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Tis the season ...

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Speaking Yuletide ...


Inflation: What's Causing It and Why?
(COVID and LABOR)

Peter Zeihan

Dec 15, 2023
I've got some good news and some bad news on inflation in the US...one has to do with COVID, and the other is about the labor market. Which do you want first?

2:37 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAjBy5cBwJ0

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Via Toe/Jam Joe's ...


"IMMINENT ARRIVAL"

An insightful sci-fi narrative penned by Quddus Ajimine and skillfully directed by Justin Kruse

premise:

Richard James, AKA "Reaper Rick," is a simple Red-blooded, paranoid, country man. His long history of Military Service has taught him to never trust the government, pushing him to live out his days in the country, off of the grid. Other than his religious viewership of his favorite cable news network, his only other connection to the outside world is through his good buddy, "Squinty Joe," who he only keeps in contact through HAM Radio. The two of them engage daily about the latest wild conspiracy theories, further exacerbating and shaping their views on the world ...

The two are constantly trying to one-up each other, bragging about who has the latest gear or best doomsday prep. In their minds, the apocalypse is right around the corner so it only makes sense to have a solid plan. In this Sci-fi Dramedy short film, we follow a day in the life of Rick as his intense paranoia becomes a reality during one of the strangest days of his life!

2023

20:13 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_Bvk1MfWYw

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The latest ...

Houthi Attacks force Maersk, Mediterranean Shipping &
Hapag-Lloyd Turn Their Ships from the Red Sea

What's Going on With Shipping?

Dec 16, 2023

In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner - discusses the decision by Maersk, Mediterranean Shipping, and Hapag to turn their ships from the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb due to Houthi attacks. What do these diversions mean, what is the background on the Houthi attacks, what ships have been attacked so far, and what does this decision to divert mean for global shipping?

31:59 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elvHcJqJagQ

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Will share this here ...
Lest we forget ...


Teddy Roosevelt Jr. & the Mother of Normandy
| American Artifact Episode 107

The History Underground

Dec 15, 2023 SAINTE-MÈRE-ÉGLISE
Many are familiar with the Normandy American Cemetery but may not know that there were several smaller cemeteries that served as a temporary resting place for the fallen. One of those was Brig. General Teddy Roosevelt, who came ashore on Utah Beach on D-Day with the 4th Infantry Division. In this episode of American Artifact, we're exploring a few of these temporary cemeteries and looking at the story of a local woman who took it upon herself to care for the graves of the soldiers who had lost their lives fighting for the liberation of her country.

This episode was produced in partnership with The Gettysburg Museum of History.

12:06 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs4DRVOnRd4

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"Here we are one" ...


ISS

Official Trailer
| Bleecker Street

Dec 4, 2023
Watch the official trailer for I.S.S.

Tensions flare in the near future aboard the International Space Station as a worldwide conflict breaks out on Earth. Reeling from this, the astronauts receive orders from the ground: take control of the station by any means necessary. Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite, working with Nick Shafir’s Blacklist script, brings together a stellar cast that includes Academy Award winner Ariana DeBose, Chris Messina, Pilou Asbaek, John Gallagher Jr., Costa Ronin, and Masha Mashkova, in a high-stakes thriller set entirely in the confines of the I.S.S. as astronauts are called to duty in fateful and terrifying ways.

Only In Theaters January 19

Official Bleecker Street Site: https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/

2:21 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BywoLxuBgT0

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Oh my here's an item that doesn't surprise me
much on the going on (s) at the top of the Hill ...

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Back in the day (mid 60's), I lived only a few blocks from the Capitol with my dad ... Plan was for me to intern + get an appointment to the U.S. Capitol Page Program (note pages are in the Senate, House of Representatives, and Supreme Court). While living on Capitol Hill for a long time, my father had a very scopious view of the characters, settings, and real backdrops of what some locals referred to as the 'Rhinestone Ghetto'.

Wisely, but most likely more practical, it was later decided by my family to send me off to a Franciscan boarding school to allow for them to show/guide me the way ...

