Who really owns the money in your savings account?...

hint: it's not you.

I know this is a holiday weekend and readership will be low - as it should be.  Spending time with family and friends is important.  If you are lucky enough to have three days off, spend a wee bit of that time reading a few of the articles I've linked, and discussing your future with your family.  As with everything you read, do your own research and "trust but verify."

In our household we believe in being prepared.  No - we don't have a gazillion years of food put away and haven't built a bunker.  We do have a nice pantry and if we are snowed in or the electricity goes off for an extended period (both have happened), we will be cozy, fed, and - most importantly, we will have coffee.

But what's going to happen to the people who have only stocked up with three cans of beans and a twelve pack of toilet paper?  Have you ever seen a grocery store after a major weather event is forecast?  It takes no more than a few hours for the store shelves to be emptied.  Suppose this event continued for several weeks or even months?

There is no doubt in our minds that things are not going well in this country, which is an understatement.  Is the possibility of an economic meltdown inevitable, bringing with it widespread unrest and riots?  Frankly, I don't know. People who are hungry do crazy things.   What I do know is that we'll be ready because it's the prudent thing to do.



From: Global Research:

No Bank Deposits Will Be Spared from Confiscation

I challenge anyone to prove me wrong that confiscation of bank deposits is legalized daylight robbery

Bank depositors in the UK and USA may think that their bank deposits would not be confiscated as they are insured and no government would dare embark on such a drastic action to bail out insolvent banks.

Before I explain why confiscation of bank deposits in the UK and US is a certainty and absolutely legal, I need all readers of this article to do the following:

Ask your local police, sheriffs, lawyers, judges the following questions:

1) If I place my money with a lawyer as a stake-holder and he uses the money without my consent, has the lawyer committed a crime?

2) If I store a bushel of wheat or cotton in a warehouse and the owner of the warehouse sold my wheat/cotton without my consent or authority, has the warehouse owner committed a crime?

3) If I place monies with my broker (stock or commodity) and the broker uses my monies for other purposes and or contrary to my instructions, has the broker committed a crime?

I am confident that the answer to the above questions is a Yes!

However, for the purposes of this article, I would like to first highlight the situation of the deposit / storage of wheat with a warehouse owner in relation to the deposit of money / storage with a banker.
First, you will notice that all wheat is the same i.e. the wheat in one bushel is no different from the wheat in another bushel. Likewise with cotton, it is indistinguishable. The deposit of a bushel of wheat with the warehouse owner in law constitutes a bailment. Ownership of the bushel of wheat remains with you and there is no transfer of ownership at all to the warehouse owner.

And as stated above, if the owner sells the bushel of wheat without your consent or authority, he has committed a crime as well as having committed a civil wrong (a tort) of conversion – converting your property to his own use and he can be sued.

Let me use another analogy. If a cashier in a supermarket removes $100 from the till on Friday to have a frolic on Saturday, he has committed theft, even though he may replace the $100 on Monday without the knowledge of the owner / manager of the supermarket. The $100 the cashier stole on Friday is also indistinguishable from the $100 he put back in the till on Monday. In both situations – the wheat in the warehouse and the $100 dollar bill in the till, which have been unlawfully misappropriated would constitute a crime.

Keep this principle and issue at the back of your mind.

Now we shall proceed with the money that you have deposited with your banker.  READ THE REST

More:

Lord Monckton:   The dollar – and the USA – is toast

Peter Schiff:  2/3 of America to Lose Everything Because of This Crisis

SHTF Plan:   America’s Bubble Economy Is Going To Become An Economic Black Hole

Rolling Stone:  Everything Is Rigged: The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever

Family Security Matters:  The Cloward-Piven Plan to Destroy Governments

Obama...

our the commander in chief.

H/T Moonbattery 

BTW: Trey Gowdy was right! Lois Lerner to be hauled back to testify...

the Gods of truth are doing the happy dance.

From Politico:

Darrell Issa: Lois Lerner lost her rights

 
Trey Gowdy at his best!

