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Jul 27

This Is Unacceptable

This is unacceptable. Regardless of who owns the station, it is a PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION STATION, end of story!

Watch video here.

There are two instances during this ridiculous conversation that are not only unacceptable but seems to indicate a general underlying perspective of how the rights of the people are observed.

The first is between 2:16

[Cop] – “Did you approach us and say, ‘Hey I wanna take video.’”
[Reporter] – “I didn’t think I had to ..–”
[Cop] – “Oh yeah…”
[Reporter] – “I thought this was America..–”
[Cop] -”No! America Nothing.”

The second starts at six minutes but specifically this…

[Ass] - ”Your right, you have your first amendment right but there is policies and procedures. You’re obviously a rookie journalist because any seasoned journalist would know that you follow policy and procedure. You’re policy, if you wanted to record, WAS TO go to the management offi–”
[Reporter] – “It was an impromptu, impromptu report
[Ass] – “Can I finish? Can I finish?”
[Reporter] – “Yeah, go ahead.”
[Ass] – “A normal journalist, a professional journalist would know to go to management office, OK? Get a permit, who you are, what you’re doing and why you’re doing it. And then they escort you and THEN you are able to execute your first amendment right.”

This is unacceptable. There is absolutely no context, explanation or circumstance that makes what happened here OK.

Jul 18

Election time contemplation

It’s funny y’know. Strip away all the misconceptions, inject actual facts into the misguided arguments and people will still fight tooth and nail to convince you that he’s the bestest president in the whole wide world because… he’s… black. And I’m the one that’s racist because I criticize his policies. Right.

Not to take away the historic (debatable) step we took as a nation by electing in a man of color but really, why did we vote for him? Were his campaign promises just that good? I thought so, that’s why I voted for that… man. Looking back though, his explanations of policy and his plans for the future were not unlike listening to Steve Jobs explain the functionality of the iPhone and the iPad. At least in the sense that neither of them actually did explain anything. It would all just magically work. And we bought it.

Well it’s that time again. Most likely we’ll just re-elect him due to misconceived notions and uninformed beliefs but when you’re voting this time, especially if your voting to re-elect Obama, please take a moment to remember that this man not only did NOT keep his campaign promises but in most if not all cases, he did the exact opposite and made things worse.

I digress, as I could go all day on the mistakes, missteps and outright lies of our bestest president ever but that’s not really the point. There seems to be some sort of automatic conclusion that if you are against Obama then you must be for Romney. Why that is I have no idea.

To me they are one and the same. Remove the rhetoric and even their own attack ads could be applied to the other. I’m sure that’s true going back decades if not longer and that’s the real point. We all know it. Just like we all know congress is corrupt yet hang on to the idea that someone taking the role of president is somehow exempt from this corruption, but the same agenda gets pushed and whether you think it’s an over-reaction or not, the reality of the police state we are moving toward is happening nonetheless and it is well past time that we, the people, STOP VOTING TO PERPETUATE CORRUPTION.

Stop voting for republicans and democrats! The fact that being one or the other is NOT a conflict of interest when made president is ridiculous. The man holding the office that is supposed to bind and be bound by all three branches of government and the entire population of the country should not be biased to one party or the other. It is a gross conflict of interest and I can assure that no matter who gets voted in, republican or democrat, the only agenda that will move “forward” will be the one that guarantees the protection and preservation of the government/corporate fascist authority that will destroy this nation.

If every supporter, every nay say-er and every impartial apathetic coward who thinks they are too good to pay attention to the body that dictates our future just spent one day acknowledging the facts that undermine their beliefs, we as a people, might actually make a choice that would do some good… for us.

Unfortunately this is too much to ask, most people want to waste time arguing the differences between republican and democrat, so much so that no other party could ever have hope to come into office and the ones that aren’t trying to denounce the current administration are still too busy patting themselves on the back congratulating each other on how progressive it was to elect a man of color.

Jul 13

Today

I haven’t been writing as much as I would like to lately. Well not really, I just having been writing as much HERE. I feel a requirement to post source links, fact check, research and provide as much source material as possible when I make posts here and I just don’t have a consistent discipline or the kind of time I would like to really say what I want here.

Most of my posting, ranting, wild accusations end up on Facebook. I know, I know. There are countless reasons why that is just a bad idea but I have an, “on the contrary,” for a lot of those reasons. my rantings on Facebook reach a much more diverse and populated audience, including those that I am trying to expose, awaken and even notify.

We are truly in an infowar. The mainstream media outlets have fallen. They are, like the judicial system and most other facets of government and authority, under the control of those that aim to conquer us… financially, economically, medically… wholly. And while it is not hard to fight back, it is hard to feel as though the fight is gaining any ground. IT IS though, I know it is without doubt but that does not change the fact that it is very hard to feel that way.

We should embrace the responsibility of citizens of the free world, to resist tyranny, authoritarianism and corruption. big brother is watching us as well as the rest of the family and there is just not enough of us looking back. Yes, in an actual uprising against corruption, the 2 to 5 percent of us that are truly awake and willing would probably be enough to resist and rebuild but we would like to avoid that outcome and unfortunately, that same 2 to 5 percent is NOT enough to deter them.

We need to let them know that WE ARE WATCHING THEM. and even then it’s just not enough because we are not holding them accountable. We are not requiring our media to actually report the news. We do nothing to require that our courts rule fairly  and without bias. We do not hold our government accountable for its actions and we do not penalize the elite, the corporate giants who can not avoid being held accountable. They simply write a check and walk away, continuing the practices that were meant to be punished.

