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2010-01-14 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by tipper 2010-01-14 00:36|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

Posted by AzCat 2010-01-14 01:22|| 2010-01-14 01:22|| Front Page Top

#2 So when the house of cards - or row of dominos - falls, where should we be? Having converted all savings into gold? 401k growth funds? Cash in a matress? Canned food and ammo? This stuff gets scary sometimes!

Posted by Bobby 2010-01-14 07:25|| 2010-01-14 07:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Canned food, ammo, seeds, trade goods, medical supplies, water purification, ...

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2010-01-14 07:46|| 2010-01-14 07:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Don't forget booze.

I learned that from my grandma. She ran a tavern during the Great Depression. She always said "no matter how bad things get, people will always find the money for alcohol."

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2010-01-14 08:16|| 2010-01-14 08:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Cornsilk, you don't need booze, just the knowledge and equipment to make it.

Posted by Glenmore 2010-01-14 08:27|| 2010-01-14 08:27|| Front Page Top

#6 I think the main effect will be a collapse in world trade as the Yen and other currencies become non-convertable. Which will result in the West repatriating the industries they have outsourced to Asia.

There will be severe shortages of many goods for a while, particularly electronics.

The USA will likely be the least affected as it has the most self-contained economy.

Posted by phil_b 2010-01-14 08:55|| 2010-01-14 08:55|| Front Page Top

#7 It is certainly time to troubleshoot the "experimental" easy credit, post-WWII economic model. Debt must be returned, at all levels, to the old concept of "Credit is for those who don't need it."

Seeing this upcoming international economic collapse can be done in two ways. Most will try to rebuild and stabilize the existing failed system, reinforcing defeat. And this will just delay recovery.

The real recovery will only happen with a return to the pre-WWII economic model, where all debts must be resolved at the end of each debt cycle, before any new debts can be taken. And debt rollovers must be 100% justified in cash, before the rollover can happen.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-01-14 09:13|| 2010-01-14 09:13|| Front Page Top

#8 Canned food, ammo, seeds, trade goods, medical supplies, water purification, ...

I'm stocking up on toilet paper.

Posted by gorb 2010-01-14 09:42|| 2010-01-14 09:42|| Front Page Top

#9 Thinking about putting a chicken coup in my backyard.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-01-14 11:44|| 2010-01-14 11:44|| Front Page Top

#10 Incandescent light bulbs.

Posted by Beldar Threreling9726 2010-01-14 11:47|| 2010-01-14 11:47|| Front Page Top

#11 Candles, don't forget, lots and lots of candles. It also helps to have an Eagle Scout around the house.

Posted by Total War 2010-01-14 12:15|| 2010-01-14 12:15|| Front Page Top

#12 Thinking about putting a chicken coup in my backyard

I wouldn't. There will be dead chickens everywhere. ;-)

Posted by gorb 2010-01-14 12:54|| 2010-01-14 12:54|| Front Page Top

#13 I saw some land here in Ohio for sale that had a wonderful feature: its own free supply of natural gas.

If it hadn't been four hours drive away, I'd be seriously considering buying it.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2010-01-14 15:25|| 2010-01-14 15:25|| Front Page Top

#14 Thinking about putting a chicken coup in my backyard

I wouldn't. There will be dead chickens everywhere. ;-)

Surely only half would be dead, gorb, the other half having taken over the backyard's government.

Cornsilk Blondie is right. Even after the apocalypse there will be those willing and able to afford quality likker. At such times one wants pioneering necessities (including a couple of Eagle Scouts and/or engineers) and a nice selection of serious small luxuries for trade that will keep in storage for a decade or two if necessary.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-01-14 16:06|| 2010-01-14 16:06|| Front Page Top

#15 Guns, corn squeezings, hunting, agriculture and home food prep.

People of which political predilection will excel at these?

I'm thinking of a cousin who is an urbanite, eats nearly all of her meals out, and couldn't debone a chicken or fillet a fish if her life depended on it, much less skin a buck, make sausage, can plum jelly, or brew her own beer. And she starts breaking out in a cold sweat if she finds out the house or apartment she's in contains a firearm.

Oh yeah, she's a screaming honking moonbat, too.

But you all knew that.

What will her place be if the scenario imagined comes to pass?

You all knew that, too.

Posted by no mo uro 2010-01-14 17:04|| 2010-01-14 17:04|| Front Page Top

#16 What will her place be if the scenario imagined comes to pass?

Does she have anything to trade...skills...anything? No? Well...the ants will eat the grasshoppers.

Posted by Solomon Spogum5839 2010-01-14 17:53|| 2010-01-14 17:53|| Front Page Top

#17 If you are looking for a handy trade good, I'd suggest coffee, because it is imported and a large proportion comes from Asia.

Posted by phil_b 2010-01-14 18:06|| 2010-01-14 18:06|| Front Page Top

#18 Tobacco, tobacco, and more tobacco. Stores well, lightweight, and an addict having a nic-fit will do ANYTHING for a smoke.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2010-01-14 20:30|| 2010-01-14 20:30|| Front Page Top

#19 FATCAT =
Firearms
Ammo
Tobacco
Coffee
Alcohol
Tobacco (more)

Some say Trinitrotluene as the last item (or dynamite preferably)

Posted by twobyfour 2010-01-14 22:31|| 2010-01-14 22:31|| Front Page Top

#20 All of these strategies/logistics concepts/common sense solutions should have been addressed (8) years ago when we might have been able to impact our impending hand to mouth existance. It has become: FATCAT.

Shall we team up to survive? Please advise-Arlo @ 301 737-0131

Posted by Asymmetrical Triangulation 2010-01-14 23:52|| 2010-01-14 23:52|| Front Page Top

#21 All of these strategies/logistics concepts/common sense solutions should have been addressed (8) years ago.

It has become: FATCAT.

Lucky's, Camels & Pall Malls...gallons of Rot-gut vod/bourb/rye/gin while it's still available, early & often ammo buys, harsh Maxwell House by the ton and sealed alcohol wipes...Ah, " Life is good."
Shall we team up to survive? Please advise-Arlo @ 301 737-0131

Posted by Asymmetrical Triangulation 2010-01-15 00:20|| 2010-01-15 00:20|| Front Page Top

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