronic chip currency could be a year or more. There will be plenty of people taking FRN’s out of habit and it will become apparent quickly just how few there are in supply.

          • edit…. before they become useless. 🙁

      6. Let’s talk logistical plans for a moment. Assuming things go the full Mad Max (this is slightly tongue-in-cheek). How many people are others hoping to form as part of their defense group/survival colony. I have 2 survival locations cjoices: one in a very rural small town on 45 acres of land in a pinewood forest region and likely only a group of 10-15 people and the other in another small town only 75 miles from a major city but with a more skillfull group with a higher diversity of skills. Anyone care to share their plan? OPSEC assumed of course.

        • I have a few partners.

          • I have been cautiously networking for years now. It really doesn’t hurt not to drink and be available to tend bar and the ‘smoker’ at local PD functions; son is an officer. Some are admittedly assholes, while most are pretty regular folks doing a job most others don’t want. There are some interesting contacts with FD, paramedics and County Sheriff’s Officers who show up as guests at these parties.

            Through our RN daughter I have met two ER Dr.s, 1 trauma surgeon, other RNs and numerous EMTs. A little cautious exploration with my dentist revealed a very scared man who really didn’t know where to turn to for some serious advice on how to get started becoming better prepared. I was able to tune him in to a few informational resources to get him headed in the ‘right’ direction and answer a few of his questions. The other day he showed me his seriously quiet little generator and a really neat little air compressor that he said could easily power all of his drills and such. I will probably have a job for him and his oral surgeon wife there in ‘Barter-Town’.

            We all meet numerous interesting people in our day-to-day lives and many folks have hobbies and skill sets that might be of serious use after an economic crash or in an other SHTF scenario. Look beneath the surface and you may just be surprised at what you find. It costs nothing but a little time to cultivate a resource that you may seriously require at a later date.

            I would much prefer to be associated with the local SWAT Team rather than the local Bass Club when things head South; it probably wouldn’t really hurt to know them both though.

            God Bless and good luck.

        • Well my plan is based on the plan of God for my life, which I will watch unfold as we go through this. I am bugging in with aging parents who won’t be able to bug out. Suburban hilltop, defensible but not ideal, but it’s what we have to work with. Laying in supplies for us and the likely additions we will receive. We don’t have any younguns to defend or survive for and are prepared to hold the pass so others can survive, if that is how things pan out. None of us die until God punches our ticket. I just want to live with bravery and courage and integrity until I am called home.

          • Good attitude to have, if the Alamo is all you got- then keep your powder dry with your head down and your chin up.

        • We have two choices. One is our current location in the country on 6 acres. It is located in the middle of fly over country 70 miles from a major city. Two is 200 acres 20 miles down a gravel road from location one. Half is farm ground the rest is secluded river ground. We hope to utilize both properties.

          The key to making this work is our good neighbors, friends, and family that form a great rural community. Time will tell who is with us.

        • I have NO land, inherited some joint property but legalities keeping me from using it.

          What will I do? I don’t know what the hell I will do. Got some SHTF stuff stored up, hoping to move to more rural location, and no one to watch my back, much. Really bad situation at the moment. No friends, just my church and one or two relatives that really care about me.

          • Points for honesty Grasshopper-though we all like to act like we are close descendents of Chuck Norris with a splash of MacgGyver,a lot more of us are in your exact situation than readily admit. Even with just the basics in place you are still light years ahead of the masses.

          • Then you should stay near the church and friends. Being a loner when SHTF is going to be a losing proposition.

          • I wish that I had a perfect answer. If we were close things would be good. I can’t be awake 24-7. It will take multiples awake 24-7 365 or all will fail. Not a good idea to wake me up.

          • i once fenced a 1/4 section of land for an old guy to run his cows on ,he didnt own a inch of it ,run his cows there for several years no one ever said sqat ,worked out for him and it worked out for who ever owned the land ,it was far the more fertile when he left ,down here near the everglades there is 100’s of thousands of acres ,that are owned by rich people up north theyve never seen it and most are dead and its in a estate ,and who the hells going to say anything to you in a SHTF situation anyway ,pick you out a place and when it goes down just make it your home

        • If it’s complete and total FUBAR go to the small place and HIDE for at least one winter. Better two winters. Chances of a complete MAD MAX are small, (The world will only end once) So figure to bug out to the larger place early and make your decision from there.

      7. well, japan has been living this fantasy for 20 years; so the US could easily go another 5.

        luckily, europe can not go another 5 years. the eurozone is most likely to break apart in late summer as germany has elections then. the people could end the eurozone right there and thats when relaity hits imo, which would be good for the US; the sooner reality comes the better.

        i’m not prediciting a collapse for the US. i think the eurozone breaks apart before 2014 and that sends even more of those darned tea party types to DC in an effort to keep what the people see as daily news of a depression in europe from coming to the US.

        • Ieeholson, What you fail to realize is Obama wants this to happen! He studied with known communist,Marxist,and Muslim religion . His freakin wedding ring “reads” their is no god but Allah ! Do the research your self , prove me wrong,I dare you!

      8. this is one of the reasons why i prep. the funny part is that most sheaple are so far gone that when the collapse happen. they will keep going about their day and not realizing that the shit has hit the fan until there favorite fast food place runs out of food or they can’t buy nothing at walmart.

        • Even then it won’t really hit them until their government saviors fail to save them… THEN TSHTF.

      9. The “Fed’s monetary games”,as Karl puts it, are not games but a fictional fraud known as FRNs backed by force (IRS). The Ivy League lawyers write the statute and code to make the fraud “legal”. The impoverishment of the common man is going as they planned. From the bottom up it will go until, yes, it reaches YOU and you have your SHTF moment. Debt serfs all. Violence in the street.There are several billion “liabilities” the elite will attempt to liquidate. I will try to make sure my family is not among them.

        • “”are not games but a fictional fraud known as FRNs backed by force (IRS).””

          No, the fraud is quite REAL. It is merely based on a fiction.

          • Yes…poor choice of words.

          • “based on an OUTRIGHT LIE”

            There, fixed that for ya…
            😉

            @JRS, your words were fine. It is a lie, cousin to a fraud, its brother wraps it in an enigma, and its employees surround it by a mystery, then government stamps it with a ‘legal’ stamp while the preachers tell us its a ‘Godly system’ so we all pay our ‘moral’ taxes and they can rob us all blind.

            The Babylonian system, writ GREAT. Designed by The Elite for the elites, selling you the American dream since 1913.

            • Careful Piper… people don’t like their sacred cows tampered with around here. Had my wrist slapped plenty of times for that. I’ve always found it hilarious how the IRS is a 501c3 and so are 98% of the churches. The real Christ would be absolutley blown away to find out he was rubber stamping this system with approval, after trying to dismantle the last one 2000 years ago.

      10. There are many people that visit this site from California and the quake activity is really getting going out there. Today there was many earthquakes surrounding the San Jacinto fault, and many microquakes spreading out to other faults. This either means that the San Jacinto is gearing up for a 6.8-7.5 or the San Andreas is sending a lot of energy towards the San Jacinto. You can see much activity on the San Jacinto towards the Riverside area also.

        I have a link everyone can see the faults overlaid earthquake in the past hour, day and week. right here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqscanv/

        Click on a section of the map you want and it will zoom in and then you can scroll over a fault and see the name of it. If you go over the recent moderate earthquakes that were 5 pointers and then purposely downgraded by the atypical goverment so everyone is not too scared to high 4’s, you can see that there were on the San Jacinto.

        Also you can notice all the microquakes that are all over the place on other faults. This happens with large earthquakes, but seldom with earthquakes that are 5 pointers. However before a big event this spreading out of microquakes occurs often. Something to keep an eye on very closely.

        • Thanks BI. Good stuff, as usual.
          BigB

        • BE INFORMED, Concerning the volcano which erupted in Italy recently– do you know if it was an especially bad eruption? Or just normal stuff? Also, do you know if there were any quakes around the Nevada area recently? Thnaks!

      11. I can hear the thunder,,there’s a storm coming…I’m tired and I’m not smilin…..

        • im on the the edge of the everglades so the colds not a problem but the bugs and blights are horrid in the summer ,about the only thing i can grow in the summer that doeent care is okra ,or collard greens ,luckly i like both

      12. Will an EMP affect my solar panels, charge controller, or batteries?

        • Panels no, Charge controller yes, batteries most likely not.

          In the last topic, you said there would’nt be any EMP….

          • There won’t be but thats why we’re preppers.

          • If the panels have blocking and/or bypass diodes they will be affected…some will be repairable, others not due to design. Controllers…absolutely…spares are necessary…
            batteries…agreed it’s a tough call, surge level etc…if they go off don’t be near them…

            oh, and btw @ all…sorry for losing it last eve…
            just pissed me off…

        • Depending on how intense, EMP can melt any conductor it finds, you have a lot of tiny wires in any solar installation and transformers are worse. Stand alone systems should do better than, hooked to grid. Remember an EMP pulse is fairly similar to a lightning strike on a power line. If you are on grid, If your Solar is properly isolated you had best isolate your house.

          • Good points. The 1800’s solar flare did fry telegraph lines. If your solar panels are operating when an EMP occurs, then they might fry.

        • I have read that EMP will fry the blocking diode in solar panels. This diode prevents power from flowing backwards from the batteries to the panels at night.

          You could shut off the breakers at the combiner box to prevent that. The blocking diodes are just a few dollars each so you could have some on hand to replace. They are located in the junction box and you would need a micro torch and heat sinks if you do not have power for a soldering iron.

          • I have grid tie (home made) but also set up for when the grid dies. I have a surge suppressor inline with grid tie. Would this prevent EMP damage from the power lines?

            • Again, it depends upon surge level…ie…how close you are to the source of the pulse and how fast SP works.
              The protector might be good for lightning strikes but…

            • Not all surge suppressors are created equal. You very much get what you pay for and research on.

              It will not stop EMP damage that might be caused by the EMP interacting with the wiring in your house. A surge suppressor blocks energy passing through it at that single point. It’s designed to fail the circuit when enough energy hits it. The question is the speed at which it fails the circuit. If it’s too slow then energy gets through.

              An EMP creates energy in wire runs, the longer the run the more energy that is created. Those hundreds of feet of wiring in your walls is sitting there waiting to generate that energy.

              The length of the wires in the telegraph are why the carrington event created fires. It was able to generate enough energy which due to resistance generated heat which had the obvious result.

              Based on my research, a repeat of that event in modern days would very likely see a lot of buildings burning up from the inside out. It’s hard to put out a house fire when it’s all inside the walls.

              • “Not all surge suppressors are created equal. You very much get what you pay for and research on.”

                Totally agree…

                “It will not stop EMP damage that might be caused by the EMP interacting with the wiring in your house. A surge suppressor blocks energy passing through it at that single point. It’s designed to fail the circuit when enough energy hits it. The question is the speed at which it fails the circuit. If it’s too slow then energy gets through.”

                Agreed…to a point…
                But it will open the circuit… usually, localizing the damage…unless it’s fried in the closed position…scary

                “An EMP creates energy in wire runs, the longer the run the more energy that is created. Those hundreds of feet of wiring in your walls is sitting there waiting to generate that energy.”

                Only if there is “NO” circuit protection…

                “The length of the wires in the telegraph are why the Carrington event created fires.”

                Because there was no circuit protection built into the system…How would they have known…
                NOW…we know and that is what “Harding” is about…

                ” It was able to generate enough energy which due to resistance generated heat which had the obvious result.”

                Again…because there was no protection built into the system…

                “Based on my research, a repeat of that event in modern days would very likely see a lot of buildings burning up from the inside out. It’s hard to put out a house fire when it’s all inside the walls.”

                Generally speaking yes…but it would require those circuit breakers frying in the closed position…
                some will…some won’t…some will explode…

                Bottom line…we are both in agreement…
                It’s going to be a nightmare come true…

                (shudders)

              • FYI…The forthcoming anom post is mine…

          • Seems I should have scrolled down a bit before posting…
            Some also have bypass diodes between individual cells to increase efficiency…combats shading etc…

      13. 51% of NYCers oppose sugary drinks ban.
        46% of NYCers support sugary drinks ban.

        Still think population reduction is an unworthy goal?

        This is the society we live in.

      14. I have a crossbow pistol. Now I want to upgrade to a full-size crossbow. Any recommendations?

        • Barnett, spendy but good, had one previously.

        • Depends on the range you want. I go by how fast the arrow travels. FPS. I like it above 300fps. For this type expect start 250.00 and up.
          Although, some of the 250-280fps. are good. These are cheaper. Pick a name brand and made in the USA. One with cams. Good company to start with Horton,Barnett. E-bay, has a wide selection. Good Luck

        • Excalibur. Get one that doesn’t utilize cams. Just another thing that can break. I like the one I got even though its a little on the heavy side. Its the Phoenix model of the Excalibur. I can hit a coke can diameter circle at 60 yards repeticiously.

          • Went to thier site, nice bows 😉

        • Horton

        • eisen go with a re-curve over cam.
          Excalibur Vortex.

          Is one of the ones I own. Great xbow.

          Great for loaded bolts.

      15. Does anyone have any experience with the .357 auto? Are they accurate and reliable?

        • Unsure what you mean. True .357 Revolver is a rimmed round, normally not a good candidate for Semi auto. Both 9MM and .380 are really .357. 9MM is the NATO round for Semi’s; if you use the approved slug I don’t care for it. Nor does the USMC, they have just ordered 17,000 What they claim are not 1911 Colt .45s. But except for being brown; THEY SURE LOOK LIKE IT! On the other hand the 9 MM with a jacketed hollow point is a fine gun. I like the old Browning, lots of people like the SIG.

          • I meant the .357 Sig.

        • Coonan or Desert Eagle?

        • The 357 Mag Desert eagle is waste. To heavy require lot of maint and parts are hard to com by. There are some customs out there that work like a dream but start at 10k $.

          Stick to common caliber who ever it is thats use this name today.

        • No pistol is accurate, it is the shooter rather than the pistol. That being said, the 357 mag is a bit of a rare bird taking a necked version of the standard cartridge. If you have never owned a handgun start with a .22 as the price of ammo (if you can find it) allows for cheaper lead down range. Pistols take a lot of practice to get anywhere close to being good enough with one to actually use in a self defense situation considering the moment of truth is going to be an adrenalin rush more intense than anything ever experienced in you life. First defense weapon is a shotgun and then go from there. If/When tshtf, take a double barrel and saw off for concealment, as who cares about laws when there is none.

          • Oops I meant 357 auto mag.. sorry

        • I don’t care for the guy but why did he get so many down arrows for an honest question?

      16. I keep getting this feeling that they can string us out in a state of misery for quite sometime. Just remember we’re going to have to keep up a good mental attitude to beat this.

      17. It would be helpful for those of us with HAM capabilities to come up with a SHTF band plan.

        Preferably a HF for national news and a VHF for your local area.

        I used to think this was just going to be an economic depression but looking at the government’s preps I am suspicious that something much more sinister may lie beneath.

        • Not if you are included in it. You would not be worth the effort.

        • Having independent ham radio capability IMHO has been overlooked by preppers. TPTB can easily censor the MSM, cell phones, and the internet if the need arose.

          Problem is, it would be child’s play to radio direction find (RDF) any transmission of any duration, especially if a fixed base, thus making getting any reliable, trustworthy info difficult on a regular basis. It would be cat and mouse. One would have to, at least as I see it in my early stages of understanding, be nimble and quick with scanning communications, identifying which ones were useful or even trustworthy, and then be able to transmit back, pack up and leave.

          High Frequency (HF) allows wide trans- continental, even world wide communication via ionosphere propagation while line of sight via Very High Frequency (VHF) is used for shorter local ranges. It might be easier to RDF the VHFs because they are line of sight with less scatter/skip.

          Have been working on my Ham radio based entirely on portable capability with a
          200 watt power transmitter powered by one of the newer lithium ferrous phosphate batteries with portable solar panels for recharging and suitable portable antenna with autotuner etc.

          As a side note, I would be interested in any literature about how the resistance managed to operate their radio communications during WWII, or in any subsequent conflict where Ham radio was utilized. Any suggestions?

          • I know an expert..I’ll check…

          • Horse’sass:

            From an expert:

            “I have a good reference book, Time Life World War II Series, The Resistence, that might be available at your friend’s local library.

            The resistence had been sent, by air drop, short wave transceivers such as Type 3 Mark II and Type A Mark III disguised as wine jugs, brief cases etc. The messages, sent in code, had to be very short as the Germans did have radio direction finding trucks. Also, to cut down on radio transmissions, the British Broadcasting Corporation’s, BBC’s, French-language service, send out messages every evening with their high power transmitters. These messages could be listened to on a home radio. But I understand the Germans forbid people in occupied countries from listening to the BBC. Some examples were meaningless (Flora had a red neck), some sounded like personal greetings (Jean sends a kiss to Nicole) but others had great significance to the resistence. For example, “wounds my heart with monotonous langour” was a call to action meaning the D-Day landings in France were imminent. If you’ve ever watched the movie, The Longest Day, this is part of the movie. Other messages told the resistence to expect an air drop of arms etc.”

      18. Could some of you lovely and talented prepper women share your sources of information on how to get started canning and dehydrating?

        • The Ball canning handbook has more data than about anywhere, The Tattler lids work, they are reusable. Advertise on Survival blog a lot.The older Ball books are better, the lawyers got to them like everyone. Old book called “Putting Foods By” has a lot if you can find it . Start with Tomatoes they are the easy est. Relish also easy. Meat takes a little practice, let cool slowly.

        • @Eisen….I’m a male, but I will answer anyway. For canning you need some cans. And for dehydrating, you need to purchase a dehydrator. Hope that helps.

        • Eisenkreuz,

          Go to Daisy’s website – The Organic Prepper. She has a lot of information about canning and dehydrating.

          The “Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving” is an excellent reference book and would be a very helpful purchase.

          You Tube has a lot of helpful videos.

          Good luck!
          KY Mom

        • Eisenkraut, your last 3 or 4 comments were very interesting. Turning over a new leaf, or just doing alittle baiting, before you spring the trap? I know most don’t enjoy you so much, but your very interesting to watch.WASP. A Watchman On The Wall!

          • You old people are complaining that the site it turning into a bitch-a-thon an no one is talking about prepping so I’m trying to stimulate you. I’m a problem-solver.

        • eisen, not a chick, but here is a home made dehydrator you can make easily.

          • Where

      19. Skeletor you made me do some coke. Now I’m up all night and it’s no joke!

        … that was a big kablooie by the way.

      20. When the first quarter reports come out in April, this may well be the breaking point of a nation and perhaps the world! The average American can only be Bullshitted for so long! People are starting to wake up and feel the affects of inflation,Currency devaluation,higher taxes,less services,the end of interest income, and smaller portions,that cost more money!

        • Religion proves the average person wants to be BS’ed and can take it for 2000+ years.

          • Paranoid, believe what you want and I will believe what I want. But what gives you the right to make comments against what I believe. When the King comes down from heaven and you are on your hands and knees professing He is King and begging not to be thrown into the lake of fire with Satan and his followers, don’t say you weren’t warned.

            • Exact same thing that allows you to judge me. And if you don’t believe religious people are the most vicious judgemental people on earth, 200,000 burned witches and a litany of other issues will have to be ignored. (NO problem I’m sure) In spite of “Someone” saying: Judge not, least you be judged” But then most of the religious people I have ever met, seem to have an exemption. Don’t know where they got it.

