Friday's Thoughs and Other Stuff (Thinking)

Dear Preppers and Survivalists,

Shannon's Office in disarray, after an earthquake (ca 2018)
source
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities

Purchases
Last week, we dealt with buying things in a spiral to make sure you and your family have the basics to deal with an event.

Well, ...

I got ahead of myself because you and your family should do an inventory first.


Inventory
That's right, you should know what you have, before you go to the next step

Why?

You and your family probably already have some, if not most, of the stuff that you will need for an event/ Yes, even a collapse of these United States financial system.

So, ...


Getting Stated
Like the Threat Analysis, you start with a sheet of paper, however; you're going to need several more sheet of papers, maybe lots more.

Now, ...

You can ask your family to help, or you can do this by yourself because this is a big project.

So, ...

I suggest you ask for help from your family.

Now, I'll be honest, there are several ways you can do this. You can take those sheets of paper and label them, Air, Water, Emergency Evacuation Kit, Protection, Food, Medical, and so on.

In other words, the headings from a Wednesday Websites of the Week

Or, ...

You can label each sheet of paper by a location, such as Eldest Daughter's Bedroom, Kitchen, Garage, Youngest Son's Bedroom, and so on.

And, ...

You can use technology, like a spreadsheet and a computer, to capture the information.

Either way, ....


Working
Now, let's say you have chosen the category method; Air, Water, Food, and ...; you give everyone a sheet of paper with a category written across the top and they go out to find where everything is in the category.

Let us use Protection as an example.

You partner would walk around the house, the garage, the yard and outbuildings, then write down everything that could be used for protecting you family.

He would note kitchen knives, in the kitchen, baseball bats, in the garage, gasoline and glass bottles, in the storage shed, and handguns with ammunition, in the nightstand.

For Medical, your children might write down, ...

6 - Toothbrushes, in storage    3 - dental floss

2 - tubes of toothpaste             4 - bodywash

3 - boxes of pantie liners       10 - tampons

1 - bottle, half empty, of aspirins

But, ...

There are drawbacks to this method, especially when it comes to personal items, like clothing, so you might want to use the location method.

So, ...

You give your eldest daughter a sheet of paper, and she goes into her room and inventory everything in her room.

                  Margie's Room

3 - pairs of jeans          2 - cotton hodies
5 - T-shirts                   3 - bras
2 - blankets, cotton      1 - sets of sheets, twin size
2 - pairs of sneakers    1 - pairs of boots, fashion

And, ... So on.

Needless to say, an older child may need to help a younger child, to complete this task.


Almost
Once you and your family are finished with this inventory, you and your partner, and maybe even your older children, go through the list and make a master list, so your family understands what you really own.


Next, ...

Volume Five: Number Six

Socialism

Whether it comes after a great defeat, to liberate the peasants, or a Great Leap Forward, socialist governments have killed millions of their citizens.

First, they imprison those who oppose them then they kill them.

Next, they imprison those who do not conform then they kill them

Third, they imprison their own then they kill them.

Their methods are widely known. They humiliate, beat, starve, torture, and kill, all in the name of a greater good that turns into a great evil.


Doom and Gloom:

1968

Amazon

Buildings

Coyotes

Finances

Flooding and Crocodiles

G.E.

Hitler 

Implants

Invasion

Jails 

Kissing

L.A.

Loneliness 

Nuns

New Green Deal

Planes

Red Flags

Schools

Sewers

Snow

Snow, Again

Taxis

Tigers 

Venezuela 


Things You Might Want to Think About:

Bimbo
Yep, she's a Bimbo

With that said, ...

The gentleman needs to resign for being a pussy.

Cash
Here's another reason to have some cash on hand.

Oooh, ...

Just think what would happen if this happened to every bank, in the country.

Deal
Yeap, ... It's a great deal for the hedge fund

Ebola
O.K., the patient met the screening criteria for Ebola, but the patient was negative for Ebola.

So, ...

What did the patient really have?

Escalation
Just so you know, ...

Some folks will harm animals before they start harming people.

And, ...

The lady should have shot the sumofabitch.

Firearms
Now, these United States just needs to change some laws and regulations on importing firearms, parts kits, ammunition, magazines, and other firearms related items.

Government Shutdown
Something else that I learned from the recent government shutdown.

Grenade
Folks, when you pull the pin on a grenade, you either throw it or put the pin back in.

Well, ..

The Left has pulled a pin that they can't put back in.

Ha, Ha, Ha,
Don't laugh. They are serious about changing the nature of this country.

In 3, 2, 1
The Left and Democrats will be embracing Iran

Magnetic North
You will probably be hearing about this world-ending disaster, in the next few months.

