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Eclipse soon

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Getting ready for the eclipse.  [IF you are near the pathway]

 

By now you should have topped up your fuel tank in your vehicles. And any extra fuel cans. You may even want to get one of those hand fuel pumps from a big box store. I checked the price today and Wal-Mart had a bunch of them at $11.00 they also had a bunch of red gas cans available.

 

Walmart also had magna mount CB antenna for $15.88 they had CB radios for about $60.00 each. You can order CBs with side band [SSB] which will use the same antenna listed.

Those FRS/GMRS blister pack walkie talkies are available too. Many radios come with weather alert features.

 

Between the above radios IF you are just now getting into radios it will get you well on your way to gathering information and to be able to stay in touch with friends and family locally. Your standard AM/FM like you have in your vehicle will help a lot for you to know what is happening locally.

 

Tomorrow [Friday] will be your last chance before the weekend to get ready for the eclipse.

 

Please consider sharing with the rest of us YOUR lessons learned from this event and what you would do differently in the future.

 

Thanks!

Eclipse Preparation 2024

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Eclipse Preparation 2024

 

Getting ready for the eclipse

REPORTEDLY this is the official EMERGENCY check list that has been released in US SCHOOLS and Colleges for the upcoming April 8, 2024 eclipse.

Stocking up and preparation. Nothing stops what is coming.

2 days before the planned events top off your fuel tank in your vehicle!

Fill up your gas cans too [propane and normal fuel for your vehicles]

Pick up groceries for the week and pet food.

Go to your pharmacy and get whatever refills are due.

Get battery powered radio IF you don’t already have one AND batteries for it.

Check you flash lights / batteries

Prepare for phone services to be out

Make sure you have at least a case of water in each vehicle

Have paper maps for the area you are in / are traveling in

 

The above was sent to me by a friend. She thought that whole “Nothing stops what is coming” comment was funny— ODD not amusing—  NOT everything is a Conspiracy nor a theory. It does no good to stir things up aka fear mongering.

 

Actually this is tame advice which we all should be doing ALL the time anyway. Wednesday or Thursday is a good time of week to tend to such things. I would add to have CASH on hand to cover planned activities for the week too.

Always top off your fuel supply on Wednesday or Thursday as when a bank gets closed by the FDIC it is normally on Thursday NIGHT and typically on the following Monday it will reopen under a new name. what this really means to normal folks is regardless of how much money you have in that bank, you will NOT be able to use it…  no cash from the Atm  and nobody will accept a check from you drawn on that bank. Go ahead and ask me how I know that :}

 

Side note a few years ago the path of the eclipse was within 250 miles of us.

 

AFTER the eclipse when everyone was trying to get home, a trip that normally would take 2 hours to make actually lasted over 14 hours! Most folks would have been better off just STAYING where they were for an extra day to let the crowd thin out. NOTHING actually went wrong, it was just the MASSIVE number of people trying to move at the same time. Folks were crapping on the side of the interstate aka eclipse parking lot.

 

Tailgate parties were also going on along the side of the interstate because traffic was just NOT moving! Once people made it to the cross roads of 2 interstate highways the traffic thinned out a lot BUT it was still slow going. [this information was collected from personal interviews and talking with people on HAM & CB radios during the event.

 

An example is anytown USA that has 4th of July fireworks organized. We NEVER go to those as there are just TOO many people there. I have talked with folks who have gone to those events for the ground shows. When the event is over it takes HOURS for all those people to clear out and traffic returns to semi normal. During this time of exodus even law enforcement and EMS have to respond to things on FOOT, as their vehicles could not get though the traffic!  We often do ‘battle tracking’ on events such as this as it can sometimes be entertaining.

 

Point being that even IF everything goes according to plan, when you have hundreds [or even hundreds of thousands in the case of this eclipse] there WILL be delays in travel ect…

 

You too may be entertained listening to CB radio, FRS/GMRS radios, HAM radio and scanners during any gather of people.

 

Please share your thoughts  with the rest of us.

