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Check out LewRockwell.com – Bill Sardi’s report on November 16, 2020. It may actually be beriberi instead of covid-19 for those suffering. Simple vitamin B1 deficiency.
Spec5
Responded to your posting but I believe the spam caught me.
M’Lynn
Look for a business that refills the cartridges for you.
@Dogpatch I would be very interested. An easy place to find tested and tried recipes instead of hunting the web. I am in!
WOW!! Newsmax–Cars waiting in line for hours to receive free food. They stated it is because of the Covid-19. Yet is it really because of Covid19 or for the fact it is FREE food. I do understand that there are households living on the edge but the price of gas alone in order to drive to the area, and wait in line. Mind boggling.
We were raised nothing is free, someone has to pay for it.
I assure you based on the locations in North Texas, it’s absolutely because it’s free. Charity no longer fills a void for those in need. In many cases, it fills the pantry for those who have been programmed to believe that basic human needs like housing and food should be supplied by others, and those same people sell their government-supplied food cards to friends and shop for luxury items and make sure they have the latest hair and nail trends. All while driving a new model car. It’s really disgusting.
I’ve seen the same thing. Luxury SUVs in line for a handout. Hopefully this social utopia these losers voted for will have them standing in a line barefoot and freezing in a few years begging for crumbs.
RC
the law of unintended consequences,,,,
almost as brutal and reliable as physics
I can understand how there might be some luxury vehicles in line. Just because a person loses their job doesn’t mean they immediately lose their SUV, The North Face puffy vest, Ugg boots, Michael Kors purse, etc. right away. That being said, there may be some people in the line just because it’s free.
tax payers food
that is trumps stimulus food i went – real good stuff
all,
Um, yeah. On printers. i was fed up with paying through the nose for cartridges, and having trouble finding the right ones. So, about 2 years ago i sprung for an Epson “Eco-tank” printer. it does about 4000 copies before having to replace ink, and you buy big bottles of ink and fill them into the permanent tanks on the printer, no cartridges. Intial price price is high, $200-400, bottles of ink much cheaper than replacing cartridges. That said, this has saved me a bunch of money and headache in the long run. not an advertisement for Epson, just my experience for you to ponder.
Minerjim
Have you made sure to update the software inside that machine? I really like our old one until that issue came up.
AC,
I have updated it recently. Gave me a few issues, like our older computer would not talk to it. After a bit of fooling around, i did something (still don’t know what) but got the old computer talking to the printer again. All working fine now. It is well worth the minor amount of trouble I’ve had compared to the old cartridge printers. Thing i like about the eco-tank printer is i can make 1000’s of pages very cheaply, so i can print out articles for my “hard” notebook.
Thinking about hooking up the old computer to the old Epson to see if they will communicate with each other. Then go searching once again for the old down load material to refresh the machine.
Yes, I have a hard time tossing things that may possible be of use to us. 😣😂
Had an Epson and then the printhead died after the warranty ran out.
Eventually wound up with an HP Officejet Pro 8020 and the HP ink service that automatically mails you cartridges before you run out, at a cost cheaper than buying your own. Printer is about 1/3 the cost of the Epson.
Chuckling, LeAnne I have a spare copy of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace for you to read if you pass on an address 🙂 I’d say my whole posting is less than the first two pages of my copy.
Since we’re in a literary mode “As God as my Witness, I’ll never go hungry again”
Wanna Bet Scarlett if the Communists take over?
Or maybe : “And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand?… The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin’s thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt! If…if…We didn’t love freedom enough. And even more – we had no awareness of the real situation…. We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.”
Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
The Gulag Archipelago
TROUBLE is not coming, it’s HERE. Even if Trump “Wins” the street army will continue to terrorize until they and their supporters are destroyed.
Tree of Liberty
NH Michael: Thanks for the offer, but only if it’s a L A R G E – P R I N T version as I’m losing my eyesight. Gosh, then the book would be at least 3 feet tall 🙂
LeAnne be GLAD the Computer Screen your reading this can give you LARGE ENOUGH Print eh?
NH Michael: Yes, I have a 24-inch monitor and can enlarge the print so the letters on the page are HUGE 🙂
Thanks for the encouragement about sharing some dehydrated food recipes. The first thing I’d like to share is a method for making dry beans “recipe ready”. I got this from a blog that described a lengthy trial and error effort to pre-prepare dry beans that didn’t crumble. It took a lengthy search to find this information! I mean, who dehydrates dry beans! LOL! A prepper that wants to economize and simplify meal preparation when things are tough.
Soak dry beans overnight or boil 2 minutes, soak one hour, drain.
Cook kidney beans at a boil in fresh water 10 minutes (neutralizes some toxin in kidney beans), all others 5 minutes. Dehydrate until hard/brittle at 95 degrees. My Excalibur’s lowest setting is 105, but my current batch is drying perfectly. They will look and weigh pretty much like unprepared dry beans. Keep great in a vacuum sealed jar.
I find these beans will cook al dente in about the same time as white rice. I use the black beans in a “kit” I make up for black beans and rice with smoked sausage that’s pretty killer. So in a power outage, you don’t have to go through the time consuming soaking and large “waste” of soaking water when you’re conserving resources.
