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    Quote Posted by Bill Ryan (here)
    Quote Posted by Bubu (here)
    Let's say this SHORTAGE descended into real shortage, people are getting hungry while I have a stash good for one year. Do you think I will be able to sleep at night without holding a gun knowing that people around me has children that are hungry? This is the reason I am not into prepping. Right now I am into production and teaching/ encouraging people how to produce. I don't see me living peacefully while people around me are hungry and problematic. That is simply not possible whether I like it or not. Anyone who have a supply for two years while people around him is hungry should build an impenetrable house.
    You may be missing part of the problem here. One also needs to consider all this:
    • Parts for your plumbing system (joints, valves, washers, filters, silicon sealing tape)
    • Anything electrical that might need repair (switches, connectors, sockets, electrical tape)
    • Easy-to-replace spare parts for your car (bulbs, fuses, filters, spark plugs, oil)
    • Any tools that you might need, including for your garden (don't forget things like spare wooden handles, drill bits, some wood and metal components to make things with, epoxy glue, duck tape, masking tape, screws, bolts and nails of every size, rope, wire, etc etc etc)
    • Basic first aid supplies
    • Soap, washing powder, personal toiletries
    • ... and much more. Anything you might ever need and then suddenly can't find.
    It's not just about food!
    A thinking-aloud addition to my own list, shared above a few months ago.

    It's now becoming clear that some specialist electrical items may become expensive or hard to find. One or two of these might not be all that obvious.

    1) Car batteries might become particularly valuable. A regular car battery should last a few years, but all you have to do is leave the lights on overnight one time and then it could be toast.

    If you can easily afford it, it might be an idea to stockpile a spare battery for your vehicle. An unused new battery will last in storage quite a while if it's recharged occasionally. (And a cheap car battery charger might be a good investment, too.)

    2) Chargers for (e.g.) laptops or other devices. (Or anything else!) Sometimes, the connectors break, and then there's nothing you can do.

    3) Mike Adams, who some might say is way over-cautious (or even paranoid), often talks about these things. (But then, he's a millionaire, so he buys everything he can think of.) One thing he's mentioned recently is spare belts for his old tractors.

    You may not have a tractor, but that brings to mind a timing belt for your vehicle. They last tens of thousands of miles, but if they break then the engine can be wrecked. They're expensive to have replaced (it's usually quite a lot of work), but the belt itself is comparatively cheap. It might be a good idea to just buy and store the one you'd need, even if the replacement would be a few years from now.

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    Now there are riots. This news is from Peru, where there are escalating fuel and fertilizer shortages.

    https://bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-60993768

    Peru imposes curfew as rising fuel and fertilizer prices spark nationwide protests


    Tuesday 5 April: protesters approach Plaza de San Martín in Lima.

    Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has imposed a curfew in the capital, Lima, and the port city of Callao following nationwide protests over rising fuel and fertilizer prices.


    On Protesters created road blocks with burning tires and also burnt toll booths in the city of Ica


    On Sunday, the government announced it would temporarily scrap the fuel tax in an attempt to stabilize petrol prices. But truck drivers and farmers blocked roads in much of the country again on Monday.

    The government says four people have died in the protests.

    President Castillo announced the curfew after a meeting with his Council of Ministers. He also declared a state of emergency for Lima and Callao, suspending some rights such as freedom of assembly and the right to circulate freely.

    “I call for calm and serenity. Social protest is a constitutional right, but it must be done within the law,” President Castillo said in a TV address. The curfew — which will affect some 10 million people – has been widely criticised as “authoritarian” by critics of the president.

    The prices of fertilizers and fuel have shot up in Peru since the start of the war in Ukraine.

    Truck drivers started to block major roads last week, which in turn triggered a rise in food prices. Some of the protests turned violent on Monday, with protesters burning toll booths. The protests come at a time when Peru is already suffering from high inflation and the president’s popularity is low.

    The left-wing leader has been in power since July after winning by a slim majority. Opinion polls suggest his approval rating has since dropped to about 25%.

    In his short term in office, he has renewed his cabinet on a number of occasions, replacing key ministers, and survived two impeachment attempts. Impeachment proceedings are relatively common in Peru, where the legislative and the executive are often at loggerheads.
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    Around here, the canned catfood aisles have been empty in every store, even Walmart.
    When I searched news, it is being blamed on the aluminum shortage.
    Apparently it is also affecting the beer industry.

