The Americano is a sight to behold. He gets upset at nothing. The banks foreclose upon his house and his family is out on the streets? No problemo, he jingle mails the keys to the bank and crawls into a cardboard box. He has gays parading in front of his children at the public school, …
The Americano – No Truth, Just Flitting in the Wind Read More »
The Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy I heard a story recently about an old lady who told her priest that at her funeral Mass she didn’t want him to say she was a good person or was going straight to Heaven. Why? Her wishes go against conventional thinking. Most, at their funeral would want …
An Interesting Perspective From a Wise Old Lady on Her Funeral, and Getting to Heaven Read More »
Thoreau made the perfect pencil, then never made another Regarding society, I keep thinking back to Dylan’s song – Everything is Broken. What other way is there to describe society? Everything actually is broken. It is almost pointless to talk about how broken everything is. Why? Because there is no firm philosophical footing to stand …
This is a fascinating talk by Father Chris Alar MIC on many topics. The first is the Red Army invading Poland after WWI. “Lenin wanted to take the communist revolution worldwide.” So he started with Poland. No one came to their aid. Poland was outnumbered 10 to 1 and looked set for easy defeat. “The …
Ukraine, Russia, Fatima: What Is Heaven Telling Us? Read More »
The Rabid desire for more fake fiat bucks, endless amounts of fake wealth…the great illusion I see so many toil endlessly for money. And though I can appreciate the desire for money and having money – for it can buy freedom from necessity, I cannot understand the endless grubbing for it. If someone has a …
The Goal of Life – Not Money, but Spiritual Enlargement and Enrichment Read More »
There is so much beauty in The Divine Mercy Image. From St. Faustina, who had it painted from her memory from when Jesus visited her, to the great words He said: “Mankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to My mercy.” From thedivinemercy.org, here:
I know a man who volunteers at a St. Vincent de Paul Society center that helps the homeless. They give them food, wash their clothes, provide showers, etc. I used to look down on places like this. But thinking recently, trying to put myself in the shoes of a homeless man, I thought it is …
Helping the Homeless Experience the Dignity of Life, in a Simple Way Read More »
This is an excerpt from a book by Joseph Breig. Find the full text here. THE FAMILY AND THE CROSS THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS AND THEIR RELATION TO FAMILY LIFE By Joseph A. Breig III-JESUS FALLS THE FIRST TIME THE FATHER WHO has never reached the heights in business, industry or a profession is …
There’s no way the rise in mortgage rates can maintain this trajectory. If it does, the housing market will collapse post haste. If housing goes, everything goes. Either way, massive changes are coming to America that will result in the decline of everyone’s living standards. Look for war with Russia to divert attention away from …
Their names are writ in water The last several presidents are but placeholders, whose names are writ in water, forever to be forgotten. Like Augustus Claudius the 3rd, they never did anything for the people. They never did anything worthwhile, merely carrying on the same imbecilities of the past. History will forget them.
At various times in my life I have listened to npr on local public radio stations. They covered stories with more depth than other outlets, and I didn’t have to listen to the endless ads. Now it seems the place is infested with people who find great mystery and fascination with the lower order of …
The Decline of NPR Mirrors the Decline of America Read More »
I can’t find the link to this article which I think was originally posted on theburningplatform.com. I found it in some old notes and thought it might be of interest to someone. It is written by a man who transitioned from typical debt slave to off grid farming, and his advice for others wanting to …
Advice on How to Escape Crumbling Society and Farm Off-Grid Read More »
When the Fed came out with the spending bazooka earlier in the pandemic, though it was reckless and destructive to the american people, many cheered. I talked with some of the cheerers about it and everyone of them were for the PPP loans to businesses. I heard the same thing from each of them, which …
A Short Note on the Reaction to the Free ‘Money’ Spewing forth from the Fed Read More »
Sports fans growing more violent As America falls this type of random, sporadic violence will continue to grow worse. Ol’ Remus said, “Stay away from crowds.” Keep those words close to you as this year proceeds. People are becoming chippy, ready to fight at a moments notice, usually over things that are trivial. Like getting …
As America Crumbles, Many Grow Closer To Becoming Barbarians Read More »
I was buying some household goods recently, which totaled appx $2100, almost the exact value of an ounce of gold. The man I bought the goods from was a good guy, a small businessman. When it got time to pay I thought about paying him an ounce of gold for the goods, as a way …
Note on Using Gold as Money, as in a Parallel Society Read More »
You spend your life reading about the tumultuous times throughout history. The great wars…booms and busts…and you think, “Wow, what a scene! It must have been great to live then, to be a part of the action.” There is nothing fascinating about the destruction of America and the American people, but it is fascinating to …
I saw a friend yesterday and asked him what he had been doing. “I’m coaching t-ball again in the 6 and under league,” he said. “That sounds fun, how’s it going?” I asked. “Well, the 6 and under league used to be the most fun age to coach, but the ability of the t-ballers has …
A Bob Dylan classic which fits well with the current economy and financial markets. “Ain’t no use jivingAin’t no use jokingEverything is broken” The cool part is the geniuses who are supposed to maintain functioning markets – the fed fools – are the ones who have created the problem.
This is an interesting look at how a country’s oil consumption equates to the size of their economy. As Chris Martensen shows, the correlation is almost 1 to 1. The corollary is that as oil prices increase, consumption is reduced, which reduces the size of the economy. Further, because modern economies are highly over leveraged, …
A Country’s Oil Consumption = The Size of Their Economy Read More »
Many commodities are at all-time record highs, others are getting close. Whether the price increases abate and we can resume watching tv, or the prices skyrocket out of control and we go to full scale war in the streets is anyone’s guess. But it is fascinating watching the ignorant federal reserve masters lose control over …
It is Fascinating What Is Happening in Commodity Markets Read More »