Note from JWR:
Today we present a guest article by “Joe Snuffy.” He is a former U.S. Army officer (now presumably in some nebulous IRR Control Group) and the author of the book Suburban Survival: Preparing for Socio-Economic Collapse.
Day: August 18, 2013
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How to Wake People Up: A Time-Travel-to-the-Year-1970 Gedanken, by Joe Snuffy
Many preppers and survivalists have tried to convince family members and friends about our current predicament, being the long-term collapse of industrialized civilization. As intellectual survivalists, many of us have studied the works of Dr. Joseph Tainter (The Collapse of Complex Societies), Dr. Nate Hagans (Peak Oil / environmental economics), John Michael Greer (catabolic collapse theory), etc. Many of us collapse theorists have performed a form of fusion between these noted theorists, as well as noting significant events ourselves, since the early 1970s, in particular. How about a neat little Gedanken (a thought experiment) or role playing game during a …
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Economics and Investing:
India Bans All Gold Coin Imports, Increases Capital Controls Carolina Jim recommended an essay by Paul Rosenberg: The Blow That Killed America, 100 Years Ago. Dire Consequences Await As U.S. Debt Nears A Tipping Point. Items from The Economatrix: That Which Is Incapable Of Reforming Itself Disappears How To Prepare For An Economic Depression US Consumer Bankruptcies Jump By Most In Three Years; Third-Party Collections At All Time High
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Odds ‘n Sods:
G.G. sent this: Ten Years Later, How Have We Avoided Another Mega Blackout? And this: Failure is Not-an Option Unless We’re Talking About American Energy Infrastructure o o o Ban on carrying loaded guns absent a concealed-carry permit is upheld by Oregon supremes. Reading the decision, it appears that it was the court rather than the defendant that was acting “recklessly.” o o o Bellingham to pay $15,000 to man who wore gun in park o o o A Mikey Bloomberg nightmare: Virginia gun crime drops again as firearm sales soar. o o o British-produced food …
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Jim’s Quote of the Day:
“To whom ye forgive any thing, I [forgive] also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave [it], for your sakes [forgave I it] in the person of Christ; Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.” – 2 Corinthians 2:10-11 (KJV)
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