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Category Archives: Survival Skills
Pension Fund Raids, as a DIYer, you know about cause and effect, watch as it happens!
Did you read about the Airlines pension funds defaulting? Study the basic mechanics! No doubt you watched your retirement fund lose a lot of prudent investments as the Government literally stole your position by offering people dirt cheap loans (printed money). … Continue reading
Posted in Survival Skills, Things I Hate!
Tagged Obama raids Pension funds, Pension fund raids
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Magic Hot Springs Idaho, a lesson about the Value of “Hands On” knowledge in Alternative Energy.
Maybe you remember my Introduction to Jack Belk and his story about Magic HOT Springs Idaho? It was a perfect example of smart men doing really dumb things, or at least really dumb according to my standards. Since Jack’s original … Continue reading
Cargo Cult COP
this is worth your time…. So many modern-day men take the advice of Witch Doctors. Monckton, Morano, Nova, and many more work tirelessly to expose those who attempt to bend science for money, power, and influence. As you watch this … Continue reading
Lessons Learned this week in the Mountains, and news of the next bad investment in Delaware
Some of the best thinking I do is in the Mountains. This last trip was a special one. I’ve had more than 30 years to observe the animals and the plants up here and I’m just beginning to know what … Continue reading
Email of the day, what can we learn? 9/27/11
An email follows and there are many I receive that are most similar to this one.. perhaps the Author will be angry when he sees it here, but I have deleted some specifics and changed his name. Hey George, To … Continue reading
Reinventing Collapse, by Dmitry Orlov
Utterpower’s Sunday Morning Book Review The following is more ‘thinking out loud’. Consider adding your thoughts, simply keep scrolling down to the comment box. As many of us watch our Government attempt to print it’s way out of a huge mess, we DIYers attempt … Continue reading
The door to our future was left open today, I saw our future!
A proper title… “Why you should invest in Solar?” I encourage you to view President Obama’s News Conference July 15th 2011, and measure his words carefully. Among the many statements he made today was an important key to understanding your future. But first, take a … Continue reading
Reality is, the EPA is working overtime to increase your energy costs.
Is it time to invest in Solar? As we attempt to ‘read the tea leaves’ and anticipate the future, shouldn’t we take note of how our Government is morphing into something new? Lisa Jackson of the EPA is an activist.. … Continue reading
A valuable lesson learned
It was 1991 and I had a pocket full of cash. I wanted to buy a car for my wife, and having been married for a while I knew better than to tell her what car she wanted. We looked through … Continue reading
Posted in Survival Skills, UtterPower Articles
Tagged critical thought., ford, Ford Explorer, salesmen, selling
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