Fuck that prick!

ETA: Is there a Constitution Party?

Cuz I want that!!!

In 2024, rarely does something happen in a vacuum.  

No. In deflation, things get cheaper tomorrow compared to today, so your dollar is worth more. But it stalls consumer spending because people believe if they wait, things get cheaper.

I think Peter Zeihan explained it fairly well.  It ultimately leads to everyone losing their jobs with not enough spending to fuel the economic engine that’s needed to generate a strong economy. Once it starts falling, it falls like a rock.

I wasn’t an economic major, I just remembered the peril warning associated with deflation and made a conscious effort to keep it in mind and be aware of it if it ever happens.

Otherwise, I’ll defer to others who can explain it more accurately.

That is Keynesian theory. Not all economic schools of thought see deflation as catastrophic.

Beef Cattle Tracking Sneaked into US Spending Bill

Okay.

I guess I was thinking of devaluation.

Thanks.

Since inflation has hit he things that people actually need, ie housing, food, utilities, fuel etc, and its bad enough now that not many people are blowing money or have anything left to do so, wouldn't that make deflation less likely?

I'm seeing ISIS is "taking credit" for the Moscow attack.

WTF would they have to gain by that?

Welcome to Biden's America  

Real America’s Voice @BenBergquam Is Detained & Handcuffed In The Back Of Border Patrol For Filming The Illegal Immigrant Invasion

Fellow reporters “Brought out of the car at gunpoint with handcuffs”

60- 70 illegal migrants walk around free as reporters are detained for… pic.twitter.com/OvFD56ChnZ

Wall Street Apes  (@WallStreetApes) March 23, 2024

Video ^^

Rep. MTG: “This Will Be The Fall Of Mike Johnson For Allowing This Bill To Happen And Not Fighting And Defending Our Southern Border”

My explanation or that deflation leads to a depression or both?

I think the moronic mouth-breathers who've attacked this thread will soon be eating their words.

So, Stellantis had an EV product associated with a Dare Forward 2030 strategic plan and the layoff was to better align resources to reach that goal.

I wonder how much A.I. played in this layoff?




Stellantis fires hundreds of engineers

The automaker confirmed with FOX 2 that it was firing hundreds of its engineers - many who learned during a virtual meeting after the company asked its white collar workers to work remotely on Friday.

How soon is soon?

That deflation leads to a depression.

Thanks.  I can’t remember exactly when I first heard that, but it was a long time ago, well before 2007. I want to say 1980s or 1990s.  

They should be already.

Maybe you're looking for "two more weeks"...

Thats been the mantra since the 1950’s. 1929 spooked a lot of people.

The problem is by going too far to one extreme (Greenspan put, TARP, ZIRP) the issue with moral hazard amplifies. People bank on bailouts now.

For entertainment purposes for movie lovers….

Interesting parallels with both Red Dawn movies and current events happening now.  Some are a bit of a stretch, some are obvious and predictable, and some are possibly a bit surprisingly too close to reality.  The later being how how they invaded by taking commercial fights into the US (Red Dawn 1984) and how Biden is also currently flying illegals into the US via commercial flights.  That one is a little too close for comfort to me.  

Just remember, the original villain country in Red Dawn 2012 was China but China complained, Hollywood caved and then changed the villain to be North Korea after a year of digitally altering china symbolism to North Korea symbolism.



Red Dawn 1984 intro




Red Dawn 2012 intro




Marfoogle program

I have to say, I wasn’t a fan of Greenspan AT ALL.  

Sorry if I may have ignored your financial posts before but please chime in on any economic information you deem important.  I’ve been hearing about a collapse since the 1990s but today seems more imperil, for somewhat obvious reasons.  

Admittedly, I’ve always felt this was my Achille’s heel, so I may have been grasping at straws but feel the straws I’ve grasp are sound information - such as Danielle Demartino Booth, Kitco News, Lena Petrova, Daniella Cambone, Lynette Zang, and Ed Dowd.

