The American People Have Been Conquered: “Change Through Peaceful Means No Longer Possible”

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    This blunt but honest article was written by Paul Craig Roberts and originally published at his PaulCraigRoberts.org website.

    Editor’s Comment: Sadly, the country is already gone. Most of us still go through the motions, but the truth is that the Constitution and Bill of Rights have effectively been suspended, the channels of government are owned & operated by the highest bidder, corporations run most of the services and get most of the contracts.

    The little people toil away, and have less and less to show for it, save for some consumer electronics and maybe a nice car carrying a heavy loan cost. Is there any turning back? Or any hope in even working through political process.

    Americans: A Conquered People: The New Serfs

    by Paul Craig Roberts

    As readers know, I have seen some optimism in voters support for Trump and Sanders as neither are members of the corrupt Republican and Democratic political establishments. Members of both political establishments enrich themselves by betraying the American people and serving only the interest of the One Percent. The American people are being driven into the ground purely for the sake of more mega-billions for a handful of super-rich people.

    Neither political party is capable of doing anything whatsoever about it, and neither will.

    The optimism that I see is that the public’s support of outsiders is an indication that the insouciant public is waking up. But Americans will have to do more than wake up, as they cannot rescue themselves via the voting booth. In my opinion, the American people will remain serfs until they wake up to Revolution.

    Today Americans exist as a conquered people. They have lost the Bill of Rights, the amendments to the Constitution that protect their liberty. Anyone, other than the One Percent and their political and legal servants, can be picked up without charges and detained indefinitely as during the Dark Ages, when government was unaccountable and no one had any rights. Only those with power were safe. In America today anyone not politically protected can be declared “associated with terrorism” and taken out by a Hellfire missile from a drone on the basis of a list of human targets drawn up by the president’s advisers. Due process, guaranteed by the US Constitution, no longer exists in the United States of America. Neither does the constitutional prohibition against the government spying on citizens without just cause and a court warrant. The First Amendment itself, whose importance was emphasized by our Founding Fathers by making it the First Amendment, is no longer protected by the corrupt Supreme Court. The Nine who comprise the Supreme Court, like the rest of the bought-and-paid-for-government, serve only the One Percent. Truth-tellers have become “an enemy of the state.” Whistleblowers are imprisoned despite their legal protection in US law.

    The United States government has unaccountable power. Its power is not accountable to US statutory law, to international law, to the Congress, to the judiciary, to the American people, or to moral conscience. In the 21st century the war criminal US government has murdered, maimed, and dislocated millions of people based on lies and propaganda. Washington has destroyed seven countries in whole or part in order to enrich the American elite and comply with the neoconservative drive for US world hegemony.

    Americans live in a propaganda-fabricated world in which a brutal police state is cloaked in nice words like “freedom and democracy.” “Freedom and democracy” is what Washington’s war machine brings with sanctions, bombs, no-fly zones, troops, and drones to countries that dare to cling to their independence from Washington’s hegemony.

    Only two countries armed with strong military capability and nuclear weapons—Russia and China—stand between Washington and Washington’s goal of hegemony over the entire world.

    If Russia or China falter, the evil ensconced in Washington will rule the world. America will be the Anti-Christ. The predictions of the Christian Evangelicals preaching “end times” will take on new meaning.

    Russia is vulnerable to becoming a vassal state of Washington. Despite a legion of betrayals by Washington, the Russian government has just proposed a joint US/Russia cooperation against terrorists.

    One wonders if the Russian government will ever learn from experience. Has Washington cooperated with the agreement concerning Ukraine? Of course not. Has Washington cooperated in the investigation of MH-17? Of course not. Has Washington ceased its propaganda about a Russian invasion of Crimera and Ukraine? Of course not. Has Washington kept any agreement previous US governments made with Russia? Of course not.

    So why does the Russian government think Washington would keep any agreement about a joint effort against terrorism?

    The Russian government and the Russian people are so unaware of the danger that they face from Washington that they let foreigners control 20 percent of their media! Is Russia unaware that Washington has Russia slated for vassalage or destruction?

    China is even more absurd. According to the Chinese government itself, China has 7,000
    foreign-financed NGOs operating in China! Foreign financed NGOs are what Washington used to destabilize Ukraine and overthrow the elected government.

    What does the Chinese government think these NGOs are doing other than destabilizing China?

    Both Russia and China are infected with Western worship that creates a vulnerability that Washington can exploit. Delusions can result in inadequate response to threat.

    All of Europe, both western, eastern and southern, the British Pacific such as Australia and New Zealand, Japan and other parts of Asia are vassal states of Washington’s Empire. None of these allegedly “sovereign” countries have an independent voice or an independent foreign or economic policy. All of Latin America is subject to Washington’s control. No reformist government in Latin America has ever survived Washington’s disapproval of putting the interests of the domestic populations ahead of American corporate and financial profits. Already this year
    Washington has overthrown the female presidents of Argentina and Brazil. Washington is currently in the process of overthrowing the government in Venezuela, with Ecuador and Bolivia waiting in the wings. In 2009 Killary Clinton and Obama overthrew the government of Honduras, an old Washington habit.

    As Washington pays the UN’s bills, the UN is compliant. No hand is ever raised against Washington. So why does anyone on the face of the earth think that an American election can change anything or mean anything?

    We know that Killary is a liar, a crook, an agent for the One Percent, and a warmonger. Let’s now look at Trump.

    Are there grounds for optimism about Trump? In the West “news reporting” is propaganda, so it is difficult to know. Moreover, we do know that, at least initially, the response of the Republican Establishment to Trump is to demonize him, so we do not know the veracity of the news reports about Trump.

    Without belaboring the issue, two news reports struck me. One is the Washington Post report that the Zionist multi-billionaire US casino owner Sheldon Adelson has endorsed Donald Trump for President. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/sheldon-adelson-i-endorse-donald-trump-for-president/2016/05/12/ea89d7f0-17a0-11e6-aa55-670cabef46e0_story.html

    Other reports say that Adelson has mentioned as much as $100 million as his political campaign contribution to Trump.

    Anyone who gives a political campaign $100 million dollars expect something in exchange, and the recipient is obligated to provide whatever is desired. So are we witnessing the purchase of Donald Trump? The initial Republican response to Trump, encouraged by the crazed neoconservatives, was to abandon the Republican candidate and to vote for Killary.

    Is Adelson’s endorsement a signal that Trump can be bought and brought into the establishment?

    Additional evidence that Trump has sold out his naive supporters is his latest statement that Wall Street should be deregulated: https://ourfuture.org/20160519/populist-trump-wants-to-deregulate-wall-street

    It is extraordinary that Trump’s advisers have not told him that Wall Street was deregulated back in the 20th century during the Clinton regime. The repeal of Glass-Steagall deregulated Wall Street. One source of the 2008 financial crisis is the deregulated derivative market. When Brooksley Born attempted to fulfill the responsibility of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and regulate over-the-counter derivatives, she was blocked by the Federal Reserve, the US Treasury, the SEC, and the US Congress.

    Nothing has been done to correct the massive mistake of financial deregulation. The Dodd-Frank legislation did not correct the massive financial concentration that produced banks too big to fail, and the legislation did not stop Wall Street’s reckless casino gambling with the US economy. Yet Trump says he will dismantle even the weak Dodd-Frank restrictions.

