Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for March 01, 2020

Some friends are buying gold for the apocalypse. Smart ones buying lead.

Do they own that cave? Is it stocked with the supplies they need like spare glasses?

The lucky few to survive the coronovirus

My financial planner isn’t returning my calls this week…

I thought the Economic Apocalypse involved storming Costco.

Not as bad as ‘26, yet, but Bonespurs and compatriots are still working on it.

I’m on Social Security. No matter what happens, I’m screwed.

So long as it’s all make-believe, and no-one gets hurt …

News flash for Al. In the event of an economic collapse of this magnitude, the megafauna would be driven to extinction before the supplies of rifle ammo were exhausted. Teaching how to set snares for birds and small mammals may be less marketable, but the students might actually survive. And yes, I’m going with a different financial planner.

Check Venezuela today to find out how a complete economic meltdown actually works. Zimbabwe, Hungary and Germany have also provided historic examples.

The cartoon seems more about a Carrington event aftermath in which no electronics work for a long time, which would cause more massive problems than the loss of paper wealth (not that the loss of paper wealth wouldn’t be massively disruptive; just that it wouldn’t require Stone Age prepping).

We country folk are prepared for when those city folk come over the hill looking for free food, etc.

Beans, Bullets & BandAids

Either that spearhead is exceptionally sharp or Al is extremely strong.

If you’ve ever seen the “sold out” signs on the ammunition counters, you know the apocalypse won’t take us hunters and bi-athletes back to spears.

I’m glad my dad taught me how to fish, what wild plants to eat, bricklaying, carpentry, plumbing, welding, etc.. he lived thru the hard times growing up in NC. Walking or donkey was the mode of transportation. Specialization has created a class that can’t take care of themselves if the system crashes. Not saying it will be that bad or happen, just be prepared.

Wonder how much stock Warren Buffett is buying right now.

I don’t know if I should be horrified that I laughed at the comic, or horrified that I actually may need to go to the training camp?

Here come the Zombies!

Cue the “Thriller” music.

Oooh, those Zombies is Funky!

Paleo Diet training camp?

We are all just little cogs, irrevelent to infinity and interdependent on each other for our infinitesimal time upon the world’s stage. In this short time….ask not for whom the bell told it tolls for thee.

They’re preparing for the economic collapse that is inevitably coming, by practicing hunting for food. The implication is that the collapse will be so bad we’ll go back to “caveman days.”

Choosing a financial planner takes a little investigation before one selects. Does FP live conservatively or flash, own a car or lease, vacation at cottage or resort more than once a year? Does FP recommend a mix of conservative and risky buys. And most importantly, does FP have a solid record for riding market drops and rises or is it hit or miss? The last item is like baseball stats: too many misses gets you benched.

Everything was OK until last week when Trump was still in charge of the Stock Market. Now that the Democrats have genetically engineered the Corona Virus and set it loose in China for the purpose of killing millions of people solely for the political intent of making Trump look bad, the Stock Market losses are their fault.

When the market recovers, it will be 100% the doing of Trump. After all he’s such a great financial genius the market recovered from the 2008 crash years before he even took office.

So take the administration’s advice. Turn off your TV. Do not listen to the CDC who is now under a gag order from Trump. The CDC is not allowed to make ANY public statements on the Corona Virus unless they are approved by Vice President Pence who is right on top of the situation while fund raising in Florida.

“Don’t worry, be happy.” VOTE GOP 2020.

It’s actually more realistic if it’s rats and rabbits, not deer.

All righty then, is the economic apocalypse to be caused by the Coronavirus 2019 or by the confusion caused by the debates with so many shouting democrats?

I find if money experts are calling for an apocalypse it just means they want me to trust them with my money. Frankly, I am not interested in paying for their mistresses mansions with my savings.

I’m not worried about the financial apocalypse. i’m in the high risk group with underlying conditions that the corona virus will kill off. To the survivors… you might want to consider that if the virus stays true to form and kills off mainly those with underlying conditions it should greatly reduce the proportion of society who are too sick to work, thereby reducing the burden on the welfare system, and kill off the elderly so that should bring about a faster transfer of inherited wealth, while reducing the amount of money the government pension plan pays out.

We all know that, in Real Life, Al would have missed the cutout completely and they’d all be standing around arguing about which parts of that Guernsey he did hit are the Prime Rib and Filet Mignon.

The life of the remaining forests will be quickly stripped, then mass death or cannibalism will ensue.