USMC bad day in History

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Back in the 60 & 70s Beirut was one of the best places to vacation.  SMH  Sadly, this is no longer the case.

Lest we forget – 40 years ago today in history.

On October 23, 1983 at 6:22 a.m., a large delivery truck drove to the Beirut International Airport where the Marine Barracks was located. After turning onto an access road leading to the compound, the driver rushed through a barbed-wire fence, passed between two sentry posts, crashed through the gate, and slammed into the lobby of the barracks. The driver detonated explosives with the power equal to more than 12,000 pounds of TNT. The explosion crumbled the four-story building, crushing service members to death while they were sleeping. The terrorist attack killed 220 Marines and 21 other U.S. service members who were stationed there to help keep the peace in a nation torn by war. It was the bloodiest day in the Corps’ history since World War II, when Marines fought to secure Iwo Jima. Video by Sgt. Michael Acosta, Cpl. Bryce Burton, Robert Butler, Staff Sgt. Tanner Iskra, Sgt. Michael Juneau, Sharon McPeak, Sgt. Mark Morrow, Debbie Pearson and Bruce Weaver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqfnJptZEV0

We would be better off IF we ALL paid attention to world events, along with regional and LOCAL. Pay attention to those around you! What is going on? Is anyone acting oddly? Are there any out of place packages?

 

It comes down to Situational Awareness.

Have a plan!

 

Discuss with your family/friends where you will meet up when you are out and about. [Evac plan] How will you stay in touch with each other? [COMM plan– Primary, Alternate, Contingency Emergency – PACE for short.] Of course your cell phone will be primary, My family have radios on us while we are out, we have HAM licenses.   EDC plan  I always have a water bottle with me for example. Basically, IF you have been following us for any length of time…   This is nothing different than we have said for YEARS.

Friday October 13th

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Friday October 13th

 

Here is the projection by most others. [Tomorrow is declared to be a global Muslim Jihad uprising day in response to Israel’s invasion of Gaza, and its mass indiscriminate bombing of Palestinian civilians across the Gaza Strip.

Expect Jewish places of worship to be targeted, and take all precautions for safety and security.]

What is the reality?

Who knows?

I don’t. Also most others don’t either, I bet.

What we DO know is that those that did the attack recently in Israel are monsters. They are evil.

Do they actually have anything planned for the next month or so? Once again, who knows?  However regardless of their plans, IF they can alter OUR behavior, they win.

So here are MY plans. We will do what we always do. Every Thursday we top up our vehicle’s fuel tank. We hit the food section and get whatever fresh foods we want for the next several days. We do whatever other errands we need done. Sunday is church. There is no reason to not go.

General plans – everyone DOES need to be alert to their surroundings ALL the time. Be aware where the exits are and the best route back to your vehicle/home. Stay in communication with the rest of your family.

Carry water, cut wood, same as we do every week.

OK, so why is Friday the 13th is unlucky? Well first off it is NOT every Friday the 13th.  Friday the 13th of October 1307 is when the POPE ordered that the Knights Templar be arrested. Many of them were arrested, tortured and a lot of them were burned at the stake. Others died in prison. Rumor has it that many more escaped capture and fled to the new world [America] once again, who know???

Other notables on this date

1943 Some 300 Jewish labourers at Sobibor extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland staged a revolt, killing several SS supervisors and Ukrainian guards; many inmates died, and the camp was subsequently dismantled.

 

1644  English Quaker leader and advocate of religious freedom William Penn, who oversaw the founding of the American Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, was born

1925 the birth of the iron lady Margaret Thatcher  prime minister of England

V is also for VOTE!

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V for Vendetta

Great movie- well worth watching this time of year… every year. We could learn a lot from it. Remember, remember the 5th of November, the gun powder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gun powder treason should ever be forgot.

I am an idea. And ideas are bulletproof

 

Look it up- 1605 Nov 5th……

 

V is also for VOTE!!!

 

Tuesday Nov 8th 2022 is midterm election day.

 

Study the issues!

 

Take 10 friends with you to vote.

 

ASK your self…. Are you better off now than you were 2 years ago??