    Quote Aluminum shortage affecting local breweries

    SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - All across the country businesses are seeing a shortage of aluminum from cat food to canned beer. A shortage of aluminum is starting to impact breweries across the nation.

    Demand for aluminum canned products first sky-rocketed during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, as alcohol consumption rose, and breweries shifted to “to-go” options.

    Jackson Street Brewing in Sioux City typically has 12 different selections for canned beverages. Co-owner Dave Winslow says the price for aluminum right now has not impacted his prices much because unlike larger breweries Jackson Street Brewing cans and delivers its own products.

    “You know it may affect different sized breweries differently since we are small we pay more for cans anyways, and we still have been able to get them without any huge hiccups and I usually just buy two to three pallets at a time and haven’t been told we can’t buy cans. We haven’t been pushed out by the big breweries yet so right now we are okay,” said Dave Winslow, Co-owner of Jackson Street Brewing.
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    Just seen this advice from U.K.Gov…

    https://www.gov.uk/government/public...e-from-farming

    Apply for a lump sum payment to leave or retire from farming
    Check if you’re eligible for the Lump Sum Exit Scheme, what you need to do and how to apply.


    From:
    Rural Payments Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    Published
    12 April 2022


    Details
    The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) will manage the Lump Sum Exit Scheme.

    You should read this scheme guidance before you apply for a lump sum payment.
    There are dates by which you must take action to qualify for lump sum payments.


    They are being given 4 calendar weeks between 12th April and 16 May 2022 to apply and come September the whole scheme will have been turned around and closed.
    By November 2022 they are starting payments to the farmers who have ceased to own the lands and therefore expect the transfer of farming land to be under way at that point.

    Why the rush???

    The offer only came out on the 12th April and by November they want the deal completed and all agricultural land transfered legally to them?
    Talk about pushing people in a situation to take rash decisions!
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    Baby formula shortage 2022: When will it end? Why is it happening? What stores are rationing?

    Some major retailers and stores are now instituting a limit on how much baby formula you can buy due to an ongoing shortage of the product.

    Here’s what you need to know about the 2022 baby formula shortage.

    Why is there a baby formula shortage?

    The baby formula shortages have been exacerbated by several recalls, including one by Abbott Laboratories for several batches of its powdered formula brands such as Similac, Alimentum and EleCare.

    The recall was initiated because four consumers said the products gave their infants bacterial infections.

    The recall then expanded after an infant died after consuming the formula.
    What stores are rationing baby formula right now?

    Retailers have started rationing and limiting baby formula purchases.

    Stores such as Walmart, Kroger, CVS, Target and Walgreens have placed purchasing limits on how much baby formula you can buy.

    A spokesperson for Walmart, for example, told The Wall Street Journal that shoppers are only allowed to buy five containers of formula per day.
    CVS and Walgreens, meanwhile, each told CBS it is limiting customers to three formula products per transaction.

    Does Amazon sell baby formula?

    Amazon does sell baby formula, but do be mindful about potential price-gouging or fraudulent products from third-party sellers.

    If you buy on Amazon, we recommend doing so directly from the brand’s storefront.

    What should I do if I can’t find the baby formula I need?

    If you can’t find any at the store, retailers sell baby formula online, so refresh often to see if what you need is in stock.
    If you still are coming up empty, call your pediatrician or doctor before anything else. They sometimes have samples available and also can provide the best advice based on your situation.

    When will the baby formula shortage end?

    The baby formula shortage will not be in place forever.

    But you can’t just circle an end date on the calendar, either.

    Abbott told The Wall Street Journal it is currently trying to increase the availability of baby formula by ramping up production at some of its other manufacturing facilities not affected by the recall, shipping formula into the U.S. from Europe via air, and creating new facilities that are able to produce formula for infants with special needs.

    All that is to say: We don’t exactly know when the baby formula shortage will end.
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    Union Pacific Curtails Fertilizer Rail Shipments, Prevents New Orders

    https://www.icis.com/explore/cn/reso...-new-orders-cf

    This is how big corporations are creating fake shortages. I live next to a Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific railroad crossing where they have to blow their horns within a hundred feet of my home and the ground shakes my home whenever they pass. It is unavoidable that I always hear and feel them. (However, it's kinda nice at night cuz it shakes the bed like those motel beds where you inserted a quarter to make the bed shake for relaxation.)