Those of us that do try to do these things are vastly and grossly outnumbered and most of the time we just rely on the broken system that commits the crimes to hold accountable those within that system. It does not work. You can not report abuse from an officer to his superior and think anything more than a paid vacation will come of it.

What I don’t understand is that the American population, or at least 90% of us KNOW without a doubt that the government, congress specifically is not acting in our best interest. We KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE and we see the evidence every day as the world becomes more free and malleable to special interest groups, corporations and government/global elite while becoming less hospitable for the people that actually live in the real world. Crimes are committed, the country is defrauded on a daily basis and the rights and freedoms of the people are slowly (and becoming more quickly) falling away and yet we still put faith in a process that we KNOW to be broken and faith in a single man who leads the broken, corrupt system as if somehow that man, the president is somehow removed form the machinations of the reality he commands.

There are so many things wrong with that statement but that’s not the point. The actual hierarchy of power within the government is a tale for another time so I’ll just refer to the perceived reality that is imposed upon us. And even then we KNOW that there is something wrong. A woman was convicted of battery against a TSA agent because she filed a complaint with a supervisor and took a mere two seconds to demonstrate what she was complaining about. It was considered a violent act and she was convicted of battery.

CNBC finally admits what we all knew, that we are owned and run by international bankers and financial special interest groups. But it’s OK! Because they know what’s best for us.

Merck is exposed for falsifying vaccination studies. But it’s OK! Because they know what’s best for us as well.

GlaxoSmithKline in a move that most likely killed/injured tens of thousands, was found guilty of lying about how safe their drugs were. ADMITTEDLY to make more money. They had to pay a fine.

The list is endless. Insider trading, the LIBOR scandal, false flags. Everyday it seems like a new form of corruption is exposed and NOTHING HAPPENS. The people who are supposed to regulate these things are in fact, the same people who either work(ed) for or ran the companies they are meant to regulate. We don’t need more regulations, we just need to enforce the ones that are in place and stand up to those that impose their will on the American people because they are more interested in how much money they can make and how fast they can make it than anything else.

Somewhere in Florida a man crosses the street and is not only tased multiple times but the chief of police also said he was so proud of his officers actions that the video will be used for future training purposes.

Why are we allowing this to happen? What is wrong with us?

Jul 13

Re-Blog: Survival Lists (When In Need Be Prepared)

This is taken from another site. I did not write or contribute to any part of this post and only wish to share the information as we should all have a plan in place. Original post can be found here: Planet Infowars by rosso

Any single event or combination of events could cause terrible life /death circumstances for a short or long period of time:

  • Natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods, tornados, volcanic eruptions, solar flares, earthquakes, and other geophysical events
  • Possibility of wars, nuclear wars, nuclear reactor meltdowns, and radiation fallout
  • Financial meltdown (derivative, debt crisis, economic collapse and/or bond implosion) causing currencies to implode and governments to topple
  • Problems with the exploration, delivery, or production of oil, the lifeblood of modern economies
  • Spread of disease such as the Black Plague or a bird flu pandemic
  • Power grid failure
  • Political anarchy or revolution
  • Racial strife or civil war
  • Electromagnetic pulse event

With any of these events listed above (and there is a host of others I have probably not even thought about), you could have local, national, or global unrest and even war for an extended period of time depending on the scope and duration of the event(s).

An item that is not on the list — but could be equally devastating to individual families — is the loss of a job.

Be prepared and start making your lists…..this is your first step towards you goal……. preparation

Why not prepare while you still can — when  things are readily available and can still be purchased at cheap prices?   The coming hyper-inflation will make any such purchases  beforehand look very intelligent…

To prepare for the worst, you need a plan. Why are  most people so against doing basic preparations that could be the  difference on how they survive — or whether they survive?

Your Lists should include:

Water List

Food Storage List

Food Preparation List

Personal List First Aid /Minor Surgery List

Nuclear  Defence List

Biological Warfare Defence List

Gardening List

Hygiene List/Sanitation List

Hunting/Fishing/Trapping List

Power/Lighting/Batteries List

Fuels List

Firefighting List

Tactical Living List
Security-General Security-Firearms Communications/Monitoring List

Tools List

Sundries ( items of little value)List

Survival Bookshelf List

Barter and Charity List

 Specific Recommendations For Developing Your Lists:

Water List House downspout conversion sheet metal work and barrels. (BTW, this is another good reason to upgrade your retreat to a fireproof metal roof.) Drawing water from open sources. Buy extra containers. Don’t buy big barrels, since five gallon food grade buckets are the largest size that most people can handle without back strain. For transporting water if and when gas is too precious to waste, buy a couple of heavy duty two wheel garden carts–convert the wheels to foam filled “no flats” tires. (BTW, you will find lots of other uses for those carts around your retreat, such as hauling hay, firewood, manure, fertilizer, et cetera.) Treating water. Buy plain Clorox hypochlorite bleach. A little goes a long way. Buy some extra half-gallon bottles for barter and charity. If you can afford it, buy a “Big Berkey” British Berkefeld ceramic water filter. (Available from Ready Made Resources and several other Internet vendors. Even if you have pure spring water at your retreat, you never know where you may end up, and a good filter could be a lifesaver.)

