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  • Re: decline 2022 08

    From ZZyXX@21:1/5 to Oleg Smirnov on Fri Aug 12 14:25:09 2022
    On 8/9/22 7:05 AM, Oleg Smirnov wrote:
    including launching wars, massacring civilians, and damaging the
    right to life and survival; forced transformation, unilateral sanctions, severe infringement of people's rights to development, life and health;

    sounds like russia in the Ukraine

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 20 16:50:27 2022
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    <https://archive.is/unLvM> wbaltv.com

    America's small businesses are fighting 'double whammy' .. Only about
    a third of small businesses are making 90% or more of their pre-
    pandemic revenue .. That's worse than the results of a similar survey
    conducted last year, when 42% said they had recovered 90% or more of
    their pre-pandemic business .. There's a combination of factors working
    against small business owners .. When vacant storefronts become a
    fixture on Main Streets across the nation, consumers wind up with fewer
    choices about where they spend their money, and workers are left with
    fewer places to seek employment ..

    ...

    Given the fact that the US government is ran by big corporations, it's
    pretty natural that it seeks to somehow make life for small businesses
    more difficult.



    <https://archive.is/CYPAH>

    In fact, Biden is starting to look more like a South than a North
    American president .. A Biden bust is looming - it is just a question
    of how quickly it arrives ..

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 20 16:30:36 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2h6k8vp3> mininggazette.com

    .. Our broken political system ..

    One of the biggest reasons American politics have turned upside down over
    the past few years is growing numbers of Americans do not think leaders represent their interests. That simple sentiment underlies nearly every
    recent problem in American politics .. It's hard to trust elected representatives if you think they are in it to line their own pockets.
    Voters also don't trust politicians who seem to prioritize foreign
    interests or special interests over their own well-being. Those are
    precisely the sentiments many voters feel today. It has now been over six
    years since America's political class was put on clear notice that their
    voters are not happy. During those six years, almost zero effort has been expended to understand why voters are so frustrated ..

    ...

    The situation when elected leaders betray the expectations of their voters
    and fail on electoral promises is more rule than exception for the modern "western democracies". Besides the mass of ordinary voters, there's always
    some more powerful unelected actors and forces affecting government
    policies, which may be the Deep State and [trans]national corporate clans
    with their interest or - in the case of smaller nations - powerful foreign forces. And the ordinary voters can't even think for themselves and on
    their own, since the mainstream mass media zombify their brains, while the mainstream media are also owned by those very unelected actors and forces.



    <https://tinyurl.com/2j6wghso>

    .. Live in an age of failure ..

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 20 16:40:10 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2zgp5f6p> globaltimes.cn

    As the US attempts to sustain hegemony, China, Russia safeguard
    international order, justice .. A thief crying "stop thief." The US'
    concerns about the China-Russia relationship are the product of US' own strategic anxiety .. US' strategic anxiety stems from the fact that the
    US is declining .. The mismatch of US' strength and its mentality of
    viewing itself as the world's No.1 is the root cause of the existing
    division and chaos in the world ..

    ...



    <https://tinyurl.com/22pmgszf>

    "The American Century Is Over."

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 20 17:00:07 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2narj58z> americanchemistry.com

    U.S. chemical manufacturers reported that major supply chain problems
    continued well into this year and have worsened .. In addition to
    lost manufacturing and customer orders, companies reported that higher
    shipping rates were compounded by costly workarounds, including
    increased inventories, investing in additional rail cars ..

    ...



    <https://tinyurl.com/2oxy5y4b>

    America is forgetting how to make stuff ..

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 20 17:10:07 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2mnzhggu> zerohedge.com

    Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) says that the greatest threat to
    democracy isn't Trump voters, or parents protesting at school board
    meetings - "but the permanent Washington elite which has weaponized
    the govt and teamed up with corporate media to intimidate and silence
    those who dare to disagree with them." ..

    ...



    <https://tinyurl.com/2kl4hof9>

    .. These people are corrupt, condescending and immoral ..

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 20 17:05:20 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2mhsnlal> townhall.com

    Never before in American history has an entire political party,
    including its President, acted in ways that consistently harm the
    electorate .. No foreign power could be more successful at ripping
    apart the essential fabric of America than this Administration and
    this Congressional leadership ..

    ...



