The Crazy Train Rolls On

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Well, as I sit down tonight to write the news is talking all bout how Romney is moving forward thanks to wins in the Michigan and Arizona primaries. At this point, unless something crazy happens, he’ll be the nominee going up against Obama this fall. Sorry, Ron Paul guys … aint happening this year. But [...]

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Three Things You Must Consider For Your Preps

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We all know that the economic climate around the world is pretty awful. The job situation still sucks, stock markets world wide are collapsing, and the outlook isn’t getting better. In fact, it’s getting worse. Right now it looks like we may be on the edge of another major credit crunch. Financial companies are dropping [...]

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The Inevitable Debt Bomb

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Full disclosure time. I’ve been in a pretty big funk lately. There’s a number of reasons, and probably quite a few that I don’t know about. All in all, I haven’t felt the writing muse for a while. It’s tough to write about preparedness related stuff while keeping a positive tilt on things, and lately [...]

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The Entitlement Trap Closes

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(Warning: A bit of language slipped into this one … I got a little excited. I left it in because it’s how I genuinely feel, but if you don’t like a few choice words, you may want to skip a few parts…) Despite the focus of most of the world and the press being solidly [...]

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An Alarming Economic Picture

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I don’t really want to harp on our economic issues too often, but there have been a few tidbits in the news lately that I feel compelled to discuss. Despite the current claims by the national media and the government, things just aren’t going all that well. Our Oh So Sustainable Deficit Our federal deficit [...]

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Delusions and Deceptions

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If you listen to the national media you will consistently hear that the outlook for the future is rosy!  You should probably invest in a good pair of shades! Employment is recovering. Washington DC is getting serious about cutting spending. Inflation isn’t happening. We believe them, right? Maybe not. Unemployment Is Far Far Worse Than [...]

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The American Dream

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Take thirty minutes and sit down to watch this video clip.  You won’t regret it. You will walk away with a new perspective on things. After you watch it, pass it on to other people.

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Are You Ready For Austerity Riots?

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Nobody expects it to happen here.  We go about our day to day lives expecting nothing much to change.  Yet beneath the calm and normal exterior of your average American existence lies something completely unexpected. The veneer of civilization is razor thin.  And most people do not understand just how quickly things can devolve into [...]

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Three Things You Must Consider To Protect Yourself From Inflation

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I know this is a hot topic because I’ve gotten several emails and a few Twitter messages about ways to guard against the continually eroding dollar.  The thought of ending up with paper money worth no more than the paper that it’s printed on is a bit scary to say the least. As you know [...]

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Anatomy of an Economic Collapse – Zimbabwe

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I wrote last week about the historical economic collapse of the Weimar Republic due to hyperinflation.  Today I want to write about another collapse that is more recent but also very different in root cause.  The core of the collapse remains hyperinflation, but in the case if Zimbabwe the causes of hyperinflation are drastically different. [...]

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