How to make dirt…Part #3

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This is the third in the making dirt series. If you haven’t already read Parts #1 & #2 you might want to:

We are moving on from fruit tree soil to soil I make for our yard.

Grass Soil –

This yet another challenge for us here…being able to grow grass. Remember our soil is baked dry, lacking water, lacking nutrients, and lacking the ability for water to penetrate/wick below the surface. Wind and soil erosion have removed most of the top soil and vegetative cover. The lack of water and the baking effect have also effectively killed any life in the soil…and most rain that does fall simply runs off into dry washes that become raging streams or rivers when heavy rains hit. Yeah, not a great situation.

This is a picture of the back yard before I started working on it to replant.

First thing we had to do was figure out what kind of grass(es) could grow here…and there are not many. My first attempt a couple of years ago was a ‘dry pasture’ grass…fail! Then I tried a mixer of common lawn grass…fail! The final solution depended on the mission/usage.

For our yard I went with a local nursery’s own mix of yard/lawn grasses specifically identified for this area. And along with identifying the proper kinds I had to yield to watering as needed. But that was just the start. Along with regular watering I also had to accept that I would have to amend the soil where the grass would be planted, amend it a lot. But I wasn’t done yet. I also had to accept that I would be caring for the grass with fertilizers, nutrients, and other vital healthy soil components on an on-going basis. Building soil for my grass yard was going to be a major project…but it was worth it to have a decent yard vs blowing dirt or sticky mud.

Here was my dirt building process:

  • Step #1 – Using my neighbor’s tractor to rip the existing soil with 12” deep rippers.
  • Step #2 – Using my tractor with a disc to break up the clumps of soil and to break the soil down a bit.
  • Step #3 – Spread native soil on low areas to even out the ground.
  • Step #4 – Using my tractor with a disc to mix the soil and do some leveling.
  • Step #5 – Using my ATV with a drag harrow I leveled the area to smooth it out.
  • Step #6 – Spread 8 yards of screened compost over roughly an 8,000sq’ (+/-) area; About ¼” of compost.
  • Step #7 – Using my tractor with a disc to mix the soil and do some more leveling.
  • Step #8 – Using my ATV with a drag harrow I leveled the area to smooth it out and turn it into a seedbed.

View of grass in the back yard before starting work.

This is what the dirt looked like after I tore it up but before any amendments.

This is what the dirt looked like after adding the amendments.

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Once the amendment addition was complete and I leveled it, I put down Sta-Green Slow Release 16-0-10 Natural All-purpose Fertilizer. Then the grass seed went on. Finally, I put down a very light covering of a mix of peat moss and Grow King Steer Manure. Yeah…then plenty of water 3 times a day for a month, then watered 2 times a day till October.

This what the back yard looked like after all the work…just waiting for the grass to sprout.

Was it successful? Yeah, kinda, mostly, not quite completely. Lessons learned:

  1. I should have at least tripled the compost or used pine needle straw as my first load, then 2 loads of compost. There simply wasn’t enough organic matter the way I did it. But, it did work…it just could have been done way better.
  2. Some of the native soil I brought in to do leveling contained too much clay. I thought I had all sand but I didn’t see that I had tapped into a clay seam. This has caused two areas of the yard to hold water longer than the rest resulting in poor drainage. The areas are prone to turning yellow as a result. I will fix that this winter.
  3. I should have applied a slow-release 10-10-10 fertilizer after Step #1.
  4. I should have applied water after Steps #1, #2, & #5.
  5. Instead of using Sta-Green Fertilizer plus Soil Conditioner after planting the grass I should have applied a ½ application after Step #7. Then a full application after planting.

Lessons Learned Narrative: The soil was lacking organic matter at all levels, I simply didn’t add enough compost. LL #1 would have solved that. When I had completed the soil building/preparation there simply wasn’t enough water or nutrients in the deeper soil. LL #’s 3 & 4 would have solved that. Adding the Sta-Green Fertilizer plus Soil Conditioner to the upper layer would have made a far superior seed bed for the grass seed. Bottom line…I could of, should of, done a much better job of preparing the soil. In my defense…I was somewhat limited on my budget and had to conserve funds. And I had never built a grass soil in these conditions before.

Here is a final thought on building soil for grass…roots average depth for some popular grasses:

  • Rye grass – 5” (+/-)
  • Bermuda grass – 6” (+/- for 80% of the roots)
  • Zoysia grass – 2-6”
  • St. Augustine grass – 6-12”
  • Kentucky bluegrass – 6-12”

As you can see the top 12” of soil is vital for most grass to do well. I all but (mostly) ignored the lower 11” of the soil when it came to organic matter, nutrients, and water. Had I put more of all three in the full 12″ as I went, the soil would have been much higher in quality for the grass to thrive. As it was I had to apply double the amount of fertilizer/nutrients to the surface throughout the growing season along with watering twice a day.

Note #1: For the soil in our yard to do well the roots have to go deep. The custom grass seed mix we bought has a variety of seed, some of which will put down deeper roots. But, most the grass will be the more shallow root types which means plenty of watering…and that is OK. We have our own well so there won’t be a large monthly water bill. Over time, probably beyond my lifetime, the roots will find their way deep and that will significantly improve the quality of the soil.

Note #2: Once I started mowing the grass I never regularly mowed it shorter than 2” and mowed only once per week. And I caught the cuttings in a grass catcher bag, not mulching it as thatch. Leaving it a little taller at 2” also allows the roots to grow deeper. In retrospect I could have gone to mowing every 10 days to 2 weeks and allowing the grass to grow taller. That could have also assisted in root growth. I did wait initially until the grass was about 3” before cutting for the first time. Yes, taller grass means deeper roots.

Note #3: After the grass was well-established I mowed the grass down to

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1-1/2”, aerated the soil, applied a full application of Sta-Green Fertilizer plus Soil Conditioner, along with some peat moss, to the lawn, and watered it in well. Aerating the yard allowed oxygen, water, and nutrients to get deeper into the soil…and that drastically helps roots to grow stronger and deeper. Going forward I will probably try and aerate 2 – 3 times a year if needed.

Note #4: Sta-Green Fertilizer plus Soil Conditioner…This product is a 16-0-10 natural all-purpose slow-release fertilizer. In contains blood meal, bone meal, and feather meal and sea kelp, humic acid, potash, sulfur urea, calcium, gypsum, along with other nutrients. This product goes well beyond simple fertilizer, it contains ingredients that actually improve the condition of the soil.

Note #5: Speaking of gypsum…gypsum is a soft white or gray mineral consisting of hydrated calcium sulfate. It allows for deeper water and roots penetration. The calcium composition in gypsum also aids in roots development and the absorption of other vital nutrients. I should have put a ton of it on the ground after having “ripped it” but before putting the disc to it. It would have made the soil far, far more conducive to a growing deeper roots and encouraging water penetration. Live and learn.

