End Of America? Birds Dropping Out Of The Sky?
Posted by michellemoquin on January 3rd, 2011
Good Morning. In mid December, Anonz first warned us about Brian Hunt, EIC of Stansberry Investment Advisory, and their scare tactics. Then about a week later Green chimed in commenting on some correspondence sent to him/her from Stansberry Investment Advisory. The correspondence was a segment from the “End Of America” series that Porter Stansberry released on video. And just yesterday Doug through a facebook friend sent me this exact video. I figured with all of this talk, a post on my blog was in order.
This is a 5 minute clip. The entire video is quite long, and if this whets your appetite to see it in its entirety, click here. Although I think 5 minutes of this BS is enough. But you tell me.
Readers: The rest of the video is basically all “text”, so for those of you who just have to see it all and would rather read than listen, go to www.endofamerica2.com. The video will immediately begin. Click in the middle of the screen to pause the video, then close the window. A small window will come up and it will ask you if you want to leave the page. Click “Cancel”. The video will disappear and will be replaced by text in an article format that you can read. At least that is what happened on my mac. However, I am not sure that it is a complete write of the entire video.
Oh, and what about these birds dropping out of the sky? For those of you interested in what Maz posted, here’s a video of Beebe, Arkansas:
I don’t think it is the end of America, but sadly it was the end of the lives of those birds. Blog me your thoughts if you have any to share.
Madaline: Take the next step. You have your orders. 21MRB
Nellie: Hahaha!! That is hilarious!!
Peace Out.
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Gratefully your blog host,
michelle
Aka BABE: We all know what this means by now :)
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January 3rd, 2011 at 9:32 am
Aging Gracefully
Valerie Ramsey
Looking young is a $60 billion a year industry — that’s $1,600 worth of hormone treatments, plastic surgery, skin creams and supplements for every retiree in the US.
But you don’t need to spend a lot of money to age gracefully — looking and feeling your best.
To help you start, Bottom Line/Retirement spoke with 69-year-old Valerie Ramsey, one of the most sought-after cover models in the country.
This grandmother of eight is the “centerpiece” for print ad campaigns for fashion and beauty magazines and has graced the runways at numerous fashion shows.
Ramsey is also a motivational speaker and has made regular appearances on the Today show, Fox Business News with Neil Cavuto and Extra.
She’s never hidden her age or tried to pretend her hair isn’t gray. Her “grace” is as much about feeling great and staying healthy as it is about maintaining her looks…
MY STORY
My life has unfolded in a reverse direction. Until my 50s, I was a stay-at-home mom raising six children.
Then, my husband and I moved cross-country to California, where I learned how to use a BlackBerry and a computer and got a job in public relations.
Not long afterward, I discovered that I had uterine cancer as well as a severe case of cardiomyopathy (a weak heart muscle).
I wasn’t ready to retire and become an old lady with medical problems. I’ve always had a sweet tooth and rarely exercised when I was younger. In fact, I was famous in my family for doing “vertical laps” in the pool — bobbing up and down.
But in the 1990s, I decided that I had to and would live a healthier lifestyle. I began nutritional and workout regimens and was able to beat the cancer and control my heart problem.
At age 63, a television producer I met liked my look and recommended me to a modeling agency. Out of the blue, the agency booked me to do a runway show in the Fairmont Hotel Grand Ballroom in San Francisco!
Standing backstage surrounded by 18-year-old waiflike models, I felt like Grandma Moses. What was I doing here?
But I also had a revelation — aging gracefully isn’t just about looking younger. That’s a losing battle with diminishing returns.
It’s about feeling younger, making the most of the time you have by becoming happier and more content with who you are.
It’s about choosing behaviors and attitudes that promote robust health. When you feel young inside, it creates a potent energy that bubbles out of you. Everyone notices it, and heads turn when you walk into a room. My secrets…
EATING WELL
Many of us fall into the trap of eating the same foods the majority of the time. So it’s easy to slip into eating habits you aren’t even aware of. Rules that I follow every day…
I drink an eight-ounce glass of water first thing in the morning, which helps me to rehydrate and wake up. (I drink a total of at least 64 ounces of water daily to hydrate my body and skin.)
At every meal I sit down — and eat slowly. Not only do I enjoy the food more this way, but I consume less.
I eat a big breakfast (half a grapefruit, one slice of whole-grain toast with butter and two scrambled eggs) or, at the very least, a snack within 45 minutes of waking,
a balanced lunch (turkey or chicken with a complex carbohydrate, such as sweet potatoes, and veggies or half a tuna sandwich on whole-grain bread) and a light dinner (salmon, tomatoes and vegetables)
by 7 pm. I also snack on fruit, especially apples, and protein drinks made with whey.
I never go longer than four hours without eating. Otherwise, I get too hungry and tend to overeat at the next meal.
I always opt for natural carbohydrates, the ones that come from the ground, such as rice, yams, sweet potatoes and beans… and whole-grain breads and cereals in moderation.
And when eating carbohydrates, I add some fat or protein. When you eat a carbohydrate by itself, you get a bloated-belly feeling.
EXERCISE
I think of working out as the secret weapon that provides me with the stamina for everything else I want to do in life.
I have a 30- to 45-minute routine every day that my daughter, who’s a personal trainer, prepared for me.