Trifecta: Obamacare: A looming nightmare...(video)

have I mentioned the IRS will be overseeing your healthcare?

On a brighter note, over at Huff and Puff, of the over 7000 comments about Lois Lerner taking the 5th almost 100% of them are against Obama.  Now tell me again about his high approval ratings.  


I apologize for not answering comments and the lack of posts.  The overload of both my outside work, my three day work schedule, and the unending scandals has left me worn out and dispirited.  I believe Alinsky would call it "overloading the system."

I also apologize to those of you who have linked to me.  I never look at my statcounter anymore and really have no way of telling who is linking.  If you link to me, please let me know in the combox so you can be properly acknowledged. 

I think Odie, over at Woodsterman, has the right idea - he went fishing!  He's also celebrating his 4th blogoversary.  Head over and wish him well. 

I did, however, manage to get my tomatoes planted (see pic below.)  They look droopy because it's been raining all night and it's still drizzling.  More lettuce, kale, and spinach was planted, as well as radishes (radishai?) The eggplants are waiting patiently in the cold frame for planting next to the tomatoes.

Most of the tomatoes I started were heirloom San Marzano.  The rest were Beefsteak with a few Brandywine.  I added a store bought Super Sweet 100 cherry tomato and an Early Girl. 

The section of the garden to the right in front of the compost bins is for Roma beans, cucumbers, zucchini, yellow squash, and basil. 

The flower towers are built and will be planted (as soon as the rain stops) with the gazillion petunias already sitting in the barn.  The suckers have all been trimmed from the bases of the trees which just about killed my right leg.  I'm getting too old for all that up and down stuff and crawling around on the ground!

The moss bird for spring is made and hanging on the front door.

My favoritist special secret ingredient for great veggies and flowers?  Check out the last pic.




More:

Dad 29:   Think ObozoCare Mandates Good "Insurance"? Think Again!!

 Tomatoes...

The rest of the veggie garden...
 

 Flower towers waiting for flowers...

 A moss birdie to welcome you...

The secret ingredient?  

Chicken Poo!

Lois Lerner: "I have not done anything wrong. I have not broken any laws. I have not violated any IRS rules or regulations, and I have not provided false information to this or any other Congressional committee."...

other than that, she really doesn't have anything to say to the committee or the American people.  Thanks for taking time out of your very busy schedule to stop by, Lois.

Meanwhile:

 Under The Radar – Gang of Ocho Immigration Reform Advances While Everyone is Distracted….. (Must watch video)
 



More:

Michelle Malkin:   The Obama crony in charge of your medical records

Freedom Works:   It’s No Longer Obamacare — It’s IRScare

Before I plant those tomatoes, how about some Paul Ryan...

to start your day.

 "We had to run against his empty promises. Now we are seeing big government in practice. Now we are seeing the arrogance, the cronyism in practice in this second term. And that is even uglier than big government in theory. This is what is disturbing about this. We had a challenge to campaign against empty rhetoric, now the country is seeing what this kind of big unlimited government does in practice."

Dan Pfeiffer on the morning shows: "Where Obama was on 9/11/2012 is irrelevant"...

Disclaimer:  I never watch the talking heads on Sunday morning opting instead to shove bamboo sticks under my nails.

I will give Pfeiffer high marks for talking really, really fast without managing to say anything. 

When all else fails, Pfeiffer claims the "I'm offended" meme. 

Really?  I wonder how "offended" those 4 dead men are?

I'm going to go plant tomatoes. 

Wild Bill: How to wreck the military...

the libtards are doing a great job.

Rep. Mike Kelly Receives Standing Ovation at Ways & Means Hearing on IRS Scandal ...

I heard this and was cheering by the time he finished.

You will not take my country from me...

listen...





Gleefully stolen from Capitalist Preservation

I don't think this IRS thingy is going away...

no siree...

I just listened to Obama make a statement in which he expressed his "outrage."

