LINDA FAYE MITCHELL - OBITUARY

Linda Faye Mitchell,  age 70 of Ardmore, AL died Sunday, December 9, 2018 at Athens-Limestone Hospital, Athens, Alabama. She was born Saturday, October 30, 1948 in Athens, AL, and she was the daughter of the late Alex Louie Turner and Pearlie Ann Nalley Turner.

She was preceded in death by one daughter, Donna Jo Mitchell of Ardmore, Al, brothers, David Turner, and Buddy Turner.

She was survived by one daughter, Wendy Thornton, Ardmore, Al. brother, Howard Turner, Fayetteville, NC, sisters, Elizabeth Smith, Elkton, TN, Susie Haggard, Toney, AL, Nancy Haggard, Toney, AL, grand children, Anthony Hicks, Elkmont, AL, Kabrina Key, Elkmont, AL.

A visitation will be held on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at Ardmore Chapel Funeral Home, from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM.

A service will be held on Thursday, December 13, 2018 at Ardmore Chapel Funeral Home, at 11:00 AM with Bro. Daniel Smith officiating. Burial will be in Gatlin Cemetery, Ardmore, AL.

ROBERT LEE KING - OBITUARY

Robert Lee King, Jr., 70, of Ardmore, AL died Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at his residence. Born Monday, December 15, 1947 in Elkmont, AL, he was the son of Robert Lee King, Sr. and Mable Davis King. Mr. King was the owner and operator of King's Hardware for over 33 years. He served over 7 years in the Air Force and had one tour in Vietnam. He was a member of First National Bank Community Board, Trustee for Pettusville Cemetery and past president of American Legion/Ardmore Post. He also enjoyed collecting toy trains.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Lonnie King, David King and Ricky King.

He is survived by his wife, Joan King, Ardmore, AL, son, Andrew (Serra Thomas) King, Elkmont, AL; daughter, Kim (Devin) Claunch, Ardmore, AL; brothers, James Calvin (Pattsy) King, Elkmont, AL; Bill King, Toney, AL and Roger King, Ardmore, TN; sisters, Martha (Vernon) Thomas, Elkmont, AL; Kathy (Deverl) Nave, Toney, AL and Renee Wales, Ardmore, AL; grandaughters, Carly Elizabeth King and Anika Ellise McKinley; several nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.

Public Visitation will be held on Saturday, December 8, 2018 at Ardmore Chapel Funeral Home, Ardmore, Alabama from 4:00 PM until 9:00 PM.

A Funeral Service will be held on Sunday, December 9, 2018 at Ardmore Chapel Funeral Home, Ardmore, AL, at 2:00 PM with Mike Davis and Bro. Steve Hargrove officiating. Burial will be in Pettusville Cemetery, Elkmont, AL.

In lieu of flowers the family request donations be made to Ardmore Veterans Museum, %Kenneth Crosson, 22045 Austin Whitt Road, Ardmore, Tn 38449.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT....IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO READ DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

We have the left media, we have the right media but there are other points of views still ... what do you think?

Since the beginning of this year, I have been warning that trade tariffs initiated by Donald Trump would develop into a full-blown trade war with China, and perhaps other nations, and that the timing of this trade war is rather suspicious. Suspicious how? Almost every instance of further escalation was made by Trump around the exact time that the Federal Reserve was also making a large cut to its balance sheet or raising interest rates. Instead of focusing on the fact that extreme volatility has returned to markets because central banks are pulling the plug on life support, the mainstream media is holding up the trade war as the ultimate culprit behind the accelerating crash.

In other words, Trump's trade war is acting as a perfect distraction from the crisis which the banking establishment has now deliberately triggered.
The initial response to my suggestion by a minority of liberty movement activists and skeptics was outright denial. Some people argued that the trade war would be over before it even began and that China would immediately capitulate in fear of losing the U.S. consumer market. Others argued that the trade war "had been started by the Chinese years ago" and Trump was simply "fighting back."

Clearly, the trade war is not fading away as many wrongly assumed. As I predicted, it is only continuing to grow. And the notion that a trade war is necessary at this time in defense of the U.S. economy ignores certain realities. For example, the trade deficit itself was never "theft" by the Chinese, but a trade between the Chinese and the U.S. government and U.S. corporations. In exchange for the Chinese and other trade partners using the dollar as the world reserve currency (and petro-currency), U.S. elites have arranged a deficit advantage for China. One could also add China's cheap labor and low cost manufactured goods as part of that trade as well.
While the American working class got the short end of the stick in this deal, the government and the corporate cabal certainly benefited.

