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Image | Our “As You Wish” Markets Have Reached the Cliffs of Insanity
Our “As You Wish” Markets Have Reached the Cliffs of Insanity
by Chris Martenson

In the classic fantasy rom-com The Princess Bride, the beautiful maid Buttercup orders the farm boy Westley to perform numerous tasks to test his servitude. No matter the magnitude of the request, Westley simply answers "As you wish" and makes it so. Buttercup eventually comes to view Wesley with similar devotion, and true love is born.

Similarly, investors have fallen back in love with the capital markets, whose continual response their increasingly irrational hopes has been "As you wish."

Our “As You Wish” Markets Have Reached the Cliffs of Insanity
 by Chris Martenson

In the classic fantasy rom-com The Princess Bride, the beautiful maid Buttercup orders the farm boy Westley to perform numerous tasks to test his servitude. No matter the magnitude of the request, Westley simply answers "As you wish" and makes it so. Buttercup eventually comes to view Wesley with similar devotion, and true love is born.

Similarly, investors have fallen back in love with the capital markets, whose continual response their increasingly irrational hopes has been "As you wish."

Image | Approaching Fire or Extreme Fire Alert
Approaching Fire or Extreme Fire Alert
by Mat Stein

[NOTE: This article is adapted from When Disaster Strikes: A Comprehensive Guide for Emergency Planning and Crisis Survival]

After living in the States off and on for several years, in 2008 Andrew and Mary Hall moved back to their home in Buxton, Australia so they could  be closer to their aging parents. It was a modest, three-bedroom, two-bath house with exterior walls of “mud brick” (adobe) that helped keep the home’s interior cool during the hot Australian summers. With large eaves, a metal roof, and adobe-style mud brick walls, many would consider their home to be reasonably fire-resistant, but its construction proved no match for the forces of nature that turned the neighboring towns of Buxton and Marysville into deadly infernos on Australia’s tragic “Black Saturday” on February 7, 2009.

Approaching Fire or Extreme Fire Alert
 by Mat Stein

[NOTE: This article is adapted from When Disaster Strikes: A Comprehensive Guide for Emergency Planning and Crisis Survival]

After living in the States off and on for several years, in 2008 Andrew and Mary Hall moved back to their home in Buxton, Australia so they could  be closer to their aging parents. It was a modest, three-bedroom, two-bath house with exterior walls of “mud brick” (adobe) that helped keep the home’s interior cool during the hot Australian summers. With large eaves, a metal roof, and adobe-style mud brick walls, many would consider their home to be reasonably fire-resistant, but its construction proved no match for the forces of nature that turned the neighboring towns of Buxton and Marysville into deadly infernos on Australia’s tragic “Black Saturday” on February 7, 2009.

Image | How to Cook with Hot Rocks
How to Cook with Hot Rocks
by JW

When stuck in the wilderness without your titanium cookset, or you find yourself in a pinch and need a hot meal, look to the skill of heating water and cooking with hot rocks to keep your water safe and prepare your food.

http://survival.outdoorlife.com/blogs/survivalist/2013/07/survival-skills-how-cook-hot-rocks

How to Cook with Hot Rocks
 by JW

When stuck in the wilderness without your titanium cookset, or you find yourself in a pinch and need a hot meal, look to the skill of heating water and cooking with hot rocks to keep your water safe and prepare your food.

http://survival.outdoorlife.com/blogs/survivalist/2013/07/survival-skills-how-cook-hot-rocks

Image | Get Ready for Rising Commodity Prices
Get Ready for Rising Commodity Prices
by charleshughsmith

The human mind seeks a narrative explanation of events, a story that makes sense of the swirl of life’s interactions.

The simpler the story, the easier it is to understand. Thus the simple stories are the most attractive to us.

But conspiracies and power groups do not always provide comprehensive explanations for what we observe.
Get Ready for Rising Commodity Prices
 by charleshughsmith

The human mind seeks a narrative explanation of events, a story that makes sense of the swirl of life’s interactions.

The simpler the story, the easier it is to understand. Thus the simple stories are the most attractive to us.

But conspiracies and power groups do not always provide comprehensive explanations for what we observe.
Image | How to Install Raised Garden Beds
How to Install Raised Garden Beds
by Adam Taggart

If you’ve been intending to become a gardener but aren’t quite sure yet how to get started, this how-to guide is for you.

It chronicles the steps that I successfully followed to put in my own garden this year, all while working hard on the PeakProsperity.com site and traveling frequently with Chris. From start to finish, it was a one-manpower project.

Hopefully this guide will give you the direction, inspiration, and confidence that you, too, can do this.
How to Install Raised Garden Beds
 by Adam Taggart

If you’ve been intending to become a gardener but aren’t quite sure yet how to get started, this how-to guide is for you.

