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The Collapse in Front of Our Eyes – Epi-3335

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People often expect the collapse of society and the Western empire to occur as a single, dramatic event. One moment, everything is great; then, BOOM, it all falls apart in one fell swoop. This could be due to nuclear Armageddon, total financial implosion, a truly deadly pandemic, or anything else. Essentially, they expect it to unfold like a movie: one big event followed by total chaos. However, the history of empires and civilizations collapsing seldom aligns with this view. More often, collapse is akin to a sci-fi scenario where a ship enters the event horizon of a black hole. The … Continue reading →

Episode-2873- The Everything Shortage and the Danger of “Recovery”

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I have blunt hard news today, we as a society are economically screwed!  Yes this has been true for a long time but the current screw job is much different and much worse.  The CoVid shutdowns and government responses to them are the largest self inflicted wound in the history of man kind. As crazy as it is, the resulting recovery as this begins to unwind is when the real problems will start.  Think of this like a very uncommon medical scenario that is actually quite common on medical TV shows.  The lack of connected reality here is perfect given … Continue reading →

Episode-293- Economic Forecast 10-08-09

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So today we are going to discuss my view of what we can expect from the economy in the next few years and what we can do to prepare for it.  I will tell you why I think 2010 is actually going to look pretty decent and on the other side why you shouldn’t take that much comfor in it.  Then next week we will take a day to compare my view to the view of many of the experts such as Jim Rodgers and Gerald Celente. Tune in today to hear… Why I think we are about to see … Continue reading →

Episode-136- The Trillion Dollar Stimulus and Storing Food

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Today I was simply going to talk about storing food and how to build up a good storage program.  Yet today some things have popped up that have made me need to also discuss some “slight of hand” relating to the new Trillion (yes trillion) Dollar Stimulus Package. Tune in Today to Hear… On the Stimulus and a “New Law” Nancy P states 500 million a month to loose jobs a month in a country with only 300 million people in total, what does this tell us There is a “new” law capping the compensation of any executive running a … Continue reading →

Episode-105- Get Ready a Cold Winter is Comming

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Building a bit on yesterdays show I figured I would continue to evaluate some to the comming threats and tie it to some of the actions every American family should be taking right now. Tune in today to hear… Please vote for our Slogan for the Next Stickers and Our Coming T-Shirts (vote here) How to win a Tactical Christmas Stocking or Single Point Sling from SOE Tactical Gear How to win a in car/truck gun safe from Center of Mass Updates about the new look to the site, we are working on bugs (Use FireFox IE sucks) Why it … Continue reading →

Episode-12- What is the M3 Money Supply and What Does it Mean to You?

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So just what is the M3 Money Supply? It is the value of all U.S. Dollars in Circulation. The M Factors of US currency are broken down as follows, M0: M0 (M-zero) is the most liquid measure of the money supply. It only includes cash or assets that could quickly be converted into currency. This measure is known as narrow money because it is the smallest measure of the money supply. M1: M1 is M0 + checking accounts. This is used as a measurement for economists trying to quantify the amount of money in circulation. M2: M2 is M1 + … Continue reading →