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A Plague Of Locusts Hits Mecca And Earth’s Magnetic Pole Is Experiencing A “Sudden Shift”
Really strange things are starting to happen all over the world. We’ll talk about “the North Pole’s sudden shift” later in this article, but first I want to focus on the very unusual event which just took place in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. A “massive swarm” of thousands upon thousands of black locusts descended upon the holiest site in Islam, and video of this “plague” is understandably causing quite a stir all over social media. The following comes from the Times Of Israel…
A massive swarm of locusts plagued Mecca, Saudi Arabia, earlier this week, prompting authorities at Islam’s holiest site to launch a cleaning operation to remove them.
Videos posted to social media showed the insects swarming around cleaners and worshipers in the city’s Grand Mosque, where millions of Muslim pilgrims congregate every year.
A closer-up view shows them swarming in all directions, over the heads of the cleaners in green uniforms attempting to deal with them.
Another shot shows the insects covering the walls of the mosque as they swarmed across the site.
According to Saudi authorities, it took 22 teams consisting of a total of 138 people to clean up the infestation.
Meanwhile, the behavior of our planet is once again making headlines. According to scientists, the magnetic North Pole is making a “sudden shift” away from Canada and toward Russia…
Deep beneath the Earth’s surface, liquid iron is sloshing around at its core, causing the North Pole to move away from Canada and towards Siberia. This has caused global geomagnetism experts to undergo an urgent update of the World Magnetic Model where it will alter where exactly North Pole is. The next update was not scheduled to happen until 2020, but due to the North Pole’s sudden shift, researchers have to bring it forward.
These days the vast majority of us heavily use GPS to get around, and the rapid movement of the magnetic North Pole is causing serious navigation errors…
Precision of where the North Pole is needed for GPS across the globe, and currently is is close to exceeding “the acceptable (safe) limit for navigational errors,” the journal Nature reports.
Arnaud Chulliat, a geomagnetist at the University of Colorado Boulder and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) National Centers for Environmental Information, said: “The error is increasing all the time.
“The fact that the pole is going fast makes this region more prone to large errors.”
In essence, GPS is losing its GPS.
Of course the magnetic North Pole has always been moving a little bit, but in recent years that movement has been greatly accelerating…
But the movement of the north magnetic pole has been the object of study since 1831. Initially, it was tracked moving into the Arctic Ocean at a rate of about 15km each year. But, since the mid 1990s, it has picked up speed.
It’s now shifting at a rate of about 55km a year.
At the same time, Earth’s magnetic field has been getting weaker and weaker, and this has many experts deeply concerned that we could soon experience a catastrophic pole flip. The following comes from one of my previous articles…
The Earth’s magnetic field is steadily getting weaker, and scientists are warning that it could soon flip. If that happens, it will be a cataclysmic event beyond anything that we have ever experienced before. Of course most people never even give much thought to the giant magnetic field that surrounds our planet, but without it modern society would simply not be possible. The magnetic field provides protection for the electrical grid which powers our homes, our businesses, our hospitals, our stores, our banks, our computers and our televisions. It is essentially an enormous “force field” that protects our world from solar storms and cosmic radiation. Right now we take that protection for granted, but scientists tell us that Earth’s magnetic field has flipped before, and that it could soon happen again.
Basically, we are talking about an event that would be even worse than a direct hit from a massive electromagnetic pulse from the sun.
If a sudden pole flip happened today, electronic devices all over the world would be crippled, and scientists tell us that we would be facing “trillions of dollars in damage”…
According to a team of international scientists, including from the Australian National University (ANU), such an event in the future would increase our planet’s exposure to the Sun’s radiation, and could cause trillions of dollars in damage by decimating power and communications systems across the globe.
We truly live in apocalyptic times, although most people still don’t seem to understand what is happening.
Our planet is changing. Earlier this week I wrote about the fact that Alaska had been hit by 81 significant earthquakes during the first nine days of 2019. Large quakes are rattling locations all along the Ring of Fire, once dormant volcanoes are going off like firecrackers all over the globe, and the tsunami that just struck Indonesia once again reminded us of how vulnerable we really are to major natural disasters.
Right now the mainstream media in the United States is keenly focused on the government shutdown, but in the grander scheme of things the shutdown is small potatoes compared to some of the other things that are happening.
2019 has gotten off to a very strange start, and I have a feeling that things are about to get a whole lot stranger.