    The American print and TV media are so corrupt that these reports could be false stories, the purpose of which is to demoralize Trump’s supporters. On the other hand, should we be surprised if a billionaire aligns with the One Percent?

    Elections are an unlikely means of restoring government that is accountable to the people rather than to the One Percent. Even if Trump is legitimate, he does not have the experience in foreign and economic affairs to know who to appoint to his government in order to implement change. Moreover, even if he knew, unless Trump candidates also replace the Senate, Trump could not get his choices confirmed by a Senate accountable only to the One Percent.

    Americans are a conquered people. We see this in the appeal from RootsAction to the rest of the world to come to the aid of the American people. Unable to stop the lawlessness of their own “democratic” government, Americans plea for help from abroad: http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12247

    The plea from RootsAction indicates that committed activists now acknowledge that change in America cannot be produced by elections or be achieved internally through peaceful means.

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    This blunt but honest article was written by Paul Craig Roberts and originally published at his PaulCraigRoberts.org website.

    Dr. Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and associate editor of the Wall Street Journal. He was columnist for Business Week, Scripps Howard News Service, and Creators Syndicate. He has had many university appointments. His internet columns have attracted a worldwide following. Roberts’ latest books are The Failure of Laissez Faire Capitalism and Economic Dissolution of the West, How America Was Lost, and The Neoconservative Threat to World Order.

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      1. First!

        Couldn’t resist 🙂

        • Idiot…

        • People are slaves to the beast ONLY if they choose to be. Get off the Grid, stop feeding the beast, cut the cable, utilities and pay minimal taxes. Stay out of debt and be well armed and you can live as a Free Man. You want to be a slave. Then jump on the Rat Race Treadmill and eat their poison GMO crap. You don’t like propaganda, turn the switch off for fuxksake. Any vote for Hitlery is a Suicide Vote. USE YOUR BRAIN PEOPLE.

          -WWTI…

          • Whotfk
            You just laid out my solution for what ails this country. I am working on this solution 7 days a week. Every time I figure out a way to not put money into corporate hands I celebrate. Independence cannot be lazy.

          • WWTI, I was born and raised on the grid. I like electricity and cable. We’re very careful as to what we eat and we do family things with our kids like when we were growing up. We go to work every day and earn our living and we spend our money likewise, save some as well. Having said all that, we are also well aware of what’s coming. My opinions about SHTF is that when it happens, we’ll all be off the grid. We do educate ourselves accordingly. When the dollar collapses, and I believe it will, the people who paid attention will fare better for a while. I also think that there’s no point in trying to pay off your house cause the banks will have no way to collect or foreclose. I’m just gonna keep on teaching my kids all the ways to hunt, trap and fish. And whatever else it takes.
            Stay quiet Be smart.

          • Due to a personal SHTF situation, my spouse and I were forced to get out of the system and to the BOL before we were “ready”(Never will be 100%ready). With all we have to do, taking care of animals, various projects, gardening, etc, we don’t have time to miss the “grid”. I do know this though, living in a rural area, working jut a bit to pay for some things we cannot make, living everyday working to build something, beats the hell out of being a rat on a wheel in the big city. I don’t miss television, or fast food, or the constant grind. Do what you have to, but get off the rat wheel folks, put your life ahead of the THINGS you “own”. For the first time in my life, I own my life, instead of the things I “own” owning me. Is it harder? Sure, but what is worth having that is not difficult to master? Get out now, you will be glad you did!

        • Long ago China was a total Dictator State; the Emperor was a God. But they had a saying: We Obey, but he is far away. Washington hasn’t bothered me much lately and we seem to be seeing less of Big Brother, than in the past, he’s busy far away. And he’s running out of money to enforce his will.

          • Paranoid. Big Brother might be running out of money because he spends like a drunken fool, but he’s spending lots of time calculating methods of taxing our a$$e$ out of existence.

          • May your chains rest lightly upon you…

            • One of the signs of a fanatic is inability to see the truth. My statement is true. Whether I have chains or not is a completely different question. If you cannot analyze a question and see reality you cannot solve anything.

        • in line to eat dog siht

        • what we need is like in the movie eagle eye…….take out all the corrupt folk and start over

      2. One thing which makes me sad about the condition of the country right now is that I read a majority of people would not be able to afford an unexpected $1,000 emergency.

        It made me think of the days of the pioneers where people probably earned a whoppin’ $1 gold piece a week, yet somehow they were able to save up money over time and eventually had the $300-$500 or so to claim some land and purchase tools, seeds, oxen, etc. to make the trip to claim the land.

        All the value has been stripped from our money. Stolen from the people. If a person had the foresight and ability to put away $10,000 worth of silver dimes back in the early 1960’s–and you then looked at the current value of that silver–it would buy a house in 1960 and also buy a similar house now.

        What a lousy situation!

        • $10,000 in 1964 silver dimes now about $122,000 today. Had some, lost them in a boating issue back in Ohio. Have to go back there and look for them sometime.

          • You know,between the monies/firearms/prep supplies ect. we all seem to have lost something in a boating accident!I suggest we all stay off the water with what is important to us!

            • Warchild, that’s right. My “liberty tools” NEVER go near any body of water.

              • I never go anywhere unarmed.. NO WHERE

                Ive been on boats..ships,, other floating devices .. still armed!

                just because your on water dont mean you can be killed , mugged, or beat up

              • Never heard of “body & firearms silicone” in your neck of the woods? All of my weapons (scopes included) “take a dive” every time I “practice”. None have ever suffered in the least (and none of my ammo ever fails to fire, as I use ‘asphaltum’ to ensure complete waterproofing (but not to insane depths of course). All Special Forces are USED to ‘swimming with all their gear” …including firearms, grenades, RPGs, et al.).

                Just saying ….all my stuff was lost along with SGT Dale’s ….the same danged hole he had got mine too – – 1200 miles away.

            • Warchild, it’s a well known fact that preppers are terrible boat operators.

        • Luke Warm
          Every time I know I am busted broke, the 80 percent have collapsed below me. I read that article and could not believe it thinks I am in the top 20%. Every time I think it is about me, the numbers shift down. I am working towards being self-sufficient. Better hurry that up.

          • @ Rebecca, you are one of the few that will be fine in a shtf situation. You either have, or are working on ALL the required Self Sustaining requirements….not just stacking, which just prolongs the end game. Your website proves it too.

      3. so prepare accordingly

      4. The only way to survive is to destroy the money exchangers worldwide. By destroy I mean a total cleanse using any tools and means. Hang the WallStreet leaches high and do the same in every country on this planet.

      5. It has already been proven that the MH-17 Flight was shot down by Israeli Python Air to Air Missiles. Another murderous FALSE FLAG OPERATION act by the Zionists, all to blame Russia. They are very sloppy perpetrators.

        -WWTI…

      6. just finished watching a YouTube video

        42 people in the world now control am much wealth as the bottom 3.5 BILLION

        think there is no class warfare going on ???

        wake the F_CK up

        the system is beyond corrupt

        there is no word for it

      7. Kick out the Jew Zionists and Blacks and America will be Great again. Russia has neither problem. Take note.

        -WWTI…

      8. kill them all let GOD sort them out,Rangers lead the way

        • Yawl, talk tuff on those keyboards…. Who are you killing? Leave God out of your delusions. Are US Special Forces fighting a foreign enemy?

