Could You Imagine? Banks May Be Closed for a Month

To prevent widespread bank runs and to keep money from leaving the country, the Greek government instated numerous capital controls to keep the lid on their economy, such as placing a daily withdrawal limit of 60 Euros. When they first created these mandates earlier this month, they were only supposed to be in place for a short period of time. But now it looks like the Greeks may be facing a long-term banking crisis.

Late last night, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made a statement that should have Greeks dreading the next few weeks. In a televised interview he stated “The reopening of the banks depends on the sanctioning of the deal, which will take place in a month.” So basically the citizens of Greece can look forward to long lines at the ATM and cash shortages through August.

Keep this in mind for when America’s debt crisis finally blows up. You don’t own the money in your bank. It belongs to the bank, and it’s insured and regulated by the government, who are bought and paid for by the banks with the money you put in their accounts. When the system falls apart, you’ve got to see the writing on the wall and get your money out early. Once the crisis starts, your savings will be handed over to the authorities, and rationed out at their leisure. (see how much debt the world owes).

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While Gun Permits Increase, Murder Rate Drops: “Refutes Argument That More Guns Lead to More Violence”

As gun ownership and the number of concealed carry permits have soared under President Obama, who has been dubbed history’s greatest gun salesman, new statistics show that the murder rate has dropped significantly during the same period.

While the well-funded gun control lobby has attempted to an image of increased violence among populations where guns are prevalent, reality has repeatedly demonstrated that guns prevent crimes, not only lowering the rate of homicides and violent crimes, but deterring general crime as well.

Perhaps the latest Crime Prevention Research Center numbers will end the debate once and for all, and curb the bunk arguments gun grabbers have used to fuel their disarmament campaign. According to the Washington Times:

Since 2007, the number of concealed handgun permits has soared from 4.6 million to over 12.8 million, and murder rates have fallen from 5.6 killings per 100,000 people to just 4.2, about a 25 percent drop, according to the report from the Crime Prevention Research Center.

The number of concealed carriers is likely even higher, since permits are not required in eight states.

Gun rights advocates say that the findings in the report fall in line with their personal experiences and research and directly refute the liberal argument that more guns lead to more violence.

“It puts the lie to the myth promulgated by anti-gun individuals that somehow more law-abiding citizens carrying guns will lead to more crime. In fact, quite the opposite is the case,” said Larry Keene, senior vice president and general counsel for the National Shooting Sports Foundation. “More law-abiding citizens own firearms for self-protection, and crime continues to decline.”

It has not gone unnoticed that virtually even mass shooting in the headlines has occurred in a “gun free zone,” while cities like Chicago, dubbed the murder capital of the world, have some of the strictest gun laws in America.

The inverse correlation of violence and gun ownership across several statistical categories at the state and federal level have repeatedly supported the arguments of gun rights advocates, but don’t expect that to stop those bankrolling the pervasive efforts to disarm.

The likes of former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are not interested in intellectual debates or factually supported statements; they are interested in using emotionally-driven sensation tragedies to persuade people into giving up their own rights.

Stay vigilant, and keep this knowledge in your well prepped arsenal.

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When the Trucks Stop Delivering, ‘The System’ Will Collapse

The following article was originally published by Tess Pennington at Ready Nutrition. Tess is the author of the widely popular and highly acclaimed book The Prepper’s Blueprint: The Step-By-Step Guide To Help You Through Any Disaster.

This month Tess is hosting a contest where she is giving away 26 awesome prizes worth over $1,000. You can enter to win by clicking here.

Collectively speaking, most Americans take for granted the system in place to deliver essential supplies to their area. “The system,” an underlying infrastructure that keeps goods, services and commerce in America flowing creates a sense of normalcy and order. Food, water, gasoline and medications are just a few of the items restocked weekly in order for our dependent society to maintain a steady flow. What many fail to grasp is just how fragile the system is and just how quickly it can collapse.

Our transportation systems are one of the weakest links in the system. Mac Slavo explains:

In a 2012 report prepared for legislators and business leaders by the American Trucking Associations highlights just how critical our just-in-time inventory and delivery systems are, and assesses the impact on the general population in the event of an emergency or incident of national significance that disrupts the truck transportation systems which are responsible for carrying some ten billion tons of commodities and supplies across the United States each year.