It chronicles the steps that I successfully followed to put in my own garden this year, all while working hard on the PeakProsperity.com site and traveling frequently with Chris. From start to finish, it was a one-manpower project.

Hopefully this guide will give you the direction, inspiration, and confidence that you, too, can do this.
Image | Bill Black: The Banks Have Blood on Their Hands
Bill Black: The Banks Have Blood on Their Hands
by Chris Martenson

We invited Bill Black to return to explain whether the level of systemic risk due to fraud in our financial markets has improved or worsened since the dire situation he painted for us in early 2012. Sadly, it looks like abuse by the big players has only flourished since then.

In the U.S., our regulators have publicly embraced a "too big to prosecute" doctrine. We are restraining, underfunding, and dismantling regulatory oversight in the interest of short-term stability for the status quo. Which, as a criminologist, Black knows with certainty creates an environment where bad actors will act in their self-interest with assumed (and likely real, at this point) impunity.

Bill Black: The Banks Have Blood on Their Hands
 by Chris Martenson

We invited Bill Black to return to explain whether the level of systemic risk due to fraud in our financial markets has improved or worsened since the dire situation he painted for us in early 2012. Sadly, it looks like abuse by the big players has only flourished since then.

In the U.S., our regulators have publicly embraced a "too big to prosecute" doctrine. We are restraining, underfunding, and dismantling regulatory oversight in the interest of short-term stability for the status quo. Which, as a criminologist, Black knows with certainty creates an environment where bad actors will act in their self-interest with assumed (and likely real, at this point) impunity.

Image | How to Make Elderberry Syrup
How to Make Elderberry Syrup
by JW

Here is a quick tutorial on how to make elderberry syrup.

http://honest-food.net/2011/08/04/how-to-make-elderberry-syrup/

Check out other great tutorials and recipes from Hank Shaw if your get inspired or order his book: Hunt, Gather, Cook: Finding the Forgotten Feast for wonderful ideas on eating wild foods and preparing incredible dishes.

Also check out and join the conversation about harvesting and using elderberries here at PP: https://www.peakprosperity.com/discussion/82322/elderberries

How to Make Elderberry Syrup
 by JW

Here is a quick tutorial on how to make elderberry syrup.

http://honest-food.net/2011/08/04/how-to-make-elderberry-syrup/

Check out other great tutorials and recipes from Hank Shaw if your get inspired or order his book: Hunt, Gather, Cook: Finding the Forgotten Feast for wonderful ideas on eating wild foods and preparing incredible dishes.

Also check out and join the conversation about harvesting and using elderberries here at PP: https://www.peakprosperity.com/discussion/82322/elderberries

Image | Living Two Lives
Living Two Lives
by Chris Martenson

You know that something is very wrong.

Even if you ascribe to the recovery meme and ingest the current narrative that the economy is about to take off and that stocks and houses will once again make us all rich, you know deep down that the story of perpetual exponential growth has an ending.

Maybe not immediately, but someday, certainly, the doctrine of endless growth will have to end. And you know that in all likelihood it won't end on human terms, in a manner of our careful choosing, but on some other terms set by exhausted ecosystems and depleted resources interacting with our highly complex economic and financial systems.
Living Two Lives
 by Chris Martenson

You know that something is very wrong.

Even if you ascribe to the recovery meme and ingest the current narrative that the economy is about to take off and that stocks and houses will once again make us all rich, you know deep down that the story of perpetual exponential growth has an ending.

Maybe not immediately, but someday, certainly, the doctrine of endless growth will have to end. And you know that in all likelihood it won't end on human terms, in a manner of our careful choosing, but on some other terms set by exhausted ecosystems and depleted resources interacting with our highly complex economic and financial systems.
Image | What to Look For in Solar Generators
What to Look For in Solar Generators
by Chaz Peling

Solar generators capture the sun’s energy via solar panels, store that energy in a battery bank, and release it through an inverter to be used for standard AC power. That is the standard definition of a solar generator.

Based on this definition, the key elements to look for in solar generators are:

  • Battery storage capacity
  • Solar PV input
  • Inverter rating
  • Component quality
  • Portability
  • Balanced system design

In this article, we will explore these key elements and hopefully give you a better understanding of each element, how is fits into the overall performance of your system, and what to watch out for in the plethora of systems and choices out in the solar generator market these days.
What to Look For in Solar Generators
 by Chaz Peling

Solar generators capture the sun’s energy via solar panels, store that energy in a battery bank, and release it through an inverter to be used for standard AC power. That is the standard definition of a solar generator.

Based on this definition, the key elements to look for in solar generators are:

  • Battery storage capacity
  • Solar PV input
  • Inverter rating
  • Component quality
  • Portability
  • Balanced system design

In this article, we will explore these key elements and hopefully give you a better understanding of each element, how is fits into the overall performance of your system, and what to watch out for in the plethora of systems and choices out in the solar generator market these days.
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