Food Storage List    Store the essentials, in quantity:
Salt: Salt is very important to store, both for preserving food and as a practical means to attract wild game. (It is noteworthy that in many locales, natural salt licks are off-limits to hunters, since hunting there is too easy and hence not considered sporting. That ought to tell you something.) I recommend that you store several times more salt than you think that you’ll ever need. Unless you literally live next to a salt lick or salt marsh, I cannot overemphasize the importance of storing salt. The Memsahib and I formerly lived in the Upper Clearwater River Valley in Idaho. In that region, deer and elk would walk many, many miles to get to natural salt licks where they would congregate in large numbers. Salt is cheap and plentiful now, but in the event of TEOTWAWKI it will be a scarce and valuable commodity in most inland regions. Salt also has a virtually unlimited shelf life. Do some research on natural salt deposits near your intended retreat. That could be quite valuable knowledge in the event of TEOTWAWKI. Lay in a supply of 10 pounds of salt per member of your family. (This figure may sound high, but again it includes extra for attracting wild game.) The portion for cooking and table salt should be iodized.
Rice:I prefer brown rice, even though its storage life is shorter that that of white rice. The combined weight should be about 30 pounds per adult, per year. Storage life is +/- 8 years.
Wheat (or substitute grains, for celiacs): Grain storage is a crucial aspect of family preparedness. Grain will soon no longer be cheap or plentiful, so stock up! Buy 220 pounds per adult, per year. (Part of this can be in the form of pasta.) Storage life is 30+ years. Buy plenty for your family and your livestock. I also recommend buying plenty of extra for barter and charity. You’ll soon be glad that you did. I do not recommend storing flour, since it only keeps for two or three years. Whole wheat stores for 30+ years with 80% or more of its nutritional value. Buy whole grains and a hand wheat grinder. Don’t overlook the easiest preparation method of all: soaked wheat berries. By simply soaking whole wheat for 24 to 36 hours, it plumps and softens. When then heated, wheat berries make a nutritious breakfast cereal.
Corn: Whole corn stores much longer than cracked corn or corn meal. (Grind your own.) Get 50 pounds per adult, per year. The storage life of whole corn is 8 to 12 years, but cracked or ground corn stores only 18 to 36 months
Oats: Lay in a supply of 20 pounds per adult, per year. The storage life of oats is 3 to 7 years, depending on variety and packing method. Fats and Oils: I recommend storing primarily olive oil (frozen, in plastic bottles), mayonnaise, canned butter, and peanut butter. The combined weight of these should be about 96 pounds per adult, per year. (Four gallons is about 24 pounds.) The canned products must be continuously rotated, or else donated to charity bi-annually. The frozen oil should be rotated or else donated to charity once every four years.
Powdered Milk: Buy the nonfat variety. Store about 20 pounds per adult, per year. For the longest storage life, it is best to buy nitrogen packed dry milk from a storage food vendor. That type has a 5+ year shelf life.
Canned Fruit and Vegetables: It is most economical (and good practice) to can your own. As long as you rotate continuously, you should lay in a two year supply per family member.
Canned Meats: Again, you must rotate continuously, and don’t store more than you would use in two years. I like the DAK brand canned hams.
Sugars: I prefer honey (except of course for infants), but depending on your taste, you will also want to lay in a supply of sugar, molasses, sorghum, maple syrup, and various jams and jellies. The combined weight of these should be about 50 pounds per adult, per year.

Other important items for your food storage: – Canning lids and rings—buy plenty of extras for barter. – Sulfur for drying fruit. – Vinegar-Buy a couple of cases of one-gallon bottles. – Spices. – Baking soda. – Yeast. – Food storage (freezer and vacuum) bags. – Aluminum foil (Buy lots! 101 uses, including making improvised solar ovens.) – Deer bags.

Food Preparation List Having more people under your roof will necessitate having an oversize skillet and a huge stew pot. BTW, you will want to buy several huge kettles, because odds are you will have to heat water on your wood stove for bathing, dish washing, and clothes washing. You will also need even more kettles, barrels, and 5 or 6 gallon PVC buckets–for water hauling, rendering, soap making, and dying. They will also make great barter or charity items. (To quote my mentor Dr. Gary North: “Nails: buy a barrel of them. Barrels: Buy a barrel of them!”) Don’t overlook skinning knives, gut-buckets, gambrels, and meat saws.

Personal List (Make a separate personal list for each family member and individual expected to arrive at your retreat.) Spare glasses. Prescription and nonprescription medications. Birth control.
Keep dentistry up to date. Any elective surgery that you’ve been postponing Work off that gut. Stay in shape. Back strength and health—particularly important, given the heavy manual tasks required for self-sufficiency. Educate yourself on survival topics, and practice them. For example, even if you don’t presently live at your retreat, you should plant a vegetable garden every year. It is better to learn through experience and make mistakes now, when the loss of crop is an annoyance rather than a crucial event.
“Comfort” items to help get through high stress times. (Books, games, CDs, chocolates, etc.)

First Aid /Minor Surgery List When tailoring this list, consider your neighborhood going for many months without power, extensive use of open flames, and sentries standing picket shifts exposed in the elements. Then consider axes, chainsaws and tractors being wielded by newbies, and a greater likelihood of gunshot wounds. With all of this, add the possibility of no access to doctors or high tech medical diagnostic equipment. Put a strong emphasis on burn treatment first aid supplies. Don’t overlook do-it-yourself dentistry! (Oil of cloves, temporary filling kit, extraction tools, et cetera.) Buy a full minor surgery outfit (inexpensive Pakistani stainless steel instruments), even if you don’t know how to use them all yet. You may have to learn, or you will have the opportunity to put them in the hands of someone experienced who needs them.) This is going to be a big list!