              • First time poster here. Ive been reading these threads for several weeks though. Just want to respond to “Paranoid”. Please understand that there is a huge differance between religion and faith. Religion is man made. Faith is of GOD.

                • Bulls Eye

              • Giordano Bruno, a monk, no less, was burned at the stake, for declaring the Earth to be round. Christians burned at the stake over a million Europeans, over hundreds of years, for refusing to kneel…

                • naw…they may have “claimed” to be christians but they proved otherwise….

                  • Why REB?
                    Because they disagreed with murdering bishops?
                    THere are many of us who disagree with catholics, should we be burnt at the stake?
                    That is what a baptist preacher told me should happen to me… I told him I would give him my address and he can come try…

                    The Catholics and the protestants, no longer get a monopoly on Christ or get to continue to proclaim the rest of us are HERETICS, or is that sorcerers, witches maybe? The self righteousness of Christians brothers, is why they are hated… did you know that?

                    Christ was the most famous heretic in history…
                    The Gnosis lives again, the Revelation is happening, the age of churches is falling to a close with the Great Falling away from the divided and lukewarm Doctrines of MYSTERY.

                  • Piper…not sure what youre saying :(…if I understood JustMe post it was that “christians burned alot of europeans at the stake….my comment was simply saying that anyone claiming to be a Christian and ordering people burnt at the stake were proving that they are not Christians(did I misread)….being a catholic or a protestant doenst make one a “Christian”…too many times that has been proven…again though Im not sure what youre meaning,hope this clears it up some. 🙂

                  • REB,
                    Thanks…
                    So easy to misconstrue what someone says on this thing…
                    I apologize if I took what you said backwards…

                    There is much blood on the hands of the ‘AntiChrist’ Churches, both Catholic and Protestant.

                • Piper…its cool man 🙂

              • I am not judging you Paranoid. Like I said, You believe what you want to believe, I believe what I want to believe. I never said anything negative against atheist, or wiccan or what ever you are. But you have judged Christians in your last two statements.

                • I have not judged you, others have judged me(Never answering the issues). None of the down marks are mine. As far as judging “Christians”. Yes I can. They have a 2000 year history of incredible hypocrisy and murder. We condemn the Nazi, but I’d bet everything I have; the Christian Church has more dead on it’s tab than they do. And far more dishonesty. At lest Hitler never said he was a nice guy or representing GOD.

                  • The greatest retard to early European development was the fact that those Christians wouldn’t let Christian merchants charge interest. That’s why the Joos took over the banking system. Damn Catholic church is a cult.

          • Oh so your above average? No, it’s folks like you who think they are Superior that seem to be the ones marching folks into gas chambers and mass graves- just sayin!

          • Proof of the Hyper cosmic creator my paranoid friend, is not simply in religions.
            His fingerprint is in the very substance of creation.
            See the Unified field of God, in math, and then you may, may, get a clue where religions screwed it all up.

        • The people have an infinite capacity for stupidity and apathy.

          • Oh you are in ass kiss mode today.

        • Like someone said, Japan’s been doing it for 20 years.

          I think it will keep going. And getting progressively worse slowly (although not anywhere near as slowly as I’d like). You think people can’t adapt… well certainly no one wants to… but check out the Foxcon assembly line employees in China for just how much humans can “adapt” to. Poorly, granted… but they’re still breathing (most of them)…

        • Stinky, I’m not sure just where you got the idea that ‘mericans can only take so much bullshit. They were born into the stuff, they were “educated” in it, they play in it,they toss it back and forth to each other all day long and revel in it. Yes indeed, ‘merica has itself become total bullshit. I only need to use three words to describe this monkey house to people (and that only to piss ’em off): “‘merica is OVERTAXED, OVER REGULATED AND OVERRATED.”

      21. I’m past being concerned. I wrote a paper on this in graduate school in the 1990s. I got out of debt. I built a wood-heated, solar-powered cabin a mountain community. I filled it with enough provisions to last a few years then bought Silver Eagles in case we need to relocate or buy more.

        In college I worked in the accounting department for a multi-level marketing company. The rep for the company that tracked our representatives told me even legal pyramid schemes eventually collapse so lets not feign surprise when we hear this one will too.

        Stop paying for rent and utilities and all that other stuff you don’t need and reallocate those funds to getting prepared. This can be as easy as moving in with someone who does not prepare in exchange for preparing for them. You’re not a sponge if your lack of contribution now produces future benefits for them.

        • DID YOU EVER RECOVER YOUR STOLEN MOTORCYCLE ???

          95% of the time your robbed by someone you know , someone you see daily who knows obviously where you live .

      22. USA: BEST LOOKING HORSE AT THE GLUE FACTORY

        • That appears to quite literally be the plan, all right…

        • That’s funny , I don’t care who you are!

        • USA GLUE FACTORY REJECT:

          ECONOMY AND CITIZENS TOO MANY DRUGS.

        • Glue factory? Maybe cut a few rissols off for dinner first…

      23. NO MORE BUSHIES. NO JEB. NO WAY. NO HOW.

        THE ESTABLISHMENT SLIME IS ALREADY TRYING TO SHOVE THIS SCALAWAG DOWN OUR THROATS.

        BACK SOME LIBERTARIANS.

        THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE GIVEN UP ON POLITICS ARE WRONG.

        NO MEANINGFUL RESISTANCE IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT POPULAR OPINION.

        WE HAVE TO BEAT IT INTO THE HEADS OF THESE IDIOTS WHO SURROUND US THAT FREEDOM IS GOOD.

        • Die hard Republicans are every bit as stupid as your liberal Democrat.

        • I hear Uncle Joe, laughing from the grave…

          “It is enough to say there was an election. Those who cast the ballots decide nothing. Those who count the ballots, decide everything.” – Joseph Stalin.

          Bring on the love…

        • Even better, make it a Constitutionalist!WASP. Never Give Up!

          • The constitution needs a major overhaul.

            The single greatest thing we could do at this point would be to repeal the 17th amendment.

            The reason the Federales are spreading like cancer is that the states have no veto power for federal legislation. The system was created so that there were three opportunities to veto any federal bill. The people have a veto in the form of the House, the States had a veto in the form of the Senate until they gutted State’s rights with the direct election of senators, and the feds have a veto in the form of the presidential veto.

      24. If they announce an increase in the QE. Panic!!!

        Ok, don’t panic. But get into prepping overdrive.

      25. Can’t get 8% more from most of us! We already exchanged your bogus FRN’s for assets. Keep printing money and propping up your wall street buddies. We’ll take our bartering somewhere else to live.

      26. Not to much surprises me in the news anymore. In fact I am numb. I’m preped out. Does it matter who wins Congress? They only kick the can down the road. Does it matter how much money they print? Everyone seems to fine with that. The wars only change location as we will move from the Middle East to Africa. More assualts on our Gun Rights. Never Ends.
        On the day this all goes down the one thing for sure I will do is, “TURN OFF MY PHONE”.

        • Disabling your comms is something the enemy would do to you. Doing it to yourself is not bright.

          • Eisen. Another very profound statement. Where do you come up with your shit. It is very interesting to listen to somebody preach crap while at the same time advocate raping women.

          • You see Eisenkreuz.
            I would not have to listen to the bullshit no more.
            Probably break out a bottle of whiskey and laugh at the world. Yeah, would have to get of my rump and do a few things too. Do you think the phone towers will be jammed tight? I don’t think there is going to be many people that call me anyhow.

            • When SHTF the first thing I’m gonna do is barricade the entry points and then I’m gonna man my radios. Just waiting and listening.

      27. I tried to post a reply to prior article and all I got was an 404-error. SO…I am posting it at This article to clear up the massive confusion in last article prior to this one.

        DNA! RECENT Dec 2012 DNA Evidence which Proves and should clear up all confusions.

        The newest DNA science finding is from Dr. Eran Elhaik (“a Jew”) and associates at the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In research accepted December 5, 2012 and published by the Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution, it was found that the “Khazarian Hypothesis” is scientifically correct. (angelo is correct)

        What exactly is the “Khazarian Hypothesis?” Simply stated, it holds that the Jewry genome is a mosaic of ancestries which rise primarily out of the Khazars.

        Jews are Khazars, not Israelites.

        The “Jews” of America, Europe, and Israel are descendants not of Father Abraham but of King Bulan and the people of ancient Khazaria. Khazaria was an amalgam of Turkic clans who once lived in the Caucasus (Southern Russia) in the early centuries CE. These Turkic peoples were pagans who converted to Judaism in the eighth century. As converts, they called themselves “Jews,” but none of their blood comes from Israel.

        Later, the “Jews” (Khazars) emigrated, settling in Russia, Hungary, Poland, Germany, and elsewhere in Europe. As “Jews,” the Khazars then left the European nations in 1948 and settled the fledgling, new nation of Israel.

        The people of Israel are not the seed, nor the ancestors, of Abraham. They call themselves “Jews,” but in fact, DNA science shows them to be Khazars. They say they are “Jew,” but they are not.

        “There are no blood or family connections among the Jews,” said Dr. Elhaik in an interview with Haaretz, Israel’s daily newspaper. “The various groups of Jews in the world today do not share a common genetic origin. Their genome is largely Khazar.”

        Thus, when Prime Minister Netanyahu says, “God gave this land to our Israelite forefathers,” he is absolutely wrong. There are no Israelite forefathers of today’s “Jews.” When today’s “Jews” say they should possess the land because they are Israelites and are the seed of Abraham, they are mistaken.

        The “Jews” are in Israel for one reason and one reason only: Because the United States, in 1948, recognized the nation of “Israel” and has since funded and protected it. God’s Word has nothing to do with it.

        God’s Word, the Holy Bible, prophesied that in the last days imposters would erroneously and falsely claim to be “Jews.” These imposters would, the Bible told us, persecute their enemies and especially the Christians. But God would have his revenge:

        “Behold, I will make them of the Synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; Behold I will make them to come and worship at thy feet and know that I have loved thee.” (Revelation 3:9)

        Do the “Jews” (Khazars) not do exactly as our God prophesied? Do they not persecute the Palestinians and defile the land, claiming they are its original inhabitants? This, even though their proven ancestors, the Khazars, never set foot in the Middle East and are not the seed of Abraham?

        My thanks to Dr. Eran Elhaik of Johns Hopkins University and to his associates. You have performed a valuable service with your DNA research, both to Christianity and to world understanding. Elhaik’s research confirms earlier DNA studies, especially the work of Dr. Ariella Oppenheim of Hebrew University, who likewise found, in 2001, that the “Jews” came from the Khazars rather than the Israelites. Dr. Oppenheim even found that some of the Palestinians have the chromosomes proving they are “Cohen,” related to the ancient Israelites who worked in the Synagogue and Temple (catch that? Heberw univ. zero antisemitics there eh)

        The MAIN Question for Christians:

        I ask my evangelical Christian friends: What will you do now? Will you heed what God said, in Revelation 2 and 3, about “them which say they are Jews and are not?” Will you accept modern DNA science as legitimate and valuable in proving the truth of God’s Word?

        Or will you, dear Christian friend, walk right on by, dismissing what both God and science have informed you?

        God said that the seed of Abraham would inherit the land. Therefore, we must—absolutely must—in light of the DNA evidence, ask ourselves: Where, and who are the seed of Abraham?

        We know that Netanyahu and the people who now inhabit Israel have no claim to the land. They are interlopers, false pretenders. But there is a true and legitimate Chosen People of God. In fact, the scriptures had it right all along. The answer is found in Galatians 3:29. Read it for yourself:

        “And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.”

        So, if you belong to Jesus our Lord, you are “Abraham’s seed,” regardless of your physical race. You are overcomers, and Revelation 21:7 promises, “He that overcometh shall inherit all things.” This is the great secret that every true Christian knows.

        God is not a racist. The Great Commission extends to every race and ethnicity. We who love Jesus are His Chosen People, and we have the promise first given to Abraham way back in Genesis.

        DISCLAIMER:…I am Only Relaying this info, written BY a Top Jewsih Scientist-Published and Approved by John Hopkins University-With Articles of his info from Harretz, a Jewsih Daily Newspaper in Isreal.

        Therefore before any here act childish and call me an antisemitic, Think first. Are John Hopkins and Harettz also such antisemitics?(No).

        If You hear musicians playing a Motzart music concert, and you Hate motzarts style of music…Do You shout vile names out at the Musians who are smply Playing what Motzart wrote? No of course you do not!

        Everybody has a right to choose what to like or believe. But if “Certain” info clashes with Your prior beliefs or ideas, and Now a person posts New info that 100% proves as in DNA=Proof solid…To call the provider person of such info vile names is asinine, and usually denotes that those folks who are first to cry out, and whine loudest with lables such as antisemite/racist are indeed upset and perhaps it is due to, They got something to “Hide” and wish for zero such proof to surface.

        Far as I am concerned all those newer posters the other day, as well as regulars here if you call me such names, for Providing Proof to those who are wrong or mistaken of what they claim or beleve regarding these issues etc.

        Then you MUST also call the jewish scientist and, Harretz newspaper, and John Hopkins univ. the same names of antisemitie since They are where I got my Info From.

        If this info harms anyones self esteem, or “feelings” Oh Well…perhaps time to Grow Thicker Skin eh.

        To Read article or view nice Photos of actual Jewish Scientist guy, and photo of 800 ad Khazers Palace:

        In 2008, Russian archaeologist Dmitry Vasilyev unearthed Itil, the long lost capital of the Kingdom of Khazaria. New DNA science proves that today’s “Jews” come from Khazaria and are not the seed of Abraham.

        Go to website of texemarrs dot com/042013/

        ps unlike what some think, there is No difference in use of words of jews or zionists since 99% of jewsih folks are also zionist. Like All 7.5 Million in isreal are jews and zios Both. Same for the other nearly 1/2 of their folks in america are too. Those who think otherwise I can also provide tons of Proof and several links. But you can likly do your own homework at this point.

        • So your anti-semitism is really hatred of the turkish?

        • Who cares……!!

        • Good God AM, back again today loaded for bear…or zion I should say…

          Not many can truly break away from the left-right bs…

        • Who cares indeed! I’m a child of the divorced era, my dad was an atheist, mom was catholic, stepmom Jewish, stepdad agnostic – all good people. All would stand up and fight this tyrannical government as well. I’d stand next to any man or woman regardless of belief so long as we have one thing in common. These mother fuckers gotta go.

        • Angelo. I am glad you are keeping an eye on this. I was worried that no one really gave a crap about such things. Can you please keep us posted about DNA and continue to track the origins of all races? I don’t know why anyone would give a rat’s ass. In fact I can’t figure out why anyone would.

        • What a bunch of garbage. Who cares is right. Anyone that comes to God is a child of God, plain and simple. This DNA junk about jews not being of Abraham is not relevant. All I know is God has forgiven me of my sins and I love Him for it. I cant wait for the day that He calls me home. Until then, I will try to be a good servant.

        • what ever!

        • Guess what? You are wrong! Being a Jew comes through the mother. Northern Europe is one of the areas that the “lost tribes” went to. Evidently Jewish women married locals, so that their descendants, still being Jews because of their maternal ancestry, have Khazar yDNA and probably a good percentage of autosomal DNA.

          By the way, we are all descendants of Abraham one way or the other. Scientists have said that each person alive today is at least as close as 50th cousin to everyone else alive in the world.

          Think about that, cuz.

        • OMFG!
          Angelo… and you have the nerve to tell me I’m WRONG?
          You have the nerve to tell me I’m ‘cherry picking’ scriptures? You, a preacher, and probably seminary trained? You guys, who create whole denominations out of one verse in scriptures? You who fight and argue ‘jots and tittles’ FOREVER? You who create divisions
          Now, you bring forth this Anti-Jewish tripe?
          How in the hell does your logic work? Abraham had multi-ethnic sons? What? There were only two sons dude, Isaac and Ishmael.
          The Chosen are not multi ethnic, they are the white race, chosen for their spiritual gifts in the DNA, yes, but that doesn’t extend to everybody. Each ethnicity has different gifts, this doesn’t make them better or worse. Its called Earth, air, fire and water.

          You say you love the scripture, but you have a hard time reading it I see. You attribute all this to some self loathing jewish professor, and use it as justification for your own jew hating or self loathing agenda.

          Yet, again, you say I’m WRONG? You never get to say that again. You are so full of it, my monitor is leaking e coli bacteria. From my previous readings of your posts, you also hate catholics. But refuse to acknowledge that the Roman Catholic church WROTE THE BIBLE, some of it, out of thin air. Yet you claim to worship that book? You sir, are a walking or is typing, oxymoron.

          Jeez.

          • Looks like there are plenty of jew haters out there.
            Hate is hate… it will destroy you eventually.
            (Yes, that goes for you Obamabots…)

            • Piper,

              I LOVE you tearing A.M. a much needed new evacuation orafice but I can’t give you a thumbs up because you said the Catholic church fabricated the Bible – the Bible was completed before the Catholic church existed.

              I sure hope A.M. is not a member (much less any type of paster, gasp!) of any Christian denomonation because he is not expressing ANY kind of Christian doctrine.

              For the record I am an energetic supporter of Israel and the Jews.

              Satan hates Jews.

              Pick your team.

              (I didn’t give you a red thumb either :D). Everything else you said was spot on!

              • NO it did not.
                It was fragmented. It was a book in the hand of different groups or churches… the ancient works were scattered everywhere.

                The Roman Catholic church brought it all together in The CANON, which means the ‘authorized works’. THEY WROTE the Bible as it exists today, and, destroyed much of the Gnostic works. Remember the ‘heretics’?

                I would suggest you read some history of the Councils and Synods. They were under ORDERS from the Emperor Constantine to build HIM a Church for HIS ‘New God’.

                (Also, the recent TV commercial of the Roman Catholic church which states plainly;
                “we wrote the Bible”….)

                There is so much misinformation out there. It is a subject I have studied. But I don’t want to get in it here.
                I am just tired of AM telling me *I* am WRONG, when he is full of seminary trained crap.

                • Also look into the Essene Christians, the Nazarite Christians and the Ebonite Christians. These were some of the first people taken out by the RCC (in the millions), not the Muslims as we’ve been told in the Crusades fairy tale.

                  • Exactly right.
                    Any church that was of the school of Gnosis was destroyed…
                    It is funny, that the dead sea scrolls, the bruce codex, the Nag Hammadi and other documents, including the recent papyrus fragment that talked about mary magdalene as Christs wife, were preserved by some hand of providence, for our time…
                    To me, this is the Revelation of John, that, the Mystery of God is finished…that the age of churches will fall on the altar of knowledge. A spiritual evolution of knowledge that conquers the evil doctrines of mystery.

                • How do you get
                  “The Roman Catholic church brought it all together” as equal to “THEY WROTE the Bible”

                  Them two ain’t equal.

                  • Not so much.
                    The brought the many different ‘books’ together. Then, they edited, changed, rewrote, and mangled and mutilated what was, to be what they wanted it to be… which was their new narrative in The Canon.
                    Before the Catholic church, there were two ‘schools’ of thought. The Gnostic and the Orthodox. The school of Knowledge and the School of MYSTERY.

                    They destroyed the school of knowledge and murdered them, by calling them Heretic.