Napkins
Someone, very high up in the company, gave the o.k. to produce these napkins.

Narrative
Besides the whole, “disgraceful breach of trust”

Some folks are using this leak to attack the President. Attacks that have only been leveled against Republican Presidents.

N.A.T.O.
I'm conflicted about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

It's important for so-called good folks to ban together against the villains, but Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia have been battling with each for centuries, killing each other by the 10,000s of thousands.

Also, ...

Our country's only duty is a duty to our citizens.

Payday Loans
Folks, they are a bad deal, even with the implementation of Obama-era regulations.

Police Officers
I hope you and your family are planning to face a smart, intelligent, and ruthless adversary.

With that said, ...

Don't expect the security services to prevent Democrats and certain Republicans from taking your rights to own, use, and carry a firearm.

Questions
People are concerned about Blackface.

Me, .. I would like to know:

Who designs this stuff?

Who decides to manufacture this stuff?

Who decides to sell this stuff?

Who buys this stuff?

Answer
Here's at least one person that used to buy Prada and Gucci.

Notice, I didn't call him a smart person.

Because someone willing to pay $980 for a wool sweater, well ...

You get my point.

Rights
Since the Special Consul can investigate anything, this means Mr. Stone can't say anything.

Security
Got to love the mass media, ...

Now they are complaining about a problem that they didn't cover under Obama/Clinton.

Sell Out
Needless to say, ...

Democrats and Some Republicans don't want to keep your family safe.

Story
They will probably omit the part of her being part of a murdering cocaine trafficking organization, and how she helped them launder money from the drug deals.

Vietnam
How about a repeat of Iraq, with a few lessons learned?

The Wall
Notice the spin, ... "another devastating government shutdown"

Welfare
If the government is giving people money, whether individuals or corporations, it's welfare and needs to stop. 


Overheard:

"In the past, this sort of grumbling over imperfectly woke books has sometimes grown into a five-alarm social-media fire replete with vote brigading, form-letter writing, and petitions to cancel publication."

"The Fitzgerald was now at war, the enemy the sea."

"It’s not lost on her colleagues, however, that the group that helped vault her into place—and who have two founders leading her office—is the sworn enemy of the establishment she needs to work with."

"The behavior of the American elite changed too."

"I’m not sure what’s worse, that people believe it? Or that they probably believe it themselves?"

"Other telltale signs of recession include: ..."

"Vote for the most pro-gun measures and oppose the anti-gun bills and damn the consequences."

"In summary: brace for impact"

"The disappointment over it will be epic when we discover that the laws of physics override the bright ideas of politicians."

"Long article, but well worth it ..."


What Others Wrote:

Ace of Spades: Morning Report - 2/8/19

The Ace of Spades - Gun Thread: Sooper Bowl Edition

Active Response Training: Weekend Knowledge Dump - February 8, 2019

Defense One: February 7, 2019

Defense One- Radio: Episode #37


Survival Blog: The Survivalist's Odds 'n Sods #353

Woodpile Report: Issue 565

The Z Blog: Beautiful Losers


That's Just the Way it Was: Kansas City, Missouri(ca 1943)

 General view of part of the stockyards

General view of part of the stockyards

General view of part of the stockyards

Friday's Thoughts and Other Stuff (Purchases)

Dear Preppers and Survivalists,

Capt. Robert Rosebrough, 66th Rescue Squadron,
Staff Sgt. David Janossy, 57th Operational Support Squadron,
U.S. Air Force, uses a PRC-112 Survival Radio
for a communication call (ca 2011)
photograph by
Airman 1st Class Daniel Hughes

Sorry
As I told you in the past, ...

I have lost my internet, so I am limited to the library.

So, ...


Purchases
I want you and your family to think about prepping as a long journey. Something that may take you many years.

So you need to make sure you have balanced preps.


A Circle
One way to do that is to start at one of the 16 areas of prepping and go around in a spiral, so you have a set of basic preps.

So, ...

You and your family have everything you need to survive an event.

To use this concept, you draw a circle and around the outside you write or print the 16 areas of prepping.

Next, on the inside of the circle, you put one thing you and your family are going to do to get ready for an event.

Once you have completed those items, you go on to the next spiral.

You will notice, the next set of purchases build on the prior purchases.

Take, ...

Shelter
First, you buy a tarp, the most important item in constructing a shelter. The next time around, after doing or purchasing everything from the first spiral, you purchase rope, something that could be improvised.