          W4G

        • Sua sponte my brother.

      9. As I’ve been accused of, even by some on this site “You don’t get out much, do you” I was in a store with a freind today and I noticed when he paid he stuck his card in the bottom of the scanner instead of swiping it, and I asked whats the deal with this, and he and the cashier said at the same time, “it has a chip”. Through gradualism they will lead us right down the path, and it seems we will go along happily. As I read somewhere “The Chains Of Addition Are To Lite To Be Felt, Until They Are To Strong To Be Broken”. Trekker Out. Make Mine Cash!

        • It should have read The Chains Of Addiction.

        • And what’s even worse, the transaction takes a lot longer with the chipped cards. Instead of swiping, you have to stick it in and wait until the machine gives you permission to pull it out.

          I just realized that the machine sounds a little bit like a dominatrix.

          • Ewwwwww. Lol! I hate those chipped cards. I want my old one back. Hubby says no. I will shop with cash whenever I can.

          • Those chips prevent the cashier or store owner from being able to hack your card is all. I PREFER THEM to the older ‘swipes’, which will ALL NOT EXIST by the end of September (all banks that issue Credit Cards must comply, by order of The POTUS (but blamed upon The Treasury).
            My retirement is no longer Direct Deposited but now received on a “Debit/Credit Card” with little chance of me reversing it. I’ll give it a run for a month to see how well it works (but already five of my creditors DO NOT ACCEPT CREDIT/DEBIT CARDS FROM THE GOVERNMENT. Well shit …if they won’t accept the only payment method I have available to me, how in hell am I expected to make payment?
            My Mortgage Holder asked “flat out” if I would like to Cash Out my remaining balance on my property. Yeah sure, I’ve got that just laying around someplace …or maybe misplaced.

            If only everyone, and I do mean EVERYONE, would cease & desist making payments for one month. Park all cars, trucks not loaded with perishables, and so forth ….you’d get their attention very quickly. The longer we do nothing the deeper in shit we’ll be shoveled. ….and again I hear that damned clinton-cackle.

            THERE IS NO TRUTH TO THE STATEMENT THAT OUR CONSTITUTION AND CIVIL RIGHTS ARE NO MORE. That’s a crock of shit AND STILL the ONE THING we have to hold onto if we ever hope to haul ourselves out of this bullshit. So DO NOT BE FOOLED into stupidity, or you’ll pay with your life, as you now know it. IF IS WAS TRUE, we sure as hell would NOT BE FREE OR ARMED RIGHT NOW! Guaranteed.

            I told y’all two months ago this is leading down a one-way road, with a firefight awaiting us at the end, and that’s precisely what “they” are preparing for, as they’ve no intention of ‘bending in the least’. We are in the right, they have broken all laws, Oaths, etc. I often wonder why nothing has yet happened in The Beltway (or anywhere for that matter). It is ‘uncanny’ …to me.

            Fear not. You’ll know DAMNED WELL when it is time to “take up arms” and actually USE the things (for a change). I’m betting your sheriff will be the first to tell ya (if not something far, far worse than that) …unless THEY are corrupted as well (more are than aren’t, but of course). My sheriff is on my side, PHEW!

            • I hate to say it, but now everyone should be well aware of why The IRS has been “armed.” …and others. AND why so many ’rounds’ were purchased (none of them were slated for training purposes, THOSE are ‘plinking’ bullet with Round Noses. The ones purchased? ALL HPs (Hollow Points).

              No, I don’t like it either. ALWAYS carry WITH a backup… and to justify that, just look at how fast the Jade Helm ‘exercise’ descended upon those people! We’ll not have THAT MUCH notification …bank on it.

      10. Defeatism is bad for morale. Tokyo Rose was a woman on the radio making soldiers despair.

        If there are so few with wealth that makes a short list. That much easier in the event of all out physical Revolution.

        However there is so much work in reclaiming that which is lost.

        Look at everything the ZOG-NWO wants us to become and actively act against it.

        They want stupid, uneducated, mixed racially, Luciferian/atheistic commie loving, Israeli worshipping lap dog slaves who don’t talk about their crimes against humanity.

        Do what they do not what they want you to do.

        Become doctors, lawyers, politicians, writers publishers, propagandists, create documentaries and other movies even if you don’t get paid at first.

        Women support men and educate your own children. Stick to your own race and learn as much about your culture and pass it down. Get rid of TV.

        There is plenty to do. If you have an IQ above 130 and you are white you should have as many kids as God will give you so we don’t become extinct.

        There are things within our control and things not presently in our control. Once you know which is which, act on that which is in your sphere. Be brave.

      11. In other news, Glenn Beck has just agreed with Brad Thor that the only way to get rid of Trump is for a patriot to take him out.

        ht tp://www.theamericanmirror.com/audio-glenn-beck-brad-thor-discuss-patriot-assassinating-donald-trump

        He’s gone stark, raving mad.

        • The biggest problem with that is most “patriots” are more likely to be for Trump than against.
          The more stupid people oppose Trump the stronger his position gets.

        • Archivist, it wouldn’t bother me if someone took BECK out. Just another neocon fascist. Oh wait, I thought he was going to commit suicide when his hero Ted Cruz dropped out of the race. I guess he didn’t have the balls to do it. It figures.

          • Every man is born ignorant…
            …but you have to work hard to remain stupid.

            Benjamin Franklin

          • That Ross Perot “Giant Sucking Sound” event seems more accurately to be whenever guys like Glen Beck yank their heads out of ziokike ass in order to again make totaly ridculous statements such as that one eh.

        • That HAS to be a demorat “shove” just PRAYING that some fool will do it …then Hillary will cackle herself to death as she denigrates all that remains into ruin.

          But, until then, I am depending upon everyone with guts and brains and weapons to wise the hell up, and be completely at peace with using them IN A HEARTBEAT.

          If I were in the vicinity of choppers (flying without lights), and ONE round came remotely near me, I would consider it “non-friendly fire” and “pepper” that chopper …YOU HAVE THE TOTAL RIGHT TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE IF YOU ARE CONVINCED YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR LIFE. And there are millions of Americans who WOULD be outside the court to ensure YOU DID NOT GET SCREWED.

          After a couple of THOSE incidents, I warrant “exercises” would be confined to bases once again. This is NOT their property to train upon. It belongs to We, the People, period. Bought, paid for, taxed ….NOT theirs in any way (nor can they legally seize any of it on basis of THEIR accusations) no no no! Lawyers won’t help anyone but THEM (out of fear). AKs WILL ASSIST YOU quite nicely, and tend to draw attention every time.

          I don’t see how “they” could justify “pulling a WACO” upon the entire United States …but I can certainly envision THEM saying to themselves “they have no choice” and EMP our asses and THEN deployed whatever else against us. In the end, we’ll win (or they’ll have nobody left to pay for shit). 🙂

      12. Where’s John Connor when you need to fight Skynet?

        • Heck, I’ll take skynet. At least you know where it stands…

          • Be careful what you wish for. Skynet is probably right around the corner.

      13. Fifteen years ago, I was amazed that a friend of mine would use his credit card for tiny purchases, such as a hot dog and a coffee at a corner store. It was virtually unheard of at the time. Now, everyone does it. And large grocery purchases, forget it…. it is very rarely that I see anyone else at the supermarket pay in cash.