While I may not have done everything perfectly, I did a lot of the right things. Besides…my wife loves the lush green yard and that is really all that matters 😉

Here is a short video of the back yard the first week of October. I kinda like it 🙂

 

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Christopher Wray…Prison or Gallows?

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Most of you have heard by now that FBI Director Christopher Wray announced that he will resign before Trump’s inauguration. He made that announcement on Dec 12th. Why that particular and specific day for his resignation announcement?

Hang on for a minute, before I get into that let me apologize for not writing about his resignation before now. I simply couldn’t. First of all that was the first day (12/12) of my flu, respiratory issue, COVID, or whatever it is that I have that has knocked the wind out of my sails. I just felt like crap…kinda still do. And add to that my passionate views of the FBI…well, I just had to wait until I mellowed out and felt better. But here goes…

Well, well…on December 13th Justice Department inspector general’s office released a report on their investigation into the FBI’s involvement in the January 6th “event” (we will call it that for now). The report clearly states that there were 26 FBI assets/resources present at the event and had acted presently and/or previously at the direction of the FBI. Of the 26; 17 of them entered restricted areas including the Capitol itself. Another 3 were involved in planning meetings.

Oddly enough…it made it clear that the FBI had advance warning of the Jan 6th event. Obviously, since FBI assets were there in the event’s planning meetings. Duh!

Now, let’s clear up a potential misunderstanding. All 26 were “informants”; however, they were, or had been, acting under the direction and control of the FBI. For clarity, at this point they are not being identified at undercover FBI agents. Meaning, the 26 were not official bureau employees. The 26 are currently being identified as “confidential human sources” (CHS) by the IG report.

In exchange for information, the FBI offers to CHSs several types of incentives for cooperation. These incentives may include monetary compensation, a reduction of penalties if involved in criminal activity, or complete absolution for crimes. Since there is an exchange of goods for services, or the promise of goods (i.e. money or preferential treatment) there exists a “contract”…with the FBI in control. That means the FBI had a contractual relationship with these 26 folks.

What does this mean? It means that the FBI had their assets involved, directly involved, in the Jan 6th event. 17 of those broke the law…and there is no record that they were ever charged, arrested, or prosecuted for those crimes. But here is the important part…3 of the FBI’s assets were involved in the planning of the event. But is that all of it? Ah, no…the most important part is this…

FBI Director Wray was repeatedly asked in Congressional hearings if the FBI, FBI agents, or FBI resources (including CHSs) were involved in Jan 6th. Under oath Wray gave the same answer every time…no. That is a crime itself…lying to Congress, especially under oath. Yeah, irony there…primary federal law enforcement agency head lying under oath. Huh?

So how do we know the depth of the FBI’s involvement in Jan 6th? Simple test…if the CHSs were not there under the direction of the FBI all Wray had to do is simply state that FBI informants were present but not at the direction of the FBI. And oddly enough…Wray never stated that. Meaning…logically, that the CHSs were there at the FBI’s direction…otherwise Wray would have stated such. Yes?

Now let’s go back to the “event”. Have whatever opinion you want…but here is where words matter…

“The United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol” was the official title of the Democrat controlled Congressional committee charged with investigating Jan 6th. The committee recommended charging Trump with obstruction of an official proceeding; conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to make a false statement; and attempts to “incite”, “assist” or “aid or comfort” an insurrection. Remember this…it’s important!!

Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution defines treason against the United States as: 1) levying war against the nation, 2) adhering to its enemies by giving them aid and comfort.

Chief Justice John Marshall clarified in Ex parte Bollman (1807) that “levying war” requires an actual assemblage of men for a treasonable purpose, not merely plotting. The line between conspiracy and treason is drawn at the point of physical assembly for hostile action against the United States. “Aiding and comforting the enemy” deals with acts that support entities hostile to the United States. Cramer v. United States (1945) clarified that this requires both concrete actions and intent to betray.

So the committee saw Trump worthy of those charges previously mentioned. And here is an important part…since they considered it an “attack on the capitol” and conducted by organized armed men, it rises to the level of treason. Yes? Hang in there with me one more minute…since Trump wasn’t physically there they had to charge him with “giving them aid and comfort”…again, a treason offense. Yes?

Okay, now set Trump aside for a minute, and think about this…

  1. FBI assets were involved in the planning of this attack / insurrection.
  2. FBI assets were involved in the breach of the Capitol and other restricted areas.
  3. FBI personnel lied to Congress attempting to cover-up the involvement of their assets in the attack / insurrection.
  4. The FBI had previously clearly had a contractual relations with them…at the very least.
  5. Christopher Wray was the head of the FBI during this time…he was in charge of all of this.

Does this paint a pretty clear picture of obstruction of an official proceeding; conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to make a false statement; and attempts to “incite”, “assist” or “aid or comfort” an insurrection?

Well, let’s set all of that aside for another minute. We know facts regarding the FBI:

  • August 2022 the FBI performed a SWAT raid on Trump’s home…nothing even close to anything like that ever having been done in the history of the US. And don’t forget…Biden authorized the use of deadly force during the raid.
  • In 2022 the FBI targeted the Catholic church as a hotbed of “Violent Extremists” and sought to develop confidential informants among Catholic clergy and members. Specifically targeting the Catholic church for their “pro-life views”.
  • Throughout Biden’s term as President the FBI made numerous highly armed SWAT raids of people accused of praying outside of Abortion clinics. Most of those targeted were senior citizens, many in their 70’s & 80’s.
  • In 2021 the FBI began an operation to use counterterrorism tools against parents speaking out at school board meetings in opposition to transgender-related issues and critical race theory curricula. Is was suggested in White House and FBI discussions that these parents were to be considered as violating the Patriot Act as “domestic terrorists.”
  • In the last 10 years the FBI abandoned the investigation recommendation into Biden’s illegal influence scheme with foreign governments in 2015. Including illegal payments to Biden from both Ukraine and China.
  • After the assassination attempt on Trump where he was shot, narrowly missing his head, but striking his ear, Wray testified before Congress suggesting Trump was never struck by a bullet.
  • The FBI knew about Hunter Biden’s laptop and its damning evidence against Joe Biden prior to the 2020 Presidential election. Then they had actual procession of it. The FBI hid that fact and covered up the entire incident until after the election when Trump was defeated. A clear example of election inference on the part of the FBI.
  • The FBI knew about the extensive criminal activity of Hunter Biden in regards to gun violations and tax evasion and covered it up. In 2022 an FBI whistleblower revealed that FBI leadership told FBI officials to drop the investigations.
  • FISC Judge Rudolph Contreras revealed in 2022 the FBI illegally spied on US politicians…and this was just one of several operations discovered.
  • And let’s not forget the FBI’s direct involvement in the illegal Steele RussiaGate operation.
  • Then there is a long list of whistleblowers who have exposed the crimes of the FBI.

