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Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 2, 2022, 3:51:37 PM9/2/22
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It Will Happen Suddenly ..

.. As thorough a distraction as the media .. have provided, the average
person has begun to recognise that something is fundamentally wrong. He now
has a gut feeling that, even if he is not well-versed enough to describe in
economic terms what is incorrect in the endless chatter he sees on his
television, he now senses that the situation will not end well ..
Many of those who observe the daily news reports are beginning to figure
out that they are being fed misinformation. Many are beginning to recognise
that neither political party truly represents them or, for that matter, is
even concerned for their welfare ..



> <https://archive.is/0iG2r>
> <https://archive.is/WXhli>
> .. Bad Moon Rising ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 2, 2022, 4:00:36 PM9/2/22
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U.S. reputation deteriorates, status declines ..

The United States has become shorthand for democratic decline and
disinformation, home to citizens who react to dissatisfaction by rejecting
reality, and to institutions that are increasingly hollowed out ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/y3mpntrn>
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> .. America is a failing state

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 2, 2022, 4:10:55 PM9/2/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2hugbd2l> theweek.com

America's declining life expectancy, explained ..

- Why ..? .. COVID .. Rise in accidental deaths and drug overdoses ..
- Is the U.S. doing worse or better than other countries ..? Worse ..
- Is this just a short-term thing? Unfortunately, no ..

Researchers have had a tough time finding a silver bullet explanation ..
"Fail to explain a problem that feels broader .. appears to be driven by
a range of factors, including "diseases linked to social and economic
privation, a healthcare system with glaring gaps and blind spots, and
profound psychological distress." ..

...



> <https://tinyurl.com/2qfr7fyj>
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> America descends steadily into a deadly dystopia

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 2, 2022, 4:21:00 PM9/2/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2mtyrpsa> theamericanconservative.com

.. The ongoing investigation of American operations in Afghanistan.
According to the report, the DOD left approximately $7.1 billion in
U.S.-funded equipment behind in the country ..

The Taliban celebrated by parading captured American equipment.
Subsequent video footage showed fighters riding Humvees, carrying M16s,
and even flying a Black Hawk ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/4ctvyapm>
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> General consensus for the trigger of the U.S. decline is usually 9/11 ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 2, 2022, 4:30:44 PM9/2/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2n45c4s2> msn.com

.. Steep decline in U.S. productivity in second quarter

U.S. worker productivity plunged in the second quarter, leading
to the largest year-on-year decline on record .. Hours worked
increased at a 2.7% rate in the second quarter .. Unit labor
costs - the price of labor per single unit of output - shot up at
a 10.2% rate ..

...

Lesser productivity means more inflation.



> <https://archive.is/dt0ei>
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> .. As long as US productivity lags, inflation will persist ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 2, 2022, 6:30:38 PM9/2/22
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America's Secret Government by Proxy

There are 1,271 counterterrorist, homeland security, and intelligence
organizations; 1,931 private sector analogues; 10,000 locations of these
organizations .. To make matters worse, the line between private and
public is obscure in this industry .. They have no profit-and-loss test
to determine if their efforts are worth the money taken from citizens ..
Government endeavors must continually disseminate propaganda to convince
citizens that the endeavor is useful ..

Naturally, the need to justify the existence of government - propaganda
- evolves into techniques to disseminate that propaganda in addition to
censoring opposition to it ..

Read more <https://tinyurl.com/2eyl5ys8>



> <https://tinyurl.com/2kupq2kj>
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> .. Inverted totalitarian state ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 2, 2022, 6:35:59 PM9/2/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2ky6x5rj> theguardian.com

The most important economic and political issues facing this country
are the extraordinary levels of income and wealth inequality, the
rapidly growing concentration of ownership, the long-term decline of
the American middle class and the evolution of this country into
oligarchy. We know how important these issues are because our ruling
class works overtime to prevent them from being seriously discussed.
They are barely mentioned in the halls of Congress, where most
members are dependent on the campaign contributions of the wealthy
and their Super Pacs. They are not much discussed in the corporate
media, in which a handful of conglomerates determine what we see, hear
and discuss ..

...



> <https://tinyurl.com/y7tw7qgy>
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> Sanders' long record promoting American imperialism ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 2, 2022, 6:40:26 PM9/2/22
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The U.S. Is Exporting Natural Gas and Importing High Prices

.. Rising exports of natural gas have helped lift U.S. prices to their
highest levels in well over a decade. By fueling sky-high gas prices,
liquefied natural gas exports are boosting utility bills for homes and
businesses, adding lighter fluid to the nation's inflation crisis. Yet
as gas consumers suffer, U.S. drillers are making more money than ever ..
As the U.S. exports more and more gas, there's less supply left for
domestic consumers. Gas utilities, power companies and gas-dependent
industries now must compete with one another for the remaining gas
supplies. The bidding war has not only lifted prices, it's also
depleted gas stockpiles well below their five-year average, raising the
specter of supply shortages next winter.



> <https://tinyurl.com/2pdfjxdp>
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> Nearly Half of CFOs Expect a Recession in North America by 2023

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 2, 2022, 6:45:42 PM9/2/22
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<https://archive.is/jBx9V> nytimes.com

This year, for the first time since the National Assessment of
Educational Progress tests began tracking student achievement in
the 1970s, 9-year-olds lost ground in math, and scores in reading
fell by the largest margin in more than 30 years. The declines
spanned almost all races and income levels ..

...



> <https://archive.is/nnPbc>
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> School Is for Wasting Time and Money

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 2, 2022, 6:50:37 PM9/2/22
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America is drying up

This has been the summer of vanishing rivers and drying reservoirs ..
In the desert of the American Southwest, booming in population, states
are squabbling over how to divvy the diminishing supply of water from
the Colorado River .. There is no real reason to believe the West's
megadrought will break ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/2gawn9nt>
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> .. America is the epicentre of the Monkeypox disease

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 2, 2022, 6:56:04 PM9/2/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2oy9rgfz> trentonian.com

If you think the worst of energy-driven inflation is over, you're
unfortunately very wrong. While prices at the gas pump have settled from
mid-summer highs, electricity bills are soaring on the back of surging
natural gas prices. Regulators, grid operators, and utilities are warning
that the nation's power supply is growing alarmingly less reliable.

Europe's energy crisis is pulling prices up and destabilizing markets
everywhere .. European electricity prices have soared so high, that
they're equivalent to $1,000 per barrel of oil .. The U.S. is flirting
with a similar disaster .. Natural gas prices are at 14-year highs,
quintupling from where they were as recently as the fall of 2020. Power
prices are beginning to surge .. And now there's deep and growing concern
Americans are going to be paying far more for a far less ..



> <https://archive.is/kpv9O>
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> Heating Your Home Will Hurt This Winter ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 2, 2022, 7:00:34 PM9/2/22
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When Biden became president, instead of returning control to the American
people, Democrats began spending furiously on their personal political
agenda .. which sparked the worst inflation crisis in 40 years ..
With prices on everything from gas to groceries skyrocketing, Democrats
once again put their political priorities ahead of the people's concerns ..
Lurking behind all of this reckless government spending is a desire to
impose the will and vision of politicians and bureaucrats on society ..