                    Joan of Arc, was a ‘heretic’, because she heard voices. There was no way to defend yourself from these bastards. They burned the Library of Alexandria because it was a ‘pagan temple full of sorcerers and witchcraft’. They murder whole towns of saints, and the phrase came about “Kill them all, God will know his own”.

                    They are the Mother of Harlots, named MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT. But, the mother, had daughters… and those people think they are ‘better’ than the Catholics… being deceived, that the Catholic wrote the very Bible that King James translated from latin into english…
                    The protestants don’t understand, they are ‘protesting’ Catholics…and use the SAME BOOK, with minor ADDITIONAL edits.

                    Read the Gnosis, and discover the Knowledge that was destroyed. That the Revelation of John, was a message to the Churches, for their BLASPHEMY…a blasphemy of what? A corrupted and divided Word. It is the book itself that divides God’s people into denominations and sects, as they ‘interpret’ it differently. The conflicts between the doctrines just caused a problem in my family…this last weekend… why?

                    Because my Son in law, believed that our Daughter should marry a man who has been married before… they are stuck in The Law of Moses… and there is no talking to them, so we don’t. This is not GOD doing this, this is the heresy of Men, this is the Darkness that “crept in unawares” from the VERY BEGINNING!

                  • ps: that our daughter should NOT marry.
                    Sorry, hate this little box to type in…

              • You have much to learn PP. You are being deceived.

                • Thank you HH.
                  The whole world is deceived, the Authorities are good at it.

                  • This may be the single greatest weakness of the human race Piper. TPTB know exactly what our soft spots are and they been pushing those buttons for thousands of years. We love to be led and ruled. We give authority where there is none; we know nothing of the origins of our beliefs. You will find 1000 times more intuition in a goldfinch. When I see all of these red thumbs on this subject, it’s plain to see that either TPTB are freakin brilliant, or we are freakin pathetic. We would protect a turd if they told us it was important.

                    Reminds of the line from Pink Floyd’s Welcome to Machine… “What did you dream? It’s alright, we told you what to dream.” or “What did you think? It’s alright, we told you what to think.”

                  • Piper you are a believer, I am not; but it is possible we could get along well, because you seem to seek and value the truth. Most just wash their brain out with soap and condemn whatever they have been told to. Peace and tolerance to you and yours.

                  • Ah, HH,
                    with all the red thumbs its obvious, they value their illusion more than reality.
                    Too many know absolutely nothing about their own religion, and think Christ will give them their free lunch salvation. He said it didn’t work like that, but their pharisees have turned everything upside down, and they would rather believe fairy tales and mystery.
                    We love them anyway…

              • PS:
                I didn’t say they fabricated it. They ‘constructed’ it over many many years, while they threw out many many other wonderful works in order to create their new canonical narrative for the ‘peasant masses’. They even trashed the ‘private teachings’ of Jesus, and the works of Enoch, which is my personal grudge with them because he revealed the TRUE creation model.

                I would suggest you start your readings with the ‘church father’ named Origen.
                Who states quite plainly, that they needed to eliminate ‘philosophy and reason’, (which was a Greek ‘heresy’ at the time)…
                This led to a thousand years of the dark ages by the outlawing of science (called sorcery, and witchcraft.) the purging of philosophy, and the murder of many Heretics because they disagreed with the church.

                Just for you… here is fragment of a ‘forbidden’ book, the ‘beginning’ revealed by the mouth of God after Enoch was taken up to heaven and told to write books, this is according to Enoch II, CH 24:
                (this actually reveals the architecture of the Universe. Why would the church trash it? To impose the doctrine of MYSTERY… see how this compares to Genesis, which I consider to be the Cliff notes for Enoch.)

                2nd Enoch, The Book of Secrets
                Chapter 24, XXIV:

                1 And the Lord summoned me, and said to me:
                Enoch, sit down on my left with Gabriel
                2 And I bowed down to the Lord, and the Lord spoke to me:
                Enoch, beloved, all (that) you see, all things that are standing finished I tell to you even before the very beginning, all that I created from non-being, and visible (physical) things from invisible (spiritual).
                3 Hear, Enoch, and take in these my words, for not to My angels
                have I told my secret, and I have not told them their rise, nor my endless realm, nor have they understood my creating, which I tell you to-day.
                4 For before all things were visible (physical), I alone used to go about in the invisible (spiritual) things, like the sun from east to west, and from west to east.
                5 But even the sun has peace in itself, while I found no peace, because I was creating all things, and I conceived the thought of placing foundations, and of creating visible (physical) creation.

                Chapter 25, XXV
                1 I commanded in the very lowest (parts), that visible (physical) things should come down from invisible (spiritual), and Adoil came down very great, and I beheld him, and lo! He had a belly of great light.
                2 And I said to him: Become undone, Adoil, and let the visible (physical) (come) out of you.
                3 And he came undone, and a great light came out. And I (was) in the midst of the great light, and as there is born light from light, there came forth a great age, and showed all creation, which I had thought to create.
                4 And I saw that (it was) good.
                5 And I placed for myself a throne, and took my seat on it, and said to the light: Go thence up higher and fix yourself high above the throne, and be A foundation to the highest things.
                6 And above the light there is nothing else, and then I bent up and looked up from my throne.

                Chapter 26, XXVI
                1 And I summoned the very lowest a second time, and said: Let Archas come forth hard, and he came forth hard from the invisible (spiritual).
                2 And Archas came forth, hard, heavy, and very red.
                3 And I said: Be opened, Archas, and let there be born from you, and he came undone, an age came forth, very great and very dark, bearing the creation of all lower things, and I saw that (it was) good and said to him:
                4 Go thence down below, and make yourself firm, and be a foundation for the lower things, and it happened and he went down and fixed himself, and became the foundation for the lower things, and below the darkness there is nothing else.

                Chapter 27, XXVII
                1 And I commanded that there should be taken from light and darkness, and I said: Be thick, and it became thus, and I spread it out with the light, and it became water, and I spread it out over the darkness, below the light, and then I made firm the waters, that is to say the bottomless, and I made foundation of light around the water, and created seven circles from inside, and imaged (the water) like crystal wet and dry, that is to say like glass, (and) the circumcession of the waters and the other elements, and I showed each one of them its road, and the seven stars each one of them in its heaven
                , that they go thus, and I saw that it was good.
                2 And I separated between light and between darkness, that is to say in the midst of the water hither and thither, and I said to the light, that it should be the day, and to the darkness, that it should be the night, and there was evening and there was morning the first day.

                Chapter 28, XXVIII
                1 And then I made firm the heavenly circle, and (made) that the lower water which is under heaven collect itself together, into one whole, and that the chaos become dry, and it became so.
                2 Out of the waves I created rock hard and big, and from the rock I piled up the dry, and the dry I called earth, and the midst of the earth I called abyss, that is to say the bottomless, I collected the sea in one place and bound it together with a yoke.
                3 And I said to the sea: Behold I give you (your) eternal limits, and you shalt not break loose from your component parts.
                4 Thus I made fast the firmament. This day I called me the first-created [Sunday].

                This is the story of Creation right out of the mouth of God, if you can suspend disbelief for an instant, and accept Enoch’s text. This is a text that is supposedly thousands upon thousands of years old, yet provides for all the scientific elements one needs to define reality as it is known today. The three components, Hyper Light, Hyper Dark, and Chaos, would become the Bipolar Primal Energy to power the Universe and the Chaos to give structure. The frequencies of the light and dark are hyper luminal, they must be to provide the necessary energy to the form of creation. The Creator was the middleman, the modulator, and the great designer of Bipolar Primal energy flow directed with Chaos. But the Creator created a ‘lake’ of water, recent evidence points to the fact that the Universe as we know it, is kind of a bubble. What if the lake represents many millions or billions of Universe Bubbles? So spread out, the light from them dissipates long before we can see it? Are we part of a Multiverse, that have only come into existence in God Time, yet to be, in our time? The mind boggles at this new God Calculus.

                The biggest question here though, is Why was it suppressed? Do religious types just enjoy vagueness and think we are all simpletons, so they had to introduce the concept of 6 days for Creation? 6000 years for all of Creation? There is only one place from where such nonsense comes from, the control of minds by authority figures. It is obvious, that Genesis was written with Moses’ full knowledge of Enoch, if you read it you notice small references to angels that laid with women, and giants and also to Enoch, but nothing specific enough to wrap your mind around. It is known that these books were rejected from the Holy Canon. This alone should make people wonder about what has been withheld, and continues to be withheld from general western knowledge. At the very least, Enoch deserves a place in the Apocrypha in between the testaments.

                • You do know that Enoch was completed only 2100 years ago, don’t you? Genesis was written long before Enoch. And what’s that babbling about after the Enoch quote?

                  • Fragments of the Books of Enoch were found in the dead sea scrolls.
                    And No, the books of Enoch preceded Genesis, or else, you haven’t read both… you see references to Enoch WITHIN Genesis…

                    I appear to know far more than you, or you are one of the Authorities or one of their deceived minions.
                    Enoch may have had some changes and edits too, since his 366 books were destroyed, that is what evil men do. But, the book of secrets has a scientific bent, that provided the new model of the Unified Field.

                    Read my site, learn, debate. But do not preach at me using broken scriptures written by murderers.

                • I did not preach at you.

                  Finding fragments of Enoch in the Dead Sea Scrolls does not mean Enoch is older than Genesis, since the oldest known Old Testament text fragments were also found in the Dead Sea Scrolls. If you find equally old scraps of documents in one pile, how can you say one was written before the other when you don’t have access to the original manuscripts of Moses or Enoch. Supposedly, both were passed down orally before they were set down in writing. There are no actual copies of either book old enough to be originals, so there is no way to date them relative to each other.

                  I have read Enoch. I suppose you believe the giants were almost a mile tall. I’d like to see a regular size woman have one of those. Also Enoch writes about Noah. The best I can figure, Enoch died 69 years before Noah was born. And about the only evidence there is of a “scientific bent” is that he actually noticed the seasonal changes of the day length. And it doesn’t take a genius to figure that out. And the drawn out way he tried to explain it sounded like a student trying to make a term paper meet a page number requirement.

                  Your website is way out there. As an example, you mention on the Cherokee and Hopi prophecy page something about earth entering the Great Rift. I certainly hope we’re not about to be suddenly flung 300,000 light years closer to the center of the galaxy. New age gobbledegook, meaningless symbols and equations, and replies to comments on your site that are full of anger. The only good thing I found is that you don’t seem to be selling anything. Have you ever tried to wade through James Churchward’s books about Mu? That will expand your gobbledegook horizons. Read all five volumes and the follow-up books by Earll nnd Santesson.

                  I don’t mean to sound angry, but on your site you referred to members of my religion as harlots and the Bible as fairy tales written by the Catholic church, when most of it was written long before the Catholic church existed. That’s not a good way to make friends or influence people.

                  This is the last time I waste time on this subject area. I have a 600+ page book to revise and publish as a new edition, hopefully before TSHTF so I can make a buck.

                  • You’re a well educated and brainwashed liar.

                    Your facts are skewed towards the catholic murderers.
                    Yes, and you didn’t understand anything you read, you find things to manipulate as your facts, that’s fine. As you just also LIED, about the Rift. Nowhere on there do I state that we are going to be flung 300,000 light years closer to the center of the Galaxy.

                    I don’t care about making friends with liars, or people who have their minds made up based on false information and defend the status quo at all costs.
                    As far as meaningless symbols or equations, what would you know about physics? or equations? Obviously nothing.
                    Anger? Yes, against assholes like you who ran the world into the ground and will do anything to stay on top of the heap.

                  • PS: I don’t hate Catholics, they are victims of their Church Fathers like all the rest of the Christian community.
                    The books of John were almost thrown out of the canon because they were considered too ‘Gnostic’… the other books thrown out were to cover up their crime of blasphemy. The Pauline and Christ messages are in conflict, deal with it. The Catholics destroyed 95% of Jesus’s private teachings, deal with it. That makes all of us VICTIMS of the true Heresy.
                    Those who created the ‘abomination that makes desolate’, set up in the true temple of God, our minds…
                    Those who created the Sword of Division, as a fulfillment of the Christ prophecy, that he did not come to bring peace, but a sword. WHO WIELDED THAT SWORD SIR?
                    Does God author confusion, and division, conflicting doctrines? Arguments among His own people?
                    NO… it was the Mother of Harlots, and her daughters.

                  • PPS: Why are you catholics and protestants scared to death of the so called New Age?

                    It is a New Age that dawned on Dec 21, 2012, a new cycle of the Galaxy. But that is not what you’re afraid of. You’re afraid of the Revelation, the unknown. You know, deep down, that your mystery is dying, and with it, your churches… as the Great Falling away continues and people leave your old dry bones teachings.

                    You’re scared, of your own boogyman.

                • @piper Michael
                  I have studied much of the same as you, independently, and for all your naysayers, it is obvious they have not done their homework or devoted any critical thinking to these issues. Always find it fascinating how people will twist facts, or rely on assumptions of others that claim facts, to make their arguments appear to be correct.

                  I long ago quit fighting this battle. As Ben Franklin said, ” a fool convinced against his will, will be of the same opinion still”. In any event, I do appreciate your erudite presentations, no matter on how many deaf ears they fall upon. Nice to see some intelligence on this blog site, especially after having to sort through a cacophony of bigoted drivel, false history, and kool-aid drinking fanatics.

                  • Thank you Ralphieboy.
                    You’re right…. it is a new time.
                    At least some of us are DOING something…

        • IT WAS THE J00S! THE J00S TOOK ALL THE MONEY AND PUT IT ALL IN THEIR J00 CAVE SOMEWHERE! PROBABLY IN THE CENTER OF THE HOLLOW EARTH!

      28. You know, It can continue for more years maybe even another 10 years before the whole things implodes ! The ability to create money and manipulate markets and spread false news and data to mainstream media contributes to the system of lies . But the truth is also many corporations are going to get even richer when this thing does go down .
        Before they pull the plug they will be in the know and position themselves for it .To many players in the game and some must go to make the other ones even stronger .When it occurs, and the smoke clears, they will be their to even solidify their power and control and influence . Yes, it cant go for ever but a whole lot longer than one thinks right now .

        • Agreed. Especially with the recent dollar strength. Someone said it best on here: “USA is the best looking horse in the glue factory.”
          If you keep betting with their system, you are in that glue factory too. Problem is, I can’t find the exit door. But at least have seen a few windows.

      29. $UCK BUSH ;0p

      30. ” BUSH !” ;0P

        ” We’s Hates Him .”

        ;0P

      31. Keep prepping: you have a three or four month window… escape the city for the sake of your family! Increase your prepping NOW…I think folks should make preps for a probable future Nuclear event to happen within a year or so and that will start the collapse. [maybe]

      32. It’s really quite unnerving and unsettling to know that I have worked and saved for a comfortable retirement and the clowns in Washington are playing games, blowing money on the porch monkeys that have never hit a lick in their lives, Giving money to the Mooslem Brudderhood, golfing with Tagger, Moochel acting like some kind of queen, 20 car parade to go to chow with Republicans. Their all the same, probably all sleep in the same bed.
        http://youtu.be/eih67rlGNhU

      33. One day soon it will all end with a bang or maybe a wimper but what ever, it will end. The status quo will end and a new paradigm will begin. One that involves chasing down and clubing squirls, cats, dogs, rats etc. for your next meal. You will learn how to live in a cardboard box down by the river. One day soon!
        Hell on Earth is Coming with a Vengeance! PREPARE!!!

      34. In my youth I knew what hunger was, it was a really bad time in my life that I was finally able to overcome. Being hungry with no way to get food leaves a mark on you that lasts a lifetime.Later in life my family said that I was the one that was prepared for any storm because I was always stocking up. That was pre 2008, now it is known as prepping, and I am a prepper. Today I own my own buisness that has done very well until January 2013. So far this year my profits has dropped by thousands of dollars and there seems to be no end in site. But I am ready for whatever happens, I will stay in my home, I have everything I need here, I know from where the danger will come, and I am ready. And through all the years of strggle my most preacious metal remains my canner.

        • gatheringbird–curious. What is your business??

      35. Mac, I think it proves that you are doing a great job and they are scared of you when the trolls just wait for you to post an article and have to jump in right away.

        • Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Besopasnosti…

          (Committee for State Security) Sound familiar?

      36. The February edition of Imprimis (means “in the first place” in Latin), the monthy newsletter from Hillsdale College, has an excellent article about the taxation policies of Calvin Coolidge.

        Coolidge and Grover Cleveland were the real conservative presidents. Ronald Reagan increased the federal budget by 35% during his tenure. He also doubled the size of government. To call Reagan a conservative is laughable. Ronald Reagan was a socialist. You need to accept this fact.

        • Eisen. Your idea of a socialism are odd. You have a hysterical nature and feel the need to get attention by exaggerating. Yours is a sad life and you are disgusting. At least you’re not saying outrageous crap like women should be raped, women are bitches, or calling people names. You seem to have matured to the level of an eighth-grade boy. You should be very proud of yourself keep up the good work.

          • Don’t be fooled Grippen. He’s gone into his dialed down mode for a while. That’s how he keeps getting just enough supporters to respond to his ranting. Soon enough he’ll be back to the all caps I hate everyone who isn’t like me mode. He’s made a fool of several people here.

        • Eisenkreuz….You are too young to read Imprimis. I get that too. They write articles on the real Ronald Reagan that are positive.

        • Apparently no one likes it when you criticize the American Kruschev.

          I for one am glad I’m no longer having nightmares of waking up on fucking fire.

        • Eisenkreuz et al

          I, too, read the latest Imprimis. In fact, I am typing exactly what was written:

          “Calvin Coolidge and the Moral Case for Economy” by Amity Shlaes:

          “…Conservatives long for another Ronald Reagan. But is Reagan the right model? He was of course a tax cutter, reducing the top marginal rate from 70 to 28 percent. But his tax cust — which vindicated supply-side economics by vastly increasing federal revenue — were bought partly through a bargain with Democrats who were eager to spend that revenue. Reagan was no budget cutter — indeed, the federal budget rose by over a third during his administration.”

          But Reagan as a socialist? Maybe you should learn the real definition of socialism instead of relying on the far-left talking points.

      37. I’ve recently upgraded from the Glock 9 to the Colt 1911A1 .45. The Colt is a much better gun.

        • Eisen. Glad to see you bought a new gun. It will come in handy in case you need to rape a girl who is too big to hold down. You are disgusting.

        • @ Eisenkreuz. They had an experiment on the Military Channel about this. While the Glock held more rounds, the Colt 1911 had way more stopping power. In a contest the Colt won hands down over the Glock.

          • @BI: My carry sidearm is a Kimber CDP Pro with CCI GOLD DOT 45 Auto +P 200 Gr for food, it just loves to eat as much as I can feed it.

            Nomi– Molon Labe– KTLTW
            PR

          • The .45ACP cartridge is not exclusive to the Government 1911 platform. Sig and H&K in particular, make very fine pistols in .45ACP….and H&K in particular makes them with double-stack higher-capacity magazines.

            I am a big fan of the 1911 Government platform, BUT I will be the first to admit that the 1911 pistol can be very finicky when it comes to ammo. I once owned a 1911 that absolutely would NOT feed my hand-loads reliably. But those same loads could be fired in my H&K USP Compact with 100% reliability.