Heck of a week for the Left,' he wrote. 'Gay porn in the Senate, swearing in ceremony on child porn in Virginia, t****y tap dancers in the White House, and Satanic statues in Iowa. What else am I missing?'

Fired Democrat senator's aide, 24, who made gay sex tape in Senate could face CRIMINAL charges after X-rated clip swept the internet: Is slammed for implying that HE'S the victim

[Emil El Zapato]

Oh my here's an item that doesn't surprise me
much on the going on (s) at the top of the Hill ...

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Fired Democrat senator's aide, 24, who made gay sex tape in Senate could face CRIMINAL charges after X-rated clip swept the internet: Is slammed for implying that HE'S the victim

Well, I don't really know what to think but I got to hand it to the players, they have high ambitions and who would fault them for that...

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Getting Ready for a Post-American World

Peter Zeihan

Dec 18, 2023 #globalization #usa #collapse
The end of 2023 is approaching, and that means I owe you all a gift. Sorry to disappoint, but it's not an all-expenses-paid vacation to BoraBora. Instead, I've thrown together a 'Post-America' series that breaks down what the world looks like as the US steps back as global protector.

1:58 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf6YnP9ZcAk

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Meanwhile ...


South Dakota doomsday city built underground

NewsNation
@OnBalance

Dec 13, 2023
Bunkers, survival plans, stocked pantries and stashes of supplies — We’ve heard about doomsday preppers for a while. But now it’s becoming a big business. Real estate speculators say there are plenty of people out there worried enough about the future to buy properties in bunker communities. NewsNation national correspondent Brian Entin visits a former Army base turned bunker community in South Dakota that’s off-grid and built to be self-sufficient.

5:07 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OM-pzR2trI

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Meanwhile ...


South Dakota doomsday city built underground

NewsNation
@OnBalance



5:07 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OM-pzR2trI

I doubt I would like my neighbors but it would be nice to have one...I only worry about asteroids...that's the appeal to me. (legacy of my pot smoking days... )

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#1

Getting Ready for a Post-American World

The Middle East, After America

Peter Zeiha

Dec 19, 2023 #middleeast #globalization #usa
To kick off our 'Post-American' series, we'll be looking at the Middle East. The best way to break this down is into three chunks: the role of the US as it leaves, the role of regional powers as they rise, and the role extra-regional powers might play.

8:14 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PycoZ1R35Z4

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Keeping up with this issue ...

Shipping and the Red Sea (Attacks on Tankers)

Peter Zeihan

Dec 20, 2023 #shipping #export #redsea
If any of the gifts you ordered have to go through the Red Sea, it might be time to buy a backup. If you haven't heard, there has been a series of attacks carried out by Yemeni militants on commercial shipping.

6:49 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJE7g08NldQ



Note more in depth info here...

Operation Prosperity Guardian - To Convoy or To Not Convoy? | Bab el-Mandeb, Red Sea & Gulf of Aden

What's Going on With Shipping?

Dec 20, 2023

In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner - discusses how Operation Prosperity Guardian can unfold in the Red Sea, Bab el-Mandeb, and Gulf of Aden and the role that the shipping companies play in this event.

22:46 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWvzS5E00Y8

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Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.
Robert Louis Stevenson

An online troll gets a knock at the door.
It's the celebrity he's been harassing.

Hello David

David is enjoying an idyllic day with his wife and baby girl in their comfortable, charming home. But their family time is interrupted, first by a notification from his phone and then a visit.

The visit is from a famous actor named Charlton Phillips. Charlton would like to have a private word with David -- about David's secret life as an online troll, where he's left tons of abusive comments and messages for Charlton. And now Charlton is here to confront David about them.

Directed and written by Ed Kear and Cringo Williamson

2022

10:46 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwuUY9MgoOY

[Emil El Zapato]

An online troll gets a knock at the door.
It's the celebrity he's been harassing.

Hello David




2022

10:46 min.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwuUY9MgoOY

Both of them are big babies ...