GRADUALLY, THEN SUDDENLY – The Burning Platform
by Jim Quinn
28 March 2022
“How did you go bankrupt?” Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2022/03/28/gradually-then-suddenly/
We’ve been on the road to perdition for a long time, but we came to a peak on that highway in 2019 and the path has been straight down since, with our chariot of fire accelerating at breakneck speed towards its final destination with catastrophe and ruin. The rise and fall of the American Empire will be far more rapid than the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. With the inept and reckless leadership in place presently, I only hope we still have a nation after they successfully provoke World War 3.
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Most of the world continues to go about their daily lives staring at their phones, oblivious to the danger of having angry senile sociopaths and egomaniacal billionaires controlling the use of nuclear weapons. We are one rash arrogant choice by a low IQ psychopath politician from the final scene in the Planet of the Apes.
“You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!” – George Taylor
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by Jim Quinn
28 March 2022
“How did you go bankrupt?” Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2022/03/28/gradually-then-suddenly/
We’ve been on the road to perdition for a long time, but we came to a peak on that highway in 2019 and the path has been straight down since, with our chariot of fire accelerating at breakneck speed towards its final destination with catastrophe and ruin. The rise and fall of the American Empire will be far more rapid than the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. With the inept and reckless leadership in place presently, I only hope we still have a nation after they successfully provoke World War 3.
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Most of the world continues to go about their daily lives staring at their phones, oblivious to the danger of having angry senile sociopaths and egomaniacal billionaires controlling the use of nuclear weapons. We are one rash arrogant choice by a low IQ psychopath politician from the final scene in the Planet of the Apes.
“You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!” – George Taylor
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The Burning Platform
GRADUALLY, THEN SUDDENLY
“How did you go bankrupt?" Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises “I do not say that democracy has been more pernicious on the whole, and in the long run, than monarchy or aristocracy. Democracy has never been and never…
...then suddenly Department
Watch: Pennsylvania Snow Squall Causes Horrifying 50-Car-Pileup | ZeroHedge
MONDAY, MAR 28, 2022 - 02:40 PM
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/unbelievable-video-pennsylvania-snow-squall-causes-50-car-pileup
See online post for photos and video.
Shocking footage is circulating on social media of a massive car crash Monday morning on Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, after a crazy snow squall brought visibility for drivers down to near zero.
Local news CBS 21 News reports 50-60 cars and tractor-trailers crashed into each other on the two-lane stretch of highway near mile marker 116 on I-81 in Schuylkill County when visibility was cut to zero following quick bursts of heavy snow.
The incident was declared a mass casualty event at 1100 ET. Schuylkill County officials said three people were killed and about 20 others injured.
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https://local21news.com/news/local/snow-squall-cause-of-multi-vehicle-crash-on-i-81-in-schuylkill-county
UPDATE: 3 dead in multi-vehicle crash on I-81 in Schuylkill County
by FOX56 NEWSROOM
Monday, March 28th 2022
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Watch: Pennsylvania Snow Squall Causes Horrifying 50-Car-Pileup | ZeroHedge
MONDAY, MAR 28, 2022 - 02:40 PM
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/unbelievable-video-pennsylvania-snow-squall-causes-50-car-pileup
See online post for photos and video.
Shocking footage is circulating on social media of a massive car crash Monday morning on Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, after a crazy snow squall brought visibility for drivers down to near zero.
Local news CBS 21 News reports 50-60 cars and tractor-trailers crashed into each other on the two-lane stretch of highway near mile marker 116 on I-81 in Schuylkill County when visibility was cut to zero following quick bursts of heavy snow.
The incident was declared a mass casualty event at 1100 ET. Schuylkill County officials said three people were killed and about 20 others injured.
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https://local21news.com/news/local/snow-squall-cause-of-multi-vehicle-crash-on-i-81-in-schuylkill-county
UPDATE: 3 dead in multi-vehicle crash on I-81 in Schuylkill County
by FOX56 NEWSROOM
Monday, March 28th 2022
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ZeroHedge
Watch: Pennsylvania Snow Squall Causes Horrifying 50-Car-Pileup
...incident was declared a mass casualty event...
Dumbphone Sales Are Soaring As People Revolt Against "Overwhelming" Smartphones | ZeroHedge
MONDAY, MAR 28, 2022 - 01:44 PM
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/dumbphone-sales-are-soaring-people-revolt-against-overwhelming-smartphones
Those readers who had a cell phone in the late 1990s are all too familiar with these; for everyone else these are basic handsets, or feature phones, with very limited functionality compared to say an iPhone. For the most part, you can typically only make and receive calls and SMS text messages. And, if you are lucky, listen to radio and take very basic photos, but definitely not connect to the internet or apps.