…among a few others.

Politicians are planning World War 3

— ?Gary? (@0HOUR) March 23, 2024

Aftermath of the Texas Panhandle Fire - Adobe Walls Artifacts found from 1870s.




LUCKY TO HAVE COWS TO SHIP

We’re so lucky we didn’t lose more cattle in the fire but we did lose all the grass in a very hot fire.

Invasion Facility for Replacement Army https://t.co/ZzVMY6eaRr

— Michael Yon: Callsign BIG HONEY 6 (@Michael_Yon) March 24, 2024

Video:

Inside Top Secret NYC Illegal Alien Compound | STABBINGS, DRUGS, AND MORE

Located in Manhattan, NY, Randall's Island has a secret compound that holds 3,000 illegal aliens. This footage reveals open drug dealing at the compound, as well as conversations with security guards who… pic.twitter.com/wVjUUnPH0Z

Muckraker.com  (@realmuckraker) March 24, 2024

Pawn shops know something about the US economy that Biden doesn't: Times are still tough

EL PASO, Texas – Clay Baron has everything in his pawn shop from gold rings and pearl necklaces to vintage cowboy boots, silver belt buckles, stereos and ticking clocks.

The only thing he's short on is space. “Right now we have a glut of inventory,” Baron said, “which tells me that our clientele doesn't necessarily have money.”

Accumulating pawn shop inventory means fewer buyers than sellers – a sign that for the lowest-income Americans, times remain tough.

President Joe Biden is trying to persuade Americans that the economy is on the upswing, and he has been touting economic indicators that he says prove it: easing inflation, rising job growth and wages, unemployment near record lows, a surging stock market.

But the president’s rosy economic picture hasn't reached everyone.

Two years of steep inflation has hit working families hard, especially those living paycheck to paycheck.

Baron’s store – called Dave’s – is an icon of downtown El Paso. Outside, an Elvis statue stands with a permanently cocked hip and a guitar in hand, while the King’s hits blast onto the street.

The shop, which his family has owned for four generations, sits at an economic borderline.
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/03/24/pawnshops-tell-different-economic-story-than-biden/72881561007/?tbref=hp

A British trial…

Environmental communism brought to you by the cult of false virtue. https://t.co/NmnUDLvdWO

Melissa Ciummei  (@KSCUBKEE) March 25, 2024

Oxfordshire County Council Pass Climate Lockdown 'trial' to Begin in 2024

Oxfordshire County Council yesterday approved plans to lock residents into one of six zones to 'save the planet' from global warming.  The latest stage in the '15 minute city' agenda is to place electronic gates on key roads in and out of the city, confining residents to their own neighbourhoods.  

Under the new scheme if residents want to leave their zone they will need permission from the Council who gets to decide who is worthy of freedom and who isn't.  Under the new scheme residents will be allowed to leave their zone a maximum of 100 days per year, but in order to even gain this every resident will have to register their car details with the council who will then track their movements via smart cameras round the city.  

Communism will make the weather better.

Oxfordshire County Council, which is run by Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party, secretly decided to divide-up the city of Oxford into six ‘15 minute’ districts in 2021 soon after they were elected to office.  None of the councillors declared their intention of imprisoning local residents in their manifestos of course, preferring to make vague claims about how they will 'improve the environment' instead.  

Every resident will be required to register their car with the County Council who will then monitor how many times they leave their district via number plate recognition cameras.  And don’t think you can beat the system if you’re a two car household.  Those two cars will be counted as one meaning you will have to divide up the journeys between yourselves. 2 cars 50 journeys each;  3 cars 33 journeys each and so on.

Under the new rules, your social life becomes irrelevant.  By de facto Councils get to dictate how many times per year you can see friends and family.  You will be stopped from fraternising with anyone outside your district, and if you want a long distance relationship in the future, forget it, you are confined to dating only those within a 15 minute walk of your house.