40 Comments on "A Plague Of Locusts Hits Mecca And Earth’s Magnetic Pole Is Experiencing A “Sudden Shift”"
Fat Bastard on Sun, 13th Jan 2019 8:05 pm
No problem cloggie will put a positive spin on this story to cheer us all up.
Chrome Mags on Sun, 13th Jan 2019 8:35 pm
“The Earth’s magnetic field is steadily getting weaker, and scientists are warning that it could soon flip. If that happens, it will be a cataclysmic event beyond anything that we have ever experienced before.”
Oh no, just when I thought we’d taken care of all the other problems in the world – lol.
jedrider on Sun, 13th Jan 2019 9:17 pm
“Deep beneath the Earth’s surface, liquid iron is sloshing around at its core, causing the North Pole to move away from Canada and towards Siberia.”
Another Russian plot. When will they stop?
Cloggie on Mon, 14th Jan 2019 12:21 am
Alternative hypothesis: the earth crust is slip-slid’n over the core:
https://www.amazon.com/Path-Pole-Charles-Hapgood/dp/0932813712
Even Einstein was fascinated by the theory and wrote the preface.
Thought experiment: put washed, heavy-wet jeans in a sixties centrifugy in an effort to dry them. If the jeans aren’t put in the centrifuge symmetrically, the latter begins to wobble at higher rotational speeds.
Likewise, if the ice mass distribution at the poles is distributed assymmetrically around the earth axis, the 100 km thick eart’s core will slip over the fluid mantle, until a new equilibrium has been reached. It is a planetary very catastrophic event.
Time to watch again the movie “2012”, that deals with the theme of pole shift:
https://youtu.be/Fz2Ly7jJuOQ
makati1 on Mon, 14th Jan 2019 1:16 am
Cloggie, you are correct. All of the melting ice is shifting the pressure on the tectonic plates. Where it is melting and running into the oceans, it is exerting less pressure on the underlying plate, allowing them to rise. Then, all that melt water is raising the ocean level and adding weight, pushing down on the underlying plates. Something has to give. The exchange is many billions of tons, and it is increasing speed every year.
The Ring of Fire is getting more active. Not a good thing for the US West Coast or even the New Madrid Fault near Davy. The whole West Coast is sitting on multiple huge faults, all overdue for a big shake. Not to mention inactive faults in the rest of the US. All overdue.
DerHundistLos on Mon, 14th Jan 2019 1:39 am
Makati-
It’s not called a US only Ring of Fire. No, it’s labeled a ring for good reason. The southern portion of this zone has the Philippines smack in the middle of this zone of earthquakes and volcanoes.
“The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines is the world’s second-largest terrestrial eruption of the 20th century. Successful predictions of the onset of the climactic eruption led to the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from the surrounding areas, saving many lives, but as the surrounding areas were severely damaged by pyroclastic flows, ash deposits, and later, lahars caused by rainwater remobilising earlier volcanic deposits, thousands of houses were destroyed.
Mayon Volcano is the Philippines’ most active volcano. It has steep upper slopes that average 35–40° and is capped by a small summit crater. The historical eruptions of this basaltic-andesitic volcano date back to 1616 and range from Strombolian to basaltic Plinian eruptions. Eruptions occur predominately from the central conduit and have also produced lava flows that travel far down the flanks. Pyroclastic flows and mudflows have commonly swept down many of the roughly 40 ravines that radiate from the summit and have often devastated populated lowland areas.
Taal Volcano has had 33 recorded eruptions since 1572. A devastating eruption occurred in 1911, which claimed more than a thousand lives. The deposits of that eruption consist of a yellowish, fairly decomposed (nonjuvenile) tephra with a high sulfur content. The most recent period of activity lasted from 1965 to 1977, and was characterized by the interaction of magma with the lake water, which produced violent phreatic and phreatomagmatic eruptions. Although the volcano has been dormant since 1977, it has shown signs of unrest since 1991, with strong seismic activity and ground-fracturing events, as well as the formation of small mud geysers on parts of the island.
Kanlaon Volcano, the most active volcano in the central Philippines, has erupted 25 times since 1866. Eruptions are typically phreatic explosions of small-to-moderate size that produce minor ash falls near the volcano. On August 10, 1996, Kanlaon erupted without warning, killing British student Julian Green and Filipinos Noel Tragico and Neil Perez, who were among 24 mountain climbers who were trapped near the summit.”
From Wikipedia
makati1 on Mon, 14th Jan 2019 2:46 am
Der, I know all that. I live here. What I am pointing out is that the West Coast faults are waking up. Most are at least 30 years overdue for a major quake. Do you realize what an 8 or 9 will do to America?
