November 17, 2011, SEBASTOPOL – True political power has been demonstrated by a popular movement for the first time since the 1970s. #Occupy got the full attention of The Powers That Be… and it frightened them.

November 2, 2001, SEBASTOPOL – Major evolutions are happening quickly. Rubicons are being crossed, sometimes by the day, sometimes by the hour. Opportunities to nurture the change of consciousness and strengthen Post Petroleum Human’s place in the increasing Babel of confusion, chaos and collapse present themselves and withdraw faster than Henry the Hummingbird can drain a jasmine blossom.

It means that a New World Order is preparing to debut itself. And it has spared no expense in planting well-financed seeds to make us all terrified of it and worried about things it has neither the intention nor capability of doing. But it is coming, and with it comes the next difficult challenge in collapse.

I suppose that most of us can relate to a parent or an aunt, uncle or grandparent risking and taping into their own sterling credit rating to bail out a wayward child with an astonishing record of irresponsibility and fraudulent, criminal behavior. And I think all of us can relate to that elder reaching a point where the errant progeny is left to face the consequences of their actions by themselves.

New York survived Irene, but why isn't anyone celebrating and chanting USA for this reprieve? Mike discusses this and the change of the current collective spirit. 

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Mike discusses his encounter with snakes in the grass at his house and the parallels of this experience with the world we are living in

Mike discusses what felt like the most intense week in his long career.  He also welcomes two insightful Australians to The Lifeboat Hour this week.

The current global social and economic collapse we are witnessing right now was accurately predicted by MCR in April of 2011.  In this video he provides further analysis on the current accelerated unraveling of the global economic paradigm.

MCR's Member Only EMERGENCY ACTION ALERT from April 8th, 2011 predicted the global market turmoil we are seeing right now.  Mike said that there would be no way to continue hiding the economic collapse by the end of July.  In the early days of August we now see global markets tanking.