    <https://tinyurl.com/2jdlkxw5>

    De-Dollarization In Progress Could "Vaporize" [Your Savings]

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 20 17:20:05 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2zfssryp> moderndiplomacy.eu

    .. The American west faces power and water shortages ..

    Two of the largest reservoirs in America, which provide water and
    electricity to millions, are in danger of reaching 'dead pool status.' ..
    "The conditions in the American west, which we're seeing around the Colorado River basin, have been so dry for more than 20 years that we're no longer speaking of a drought .. We refer to it as "aridification" - a new very dry normal." .. As the crisis deepens, water cuts will need to be introduced,
    but this may not be enough ..



    <https://tinyurl.com/yeuukoas>

    .. U.S. is in irreversible decline ..

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  • From Byker@21:1/5 to Oleg Smirnov on Sat Aug 20 13:26:08 2022
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    "Oleg Smirnov" wrote in message news:tdqqjd$1ug7p$1@os.motzarella.org...


    Happy landings, Oleg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IgoMxN-pEA

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 21 20:55:09 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2qgd36ew> azcentral.com

    When did America start to go to hell? .. Lots of us feel America is in
    decline .. These whispered conversations at home, these secret doubts
    shared with friends, form the faint undertones of a nation in decline.
    Perhaps no other issue occupies the thoughts of Americans as relentlessly
    as this one .. When did it begin? ..

    Read more <https://tinyurl.com/2qgd36ew>



    <https://archive.is/yzbOQ>

    For America .. everything has been downhill since that awful Tuesday
    morning 20 years ago .. After 9/11, its dominance waned faster than
    that of almost any other empire in history ..

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 21 21:00:07 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2mcv4bl9> npr.org

    Inflation makes recovery from California fires more difficult ..

    Everything from housing to gas to even just basic toiletries is so
    expensive. .. Prices for most household items in the western United
    States have risen close to 10 percent since last year .. Close to
    one in four people here live below the federal poverty line. Rising homelessness was already a concern in the region before ..



    <https://tinyurl.com/2guf7ao8>

    Danger from wildfire smoke ..

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 21 21:05:07 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2mha85wg> spokesman.com

    .. Decline of freedom in America ..

    Even our established right to vote is challenged with all
    the gerrymandering and manipulation of voting procedures.
    What was once considered the sacred duty of a citizen to
    vote is now an arena to push through a candidate who will do
    the bidding of the power-hungry and annihilate any promise
    of democratic elections. The will of the people is no longer
    considered - the power of the oligarchs will see to that ..



    <https://archive.is/tVRx5>

    Political shenanigans get worse ..

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 21 21:10:07 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2ms4tfdv> gulftoday.ae

    Top US and European banks are facing tougher times in the riskiest parts
    of the loan market. The biggest US lenders, including Bank of America and Citigroup, wrote down $1 billion in the second quarter on leveraged and
    bridge loans as rising interest rates made it tougher for banks to offload
    debt to investors and other lenders.

    The pain has also spread across the Atlantic .. "We all underestimated how
    big an issue inflation was, and how aggressively the Fed was going to have
    to move," said a senior loan banker in New York ..



    <https://tinyurl.com/2qaf6kje>

    .. Growing de-dollarization trend

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 21 21:15:23 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2kpyq8cz> express.co.uk

    'Spectacularly incompetent!' Biden branded 'massive embarrassment' to US on world stage .. The US economy plunged again in the second quarter of this
    year to unofficially signal the start of a recession, with gross domestic product falling by an annualised rate of 0.9 percent .. Mr Biden's approval rating has also plunged significantly since the start of his presidency .. "Biden has been a spectacularly incompetent President, leading the US down
    a path of a very serious decline .. "The Biden presidency is a massive embarrassment for the United States on the world stage and has been a catastrophe at home and abroad ..

    ...



    <https://tinyurl.com/2hmh9733>

    Cartels are 'killing Americans with fentanyl at rates never seen before'

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 21 21:20:08 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2fbr7sou> tfp.org

    A Recession is Here, Both Financially and Morally

    The U.S. is currently experiencing a recession, despite desperate White
    House denials. However, to what extent does this financial reality
    correspond to the moral decline of recent decades? What is the connection between the nation's economic decline and the left's promotion of moral depravity on every level? .. By abandoning God and His truth, society
    begins a downward spiral .. A moral recession will always give rise to a financial one ..



