A Short History of Fiat Currency Failures:

It looks familiar.

America is headed for disaster, with no money for anything, unless the government overspending is addressed https://t.co/a75jYDaTMd

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 19, 2024

What other times have currencies collapsed? Historically speaking? This is a fundamental question. Allow me to do a google search. There are two with which I am totally familiar. The German mark of the Weimar Republic in the 1920s saw run away inflation, when it so happened to cost a couple of wheelbarrows worth of marks to buy a loaf of bread. The other currency collapse was in South Vietnam during the end of occupation by the French and the arrival of Americans to defend democracy in the world by reducing the population of Vietnam. Two currencies collapsed. The piaster, and the US dollar. Nobody saw it, but the result was the so-called oil crisis, when the price went from $2USD per barrel to $40USD a barrel. That sound like a currency collapse to anybody else? Anyway. They are ugly events. Currency games.

9 Currencies That Have Collapsed https://hardmoneyhistory.com/history-of-fiat-currency-failures/ 

 The point is, history is something often seen to be repeating. Is it going to happen now? Is currency collapsing? A world currency of considerable dominance since post-World War II, for idiots that is 1945. 

 I suspect a guy like Elon Musk can arrive on a scene and stop entropy in a nation, and a world. Let's say it's been done. Churchill stopped Hitler. That is an example. 

 Can Elon Musk single handedly stop a runaway train? Like Superman, or Spiderman when it's a urban transportation train. Good question. I feel like answering it. Yes. He can. Because he can add things like trillions, and subtract them. So we're gonna see a miracle. Like a movie. 

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A Short History of Fiat Currency Failures: 9 Currencies That Have Collapsed https://t.co/lUklIqjEVU

The point is, history is something often seen to be repeating.

Is it going to happen now? Is currency collapsing? A world currency of considerable dominance since post-World War… https://t.co/8dcEooiLoo

— Citizen X (@MackMcColl222) December 20, 2024

The consensus in Canadian journalism is Trudeau is delusional

The main corp of daily journalists and pundits in Canada are now of a single mind about Trudeau; they say, he is fraught with psychopathic traits and delusions.

They don't say he's surrounded by sycophants but those are the only people hanging around psychopaths.

Sycophants… https://t.co/AbpTKN2GZF

— Citizen X (@MackMcColl222) December 19, 2024

BC Salmon Farmers Concerned About Fiscal Update:

Reckless Policy Decisions Compound an Expected Dire Fiscal Forecast 

Liǧʷiłdaxʷ TERRITORY/CAMPBELL RIVER, BC -- December 16, 2004 -- The BC Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA), representing thousands of workers across British Columbia, is deeply concerned about the grim picture painted by the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Freeland from the Trudeau government today. 

The government's reckless actions exacerbate our ballooning debt and stagnant economy as Canadians face rising living costs, higher food prices, and a weakening Canadian dollar. The estimated $9 billion taxpayer-funded cost of phasing out the BC salmon farming sector is another example of costly political gimmicks over sound economic policy. 

Despite clear scientific evidence, the decision to ban current marine net-pen salmon farming in British Columbia by 2029 is driven by political motivations rather than long-term, responsible planning. This policy ignores the real-world consequences for thousands of workers, First Nation communities, and the broader economy.  

Less Work, More Foreplay, For Japanese

Driverless vehicle future terrifies people

Citizen X

@MackMcColl222]

It's true. People cannot see the automobile for what it is. A conveyance. People see it as an extension of the arms and legs. An automobile becomes an organic feature on their body when they climb in behind the wheel. The ego becomes deeply entwined with the automobile. It is a deeply personal ego attachment. 

 Not all people see the automobile in this light. Kids whose parents died in car accidents might not have the same ego attachment. I must confess, I have had my leg ripped up by an Oldsmobile 98. And I have had my pelvis crushed by a runaway front left wheel of a 4X4. My ego attachment to the automobile is scant. I could care less if I ever saw another automobile as long as I live, even though, I own one. 