We are used to quakes here. They happen daily:
2 days ago 4.7 magnitude, 60 km depth
Piddig, Ilocos, Philippines
8 days ago 4.8 magnitude, 51 km depth
Casambalangan, Cagayan Valley, Philippines
17 days ago 4.6 magnitude, 142 km depth
Santo Niño, Central Luzon, Philippines
26 days ago 4.6 magnitude, 10 km depth
Claveria, Cagayan Valley, Philippines
29 days ago 4.5 magnitude, 64 km depth
Wawa, Mimaropa, Philippines
about a month ago 4.7 magnitude, 181 km depth
Talaga, Calabarzon, Philippines
2 months ago 4.7 magnitude, 30 km depth
Espiritu, Ilocos, Philippines
3 months ago 4.6 magnitude, 10 km depth
Bangui, Ilocos, Philippines
3 months ago 4.4 magnitude, 207 km depth
Toong, Calabarzon, Philippines
3 months ago 4.8 magnitude, 10 km depth
Kabugao, Cordillera, Philippines
Many smaller ones in between. The largest in Luzon was 7.7, 29 years ago. Just like in the US, not all of the 7,000+ Philippine Islands are equal geologically.
BTW: We designed and built our new house for an 8+ and it will likely survive a 9. We are not stupid.
Go Speed Racer on Mon, 14th Jan 2019 3:03 am
Saudi Arabia got
a plague of locusts.
But USA has got
a plague of liberals.
makati1 on Mon, 14th Jan 2019 3:07 am
Yes, There are volcanoes here. Pinatubo got rid of the American leeches about 27 years ago. Mayon is always letting off steam. There are dangers everywhere in the world. I’ll take the geological ones.
Did you know that the mainland US has too many volcanoes to count?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_the_United_States
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/10/25/volcanoes-18-us-volcanoes-very-high-threat-government-says/1761329002/
I wouldn’t want to be living on the US West Coast when the SHTF geologically.
makati1 on Mon, 14th Jan 2019 3:08 am
Hahahahahaha! I like that one Go Speed. ^_^
Davy on Mon, 14th Jan 2019 5:11 am
“The Ring of Fire is getting more active. Not a good thing for the US West Coast or even the New Madrid Fault near Davy.”
makattii, you have earthquakes, volcanos, and super Typhoons. I think you are shit out of luck. Yea, the New Madrid fault is near me but not a big issue because I am in the Ozarks on bedrock.
Sunspot on Mon, 14th Jan 2019 8:01 am
Concerns about the possible magnetic reversal are all garbage. Unless you get around with a compass or you’re a pigeon. It will possibly allow more charged particles from the sun to reach the Earth’s surface – so up your SPF number.
There are plenty of real things to worry about. Like the coming massive methane release when the rest of the Arctic ice melts. But worrying about a magnetic reversal causing immediate calamity – well that’s just bs science. I think that at least some people here know the difference, unless they already left. https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/earth-magnetic-field-flip-north-south-poles-science/
makati1 on Mon, 14th Jan 2019 9:03 pm
Davy, sorry, no big typhoons this past year. No major quakes. No volcanic eruptions.
Meanwhile in the US:
“Natural disasters cost $155 billion this year (20-18), and several of them struck the United States particularly hard. Hurricanes Michael and Florence, the California wildfires and Hawaii’s volcano eruption are all on the list of the most expensive global disasters of 2018, according to the Zurich-based reinsurance company Swiss Re.
“Like last year, the losses from the 2018 series of events highlight the increasing vulnerability of the ever-growing concentration of humans and property values on coastlines and in the urban-wildlife interface,” Swiss Re said of its report. “The very presence of human and property assets in areas such as these means extreme weather conditions can quickly turn into catastrophe events in terms of losses inflicted.” (WaPo)
Today, for instance:
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes-volcanoes/news/73499/Volcano-earthquake-report-for-Monday-14-Jan-2019.html
Odd! Nothing in my neighborhood but look at the US West Coast! Hypocrite Davy. Always pointing away from his own shit.
makati1 on Mon, 14th Jan 2019 9:07 pm
Sunspot, your ignorance is showing. Even the US GPS system is being realigned to the changes as they are happening even faster. You do know that all air traffic requires GPS to be accurate? How about Shipping? Military missiles? Etc. Do you think?
makati1 on Mon, 14th Jan 2019 9:19 pm
BTW Davy, guess where the frog pot is bubbling the hottest?