Notice
This method just isn't about acquiring 'stuff.' It's also about learning how to do things; like making a fire from a firesteel, building a tarp shelter, splinting a broken arm, and ....; so you and your family can survive an event.


Caution
This is a great way to make sure you have balance in your preps, but there may be a crisis or a buying opportunity that may force you to accelerate a purchase, such as the coming freedom gun bans, financial collapse of these United States, or other disaster.

Volume Five: Number Five

Snow at Argenteuil
Claude Monet
(1875)

A Matter of Time
Folks, ...



Doom and Gloom:

10%

4000

Balconies

Climate Change

Ebola

Felines

Guns

Mexico

Nice People

Peaches, Nectarines and Plums

Smog

Storms 


Things You Might Want to Think About:

Apple
Repeat after me, ...

Big Tech is our adversary

The Cold
My condolences to the young boy's family and friends.

With that said, ...

What is your plan to provide heat and proper shelter for your family?

Deception
If someone shows you a video, you believe them, right?

Well, ...

What happens when 1% of videos are fake? 25%? 50%?Even, ... 75%

Due Process
Your rights are being violated by so-called civil forfeitures.

This includes everyone, including so-called 'whites', 'browns,' and 'blacks.'

Education
Seriously, ... Someone is paying a school to get a PhD in latrinalia

Forgetting
We have falsely accused so many people with being Nazis, it has become fashionable.

The Gander
Another reason for so-called Intermediate Nuclear Forces was to counter the ability of a hostile nation to mass their troops for a concentrated attack against a weaker defender.

So, ...

Exactly what we need for the coming war with China.

GATTGA
It's all good and well, until someone engineers a superbaby that grows up to takeover the world and kills all the 'normal' people, including its parents.

Group Reliance

Half
An interesting question, ...

If half of your assets are fake, how much are you worth?

Mass Media


NewsGuard 
I'll bet you, ...

Businesses will lose more money when conservatives boycott them, then if liberals boycotted them.

Nudge
Wow, ... Mind Control

Or, ...

How are you manipulated, in your daily life?

Protesters
Shouting "Death to the Klan," Burning a Klansman in effigy, and carrying signs that proclaimed "Death to the KKK" quicken my heart.

The only problem, ...

Democrats think they are protesting Republicans when it in reality Democrats are protesting against the ills the Democrats introduced in the south.

Safety
Yep, ... The children probably died because the adults didn't put them in car seats.


Understanding
You and your family look at the illegal immigrants crossing our nation's border as criminals, so we try to stop them.

While others look at you and your family as racists, for wanting to stop these criminals.

Wars
It's been 100 years since WWI started and 70 years since WWII started.

But, ...

We are still finding deadly devices, from those wars, even today.

Overheard:

"Bank of America Corp. worries flooded homeowners will default on their mortgages. The Walt Disney Co. is concerned its theme parks will get too hot for vacationers, while AT&T Inc. fears hurricanes and wildfires may knock out its cell towers."

"But this incident has already been politicized, and it's unlikely that prudence and caution are going to prevail until more facts are known."


"Meanwhile, I’m wondering about something else. Of course, Mr. Trump eventually caught hell on the government shutdown. But in reopening it for three weeks, does this allow for the confirmation of William Barr as Attorney General? And when that happens, might it change the flow of events in the RussiaGate show?"


 "If you are doing long term planning for the EU or a European government, you have to be looking at America and thinking about the Crisis of the Third Century."


"Their job isn't to report any truth that lays waste to the self-serving interests of the ruling elites; their job is to protect the ruling elities by "reporting" politically-correct narratives and playing up cututally divisive incidents to distract the masses from any awareness of their political invisibiliy and lack of financial independence or agency"


What Others Wrote:

Ace of Spades: Morning Report - 1/31/19

The Ace of Spades - Gun Thread: Training at Home

Active Response Training: Weekend Knowledge Dump - February 1, 2019

Defense One: February 1, 2019

Defense One- Radio: Episode #36

Survival Blog: The Survivalist's Odds 'n Sods #351

Woodpile Report: Issue 564

The Z Blog: The Five Olds


That's Just the Way it Was: Bella Glade, Florida (ca 1939)

Migrant packinghouse workers' shack or "lean-to" made of old rusty pieces of galvanized tin and burlap. It is beside a canal in the "muck" and "swamp" cane." No lights or furniture, no water, only that which they haul from the packinghouse. Twelve people from Tennessee live there.

Children of migrant packinghouse workers, living in a "lean-to" made of pieces of rusty galvanized tin and burlap. They are left alone all day and often until three a.m. Both parents work when possible.