Now, if Trump had pressured corporations to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. in order to reap the rewards of his tax cuts, tariffs after the fact might make a little more sense. With production back on U.S. soil we would have more economic stability to weather future crisis events. Instead, Trump gave corporations a tax cut for nothing. And instead of using that extra capital to innovate or add value to the real economy, companies used the money to continue artificially propping up their own stock prices through stock buybacks.

It should be obvious to most people at this point that Trump has no intention of "winning" the trade war. As I noted just after the G-20 conference and the dinner negotiations with China:
"Of course, the outcome is being touted by both sides as a "win," but it is clear that the goal was to head fake the public rather than actually resolve trade disputes. Will the 90-day delay be seen as "good for markets?" Possibly. Though, the housing market, auto market, and credit markets will continue to crash as they have been for the past few months. I expect this development might buy stocks another week of rest, but little else. As the next Fed meeting approaches this month and it becomes clear that they intend to continue hiking rates into 2019, the false optimism will fade. I also expect that negotiations with China will fall apart yet again well before the 90-day delay is over..."

This is exactly what has happened, though the G-20 honeymoon ended even faster than I imagined.
The arrest of Chinese CFO of Huawei Technologies, Meng Wanzhou, has immediately destroyed any possibility of diplomatic negotiations going forward. The 90 day "truce" set apparently by verbal agreement during G-20 is likely over mere days after it started. National Security adviser and CFR ghoul John Bolton admitted in an interview with NPR that he was aware that Canada was preparing to arrest Meng at the request of the U.S. while he was eating grilled sirloin with the Chinese. The claim that Trump was not aware of the situation, to me, sounds absurd.

The detainment of Meng comes with a host of significant potential consequences. First, as noted the trade truce is likely dead on arrival. Second, the possibility of further escalation of tariffs is much higher (U.S. farmers should not expect a reprieve anytime soon). Third, there is a chance that China will retaliate by snatching up U.S. corporate representatives. This is a development I realize the average liberty activist could not care less about, but the average American will see such actions as a slight by the Chinese against the U.S. as a whole. Thus, the false East/West paradigm is further entrenched in the American mindset.

If this trend continues, the trade war will eventually expand into a war on the U.S. dollar itself, and when it does, the U.S. will suffer the worst fiscal crisis in its history. Without the world reserve status of the dollar as well as continued foreign investment in U.S. debt, what's left of our economy will disintegrate, and I believe this is part of the plan.

Meng's arrest is a deliberately engineered "linchpin." I have written extensively in past articles on DARPA's "linchpin theory," which is a kind of propaganda exercise more than a theory. According to DARPA, overly complex systems invite growing instability, and like a chain of dominoes, the smallest part of that system could be knocked over by a minor event causing a chain reaction that ends in total collapse.
Of course, this is a misrepresentation of reality. Complex systems do not invite instability, they create redundancy, making the system stronger and more resistant to disasters. Instability is actually caused by oversimplification of a system; that is to say, centralization is the true cause of large-scale crisis. As we have seen time and time again with globalism, the more economically interdependent and centralized the world becomes, the more vulnerable each nation is to the calamities of other nations.
DARPA loves centralization and is certainly not going to point a finger at it as the cause of global distress. And so they have created a scapegoat of decentralization through linchpin theory.
Linchpin theory also asserts another lie — the lie that most disasters are a product of "random chance." The problem is that the only way that linchpin theory works is if disasters are created through conspiracy, not coincidence.

A system must be purposely weakened over time to the point that any crisis will translate into a collapse of the entire edifice. Central banks have done this quite expertly through the use of debt-based bubbles, followed by fiscal tightening into economic weakness. When you build up an economy like a great Jenga tower and begin pulling the most vital pieces in a calculated manner, eventually it's going to come crashing down.

