As you may know, I've been researching the possibility of the collapse of the U.S. dollar since December, and I have found 3 enormous warning signs that something very bad is going to happen soon in the U.S. and none of them were really covered on nightly news, despite the enormity of their implications. I'm sending this to friends and family in case they missed these recent developments in Feb and March and am telling them, the government is preparing for the worst, and they should too...
The following was pieced together from several articles. Please read at least the highlighted parts, and pass it around to your friends and family...
1.) The Department Of Homeland Security Is Buying 450 Million New .40 caliber Bullets. On March 12th, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office is getting an "indefinite delivery" of an "indefinite quantity" of .40 caliber ammunition from defense contractor ATK. U.S. agents will receive a maximum of 450 million rounds over five years. The Department also has an open bid for a stockpile of up to 175 million rounds of .223 caliber ammo. Note this is NOT for our MILITARY, it is for a new internal police department that didn't even exist 10 years ago.
2.) FEMA put out a Request for Proposal, or RFP, for 420 million meals - a BILLION dollars in food. Typically, FEMA maintains a stockpile of about 6 million meals.
3.) Obama signed a "National Defense Resources Preparedness" on March 26th, an Executive Order which vastly expands the role of Homeland Security and intends to shore up the country's national defense resources in advance of a national emergency. This is not the first time that such an order has been written. In the past, however, these orders have related to things like production capacity for defense contractors, or giving FEMA authority to resolve disputes between other departments in federally designated emergency areas. President Obama's order, however, takes things much, much further, and now the Secretary of DHS will:
a) "advise the President on issues of national defense resource preparedness". Under normal circumstances, matters related to defense would fall under the Secretary of Defense... or perhaps the National Security Advisor. Giving such responsibility to DHS suggests that the government is expecting an emergency from within.
b) "provide for the central coordination of the plans and programs... under this order, and provide guidance to agencies assigned functions under this order..." DHS now has authority to direct the emergency preparedness of every other government department.
c) have oversight of "all other national defense programs, including civil defense and continuity of Government."
The order further provides for an effective nationalization of the entire US economy in the event of an emergency. The Secretary of Labor, for example, will "collect and maintain data necessary to make a continuing appraisal of the Nation's workforce needs for purposes of national defense" and then "formulate plans, programs, and policies for meeting the labor requirements of actions to be taken for national defense purposes."
The purpose of this order, for example, is to "take actions necessary to ensure the availability of adequate resources and production capability, including services and critical technology, for national defense requirements." It goes on to list 'adequate resources' to include things like:
(i) "all forms of energy including petroleum, gas (both natural and manufactured), electricity, solid fuels... solar, wind, other types of renewable energy, atomic energy", etc.
(ii) "all usable water, from all sources, within the jurisdiction of the United States, that can be managed, controlled, and allocated to meet emergency requirements..."
(iii) "all commodities and products... that are capable of being ingested by either human beings or animals..."
(iv) "drugs, biological products, medical devices, materials, facilities, health supplies, services and equipment required to diagnose, mitigate or prevent the impairment of, improve, treat, cure, or restore the physical or mental health conditions of the population."
...So Food, Water, Energy, Medicine, and Security; everything that human beings need at a basic level to survive. Except that Obama's executive order puts all of these resources under control of the government and allocates them exclusively to meet the needs of government.
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I didn't write a conclusion because I think there is little else to say... the government is buying bullets and food, and passed a law they can do whatever they want. Something bad is right around the corner. I don't know exactly what it is, but it sounds horrible.
Hmm, maybe I should re-asses my traveling plans in May and do Europe in stead.
no, I think we are good through the late summer... when you see the change in the derivatives markets is when you want to batten the hatches.
Dogboy: I'm in teh process of sending you a pm.
*warning* It's a soapbox post. But I need to say it.
>....maybe I should re-asses my traveling plans in May and do Europe in stead.
>no, I think we are good through the late summer...