Fridays Thoughts and Other Stuff (Thinking)

Dear Preppers and Survivalists,

Destroyed Home,
Oklahoma County, OK.  (ca 2010)
cropped photograph by
Ks0stm
original photograph by
Win Henderson

Last week, I talked about how to determine the events and disasters that you and your family are going to get prepared to survive.


Supplies and Equipment
The next thing you and your family are going to need to do is fiqure out what you are going to buy, things like water storage containers, long-term food storage, first-aid supplies, weather alert radio, fuel cans for spare gasoline, and many other items.

Well, ...

As you make your list, I want you to think about ...

Capabilities
Several weeks ago, there was an article, at Defence and Freedom, about the Belgium military. In this article, "S O" writes about the capabilities that the Belgium military should be trying to achieve. He suggest ... Go read the article, if you're interested.

But, ... Back to my point.


Food
At this moment, several freeze-dried food companies are advertising on television, the internet, and radio. These companies suggest, you and your family should purchase long-term freeze-dried food because the country is headed to a disaster.

Now, ... Some families are going to fall for this fear-mongering, so they will send these companies hundred, if no thousands, of dollars for food.

But, ... These families have made a mistake.

First, it is true, these United States and many other countries are headed to a financial cliff. This disaster will see prices soar then fall, soar again, and fall again until no one, including the super rich, are unaffected. Families will lose jobs, their homes, retirement savings, and much more, if they are unprepared.

Second, this is my point. Families need to look at the events that they are getting prepared to survive.

So, ... If you and your partner want to feed you family for two-weeks, you look at what will give you and your family that capability.

If bagged, bottled, boxed, canned, and frozen food that you normally purchase, on sale, will provide a two week food supply, that's what you buy.

If you're thinking about feeding your family for three months, you build some shelving and buy the normal bagged, bottled, boxed, canned, and frozen food that your family regularly eat, every day.


Weapons
You and your partner want to protect your family.

Some folks are going to go out and buy an expensive AR-15 from La Rue Tactical for protection. At $2200 that might be a mistake.

Think about it.

Do you live in the big city then a EAA Windicator .357 magnum revolver might be a better choice. It's inexpensive, concealable (so you avoid police scrutiny), and ... you, your partner, and adult children can have one with a comfortable holster and some ammunition.

The same goes for folks living in suburbia because you will stick out carrying an AR-15 to the grocery store.


Other Examples
Needless to say, there are many more examples, take ...


Shelter
You and your partner want to make sure your family has adequate shelter for a financial crisis, so the capability you are looking for is a paid for home that is inexpensive to heat and cool.

So, ...

Instead of buying a MacMansion, you and your partner purchase a modest home in a nice neighborhood with people like yourselves. You take the next few months or years to adequately insulate your home, install photovoltaic panels with several batteries, add a wood burning stove, develop the soil for a garden, and ... Live in a paid for home.


Another Opinion
Now some folks are going to call me crazy because the LaRue Tactical 16.1 Inch PredatOBR 5.56 is a better rifle then the SKS rifle, for $450. The five bedroom house with separate guest house on 50 acres is better then the 1965 four bedroom home on a third of an acre in a small town. The Wise Company, Mountain House, and other freeze-dried food is better then the bagged, bottled, boxed, and frozen food your family normally eats for meals. The ...

You get my point because ..

They aren't better because they are more expensive then so-called bare bones survival. This means, depending on your financial abilities, your family doesn't have everything needed to survive.


Don't Panic
Instead of rushing out and wasting precious money on 'stuff.' Take a hard look at the events you and your family are getting prepared to survive, in the days, weeks, and months ahead, and purchase food and supplies that proved capability to survive, just not make you feel good.


Lastly, ...
Think about the things that your family can use right now, in their everyday lives.

Take sheets, blankets, and other linens, like towels

Do you have replacements?

How about snow shovels?

Extra toilet paper? Shampoo? Soap? Feminine hygiene products?

Now, don't go out and immediately purchase these and other items. Wait 'til you see a gently used one at a local charity store or when they go on sale at the end of the season.

With that said, ...


The Future
Depending on the situation, ...

You may want to accelerate certain purchases, take firearms, detachable magazines, and ammunition.

Currently, these United States House of Representatives is controlled by Democrats. Some of these Democrats have stated they will introduce gun-control freedom-control bills.

And, ...

They did.

So, ...

You and your family may want to purchase several of the more controversial firearms, such as the AR-15, AK-47, or semiautomatic handguns, like the Glock 19, Smith &Wesson M&P 9.

And, ...

Some ammunition because a firearm with ammo is a very expensive club.

To quote General Erwin Rommel, ...

“In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.”