“RED Alert! RED Alert!” Captain Picard screamed out loud as it was becoming obvious soon his starship and all its people would be under attack with little chance of survival. Oh yes over the past few days there were plenty of signs that things where not normal, and problems were on the horizon. Perhaps if he took serious the enemy warships that where massing on the borders, or the fact that the computer systems were having serious issues. Of course he had two other officers that were telling him war was on the door step, but he just placed them into the bucket of conspiracy theorists. At night instead of actually looking at many reports he spent endless hours watching videos and movies in his room, and of course spending time with his lady friends.
It seems as though today in America the Captain Picard’s that are attempting to lead their family’s or themselves are failing just as bad as the story above. How can we have such doom, evil, destruction, and death sitting at the doorstep of our homes, lives, and people we love but yet continue to do nothing until ultimately it will be to late. That is a question I have asked myself and my readers for over four years now. Over the past 10 days events in the economy, diplomacy, and military industrial complex are flashing warning signs of of “Red Alert” proportions, but yet only a very few are coming forward and talking about them. To watch everyone in my daily life just going about their daily lives, and if I dare bring up what I see, not even want to engage in the conversation is well, how it has been going since I woke up years ago.
So let me say clearly, “RED ALERT, RED ALERT, move to your battle stations.”
Economic Implosion on our door step!
Remember all, I said one of the following three events would happen that would set in motion very quickly a quick collapse of what is left of the lie called American Economics.
- Interest rates would rise from the zero percent overnight rate.
- Inflation would begin in earnest in basic commodities of food and fuel, as well as health care, automobile prices and housing.
- The dollar would “die” in value against other countries currencies.
As one, two, or all three events begin to occur a domino of economic downfall will begin to take place. Everything that one would think would be normal will not be, as the few in power try to desperately keep the system going. A stock market that should be falling will rise, prices of Gold and Silver will fall dramatically even though all logic would tell you the price should be going through the roof.
In fact, “An organism at war with itself is doomed”, Carl Sagan
Over the past ten days have are just a few things that have and are in the process of taking place that should be sending you into “Red Alert”.
#1 Gold
The price of gold was down by about 4 percent on Friday. Gold has now fallen below $1500 an ounce for the first time since July 2011. Overall, the price of gold has fallen by about 10 percent since the beginning of the year, and it is about 22 percent below the record high set back in September 2011.
Yes, the price of gold is likely being pushed down by the banksters. And yes, gold is a fantastic investment for the long-term. But there will be times when the price of gold does fall dramatically just like we saw back in 2008.
#2 Silver
The price of silver fell by about 5 percent on Friday. If it falls much more it is going to be at a level that presents a historically good buying opportunity.
Just like gold, there will be times when the price of silver swings dramatically. But the truth is that silver is probably an even better long-term investment than gold is.
#3 Oil
The price of oil declined by about 3 percent on Friday. Many will consider this a positive thing, but just remember what happened back in 2008. Back then, the price of oil dropped like a rock. If the price of oil gets below $80, that could very well be a clear signal that a major economic crisis is about to happen.
#4 Consumer Confidence
As I mentioned above, consumer confidence in the U.S. just had its biggest miss relative to expectations that has ever been recorded. The following is from an article posted on Zero Hedge on Friday…
Well if this doesn’t send the market into all-time record high territory, nothing ever will: seconds ago the UMich Consumer Confidence plummeted from 78.6 to 72.3, on expectations of an unchanged 78.6 print. This was not only a 9 month low in the index, but more importantly the biggest miss to expectations in recorded history!
#5 Retirement Accounts
According to Wells Fargo, the number of Americans taking loans from their 401(k) accounts has risen by 28 percent over the past year…
Through an analysis of participants enrolled in Wells Fargo-administered defined contribution plans, the bank announced today that in the fourth quarter of 2012, there was a 28 percent increase in the number of people taking loans out from their 401(k) and that the average new loan balances increased to $7,126 from those taken out in the fourth quarter of 2011 – a 7% increase from $6,662.
Of the participants who took out loans, the greatest percentage were to people in their 50s (34.2%), followed by those in their 60s (28.9%) and then by those in their 40s (27.3%). The increase among participants in their 50s was nearly double the increase among those under 30. This is based on an analysis of a subset of 1.9 million eligible participants in retirement plans that Wells Fargo administers.
“The increased loan activity particularly among older participants is concerning because those are the years when workers can start to make ‘catch-up’ contributions and really need to focus on preparing for retirement,” said Laurie Nordquist, director of Wells Fargo Retirement.
#6 Ponzinomics
Bill Gross, Nouriel Roubini, Laurence Kotlikoff, Steve Keen, Michel Chossudovsky, the Wall Street Journal and many others say that our entire economy is a Ponzi scheme. Here is a video with David Stockton who now agrees.
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Listen I am only covering a few of the economic collapse RED ALERT Flags here, do an hour of your own research, things are OFF THE CHART of normal and have moved to zanny if you want to see it.
How about a few additional points
- 101 MILLION Working age Americans have “fallen out of” the work force. THEY ARE NOT EVEN COUNTED in the unemployment numbers anymore. They have no job, no hope of a job, and yet are NOT counted as unemployed.
- 48 Million Americans are receiving food stamps.
- Current student loans outstanding is estimated to be 1.1 TRILLION dollars, with the interest rate on them set to double next month.
- The stock market continues to rise even though EVERY and I mean EVERY economic indicator in the past 10 missed missed there expectations BY A LOT.
- The average auto loan on a new car is 8.2 years. Yes over 8 years to finance a CAR!
Now should I start to bring on events happening outside of the economic realm such as North Korea, Gun Control, Cyprus, European Union, endless wars, and so on.
RED ALERT! RED ALERT!