This includes 30 minutes on a treadmill or elliptical trainer followed by 15 minutes of weights for my shoulders, biceps and upper body.
To find an exercise regimen that works for you: Do something you like enough to stick with.
Try daily power-walking, join a class at your gym, play tennis, do Pilates. Or go back to what was fun when you were a kid, such as bicycling and/or swimming.
SLEEP
I try to get at least seven hours of uninterrupted sleep a night. Sleep is how your body repairs itself from the day’s activity.
Our bodies are a chemistry lab, not a bank account. When you shortchange your sleep patterns, you’re not only tired the next day — you’ve also lost out on critical healing.
COMMUNICATION
I look people in the eyes and smile when I talk to them. When you greet someone, focus on sending out positive energy, and this energy will translate through your own eyes. People will experience you as radiating warmth — and, yes, youth.
ATTITUDE
Think positively all the time. According to the National Science Foundation, we have more than 65,000 thoughts per day, nearly 95% of which are the same thoughts we had the day before.
We have the ability to create and shape our life experiences through our thoughts. This is essential for older people because it’s downright rejuvenating to believe that there is still plenty of time left to create positive experiences in life.
As you go through your daily exercise routine, practice turning every negative or fearful thought you have into a positive one. Examples…
You’re taking the car to the shop because you need new tires. Rather than dwell on how much they will cost, focus on how much easier and safer it will be to drive through snow and rain.
You are waiting for your spouse to come home so that you can go to a dinner party. You think, “I don’t want him to be late.”
Better: Turn the thought around and think, “I want him to be on time.” That small twist can alleviate a lot of tension when your spouse does arrive.
Other strategies…
Make a list of your best qualities and stick it on your mirror to read while you brush your teeth.
When someone compliments you, thank him and believe what he said.
Turn confrontations into positive experiences.
Example: If a situation erupts during a conversation, you can calm the other person down without speaking a word.
How: Imagine a band of gold light beaming down on the other person’s head.
Keep the imagined stream of light steady as you listen when the other person speaks (or yells). The person will feel you relax, and that will diffuse his own tension.
ON COSMETIC PROCEDURES
I favor only minimally invasive, outpatient procedures with board-certified doctors. This prevents you from spending enormous amounts of money and from winding up with an unnatural, plastic look.
I personally have had treatment on my face to remove skin cancer and sun damage… photorejuvenation, a treatment performed with a cool-tip laser that reduces fine lines and age spots and stimulates collagen production… and copper bromide laser treatments to repair broken blood vessels and sun damage.
Retirement interviewed Valerie Ramsey, coauthor with her daughter Heather Hummel of Gracefully: Looking and Being Your Best at Any Age (McGraw-Hill).
She was public relations manager for the Pebble Beach Golf Resort, Pebble Beach, California, and is currently a fashion model represented by agencies in San Francisco and New York. http://www.valerieramsey.com.
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:48 am
He was taken aback at such a looker waving to him. Unable to place her, he said,”Sorry, do you know me?
She replied, “I may be mistaken, but I think you might be the father of one of my children.”
His mind shot back to the one and only time he had been unfaithful. “Holy shit,” he said.
“Are you that stripper from my bachelor party who I screwed on the pool table in front of All my friends while your girlfriend whipped me with wet celery?”
“NO,” she replied, “I’m your son’s teacher.”
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I know, I’ve told it before. But I just love it.
Here’s a make up. – – What do tight pants and a cheap motel have in common?
Answer tomorrow.
Bob
January 3rd, 2011 at 10:13 am
It is astonishing how easy it is to scare people into investing in things that are and become even more inflated value wise because of panic buying.
Add in a little racial tinge no matter how ridiculous the assertion it will be believed because of the built in racial bigotry towards the race and you can make a fortune off the fools.
Dave
January 3rd, 2011 at 10:20 am
Michelle, you are simply highlighting food for the greedy. If the investor wasn’t so greedy in the first place, he might stop to think about what he is being sold.
But greed deafens him to any common sense that make be sounding an alarm.
Add a touch of you are better than the other guy because of your race, and the con is on.
Normally I would say let the get fleeced. But their collective buying power affects the price I will have to pay for the item.
Hence I have to pay an inflated price for gold, bread, or any other thing that the fool has been tricked into hoarding.
All the while the sellers are getting filthy rich on the inflated prices.
I will agree again with you. We were warned by your Anonz. Too bad we don’t listen to the messenger if we don’t like or are jealous of his female loyalty.
Ahh, what is one to do?
Libby
January 3rd, 2011 at 12:42 pm
Michelle, by brother and I were outside the day before those birds started to fall. The air around us got so thick one time we had to go inside. Birds migrate through here all the time but none ever fell out of the sky before.
The young people here go into the big town for fun. We often talk about the strange faces we see only once or twice without seeing how they came to town.
Gene said that the day the birds fell from the sky he was outside and he felt a sensation crawl up his neck along the side of his right ear. He said he felt like his body was trying to hear something he couldn’t hear.
Paula
January 3rd, 2011 at 12:47 pm
When the government people came out to ask about the birds. They were more interested in what we heard and seen before and after the birds fell.
Jess said he though the saw black planes racing across the sky but they made no noise.
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