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ECI, PI/O and Biden’s Lies: “Not in Recession”

A couple of Economic news releases before we launch into refried lies.

The first is the ECI – Employment Cost Index.  Which, over time, feeds into the underlying inflation problem:

“Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 1.3 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period ending in June 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries increased 1.4 percent and benefit costs increased 1.2 percent from March 2022.

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 5.1 percent for the 12-month period ending in June 2022 and increased 2.9 percent in June 2021. Wages and salaries increased 5.3 percent for the 12-month period ending in June 2022 and increased 3.2 percent for the 12-month period ending in June 2021. Benefit costs increased 4.8 percent over the year and increased 2.2 percent for the 12-month period ending in June 2021

Now the Fairytale for the Weekend – personal income and expense.  Fabricated by the Bureau of Economic Analysis:

“Personal income increased $133.5 billion, or 0.6 percent at a monthly rate, while consumer spending increased $181.1 billion, or 1.1 percent, in June. The increase in personal income primarily reflected increases in compensation and proprietors’ income. The personal saving rate (that is, personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income) was 5.1 percent in June, compared with 5.5 percent in May.

The blow off continues with hot money having nowhere else to go – the dumping of U.S. paper is showing as inflation and the crack-up boom in paper products.  And imaginaries, too: BTC was trading over $23,000 earlier. Was over $24,000 overnight.

Biden Lie Den

The Associated Press has failed America, as we see it:  With woke pabulum like US economy shrinks for a 2nd quarter, raising recession fear.

Worse than this, the Biden Shirts are doing what the communist insurgencies around the world do best:  Redefining reality.  As shown in Wikipedia SUSPENDS edits to its ‘recession’ page after woke users changed definition to Biden’s.

Disclosure:  Ure went short the Big Lie Market Thursday.  Why?  Reporting news off and on for over half a century reveals that economic fundamentals usually win in the end.  But it can take a while.

Not only is Biden in denial, so is his Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen – herself a one-time Fed Chiefess who really should know better.  Check your integrity at the door, anyone? Biden REFUSES to admit US is in a recession.

We have fewer people employed in American than we did in the late fall of 2019 – before the bio war.  Why can’t we just deal with reality, people?

We expected the Biggest Lie Contest, when over a week ago, the White House blog claimed:

“The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Business Cycle Dating Committee—the official recession scorekeeper—defines a recession as “a significant decline in economic activity that is spread across the economy and that lasts more than a few months.” The variables the committee typically tracks include real personal income minus government transfers, employment, various forms of real consumer spending, and industrial production.

Big lies peppered throughout:  there is no OFFICIAL scorekeeper.  No appointment, no law. To our way of thinking, not anywhere near “official.”  Consensus, perhaps – but consensus is usually wrong, we’ve observed.

Fox probably gets it closest to right in Media denial, hair-splitting on recession definition are ‘totally missing the boat,’ economic experts say | Fox News.

We point at other stories, as well. In particular, the establishment-backing Yahoo report admitting U.S. yield curve flashing more warning signs of recession risks ahead (yahoo.com).  Reason reports After 2 Straight Quarters of Negative GDP, Is America in a Recession?  Spoiler here:  Yes, most Americans are not fooled.

For now, we look at:

  • Pernicious periodic drought
  • Foreigners selling US assets
  • The 100 Wealthiest Americans Lost $622 Billion Since November (bna.com)
  • NYC promoting nuclear war preps
  • Runaway inflation in costs for basics of life – like groceries
  • A behind-the-curve Fed 3/4 percent rate hike.
  • Never-ending war in Ukraine
  • A federal Dept. of Justice that can’t prosecute Hunter but is going after Trump
  • An administration that has lost control of the Border with Mexico
  • Dare we mention FAMINE in the wings?

No, to us this looks like market overshoot.

The Game Ahead

Only one play is left ahead for the Crooked Party:  Make up a crisis – bet on “rally round the Presidents” and scam voters in the mid-terms in a desperate attempt to cling to woke-back dominance in the District of Corruption.

Low IQ voters have delivered the Venezuela Solution. Back by lowest-common denominator marketers and political shills. Free Lunchers.

This ain’t any way to run a country.

Change – all incumbents out and strict enforcement of citizens-only voting this fall is required if the Nation is to survive.

Now the Ugly Part

The Second Depression is already underway.

Sure, dust bowl, famine knocking, but the confiscations?  They’ve been launched as well.

Quietly started last year when private security vaults were raised by the less than just Justice Dept.  Details from FBI Raid of U.S. Private Vaults Being Kept from Public.

Remember, in the Great Depression (which wasn’t so labeled until 1934) there were two major confiscations:  Gold was called in an Executive Order – and shortly after, so was Silver – though most people are not aware of this second one.

When a country is being driven into the economic dirt, sticky, greedy hands – the very ones that drove the crisis – are quick to seize your assets.

If you want to take that as advice to buy survival goods using a different address for shipping, or get them paying cash, guess that would be a personal decision – and nothing we advised anyone to do.

Can’t Trust Democrats

Joe Manchin has sold out to the rich and still greedy.

Go read Inside the secret Manchin-Schumer deal: Dems shocked, GOP feels betrayed.

Do Tesla owners need more tax breaks?  (Your answer will tell if you’re a Venezuela Democrat.)

I could give you a checkbook with unlimited money in it – and you still couldn’t lower the trajectory of climate change a single provable degree in a year – this is all a joke – a way to Rob from the Poor (income taxes are going up) and give to the Rich (concentrating more wealth in fewer hands).  That’s the way this country is malfunctioning these days.

A few get it: DeSantis targets businesses, companies ‘imposing woke ideology on the economy’. But that’s only one guy – and Michael (Milqtoast) Pence is not presidential material, sorry.  And if Emperor Biden’s law-twisters have their way, Donald Trump will be on the gallows by 2024.

The Nancy War?

For reasons we will explain on the Peoplenomics site tomorrow, China is in a once-in-a-lifetime spot where taking Taiwan opens in August.

For now, just keep a sharp eye on how pissed Chinese president Xi is about her visit plans: ‘Play with fire and you will get burned’: China’s Xi’s warning to Biden on Taiwan in two-hour call.

Will Joe blink?  Will Nancy listen?  Will Xi respond?  Let’s bet the world, shall we?

Hungry Yet?

Chew on this:  New studies find junk food could pose risk for dementia, while household chores could lower risk.

We are not alone with food being priced off the table: Eurozone inflation hits record 8.9%, as growth accelerates despite German stagnation.