 

I know that most of us were better off 2 years ago.

 

Stock up on food, supplies and gardening stuff!

 

Get to know those around you..

 

 

RESIST 2022

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from a friend—-

As an American I feel so betrayed. I’m more sad than angry.

The Deep State is pushing Americans into a civil war so they can use their weapons of mass destruction against a heavily armed populace.

 

They want Trump dead and then they’ll go after We the People.

 

I don’t want to see blood on the streets where my family and friends live and I hope it doesn’t come to that. Everything needs to be done legally in a corrupt justice system which makes it very difficult for us but we have to stay in the game. We have to keep fighting no matter how hard they try to wear us down.

 

WE WILL WIN

 

If America falls, the World falls and we have alot of support and love from all the other countries that are going through the same betrayals.

 

As pissed off as we all are, Stay in the Love vibe. Don’t live in fear or anger. It’s not healthy. Protect those you love, take a stand whenever you can. Inspire people to do some real research. Teach them how. Support everyone out here who’s sharing information. Honor humanity. Humanity has the right to remain a species and our existence is at stake.

 

Keep a cool head.

In Sept. 2022 they get to destroy all the 2020 ballots.

Desperate times call for desperate measures and they are so desperate right now.

 

They don’t even care that we know. It’s outrageously in your face now
We still have the Zombie Apocalypse to look forward to. That should be interesting.

Let’s see how this psychological thriller plays out. I wonder who the script writers are.

 

God bless us all. God please keep us all safe.

 

Don’t throw in the towel

 

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My take.

 

I will add that the only time you actually lose is when you give in. Use the tools which you have…..   pump sun shine into the dark corners where the rats hide. Broadcast the truth, be active in the change you want to see. Educate your self and your kids. – Malcolm X asked a question years ago, it went something like this>>>   Why would you EVER let your enemies train/teach your children? <<< Work your life so you can home school your kids, it is NOT hard, really. IF you keep your kids in government school– BE involved, read their assignments/books….  SHOW up at the school and sit in on their classes. Get more active- attend school board meetings, organize with other parents, be vocal. Consider running for the school board.

 

All poly tics [poly=many, tics=blood sucking pests] is LOCAL!  Attend city counsel and county commission meetings – KEEP records and call them to task. ORGANIZE with like minded folks. Run for seats on them. — a few years ago there was this one guy was out in the rain, sleet, snow and blistering heat getting signatures to change the county commission from only 3 members to 5 AND decrease their pay. It took him a while but he did get it changed to 5 members. The county commission controls the budget for the county which effects how things happen. For example the Sheriff, District Attorney and Coroner get their money to operate from the county commission.  BTW the Sheriff, District Attorney and Coroner are ELECTED jobs typically. As such they are accountable to the voters. Be careful and study the issues and backgrounds of the county level offices as they have the most impact on local day to day life. IF you have good ones life will be more orderly….  IF you have not so good ones there will be more chaos. It came as a shock to me that in many areas the office holders do NOT have to have actual experience or credentials to hold the office. One place the one who was elected to be THE Sheriff had no law enforcement experience – he had been the sanitation dept administer. Another the Coroner had no medical back ground. Check the actual state laws in your area on that, you may be surprised what you find.

 

Support the best people to run for these offices. IF you don’t trust the ones running to do a good job this cycle, well then next cycle YOU run for the office.

 

None of us can be involved in EVERYTHING- there are only so many hours in the day. Organize yourselves! Talk with your friends to get THEM involved. Form teams to research the poly tics in your area. Say that you have 10 adults who are committed to the rule of law and decency, separate your topics and split your team into 4 or 5 groups to focus on each department. They will be your subject mater specialists. Group 1 focuses on the county commission, group 2 focuses on the DA, Sheriff and coroner offices. Group 3 city offices and so on. Start a news letter and publish it at least monthly. Include local happenings and reports on what you find out about those in poly tics.

