Taking back control-- one small step at a time

 

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Taking back control-- one small step at a time

At the height of World War II, when American soldiers were on the front lines in Europe and the Pacific battling for the very survival of civilization, life back home was starting to feel pretty bleak. The psychological toll alone was severe. Countless families had a husband, father, brother, or son fighting in the war, so people worried about their loved ones’ safety on a daily basis. And just about everyone stressed about the outcome of the war and prayed that the Nazis didn’t overwhelm Allied forces. On top of the mental stress, resources were scarce. Every spare scrap of food, lumber, and metal was shipped off to the troops, and the government started rationing supplies back home. Meat, milk, butter, sugar, gasoline, etc. were all strictly rationed, and people had to stand in line, tired, stressed, and worried, to receive their weekly allotment. Bear in mind this was right after the Great Depression; people had spent the last decade barely surviving. Yet when the war broke out, life became even more overwhelming. But when just about everything seemed out of control, some people started taking matters into their own hands. Little by little, Americans started planting ‘Victory Gardens’. They transformed city parks, suburban lawns, and even windowsills into food plots. And before long, roughly one third of all vegetables consumed in the United States came from these Victory Gardens. Sure, it was helpful for the war effort so that more food could be shipped to the front lines. But Victory Gardens became a huge boost to the people’s morale and individual sanity. A Victory Garden was a way to take back control. You couldn’t control Hitler. You couldn’t control the economy. But you could plant a seed, water it, and with a tiny bit of effort, create food… something that would bring real benefit to you, your family, and your community. Today, it’s pretty obvious that the world is entering a critical period that will present enormous challenges. We’re grappling with extreme economic uncertainty. Government debt is skyrocketing everywhere. Central banks are printing money without any sense of control or limitation. Tens of millions of people are unemployed, with 68% of CEOs recently saying they expect to either lay off more people, or not hire any new workers. We continue to experience a global pandemic that will not disappear no matter how Draconian government lockdown measures become. We have constant social conflict-- rioting, violence, and an absurd level of polarization that keeps people at each other’s throats. 2020 has definitely made a lot of people feel like giving up… or at least want to go into hibernation and say, “Wake me up when this is all over… and everything goes back to normal.” ‘Normal’ is probably not going to happen. The reality I think everyone needs to prepare for is that this is not going to end… not for a long, long time. The economic consequences, for example, haven’t even really begun yet; we will be paying for the cost of these trillions of dollars worth of bailouts for years, potentially decades to come. And the political and social turmoil is only in its opening movements; the crescendo is likely years away-- anyone who thinks the peaceful protesters and Twitter mob are going to lay down their torches and go away anytime soon is fooling themselves. It’s normal to feel frustrated. Even nervous or scared. But giving up is simply not an option. Just like people back home during World War II, even doing small things to take back control-- like Victory Gardens-- proved to be enormously beneficial. Now, I’m not talking about literally growing food… although there’s never any downside in doing so. Being able to produce even a small portion of your own food supply is a very powerful feeling. What I’m really talking about are small steps to increase your independence. For example, having some gold and silver locked away in a safe that you control means that you have a form of emergency savings that’s protected from inflation, or any potential problems in the banking system. Additionally, a second passport means you have at least one other option outside your home country to live, work, and raise a family. It means one single country does not hold total control over your ability to travel. When you start adding up all the different ways to take your power back, you find almost infinite combinations of possibilities. Of the 200 or so countries on earth, you have dozens to choose from for a second residency or citizenship. And many countries offer various ways to gain citizenship based on ancestry, naturalization, investment, marriage, adoption, etc. Likewise, gold and silver certainly aren’t the only ways to store wealth. There is land, art, wine, watches, or even collectible firearms. Again, there are vast permutations of choices; you even have options within options. For example, if you choose to buy precious metals, you could choose between bullion or rare coins. At-home storage, or a secure facility overseas. Physical metal versus ‘tokenized’ gold. Another example is doing small things to reduce your taxes-- like maximizing retirement contributions, setting up a more robust retirement plan, or investing in an opportunity zone. There is no one size fits all solution to take your power back; every individual has different goals, constraints, and a unique set of circumstances. And that’s a good thing. Individual choice is why humans have always overcome the most extreme challenges, and why we always emerge stronger, more prosperous than ever. To your freedom,