    This was happening many times every day and into the night until recently--Lots and lots of trains going by. There are now almost no trains passing by.

    It appears that this is not just about creating fake fertilizer shortages, but perhaps shortages of everything (except what can be produced locally).

    I hope everyone is stocking up on everything they will need.

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    Related to Sérénité's post above..


    exit-scheme-opens-to-support-farmers

    Quote Farmers in England who wish to leave the industry can now apply for the new Lump Sum Exit Scheme which will provide a payment so they can exit the sector in a managed way. In return, farmers will be expected to either rent or sell their land or surrender their tenancy in order to create opportunities for new entrants and farmers wishing to expand their businesses.

    The Scheme, which opens for applications today until 30 September 2022, follows a public consultation and builds on evidence that some farmers would like to retire or leave the industry but have found it difficult to do so for financial reasons.

    The exit payment provided to eligible applicants will be based on the average direct payments made to the farmer for the 2019 to 2021 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) years. This reference figure will be capped at £42,500 and multiplied by 2.35 to calculate the lump sum, meaning that farmers could receive up to around £100,000.

    We want to support new entrants coming into the industry and will be giving more detail of our next steps in the near future.

    Environment Secretary George Eustice said:

    "The decision to retire or exit the industry can be extremely difficult and is frequently postponed. The purpose of the Lump Sum Exit Scheme is to assist farmers who want to exit the industry to do so in a planned way that provides them with the means to make a meaningful choice about their future. The Scheme will also free up land for new entrants to farming, and we will be saying more about our new entrants scheme shortly".


    The Future Farming Resilience Fund, which provides free expert business advice to BPS recipients in England, is still open for applications. Our delivery partners will be able to support farmers in making decisions on how to ensure they have viable businesses or indeed to make the decision to exit the sector. A further phase of support will be launched in late September and will run until March 2025.

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    Quote Posted by Ewan (here)
    Related to Sérénité's post above..


    exit-scheme-opens-to-support-farmers

    Quote Farmers in England who wish to leave the industry can now apply for the new Lump Sum Exit Scheme which will provide a payment so they can exit the sector in a managed way. In return, farmers will be expected to either rent or sell their land or surrender their tenancy in order to create opportunities for new entrants and farmers wishing to expand their businesses.

    The Scheme, which opens for applications today until 30 September 2022, follows a public consultation and builds on evidence that some farmers would like to retire or leave the industry but have found it difficult to do so for financial reasons.

    The exit payment provided to eligible applicants will be based on the average direct payments made to the farmer for the 2019 to 2021 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) years. This reference figure will be capped at £42,500 and multiplied by 2.35 to calculate the lump sum, meaning that farmers could receive up to around £100,000.

    We want to support new entrants coming into the industry and will be giving more detail of our next steps in the near future.

    Environment Secretary George Eustice said:

    "The decision to retire or exit the industry can be extremely difficult and is frequently postponed. The purpose of the Lump Sum Exit Scheme is to assist farmers who want to exit the industry to do so in a planned way that provides them with the means to make a meaningful choice about their future. The Scheme will also free up land for new entrants to farming, and we will be saying more about our new entrants scheme shortly".


    The Future Farming Resilience Fund, which provides free expert business advice to BPS recipients in England, is still open for applications. Our delivery partners will be able to support farmers in making decisions on how to ensure they have viable businesses or indeed to make the decision to exit the sector. A further phase of support will be launched in late September and will run until March 2025.
    “We want to support new entrants coming into the industry and will be giving more detail of our next steps in the near future.”

    New entrants;

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    Quote Posted by TrumanCash (here)
    Union Pacific Curtails Fertilizer Rail Shipments, Prevents New Orders

    https://www.icis.com/explore/cn/reso...-new-orders-cf

    This is how big corporations are creating fake shortages. I live next to a Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific railroad crossing where they have to blow their horns within a hundred feet of my home and the ground shakes my home whenever they pass. It is unavoidable that I always hear and feel them. (However, it's kinda nice at night cuz it shakes the bed like those motel beds where you inserted a quarter to make the bed shake for relaxation.)

    This was happening many times every day and into the night until recently--Lots and lots of trains going by. There are now almost no trains passing by.

    It appears that this is not just about creating fake fertilizer shortages, but perhaps shortages of everything (except what can be produced locally).