A shutdown of truck operations as a result of elevated threat levels, terrorist attacks, or pandemics would, according to the report, have “a swift and devastating impact on the food, healthcare, transportation, waste removal, retail, manufacturing, and financial sectors.”

So too would events such as an EMP attack or a coordinated cyber-attack that could shut down global positioning systems and the computers responsible for inventory control.

The report goes on to explain that consumer fear and panic will exacerbate shortages. News of a truck stoppage—whether on the local level, state or regional level, or nationwide—will spur hoarding and drastic increases in consumer purchases of essential goods. Shortages will materialize quickly and could lead to civil unrest.

What the following graphic will demonstrate is just how quickly the descent will be. When the trucks in America stop, all commerce and delivery stops with it.

To avoid falling into this recipe for disaster, use the information presented in this graphic as a guideline to being self-reliant. Listed within the graphic are critical supplies that willdisappear off the shelves at the first signs of this disaster. These are the items you want to stock up on before the trucks stop delivering. Many items such as powdered milk and canned meat are versatile supplies that can be used for short-term and long lasting disasters. When I wrote The Prepper’s Blueprint: The Step-By-Step Guide To Help You Through Any Disaster, I emphasized the importance of having a well-rounded preparedness plan that encompasses many different types of emergency scenarios. This essential survival guide stresses how important is to have plans and supplies in place in order to be better prepared for the disasters that are on the horizon.

•  Create a food pantry. Creating a food supply is very beneficial to your budget. It is an investment into your future livelihood. One thing analysts and financial pundits agree on is that, in general, commodities will continue to rise. When others are buying foods at inflated prices, you will be consuming your investment when it was purchased at a lower price. Using a combination of shelf stable foods, you can create a well-rounded food supply to depend on when an emergency arises.
• Store water. We need water to survive – and our preps should reflect this important need. An aspect that I love the most about preppers is that we love to have back ups for our back ups. Having a short-term water supply that you regularly rotate into your kitchen will ensure you have a freshwater source to turn to during a short lived emergency. As well, having filtration systems and portable water purification tools will ensure you can purify water for longer term purposes.
• Attain needed supplies. If you are dependent on certain medications or supplies you need for your daily living, make sure you have enough to see you through a short-term disaster. The more supplied you are, the less you will have to leave your home during the emergency. As well, look into natural alternatives for medications.
• Preserve your wealth. Choose hard assets (dry goods, precious metals, land, livestock, skills, etc.) for long term investments so they will hold their intrinsic value over time. Holding these types of investments will insulate you from inflation and other economic issues. Further, by tying your money up in assets it will help you avoid spending the money, thus furthering your cause of self-reliant living.
• Become a neo-pioneer! Carve a path in life where you are no longer dependent on consuming at stores to live. Garden and grow your own food, raise livestock, learn skills to live self-reliantly, barter for goods and services.

The above graphic is a reminder of how fast our population can breakdown and quickly spiral into a disaster of epic proportions. But surviving during this type of scenario is possible by simply preparing for it ahead of time.

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Tess Pennington is the author of The Prepper’s Blueprint, a comprehensive guide that uses real-life scenarios to help you prepare for any disaster. Because a crisis rarely stops with a triggering event the aftermath can spiral, having the capacity to cripple our normal ways of life. The well-rounded, multi-layered approach outlined in the Blueprint helps you make sense of a wide array of preparedness concepts through easily digestible action items and supply lists.

Tess is also the author of the highly rated Prepper’s Cookbook, which helps you to create a plan for stocking, organizing and maintaining a proper emergency food supply and includes over 300 recipes for nutritious, delicious, life-saving meals. 

Visit her web site at ReadyNutrition.com for an extensive compilation of free information on preparedness, homesteading, and healthy living.

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Free Web Series: 52 Weeks to Preparedness: An Emergency Preparedness Plan For Surviving Virtually Any Disaster

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Jade Helm Begins: “Massive Direct Training for Future Civil Unrest in America”

This report was originally published by Alex Thomas at Intellihub. You can follow Intellihub’s breaking news, research reports and commentary on Facebook and Twitter.