I’m putting together a list of equivalent fresh/dehydrated foods that I’ve found is the main key in converting recipes made with fresh ingredients to dried. I’ll share what I’ve got so far next.
Oh, and just a side note, of course you could can beans, but anybody who cans a lot knows that it has been impossible to find canning jar lids for months now, and will continue to be so until at least March (when all the lid-starved canners will go nuts buying every lid in sight!) Dehydrating is a great alternative at the moment.
Thanks Dogpatch! I’m glad you decided to share because that’s actually a great idea.
I’ve been working on that conversion from dehydrated to fresh equivalents, too. Once you can ascertain that a cup of celery will be two stalks, or a cup of broccoli the equivalent of 1/3 head it does make things easier for recipes, so I’m looking forward to hearing what you’ve found.
I came across an interesting item about certain vitamins being water soluble. So you don’t want to add too much water when rehydrating due to pouring off nutrients when you drain the excess. That thought never occurred to me, so there’s definitely some neat stuff to learn out there!
I freeze dry beans, but they are ‘delicate’ after the process. I figure they look refried, sort of.
some years ago i wondered if home made chili con carny could be dehydrated so i tried it in a home dehydrator and it works i had a bag of it in that sat in a back pack for years i pulled it out and boiled it for 5 minutes and it was fine it tasted a little weird but it was still good
Dogpatch, thank you thank you!!
i just dehydrated my 1st batch of beans a few days ago and basically they almost all blew up. I will try it your way
NH MIchael
I suspect many of us noticed that the Antifa/BLM types were against our American values and history several months ago.It was when they indiscriminately destroyed Black neighborhoods and businesses, and pulled down whatever statues they could find, regardless of what group the subject championed. I kinda figured that the Dems were happy with that, but maybe not.
Thanks Chipmunk, that was my point.
The More Centralist Democrats are fighting with the Leftist’s in congressional skirmishes. Just interesting to SEE some evidence that now the Trump Derangement Syndrome is somewhat cooled by Biden “Winning” that they we HAVE to DO anything to Dump Trump has shown it’s nasty side to the more reasonable Democrats.
Not ALL Democrats are the enemy, some are just deluded by propaganda AND the nastiness of some of their more extreme “Peers” is cracking that façade.
Judge people more by their actions than their politics-words. I look with hope to more of my more reasonable Democratic neighbors as less a threat and more a potential ally against the extremists infesting the Socialist-Democratic party.
STILL going to be ugly if Trump wins, a LOT of Propaganda to undo.
NHM
i hope all this corruption craposis is real and DJT wins, that way the ugly of the democraps is on display for all to see.
Yup
SOSDD
oh well,
got a 4 year repreive,
got to see that we have many who hate our lifestyle.
got to see that many of our neighbors and friends are idgits.
so
back to what i was doing 4 years ago.
and BigB can pizzoff
Thank you Patriot act! Everything you do online is now monitored but don’t worry, Its completely legal. One of the biggest patriots out there brought this to light years ago and yet nothing has changed, except he had to flee to Russia.
NH Michael
After reading through the six part series and analyzing the photos it becomes clear we are indeed being lined up for the next genocide to be added to the history books. The theme is very repetitive (but that is the educational beat to dive the point home). Those of us who learn from history see that we must be proactive if we wish to keep ourselves and our families from staring into the pit when the bullet strikes from behind. The photos are very disturbing if you have never seen such in the past but everyone needs to see them so they don’t pass off the how bad it can get and know that they must act before their hands are ties. Never give up your means of defense and never walk the path blindly. Thanks for the link.
Folks ,,,,,,,,,,,two years food ,,,,do you have it?
Not living in harms way? Bug out fantasy??
Out. of debt,,,,??? Get rid of stuff you don’t really need ,
Simplify ,simplify, simplify ,,
The world as we know is coming apart ,
A sailor learns to know when to go to the lifeboat,,,when the ship is sinking , Not when it’s sunk
Not a thing your doing will matter if you burn with the city,
Folks made fun of Noah ,
I liked this paragraph in one of his others: “We have been lectured by our betters since 2016 that the U.S. election apparatus is terribly vulnerable to meddling. Then, starting at approximately 5 am ET on November 4, the message flipped. Since then we have been lectured that the U.S. election apparatus could never be vulnerable to meddling. MSNBC and CNN treat reports of fraud about as seriously as Bigfoot sightings.”
Left the mountain long enough to visit my nurse practitioner today. With no prompting from me, she brought up the subject of the “soon to be available” covid-19 flu vaccine. Told me flat out, that while she will offer the shot when they come available, she is not going to recommend for or against taking it. Said she had reservations about taking it herself….and would not….at least until it had some kind of track record for efficacy and lack of side effects………
Thought I would pass this on. While she is not an M.D., she does own the clinic….the staff physician is on her payroll….as are the other three nurse practitioners. I trust her as my medical provider and advisor…………Evidently she felt it important to share her advice on this subject without being asked……
Dennis
Thank you for the reminder of the Covid 19 vaccine.
Acdh required an OTC medication, on my way out of town so I stopped at a Walgreens. When approaching the door was a large sign. “Sorry COVID19 Vaccines are not available yet”.
