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About gerold

I have a bit of financial experience having invested in stocks in the 1960s & 70s, commodities in the 80s & commercial real estate in the 90s (I sold in 2005.) I'm back in stocks. I am appalled at our rapidly deteriorating global condition so I've written articles for family, friends & colleagues since 2007; warning them and doing my best to explain what's happening, what we can expect in the future and what you can do to prepare and mitigate the worst of the economic, social, political and nuclear fallout. As a public service in 2010 I decided to create a blog accessible to a larger number of people because I believe that knowledge not shared is wasted.

The Book of Eli and The Road: Movies VS Reality

Posted on March 24, 2012 by gerold

Reading time: 844 words, 2 to 3.5 minutes The movie, The Book of Eli with Denzel Washington – I just can’t get it out of my head although it’s been two years now. Long ago I’ve learned to listen to … Continue reading →

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MF Global Collapse Update – March 2012

Posted on March 24, 2012 by gerold

Reading time: 274 words, 0.5 to 1 minute If you have financial investments especially through American brokerages, you better read this. The bankruptcy of MF Global, a major global financial broker is another step in the collapse of the global … Continue reading →

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Donate your organs? Think again!

Posted on March 19, 2012 by gerold

Reading time: 2,187 words, 5 to 8 minutes Macleans published an extremely disturbing article on organ donation (re-printed below). I once thought the science behind death, brain death and organ donation was straightforward. It’s not. It’s unsettled and so very … Continue reading →

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Scientists say America is too dumb for democracy to thrive

Posted on March 15, 2012 by gerold

Article reading time: 1,368 words, 3 to 5 minutes Readers’ comments reading time: 28,664 words, 1 to 2 hours This is the first post on the new “Stupid” category. There’s lots of material available so I expect to post more … Continue reading →

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Dozens of Survival Articles from Beans Bullets Bullion and Bible

Posted on March 11, 2012 by gerold

Reading time: 150 words, a few seconds PLUS web-linked articles Click here for Dozens of Survival Articles from “Beans Bullets Bullion and Bible” Note: it takes a while to open. If you’re concerned about the you-know-what hitting the fan and … Continue reading →

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Greek Default, Credit Event or Maybe Not

Posted on March 10, 2012 by gerold

Reading time: 1500 words, 3.5 to 6 minutes Greece is in the news again. Ho, hum! We hear that Greece suffered a “restructuring credit event’ yesterday. Or, maybe not! The blogosphere is all atwitter with Greece being in default. Let’s … Continue reading →

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Top Expert Travel Tips

Posted on March 10, 2012 by gerold

Reading time: 3,900 words, 9 to 15 minutes PLUS additional links I lifted tons of travel advice from BeReady.net much of which applies to air travel but many of the ideas apply to travel by car, bus, train, ship, etc. … Continue reading →

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70 Percent of Ground Beef at U.S. Supermarkets Contains ‘Pink Slime’

Posted on March 8, 2012 by gerold

Reading time: 1500 words, 3.5 to 6 minutes Based on the stories below, Americans might want to think twice about buying hamburger at the store. Canadians might want to think twice about eating American hamburger. The good news for Canadians … Continue reading →

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Best dry skin solution – petroleum jelly

Posted on March 3, 2012 by gerold

Reading time: 1300 words, 3 to 5 minutes This expands on a comment I left on Facebook that my sister was good enough to post about dry skin solutions. You may not know it, but our skin is, by weight, … Continue reading →

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Time to panic about the Canadian housing market

Posted on February 29, 2012 by gerold

Reading time: 1280 words, 3 to 5 minutes “Time to panic about the Canadian housing market” is the by-line Macleans magazine uses in their article “You’re about to get burned” in its latest issue. You’ll notice they don’t use a … Continue reading →

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