Massive realistic training exercise and preparation for eventual martial law starts today
By Alex Thomas

After months of speculation, the controversial multi-state urban military training drill known as Jade Helm is set to begin today in what many believe is direct training for future civil unrest in America.

From the very moment the military announced the training, complete with multiple states listed as “hostile”, the alternative media and freedom minded individuals across the country began to expose its possible real intentions.

Right on the que the corporate controlled mainstream media went to work attacking critics of Jade Helm as crazed conspiracy theorists and possible racists.

In their attacks the mainstream media made sure to purposefully misrepresent what most alternative media outlets were reporting, insisting that conspiracy theorists were claiming Jade Helm was a martial law takeover when in reality most credible independent news outlets were reporting that the training was most likely being conducted to be ready for a near future martial law scenario rather than being the actual reason for it.

Despite these attacks, literally hundreds of thousands of Americans have expressed worry over Jade Helm in one way or another. From Facebook pages dedicated to monitoring activity in the lead up to the exercise, to groups dedicated to monitoring theactual training, Americans throughout the country made clear that they would not blindly accept the military PR machines claims.

The mainstream media is 100% guaranteed to attack the entire alternative media if Jade Helm comes and goes without martial law being declared (this despite the fact that websites such as Intellihub have NEVER claimed that this would happen) so it is important to document all the strange military movements and increased urban military training that has happened since the announcement of Jade Helm 2015.

After seeing the sheer amount of evidence of military equipment and urban military training, one can fully understand why the alternative media has been so worried about Jade Helm regardless of whether or not martial law specifically happens in the next three months.

The following list of suspicious activity in the lead up to Jade Helm starts with the most recent report and includes a small summary with a link back to the original article. This information proves without a doubt that, at the very least, there has been increased preparation for some “unknown” reason. (Note: The following list only includes reports on Intellihub.com, a complete list of reports from the entire alternative media would be so long one reporter could spend days attempting to put it together)

—  Video: Military equipment being transported across country as Jade Helm nears – “Two days before the start of Jade Helm, even more footage of military movements throughout the country has been released. The new footage spans several states including Texas, California, Kansas, and Michigan.”

— Upcoming JADE HELM 15 military exercise off-limits to reporters, says military – “The highly controversial JADE HELM 15 military exercise, which is scheduled to run from July 15th to September 15th in at least seven states, including “hostile” Texas, will be entirely off-limits to reporters, according to a military spokesperson.”

— Artificial intelligence takes the battlefield: Who is really running Jade Helm 2015? “If analysts are correct, it seems that “JADE” is an acronym for a DARPA-developed A.I. quantum computing technology that produces holographic battlefield simulations and will be in charge of the drill in order to “master the human” domain and predict human response.”

— Over 30,000 military personnel deploy to Pacific for Talisman Sabre  “Jade Helm 15 officially goes live in a few weeks. It will span 10 US states. Nearly simultaneously, from July 4th through the 19th, several thousand miles away, more than 33,000 United States and Australian military personnel will be engaged in Operation Talisman Sabre.”

— Mainstream media claims Jade Helm fears are racist as media spin continues ahead of planned urban military exercise “In yet another disgusting hit piece targeting critics of Jade Helm 2015, the Washington Post has published an article that claims fears over the massive urban military training exercise are based on President Obama’s race.”

— Where’s your place in Jade Helm? Mastering the Human Domain “May I suggest your taking note of Activity Based Intelligence (ABI), plus the role of Presidential Executive Orders, especially President Obama’s PEO 13684, and how humankind will live under the surveillance of Jade Helm: Mastering the Human Domain, which meansanything that affects humans—anything and everything—from here on out, until their goals are met.”

— Massive train full of military equipment seen heading into “hostile” Salt Lake City, Utah ahead of Jade Helm 2015 “The train convoy, carrying “all kinds of equipment” including military police vehicles was seen just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. The locals who took the footage noted that they had never seen this type of military equipment movement in the past.”