Chem/Nuclear Defence List Dosimeter and rate meter, and charger, radiac meter (hand held Geiger counter), rolls of sheet plastic (for isolating airflow to air filter inlets and for covering window frames in the event that windows are broken due to blast effects), duct tape,HEPA filters (ands spares) for your shelter. Potassium iodate (KI) tablets to prevent thyroid damage.(See my recent post on that subject.) Outdoor shower rig for just outside your shelter entrance.

Biological Warfare Defense List Disinfectants Hand Sanitizer Sneeze masks Colloidal silver generator and spare supplies (distilled water and .999 fine silver rod.) Natural antibiotics (Echinacea, Tea Tree oil, …)

Gardening List One important item for your gardening list is the construction of a very tall deer-proof and rabbit-proof fence. Under current circumstances, a raid by deer on your garden is probably just an inconvenience. After the balloon goes up, it could mean the difference between eating well, and starvation. Top Soil/Amendments/Fertilizers. Tools+ spares for barter/charity Long-term storage non hybrid (open pollinated) seed. (Non-hybrid “heirloom” seed assortments tailors to different climate zones are available from The Ark Institute Herbs: Get started with medicinal herbs such as aloe vera (for burns), echinacea (purple cone flower), valerian, et cetera.

Hygiene/Sanitation List Sacks of powdered lime for the outhouse. Buy plenty! TP in quantity (Stores well if kept dry and away from vermin and it is lightweight, but it is very bulky. This is a good item to store in the attic. See my novel about stocking up on used phone books for use as TP. Soap in quantity (hand soap, dish soap, laundry soap, cleansers, etc.) Bottled lye for soap making. Ladies’ supplies. Toothpaste (or powder). Floss. Fluoride rinse. (Unless you have health objections to the use of fluoride.) Sunscreen. Livestock List: Hoof rasp, hoof nippers, hoof pick, horse brushes, hand sheep shears, styptic, carding combs, goat milking stand, teat dip, udder wash, Bag Balm, elastrator and bands, SWOT fly repellent, nail clippers (various sizes), Copper-tox, leads, leashes, collars, halters, hay hooks, hay fork, manure shovel, feed buckets, bulk grain and C-O-B sweet feed (store in galvanized trash cans with tight fitting lids to keep the mice out), various tack and saddles, tack repair tools, et cetera. If your region has selenium deficient soil (ask your local Agricultural extension office) then be sure to get selenium-fortified salt blocks rather than plain white salt blocks–at least for those that you are going to set aside strictly for your livestock.

Hunting/Fishing/Trapping List “Buckshot” Bruce Hemming has produced an excellent series of videos on trapping and making improvised traps. (He also sells traps and scents at very reasonable prices.) Night vision gear, spares, maintenance, and battery charging Salt. Post-TEOTWAWKI, don’t “go hunting.” That would be a waste of effort. Have the game come to you. Buy 20 or more salt blocks. They will also make very valuable barter items.
Sell your fly fishing gear (all but perhaps a few flies) and buy practical spin casting equipment. Extra tackle may be useful for barter, but probably only in a very long term Crunch. Buy some frog gigs if you have bullfrogs in your area. Buy some crawfish traps if you have crawfish in your area. Learn how to rig trot lines and make fish traps for non-labor intensive fishing WTSHTF.

Power/Lighting/Batteries List One proviso: In the event of a “grid down” situation, if you are the only family in the area with power, it could turn your house into a “come loot me” beacon at night. At the same time, your house lighting will ruin the night vision of your LP/OPpickets. Make plans and buy materials in advance for making blackout screens or fully opaque curtains for your windows. When possible, buy nickel metal hydride batteries. (Unlike the older nickel cadmium technology, these have no adverse charge level “memory” effect.) If your home has propane appliances, get a “tri-fuel” generator–with a carburetor that is selectable between gasoline, propane, and natural gas. If you heat your home with home heating oil, then get a diesel-burning generator. (And plan on getting at least one diesel burning pickup and/or tractor). In a pinch, you can run your diesel generator and diesel vehicles on home heating oil. Kerosene lamps; plenty of extra wicks, mantles, and chimneys. (These will also make great barter items.)
Greater detail on do-it-yourself power will be included in my forthcoming blog posts.

Fuels List Buy the biggest propane, home heating oil, gas, or diesel tanks that your local ordinances permit and that you can afford. Always keep them at least two-thirds full. For privacy concerns, ballistic impact concerns, and fire concerns, underground tanks are best if your local water table allows it. In any case, do not buy an aboveground fuel tank that would visible from any public road or navigable waterway. Buy plenty of extra fuel for barter. Don’t overlook buying plenty of kerosene. (For barter, you will want some in one or two gallon cans.) Stock up on firewood or coal. (See my previous blog posts.) Get the best quality chainsaw you can afford. I prefer Stihls and Husqvarnas. If you can afford it, buy two of the same model. Buy extra chains, critical spare parts, and plenty of two-cycle oil. (Two-cycle oil will be great for barter!) Get a pair of Kevlar chainsaw safety chaps. They are expensive but they might save yourself a trip to the emergency room. Always wear gloves, goggles, and ear-muffs. Wear a logger’s helmet when felling. Have someone who is well experienced teach you how to re-sharpen chains. BTW, don’t cut up your wood into rounds near any rocks or you will destroy a chain in a hurry.

