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THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY – PART THREE

“You see in this world there’s two kinds of people, my friend. Those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig.” –  Blondie – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly “There are two kinds of people in the...

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DECLINE, DECAY, DENIAL, DELUSION, & DESPAIR

The majority of Americans seem OK with just waddling through life, accepting the lies and misinformation blasted from the boob tube and their various iGadgets by their owners, gorging themselves to...

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HEY YOU

 Hey you, out there on the road always doing what you’re told, Can you help me? Hey you, out there beyond the wall, Breaking bottles in the hall, Can you help me? Hey you, don’t tell me there’s no hope...

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2013 – DENSE FOG TURNS INTO TOXIC SMOG

In mid-January of this year I wrote my annual prediction article for 2013 – Apparitions in the Fog. It is again time to assess my inability to predict the future any better than a dart throwing monkey....

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RETAIL DEATH RATTLE GROWS LOUDER

The definition of death rattle is a sound often produced by someone who is near death when fluids such as saliva and bronchial secretions accumulate in the throat and upper chest. The person can’t...

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OUR TOTALITARIAN FUTURE – PART TWO

In Part One, I asked questions your keepers don’t want to answer truthfully, while providing the contextual setting for how our over-populated world is progressing relentlessly towards a future of war...

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TO INFINITY, BEYOND & BACK TO EARTH

There are two ways to buy Chinese slave labor produced stuff you don’t need at one of our millions of mega-retailers. You can pay cash from your latest payroll direct deposit or you can whip out one of...

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CHRISTMAS IN OCTOBER – DESPERATE MEASURES

The desperation of retailers grows by the day. I head to Wal-Mart and Giant in Harleysville every Sunday morning at 7:00 am. to do my weekly grocery shopping. I go to Wal-Mart at opening to avoid the...

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NO ONE TOLD YOU WHEN TO RUN, YOU MISSED THE STARTING GUN

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way. Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town Waiting for someone or something to show you...

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CONSUMER DEBT REACHES NEW ALL-TIME HIGH

The Federal Reserve reported consumer credit outstanding as of the end of May. Great news. Consumers added $17.1 billion of new debt to their balance sheets and now owe a record $2.573 Trillion....

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ARE YOU SEEING WHAT I’M SEEING?

Is it just me, or are the signs of consumer collapse as clear as a Lowes parking lot on a Saturday afternoon? Sometimes I wonder if I’m just seeing the world through my pessimistic lens, skewing my...

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UNFORGIVEN – PART FIVE

    “You’d be William Munny out of Missouri, killer of women and children”. – Little Bill Daggett – Unforgiven   “That’s right, I’ve killed women and children, I’ve killed just about everything that...

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THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY – PART THREE

“You see in this world there’s two kinds of people, my friend. Those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig.” –  Blondie – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly “There are two kinds of people in the...

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DEPARTMENT STORE RESULTS IMPLODING

The government issued their monthly retail sales this past week and four of the biggest department store chains in the country announced their quarterly results. The year over year retail sales...

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FOURTH TURNING: CRISIS OF TRUST – PART 2

In Part 1 of this article I discussed the catalyst spark which ignited this Fourth Turning and the seemingly delayed regeneracy. In Part 2 I will ponder possible Grey Champion prophet generation...

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CONFUSION, DELUSIONS & ILLUSIONS

Two recent surveys, along with numerous other studies and data, reveal most American households to be living on the brink of catastrophe, but continuing to act in a reckless and delusionary manner....

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DERANGED CENTRAL BANKERS BLOWING UP THE WORLD

It is now self-evident to any sentient being (excludes CNBC shills, Wall Street shyster economists, and Keynesian loving politicians) the mountainous level of unpayable global debt is about to crash...

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VOTING TO DESTROY THE ESTABLISHMENT

“The inability to predict outliers implies the inability to predict the course of history” ― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable “I know that history is going to...

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Drowning In Debt: 35% Of Americans Have Debt That Is At Least 180 Days Past Due

Submitted by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, More than a third of all Americans can’t pay their debts.  I don’t know about you, but to me that is a shocking figure.  As you will see...

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Black Friday: The Holiday Surge in U.S. Consumer Debt and Spending

Courtesy of: Visual Capitalist Next week, Black Friday and Cyber Monday will kick off the start to the U.S. holiday shopping season, during which consumers are expected to spend a total of $655.8...

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