And probably the most disgusting and disturbing of FBI atrocities…remember the report revealed in a Congressional hearing that stated more than 300,000 minors brought across the southern border NOT in the company of their parents. Yes, illegal human trafficking. How many of those more than 300,000 children has the FBI recovered and how many of their human traffickers have they arrested and are in prison? Yeah…you know that answer and you should be throwing up right about now. So ask this…Why do you think they have done nothing?

And the list goes on and on and on…and on and on and on…but you get the point by now. A significant fact to understand…this didn’t start recently or with Wray…the FBI has been doing this from the very beginning of their agency.

So now what? You will see a clear sign of guilt of Wray and the FBI if one or more of the following occurs:

  • Biden gives Wray a pardon.
  • Wray is never investigated.
  • Patel is not confirmed as head of the FBI.
  • No action is taken against any FBI personnel for any of the long list of FBI law breaking mentioned above.
  • No charges and prison time for any of the 26 FBI assets involved in the event.

So my question that served as the title of the post “Christopher Wray…Prison or Gallows?” is a moot point. Wray is a key player in the DeepState and will never be held accountable…as the FBI will never be held accountable. Why not the FBI? Based on factual evidence of the FBI’s conduct for decades…would it not be realistic to ask…”Is the FBI the thug enforcement arm of the DeepState?”

In a true Constitutional Republic an agency like the FBI would never exist. And the Founding Fathers saw it the same way…the US Constitution does not mention authorizing any agency even closely resembling the FBI. Hence, the FBI is not a Constitutional entity and should not exist.

However, if somehow the FBI was actually a part of a true Constitutional Republic and the FBI perpetrated the crimes they have since their beginning…well, the landscape would look entirely different. Huge numbers of FBI personnel would be in jail right now awaiting trial, those already found guilty would be serving long prison terms, and FBI leadership might just be facing the penalties of committing acts of sedation, insurrection, and/or treason.

But none of that will ever happen in our Banana Republic. Not because of the purity, blindness, and righteousness of our justice system…but because the DeepState controls this country’s government to its very core. And evil men will run amok using the government to create even more demonic evil.

Here is a little tidbit to close on…Wray’s salary as FBI Director is approximately $192,000 per year. His current net worth is somewhere between $23million and $43million. Huh. And how did that happen? Where is the money coming from? And more than all of that…why hasn’t Wray ever been required to release his true and exact net worth and exactly where the money comes/came from? Just asking…

Hey wait a minute…Ever wonder why the report came out just after the 2024 Presidential Election and not before? Surely you’re not thinking that the DOJ and FBI would again commit election interference…surely not!

 

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How to make dirt…Part #2

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This is the second in the making dirt series. If you haven’t already read Part #1 you might want to <click here to read Part #1>

We are moving on from raised bed soil to soil I make for our fruit trees.

Orchard Soil –

Soil for fruit trees is extremely important…maybe even more important than for vegetable raised beds. Why?

  1. You only get one shot at the proper soil mix for fruit trees. Once that tree is planted it is over…you got what you got.
  2. You have to have plenty of moisture for the fruit tree to flourish so the soil has to have the ability retain sufficient moisture for the right length of time for the tree to absorb enough of the water.
  3. You can’t have the soil retain so much water that it is soggy and the tree’s roots stay abnormally wet. So the soil has to be able to drain properly.
  4. You have to be able to spread out the water and nutrients far enough away from the tree trunk to encourage roots to spread out…and deepen.

In my particular area…at least on my property…I’ve already mentioned that I have a fine sand soil that is compacted tight, void of organic matter, and it sits on sandstone. There is some clay involved as well but that it normally 1’ – 2’ below the surface. Yeah, great conditions, eh? So the size of the hole that contains the ‘built soil’ is actually just as important as the soil itself. There has to be enough room for support roots, water retention, and drainage…not to mention available nutrients.

Normally I see fruit tree planting instructions talk about the hole should be twice the size of the root ball. Ah, no. Here, for me, I use a completely different guideline. I go for a hole that is a minimum of three times the drip line of the new tree, or a hole is 3’ across at a minimum, and a minimum of 3’ deep…my “3/3 rule”.

 

  • Note #1: Notice the inner circle…that’s the original 3′ hole for the new bare root peach tree.
  • Note #2: Notice the new drip line circle. It extends past the drip line by 18″ (+/-).

The tree’s “drip line” is the area located directly under the outer circumference of the tree’s branches. So, if the new tree’s

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branches spread out 6” from the trunk then the drip line is 1’ and the hole will be at least 3’ across. I do this to encourage the support roots to spread out rapidly becoming feeder roots. How/why do those roots spread out? They are seeking the added water and nutrients.

There are times when I actually dig a doughnut for new trees if the new tree is large enough…usually 2′ or more of a drip line. I dig the basic planting hole as described above. Then I dig a trench around that hole. A minimum of 1’ outside of the planting hole, usually 3’. The trench is normally 1 spade wide and 1 spade deep…at a minimum. What’s the purpose of the doughnut trench? Encouragement.

In our dirt here there are two main ingredients missing; 1) water, 2) nutrients. Support roots as well as feeder roots will attempt to migrate where there are both of those ingredients. I explain/show more in the pictures below.

Now, what does the orchard soil consist of? It is a combination of:

  • 60 – 70% dirty/unscreened or quality compost
  • 20 – 30% native soil
  • 5% perlite
  • 5% peat moss

I don’t mix it ahead of time, I mix it as I put it in the ground. To ensure that I give the tree the best start possible I thoroughly soak the hole with water. That means before I add the dirt/soil I fill up the hole to ground level at least once (usually 2 – 3 times) and let it leach into the ground. Before I start putting in the soil mix I also dig up the bottom of the hole a bit, place fertilizer at the bottom of the hole, I then put some straight compost on top and then mix it in with my spade. Once that is done I proceed with putting the soil mix in.

What kind of fertilizer?

I add water to the soil mix about every 6” – 12” of added soil and allow it to soak in. This gives the soil a chance to work out all of the air bubbles and it also adds valuable moisture to the soil in the hole to encourage the tree’s roots to grow/migrate to that moisture.

And yes, I add fertilizer as I go to the hole as well, mixing it in as I go. I am not a fanatic about organic fertilizer for fruit trees. I normally use Arizona’s Best Fruit and Nut Tree

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synthetic fertilizer for the most part. It is a 13-7-3 mix and contains sulfur, iron and zinc for healthier trees. It is a relatively fast release fertilizer, but it does feed over a 3 month period. Now look, of course during the first year the tree’s roots probably can’t reach the synthetic fertilizer that I just placed in the ground at the 3’ depth or below. But that fertilizer doesn’t go to waste.

As an option I did a test run with Osmocote Smart-Release Plant Food Plus Outdoor & Indoor (15-9-12) fertilizer. It was recommended to me by a tree nursery.