“The supervolcano, located in Yellowstone National Park, has erupted three times in history – 2.1 million years ago, 1.2 million years ago and 640,000 years ago. Volcanoes typically blow when molten rock, known as magma, rises to the surface following the Earth’s mantle melting due to tectonic plates shifting. However, geologists have revealed how Yellowstone’s magma chamber, which sits on top of the magma plume, is slowly rising each year.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-14/magma-under-yellowstone-supervolcano-rising-scientists-warn-eruption-would
This year? Next year? 10,000 Years? Who knows but it is hypocritical to say others are in danger and you are not. Does the New Madrid Fault ring a bell? It rang the bells in
Boston in 1811-12 and reversed the flow of the Mississippi. LOL
Davy on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 3:50 am
“Davy, sorry, no big typhoons this past year. No major quakes. No volcanic eruptions.”
What about recent history makattii? What about next year. You know you are located in a hot spot but you insist on pretending like all the shit is going to happen in the US because you know you are so safe and it is Asia where only good happens. What a friggin loon.
“Odd! Nothing in my neighborhood but look at the US West Coast! Hypocrite Davy. Always pointing away from his own shit.”
Stupid, you do recall your original comment don’t you? Go back and read it then tell me who the hypocrite is. I am exposing your hypocrisy not the other way around.
Davy on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 3:55 am
“BTW Davy, guess where the frog pot is bubbling the hottest? “The supervolcano, located in Yellowstone National Park”
Unhinged makattii, this is not who has the worst place on earth contest. You make this into a game and it is not. This is about the truth of the situation and you deny you are in the crosshairs of some of the worst natural shit Mother Nature has to offer. Where did I ever say the US is not beset by all kinds of natural disasters? Last year I had a small tornado hit the farm. Shit happens I don’t make it into a contest like your dumbass. Do something about your hard on you moron.
Sissyfuss on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 8:38 am
Locusts hit Mecca. A plague on their houses, no one deserves it more.
Duncan Idaho on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 11:33 am
How do they know the difference between the Royal Family and the Locusts?
Seems to be a problem–
JuanP on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 12:26 pm
Trump needs to build THE WALL. I’d sleep so much better at night knowing that a couple of hundred more wetbacks don’t make it into MY country.
I HATE illegal immigrants, especially the brown ones.
HEIL TRUMP!
JuanP on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 12:28 pm
“These New Numbers Prove The Global Economic Slowdown Is Far More Advanced Than We Thought”
https://tinyurl.com/y9o9g6mb
“On Monday, it was China’s turn to surprise analysts, and the numbers that they just released are absolutely stunning. When Chinese imports and exports are both expanding, that is a clear sign that the global economy is running on all cylinders, but when both of them are contracting that is an indication that huge trouble is ahead. And the experts were certainly anticipating substantial increases in both categories in December, but instead there were huge declines. There is no possible way to spin these numbers to make them look good…Data from China showed imports fell 7.6 percent year-on-year in December while analysts had predicted a 5-percent rise. Exports dropped 4.4 percent, confounding expectations for a 3-percent gain. China now accounts for more total global trade than the United States does, and the fact that the numbers for the global economy’s number one trade hub are falling this dramatically is a major warning sign. And of course it isn’t just China that is experiencing trouble. In fact, we just witnessed the worst industrial output numbers in Europe “in nearly three years”…Adding to the gloom were weak industrial output numbers from the euro zone, which showed the largest fall in nearly three years. Softening demand has been felt around the world, with sales of goods ranging from iPhones to automobiles slowing, prompting profit warnings from Apple among others. If we were headed for a major global recession, these are exactly the types of news stories that we would expect to see.”
Davy on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 12:32 pm
Oops, sorry again everyone. Another false and intentionally misleading link.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-15/these-new-numbers-prove-global-economic-slowdown-far-more-advanced-we-thought
JuanP on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 12:35 pm
“Nothing suggests that China is gaining on the US in science and technology, except the evidence, and this can be ignored. It is particularly important to keep in mind that the Chinese cannot innovate, only copy American technology. Harvard-MIT Math Tournament Ordinary American kids, the best mathematicians in two of America’s best universities. Asia cannot match this. Harvard-MIT Math Tournament Ordinary American kids, the best mathematicians in two of America’s best universities. Asia cannot match this. Face it: America’s young are the brightest in the world and attend the most advanced schools in the United States, the country that everybody wants to be like and live in. These youngsters will maintain American scientific preeminence through the strength of diversity. Anyone who doubts this can note that the Harvard-MIT math wizards are almost one hundred percent diverse. The Chinese cannot keep up with this degree of talent. Especially since they cannot innovate.”
http://www.unz.com/freed/china-overrated-by-right-wing-kooks/
Davy on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 12:39 pm
unz JuanP? Seriously?