With Famine ahead, Elaine and I have made a personal health decision to cut back on the amount of milk we drink.  However, come famine, milk may rotate back into the fore:  How adult humans evolved to digest milk.  Famine makes even crickets – and cow juice – sound good.

Warm up the Gulfstream – and file intercon for a trip to Ireland a week from Sunday: Annual Dundalk Famine graveyard service of remembrance to take place.  A Wikipedia note on point:

“During the Great Famine of the 1840s, the town did not suffer to the same extent as the west and south of Ireland. Cereal-based agriculture, new industries, construction projects, and the arrival of the railway all contributed to sparing the town of its worst effects.[45] Nevertheless, so many people died in the Dundalk Union Workhouse that the graveyard was quickly filled. A second graveyard was opened on the Ardee Road—the Dundalk Famine Graveyard—which is known to contain approximately 4,000 bodies. It was closed in 1905 and was left derelict until the 21st Century when local volunteers worked to restore it.”

County Louth if you know the East and Midlands region.

ATR:  August Muster Notes

In our Around The Ranch section, we are honored that a long-term “well-studied source” takes time out from the “sharp end of America’s spear” long enough to hold us on point and to help us “keep it real” for you.

With August dawning, some useful ways to prep in order to best extend meager resources.  With?

Nut cups and napkin rings

(Captain Gooding’s Muster Notes for August)

Captain Gooding was remembering visiting his grandparents, long, long ago, and there were two items always on their table that one rarely sees these days: nut cups and napkin rings.

Dinner started with nuts. The nuts were in the nut cups. Walnuts, hazel nuts, pecans, the occasional Brazil nut, and almonds were the most common nut cup ingredients. Sometimes a large bowl of mixed, unshelled nuts was put out, along with nut crackers and nut picks, and small bowls for the shells, and we’d all open our own nuts. But usually, store bought nut meats were put in the nut cups, relieving diners of the time-consuming chore of cracking open their own nuts.

Salad came next, of course. Not always fluffy greens, however. Cabbage and carrot slaws in a variety of mixtures and dressings were a frequent salad course, especially in the winter months.

And that’s a wonderful combination of foods. Nuts take the longest to digest of almost all foods, and generally are fully digested fairly far along the intestinal tract. Greens and shredded raw vegetables, with their fiber and moisture, help move the chewed-up nuts along to where their digestion takes place.

But starting a meal with nuts and a salad also begins to fill the diner up. That feeling of partial fullness goes a long way if dinner plate portions are a bit smaller than usual. The grandparents had lived through the Great Depression, when money was scarce, and the Second World War, when rationing controlled how much sugar, meat, dairy products, coffee, dried fruits, jams, jellies, lard, shortening, and oils could be purchased. Unrationed nuts and greens were an integral part of their diet in those tough times.

Captain Gooding notes that it’s about to be nut season across North America again. Not everyone is lucky enough to have nut producing trees in their yards, but across parks and public spaces there are tens of thousands of nut trees that are rarely harvested, which could provide a good deal of nourishment. Readers thinking about possibly picking up walnuts, the tree nut perhaps most common in America, might want to check out this web site: https://www.farmanddairy.com/top-stories/harvest-process-store-black-walnuts/215439.html  Another fantastic web site with a wider scope of tree nut types is found at: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/nut-trees

Interestingly, black walnuts are one of the few commercial crops still totally hand harvested. Hammons Black Walnuts is a major buyer and has 215 buying stations in 11 MId-America states.  https://black-walnuts.com/discover-harvesting-and-hulling/ If you are in that part of America, harvesting and selling black walnuts may be a way to augment the budget this fall, especially if you have time on your hands from being laid off in an increasingly tough recession.

Even if you never harvest a single nut, nuts are an excellent source of protein and omega-3 oils in your diet. They are very reasonably priced when balanced against actual food value. And as meat costs continue to skyrocket, nuts look more and more affordable as a concentrated food source.

Bring back the nut cup, says Captain Gooding! OK, smarty pants, a reader might reply, if they are not around anymore, just where are readers supposed to find nut cups?

Captain Gooding has the answer. Reader, your very best bet for nut cups can be found at Sam’s Club, either in store (back with the other commercial kitchen items) or online. Sam’s Club sells Member’s Mark stainless steel 2.5 ounce sauce cups which are available in a 12 pack for $4.57 as of the time of writing: https://www.samsclub.com/p/stainless-steel-sauce-cups-12pk/185782. They are the perfect size, attractive in a slick industrial way, easy to keep clean, and stack neatly in a very small space – perfect even in a crowded small kitchen. They are also very sturdy – being dropped onto a hard floor by little hands will not damage these stainless marvels.  Besides use as nut cups, Captain Gooding uses them for dipping sauces for Asian cuisine (they are perfect for dipping dumplings into), for cocktail sauce for dipping boiled shrimp into, and for home-made tartar sauce.  They are the perfect size for a side order of cole slaw, and to use in doing food prep for certain ingredients, such as chopped green onions. And as they are stainless steel, they are ecologically sound, not disposable plastic or paper.

So much for nut cups. What about those napkin rings?

A few years back, it was revealed that paper napkins were facing a major decline in sales, generally losing to paper towels. See: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/10/31/20921322/paper-napkins-towel-environmental  and https://www.pymnts.com/consumer-insights/2016/millennials-are-breaking-up-with-napkins-for-paper-towels/  And while that’s all well and good, paper towels are not inexpensive, either. The solution, as the grandparents knew, was cloth napkins. Cloth napkins do just as well, or better, to wipe one’s mouth on. And those fabric napkins go into the washer and dryer, and right back on the table. They are thus far more environmentally sound than paper towels or paper napkins.

Many families have cloth napkins that are rarely used – Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter dinners may see them brought out. And fancy napkins also tend to get used at dinner parties, which seem to be a dying custom as well. Most large retailers sell sets of matching napkin rings, some very fancy indeed. But while great for parties, when all the attendees have a matching napkin ring, and the cloth napkins are only used once and then laundered, these sets of identical napkin rings are not ideal for everyday life.

To actually make cloth napkins a money saver, each family member needs to use their own napkin repeatedly, until it definitely needs to be washed. In order so that each person uses their own napkin, everyday napkin rings for a family need to be sufficiently different from each other so that users know which napkin is theirs. While it is sometimes possible to find a set of different design napkin rings, home-made napkin rings are a perfect craft project. There are some fascinating do-it-yourself napkin ring designs to be found at this web site: https://modpodgerocksblog.com/diy-napkin-rings/ , many of which can be personalized or varied to enable individual identification. For a couple or family setting out to reject environmentally unsound disposable paper napkins (or their paper towel replacements), and join what Captain Gooding’s grandmother used to call “civilized society” and begin to use cloth napkins on a daily basis, distinctive home-made napkin rings would seem to have a place at the family table.

