World in chaos, affecting you?

Im fucked.

togmaster said:

Retirement???? What's that?

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I'm thinking its getting elected and joining the club now ...

holdover said:

Im fucked.

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Why?

All is well.

Defilade said:

All is well.

Congress Just Gave Itself A 21 Percent Pay Raise With Pork-Packed Omnibus Bill While Surging Gas Prices, Inflation Hurt Americans

As Americans face an economic crisis, historic inflation and surging gas prices, Congress released a $1.5 trillion omnibus bill on Wednesday allocatin

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Figure's. I drive a truck and have been hauling the same stuff to the same place for about 13 years and lately I've noticed a BIG drop off in weight. Sunday and Wednesday nights are the heaviest for me and they have been about 15,000 pounds lighter then normal, the other night are comparable. Last week I had one load that barely hit 4,000 Lbs! I can see loads being combined and going to a 4 day work week, while that sounds nice a 20% pay cut doesn't.

Just dropped over $800.00 at Cosco in 2 days of shopping... Only 2 carts and not full at that..
No meat products except 4 pkgs of bacon. . Just topping off medical stuff, toothpaste .. , coffee. chicken broth... $400/cart is a lot of money...

Been getting ready for over 20 years.
We get to see if our plan works long term.

drowhawk said:

My only regret is taking what little savings I have and converting it to gold before it sky rocketed. I guess it's not too late but I am no expert.

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Thats a good thing. Cash is depreciating while precious metals are appreciating.

dwa12479 said:

Thats a good thing. Cash is depreciating while precious metals are appreciating.

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So where do you buy gold? That you can trust

Plenty of places in ROC area. Ridge Coin is one.

Just watching history repeat itself over and over again.
Smart species, my ass.

Things sure are getting pricey!

Hit BJ's today, near $500 spent, no meat in the cart.

Going to look for a Log Splitter in the morning before the prices really climb on those.

Food Riot Begins As India Bans Wheat Exports & Food Prices Soar / Food Shortages Get Worse IN 2022​

From the comments section
My husband is Iranian and I picked his families brain last night on what they are hearing from back home. Prices going up fast, his family is describing it as almost 10% a week. They were used to prices rising since sanctions started but not at this speed. They are wealthy so it doesn’t effect them as badly but they are noticing its becoming a huge problem for the lower half. They describe it as 2 levels haves and have nots. Absolutely no middle.
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Folks the more the world descends into chaos the more limited goods will be on the store shelves...Just pay attention

Driving as little as possible. Fill up the truck at 3/4 instead of 1/2. Put more effort into grocery shopping and shopping in general. Every little bit we can save buying things is good. I’ll be curious to see how the tourism industry and places that rely on tourism dollars fair this summer. Especially already coming off 2 shit years. We have one trip to Tennessee planned and we will still be going even if gas is $10. Only thing that would stop us is gas shortages. Otherwise living like the hermit I am.

99cummins said:

Driving as little as possible. Fill up the truck at 3/4 instead of 1/2. Put more effort into grocery shopping and shopping in general. Every little bit we can save buying things is good. I’ll be curious to see how the tourism industry and places that rely on tourism dollars fair this summer. Especially already coming off 2 shit years. We have one trip to Tennessee planned and we will still be going even if gas is $10. Only thing that would stop us is gas shortages. Otherwise living like the hermit I am.

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Same here. Tennessee this summer no matter what.

99cummins said:

Driving as little as possible. Fill up the truck at 3/4 instead of 1/2. Put more effort into grocery shopping and shopping in general. Every little bit we can save buying things is good. I’ll be curious to see how the tourism industry and places that rely on tourism dollars fair this summer. Especially already coming off 2 shit years. We have one trip to Tennessee planned and we will still be going even if gas is $10. Only thing that would stop us is gas shortages. Otherwise living like the hermit I am.

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GOPerfect said:

Same here. Tennessee this summer no matter what.

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I have same plan but moving to FL.

Got the house we were renting sold out from under us.


Still have all the boomsticks and freedom seeds.

Still the 4x4 AND two cars that get over 30mpg.

Still got my tools.

Got inexpensive armor and NV, but still functional.

Just means me and the wife are moving in with the old man until we find our homstead, our land. He gets some extra money and home cooked meals. We get to save up and buy a few things. (I'm thinking a utility trailer soon.

Still have extra sustenance stored.

He lives in a town of 1,300. Getting out of this shithole broome county as things get worse isn't all bad.

Drinkthekoolaid said:

Apparently there is monkeypox in the US. That can't be good at all. This seems to have potential to be a "real" pandemic. @prambo can you school us up on monkeypox I don't know much about it.

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How dangerous is it?​

Most cases of the virus are mild, sometimes resembling chickenpox, and clear up on their own within a few weeks.
Monkeypox can sometimes be more severe, however, and has been reported to have caused deaths in west Africa.

Drinkthekoolaid said:

Apparently there is monkeypox in the US. That can't be good at all. This seems to have potential to be a "real" pandemic. @prambo can you school us up on monkeypox I don't know much about it.

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In a nutshell.....it's an election year. Another reason for absentee ballots has just surfaced. Microphone drop!

Drinkthekoolaid said:

Apparently there is monkeypox in the US. That can't be good at all. This seems to have potential to be a "real" pandemic. @prambo can you school us up on monkeypox I don't know much about it.

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Don't know much about it either.