LMFAO!
JuanP on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 12:42 pm
I can’t help it I am dirty and nasty. I left my country at 5 and ended up in the US as part of the sex trade.
Cloggie on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 12:48 pm
“Especially since they cannot innovate.”
http://www.unz.com/freed/china-overrated-by-right-wing-kooks/
Haha, good one, Fred Reed!
But a serious question… where are all these supposedly hyper-smart jews?
Oh wait, they only have a high VERBAL IQ (read: serial dialectical bullshitters).
Hello on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 1:06 pm
>>> where are all these supposedly hyper-smart jews
I just visited Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Close to half of all visitors were chineese/asian. However I was amazed at how many jews were exhibiting interesting innovations. And those were the jews you could easily tell by their ballcap-thingy. I’m sure there were many ‘undercover’ jews, too. Not surprisingly there weren’t many negros at the show, but they were over-represented in the slums around the expo center. Can’t be everywhere, I suppose.
makati1 on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 5:34 pm
Hello, your racism can get you killed in the New Amerika. Take a walk thru the wild side and see. LOL
Cloggie on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 5:47 pm
‘I’m sure there were many ‘undercover’ jews, too.’
They can be easily identified as people reading the NYT with two holes in it.
makati1 on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 5:59 pm
Davy, what “cross hairs? Look out the door. Are you freezing? Snow/ice? 84F here.
The S.E.US is bullseye for hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods and will get worse as the climate changes.
The West Coast is full of earth faults and volcanoes not to mention huge forests that are only waiting for a spark to go up. Oh, yes, and “shit cities” full of druggies and insanity. You might want to take a look at this:
https://www.americangeosciences.org/critical-issues/maps/volcano-activity-alerts
https://www.americangeosciences.org/critical-issues/maps/interactive-map-post-fire-debris-flow-hazards-western-united-states
https://www.americangeosciences.org/critical-issues/maps/interactive-map-earthquakes-around-world (Notice YOUR area snowflake?)
Yellowstone is the current hot spot for a possible mega eruption that would end the US. Remember, Mount St. Helen (2008) didn’t send a tweet that she was going to blow.
Fly-over land is full of bullshit and ignorance. People like yourself.
And, well, the N.E. is just insane. What’s not to like about chaos Amerika?
I’ll take climate and geology over insanity any day. LOL
Davy on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 6:06 pm
“Davy, what “cross hairs? Look out the door. Are you freezing? Snow/ice? 84F here.”
Cozy here makattii, I have a wood fire going. No worries. You can have your 84F.
“The S.E.US is bullseye for hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods and will get worse as the climate changes.”
So what’s new? Are you trying to be enlightening because you are sounding stupid?
“The West Coast is full of earth faults and volcanoes not to mention huge forests that are only waiting for a spark to go up. Oh, yes, and “shit cities” full of druggies and insanity. You might want to take a look at this:”
So what’s new? Are you trying to be enlightening because you are sounding stupid?
“Yellowstone is the current hot spot for a possible mega eruption that would end the US. Remember, Mount St. Helen (2008) didn’t send a tweet that she was going to blow.”
So what’s new? Are you trying to be enlightening because you are sounding stupid?
“Fly-over land is full of bullshit and ignorance. People like yourself.”
Translation: I am red hot and pissed because Davy moderates my BS daily.
“And, well, the N.E. is just insane. What’s not to like about chaos Amerika?”
We are doing fine makattii, this is all in your head. You are wacked out and senile.
“I’ll take climate and geology over insanity any day. LOL”
You day is coming makattii, your ass will be blown the frig around and left out to dry. Maybe next year. We will see. LOL dumbass
makati1 on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 6:58 pm
Davy, denial or obfuscation does not change my assertions. (Obfuscation: To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand) I write easy to understand comments with facts you cannot honestly refute.
As usual, you didn’t check out the refs, you just went to your usual putdowns and arrogant bullshit. So predictable! You have no intelligent rebuttals to the FACTS I post. You know you live in a dying country and it is going down the shitter faster and faster every day.
You are jealous that I am sitting here, out of the chaos of the US, its freaky weather and government and spending some of YOUR tax dollars on enjoying life in retirement. The next side show called “the election” will be even more bazaar than the last one. That is, IF there is another “election”. We shall see. But the Police State will still be in control. Enjoy!
