Timely to stock up on needed supplies?

softdown

Can we ever catch a long term break and relax for several years? I think not:

* The drums of war have been pounding since 9/12/2001.

* The drums of global warming keep pounding - mostly by the private jet and mega yacht crowd. Now they are chopping down a chunk of the Amazon for their next conference. Are they just messing with us?

* Very odd fires that clearly seem to be intentionally started. S Carolina and N York in the winter?

* Incoming tariffs - impact remains to be seen.

* Judges consistently over riding the commands of the executive branch. Never seen much of that before.

*Clear signs of an incoming recession. 

* ”Arguing" with countries that were historically strong allies. 

* There are always clear and present dangers. But wars and economic weakness tend to sort themselves out. I sense a macro degradation in the publics mental health. Entitlement and softness manifesting like never before. RFK Jr declares the issue can be resolved by increasing the quality of the food supply. Is that even realistic? 

* The latest Candace Owens podcast proves that our strongest ally is historically a blackmail operation. And has been for decades. It is “joked” that the Moesaads codename for 47 is “AutoPen”. War with Iran seems imminent at times. “AutoPen” sees to this perception. 

Timely to stock up on needed supplies? 

Marc Kurth

Every day is the best time to be reasonably prepared for emergencies and disasters. One of the really great things is that you get to pick your own level of self-sufficiency, and how to achieve it!

GoodScience

I knew that Trump would win.  So I bought solar shipment from China and have it installed.  Now with 20 450 watt panels.  And 10KW split phase inverters.  It was very difficult dealing with custom's brokers who were afraid of the existing tariffs. The solar panels were listed as "free" on the invoice and the controllers were the cost.  Hopefully my whole house can run without the Grid now.  20KW system, advertised but as you know that almost never is achieved.  In Colorado we have SUN.  

softdown

Marc Kurth said:

Every day is the best time to be reasonably prepared for emergencies and disasters. One of the really great things is that you get to pick your own level of self-sufficiency, and how to achieve it!

We get to pick what to prepare for. We do not get to pick what happens. I’ll bet 90% of city dwellers are not prepared for 12 hours without power.  

Never thought I’d maybe have to prepare for wildfires. Yet here I am. If "political vigilantes” want wildfires it is hard to stop. 

softdown

GoodScience said:

I knew that Trump would win.  So I bought solar shipment from China and have it installed.  Now with 20 450 watt panels.  And 10KW split phase inverters.  It was very difficult dealing with custom's brokers who were afraid of the existing tariffs. The solar panels were listed as "free" on the invoice and the controllers were the cost.  Hopefully my whole house can run without the Grid now.  20KW system, advertised but as you know that almost never is achieved.  In Colorado we have SUN.  

No idea how you knew Trump would win with the odds sitting at ~ 60%. I didn’t know T would win, I did feel that the country depended on it for future viability. 36 trillion in debt is dangerous waters. Etc.

Getting that system functional will be a chore. Since the WHO is running drills on grid outages I would prioritise functionality.

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Fast forward to today. Our fleet is parked in the Red Sea and itching for an excuse to fulfil the ambitions of their master planners. The administration rapidly morphed from The Avengers to The Z*******. "You know who rules over you by who you are not allowed to criticise." T lost a lot of cerebral support when he chose Massey as his #1 target. Massey is literally the only R who is not controlled by A****. So it turns out that his #1 priority precisely aligns with the master planners that he was so bellicose about. The triumph of real world politics reigns again. The public hoodwinked. Again. Trillions more in debt. Likely.