    I hope everyone is stocking up on everything they will need.
    UPDATE: After several days of nearly zero train traffic, there are only a few trains every day but only about half of what it was. I can only hear and feel the trains going by so I cannot see if it's a Union Pacific or Canadian Pacific train. UP's claim of crew and locomotive shortages sounds pretty fishy to me in light of the fact that it appears that they have targeted fertilizer and a mandatory diesel additive used also for diesel trucks and tractors right before spring planting.

    "Union Pacific will start metering traffic on Monday [April 18, 2022] if shippers don’t voluntarily reduce their active freight-car inventories on the railroad, which is bogging down due to a combination of crew and locomotive shortages."

    “Over the last few weeks, our network has experienced some setbacks – including numerous service interruptions, crew shortages in select areas and delays to our network – as we have seen our operating inventory continue to climb over the past 60 days. This additional inventory has led to more congestion in yards, an imbalance of our resources, and further slowdown of our operational performance,” Kenny Rocker, executive vice president of marketing and sales, wrote in a message to customers on Monday.

    “We are now asking for your help to further reduce the number of active rail cars on our network. We have already identified and notified those customers who can help us manage the current congestion by reducing their rail car inventories,” Rocker wrote. “If we do not see reductions to the operating inventory through their voluntary efforts, then we will begin metering traffic after April 18th. This action, along with our other ongoing initiatives, will give us the ability to work through our backlog and improve the service for all our customers.” https://www.trains.com/trn/news-revi...car-inventory/

    **************************************************

    CF Industries ships to customers via Union Pacific rail lines primarily from its Donaldsonville Complex in Louisiana and its Port Neal Complex in Iowa. The rail lines serve key agricultural areas such as Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas and California. Products that will be affected include nitrogen fertilizers such as urea and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) as well as diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), an emissions control product required for diesel trucks. CF Industries is the largest producer of urea, UAN and DEF in North America, and its Donaldsonville Complex is the largest single production facility for the products in North America.

    ["DEF is an integral part of the emissions control system and must be present in the tank at all times to assure continued operation of the vehicle or equipment....DEF is 32.5% urea, or aqueous ammonia solution, and 67.5% deionized water" https://kus-usa.com/resources/what-i...xhaust-fluid/]

    “The timing of this action by Union Pacific could not come at a worse time for farmers,” said Tony Will, president and chief executive officer, CF Industries Holdings, Inc. “Not only will fertilizer be delayed by these shipping restrictions, but additional fertilizer needed to complete spring applications may be unable to reach farmers at all. By placing this arbitrary restriction on just a handful of shippers, Union Pacific is jeopardizing farmers’ harvests and increasing the cost of food for consumers.” https://www.cfindustries.com/newsroo...g-restrictions
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    What The MSM Is NOT Telling YOU About The Food Crisis*Public Panic Setting In?*
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    Union Pacific Curtails Fertilizer Rail Shipments, Prevents New Orders

    https://www.icis.com/explore/cn/reso...-new-orders-cf

    This is how big corporations are creating fake shortages. I live next to a Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific railroad crossing where they have to blow their horns within a hundred feet of my home and the ground shakes my home whenever they pass. It is unavoidable that I always hear and feel them. (However, it's kinda nice at night cuz it shakes the bed like those motel beds where you inserted a quarter to make the bed shake for relaxation.)

    This was happening many times every day and into the night until recently--Lots and lots of trains going by. There are now almost no trains passing by.

    It appears that this is not just about creating fake fertilizer shortages, but perhaps shortages of everything (except what can be produced locally).

    I hope everyone is stocking up on everything they will need.
    UPDATE: After several days of nearly zero train traffic, there are only a few trains every day but only about half of what it was. I can only hear and feel the trains going by so I cannot see if it's a Union Pacific or Canadian Pacific train. UP's claim of crew and locomotive shortages sounds pretty fishy to me in light of the fact that it appears that they have targeted fertilizer and a mandatory diesel additive used also for diesel trucks and tractors right before spring planting.

    "Union Pacific will start metering traffic on Monday [April 18, 2022] if shippers don’t voluntarily reduce their active freight-car inventories on the railroad, which is bogging down due to a combination of crew and locomotive shortages."

    “Over the last few weeks, our network has experienced some setbacks – including numerous service interruptions, crew shortages in select areas and delays to our network – as we have seen our operating inventory continue to climb over the past 60 days. This additional inventory has led to more congestion in yards, an imbalance of our resources, and further slowdown of our operational performance,” Kenny Rocker, executive vice president of marketing and sales, wrote in a message to customers on Monday.