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Difference between Arizona’s Best and Osmocote? Arizona’s Best = $1per pound vs Osmocote = $4.38 per pound. Arizona’s Best is also a fast release fertilizer vs Osmocote which is a slow release. And Osmocote has additional nutrients in it as well. It’s your choice but I have had no issues with Arizona’s Best.

Synthetic N (nitrogen) fertilizers in addition to helping the tree grow, it also increases microbial biomass and microbes that produce enzymes that allow access to energy (chemicals) in the ground. The phosphorus (P), and potassium (K), simply leach into the surrounding soil and become available as needed when the roots reach it. Sulfur, iron and zinc also stabilize in the soil (yes, some leaches away) but eventually will be available to the tree.

As a thought…depending on the fertility of your soil, you might benefit from a combination of both fertilizers. The “fast release” for immediate access of the tree right after planting…then the “slow release” for the next six months. But it will depend entirely on your specific situation.

In another post I will talk about fertilizers and how I use them for my fruit trees. Once again, this post is only about building the soil…for the most part.

Mixing the fertilizer throughout the soil depths ensures that there are nutrients for the tree’s roots to access as the roots expand…and that provides energy for the tree to grow over time.

I don’t want to make this a conversation about fertilizer, organic or synthetic, that will be another post. For this post I just want to add that compost does contain fertilizer, about 1-1-1 or so (probably less than 1-1-1) depending on the ingredients used to make the compost and the length it has been ‘cooking’. Compost also increases the number and variety of beneficial bacteria and fungi in the soil, which helps plants to grow. Compost, in my soil, will also increase the soil’s ability to retain water which reduces the need for irrigation. Lastly, compost improves/reduces the compaction of the soil to allow the support roots to grow/spread rapidly…far more so than native soil.

The perlite in the mix does what perlite does…improves water absorption/retention, releases water slowly, and reduces soil compaction. The peat moss introduces fine organic matter into the mix to encourage fine root hair growth and spread.

I will do a more complete post on how I plant fruit trees, hopefully in the next month or so. This post was just about the soil I build for planting the fruit trees in.

 

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DANGER: We are in World War III right now!

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Let’s get this straight right off the bat…war in 2024 does not, will not, look like war in 1944…or even war in 1964. War in 2025…well, that might look a little more like the movies or past wars…well, not too much, just a little more. But that could change.

What makes me think WWIII has already started? Well, let’s look at two different ways I think it has started; 1) rebellions/civil wars, 2) proxy wars. If you look at rebellions and civil wars around the world right now you would see a couple dozen or so. Syria is the latest example, Lebanon, Sudan and Congo before that. Since Syria has fallen, both the US and Israel are carrying out military operations inside that sovereign country. Obviously we can’t leave out Myanmar, Nigeria, Mali, Ethiopia, Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Cameroon. Then there is the near civil war happening in South Korea. When was the last time you heard about the serious political turmoil and problems in Japan? And there are more issues, lot’s more. It’s just that the average American is oblivious to the conflicts in the world.

And then there are the proxy wars, Russia vs the West (NATO & USA), Iran vs Israel (USA), China vs Taiwan (USA)…and more. But so far US troops have not directly engaged foreign enemy troops in the current proxy wars in a meaningful way. However, we are in direct conflict with China, Russia, and Iran just to mention the top 3. How so?

All three have used computer and grid hacking against us…and us against them. We know for sure that China hacked both Verizon and AT&T this year along with Lumen Technologies and T-Mobile plus four more communications/Internet companies. Then there have been ransomware attacks by these foreign players as well as data breaches; millions and millions of Social Security record information was lost in one hack alone. UnitedHealth paid a $22 million ransom to a Russian cybercrime group in early 2024. Then add into that hacks of VPNs and even Microsoft executive personal accounts. I could go on for hours just how bad the hacks were and the huge volume of those attacks…and its economic impacts.

But it gets worse…National Intelligence Council released a report that found Russia and Iran carried out operations to influence the 2024 election. Oddly, on behalf of and benefiting the Dems. Russian hackers attacked and breached not just the DOJ but also the DOD in 2024. The hacking is relentless and costly…and it is warfare.

But it gets worse…US troops, including US Special Forces, are currently operating in 133 countries in 2024. FWIW…a 24% increase since 2015. Just to mention a few of the better known countries…Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, El Salvador, France, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Poland, Peru, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Sometimes operating against al-Qaeda and ISIS, and sometimes against local “insurgent” groups. But not to be forgotten…there are countries where the US is actively engaged in overthrowing those countries…and I better not mention those for security reasons.

The point to all of this is simple…World War III has started and the US is involved…heavily involved. Now the question is…Does WWIII go hot? But before we get to that, let’s talk about the type of war currently taking place, that ensures we understand what we are dealing with.

Asymmetrical Warfare is the implementation of unconventional strategies, tactics, weapons, methods, psychological operations, and the exploitation of resources. The aim of asymmetrical warfare is to disrupt, confuse, or demoralize the enemy. This kind of warfare often leads to “underdog” victories despite numerical or technological advantages of the superior power.

As we see China, Iran, Russia, and to a lesser degree, North Korea hack, conduct election interference, computer hacking, and wage financial war against the US we get a clear picture of asymmetrical warfare. Added to those methods you can also include propaganda, media influence, oil price and production manipulation, and even blowing up gas lines or cutting Internet cables with ships in northern Europe. Lastly, “proxy wars” in a another example of asymmetrical warfare.

So I mentioned the Axis of Evil countries waging asymmetrical warfare…does the US do the same? Absolutely!!!! The US may wage more of it than the other four countries combined. And that would also include assassinations, infrastructure attacks, grid attacks, etc. Those terrorist tactics are primarily carried out by the CIA field operatives and the CIA paramilitary operations units, often with the help of US Special Forces, primarily Delta.

So here we have World War III already being waged…just not like the movies such as Saving Private Ryan – WWII…but causing death and destruction all the same. Look, in the Ukraine-Russian war alone more than 1,000,000 casualties! About 400,000 Ukrainians and about 600,000 Russians…AND FOR WHAT???

Remember this folks…Russia and Ukraine had a peace agreement within just a few months of the start of that war…AND THE UNITED STATES MADE UKRAINE BACK OUT OF IT!!!! Have you ever asked yourself “why” the US would want a war to continue and rack up a million causalities along with virtually destroying the country of Ukraine???

War…the US government’s unquenchable desire lust for war, death, and destruction. And therein lies the biggest threat…but not the only threat.

Look over these before & after pictures of Ukraine…

Think about this…1,000,000 deaths and injuries in the Ukraine-Russian war since it started in 2022. But get this…since Biden took office in 2021 about 300,000 people died in the US from fentanyl. And what country is the primary source for fentanyl in the US? China! And how does it get into the US? Primarily through the southern border with Mexico. And who transports that fentanyl into the US? Illegal aliens.