            When it comes to out-of-the-box reliability in a .45, I would pick an H&K USP or a Sig 220 any day of the week over an out-of-the-box 1911. I’m not saying you can’t find a 1911 that is reliable right out of the box, I’m just saying that you are MORE likely with the H&K and Sig.

            As far as picking between a 9mm and .45…there can be no real argument against the .45 being the better round as far as knock-down power is concerned. But fire-power is also an important factor in a defensive handgun. And a .45 in a high-capacity pistol (12+ rounds) is going to be a big gun. I once owned a Glock in .45 ACP…and it was just a beast to carry.

            For this reason, I actually prefer a Sig 226. 18 and 20 round magazines are readily available (or were before this latest nonsense) and provide a great deal of firepower without a big weight penalty.

            Bear in mind, in a SHTF situation, firepower may be more important than stopping power. You may need to engage multiple targets. And having more rounds between magazine changes could be a tactical advantage.

            Ideally……a pistol should just be something you have until you can get to your rifle. But a lot of people can’t…or don’t carry a rifle in their automobile…and if someone is simply trying to get home, it’s much easier to carry a pistol without drawing attention than it is a rifle. If I am caught away from my home and the freeways are shut down, I want to become as invisible as possible. That’s going to be tough to do with a rifle. So….I’ll take my 226 with 3 extra magazines and try to disappear into the woodwork as I make my way home.

            I am digressing here, but I think this is a matter of overall philosophy of purpose. What do I want the gun for? What kind of scenario am I likely to encounter?

            The .45 is an excellent self-protection weapon. And in normal, everyday situations, is probably the perfect self-defense round.

            But I think we have to start thinking in terms of very “un-normal” situations that we will encounter when it all goes to hell.

        • You are correct, only real problem with the 1911 is the grip, because the rounds are not staggered in the Mag it’s to long and narrow for most people. If I can use hollow points, I prefer the 9MM Browning Parabellum. MR Browning designed, both although he died before the 9MM was finished. I do not understand why they both don’t have amb safety 9MM seems to have been designed with it in mind.

          • Took it to the range first time this weekend. Immediately noticed much less recoil, smoother slide, better trigger mechanism on the 1911A1. The grip was fine for me. I still have my Glock but I noticed the stores have .45 ACP in stock but absolutely no 9mm.

        • Got a Glock, but still a Colt fan, I’m a sucker for a Series 70 in 9mm or .45, they just tick along nicely. My initial test fire of any semiauto is a full magazine as fast as I can fire it. The Colts have yet to fail. Glock and Beretta, not the same story.

          • I wouldn’t walk around with a cocked hammer over a firing pin. I never carry a chambered round anyway. You’re 40 times more likely to shoot yourself with your own gun than to be shot by someone else.

          • yeah. there’s a shooting instructor on youtube who goes over the problems with the 1911. Apparently, many are low quality and fail alot (in his classroom range).

        • A gun is a “good gun” if it runs good and you can handle it well (safely and accurately). If it is of smaller caliber, then use it to fight your way to your larger rifle/carbine. Peace is achieved through superior firepower(meaning you have killed ALL of your enemy).

        • Giving up your Glock is not an upgrade. Now you have less bullets. More parts.

          AND ONLY THE OLD PEOPLE YOU HATE US THEM. So you better start sucking up or you will be out of parts quick.

          • I didn’t give up the Glock. I don’t see whats so great about them.

      38. Apocalypse Now brought to you by the 2 Party System! If you ain’t surviving now and loving the poverty level its going to be a hard learning curve. I salute you who are about to … rise to the occasion OUR FINEST HOUR IS AT HAND! American Spring is right around the corner my friends. Organize and build your communities for a sustainable future without the Corp – let them be the ones who starve worshipping their golden idols. Things look very good from my BOL at this point; Peace and God Bless America.

      39. What is that song…..War, ugh, what is it good for, absolutely nothing Ah say it again, war, what is it good for, absolutely nothing.

        Oh, wait, but war is good for something. Building empires and destroying and rebuilding, keeping the average working man a slave. Killing the workng man…so the rich get richer and poor are kept in there place.

        War is coming, big war, big war…that is how “they” will cover it all up and make it all go away. As all of you on this site turn against them…they will out smart you all and devise an evil enemy we must all fight . We must all come together and fight the others and not them. Ha ha ha ha ha

        You all be fools.

        • Space aliens… like Battleship.

      40. When all this goes down Fishermen will still catch fish, bakers will still make bread, ect ect..Life will go on.Now if you leave in the cities , or dependent of a Gov check your toast!

        • Maybe you might want to read some of Selco’s writings, he has an article in archive here, somewhere…

      41. My credit cards are pretty much maxed out to the tune of tens of thousands of Federal Reserve Notes and I don’t have any means of paying them back. Now, for the good news: My credit limits just keep going up and up. This funny money game is just way too cool.

        I have now positioned myself with insurmountable levels of debt. Just like the smart politicians in DC, the bankers at the banks, and Ben Bernanke at the FED. I figure those guys are a helluva lot smarter than me so I did the exact same thing.

        Dave Ramsey doesn’t make much sense to me. “Sell all your stuff and take a minimum wage job so you can give it all away to the bankers” Dave says. That Ramsey guy must be a tool to screw poor people.

        And just like Bloomberg the Billionaire says, “If you owe the bank $5K they got you, but if you owe the bank $5 Million — then, you got them.”

        My job in the New Obama Economy is obtain as much credit as possible to buy prepping stuff. Shoot, if this all goes according to plan, I could be one of the best things to happen to GDP in the second quarter all by my myself. If everyone here would do the same think of how many poor people we could put back to work!

        As a patriotic Amerikan, it is your civic duty to assist the government in their efforts to borrow and spend every penny you can get your hands on to get this economy back on track!

        Don’t think about yourself or paying the money back.

        Now is no time to be selfish.

        Do it for the good of the country.

        CHARGE!!!

        • You’ve been talking to my husband??

        • Wow…Too big to fail, now. Very cool 🙂

        • You’re insane.

          I’m within $3000 of paying mine totally off. Don’t even ask. Part of it was stupidity, but not a large part. Most of it was just plain ugly and sadly unavoidable.

          You do realize there’s a historical precedent for debtor’s prison, right?

          Guess who doesn’t go there?

          Rich people…

          So… the situation for normal people is… shall we say… rather different. Unless you can “charge” a small standing army.

        • Dave Ramsey says gold will drop like a rock when “this is all over”. Not too sure babout ‘ol Dave anymore. There is something to be said for the idea of using their bankruptcy laws against them. Banksters use bankruptcy to walk away from bad investment decisions all the time.

          • And who writes those laws?

            OH THAT’S RIGHT!

            Not you or me!

            Fancy that…

            I agree, back when gold was at 600-700, I SHOULD have maxed out my credit cards right there and bought as much as possible.

            Wish in one hand, shit in the other…

            Now? It’s been doing the 1600 hokey pokey for three years or better now. I just can’t get up the stones to put myself back into massive debt over it.

            The second I’m out of debt, of course, I’d say a good 65% of my disposable income goes right into it. Moving upwards to 80% once I got me some food stored up.

            Damn.

            I need that boat. And it is not gonna happen any time soon. Ah well, it’s for the best anyway (I guess). I too have older parents that are sticking around and so that pretty much means so am I.

          • Bob, and to further that, investors (including those banksters) utilize bankruptcy to churn credit and new ‘investments’ so they can live well while force-failing one business to get another one or ten going.

          • Anybody who thinks paper is superior to precious metals in a time of calamity is a moron……period.

            And when it first hits the fan, basic commodities like food, water, medicines, personal hygiene and ammo will trump metals.

            I’ve never understood how anyone can think a piece of paper is worth anything in a calamity where the whole system is collapsing.

            You’ve got to mentally insert yourself into a collapse scenario and then ask yourself what is going to be valuable to you when that happens. Energy stocks? Fiat Federal Reserve Notes?

            Dave Ramsey is a tool. His advice makes sense for a society that is not in collapse. But when TSHTF any promise that is on paper will be worth the paper it’s written on.

          • That’s our plan! one down, one to go….

        • CHARGE

          Hint #1
          Don’t own any real property

          Hint #2
          Don’t own any personal property w/ title or deed or value

          Hint #3
          Don’t tell anyone that you’re bilking businesses via the financial institutes because bankruptcy costs the working man, too

      42. @ Everybody. There is more anger on this site than I have ever seen, and this is what the enemies of this site exactly want. BO and his cronies want sites like this that try to get out the truth and help people prepare to fail, or at least not be successful. The audience is very turned off by this fury. The people out there are the ones that make SHTFplan so informative by adding their intelligent conversations. Many that post hate get their comments collapsed and many don’t even read them. So they are wasting their time if they are trying to sway other people’s opinions.

        Those that have this much hate can add to this site, but instead choose to vent fire. I can undersatand this anger as everytime I see these morons on the news talk about how well everyting is going it infuriates me it is so disgusting and the deception is so apparent. To come on to this site and express hate for something is counterproductive to all of our goals, to survive the best we can. I as well as many others ask that those people that have been expressing so much rampant hate, please try to tone it down and try to add something to the site.

        BO and feinsteinless, and the other BAD GUYS enjoy seeing this site taken apart by trolls or those that have legitimate frustration. Just for the benefit of Mac, SHTFplan, the people that visit the site, don’t give any further advantage to BO and those that are trying to poison sites like this that are freedom driven. “BO and others laugh everytime sites like this fail, the reason why BO has a TROLL SQUAD for this site and many others”.

        Really do try to channel some of this anger to help the site and the others that read our comments and help defeat those that want to destroy the rest of the Constitution, our basic right to defend ourselves, and our freedom.

        • BeInformed

          We have addressed this before and we most certainly will again..there are many new commenters here who relish nothing more than stirring up the pot with racial/ethnic/religious slurs and other such diatribe.

          My best suggestion is for ALL OF US to ignore them and NEVER respond to their bullshit..just give them a thumbs down and move on..

          Do not feed the trolls.

          possee

          • BI & Possee:

            While some of the trolls may be organized, others are just marginals who vent while hiding behind multiple anonymous handles and would be incapable of facing anyone here in a world without law. Some are dangerous StormFront types.

            We will all find ourselves confronting the various types IRL as things get worse. So, when they attack the site, we get to learn their code words and evil memes. In a way, this is also preparation.

        • Beinformed

          Did you catch this now on Drudge???

          4.7 Quake Reported in Anza
          It happened along the San Jacinto fault between the San Andreas and the Elsinore faults

          Residents Urged To Prep For ‘Two Weeks On Your Own’ On Quake Anny

          • Holy Guacamole!

            Peoples gonna be needing an EMERGENCY reload the EBT Cards.

          • @ possee. I sent a comment earlier with a link to the fault map with the earthquakes on it, I guess Mac hasn’t had time to okay it as of yet. The San Jacinto is a smaller sister to the San Andreas, and it is very likely that either the San Jacinto is ready to break as the northern portion of the fault is also active. OR, the San Andreas is releasing much energy and it has to go somewhere and the San Jacinto runs parallel to it. It could also be the Whittier-Elsinore fault ready to blow.

            What I saw was a bunch of microquakes from a 4.7 to 5.2 size earthquake, other sites rated it higher in magnitude, which is not too common to happen. Usually you see a lot of microquakes spread out like this from a much larger quake or something getting ready to blow. The Microquakes were up to 75 miles away from the san Jacinto on various faults in all directions.

            When Mac posts that comment with that link to the faults and earthquakes you can see what I mean. Even a 6.0 is not usually big enough to get this widespread quake activity away from the fault. This activity tells me that the quake went through the whole fault system and something is warming up that is much bigger. I have seen this before a big earthquake hit other areas, not always by any means, maybe 1/3 to 1/2 the time. Still IF I lived in southern California I would sure be storing up some extra supplies while I still could, it couldn’t hurt.

            • BI-

              As always, I can’t thank you enough for your analysis. It is always better to be safe than sorry…and I live in the heart of So-Cal. I didn’t feel the quake today, but plenty of others I work with did feel it. I know that Cali is allegedly past-due for a big one…can only go about this with the right idea of being prepared.

        • “@ Everybody. There is more anger on this site than I have ever seen, and this is what the enemies of this site exactly want.”

          Are you ever embarrassed being right so often… damn…

        • Amen BI…just red thumb and move on. Collapse the trolls and it will help the people who actually enjoy reading and being helpful to others on this site. Take out the trash with a red thumb.

          People, when you respond to the trolls please realize that they just beat you. You just put a smile on their face and encouraged future rants to get the contributors off subject.

          If you reply, they can say “I win, you lose!”

          Personally I would love to rip in to them as well, but by not doing so, I win, others who are constructive on this site win, Mac wins and they lose.

          Thanks BI. Keep up the good work, and if possible, would love to get your take on the quake situation.

          God Bless,
          NP

        • @BI….I wouldn’t worry too much about the naysayers and maybe even the naysayers that are political plants. It is the way it is.

          The political blogs are alot worse.

          The old saying, ‘If people like you and say nice things about you, then you are not doing much and they like you because they are ahead of you. But if they say bad things about you it is because you are ahead of them and beating them.’

          In High School, who had the most rumors against them? Was it not the nice looking cheerleader, or the QB? Or, someone that was leading or winning at something. Leadership and success creates jelousy and sometimes hatred.

          The best thing to do is keep living and sharing your ideas. Once they get to you, then they got you. That is what they want. They want to get under your skin and make you leave.

          Don’t change a successful blog too much, or even at all. I have seen many blogs change because people complain about the trolls. They make changes and then their traffic flows go way down. The trolls win!!!! I have seen a sports blog go from 100 comments per day or more go down to just 2 comments per week because of changes they made to get rid of trolls.

          Thus, the best thing to do is just have a good sense of humor and keep going and keep sharing ideas. And mostly, learn to ignore.

          • @ Ugly. I agree, don’t change the site at all, it works. I am just saying that we need to concentrate more and more on getting ready, because the time is so short. BO and those that hate freedom are trying to dissolve the site and many others as much as possible before they have an excuse to censor the internet like North Korea does. I just am trying to appeal to the better sense of everyone out there that is NOT A PAID troll, to just try not to play into BO’s plan. The paid trolls are obvious and should be red thumbed and forgotten about.

            Those others that are intelligent, but insist on hating a race, a religion, or whatever are not trolls but very angry and frustrated with the terrible conditions of the country but are dimishing the quality of the site a lot and preventing other brilliant people from commenting with ideas that can help us all a lot. Those are the people I am asking to please consider the betterment of the site and everyone out there and try not to vent so much intense hate. It is a big turn off for those that want to comment, but don’t want to be part of this. We all have such little time and I just wish everyone would see this and try to add what they know as much as possible before…………………

            • @BI….I agree, but your statement in part,

              ‘It is a big turn off for those that want to comment, but don’t….’

              BI that statement shows that others are getting to you and other bloggers as well. Don’t let it. Even thru some of the ‘hate’ mail from the previous blogs, I picked up some good stuff such as the Jerusalem Artichoke.

              Your other statement….’We have such little time….’ is 100% correct. That is where we need to focus.

              Remember, there is a very good chance that the democrats will regain the House in 2014. Thus, what does that say about the Americans?

        • BI & others,
          You are so right about the anger on this site. I have let it get to me the last couple of weeks and have posted not so positive stuff about it. Apologies…

          I just don’t get hatred…why would anyone want to poison themselves by holding onto it? Anyway, I regret that I have let it get to me…I know I should do the thumbs down thing….I will sincerely work on it.

          Can we also take a break from all the spelling & grammer stuff??

          • @BI…U are a “Peacemaker”….and full of wisdom…thanx for that….I was so “down in the dumps” yesterday because of all the cussing and hatred, but thanx to you for your response, I am now back “on top of the world!” Take care, CC

        • BI
          It’s hard to be humble,
          while we are watching termite-politicians felling the
          “Tree of Liberty” with their incessant gnawing of it’s
          very heart and core.
          I mean, what is next, the “Statue of Libertyless”?
          I do understand what you are saying, of course, but I
          also know it’s going to be next to impossible to stem
          the tidal-wave of rage yet to come, I fear.
          Perhaps it has some benefit to them in an abstract way.
          Again I mean, to what benefit storing up Tangible Preps
          if the Mental Preps are not in place to keep them.
          It’s going to be tough! Maybe we’re just glimpsing a
          version of “Prepper Bootcamp”! Who knows?

          • @ OutWest. I am not talking about the politicians that deserve nothing but worst chastising possible, I am referring to the garbage that has has no postive addition to any site. I and others understand the zionist problems with the world, it doesn’t have to be rehashed over and over again. This are many extremely petty comments that helps no one. There is an old saying, don’t sweat the small stuff.

            Every single person out there has something to give and share with others, and we all need this. We are trying to accumulate as much information as possible before the internet is banned, and I just wish that more people that have been going crazy with anger would see this and cut the liability out at least somewhat. There have been hundreds of comments each time, but also dozens, if not a couple hundred sometimes, comments that most people just don’t like at all.

            I would enjoy hearing from the thousands of people that DON’T comment on their ideas of what is coming, how to plan for it, anything that will give us some input and ideas. Many of these wraths of tempers are unfortunately stopping many from commenting. Let’s just hope that others see this and see that their well being as well as everybody’s is not benefitting from their tantrums.

            • You guys have now taken up half the page complaining about people taking up half the page complaining.

              • OK got to give you that one.

              • I hate haters who hate hate.

            • BI
              Umm….I think maybe our wires got crossed there…..
              I was only referring to the solid-gold preppers in this
              community of ours.
              I couldn’t give a rat’s posterior less about all the
              zion mumbo-jumbo, zealots, war-mongers, whore-mongers,
              or any other such screaming tripe and their ilk.
              Slag always rises to the top in the pot of molten gold,
              how to skim it off is another thing. Thumbs down is
              probably our only recourse
              I wasn’t giving “them” and their effluent mouth’s a pass
              in any shape, manner, or form.
              Decorum should always first and foremost be the goal of
              any public forum.
              I apologize for any misunderstanding.

              OW

              • @ OutWest. I think my wires are getting crossed with everything that is going on. I have been so jittery the past 3-4 days and I don’t know if I am sensing something or just a little whacked out in the head. I can’t put my finger on it, but something is really wrong. This earthquake today in southern California really tells me along with the Prince Edward Islands swarm still continuing that stress on the plates are building. I guess I am just a little sick and tired of seeing these meaningless posts taking up space with the extremely valuable information that people take much of their own time to share with us.

                I see this site as one of the few left that haven’t succumbed to the Big Brother snagging of your E-mail and much other persoanl information to make a comment, and in my own little pathetic way I am trying to protect it and keep it as successful as possible. I didn’t mean you any disrespect at all as you and so many others contribute much to the site.

                I suppose what I am trying to say is that I feel like each day goes by it gets closer to midnight for all of us. Hopefully more and more people will see this and hit it into high gear and throw that extra case of food or water into their shopping baskets, get that extra box of ammo, maybe double check their supplies. Instead of doing a spring cleaning, do a spring survival uptick of their supplies and what they are going to do IF and WHEN it strikes.

                • I was wondering if, in addition to the way you plot the earthquakes, if you sense them. I heard some guy on Coast one night say some people had headaches, or tension, and/or other physical indicators before a quake.