    “We are now asking for your help to further reduce the number of active rail cars on our network. We have already identified and notified those customers who can help us manage the current congestion by reducing their rail car inventories,” Rocker wrote. “If we do not see reductions to the operating inventory through their voluntary efforts, then we will begin metering traffic after April 18th. This action, along with our other ongoing initiatives, will give us the ability to work through our backlog and improve the service for all our customers.” https://www.trains.com/trn/news-revi...car-inventory/

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    CF Industries ships to customers via Union Pacific rail lines primarily from its Donaldsonville Complex in Louisiana and its Port Neal Complex in Iowa. The rail lines serve key agricultural areas such as Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas and California. Products that will be affected include nitrogen fertilizers such as urea and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) as well as diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), an emissions control product required for diesel trucks. CF Industries is the largest producer of urea, UAN and DEF in North America, and its Donaldsonville Complex is the largest single production facility for the products in North America.

    ["DEF is an integral part of the emissions control system and must be present in the tank at all times to assure continued operation of the vehicle or equipment....DEF is 32.5% urea, or aqueous ammonia solution, and 67.5% deionized water" https://kus-usa.com/resources/what-i...xhaust-fluid/]

    “The timing of this action by Union Pacific could not come at a worse time for farmers,” said Tony Will, president and chief executive officer, CF Industries Holdings, Inc. “Not only will fertilizer be delayed by these shipping restrictions, but additional fertilizer needed to complete spring applications may be unable to reach farmers at all. By placing this arbitrary restriction on just a handful of shippers, Union Pacific is jeopardizing farmers’ harvests and increasing the cost of food for consumers.” https://www.cfindustries.com/newsroo...g-restrictions
    And, oh I forgot to mention, Vanguard and Blackrock are the Union Pacific's two largest shareholders: https://www.wallstreetzen.com/stocks.../unp/ownership -- #3 is State Street Corp.

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    A detailed article by William Engdahl on Global Research, the title of which says it all:

    https://globalresearch.ca/nato-sanct...saster/5777305

    US-NATO Sanctions and the Coming Global Diesel Fuel Disaster

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    Amid the ongoing global inflation crisis, NATO heads of state and mainstream media repeat a mantra that high energy prices are a direct result of Putin’s actions in Ukraine since end of February. The reality is that it is the western sanctions that are responsible. Those sanctions including cutting SWIFT interbank access for key Russian banks and some of the most severe sanctions ever imposed, are hardly having an impact on the military actions in Ukraine.

    What many overlook is the fact that they are increasingly impacting the economies of the West, especially the EU and USA. A closer look at the state of the global supply of diesel fuel is alarming. But Western sanctions planners at the US Treasury and the EU know fully well what they are doing. And it bodes ill for the world economy.

    While most of us rarely think about diesel fuel as anything other than a pollutant, in fact it is essential to the entire world economy in a way few energy sources are. The director general of Fuels Europe, part of the European Petroleum Refiners Association, stated recently, “… there is a clear link between diesel and GDP, because almost everything that goes into and out of a factory goes using diesel.”

    Diesel Moves World Trade

    A global shortage in diesel fuel, temporary or longer-term, is therefore a catastrophic event. Goods cannot be moved from container ports to inland destinations. Without diesel fuel trucks cannot deliver food to the supermarket, or anything else for that matter. The entire supply chain is frozen. And there is no possibility to substitute gasoline in a diesel engine without ruining the engine.

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    Folks, I rarely if ever post a video on three threads in parallel. (And I don't want to encourage others! ) But this is VERY VERY important, a detailed, high-quality summary by Chris Martenson of the systemic collapse that the EU and (very probably) the US are now almost inevitably heading towards.

    It's about energy, and food, and also fertilizer — the shortage of which in the US Martenson is questioning whether is due to malice or stupidity. Martenson uses the word "starve" several times, including in his video title.

    And he made this video before he heard of Vladimir Putin's decree earlier today banning Russian exports of oil, gas, wheat and other commodities to "unfriendly nations". That will lead to very, very bad times in the EU and the US.

    While food shortages worldwide will be very serious, certainly in developing countries (leading to huge migration problems, principally in Europe: but that's a different topic), it may be the "unfriendly nations to Russia" that will be brought to their knees.

    MUST SEE. Never has Martenson chosen a title like this.

    Will You Starve to Death This Year?