I could see it now. From the US tourism board:
"Visit to America, when you still can"
In all seriousness, I have no idea if impending doom is around the corner or not, but the expectation of it has been going on for at least as long as I've been alive. It seems to be a deep part of our culture.
I look at it this way: if I'm wrong, nothing happens. If the counter argument is wrong, they are absolutely screwed.
I feel strongly enough about it that I think it's important enough to bring it up for discussion. In fact, I would go so far as saying I think it's my moral obligation to tell you what I see and think, whether or not you think its BS or I'm sadly misinformed.
> it has been going on for at least as long as I've been alive.
Again, the government has ordered food and ammunition on a scale never seen before, and has passed legislation that strips you of your basic rights to property and your ability protect and sustain yourself in times of National Emergency.
This is NOT an opinion. I'm not telling you this is what I think, I'm telling you what has already happened and was not widely publicized, as it should have been on the news. The government is preparing for the worst.
Take it for what it's worth.
could it be linked to this pending disaster about to happen and will change the world for ever
http://www.infowars.com/fukushima-reactor-4-life-on-planet-earth-in-the-balance/
http://www.shorenewstoday.com/snt/news/index.php/politics/23306-fukushima-reactor-is-a-threat-to-all.html
Watch your footprint brother - https://www.kitcomm.com/showthread.php?p=1704404 - of course, we all know here who Raging Bull is, but I'm assuming you don't want to get too easily connected on
Anyway...
Okay, I think attacks on privacy and civil liberties in America are alarming. I distrust my government and believe every citizen should. I believe that a democracy is only as strong as the vigilance of its citizens. But I also think you're kinda slingin' shit here dude (wouldn't say that to everyone, but I think I'm right that you don't mind a little resistance, right?).
>>new internal police department that didn't even exist 10 years ago
Sure, ICE didn't exist, because it was "Created in 2003 through a merger of the investigative and interior enforcement elements of the U.S. Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service" I don't know how the totals add up and how exactly the powers differ, but it wasn't some internal police department created ex-nihilo to drive all the black tanks and black helicopters that the UN and the Trilateral Commission are stockpiling in the United States.
>>Buying 450 Million New .40 caliber Bullets
1. That is the absolute max and it's over five years. Say they actually take delivery on half. That's about 40 bullets per week per employee. That probably more than meets their required practice range shooting, but not by a lot. And it doesn't mean they're stocking up on 450m bullets today for a protracted battle with Occupy.
2. Context? A friend not long ago checked out on a forty as a commissioned federal LEO. Are they transitioning to 40s? I don't know. The articles don't say and most on are sites of decidedly secondary (being charitable) quality. And most seem to link back to the one crappy article on Business Insider.
>>420 million meals
One word - Katrina. They were caught so il-prepared for any kind of disaster - military, economic, metereological, seismological and more. Imagine a massive earthquake in LA requiring FEMA to feed the city 20 million meals a day. Imagine a Katrina-like hurricane hits Florida at the same time, and another 10 million meals per day are needed on the other side of the country. You need these distributed as well. We used to have this in every American city (and every Swiss city still does), but sometime in the 1970s we stopped keeping up on emergency food stores. FEMA may usually have only 6 million meals, but FEMA has a poor track record of knowing how many resources they need.
I would like to see an article on this by someone other than professional and semi-professional paranoiacs and their echo chamber. The main reporting article on this makes assertions with no evidence or citations that there is some connection between these orders and increased terrorist chatter. But he seems to have pulled that (and much else) out of thin air.
I could go on, but I do not think a passing comet is a starship announcing the end of the world, I don't think Christ is coming tomorrow and I don't think we're quite that close to a military coup or fascist takeover.
I was more afraid of that under Reagan when he had Ollie North put together plans to declare martial law. In the current climate I am more afraid of a real and persistent erosion of privacy and civil liberties. In short, I'm more afraid of America descending into peaceful complacency and a Brave New World society than I am about violent disruption.