— How JADE HELM 15 correlates with a potential, rumored, asteroid strike “It’s also important to point out that if you draw a line directly from the said asteroid impact zone near “Puerto Rico” directly through the center of the original JADE HELM states, a potential flight path or impact swath emerges. While this is all just speculation at this time, let’s log this here and now as a possibility.”

— U.S. Marines practice for mass casualty event in California as Jade Helm buildup continues “Marines and Sailors in California are conducting training for a mass casualty event in the United States. The exercise focused on heat being the reason for mass casualties but the training could be put into use after any sort of major unrest in the country.”

— Jade Helm goes GLOBAL: Official start date coincides with Bohemian Grove Cremation of Care ritual “Officially it begins in July, on the same weekend the elite meet safely in Bohemian Grove. And get this, the start date actually coincides with the Cremation of Care ritual. Some speculate it actually represents the physical manifestation of the Cremation of America.”

— Trainload of up-armored Humvees with special COMM equipment linked to “Homeland Defense operations” “Up-armored “Humvees” and “Striker units” with a “peculiar satellite” and a “green dome antennae in the back,” were spotted on rail trains recently in both “Oregon” and “California,” according to a video posted by Dave Action Reporting onYouTube Monday.”

— Rail train loaded with tanks and APCs passes through California desert “A military rail train was recently spotted by a reader, John Temblador, and captured on camera traveling through the desert loaded with hundreds of armored personnel carriers and tanks.”

— Exposed: UN vehicles caught trying to hide logo from public view while traveling inside the United States “The video footage shows one UN truck with the brown paper partially peeled off, most likely due to the wind. The other UN vehicle still has its cover on as it travels down the highway.”

— Weather warfare: Is Texas being attacked with weather manipulation technology in advance of Jade Helm? “Speculation and actual evidence has been released in the last two days that has many believing that Texas is under attack with weather manipulation technology. (also known as HAARP)”

— Massive military convoy loaded with unmarked mobile ammunition storage containers spotted in Portland, Oregon “The military convoy, complete with communications and surveillance equipment, was videotaped by a concerned citizen who was aware of the fact that what he was seeing wasn’t an isolated event.”

— Photos: “Highly Suspicious” Saudi Civil Defense trucks spotted on Texas highway“The photos, taken on a Texas highway and first published by All News Pipeline, may not mean anything but were quoted as “highly suspicious” by the concerned citizen who took them. According to the report by ANP, the reader saw three flatbeds, each carrying two of the above vehicles and traveling southbound on I-45 north of Houston, Texas.”

— New York National Guard conducts training at simulated detainee facility as fears of internment camps in America continue to rise “At least sixty soldiers from the 102nd Military Police Battalion’s Headquarters Detachment recently conducted their annual training at Fort Drum in a simulated detention center.”

— Army commissions new camouflage uniforms July 1 to match Americas background, ‘woodland style’ pattern “Interestingly enough the new uniform appears to be printed in a woodland-type pattern and almost looks as if it would work perfectly domestically.”

— Massive military buildup continues: FEMA, UN vehicles, howitzers, convoys, and strange Walmart coincidences “Now, even more information has come in, including a military convoy spotted in Lucinda, Mississippi carrying Mobile 155 Howitzers and stopping at a weight station that just so happened to have a Walmart truck parked in the same area.”

— Photo: Mass casualty units seen on Chester County, South Carolina highway “News out of South Carolina has taken a possible turn for the worst with mass casualty vehicles being photographed traveling down a highway. The photo was submitted to online watchdog group, Operation Jade Helm and Beyond.”

— Photos: Massive Raider Focus convoy loaded with razor wire seen near Trinidad, Colorado “The war games include the largest military convoy seen in the state since World War IIand, indeed, the footage released so far does show a series of massive military convoys traveling through a rest stop near Trinidad, Colorado.”

— Explosions rock Michigan neighborhood as US Army urban military training exercise begins “”With less than three hours between a city press release and the beginning of the exercise, residents were left in the dark about the urban military training until the last possible moment. Most had no idea what was happening as their homes shook from the force of the simulated explosions.”