                  • @ JustMe. You bring up an excellent question about sensing earthquakes. Yes I do, and so do everyone else to some degree because we all have electric impulses that fire off in our bodies; our brains and nervous systems. Pressures on the piezoelectric quartz crystals give off a charge, and during the tension build ups before a major earthquake these electric charges grow much stronger. This is one explanation for what is called earthquake lights, minutes, hours, or days before the earthquake strikes. Many people have mistaken these lights for extraterrestrail spacecraft. People and animals can feel these distrubaances even at long distances.

                    Something also with earthquakes are high pitched radio signals given off. Before the 1989 earthquake in San Francisco naval ships picked up what they thought was a Soviet submarine transmitting signals, it was the earthquake building up to bring a day later. Animals, especially dogs can hear these audio signals. Ants often go nuts before earthquakes because of this. People with exceptional hearing often pick this up. This can lead to headaches with people also as a sign of something coming.

                    Another precursor to earthquakes are gasses that come up and people can have all sorts of symptoms from these. Sometimes during calm temperature inversions these gasses can cause extremely eerie looking fogs.

                    One of the most pronounced earthquake feelings come from the planet’s magnetic field being imbalanced. JustOneGuy could talk much more about the Sun’s influnce on the Earth’s magnetic field, but it has look been thought that this can be the straw that breaks the fault’s back. Many birds are very affected by disturbances in the magnetic fields and will fly around in circles or act very disorietated before earthquakes. This can also cause people that are senstive to magnetic field changes to become jittery and “unglued”.

                    These are all physical symptoms that can be traced back to something that has a scientific reason behind it. For way too long people associated this with being psychic or being some clairvoyant, when in reality their bodies were simply a more natural type modified antenna picking up those signals that others could not as easily detect.

                    An excellent book on earthquake prediction using science to figure out why is: “When the Snakes Awake, Animals and Earthquake Prediction”, by Helmut Tributsch, MIT Press.

                  • BI,

                    Very interesting stuff. Makes sense, the pineal gland in the brain is a reciever of sorts, probably what is picking up the pre-quake static.

                    A man named Jim Berkland also predicts quakes. One of his markers are the lost pet advertisements, before a quake, pets freak out, and split. His site is sysygyjob.com. Have heard him speak on Coast several times, very interesting process he has. He also uses Moon phase, apogy, and perigee in his predictions.

                    Thank you for your work in this area.

                  • Evening BI, justme,

                    If I may…

                    BI gives very good info on various of the things that we can be affected by, As far as the magnetic field issue, consider this;

                    Magma is actually not a vary poor conductor of electricity. Having said that, though it is very hot (though NOT quite incandescent) when it moves any charge contained within the volume/mass will be carried along with it…including any local aggregations of excess charge. Too,it is the case that like clouds – for whom the friction between particles serves to produce the prodigious charge imbalances we see as lightning – so also similar may be expected for the molten rock moving within the mantle of the Earth. Rememeber, ANY movement of electrical charge (non-neutral) is a current and as such produces it’s own magnetic field, Eh? Thus at times when there is otherwise no significant solar activity occuring we can often measure the changes in the terrestrial magnetic filed and directly ascribe those to various tectonic events. If the sun is very active (unlike now) it can be nearly impossible to say “Ah, A caused B”. To be sure Birds very strongly sense changes in the magnertic field of the Earth…we do too but not quite so overtly. Frequently birds will change course or fly into stationary objects due to these changeing fields. Far from that being the last word on geo-magnetic or geo-electrical effects it is also the case that the accumuulation of stress/strain in the lithospehere (the ‘hard’ stuff we actually stand on) causes ALL kinds of distortions..both electrical and magnetic…BI mentioned the ‘lights’ that are sometimes sen just before or during seismic activity.

                    I had read somewhere a long time ago that people with pacemakers or who otherwise had cardiac problems tended to show up at ER’s much more frequently around times of seismic activity…don’t quote me here on that though …I can’t remember where i read that at.

                    @ BI…How’s it going Friend! I’ve been ‘off-line for 4 days…out of town. I just got back in and I’m just trying to catch-up now! 🙂

                    JOG

                • BI
                  You are welcome at my campfire anytime, Sir!

                • BI,

                  I have a family member undergoing medical treatment at Loma Linda. He said there was a 5 point quake there today. He also reported a smaller quake there in the past couple of weeks. Is this normal for that area? I have lived in Anchorage, Ak. and quakes are something you learn to live with.

        • FYI, those creeps that ya’ll are thumbing down are the same person under different usernames coming from different computers at the same IP… He is a troll trying to get a reaction from us. It is good practice to ignore them like you would under fire by ignoring any emotions that may get you killed.

          • Very True

        • I think people go through the classic signs of grieving as they adjust to the idea that the economy is collapsing. So there are bound to be people in stages of denial, angry, resignation, and other emotions. I can see all of them being played out in the posts here, in addition to the usual online diversity.

          • We all ended here in our own way. I had always wanted to learn how to play the game, and make my mark in this world.
            And after 07-08, started to really probe and study what had happened. My conclusion, in a nutshell, is that we are living in one giant Ponzi sceme, approaching exponential explosion.
            Everything we have been conditioned to believe since birth, is an illusion.
            Economy and banking. Require constant expansion to function.
            Social Security. World’s biggest Ponzi sceme.
            Pension Plans, particulary Gov. More Ponzi.
            Etc..etc..etc… no need to expand this list….

            So I (we) prepare. We know it’s coming. It has to. We tell our family and share with close friends. They look at us like we need meds. They don’t see what see. And the bullshit keeps getting deeper. And deeper. And evidence mounts, daily. And we start to move away from their game, and work on our game.

            And it hasn’t happened. And it should have. And we get laughed at. And we just can’t believe this house of cards keeps getting higher. WTF.

            And this site, once filled with great tips and advise, is becoming an outlet for the frustrations we are feeling. For me, either give me evidence that all is good, or collapse this sucker, and lets move on. But this limbo, lost decade, is the worst. Save for retirement? Put money away for grandkid’s education? Plan or start a new business? Buy a house? Buy a new car? Invest in 401k?

            limbo sucks.

            • @ Rick:),

              The WAITING is maddening isn’t it?

              When I was a teen – in the 70’s – I looked around me and saw VAST wealth, oftimes generational wealth…and I saw poverty as well, sometimes living no more than a few miles from each other. In my mind I KNEW something about the ‘All that I had been told’ was simply WRONG..that, in fact, something was wrong with the world at large. At that age I could scarce even get a clear picture of what I intuited but I knew that many good people I knew busted thier asses and got NO WHERE…EVER.

              In time, especially after the Nixon years a peculiar cynicism began taking hold of me more and more. By the time I had reached my thirty’s I TRUSTED nothing that came from ‘authority’…ever. Proceeding into my forty’s I began to realize that quite nearly everything I had ever been told or seen in the media was a bald-faced, pablum-coated LIE. Few here, I think, have any reason left to beleive that this is going to do other than ‘End Badly’.

              The only question at this point is “How Badly?” Of late, I find my estimation of THAT growing at an almost geometric rate…2, 4, 8 16….256, 512…you get the picture here I’m sure. Those at the TOP are GOING to remain there…over OUR dead bodies…I am now QUITE sure of thier intent in this. My plans now lie in moving to a more northern clime (WAY North) with at least 35 miles between me and my nearest neighbor, same to be implemented within the next 90 days.

              After having seen what I have, I find myself unable to conjure any remaining faith in Humankind’s ability to not undergo self-anihilation…I DON’t want to witness that. Soon I will be in an environment where I will honestly meet whatever challenges arise…I will truiumph and live, or fail and die…but it WILL be honest and I will have no further thought for what will transpire in the greater world. Also, the waiting WILL be OVER for Me. Perhaps that is what is driving everyone, everywhere Mad…the waiting. A part of me almsot wishes it would begin now, immediately…all this shadow-boxing may well lead to insanity for those who cannot escape it. I’ll be around for a bit Friends…but not too long. Best of Luck to those who remain, sincerely. Oh, and YES…limbo sucks, that’s why I’m leaving.

              JOG

              • Aww man….
                Will you still have an inet connection JOG?
                Wish you luck though.
                The waiting is only terrible if you’re ‘waiting’.
                Don’t wait, live, and leave a little time for prepping and a little time for living.
                Either way, we all end up on ‘the other side’ of the veil, and the most important prep is memories.

              • Well JOG,

                you can make a difference locally. That’s really the problem the ponzi’ists can’t conquer. Its really the backbone of America. People who just keep producing good day after day. As long as one person still harbors freedom it can explode like wildfire. You can be that person in your community. 🙂

                • Howdy Red, Piper…

                  I used to beleive that one could make a difference locally, yes…but in the fullness of time I came to understand that the depth of the potential Abyss awaiting Humankind in the not too distant future is SO deep that someone, somewhere must begin to think about PRESERVING some of the knowledge that has been so hard-won over the last several thousand years…and be prepared to bring that forth again should things go ‘badly’. In this sense I am thinking much like ‘Archivist’ here at the site…who’s efforts I much ADMIRE.

                  To that end I have packed up ALL my college text (over 125 and with which I am closely familiar) and will soon have both them, myself and those I care for in a region which will afford us the maximum conceiveable safety in North America. That is of course in addition to ALL the other neccessary preperations – on ALL levels – the road has been difficult thus far in acquiring such but here, now as I near final complettion I AM satisfied with what has been assembled. Some of us will make a choice to stay and remain within the construct and will so witness it’s death-throes….I do NOT envy you that choice, still I wish you the best and my prayers go with all who do so…

                  “May the Lord Bless and Keep Thee, His Children, AMEN”

                  JOG

                  • Thank you. I chose the handle Archivist because it sounds better than Packrat. Everyone needs to make arrangements to preserve their books and to buy more when they can find deals.

                  • Howdy Archivist,

                    We have not ‘jabbered’ in a while…hope you are WELL!!

                    What I said above is exactly what I meant; I no longer see a non-destructive path out of this. Had the American system of Justice done as it should several years ago, and HUNG several hundred Banker’s in this country and repudiated the debts they fostered upon Humanity then perhaps there would have been an ‘out’. No more now – I think – though.

                    Thus it remains to those ‘who have eyes to see and ears to hear’ to act; to preserve the awesome knowledge which has come at so dear a cost in human life and effort. I APPLAUD your efforts and have so since I first became acquainted with your ‘bent’ in life…it is now my own as well…perhaps I will change my handle to “A2”. 🙂

                    Best of Luck Friend!!!

                    JOG

                  • God bless ya JOG.
                    My thinking too, yes Archivist especially you.
                    This was my thinking about refuges linked together as ‘monasteries’… this is what preserved the knowledge after the fall of Rome, through the dark ages.
                    I fear another dark age, like you all.

            • @ Rick:)

              Limbo does suck.

        • Well said! It is frustrating to read all of the hate and negativity…it produces nothing.

      43. Does anybody know when the Fed charter expires…?
        Didn’t they have a 100 year charter from 1913-14…?

        Just wondering. (The clowns in DC aren’t worried about the debt. This could be their coup de grace … the Lincoln option… ie instead of ‘devaluation’, they have a currency conversion to US Treasury notes.)

        • It is strange that but a very few no one discusses this end of year issue. I have seen many hopo plans trying to figure out what will happen and some of them are quite amazing.

          You stated one of the plans I saw. Just rename it and start over. We have the biggest guns so we should make the rules.

          • It makes the most sense to me…because at that point, those worrying about FRN’s vs Gold, and tangibles will win bigtime. Simply because part of it will be to revalue gold and silver and pretty much everything.

            I can see gold being revalued north of 10-50k
            but, they get to continue The Game…
            Unfortunately, I think it will not be paper notes, but digital currency… total control over everything.
            Very… um…. prophetic.

        • Piper. I researched that, hearing that the charter was for 100 years and had to be renewed this year.

          Best I could conclude; There is no charter. THEY can and will do what they want, for as long as they want and in whatever fashion they see fit.

          And my conclusion is something I can easily accept. That is how TPTB operate….

          So I let it go…

        • Piper Michael…I have been looking for this for a couple of years but cannot find anything about a 100 year charter except rumors. I DID find out that the Federal Reserve was granted a 20 year charter when they usurped the money system. This was changed (by legislation) in the 1920s to an open ended charter that can only be revoked by Congress. I don’t know the US Code that relates this offhand, but I remember looking and finding this much in US Code. I think the 100 year charter is mostly an internet myth.

          • Ok,
            Thanks guys. I had an inkling of that… but the best way to find out for sure is to ask, and you both have confirmed my thoughts.
            The PTB, do whatever they want… and they will, constitution be damned…

        • I think it is December of this year, 2013.

      44. Be Informed, your points are well taken about not feeding the trolls. On topic, I may be mistaken, but i feel that economic collapse may only be weeks away. I’d be surprised if we make it into the summer. Went shopping again over the weekend and still prepping all the way til’ the last minute. Last night, I watched “The Hunger Games” and I had a hard time watching it all the way through. The scenario in the movie was that of a modern-day Roman Empire turning innocent people against each other for sport; for entertainment. I couldn’t keep my supper down. I know, I know, it was only a movie, but the scenario could very well become reality if we don’t stand up and fight the NWO. Some nights I break down over what’s coming to this land. Last night was no exception. However, I know where I stand and what I’ll do when the time comes. Everybody get all the supplies you can now while there’s still time and the FRNs will still get you anything. Best wishes to all. Braveheart

        • Everything was fine until Braveheart begins to run his cake hole…..Shit !

      45. It will not continue forever, but be careful what you wish for. Change is the single constant in Life. War is nigh upon US, and Nibiru not far behind.

        Engage.

        • So Dk…….what have WE had to smoke today ?

      46. Ted Gundy,an 86-year-old World Wat II sniper, was awarded the “black hat,” one of the highest awards of the marksmanship unit, during his visit to Ft. Benning, Ga. He got a few other surprises along the way.
        He was presented with an exact replica of the rifle he used during the Battles of the Buldge and Bastogne, a 1903 Springfield A4 sniper rifle. It must have seemed like old home week as he hit the target — three hits for three shots — at three hundred yards — three football fields.
        He was then given the opportunity to try modern equipment on a target 1,000 yards away. The Remington 700 is, according to the video, “one of the most accurate rifles in the world.”
        At 1,000 yards, for every mile per hour of crosswind, the bullet moves 10 inches. Just like with the WWII-era Springfield at 300 yards, Gundy hit three for three with the Remington at 1,000.
        Once you got it, you don’t lose it.

        blaze of glory..thats how

      47. Durango Kidd, I’m afraid you’re right about war not being far away. Man, I wish all this crap would just go away, but we all know it’s not. If anyone tries aqnything on me, you’re damned right i will engage. NOMI CATIMF Braveheart

        • Agreed.

        • You are both old enough where all you will do is have a heart attack.

          • LMAO! I have the body and aerobics of a 40 year old man in GOOD shape. I am at the Club every day working out, swimming, and playing ball.

            I have always been an athlete and never more so than now! If it weren’t for a little gray in my hair I would be mistaken for a much younger man.

            PS. I date women HALF my age. They don’t seem to mind! LMAO! 60+ is the new 40 !!!

            • Many of the best athletes in the world have fallen over dead. And some of the fattest slobs last to long.

            • And you can also easily be anything or anyone you want to on an internet chat room too.

              • Daisy has seen my photo. And no, not the naked ones!!! 🙂 Tell them Daisy!

      48. Wonder if Ted Gundy got his VA letter saying he’s unable to own a firearm yet from those assholes in Washington. Great video – thanks for sharing.

      49. Awoken, welcome aboard and you do raise a very important point about the nuclear plants. They all supposedly have backup power systems in place for cooling the rods and so forth, but if the backup systems fail, it looks like all bets are off.

        • You really need to get out more, grow a garden, meet new people, maybe even try online dating BH.

        • Not really. USA nuke plants are designed to scram (shut down). The power dies, the control rods drop into the mix and shut ‘er down. Well, if gravity dies then you could be in trouble. 🙂 Cherynoble? Not so. Those Soviets seemed scientific but I guess they were not practical. Seems Americans can not only solve the equation but also consider the consequences. BTW, Chernyoble (I know there’s a y in there somehwere!) they bypassed lots of other security systems in order to get the thing to blow; so, honestly, the did design the system to be safe but forgot the number #1 rule: idiot proof. Never assume the engineers, scientists, or politicians won’t be idiots.
          If power dies in a nuclear power plant (huh????) then you would just end up without power and with a “crapped up” (the term they use) reactor where you’d need to keep the safety fence up to protect the curious cats.

      50. Off article topic: In a survival book from the late 60’s was a reference to Washington’s vision…I thought that it was referring to Washington’s hopes for the future of the Republic. I did a search and discovered I was wrong. From US History.org I found the true answer. There is no proof that this was an actual event. Whether you think it has merit or not….I was moved beyond words by what I read….
        I apologize for taking up a great deal of space by posting it, but I think it is well worth it….
        fob
        Washington’s Vision
        In the National Tribune, 1880, an article appeared giving an account of the “Vision of Washington” at Valley Forge. The account was told by a gentleman named Anthony Sherman, who supposedly was at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-78. The story has been published several times.

        Some people will say that it is substantiated by the fact that a copy of the account is in the Library of Congress. This argument of authenticity is misleading in and of itself. The Library of Congress has copies of anything published. That does not indicate accuracy of the content.

        I am unaware of any eighteenth-century evidence that corroborates this story. The soldier mentioned as having a first-hand account of the “Vision,” Anthony Sherman, was a soldier in the Continental Army. However, according to his pension application, written by him, he states that he was at Saratoga under the command of Benedict Arnold at the end of 1777 and only joined the main forces in 1778 in New Jersey just before the Battle of Monmouth.

        Anthony Sherman wrote:

        You doubtless heard the story of Washington’s going to the thicket to pray in secret for aid and comfort from God, the interposition of whose Divine Providence brought us safely through the darkest days of tribulation. One day, I remember it well, when the chilly winds whistled through the leafless trees, though the sky was cloudless and the sun shown brightly, he remained in his quarters nearly all the afternoon alone. When he came out, I noticed that his face was a shade paler than usual. There seemed to be something on his mind of more than ordinary importance. Returning just after dusk, he dispatched an orderly to the quarters who was presently in attendance. After a preliminary conversation of about an hour, Washington, gazing upon his companion with that strange look of dignity which he alone commanded, related the event that occurred that day.

        “George Washington’s Vision”
        This afternoon, as I was sitting at this table engaged in preparing a dispatch, something seemed to disturb me. Looking up, I beheld standing opposite me a singularly beautiful female. So astonished was I, for I had given strict orders not to be disturbed, that it was some moments before I found language to inquire the cause of her presence. A second, a third and even a fourth time did I repeat my question, but received no answer from my mysterious visitor except a slight raising of her eyes.

        By this time I felt strange sensations spreading through me. I would have risen but the riveted gaze of the being before me rendered volition impossible. I assayed once more to address her, but my tongue had become useless, as though it had become paralyzed.

        A new influence, mysterious, potent, irresistible, took possession of me. All I could do was to gaze steadily, vacantly at my unknown visitor. Gradually the surrounding atmosphere seemed as if it had become filled with sensations, and luminous. Everything about me seemed to rarefy, the mysterious visitor herself becoming more airy and yet more distinct to my sight than before. I now began to feel as one dying, or rather to experience the sensations which I have sometimes imagined accompany dissolution. I did not think, I did not reason, I did not move; all were alike impossible. I was only conscious of gazing fixedly, vacantly at my companion.

