Be Prepared…

Be prepared, because ISIS has allegedly said they’ve got upwards of half-a-hundred nuts prepared to “strike” against the “infidels” (that’s you, by the way.) Government and law enforcement are powerless to stop it, not because they don’t want to but simply because it’s impossible; you will be the first responder whether you like it or not if this madness visits your area. The military is taking it seriously enough to adopt a force protection posture that by their own admission impacts their operational capability. You ought to take the threat at least that seriously.

Be prepared, because while stock prices have been euphoric sales have not. Further, beware those calling this a “diversion” of CapEx to share price growth: Capital expenditures have run between 10-13% of GDP, ex-residential investment, through both good markets and bad, growth and recession including the 08-09 “Great Recession.” The data is available to anyone who cares to look so why lie? The answer is simple: There’s an agenda at play and you’re not being told what it is.

Be prepared, because ex financial product shenanigans there has been no positive economic output growth ex-debt since 1968. While there were periods in the 1990s where the GDP deficit was around 2% annually the fact remains that for the last three years it has been running around 7% and at no time during the alleged “recovery” has it gone positive on an annualized basis — not even for one three month period.

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