A single person’s life will be at the mercy of Communists in central office, dictating the same type of draconian rules we had to avert the last crisis, a mild flu virus so deadly 80% of people didn't even know they had it.

An entirely new social structure is being imposed on Oxford's residents ( and more cities are to follow) under the lie of saving the planet.  but what it really is, is a plan for Command and Control.   There will be permits, penalties and even more ubiquitous surveillance.  Council officials will determine where you can go and how often, and will log every time you do. 15-minute cities, or 15 minute prisons?

https://www.visionnews.online/post/oxfordshire-county-council-pass-climate-lockdown-trial-to-begin-in-2024

While New York is ARRESTING  homeowners for removing squatters, Florida has a different approach:

"If someone is breaking into your house, you're more than welcome to shoot. We prefer you to do that, actually."

pic.twitter.com/S1pla5cCH1

— Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) March 24, 2024

I can absolutely guarantee I won't be signing up for this insanity.

The state of Michigan is offering up to $6000 to residents who agree to house illegal immigrants in their homes. Who is paying for it? The taxpayer. https://t.co/C8dJdaBXZ2

m o d e r n i t y  (@ModernityNews) March 25, 2024

https://modernity.news/2024/03/25/michigan-offering-citizens-500-per-month-to-house-illegal-immigrants/

MADNESS.
Anybody who takes this bait will have a situation 1,000X worse than squatters moving in. The illegals will NEVER leave. They will bring ten friends and relatives, and if you complain or try to throw them out, YOU will be arrested, they will sue, and they will own your…

— Matt Bracken (@Matt_Bracken48) March 25, 2024

Dems won't let them leave , they are a weapon to be utilized when needed .

Try and deport them . They were invited here for a reason .

Yes indeed.

??\uD83D\uDEA8 PATRIOT CONTENT ALERT??\uD83D\uDEA8

Feds and Libertarians— unlikely allies (not really) — have teamed up to democratize firearm access for NEW AMERICANS/ILLEGAL PATRIOTS\uD83C\uDDFA\uD83C\uDDF8\uD83C\uDDFA\uD83C\uDDF8

We must provide the updated and correct takes on the 2A, guns, illegal aliens, the Constitution, etc.… pic.twitter.com/2I0YEdncH5

John Doyle  (@ComradeDoyIe) March 24, 2024

Conditions for GigaCide unfolding… https://t.co/tdh6r9dFgf

— Michael Yon: Callsign BIG HONEY 6 (@Michael_Yon) March 25, 2024

Video:  Michael Yon, Ann Vandersteel, and Alex Jones:

War Correspondent Michael Yon Warns Russian Style Terror Attacks Coming To America pic.twitter.com/NT7y7VNpnK

Alex Jones  (@RealAlexJones) March 25, 2024

What in the living Fuck is this shit?!?    I predict this will not go as they planned.

I was in Luton a few years back and noticed a camera pole that was blackened and burned.  I said to our driver, "wow, pretty bad accident here to cause that damage.".

He chuckled and said that was no accident.  They set the cameras on fire here.

We may see this shit in the news and shake our heads, but rebellion is not dead there. See blade runners and the like.

Love my state

OH YEAH!!

\uD83D\uDC4F\uD83C\uDFFBBlade Runners are extremely affective against corrupt tyrannical governments\uD83C\uDFC3\uD83C\uDFFB???\uD83C\uDFC3\uD83C\uDFFB???\uD83C\uDFC3\uD83C\uDFFB???\uD83C\uDFC3\uD83C\uDFFB???\uD83C\uDFC3\uD83C\uDFFB???\uD83C\uDFC3\uD83C\uDFFB???\uD83C\uDFC3\uD83C\uDFFB??? #bladerunners pic.twitter.com/REUAee6IMh

— \uD83C\uDDEE\uD83C\uDDEA Andy Quirke aka Damo & Ivor (@Andy66202501) March 24, 2024