        Presently I heard a voice saying, “Son of the Republic, look and learn,” while at the same time my visitor extended her arm eastwardly, I now beheld a heavy white vapor at some distance rising fold upon fold. This gradually dissipated, and I looked upon a stranger scene. Before me lay spread out in one vast plain all the countries of the world — Europe, Asia, Africa and America. I saw rolling and tossing between Europe and America the billows of the Atlantic, and between Asia and America lay the Pacific.

        “Son of the Republic,” said the same mysterious voice as before, “look and learn.” At that moment I beheld a dark, shadowy being, like an angel, standing or rather floating in mid-air, between Europe and America. Dipping water out of the ocean in the hollow of each hand, he sprinkled some upon America with his right hand, while with his left hand he cast some on Europe. Immediately a cloud raised from these countries, and joined in mid-ocean. For a while it remained stationary, and then moved slowly westward, until it enveloped America in its murky folds. Sharp flashes of lightning gleamed through it at intervals, and I heard the smothered groans and cries of the American people.

        A second time the angel dipped water from the ocean, and sprinkled it out as before. The dark cloud was then drawn back to the ocean, in whose heaving billows in sank from view. A third time I heard the mysterious voice saying, “Son of the Republic, look and learn,” I cast my eyes upon America and beheld villages and towns and cities springing up one after another until the whole land from the Atlantic to the Pacific was dotted with them.

        Again, I heard the mysterious voice say, “Son of the Republic, the end of the century cometh, look and learn.” At this the dark shadowy angel turned his face southward, and from Africa I saw an ill omened specter approach our land. It flitted slowly over every town and city of the latter. The inhabitants presently set themselves in battle array against each other. As I continued looking I saw a bright angel, on whose brow rested a crown of light, on which was traced the word “Union,” bearing the American flag which he placed between the divided nation, and said, “Remember ye are brethren.” Instantly, the inhabitants, casting from them their weapons became friends once more, and united around the National Standard.

        “And again I heard the mysterious voice saying “Son of the Republic, look and learn.” At this the dark, shadowy angel placed a trumpet to his mouth, and blew three distinct blasts; and taking water from the ocean, he sprinkled it upon Europe, Asia and Africa. Then my eyes beheld a fearful scene: From each of these countries arose thick, black clouds that were soon joined into one. Throughout this mass there gleamed a dark red light by which I saw hordes of armed men, who, moving with the cloud, marched by land and sailed by sea to America. Our country was enveloped in this volume of cloud, and I saw these vast armies devastate the whole county and burn the villages, towns and cities that I beheld springing up. As my ears listened to the thundering of the cannon, clashing of sword, and the shouts and cries of millions in mortal combat, I heard again the mysterious voice saying, “Son of the Republic, look and learn” When the voice had ceased, the dark shadowy angel placed his trumpet once more to his mouth, and blew a long and fearful blast. “Instantly a light as of a thousand suns shone down from above me, and pierced and broke into fragments the dark cloud which enveloped America. At the same moment the angel upon whose head still shone the word Union, and who bore our national flag in one hand and a sword in the other, descended from the heavens attended by legions of white spirits. These immediately joined the inhabitants of America, who I perceived were will nigh overcome, but who immediately taking courage again, closed up their broken ranks and renewed the battle.

        Again, amid the fearful noise of the conflict, I heard the mysterious voice saying, “Son of the Republic, look and learn.” As the voice ceased, the shadowy angel for the last time dipped water from the ocean and sprinkled it upon America. Instantly the dark cloud rolled back, together with the armies it had brought, leaving the inhabitants of the land victorious!

        Then once more I beheld the villages, towns and cities springing up where I had seen them before, while the bright angel, planting the azure standard he had brought in the midst of them, cried with a loud voice: “While the stars remain, and the heavens send down dew upon the earth, so long shall the Union last.” And taking from his brow the crown on which blazoned the word “Union,” he placed it upon the Standard while the people, kneeling down, said, “Amen.”

        The scene instantly began to fade and dissolve, and I at last saw nothing but the rising, curling vapor I at first beheld. This also disappearing, I found myself once more gazing upon the mysterious visitor, who, in the same voice I had heard before, said, “Son of the Republic, what you have seen is thus interpreted: Three great perils will come upon the Republic. The most fearful is the third, but in this greatest conflict the whole world united shall not prevail against her. Let every child of the Republic learn to live for his God, his land and the Union.” With these words the vision vanished, and I started from my seat and felt that I had seen a vision wherein had been shown to me the birth, progress, and destiny of the United States.

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          • Ted Kennedy’s car has killed more people than my gun has.

        • Hangar 4, hangar 5.

        • Papa G was probably hitting the rum hard thet day! I would.

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      51. I will break with the above BS and stick to what this article is about… lol

        Anyway, yeah, the US stock market is being inflated by Helicopter Ben and his $85B a month of FREE money. He has a printing press that he can command to run 24/ and, look! We’re rich! Only problem is, money is NOT wealth. It is how we keep track of wealth – a scoring mechanism, if you will.

        That $85B goes to the big banks that own the Fed (what a surprise!). They sell the Fed their worthless crap mortgages and the Fed gives them crap fiat for it… at FULL price, no less. Some also finds its way from there to stocks because not all of the banksters are in love with UST bonds.

        What really gets me in all this is not that stock prices are being inflated higher but that so many people do not see the bottom in gold and silver now. This is a stackers dream environment, where we can convert MUCH fiat paper into something of REAL value. And silly people actually accept our little green and gray paper coupons for gold and silver! Wha-Ha!

        Central banks may be run by a bunch of SOBs but they DO know money when they see it and they are buying gold in multi-ton quantities. If fact their buying is larger than at any time during the past 50+ years. We should ask ourselves if there is anything about money that the know and we do not.

        While there is no way to tell when all this paper fantasy will come to an end, the trend is pretty clear. Because of this, I am reducing my paper wealth over time and am converting it into PMs at a steady rate. Yeah, I will probably always have some paper but any losses there will be more than recovered via PMs rising as paper dies a well-earned and well-deserved death. If it turns out that they can keep this charade going longer than I expect, well, then maybe that paper stuff will be of some value after all. Either way, I am covered. 🙂

        • If I were single, I would sell everything, and buy gold and silver.
          Rent a place, and plug along.

          Alas, the wife is dreaming of a new kitchen, and maybe a new car soon.

          Will I ever be redeemed?

      52. http://www.forbes.com/sites/ralphbenko/2013/03/11/1-6-billion-rounds-of-ammo-for-homeland-security-its-time-for-a-national-conversation/

        They are getting ready to crash the dollar in 2015 to 2025. Timeframe unknown.
        Then…they will justify bringing in UN troops from Russia and China as “peace keepers”.
        It’s all over at that point.

        The issue is the law makers don’t fear the American people.
        If this goes down….wow…there will be some pissed off people looking for payback.
        Bad times ahead. I pray for peace and level heads.

      53. “Your comment is awaiting moderation”

        Don’t bother. It takes too long. This place is a big circle jerk with the same cast of characters. By the time you “moderate” anyone who is not a “REGULAR” the content has gone all to hell and not worth being a part of.

        SMELL MY FINGER!

        • SMF, if u don’t have the patience to wait for moderation as a new commentor, u probably won’t make it through the tedium involved with survival, etc.

        • Smells like chicken…

      54. Besides turning off the phone, don’t forget to take out the battery =) As they can activate your phone without your consent or knowledge.

        • Satellite phone, shortwave, and VHF, in addition to the cell and internet.

      55. Naysayer’s will not believe the reality of Washington’s Vision anymore than they will believe in the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ for OUR sins.

        Yet if false, and only the product of a vivid imagination, it is an amazingly accurate depiction of OUR time.

        What sustains a man through defeat, upon defeat, after defeat? What gives a man an iron will and unalienable resolve to persevere for more than twelve years in the face of an “unbeatable” foe?

        Every man and woman must go within and develop that personal relationship with their Creator that embeds a Spirit of Discernment within them to judge the difference between fact and fiction, right and wrong, mindful that the heart will resonate with the Spirit of Truth in all things.

        This is OUR Touchstone. It is the Sun Stone that guides US to a correct knowledge of all things visible and invisible. Where the mind, and the heart, and the life are one in Christ Jesus, miracles occur.

        Engage.

        • @Durango Kid, Your post was beautifully written and completely accurate….and literally moved me to tears.
          I believe that the three references in the Vision to be The Revolution, The Civil War, and that which is soon to be
          MAY GOD BLESS AND HELP US ALL
          fob

          • At least put a towel over it if you are going to do that on the beach here.

        • Dk,
          I’m about 99% with you on the Vision of Washington. I have trouble that he didn’t write it down in any of his writings. I have trouble with the whole “Son of the Republic” thing, when, the ‘republic’ wasn’t even a republic yet, and went through the articles of confederation before it got ‘there’… I have trouble with that…

          Although I see the inherent vision and beauty, and I have the faith that the spirit would have visited the father of our country. I also see the proper symbology in the dark power that is picking out of the ocean to scatter drops of evil in our midst(the ocean has always been synonymous with the people) and in other countries. The conclusion also aligns perfectly with the prophecies of Dumitru Duduman, the Romanian prophet who said America would burn and be attacked by essentially the whole world.

          I do not see the light at the end as a nuclear event, but it aligns perfectly with what is said in the prophecy of Enoch… that The Light of God would be seen on Earth, as the evil ones are destroyed.

          To say that the Republic will go on forever, means we have to consider some fundamental transformations to the Constitution ourselves… to put it more in line with what a Kingdom of God for the lost tribes, a symbolic new Jerusalem, or New Zion would be. And it all begins around the definitions of money, real bills, gold, silver, and the meaning of life, that is not debt, but joy in the pursuit of happiness…

        • YOU…my friend will burn in an eternal hell`s fire!

          • You talking to me Christian?
            You judging somebody Christian?
            Lest You be judged, CHRISTIAN?

            PS: I suggest you read the letter of the translators in the original King James…
            Did you know, that the word ‘age’ was translated as ‘eternity’?
            Chew on that for awhile…

      56. Side note, all eyes have left syria and are now focused on north korea. My fellow preppers,we are headed for war,that was planned out long ago, and soon!!!I can feel it,see it,hear it,and smell it.

      57. Sgt. Broady, welcome aboard. The only part of your post I question is the time frame before it all comes crashing down. Maybe 1 year if we’re extremely fortunate, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. Far, far too much damage has been done for things to last even another 5 years. In fact, I’d be surprised if we get through the summer without something happening. 2013 WILL be the year of the REAL SHTF!

        • @ kaynine, braveheart,

          Howdy Y’all…was out for a few days…did I miss anything? 🙂

          b-bro, & k too…WATCH China…LIKE A HAWK…there’s some serious stuff going on in the diplomatic channels now ‘tween those…all of it over those Senkaku/Daiawa Islands.

          There has ALREADY been mass troop movements of the Chinese military to staging area’s along the coast facing Japan. That might be why IDIOT North Korea is getting so ‘cocky’ right now.

          ALSO, consider what might happen here – regardless of anything else – if Japan and China ‘got into it’…the implications are REALLY not good. Imagine the bulk of all the consumer goods here in the USA vanishing when China decides to turn off the tap….just a thought here…

          JOG

          • JOG, you didn’t miss a whole lot. Mostly trolls puking nonsense.

          • I’d wager Japan will cave, and hand the islands to China. They cannot beat China in a war, without the US doing the real hard and dirty work.

            • Imagine how that would embolden the Chinese.

            • Howdy JustMe,

              Interesting…are you related to my cousins, “JustUs”?

              Ha! just a teeny-weeny joke there! Now, since it’s “Just” us..oops did it again!! 🙂

              The existent problem with ALL the oriental cultures is one of “Face”, or rather the loss of. In the far east, losing one’s stature – “Face” – in society is not uncommonly case for suicide. Such is taken with the UTMOST seriousness.

              Now here we have two cultures both of whom share this particular ‘affliction’ Abe is simply NOT in a position to step back from the edge of the cliff, neither is the leadership on the Chinese side of the equation…this is what makes this so particularly dangerous. The proverbial game of ‘chicken’ where BOTH are willing to go PAST the brink to get what they have played for…if either backs down then the loss of “Face” would not merely apply to them…it would apply to thier entire society as well.

              The Japanese commited some truly horrific atrocity’s on the Chinese during WWII and BELEIVE me that will NEVER be forgotten by those or thier descendants – that’s part of what got things going so strongly against the Japanese businesses in Mainland China some few months ago. It doesn’t help that – in a wierd sort of way the Chinese have something of an ‘inferiority’ complex with resepct to Japan, historically. TWICE, China has in the last 800 years attempted to invade and conquer the Japanese, but in both cases the result was near complete disaster for the invaders…the Chinese that is. Check on the history of this…it’s interesting.

              Anywho, what it boils down to is that anyone thinking that rationality will previal at the last instant before calamity occurs had best think it over a second time…. t’ain’t likely to go that way actually for the reasons listed as well as several other cultural idiosyncracies. Furthermore, as per the previous post (above this? it changes so much lately!) that our treaty obligations to Japan DEMAND that we intercede in a conflict in which Japan is aggressed against…a result of the surrender on the deck of the Iowa at the end of WWII. THAT would be a VERY BAD business since frankly I’m not sure that China wouldn’t whip all our asses collectively. Twenty years ago that would have been a laughable assertion…
              not anymore; we’ve GIVEN them damn near every form of tech we have and what hasn’t been given has been stolen.
              In case you’re wondering YES, that includes everything up to and including the design’s for the W35 neutron bomb as well…if the shit starts flyin’ between those two then dig a REAL deep hole and stay there…for a year or two…

              Oh, nice ‘jabbering’ with you…I’m not sure I remember dialoguing with you previously. 🙂

              JOG

              • What would the Chinese benefit from conquering the japenese?
                No land (in quantity), no natural resources.

                Is the juice worth the squeeze?

                Revenge? Motivation enough?

                • 3rd Attempt to post

                  Morning Rick:),

                  Not conquering them…destroying them. Retribtion for Nanking in WWII. What do they gain? Potentially they gain the vast gas fileds around the Senkaku islands…also they might kill two birds with one stone and destroy the American Hegemony globally…leaving them as the Masters of the World again…just like 3000 years ago…

                  JOG

              • Hey JustOneGuy,

                Yes, agreed on all points you made about those two cultures. I have never been there, but have read a bit of thier histories. Wish I could have been stationed there, back in the day.

                The troubles between China and Japan, and Korea(s), the Phillipines, etc, go way back. They have all been squabbling for the last 1000 years. More often than not, Japan made the first moves. Of all the troubles, the Chinese will not likely forget what the Japanese did in Manchuria, and the Koreans will never forget what the Japanese did there. You don’t hear much about it, but occasionally, a Japanese F-15 will butt heads with a Korean one, no shooting, but stare-downs. Interesting dynamic in that region.

                Now, Japan is the weakest, thier society is so passive, they cannot stand against China. They will only be able to hold China back, as long as it is in US intrest to do so. China wants the oil under the sea, and Taiwan back in the fold, and the islands Japan claims. China will not “lose face” to Japan again, and this time there is little Japan can do. And, with regards the US in that region, all China has to do is remind a few people the US owes them over a trillion dollars…

                Yes, it is sad that the people who are running the corporate show here have sold, and or given mil-tech to China, that really began in the early 1990’s under Clinton. What we did’nt allow them to have, they have stolen, without repercussions (to them anyway…). These are the kinds of stupid choices Americans will rue.

                Yes, China is probably somewhere in the nwo plan to crush America. Keep your powder dry, and watch your six…

            • Those Islands belonged to China before WW II when Japan took them. Just saying. That’s the history.

              Hopefully it will be adjudicated at the World Court.

          • @JOG….We all missed you and your posts!! Glad to see you back! Take care, CC

            • 2nd attempt to post,

              Howdy CC!!

              Had to be out of town for a few days. Sheesh!!! WHAT happened yesterday!!! I was just over at the previous forum and it looks like a battlefield over there… I take it that SOMEONE got up on the wrong side of the bed yesterday!! Oh, How’s hubby doing Hon…well, I hope!

              JOG

              • @JOG…Hey, yes, you are correct….there were a couple nasty comments made….and I sure didn’t appreciate them….but have to remember to just “scroll by” in the future….won’t even td them! In this case though, had to speak up for our Daisy!!

                I am glad to hear you found a place north….but can’t you stay on the forum with us?? We have lost a lot of good people in the past 6 mos….I wonder why, or are they just fed up with the trolls or are they frightened of “Big Brother” watching us??

                Hubby is doing real good….thanx for asking…healing well, and drove this past week-end for the first time….life goes on and we are blessed! Take care, CC

                • Howdy CC!,

                  Excellent, I am well-gladdened to hear of his progress, please convey my good-wishes to him!!

                  …Perhaps it is nearing the time of the “seperating of the wheat from the chaff”, Eh? There are those who TALK about what to do when the SHTF and those who DO.

                  I have no crystal ball, to be sure, but I am not heartened by what I see about us now – broadly. As you have undoubtedly already intuited/sensed, things are picking up speed…Yes? So it is for me. A year ago I thought that perhaps a way might be found to de-fuze what seemed to be approaching…I am no longer inclined to beleive thusly.

                  In an effort to afford those who are mine (and to whom I belong in turn) SAFETY from that which is oncoming, the site I gave selected is REMOTE in EXTREMIS. It may well be the case that after the first year I can get the hydro-electric operational but that still leaves the issue of a ‘connection’ back to the real world unanswered. I assure you – and others here whom I am also greatly fond of – that I will MISS you all VERY much after I have departed…my prayer’s for you all will continue until I cease and am released to go to my ‘long home’…as Piper puts it, “Beyond the veil”.

                  I will be here as much as I can till then…mayhaps Mac can get the PM system operational before I leave…there are several good folk here for whom I would very much like to leave final, personal, private messages, perhaps even ‘clues’ as to how to find me…should things NOT go well in the greater world in time to come.

                  I fear for all Humankind nowadays…but there is little that I can do when People will not help themselves, will NOT see what is at hand. May He have Mercy on us all…AMEN.

                  JOG

                  • Sure gonna hate to see you go…so few “old timers” left here anymore…dont leave without a farewell…hope all works out for you and yours beyond your wildest hopes!

      58. The regular crowd here reminds me of a gay bar… at 2:00 in the morning.

        • You mean you can get pick up even at the 2 o clock drunk hour. Oh you must be a

        • The voice of experience.

      59. 2 cents here. Been pondering the what ifs thru the day. I think there may be some truth to the claims by Kharzi in Afganistan that the US is working with the Taliban to keep a low level of activity ongoing in the country. Think about it. If Obama can just keep up a need for troops for long enough, he keeps all of those soldiers from coming home and clogging up the unemployment lines. This gives him time to paint the rosey picture for us until the 2014 elections. This would also explain why we are now getting involved further with Syria (WTF by the way).
        Second thought. This buildup of arms, ammo, and training missions in the US may be partly aimed at the citizen dissenters and partly aimed at foriegn invaders. They may be getting the sense that the Russians or Chinese will invade once we are weakened econimically and has civil unrest at hand. Just some things to consider.
        BTW more traing missions here in NC overnight all week. They are low level and scaring some residents. Also yesterday, the Navy lost a plane and 3 crew members died in WA state with similar low level train missions. They have had decades to hone their skills in the Middle East, yet they now have to train over urban areas here in the US. These boys are expecting something big. You would never convince me otherwise.