...



> <https://tinyurl.com/yhogts97>
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> Out-of-Control Spending ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 3, 2022, 1:00:36 PM9/3/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2jezvppa> theeconomiccollapseblog.com

.. The Next Economic Crisis Has Already Begun ..

"Layoff tsunami" .. has now started .. Approximately half of all U.S.
companies anticipate that they will be eliminating jobs over the next 12
months. Needless to say, a "tsunami of layoffs" is only going to accelerate
the new housing crash that we are now witnessing .. Meanwhile, an
increasing number of renters are getting behind on their rent payments ..
Huge numbers of evictions and foreclosures are on the horizon, and the
middle class is going to be absolutely eviscerated by this crisis .. Enjoy
the rest of the summer while you still can, because the U.S. economy is
only going to go downhill from here ..

...

Things aren't good, and it will be getting worse.



> <https://tinyurl.com/2jh8q92t>
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> Average Credit-Card Debt Soars By 13%, Largest Increase Since 1999 ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 3, 2022, 1:10:48 PM9/3/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2lemnrhz> lockhaven.com

Americans are now deeper in debt than at any other time in our nation's
history. Especially acute are mounting debts on past-due mortgage payments,
student loans and medical bills ..

Criminal minds would turn to scams to exploit those suffering ..
"Do not hang up," the robocall voice sternly instructs.
"Your case has been referred to law enforcement for nonpayment. A warrant
for your arrest is being issued." Millions have gotten these prerecorded
phony phone calls .. My husband and I get at least one every other day ..

...

Some opioid pills and/or drinking some alcohol can help get relaxed.



> <https://tinyurl.com/2f2xf527>
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> .. Cocaine production has hit record levels ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 3, 2022, 1:15:39 PM9/3/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2p2qodum> thewashingtonstandard.com

America's public schools have never been worse than they are right now.
Test scores are falling, and many of our kids cannot read, write, speak
or do basic math effectively. As a result, each level of education has
had to be "dumbed down", because each year the next incoming class has
been woefully unprepared at the previous level. This is one of the big
reasons why many tests these days require only answers that are true/false
or multiple choice. Our kids are simply not equipped to handle much more
than that. Sadly, this is true even at the college level. I spent eight
years earning three degrees at a couple of the best public institutions
in America, and the level of education that I received was exceedingly
poor .. Of course things have only gotten far worse since then ..

Whatever we are doing, it is clearly not working ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/2zr9nqep>
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> .. The United States' education system is failing ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 3, 2022, 4:25:50 PM9/3/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2lu6kxyw> timesunion.com

.. They're so often wrong in their confidence ..

Political conversations are .. shaped by, obviously, what Americans
know - and, less obviously, what they think they know .. In recent
research .. results show that many Americans think they know much
more about politics than they really do. Knowledge deficit, confidence
surplus .. Political overconfidence ..

...

The herd of zombies was indoctrinated to believe they aren't zombies.



> <https://tinyurl.com/2fhlngoq>
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> .. Voters have a diminishing capacity to understand ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 3, 2022, 4:30:53 PM9/3/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2j9av6pa> americanthinker.com

.. Banana Republic .. "lawless society where the monkeys rule

Looking around the United States today, it's hard to say we don't fit his
meaning. Nearly 80% of Americans believe we live under a two-tiered
system of justice .. Not only do Americans believe the country is lawless,
they're also convinced that it is being run by a barrel of monkeys!
Clearly, Americans "get" that we're living in a "banana republic" today ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/2h8jjm2n>
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> .. The American dream became the American scream

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 3, 2022, 4:35:29 PM9/3/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2f3cp6po> independent.org

America's Coming National Debt Crisis

America is trillions of dollars in debt. And the problem is projected to
get much worse. So, what are the consequences when the bill comes due?
As of 2021, the federal government was in the hole by $23 trillion dollars.
If all that government debt got called in tomorrow, every household in
America would get a bill for more than $175,000 ..



> <https://archive.is/NfR9J>
>
> An immoral and terrible public policy

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 4, 2022, 9:56:20 AM9/4/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2gf86ybl> internationalman.com

The Western-System is More Fragile Than Ever ..

.. Infrastructure is largely privatized and forms a natural monopoly,
extracting rent from citizens directly while the taxes paid, ostensibly for
said services, remains high. It is a double taxation system which has
eroded the middle class, together with the de-industrialization .. which
eroded the working class, offshoring their jobs while increasing the
profits of the 1%. The situation we find ourselves in now is one where the
West finds itself burdened with an over indebted economy, where the middle-
class rely on credit to finance their living standards, and the government
relies on debt issuance to finance these living standards. I can't think of
a more fragile system than credit being used for consumption rather than
production ..



> <https://archive.is/KHgG7>
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> It's time to bet against America ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 4, 2022, 10:01:13 AM9/4/22
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<https://archive.is/F5uFN> theepochtimes.com

Economic Crisis: The End of 'An Era of Abundance'

Government intervention in the U.S. economy over the past several years
has extended far beyond anything we've experienced since the Second World
War .. Federal debt has skyrocketed to 130 percent of gross domestic product
.. Declining living standards .. Companies are starting to cut jobs ..
Investment for political rather than economic reasons .. Americans see the
results at the grocery store .. More intervention is necessary to fix it ..
The question is, how long will it persist until it finally collapses ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/2eohxrp3>
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> America's Economy Is In Trouble ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 4, 2022, 10:05:53 AM9/4/22
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<https://archive.is/MtkFl> niagara-gazette.com

.. The demise of American music

Once there was American pop music, and lots of it .. And now? ..
To be brief there are few national, across-the-generational-board
hits these days .. What in tarnation HAS happened to American pop
music? The subject is a large one, indeed .. But it's certainly a
sad development, isn't it? ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/y86kduf8>
>
> The Korean Wave and the Decline of American Order

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 4, 2022, 10:10:45 AM9/4/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2kw4e79o> americanforests.org

Seed shortage: America's quiet crisis

There's a massive and growing problem in forests across the United States
that is not being talked about nearly enough .. It's a crisis of seeds.
Simply put, we don't have enough of them ..



> <https://archive.is/xHgFO>
>
> Today's America: An Economy of Shortages

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 4, 2022, 10:15:42 AM9/4/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2n7b64n4> americandigest.com

New York City is already a hellscape of crime and moral
decay. Now an authoritarian crackdown will complete the
dystopian motif. New York City Mayor Eric Adams has vowed
to interview, monitor social media, and conduct door-to-
door checks on people ..

...



> <https://tinyurl.com/288q64oz>
>
> .. Living In A Dystopian Nightmare ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 4, 2022, 3:46:06 PM9/4/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2jx5gp2b> dailymail.co.uk

Former President Donald Trump slammed President Biden and the Democratic
party at a rally on Saturday .. 'As you know this week, Joe Biden came to
.. give the most vicious, hateful and divisive speech ever delivered by an
American president, vilifying 75 million citizens - plus probably another
75 to 150, if we want to be accurate about it,' Trump said ..