— Defense Official warns that DoD Directive allowing the use of military force against American citizens is latest step towards martial law “The quote from the defense official was published in a now viral report that detailed the 2010 DoD Directive and how it could be used, under authority from the President, to unleash the might of the US military onto the civilian population.”

— Yet more military equipment turns up — this time in a Nevada Walmart parking lot“The above video, posted to YouTube May 24, shows some type of large military vehicle and possibly more in the background at a local Walmart store.”

— Jade Helm as Itself a Psy Op “Psychological warfare operations are at once mysterious, yet fairly well-known. Most educated readers are familiar with World War II propaganda or the notion of “black operations,” but more precise and technical ideas of PsyOps are not as well known.”

— Walmart Jade Helm connection: “There’s plenty of those available to them without having to ask for us, they’ve got that handled already” “The over 8 minute conversation is extremely weird, with the Walmart employee seemingly reading off a prepared list of statements while at the same time over answering all the questions in a highly suspicious manner.”

— FBI questions man over ‘JADE HELM’ at his residence — caught on camera “If the upcoming military exercise JADE HELM 15 is no big deal as military officials, authorities, and the mainstream media have previously said, then why did the FBI show up to a man’s house and question him about his “concerns”?

— Photos: Massive 1/4 mile long military train loaded with vehicles seen near Colorado Wyoming border “In yet another instance of increased military movements throughout the country in the lead up to Jade Helm, a massive quarter-mile long train full of military vehicles has been spotted near the Colorado Wyoming border.”

— Raider Focus: Military war games set to include 650 vehicles, will be largest military convoy seen in Colorado since World War II “In what is being described as the largest military road convoy in Colorado since World War II, hundreds of Stryker armored vehicles and other military rigs will travel from Fort Carson to Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site for “combat training.”

— Alert: Hundreds of military Humvees spotted heading towards Cleveland, Ohio “New footage showing a train full of hundreds of military Humvees has been released, further revealing the increased military buildup across the country leading into Jade Helm 2015.”

— Jade Helm: Marines train for internment of citizens under martial law “Now, this never-ending saga of new evidence continues with professional video footage taken in Arizona that highlights a U.S. Marines training drill that included armed troops chasing angry citizens who attempted to escape a mock internment camp.”

— Jade Helm: Special Forces train with local police for domestic military raids “In yet another startling revelation in the lead up to Jade Helm 2015, Special Forces out of Fort Bragg are currently training with Richland County, South Carolina police officers to provide realistic military scenarios.”

— Military vehicles are being shipped to a closed Texas Walmart ahead of Jade Helm?(Photos) “Pictures sent to Intellihub by a reader reveal that military Humvees are indeed being shipped to the recently closed Walmart store, via 18 wheeler, for possible future use. The closed store(s) are possibly being used in the upcoming JADE HELM 15 exercise as speculated early on by conspiracy theorists.”

— Domestic war machine: Look at all this armor the government is moving for Jade Helm military exercises “Perhaps a federal takeover through a martial law declaration is not imminent over coming months, but how else can we explain the absolutely massive exercises now being positioned across the continental United States?”

— Convoy of Humvees and trainload of military vehicles spotted in Arkansas and Louisiana as Jade Helm military buildup continues “New video footage, this time out of Texarkana, Arkansas, is adding to these fears and increasing speculation as to what lies ahead for the American people. The footage first shows a convoy of Humvees driving down the highway and then goes on to highlight a trainload of military vehicles that was seen shortly after.”

— Photos: Military convoy spotted in Indiana as massive buildup to Jade Helm 2015 continues “The photos, taken by a concerned citizen, show the convoy heading west on I-70 for reasons unknown.”

— Mainstream press targets alternative media over Jade Helm coverage in series of coordinated attacks “The attacks purposefully conflated questions or opinion pieces about what may happen during Jade Helm with the legitimate facts put forward in actual news pieces by the alternative media.”

