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-Stock Market ends lower. Dow currently ~36,500, Dec 29 2021.

-Gold tops $2,000

-Supply chain issues intensify.

-Dems lose house and senate.

-More fed corruption scandals come to light.

-Lack of accountability poisons the credibility of institutions.

-Alternative media gains a strong foothold.

-Vaxx policies cause unintended consequences.

-Gasoline prices rise above $4

-Biden resigns

-Harris gets another job. Secretary of State perhaps.

-New Dem leadership emerges.

-Food prices continue to rise.

-infrastructure issues disrupt normal.

-Interest rates briefly rise.

-Bankruptcy makes the news.

-Clintons have a bad year.

-Fuel shortages.

-Public Schools pull away from fed and state control.

-Universities hemorrhage $

-Parts shortages

-Bankruptcies disrupt normalcy.

No Data

–Of, For and By the People gives way to us vs. them.

Rules, restrictions, laws… seem only to apply to the average Joe. Many examples of lawmakers breaking their own laws/rules. Policies and official/media narratives are VERY divisive.

–Society stressed to breaking point. Normal is a thing of the past.

Despite the official narrative it has not fully taken hold. The farther out from the power centers one is the less importance and adherence there is.

-Stock Market ends lower than it started the year.

Wrong. Floating on what? I have no idea.

-Schools do not reopen fully.

Mostly correct.

-New strains of Covid emerge.

Bingo! Currently adjusting to the omicron variant. Seems to be more contagious and less lethal. Establishment ramping up the hysteria. Public outside of the power centers aren’t buying it.

–Masks all year.

There was a brief respite for the vaccinated. It proved the vaccinate could be infected and even spread covid. Rather than questioning the veracity of the vaccine, the media parroted the we just need MORE… as if MORE of something that doesn’t work must be better… It looks insane to anyone outside of the official narrative bubble. I am AMAZED that folks deny what they see with their own two eyes, instead they pretend what they are being told is true.

-The virus is man made.

There is little or no evidence to contradict this.

-Crime gains attention.

Yup.

–Housing market peaks and begins to slide.

Looks like it to me.

-Cities fail.

Those who can, leave.

-Pro sports decline.

Hard to say for certain but it does appear to be the case. Positive covid cases amongst the vaccinated have canceled this week’s games.

Vaccinated used to mean immune from infection. Now it means compliant.

Five years since that terrible night. Our hearts are still broken. You are missed.

Making sense of what has happened over the last year was/is impossible for me. The lenses used to convey the historic events unfolding appeared to be purposefully blurred.

I first became aware of this pandemic in January of 2020. The narrative forwarded through the corporate media was that the virus emerged naturally and not to be overly alarmed. Masks were discouraged out of fear of shortages. Political pundits assigned blame to forward agendas. Shutdowns/Lockdowns would be temporary. Science will save us….

Long before (6-8 weeks) any official directive or recognition of the potential spread of the virus I canceled previously scheduled medical appointments. I was amazed by the number of folks who apparently wait for the government to make decisions for them about their own welfare.

Once the virus threat was officially recognized, the proclamations contradicted the previous guidance. Acknowledging that blunder or offering an alternative hypothesis to the official narrative was suppressed and/or ridiculed.

Certainty is elusive. I suspect this virus is here to stay. The effects will significantly change the way we do business, entertain, educate, travel and interact socially. The NEXT NORMAL will be most apparent by the absence of what we used to consider normal.

Take hold of the reins and steer your own course. Do not put faith in the institutions that have repeatedly failed us.

-Bankruptcies disrupt normalcy.

-Of, For and By the People gives way to us vs. them.

-Society stressed to breaking point. Normal is a thing of the past.

-Stock Market ends lower than it started the year.

-Schools do not reopen fully.

-New strains of Covid emerge.

-Masks all year.

-The virus is man made.

-Crime gains attention.

-Housing market peaks and begins to slide.

-Cities fail.

-Pro sports decline.

This is what I predicted for 2020:

Guessing again. 2020 will;

-Institutions such as the media, government, the financial system and BIG corporations will continue to lose credibility. Corruption will become more and more apparent and it will manifest at the ballot box.

Nailed it.

