Posted on 05/24/2021 4:44:15 AM PDT by blam
For several months, many of my articles covered the global shortages and coming shortages facing the worldwide economy. My articles warn of food, chip, fuel, and commodity shortages. I also wrote about inflation, crop failures, and scarcity of any goods that consumers may need or want.
Some readers may feel it was a bit like paranoia and overkill at the time.
Guess what?
MSM now reveals my writings on global shortages are, in fact, accurate
Many articles found on MSM corporate outlets report on global shortages. In fact, those articles seem like I could have written them. (Not the general hack stenographers masquerading as journalists today.)
One such article: “The World Economy Is Suddenly Running Low on Everything,” by Brendan Murray, Enda Curran, and Kim Chipman. This piece sums up many of the issues I’ve written about for several months, albeit much later.
To start, Murray, Curran, and Chipman write:
A year ago, as the pandemic ravaged country after country and economies shuddered, consumers were the ones panic-buying. Today, on the rebound, its companies are furiously trying to stock up.
Mattress producers to car manufacturers to aluminum foil makers are buying more material than they need to survive the breakneck speed at which demand for goods is recovering and assuage that primal fear of running out. The frenzy is pushing supply chains to the brink of seizing up. Shortages, transportation bottlenecks, and price spikes are nearing the highest levels in recent memory, raising concern that a supercharged global economy will stoke inflation.
But, wait, there are MORE global shortages to report
The writers also mention the global shortages of raw materials, crops, and other essential commodities. The effect of the current supply disruptions is seen not just on the economy but also daily life.
They write:
Copper, iron ore, and steel. Corn, coffee, wheat, and soybeans. Lumber, semiconductors, plastic, and cardboard for packaging. The world is seemingly low on all of it. “You name it, and we have a shortage on it,” Tom Linebarger, chairman, and chief executive of engine and generator manufacturer Cummins Inc., said on a call this month. Clients are “trying to get everything they can because they see high demand,” Jennifer Rumsey, the Columbus, Indiana-based company’s president, said. “They think it’s going to extend into next year.”
The difference between the big crunch of 2021 and past supply disruptions is the sheer magnitude of it and the fact that there is — as far as anyone can tell — no clear end in sight. Big or small, few businesses are spared.
And now, adding to the global shortage issue, we have all this…
There are other exacerbating issues. Here are just a few examples: •The backup of global shipping in the Suez Canal •Drought •Floods •Straight-line winds •Fires •Deep freezes •Rolling blackouts •The Colonial Pipeline hack
Of course, we have to mention COVID-19 economic damage. This prompted governments worldwide to engage in medieval-like tyranny levels and launch wars against their economies.
Don’t expect global shortages and price spikes to end any time soon
Take a look at the US economic indicator known as the Logistics Managers’ Index, a gauge built on a monthly survey of corporate supply chiefs. Information collected reveals where they foresee transportation, warehouse expenses, and inventory. You see, the current index is at the second-highest level in records dating back to 2016. Nor does the index show any respite in the next year.
“You bring all of these factors in, and it’s an environment that’s ripe for significant inflation, with limited levers” [for monetary authorities to pull], said David Landau, chief product officer at BluJay Solutions, a U.K.-based logistics software, and services provider.
Food prices are rising dramatically too. A United Nations gauge of world food costs climbed for the 11th straight month in April, the highest rise in seven years. Mismanagement of agricultural commodities in the US, weather issues, and a “crop-buying spree” in China led to more continuous price spikes than seen in over a decade.
Global shortages, price spikes, mismanagement, and more are all part of a “plan”
The economic crisis (and it is a crisis) is not simply a matter of corruption or short-sighted politicians. The fact is this is one step of many in an agenda that hatched long ago. It is a plan in which the bottom 99% of the world’s population lives under a complete tyranny with virtually no comforts. Their basic needs met by a government-controlled UBI payment controlled by cashless credits that can be cut off at the first sign of dissent.
This is what the Great Reset is all about. The failures of Free Trade combined with the coming Great Reset will make humanity wish they had given their all to defend their freedom.
We still have the chance to do so. Instead of sheepishly giving away our freedom out of fear and conformity, it’s time to step up.
How are you preparing for the everything shortage?
Are you producing more? Are you adapting to live with fewer choices? Do you have plans to produce more? Have you established a trusted barter network? Let’s discuss it in the comments.
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I’ve heard that too. I have been growing fruit because that grows well here. I know there are fungi in the soil and that all of my bare-root plants failed until I brought in some with soil (and probably the relevant beneficial fungus). I’m sorry to hear your strawberries all got wiped out, must have been good conditions for whatever that fungus was.