Firefighting List Now that you have all of those flammables on hand (see the previous list) and the prospect of looters shooting tracer ammo or throwing Molotov cocktails at your house, think in terms of fire fighting from start to finish without the aid of a fire department. Even without looters to consider, you should be ready for uncontrolled brush or residential fires, as well as the greater fire risk associated with greenhorns who have just arrived at your retreat working with wood stoves and kerosene lamps! Upgrade your retreat with a fireproof metal roof. 2” water line from your gravity-fed storage tank (to provide large water volume for firefighting) Fire fighting rig with an adjustable stream/mist head.
Smoke and CO detectors.

Tactical Living List Adjust your wardrobe buying toward sturdy earth-tone clothing. (Frequent your local thrift store and buy extras for retreat newcomers, charity, and barter.) Dyes. Stock up on some boxes of green and brown cloth dye. Buy some extra for barter. With dye, you can turn most light colored clothes into semi-tactical clothing on short notice.
Two-inch wide burlap strip material in green and brown. This burlap is available in large spools from Gun Parts Corp. Even if you don’t have time now, stock up so that you can make camouflage ghillie suits post-TEOTWAWKI. Save those wine corks! (Burned cork makes quick and cheap face camouflage.) Cold weather and foul weather gear—buy plenty, since you will be doing more outdoor chores, hunting, and standing guard duty. Don’t overlook ponchos and gaiters. Mosquito repellent. Synthetic double-bag (modular) sleeping bags for each person at the retreat, plus a couple of spares. The Wiggy’s brand Flexible Temperature Range Sleep System (FTRSS) made by Wiggy’s of Grand Junction, Colorado is highly recommended. Night vision gear + IR floodlights for your retreat house Subdued flashlights and penlights. Noise, light, and litter discipline. (More on this in future posts–or perhaps a reader would like to send a brief article on this subject) Security-General: Locks, intrusion detection/alarm systems, exterior obstacles (fences, gates, 5/8” diameter (or larger) locking road cables, rosebush plantings, “decorative” ponds (moats), ballistic protection (personal and residential), anti-vehicular ditches/berms, anti-vehicular concrete “planter boxes”, razor wire, etc.) Starlight electronic light amplification scopes are critical tools for retreat security. A Starlight scope (or goggles, or a monocular) literally amplifies low ambient light by up to 100,000 times, turning nighttime darkness into daylight–albeit a green and fuzzy view. Starlight light amplification technology was first developed during the Vietnam War. Late issue Third Generation (also called or “Third Gen” or “Gen 3”) starlight scopes can cost up to $3,500 each. Rebuilt first gen (early 1970s technology scopes can often be had for as little as $500. Russian-made monoculars (with lousy optics) can be had for under $100. One Russian model that uses a piezoelectric generator instead of batteries is the best of this low-cost breed. These are best used as backups (in case your expensive American made scopes fail. They should not be purchased for use as your primary night vision devices unless you are on a very restrictive budget. (They are better than nothing.) Buy the best starlight scopes, goggles, and monoculars you can afford. They may be life-savers! If you can afford to buy only one, make it a weapon sight such as an AN/PVS-4, with a Gen 2 (or better) tube. Make sure to specify that that the tube is new or “low hours”, has a high “line pair” count, and minimal scintillation. It is important to buy your Starlight gear from a reputable dealer. The market is crowded with rip-off artists and scammers. One dealer that I trust, is Al Glanze (spoken “Glan-zee”) who runs STANO Components, Inc. in Silver City, Nevada. Note: In a subsequent blog posts I will discuss the relationship and implications to IR illuminators and tritium sights. Range cards and sector sketches. If you live in the boonies, piece together nine of the USGS 15-minute maps, with your retreat property on the center map. Mount that map on an oversize map board. Draw in the property lines and owner names of all of your surrounding neighbor’s parcels (in pencil) in at least a five mile radius. (Get boundary line and current owner name info from your County Recorder’s office.) Study and memorize both the terrain and the neighbors’ names. Make a phone number/e-mail list that corresponds to all of the names marked on the map, plus city and county office contact numbers for quick reference and tack it up right next to the map board. Cover the whole map sheet with a sheet of heavy-duty acetate, so you can mark it up just like a military commander’s map board. (This may sound a bit “over the top”, but remember, you are planning for the worst case. It will also help you get to know your neighbors: When you are introduced by name to one of them when in town, you will be able to say, “Oh, don’t you live about two miles up the road between the Jones place and the Smith’s ranch?” They will be impressed, and you will seem like an instant “old timer.”

Security-Firearms List Guns, ammunition, web gear, eye and ear protection, cleaning equipment, carrying cases, scopes, magazines, spare parts, gunsmithing tools, targets and target frames, et cetera. Each rifle and pistol should have at least six top quality (original military contract or original manufacturer) full capacity spare magazines. Note: Considerable detail on firearms and optics selection, training, use, and logistic support are covered in the SurvivalBlog archives and FAQs.