'He's an enemy of the state, you want to know the truth.'

'They're against God .. Trump said of the 'the radical left Democrat party.'

...



> <https://tinyurl.com/2j9av6pa>

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 4, 2022, 3:55:36 PM9/4/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2q6hrmdv> newsweek.com

Big Business' Lobbying Is Fueling America's Inflationary Woes

America's biggest retailers are raking in massive profits, even as the
American people struggle to make ends meet. This year, as inflation
rates set 40-year highs, big box stores are looking to make record
profit margins. Now, some of those retailers have set their sights on
consumers' credit cards to further grow their bottom lines ..



> <https://archive.is/V6hwz>
>
> American capitalism is not serving most Americans

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 4, 2022, 4:00:27 PM9/4/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2od67sbl> axios.com

.. Black Americans harbor little hope for change ..

64% of Black Americans polled say the increased focus on issues of race
and racial inequality has not led to changes that improve Black people's
lives .. Only 13% say equality for Black people is extremely or very
likely .. After centuries of oppression, racial disparities remain the
norm in America ..



> <https://archive.is/lrIjl>
>
> 42% Of Americans Say They Can't Afford Vacation

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 4, 2022, 4:06:07 PM9/4/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2phbjr38> pressdemocrat.com

I have owned my house in the Luther Burbank Gardens historic neighborhood
for 30 years, in which time the neighborhood has gone downhill severely
because of drugs and street people .. In the Luther Burbank Gardens area,
crime is high, with any item left in a backyard at risk of being stolen.
Syringes can be found lying around and human feces are everywhere.

Property values in Luther Burbank Gardens .. will go down ..

...

The entire America goes down.



> <https://tinyurl.com/2ogol3ca>
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> American civilization is being destroyed ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 4, 2022, 4:10:35 PM9/4/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2nvpujug> dailycaller.com

Polio Outbreak Caused Because People Are Literally Ingesting Human Feces ..

Polio outbreaks in New York and London are spreading, in part, through human
feces and bad sanitation habits .. Authorities then discovered the virus
spreading throughout the wastewater systems both in London and in various
parts of New York, indicating that more cases are going undetected .. That's
why health officials are now surveilling wastewater in New York ..



> <https://archive.is/43SeB>
>
> .. More fecal matter .. Overloading the sewer systems ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 4, 2022, 4:15:54 PM9/4/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2z6gqwgs> nydailynews.com

New Jersey town cuts down trees to keep homeless away

The Ocean County Township cut down several trees that provided shelter
for a homeless population .. The Police Department's Quality of Life Unit
had received complaints that unhoused folks "were harassing people,"
urinating in public and "defecating between cars" near the township's
Town Square, where trees provided ample shade for loiterers .. One woman
who works for a tax preparation company reportedly said she filed a
grievance after coming across human feces on the sidewalk ..

...

NIMBY



> <https://tinyurl.com/2lxq844f>
>
> I look at America these days and I weep for what once was

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 4, 2022, 4:20:35 PM9/4/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2lhfj8hd> realclearpolitics.com

Recent studies show that the lockdowns that kneecapped our economy were
not an effective deterrent against the spread of the disease. The closure
of schools set back, perhaps irreparably, the education of millions of
children. The trillions of dollars the federal government rushed out the
door to mask the problems their policies created are now a case study of
waste, fraud, and abuse .. Those COVID failures, and myriad others,
underscore the incompetence of our leaders ..

...

And they lust to rule the world.

No way babe.



> <https://archive.is/p6WjG>
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> Between the stupid and the evil ..

NoBody

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Sep 5, 2022, 10:00:28 AM9/5/22
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On Sun, 4 Sep 2022 17:05:03 +0300, "Oleg Smirnov" <os...@netc.eu>
wrote:
The only "music" today consists of endless "n" words that only
minorities may repeat. Kinda of funny that yoiu use the term
"minority" when they can control what you say and do.

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 6, 2022, 10:51:40 AM9/6/22
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.. Only Fools Don't Yet Recognize That America Has Become A Dictatorship

If America really IS a dictatorship, then - since NO dictatorship CALLS
itself one - the 'news'-media in that country WON'T publicize the fact
that it IS such a thing, but will instead always declare that this regime
is instead a democracy, and thereby continue to spread the regime's (the
dictatorial Government's) lie about itself ..

Propaganda is a core component of ANY empire, in order to 'justify' what
it is doing. EVERY empire is built upon lies .. America's propaganda has
been systematized and institutionalized, building upon the model of the
British Empire, but not calling itself an "Empire," because the U.S.
regime makes an even bigger deal of its being a 'democracy' and thus no
"empire" at all; it's therefore an even bigger scam than any of those
were; it's replacing "capitalism versus communism" by "democracy versus
dictatorship," so as to universalize its actually imperialistic lie .. It
needs to fool lots of people in order to win ..

Read more <https://tinyurl.com/2hbuspp6>



> <https://tinyurl.com/2nu3x8ex>
>
> United States a failed state? Water crisis would indicate yes

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 6, 2022, 11:45:43 AM9/6/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2fw4qoct> thehill.com

Most voters think something is wrong with our democracy .. Our political
system is a complete mess. The political class .. instead of working to
solve problems, it goes out of its way to create new problems ..

Even worse are the bureaucrats .. Health bureaucrats completely botched our
response to COVID-19 .. Public school bureaucrats took incompetence to a
new level ..

Some in the intelligence community, which once was so good at undermining
and overthrowing foreign governments it didn't like, turned their attention
to undermining and then overthrowing our elected leadership ..

The Biden administration has done a lot of harm in the last two years, a
lot more than many of us could have anticipated. I knew it was going to be
bad; I didn't think it would be this bad ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/2baorblm>
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> American "Democracy" as a Dead Parrot ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 6, 2022, 12:21:07 PM9/6/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2khnp4ot> theeconomiccollapseblog.com

.. Economic Crash As The Fall Of 2022 Approaches

The fact that we are seeing so many parallels between what is
transpiring now and what transpired 14 years ago should deeply
alarm all of us. We appear to be on the precipice of another
economic crash, and all of the "solutions" that our leaders
give us just seem to make things even worse ..

Read more <https://tinyurl.com/2khnp4ot>

...



> <https://archive.is/F5GQy>
>
> .. Today's American Crisis Is Different ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 6, 2022, 12:31:16 PM9/6/22
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<https://archive.is/i2qgL> marshallnewsmessenger.com

Dear Dad, .. I am constantly wondering how I would explain to you what
has happened to the country that your father sought as a refuge .. I am
afraid you would not recognize the place. You left us in a world coming
undone .. but you could not have had any inkling about how swiftly
things would fall apart ..

...



> <https://tinyurl.com/yc76n2jh>
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> .. America Building Bombs While Our Bridges Collapse ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 6, 2022, 12:40:51 PM9/6/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2en9h8rc> rollingstone.com

.. Inside the Overdose Crisis Sweeping Fort Bragg

A staggering total of 109 soldiers assigned to Fort Bragg died in 2020
and 2021. Dozens have lost their lives there to drug overdoses .. Yet
there has been no acknowledgment from the Army or reporting in the
national press on any aspect of this phenomenon, nor word one from any
member of Congress ..