So is the US already in WWIII with China? Absolutely!!!!! And, through the use of asymmetrical warfare China has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans over the last 4 years…with the help of Mexico. And the US has helped kill hundreds of thousands in Ukraine and Russia.

Russia’s Putin has told the west consistently that if NATO (primarily the US) crosses certain “red lines” in Russia’s war with Ukraine that Russia’s use of nuclear weapons is on the table as an option. And yet…the US continues to push those red lines. So ask yourself…why is the US pushing those red lines and Russia towards the use of nuclear weapons? Hell, try this question…Why are we not only actively engaged in that war…why the hell we have prevented the peace process to stop that war!?!

I’ve written before that the world’s Doomsday Clock is showing 90 seconds to midnight. That is the closest it has ever been to indicating the potential for a global catastrophic destruction. Think about that for a minute.

So why do I bring this up…especially considering you probably have nothing you can do to stop any of this? Two reasons really; well, only two reasons that I feel are of the utmost importance; 1) be aware of the people and countries that are behind it, 2) to prepare for it. #1 is probably a discussion for another day…but it is pretty self-evident. #2 is the “actionable item”…prepare for it to escalate.

But, wait! You might ask…If we are already in WWIII what realistically can I do to prepare for it? And there is the crux of it.

Fortunately, most of you are not yet directly affected by WWIII. In my way of thinking WWIII started on 9/11/2001…literally the 21st century equivalent of Pearl Harbor. It was the excuse the US was looking for to take dozens of military conflicts all over the world and turn them into a single war…WWIII.

I should have said…hopefully you have not been directly affected by WWIII yet. Consider this…since WWIII started (9/11/2001) there have been at least 60,000 US military casualties, some estimates are much higher. The number of deaths related to combat are somewhere near 10,000. But here is the disgusting part…there have been well over 30,000 suicides of military personnel since 2001 (as of 2021). Why do you think that is?

So while we take kids to soccer practice, go to church on Sundays, work our 8-hour days, go to family reunions, build our new house, buy a new car, and a ton of regular daily activities…100,000 (+/-) military deaths and hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths in WWIII in the United States of America. Yes, that’s hundreds of thousands of US citizens dead in WWIII since it started. Have you honestly ever considered that?

Consider this…

  • China is staged and ready to invade Taiwan
  • Russia has threatened to use nukes against NATO and the USA
  • North Korea (a nuclear power) is run by a crazy man
  • Iran (religious crazies) is now a nuclear power
  • The US & NATO is pushing Russia to the breaking point
  • The US cannot fight a war with Russia and China at the same time…and win
  • The Middles East has been at war, the most recent war, for over a year…and getting worse

How long do think it will be before some country’s leadership pushes the red button? Or, the US directly engages China, or the US more directly engages Russia; or Iran uses a nuke against Israel? Remember we are already at war and the body count is rising in the US around the world on all sides.

You can’t stop any of this…but you can do something constructive about it. Prepare…simple as that.

Prepare “what” or “how”? Yeah, don’t despair. You probably already know what to do. But I am working on an article that might help a bit, maybe shed a little light on, or provide some new perspective on the whole “prepare” thing. It will probably be posted early next week.

Here are couple of little tidbits I would like you to chew on:

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  • 2014 is the year when fentanyl deaths really began to spike in the US. And we know that virtually all fentanyl comes from China. 2014 is also the year that the US overthrew the Russia-friendly government in the Ukraine. Starting in 2014 the Biden family started receiving millions of dollars from China.
  • It was also late in 2014 that the Biden family started receiving millions from Ukraine. And it was a 2013 a US operation began to overthrow the pro-Russia Ukrainian government that finalized in 2014. The heads of that joint operation were Hillary Clinton (Secretary of State) and Joe Biden (Vice President).
  • In 1997 – 1998 China moved millions and millions of dollars to the Democrat National Committee, the DNC later moved

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    much of that money to the Clinton family. In 1998 Clinton allowed the transfer of previously highly classified military technology to China, including satellite and missile technology. It was during this same time that China “acquired” classified information on advanced fighter jet and other military technology from the US. In 1998/1999 China began a notable increase in military spending that led to China becoming a military super-power that rivals the US.

  • In 2021, Biden’s first year as President, the number of Chinese illegal border crossing was low, less than 1,000. By the end of 2023 that number had gone up 24 times…up 2400%. In the first 3 months of 2024 the number had grown to 22,000…in just three

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    months time. But get this…since Joe Biden has been President…100,000 (+/-) Chinese have crossed the US southern border…that we know about. And oddly enough…most of those 100,000 have been military age men.

Am I the only one that sees a whole bunch of dots connecting here?

It is time to get very, very serious about preparing.

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How to make dirt…Part #1

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Administrative note: I broke this super, super long article into 5 shorter ones. I didn’t want to bore folks to death or overload Internet servers from folks reading it. The “parts” will be:

  1. Introduction & raised bed soil
  2. Orchard soil – fruit trees
  3. Grass soil – yards
  4. Woodland soil – pine trees for the most part
  5. Extreme dirt build

Okay, maybe this article series should have been titled “How to Make Soil” but I thought the whole “dirt” thing was a little catchier. My bad. The whole point is how to make soil that will grow stuff…stuff like trees, vegetables, grass, etc. Now, if you live in many parts of the country you’ll think I am crazy because you have soil…some of you have nice rich black soil (chernozem). Sweet! Not us…our soil is mostly dead and dry as a bone, nearly hard as a rock, so we have to build our soil for it to be useful.

Why useful?

Two reasons; 1) I am a prepper and want to make sure I can grow food when needed, 2) I am a homestead person (technically, ‘glamstead’) so I want to pass along the info I have found along the way. And yes, that makes my dirt useful…meaning…you might learn what to do or what not to do from my experience.

Most soil is made up of minerals (a.k.a. chemicals), water, air, and organic matter. The percentages of each varies depending on your local conditions. Our soil here is almost all minerals…mostly a fine red sand. For the most part there is no water, air, or organic matter. And to make matters worse…the minerals are packed very, very tightly. And that makes it tough for any water or air to be present. The organics…well, virtually gone over time. Yes, time…the weather & environment have been changing over the last 1,000 – 1,200 years. So no, you can relax, it’s not man-made climate change.

On our property there use to be vast grass pastures along with large towering pine trees, commonly referred to as pine woodlands…with plenty of meadows. However, here the water table dropped starting about 1000 – 1200 years ago due to ever lowering annual rainfall. Then the grass started to dry up and blow away or wash away with erosion. As more and more grass disappeared more and more soil eroded due to not just rain but also due to wind. As the area got drier the weather patterns changed and winds increased dramatically, especially in the spring (April – June).

As the water table continued to drop the large pine trees lost the ability to draw sufficient water to sustain their life. They died out in droves. As they died out, juniper trees moved in…and further decimated the environment since they suck up huge amounts, inordinate amounts, of water.