    <https://tinyurl.com/2l8f2p9u>

    .. America, the Titanic

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 24 03:50:07 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2eesxk9p> zerohedge.com

    Record Number Of Americans Are "Suffering" ..

    A plethora of data points show the consumer is absolutely
    miserable: real wages trend lower, cost of living skyrockets,
    the employment market softens, savings rate collapses, credit
    cards maxed out, and the US economy falls into the "technical
    definition" of recession. Capturing the plunge in consumer
    sentiment (at record lows) is a new Gallup survey that
    reveals a record number of Americans are "suffering." ..

    ...

    Keep it up.



    <https://tinyurl.com/2nu8fzma>

    .. And the American people suffer ..

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 24 03:40:20 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2za5epdp> moderndiplomacy.eu

    Nontruthful America .. We just lie out of habit .. It is the same mentality which for years caused so many .. to deny genocide against native peoples
    and the stealing of their lands, the enslavement of Africans and other
    peoples .. the mass rape of women, the shaming treatment of the disabled,
    and denying the real roots of wealth and poverty ..

    It is an attitude and a growing value let alone norm and a way of behaving, being nontruthful .. Much of the world is turning a critical eye towards America .. as the global power dynamics continue to shift from North to
    South and from West to East with Americans and Europeans .. losing their historical hegemonic grip in world affairs with their usual threats to
    force Non-Westerners into compliance at home and abroad .. The prestige of America continues to erode as our dirty linen accelerates to hang outside
    for all to see including our deepening public indifference to allowing our government and ourselves to be so nontruthful as well as nonmoral ..



    <https://archive.is/VU3xz>

    .. The U.S. is becoming more like Brazil ..

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 24 03:45:06 2022
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    <https://archive.is/RcKhI> wsj.com

    Pandemic Bolsters China's Position as the World's Manufacturer

    For all the talk in Western capitals of reducing reliance on Chinese
    factories, China has in the past two years consolidated its position as
    the world's dominant supplier of manufactured goods .. China's share of
    global goods exports by value increased over the course of the pandemic,
    to 15% by the end of 2021 from 13% in 2019 ..



    <https://tinyurl.com/2oxy5y4b>

    America is forgetting how to make stuff ..

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 24 04:00:07 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2fosbsv5> wptv.com

    Fentanyl is now being found in what looks like bright, rainbow-colored candy that could be enticing to younger people .. Sheriff Ken Mascara said .. this
    is a perfect example of how drug dealers are looking for new ways to compete for new clients. Fentanyl is already becoming so prevalent that Mascara said it's only a matter of time before the candy-looking drugs show up on ..

    ...



    <https://archive.is/0320I>

    U.S. traffic deaths hit 20-year high ..

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 24 04:05:09 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2g6p3ggs> zerohedge.com

    Just How Cooked Is The Official Jobs Data .. More Than Half Of US Companies
    Are Laying Off Workers .. The Bureau of Labor Statistics stubbornly refuses
    to report the true state of the US labor market .. [This] is what the Biden administration points toward as the only silver cloud .. What if it is intentionally manipulated to make Biden's economy appear stronger than it is for midterm election purposes even if it means distortions across the entire market? .. We bring up all these rhetorical questions because a new survey released by consultancy PwC confirms our previous observations about rampant mass layoffs in the US labor market, and suggests that the true state of the job market is far, far uglier than the alleged 528K job gain reported by the BLS in July would suggest .. We are confident that the delta between the two data sets will promptly and magically resolve itself... right after the
    midterm elections.

    ...



    <https://archive.is/6TarG>

    Trust in news collapses to historic low

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 24 04:10:08 2022
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    <https://archive.is/E0f3h> theepochtimes.com

    .. American literacy rates, particularly those whose reading levels
    are eighth grade and below, have remained stagnant or falling for years.
    A majority of U.S. citizens would be unable to untangle the meaning of a Shakespeare sonnet .. Society is .. on the precipice of "a vast cultural impoverishment" .. Unfortunately .. The damage is done, and for the
    present, the odds are likely that nothing will alter the course of these
    trends ..

    ...