#BladeRunners #ULEZ pic.twitter.com/rQNxMWkyC6

— DJ-\uD83C\uDFF4\uDB40\uDC67\uDB40\uDC62\uDB40\uDC65\uDB40\uDC6E\uDB40\uDC67\uDB40\uDC7F (@DJUK61212471) March 19, 2024

Breaking News: Blade Runners Go Into Overdrive: The number of ULEZ cameras 'retired by the vigilante group known as the Blade Runners has hit an all-time high. From our insiders in London, Kent, Surrey and Essex we estimate that over 100 TfL detection devices have been nobbled… pic.twitter.com/4A84OFL0NK

— Herd Immunity News\uD83C\uDDEC\uD83C\uDDE7\uD83C\uDDFA\uD83C\uDDF8 (@HerdImmunity12) March 23, 2024

ULEZ WARS: Bexley Blade Runners Go To War: HIN must once again tragically report that the Blade Runners in Bexley are 'retiring' more ULEZ cameras than EVER before. War has been declared on the ULEZ programme as Blade Runners stick by their pledge to 'retire' EVERY ULEZ camera in… pic.twitter.com/wc07dRhuYy

— Herd Immunity News\uD83C\uDDEC\uD83C\uDDE7\uD83C\uDDFA\uD83C\uDDF8 (@HerdImmunity12) March 22, 2024

News: ULEZ Camera Felled 5 Hours After Installment: From our HIN insiders near the scene of the crime, we have to tragically report yet another ULEZ 'Retirement'. The #BladeRunners have been working overtime to achieve their aims of ULEZ Camera Obliteration.

The deeds of the… pic.twitter.com/d2EniqVGhH

— Herd Immunity News\uD83C\uDDEC\uD83C\uDDE7\uD83C\uDDFA\uD83C\uDDF8 (@HerdImmunity12) March 22, 2024

Wonder if any kiwis will copy the blade runners in the UK? pic.twitter.com/5MGs1wLIpo

Mr Morepork  (@MrMorepork) March 24, 2024

Not just no but fuck no.

Might not be entirely true.

AP

Back when “the Fact checkers” ran wild.

Full Measure: March 24, 2024 - with Sharyl Attkisson


Cuba Economy - 01:35

Cuba, one of America’s closest foreign neighbors, is mired deep in an economic crisis, caused in part by declining tourism revenue, U.S. sanctions, and higher food and energy prices stemming from the war in Ukraine. Meantime, you may not have heard some big news: the communist island nation has officially declared its Soviet-modeled economy dead and has begun a transition to something quite different. Today, we’re off to Havana to see what that looks like.


Ending Exports - 09:05

The U.S. is now producing more oil than any country in history. It’s a trend that’s been building in recent years, a remarkable turnaround since 2008 when exports were zero. You’d think it would be something to brag about — so why isn’t the Biden administration boasting? Scott Thuman reports.


Guaranteed Income - 15:05

Should taxpayers have to pay to give some Americans a so-called guaranteed income — without them having to work for it? The question draws sharply-divided responses. Lisa Fletcher examines both sides of an expanding debate.

The story sounded like BS as it was presented. The AP version, even though they're MSM, seems quite a bit more plausible.

This was covered quite a bit back then.

Further confirming the post above wasn't a fair representation of the proposal. It's still a gross overreach, but nobody is being "locked down" and prevented from moving about in any way other than through cost.

As long as you travel the appropriate routes and have an approved permit or can pay the fines, under the plans at the time.  This was a typical layout for 15- minute cities to restrict traffic.  As technology entered the plan, that’s when the restrictions grow even more draconian and become irreversible.

It’s still the road to communism.  It just seems strange to argue that it isn’t as “the Fact checkers” typically do.