So, there it is, readers, Captain Gooding’s August muster notes. As the final dog days of summer fade into Autumn, perhaps it’s time to add tree nuts (and more salads?) to your diet, and nut cups to your table, where they can join the cloth napkins neatly rolled and stored in individually identifiable napkin rings. Your dining table will be a classier, healthier, and more environmentally sound place, and you’ll likely see a modest drop in expenditures for disposable paper products. And as we face increasingly tough financial times, that all sounds like a good idea, doesn’t it?”

A half-step middle ground persists here at the Ure’s place in the Outback:  We picked up boxes of C-fold towels – like the ones you dry your hands on in restrooms when out and about.  These are the very same napkins used in those pop-up dispensers at some of America’s finest (and overlooked) Hamburger Joints that have escaped the corporate straitjacket.

I think there are four of the dispensers – black and very “lunch counter-ish” – three in the kitchen (microwave, stove, and eating bar.  Plus, one on the dining table which lately is being used for oil painting on afternoons too hot for painting on the screen porch.

The C-fold naps are cheaper (about a third less) than paper towels.  They come in rectangular boxes and packs – so no “air storage” in the prep closet.

And nuts?  (We’re somewhat expert by default.)  The local favorite is the shelled pistachio bags from Amazon.

Write when you get rich, (or go nuts)

George@Ure.net

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  1. Behold – a shining light in the dark financial forest of wmd-derivatives –

    BTC!

    No likey BTC, believe made up bullscheisse from “financial experts” ?

    Dee gotz 3 wordz for ya..”Worthless and Weak”

    https://youtu.be/GvX_icG2Fvc

    “was never about fiat, but rather about Sovereignty and self-realization through will power and endurance ” G. Vazquez/ZH

    would U surprised to know this cat with really big nose, uhn I mean hair, is one of my next door neighbors in BZE ?

    Rock & Roll G !

  2. ” Check your integrity at the door, anyone? Biden REFUSES to admit US is in a recession.”

    I am going to give him one on that……. it is similar to someone that lives on the hill makes big money … their world is all rosey and pink.. they cannot see the struggles of those that make an hourly wage.. it doesn’t exist.. flash bang lives in the Bubble.. has people tossing millions to the family business.. the troughs of legalized contributions to those that don’t work for a living..
    flash bang has lived the vast majority of his life in this bubble.. no worries the only stress there is .. is the ability to read a teleprompter and satisfy the one behind the curtain…. so he doesn’t really know.. anyone can go into a car dealership and the salesman will prove to you just how you make more money than is needed.. they don’t take into account the garbage services or the electricity or water sewer or the rent etc.. similar to some cities that have food stamp acceptance figures of over six figures.. and yet those people are living on the street having to lower themselves to squatting on the sidewalk and using store isles to defecate..
    He really doesn’t know.. those in the bubble at the trough’s don’t know.. rarely do they even try to do what the people want.. it is usually swayed to the ones behind the curtain.. rarely do they even attempt to do any work.. there is a reason they refuse to read what they vote on.. one they just aren’t at work long enough .. and if your doing the macarena or getting millions tossed to you.. you just don’t have time to be concerned over that..
    ever seen the assembly of the congress and the assembly of a congress in any other country.. in the USA there is what five.. in the other country almost all of them.. so I give flash bang a go on that one.. similar to the can man.. that lived in a dumpster.. hearing about his lifes experiences.. I realize I didn’t have a clue.. and I have had some pretty rough go rounds in my life..
    I think that is one reason why I liked DJT.. he grew up on the hill.. got a lot of money a really lot of money.. ( someplace in there he went hungry to which I believe is why he makes sure that all of his employees get a meal a day and one for their families as well) he lost it all.. and rebuilt lost it again.. each time he learned.. flash didn’t have the luxury of failing.. the only struggles he remembers .. ( if he remembers that.. ) are the struggles of his parents.. and living in the world of dual standards of law.. he can pretty much do what he wants

    • He can pretty much do what he wants – as long as he obeys his masters absolutely. He’s the highest ranking slave in the USA.

  3. Captain Gooding reads as an interesting fellow. Possibly the Captain could publish a small reader or Almanac such as Mr. Frnklin and his Poor Richard almanac.
    I showed today’s entry to the wife as she headed off to her first day of work post quarantine pointing specifically to the napkin ring part. “Use them more than once before washing? Eww, No.”, and, “You tracked cow poop on the mud room mat again.” as she sashayed out the door. As far as the cow poop in the mud room well, EXCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSE ME. It is the mud room and it is a door mat. Why do we have a mat outside AND inside for pitty sake? Maybe I’ll just change the name of it to the cow shit room. Renaming things seems to work for the dipshits in DC. For the napkins I have to agree. When I first read that I remembered my dad. At the end of every meal, he would first wipe his mouth and finish everything off with a hearty toot and snort of the old snotbox into his napkin sometimes sounding like a fog horn or even a bellowing moose before leaving it on his plate. This would many times generate an angry shriek from mom if she happened to be witnessing the event. But in his case when using cloth napkins it would be a good idea to ID his since even after washing with Fels Naptha I don’t think I would want to use his.

    Ah, memories.
    Stay safe. 73

    • We have A set of Brushes nailed to the back porch to wipe the Cow dung off with and a mud room to change out the Muck Boots and outer clothes during Winter. Yep we raise Cattle and occasionally Horses. also have a huge garden which we can our produce for winter Yep I remember Depression and WW2 rationing it was 1947 Before all stores was fully stocked up again Another weird remembrance was when the new cars came out in 1946 quite a few had wood bumpers for a while until the metal and Chrome became available again

    • I grew up out in farm country. I remember as a child visiting a neighbor’s barn where the cows were kept in the winter. Farmer had a full, clean, bathroom in the corner of the barn where his ‘house clothes’ were kept. After the day’s chores, the barn clothes were shed, a full body shower was taken, and clean clothes (and shoes) were donned. The bath had an exterior door and the farmer went back to the house… ‘fresh as a daisy’. He said his wife would not let him in the house any other way.

  4. “The Associated Press has failed America”

    Maybe “Operation Mockingbird” is real?

    Yesterday I posted the link showing Delphi workers are getting retroactive bailout. There is no recession for them. They are being made whole at our expense.