Apparently there are requests for this untried drug. Yes, I was shaking my head as many have read what TOJS posted on this matter. She did her homework and then shared her knowledge with all of us, our household shall not be receiving this medication.
it’s not a medication. It will change your rna. see the posts below… It is euthanasia. The next wave of viral exposure that is different will produce a cytokine storm because of this vx.It will be a hemorrhagic..like e boli. Ask Old homesteader how difficult it has been.
I personally would like to see everyone from the president and elect, plus cabinets, staff, and all of the Representatives/Senate,, PLUS their immediate families, wife, children, grandchildren GO FIRST ON TV while we watch. Oh, but how would we KNOW if it was just a shot of water or some other benign ingredient.
Dennis, excellent advice, I’m fortunate to have a Dr. in my family, my sisters husband who I trust a lot, think I’m gonna have a talk with him and see what his thoughts are on this subject. He’s recently retired, but is one sharp individual. I will keep y’all posted.
Dennis, well I just had a short phone call with the Dr. they are building a new house and he was talking to the builder and couldn’t talk long, but long story short, said he would get it in a heartbeat, not really what I thought he would say, he said as long as they had the phase 3 trials completed that it would be safe. I still think I’m gonna wait a good long while before I get one
David,rcb,
This, I believe, is going to have to be one of those personal judgement calls…..that is, unless the government suspends our right to make our own decisions concerning our health….saying that the needs of the community outweighs our personal rights (which I believe may be the goal of this whole mess).
My decision, at least at this point in time, is to wait and see. While I suffer some serious health issues, they are all due to long term wear and tear on my body finally taking it’s toll. My immune system has always served me well. I’ve never been one to catch every bug that comes along, even though my work and lifestyle was such that I was exposed to every rogue germ that came along.
Dennis, I completely agree with you, I too have serious health issues and have had for 20 years, but thankfully for good medicine that has been completely proven over many years, I’m still in decent shape for my age and want to stay that way until my Lord calls me to that final home
never know if the vaccines in one area are the same as those in another
or even if what is supplied is a vaccine
biden would see that his political opponents received a strong dose of something and were unfotrtunately sensitive and had side effects
this can be finely tuned to get the results desired by our traitorous enemies in any area
When I started looking at communications I bought handhelds. I believe they were Baofeng, but I’m not sure. The advertisements said 36 miles.
I live across the valley from my sister (line of sight–maybe 10 miles?) and I could talk to her without a problem. She could communicate with another sister (S2) down in the valley but mine wouldn’t reach. Because S1 is in the foothills it’s almost line of sight from her to S2, but not from S2 to me. My brother to the south is at the very edge of the advertised range, but there’s a mountain in the way so no signal can reach him, and of course S3 was WAY out of range (60+ miles). I had a hard time communicating with someone a short distance away with a low ridge and a few houses between us.
If all your people are within line of sight or under a mile away, consider handhelds. Otherwise, probably better to go with something else. Handhelds are great for short range communication, perhaps if Mr. U goes out into the yard and you want him to be able to reach you if something goes wrong.
Lauren,
One thing you might try is seeing if the local radio club has a “repeater” on a high point in your area. That would likely make it possible to talk to all your siblings directly.
Thank-you to all the MSB family that commented on the great Yellow printer dye hunt! Wife played a hunch and found one on line and ordered it. The world can now resume spinning on its axis.
The Moderna vaccine, rely on a nanoparticle-based “carrier system” containing a synthetic chemical called polyethylene glycol (PEG).” But why do these vaccines need to be kept at -70C in the first place?
If a PEG-containing mRNA vaccine for Covid-19 gains FDA approval, the uptick in exposure to PEG will be unprecedented—and potentially disastrous.
I certainly do not want my cells “hijacked”, and nobody has any idea what the long-term effects will look like. Anti-freeze? You kidding me..!! No F___ing way am I getting this or any, vaccine..!!
If fighting diseases was easy, we would have eradicated the common cold and the flu long ago. But we haven’t, and we won’t be eradicati
Just Shut Up and OBEY.
/sarc
PEG is not anti-freeze. And, unlike ethylene glycol, is considered to be biologically inert and safe by the FDA.
But, there is increasing evidence that a detectable level of anti-PEG antibodies exist in about 72% of the population, who have never been treated with drugs containing PEG. This was determined by examining plasma samples over a ten year period, from 1990–1999.
Allergy to PEG is usually discovered after a person has been diagnosed with an allergy to an increasing number of seemingly unrelated products, including processed foods, cosmetics, drugs, and other substances that contain PEG or were manufactured with PEG.
If you are a person, who happens to have anti-PEG antibodies, it would be nice to know prior to being injected with any vaccine using PEGylation, as you may experience a hypersensitive reaction to PEG. One might imagine a reaction to injected PEG, is a bit more serious than if the reaction is stimulated by ingestion, or the application of a topical cream.
We know those already with anti-PEG antibodies have a problem. But, even those currently without the anti-PEG antibodies are not without risk.
You see, when PEG is chemically attached to therapeutic molecules (such as protein drugs or nano-particles, or used to coat RNA sequences), it can act as an antigenic (a molecule which stimulates an immune response), stimulating an anti-PEG antibody response in some patients. However, this effect is known to occur in just a few of the many PEGylated therapeutics, currently in use.