So which piece represents the supposed "linchpin" in our system today? Well, any piece might do the trick, but the arrest of a Chinese corporate executive (which the Chinese will consider hostage taking) at the very onset of a fragile trade truce is an excellent catalyst and also an excellent distraction.
In my article 'The Everything Bubble: When Will It Finally Crash?' published in September, I predicted that:
"The Fed’s neutral rate efforts suggest a turning point in late 2018 to early 2019. Balance sheet cuts are expected to increase at this time, which would also expedite a crash in existing market assets. The only question is how long can corporations sustain stock buybacks until their own debt burdens crush their efforts? With such companies highly leveraged, interest rates will determine the length of their resolve. I believe two more hikes will be their limit.
If the Fed continues on its current path the next stock crash would begin around December 2018 into the first quarter of 2019."

The timing of the arrest of Meng coincided perfectly with the Fed's expanded balance sheet cuts. The fed has now shifted from $30 billion per month to $50 billion per month in dumped assets. The Fed is also set to raise interest rates to meet the neutral rate of inflation this month. This is something that has not happened in decades. And corporate stock buybacks are dying in the last quarter of 2018, as the cost of borrowing to prop up equities is now too high. In response, stock markets are beginning to plunge, and this time there will be no significant bounce back because without Fed stimulus or buybacks, there is nothing left to keep things afloat.

To reiterate, the trade war is hitting a nexus, a point of extreme escalation just as the central bankers are about to kill the U.S. economy by tightening into economic weakness. The Meng snafu will be used by the mainstream media to draw the public's attention away from central bank activities and toward the trade war. Everything Trump is doing is helping the banks to hide their culpability for the crash.
Why do the banking elites want a crash in the U.S.? There are numerous reasons and gains to be had. For an in-depth explanation, I recommend my article 'The Economic End Game Explained.' To summarize, globalists are setting the stage for what they often refer to as the "global economic reset." This reset is essentially a major crisis event which will be exploited by globalists to centralize the system even further, into a one world currency and one world economy, governed by the banking elites through institutions like the IMF and the BIS.

The U.S. economy and the U.S. dollar must be diminished in order for this to happen. And with conservatives supposedly "in control" of the U.S. government and the U.S. economy at the time of the crash, guess who is slated to get the blame? I'll give you a hint: Not the central bankers...
In the meantime, the globalists hope that the majority of the world will buy into the fallacy of linchpin theory. They hope everyone will blame decentralization and "complexity" instead of centralization and over-simplicity in the system. And it is certainly possible that the hijacking of a Chinese corporate official will be held up as the domino that started the collapse.

To truth and knowledge,

Brandon Smith

LOOK WHO HEAVEN SENT

On this day at 1:22 pm, Joseph and Eryn Mitchell welcomed their beautiful angel, Joanna Elizabeth Mitchell. She weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces and is 20 inches.  She will charm everyone who sees her, including big brother Jayson. The very happy grandparents are Joey and Christie Swanner of Elkmont and Tim Mitchell and Marcy Nash of Elkmont.

 

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT....IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO READ DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

 We have the left media, we have the right media but there are other points of views still ... what do you think? 

"The immune system." Boy, how often do we hear this term? Contrary to what is commonly believed, our immune system becomes stronger the more we are exposed to sickness. American Indians died like flies when they were first exposed to common European diseases. They had no resistance or immunity.
If we are healthy, it matters not how many sick people we go around. If it did, all doctors would be dead in the first "flu season." If there were any such thing as a truly contagious disease, everyone on earth would have been dead centuries ago. Theoretically, a so-called contagious disease should kill everyone, but we know that this does not happen. People get sick and die with the flu and pneumonia not because they "caught the germ" but because they "develop" sickness due to the buildup or accumulation of toxins over time. Lack of movement, lack of deep breathing, and lack of sunshine aggravates this. "Flu shots" help toxemia as much as witchcraft does. Protection of life can never come from injecting death.

Yet every year as the sneezy-wheezy-sniffle season approaches, the media suffuses the airwaves with advice to "get a flu shot" and synthetic drugs that purport to relieve the "common cold." Yet viruses won't be able to invade your system if it's supercharged by the right diet and plenty of exercise. If you do get a cold, stay far away from those over-the-counter cold remedies. None of them can cure a cold, and they can have side effects that just add to your misery. Go natural — better for your body and no side effects.
A general principle to follow when ailing with a cold or flu is drink up. Fluids help thin mucus and break up congestion. They also fight dehydration that causes headaches and fatigue. Sip a hot beverage like non-caffeinated tea, lemon water or warm broth. Not only is it comforting to your spirits, it soothes a sore throat, loosens congestion and fights fatigue.
However, not all fluids are good for you when you're sick with a cold or flu. Here are some drinks to avoid:

• Alcohol — Causes dehydration and worsens symptoms like headache and nausea... also lowers resistance to infection.
• Coffee or other caffeinated drinks — Coffee, sodas, and caffeinated tea contribute to dehydration.
• Ginger ale — Natural ginger has some benefits, but the sugary carbonated version doesn't help... put some ginger in a mug of hot tea instead.
• Sports/energy drinks — Stay away from the sugar-filled ones, and avoid caffeinated ones. If you can find one with taurine and vitamin B-12, then you're in the clear.