The post by @SomeSoldier seems appropriate for the present. But you never know what's been custom made recently in Wuhan for tanking the mid-terms, for the reason @masterswimmer stated above.

After the last 2+ years of bullshit with COVID, and now fuel and food shortages, I can't get worried, excited, angry, or inquisitive about it.

Think that was the plan - mercilessly grind down the people of the fUSA.

Even I was shocked by how many readily, willingly and gleefully played along, and continue to do so to this day.

I'm sure it will be used as another weapon in the rapidly escalating move to a corporate-fascist state.

The New Covidians are probably now more scared shitless on one hand and tremendously delighted on the other about another virus that, once again, they won't investigate and will help drive the country further into the abyss.

This country truly is "Clusterfuck Nation".

@Drinkthekoolaid

Found this in J.J. Sefton's Morning Report at AofS HQ..

"In the words of Eddie Murphy from a Saturday Night skit he did about 40 years ago, and no doubt could never be done again, "We bring you the AIDS, mon!" Quick, let's get Anthony Fauci on this so he can collude with Big Pharma to develop some kind of snake oil that he can test on fetal tissue, or better yet, poor Negro orphans, like he did with AZT, and then get the government to proclaim it as a miracle cure -- for $10,000 a dose.

Better yet, declare it to be a pandemic that will require masks, lockdowns and injections for everyone starting now until some time after the midterms. Probably "two weeks" nudge-nudge-wink-wink. Because, after all, we're all in this together.

Let's face it, whether this thing really is the next crisis that cannot be allowed to go to waste (manufactured or one of opportunity), or if as I suspect this is a result of open borders, it serves to underscore the fact that as I stated, we're a first world country with a third world government. The elimination of Title 42 is a catastrophe not because millions of third world peasants have been unvetted for Chinese COVID vaccinations but because they're third world peasants that are being brought here intentionally to pack Democrat voter registration rolls."

The Morning Report - 5/20/22

Worked all but 1 week after high school.
Followed the rules, and never slothed or stole.
Raised my kids grounded in a church and tried to set an example.
Got them religiously trained. Now most of them are taking their kids to church.
That is all I can do.
Retired at 56 15 years ago.
Just saw my life-savings decrease by half.
Wait until people's IRA Statements come out. Boomers are gonna scream!

The "gaslighting" media will blame Trump and or Putin.

As for me, I "blame" Progressives and their religion of "Progressivism".

I was in Highschool during the '60s. I thought the so-called "Hippies" were whacko then. They just didn't want to be drafted I thought. Now those same hippies are in power. How is that working out?
We groom children on gay sex in schools while putting a 'may contain smoking" warning on WWII documentaries.
Progressives got us here. Progressives did this! Let's tolerate them some more!

Remember, the person that controls Bidens Teleprompter is the real President.
Biden's policies and his administration are either being executed by progressives that don't know what they are doing or by progressives that know exactly what they are doing.

traveling in a RV, with solar/batteries, we now travel from truck stop to truck stop, we try to keep at least a half tank of diesel in case we come across a stop with no fuel.

We need to come back to NY to open the cabin for the season so it can be shown for sale. We will probably park the RV, and stay at camp for the summer, at least til August. Then we'll see hwere the economy is and whats happening. Then we will make a decision as to were we will be for the winter

Jmac00 said:

traveling in a RV, with solar/batteries, we now travel from truck stop to truck stop, we try to keep at least a half tank of diesel in case we come across a stop with no fuel.

We need to come back to NY to open the cabin for the season so it can be shown for sale. We will probably park the RV, and stay at camp for the summer, at least til August. Then we'll see hwere the economy is and whats happening. Then we will make a decision as to were we will be for the winter

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I recently took a 1500-mile road trip. Noticed an increase in Truck Traffic on the Innerstate. Is it still heavy?

A glimpse into the future: (Your future)
NPR! The Bastion of Progressivism!

National Public Radio is encouraging staffers to squeal on each other if they do not comply with the company’s Draconian mask-wearing policy in the office.

I have to admit that there is a part of me that will be watching with a grin. They say the worst is yet to come.

If "hard times make strong people", we are about to witness a seismic boom of American greatness or maybe the total destruction of what made America Great.

BerettaGuy said:

Worked all but 1 week after high school.
Followed the rules, and never slothed or stole.
Raised my kids grounded in a church and tried to set an example.
Got them religiously trained. Now most of them are taking their kids to church.
That is all I can do.
Retired at 56 15 years ago.
Just saw my life-savings decrease by half.
Wait until people's IRA Statements come out. Boomers are gonna scream!

The "gaslighting" media will blame Trump and or Putin.

As for me, I "blame" Progressives and their religion of "Progressivism".

I was in Highschool during the '60s. I thought the so-called "Hippies" were whacko then. They just didn't want to be drafted I thought. Now those same hippies are in power. How is that working out?
We groom children on gay sex in schools while putting a 'may contain smoking" warning on WWII documentaries.
Progressives got us here. Progressives did this! Let's tolerate them some more!

Remember, the person that controls Bidens Teleprompter is the real President.
Biden's policies and his administration are either being executed by progressives that don't know what they are doing or by progressives that know exactly what they are doing.

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I think it comes down to Hunter Thompson's (in)famous quote...

BerettaGuy said:

Just saw my life-savings decrease by half.

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How? Stock market is down 20% and I'm sure you were not all stocks!