Nevertheless, the unlucky people, who react to PEG, shall experience significant negative effects upon their clinical outcomes.
Keep in mind, the FDA currently accepts the risk PEG presents to those allergic to it and generally considers PEG to be a safe component of drug formulations.
Now, PEG is only one component of this wonderful new RNA vaccine.
Have a nice day!
I was just struck with the question:
If one is unable to take the vaccine, due to a known risk (such as anti-PEG antibodies), and there are legal, political, and social penalties for those not taking the vaccine…what happens to these people?
I am mentally and practically preparing for being required to stay home indefinitely. I figure I have until late spring early summer before there’s enough vaccine for such measures. DH works for defense contractor. I don’t think he’ll be given the choice if he wants to stay employed, but he tends to trust the docs more than I. And I’m the one with the over responsive immune system.
Mama Lark, Have you investigated..NAC,serrapeptase,cordycepts mushroom, reshi mushroom, quercetin.. all of these have different benefits and some overlaping needs are covered by them.I use Oil of Oregano when lyme flares..is also anti viral.
I don’t think any of those are among things I have tried. Thanks for the info. I will check them out.
Ision,
Whatever the ,gov deems appropriate I suppose.
They will be isolated and persecuted until they are shipped to camps which will be concentration camps.
Are there current vaccines containing PEG? I tried an internet search but the resulting medical research wasn’t clear. I took 1 influenza vaccine and was ill for a year. Suspect it reactivated my Lyme disease immune response.
Also the AstraZeneca and JNJ vaccines are different from Pfizer and Moderna? Anyone informed on the differences?
natural nws has a article on the vx and ingredients..Yes. they contain… also alum, formaldhyde. go to home page and scroll down.. it has headline…to the effect of..” the shocking reason vaccine requires extreme cold temp.”
Just WOW… Went down this rabbit hole and it is just truly amazing….. and scary to think what’s potentially to come…
Isn’t PEG the stuff you’re given to drink to clean you out before a colonoscopy? If so, that seems like a very large amount of this stuff to ingest. I’m surprised that I’ve not heard of any of our patients having a bad reaction to it (except that it is just plain nasty to drink, no matter how they try to flavor it).
Yes. PEG is ingested in its use in pharmaceuticals, such as pre-colonoscopy cleansers.
But, ingestion is not the same as having it injected directly into the blood stream.
But, PEG is only one component of the RNA vaccines in question.
I had a family member highly allergic to those “drinks”. His were taken oral and he had taken all the vx given by the Mil. for the Korean campaign. Injectable by someone allergic would not be a pretty sight… would need more than a shot of epi.
Why would I willingly inject recombinant DNA or RNA from the lung tissue of an aborted fetus into my body? That is just not right! For those who have no objection to the tissue from a fetus point, why inject this slurry into my body when the death rate from the virus is so extremely low. We know there are going to be more issues from the vaccine than from the illness and then it is too late as it has changed your genetic makeup permanently. Nope, not gonna do it!
I just updated my article about my chicken coop/run panels for winter protection from snow and wind.
For those who are curious what I did, here’s a photo:
So far, so good.
Early on in the covid-19 scare, I pointed out that the average age of those who had died from it was 80…and the average lifespan of Americans was 79…that brought a few chuckles, and a few angry retorts………..
Now we are hearing that Pfizer is proudly proclaiming that their new covid-19 vaccine is 95% effective in protecting against infection from this virus………would it be wrong for me to point out that, after a full year of no vaccine……96% of the population has not contracted the virus…..and have not subjected themselves to being guinea pigs………..
Ok, I’ll shut up and go back to my therapy…………………….
Dennis,
Shhhh! You’re supposed to be distracted by the election, and not realize that 😷
Dennis
Haha now there you go again, pointing out facts. Didn’t you know we’re not supposed to think things through?
Chipmunk,
How do you think that China is almost over it, yet their vaccines are still in the trial phase?
Because rather than shutting down again China sent everyone back to work on pain of imprisonment and told them to deal with it if they got sick.
OH,
I’m very sorry to hear that the virus still has a hold on you. That’s very serious for those affected by it. Not discounting the fact that it is debilitating to those so affected by it. I can totally understand your position and I do hope that you can find something to help you to get well soon.
Dennis –
The interesting part of the 95% efficacy rate was when Fauci said you wouldn’t know if you were in that group. That you could take the vaccine and be a 5% person. No one would know, therefore the masks and social distancing would remain in effect even for those who got vaccinated. 🤔
Made me want to join you at therapy.
M’Lynn,
Dr. Roger Hodkinson, a Cambridge trained virologist, says that lockdowns, and masks are the greatest hoax ever.
Stay away from crowds forever? Maybe. Lots of non covid reasons as well.
Oldhomesteard,
……Not my intent to anger you nor did I say that there are not possible severe consequences to those that contracted covid-19 infections that progressed past minor consequences, nor to try to convince others to or not to take a vaccine when it becomes available (government mandated?). I’m just pointing out some obvious numbers that should give us some pause………food for thought…….
