Ning The Merciless's Page

OK, things are bad and getting worse. That means that we have a wonderful opportunity before us if we only grasp it firmly.

The economy of the United States, as well as most of the Globe is on a downslope that is taking on some of the aspects of an avalanche, and it is becoming nakedly obvious that the Kleptocracy of the Federal Government and Wall Street are scrambling to finish looting the treasury before the lights go out. 36 million honest Citizens are on food stamps with no recourse in the… Continue

>> How Bad Is It??????
>> THE ECONOMY IS SOOO BAD,
>> THAT I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail.
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>> I ordered a burger at McDonalds and the kid behind the counter asked,
>> "Can
>> you afford fries with that?"
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>> CEO's now playing miniature golf.
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>> If the bank returns your check marked "Insufficient Funds," you call them
>> and ask if they meant you or them.
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>> Hot Wheels and Matchbox stocks… Continue

With our news media turning into "infotainment," government informational opacity, and reliance on "psyops" aimed at shaping public opinion the question arises, "What is real? And how do you distinguish the Real from the lies?"

This is, of course, a perennial question which has arisen in many societies over the expanse of history, and it has been answered effectively by thoughtful men an women again and again.

Here is what I have learned.

People are real.

Your family, friends, and neighbors,… Continue

Ok, I think everybody has got it now. The speculative economy we have all surfed for decades is a thing of the past. Jobs are drying up, credit for investment in capital ventures is disappearing, the Tourist Industry is down and will stay down into the foreseeable future. For people raised in times of an expanding economy this is an unmitigated disaster, especially those who are too rigid in their ways of doing things to understand that the rules of the game have changed.

On the other hand, mem… Continue

Money circulating multiple times within any economic structure automatically multiplies it's effect within that structure.

It has already been noted that a dollar must circulate 5 times within a community before it gets spent outside that community for that community to be prosperous. It is that kind of economic powerhouse we are creating here at Cosby Cooperative. The nature of our little online community, where all the members communicate directly with each other rather than up and down a hie… Continue