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The Blogging Pilgrim

    Old world self-sufficiency in a new world … 

So much of our lives literally revolves around the kitchen. We eat all our meals together there, sharing the day’s challenges and successes. It served as the school room and the family room for playing games. Plans for the day and the future are discussed and solidified over food and drink. The bills get paid, records are kept and taxes figured there. Seeds are spread on the table while planning the garden and jars are sorted and filled there at harvest time. Quilts and clothes get cut and sewn on that table. Neighbors and friends are always welcome to share a cup of coffee and baked goods of the day. Wonderful memories reside in the kitchen while delightful new, little people come to add their chapters.

The Problem with Sanctions

…driving up the price of oil, creating potential energy and food shortages in the West and exacerbating the “cost of living” crisis created by the “pandemic”.
You should always be wary of anybody whose actions achieve the exact opposite of their stated goal.

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Inflation Sale

Inflation is definitely headed even higher and that high inflation is here to stay. Consumers can only handle higher prices for so long. Inflation destroys purchasing power and is crushing to poor and middle-class folks.

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“Get Out of Cash!”

Is Modern Monetary Theory the next step on the way to the WEF’s Great Reset? All we have to do is print more money, deficits don’t matter. What could possibly go wrong? Does inflation indicate that the value of everything has gone up or that the money is worth less?

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Good things came from 2020, too.

The year 2020 has a certain negative conation to it. Pandemic, school shut downs, misinformation, social media control, grocery supplies dropped, business closers. Even with these many negative aspects something great has grown from these events of 2020, gardening.

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How Much Toilet Paper Do You Need?

The average American household of 2.6 people uses 409 regular rolls of toilet paper a year. The company calculated that the 24/7 stay-at-home orders that has kept millions of people locked down, increased the home TP consumption by 40%.

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Invest in Futures [cartoon]

My advice is to hedge your risky investments in the stock market, without leveraged instruments, in a diverse portfolio of commodities that you take possession of immediately for use in the future just in case unforeseen derivatives threaten volatile markets.

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