This article was originally published by John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead at The Rutherford Institute.  “We’ve got to face it. Politics have entered a new stage, the television stage. Instead of long-winded public debates, the people want capsule slogans—‘Time for a change’—‘The mess in Washington’—‘More bang for a buck’—punch lines and glamour.”— A Face in…

This Black Friday, consumers were purchasing a lot of electronics, smartwatches, TVs, and audio equipment. Sales of those electronics are up 7.5% compared with the previous year, however, data showed that consumers were resorting to buy-now, pay-later schemes in order to make those purchases. Electronics purchases jumped 72% compared to the week before Thanksgiving. This…

It’s important that the entire slave class buys into the idea of climate change.  That’s because the rulers are banking on being able to control humanity by reducing their standard of living by 85% using climate change as the reason. “A Sustainable Future for Travel”, warns of “travel extinction”, where some areas suffer such radical climate…

There are many things in life you can’t control. However, survivalists can take measures to help themselves live as long as possible in the event of major societal shifts or natural disasters. Eliminating things that harm your health is one of them. Here are three lesser-known things that lower your life expectancy and how to…

This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog.  If you are wondering why so many Americans are stressed about their finances these days, just look at the numbers.  The Social Security Administration just released national wage statistics for 2022, and the figures that they have given us do not paint…

Estimated reading time: 15 minutes There are a lot of plants out there that have various and assorted medicinal, nutritional and other beneficial properties. And then there’s the trees. Think of them as plants on steroids. And that’s not only because of their size but the number of beneficial properties many…

The World Health Organization has begun investigating a respiratory illness in Chinese children. The WHO  is requesting detailed information from Chinese rulers on the increase in pneumonia among the country’s children, using language similar to a January 5, 2020, pre-pandemic missive regarding COVID-19. The cause of these cases is unclear but some health experts are attributing…

This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge.  Update (1910ET): Today’s Niagara Falls checkpoint explosion just took an unexpected turn. What started out with Fox News reporting a terrorism incident involving explosives is now believed to be the fault of a 56-year-old man who lived in a wealthy area, went to a casino after KISS canceled its farewell tour dates…

This subject has been pondered by many thinkers, survivalists, and writers of post-apocalyptic fiction and the subject of the book The Knowledge: How to Rebuild the World from Scratch by Lewis Dartnell, scientist, writer, and UK Space Agency research fellow at the University of Leicester. (Dartnell, 2014) Imagine that an event thrusts humanity back into the…

Michael Snyder originally published this article at The Economic Collapse Blog under the title: More Problems With The Banks: JPMorgan Chase, Bank Of America, And Wells Fargo Have All Had Their Ratings Downgraded There is a reason why I am watching the banks so carefully.  The banks are the beating heart of our economic system,…