-Our views on energy, governance and money will evolve as the recognition of converging crises becomes widespread when large scale malfeasance, fraud and corruption come to light.

Sort of right.

-Seahawks and Mariners fail again to reach their respective championships.

Yup.

-Gasoline will top $4

Nope.

-Stock Market will top at 29,420

Missed it. 18,213.65 – 30,343.59

-Gold will end the year higher than $1,550

Nope. 1,496.90 – 2,089.20

-Trump is re-elected

Not likely.

-$30 car tabs loses in court again.

Yup.

-Virginia is a net positive for the 2A.

Hard to measure. I’d say yes it was.

Getting back to normal is a sentiment that appears to have little connection to reality. This pandemic induced circumstance has exposed the fragility, ineptitude and corruption of our society. What normal looks like going forward is blurry at best.

Guessing again. 2020 will;

-Institutions such as the media, government, the financial system and BIG corporations will continue to lose credibility. Corruption will become more and more apparent and it will manifest at the ballot box.

-Our views on energy, governance and money will evolve as the recognition of converging crises becomes widespread when large scale malfeasance, fraud and corruption come to light.

-Seahawks and Mariners fail again to reach their respective championships.

-Gasoline will top $4

-Stock Market will top at 29,420

-Gold will end the year higher than $1,550

-Trump is re-elected

-$30 car tabs loses in court again.

-Virginia is a net positive for the 2A.

-Gasoline will top $4 some time this year. NOPE

-European Union will continue to fracture under the pressure of the common folks disenchantment and the political elites’ out of touch perspective. I suspect they may enact some noteworthy measures of appeasement to  maintain order. Yes, sort of…

-Trust and reliance on legacy media, corporations and government institutions continues to erode despite their collusion.  YES. Lots of Fake News came to light. TDS is real. They even make up what President Trump does on Thankgiving.

-Censorship and denial of reality based policies has created a vacuum that may create alternative societal means of exchange (currencies), media and social platforms.  Yes, slowly.

-Faith in fiat currency erodes. Hard to measure.

-Gold tops $1,500 US YES

-The emergence of expatriated silicon valley types forms an anti-leftist movement to counter their totalitarian overreach. Probably Not.

-A shadow economy emerges outside of government regulated and taxed commerce. Not evident.

-Pension fund failures make the headlines. Not really.

-The Clinton scandals will come to light that even the MSM will face accountability. Sort of… Clinton connection to Epstien, Collapse of “RussiaGate, the Ukrainian Dud, the Catholic school kids…

-More censorship will be tried and the push-back will expose it. Yes to a degree.

-Alternative social platforms and means of commerce gain relevance. Barely.

-There is realization by the proletariat that they need not delegate authority to corrupt elitist overlords. Not really.

-The Seahawks fall short of the Superbowl. Correct.

If my past record is any indication of the viability of these predictions it would be safe bet that little of this will come to pass. Correct.

Happy New Year to all. May we all find peace, health and fulfillment in this coming year. It was a difficult year. Jase’s troubles. Piper, Larry… Aging challenges. Adrift from a career.

So some vile piece of shit appoints himself to, in his own words,

“To incite violence, retaliation and further divide between the European people and the invaders currently occupying European soil.”

And,

“To agitate the political enemies of my people into action, to cause them to overextend their own hand and experience the eventual and inevitable backlash as a result.”

And among the other delusions,

“Finally, to create conflict between the two ideologies within the United States on the ownership of firearms in order to further the social, cultural,political and racial divide within the United states.This conflict over the 2nd amendment and the attempted removal of firearms rights will ultimately result in a civil war that will eventually balkanize the US along political, cultural and, most importantly, racial lines.This balkanization of the US will not only result in the racial separation of the people within the United States ensuring the future of the White race on the North American continent, but also ensuring the death of the “melting pot” pipe dream.”

In my estimation this piece of shit is one of an extreme minority within a subset of those who assign identity based on immutable characteristics. History has shown us the folly of this mindset especially as it scales upward. I am not aware of any instance where this ideology is tenable.

My concerned is that the equally insane reaction to this piece of shit’s actions and words will NOT deliver us from this evil but hasten its manifestation. Rather than obfuscate this treachery in the delusion that we can somehow be protected from it, expose it. It is obviously sinister and will only become malignant festering in shadow.