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Americans, needs to embrace the following TRUTH…
The House AND Senate, MUST start impeaching activist judges. Firing Magistrates.
Speaking of embracing…
If nothing follows KK below, Night Crew, you are on your own.
KK
Fresh Stuff. May be worth a read, listen, watch or scroll on by.
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APMEX https://www.apmex.com Bitcoin https://www.bitcoin.com/
Prices pulled last evening. Gold $4,905.86. Silver $86.61 Bitcoin $84,078.
Gold AND Silver sure took a shellacking Friday.
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American Stories. (A series)
The White House Salute to America 250 Task Force has partnered with Hillsdale College to provide a history series that tells the remarkable story of American Independence.
It will highlight the stories of the crucial characters and events that resulted in a small rag-tag army defeating the mightiest empire in the world and establishing the greatest republic ever to exist.
This is the story of America. This is our shared heritage and our proud destiny that will continue to lead us to unimaginable achievements in the centuries to come.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/america250
The Story of America: The Faith of Our Founders
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Next week, moving forward with, “Road To Liberty” series. (Please clap.) I’m joking. 🙂
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It’s Saturday. Relax. If ya got a few minutes, ponder this Chiefio article.
Short Term, Food & Skills. Long term Gold, Silver & Land
Posted on 26 January 2026 by E.M.Smith
What my parents taught me about The Great Depression.
The video below contains a lot of the same things my parents taught me about surviving the great depression. THE major difference is that now our currency is NOT a “store of value” as it was then. Then it was made of precious metals. Gold, silver, and even the copper penny had inherent value. Now our currency (not money, as money has “store of value” where currency is just “medium of exchange”) has no inherent value. So saving “pretty pieces of paper” or worse, “bits in a digital wallet” is not saving anything of real inherent value.
Where I do not agree with the video is on the value of gold & silver. Yes, they are “less valuable” as barter goods in the middle of a currency colapse, BUT they store value long term for “the other side” of the event. For short term barter you want soap, beans & bullets, bandages and antiseptics, skills and food. But long term, bridging the collapse, land and precious metals carry value across time and space,
Still. this video has much of what my parents taught me about surviving the Great Depression.
Dad was on an Iowa Farm trading production of the land for survival. He was given one .22 rifle bullet and, as a teen age child, sent out to “get a rabbit” or other animal to eat. IF he came back with food, everyone ate well. IF he came back with the bullet, they ate from stores. IF he came back without the bullet, having shot and missed, he did not eat. Think about that. A single .22 round was worth food, or no food. Dad was a very good shot during W.W.II and I suspect this “training” was wide spread in the USA.
Mum impressed on me the meaning of food shortage. That a single tin of tuna and a couple of crackers might be 2 days of food. To know this and prepare for it. That a single silver dime could be a fortune, buy life. Dad was a Yank soldier and would send her silver dimes to save. He was pissed to find she had used them instead of saving them, but food now mattered more than value later.
This is why I have lots of jars, lots of bullets, canning skills, food preservation skills, tools & a garden (food forest in the process of becoming). And even a modest amount of precious metals. Because of what my parents (both of them) taught me about surviving the Great Depression across two different continents and half a world apart. One rural and one urban. both survivors.
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So what have I got? A very large home lot. Enough to feed us if needed. A set of skills that include a current bit of work on improving “what I can grow”. Presently I can grow “enough”, working on “what I want”. More bullets than I can use, but a very nice trade item. Some gold and silver (mostly in “accounts” not in hand, something to fix if things start to go bad…). Lots of jars, canning supplies, and the skill to use them, along with a food drier and a few gallons of salt. Fuel in several cars (enough to get through a few weeks of infrastructure failures). and a small library of “how to” and wisdom books. Probably going to add a welder (I already have the skill to use it) for a barter skill / service in addition to canning.
The point of all this?
- Bad Times happen. Over time and space. Repeatedly. Prepare for them.
- Have skills and the assets that matter. Store things of long term inherent value.
- It will come some day, but even if not in your lifetime, teach your children.
- It will come as long as politicians are stupid, or greedy, which they always are. This time is NOT different.
(Closing section above, my formatting and emphasis.)
Re-Run below. For those who scrolled past below video, in the Chiefio article above, a Second opportunity to watch it, or scroll on by. 🙂
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CCW – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Fortunate Son
Have You Ever Seen The Rain
Moon Rising (Remastered 1985)
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Night crew, your nickel.
KK