        Nobody seems to have the slightest awareness of privacy issues, system dependence, psychological conditioning, any of it. They are content –even grateful– for the “convenience” of credit/debit cards. And I don’t mean ‘many’ people, or even ‘most’ people. I mean EVERYBODY.

        The same goes for eagerly embracing every new electronic gadget that monitors, tracks, and reports everything you do. People can’t seem to get enough of this stuff. And, once again: EVERYBODY.

        I’m still amazed. But now I’m worried, too.

        • Karl V….

          It has NOT reached ALL of us.

          I have NO debit card, so I have no chip.

          I have NEVER used an ATM. (i am 57 yo)

          I am doing my part to starve the beast.

          I got out of the system. I pulled my money out of banks, 401K, saving, stocks, etc.

          I bought my PMs from local coin shop guy that charges me NO tax for cash purchases. (no transaction evidence like a receipt)

          I pay cash for vehicles. I know that I am going to keep it until the wheels fall off, so I convince the seller that it is okay to make the selling price on the back of the title much LOWER than I paid (less sales tax when you go to title it). I do not worry that any possible future buyer will notice that they are buying a vehicle for $9.95K that says I paid 500 bucks for it.

          I have managed to figure out how to live a minimalist life, and can still save.

          Uncle Sugar has told me that there is no need for me to file a tax form, as I am too “poor”.

          I am so poor, that I am told that I can’t afford obamacare, and need to file for medicaid.

          Nope. Not me. IF I were to need medical attention that goes beyond the scope of my experience, or that of a cash accepting acupuncturist, or homeopathic expert, or chiroQuackter, I will manage to show up at the emergency room of a catholic hospital (about 30 miles away), with NO identification, and seek help using an alias.
          If I need anything stronger than an over-the-counter NSAID, I will seek out the thriving black market, or reach into my stash of percocet/oxycontin.

          Fraud? Probably. But no worse than the fraud perpetuated by TPTB upon us all.

          Before anybody gets their panties in a bunch, accusing me of being a leech on others….
          I have not been to an emergency room since the 90’s. I have not been to the doctor since 2003-ish.
          The last time I used the system, I still had United Health.

          I really thought that the system would have collapsed by now, or at least obamacare would have been scrapped.

          I feel guilty when I pay state sales tax on anything.
          I feel guilty when I must pay fees to get license plates.
          or driver’s license.
          or CC permit.
          or hunting/fishing license. etc etc.

          I am not completely OUT of the system, but cast a very small footprint.

          I have NEVER received any handout from any food stamps, EBT, welfare, or section ate b/s, etc.

          Yet I manage to carry around an amount of cash that 80% of Americans cannot muster up in an emergency.

          I figured out how to buy smaller things, that others want, from estate auctions and garage/yard sales, and sell them for at least TWICE what I paid. Sometimes items sell for 1000% than what I paid. (vintage postcards, for example)

          So, I hope this gives you some hope that there are people like me that are trying not to become one of the EVERYBODY you write of.

          • Ben ~ Thanks for the response…. it’s good to hear from folks like you! And yes, I realize that there are still some of us around…. but I am just astounded that such a massive percentage –I swear, it seems like 99.99%– just placidly follow along with the program, trusting TPTB. Even some people I know who are quite intelligent… since they see no indications of anything sinister occurring in their lives right-this-minute, they scorn any concerns as “paranoia”. It’s the same old “boil a frog” situation that replays throughout history.

            Just curious: Do you plan to ever avail yourself of Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, and so forth?

          • you aint gonna catch any flack from me.. everyone should be starving the best just like you are

          • BR,
            Being self reliant and living on the edge isnt considered being a leech in my book, but i hear that crap too about people who are not paying their fair share,,,,
            Nobody said i had to make a huge profit,,,, 2$ profit is a profit, not a loss.
            Starve the beast, if the stupid idiots like their servitude they can truly keep their servitude. Ill be standing wayyyyyyy off to the side thanks

        • My husband and I are the only ones we know in our sphere that uses cash for living. I pay our bills online and then cash the rest out every paycheck.
          Don’t know why people think it’s more convenient to nickel and dime with a debit card and try and keep up with your bank bal.
          but then again we are the only ones we know that have done prepping of any kind as well!

      14. We haven’t been conquered, not by a long shot. It’s not over as long as one Patriot is willing to die for what he/she believes in. It ain’t over til it’s over…plus thirty days. You got it ahole, we ain’t conquered and it ain’t over. Just because the wife’s kid’s DNA didn’t match yours is not our problem. Understand! It ain’t over; Understood. There are still people out here that are willing to pay big bucks for the gun that killed Travyon. There are still people out here that respect and admire the cop that killed the Neanderthal up in Ferguson, Missouri last year. There are still people out here that know how to work, pay taxes, and defend this country. We have balls between our legs, intelligent brains in our heads, and a backbone to connect the two. We have wives that know how to get on top and make a man’s life worth living. That should tell you it ain’t over. Now, go blow your nose, throw your Chinese made kleenex in the can, and go change your wife’s kid’s diapers. Over, never, because we can be killed, but never conquered. Never! To the last drop of whiskey, the last drop of blood, the last round of ammo, the last word in the Lord’s prayer, we will not be conquered. We will resist forever! I hope you have raised better children than your parents did. Conquered: Bullshit.

        • ” There are still people out here that respect and admire the cop that killed the Neanderthal up in Ferguson, Missouri last year. ”

          The problem is that, the cop that killed the Neanderthal, is also more then willing to kill you too. Don’t glorify the oppressors.

          • I don’t rob convenience stores, smoke dope, commit juvenile felonies such as the Neanderthal in Missouri did. That is why I have no trouble whatsoever with the cops. They are not the oppressors!

        • Taxn2P ….I love it. Dead on and a GREAT “debunk” because, just like my initial reaction (rage), WE ARE NO WHERE NEAR CONQUERED.

          That is propaganda to hopefully instill doubts into as many minds as possible in hopes of it becoming a ‘mental deterrent’ to VIOLENCE! They’ve paved our way for it …what the hell? Why not?

          • @Bud: Thanks and Christ bless, keep the faith and the attitude!

      15. Trump’s Top Campaign Adviser Made Millions From Arms Dealers, Warlords, Dictators and Oligarchs

        h ttp://www.blacklistednews.com/Trump%E2%80%99s_Top_Campaign_Adviser_Made_Millions_From_Arms_Dealers%2C_Warlords%2C_Dictators_and_Oligarchs/51430/0/38/38/Y/M.html

        meet the new boss
        same as the old boss ???

        what’s that old saying about knowing people by the company they keep ???

        I’m beginning to get a real bad feeling about Trump

        is he the Republican version of “hopey,changey” ???

        • Satori
          yep

        • Satori, it looks like Trump is no better than Cruz or the others. Trump has some neocon leftovers from the Bush era for foreign policy advisers and recently took in someone with ties to both Goldman-Sachs and George Soros. as bogus as can be.