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MONDAY, MAR 28, 2022 - 01:44 PM
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/dumbphone-sales-are-soaring-people-revolt-against-overwhelming-smartphones
Those readers who had a cell phone in the late 1990s are all too familiar with these; for everyone else these are basic handsets, or feature phones, with very limited functionality compared to say an iPhone. For the most part, you can typically only make and receive calls and SMS text messages. And, if you are lucky, listen to radio and take very basic photos, but definitely not connect to the internet or apps.
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Zerohedge
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ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
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Not mentioned in the above article is the fact that the user is subject to far less tracking on a "not so smart phone". There's usually a way to turn off the "locator" function.
Not to mention you can get a pay as you go plan: 90 days for $20 bucks!
If you don't have a computer, a smart phone can fill the gap, but best to leave it at home. You can always get a paper map if you need to navigate somewhere! 😎
@songsofascent
29 March 2022
Not mentioned in the above article is the fact that the user is subject to far less tracking on a "not so smart phone". There's usually a way to turn off the "locator" function.
Not to mention you can get a pay as you go plan: 90 days for $20 bucks!
If you don't have a computer, a smart phone can fill the gap, but best to leave it at home. You can always get a paper map if you need to navigate somewhere! 😎
@songsofascent
29 March 2022
Middle Earth from 'The Lord of the Rings' by J.R.R. Tolkien
https://mobile.twitter.com/Independent/status/658752981681070081/photo/1
https://mobile.twitter.com/Independent/status/658752981681070081/photo/1
Land of Oz from 'Tik Tok of Oz' by L. Frank Baum
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Oz-and-surrounding-countrie.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Oz-and-surrounding-countrie.jpg
Published in 1737 by Philippe Buache, the Buache map is believed to have been created with the use of much more ancient maps. This chart displays Antarctica well before the ‘icy’ continent was in fact discovered. Interestingly, like many other ancient maps, this too accurately depicts Antarctica with no ice. The Bouche Map also accurately positioned the Canary Island. The map issued in 1737 also displays the correct outline of the underwater plateau on which the islands are located. This means that the source of the map used to create it is based on a survey of the shape before glaciers melted and ocean levels rose. Even more interesting is the fact that the Buache Map depicts the waterway which divides the continent of Antarctica into two landmasses.
https://educateinspirechange.org/9-ancient-maps-challenge-everything-we-have-been-told-about-history/
https://educateinspirechange.org/9-ancient-maps-challenge-everything-we-have-been-told-about-history/
For those who need to brush up...
Map Reading for Beginners
https://www.thoughtco.com/map-reading-geography-1435601
How to Read a Map
http://www.compassdude.com/map-reading.php
Only 1 in 3 Young People Can Read a Road Map. Can You?
https://m.driving-tests.org/beginner-drivers/reading-a-road-map-lost-art/
How to Read a Topo Map
https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/topo-maps-how-to-use.html
Intro to Navigation
https://www.rei.com/learn/series/intro-to-navigation
And for the truly intrepid...
How to Use a Compass
https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/navigation-basics.html
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Map Reading for Beginners
https://www.thoughtco.com/map-reading-geography-1435601
How to Read a Map
http://www.compassdude.com/map-reading.php
Only 1 in 3 Young People Can Read a Road Map. Can You?
https://m.driving-tests.org/beginner-drivers/reading-a-road-map-lost-art/
How to Read a Topo Map
https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/topo-maps-how-to-use.html
Intro to Navigation
https://www.rei.com/learn/series/intro-to-navigation
And for the truly intrepid...
How to Use a Compass
https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/navigation-basics.html
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ThoughtCo
Map Reading for Beginners
Don't get lost on your next trip when your cell phone dies. Learn everything there is to know about how to read a map.
Stockman: Washington Is Delirious With War Fever (For No Reason To Do With Homeland Security) | ZeroHedge
MONDAY, MAR 28, 2022 - 03:00 AM
Via David Stockman’s Contra Corner.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/stockman-washington-delirious-war-fever-no-reason-do-homeland-security
Excerpt
The fact is, Ukraine is the Poland and Czechoslovakia of the present time – an artificial state loaded with Russians and with no reason for existence in its present form and girth. Well, still again, other than Washington’s fanatical insistence that the happenstance map of administrative units which fell out of the Soviet Union’s collapse constitute sacred borders that must be preserved at all hazards.