 

IF ANYONE [especially a new person to the group] advocates violence or criminal acts to further your goals for cleaning up the crime and poly tics in your area….. GENTLY correct them, IF they do not see the error in their ways shun them. Make sure everyone in your group knows about this! Depending on the circumstances you may have to actually report them yourself. While that may seem counter intuitive, IF they are not a plant then they are a danger to society and you too.

 

Take lessons from Gandhi!

 

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, more famously known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian activist and sage spokesperson for freedom and non-violence. He led the Indian Independence Movement against British colonial rule in India by encouraging peaceful civil disobedience. His protest methods went on to inspire civil rights movements throughout the world. Although Gandhi was assassinated in 1948, it’s amazing just how relevant his messages remain to this day, serving as an inspiration to fight injustice and make the world a better place.

“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.”

What it means: Stop caring what other people think of you or what you are doing. Others will always have an opinion. As long as you stand behind what you’re doing, the only cheerleader you need is yourself. Your own strong values and beliefs will build you up and fortify your efforts as you work toward reaching your goals. Then, when you have succeeded through your own self-determination, you will surprise anyone who has doubted you — and realize you never needed them in the first place!

For an easy to digest [LONG- over 3 hours] story about him is the movie GANDHI 1982.

 

United we prevail and divided we fall….

 

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HEAT WAVE 2021

 

Merry Christmas 2021

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2 weeks of lockdown to break the cycle of infection….. almost 2 years later. Here are a few reminders of how lucky we are and that we CAN learn from history.

Christmas Truce – December 1914 – Sabaton History 107 [Official]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJq64dF5ZfQ

The Remarkable Story Of The Christmas Truce | WW1 Christmas Truce | Timeline

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCRjN6qqgHc

 

The Christmas Truce – A Spontaneous WWI Ceasefire | Full Episode  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LegcGx4okiA

 

Let us make 2022 a better year. Stay safe, healthy AND stand for what you believe in.

 

 

shortages 2021+

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2019 was not a good years for crops…   late spring and an early winter cut the harvest in the us by some 40% and there was a reported die off of pigs.
2020 also known as BLURSday because it is all a blur with the human malware program 19 which shut everly thing done..   Things did not get planted on time IF at all. MANY tons of live stock were killed and buried because the processing plants did not have staff to process them, and besides that most eateries were closed to indoor eating and most did not have drive ups. 2021 has not any better.
Stores are short of supplies enough that most have noticed it. Many stores are still limiting how much you can buy per day of some products. Some food companies have suspended operations due to lack of food and other needed supplies for operation—  see attached letter from AUGASON FARMS which is one of the MAJOR suppliers of long term storage foods.
Incoming shipments are having to wait off shore due to a reported lack of dock workers. Because of this a lot of ‘fresh’ foods are rotting on the ships.
AS IF all this were not bad enough, prices for what is available are going UP!  Inflation ya’know …
What to do….    stock up what you can reasonably use. Get what shelf stable food you can and safely store it. IF you will need shoes anytime in the next few years, buy them now. Same with tires and oil for your car.
DO NOT do like some did when that pipeline was shut down and pump GAS into plastic bags like one video on the net showed one female doing.
IF you have not already done so…   Pick a spot in your yard and start right now planning next years garden! IF you can, get most of the seeds you will need NOW along with any tools. Plant a food forest even if you don’t think YOU will be around to eat from it…  your kids will be [or grand kids].
Keep a journal of daily happenings, your thoughts, stuff you have learned and stuff you want to learn. Include in your journal a daily list or log of EVERYTHING you use/consume…    over a period of time your come to KNOW how much of what you need to be stocking.
Pray for guidance in all that you do…
FOOD Augason 2021

travel

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This from one of our sponsors— We have traveled with Janice before and it was fun times!!!
Please tag your friends and repost this so no one misses their chance to attend.
Come join us to support HOPE Miniature Therapy Horse Farms with our kick off for the Paris to Normandy group river cruise and the raffle for a trip to Greece plus cash prizes.
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Route 20 Outhouse (intersection of Highway 20 and I-94 behind Culvers)
Monday, April 19 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM
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First 10 people will get a free drink
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Even if you don’t attend the meeting, you can still get in on the trip and the raffle.