 

 

Simon Black, Founder, SovereignMan.com

 

 

 

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The issue of censorship by major tech companies is a precarious one, and I'm becoming increasingly suspicious of the nature of the debate. There are some complexities, but it can be boiled down to this:

Big tech social media conglomerates argue that their websites are like any other private business and that they are protected from government interference by the Constitution. In other words, they have a right to platform or deplatform anyone they choose. Of course, they have decided that the people they want to deplatform most are conservatives and anyone else who disagrees with hard left ideologies such as social justice movements or the handling of the pandemic situation. Statements or comments that run contrary to leftist philosophies are simply labeled "hate speech" or "conspiracy theory" and erased.

The public has been led to believe that government and corporations are separate tools that can be used to keep each side in check. This is a lie. Big government and big corporations have always worked together while pretending to be disconnected, and this needs to stop if we are to ever defuse the political time bomb we now face.

Today, certain corporations continue to enjoy government protections while also enjoying government welfare. Meaning, these companies get a legal shield while also getting the advantage of tax incentives and taxpayer dollars.

For example, Google (Alphabet and YouTube) has long received huge tax breaks as well as rarely if ever being forced to pay for the massive bandwidth the company uses. In fact, YouTube was facing bandwidth affordability issues, but when it was purchased by Alphabet and Google it no longer had to worry about — Google gets over 21 times more bandwidth than it actually pays for.

The same rules apply to companies like Twitter, Facebook, Netflix, Apple, etc. All of them enjoy extensive tax breaks as well as cheap bandwidth that makes it impossible for small and medium-sized businesses to compete, even if they operate on a superior model or have superior ideas. Many times the corporations pay no taxes whatsoever while smaller businesses are crippled by overt payments.

 

Joe Biden Listed as Criminal Suspect in Ukrainian Court

Biden, the presumptive Democratic president nominee, has been formally listed in a criminal case for the crime of firing Ukraine’s former prosecutor General Viktor Shokin in exchange for dropping an investigation into his son, Hunter.

The People’s Republic of China — a rogue state by virtually any definition, the chief rival of the United States internationally, and an enemy of liberty around the world — is gaining ground in our real-estate market and our media industry. To allow them to get so close to the heart of America is a mistake of potentially world-changing proportions!

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The Slow Venezuelization of America

 

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Is this the ‘least’ important election ever?

The New York Times, the ‘paper of record,’ recently wrote a piece called, “Venezuela, Once an Oil Giant, Reaches the End of an Era.”

The article, though 1,800+ words long, mentions only in passing the country’s “gross mismanagement” of the economy, instead placing much of the focus on the impact of U.S. sanctions. Though indeed the U.S. sanctions were undoubtedly devastating, the Venezuelan government, which has micro-managed its economy into oblivion, hasn’t done its country many favors.

Widespread political corruption, seizure of businesses, and driving out anything with a whiff of private enterprise certainly played no small part in turning the once-wealthy nation into South America’s “Hey, at least we’re not [fill in the blank].”

Hyperinflation, price controls, and barely symbolic minimum wage raises: “It’s a repeat of the never-ending cycle that we’ve been entrapped for so many years now,” says Venezuelan Christian K. Caruzo, “except now it comes with a twist: The ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has disrupted everyone’s lives and has greatly exacerbated those three heads of the socialist hydra.

“The added novelty,” Caruzo adds, “if it can be called that, is that the mandatory masks visually cover your astonishment (or lack thereof) when something you bought last week is suddenly twice as expensive.”

But, as they say…

If you can’t convince someone of their mistakes, make very similar mistakes, but double down X1,000 and really show ‘em how it’s done.

(Or something like that.)

