https://tan2tents.podbean.com/e/the-debt-factory/ Factories produce cars. Farms produce food. Fishermen harvest fish. Artists produce beauty; at least the good ones do. And what does war produce? Destruction? Waste? Sure, but what else does war produce? Surely there must be a product which someone desires. This is true for all the other businesses you can name. What is …
algoworld
https://tan2tents.podbean.com/e/algo-world/ In a zerohedge comment section i just read that digital wallets are already required in denmark even to access their world citizen bank accounts. Digital wallets are of course a collection of all personal available data so that you only have to access one item, your PTD, in order to conduct all of your …
the old family farm
https://tan2tents.podbean.com/e/the-old-family-farm/ When i was born there were no hills. They came up later, so i know a thing or two about the olden days, shall we say. The small southern saskatchewan community in which i was privileged to grow up, which happens to be the same place that the real Homer Simpson inhabited, before he …
you aren’t paid to think!
https://tan2tents.podbean.com/e/you-arent-paid-to-think/ "you just don't think", explained my dad as he expressed his frustration with one of his son's latest folly. We got a lot of laughs out of that one, but the truth is, he was hitting the nail right on the head. I wasn't thinking about the work at hand, and that is why …
a hostile silence
https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-bq3rc-17e769c Sometimes in life's adventure, silence is a gift an enemy gives you when they do not realize the peace and joy you receive from that hostile silence of theirs. Othertimes, silence is the last thing you want to hear. The term "radio silence" is often used in a case where for whatever reason a …
why are gmo’s cheaper than organic?
https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-9t26a-17da6a7 Remember when everything in the store was organic or are you still just a pup? Because some of us were born when there weren't any hills, they popped up later and so i clearly remember no such thing as inorganic until late last century when i first became old. When i was a lad, …
perhaps credit is the problem?
(audio version below) If lumber companies produce lumber, and drug companies produce drugs, what do banks produce? If you had your wheaties this morning, you might have guessed the answer. The correct answer is "debt". We often think of banks as a place to keep our money safely stored for us. Some of us are …
are we all being democracided?
audio version at the bottom of the page. Colorful birds flit through the trees singing sweetly, children play happily in the meadows, the sun shines throughout the day and we all live in wonderful democracies which we must diligently protect from evil and harm yeah right. Many countries claim to follow democratic principles. Yet while …
a system based on promises
Historically, people traded in real goods. That meant that it was advisable to locate, produce or otherwise obtain something of real significant value with which to trade for the things you were otherwise unwilling or unable to produce for yourself. This system required a level of honesty and trust similar to today's financial system, but …
regulatory capture
https://tan2tents.podbean.com/e/regulatory-capture/ Once upon a time i had an interesting experience while flying with our very competent local airline here in the yukon territory of what used to be canada. I say, used to be because nearly everything has changed to the point of being unrecognizable since i grew up in the place but i digress. …
Skulltripper 