> <https://archive.is/vp6vU>
>
> GOATS AND BOATS

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 6, 2022, 12:50:39 PM9/6/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2jutcyjx> usawatchdog.com

Fraud, Lies, Psyops, Cheating ..

.. The real approval rating for Biden is 11% to 12% .. This is why the
Democrat strategy must include fraud, lies, psyops, cheating and rigging for
Midterms come November. They sure as heck do not have any policy to make the
lives of ordinary Americans better .. Don't fall for the psyops. You are not
hearing any good ideas from Democrats because they don't have any ..

...

It's doubtful that any political faction in the US have good ideas nowadays.



> <https://tinyurl.com/2o3ovvef>
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> The FBI and the justice department have become vicious monsters ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 6, 2022, 12:55:37 PM9/6/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2gmzkjgv> troymedia.com

The coming energy crisis .. How did things get so bad, so fast?

It's been obvious for months that a global energy crisis was coming.
Then last Monday, just when we thought things couldn't get any
worse, the chief executive of Shell predicted that Europe is headed
for a multi-winter energy crisis, with consequences that cascade
around the world ..



> <https://archive.is/9dLdu>
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> America Could Face Its Own Gas Crisis ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 6, 2022, 1:00:34 PM9/6/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2esphpxy> washingtontimes.com

America's school curriculum: Garbage ..

.. Not to judge someone "just because they want to have sex
with a 5-year-old." .. Call pedophiles "minor-attracted persons"
instead ..



> <https://archive.is/gIjwy>
>
> Armed robbers go free under the Democrats

Byker

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> <https://tinyurl.com/2esphpxy> washingtontimes.com
>
> Call pedophiles "minor-attracted persons" instead ..

That's what the LGBTQ crowd is calling it, as they try to try to get kiddie
cyber-porn legalized in California, under the assumption that "it's OK to
look, just don't touch..."


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Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 6, 2022, 1:40:43 PM9/6/22
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.. Neo-totalitarian performance piece at Independence Hall .. The
melodramatic red lighting, the presence of armed Marines flanking the
president, and Biden's hectoring, gesticulating delivery .. Leni
Riefenstahl, as someone noted, would have been proud .. A year or so
back, I might have thought that the theatrics were inadvertent. I
have changed my mind. Having watched Biden's Justice Department morph
into an American Stasi with the FBI conducting predawn raids against
various Trump supporters, arresting former aides and confiscating the
mobile phones and other property of his lawyers, I now think that
the tactics of intimidation are part of a larger strategy .. None of
this is adventitious ..

...



> <https://tinyurl.com/2fcwcdus>
>
> .. the Federal Bureau of Intimidation

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 6, 2022, 1:45:42 PM9/6/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2mrybzyu> usnews.com

Nearly half of all U.S. crashes happen on rural roads .. Traffic
fatalities are soaring nationwide .. Rural road deaths .. increased in
2020, as happened on other types of roads across the country. Numbers
of deaths on all types of rural roads - including interstate, arterial
and collector/local - grew again in 2021 ..

...



> <https://tinyurl.com/yfwqdnen>
>
> American Roads Are Getting Significantly Deadlier

JD Young

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Sep 6, 2022, 3:48:39 PM9/6/22
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On Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at 12:05:34 PM UTC-5, Byker wrote:
> "Oleg Smirnov" wrote in message news:tf7ubf$3v1rf$1...@os.motzarella.org...
> >
> > <https://tinyurl.com/2esphpxy> washingtontimes.com
> >
> > Call pedophiles "minor-attracted persons" instead ..
> That's what the LGBTQ crowd is calling it, as they try to try to get kiddie
> cyber-porn legalized in California, under the assumption that "it's OK to
> look, just don't touch..."

Good!
Maybe then they'll pardon my sentence for child porn.

J Young
jdyo...@ymail.com

https://americandecency.org/

JD Young

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Sep 6, 2022, 3:50:25 PM9/6/22
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On Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at 11:31:16 AM UTC-5, Oleg Smirnov wrote:
> <https://archive.is/i2qgL> marshallnewsmessenger.com
>
> Dear Dad, .. I am constantly wondering how I would explain to you what
> has happened to the country that your father sought as a refuge .. I am
> afraid you would not recognize the place. You left us in a world coming
> undone .. but you could not have had any inkling about how swiftly
> things would fall apart ..

Aren't you a sparkling ray of sunshine!
Either take your meds or jump off a bridge.
Your call.

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 6, 2022, 4:35:38 PM9/6/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2j22q4ru> commondreams.org

.. Stop Pretending America Is a Functioning Democracy

There is a fatal disconnect between a political system that promises
democratic equality and freedom while carrying out socioeconomic
injustices that result in grotesque income inequality and political
stagnation. Decades in the making, this disconnect has extinguished
American democracy ..

Corporations and the billionaire class have won. There are no
institutions, including the press, an electoral system that is little
more than legalized bribery, the imperial presidency, the courts or
the penal system, that can be defined as democratic. Only the fiction
of democracy remains ..

Read more <https://tinyurl.com/2j22q4ru>



> <https://tinyurl.com/2kupq2kj>
>
> .. Inverted totalitarian state ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 6, 2022, 4:40:38 PM9/6/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2eehvb4j> usatoday.com

'Full-time work doesn't pay' ..

More than one-third of U.S. families that work full time year-round do not
earn enough to cover a basic family budget, according to a recent report ..
The report <https://is.gd/jutoKG> found that 35% of families who work full
time don't earn enough for basic necessities such as housing, food, medical
care, transportation to work, child care and minimal household expenses ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/2lq6cssl>
>
> .. Federal Reserve declares war on the working class

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 6, 2022, 4:45:37 PM9/6/22
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America is hurting. Even as .. wealthy Americans are thriving, tens
of millions of Americans are struggling to keep food on the table
and secure adequate healthcare ..

Throwing these vast sums at war and preparation for war routinely
accounts for at least half of the US government's discretionary
budget, coming at the expense of domestic investments that could
seriously address the plagues of poverty, disease, and environmental
devastation ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/2qo9xmtx>
>
> People don't want to move to America anymore

JD Young

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Sep 6, 2022, 5:04:10 PM9/6/22
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On Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at 3:45:37 PM UTC-5, Oleg Smirnov wrote:

> > People don't want to move to America anymore

So leave, and don't let the door hit you in the ass, you whining drunken Russkie!

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 6, 2022, 6:11:31 PM9/6/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2p4ruf72> upenn.edu

The future of decline in America ..

It is inevitable that the U.S. economy will be eclipsed by China and other
nations .. And, in fact, it might be very good .. American identity as
based on pure power - the greatness, the biggest, and the best forever -
needs to be phased out .. Those narratives that 'America is the greatest.
America is the best,' .. are not only past their expiration date
generationally, they're just not politically, socially, historically useful
anymore ..