Yes, I remember polio…..remember it well….watched my first cousin almost die because of it…..do you remember “iron lungs” ? She lived in one for quite a while and is now, still alive, college educated, retired with her husband. After getting her lung functions back, she lived her life with one leg shriveled and mostly useless……….Had her hip replaced the same week I had mine replaced….first time in since she began walking that both legs are now the same length
I know you’re angry. Some folks lash out at others when they’re angry. Pretty sure that anyone who read my comment, that wasn’t looking for a fight, would not think I was saying that covid-19 was “no big deal” for anyone who has had it and developed severe physical symptoms………..
I’ll close, in response to your comment, by saying that I’m sympathetic with your situation, your contacting covid-19, your continuing battle with the consequences. I would tell you that I’ve lifted up prayers for your recovery, which I have, but you got pretty angry with another person who told you that a few days ago…………….life runs smoother for me when I avoid looking for a reason to be angry. I wish you well.
Dennis, your comment was fine. No worries. Just pointing out facts.
Speaking of facts, just a reminder in case someone missed it,
The survival rates for Covid are as follows:
0-19: 99.997%
20-49: 99.98%
50-69: 99.5%
70+: 94.6%
That’s not downplaying it. Rather, simply pointing out facts. I certainly don’t want to get it! But if I do, I am comforted to know that I will most likely survive, as I would the flu. Especially being healthy and in good shape.
Most dying from this have been the very elderly (80+) / those who are very unhealthy to begin with.
That’s all the more reason to be in as good health as you can be. That, is up to the individual.
Speaking as a friend there is so much political theater about COVID it’s hard to find accurate information.
Pfizer’s “Magic COVID Vaccine is an example of politics and MONEY ruling the science.
Short cut and paste from someone I respect.
And of course, we’re all on the edge of our pews – waiting for Pfizer or Moderna to come through with the talisman we need to ward off the evil spirits.
In Pfizer’s test – this is “science,” remember – they lined up 43,538 people to prove that their latest juju works.
Trouble was, they couldn’t get the damned guinea pigs to get sick. As we read the numbers, the mammalian immune system… refined over approximately 285 million years… was the real winner. It was 99.97% effective at preventing serious illness in the whole group.
Only nine of the placebo group developed any serious illness, and only one of those who got the vaccine.
That hardly seems very scientific to us, but it was enough for Pfizer to declare their elixir 95% effective!
No matter that it is all hocus pocus. As Dr. Fauci said, this is not the time to think independently, or to think at all. This is the “time to do what you are told.” So we bow before the new gods… and pray for deliverance.
All they REALLY can say with such a small subject group is that according to the Union Leader article today of all the 43538 people Severe Fatigue was 3.8% and 2% got severe headaches after the second shot of the series.
No mention of how long these folks “Enjoyed” these side effects.
I for one will wait a LONG time before I take it. Why bother IF I have to continue wearing a mask and social isolate anyway?
0ldhomesteard
Perhaps you should be p…off with yourself,,,not Dennis. You are the one who has chosen not to seek medical care.
You flaunt it over our heads that you are worth millions, have such vast intellect as to build Thorium Reactors, yet you are self treating with a $37.99 cattle product that was designed for worms and mange – not the “corvid” you have had since March.
Yeah, yeah, yeah…it worked on all those little 3rd world kids of yours, but in this country we have real doctors and real medicines that are made for humans with Covid19.
Trump got it and three days later began flying all over the nation delivering high energy speeches until well past midnight within varying time zones. You have chosen a different path for yourself with the “vires”,,, “well tuff luck” as you say.
That’s over the top and untrue. You can make your point without insulting people. Can OH as well? Yes. However, I see a distinct difference between your comment and OH–He was reacting emotionally to something he is currently experiencing, and I took it on that level. Your comment, however, was insulting and degrading, apparently on purpose.
Marcus ,,,,on March 15 we had no idea how to treat this ,except for what China told us ,Ivermectin was what China was using ,as for MDs it was the blind leading the blind ,and killing people with misguided treatments ,incidentally Ivermectin is the most widely used treatment in the world , but must be used in the first 72 hours ,two people I knew have died from it or its compilations , as for my wealth I earned it,,a number of people live better because of it ,and I make no apologies for it ,,there are people on this blog that have information and help that would not be available other wise,and there are people alive today that would not be but for time spent by friends and myself in hellholes of Africa,i spent my vacation time dealing with puss and sickness and death not on a beach with umbrella drinks ,,,,,
Oldhomesteard – Sir, I know the frustration of being “sidelined”. Folks saying you should do this or that….. I get it. I read something on covid-19 the other day that was very interesting to me since I am not a big fan of MD’s. In a nutshell the writer is saying that beriberi (vitamin B-1 deficiency) may be misdiagnosed as covid-19. He lays out a pretty compelling case. If you are interested you can find it at LewRockwell.com. – Bill Sardi – November 16, 2020. If you read it, check out the link in that article “Not Covid” by the same writer. I hope you fully recover soon.
Solesurvivor,,,,,,thanks ,,,,,I have experience treating beriberi ,,know what it is first hand ,
Soul Survivor, I read that also. We keep hearing about the importance of Vitamin D3 and zinc and now vitamin B1 has been added into the mix….but it does make sense since so many people ingest the many things that deplete thiamine from the body. They also cited cases where flu illness was misdiagnosed and was truly the B1 deficiency. We know the COVID tests are not accurate. It is worth taking those vitamins to see if the outcome is different.