    Too bad we can’t jump into their time machine and be made whole. Who wouldn’t have bought Bitcoin below a penny? Who doesn’t want a refund for their Underwater Basket Weaving degree and given 20 years back-pay for an engineer degree at their expense.

  5. “Famine makes even crickets – and cow juice – sound good.”

    Well George, we are building a huge cricket farm close to my location here in Canada. A bazillion crickets on the way to rid us of eating that deadly prime rib beef.

    Just like LOOB sends you his home made wine, I would be happy to ship you some Canadian crickets when we are up and running. You’ll have to get the milk.

        • 1.5 gallons to top off the supply chest here. 12 boxes of Krusteaz pancake mix, too. but sorry for the Canadian economy6, this was US treed from NH. What can I say? Delaware doesn’t seem to make much.

      • Dam.. real Maple syrup @Bic… when I was in the military.. a friends mom would give each of us a gallon for xmas.. I took it for granted..
        but after visiting with a friend… ( who actually reads more than me.. LOL ) she was telling me she use to make it.. when she was younger.. and what it took to make maple syrup..
        that is a big undertaking.. just like Lefsa.. big undertaking.. I did it.. enjoyed the experience but have been buying mine at the store since.. which reminds me.. I have to pick up syrup this week.. I actually opened the last container of it..
        I have tried Birch syrup to.. that is pretty good.. but kind of reminds me of that fake sugar..

        • We were lower middle class. Pappy made out maple syrup with a double boiler, 5 lbs of sugar a a bottle of mapleline flavor. Corps now do that using hfcs instead of C&H sugar….

      • “Perhaps some Maple syrup then?”

        Speaking of, I learned, just yesterday, that hickory trees could be tapped for “syrup sap.”

        Whodathunk…?

    • I keep hearing about these so called elites telling us we will eat bugs and worms. All I can say to those dipshits is, you first.
      And then I still won’t eat that. Not even at gunpoint.

      Ever really looked at a piece of ?meat? from a fast food joint burger? Or looked closely at those packages of “wondermeat” in the grocery store? Hell, even those chubs of Jimmy Dean sausage are a little suspect. How about the so called lab grown frankenmeat? Can you say Human Stew meat? There went my appetite,

      Stay strong BIC, I fear we may not be too far behind you.

  6. Did you catch the article “USS Ronald Reagan strike group headed to China”?

    Some futurist say their will be a time when all the seas will become poisoned. Here’s to the sinking of that USS Ronald Reagan strike group and all the nuclear goodies that will dissolve the foodies in our oceans.

    “Nostrovia”

  7. Nut Bowls. This is what I use when serving nuts at the table [ usually during lunch, with a couple figs – haven’t had them for dinner, yet.] They are also very good a prep-dishes [ I do a lot of Japanese cooking and like to have my ingrediencies at the ready., which is why I got them.] Also for dipping / sauce dishes. [works great] I got a set of eight over two years ago and still have all eight., but I see now it is a set of six. Unless I am camping, I try to keep metal off the table and mainly use glass, or ceramic. [ on the ‘Zon ]
    https://www.amazon.com/Dipping-Kitchen-Snacks-Dessert-Capacity/dp/B07WRN1B4L

  8. Explanation: When I was studying martial arts in Osaka for a couple of years my sensei would not allow metal ‘dishes’ on his table. A small sharp knife was occasionally allowed. That “tradition” has stuck with me ever sense. [ mid 70’s ]

  9. Thinking about cricket and meal worm foodies.

    Did you ever look at pictures of the Paul VI Audience Hall, link below?

    The place looks very reptilian-like, which is also a conspiracy. Think about bringing home a new baby. You’ll have new foods stored at the house maybe a special sleeping arrangement and all the etcs.

    Perhaps reptilian overlords really will be here soon and that’s why our foodies are being switched from mammals to bugs. We’re going to be welcoming the reptiles and they need to eat.

    https://www.pinterest.com/garyandsondrabr/scarey-pics-of-inside-the-vatican-audience-hall/

      • LOL LOL LOL LOL… I think it would give me GAS.. so I will pass on it LOL LOL

    • nerp.
      “Originators’ (genetic) = omnivorous – said to have introduced cattle(fell with them) to Earth – plains of “eden”..ancient Turkey.
      Enki/Ea/Osiris-Horus ( the Light Side) was said to be vegetarian, as were majority of females/priestesses-darkstars.
      Dark side – enil/yahve/satan and the annuna warrior class (annunaki) were blood drinking meat eaters -early “adams” for sport and recreation. Blood drinking was said to be common practice after battle..
      * must not have same constitutions as Humans, that vile practice causes all kinds of intestinal distress & disorder in Humans

      perhaps the new overlords are Insectiods and this will be there “McDonalds” supply warehouse (s)

      • Over time I’ve been joshed about Jamestown and the Donner Party. Floating across the ocean or driving oxen across the fruited plain. Maybe cannibalism was accepted back then just never talked about.

        You all must have seen the NYT article from about week back.

        “People are a little concerned for the New York Times, after they published a headline saying ‘cannibalism has a time and place’ – and it might be now.

        On Saturday, a piece in the newspaper analyzed the rise in cannibalism in movies, TV shows, and books. Citing examples like Bones And All, an upcoming film starring Timothée Chalamet, Yellowjackets on Showtime, Fresh on Hulu, and more.

        However the “cannibalism has a time and place” line seemingly captured the attention of readers more so than the actual content of the article as many expressed concern over the normalization of cannibalism online.”

  10. (Don’t laugh.)
    I can save you some money.

    Everybody has paper towels on a roller, bolted to the underside of the kitchen cabinet next to the sink. Every time you have wet or oily fingers you grab a couple paper towels.

    Better:
    Goto Bed, Bath & Whatever, and buy some (very cheap) “floursack towels.” Usually a dozen to a pack. Keep one by the sink always. Grab THAT when you have wet fingers. (They can be laundered when they get ikky.)

    Our paper towel use has dropped by more than 90%. Your mileage may vary. Over a year, it adds up to more than you would think.

  11. This morning my Aggregate Index went above it’s 85 day MA., for the first time since March.

  12. Nut bowls ??

    not the plastic cup that goes in da strap ?

    Is it coincidence then, that urban is talking nut bowls the day after it was revealed that prince william luvs a good vigorous Pegging ? (https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a22665228/what-is-pegging/)

    Perhaps kates’ arm is not quite long enough to reach around and grab the ky off the bed stand. Although one would imagine a member of the royal staff would be standing by with a tube of anal ez to lend a hand..