> <https://archive.is/Cyo6H>
>
> .. The world can see America's decline

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 6, 2022, 6:15:52 PM9/6/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2e2m6ge4> economist.com

A water crisis in Mississippi's capital is a harbinger of worse

Jackson's system has been failing for years. Last year ice storms cut off
water supplies for several weeks. And even when water flows, residents have
been periodically advised to let it run for at least a minute to flush away
lead; then to boil it before drinking in order to kill bacteria. Lead is
not its only metal pollutant: since 2018 the city's water has failed to
meet treatment standards for copper, too. The scale of this problem extends
well beyond Jackson. Nearly 10m American households do not have access to
potable water. Some 21m people drank water from systems that did not meet
safety standards in 2015, the latest year for which data are available ..

Most water pipes were installed in the 1970s and 1980s .. As much as 18% of
treated potable water is lost to leaks each day .. Access to clean water
will worsen .. Climate change is pushing old systems to their limits ..

...

About 10% of tap water in the US is still supplied through ancient lead
pipes. Dozens of millions of the Americans drink this water. And with that,
local authorities often don't even know for sure how many lead pipes are in
use in their locality and where exactly they reside. About half million
American schools and childcare facilities get tap water through lead pipes.
Lead is known to affect human brain, which contributes significantly to the
increasing American stupidity.

Add to this the fact that almost all drinking water sources in the US are
contaminated with so called "forever chemicals", or PFAS, and about 2/3 of
the population drink water with PFAS exceeding unsafe concentration.



> <https://tinyurl.com/2hacogn8>
>
> European Visits The USA .. Is Shocked And Disappointed ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 6, 2022, 6:22:25 PM9/6/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2kdgdn7z> wellbeingport.com

America's mental health treatment system is broken, leaving those most
in need to fall through the cracks. An estimated 8.3 million adults in
the United States have a severe mental illness. At any given time, 3.9
million go untreated .. Across the eight English-speaking countries,
there was a decline in mental well-being of 3% from 2020 to 2021, which
was smaller than the 8% decline from 2019 to 2020. The percentage of
people who were "distressed or struggling" increased from 26% to 30% in
2021 .. Nationwide, almost one in five people (47.1 million) in the U.S.
are living with a mental health condition. That number increased by
about 1.5 million over last year's report. About 10% of youth in the
U.S have severe depression ..

...



> <https://archive.is/dZyeZ>
>
> It's estimated that 25% of all Americans have an incurable STD ..

JD Young

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Sep 7, 2022, 11:08:15 AM9/7/22
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On Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at 5:22:25 PM UTC-5, Oleg Smirnov wrote:
> <https://tinyurl.com/2kdgdn7z> wellbeingport.com
>
> America's mental health treatment system is broken, leaving those most
> in need to fall through the cracks. An estimated 8.3 million adults in
> the United States have a severe mental illness.

And you're the poster child, "Oleg".


At any given time, 3.9
> million go untreated .. Across the eight English-speaking countries,
> there was a decline in mental well-being of 3% from 2020 to 2021, which
> was smaller than the 8% decline from 2019 to 2020. The percentage of
> people who were "distressed or struggling" increased from 26% to 30% in
> 2021 .. Nationwide, almost one in five people (47.1 million) in the U.S.
> are living with a mental health condition. That number increased by
> about 1.5 million over last year's report. About 10% of youth in the
> U.S have severe depression ..
>
> ...
>
>
>
> > <https://archive.is/dZyeZ>
> >
> > It's estimated that 25% of all Americans have an incurable STD ..

That may explain your mental illness.

Byker

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Sep 8, 2022, 10:34:27 AM9/8/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2fw4qoct> thehill.com
>
> Most voters think something is wrong with our democracy .. Our political
> system is a complete mess.

Whose are you talking about? Yours or ours?

> The political class .. instead of working to solve problems, it goes out
> of its way to create new problems ..

Like your own: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIgqhU4lkgo

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 8, 2022, 4:01:19 PM9/8/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2lrmbkub> aol.com

.. Systems are failing in U.S.

.. Policies, as well as the propaganda which drives them, have real
life and death consequences at the most personal level. People are paying
by a literal reduction of years of life expectancy for the policies and
attitudes which they have allowed venal, power-hungry politicians to
establish as the orthodox approach to governance ..



> <https://archive.is/6v4qX>
>
> Americans Are Lonely, Miserable, & Depressed ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 8, 2022, 4:05:58 PM9/8/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2o39yacj> wausaupilotandreview.com

"The abuse of buying and selling votes crept in and money began to play an
important part in determining elections. Later on, this process of
corruption spread to the law courts ..

When first reading this quote, I thought "this person must be an American
describing the current state of our nation!" .. Our nation now displays the
classic historical markers of an oligarchic/plutocratic empire in decline ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/y7ofhkcy>
>
> The hard rain is falling on us now ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 8, 2022, 4:12:58 PM9/8/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2poj57ux> foxnews.com

.. Fentanyl a 'weapon of mass destruction' ..

Montgomery County, Texas Sheriff Rand Henderson called fentanyl a "weapon
of mass destruction" Tuesday as the lethal drug continues to claim the
lives of Americans .. "There is no quality control standard. And it is
truly a weapon of mass destruction that's killing our population," .. "I
thought I would never see anything worse than methamphetamines, which has
been a horrible scourge on our population. But this is taking it to a new
level ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/yb9n9e9m>
>
> .. The Opioid Crisis Is Here to Stay ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 8, 2022, 6:20:51 PM9/8/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2kfaqork> phys.org

Financial literacy declined in America between 2009 and 2018, even while
a growing number of people were overconfident about their understanding
of finances, a new study finds.

The average score on a test of objective financial knowledge declined
steadily .. And the percentage of people who believed they were above
average in financial literacy - but actually scored lower than average on
the test - increased from about 15% in 2009 to nearly 21% in 2018 .. The
decline in knowledge was confirmed in several different ways ..

...

It all fits to the general trend of the American social fabric, which I
noted before: the herd of zombies is being indoctrinated to believe they
aren't zombies.



> <https://tinyurl.com/2lu6kxyw>
>
> .. They're so often wrong in their confidence ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 8, 2022, 6:30:36 PM9/8/22
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.. America is a nation in decline ..

I am finding it increasingly difficult to scroll through most U.S. news
platforms without feeling thoroughly exhausted .. Almost everyone,
regardless of political affiliation, is either angry or depressed. I can't
help but feel that America is resting on a dam that's about to burst ..
The 2008 financial crisis was the turning point ..



> <https://archive.is/NERYC>
>
> The Coming Collapse

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 8, 2022, 6:40:36 PM9/8/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2hj9hchj> phys.org

America's aging infrastructure sags ..

Infrastructure requires maintenance, and, eventually, it has to be
replaced. That hasn't been happening in many parts of the country ..
Growing maintenance backlog and increasing climate change are turning
the 2020s and 2030s into a golden age of infrastructure failure ..
The underlying issue for infrastructure failure is age ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/2gf86ybl>
>
> The Western-System is More Fragile Than Ever ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 8, 2022, 6:51:04 PM9/8/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2kdmdnul> usawatchdog.com

The Anti-Dollar is Coming ..