Stockholm

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Stockholm

 

 

Welcome to Stockholm!

 

Random thoughts…

 

It has been about a year since masking and lockdowns began. It will only last 2 weeks to break the transmission of the DEADLY virus.  RIGHT??  It is just for now, not forever!…  and here we are a year later still basically locked down. True THEY are lightening the restrictions but are ready to clamp down again WHEN there is another wave OR when the program/virus mutates.

 

A friend of the group has a relative who was put in a nursing home / long tern care facility a few months prior to the release of the virus. The family was able to visit before the lock down started. Then the lock down started… While they were able to call on the phone often and did make use of video conferencing for many months, it is NOT the same as face to face visits. After 6 months of ‘solitary confinement’ er ahhhh I mean medical protective isolation it takes a toll on people. Last month the patient in the nursing home had quit eating and drinking. The family was gathered to say their good byes as she was expected to die soon. The family was ALLOWED to visit as a group face to face with the patient for most of the day. How nice of the facility to allow contact! During the visit she started feeling hungry and started eating and drinking again because the family was there and what do you do at social events? You eat. The family continued to vist over the next few days. Her condition improved so much that she was ‘out of the danger zone’ and continued to get stronger. While this is a good thing, the facility decided that because she was not going to die soon that she was healthy enough to lock her back down and bar the family from face to face contact.  Back to medical protective isolation.  SMH  So, how many have died this last year because they gave up hope? How many died of loneliness?  Hummm what does this have to do with history [if anything]? Kinda reminds one of the 1930s.

 

 

Insurance may not cover your death IF it was from an experimental drug ie the human mal-ware program 19 vaccine. There have been some reports [unconfirmed by me, do your own research and let us know what you find out] that death benefits have been withheld to some families over this.

 

Recently a group of citizens lead by an MD, filed a civil rights suite against several in state government over the mask mandate and lock downs. Will see how that pans out.  ********web site***********  miracles do happen as the governor has decided to lift the mask mandate next week and businesses are now headed to being normalized.

So to recap the last year or so, this disease was noticed, the press whipped up concern, governments around the world locked everything down [took away most of our liberties and isolated us for our own good] and now are slowly giving us stuff back. BUT reminding us that THEY can lock us all down again when the disease numbers spike! This is sounding familiar to me from history.

 

Stockholm syndrome  ***the following was excerpted from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome

 

*** Stockholm syndrome is a condition in which hostages develop a psychological bond with their captors during captivity.[1] Emotional bonds may be formed between captors and captives, during intimate time together, but these are generally considered irrational in light of the danger or risk endured by the victims. Stockholm syndrome has never been included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or DSM, the standard tool for diagnostic of psychiatric illnesses and disorders, mainly due to the lack of a consistent body of academic research.[2][3][4] The syndrome is rare: according to data from the FBI about 5% of hostage victims show evidence of Stockholm syndrome.[5]

This term was first used by the media in 1973 when four hostages were taken during a bank robbery in Stockholm, Sweden. The hostages defended their captors after being released and would not agree to testify in court against them.[2] It was noted that in this case, however, the police were perceived to have acted with little care for the hostages’ safety,[6] providing an alternative reason for their unwillingness to testify. Stockholm syndrome is paradoxical because the sympathetic sentiments that captives feel towards their captors are the opposite of the fear and disdain which an onlooker might feel towards the captors.  ***

 

Well established examples of Stockholm syndrome …  military basic training   they break you down to rebuild you. Btw this is an example of a good thing as it gets you to be able to do more than you thought you could.

 

What other examples of Stockholm syndrome can you come up with?

 

 

What to do?

 

Chop wood and carry water.

Continue to prep. Finish planning your garden for this year AND get extra seeds! LEARN how to do things. Make friends. Write down your plans as you discuss them with your family.

 

Prices are going UP, get the durable goods and food you will need NOW. Get tools of your trade and extra ones NOW!   Get out of debt!!!!

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http://www.preparesurvivethrive.us/comms-part-1/

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