Communications/Monitoring List When selecting radios buy only models that will run on 12 volt DC power or rechargeable nickel metal hydride battery packs (that can be recharged from your retreat’s 12 VDC power system without having to use an inverter.) As a secondary purchasing goal, buy spare radios of each type if you can afford them. Keep your spares in sealed metal boxes to protect them from EMP.
If you live in a far inland region, I recommend buying two or more 12 VDC marine band radios. These frequencies will probably not be monitored in your region, leaving you an essentially private band to use. (But never assume that any two-way radio communications are secure!) Note: More detail on survival communications gear selection, training, use, security/cryptography measures, antennas, EMP protection, and logistical support will be covered in forthcoming blog posts.

Tools List Gardening tools. Auto mechanics tools. Welding. Bolt cutters–the indispensable “universal key.”
Woodworking tools. Gunsmithing tools. Emphasis on hand powered tools. Hand or treadle powered grinding wheel. Don’t forget to buy plenty of extra work gloves (in earth tone colors). Sundries List: Systematically list the things that you use on a regular basis, or that you might need if the local hardware store were to ever disappear: wire of various gauges, duct tape, reinforced strapping tape, chain, nails, nuts and bolts, weather stripping, abrasives, twine, white glue, cyanoacrylate glue, et cetera.

Book/Reference List

survival books:.Strategic Relocation by Joel Skousen Swift | Learning  Resources 1800 292-4746.  This very informative book is a great guide  in  locating the safest places in North America.  It takes into account   many factors in evaluating why some places are better than others when   trying to find the best safe havens closest to your current location.Picking up the Pieces by Sorcha Faal and David  Booth.  This book is a practical guide for surviving economic crashes,   internal unrest, and military suppression.  The authors have experienced war, tyranny, and extremely dangerous situations, and live to tell about them in this book. They have compiled some great information that offers readers   knowledge and insight into the best ways to prepare and survive.Patriots, Surviving the Coming Collapse by James  Wesley Rawles. U.S. Army Intelligence Officer James Wesley Rawles has   written an intensely powerful novel that is more like a survival manual   dressed in fiction.  In his book, Rawles doesn’t just tell you what  could  happen; he explains exactly how to prepare for it.  This book is a  real  page-turner because it is so grounded in what could happen

Barter and Charity List For your barter list, acquire primarily items that are durable, non-perishable, and either in small packages or that are easily divisible.

Concentrate on the items that other people are likely to overlook or have in short supply.

ammunition will be worth nearly its weight in silver. Store all of your ammo in military surplus ammo cans (with seals that are still soft) and it will store for decades. Stick to common calibers, get plenty of .22 l LR (most high velocity hollow points) plus at least ten boxes of the local favorite deer hunting cartridge, even if you don’t own a rifle chambered for this cartridge. (Ask your local sporting goods shop about their top selling chamberings). Also buy at least ten boxes of the local police department’s standard pistol cartridge, again even if you don’t own a pistol chambered for this cartridge. Ladies supplies. Salt (Buy lots of cattle blocks and 1 pound canisters of iodized table salt.) (Stores indefinitely if kept dry.) Two cycle engine oil (for chain saw gas mixing. Gas may still be available after a collapse, but two-cycle oil will probably be like liquid gold!) Gas stabilizer. Diesel antibacterial additive. 50-pound sacks of lime (for outhouses). 1 oz. bottles of military rifle bore cleaner and Break Free (or similar) lubricant.
Waterproof dufflebags in earth tone colors (whitewater rafting “dry bags”).
Thermal socks. Semi-waterproof matches (from military rations.)
Military web gear (lots of folks will suddenly need pistol belts, holsters, magazine pouches, et cetera.) Pre-1965 silver dimes. 1-gallon cans of kerosene. Rolls of olive drab parachute cord. Rolls of olive-drab duct tape. Spools of monofilament fishing line. Rolls of 10 mil “Visqueen”, sheet plastic (for replacing windows, isolating airspaces for nuke scenarios, etc.) I also respect the opinion of one gentleman with whom I’ve corresponded, who recommended the following: Strike anywhere matches. (Dip the heads in paraffin to make them waterproof.) Playing cards. Cooking spices. (Do a web search for reasonably priced bulk spices.) Rope & string. Sewing supplies. Candle wax and wicking. Lastly, any supplies necessary for operating a home-based business. Some that you might consider are: leather crafting, small appliance repair, gun repair, locksmithing, et cetera. Every family should have at least one home-based business (preferably two!) that they can depend on in the event of an economic collapse. Stock up on additional items to dispense to refugees as charity.

Where to Buy

Many of the items on the  lists are available locally.

Some of the less known items are available from Survival internet advertisers.

SOURCE:
http://survivalblog.com/
http://forgesurvivalsupply.com/
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/
http://www.survivalequipment.us/articles/118111/The-first-100-things-to-disappear-in-an-emergency

Jul 3

Gas, Tank?

There’s a lot of controversy over hydraulic fracking, horizontal drilling for natural gas resources. I am not very knowledgeable in this area and it comes with a moral conflict. We should be energy independent. We should have been smarter than to allow our society to exceed its ability to fuel itself efficiently.

Any move toward a cleaner, more efficient form of energy should be welcome with open arms but for many reasons, fracking is not.

There are lots of  ”facts” on both sides of the argument and although the ones from the supporting side seem like thinly veiled excuses trying to hide the greed and corruption, there do happen to be some legitimate ones for. I don’t know enough about it to say with any certainty one way or the other and today that is pretty much my point.