Hey OH, I cannot imagine the frustration of the virus returning and still having to deal with it. Takes a toll on the most positive outlook. hug hug
OH, I’m really sorry that you have this virus and that it’s affecting you like you describe, however I don’t think Dennis is insinuating that it’s not a big deal for the ones that are affected by it, just that less people get it than the msm is pushing us to believe that everyone is gonna get it and it’s gonna kill us all.
Oldhomesteader, it is like that with every illness. People who get the illness wish there was something they could take to avoid the illness…just like with shingles. Doesn’t kill you but makes you miserable and unable to work, etc. it should be an informed choice of taking the vaccine. Those who wish to take it should have the vaccine, but those of us who do not want to take it should be able to say no.
Damedinny,,, agree ,problem is in a very closed community to protect every one that needs protected , what do you do ??any ideas ??
DAMed in my,,,,,, lets expand on thinking. ,,suppose you give someone the vires. ?are you responsible for the dammage done? That’s not that far feched ,infact there is presadent in tort law. As a consulting engineer I charge 500 dollars a hour so can I sue the woman that gave me the vires lost income for the last 8 months?? If in fact she knew she had the virus I could , and even if she did not she could be held responsible ,now if she Did in fact know she was spreading the vires she could be face criminal charges,and jail time ,,,
More to think about coming later need to check on cows
Tea and chocolate
Let’s expand this a little more. Speculative: an untested RNA vaccine, using untested processes, causes additional problems, far worse in most cases than the disease itself. Can’t sue the people who made the vaccine–they’re immune to prosecution. Can’t sue the government that passed the vaccine out of political pressure.
Which do you deal with? A person who may pass on a disease, and chose not to take an untested vaccine? Or the untouchable government that has decided their power is more important than the ultimate health of the people?
Lauren,,,,,,,,,, yes ,,,the problem is so convoluted ,,can’t get there from here ,,,,and then your dammed if you do ,that brings us back to just quitting. , the frustration is the reason for who is John Galt ?,,,,the problem is how to decouple from the system ,is it necessary to hurt good but unaware people in the process,for some it like the power to tax , the tax man takes what you have earned , when we quit we with hold the ability to earn ,both cause pain ,,,,,when is enough ,enough ,
If you saw atlas holding up the world struggling to do so ,would you blame him if he said enough and shrugged,
Tea and chocolate
I wouldn’t blame him at all.
I tend to come down on the side of individual freedoms rather than an increase in control. The increase of control NEVER has the result you want, and once in place cannot be controlled or rescinded. When people are allowed to make their own choices, it’s much easier to deal with and most often works out to the benefit of the community. One on one. Individuals.
Oh, but people won’t take responsibility? Blame that on previous generations making a new regulation every time a problem came up. People rely on regulations now. It’s an inevitable result of more control.
Oldhomesteader, it will be an extremely difficult decision, especially for those in position of authority over a group. Most likely even the two part vaccine will not be enough to stop the spread. The virus will continue to mutate and infect just like a standard flu virus – and they haven’t figured that out yet.
Always, when I get shingles, I stay away from people for quite some time until the anti viral calms the infection and I am no longer worried about spreading it. However, I was told early on that I could not spread shingles. Then many years later, I was told perhaps I could spread it. Many people get the shingles vaccine and still get shingles. The vaccine is still questionable.
I feel empathy for anyone having to deal with COVID, cancer, shingles, or any other horrible illness. These illnesses break down the bodies and minds of very strong people. So all are in my prayers and I take care not to infect anyone as best I can. And I hope and pray that some amazing medical minds will come up with a vaccine that will work for all of these viruses, but I am not sure they ever will. And I am not willing to put human fetal tissue into my body….even as a cure for the disease. To me, that is just wrong.
As to who is liable for passing a germ or virus around – hmmmm, that is a tough one. What came first – the chicken or the egg?
I pray for your prompt recovery as you deal with this nasty virus yet again. May God grant you strength and peace.
DAMMED in ny ,,,,,,,,,,i feel Dammed if I do and dammed if I don’t. 200 people depend on my call on the matter ,at times I want to say screw it sell my part of the valley to Bill Gates and be gone ,, I do have some place else I can go to ,,,,if I sell the valley will be closed to all the renters and guests ,trouble is I love that old ranch ,i enjoy seeing the look on a person’s face the first day there ,
Responsible,,,,,,,
Gonna update what I’ve been doing for preps this week. Added night sights to all defensive weapons.(red dot illuminated reticles tritium) bought batteries as needed. Coordinated with my son in law in Fla. He has been focused on hurricain preps so we discussed some actions related to current situation. Noticed shortages emerging again. Updated vehicle bags to winter load (rocky mountain region) monitoring police bands and colorado repeater nets. Started posting last year because things didn’t feel right. DOL RLTW
And confirmed zero
Easy thing about Hurricane preps. Is once complete just need to update batteries, propane and check generator. Plans made and printed for when to leave if needed.
Concerning the china flu virus issue. I think most folks believe it is a real virus ,and a bad one at that. How it came about still seems to be an issue with many people worldwide. It has been difficult these many months to get truthful, factual information from a reliable source .