      60. Well Mac like I told you years ago, my hedge fund owner said they will keep printing. Well not really, they can’t print that much, but the digital markup is just as good to a bank.

        They will keep the markets juiced till most can’t afford food then it’s all over. You know it, I know it and the masses will know it soon know it. The only question is when, this year, next year, who knows! My bet is just in time for this administration to get a third term.

        What your timing?

      61. Armageddon Virus
        You know by this point it’s not IF the system will fail, it’s simply a matter of when. Come on, think this all through. When the break down REALLY starts….IF you were at the top…one of the Illuminati/PTB/ what would you do? Stand by while the system melts down and people go completely crazy, destroying everything? NO…they have a plan already in place and ready to go.
        Truth is there simply aren’t enough police/military to control the population. So what do you do? I`ll tell you what they do…they release the virus…it has a 2 week incubation period to make sure it gets a solid foothold AND it has an incredibly HIGH mortality rate. The Healthcare system is quickly overwhelmed and unable to find answers. The entire point being that you or anyone else won`t be out rioting, burning down the town and killing folks if you and your loved ones are in bed dying!
        THEY simply go into hiding for a year or two as the population dies off. They then re-emerge, re set the system and control it ALL. There are now NO MORE conflicts/wars for natural resources… every problem is solved.

        • The problem with that is that by the time breakdown has occurred, travel will be severely restricted to those with the most money, if at all.

          The virus would take years to spread around the world.

          • The other major problem with that (legions of problems actually)…

            It has to be highly contageous or it doesn’t even make a dent. Bird flu went nowhere. We’re talking ridiculously contageous here.

            So if it’s that ridiculously contageous how are they immune?

            To say nothing of… reactors not shut down properly, crop fields going completely to shit, I mean… the bodies alone, laying all over the place… They emerge into a garbage pit full of cholera and typhoid with no food growing ability at first?

            Sounds like a shitty plan.

            You’d have to be pretty goddamned desperate.

            I can think of an easier way to solve their problems.

            Play fair. Well, fair-er.

        • @ Timothy,

          Er…not quite. The CDC has generated all kinds of models for the transmission of various pathogens in the age of modern air travel. What ‘edge of chaos’ said above is particularly disturbing therefor. Point in fact, with the modern airtravel we enjoy today, coupled to a two-week incubation period any such virus would be completely disseminated to every continent on the planet (sans Antarctica) before the first symptoms became manifest…at which point an interdiction of international airtravel would be pointless. Also, please bear in mind that NO ONE would release somesuch until they had already FULLY developed an effective vaccine to same.

          SOBERING no?

          JOG

          • I disagree they would wait for a vaccine. Many out there do not care.

            • @ FBP,

              Ummm, kinda not the logic here involved…go the other way…

              ANY notice on any network ANYWHERE of any ‘contagion’ like-thing would instantly imply that the vaccine already existed and tested safe…for THOSE who WERE releasing it. Bio is simply to WMD dangerous to ever let loose UNTIL you HAVE the solution, Eh? Think Stephen King’s “The Stand” here….if any such got loose it might well be the END for humankind on Earth. In the previous century the “Spanish Flu” traveled the globe – in an era BEFORE air-travel (think steam-ship) – and killed upwards of 65 million people…in 13 months! Think what something with the virulence of Hanta or Ebola could do were it given a rapid dissemination vector. In truth the only thing that typically stops am Ebola break-out in Africa is EXACTLY that same virulence…it comes on with such ferocious speed that before anyone can walk out of the ‘bush’ carrying it, they’re dead. Ergo, the infection becomes “self-containing” in rural area’s…in a metroploitan area the infection would SWEEP across the entire city in only a day or two (from the time that case 0 first SHOWED symptoms) Given air travel this exponentiates VERY rapidly…GLOBALLY… 🙁

              JOG

              JOG

              • I know there is “people” out there that are so far out that the cure would not matter.

                I was not referring to a controlled culling.
                I was referring to the madman that thinks God told him to cleanse the earth.

                • @ FBP,

                  AH…JA, Ich kennen sie!!!

                  Oops, drifted to German…translation;
                  Ah Yes, I understand you…and YES, there are those out there. But even in the mind of the most fevered madman the notion of releasing something which could remove all warm-blodded life on Earth would have to give them pause …I hope.

                  JOG

                  • I also hope. I have met “Men” that you look at them and they do not care. Or the one who only in his mind is immune.

                    Think Ebola released in NY, Chicago, St Louis, LA Public and close in transport ion. Thats only 4 Madmen needed for that.

                    We have people eating each others faces off. How easy would it to be crate a Carrier.

        • @edge….But WHY? When you get down to the bare bones of everything which is ocurring…..the question is WHY? When you have more wealth that you could ever possibly exhaust, and with that wealth comes power with which to control….what next? WHY would anyone DO this? Humans die without being able to take wealth and power with them….so WHY? THAT is the only query that I really would like an answer to….from someone. But, perhaps, this is about far more than the greed, arrogance, deceit,and evil actions of some men…..food for thought
          fob

          • I have got to get in on this about an Andromeda Virus being spread on purpose.

            First is what Feisty Old Broad asks why? The one most universal beliefs with the elitists are that the world cannot support more than about 250-500 million people on the planet. One elitist was quoted as saying if he came back in another life form he would choose a doomsday virus to kill off the human species. There is of course a threshold of how many people the planet can sustain. Using the equation of arable land it is about 8-9 billion. Using energy resources it is a little higher. Using fresh water we have almost peaked. The 250-500 million they consider is where everyone has extreme excess, something an elitist is already use to.

            A vaccine? They would already inoculate everyone they deemed worthwhile to survive before it was released.

            Spreading it does not have to be solely person to person. Many virus can last a long time even exposed to direct sunlight and oxygen, smallpox is one. Airplanes can easily spread this, even weather balloons could using the correct wind patterns. Something horrifying and evil would be to put it into a so called vaccine for some lesser viral outbreak, like maybe all of a sudden smallpox. Putting it into food that had been vacuum sealed like potato chips would preserve it for a long time without the element of oxygen. Terrible thoughts but they are capable of this.

            How deadly can it be? Near 100%. Pneumonic plague for one is a bacteria that is near 100% deadly without antibiotics. Breakouts happen all the time in India for example. A natural virus has one purpose to replicate itself and find a new host to continue to spread. A virus that kills its host too quickly loses that ability to find as many new hosts as possible. So a perfect killer virus would be something that would linger on and on slowly destroying the body’s ability to fight off the invader. This is why I believe that they have tried to splice the AIDS virus with something like Ebola or Marburg, and even a third virus such as the common cold or the flu because of the coughing or sneezing to help spread it faster.

            Again how can anyone do this? Because if you believe in something strong enough, no matter how evil, wrong, or warped it is, someone can convince themselves it is for the betterment of those deserving it, them. A conscience can be fooled with enough justification to see that the end results are all that matters. Psycho killers often see themselves as some warrior against everything wrong. In other words they see this Earth paradise after 6-7 billion go to their graves in anguish after their bodies have melted down into pools of liquid. As long as it is paradise for them in the aftermath. I know, a very depressing explanation, but pathetically probably true.

            • Morning BI,

              FWIW…in the second half of the 1960’s when American researchers were still actively working on Bio-weapons a paper was released that indicated that a strain of Anthrax had been developed such that 1 cubic inch of the weaponized material – effectively distributed – was estimated to have an efficiency/ efficacy sufficient to ERADICATE all mammalian life on the planet.

              Ar some point thereafter another document surfaced inidcating that the Military/CDC had recommended to the President (Johnson) that if any pathogen was ever found ‘in the wild’ that had a transmission rate equal to or greater than 80% and also a mortality rate equal to or greater than same that extraordinary measures were warranted…inasmuch as such would effectively not leave enough people alive to bury the dead.

              What I relate here, now, is NOT verifiable…

              It is the case that some of the various executive orders are never released publically, but are classified immedietely upon generation…these are intuitively refered to as Secret EO’s. If you attempt to go through any listing of all the EO’s known you will quickly find large blocks of the enumerations missing. A story circulated thereafter that Johnson had responded to the advice given by signing an EO which authorized the Nuclear ‘sterilizarion’ of any such region which was yet practically containable…that is the use of nuclear weapons on American cirizens on American soil to interdict the further spread of any such classified contagion. Not suprsingly, this EO was later refered to as the 80/80 Order whenever I have heard it mentioned.

              The truly fearsome point of all this is that if WE had such in the 60’s…then what has since been developed? Food for thought.

              JOG

            • Hey BI,

              I once knew a microbiologist, decades ago, and her conviction was based upon their inability to predict such a virus or bacteria’s mutations once it’s released into the environment.
              That it is possible, in those mutations, any immunity in the beginning is no guaranty of total and long lasting immunity or that it would become benign within a single generation .
              That’s not to say that anything they’ve come up with wouldn’t kill millions or hundreds of millions…
              But it is food for thought…it would certainly defeat the purpose if it didn’t produce the desired results.

              I know that’s a simplified description of what she said but I think you understand the point she was making.
              Her conviction was…they won’t do it…

              Don’t sell those concepts short. She was brilliant woman.
              At first not very good at sail trim…once she understood…she’d tell me…and I’m tops in my field…

              These days I’m not so sure she was right. They may do a local or regional release…God help us all.

              • Evening jerrythg,

                If I may interject here…

                None knowledgeable in these things would sell your acquaintance’s notions short…such as THOSE are the EXPERTS as it were.

                However, here’s the rub…

                It is emminently possible to create a mono-clonal virus (one which has an incredibly low level of genetic diversity within the mass) and THEREAfTER using modern genetic techniques, specifically, RNA transcriptase methods to produce EXACT copies of that in unlimited quantities. Supposing that one kept even a small sample of the original then same could be reduplicated at will as often as one desired. The technology is well understood today. (Same was NOT understood just ten years ago.)

                The effect which you mention is that of ‘genetic drift’ which occurs in all things that rely on DNA/RNA and which actually is for any who contemplate such something of a ‘fail-safe’. Consider; if it is VERY difficult to produce such a virulanet strain then by randonm chance the highest likelihood of probability is that any ‘drift’ will serve to lessen or obviate the engineered lethality initially created, Yes?

                ‘No Joy’ here I’m afraid…

                JOG

                • LOL…were you that fly on the wall?

                  I vaguely remember her going off on a tangent about the potential of advances, changing the whole dynamic…If your timeline of those advances is remotely accurate, we’re screwed…
                  I don’t know… it was never a field I felt comfortable perusing without the academic background…

                  You know…thinking back on it now, her whole dissertation on the pitfalls and potentials may have been her way of establishing her credibility in other facets of life…she didn’t need to with me. Her willingness to learn everything I could teach her about sailing was a joy…rarely did I find that, at any level, in any student…

                  I just hope she’s still right and you’re wrong… God help us all…

          • They will do it because they feel they can. So they will

            Its that simple.

        • Twelve Monkies…

      62. The Chocolate must flow!!!

      63. Listened to Greg Hunter on March 9, Sat.,
        on Coast to Coast. He has a
        website called USA Watchdog.com.
        He believed the economy would tank this
        May, or will tank by 2014. He was very
        informative and knowledgable. Kinda
        depressing to listen to, but he made alot
        of sense.

      64. Damn, is this ammo shortage ever going to end? I was hoping to pick up some more 7.62×39 but Cabelas was out of it and the ammo shelf was nearly empty. I did get lucky and score a box of 100 308 Win for under a hundred. Less then a dollar a round.

        • Call your armorer and demand that they fill public demand before selling to the government. It doesn’t make sense unless the private companies fear the government, since we are always loyal and the government wants to shut them down.

        • Maybe Timothy. I think its easing in some areas. There was an article today that supposedly the DHS is acquiring more firearms. More ammo will surely follow.

      65. When you are able to finally put everything into the correct perspective, the word “I” means very little and the word “we” carries with it the word “victory” over the evil that will assail US
        fob

        • FOB,I’d like to have your degree of confidence of us having the “we” but I won’t place any money on it. Hope all is well with you.

          • Well the oil in the lamp is low and the glow diminishes. Good night.

          • @PO’d Patriot…..All is very well with me,thank you, and hoping the same is true with you….AND, I do believe that when push comes to shove, “WE” will be doing the shoving….Have Faith….I truely believe in WE THE PEOPLE….and I KNOW that some from unlikely sources will rise to the occasion.
            Be Well, Be Well Informed, Be Well Prepared….and Be Calm
            FOB

        • “I” as in the individual, Feisty Old Broad?

          If so, you’re lost. The “I” is everything. The “we” is nothing. The “I” is the family, the factors of production, the very basis of civilization.

          The “we’ is a bunch of thugs voting over which “I” is for dinner.

          • @quite….you are wrong in your estimation. “I” is indeed the individual..the singular..the one…solo. “We” is the Family, the friends, the church, the Believers….the glue which holds all the “I” folk together….the “WE” as in “We the People”…..and, WE the People have not yet begun to fight….
            The WE I speak of are your neighbors, your friends and family, your server at your favorite restaurant, the folks at the local coffee joint, the checkers at the grocery stores, etc……I Truely believe ALL WILL come together to fight…..
            So pity you for your “I”….

            FOB

      66. I see someone else posted another question about the Nuclear Power Plants in the U.S. and it’s a valid concern. As I have stated before here(hopefully someone read it)when a massive CME or EMP event happens modern electronics (think anything with a chip)will be toast. Last time I checked the backup diesel generators at the plants are basically modern train diesel engines. Many, if not all of those use modern starting systems…oops.

        Now that you realize the backup generators won’t be able to start, comes the next problem: Cooling. Reactors have SCRAM mechanical functions that will reduce the power production in an emergency, but the spent fuel pools require pumped in (think cooler) water to be recirculated. If the pumps don’t run, the water gets hotter and hotter till it starts to boil off. Once the temp goes crticial you have Fukishima x104. SHTF means SHTF…not partway. If those spent fuel pools cannot be cooled they will melt down much like a reactor and the end result is not good. I hate being the messager of doom on this topic, but people don’t realize just how close we came to that with Hurricane Sandy. Move…and pray. Or hope the end is swift for you. Sometimes I think knowing things is a curse… but if someone is saved because of my very limited knowledge, then that’s not so bad.

      67. Here’s my big bet.
        My company has 401k. I have the ability to pick and choose stocks.
        Now before I go on….don’t be posting that Physical metals are better than paper.
        I fully realize this…However, with my 401k this is NOT possible.
        So the next best thing I did was buy CEF. It’s on the AMEX.
        Allocated metals in Canada. In 2009 I bought in and gold was $900..today about $1,500.

        I do keep physical silver around.

        My big bet is this… They are devaluing the currency.
        I think they will have to restart a new currency and it will be backed by metal.
        However, the global price of metal will need to be readjusted to say $3k for gold.

        Now for those who say “you cannot eat gold or silver…”.
        I say this to you.
        You are right…but once prepped up..
        You need to have enough metals on hand to get your loved one back if kidnapped.
        Kidnapping is huge in South America. So if you do get that call…they don’t want your cases or buckets of beans.

        A balanced approach is required when prepping.

        Lastly… take care of your health.

        The country is descending into a third world country soon.
        Just get used to that fact and you will do better.
        Don’t morn for the past… all those folks died off.
        The greatest generation left behind many with great wealth and they pissed it all away on vacations and toys. Neglecting their kids.

        Good luck.

        • Excellent, except, PMs will need revaluing to the 7-50k range before it could absorb all currencies outstanding…
          IOW Massive hyperinflationary or ‘reflation’ event…

      68. History Speaks, welcome aboard. You say the politicians don’t fear the American people. If that’s true, then why are they trying to disarm the people? Why is DHS getting 2 billion bullets, “assault weapons”, military vehicles, and they’ve just announced contracts with heckler and Koch and Sig Sauer for even more weaponry? Why do they also want drones capable of detining whether any of us are armed? Simple. THEY ARE GOING TO WAR AGAINST US! Do your due diligence aka a lot of research. You’ve got a tremendous amount to learn but maybe not very much time to learn. Best wishes. Braveheart

        • How much funny money, electronic, printed or otherwise would .gov have to use to “buy with asswipe” all the ammo munufactored in the U.S.?

          Don’t you think that’s what they’re doing?

          Ammo companies and .gov needs a lesson in Economics-3006.

          Stalinist commies will kill you if they get close enough.

      69. IGNORANCE is not BLISS

        IGNORANCE is SLAVERY

        FREE YOUR MIND WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE REAL TRUTH

        TAKE A STAND FOR FREEDOM OF INDIVIDUAL LEARNING THOUGHT and EXPRESSION .

        ;0p

      70. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiU4acaIAbY

        ABOUT PREPPERS…
        We’re just boy scouts and girls scouts at heart.
        Heck…we all spend hours earning all those little merit badges…
        Why do they think we’d forget all that stuff?
        We’re the people that run this country. We own businesses.
        We pay taxes and volunteer. I find it funny that the media are trying to discredit preppers.
        When the currency collapses… you will find souls at your door.
        I keep humanitarian packets ready just for this reason. The polite ones get help…the ones that try and take get lead.

        Be proud of who you are and don’t let any UN, NWO media dirt bag get you down.
        You ARE true Americans. The commies fear us…because they know we have the skills to ride out anything and they cannot do away with us.
        They fear us as they know…we are good organizers.

        You can take that to the bank that if Hitler style death camps ever got up and running and Americans were being killed… we’d be having a little meeting about the people doing this and we’d have some cross hairs doing the talking.
        The second Amendment was not for deer hunting… it was to take out evil people who would do harm to the population. The founding fathers knew human nature and understood that in time…some jerk would get cocky and think he could mess with folks.

        I love the thought that on each side of my home are armed friends with cases of ammo, shotguns and other weaponry that would just pepper the shit out of say a UN truck of blue helmets trying to drag me and mine away. In the future they will call these…”Peace Keepers”.

        Well…if I’m in my home and all is fine..and you try and take us away…all is not fine.
        At that point… you need to make the life changing decision to open up on them.
        Because it sure beats standing in a camp waiting to be gassed like the jews did.
        Anyone that discredits being armed does not know their history. Ignore them…they are fools…don’t waste a breath on them…. It’s because of you they are free. We keep the govt. in check and the people in charge are scared of us.

        I’ll close with this…
        If you dropped me in the middle of no where… with nothing.
        If you came back in a few months… you’d find a nice hut with a nice fireplace…a table, chair, a bed and I’d be eating rabbit, squirrel or deer. Heck..even chipmonk. I’d survive and I could be happy.

        God’s with me… I need nothing else.
        Build your self esteem and know it’s backed by God.
        When people beat you down… never put up with it.

        The other day at work a secretary of 25 years was getting ripped in front of everybody by the new director. I ripped this guy a new ass in front of everyone. He was the new kid on the block and we spend decades building up our company. Stick by your friends and don’t put up with shit from anyone. That includes the anti gun commies.

        Look at the liberals for what they are… commies …nothing more nothing less.
        And they bleed just like you and me.

        Don’t mess with the gun.

      71. I came into this world kicking and screaming while covered in someone elses blood, and I have no problem with going out the same way!