We all need to know more. I know it is said that North Carolina’s fresh water aquifers are closer to the shale that would be mined than in any other state, possibly greatly increasing the risk of fresh water contamination which would be devastating for the people there. i know that a lot of people would like to convince you that there is no reason to beleive any of the risks outlined by the opposition and some have even gone as far to say that there has never been a documented case of contamination which is complete bullshit. I know that those supporters that do admit there have been some terrible happenings at fracking sites tend to claim that an easy fix will quickly ensure it never happens again but we should know better by now than to believe any greedy, corrupt corporations would spend the money to make sure all safety concerns have been addressed when they could easily fudge the paperwork, cut the corners and continue collecting profits.

The point is, we don’t know as much as we should. We’ve probably read the headlines and made our decisions after that. Some of us may have skimmed the article or just read the ones that we were sure would support what we want to believe. We need to know more. More than the headlines, more than the articles, more than the statistics and the reports they’re attached to. All of it is relevant in creating the whole picture and just one of those pieces by themselves will never be enough. Should NEVER be enough.

We all need to read more and even beyond that, we need to see both sides of the argument and make concerted efforts to listen to the opposing views and not just the ones that support what we already think we know.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/nc-house-environmental-committee-approves-fracking-142603907–finance.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/03/becky-carney-fracking-north-carolina-veto_n_1647986.html

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/coal-oil-gas/top-10-myths-about-natural-gas-drilling-6386593#slide-9

Jun 26

… by example

This may be a stretch so please bear with me here. I don’t spend enough time on here making the posts I would like to make, though I have a few drafts waiting for some finishing touches or source links or what-have-you along with a mass of Facebook posts that essentially serve as my notebook for ideas and topics to write about. Unfortunately, real life persists

I spend a lot of time, too much in my own opinion, ranting and spouting off about this that and the other thing and definitely too much of that time is spent going on about the different signs of tyranny while at work which is just a dangerous place to voice any opinion of political nature.

But what else can I do? There is an insatiable desire to wake everyone up, to somehow articulate the anger and rage and disbelief at what is becoming of our world and shout at the top of lungs about it all until everyone wakes the hell up! And that’s what I have been doing.

Anywhere there is an opening for the topic and most times whether there is an opening or not I make sure i can inject some sort of political commentary into any discussion I can. Right now that is all I can do. Circumstances dictate and all that.

What can we do? That is the number one question/response I get when it becomes obvious there is no debunking the obvious, audacious, in your face treachery being committed by the ruling class. Something like, “Yeah I know but what can we do?”

It’s not an easy answer. Sure we can say things like get involved, be informed, protest etc., etc. But that’s more of a dodge than an answer. I am just beginning here and right now I feel like all I have power to do is repeat what I know and remain informed. I am not part of any group and I don’t have the opportunity to be but when I am asked the infamous question, “what can we do?” all I can say is, “Say NO!” If you know it is wrong than make sure it is unacceptable by everyone around you. And for crying out loud, stop voting for Democrats and Republicans! just stop it! You are contributing to the problem!

Well, I guess my real point here is this: Saying, “no” is the most important thing, but we need to take it further. it’s not always enough to just say no, especially when you are somewhere where no one can hear you say it. When you are in a position where no one will hear you, you need to take whatever issue you are against and bring it to the feet of those who would carry out the thing you do not agree with. You need to bring it to their feet, throw it on the ground in front of them and calmly, concisely and with assertion say NO!

And now we have another example to lead by. Thanks Adam

Jun 16

Alex Jones, Lord Monckton, Luke Rudkowski Oh My!

This is, in my opinion one of the best shows I’ve seen. Extremely informative and relevant. even if you don’t have a mind for Alex Jones, I implore you… please Watch this episode. Watch, Listen and cross-check the information here, please for the sake of us all.

GET INFORMED

There is so much going on lately, so much information to sift through but I am slowly piecing together, hopefully what will be one of my best posts so stay tuned, and thanks for reading.

Jun 15

…”Never Seconds”

If you have children and are concerned about what kinds of “food” they are offered in school, you should check this out… and maybe shoot off an email or two after you’re done reading.

http://gizmodo.com/5918656/9+year+old-school-lunch-blogger-silenced-by-politicians

There’s something inherently wrong when the powers that be work to silence the children who are asking for more nutritious meals for themselves and other children all over the world.

This is not only ridiculously sad but truly indicative as well.
http://neverseconds.blogspot.co.uk/

Jun 9

Stupid

Is It Better To Be Stupid?

I really think there are times when having an extended vocabulary is the worst thing to bring to an argument/debate. There are questions, ideas, general thoughts that are best conveyed in a simple, concise presentation of words strung together to form a cohesive image. It’s all too common, especially in political discussions and especially in political discussions involving the economy and the financial aspects of that economy that brought us to the present moment. I think that’s what I like the best about Alex, that most of the time when he is talking or conducting an interview, even when it is obvious he is striving for a vocabulary, a heightened articulation, he is always straight forward and blunt. He doesn’t weave a web of thought that by the end has not only contradicted everything that came before but completely nullified the original question.

I enjoy watching “The Daily Show“. I think Jon Stewart is intelligent AND smart. He conducts good interviews for the most part and while he is never usually asking “the hard question” there are times when he does grill his guest into an uncomfortable path of conversation. Though, like most politicians and “officials”, his guests have a confident ability to redirect the conversation in such a way to virtually erase the preceding question. There are times though that he does show glimmers of true journalism, though that is not a standard Jon Stewart should be held to. He is, by his own admission, a comedian before he is a political player, and while we all know that’s not the whole truth, it is partially and he makes a good argument to that end. Regardless… there was only one other time that I saw Jon Stewart interview someone and actually hold him to task. It was that Mad Money guy Jim Cramer and he did a fairly decent job. (Some could even argue that there were things admitted? during that interview that should have spurred further investigations or action.)