        • It will not matter the outcome of this election, rigged or not, faked or real. All roads lead to the same end in this one. (or at least I’ve failed to find any lights at the end of the tunnel that are not trains running ‘flat out’.
          I stand amazed so many do not realize that, for the greater part, the shit has already hit (not only us, but Euro-countries, Middle East (hell they’ve been at war 2,000+ years, maybe longer), and take a long look at how many nation are NOT allowed to have firearms (and don’t). We all know why that is and that’s the “thorn in their side” that prevents an all out attack on our freedoms (and Constitution, Bill of Rights, etc).
          I would tend to think the first to happen would be interruption of civilian ‘commo’ (as if we’d be unable to shoot without approval of others)? Or too scared to move? I would be totally against doing nothing …and then be slain ‘on the spot’.
          I’d rather die making an error than live in servitude. Hell, at my age I’m “dead on sight” as would be my wife. Knowing there are at least 50 million others JUST LIKE ME …is, at the very least, very comforting …and we DO (easily) have all that it would be required to ‘buckle their knees’ in defeat …and STILL have our Military keeping the USA quite safe …just as it is doing (with or without “their” approval), okay …mostly without.

      16. I believe there is no peaceful solution. As GoofyGeorge said, prepare accordingly. I am at the point that there is very little to give and so little time left. I expect we will see how things will go at the end of elections. I still say we could have riots if Trump is elected and if Hillary is elected she will bring the U.N. agenda’s to fruition. That may mean revolution. I’m about numb and good information is hard to get. Just mostly waiting for the breakage that sets things in motion. The country is strongly Bipolar with a mean and stubborn streak on both sides in politics. When we reach the limits of restraint and violence rules the streets maybe all the stupid stuff will stop. Or we will cross over from revolution to civil war.

      17. What is with the Microsoft push to update all PCs to Windows 10? There now seems to be a July 10 deadline.

        They are now auto triggering night updates. You get up in the morning and it’s done. And they never asked?

        I have one PC Microsoft auto upgraded last weekend, but too bad it didn’t work. Now my very good high end PC is a brick that won’t even boot. Repair disks don’t work and regular backups made for years to an external hard drive can’t fix it. The recovery software won’t run on a PC that won’t mount any drives! This is so weird.

        Why is Microsoft suddenly so rabid about forcing Windows 10 upgrades?

        • Yeah about three months ago both my HP laptops kept crashing….right after I would decline win 10 upgrade….well I gave in on those two units….upgraded and low and behold neither have crashed a since…. Hmmmmmmmmm…..then had a mother unit auto up grade this week….good thing I have a couple units with Linux packed away.,.

          • Hello justsayin.

            Yes, my HP hard drive took a dump a couple months ago so I took it to the shop. He turned off the Windows 10 updates when he formatted the new hard drive.

            I no longer get popups or notifications for 10.

            redards

        • Because it has the all purpose backdoor for uncle to look through

          • YUUUUP!….i sure as hell see it like plan does.

            • I will never buy another windows based anything ever, rather use a freakin crayon and papyrus

              • Folks,go Linux,will not solve all your problems computer wise but will give you a lot more control over your OS and what you want/do not want in it!

              • Kula

                Ever tried smoke signals? Your backup are Jungle Drums.

                • Tin cans and string,,,,

              • i was thinkin’ the other day the same thing…hate fokin’ windows…even asked my computer guy a few months ago about linux, be he wasn’t to keen on it.

        • i can see you didnt disable the auto updates when you first got it.
          I did and never got any win10 up grade message or anything.
          about your computer: get new hard drive on it with a different operating system on it, such as Linux.

        • I read an article awhile back, that said Windows 10 has a keystroke logger built right in the OS.. It sends info right to Microsoft, but they didn’t specify exactly what kind of info their collecting..

        • Plan twice, prep once,

          Re: I have one PC Microsoft auto upgraded last weekend, but too bad it didn’t work. Now my very good high end PC is a brick that won’t even boot.

          Yes, Microsoft is pushing the auto updates to Windows 10 at night.

          We have had a number of computers brought into the shop for repair, where the Windows 10 update did not fully complete. People could not access their computer.

          You will need to take your computer to someone you trust to do repair your computer. It can be returned to the Windows that you originally had.

          *I post here regularly, but am not using my regular name for this post.

        • LISTEN UP WINDOWS USERS: Windows 10, upon loading, gives you an option to “opt out” of being spied upon by (I’m not sure how many) government agences. Of course, even if you opt out your machine will continue to dispense everything they want to the intended sources. (And, since it is all encoded, there isn’t any way of defeating this save unplugging it from the Internet.

          LINUX is “open-source” and totally free. There is a very small learning curve associated with it, but nothing anyone here can’t figure out. Linux has no malware, no viruses and is harder than hell to spy on. (Such as if you employ TOR or similar IP hiding programs or programmmes).

          Linux has several kinds of “programs”. A few are so very close to Windows you can’t tell the different, to look at them. And for what WINDOWS needs 500GB HDDs for, I use an 80gig HDD and only use 17% of it. (A one terabyte would prolly hold 1/2 the worlds libraries (zipped).

          You can download the software, create a “Live Boot Disk” to check it out, and if you like it, you can load it via the disc, or download it using BitTorrent or the like. My system has been online over 8 months now and has never need a reboot (there are four main parts, so you usually only need to sign out of “a session” then when ready to use again, just log back in. Linux has nearly 45,000 FREE PROGRAMS and all of them are as good, if not better, than Windows “offerings” (that all “call home”). Linux does none of the above). Also, in a short space of time you can learn to rebuild Linux to suit YOU, and have the only computer with THAT program YOU MADE on it). Very nice!

          People report they love Ubuntu or Kubuntu as they the most like windows (to use/similarities). I strongly recommend using a Debian-based Linux (Jessie is the latest 32 or 64-bit), and I most often use programs that do not release my real IP # …to anyone including my ISP. (To them, I’m just sending jibberish back and forth …such as if you are familiar with TAILS (the latest). TOR can be used to access THE ENTIRE INTERNET (Windows only gives you access to what America wishes you to see).

          It is a NO BRAINER – and since I am sure nobody here wants BIG BROTHER inside their frigging computers …I would get into Linux as fast as possible (you CAN run both, using ‘dual-boot’, and just bypass windows on bootup and go straight into Linux-Debian “distro” (distribution program) of your choice.

          The very best are still free as could be. Debian-based GNOME, KDE, Ubuntu (but it is not debian so much) are the top three favorites. Gnome is “the mother of all operating systems”, is what I use, and can read/understand most all others “file systems” being used in other linux machines, making it VERY handy to have.

          Fast? Yes …very. And you can run it all on an old Pentium III 386 with 1/2 meg of RAM if that’s all you have …and it will still beat windows to death on speed and dependability. (Most servers are Linux or Unix because Window-based Servers SUCK BIG TIME whereas with Linux/Unix you just ‘type in a terminal” for instant updates (if any), or program it (easily) to do it all for you without worry of “infiltration’. You can also build two and use one for a server to ‘feed’ everyone under the roof. That makes for one hell of a firewall that cannot be defeated easily, and …it is THE CHOICE of all hackers (because there are no shortcomings within the systems that exist). Hackers LOVE for ppl to use Windows (as it is wide open and will tell a Linux everything about itself).
          It’s high damn time everyone gets to hell away from Windows (or it will play a large part in your undoing I swear to God).