To the contrary, what Putin wants, ironically, is the pre-communist status quo ante. That is, he wants Crimea, where Ukrainians constitute but a tiny minority and which had been Russian since 1783. And, more crucially, which hosts the greatest strategic military asset possessed by Russia thereafter – -the great Naval base at the headwaters of the Black Sea in Sevastopol.
Likewise, the Donbas and territories east of the Dnieper River and along the northern edge of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov have been Russian for upwards of 300 years. By all facts of pre-1922 history, these territories amounted to Novorossiya (“New Russia”) as shown in this map from 1897.
https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/new-russia.jpg
As it happened, they became “Ukrainian” only by writ of two of history’s greatest evil monsters – Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin – who placed them in the administrative unit of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic for reasons that have no historic validity whatsoever.
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MONDAY, MAR 28, 2022 - 03:00 AM
Via David Stockman’s Contra Corner.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/stockman-washington-delirious-war-fever-no-reason-do-homeland-security
Excerpt
The fact is, Ukraine is the Poland and Czechoslovakia of the present time – an artificial state loaded with Russians and with no reason for existence in its present form and girth. Well, still again, other than Washington’s fanatical insistence that the happenstance map of administrative units which fell out of the Soviet Union’s collapse constitute sacred borders that must be preserved at all hazards.
To the contrary, what Putin wants, ironically, is the pre-communist status quo ante. That is, he wants Crimea, where Ukrainians constitute but a tiny minority and which had been Russian since 1783. And, more crucially, which hosts the greatest strategic military asset possessed by Russia thereafter – -the great Naval base at the headwaters of the Black Sea in Sevastopol.
Likewise, the Donbas and territories east of the Dnieper River and along the northern edge of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov have been Russian for upwards of 300 years. By all facts of pre-1922 history, these territories amounted to Novorossiya (“New Russia”) as shown in this map from 1897.
https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/new-russia.jpg
As it happened, they became “Ukrainian” only by writ of two of history’s greatest evil monsters – Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin – who placed them in the administrative unit of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic for reasons that have no historic validity whatsoever.
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Forwarded from SciFi World (Clif High)
BTW & ICYMI EVERYTHING that is happening now, this is the OverWoo.
Forwarded from SciFi World (Clif High)
Remember now, MSM says they are mostly peaceful Ukranian Nazis.
Forwarded from SciFi World (Clif High)
First was the Great Reset. Yeah, we didn't like that so much.
Now here is number 2: ECASH.
ALTA reports would say that we won't go for this either.
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/taxes/ecash-bidens-attack-on-the-financial-markets/
Now here is number 2: ECASH.
ALTA reports would say that we won't go for this either.
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/taxes/ecash-bidens-attack-on-the-financial-markets/
Armstrong Economics
ECASH & Biden's Attack On The Financial Markets | Armstrong Economics
I reported on the Private Blog that I had a copy of the legislation and I was told it would be introduced today - Monday 28th. That info was correct. Well,
ECASH & Biden’s Attack on the Financial Markets | Armstrong Economics
Posted Mar 28, 2022
by Martin Armstrong
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/taxes/ecash-bidens-attack-on-the-financial-markets/
I reported on the Private Blog that I had a copy of the legislation and I was told it would be introduced today – Monday 28th. That info was correct. Well, here it is!. Reps. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.), Jesús Chuy Garcia (D-Ill.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), all Democrats, have introduced the “Electronic Currency And Secure Hardware Act” (ECASH Act) that does far more than just creating a digital currency. This Act cleverly strips the Federal Reserve of its authority to create the money. I wrote:
Next week there will be a bill introduced which will be entitled ECASH (Electronic Currency and Secure Hardware Act. This is in response to President Biden’s Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets to develop the digital dollar design, including assessments of financial inclusion, possible benefits and risks for consumers, existing payment systems, and national security.
ECASH is very clever for it is actually transferring the creation of the currency from the Federal Reserve to the US Treasury or in other words the White House. The Treasury will distribute DIRECTLY to the public via a secured hardware device which will be something along the lines of like a vending machine. All of those who have created conspiracy theories about banks that own the Fed will now have to switch their theories for the creation of money will now reside in the White House.
Here is the catch, it will be anonymous so it will not be trackable like Blockchain cryptos. People will cheer that, but there will be that infamous Catch 22. Individuals may be restricted to having a maximum of $2,000. That means all money will need to be deposited so it is a covert way of canceling the currency. But they are not dealing with that issue just yet.
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The end goal here is to force all money to be above board for the purposes of taxation. So it may actually result in creating more of a barter economy.