The Slow Venezuelization of America 

“Yesterday,” our macro maven Graham Summers pointed out, “the U.S. PPI and Core PPI (two key metrics of inflation) recorded a 0.4% increase in inflation for the month of September. This sounds like a very small move until you consider that it was largely due to just one component (food inflation) surging 1.2% over the same time period.”

Even 1.2%, to the untrained eye, doesn’t sound like a big deal in the grand scheme, especially given what’s happening elsewhere in the world.

(Unless, of course, you’re already finding it difficult to put food on the table… which is, of course, tragically, true for millions of Americans.)

Whatever the case, this trend, Graham says, should be on everyone’s radar.

“Because,” he writes, “according to the Fed’s own research, food inflation is the single best predictor of future inflation in the U.S. And a 1.2% increase in a single month for food prices across the board (not just one area like meat or dairy) is a BIG deal.”

Point blank: “higher inflation is seeping into the financial system.”

Despite what it looks like on the surface, the markets aren’t completely asleep at the wheel.

“Which is why,” Graham points out, “gold has erupted higher against every major currency (the $USD, the Euro, the Swiss Franc, and the Japanese Yen).”

And why wouldn’t it? “After all, central banks and policy makers have gone NUCLEAR in their money printing in the last six months.”

One strangely-worded CNBC headline from August says it all: 

The Least Important Election… Ever?

Along this vein, John Rubino of the Dollar Collapse blog recently penned a piece on why he believes the upcoming election is the least important election of our lifetimes.

Of course, 99.99% of those who read it will vehemently disagree -- so much so, it could even spark another one of those screamy TikTok videos -- but Rubino’s point was this:

No matter who gets into office, we’ll be faced with financial turmoil on a level beyond what can reasonably be controlled, let alone turned on its heels in four years.

“The pandemic,” he wrote, “turbocharged a process of hyper-financialization that was already underway, and now whoever is in charge next will have no choice but to keep bailing out everything in sight with tens of trillions of newly created dollars.

“This,” Rubino suspects, “will shift the pressure from bankrupt states and insolvent companies to the currency. Prices will start to rise as the dollar falls. And the fears of today’s voters will seem in retrospect like quaint fantasies from a simpler and embarrassingly naïve time.”

And that’s when the true “Venezuelization” of America could occur.

Right or wrong…

You might find the conclusion of Rubino’s piece a tad more agreeable than the premise:

“Buy Gold”

We can’t predict the future. But whatever happens, you’re never without options. There are a few time-tested ways to protect yourself from any potential fallout.

One of them, of which we have long made the case, is gold.

Furthermore, our friends at the Hard Assets Alliance have long held the “skeleton key” for any investor looking for safe and simple exposure to precious metals.

All aboard the Biden Venezuela Express to socialist disaster…

What part of this Biden admission to extortion don’t Dems get-Why do these hypocrites support him?

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/09/27/flashback_2018_joe_biden_brags_at_cfr_meeting_about_withholding_aid_to_ukraine_to_force_firing_of_prosecutor.html

 

According to PEW, 40% of US students are favorable to socialism - thanks to the Marxist teachers who have indoctrinated our kids...

SIDEBAR:

A shortage of ammunition in the U.S. is set to continue following records firearms sales this year, Newsweek reports. Reasons suggested for the high arms sales figures include uncertainty amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the upcoming presidential election, and civil unrest seen in recent months across the country. “During President [Donald] Trump's administration, the number of concealed handgun permits has soared to over 19.48 million — a 34 percent increase over 2016,” said a Crime Prevention Research Center report released earlier this month. The report also said 17 states “no longer provide data on all the people who are legally carrying a concealed handgun because people in those states no longer need a permit to carry.”

Bombshell videos reveal why Biden, Obama may 'hang for treason'

According to numerous firsthand sources and witnesses, a treasure trove of audio, video and photographic evidence exists that reveals Obama, Clinton, Brennan and Biden to be complicit in outright treason against America.