        NOMI EVER and MOLON LABE
        Pr

        • 3rd repost…

          Whew-hoo!,

          NEVER thought of it that way…

          ASTUTE observation PR! 🙂

          JOG

        • …only wish to be covered in a MUCH greater quantity when that time comes! 😉

      72. “Truth is Treason in the AmeriKan Empire of Lies.”

        ― Ron Paul

      73. DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR TO ANY ONE ???

        Political Government abuse of Psychiatry in the Soviet Union ( AmeriKa )

        Politics Government Psychiatry of
        the Soviet Union ( AmeriKa )

        Psychiatry in Russia and the USSR ( AmeriKa )

        Political abuse (Russia)( AmeriKa )

        In the Soviet Union, systematic political abuse of psychiatry took place. Psychiatry of the Brezhnev period was used as a tool to eliminate political opponents (“dissidents”), people who openly expressed their views that contradict officially declared dogmas.

        In case the person did not agree with the specific actions of people in leading positions and criticized them by using philosophic dogmas according to the writings by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, the term “philosophical intoxication” was widely used to diagnose mental disorders.

        This method was also employed against religious prisoners and most especially against well-educated former atheists who adopted a religion.

        In such cases their religious faith was determined to be a form of mental illness that needed to be cured.

        Formerly highly classified extant documents from “Special file” of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union published after the dissolution of the Soviet Union demonstrate that the authorities of the country quite consciously used psychiatry as a tool to suppress dissent.

        * who’s the crazy one now ;0p pssszzt

      74. Wow, is this quote ever supported by the comments here, and then some:

        “You will be encouraged to maintain your differences with other groups of equally-conditioned people, with the state intervening to referee the disputes it has carefully constructed. It matters not whether your groupings consist of “men” against “women,” “blacks” against “whites,” “gays” against “straights,” “immigrants” against “native-born,” “businessmen” against “consumers,” “labor” against “management,” or any of a seemingly endless supply of paired opponents. It is sufficient that you insist upon the priorities of your group and, in so doing, continue to keep the game going!”

        http://lewrockwell.com/shaffer/shaffer268.html

        I’m reminded of the saying, You’ll know them by their fruits.

      75. Seems like there are quite a few Janus Christians here. Have you heard of them?

        “Were it not for the support offered by several tens of millions of evangelicals, militarism in this deeply and genuinely religious country becomes inconceivable.” …

        http://lewrockwell.com/vance/vance325.html

        Wouldn’t it be great if they all woke up at once and realized what they are creating when they blend Ceasar with Jesus?

        One or two even?

      76. RUSSIA PREPARES TO MILITARILY CHALLENGE ZOG MAFIA BULLY AMERIKA over the MIDDLE EAST , SOUTH ASIA , SOUTH AMERICA and AFRICA … I suggest All Active-Duty / Active Reserves AmeriCan Armed Service Veterans GET OUT OF THE ARMED SERVICES by 2018 at latest . It’s not worth it giving your life YOUTH for a BUNCH OF SPOILED ROTTEN GLOBALIST RICH BANKER PRICKS !!!

        $UCK THE NWO NJO ZOG !!!

        ;0p

        • Russian Navy (China also preparing building up armed services) to receive 24 submarines, 54 warships by 2020, defense minister says

          ZOG FREEMASON JESUIT MORMON MAFIA controlled AmeriKa is Soooooooooooooooooooooooo $ucked !!! ;0p

          IT’S TIME TO FIND A DEEP CAVE … and start stocking it with prepper cheeit !!!

          http://presstv.com/detail/2013/03/12/293130/russia-navy-to-get-24-subs-54-warships/

      77. Strangely, I feel like a kid coming late to school. Must be those 360 comments that got here before me. And I lost my lunch money in a crap game out on the playground. This week ain’t starting off so good. Might as well finish it off with a

        POP QUIZ
        {on civil war history. hope you studied your corporate authorized textbooks}

        1. Abe Lincoln was shot in _____

        A- Ford’s Theater
        B- The back of the head
        C- Order to give the globalists a head start on raping what was left of the South during ‘reconstruction’
        D- A quintessential attempt to demonstrate the axiom ‘payback is a muther’
        E- All of the above

        2. If the Confederacy has won the War Of Northern Aggression _______

        A- Slavery would have lingered in America for decades longer
        B- Slavery would have been eliminated by economic necessity within another 30 years
        C- “Roots” would never have been such a popular mini-series
        D- Ted Turner wouldn’t keep playing ‘Gone With The Wind’ every two weeks into eternity
        E- Robert E Lee would be on the penny, Jefferson Davis on the $5 bill

        3. The greatest benefit to a Southern victory would have been _______

        A- Nobody would have ever heard of Jesse Jackson, nor would they give a damn
        B- Al Sharpton would be a janitor in Birmingham, which seems only fitting
        C- Jamie Foxx couldn’t set foot south of the Mason-Dixon line without getting his ass whipped
        D- Rap music wouldn’t be broadcast anywhere south of Baltimore
        E- Massive brainwashng and white guilt would have been set back by 100 years and Obama would still be in Kenya
        F- All of the above

        4. The greatest DISadvantage to a Southern victory would have been ______

        A- We might never have heard of Bill Cosby
        B- The players in the Southeastern Conference would need passports to go up north and kick butts every year
        C- All those retired snowbirds would bypass Florida, and flood into Arizona, causing huge traffic jams in Phoenix while they drive in the left lane at 35 mph
        D- Massive brainwashing and white guilt would have been set back by 100 years, Obama would still be in Kenya, and preppers would still be on the fringe (maybe there’s a benefit in there, after all!)

        5. The real name of the war should be ______

        A- The Civil War
        B- The War Of Northern Aggression
        C- The War Of Southern Independence
        D- The War Where Those Damn Yankees Tore The Hell Out Of Charleston, Atlanta, Richmond, And Everything Else That Was Good, Right And Beautiful In God’s Eyes
        E- Round ONE
        F- The First Half

        • 1. Because he printed his own debt-free money to finance the war.

          Did you know that the South comprised only 30% of the population but was paying 70% of the taxes? Free the slaves my ass. This was due to the fact that the southern states were free traders but the protectionist North was heavily in debt. Lincoln the scumbag lawyer nationalized the states’ debt so the low-debt southern states were on the hook for the high-debt north. The South was getting fleeced by those Federales and that’s what started the war.

          2-3. Crime would be lower, we wouldn’t have rap music, we wouldn’t be stuck with Holder and Bambi, we could have dem black hoes cookin’ chicken and waffles for us and satisfying our base needs, and get the bitchy white women out of our hair. Black women have nice boobs and buts because they were bred that way to satisfy the mas’a.

          4. America wouldn’t be so dominentas a result of having resources split.

          5. Them damn Federals burned private property and raped innocent women. Those of war crimes. Lincoln should be forever hated and dispised.

          • Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

        • SmokinOkie

          Pop Quiz

          1…E

          2…E

          3…F

          4…D

          5…D

          Awaiting final grade!

          possee

          • Possee,

            Y’all got an 80 on this test.

            #5 was suppose to be F.

            As the current score is:

            Yankees – 1
            Rebels – 0

            Remeber… Lee quit, I didn’t. 🙂

            Y’all play nice.

            hillbilly SC

            • Damn…

              Remember… My Homer for the day, Dooh!!! 🙂

              hillbilly SC

          • Possee
            I can tell you the answer to number 5 is definitely E.

        • 1) E
          2) E
          3) F
          4) E (You did’nt provide an alternative, so chose E, None of the above.)
          5) B

      78. Note to Eisen and others who blame a certain generation for today’s problems:

        The Silent Generation gave us-
        Charlie Chaplin movies (+1)
        Speakeasies and bathtub gin (+1)
        Swing music(+1)
        Prohibition (-1)
        The Federal Reserve (-1)
        16th Amendment (-1)
        TOTAL…..0 not too good, not too bad

        The Greatest Generation gave us-
        John Wayne (+1)
        Victory in WW2 (+1)
        Ella Fitzgerald (+1)
        The military/industrial complex (-1)
        Franklin D Roosevelt (-1)
        Movies by Ed Wood (-1)
        TOTAL…..0 some good, some bad

        The Baby Boomer Generation gave us-
        Clint Eastwood (+1)
        Air conditioned automobiles (+1)
        The Corvette and the Mustang (+2)
        Elvis, George Strait, and Pink Floyd (+3)
        Silicon chips and silicone implants (+2)
        Peanut M&Ms (+1)
        Light beer (-1)
        Richard Nixon (-2)
        ATM fees (-1)
        The Dept of Education (-1)
        Sonny & Cher (-5)
        TOTAL…..0 some good, some bad

        Generation X (so far) has given us-
        Lady Gaga (-3)
        Rap Music (-65)
        Obama (twice) and Obamacare (-877)
        Flesh eating bacteria (-2)
        Facebook (-8)
        Taylor Swift (+1)
        The Chevy Volt (-1)
        TOTAL….. -955 Looks like you young whippersnappers have some catching up to do!

        • I’m in generation Y Okie.

          Look up vega1860 on youtube. These old people are just having too much damn fun. Thats who I want to be when I get old.

          • “Saillll-ing, takes me away….”
            Now , there’s an old guy we call all look up to!

            • @Smokin…..think you are talking about Rod Stewart?? Love his music!! take care, CC….p.s. keep the funny stories coming, we all need a laugh!!

              • Canada Canuk….I think the ‘Sailing’ Smokin is refering to is the Christopher Cross song. I can’t visualize Smokin listening to Rod Stewart with those disco or bell-bottoms. Something tells me that Smokin is more into Cash and Haggard?

                • @Ugly…OOPs, my mistake….should have known that as my hubby was a long distance trucker for a number of years, and he only listened to Country & Western music….”6 days on the road” etc.etc….But I still love Rod Stewart’s “Sailing” take care and thanx for bringing that to my attention. CC

            • I’ve asked him many questions. Old dude is a fountain of knowledge. See, I respect those who have earned it.

        • Ahhh…. Bach!

        • Smokin….the math looks accurate.

        • And the winner is SMOKIN OKIE, by a 1000 thumbs up.
          (who keeps us entertained as usual…)
          Hope this finds you well sir…
          Q: Does your butt get sore riding in that truck all day?

          The south shall rise again… only we’re all confederates now…

        • The reality is… The boomers crashed the US with their numbers and the drain from their old age ilk. The gen x are now teaming up with the barney generation to create new companies and restart the US.

          The boomers are like a massive forrest of trees…mighty oaks…
          Then they start to disease and as they fall..we’ll take any inherited wealth and build new ventures….where the boomers pissed it all alway on RVs and toys.

          The greatest generation are rolling over in their graves.
          I just hope the boomers don’t try and steal our retirement.
          It’s why I keep stacking silver… they cannot find it.

          Generational wars…they will always be.
          But what is left is what you passed on in values to the next generation.
          The boomers…. divorce, aids, debt, a crashed currency…it’s fallen 44% since 2000.
          I could go on.

          Goodbye boomers. We won’t miss you.

          ps. I knew this was coming… as I saw them all inherit wealth and piss is all away..no talk of putting some aside for the grand kids college.

          • Would you like some cheese to go with your whine? You idiot,you’ll end up becoming the exact same thing.The difference is your generation has had their retirement in advance,failing to leave mommie’s basement until your well in your thirties. The real reason your upset is life is tougher than a video game and you’re too damned afraid to face up to it.

      79. Not Too Important

        ‘Fukushima Equals 3,000 Billion Lethal Doses’
        “Dr Paolo Scampa, a widely know EU Physicist, single handedly popularized the easily understood Lethal Doses concept. “Lethal Doses” is a world wide, well understood idea that strips Physics bare and offers a brilliant, understandable explanation for all the physics gobbledygook Intelligence agencies and their respective governments use to disguise the brutal truths of the Fukushima Daiichi Disaster.”

        “Three thousand billion (3,000,000,000,000) Lethal Doses of Radiation means there are 429 Lethal Doses chasing each and every one of us on the planet, to put it in a nutshell. This is up from about 70 Billion Lethal Doses March 23, 2011. It is getting worse everyday without any intervention by the US and the other nuclear powers….”

        “Note that the lethality of radioactive reactor cores goes up the first 250,000 years they are out of the reactor – not down.”

        http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/05/28/fukushima-how-many-chernobyls-is

        Whether you agree or not, effinayright, if you’ve been breathing since 3/11/11, your lungs are full of plutonium.

        Good luck either way.

      80. I hope it holds off a bit. I just picked up a second job. The money made from it will go straight to preps.

      81. I’ll take babyboomers for $200.00

      82. Cardinals set to elect new head of the beast. Disband the Catholic cult of devil-worship. Turn your heart to the Lord.

        • Dominae Rae Avotmat Kalshnikova…

          I can hear the gregorian monks chanting now…

      83. Not sure if I can ask this but would you store food about 5 feet from the furnace? It’s a large enclosure about 5ft x 6ft. Will the small amount of heat coming off of the furnace and water heater hurt the food?

        • Yes.
          Storage temps above 65deg, will ‘cook’ the innards and they will either develop an ‘off’ taste or just go bad quicker.
          I found out the hard way…

        • That will probably cut your rations life span by a third, at least. Anything much over room temp will cut your food’s shelf life down. Even MREs degrade faster in warm storage.

          • Thanks, will try for another location. Grrr I would love a shelf in the basement but we have family and friends over quite often. Our basement gets used a lot. I want to keep preps out of view from nosy people. They are not on the same page as us which is fine but I don’t wanna have to share if the time ever comes :/

      84. Greetings Everyone!
        Just dropped in to look around….
        Some folks are REALLY into being off topic these days…
        These days I have the time to just sit and look at the passing dramas unfolding around me in the mid-south.
        I see more and more Japanese and Chinese families appearing at the local Costco and macy’s than ever before(not a horde,just much higher ratios).More white folks doing “landscaping work” than ever before(nothing against the other races that had been doing it,again,just noting an increase)
        I see people ALL over the place “dropping off” resumes(job apps).Local strip malls all around getting emptier of businesses and yet Wall Street keeps rising to “New Highs”.
        There’s a piece to this puzzle I’m not seeing.Call it what you will.I’m guessing(and that’s all I’m able to do,since God hasn’t give me a personal call yet!)that Wall Street is the only place to make any type of profit/income these days.Perhaps the LAST place before TSHTF.PM’s are holding “steady”,but that could ruin your day with rising prices on food and gas.Can you say “it’s FUBAR times indeed” three times fast?TP is a good LT investment,but won’t pay the Gas bill on a monthly basis.Sooner or later,events will arrive(I call it THE CHANGE,discussed elsewhere)that will “correct” the insane imbalances world-wide we take for granted.How severe or just how soon is a moot point.I’d like to see this current mess continue for about 3 decades longer(It might happen,you know!).After that it won’t matter for yours truly,except as how my Creator viewed my life choices and actions and how close did I live in harmony with his will.As for the rest….
        Best to All here,
        Spring’s coming,and I need to plant stuff!
        LTR,
        GFG

        • GFG, since welfare has got so good, you now have white folk taking jobs, that even wetbacks won’t do!WASP

      85. Good morining, Okie. You just helped get my day started just right.

        • Thanks braveheart!

      86. I know this is off topic but I need some information please. I have some recipes that freeze well (roasted tomatoe sauce & green pepper sauce) and would like to can them also, Have a water bath canner and a pressure cooker. Will be visiting family in Florida the end of the month and would like to approach them regarding prepping for what I see will be coming in the next year. They are in their twenties with two small children. What is the best way to do this? Appreciate any advice you all can give me.

        • Hey Dee,

          If it is just the tomato sauce you can use your water bath, We always add a Lil’ bit of lemon juice just to keep the acid level up. Different tomatos have different acid levels. If you add peppers then you will have to use your pressure canner.

          Mrs. hillbilly and I have been playing the past 3 years with different recipes both ways. She got me a All American 930 Pressure canner (very expensive, but worth every penny) 🙂 Last year I started canning hotdogs, sausage, hamburg, and kielbasie. You might not like the texture of the meat after canning it by itself, we don’t.

          Good luck with getting the family on board. I’m still hopeful that the sheep in my family will wake up before it’s to late.

          Y’all have a great evening.

          hillbilly SC

        • @ dee for your family in florida start with a hurricane box. very common so no strange prepper-faces when shopping. lists are avail thru red cross, most t.v. weather links, nhc at noaa, etc. Fla even used to do a tax-free week just before hurricane season on flashlights, canned goods, batteries and such. start with something like a rubbermaid bin in case they have to “evacuate”.

      87. maybe it will go down fast enough to stop stupid bullshit like this

        Bill would ban lead ammunition in California

        • you know lead is a natural mineral in the ground..

          also hunters take thier kills, they harvest..so they are not leaving the animal for predators to eat.

          Target shooters dont shoot animals just paper

          this is nothing but a veiled attempt to round house the second amendment and they need to be called on it!

          More lies from our government!!!

        • … they haven’t done that already in CA? I’m surprised.

          They ban fucking EVERYTHING here. Even if it could halfway remotely appear the teensiest bit toxic on one off the wall non-peer-reviewed study.

      88. Majority of Latino voters favor more gun control. This is why we hate non-whites. You try to set them free and they just enslave themselves again. Dirty herd animals. Incapable of thinking for themseves or doing for themselves. The pussification of the American male continues. In every commercial the white man is made to appear weak, ineffectual, out-of-style, inferior. It’s time to put an end to this. The white male is the superior being on this Earth. Time to act like it again. You guys think I’m mean but we MUST deal with this head- on. It’s only going to continue. We must beat down those who don’t appreviate freedom.

        • Eisenkraut,it’s “appreciate” not “appreviate” but your doing better since you turned over a new leaf. But not much better. WASP.

      89. If they outlaw lead ammo DHS will be super busy with all the surrendering they’ll need to do..

      90. I was doing a little math today,in relation to (read by) stats and (comment stats)
        By my estimate’s less than 1% of readers post,on any given topic,HOWEVER!!!If you factor in the thumbs up and thumbs down that changes the percentage’s.
        So,my point is!!! I was bored with the BS and had to free up my mind, and do a little brain training.

      91. WHY DO WE NEED LAWS THAT FORCE STRIPPERS TO HAVE LICENSES, TELL US WHAT TIME OF THE DAY WE CAN BUY BEER, AND FINE BARBERS FOR HAVING TOO MUCH HAIR ON THE FLOOR?

      92. Everyone lives on credit, we use abortion for birth control, no one has a good work ethic…what did we think would happen to America?

      93. Greetings Everyone!
        Just a afterthought on the finances topic…
        Perhaps we could have a ” A prepper’s view of stocks and the choices we could believe in” topic/article….
        THE CHANGE might be a bit delayed,and I’d like some ideas on being able to at least have something that’s a storehouse of value besides T.P. or PM’s(the Scriptures in John’s Book of Revelations warns of PM being “thrown into the street” as being worthless in peoples eyes(someone correct me on the quote if I read it wrongly!).Guess many things of “value’ might be like that in some fashion when TSHTF.It also talks about people hiding in caves and asking the “mountains to fall and cover over them”.Sound familiar?
        Just a thought or two
        GFG

      94. Ever think we are all being prepped for a massive weather event? Afterall, who cares about the future of monetary value when the planet is in upheaval? What you got in your home is what you are gonna have. The bunkers are full for the ones above. They still looking out for us as they can. We all just people. How else would you do it?

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