kunstler provides updates to his warnings on our future here in the empire;
An ill wind threatens to rake and churn up the Atlantic coast this
Labor Day as a live-action metaphor auguring a more general wreckage to
come in the final four months of 2019. More than most years, this
holiday weekend seems to mark a boundary between past and future,
between ends and beginnings.
The tremors of August appear to mark the end of the ten-year bull
market run, a.k.a. “the recovery,” a last-ditch central bank
orchestrated campaign to pretend that economic growth is infinite on a
finite planet. The magic of credit — “money” untethered to resources —
drained economic mojo from the future so that we can watch Miley Cyrus
videos while snacking on Lay’s “fried pickle with ranch [dressing]
flavored” potato chips. Yes, that’s an actual product
— also, another reason that America is bankrupting itself on medical
costs. The chains of consequence are long and punishing these days.
Gold and silver seem to be signaling two things: coming inflation and
political turmoil. Debt accumulation around the world has passed the
point were even prayer to every known deity will avail to prevent a
horrendously destructive work-out of loans that can never be paid back.
Default makes money disappear. The response, of course, will be to print
more money untethered to real stuff. An orgy of QE could easily drive
stock markets higher, only those markets will be indexed to money losing
its value. All this will seem like so much metaphysical bullshit to
citizens who can’t pay twenty bucks for a pound of hamburger. And it
would greatly aggravate the political situation at a time when many of
those same aggrieved citizens will be looking for lamp-posts to hang
some one-percenters from...........https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/the-quickening/
Monday, September 2, 2019
four minute video showing how corrupt and stupid the 'officials' in 'our' government can be;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqJzNPNqXBA&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqJzNPNqXBA&feature=youtu.be
link sent by a friend reveals more corruption in the dealings of the empire, in this case in venezuela. same reporter who is in previous post about dealings with the hildabeest;
Before joining Venezuela’s US-recognized coup regime, Harvard Professor Ricardo Hausmann raked in dozens of payments from major Wall Street financial institutions, the World Bank, and repressive and theocratic governments in exchange for speaking engagements and consulting jobs.
According to information filed with the Harvard Kennedy School, the coup official accepted fees for a total of 61 “outside professional activities” between the years 2012 and 2019, and has shielded the identities of additional benefactors behind the veil of his own private consulting firms.
Hausmann’s disclosures raise questions about his genuine commitment to ideals such as “democracy” and “freedom.” While he has denounced creditors for doing business with Venezuela’s government, Hausmann previously provided paid services to the theocratic Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as well as the state of Israel.
What’s more, the professor-turned-coup plotter appears to have taken measures to shield the full record of his financial dealings...............https://thegrayzone.com/2019/08/31/hausmann-hypocrisy-guaido-dollars-dictators/#more-14083
Before joining Venezuela’s US-recognized coup regime, Harvard Professor Ricardo Hausmann raked in dozens of payments from major Wall Street financial institutions, the World Bank, and repressive and theocratic governments in exchange for speaking engagements and consulting jobs.
According to information filed with the Harvard Kennedy School, the coup official accepted fees for a total of 61 “outside professional activities” between the years 2012 and 2019, and has shielded the identities of additional benefactors behind the veil of his own private consulting firms.
Hausmann’s disclosures raise questions about his genuine commitment to ideals such as “democracy” and “freedom.” While he has denounced creditors for doing business with Venezuela’s government, Hausmann previously provided paid services to the theocratic Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as well as the state of Israel.
What’s more, the professor-turned-coup plotter appears to have taken measures to shield the full record of his financial dealings...............https://thegrayzone.com/2019/08/31/hausmann-hypocrisy-guaido-dollars-dictators/#more-14083
caitlin makes a lot of good points herein;
The persecution of Julian Assange tells us about the kind of society we actually live in. We are inundated from early childhood with feel-good slogans about freedom and democracy, which we are told must be spread to everyone on earth as forcefully as necessary even if we have to kill every last one of them. In reality we live in a society made of lies and led by liars, who violently persecute anyone who exposes the truth. These people are your oppressors. These people are your prison wardens. Their sneering faces tell you that you are free from behind prison bars, and that they’ll end you if you disagree.
This is going to have to change............https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2019/09/02/a-society-is-only-as-free-as-its-most-troublesome-political-dissident/
as i remember, cold dead hands is the mantra;
or perhaps you anticipate this reaction:
or perhaps you anticipate this reaction:
After reading a piece over at 90 Miles From Tyranny about the Marine that was flagged and forced to surrender his firearms for "threatening" ANTIFA I began to think about how such laws work, what recourse the accused (flagged) has, what resources are available to authorities regarding lists of weapons, etc. I imagine the statues vary from state to state, but am not sure. At this stage in my life I am positive .gov has a pretty good idea that I like guns, attend gun shows, have bought several gun over the years and have made a few NFA purchases. I do not want to surrender my arms for "red flag laws" or any other "made up" laws and am not sure as to how I would react if I were placed in that situation. I do know that when .gov doesn't play by or is constantly changing existing rules and laws illegally that people who have been law abiding citizens all their lives tend to act in kind. Sure, I have friends who would lend me guns, ammo, etc. if something like that happened even at the peril of them being "flagged". I could dig a hole away from house and cache a gun I legally bought from an individual that isn't papered to me along with some ammunition, and other possibles and have the comfort of knowing where it was if I needed it though it would do me little good if my home was invaded by gang members. Certainly there are stricter penalties for people who have been flagged, turned in their guns, and then get caught with a gun after the fact, but that sort of statue would only work on people who obey the law. Who would want to obey laws that have been ignored and cherry picked by .gov (local, state, or federal) to disarm law abiding folks who have never before broken the law? Such laws seek to disarm people incrementally not necessarily because they have made threats, but also due to the fact that one of their enemies "feels" threatened. I have to call bullshit on these red flag laws. The Constitution is pretty plain (shall not be infringed). I can see how red flagging a bunch of folks will eventually lead that group to martial under a black flag turning on the people who stole their guns in the first place. It is sad that most politicians are so dumb when it comes to this nation's history.
I bet this Marine never dreamed he would be "red flagged" for any reason.
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