So many think it was used as an obedience training exercise for the world populations. Maybe so and maybe no, hopefully the truth will be known some day. Opinions are all over the board and I find it quite challenging to put my faith in the leadership and almost impossible in the mainstream media outlets. The situation in our country has been an economic disaster for sure.
It is easy to raise one’s blood pressure when having discussion on the subject.
Test
Yep,
I ain’t gonna bother retyping the whole thing.
Dennis and OH
Get along with each other.
I said so.
Ok, revamp and a little quiet time.
OH & Dennis
I like ya both and I assume ya both like each other.
Just my 2 cents. I see both sides.
This is a serious virus. I don’t want it. I am just as susceptible to it as anyone. Age, diabetic, compromised immune system.
There are those that have contracted the virus. They’ve struggled and are still struggling to fight it, comprised health.
The truth of this virus has, extremely been out blown. States falsely documenting covid cases for FED money.
Need any falsified cases?
I can give a few….handfuls
Lately, I have refused the flu shot. I will refuse an experimental vaccine for a virus that falls into a fear mongering MSB criteria. STATE, NATION, WORLD WIDE, imposed fear.
And, OH if I had the vid and noone believed or understood, the personal sufferings, I’d be pissed, too.
It’s understandable.
I go public places, with the other half,
Wear your mask correctly, follow.the arrows, don’t cough.
We’ll get thrown out.
Really? I’m not a subject.
A slave
A giver to the imposed fear mongering
system.
Right or wrong, we have decisions to make.
They’re all coming at us fast and all are coming at our freedom fast and hard.
Not only State, but Nation, and World wide.
Our good times are behind us.
The full play is at hand and is slowly coming to the open for all open minds to see..
And this year has been no exception.
My wife and I were talking about Thanksgiving plans and all the people that will be there. Had a grand daughter test positive. She got it from her friend who worked at a dry cleaners. Both owners came to work and both had tested positive for covid. She was at my house with all family members. She just got a bad headache. No one else even got a sniffle. IMHO I believe there is something in each of our makeup that allows this virus to take hold of that person. Not saying we are immune, because there IS a disease out there. Not to put on my tinfoil hat, but I believe TPTB are pushing the public to see just how far they can go with the lockdowns and health directives that are beyond absurd.
DAMedinNY –
Have you had either the urgent feeling or detailed dream in relation to the election, or the ongoing drama?
I remember Birdee saying that she had one before the election and I’ve wondered if anyone else has too.
M’Lynn, no I have not had any detailed dream regarding the election. I have had urgent feeling to store more long term food though, which is odd because I felt I had more than enough to cover our anticipated group. My spouse is okay with it because my “feelings” usually pan out correctly. I have also done some storage replacement/rotation (even though it was not time) so I could donate more…so many people out of work right now.
NRP,
Been awful quiet lately. No fluctuations on Cosmic TP meter, very low sky glow over the Juan’s since the ghost chili harvest. You and Blue doing ok down there? Figuring you might have got lost in a jug of Stumphole or something. Throw up an injun smoke signal to let us know how you are doing..
Ken,
Just read on https://www.naturalnews.com/2020-11-19-all-rigged-case-numbers-death-certificates-vaccine-efficacy-biden-presidency.html
“What if the psychopaths who own the patent on the virus DNA sequences also own the patent on the testing methodology and can control the sensitivity of its detection?
What if both the virus and the proprietary testing kits are being used as a bio-weapon to cause panic, to sell outbreaks that aren’t real, and to ultimately allow a serious viral pathogen to escape detection?
What if this is being done to ultimately enslave economic systems to a global reset of communism and to enslave human beings to experimental mRNA technology delivered via Pfizer and Moderna’s new vaccines?”
https://www.naturalnews.com/2020-08-23-rush-to-profit-from-coronavirus-dates-back-to-1999.html
and we have a winner!
Yes- look up the PCR tests and the creator who is speaking out about it. From what I understand, testing above 35 cycles can provide false positives. The COVID test is processed at 40 cycles. It would not surprise me, after a ‘ vaccine’ or administration is in place, to require the tests be given st 35 or less cycles. I’ve read too many medical articles on this to think that the numbers are anything less than being manipulated. Here in Oregon ‘ they’ changed the methodology for reporting case numbers after realizing it was incorrect. The new way is significantly less of a percentage.
In the press conference today Sidney Powell confirmed that the raid happened in Germany. Then she said they didn’t know if the good guys or bad guys got the servers??? Makes no sense to me to say something like that.
Being an ex-NSA fellow, who actually worked in such places where the raid took place(I could have been assigned there, but was not), I have given more thought to this issue.
People not understanding why German forces were not used and think this is reason to doubt the story:
The type of installation in question is an American intelligence facility, in which highly classified technologies and information are used and kept. The facility would forcibly restricted access to anyone not cleared by the controlling agency for the facility and showing proper badges for access to it. The entry way is compartmented and defended by armed soldiers.
A German military/police force attempting breach would be fired upon and the intelligence personnel inside the facility would begin taking trained actions to destroy classified items, as the commander of the facility would prepare to destroy it should the final defense line fail. (Key areas of the complex would have incendiary devices, such as White Phosphorous [WP], installed overhead, which would burn down everything below them…including people.)