Here in our area we get about 12” – 14″ of rain per year, most of it (about 50%) in a 30 – 60 day period called the monsoon season. An average juniper stand will absorb virtually all 13” of rain per year and deny grass, shrubs and other trees (such as pine trees) from utilizing any notable amount of the rainfall. And reduced rainfall moisture availability means less grass which means more erosion. The end result is a highly compacted surface and top layer void of humus (organic matter), water, or air. And since it is highly compacted less water can infiltrate the surface…and you get more erosion. An endless destructive cycle.

This all happened over the course of about 1,200 years or so. Yes, climate change at work. Sorry, not man-made for all you environmentalist crazies out there.

Amazingly, we actually have a couple of pine tree trunks and logs that are almost 18” in diameter! And based on the artifacts in the area, we know this general area was occupied by a decent sized village as late as 800 – 1100 years ago.

As we continue to develop the land as our “place of safety” (i.e. glamstead) we had to figure out how to make the land suitable for growing vegetables, fruit, and grass. Our attempts at gardening for the first 3 years all ended up in failure. All original attempts were “in ground” attempts; some conventional, some not. But all failed. The surrounding native soil just leached out all the water and nutrients from the planted area denying the plants what they needed to produce.

Last year we proved the “raised bed” concept of gardening…this year we proved it could be phenomenal! Fortunately, I had some experience with fruit trees so even our first attempt at it in 2021 has worked out just fine. We had fruit in 2023 and a bumper crop of both apples and especially peaches this year (2024). Being thrilled would be an understatement!

What I have learned over the last 4 years is this:

  • Our soil sucks. It lacks water, organic matter, most nutrients, and air.
  • I had to amend our soil with plenty of organic matter.
  • I had to design a method to provide significant amounts of water during the dry season, and sufficient amounts of water at other times.
  • The whole “methodology” is intensive and unforgiving.

And that brings me to this…how to build soil.

Just so it doesn’t sound too boring, there are four basic types of soil I have built that may be of interest to you. A primary important point to this task was cost. We simply don’t have enough money to pour into the soil no matter what the need may be. I had to do it on a budget in each case…and I did so successfully. Along with the cost, it also takes time…and some equipment/machinery helps as well.

Raised Bed Soil –

Let’s start here…raised bed soil. I’ve written about it before in a couple different articles but let me do so again with a couple of years of success behind me. As a reminder, we ended up going with raised bed gardening due to the soil being so poor; actually parasitic, in that the native soil would steal all of the water and nutrients from any attempt to garden in the soil itself (in-ground). And that was regardless of how much we amended the soil where the plants were put into the ground.

Most plant life in a garden exists in the humus, topsoil, and to a much lesser degree the eluviation layers. The humus and

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topsoil layers consist mainly of organic matter, giving it a dark color. Almost all of a plant’s root activity is in the topsoil layer which is rich in organic matter. And it is this nutrient and organic matter rich layer that you want to reproduce.

As for the eluviation layer, well, that is mainly the ground that the raised bed will sit on. I clear any vegetative matter from the spot before building my raised bed box. I do not use any weed barrier on top of the bare ground…personal preference and it hasn’t proven to be a problem for me. At least not yet. Some folks like to put down cardboard or landscape cloth that the raised bed sits on to prevent weed impingement.

When building the soil for the bed there needs to be a moisture balance…water retention vs well-drained. The soil must retain enough water for the plants to absorb through their roots but not so much that the roots are continually soaked. To achieve this balance I found it pretty easy…mimic a healthy environment that you find in nature.

If you look at the composition of a lot of good soil types you will find the top is fairly fine, then the soil get progressively coarse as it deepens. Each layer is approximately 1/3 of the bed depth. No, I don’t use a tape measure to ensure precision in each layer’s depth. So here is how I build my soil for raised beds:

  1. The first/bottom layer consists of –

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    • Large diameter branches that have some rot to them, or at least some decomposition taking place.
    • Medium diameter sticks.
    • Small diameter sticks.
    • You can also include some leaves and pine needles if you want to.
    • That makes up the bottom layer. On top of that I put a thin layer of some native soil (i.e. sand in our case) mixed with some perlite. The perlite allows for a natural balancing of water drainage/retention. The added native soil mixes with the organic matter over time to create a decent-quality soil for deep rooting.
    • This combination allows for additional organic matter as the sticks and branches decompose over the years while ensuring space for proper drainage.
    • You can use straw as part of the bottom layer but only straw. NEVER use

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      hay. Hay contains seeds which will overrun your vegetable plants. And a lot of hay is treated in the field with GrazOn or GrazeOn Next. Those products are designed to kill about 100 varieties of weeds. But it will kill your garden!! If there is any of those two products in the hay you use, it will kill your garden for ever! Yes, I mean the soil will be unusable for gardening FOREVER!

  1. The next layer consists of –
    • Coarse compost (70%), perlite

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      (20%), native soil (10%).

    • The coarse compost will break down over time into a rich fine soil. “Coarse” simply means it is a little chunky. As an opposing example: peat moss would be “fine”.
    • The perlite gives a little bulk to the soil as well as allowing for a natural balancing of water drainage/retention.
    • The native soil gives some mineral content that will eventually mix with the compost to form a high-quality soil.
  1. The top layer consists of –
    • Peat moss (20%), coarse compost (50%), perlite (20%), native soil (10%).
    • The peat moss gives a fine, rich, water retention organic material for a good bed for seedlings to start. It also provides a great layer for early

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      rooting and fertilizer retention and availability.

    • The coarse compost will break down over time into a rich fine soil. In the mean time it provides space for air, water, and nutrients movement.
    • The perlite gives a little bulk to the soil as well as allowing for a natural balancing of water drainage/retention.
    • The native soil give some mineral content that will eventually mix with the compost to help form a high-quality soil.

BIG Note: Why all the different layers and components? Basically it is the cost. If you have the money you can go buy bags and bags of raised bed soil that is already made for you. But for us, it was way too expensive…I mean REALLY way too expensive. And honestly, our soil that we made did just fine…we had our beds produce an amazing amount of food. How much? Well, in addition to all the fresh fruit and vegetables that we ate and preserved…we gave away about 400lbs to other families was well. So how is that for good dirt???

Note #1: I do add fertilizer to each layer. For raised bed vegetable soil I mostly only use organic fertilizers. When making the beds originally I use a product that contains a little more nitrogen to aid in establishing the soil and breaking down the organic material. When I plant I use a more balanced product to ensure the roots are properly stimulated to grow. I mostly use slow release organic fertilizers to ensure I don’t ‘burn’ the roots and also to make the nutrients are available for a longer period of time.

Note #2: When I’m done building the bed I try to ensure that I have at least 12” of soil for sufficient rooting of the plants. Over time, as in each year, I add more topsoil/humus to each box. This is needed as the soil settles in the box, especially around the sticks and branches; and the branches and sticks breakdown into soil vs bulky material. For this addition I simply use a top layer mix. My goal is to eventually have 15 – 18” of soil depth for plants to grow in.