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Posted Mar 28, 2022
by Martin Armstrong
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/taxes/ecash-bidens-attack-on-the-financial-markets/
I reported on the Private Blog that I had a copy of the legislation and I was told it would be introduced today – Monday 28th. That info was correct. Well, here it is!. Reps. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.), Jesús Chuy Garcia (D-Ill.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), all Democrats, have introduced the “Electronic Currency And Secure Hardware Act” (ECASH Act) that does far more than just creating a digital currency. This Act cleverly strips the Federal Reserve of its authority to create the money. I wrote:
Next week there will be a bill introduced which will be entitled ECASH (Electronic Currency and Secure Hardware Act. This is in response to President Biden’s Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets to develop the digital dollar design, including assessments of financial inclusion, possible benefits and risks for consumers, existing payment systems, and national security.
ECASH is very clever for it is actually transferring the creation of the currency from the Federal Reserve to the US Treasury or in other words the White House. The Treasury will distribute DIRECTLY to the public via a secured hardware device which will be something along the lines of like a vending machine. All of those who have created conspiracy theories about banks that own the Fed will now have to switch their theories for the creation of money will now reside in the White House.
Here is the catch, it will be anonymous so it will not be trackable like Blockchain cryptos. People will cheer that, but there will be that infamous Catch 22. Individuals may be restricted to having a maximum of $2,000. That means all money will need to be deposited so it is a covert way of canceling the currency. But they are not dealing with that issue just yet.
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The end goal here is to force all money to be above board for the purposes of taxation. So it may actually result in creating more of a barter economy.
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Armstrong Economics
ECASH & Biden's Attack On The Financial Markets | Armstrong Economics
I reported on the Private Blog that I had a copy of the legislation and I was told it would be introduced today - Monday 28th. That info was correct. Well,
Forwarded from We The Media (AwakenedOutlaw ⭐️⭐️⭐️ & OutlawJW on Gab)
"In a lengthy statement of dissent, the SEC's lone Republican commissioner, Hester Peirce, quipped that with the move, the agency essentially re-invented itself as the "Securities and Environment Commission" without any say from the American people."
Peirce emphatically argued that the "SEC has no authority to enact such rules, seeing as Congress never gave the agency such broad power."
Truth Social: @AwakenedOutlaw
https://www.theblaze.com/news/sec-proposes-new-climate-disclosure-rules
Peirce emphatically argued that the "SEC has no authority to enact such rules, seeing as Congress never gave the agency such broad power."
Truth Social: @AwakenedOutlaw
https://www.theblaze.com/news/sec-proposes-new-climate-disclosure-rules
Blaze Media
Biden admin invents 'Securities and Environment Commission' out of thin air to force climate agenda on US businesses | Blaze Media
The Securities and Exchange Commission — a government agency established in the aftermath of the 1929 stock market crash to protect investors and maintain fair markets — may soon become a key player in imposing President Biden's climate agenda.In a 3-to-1…
Patel Patriot’s Devolution Series
https://patelpatriot.substack.com/p/devolution?s=r
Part 1 - How did we get here?
Patel Patriot
Jul 2, 2021
https://patelpatriot.substack.com/p/devolution-part-2?s=r
Devolution - Part 2
The Defense Intelligence Agency and the Defector
Patel Patriot
Jul 7, 2021
More in the series here ⬇️
https://patelpatriot.substack.com/archive
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https://patelpatriot.substack.com/p/devolution?s=r
Part 1 - How did we get here?
Patel Patriot
Jul 2, 2021
https://patelpatriot.substack.com/p/devolution-part-2?s=r
Devolution - Part 2
The Defense Intelligence Agency and the Defector
Patel Patriot
Jul 7, 2021
More in the series here ⬇️
https://patelpatriot.substack.com/archive
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Patel Patriot’s Devolution Series
Devolution
Part 1 - How did we get here?
Forwarded from PROJECT CAMELOT (KERRY CASSIDY)
“…Remember, I fully believe that we are at War.
Not the war you picture in your head involving thousands of troops clashing on a battlefield. This war is clandestine in nature. It involves cyber warfare, information warfare, electronic warfare, intelligence warfare, space warfare and I also believe biological warfare (Covid)….—PATEL PATRIOT. LINKED ABOVE
Not the war you picture in your head involving thousands of troops clashing on a battlefield. This war is clandestine in nature. It involves cyber warfare, information warfare, electronic warfare, intelligence warfare, space warfare and I also believe biological warfare (Covid)….—PATEL PATRIOT. LINKED ABOVE