Barter is Beautiful - 10 Tips to Get Started

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Amanda Warren

"If you don't ask, you don't get." - former co-worker

Birds were swooping down to stick twigs and cigarette butts in my tangled bouffant.

One biz that doesn’t seem to suffer during a depression is hair styling – even if more people are taking shears to their heads. But, even barbers need the cutting edge during an undeniable downturn.

I'm pretty geeked to have used barter for something I don't like to spend money on - beauty stuffs. Hair in particular. Guys - you can use this example to barter for things that you like. Why spend money on an "extras" if you can offer something great in return and everyone wins?

Decentralize or Die!

Brandon Smith, Contributor

The single most often broached argument that Liberty Movement writers, analysts, and strategists are confronted with by skeptics alongside well meaning but cynical newcomers is the assertion that while we happen to be very effective at pointing out the dangers of globalism and centralization, we rarely seem to take the initiative to offer “solutions” to the problem.

This same argument is also used by establishment shills as a way to distract the public’s attentions from the very real despotic enterprises of their elitist employers. It is an often used disinformation tactic; demand that those who expose the truth of a criminal enterprise also offer an all encompassing solution to the complex dilemma. When the truth-tellers cannot present a neatly packaged miracle on a gold plated platter, the shills claim that their exposures of wrongdoing are meaningless, because they can do nothing about it anyway. And thus, the cycle continues…