    <https://tinyurl.com/2az48nzd>

    .. America faces catastrophic teacher shortage

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 24 04:20:17 2022
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    <https://archive.is/kXy5k> theepochtimes.com

    Cost-of-Living Crisis Hits US Households

    Whatever the professionals and public policymakers call the U.S. economy,
    the data and consumer surveys show that households are enduring a cost-of- living crisis. Everything is piling up for consumers coast to coast, from soaring food prices to rising utility bills to increasing shelter costs ..
    38 percent of households anticipate that their financial situation will be worse .. 43 percent of U.S. consumers expect to take on new debt .. More
    debt, fewer savings, and subzero wage growth ..



    <https://tinyurl.com/9cy9es8r>

    American Inequality .. It's Gotten Far, Far Worse ..

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 26 13:30:07 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2z5xhmnp> treatmentmagazine.com

    Meth Remains a Scourge of Rural America

    While fentanyl rightly has become a focus of attention for the surge
    in opioid overdoses and deaths, the grip of an older nemesis -
    methamphetamine - on rural America shouldn't be overlooked .. Opioids
    get the headlines, but methamphetamine still plagues rural communities
    .. And co-use of meth with opioids was particularly notable, with 22%
    of those in the study who used both drugs reporting having had an
    overdose in the past six months ..



    <https://tinyurl.com/drug-overdose-pindos> <https://tinyurl.com/drug-overdose-europe>
    America the leprosarium.

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 26 13:25:04 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2prpfc5y> zerohedge.com

    .. About 1 in 6 American homes .. are behind on their power bills as
    soaring electricity prices spark what is said to be the worst-ever crisis
    in late utility payments .. Across the country, power companies reported
    a surge in non-payment customers .. The US is becoming more like Europe,
    where energy poverty has doomed millions of households ..

    ...



    <https://tinyurl.com/2f2a82kl>

    Homebuilders get hit with more bad news

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 26 13:40:10 2022
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    <https://archive.is/5xhqJ> texaspolicy.com

    Despite the Biden administration's claims to the contrary, the U.S. is in
    a recession. And despite its claims that everything else is to blame ..
    the blame is on the bad policies of excessive spending, taxing, regulating,
    and money-printing out of Washington .. Signing the IRA was only throwing gasoline on the raging economic fire.

    In the first two quarters of 2022, the U.S. had two consecutive quarters
    of declining real economic output, historic declines in productivity, and
    rapid inflation contributing to half of companies planning to cut jobs .. Clearly, the economy is floundering and American families are struggling to make ends meet. The IRA will result in higher taxes, more debt, more
    inflation, and deeper recession at exactly the worst time for the American people ..



    <https://tinyurl.com/2mkvljp4>

    Medical debt now outweighs all other personal debt in U.S.

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 26 13:35:12 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2lz88ftb> zerohedge.com

    With every passing day, the United States government borrows yet another
    leaf from Nazi Germany's playbook: Secret police. Secret courts. Secret government agencies. Surveillance. Censorship. Intimidation. Harassment. Torture. Brutality. Widespread corruption. Entrapment. Indoctrination. Indefinite detention.

    These are not tactics used by constitutional republics, where the rule of
    law and the rights of the citizenry reign supreme. Rather, they are the hallmarks of authoritarian regimes, where secret police control the
    populace through intimidation, fear and official lawlessness on the part
    of government agents ..

    If the government's covert .. employment of Nazis after World War II
    weren't bad enough, U.S. government agencies - the FBI, CIA and the
    military - adopted many of the Third Reich's well-honed policing tactics ..

    Read more <https://tinyurl.com/2k6ra99t>



    <https://archive.is/UT4e8>

    .. The FBI's corruption runs rampant ..

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 26 13:45:07 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2me3k42d> news5cleveland.com

    .. For Ohio foodbanks, a bad situation gets worse ..

    Demand is spiking because of high prices at the grocery store, increasing
    costs for housing and utilities and health care .. Food at Ohio's
    foodbanks is "going out a hell of a lot faster than it's coming in," ..
    In another sign of growing desperation, senior citizens are showing up to
    Ohio foodbanks in unprecedented numbers ..



    <https://archive.is/tEp5I>

    .. Ohio obesity rates hit all-time highs

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 26 23:10:38 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2erpm4zx> presstv.ir

    De-dollarization of international trade

    While there is a decline in Washington's standing as a superpower, the US
    is facing another harsh reality; the decline of the US dollar as it falls
    from international grace one country at a time. All indicators show the
    amount of US dollars held in reserves by non US central banks has fallen
    to its lowest level ..