.. Analysis shows there is big trouble coming for the U.S. dollar. The
dollar's reserve currency status is on its way to being a thing of the
past .. People don't trust what is going on in the United States .. They
are going to go to another major currency. The BRIC countries and China
are preparing to have an anti-dollar. I have told you for years that the
dollar is not going to crash, but now it is time. In a year or so, they
will really be getting into trouble with the dollar. If the dollar goes
down, of course, the inflation goes even higher. So, actually, there is
no way out anymore ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/2g8rfmnv>
>
> America's transition to a banana republic is complete ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 8, 2022, 7:00:36 PM9/8/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2pk6leox> schiffgold.com

Inflation Is State-Sponsored Terrorism

We feel the pain everywhere, from the gas pump to the grocery store. Once
it became impossible to sell the "inflation is transitory" narrative any
longer, the Federal Reserve began raising interest rates to fight inflation.
As a result, the bubble economy is getting shaky. But even some people at
the Fed seem to realize this is a fight they can't win ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/2eogru7o>
>
> .. So Many Bad Things Happening ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 8, 2022, 7:10:49 PM9/8/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2lelg8ty> summit.news

.. "Elites Are Making Things Worse On Purpose" ..

"You can reach a place in your society where the people in charge
and their lapdogs in the media become so completely disconnected
from the concerns of actual people, become so totally uninterested
in the lives of citizens, that society becomes very volatile, and
we are fast approaching that point," ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/2qqjjohb>
>
> .. Liberal Elites Detest Middle America ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 8, 2022, 7:20:33 PM9/8/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2n6vqvk5> circleofblue.org

Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms

There is nothing attractive, though, about Lake Erie's annual algal bloom,
or the harmful blooms that now contaminate so many of America's iconic
waters, among them the Chesapeake Bay, Lake Okeechobee, Lake Champlain,
and California's Clear Lake. Harmful algal blooms are the biological
consequence of a riptide of bloom-generating nutrients allowed by law and
timid regulation to run off the land, particularly farm fields. These
nutrients are the source of some of the nation's worst water pollution ..

...

Every thing worsens.



> <https://tinyurl.com/2mcqpohg>
>
> Human urine and feces are feeding giant algae bloom ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 8, 2022, 7:30:30 PM9/8/22
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.. The Federal Reserve Is A Suicide Bomber

They are in fact the most powerful institution in the US .. They have the
power to end the economic life of our country in a matter of moments ..
The Fed answers to no one in our government. They answer to a different
set of masters .. I hold that the Fed is a weapon for social and political
change within America and part of its job is to greatly reduce the standard
of living of the population while making it appear as if this decline is a
"natural" consequence of the U.S. System." ..



> <https://archive.is/0VRep>
>
> The decline of American civilization ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 8, 2022, 7:40:30 PM9/8/22
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<https://archive.is/cxOQT> ft.com

America's indifference to its death crisis

It is as though Washington has turned a blind eye to the issue that
captures the deepest trends behind America's democratic woes. Terms
such as "deaths of despair" and "obesity epidemic" are in frequent
use. But America's shortening lifespan seems too big a subject for
Washington to acknowledge. US life expectancy has fallen in six of
the last seven years and is now almost three years below what it
was in 2014 ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/ykx6uquc>
>
> The Fall of America Amid Division, Destruction, and Death

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 9, 2022, 3:21:18 PM9/9/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2f84fpkn> stltoday.com

.. Dark times .. might be the worst ..

When you think things cannot get any worse .. "Wait a minute folks, you
ain't seen nothing yet." These past months should give even the most
naive of our citizens a glimpse of what lies ahead. We have crossed so
many lines, one wonders, just how many are left? Well, there are a few,
and bordering on the unthinkable. Even those optimists who've always
proclaimed in challenging times that America has gone through worse and
always bounced back are starting to rethink that.



> <https://archive.is/AJFMJ>
>
> America Is Falling Apart at the Seams

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 9, 2022, 3:30:47 PM9/9/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2je8xza9> firstthings.com

American Nightmare

.. Mainstream American culture these days is, quite literally, a death
cult. Life .. is nasty, lonely, brutish, and short, a cutting fact that
no amount of binge-watching television or nibbling on opioids can dull ..
Our fellow Americans want the easy life they believe is their birthright.
Instead, they have experienced devastation .. With everything around
them broken-the healthcare system and the schools, law enforcement and
the media, politics and the culture ..



> <https://archive.is/vEOTL>
>
> .. Most Americans walk around like a bunch of zombies ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 9, 2022, 3:40:48 PM9/9/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2g96j4vp> independenttribune.com

Our country and our state - are in a funk and we either cannot or will
not pull ourselves out of it .. How stinkin' is our thinkin'? .. 71% think
America is on the wrong track .. 53% are generally somewhat or very
pessimistic about our future. 49% have little confidence in the federal
government or its leaders to deal with our challenges. One in three
believes violence against the government can be sometimes justified .. 43%
believe it is likely a civil war will break out in the next decade .. 73%
believe the gap between the rich and poor will grow. 44% believe the
average family's standard of living will decline. 72% say older adults are
less financially prepared for retirement and will have to continue working
into their 70s. Our racial schisms are worse than seen in decades ..

Anger and rage are increasingly common ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/2y7pzob8>
>
> America Declines as the Elites Remain in Denial

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 9, 2022, 3:50:30 PM9/9/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2qa8eyc7> npr.org

Quarter of U.S. adults fear being attacked in their neighborhood
.. Poll found that a quarter of Black respondents, 26% of Latinos,
36% of Native Americans, 21% of Asian adults, and 19% of white
adults say they have feared someone might threaten them harm in
their own neighborhoods ..

...



> <https://tinyurl.com/yjhj7ktj>
>
> .. America becomes less safe ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 9, 2022, 4:00:25 PM9/9/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2mmc36ev> newagebd.net

The historic collapse of journalism

Accuracy no longer matters. Witnessing no longer matters.
Conformity matters .. September 11 marked the uncannily abrupt
end of 'the American Century' and - not to be missed - the
consciousness it engendered among Americans. I have made this
point in this space and elsewhere on previous occasions. There
was, in short, a psychological collapse vastly more
consequential than the collapse of the towers ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/yhbqyfbh>
>
> .. Everything has been downhill since that ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 10, 2022, 6:00:45 PM9/10/22
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<https://archive.is/fO1zY> thebrunswicknews.com

The return of the dark ages

Population declined. Global temperatures rose. Migration of people
from destabilized regions increased .. Much of what environmentalists
claim is climate change is actually caused by inept, corrupt and
inefficient policies often pushed by progressive politicians .. It is
not actually a coincidence that, just as superstitions grew in the
original Dark Ages, sophist thinking and superstitions are spreading
now. The Americans embracing their inner chakras and healing crystals
who think men can get pregnant are the loudest voices of environmental
lunacy ..