— Jade Helm, Walmart And DUMBS: Are the closed Walmarts being activated as central command for underground operations? “After her initial video revisiting the massive underground tunnel systems throughout the United States and connecting them to the recent bizarre announcement by Walmarts in Jade Helm states, YouTube videographer Rise Together decided to start following links left in her comment section, which led her to a variety of sites, images and forum discussions where dots connect everything from the Denver International Airport to the Mantauk project to recent day headlines on Jade Helm, leading to a number of questions.”

— Tanks, helicopters, and troops arrive in Big Springs, Texas ahead of Jade Helm 2015 “A report out of Big Springs, Texas has revealed that a train full of military equipment and over a dozen helicopters has arrived in the town ahead of Jade Helm 2015. The report first attempts to downplay the significance of the planned military drills and then goes on to bury the most important part of story at the bottom of the article.”

— “It’s just a training exercise”: Army Special Ops shoot down Jade Helm conspiracy theories “The Special Operations Command for the U.S. Army may be preparing to blend in during its mock engagement of hostile populations in the U.S. Southwest this summer, but first it is going on the offense to counter the claims of “conspiracy theorists” about the true nature of the controversial Jade Helm 15 exercises.”

— Isn’t it obvious? If Operation Jade Helm were happening in any other country, it would be immediately labeled a military drill for martial law “Right now, America is being lulled into a hypnotic sense of denial while military training for martial law is happening right in their own neighborhoods and city streets. Yet, strangely, no one is allowed to refer to this exercise as training for martial law… even though that’s obviously what it is.”

Note: The above list is so detailed that there were at least six articles that partially dealt with Jade Helm 2015 that were left out.

After reading the above list of suspicious activity and urban military training seen after the announcement of Jade Helm one can see just how ridiculous the shilling for Jade Helm conducted by the mainstream media actually is. Remember, according to them there is nothing to see so shut up and stop speaking about Jade Helm or you are a racist!

Regardless of what happens in the next few months the undeniable fact remains that there absolutely has been an increase in military activity geared towards the American people as well as actual training to take us on.

Alex Thomas is a reporter who has worked in the alternative media for over three years. His work has been featured on numerous news outlets including Infowars and RT. Alex is an exclusive weapon of Intellihub. Read more articles by this author here.

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It Starts Today: “A Financial Collapse Is Imminent Within This Six Month Time Period”

Over the last eight years Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse Blog has published over one-thousand research papers, articles and reports detailing the financial, economic and monetary crises sweeping the world. While he has often urged his readers to prepare for calamity, he has never issued a specific date or time-frame for the trigger that would send the whole system into a tailspin.

Until now.

In his latest must-watch interview with Future Money Trends, Snyder sets the record straight and explains why he recently issued his first and only “Red Alert” to readers warning of an impending, far-reaching event that will touch ever corner of the globe.

(Watch At Youtube)

I’ve never done this before, but as an attorney I’m trained to be level-headed and trained to only come to conclusions that are based on the evidence.

As we came up to the last half of 2015, examining everything I’ve been told, everything I’ve learned, everything I’ve researched… all the data points were just screaming that a financial collapse is imminent within this six month time period, which actually starts today. 

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I believe a financial crisis is imminent… similar to what we saw in 2008 but eventually it’s going to be much worse.

When I say imminent I’m not saying it’s going to happen within the next 48 hours or within the next week.. it’s for the entire six month period, this red alert…

And then once we get to the end of 2015 I don’t believe that it’s all going to be over and that our problems are going to be past us.

No… I believe what we’re entering into is a major turning point…

In so many ways our problems are just going to be beginning as we move into 2016.

Are we now in the midst of the next great global crisis?

As Snyder points out, just in the two weeks since he shared his warnings we have seen Greece essentially collapse, Puerto Rico has gone bankrupt, and China’s stock markets have seen hundreds of billions of dollars in wealth wiped out. It’s so serious, in fact, that the Communist government in China has actually banned the selling of stocks! Europe is scrambling to save its currency and Union. In America the conjecture that has been economic growth is slowly being revealed to be the sham that it really is with thousands of nationwide retail store closings, over 45 million on food stamps, and a President who seems to believe the situation has been contained.

It appears that the threat of an epic financial and economic disaster is not only real, but moving full steam ahead right before our eyes.

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