Is America Next? US Border Chief Warns US Vulnerable




Border chief issues chilling warning: Keeps me 'up at night'




Border Patrol chief Jason Owens says border situation is a "national security threat"

"When The Music Stops – How America’s Cities May Explode In Violence"

I wrote this more than a decade ago.
It's been freely reposted on dozens of sites and been read 100s of thousands of times.

Now the music has almost stopped.https://t.co/NPceaFVC6u

— Matt Bracken (@Matt_Bracken48) June 1, 2023

We’ve reached a point where people either are preppers or jokes.  Those who ain’t preppers…are jokes. https://t.co/9Q7Kyqupq2

— Michael Yon: Callsign BIG HONEY 6 (@Michael_Yon) March 25, 2024

https://theprepperjournal.com/2013/09/05/music-stops-americas-cities-may-explode-violence/



Much more at link.

Make of this what you will.  I saw this happen to my small town on the weekend before the lockdowns began in 2020.  That was an eye-opening realization for me at the time and has stayed with me ever since.  I live within 100 miles of the DFW Metroplex.

What has happened once can happen again.




Safer Survival Distance From USA City Hordes

https://modernsurvivalblog.com/security/safer-survival-distance-from-usa-city-hordes/

The author states he believes there will be, in SHTF, a smaller exodus from large cities than the pepper community generally believes.  I agree with him.  I use Katrina as the model for this.  Once the evacuation was complete, and most residents of New Orleans had driven to safer climes, and the hurricane hit, there was almost no one making any attempt to get out of New Orleans. Whether it was procrastination, inertia, or reliance on government rescue, people stayed where they were.  

One thing that kind of surprised me was the criminal element.  Common prepper thinking is good people will be overwhelmed by large mobs of marauders.  There was plenty of crime going on. But it was by individuals or small groups of two or three.  That might have eventually changed had serious starvation set in. But at the same time, lack of clean water might have killed off a lot of the survivors (both good and bad) by that time anyway.

A number of Katrina ‘refugees’ were relocated to Houston and the DFW area.  Coincidently, crime rose in both metropolitan areas in the years afterwards.  I see this as somewhat similar to the current ‘migrate’ influx happening in cities all over America, and also in rural communities as well.  This is on a whole other level, though, as will be the consequences, I’m afraid.

Everywhere refuges from Katrina went had crime increases, my hometown got hundreds back then

Chick-fil-A is ditching its antibiotic-free chicken pledge after just 5 years

- Chick-fil-A will start serving some chicken that has been raised with antibiotics.

- Under the new policy, animal antibiotics can be used if the chicken and those around it are sick.

- Chick-fil-A announced its No Antibiotics Ever policy in 2014 and implemented it in 2019.

Chick-fil-A is dropping its ban on serving chicken that has been raised with antibiotics, 10 years after first announcing the pledge and five years after it implemented it.

"To maintain supply of the high-quality chicken you expect from us, Chick-fil-A will shift from No Antibiotics Ever (NAE) to No Antibiotics Important To Human Medicine (NAIHM) starting in the Spring of 2024," the chicken chain said.

Under the new standards, Chick-fil-A said that chicken antibiotics could be used, but only if the chicken and those around it were sick.

"If the animal does become ill, it will be treated with antibiotics not intended for humans," Chick-fil-A said. "In accordance with FDA requirements, all antibiotics must be cleared from the chicken's system before it is considered available for the chicken supply."
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A spokesperson told the AP that Chick-fil-A had had concerns about its ability to acquire supplies of chicken that had been raised without antibiotics. Last year, Tyson Foods — the US' biggest chicken supplier — said it was retreating from its No Antibiotics Ever pledge by reintroducing some antibiotics not important to human health.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/chick-fil-ditching-antibiotic-free-112839942.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

Yeah, my areas didn’t see the increase in quality Cajun restaurants that I was hoping for.  

I don’t know there were all that many Cajuns living in New Orleans.  In other areas along the coast that were hard hit, the people stayed put, rebuilt, and got on with their lives.  I think this included much of the Cajun population.