Not under Xiden’s watch.
I’ve been doing things like baking my own bread instead of buying it. Its one of my few successes on this front. During the lockdown when there was no bread on the shelves, or yeast either, I was fortunate enough to have a large enough supply of yeast and flour to get us through and to share with friends. Just doing the math, there are 37 loaves of bread out of a 25 pound sack which is $6 at Walmart, 106 loaves worth of yeast per pound, which is between $5-$9.
Of course family members raided my yeast to make wine with it too :)
Its a messy process, trying to figure out how to do things.
We did a remodel some 20 years ago and wondered why the yard seemed to be higher and rain flowed toward the door. Yep, they buried the debris. It would have taken less effort to haul it off like they were supposed to and what we paid for.
That said, grandma couldn’t grow anything here, either, so don’t understand why. It’s seems to be perfectly good soil but it’s hard to grow anything but weeds. I finally gave up trying to garden. Seeds would germinate but wouldn’t produce. I can grow big tomato plants but nothing would ever get them to produce. Transplants wouldn’t do anything and mostly die. Even berry bushes would immediately die. Something toxic is in the soil so it’s probably in our drinking well, too.
For the past 10 years, our one and only grocery store has had Venezuela shelves. Yes, Michelle, some counties are food deserts and may not have but 1-2 grocery stores.
When covid started, I finally gave up on the local grocery and began driving 3-4 towns over to Walmart. Walmart still has item limits and sometimes you are shamed at getting the limit. Many times, what used to always be stocked still isn’t. Can’t get a jar of yeast anymore so have to purchase the more expensive single packs (and I had to holler at management for 9 months to just get those stocked). There’s no such thing as 10 lb tubes of ground beef so, again, have to purchase smaller sizes at higher prices.
Trade rules
USA must make products that it can and then sell those products.
Artificially increasing prices as you promote and making America uncompetitive is a fools errand.
Not only will prices skyrocket but vast scarcity will prevail in American households
There is nothing artificial about it. Tariffs promote domestic industry. I believe in DOMESTIC competition. You don't. You are a globalist shill. OTOH I am a Patriot. You can GFY for all I care.
A few years back there was a lot if work being done reclaiming polluted land with mushrooms. There was even literature published about remediation of nuclear waste polluted land, battlefields. There were scientists in Africa having good results with petrochemical spills and they were doing their work on a shoestring budget so that it would be workable pretty much anywhere. Its worth looking into if you have all that going on. I know Paul Stamets over here did a lot, and knows a lot on the subject. It might be worth looking him up.
Interesting.
Feral = Ferfal
Do you have any dandelions? Excerpt and link to 13 Benefits below:
13 Potential Health Benefits of Dandelion
1. Highly Nutritious
In terms of nutritional content, the dandelion patch in your backyard can join the rankings with the rest of your vegetable garden.
From root to flower, dandelion are highly nutritious plants, loaded with vitamins, minerals and fiber.
Dandelion greens can be eaten cooked or raw and serve as an excellent source of vitamins A, C and K. They also contain vitamin E, folate and small amounts of other B vitamins (1).
What’s more, dandelion greens provide a substantial amount of several minerals, including iron, calcium, magnesium and potassium (1).
The root of the dandelion is rich in the carbohydrate inulin, which is a type of soluble fiber found in plants that supports the growth and maintenance of a healthy bacterial flora in your intestinal tract (2Trusted Source).
Dandelion root is often dried and consumed as a tea but can also be eaten in its whole form.
SUMMARY
The nutritional content of dandelion extends to all parts of the plant. It’s a rich source of many vitamins, minerals and fiber.
2. Contain Potent Antioxidants
3. May Help Fight Inflammation
4. May Aid Blood Sugar Control
Fresh leaves: 4–10 grams, daily.
Dried leaves: 4–10 grams, daily.
Leaf tincture: 0.4–1 teaspoon (2–5 ml), three times a day.
Fresh leaf juice: 1 teaspoon (5 ml), twice daily.
Fluid extract: 1–2 teaspoon (5–10 ml), daily.
Fresh roots: 2–8 grams, daily.
Dried powder: 250–1,000 mg, four times a day.
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/dandelion-benefits#TOC_TITLE_HDR_2
We’ve been finding a LOT of trash on our property. They went to quite a bit of effort to haul it out back.
People can be such pigs, honestly. Finding that kind fo trash just disgusts me.
I just saw a show on a farm that does rows of raised beds for strawberries in order to avoid mold problems and to increase production. That might help, heres a link to a story about the farm with a pic showing the rows (for whatever its worth, if you want to give the berries another go).
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