That said, 90% of the citizens of the Weimar Republic would have said the same. So I don't say it won't. I'm just saying that the most optimistic and most pessimistic scenarios almost never come to pass. I never believed the crap about DOW 36000 and I don't think that what you are implying will happen actually will happen.
>> could it be linked to this pending disaster about to happen and will change the world for ever
Yeah, exactly. Matsumura, citing Robert Alvarez, says that this could result in a radiation release 10x Chernobyl, which is pretty damn serious, but it's not like it's going to end life or "change the world forever." The United States and the Soviet Union and China exploded how many monster hyrdogen bombs in above ground tests, sinking entire Pacific Islands and yet, perhaps to our shame as a species, for the most part, life on earth goes on. Meanwhile, coal plants crank mercury and radiation into the atmosphere in massive amounts and people sit idly by and let it happen.
Quote from: mick g on April 18, 2012, 07:52:30 PM
could it be linked to this pending disaster about to happen and will change the world for ever
http://www.infowars.com/fukushima-reactor-4-life-on-planet-earth-in-the-balance/
http://www.shorenewstoday.com/snt/news/index.php/politics/23306-fukushima-reactor-is-a-threat-to-all.html
IIRC, Chernobyl was only a partial release - I seem to recall the Russians capped that leak. Far more could have escaped otherwise.
What the diplomat seems to be suggesting is not that all the radioactive material in Fukushima is likely to be released - simply that there's a massive amount of radiation in there, and Japan would like American technical and financial support to deal with it.
>>>Chernobyl was only a partial release
sheep in Wales and Cumbria were affected because of the radio active cloud from Chernobyl
and still affected 10 years later
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/sheep-in-wales-still-affected-by-chernobyl-1302743.html
and still 23 years later
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/12/farmers-restricted-chernobyl-disaster
so if it is 85 times worse than the Chernobyl disaster then it might be a bit of an issue to more than just sheep don't you think
it gets worse, A mind-boggling 40,000 trillion becquerels of radioactive cesium, or twice the amount previously thought, may have spewed from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201202290025
the link above is from the greepeace website
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/nuclear-reaction/fukushima-nuclear-crisis-update-for-february-/blog/39340/
not scaremongering just stating facts
>nuclear fallout
yeah, not good for anyone.
>10 years
I was talking about Dept of Homeland Security in general, created in 2002.
>.40 cal
has been replacing the 9mm in law enforcement/govt/military across the board for some time. I don't know what the official stance is, but the .40 is a better round.
>footprint
Yeah, thought about that. Almost put this in Members for that reason, but if the idea is to spread the news, then might as well make it public. I posted in FB too, so the circle is complete. The guys in Kitco hate me so I figured I'd elicit some good feedback there. I liked the response about range shooting too, but again, that was totally unsubstantiated numbers. I don't know how much they really use, but I was at a concealed carry class last night and the guys in the store were talking about it, which is what tipped me off that it was a notably big buy - not routine by their account, and they are gun geeks. Hundreds of MILLIONS of rounds is a lot of ammo by any standards. Maybe it's not a lot per employee per week, but it also means we have a very large public facing police force that is making sure they get what they need, without any supply issues... which makes you wonder why there might be supply issues. The answer of course is that americans are buying guns and ammo like its going out of style, gun stocks are soaring.... why? If everything is cool, why the arms race?
>I think I'm right that you don't mind a little resistance, right?
you got me perfect:)
QuoteIf everything is cool, why the arms race?
Lots of people convinced democrats are going to take away their guns.
Talked to someone @ the firing range. He said pre-Obama they were almost out of business. As soon as Obama got elected their gun sales TOOK OFF and continued booming.
Quote from: dogboy on April 19, 2012, 12:49:13 AM
americans are buying guns and ammo like its going out of style, gun stocks are soaring.... why? If everything is cool, why the arms race?