These traitors ran a multi-billion dollar payoff and bribery operation with Iran, staged the fake killing of Osama Bin Laden, then had the entire Seal Team Six that carried out the Bin Laden raid executed in a staged accident to cover up their own crimes.

See the full story and videos here.

 

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Former Twitter CEO says capitalists will be the first to be shot in the revolution

The CEO of the digital currency exchange Coinbase recently banned politics at work, and he offered generous severance packages to anyone who didn’t like that decision.

But the former CEO of Twitter from 2010-2015, Dick Costelo, thinks staying out of politics deserves a death sentence.

Costelo, apparently a recovering capitalist, tweeted: “Me-first capitalists who think you can separate society from business are going to be the first people lined up against the wall and shot in the revolution. I’ll happily provide video commentary.”

This is what these woke Bolsheviks stand for-- death to infidels, burn the witches, off with their bourgeois heads!

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Stage has been set for a historic national meltdown…how to prepare

 

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The stage has been set for a historic national meltdown…

Everything that has happened in 2020 so far has set us up for a grand finale that none of us will ever forget.  This year we have already witnessed the worst public health crisis in about a hundred years, widespread lockdowns all over the nation, a crippling economic collapse and civil unrest in major cities across America.  To say that the American people are in a bad mood would be a major understatement.  Now we are less than a month away from a bitterly contested presidential election, and as you will see below, one survey recently found that a majority of Americans are expecting violence.  That is extremely unfortunate, but these are the times in which we live.  Our country is literally falling apart all around us, and nobody seems to have a way to stop it from happening.

And the worse economic conditions become, the worse the mood of the nation is going to get.  On Thursday, we learned that another 840,000 Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week…

The latest jobless claims figures from the Labor Department, which cover the week ending Oct. 2, show that 840,000 workers sought aid last week, about four-times the pre-crisis level. More than 63 million Americans have sought jobless aid since the coronavirus lockdowns began in mid-March.

If someone had told me late last year that 63 million Americans would file new claims for unemployment benefits this year, I would have thought that person was crazy.

Prior to 2020, the worst number for a single week in all of U.S. history was 695,000, and now we have been way above that figure every single week of this pandemic.

Of course the layoffs just keep rolling along.  Right now, it is being reported that WarnerMedia expects to lay off thousands of workers in the coming weeks…

AT&T’s WarnerMedia is preparing a restructuring that seeks to reduce costs by as much as 20% as the COVID-19 panic drains income from movie tickets, cable subscriptions and TV ads, reports The Wall Street Journal.

The layoffs are expected to begin in the coming weeks and would result in thousands of layoffs across Warner Bros. studios and TV channels like HBO, TBS and TNT, the paper said.

Personally, I wouldn’t be saddened if WarnerMedia completely shut down on a permanent basis.  They produce an endless barrage of garbage programming that is corrupting the minds of millions of Americans, and our society would definitely be better off without them.

But at the same time that millions upon millions of Americans have been losing their jobs, those at the very top of the economic food chain have been getting even wealthier thanks to the Federal Reserve’s reckless intervention in the financial markets.

At this point, the top one percent of all Americans have more than 15 times more money than the bottom 50 percent combined…

According to the latest Fed data, the top 1% of Americans have a combined net worth of $34.2 trillion (or 30.4% of all household wealth in the U.S.), while the bottom 50% of the population holds just $2.1 trillion combined (or 1.9% of all wealth).

If you think that there isn’t a lot of resentment out there, then you haven’t been paying attention.

We are seeing the rise of a “Robin Hood mentality” among many that live in deeply impoverished areas, and when things get really crazy out there they are going to be hitting wealthy neighborhoods really hard.

Unfortunately, a lot of people believe that this upcoming election could potentially be the spark that sets off a lot more civil unrest.  Personally, I have such a bad feeling about what is going to happen, and I believe that having so many people voting by mail could cause all sorts of problems.