> <https://archive.is/fCPln>
>
> Speeding woman on cocaine kills drunk driver high on meth ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 10, 2022, 6:05:29 PM9/10/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2k82qqj9> gulftoday.ae

US household wealth falls by a record $6.1 trillion in 2nd quarter

Household net worth tumbled to $143.8 trillion at the end of June from
$149.9 trillion at the end of March, its second consecutive quarterly
decline, the Fed's quarterly snapshot of the national balance sheet
showed. Through June, Americans' collective wealth had fallen by more
than $6.2 trillion from a record $150 trillion at the end of 2021 ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/ycy82q67>
>
> .. America will be poorer, sicker, more terrorized ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 10, 2022, 6:11:05 PM9/10/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2nuca39n> spiked-online.com

The fall of Los Angeles

The 'progressive' elites have run the city of the future into the dirt.



> <https://tinyurl.com/2esphpxy>
>
> America's school curriculum: Garbage ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 10, 2022, 6:15:30 PM9/10/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2m28dyfh> endoftheamericandream.com

Just when it seems like we can't possibly go any lower, we
always manage to top ourselves .. Absurd. Now it is happening
on a daily basis .. Our country really is coming apart at the
seams right in front of our eyes, and the pace of our national
decline only seems to be accelerating .. If we are not able to
turn our cultural decay around, eventually we will not have a
country at all ..

Read more <https://tinyurl.com/2m28dyfh>



> <https://tinyurl.com/2n6mkrgs>
>
> .. I can agree: The US is a 'third-world country'

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 10, 2022, 6:20:35 PM9/10/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2r2ds49r> summit.news

.. Almost A Quarter Of Democrats Believe Men Can Get Pregnant

A poll conducted by WPA Intelligence has found that almost one quarter
of Democratic voters believe that "some men can become pregnant." Twenty-
two percent of Democrats overall agreed with the statement .. The poll
also found that more women agreed with the statement, and an incredible
36 percent of white, college-educated female Democrats agreed ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/y9ru2p2s>
>
> California's Typhus Surge Is Linked to Fleas, Feces ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 10, 2022, 6:51:03 PM9/10/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2e7tvq8r> nypost.com

Biden's economic victory lap is 58 pages of malarkey

The latest Biden victory lap is the administration's most shameless
strutting of 2022. The White House Friday issued a 58-page Biden-
Harris Economic Blueprint that claims to have performed more miracles
than accompanied the Sermon on the Mount .. Team Biden actually
champions the "old regime" by which Americans' freedom and prosperity
are sacrificed to allow politicians and their cronies to live like
royalty ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/2fbsnnse>
>
> .. Middle class now view their rulers with rightly earned disdain

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 10, 2022, 6:55:43 PM9/10/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2jjfynv2> thehill.com

US life expectancy is in freefall ..

The latest data in 2022 reveal, we are experiencing persistent decreases
in life expectancy, reaching levels not seen since 1996 .. Since 2008,
driven by increases in midlife mortality, and caused by several preventable
conditions, all race/ethnic groups .. have experienced decreasing life
expectancy well before COVID ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/2je8xza9>
>
> .. Mainstream American culture these days is a death cult ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 15, 2022, 12:10:57 PM9/15/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2n83g8xk> thenewdaily.com.au

.. Decline of the US will affect Australian policy

If we are capable of stepping back from our long-conditioned aping of
America, we could see it is not measuring up as a civilised society.
Much of the world has progressed, evolved, while the US has not ..
From an Australian point of view, continuing to surrender our foreign
and defence policy to an increasingly unstable foreign power looks
like madness. A country that doesn't care about its own people can't be
relied on to care about us ..



> <https://archive.is/f9B2M>
>
> United States, no more. It is a failed state ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 15, 2022, 12:20:31 PM9/15/22
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Americans are ruled by the unabashed corruption of certain politicians,
the unadulterated greed of many CEOs, and the almighty autocracies of
the NRA and the AMA. Anyone who still believes that America is a
democracy is only wishing for what might have been. I am no longer proud
to be an American. I am ashamed of what our country has become ..

We were once a .. living proof of the "American Dream." Where is that
"Dream" now? It has gradually withered, and shriveled into the American
Nightmare ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/2oegu6h3>
>
> "The American Dream" is dead ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 15, 2022, 12:25:32 PM9/15/22
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CEO optimism continues to fall ..

The latest quarterly survey of America's top business leaders ..
has growing pessimism among the US C-suite as to what businesses
may be coming to the US economy over the next six months .. The
decline is evident across the board. The results showed that in
the last quarter, hiring plans decreased by 11 points, capital
investment plans decreased by 11 points, and sales expectations
decreased by 12 points ..



> <https://archive.is/dt0ei>
>
> Worst productivity drop ever means more inflation

Oleg Smirnov

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Could it be better for freedom if things in America got even worse?
More economic hardship, increased crime, further humiliations of
America .. Should we patriots try to save these idiots from themselves
and give them an out, or let the natural consequences of their
failures build into a critical mass that brings on a backlash that
brings us the power .. ? Perhaps we should root for our garbage ruling
class to hit bottom and start digging. Actually, digging deeper -
these incompetent corruptocrats are already tossing shovelfuls of dirt
out of the hole.

It's a cynical strategy, but this is a cynical time ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/y9typek2>
>
> America's crises won't be fixed ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 15, 2022, 2:51:14 PM9/15/22
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.. China Expands Its Fleets ..

U.S. maritime experts are calling .. "The Chinese industrial base is
a behemoth, and the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base is freakishly
undersized .. The U.S. has fewer than 80 commercial ships in
international service while China has more than 5,500 merchant ships
.. Chinese companies have become dominant across the global maritime
supply chain .. China constructed over a third of the world's vessels
in 2019. They also produced 96% of the world's shipping containers ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/2p4ruf72>
>
> It is inevitable that the U.S. economy will be eclipsed by China ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 15, 2022, 3:00:41 PM9/15/22
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The West's Unprecedented Water Disaster Is Worsening

.. The indicators are .. unequivocal: dry riverbeds, fields of sand, the
sound of irrigation motors straining to pump from dwindling aquifers .. The
area grows hotter, drier, and extra populated .. Conflicts are escalating
over who will get to make use of how a lot of what stays. Acute shortage
drives the seek for water underground. However the West's main aquifers are
in bother, too .. Way more groundwater is being pumped out than could be
naturally replenished. Most dry-area aquifers are vanishing ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/2hr4bkjc>
>
> Extreme Weather is Weakening U.S. ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 15, 2022, 3:10:38 PM9/15/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2mdk2t8g> thefintechtimes.com

Spending Outpaces Income .. Negative Financial Health Trends Emerge

.. Financial Health Pulse: 2022 US Trends Report. This fifth edition
of the report finds financial health in America declined across many
demographic and socioeconomic groups as spending outpaced income ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/2kwgeg39>
>
> U.S. Business Sector Average Rating Worst Since 2008

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 15, 2022, 6:00:44 PM9/15/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2ph6yvp5> governing.com

Americans' Diminishing Trust ..

The last half century has been a period of great disillusionment. In the
1950s the American people overwhelmingly trusted their government, their
president, news sources, educational systems, and basic American
institutions from the Justice Department to the Department of Defense.
Today the American people are largely disaffected and cynical about those
same institutions .. In the last year alone the people have reported
significant losses in respect for 16 national institutions ..