          Chek it out PLEASE? www dot mozilla dot com //////
          ht tps://www.debian.org/

          If you use Firefox, Debian uses it too, except it is named ICEWEASEL. Thunderbird is called ICEDOVE. The first two weeks will be “maddening” to varying degrees, but with just a tad of reading you can save yourself a whole mess of headaches AND NEVER ASSUME YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING (as windows and linux are truly NOTHING like each other). Windows usually uses msdos NTFS whereas Linux uses all kinds of fs’s (File Systems). ext3, ext4, and several others.

          Lastly, you can download a WONDERFUL set of programs called KNOPPIX. Download it, create a disc with the download, and then put that disc into your ‘DVD’ tray and reboot. It does NOT uses any of your hard drives, only your memory and it leaves no traces (just the same as TAILS except there are TONS of programs on KNOPPIX (and games) …no need to ‘tap’ a hard drive unless you wish to copy some info to one.

          Enough said, but that’s “the scoop”. Be wise….

          • If you DO keep an older version of Windows, say, Win7 and an update frigs up the works. First try to get the last System Update you created (in The Control Panel/System) …and ‘regress’ back to an earlier time (this is the only way you’ll restore your Win 7 machine). THEN ‘reboot’ and refuse ANY MORE UPDATES (just kill that part of the system totally and don’t worry about it, update or anything else). The very worst you’d get is a virus, and that’s never a big deal in home systems.
            Still, the sooner you go Linux, the better off you’ll be over the long run (and when you set it all up), if you choose to use the encryption mode, there will never be anyone able to get at what you do not want being seen. (You’ll quickly figure it out and where to find out how). I promise.

      18. “The Russian government and the Russian people are so unaware of the danger that they face from Washington that they let foreigners control 20 percent of their media! Is Russia unaware that Washington has Russia slated for vassalage or destruction?

        China is even more absurd. According to the Chinese government itself, China has 7,000
        foreign-financed NGOs operating in China! Foreign financed NGOs are what Washington used to destabilize Ukraine and overthrow the elected government.”

        Actually, both points need to be reversed. To suggest that the .gov in China and Russia are unaware of whom is in their country, or that deecee has plans, is ludicrous. Both countries have long been aware of who obozo is, and how feckless, and have modified their plans accordingly. The only reason these people or groups are in those two countries is that both .gov allow it, until they decide not to.

        As for the editor’s comment, this is correct. Rule of Law has been gone for over 20 years now, the illusion has been the presentation, and voting hasn’t mattered for longer than that.

        • Grog ….The Constitution and Bill of Rights have been gone 20 years and yet we are still armed and free men and women?

          What cha smokin’ boy?

          • I’m not smoking anything, boyo.

            Don’t know if you are looking for an argument, don’t care. I didn’t mention the BOR and USC, you did. If you think Rule of Law is still in place, answer me this: how is Killery not in prison?

      19. America is over.

        Even if the usa somehow gets control of its debts, entitlements and immigration; it’s still over.

        While the usa was busy making sure everyone in the country didn’t get their feelings hurt, it has given up all its technical, manufacturing and military advantages.

        The future for anyone 30 or under is a life where 30K is a great job, if you really want to make more than that you’ll have to work like the crazy Japanese do and kiss ass to every supervisor and costs of living and taxes will make it so a vacation will be camping at the state park because flying the family will be too expensive.

        the baby boomers screwed this country up good.

        • I am a baby boomer and I can tell you this. WE FOUGHT AND RAISED HELL when the government stepped over it bounds. What happened? We got shot. Check out Kent State. Don’t tell me we screwed it up. NO. THE 1% are the blame and the politics that run this country.

        • Sorry, your ass wouldnt be here if it werent for a boomer,
          You kids need to open your eyes, yall got that donkey blame it on everybody else thing goin on,
          Congress and government is to blame, last time i checked my voice aint heard and im a boomer (just barely) who has been protesting this crap like forever,,,,

          • Kula,whether a old time boomer/young high school graduate and all in between,the blame first starts by looking in the mirror,and then,start doing things no matter how small to change things for the better/starve the beast ect.

            Hmmm…,I notice I said small,here it comes folks(sorry!),”The smalls add up!”

            • I gotta disagree with you on that looking in the mirror thing, i have had no hand in creating any of this mess we are in now, and theres no way in hell i will take responsibility for something i dindnt create, thats that progressive collectivist crap talking and im not buyin.

              • Like the Obama said, “We didn’t create that”.

          • Amen .. preach it brother!

        • Nothing in The Constitution says ANYTHING about “but if the nation goes into debt this and all Amendments AND The Bill of Rights will cease to exist.

          You would have us believe it does?

          What cha smokin’ girl? YOU ARE BRAINWASHED IF YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN …or you are hoping to drag others down to your level OR …you are doing “this shit” on purpose in an effort to derail The People.

          Go away if that’s the best you have to input here.

      20. hello everyone.
        I have been having an issue with paypal, anyone else out there having the same? try logging on and let me know.
        even if you don’t have an account, see if paypal.com works for you.

        • Fuck Pay pal ..

      21. everyone, check paypal

        • just checked mine…works fine

          • Same here

            • I am forced to use paypal for a few purchases,did work the other day for me.

      22. im all for war I say it’s a healthy thing to keep powers challenged. It sucks people gotta die but that’s just how it is. Everybody gotta die someday anyway. if people could accept this we d be better off. We are so shielded from death and ugliness that when we see it we go into a state of denial like a deer in the headlights. The only war most people ever see is on tv in some foreign land. Get used to it now cause we will see blood like a river someday soon. Have you ever seen a mans gut hanging out of him like spaghetti. With his body twisted and pieces of flesh all over the place. I have it’s real visual and stays with you for quite a while. That was just a guy dead in the highway. War will be images like that daily could be your loved ones. You have to fight if a group is killing people. It’s your job to stand up to evil no matter how ugly it gets or you might as well turn yourself over to the enemy. Your not a pussy to be scared you are if your a coward. Not saying to be a martyr. That is rediculous but you have to know you could get killed and accept that. I almost died once and I’m of the opinion you won’t know so there is nothing to be afraid of. One thing I’ve never seen is Muslim paraplegics that’s because they will wear the vest and do the job once they are damaged goods. Seen plenty of service members with brain injuries missing limbs.. Fighting fanatics isn’t easy get right with God. If you participate in war you should consider your not gonna make it and fight to kill as many as you can while given the opportunity.

        • AssHat

          I am going to set a deadline as to when I am going to stand down for good. Getting too old for this crap. Look at us. The average age here is over 55. Same 40 or so people. Talking the same stuff for years.
          If nothing happens during this election cycle, then I’m done.

          Prepping is becoming like the stock market. Finding the bigger fool to buy your product/stock.

          • Sorta feel the same, but mother nature wont retire so going to keep on keeping on, hurricaine season dont sleep

            • Kulafarmer.

              Florida is due for a bad hurricane.

              • Same here, we have been skating by for years now, almost got wacked a couple years ago but luckily it got hung up on the big island and upper level shear that developed, but still came too close for comfort, blew down trees not even 6 miles from my house, and i mean everything.
                Tsunami is another i have a nagging feeling about, been since the 50s for a solid slap from one, and now the infrastructure on our coastlines is way way beyond what it was them and now we dont have the sugar mills with their power generation capacity and all power generation is located in flood zones.