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    Here's a tiny local story, almost (but not quite!) a trivial one. But I thought it might underscore some of the looming issues mentioned on this thread, and one or two prepping posts I've made recently about exactly this kind of thing.

    My steering column indicator (signal light) stalk switch broke, and so with it I couldn't indicate turns (precarious in Ecuador!), or activate my windshield wipers (even more of a problem).



    I've never before encountered any issues at all with parts for my ancient Izuzu Trooper, which are made in Japan, and I figured it'd only cost a few $$ to put right; quickly too. But my mechanic couldn't find any replacement part, new or used, in all of Ecuador.

    As this is a developing country, all mechanics here are highly skilled in improvising parts or even making them on a lathe if they can't be found. So next week he's going to create some ingenious way to make all this work again.

    But it's just a little red flag warning. Other vehicle parts, in other countries, may not be so easy to work around or make if suddenly they can't be found. And some of them, if they fail, will stop your whole car.

    Tires are one thing (they're oil products, NOT rubber), and vehicle batteries are another. And for who know about such things, cam belts, which have to be new and if they break because they're not replaced as part of the servicing schedule, will destroy your entire engine. Even regular oil-change oil might be smart to buy a few cans of.

    All these things, and many others one might brainstorm some of which are small and very cheap, can be bought long in advance (if one has the cash, of course), and will keep forever in your garage or basement.

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    https://www.dorset.live/news/dorset-...-raced-7042965
    Another food factory this one is a major supplier of ingredients to other factorys

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    Quote Posted by Bill Ryan (here)
    Here's a tiny local story, almost (but not quite!) a trivial one. But I thought it might underscore some of the looming issues mentioned on this thread, and one or two prepping posts I've made recently about exactly this kind of thing.

    My steering column indicator (signal light) stalk switch broke, and so with it I couldn't indicate turns (precarious in Ecuador!), or activate my windshield wipers (even more of a problem).



    I've never before encountered any issues at all with parts for my ancient Izuzu Trooper, which are made in Japan, and I figured it'd only cost a few $$ to put right; quickly too. But my mechanic couldn't find any replacement part, new or used, in all of Ecuador.

    As this is a developing country, all mechanics here are highly skilled in improvising parts or even making them on a lathe if they can't be found. So next week he's going to create some ingenious way to make all this work again.

    But it's just a little red flag warning. Other vehicle parts, in other countries, may not be so easy to work around or make if suddenly they can't be found. And some of them, if they fail, will stop your whole car.

    Tires are one thing (they're oil products, NOT rubber), and vehicle batteries are another. And for who know about such things, cam belts, which have to be new and if they break because they're not replaced as part of the servicing schedule, will destroy your entire engine. Even regular oil-change oil might be smart to buy a few cans of.

    All these things, and many others one might brainstorm some of which are small and very cheap, can be bought long in advance (if one has the cash, of course), and will keep forever in your garage or basement.

    And don't forget oil filters and air filters too.
    The only place a perfect right angle ever CAN be, is the mind.

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    Gravitas Plus: Which countries could go the Sri Lanka way
    Sri Lanka's debt crisis is a warning to the world. The World Bank says a global debt storm is coming. It could engulf 70 developing countries & make their economies fall like dominoes. What are the threats they face? How can they be averted? Palki Sharma explains.---14/5/22---9.30 min


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    -14/4/22---11min

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    Chris Martenson again bangs his drum as loudly as possible about the energy crisis (which is driving the economic and food supply crises). His video title "I Give Up" is a references to his giving up on any politicians or so-called global authorities in the 'west' to properly and responsibly manage anything at all that's happening now.

    The start of the video is about what seems like the start of an epidemic of Hepatitis in children, something that's (a) not good news and (b) important to explain and understand. (He's very careful not so speculate on YouTube about what's triggered this, but it's very clear he suspects it's the vaxx. I also posted the video on the Vaccine Injuries thread.)

    For the section on global energy shortages, which may seem a little dry and academic to some but is VERY important to understand, start in at 22:50.

    One of the many very interesting aspects to this (for me) is that Martenson points out that the Chinese are clearly very well aware of all this, and have been for years, and that is highly likely to be what's driving their entire social, political and geopolitical strategy.

    And I would add that if the Chinese are well aware of this, the Russians are too. What does this mean? Super-hard times for the 'western' world, and, as has been argued on many other forum threads, the inevitable demise of the US and Europe.


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