 If the whole schmear of automobiles disappeared, to be replaced by less malign forms of transport, including self-driving cars, I would see it as cause for celebration. In Canada, says Google, "In 2021, the number of motor vehicle fatalities was 1,768; up 1.3% from 2020 (1,746). The number of serious injuries increased to 8,185 in 2021; up 4% from 2020 (7,868)." (Canadian Motor Vehicle Traffic Collision Statistics: 2021 https://tc.canada.ca/en/road-transportation/statistics-data/canadian-motor-vehicle-traffic-collision-statistics-2021…)

The Unauthorized Story of Trudeau-Singh Coalition Government

"Fake Programs By Fake People": The Unauthorized Story of the Trudeau-Singh Government's Legacy of Promising Everything and Delivering Nothing.

A 🧵.

From "free dental care" to "affordable housing" to "$10/day childcare" the legacy of the Trudeau gov't will be one of fakeness. pic.twitter.com/n5RIDbFx2C

— Alex Zoltan (@AmazingZoltan) December 13, 2024

Mowachaht/Muchalaht Title Declared to B.C. Court

 Notice of Claim

"The. . . First Nation has Aboriginal title to its lands and that B.C.'s Forest Act and Land Act will no longer apply to Mowachaht/Muchalaht lands once title is declared." Vancouver Island First Nation whose ancestors met explorer Capt. Cook in 1776, only to see the disappearance of land, resources, and sovereignty, sues province of British Columbia

       Citizen X 

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/vancouver-island-first-nation-whose-ex-chief-met-capt-cook-files-claim-against-b-c/ar-AA1vLaGz?ocid=socialshare

Squirrel guest

Firewood CMTs an Anthropological Oddity

 In the days prior to the Industrial Revolution First Nations built canoes to travel the extensive waterways of the Pacific coast. Each dugout canoe was manufactured out of a single cedar tree and these dugout war canoes were designed for ocean voyages of long duration.

 Sometimes during these journeys canoeists ran afoul of the weather. The water on the Inside Passage is a reasonably constant 6 or 7 degrees Celsius but the weather varies and rainfall is a potential threat all year long, especially from October to March. Dealing with these wet conditions called for planning, which included the invention of the 'firewood CMT,' a form of culturally modified tree (CMT) found on remote islands and inlets of the Pacific Coast of Canada.

 "Knowledge of the history of forest use is crucial for understanding the development of forests, which in turn helps to understand how societies react to forest development," said Rikard Andersson, Faculty of Forest Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. "Culturally modified trees (CMTs), recorded in the western U.S. (and Canada), northern Scandinavia, and south-eastern Australia, are features that can be dated precisely, and they bear witness to unique events of human activity."

 David Garrick is a Canadian anthropologist with specific expertise in CMTs in west coast rainforests. "These artefacts define the First Nations communities in a practical way. They had camps all over the place, often at the mouth of a river. If they were taking a three-day voyage by canoe and it started raining they would pull out of the water, but how would you start a fire?"

 An essential CMT would be found ashore where they could and often did make land and find the firewood CMT, each site containing a dry source of wood. The travelers would find a small cavern dug above the roots inside a massive cedar tree trunk. "They would peel shreds of the dry cedar found inside the hollowed trunk and they would ignite a fire inside the tree."

 These firewood CMTs were commonplace, "There's one found at every encampment." Garrick has studied these peculiar modifications from Banks Island all the way to Kitkatla. He and others have found abundant evidence of a kindling source that provided instant fire to travelers. For the past three decades David Garrick concentrated on the study of humans interacting in forests  on the Pacific Coast.

 He found a perfect place to do CMT research on Hanson Island, about 15 km south west of Alert Bay, B.C.. He set up the Earth Embassy in the heights of the 4 sq. km. island and he worked under the auspices of the Yukusem Heritage Society (composed of four First Nations from the Broughton Archipelago and Johnstone Strait).

 "If you keep the ecosystem intact it becomes a living laboratory and a living museum, and a living classroom." For further study, "We have a post-secondary learning opportunities in the area. We have trails into all kinds of nooks and crannies on Hanson Island."

 Garrick's laboratory on Hanson Island has been a welcome presence in the First Nations of coastal B.C. because his research provides a good history lesson about cedar usage in the culture and economy of the people. For instance a 'core-popped' cedar tree looks like a traumatic injury to those who pass by, but core-popping was no problem to First Nations, instead, it was a marker of time, "What happened to the cedar tree core was caused by a memorable event like a potlatch."

 First Nation forest use went into a state of chaos for a period after contact with Europeans and the anthropology is specific about describing the trauma, "After epidemics reduced the population of Indigenous people, you see the sickness of the people reflected in the cedar peelings. Suddenly there are one-tenth the number of people available to peel cedar tree bark or cultivate and harvest other plants in the cedar groves."