              • In all honesty, hurricanes are about all I prep for. If the worst happens, I know I am screwed anyways because of where I live and my lack of the ability to buy a backup location. If I store years of food, it will all get stolen in a collapse so I see little reason to do so. I have nothing against a garden and will probably do one over the fall, and if I knew someone who hunted and would take me with them I would try to learn that skill too. Other than that, I have a decent bugout bag and would likely live life on the road or on the run until my luck ran out.

          • Quit prepping for myself a few years ago; just making sure the family has what it needs. I just get a good feeling when I get a roll of ASE’s.

        • Asshat, you have it all right except “the images of war” …I’m grieved to say that they never go away. Grown men still dive under beds, in their homes, at the sound of a chopper.
          As for scared? The first time most ppl kill they get sicker than a dog …or if they see their ‘buddy’ blown all to hell they shit themselves (I did) and then spring into what they were trained to do ….still in shock but also functional enough to waste the bastard (hopefully).
          Rivers? Yeah. And Pools running hundreds of city blocks knee deep. Bodies stacked as high as can be done and set ablaze (nice smell you never, ever forget). Would rather smell dog shit than that again, but I don’t think I’ve a choice.

          Toooo FUNNY about the Muzzie Para’s – – what the hell is someone with no body, but their arms and legs are intact? Bodylegic? Interesting that you would notice too! lol…. Cheers.

        • that’s why we got nuthin’ but stupid people in amer’ca nowadays…the stupid people got too many warning labels protecting them from harm, so they live to ripe old age now, instead of dying young from stupid mistakes….then they keep breedin’ MORE stupid…it’s epidemic…..and EPIC.

      23. The old saying, “give them enough rope and they will hang themselves” comes to mind. I believe we may get lucky and many problems will converge and cause everything/plans/monetarily/control to fall apart. The trick will be staying alive long enough to see the dust settle.

      24. That Was one of my grandmothers favorite sayings. Give them enough rope. And she was correct . She would also tell young women that a stiff prick has no consence! LOL she got that one correct also.

      25. This article is spot on. Truth being told.

        Meanwhile,

        the nwococksuckercommunistmuslimcokeheadfaggot is on the msm news right now talking about how important our elections are to all of his communit foreign friends ie enemies of American’s.

      26. They are paying off the EBT people so they don’t burn down their property.? They have to find a way to get rid of them after they’ve got their political gains ? As soon as they get that they will wipeout the useful idiots? They must not have total power and control yet? They don’t have total control of the military?

        • They will NEVER have control of a soldier “mind” (no matter how badly you folks THINK military men/women are brainwashed, we are not …or at least I can state with confidence that I was not. Doing things “military style” is NOT brainwashing, but just to establish order so that everyone does it the same way (that way NO screwups …mostly).

          In no way has the government every had control of military minds. But take a look at The Sheeples and tell me with a straight face that none of them have been “brainwashed to death”. Just the Jade Helm exercise proves my point beyond argument so I rest my case. I’m willing to bet they ENSURED THAT THERE WERE NO RETIRED MILITARY IN THAT AREA – – as they know damn well what the outcome would have been.

          If you disagree, that’s fine as I don’t mind if you are wrong in the least. It’s to your disadvantage to think ‘inside the box’.

      27. What’s wrong with the 1%?

        My neighbor is a 1%er.

        He has a patch that sez “81”.

        Good neighbor. But his bike is too loud.

        • JR,have to say in beginning would see the 1% mentioned in article titles was wondering what the fuck was going on with all the clubs being in the news!

      28. Wow.

        An article that actually contains a remark about a Zionist.

        In all the years I have posted here, I cannot recall another one. Is this a first?

        Why has this been allowed to sneak through?

      29. I took my old phone, actually 6 years old might be considered ancient, into a AT&T store, there were only 3 people working there as opposed to double or more there on previous visits. Business must be faltering. I complained about not being able to pick up certain websites that worked fine previously and asked for a new sim card as per the phoned foreigner who spoke broken English at AT&T. The reply was the phone was too old and wasn’t meant for long life. The store clerk was belligerent at my demands, obviously pressuring an upgrade sell. I didn’t bite and was ushered out the door, besides I get no ads on this device which is great. I can be and am a grouch at retailers displeasure.

      30. AMERICA: Planned in hell, born in hell, raised in hell, and spit out of the inner bowels of hell, because America was just too vile, too evil, too disgusting, too fascist, too filthy for hell itself.

        • You are entitled to your opinions. Now, please leave the country.

      31. very good article
        well worth a few minutes of your time

        Why Is This Fed Official Worried About a Solar Storm?

        h ttp://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-05-25/why-is-this-fed-official-worried-about-a-solar-storms

        some of the more salient points

        “citing another research paper published in the journal Space Weather that predicted there’s about a 12 percent chance of “another Carrington event” occurring by 2022.”

        “The Lloyd’s study offers an even bleaker assessment, claiming such a storm is “almost inevitable in the future.”

        and note what they say about having cash on hand for such an event

        • The sad part is Sat that a lot of damage could be mitigated without being too costly.We have another Carrington affect that WILL be costly.Tis good that Limey sky watcher was noting with telescope what happened before said event,we have been warned and know the danger.

        • The sad part is Sat that a lot of damage could be mitigated without being too costly.We have another Carrington affect that WILL be costly.Tis good that Limey sky watcher was noting with telescope what happened before said event,we have been warned and know the danger.

      32. Bitch and complain all you want.
        I’ll still rather live here in the United |States than anywhere else.

        The Rich have always ruled the world. You just have to know how to screw with the system to work it in your favor.

        SNAKE!

        • FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Above is a post that casually mentions The Carrington Event. (A ‘solar storm’ that actually nailed us before we had ‘a grid’ and electronics it could fry …but it no prob melting solid copper wires for miles).
          Now, decades and decades later, (out of seemingly nowhere), here is the government CONCERNED GREATLY OF ANOTHER CARRINGTON EVENT OF CATASTROPHIC PROPORTIONS).
          Consider that there is really nothing at all going on with the sun that isn’t that far outside of ‘normal’ (as we don’t know what normal truly is – – we haven’t been watching it for that long to honestly know shit about it).
          However, how hard would it be to “fake” a Solar Storm by way of an object placed in space that is precisely aimed, and set to explode at the flip of a switch, that would be completely impossible for 99.99% of regular folk to discern from being Solar or Nuclear? Or perhaps explode the sucker at the same time a ‘typical’ ion storm charges into us (deflected by our ionisphere), but the “nuke/EMP” would have a devastating effect – – and no one would be to blame, or so it would seem (at first).
          Feel free to make up your own scenarios from here on out: there are millions of roads you may take, all leading to mid-1800’s lifestyles (eventually).
          THAT is one ‘sneaky-assed’ way to “knock We, the People” on our asses, as only a few percent are REALLY ready and knowledgeable enough to provide their own subsistence without outside help from anyone or anything (and at the same time 100% capable of defending every square inch of where they live …AND …have planned for accordingly.
          Why else would THE Bureau of Land Management be on a “land-grab” across the USA “fully armed to the teeth?” By Obama.
          What IS that spacecraft doing up there? Is it large enough to get the job done. HELL YEAH and probably repetitively. Nobody has considered it may well have MULTIPLE WARHEADs aboard, and who is there to say the entire nation (and mexico and part of canada) need to be “blanketed”? If there were multiples deployed at far lower altitudes, the damages would be considerable MUCH more devastating and could easily be tactically set for “just the right areas”, “just the right amount of unwanted ‘Americans’ …and again I’ll leave it to YOUR imaginations or ‘sound knowledge’ of such things.
          I’ve never seen The USA ‘expound’ upon anything that was NOT (eventually) used to their advantage, always being blamed upon ‘natural disasters’, “heart attacks” (Scalia), “deaths due to car accidents” (Princess Di). Need I go on and on and on ….really?

