[mousepad]

Collapse is slow enough to be seen as "change", only.

The West went from ruling the world to bending over backwards to 3rd world invaders within about 100 years. If that aint' collapse I don't know what is.

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mousepad', 'C')ollapse is slow enough to be seen as "change", only.

[jedrider]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mousepad', 'C')ollapse is slow enough to be seen as "change", only.

[ralfy]

"Long emergency"

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ralfy', '&')quot;Long emergency"

[ralfy]

"The Collapse Is Coming. Will Humanity Adapt?"

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the- ... ity-adapt/

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ralfy', '&')quot;The Collapse Is Coming. Will Humanity Adapt?"

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the- ... ity-adapt/

[theluckycountry]

Lebanon Plunged Into Darkness As Last Operational Power Plant Runs Out Of Fuel

Well that's how it happens when the industrial era comes to an end. We're seeing this failure of grids more and more now, by 2030 half the world will be dark probably.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')The entirety of the Lebanese capital and the whole nation has been plunged into darkness amid a crippling power outage which has been in effect since midday Saturday.

That's when the state power provider Electricité du Liban (EDL) announced in a statement that "the last operational unit at the Zahrani power plant was forced to shut down completely, due to the complete depletion of the plant's fuel oil reserves, resulting in a total power outage across all Lebanese territories."

While Lebanon's economic and electricity and resource woes have been exacerbated by the de facto state of war between Hezbollah and Israel in the southern border, the reality is the country has already suffered energy shortages and rolling blackouts for at least the last two years following the banking and currency crisis. Some Western analysts have blamed Hezbollah for stealing and diverting fuel and electricity from Beirut airport, and for holding the country's resources hostage, but the economic woes are a much bigger force which have been felt for a long time before the current conflict with Israel.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mousepad', 'C')ollapse is slow enough to be seen as "change", only.

The West went from ruling the world to bending over backwards to 3rd world invaders within about 100 years. If that aint' collapse I don't know what is.

[mousepad]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AdamB', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mousepad', 'C')ollapse is slow enough to be seen as "change", only.

The West went from ruling the world to bending over backwards to 3rd world invaders within about 100 years. If that aint' collapse I don't know what is.

[theluckycountry]

Who's Receiving The Most Green Cards (By Country Of Origin)

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he data was sourced from the Office of Homeland Security Statistics. In total, 1,018,340 people received green cards in 2022. The U.S. is home to more immigrants than any other nation, surpassing the combined totals of Germany, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and the United Kingdom.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', ' ')I see the oppressed black man obeying his White masters, but in their heads they know that's just for now, soon their turn will come, it will come they say. They know that for generations Whitee has exploited their home nations, installing puppet leaders, suppressing wages.

[theluckycountry]

The Native American Indian? Not enough of them left to push back.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', 'T')he Native American Indian? Not enough of them left to push back.

[theluckycountry]

America Is Being Absolutely Ripped Apart By Hate, And The End Result Will Be Unparalleled Chaos In Our Streets https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/ame ... r-streets/

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '[')b]America Is Being Absolutely Ripped Apart By Hate, And The End Result Will Be Unparalleled Chaos In Our Streets https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/ame ... r-streets/

[theluckycountry]

Why the First Generation of “Do It Yourself” Retirees Are Failing the Test

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')n a disturbing trend, a growing number of retired Americans are finding out first-hand that Social Security isn’t enough. They’re moving in with their children, becoming “silver squatters” simply to survive. Here’s how to make sure you don’t join them…

The reality of the situation

The fact of the matter is that many (most?) Americans simply don’t know how to set up a secure retirement for themselves. Fun fact: Many years ago, when I got my first real job that included a 401(k), I selected two investment options from the company’s list. The basis for my decision? One fund had the word “growth” in its name, and the other included the word “money.” That’s it. I paid zero attention to performance or expense ratios or investment strategy.

Decades later, I know better. But here’s the thing: Most people don’t. Most people know almost nothing about the finance business or the business of finance – let alone the pitfalls of investment planning.

Most people also simply don’t have the time or the inclination to become well-informed about these topics, even though they’re incredibly important for our financial futures. And we’re all responsible for our own financial futures!

It is estimated that 25% of 55-year-olds expect their children to provide them with financial assistance… this trend, silver squatters live with their families and rely on them financially and for housing. That is shocking. Think about that: one in every four Americans nearing retirement age expect to have to live with their family. Simply because they didn’t adequately plan for their own financial futures.

After largely shifting from pensions to 401(k)s in the 1980s, this is the first generation to come of age with 401(k)s as their primary retirement vehicle. A 401(k) puts the burden on its participants to figure out how much money to save, how to invest it, and how to withdraw it in retirement. In other words, this is a do-it-yourself method…

[theluckycountry]

Once prosperous US cities are turning into third world cities divided by the wealthy and the impoverished. But unlike Caracas where the poor at least have buildings to sleep in, the accommodation in the US invariably is a nylon tent.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')URORA, Colo. (AP) — She was eight months pregnant when she was forced to leave her Denver homeless shelter. It was November.

Ivanni Herrera took her 4-year-old son Dylan by the hand and led him into the chilly night, dragging a suitcase containing donated clothes and blankets she’d taken from the Microtel Inn & Suites. It was one of 10 hotels where Denver has housed more than 30,000 migrants, many of them Venezuelan, over the last two years. First they walked to Walmart. There, with money she and her husband had collected from begging on the street, they bought a tent.

They waited until dark to construct their new home. They chose a grassy median along a busy thoroughfare in Aurora, the next town over, a suburb known for its immigrant population. “We wanted to go somewhere where there were people,” Herrera, 28, said in Spanish. “It feels safer.” That night, temperatures dipped to 32 degrees. And as she wrapped her body around her son's to keep him warm enough that he could sleep, Ivanni Herrera cried.

Over the past two years, a record number of families from Venezuela have come to the United States seeking a better life for themselves and their children. Instead, they’ve found themselves in communities roiling with conflict about how much to help the newcomers — or whether to help at all.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '
')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he recent border surge and ensuing influx into Denver are largely from Venezuela, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. About 6,929 of the 15,725 migrants that enrolled in the Denver metro school districts are from these five countries

[theluckycountry]

Oregon DEI Forestry Snitch Busts Boss For Prioritizing Qualified Candidates Over "Gender Identity"



Oregon's #2 official at the Department of Forestry, Mike Shaw, was placed on administrative leave after the department's former DEI strategy officer, Megan Donecker, complained that Shaw had "beyond gender and identity in hiring, seeking only candidates most qualified for the job,"

Donecker also reportedly claimed that six homosexual staffers didn't "feel safe or comfortable" at work because they could not have "conversation around pronouns," and referred to the department as a "boys club," the Daily Mail reports further.

The purple-haired Donecker has since quit the department and now works as a DEI consultant, describing herself as an "accomplice to marginalized communities," whatever that means.

Here's how the Mainstream press Spin the story
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/202 ... tment.html
‘It is bad for women’: Workers condemn culture at Oregon Forestry Department

You watch and read this stuff all the time and it rots your brain, turning you into a women's rights activist while the illegal aliens move in unopposed and destroy your towns and culture. This is a big part of the Collapse, a collapse of the social fabric. Strong nations are built by strong people, Men and Women. You turn the men into confused girly-boys and you're halfway to collapse.