In fact, even the mainstream media is admitting that we could see a million ballots that are sent through the mail rejected for one reason or another…

Absentee ballot rejections this November are projected to reach historic levels, risking widespread disenfranchisement of minority voters and the credibility of election results, a USA TODAY, Columbia Journalism Investigations and PBS series FRONTLINE investigation found.

At least 1.03 million absentee ballots could be tossed if half of the nation votes by mail. Discarded votes jump to 1.55 million if 75% of the country votes absentee. In the latter scenario, more than 185,000 votes could be lost in Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin – states considered key to capturing the White House.

Any system of voting that could potentially disenfranchise a million voters is deeply broken and should not be used.

But at this point it is too late to do anything about it.  More than 6 million people have already voted, and more votes are being sent in with each passing day.

Of course millions of other Americans are also deeply concerned about the integrity of this election.  Just check out the results of a recent YouGov survey…

The YouGov poll of 1,999 registered voters found that nearly half – 47% – disagree with the idea that the election “is likely to be fair and honest.” And that slightly more than half – 51% – won’t “generally agree on who is the legitimately elected president of the United States.” The online poll was conducted Oct.1-2 and has a margin of error of +/- 2.56 percentage points.

In essence, about half the country believes that this election may not be legitimate.

That is a major national crisis right there.

In addition, YouGov has also found that 56 percent of Americans believe that there will be “an increase in violence as a result of the election”…

In addition, a YouGov poll of 1,505 voters found that 56% said they expect to see “an increase in violence as a result of the election.” That question had a margin of error of 4.2 percentage points.

This definitely is not the America that I grew up in.

In the old days, nobody would have ever imagined widespread violence after a presidential election.

Another recent survey discovered that a whopping 61 percent of Americans believe that “the U.S. could be on the verge of another Civil War”.

We have never seen anything like this before, and at this point it is undeniable that our society is breaking down all around us.

But instead of bringing us together, the results of this upcoming election are only going to deepen our divisions no matter who wins.

Everything that our forefathers worked so hard to build is at risk, and we are getting very, very close to crossing the point of no return.

***Michael’s new book entitled “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America” is now available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.***

 

 

 

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 The US PPI and Core PPI (two key metrics of inflation) recorded a 0.4% increase in inflation for the month of September. This sounds like a very small move until you consider that it was largely due to just one component (food inflation) surging 1.2% over the same time period.

Because according to the Fed’s own research, food inflation is the single best predictor of future inflation in the U.S. And a 1.2% increase in a single month for food prices across the board (not just one area like meat or dairy) is a BIG deal.

What's next for the Dollar ?

We'll it is in downtrend. However, I doubt we are going to see a similar trend lower as that we have already witnessed, that would be too easy. More likely is that the dollar does not have much downside left and could rally towards resistance along $95. So implies continuing weakness towards voting day followed by a post election bounce, which closely matches my seasonal Gold pattern expectations i.e. strong Gold price into October then a weak November, mild December before Gold awakens once more during the new year for another spurt higher.

Gold / SIlver Ratio

Gold price of $1975 divided by the Silver price of $28.5 results in a ratio of 69.3, this is down from a peak of 131! So you can very well understand why I have been stating for some time that Silver was a extremely cheap compared to Gold, In fact in my last Gold analysis way back in January the ratio was 89

 

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The politics of fear have done their job and frightened Americans on a level almost no one alive has seen.

A Biden win will ensures higher prices n everything, shortages, erosion of our rights & big socialist changes

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Former Twitter CEO says capitalists will be the first to be shot in the revolution

The CEO of the digital currency exchange Coinbase recently banned politics at work, and he offered generous severance packages to anyone who didn’t like that decision.

But the former CEO of Twitter from 2010-2015, Dick Costelo, thinks staying out of politics deserves a death sentence.

Costelo, apparently a recovering capitalist, tweeted: “Me-first capitalists who think you can separate society from business are going to be the first people lined up against the wall and shot in the revolution. I’ll happily provide video commentary.”

This is what these woke Bolsheviks stand for-- death to infidels, burn the witches, off with their bourgeois heads!

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