    <https://tinyurl.com/2jja7frd>

    America's $7 Trillion Retirement Crisis Is Only Getting Worse

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 26 23:05:11 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2exo3fh5> schiffgold.com

    .. Washington Goes Full Orwellian

    An audacious communications campaign from Democrats in Washington is
    currently underway that is attempting to convince the public that:
    - There is no recession
    - Inflation has been vanquished
    - Even if inflation is still alive, targeted new Federal legislation
    will kill it
    .. It is a testament to the post-factual world we now occupy ..
    This "zero inflation" claim, repeated by Administration spokespeople
    dozens of times, is the kind of huge lie .. But the best piece of
    doublethink comes with the Democratic Party's passage of the 2022
    "Inflation Reduction Act." In the long history of misnamed pieces of legislation, this title might be the most egregious. Nothing in the
    gargantuan Bill was conceived with the aim of reducing inflation and
    nothing in the Bill will actually accomplish that goal. In truth,
    many of the plan's provisions will make inflation even worse ..



    <https://tinyurl.com/2eu8prv7>

    .. Depression + Inflation. And that's where we're heading ..

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 26 23:20:08 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2pu7rkp8> sofrep.com

    The US Military is Missing its Enlistment Goals ..

    According to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Deputy Secretary of
    Defense Kathleen Hicks, this is becoming an extremely serious matter.
    As a result, the DoD is reportedly meeting with officials .. discuss
    possible solutions to the issue .. The pool of those eligible to join
    the military shrinks .. There are no easy fixes ..



    <https://tinyurl.com/2d5aqhup>

    .. the Slow Decline of the U.S. Military

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 26 23:15:06 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2qvyhgsn> morningstaronline.co.uk

    AMERICAN democracy is in the doldrums. The bipartisan functioning of
    the American system is in shambles .. The US middle and working
    classes are yet to fully recover from the devastation caused by the
    2008 financial meltdown. Inequality, poverty, gun-related violence,
    and mass shootings have all combined to kill the so-called "American
    dream" and make the China model attractive and worth emulating .. The
    US share of global GDP has declined from 50 per cent in 1950 to 14
    per cent in 2018. On the other hand, the Chinese share of global GDP
    has catapulted to 18 per cent. The US is no longer the sole
    determinant of technological advances in the world, China has surged
    ahead in the R&D (Research and Development) arena as well ..

    "While the US has been trying to match the Chinese, it has little to
    show for it as of now .. The trends clearly indicate that China is
    gradually pacing ahead to replace the US as the number one power in
    the world in all three dimensions - military, economic and financial ..
    The US influence over global supply chains and trade routes decline ..

    Currently .. the process of splintering the dollar-based financial
    system has begun .. The decline of democracy and growth of violence is symptomatic of the overall decline of the American global power. The
    empire is crumbling from within and is unable to keep control of the
    internal fissures ..

    ...



    <https://tinyurl.com/2oghnopt>

    The decline of the US and the rise of the East

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 26 23:25:06 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2zj6mgtw> nationalinterest.org

    Regardless of who wins the Ukrainian war, the United States will be the strategic loser .. Two-thirds of the global population live in countries
    that have refrained from denouncing Russia. Even neighboring Mexico
    refused to condemn Russia or join economic sanctions. These are tough
    strategic realities for the United States to absorb ..

    ...



    <https://tinyurl.com/24qbjjsj>

    United States: the end of an illusion of omnipotence

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  • From Oleg Smirnov@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 26 23:30:07 2022
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    <https://tinyurl.com/2qxp6dv9> addictioncenter.com

    The Fentanyl Crisis Continues To Devastate The United States

    The Opioid crisis has been increasingly present in the United States
    for nearly 2 decades. Since 1999, more than 1 million people have
    lost their lives to a drug overdose. Year after year, a growing number
    of those overdoses have involved a Synthetic Opioid known as Fentanyl,
    which now accounts for nearly 90% of all Opioid-related overdoses and
    over 65% of all reported drug overdoses. In the last year alone, drug
    overdoses have increased by over 15%, from 94,000 in 2020 to over
    108,000 in 2021. Of those 108,000, over 80,000 involved Opioids and over
    70,000 of those involving Opioids included Fentanyl ..



    <https://tinyurl.com/yb9n9e9m>

    .. The Opioid Crisis Is Here to Stay ..

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