> <https://archive.is/E0VAC>
>
> Deaths of despair show a dearth of hope

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 15, 2022, 6:10:28 PM9/15/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2zv8zkno> abcnews.go.com

Americans give health care system failing mark ..

The poll reveals that public satisfaction with the U.S. health care
system is remarkably low .. "Navigating the American health care system
is exceedingly frustrating," ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/yfpxhy2o>
>
> 'We're a Sick Nation' ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 15, 2022, 6:21:12 PM9/15/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/yvndwrz4> restaurantbusinessonline.com

.. Fentanyl Deaths Soar ..

The fentanyl epidemic is particularly troublesome in the restaurant
industry given the generally high rate of drug use among workers ..
Restaurant workers have more than three times the average rate of drug
overdose deaths. Only construction workers have it worse .. "After 16
hours on the job ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/pfp3hf6h>
>
> Wendy's E. coli outbreak worse than reported by CDC ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 16, 2022, 3:11:03 PM9/16/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2noh8ygl> snopes.com

US Is Becoming a 'Developing Country' on Global Rankings ..

The United States may regard itself as a "leader of the free world,"
but an index of development released in July 2022 places the
country much farther down the list .. The United Nations Office of
Sustainable Development dropped the U.S. to 41st worldwide .. the
U.S. ranks between Cuba and Bulgaria .. The Office of Sustainable
Development's rankings .. more focused on the experiences of
ordinary people ..

...

I don't believe in such rankings much, still anyone who reads news
might notice that - year after year - the US steadily moves further
and deeper down and down in various global rankings.



> <https://archive.is/XQOML>
>
> US declines across all metrics in latest global rankings

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 16, 2022, 3:20:29 PM9/16/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2ffxch6d> harvard.edu

Why are young people so miserable?

Twenty years ago, life satisfaction surveys of those 18 and older
showed the highest readings among America's younger and older adults,
with those in between struggling with jobs, families, and other cares
of middle life. Now .. younger adults tallying the lowest scores of
any age group ..

...

It means a feeling of dullness, hopelessness within the domestic air.



> <https://tinyurl.com/2je8xza9>
>
> .. American culture these days is, quite literally, a death cult ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 16, 2022, 3:30:55 PM9/16/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2gy3nc3k> wcpo.com

Asthma cases are getting more severe in the US

.. Recently, a record number of Americans are visiting hospitals ..
A record number of asthma sufferers are dying .. "Asthma is incredibly
common actually .. It's every other patient I'm seeing right now ..

...

Every thing is getting worse as America is moving into the 3rd world.



> <https://tinyurl.com/7kzws23z>
>
> 135 million people across the United States live with polluted air ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 16, 2022, 3:40:44 PM9/16/22
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Fat and dumb .. Less than one in four young Americans are physically
or mentally fit to serve .. America has a young generation of fatties
who are not smart enough to join the Army .. As part of a short-term
strategy, the Army will work on several policy changes, including
revising the tattoo policy ..

...



> <https://tinyurl.com/2u6axkfx>
>
> .. America poisoned our soldiers ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 16, 2022, 4:30:52 PM9/16/22
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America is drifting toward geopolitical disaster

.. Dangerous and growing imbalance between the United States's worldwide
obligations and the economic resources required to meet them .. The
extraordinary rise of China and the parallel decline of the United States
in the realms of military strength, economic power .. The principal cause
of America's decline has been a series of self-inflicted wounds ..

...

If God has decided to punish America then nothing can help.



> <https://tinyurl.com/ygn28ljp>
>
> The Afghanistization of America ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 16, 2022, 4:41:00 PM9/16/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2lvwc7hm> globelynews.com

.. Chinese public is more confident in Beijing's economic power ..

Chinese public opinion of the United States has worsened sharply over
the past decade, according to a study .. The survey also reveals a
Chinese public that has become far more confident in China's economy
and global leadership. A majority of Chinese surveyed (66 percent)
now see America as a power in decline, compared to 39 percent in 2016.
Most Chinese respondents today also see China as the world's leading
economy. And a plurality believes that a Chinese-led order is better
for the world. Younger, more educated Chinese are also more likely to
hold these nationalistic views ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/2z47k7nv>
>
> 'Countering' China would pave the way for global depression

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 16, 2022, 4:50:32 PM9/16/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2qte7xjf> thestreet.com

Bad News Is Piling Up for Chip Makers

The months follow one another and look alike .. There is an ongoing
cycle of bad news for these companies whose chips power almost all the
technological hardware that we use in our daily lives ..



> <https://tinyurl.com/y32nzjo5>
>
> Fate of U.S. Chipmaking Looks More Like Fantasy

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 16, 2022, 5:00:43 PM9/16/22
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America's Railroads Are in Trouble ..

The railroad industry is currently in turmoil, and customers including
farmers and energy producers, as well as railroad executives themselves,
say that the industry needs an overhaul .. Rail delays and service
challenges had gotten worse .. "We are in the middle of a rail service
crisis ..

...

The entire US is in a perm crisis (and no enough money for an overhaul).



> <https://archive.is/zMLAL>
>
> America's Freight Trains Are Totally Fucked

Byker

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> <https://tinyurl.com/yvndwrz4> restaurantbusinessonline.com
>
> .. Fentanyl Deaths Soar ..

But they pale in comparison to Krokodil: https://tinyurl.com/3mfwzcwa

I can understand why that shit didn't catch on over here...

Oleg Smirnov

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Oleg Smirnov

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Americans are paying more and getting less ..

Many people feel as though something is missing in the U.S. economy
.. Almost everyone says they're cutting back .. More than a quarter
say they'd had to rely on savings .. More than half the people
surveyed say they're eating out less now .. Four in ten say they're
driving less ..



> <https://archive.is/F5uFN>
>
> .. The End of 'An Era of Abundance' ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 16, 2022, 5:20:47 PM9/16/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2obs2m4j> globeecho.com

In The United States, The Bad Inflation Figures In August ..

Those who hoped that inflation had peaked this summer were disillusioned
on Tuesday, September 13, when the August price index was released ..
All the figures (over a year, month by month, with or without energy and
food) are worse than expected .. The conclusion is obvious: inflation is
everywhere ..

...

No hope, and the only way to the future is the way to the worse.



> <https://tinyurl.com/2phdgttt>
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> .. More and more North Americans have become disillusioned ..

Oleg Smirnov

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Sep 16, 2022, 5:30:45 PM9/16/22
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<https://tinyurl.com/2gxjz47e> forbes.com

Even before the pandemic, a YouGov poll found 30 percent of millennials
felt lonely and 22 percent said they had "no friends." Americans of all
ages are also increasingly likely to say they have no friends ..
Isolation is .. increasingly part of a national psyche fueled by xenophobia
and arrogance .. I wonder if people realize just how casual we've become
about dehumanizing and demonizing people .. Isolation and intolerance are
a combustible mix on their own ..

...

It's because most Americans are today themselves more zombies than humans.

And the herd's been indoctrinated into a delusion they aren't zombies.



> <https://archive.is/vEOTL>
>
> .. Most Americans walk around like a bunch of zombies ..
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