Note #3: I use perlite vs vermiculite due to cost. Vermiculite is notably more expensive but is also a better product in my opinion.

Note #4: I use the bulkier sticks and branches in the bottom of my boxes to save money. I have not experienced any problems with the bottom 1/3rd of the box composing of these materials.

Note #5: I have used Grow King’s “Steer Manure” as my coarse compost before. I have no issues with it. Ironically, driving into town one day I noticed a small sign on the side of the road next to a dirt road. It said “Grow Well” green waste site. To shorten the story, it is a collection site of yard waste for Grow Well…who then turns it into…you guessed it…Grow King compost. Why is that important? Buying 1 yard of compost in the bags costs $84 when you add in tax. I bought the unbagged compost direct from Grow Well for $30. Yeah, I like to be budget friendly. And yes, a yard of compost sits just fine dumped into my truck bed.

Note #6: Also, as I build each layer I water generously. It helps settle the soil for sure. But, it also makes the soil ready for planting. Heavy watering after planting it not as good as having the soil already moist.

Note #7: For the organic fertilizer I like to use Dr. Earth Pure Gold 3-lb 2-2-2 Organic Natural Granules All-purpose Food from Lowes. I also use Expert Gardener Organics Vegetable & Tomato Food, 8 lb Fertilizer from Walmart, or Expert Gardener Organics All-Purpose Plant Food, 8 lb Fertilizer from Walmart. Normally I will buy a bag of Dr. Earth Pure Gold and mix it with a bag of Expert Gardener Organics. Why? Mostly cost. Dr. Earth Pure Gold is $4 per pound, Expert Gardener Organics is $1.62 – $1.67 per pound. I like the ingredients in the Dr. Earth Pure Gold, so I think it is worth the added cost mixed in with the Expert stuff. If you can afford it…I would go with Dr. Earth Pure Gold exclusively.

 

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“…date which will live in infamy…”

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December 7th, 1941

Kash Patel, FBI Director, Spygate, Coup Against Trump…

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I don’t know about you but before Trump announced Kash Patel as the new FBI Director I had no idea who he was. I thought I had heard his name before but I wouldn’t swear to it. After the announcement, in my spare time, I started to do some research into him. Man, I was surprised, pleasantly surprised…thrilled actually!

I have included a great video regarding his role as lead investigator into Spygate (the Russian hoax against Trump), how he exposed the role of the FBI in the coup against Trump, how he exposed the weaponization of the DOJ, how the federal government classifies documents just to keep the public in the dark about their criminal inner dealings, and how badly the whole FISA thing is for America. But for me, the most important thing he did was exposed how the FBI has become the thug enforcement arm of the DeepState and other authoritarians in the US government.

All that being said, if you really listen to Patel’s answers to the intense questions he is asked…well, listen closely for yourself. For me, the spirit whispered to me a clear message…this man is a man with morals, with character, with principles, a man who loves this country and the Constitution…and wants both the rule of law (the Constitution) and the Republic restored.

Further, Patal is extremely intelligent, very methodical, logical, systematic, and thorough. This is a man who can hopefully do the job Trump had outlined for him. For me…I hope he has the opportunity to at least reform the FBI, which is sorely needed…but best case, abolish the FBI entirely. That would be my best case scenario…abolishing the FBI would help restore both the Constitution and the Republic along with putting a big dent in the DeepState’s ability to destroy the USA.

The video is 44 minutes long…and worth every single second!!! Please, in this day and age people must become informed about what is happening in Washington and just how corrupt and evil the rot has become…and how it can be stopped and changed. Please watch.

One last note…I don’t expect any Democrat to support Patel’s nomination; if one does, that Dem might just be a good guy. Any Republican that would oppose Patel’s nomination would clearly be part of the DeepState or potentially they might  be blackmailed by the FBI…which the FBI happens to be very good at.

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Denver vs Chicago…

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No, “Denver vs Chicago” isn’t about an NFL rivalry, or who will make it to the any sports playoff venue at all. It actually ties back into my recent post about Denver spending $356million dollars on criminal illegal aliens while US citizens (including US veterans), homeless and hungry, go hungry and freezing while criminal illegal aliens are treated to free food, free housing in hotels and motels, free medical care, free education, and provided free legal services. Well, Denver has been out down!!

Just a couple days ago it was revealed that Chicago won the criminal illegal alien spending spree award! Yup, Chicago beat Denver by over 60% in this horrific competition. Yeah, Chicago spent $575million giving free food, free housing in hotels and motels, free medical care, free education, and provided free legal services to criminal illegal aliens. And they did so smiling…while, once again, US citizens go hungry and homeless in an extremely violent city.

But here is the kicker to this outrageous expenditure of taxpayer money…Chicago did this while suffering from a $1billion budget deficit. Yes, you read that right. While city came up short one BILLION dollars for their annual budget they are passing out hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars to criminals.

Yeah, I am thinking the same thing…How do the politicians get away with this?

Honestly, I don’t know…not entirely anyways. We know for a fact that Democrats are importing these criminal illegal aliens knowing/hoping that one day they will become their voters creating an imbalance in the US political system. And we know that global elites are assisting the invasion of the US by criminal illegal aliens to accomplish their goal of destabilizing and eventually overthrowing the US.

But, is there more to it? I think so…

Let’s look at some interesting stats:

  • In 2022 Cook County, Illinois (Chicago) had nearly 1000 homicides…#1 city in the nation.
  • From 2022 to 2023 every aspect of crime is up in Chicago, violent crime up almost 20%. But interestingly, arrests are down significantly. The trend of violent crimes vs arrests for those violent crimes is notable. Violent crimes up significantly (nearly 20%), arrests for violent crimes down significantly (down over 30%).
  • There are almost 50 shootings per week in Chicago.

Not to leave Denver (including the greater Denver area) out…every sector of criminal activity in Denver is also up significantly in 2024. Also, compared to pre-illegal alien days, violent crime, especially shootings and shooting deaths, are up just about 50%. Now, to Denver’s credit…they are not nearly as bad as Chicago. Then again, Denver only spends about $3 for every $5 that Chicago spends on criminal illegal aliens. And Denver didn’t report a $1billion dollar budget deficit either.

So Chicago wins the most violent city award and higher spending on criminal illegal aliens award.

While Denver wins the most budget conscious violence award and comes in second place to Chicago’s outrageous spending on criminal illegal aliens.

So is there a loser in this competition? Of course there is…homeless and hungry US citizens lose…and lose BIG time! Both cities, Democrat controlled, ignore the plight of US citizens while they pander to and provide the lap of luxury to criminal illegal aliens.

Way to go Chicago and Denver !

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Predicting The ‘Economic End Of The World’ Over The National Debt Have Been Consistently Wrong

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note: the title of this post comes from a headline, it is not my feeling.