    Yep the future King of England – William the Pegger*

    *Kate dont do “spit” either. No, not that – 2 Women w/strap-ons, and one prince.

    • “Perhaps kates’ arm is not quite long enough to reach around and grab the ky off the bed stand.Although one would imagine a member of the royal staff would be standing by with a tube of anal ez to lend a hand..”

      Now that has me curious.. would that be a personal HAND MAIDEN or the lady of the bedchamber.. or could it be the master of the buckhounds LOL LOL LOL… to assist with the ceremonial peg.. LOL LOL LOL LOL…
      Oh I know there wasn’t a horse involved LOL LOL LOL LOL but it is funny to consider their options.. who would have even thought… perversion runs at the top though.. wasn’t it uncle whatever that was a lolita express rider
      https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/fbi-files-claim-lord-louis-mountbatten-had-a-perversion-for-young-boys/news-story/3647da9b3e938ae4aa5d0f3608639479

      • Loob,

        Trust luv to plant a flagpole in the garden at Amner Hall. The wedding gift estate to the Duke and Duchess actually entered into The Firm at the end of the 19th century via a Future King intent on extricating a sibling’s legacy from the quagmire bog of the 1889 Cleveland Street Scandal.

        It’s certainly a coinkydoink that the foundresses of the Instagram gossip forum that pegged the royal laundry load in question to the line hatched early on fashionably coordinated with a Russian model who went on to wed a now Miami-based billionaire compatriot twice her age.

        I imagine luv would appreciate a gibnut recipe to wash down the soapsuds.

    • That reads like a Cosmo article from the 80’s definitely trying to strip the Puritan from the Puritans. Just another business model tricky edge: anal sex for HIM and her!

      Before one needlessly follows that advertising line of smut, google picture of torn and worn out anuses that the surgeons have to repair.

      It ain’t pretty and it ain’t worth it.

  13. Everyone’s all atwitter: Is it a recession yet? Is it a recession yet?
    Ok, it’s a recession. Big whoop. Now what?
    Some stuff’s up, some stuff”s down. It’s all just political Gotcha.
    Well, I’m off to look for the World’s Tallest Midget.
    Keep your nuts dry – and the sack they came in.

  14. Thanks for the info on the ‘nut bowls’ – will be adding some of them to the kitchen.

    As far as cloth napkins, didn’t realize we’ve been ahead of the curve for 20+ years. We either buy multi-packs at someplace like Marshalls or Tuesday AM (always choose 100% cotton), or else sew our own. As far as their reuse at the table, about every 4 ‘uses’ we’ll replace with a clean set. And they get softer with every washing. Only drawback we’ve found is they don’t suffer BBQ sauce too well – that gets a roll of paper towels on the table…

  15. Where I live, there is a recession but just beyond that area is a depression.

    On a road trip at the moment, reached our destination and it’s like crossing into an area where everything is fine, as it use to be everywhere. Crossing the country is like a trip through the Twilight Zone.

    From rural America where folks are planning ahead, to Hilton Head where people are shoulder to shoulder on the beach, to Florida where life, for the most part, is good. Passing roadside depressions all along the way.

    Location, location, location. Strange how gas prices change as we go.

    Racism? The wife and I were the only (white people) in the hot tub last night. – interesting conversations there. Two other couples were there, one from Alabama, the other from Mississippi. All six of us talked and are in agreement on almost everything.

    Government is bringing us down, criminals shouldn’t have guns, the boarder needs to be closed and Biden caused the food shortages, inflation and destroyed our energy independence. And what the Fed just did to everyone, just makes life worse. We all agreed that by us all sitting in the hot tub without beating the shit out of each other, we were breaking the media narrative. And, we all believe in the same God. “The Dude” and he’s the only one who can help us. – This ain’t no nasty ass hotel, either. We’ve all been in this country long enough to see past (color and the media) we are Americans. – enjoying life, while we can.

    Same on the beaches, friendly people of all skin colors with various accents. Enjoying the sun and waves, together.

    It’s mind blowing. So random, so enlightening.

    • So very counter-narrative, I risk life and limb even allowing such a refresh – shared – and beautiful sense of it.

      So of course, I shall.

    • The other day I went on a road trip from Detroit to Sarasota and back.

      You’re right. Some of the pop-up towns along I-75 were fine. Other places were devastated. All of the small, roadside amusement parks in KY and TN were shuddered. There were closed gas stations along the way, three Georgia plantations were closed, places like Cincinnati had a lot vacant buildings.

      The thing I noticed at every stop was stray cats. The country is filled with stray cats.

      I saw stray cats at the gas station dumpsters, hotel dumpsters, running around restaurant parking lots… everywhere.

      Stray animals are out of control and now a danger, like the 3rd world.

      A stray dog article. 7 dogs. Now I understand the need for high capacity mags. A little five shot LCR is helpful but may not be enough against a pack.

      71-Year-Old Man Mauled to Death by 7 Dogs in Texas; Owner Arrested, Sheriff’s Office Says

      “However, according to a brief CNN interview prior to his arrest, Cartwright claimed he does not own the dogs, that they were trespassing on his property, and that he alerted animal control immediately after sighting them.

      “There’s 20 dogs around here right now. If you drive down this back street, there will be 20 loose dogs running around,” said Cartwright. “People just dump them around here. The dogs go wherever they can find food.””

      https://www.theepochtimes.com/71-year-old-man-mauled-to-death-by-7-dogs-in-texas-owner-arrested-sheriffs-office-says_4620118.html

      • A clowder of cats is generally no threat to humans, though a pack of feral dogs is a clear and present danger. Yes, a shot or two might cause the rest to run, but only far enough to observe. Then again, it might not cause them to back off at all. Feral dogs are dangerous, and I was fully engaged when I came across only three on my property. I was unarmed at the time(carrying while working is clumsy, to say the least), and my life was potentially at risk. One was a pitbull, and I’ve no idea about the others. The pitbull was the leader and I charged at it repeatedly making all kinds of noise. I got lucky and it eventually broke and ran, as did the others. I grabbed the closest piece of steel and kept it with me after that. I fully support the responsible carrying of at least a large magazine pistol, though again, there’s no easy way to carry while working in tight spaces.

        • In addition to the chest rig (Gunfighters Inc, Kenai holster) with a couple of spare mags taped up, a good jug of pepper spray gel; not too bad, belt rigs available – might be something to consider.
          Blinded (for a few min.) animals are less interested in fights and bites…

      • They’re “coydogs” — dogs which either breed with coyotes, or become coyote-like from running feral and learning how to survive.

