survival

Living A Full Life Out From Under The Heavy Thumb Of A Job And The Tax Man

This article is about freedom.  Freedom from the treadmill. Freedom from the erosion of your savings.  Freedom from loss of control over your own destiny. One of our expat friends recently shared a quote from Mark Twain, the famous American author of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn fame.  It’s a simple quote, but like much […]

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The Negative Effects Of Reactive Behavior Pt2

Continuing on from where I previously left off let’s take a look at how this opioid addiction crisis may have initially grown its roots. First point I’d like to disclose is the fact that it’s taken decades for this to unfold. What we are currently witnessing involved a series of major sequences each having its […]

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The Negative Effects of Reactive Behavior Pt1

Understanding how potentially dangerous reactive behavior can be and why it’s little more than a Pandora’s Box waiting to detonate I decided to continue with a second post. The fact that reactive behavior is such a serious threat I felt that a second post was in order. In this follow up I’ll be touching on […]

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Wake Up Call Rings Loud For Two Subscribers

Before coming to see Barry in the DR, I remember introducing myself as a realist that was not swayed by the events reported on the evening news. I explained that we were not ‘doomsday preppers’ and that we were only looking for a nice location to consider for vacation/retirement property. Our goals were simple, 1) […]

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Is Technology Outpacing Wisdom

According to Max Tegmark a professor of physics at MIT “there are two areas that need to grow in parallel as society evolves. There is the power of our technology and then there’s the wisdom of us humans for how to manage the technology.” Tegmark continues “If technology grows faster than the wisdom its kind […]

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“The business of America is war” – Gerald Celente Predicts 2018″

I’m confident those who follow my literature’s already know the name Gerald Celente. I’ve been an avid reader of his Trends newsletter for quite some time now and over the years have developed a deep respect for what he does. His accuracy is indisputable and in my humble opinion is the godfather of the trending […]

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Making Room In The SDR Basket

It hasn’t even been a week since releasing my previous post regarding how SDR’s will be the future reserve. While the US Dollar will certainly play an active roll by being one of the largest eggs in the basket, it no longer will it be only egg in the basket. Eventually it will perish its […]

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With Power Comes Responsibility

Over the past couple of days two major undertakings occurred. First was the Catalan Referendum and second the mass shootings in Vegas. Sticking to my rule of always letting the dust settle before commenting this post will adhere. I won’t be making wild accusations only to have completely missed the mark a few days later.  […]

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A Nation Of Psychopaths

If Trump’s recent speech at the UN doesn’t make it crystal clear that all pre-election promises are null and void honestly you’re operating with the brain power comparable to that of a barnacle at low tide. Your brain is starving for nourishment; you’re not firing on all cylinders. All the attributes, the pieces fitting his […]

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Lately There Seems To Be a Sense That All’s Fine

I was welcoming some recent relocates to Cabrera when an interesting question was fielded in my direction. I’m assuming it’s because of the amount of foreigners I encounter they felt they’d receive a well-rounded viewpoint for an answer. At some point during our dialog one of them raised the question “Have you noticed there seems […]

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