While you may not have much appetite when sick, your body needs fuel for strength to fight off the ailment and recover. Foods that go easy on the stomach and are easy to swallow provide needed nourishment and can help relieve some of the discomfort. Here are some comfort foods that help:

• Chicken soup — Grandma was right. Evidence shows that chicken soup actually does work wonders on a cold. It speeds loosening mucus, helps prevent dehydration, and provides protein to restore and strengthen your immune system. Store-bought chicken broth is not as effective as homemade chicken soup.
• Honey — Add it to your tea to suppress coughing and soothe a sore throat.
• Ginger — Helps fight inflammation, curb nausea and relieve stomach aches.
• Garlic — Loosens congestion.
• Oatmeal — Easy on the tummy and strengthens your body's immune system.
• Bananas — Go down easy even with an upset stomach.
• Applesauce — Easy-to-swallow treat rich with flavonoids and anti-inflammatory agents, especially if the skin is left in.
• Oranges — Full of vitamin C and flavonoids (rich in antioxidants)
• Sweet potatoes — Microwaved or roasted, sweet potatoes are a great source of beta carotene, which the body converts into vitamin A to strengthen your immune system.

Food is indeed going to be your best medicine. Patent "medicines" from the drugstore are one of the greatest deceptions of our time. They are products of advertising — very sophisticated and expensive advertising. What do patent medicines do for their buyers? They are palliatives that suppress symptoms. They do nothing to "cure" or in any way enhance the immune system. Nor do they make any claims as such, but the public misses this vital point.

Foods and plants can enhance your immune power, and there are some foods that are better than others for putting muscle in your immunity and help shield you from colds and flu. Try these herbs and foods to boost immunity:

• Cat's claw: It grows in Asia and the Peruvian rain forests. It contains alkaloids with anti-cancer activity, and it helps keep your DNA young, but more importantly, the alkaloids also stimulate the immune system.
• Fish — Rich in omega-3 fatty acids that help reduce harmful inflammation in the body.
• Oysters — Contain more zinc per serving than any other food. Zinc has a proven record of fighting the common cold. Zinc in a pill can cause side effects like headaches and nausea. Get zinc naturally from oysters.
• Garlic — Packs the biggest antioxidant punch when eaten raw, but works well when used to flavor foods.
• Anise seeds — Anti-bacterial properties of these licorice-flavored seeds ease coughing, help clear congestion from the upper respiratory tract.
• Citrus fruits — Packed with vitamin C to ward off colds.
• Yogurt — Contain good bacteria your body needs for digestive health and to prevent stomach ailments and upper respiratory inflammation.
• Golden Oil — The oil of the black cumin seed has more benefits to the immune system and total body health than you may have realized. Throughout history, Golden Oil has been an immunity life saver — and an effective remedy for many health problems.
• Red peppers — Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and high in vitamin C. One red pepper has twice as much vitamin C as an orange.
• Mushrooms — Contain immune-boosting antioxidants, along with potassium, B vitamins and fiber. And mushrooms are the only vegetable with vitamin D.
• Carrots and sweet potatoes — Rich in beta carotene, a source of vitamin A to build strong immunity.
• Dark chocolate — Not the sugary-sweet candy kind, but 70 percent or higher cocoa content. Pure cocoa contains more disease-fighting polyphenols per ounce than most berries, and it's loaded with zinc.

Further, raising pH — increasing alkalinity — in the body tissues increases the immune system's ability to kill pathogens (this was concluded by a study conducted at The Royal Free Hospital and School of Medicine in London). Viruses that cause flu and colds thrive in an acidic environment. To fight a respiratory infection and dampen symptoms such as a runny nose and sore throat, take an alkalizing drink. I write about this in the upcoming January issue of my Bob Livingston Letter. The benefits to immunity by keeping your body in an alkaline state are many, and you can subscribe at the bottom of this page and read more about it here.