Last week a very well known and respected money guy talked about the national debt, now approaching $37trillion. He made a good point…people have predicted economic doomsday for decades…and it hasn’t materialized.

While he acknowledges that the debt is a serious concern, he doesn’t believe it’s about to cause the economy to crash. “Is it concerning? Yeah, it’s concerning. But is it going to cause a crash? Apparently not,” he said. And he is right…so far. And he will be right, until he’s not.

What?

Back in July 2021 I explained what Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is. A part of MMT is never-ending national debt. Essentially, MMT is where a sovereign country like the U.S. can spend, tax, and borrow in a fiat currency that they fully control; and that country is not fiscally constrained by revenues when it comes to federal government spending. Yes, it means the government can borrow ad infinitum…without end or limits.

So was this economic guru and genius right? Well, sort of, kinda, but not really…almost.

He is right in that as the US federal government wants to spend more money, it simply borrows it (known as Treasury Notes). So what happens if there are no more buyers of Treasury Notes? That’s no longer a problem. Now, the Federal Reserve, simply buys the notes if there are no other buyers. Ah, how do they pay for those notes? They have the US Treasury print money. Well, technically the US Treasury creates it digitally. The Treasury then transfers the digital money to the Federal Reserve who then buys the Treasury Notes with that digital money.

If it were anyone other than the Federal Reserve and the US Treasury…they would all be spending life in prison for fraud. The point is…the government can borrow an unlimited amount of money to pay for goods and services.

So what are the problems, if any?

Oh, wow:

#1 – The annual “debt service” cost. The amount of money now required to pay the interest on all of those Treasury Notes exceeds $1trillion. Yeah, more than $1,000,000,000,000 (about 15 – 20% of the entire US government budget). Well, theoretically that isn’t too much of an issue…the country can just borrow the money to pay the interest on the money it borrowed. Yes, you read that right.

Who gets those interest dollars? 27% goes to the Federal Reserve, 24% goes to foreign countries and investors.

Yeah, imagine that…over 50% of the interest on US Treasury Notes goes to private bankers (Federal Reserve) or to line the pockets of foreigners (think “global elites”). No wonder that the US government loves to borrow money so freely to spend money so freely!

The way I see it…it is a problem that so much of US taxpayer dollars go to feed the greed of private bankers and foreigners.

#2 – The bigger problem is inflation. One way inflation is caused is when too many dollars chase to few goods and services. As the US federal governments spends trillions of dollars each year, much of which it has to borrow, it floods the economy with ‘too many dollars’ it drives up the cost of everything for the average citizen.

#3 – Speaking of average citizen…since federal workers make about 2.5 times more than the average American worker it creates an ‘elite class’ with government workers. Yup, the federal government simply borrows more and more money to fund the ruling class (a.k.a. elite class – government employees) and the average Americans pay the interest on that borrowed money…in addition to all the taxes the average American pays!

#4 – Diverting money from the private sector. Since the federal budget comes from taxpayers, or is borrowed, it takes money out of the private sector and diverts it to the government who then spends it on what they prioritize. Think if there was no government borrowing, no government interest being paid, and all that money stayed in the hands of US citizens who actually earned it. Yeah, $2trillion borrowed in 2024. Think of this way…if the US government didn’t borrow any money in 2024 that would have put over $6,000 in the hands of every man, woman, and child in the United States. Yeah, imagine the average family of 4 having $25,000 extra to spend on what they want/need to spend it on!!

#5 – The US military spends just at a $1trillion per year to fund America’s endless wars and military adventurism. And they can do that because once again…the US simply will borrow the money to fund those wars. Just imagine for a minute if the US only funded the military for defensive purposes…your know, actually protecting the homeland. That would put another $1,500 in the hands of every man, woman, and child in the United States.

So where does all this interest paid and borrowed money go? Here is a great list:

  • The huge military-industrial complex (includes global foreign companies).
  • Private bankers (via the Federal Reserve).
  • Foreign governments and investors.
  • A bloated ruling class of federal government workers.

So yeah, there are problems with the federal government borrowing money to fund its operations. But there is a bigger issue here. Remember I mentioned Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) earlier?

A little tidbit of information, an historically proven fact…any government and/or empire that has ever adopted MMT has failed and crashed. Ooooppppssss!

And then there is the vulnerability issue. What do you think happens if one day the 24% of US debt owned by foreign governments gets flooded out onto the bond market? Yup…crash! Or what if those country’s leaders just threaten the US to dump the notes on the open market? Yo think that gets them a bit of influence in Washington?

And then there is the Treasury Note holdings by the Federal Reserve. What happens if the private bankers who run the Federal Reserve decide one day they don’t like the way a President is calling the shots? Do you think they might pick up the phone and share with the President what happens if the Federal Reserve dumps its holdings on the market?

Bottom line…all this national debt, government spending/borrowing, and interest on the national debt is just fine…till it’s not. But when it hits the “it’s not” part…the pain is real, the crash is severe, and people suffer and die. Why? Because the dollar becomes worthless and no one is left with any money that’s worth a damn.

So take a minute a decide for yourself if the national debt is an issue for you or not. I have already made up my mind.

And please…don’t try and make a case that the national debt can be paid off. It can’t. There is no realistic way that the US national debt can be paid off…period!

Lastly…when these talking head experts vomit spew their guru knowledge…well, think it through for yourself.

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Man…was I wrong!!!

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In my article (Important questions/issues that came up…) I mentioned that Denver mayor had diverted $180million since December 2022 to provide free services to criminal illegal aliens. Man, I was wrong! I reported the mayor had denied basic human services to homeless US residents, including US homeless veterans to come up with the money for illegal aliens. I stated that their brainless mayor will leave homeless US citizens and US veterans in the streets while criminal illegal aliens get nice cozy accommodations, including motels & motels, keeping all those criminal illegal aliens safe, warm, and well fed. I was wrong…forgive me.

Common Sense Institute (CSI), a non-partisan research organization dedicated to protecting and promoting the U.S. economy reported that the actual figures based on audits was $356million vs $180million. Get this, that is $7,900 per criminal illegal alien in the city!! Yup!!!!! Leave the US homeless on the streets, let US veterans go hungry but the reckless Denver mayor will ensure that all these illegal aliens (45,000 of them) are well taken care of, well fed, housed in hotels and motels, given free medical care, free education, and provided free legal services.

What I find interesting is that Denver doctors earlier this year said that the migrant crisis had pushed the hospital system to its breaking point and was causing a humanitarian crisis. How much worse does the Biden Administration and Democrats want to force the US into? Well, think about this…all those illegal aliens have cost Denver medical providers $50million in uncompensated medical care on top of the $356million cost to the city budget.

And you guessed it…”undocumented migrant” advocates say the city just isn’t providing enough assistance. What? Yup, imagine that.

So where do you think all this ends up, eh?

A better question might be…Why do you think the illegal invasion is happening to begin with and who is behind it?

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