Since Odumbo is always "being clear", allow me to be clear:

Do they really think the American people, even those on the left, are going to believe that a few "rogue" employees at the IRS decided all on their own to target conservatives?  Exactly what would the purpose be and what would they gain?  And are we also supposed to believe that these few "rogue" employees were never monitored by supervisors?

I don't believe that anyone is that stupid.

Meanwhile, while we're all embroiled in these ongoing revelations, what's going on with immigration?  


Obama's statement of outrage:

"I've reviewed the Treasury Department's watchdog report and the misconduct that it uncovered is inexcusable. It's inexcusable and Americans have a right to be angry about it and I am angry about it. I will not tolerate this kind of behavior in any agency but especially in the IRS given the power that it has and the reach that it has in all of our lives. And as I said earlier, it should not matter what political stripe you're from, the fact of the matter is that the IRS has to operate with absolute integrity. The government general has to conduct itself in a way that is true to the public trust, that's especially true for the IRS. So here's what we're going to do. First, we're going to hold the responsible parties accountable. Yesterday I directed Secretary Lew to follow up on the IG audit to see how this happened and who was responsible and to make sure that we understand all of the facts. Today Secretary Lew took the first step by requesting and accepting the resignation of the acting commissioner of the IRS because given the controversy surrounding this audit, it's important to institute new leadership that can help restore confidence going forward. Second, we're going to put in place safe guards to make sure this kind of behavior can't happen again and I have directed Secretary Lew to make sure the IRS implements the IG's recommendations right away. Third, we will work with Congress as it performs its oversight roll and our administration has to make sure that we are working hand-in-hand with Congress to get this thing fixed. Congress, Democrats and Republicans owe it to the American people to treat that authority with the responsibility it deserves and in a way that doesn't smack of politics or partisan agendas because I think one thing you've seen across the board is that everybody agrees what happened in as reported in the IG report is an outrage. The good news is it's fixable and it's in everybody's best interest to fix it. I'll do everything in my power to make sure nothing like this ever happens again by holding the responsible parties accountable, by putting in place new checks and new safe guards and going forward by making sure the law is applied as it should be in a fair and impartial way and we're going to have to make sure the laws are clear so that we can have confidence that they are enforced in a fair and impartial way and that there isn't too much ambiguity when it comes to these laws. That's what I expect, that's what the American people deserve and that's what we're going to do.

Time to haul out my favorite kitteh:

How to Wrap Your Extension Cord Like a Contractor...

I can do this now.

I originally saw the instructions over at The Art of Manliness.   It was all pictures and rather hard to follow.

I found the following video and in just over a minute he explains it and shows it perfectly.  The video is pretty jumpy (I think his son shot it and he was 10 years old at the time), but it's knowledge you can use.





For sound and video cable I recommend the over/under method of cord wrapping.

Hey, government workers: Did you think your lifetime health insurance was safe?...

look what's happening in Chicago.

I so knew this sort of thing was going to happen.  Bet they all voted for Obama.


From Second City Cop:

 City Retirees Moved to ObamaCare

Better start rethinking that retirement if you haven't already:

Chicago will phase out its 55 percent subsidy for retiree health care by January 2017 but continue that coverage for the oldest retirees, under a mayoral plan that will free taxpayers from a $108.7 million a year burden. Thirty thousand retired city employees will be forced to switch to Obamacare.

[...]More than 35,000 government retirees have been on pins and needles waiting to find out whether Mayor Rahm Emanuel will continue their city-subsidized health insurance after June 30, when a 10-year settlement agreement that calls for the city to share costs with retirees is due to expire.

They are not likely to be relieved when they find out how Emanuel has decided to resolve the politically volatile issue.  read the rest

John Boehner: Who's going to jail?...

will all those "low level" IRS employees be drawing straws to see who takes the fall?  

Boehner spoke at a Republican leader press conference this morning...

Trifecta: Who's responsible for the IRS targeting conservatives?...

not me, says Obama.