Your Job is to Survive -- Part 1

September 20, 2020 2020 Olympia, WA -- Are you a classical liberal, libertarian or conservative? Are you appalled by the "mostly peaceful" riots? Are you disgusted by the accusation that because of the color of your skin or your political views, you're racist? Does it seem strange to you that months after it has become obvious that CV19 is no worse than a bad flu, we're still required to wear masks and maintain social distancing? Are you perplexed by the claims that every woman in America is at greater risk of rape or sexual assault than a refugee in the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo? Does it seem to you as though the Progressives wailing about climate change do not understand that climate, by definition, changes? Or that CO2 is plant food? Or that there is no scientific consensus on climate, only a political mandate to claim there is so politicians can impose more regulations and taxes on us? Then you have one very important job during the next four decades: to survive. Things to Come

I'm not a prepper, per se, and this isn't going to say anything about that. There are lots of websites dealing with prepping, and Dr. Bailey's book, Cold Times, provides much valuable information. Instead, this is a brief overview of what I expect during the next 40 years: climate change, political upheaval, food shortages, financial reset, a cultural backlash. I'm not going to provide a lot of citations or justifications for my expectations. Accept or reject, the choice is yours. These are my opinions. When President Dwight Eisenhower delivered his Fairwell Address , he warned that, "we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." Rough drafts of that speech had it as, "military-industrial-congressional complex," but he was persuaded to drop congress from the phrase as too risky. But it would have been appropriate, as that is precisely what we face, today. Military Matters

When Donald Trump was elected president, the military-industrial-congressional complex mobilized to eliminate him because he poses a mortal threat to them. He's not nice. He's crass and bombastic. But as "nice" thugs are running a protection racket to prey on us, we want the guy who is standing between us and them to be bigger and meaner than they are. The Tangerine Terror is trying to be that bigger, meaner man. He set out to drain the swamp. Like in Star Wars: Phantom Menace, the bureaucracy runs the empire. Trump knows that, and he set out to change it. With some but not very much success. Just over a century ago, Randolph Bourne wrote that "war is the health of the state." The big banks and industries that produce the weapons of war all love war. Military leaders love war. So for generations the United States has waged war against people who never posed a threat to us. Trump wants to start bringing troops home, and he is the first president in decades to not start a new war. Naturally, the US Military brass don't like that. Several weeks ago, we began to hear that military leaders in D.C. had war gamed different outcomes for the 2020 elections, and decided that if Joe Biden wins in a landslide, the transition will be peaceful. But if Trump wins, even if it's in a landslide, there will be violence. To me, that sounds like an oblique threat. Continue Reading...