Hello on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 7:42 pm
>> Hello, your racism can get you killed in the New Amerika
I don’t think so. I think it’s enough to just be white to get you killed. No need to point out the inferiority of negros. Not my problem though. But my problem is that europe is not far behind the US. A brown/negro shit hole in the making.
makati1 on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 8:00 pm
Hello, again, you announce your bigotry. There are a lot of white “Shit-holes”. You just ignore them. San Fran anyone?
I agree that, in a generation or three, there will be no “whites”, just shades of tan everywhere. Maybe a good thing.
I AM THE MOB on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 9:09 pm
Mak
Once the oil shortage hits it will be pay back time for ole whitey! Once the police can’t come out to protect their private property..The last will become first and the first will become last..
Cloggie on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 10:24 pm
‘I agree that, in a generation or three, there will be no “whites”, just shades of tan everywhere. Maybe a good thing.’
The typical American ”down-with-us” attitude.
Hopefully the thing falls over soon.
America=end white civilization
How to distance yourself from this cancer?
makati1 on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 10:38 pm
MOB, and then, the collapse may be a lot different than your Mad Max dreams. It is actually happening right now.
“Here’s What an American Economic Collapse Could Actually Look Like (And How It May Be a Lot Different Than Folks Expect)”
https://www.theorganicprepper.com/american-economic-collapse-different/
“The way things are going down in America, it doesn’t seem like we’re facing a national crisis. Consumers are consuming. People are working – just look at those “jobs” numbers. Folks are still having barbecues with the neighbors, hosting extravagant holiday get-togethers, and avidly following the football season.
But the American dream isn’t actually that dreamy. Because beneath all the trappings of our pleasant lives, people are right on the verge of a crisis.
In the United States, we’re watching a disappearing act that unfortunately is no illusion. We’re watching the middle class vanish. Remember when it was common for just about everyone to have trappings like houses, two cars in the driveway, and kids who play baseball in the summer and take gymnastics lessons in the winter? Lifestyles that used to put us firmly right in the middle class are harder and harder to achieve. And it isn’t just that Americans are lazy and addicted to spending money they don’t have.
As our economy plummets and our national debt soars, we could see the things that we all take for granted today could become luxuries tomorrow. Imagine if the ordinary trappings that we’ve always had became as out of reach for most of us as a Lamborghini in the driveway.
What if only rich people could afford electricity? What about heat? What about running water? What if that divide between the rich and the poor could be delineated by who had the ability to turn on a light at the flick of a switch and who did not?
What if it’s just an incremental crumbling of our way of life, one household at a time?
No bank runs. No government confiscation of resources. No dramatic event that we can all point to and say, “This is how the American economy was destroyed on (pick a date).””
Just a slow, painful death. Slip slidin’…
makati1 on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 10:49 pm
Cloggie, the US is going to take the EU down with it, if it is not the other way around. The West will not survive the coming collapse.
BTW: Any improvements since this?:
“Netherlands: Massive increase in Muslim rape gang activity”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/11/netherlands-massive-increase-in-muslim-rape-gang-activity
“Netherlands: Almost 90% of migrants still unemployed* after 2.5 years in the country”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/04/netherlands-almost-90-of-migrants-still-unemployed-after-2-5-years-in-the-country
*Except as pimps, but then they don’t pay taxes. LOL
Cloggie on Tue, 15th Jan 2019 11:28 pm
“Cloggie, the US is going to take the EU down with it, if it is not the other way around. The West will not survive the coming collapse.”
Politically there is indeed going to be a collapse, like in 1989, The US-led West is about to fall apart, thank God.
Europe dealt with communist Jews during WW2, we are now going to deal with Muslims. By throwing them out for a fourth time. And with them will go the political leftist US vassals a la Merkel.
A hard Brexit is now inevitable, that will initiate the breakup of the West. PBM is next and a balkanized USA will have a new overlord, actually the old one 1492-1776. Americans could suffer a worse fate, namely waking up in the “kill whitey!” USSR-of-color, Mobs tribe has in store for them.
All we have to do is wait for the inevitable moment that China will kick the US in the teeth. That will set in moment secession movements. Exit USA from history, USSR-style. Bring it on!
JuanP on Wed, 16th Jan 2019 7:36 am
I am back, bitches! I just got back from a surfing vacation in Costa Rica. I am recharged and refreshed, and ready to continue fucking with the Exceptionalist for the foreseeable future. HEre I go again! LOL! I am so happy!