        They are among the most dangerous of animals in North America, because they lack the fear of humans which every other wild animal possesses, and are both ruthless and cannibalistic.

        I know farmers who’ve lost cattle to them, and at least one rancher who’s lost at least one horse. Coydogs are serious shit, and NEVER to be taken lightly…

    • Every single restaurant in town has a “Help Wanted” sign up in some form or fashion … except Hooters. Hmmmm…..

  16. Yesterday at 12:58 pm Mr. Biden delivered the main course remarks from the WH State Dining Room on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Please disregard the 12 noon posted schedule commencement time.

    Nuts! I did not see a single mention of Mr. Putin’s name.

    Apparently tax credits count accountingese-wise as cutting the deficit? At $360 billion and aiming for $1.7 trillion? Job creation under the administration stands at 9 million! Mr. Biden noted an untaxed $40 billion had been found squirreled away by Fortune 500 companies that would now be subject to a 15% tax rate.

    Thank goodness now it’s Friday and the official White House schedule shows a blank slate for the president. Running a country is a tough nut to crack.

    Oh, pardon me. Belated congrats on yesterday’s first-ever and to be an annual national Ukraine holiday: Statehood Day. Legislation initiated last year by President
    Volodymyr Zelensky
    passed at the end of May. The holiday celebrates Ukraine independence as well as the baptism of Kiev in 988 ad by
    Volodymyr the Great.
    (Saint Volodymyr to the faithful)

  17. speaking of trees that are rarely harvested-here in the PNW, in addition to walnuts and hazelnuts, is apples. the sheer number of derelict apple trees along backroads, ditches and edges of fields that just drop their fruit every year, is pretty amazing. I’ve always thought if one could get organized and go pick them all up, they would be an excellent source of cheap feed for pigs or cows, but they could also be very valuable for people in lean times.

    And if you don’t already, always good to find a local source for fresh, raw milk instead of buying that unhealthy version they sell at the store.

  18. Ah yes. Nut bowls and cloth napkins.
    Nut bowls on the table must be either glass or ceramic. If nuts are offered on a snack table in a larger bowl, always with a nice spoon for ladling out. No finger-dipping!
    Check out some big box or craft stores for bandanas. These now come in all sorts of designs. A year or three ago I picked up a dozen with Christmas motif and another dozen with paisley print. About a dollar each. I think the price has gone up now.
    Assorted dampened fingertip sized terry towels work well with BBQ and crawfish boils.

  19. “…economic fundamentals usually win in the end.  But it can take a while.”

    But can you remain solvent longer than the market can remain irrational?
    And my munching nuts are Macadamias, of course!

    • Yes, indeed!! Second choice Pistachios ;-)

      However, I will never understand why the gloom????

      • 1st choice if from ME, much tastier, much more flavor than the fat, weak “new world’ nuts from Cali.

        ..the zon carries turkish stachios – pretty tasty and addictive

  20. FWIW I believe the Administration is gearing up to declare a general amnesty and debt forgiveness of ALL student loan debt — to be announced in mid-October.

    How susceptible are kollege kids, do y’all think, to flat-out bribes…?

    • Mid October might be a bit late, since many states have early voting for at least six weeks prior to Election Day.

      I can see people taking bribes, but would that actually change a vote? Votes are supposedly secret.

    • “How susceptible are kollege kids, do y’all think, to flat-out bribes…?”

      A big one to…@Ray….. a college grad that has school loans.. minimum six bucks an hour clear just to make the minimum payment.. at ten percent interest to I might add.. well that was what they wanted to charge my grand daughter.. her wage after school loans.. would be just a quarter more an hour than an hourly waged employee.. the huge reason why doctors and nurses rush to the VA healthcare system.. one they get the great medical coverage offered.. and their school loans are forgiven if they work x number of years..
      college girls.. are willing to trade some of their time in exchange for assistance to acquire books.. ( MIT HAS ONLINE COURSES and all the book materials available pdf) the cost though is you still have to pay to get the degree.. five grand a year will save them over fifty grand through time.. and why hang out with big mac and sixpack johnny when they can benefit by going out to a show or dinner a few times a month with someone that is either an over the road salesman or late shift worker..
      which is why I tell my grandkids go overseas and get an education.. so far only one has taken me up on that idea.. go to oxford for one.. great school.there.are really good schools in china and india with translated study materials but brandon is trying to make life a mess so neither of those could even be a possible option for an education at this point in time.. ..

      • I have a Filipino-American friend who got a nursing degree for $4k in the Philippines and came back to USA. He’s a qualified nurse, and then got some computer programming training and now builds medical software and websites. He will never hurt for a job, and manages to survive in the costly SanFran area.

      • “the cost though is you still have to pay to get the degree”

        Sort of. The way MIT (or Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, etc.) works is you takes da course, you haz da knowledge. If you want college credit for that course, you go to any accredited University and tell them “I took Engineering Fancy Widgets from MIT online and I’d like to get credit for it.” Your local college will call Cambridge and say “We have a student who studied Engineering Fancy Widgets from your online curriculum and wants credit for it.” MIT will then E-Mail your local college a *.PDF of the final exam for Engineering Fancy Widgets. Your college will administer the (pass/fail) test for a fee (mine charges $96 per test) and if you pass, you get the college credits from MIT (if you don’t, I believe you get one retake {for an additional fee} before they flunk you…)

        There were semesters where I went to school part-time. I worked, and when I didn’t have enough money for school, I’d cut my hours and get a second (or third) job. Student loans are a bullshit way of getting stuff you can’t afford to buy, using money you can’t afford to borrow…

      • “MIT will then E-Mail your local college a *.PDF of the final exam for Engineering Fancy Widgets.”
        at a cost.. per class is about four grand… to get that transferred.. then there is the cost at the new school for them to use those credits.. for a nursing degree.. just saying.. would be around fifty grand.. plus labs.. where you can go to another country.. the schooling is basically free.. except for books.. and living expenses.. you can get the same degree for under ten grand..like hanks friend that got his nursing degree for four grand.. I did know one nurse that got a degree in africa.. came to the USA and they wouldn’t accept the degree she had from the school she had gone to because of what they covered.. there.. the nursing degree they gave out.. was nothing more than a nursing assistants job here….