 Garrick's work will continue on Hanson Island where he equipped others to teach everyone from small groups of First Nation students to the First Nation CMT researchers who identify the evidence of occupation and prior use in traditional territories. He maintained beautiful gardens at the Earth Embassy and he had members of the multi-nation Society trained to cut and maintains trails to the instructive cedar groves that will stand in perpetuity on Hanson Island.

Major Economic Damage, Job Losses, If Salmon Farm Licenses Are Not Renewed

  Feb. 23rd, 2022

BC COASTAL COMMUNITIES FACE MAJOR ECONOMIC DAMAGE, JOB LOSSES IF SALMON FARM LICENCES ARE NOT REISSUED BY DFO CAMPBELL RIVER, BC –

NEW ECONOMIC ANALYSIS REVEALS MORE THAN 4,700 JOBS and $1.2 BILLION IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AT RISK IF 79 LICENCES NOT REISSUED

BC Salmon Farmers Association

The BC Salmon Farmers Association have released an independent economic analysis outlining the consequences to BC’s Indigenous and non-Indigenous coastal communities if 79 salmon farming licenses are not reissued by the federal government by June 2022. The report by RIAS Inc. found BC would lose more than 4,700 jobs, $1.2 billion in economic activity annually, and $427 million in GDP if these licences aren’t renewed.

An additional $200 million in economic activity and 900 jobs would be lost outside of BC. Federal aquaculture licences at 79 BC salmon farms are due to expire on June 30, 2022. Eighty per cent of these salmon farms operate in agreement with the First Nations in whose territories they operate in. For these salmon farms to continue producing a sustainable alternative to declining wild salmon stocks, while working with First Nations, their licences must be reissued by the new Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Minister Joyce Murray.

In December 2020, former DFO Minister Bernadette Jordan failed to reissue licences for salmon farms operating in the Discovery Islands, creating economic hardship and uncertainty for many of BC’s Indigenous and non-Indigenous coastal communities. In making her decision, Minister Jordan ignored the scientific consensus that salmon farms do not pose more than minimal risk to wild Pacific salmon, as well as her own department’s advice.

The decision is currently before the courts in the form of a judicial review. If the 79 licences up for renewal are not reissued, Indigenous and non-Indigenous coastal communities will face even greater devastation. “Coastal communities in BC deserve better, especially during an ongoing pandemic that has already caused severe stress, mental health strain, and economic pressure on many families, households and communities,” says Ruth Salmon, Interim Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association.

“After years of instability and concern, these communities deserve a secure and prosperous future,” says Salmon. To minimize any further loss to coastal communities, BC Salmon Farmers need legitimate reissuance of all 79 licences. The reissuing of these licences would drive BC and Canada’s economic recovery, deliver on Indigenous reconciliation, support the restoration of wild salmon populations, safeguard Canada’s food security and sustainability, enhance Canada’s contribution to climate change mitigation, and align with the federal government’s Blue Economy agenda as outlined in the 2021 Speech from the Throne. “We invite Minister Murray to visit the affected rural, coastal communities to better understand the integral role salmon farming plays to the socio-economic wellness of these small towns,” says Salmon.

Find the full report here: https://bcsalmonfarmers.ca/licences/

Find the Impact Map on Coastal Communities here: https://map.bcsalmonfarmers.ca/

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: BC’s salmon farming sector is the provinces #1 seafood export, #1 agri-food export, and is designated an essential service by Federal and Provincial governments. BC Salmon Farmers hold agreements with 17 First Nations on B.C.’s coast. 79 (all remaining) federal finfish aquaculture licences will expire on June 30, 2022. More than 4,700 well-paid jobs are at risk in communities like Courtenay, Comox, Cumberland, Port Hardy, Port McNeil, Tofino, Ucluelet, and Port Alberni. About the BC Salmon Farmers Association: Farm-raised salmon is B.C.’s highest valued seafood product, the province’s top agricultural export, and generates over $1.6 billion towards the B.C. economy, resulting in thousands of jobs. The B.C. Salmon Farmers Association represents over 60 businesses and organizations throughout the value chain of finfish aquaculture in B.C. Our members account for over 95% of the annual provincial harvest of farm-raised salmon in British Columbia.