What's cool? We're in the biggest economic crisis for nearly a century. I figure that by itself will create a lot of fear, stress, and uncertainty stateside. Heck, everywhere.
Quote from: mick g on April 18, 2012, 10:12:32 PM
so if it is 85 times worse than the Chernobyl disaster
That's Matsumura's number, but the better researched number seems to be Alvarez's who puts it at 10x.
Don't get me wrong - that is still a major and scary disaster. With the wind going the wrong way in such a densely populated country... sheesh, shudders run down my spine and I think Matsumura is right to try to get the word out there about Fukushima as well as the general problem of these accumulated pools and the fact that this is a serious global problem.
But to make the jump to say that it will end life as we know it on the planet... that just isn't realistic.
I was talking about Dept of Homeland Security in general, created in 2002.
Sure, major new bureaucracy, but all the ammo is going to ICE is it not? And I just don't know what ICE represents vis-à-vis the previous situation. Before I get all upset, I'd like to see an article that has some in-depth reporting and context, that's all, instead of a few random facts and wild innuendo. Like I say, I'm deeply worried about the state of civil liberties in America, but I've felt that way before and there have been times I've felt the country was relatively close to some sort of neo-fascism and as pissed off as I am now, I don't have *that* feeling.
>.40 cal.... has been replacing the 9mm
I had that impression. So that's why I wondered. Yeah, you're right, my numbers are just throwing out one possible alternative analysis. My point wasn't to say that my analysis means anything, but simply to point out that without background and context, the ammo buy (assuming it's being accurately reported) is fairly meaningless to me. It's not a sign of anything without context.
>footprint
I could see you wanted it everywhere. What I was referring wondering is whether you knew it was connecting up different nicks. I figured you're a big boy and made that decision consciously, but just thought I'd mention that you're coming up nicely in the SERPs for various phrases in this post :-)
you got me perfect:)
Figured. Got some funny stories with respect to that to tell you some day over a beer - it would take too long to type it all out.
I respect and trust Helen Caldicott on nuclear issues. She has some interesting points on the dangers of Fukushima Daiichi
http://www.helencaldicott.com/2011/04/how-nuclear-apologists-mislead-the-world-over-radiation/
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/03/25/caldicott.nuclear.health/index.html
I know this wasn't a very popular topic, but let me add one more warning sign:
H.R. 6566: Mass Fatality Planning and Religious Considerations Act[/b]
QuoteHR 6566 IH
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6566
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide guidance and coordination for mass fatality planning, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 28, 2012
Ms. RICHARDSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide guidance and coordination for mass fatality planning, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the 'Mass Fatality Planning and Religious Considerations Act'.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Emergency preparedness often plans for how to prepare and provide for survivors of a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster, but fails to plan for how to prepare for and respond to mass fatalities that result from such an incident.
(2) Funeral homes, cemeteries, and mortuaries could be overwhelmed should mass fatalities arise from a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster.
(3) Different religions have different customs surrounding death; for example, the Jewish and Muslim religions call for burial of the deceased not later than 48 hours after death.
SEC. 3. PREPAREDNESS FOR MASS FATALITIES RESULTING FROM A NATURAL DISASTER, ACT OF TERRORISM, OR OTHER MAN-MADE DISASTER.
Section 504 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 314) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
'(c) Preparedness for Mass Fatalities- In carrying out this section, the Administrator shall provide guidance to and coordinate with appropriate individuals, including representatives from different communities, private sector businesses, non-profit organizations, and religious organizations, to prepare for and respond to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster that results in mass fatalities.'.
I don't know about you, but I feel better knowing my government has contingency plans should I and everyone else around me dies suddenly. It sounds like I might have to wait around for people of some other faiths that have dibs on getting buried first, but I'm confident, thanks to the of the foresight of some visionaries, at some point I'll likely have my own spot in a mass grave too.
As they say, misery loves company.