  21. While on the subject of eliminating paper amenities, I recommend using cloth hankies instead of kleenex (will I be arrested for use of a registered brand name?). I’ve been a kleenex freak my whole life, with a box in every room and in my car. When I began prepping years ago, I bought a remnant piece of ugly soft cloth of unknown origin and cut it into various sizes of rectangles to experiment with as kleenex replacements. Much to my surprise, I liked them, so kept experimenting and made many more. Prepper websites advise making hankies out of woven linen or cotton fabric, which requires that you hem all four sides. Too much work! I use soft knit fabrics that don’t need hemming. If I want to be fancy, I trim the edges with a pinking shears–not that anyone will ever see them. Am thinking of buying more fabric while it’s still available so I can make more if others (such as my kids) join me when the SHTF. I’ve saved LOADS of money over the years with these DIY hankies.

    • Being a hay fever allergy sufferer since age 10, my overworked sinuses can blow thru kleenex every time. (You think it’s funny, but it’s SNOT!) In high school I used to carry two cloth handkerchiefs. Both were soaked by noon time, and proceeded to soak the pants pockets they were in. So I have an aversion to cloth hankys now also. Paper towels are my preferred snot rags. But having experienced supply shortages of these, too, I am looking at a stock of cloth napkins now. Something a little heavier than the thin cotton kerchiefs.

    • I’ve been using cotton blend hankies for 60 years or more. My allergies were so bad as a kid I tied a roll of toilet paper to my belt and actually went to school that way. My mother had a fit when I got home and she saw it.

    • On Amazon they sell a wide variety of shop towels, bar mops or cleaning rags. No need to hem them.

  22. George,
    I was channel surfing this a.m. and as I passed by fox a story about today’s personal income report was playing. This was followed by a report on the latest inflation rate. There was only a one tenth of a percent difference between the numbers reported. Hmmm.

    “Let return now to those thrilling days of yesteryear”
    I remember when flour did come in cloth sacks which were turned into dish towels and pillow cases. Mom taught us to cross stitch decorations on them.

    Long walks/drives in the Ohio country side that went past wild walnut, hickory and beech trees. If you could find the Amish bakery, they sold hickory nut cinnamon rolls that were a real treat.

    Black walnuts:
    Owned a house with a yard full of young walnut trees. The nuts are very hard to crack. When one falls off the tree and hits the roof over your bedroom the sound will bring you bolt upright out a sound sleep. The old Chevy had several dents on the hood. They are very hard on the lawnmower. Nothing will grow under one. But looking ahead I may come to regret selling the place and moving.

    Had a friend with a talent for finding morel mushrooms. Where she found them was a closely guarded secret.

    Observation:
    The wife reports fewer shoppers in the local grocery stores. She also reports a change in local grocery shopping habits. Shoppers are taking more time with comparison decisions, not between but if. There are also reports on local media about longer lines at the food banks. How about $15 for a pound package of hotdogs?

    30

    • ” How about $15 for a pound package of hotdogs?”

      Then 19.99 for (4) preformed “Rib-eye Burger Patties”
      sounds reasonable. I hope they will taste as the label implies? ;-)

  24. Gold. That’s a 16/20 buy for execution Monday your sheet time. Just thought I would mention it. This time george is rolling around pissed listening to music , pumping his heart. Got one? So this comment will never get seen . I’m opening up on the other stuff . My indicators are definitive. Not like bobby pretzel and the other wave riding storytellers

  25. Ure nuts and napkins meme is a tough act to follow. I found a Planters mix on Amazon that looks interesting:

    https://www.amazon.com/Planters-Deluxe-Mixed-Nuts-27/dp/B078J62RYJ/ref=sr_1_5?crid=BHQHEI4JM0XW&keywords=planters+nuts+mixed&qid=1659147227&sprefix=planters+nuts+mixed%2Caps%2C143&sr=8-5

    And speaking of nuts, it looks like we’re heading into August with Joe back in the driver’s seat. I noticed that Joe is pressing forward with the border wall just as the DC mayor calls out for the national guard. Bet she gets more migrants, and not the Guardsmen. I wonder if Hunter is moving into border boondoggles?

    • “I wonder if Hunter is moving into border boondoggles?”

      Nah.. I read that they’re keeping him and his perverted lifestyle on ice in a 25 million dollar govt. Funded mansion with a whole security team working as his protectors and for pimp negotiators to keep him out of the public..before he was basically shoving his lifestyle in everyone’s face..

  27. Florida once again has giant calamitous snails that spew parasitic brain worms

    Officials in Florida are again battling a highly invasive, extraordinarily destructive giant snail species that also happens to be capable of spreading parasitic worms that invade human brains.

    The giant African land snail (GALS)—aka Lissachatina fulica—can grow up to 20 centimeters (8 inches) long and is considered “one of the most invasive pests on the planet,” according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. It ravenously feasts on over 500 plant species—including many valuable fruits, vegetables, and ornamentals—while prolifically spawning, pushing out several thousand eggs in its multiyear life span.

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/07/florida-battling-giant-savage-snails-that-spread-brain-invading-worms-again/
    __________

    It’s official: Monkeypox is now Schlong Covid…

    “Monkeypox” is the Gorilla Glue of disease brand names: highly memorable. So therefore the NYC Health Czar wants the word “monkeypox” canceled because the disease, which so far is spread by gay hedonism, is embarrassing to privileged persons such as gays.

    https://www.revolver.news/2022/07/its-official-monkeypox-is-now-schlong-covid/

  28. Russia claims 40 Ukrainian POWs killed in strike with US HIMARS, Ukraine decries ‘brutal execution’

    Russia’s Defense Ministry on Friday claimed that at least 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed after U.S.-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) were used by Ukrainian armed forces to strike occupied territory in the Donbas, and hit a Russian detention center.

    A Ukrainian defense official denied the claims and told Fox News Digital it was likely a “brutal execution of POWs.” The official said they have “99 percent certainty that this was a Russian strike.”

    https://www.foxnews.com/world/russia-claims-40-ukrainian-pows-killed-strike-us-himars-ukraine-decries-brutal-execution

    ‘Cuz a technology that can build a space station and park it in orbit is ever so likely to shoot itself in the barracks…

  29. China Threatens to Shoot Down Pelosi’s Plane if She Makes a Stop in Taiwan

    “If U.S. fighter jets escort Pelosi’s plane into Taiwan, it is invasion,” Hu Xijin, an analyst for the Chinese state-controlled Global Times propaganda outlet tweeted, according to the Free Beacon. “The PLA has the right to forcibly dispel Pelosi’s plane and the U.S. fighter jets, including firing warning shots and making tactical movement of obstruction. If ineffective, then shoot them down.”