While the interview I just watched from “The Daily Show” on Thursday the 7th was nowhere near as raw, (if raw can even be used to describe the Jon Cramer interview) There was a point, during the second part, Jon Stewart successfully brings the conversation from the twisted abyss his guest is hurling toward and back to the point in question. On the surface, this interview is probably much more tame and much les straight forward as I thought it was, so I think it is important to understand that this article is based on my perception of this interview and the topic(s) as I understood them and not necessarily how they seemed to you.

What I saw was a Bain Capital, son of bitch, con artist, N.W.O piece of shit, spend roughly a half of an hour laughing at the idea that the middle class, putting everything they have on the line in order to try to live a half way decent life and then losing it all on an off the cuff whim, a gamble of some wealth mongering corporate criminal is somehow some kind of tragic consequence (that cripples the foundation of our country) of the natural function of Wall Street and how the economy works.”

“It is what it is”

We have to put aside any kind of external influence on the market and how it functions in order to pass off what is being discussed as reality, but the question Jon initially asks is brilliant, at least the way I heard it. It was something like this:

“How can you defend the idea that, as Bain Capital, you invest in a business, invest that businesses funds in other, risky, improbable businesses, fail to turn a bigger profit, fold the company, and as a consequence tens of thousands of workers lose their pay, their pension, ultimately their homes and you walk away with 500 million instead of 1 billion?”

Now I know it wasn’t exactly like that but it was definitely as straight forward and concise. And this little punk spends the next 15 minutes or so taking the conversation into an entirely parallel direction and almost seems to conveniently disregard a world in which the working class, over 95% percent of the population, is the only reason he gets to play his little bullshit games!

To Jon’s credit, he does bring the conversation back to his initial question but it’s just not enough. Nor was it meant to be. This is of course just entertainment and I’m sure there’s a disclaimer somewhere that says as such. I felt like I was watching a representative of the super-class not only admit, but discuss the very idea the we as the working class in this country amount to nothing more than a 20% or 30% discount on the ridiculous fucking games they play. Even when this… is admitting that the working class, the middle class are the ones that are truly at risk in their game.

It crippled the nation. We are livestock.

Maybe I’m being too extreme. Spinning this out further than it really goes but that conflicts with what I feel is just so painfully obvious. The few conspiracies that have officially been exposed, (“few” is relative to how much is going on that is not officially supported or just outright denied) are always spun as some kind of isolated, never related incident. It’s always a lone wolf or just a small group not affiliated with anyone but themselves and it’s ALWAYS a shock to the current administration. It’s absolutely ridiculous! To me it is much more obvious and likely that the times that we see  truth really prevail, when we see people speak out and really defend the working class, groups of people banding together and successfully resist tyranny and oppression of any kind; those are the events that are isolated. Sure they are all connected, all bound by the innate desire of human beings to be free but I see the tyranny, the super-class, oppression of any kind as a steady stream. Evil flows freely throughout time. Greed, power, control is always the fight and spotted throughout are these moments of resistance.

I know I’m reading too much into this, stretching it out possibly a bit too far, but I’m not trying to present this interview as a cause or an explanation for the way the world is today but my mind was flooded with thoughts as I watched this interview and felt like I was watching the N.W.O casually explain to Jon Stewart how we, the working class, the middles class, do not matter. It seemed funny to him.

I don’t know. Watch it for yourself and decide. I just wish the kind of articulation that came from Jon Stewart was more prevalent instead of this extended vocabulary of legal sounding jargon that’s only there to displace the discussion. The world is in some desperate need for some straight forward vocabulary.

That video I was talking about.

Jun 1

An Unexpected Break.

SO apparently I am way too distracted to keep up with any kind of factual posting right now. I will resign myself to just willfully ignore my blog until Monday, (or possibly Tuesday at the latest) when all the distractions of Occupy Bilderberg have ceased. 

Normally I am doing tons of reading/research and source checking throughout the week but it is slow going as i have a job that requires 10 hours a day at the least and then you factor in food and sleep and just life in general, it leaves very little time for exposing the tyranny.

But it is what I want to do. I want to saturate myself in the truth and dedicate every second to exposing the traitorous bastards but that is just not possible. I had set a goal for myself to make two to three posts all rife with links, references and sources and all nearing the 1,000 word mark. To me that seems reasonable. Not too much to get caught up in just spouting off about things I don’t fully understand and not too little enough to turn away any impatient readers I will hopefully acquire one day.

This week, however, I am just way too distracted. With the Bilderberg treachery going on and all the lovely details surrounding that, it seems that my mind refuses to focus on anything else. Just ask my co-workers! I’m still waiting for the conversation from my boss addressing my tendency to spend every day trying to wake people up. Not the best thing to do when you’re working but it’s the only time I am around mass groups of people that have any interest in listening to me. I even think I am waking up my shrink which is a major win for me!

Anyway, The research mill will be in action again after this weekend and hopefully I will get at least a small 500 word post out about something. (Because there is always some nefarious bastardization of life, liberty and the people of the world going on.) But if not, never fear my non-existent audience as I will be back to posting on a normal schedule by the end of next week.

Take care folks.

 

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