A mass default happened during the 2008 financial crisis and it was fairly orderly. The banks kept the assets.
Yeah a mass declaration of bankruptcy or a mass default on debt might work, though that would allow the banks to keep all the property tied to the debt.
That would require people to actually have savings first. The only way to cripple the system now is to cut expenses to the bone and pay down debt (destruction of credit). Perhaps we can starve it out.
The light source is pointed at the ball in a straight line. I don't know what else you want me to do. The sun's light is always on the earth and the moon.
I didn't make this animation, but it shows the relationship between the position of the moon and the moon's cycle. In this animation, the sun is on the left. You will see the earth rotate quickly (24 hour period), while the moon revolves slowly (about 1 month) it's why the moon's reflection is predictable and changes slowly each day.
I don't think so. The time of day or night has nothing to do with the shape of the moon's reflection. It is all about where the moon is in its path around the earth (which is why the cycle takes about a month to complete).
I don't pay much attention to the sky. I've seen a "blood moon" which I think was close to sunset. I can't remember if I've seen a crescent moon at sunrise, but I don't know what's special about it.
Nope, took a photo in my garage of the ball.
Unfortunately I'm not able to draw in 3d. But you hopefully begin to see how the earth could find itself "behind" the moon at an angle like the photo of the ball.
I'm not going to call myself a great artist or anything but here's a simplified diagram of how your perspective relative to the moon changes how much of the reflection you can see. https://imgur.com/a/hkWd2MG
Obviously looking at it from different angles is how you see full, 3/4, 1/2, and 1/4 reflections on a sphere. This should inform your perspective of how you see the moon at different positions in it's revolution around the earth. Not sure why the Earth's rotation or your position relative to the equator would have anything to do with it.
Here you go. https://imgur.com/a/4Nx5OId
When Putin was asked by Carlson who is making the decisions in the US, he responded that he didn't know. Lol
Hey did you watch the Tucker Carlson interview with Mr. Putin? What did you think about it? I wish we had politicians who could speak plainly and rationally like your president.
Fascinating. I had heard Putin's reasoning before when he first sent in troops to Ukraine, but it's still a great interview. Most of what he's saying rings true, especially the bits about how he has tried for 20 years to cooperate with the US but repeatedly was pushed away. His sincerity is plain to see.
The tax laws are insane here, so most regular people that live here don't even understand them. But I will add that if you're a wage earner, the business you work for is responsible for sending the taxes to the government every paycheck, so it is automatically deducted before you receive the check, all you get to decide is what percentage they send. It is also required to pay taxes on a lot of things, like private sales for cash, but no one reports cash transactions. It's why people are afraid of a cashless electronic currency, because it will close the possibility of unreported private sales.
If you own a small business or make a lot of money on investments the government expects you to send in tax money every 3 months, based on your estimated earnings.
The idea of a "tax return" in America is that the government expects everyone to overpay their taxes throughout the year, then file a tax return form to claim the amount that was overpaid. In this sense, the excess taxes are returned to the worker (without interest, of course!).
Many do not play this game and will underpay taxes so they owe at the end of the year, but if you owe too much there is a penalty fee.
I'm not sure how all of this relates to your questions about the plane. Gifts over 10,000 are taxed. But I don't think this ownership transfer has anything to do with taxes. I think she wants to fly in a private jet without being tracked, so instead of owning a jet officially tied to her name, she has made arrangements to fly in secret on planes she does not own, but has access to in every way. This is guesswork on my part.
Half a grand in traffic violations is just one traffic violation these days.
We could be months away from hyperinflation at this point. I just bought 4 d-cell batteries and it cost me $18. That seems crazy to me. The "value box" at Taco Bell is now $10, up from $5. The currency has already been devalued beyond saving, we're just waiting for the final 1% of its worth to vanish.
I think that's precisely how they calculated it. They're alive, therefore they didn't die in the holocaust.
That was the moment where he changed from software billionaire to super villain bent on destroying the world population.
There's some phenomenon there, but how are you concluding it's electromagnetic waves? In my experience, electromagnetism is mostly invisible and intangible, except for the narrow band of visible light we can see. Those look like some kind of high pressure waves (waves of denser air) that is distorting the light passing through them. I don't know how they could be caused or if it's natural or man-made.
It's hilarious that they always forget Lincoln was Republican.
I read the book when the link to the documentary style interview was posted in here a few weeks ago. I was also aware of the central banking system's follies, as a light shined on them during the 2008 great financial crisis and I've tried to keep an eye on it ever since. Still, after reading the book it sent me into a depression that lasted a few days, to the point where I turned down a promotion at work because the realization hit me that all the extra effort it would take is likely to be stolen from me.
Anyway, there are levels of protection you can invest in, depending on your commitment level, but I'm not convinced that anyone could isolate themselves from an event like The Great Taking describes. There is no way to navigate this without huge risk.
At a minimum, keeping some non-perishable food in the pantry and some method of storing or purifying water is cheap insurance against bad times. It can be done even if you live in a city.
The most important thing you can do right now is get out of debt. If you can't pay off your debts you should consider downsizing. Any loans tied to debt will be called in and the assets will be confiscated when you're unable to pay (because there is no money in a deflationary depression).
If you live below your means, buy some PM's now. Buy physical silver if you have a little excess savings, or physical silver and gold if you have a lot of excess savings. It's easier to think of PM's as real money that you're trading devalued fiat currency for. Think carefully about how and where you will store them. Do not buy paper gold or rent gold in a custodial vault - those will not be there when you need them. If you have a big savings account at a bank, start thinking about what to do with it and how to get it out of the bank. When the banks fail, you will lose all savings.
I got out of the markets completely after 2008 and missed the last 15 year bull run, so take my advice at your peril. However, this time it seems they are poised to pull the rug on securities. If I was still in the markets, I would liquidate any positions I still held now.
From here, the commitment level gets higher. I'm talking about buying enough land to support yourself, should it come to that. Learning the skills, having the tools needed to grow a successful garden is where the rubber meets the road in terms of long term survival. You'd need to carefully pick the location, away from the cities, in a community of like-minded folks and put some roots down with your neighbors.
This is the level where tangible assets and skills are everything. You can build a homestead/farm with everything you need, but it takes YEARS to do this. It's a lifestyle commitment and it has to be something you really want. Many people have tried to live the country lifestyle and couldn't make it work.
Personally, I plan to keep going as long as I can in the city and hope for for the best.
Video appears to be heavily edited.
Pretty entertaining video, simplified enough for the average viewer.