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/07/china-threatens-shoot-pelosis-plane-makes-stop-taiwan/

    This isn’t even good “bad theatre.” The Chicoms have owned Pelousy since the previous millennium.

    So, Creepy Joe is probably going to launch the B-52s shortly before Nasty enters Taiwanese air space. Doesn’t matter — It’ll all be an act. I strongly suggest folks look around to see what else is going on while Biden is burning off a couple million gallons of jet-A in airplanes that’re old enough to draw Social Security…

    • nasty has had her “card” pulled – for not following “orders”..

      say bye bye birdie”

      • I am still shocked that she is riding on an airplane.. she sure would have been a smaller target if she was using her normal mode of transportation..
        https://youtu.be/EdNwbvMPIxs
        what surprises me.. is Ted has been quiet about all the crap going on. I actually expected him to be a spokesman.. but he isn’t.. which is really really disappointing.. .

      • He’ll scramble the ones on Guam and Okinawa…

        Doesn’t matter, it’s just a show.

        ‘Thing is, this could all have been avoided, by not telegraphing an itinerary. Since it wasn’t, there has to be a reason why…

      • “‘Thing is, this could all have been avoided, by not telegraphing an itinerary. Since it wasn’t, there has to be a reason why…”

        That’s what baffles me.. I totally get Ukraine.. they didn’t want to loose what they already had in place.. but China.. they produce everything we depend on..

  30. Fresh new Joe Biden sniffing video emerges…

    Dad ran into Joe on a biking trail in Delaware and got a live sniffing video:

    He reminds me of the old man in the song “Agualung”

    Sitting on a park bench
    Eyeing little girls with bad intent

    Snot’s running down his nose
    Greasy fingers, smearing shabby clothes
    Hey, Aqualung

    Drying in the cold sun
    Watching as the frilly panties run
    Hey, Aqualung

    https://www.revolver.news/2022/07/fresh-new-joe-biden-sniffing-video-emerges/

    Words escape me…

  31. White House insists Biden ‘not finishing’ border wall after DHS green-lights new construction

    The White House says it is “not finishing” President Trump’s border wall after Homeland Security gave the go-ahead to complete unfinished sections of the barrier in Arizona. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre balked at the notion that President Biden is reversing course after vowing not to build “another foot” of the wall.

    https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jul/29/white-house-insists-biden-not-finishing-border-wal/

    Is it not even possible for this Administration to, except for the Creeper’s faux pas tell the truth…?

  32. We went into town to get hay and some other items yesterday. Walked into Dollar Tree and in the sale basket up front was about 2 dozen cans of evaporated milk all marked at .90 cents each. After the discount they were .45 cents each. Since this is a big component of the dogie goats’ milk recipe we use every Winter we snagged them all. Expiration dates on them are some time next year but we all know about those dates, now, don’t we?

    Evaporated milk used to be less than .75 cents a can or less at HEB for forever looking back but now they’ve shot to well over a dollar, I want to say $1.25 or more, per can. I see SOOOO many uses for those Biden “I did that” stickers every time I go to town.

    • Discount at Dollar Tree? Is this something we should know about? I’ve never heard of one.

      • It was some of their inventory they were moving out and wanted to get rid of. I thought the 90 cent price marked on the cans WAS the discounted price but was happy to find otherwise. Poor checkout guy had to enter a special code for each can.

  33. Opining and reminiscing as the empire dies. Urban Survival, the rocking chair of the boomer generation. Gives you something to do, but doesn’t get you very far!

    Interesting that everybody’s favorite nuts are the most expensive, much less imported. Hopefully folks aren’t thinking oil roasted nuts are really nuts, much less healthy.

    A bit schizophrenic to write about depression in one section and then say depression has already started in another. You all should be good little sheep and think about recession and depression only when your MSMasters tell you, and not until. Eventually you will wait until they tell you when you can take a dump. Ever thing about the fact they even tax your toilet paper.

    As for prepping, it is simply a pipe dream unless you have a close knit group of at least 12 for security. Because when things get tough your best friend/neighbor will kill you in your sleep for a couple of cans of food. And you are also in a fantasy world prepping if you have not turned off your utilities for a week to find the weaknesses in your prep. You know, like flushing the toilet and the turd does not disappear, forever!

    And it’s amazing how docile everyone is, just sitting there waiting hopefully while the biggest sh*t storm in the world intensifies right over their heads.

    There is a hidden downside to the (population) decline of a highly developed country like the USA. Texas has 140k of power lines, but only enough workers to maintain half of that. A million trucks, drivers for half. A million planes, crew for half, etc. Do the math. The inability to maintain the aged USA infrastructure is everywhere.

    • Mic and I don’t have many disagreements, but when the US dollar collapses, the Ures will still have their land and home in Texas, there will still be rain and water. And we will have many rounds and few worries, save what the perimeter drones inform us in coming.
      My fear to Mic is that he will wake up when the dollar crashes and find that the once friendly people have nowq become viciously anti american. We will be blamed (and why not?) for collapsing the world in the quest for the most for the fewest. Hard work is out of style.

      It’s going to be bad – on food and power – which is why both of us – Ecuador and the US – have done basically the sane things: Control your own power, food, and water. The rest is negotiable.

      • Rumor has that organized hate actions against US expats is already starting in Mexico. Best for the expats to keep their papers up to date. A concealed passport card can come in handy.

      • This is why I have said that when we go, everybody goes. Assuming the U.S. crashes & burns, EE will have about 4 months, as will the folks in Costa Rica and other expat hangouts. If’fn I lived south of Mexico City I would have an invisible from air, redoubt buried in the forests or jungles somewhere, or either a fast, or seagoing boat stashed in a hidden cove…

      • When the military aged illegals step into the uniforms that the service members who refused The Jab were forced out of then the question of where the safe places are will become the most asked question. The best answer to that scenario will be the remaining true American service members splitting off to defend their natural born citizens.

        Exciting times ahead.

    • “You know, like flushing the toilet and the turd does not disappear, forever!”

      I can relate to that. I keep flushing my toilet hoping the turd in the White House will disappear, but no luck yet!

  34. One thing that occurred to me about the Pelosi trip is that perhaps her arrival will complicate a preplanned invasion of Taiwan this weekend or early August! Perhaps they’re trying to scare her off for now. I really don’t know – it was just a thought. I’m not sure that she’d even be on the announced plane – she might ride in on something else and the announcement is just a diversion. I despise the woman and her ilk – but having her eliminated by Chinese action at this point may not be helpful to us at all.

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