Yours for the truth,

Bob Livingston
Editor, The Bob Livingston Letter^™

BARRY'S CORNER - LIVING IN ELKMONT

As I enter my last...blessed last 2 weeks before Christmas break I want to reflect on some things for parents ... Elf on the Shelf...wrong just wrong. Listen to 2,444,867 stories a day. When the conversation starts with “Coach Pugh”...”Guess what my elf did last night” I want to say “what”...”Move to Mexico?”

Wrong. Letting your kid wear something with bells on it. Do you know the incessant sound these “adorable” bells make in a gym while the child is running...Wrong..

 Parents please start everyday with “wake up!” “Christmas is ——days away!” All day I hear, "how many days till Christmas ?" Over and over and over ! Started saying it’s canceled due to weather. Do not tell them I can not get in touch with Santa, please. Only play in the defense play book this time of year. 

 
But the last thing...love every minute of it. Parents they will grow up fast! Have fun and embrace them. Don’t neglect them. Read every Christmas book you can to them. Bake every cookie, decorate every post. Time will come when they are grown. Gonna miss all “my” kids! Have a good one !

BARRY'S CORNER - LIFE IN ELKMONT

Good, cold 5 mile run today. I was coming around the corner out of the trail and out of the woods and looked up to one of the best sunsets I have seen in a while. Didn’t want to go. Talked myself out of it at least 5 times. Guilt and “need to” won out and the run felt great after the very cold start. Man, what I would have missed around mile 4 if the head voices would have won out. Took my breath away....the colors, the swirl of the clouds and the sheer beauty of it against the gray sky. Got me thinking about all of the times I’ve talked myself out of doing something. What have I missed by letting anxiety, fear or just laziness whisper in my ear and tell me to stay. Get up! Move toward whatever it is you need to do. If you choose not to you may never experience the beauty that waits around the corner. There is so much of it out there ! Have a good one!

ALLEN RAY SMITH - OBITUARY

Allen Ray Smith, age 58 of Elkmont, passed away on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at Athens-Limestone Hospital. Mr. Smith was born September 5, 1960 in Bakersfield, CA to Allen Harrison Smith and Catherine Ann McElyea Smith.

Services for Mr. Smith are Friday, December 7, 2018 at Limestone Chapel Funeral Home at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will be Thursday, December 6, 2018 from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Hester’s Chapel Cemetery.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara Smith; daughters, Amanda Wise Frazier (Niles), Lindsey Smith Robertson (James), Kimberly Smith (Justin), Robin Smith and Stacy Smith; 12 grandchildren, Braxton Wise, Briley Wise, Bralynn Wise, Alex Robertson, M.J. Robertson, Savana Moore and Harley Johnson; brothers, Donald Smith, Ronnie Smith and David Odom; sisters, Brenda Smith and Sherry Chambers.

Preceded in death by his parents; sister, Mary Smith; brother, Sidney Odom.
 
Pallbearers are Charlie Russell, Dale Wise, Justin Johnson, Nick Smith, Thomas Russell, Jimmy Smith and Bradley Gatlin.

LUCILLE V. CRAIG - OBITUARY

Lucille V. Craig, age 93, of Athens died Wednesday at her residence. Mrs. Craig was born September 2, 1925 in Limestone County. She was retired from Sunbeam Bakery, and a member of Market Street Church of Christ. She was a member of the Red Hat Society, the American Legion, and an avid Rook player.

Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Spry Funeral Home Chapel with Guy McDaniel and David Cox officiating, burial in Limestone Memorial Gardens. Visitation Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Spry Funeral Home. Serving as pallbearers will be Joey Hobbs, Craig Hamilton, Mika Hamilton, Jimmy Cox, Steven Cox, Mickey Terry, Matt Taylor and Lawrence Hardaway.

Survivors include daughters, Kay (Terry) Hobbs of Athens, Linda McCurry of Athens; grandchildren, Joey Hobbs, Mika Hamilton, Katrina Brown, Craig Hamilton; several great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren; sister, Genell Terry of Elkmont; several nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by husband, Lester (Buddy) Craig; daughter, Robbie; brothers, Lawrence Freeman and Junior Freeman; sister, Evenlyn Cox.

THINKING OF CHRISTMAS - DAY 6