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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.

Collected Quotations – Vol. I & II

Herein are some interesting and thought-provoking quotations collected over three decades 1977 to ’07 in a hand-written journal (before the age of personal computers) as you can see from the picture below. What follows is a transcription of all 167 … Continue reading

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10 FACTS ABOUT FOODS THAT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU

Reading time: 838 words, 2 to 3 minutes I shamelessly copied this entire article from http://www.livingwell.ca a website I highly recommend for healthful hints and tips. Gerold Nov 4, 2011 You’ll raise your eyebrows and say “Really!” when you learn … Continue reading

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Humor, Jokes ‘n Stuff – Vol. 1

In spite of all the grim news, there’s always room for some humor. Over 1,000 pages of jokes, cartoons and funny stuff below. There’s also 900 pages of stuff on Vol. 2. New ones are still being posted in Vol. … Continue reading

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What Good is a University Education?

Reading time: 1,321 words, 3 to 5 minutes An interesting meme (social theme) is emerging lately questioning the value of a university education. Admittedly, there have always been questions about this but; the issue has taken on greater importance lately. … Continue reading

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Occupy Sesame Street

Reading time: 1,393 words, 3 to 5.5 minutes . The Sesame Street generation’s occupation of Wall Street, Bay Street, and other places continues apace and seems to be growing. Their rage and frustration is understandable. Tyler Durdan of Zero Hedge … Continue reading

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Toronto woman acquitted of killing boyfriend

Reading time: 753 words, 2 to 3 minutes I’ve created a new Category called ’Male-Bashing’ for news and views on feminism run amok and the double standard we’ve created where women can LITERALLY get away with murder and where men … Continue reading

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I am an Anarchist

Reading time: 1,312 words, 3 to 5 minutes Given my disdain for socialists and my contempt for communists and marxists, I am sometimes accused of being a hard-hearted conservative. I may be hard-hearted (tough love works) but I am not … Continue reading

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Occupy Wall Street – Idiots & Hypocrites

Reading time 1,070 words, 3 to 4 minutes Don’t get me wrong; I’m all in favor of protests and demonstrations to let the powers-that-be know we’re on to them, or raise a little consciousness, or spread the message about something … Continue reading

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Trader on the BBC says Eurozone Market will crash

I haven’t done a Collapse Update for a couple months because events are unfolding the way I forecasted over the last four years so there isn’t much new to add. And, I hate to say, “I told you so” so … Continue reading

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How to get your point across

We all learn how to speak but few learn how to communicate effectively. You can find a lot of information on the internet about communication but I’m going to address a simple mistake a lot of people make when communicating. … Continue reading

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