          There seems to be an element of COMMON SENSE missing here, or the inability to put it all together (and you don’t want the media to do it for ya)!

      33. The cleansing will be here by 2018.
        So you strong people just prepare for what is coming.
        Stay focused, Stay vigilant,and Stay tuned.
        When WW3 is over, when the storm is over, and who is ever left standing everything will be alright.

        Those who are dead will have nothing to worry about………

        • And in 2018, someone will claim the cleansing/civil war/ reset/zombie apocalypse will happen by 2020 or 2023 or some other arbitrary year. Go back a few years and you have all sorts of prognosticators claiming it would have been here by 2015. Yet, here we still are.

      34. Trying to save this country from the culling that
        is coming, is like trying to keep the ocean back
        with a mop…

        • It’s called a dam and billions of beavers.

        • Explain why I want to stop the culling.

          • Because someone would kill you in a culling of the magnitude they have intended for the greater majority? No biggie, just sayin….

      35. Puddleglum to the Wicked Witch, after the good guys were stuck in her evil underworld, and she had almost convinced them that there *was* no overworld with sun, trees, wind, flowers, etc.:

        “One word, Ma’am,” he said, coming back from the fire; limping, because of the pain. “One word. All you’ve been saying is quite right, I shouldn’t wonder. I’m a chap who always liked to know the worst and then put the best face I can on it. So I won’t deny any of what you said. But there’s one more thing to be said, even so. Suppose we have only dreamed, or made up, all those things-trees and grass and sun and moon and stars and Aslan himself. Suppose we have. Then all I can say is that, in that case, the made-up things seem a good deal more important than the real ones. Suppose this black pit of a kingdom of yours is the only world. Well, it strikes me as a pretty poor one. And that’s a funny thing, when you come to think of it. We’re just babies making up a game, if you’re right. But four babies playing a game can make a play-world which licks your real world hollow. That’s why I’m going to stand by the play world. I’m on Aslan’s side even if there isn’t any Aslan to lead it. I’m going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn’t any Narnia. So, thanking you kindly for our supper, if these two gentlemen and the young lady are ready, we’re leaving your court at once and setting out in the dark to spend our lives looking for Overland. Not that our lives will be very long, I should think; but that’s a small loss if the world’s as dull a place as you say.”

      36. There no better place than the USA.
        If you doubt that try doing everything you are doing right now. From Prepping, to owning guns, to Complaining about the Frigging Guberment, to Call Obama Obullshit.

        The Rich have run everything from the beginning of time. Just learn how to use it in your favor. Some one or some group will always have the money, and you will not.

        Hell I like living where I’m at. If I had a million dollars I would just blow it. Look at all the Pro’s rich today and broke tomorrow. This make the world go round.

        Share the wealth? What makes you think you have earned it? That sounds like Commie talk to me!

        If you have been a good Prepper. You will have cash and PM’s on hand to pay for things, along with everything else.

        Sgt.

        • Shit. We have not been good prepper then.

          No PM’s here, so the last 16 years have been in total vain, but fear not as I have an abundance of ammo to destroy all of the worthless canning and foraging and fishing and planting and and and… oh hell, it’s no never mind now!

          GARAGE SALE THIS WEEKEND THEN OUR FUNERALS NEXT WEEK (starved to death …no PMs). 🙂

          (We do have cash, but it tastes like hell too).

          Just jerkin’ yur tail Sarge….

      37. Im starting to lean towards the path of a natural disaster that will effect world wide occurring be it pole shift and earth quakes or nibiru or massive solar flair ect that will disrupt civilization and in turn cause vulnerability thus the possability of invasion of foriegn troops or just all out anarchy im thinking this due to the jade helm exercise they just did in beech grove indiana considering the main focus of securing a hospital there are alot of empty factories buildings ect in indiana in alot less populated areas other than indianapolis so with that said the hospital would be a number 1 target to secure expecially if there is alot of calsuties and injured. Hicks do you have any info on indiana illinois ohio Kentucky area as far as projection of whats to come i know you say texas is fooked and i imagine yellowstone and florida California but how about mid west

        • South of indianapolis and west of Bloomington indiana is Crane navel ammunition depo where they store weapons ammo ect in bunkers under ground so big they have train tracks that go into them has any one on here been in there have more detail

      38. All Ammo bunkers (any one of them) use the very same type of tracks and cars. Usually its The Army in charge of these Depots (ammo that is).
        Beyond that, I never held a security clearance with a “need to know” (and what I DID once know has long since ceased to exist).

      39. We,,. I have noticed it and been saying it for years honestly…the country is going to Shit, plain and simple I hate to say, but it really is and there are so many reasons for it…a corrupt, piece of shit gov’t and so called leaders is a big part of it my fellow Americans.

      40. America was once doing just fine, and in a matter of a few presidents, greedy bankers willing to kill for something they can’t take with them (you leave this earth with what you came with …nothing, but collective sins (nobody is worthy of Heaven remember)?

        Now, just because it has been all screwed up, doesn’t mean we cannot unscrew ‘the cap’ and return most matters of corruption around totally. Blood? Oh yes. That’s a given. (I give you Roman’s and the fall of THEIR empire). But they were in denial until they WERE overwhelmed (not by money but by superior forces).

        Are the alleged leaders of America stronger than “all good, law-abiding Americans who want nothing more than a return to what was right, and to this day REMAINS “right” (and OUR GOD-GIVEN RIGHT …to life and the protection of it thereof)?

        It does not matter who or what started it but IT WILL MATTER WHO THE HELL FINISHES IT AS THEY WILL BE THE NEXT TO RUN THE PLACE.

        You have your choices and have placed your bets on a plethora of tables, area, guesses, ‘chances are’, and PMs and prepping. And even after all that, nobody intends to stand up for their rights until they see choppers headed their way, or drones, or NWO soldiers, or Muslims ‘sucking it up’ (our properties) all over America, with Obama living right in DC to ensure nobody “puts the screws” to all his hard work (as an 8yr puppet if not more). He was certainly groomed to do what has been done, and masterfully at that.
        Anyone remember the ‘televised’ event in which he supposedly did something “all in another language” in honor of his father or something to that effect? Did you believe the little words on the screen telling you what he was reciting?
        I was told, by more than one ‘scholar’ (whom I trust emphatically), that in reality he was ‘giving’ The United States To Allah and his prophet …and Americans didn’t even question the event (that was forgotten soon afterwards because the media led everyone away from that one VERY quickly.
        True or not? I really don’t know….just speaking out loud what I heard, more than once, from more than one source, all of them identical in every detail. THAT got my attention and should yours as well.
        I also recorded that (still had tv then), and it was erased yet all the Star Trek (Capt. Archer, T’Pol series) were left intact. I’m an old trekkie BEFORE Captain Kirk was The Captain …it was a woman, at first. Dating myself…

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