Therefore, raids against such places require special planning and would require the advantages of using U.S. forces, such as those already holding the proper security clearances for exposure to the facility’s contents and special forces training.
Using American forces would allow a close approach to the facility and the uncontested entry of some, or all, of the raiding personnel. The raiders could then move through the facility halls to the specific interior entry for the unit they seek. Often such entries are not guarded by access locks, but just a sign on the door indicating access requirements. It would then be possible to conduct the raid using non-lethal force against any resisting unit personnel, which are usually not armed, nor even combat trained.
Why would the President’s lawyers not know the specific details of the raid? See the following:
The President’s lawyers would not know the outcome of the raid, as they were not involved in the raid, as it was ordered and controlled by other Administration officials, who are NOT connected with the President’s CIVIL litigation, but directly with National Security, and CRIMINAL LAW.
The raid would be part of the criminal investigations being conducted under the cover of secrecy, as it involves highly classified areas not subject to public inspection…or public courts. In such investigations and actions, those outside of it are not informed, and people can be captured and held in cells without the normal flow of civilian law.
Therefore, any such raid is meant to supply evidence for criminal, not civil, actions…for which we may never be informed about.
Thanks- that makes sense. I would think that when this gets to the higher courts that something has to come out though as the servers seem to be central to proving the case. I also have to wonder if critical info disappeared before the servers were recovered. This is one h*ll of a coup.
aka –
Scytl hosted elections data improperly through Spain. Once the US government determined that the Dominion server in Frankfurt was involved in switching vote counts, the intelligence community had the State Dept. work in tandem with the Dept. of Justice to get access. Otherwise the server would not have been able to be used in a legal manner.
They requested that the government of Germany cooperate in the seizure, then signed the appropriate paperwork required to have it in place. US military was not in the lead. Esper was fired. Miller and Patel were put into place. And the CIA was excluded. All so that there would be no interference from rogue actors.
As I mentioned 5 days ago, Trump has learned that troops exist still in places were they aren’t supposed to be. Several here believe that is normal, but I drew the example of how he could staff a raid and have his good guys be met by bad guys who he didn’t know to account for, merely because our troops are pawns in a seditious game. Two sets of troops could have easily shown up at Scytl, both from the US Army. Then as Sidney pointed out, we wouldn’t know whether the good guys had the server or the bad guys had it, due to both teams wearing the same uniform. Trump should never have had to deal with folks briefing Biden that have troops tucked away for the DNC use, yet he’s playing their game masterfully. Sidney however is speaking and acting only as a private attorney because she is not part of the government. She will merely be given evidence that is gathered on when the counting stopped, who gave the direction and who initiated the algorithm. That will become a piece that she uses in the cases before the courts, but a separate set of events will unfold within government ranks concerning the other elements.
M’Lynn, where are you getting your information?
DaisyK –
The first part comes from the Gateway Pundit stories that were written after Louie Gohmert appeared on Newsmax. Several other outlets have written about it as well, but I quoted their story because the outline they give is what transpires.
The piece about the troops comes from an article Katie Bo Williams wrote in Defense One entitled “Outgoing Syria Envoy Admits Hiding US Troop Numbers”, which in turn was written about by Jim Sciutto and Liz Sly, as well as others at the time that Lankford and others were calling for Biden to begin receiving security briefings.
Other parts, such as the timeline I mentioned to Mrs U. about Dominion beginning as MCS, then Sequoia, then Smartmatic, etc., all comes from articles gathered from web archives since there were court cases involving CIA witnesses and the team from UC Berkeley. Then the piece mentioned to Dennis about rogue operatives came from the leaked DNC emails in 2016. All of it, as well as disinformation, is out there to read by anyone who pulls it up. But then you get an affirmation like from Sidney yesterday on the progression of Dominion over the years that proves which was real to a regular citizen.
Thanks, M’Lynn
I remember hearing about troops that Trump may not know about. It’s called lying to the president Biden should not have access to military/secret info. I really had not thought about ‘bad’ american troops getting there first but that would be a way for vital info to disappear.
aka,
even military troops can be bribed. However, there may be a unit who absolutely is loyal to the constitution and will protect it no matter who the president and his cabinet is/are. Their existence is so classified that even the spy agencies would not know about their existence. This unit is more trained then even the average military special operator or operators for the spy agencies.
I notice AOC and Co are pressing the Sock Puppet into accepting “Progressive” (Read Socialist) advisers in his cabinet. A lot of the same names from earlier “Progressive” Democrats are already being posted. I notice open announcements and NO retractions of re-education-Black Listings for Trump Supporters.
When your enemy says they are going to do the Gulags it’s polite to accept them at their words.
It’s going to get messy even if Trump manages to “Win” this smoldering house of cards. They are not going to say Oppsie, My BAD and quietly become good neighbors if Trump pulls this out of the “Bag”.
Don’t be the “survivors” that mumble about “Not loving freedom enough”.
Remember Braveheart “All men Die, Not all men Live”
Busy day today, starting the settling into home process later today. Finally. It’s been one heck of a ride, and I’ll be glad when the focus shifts back to the simpler things. You know, like packing and stacking, security and the like.
Anyway, I wanted to share a great tag line that floated through my mind this morning. It’s possible I’m remembering it from something I read, but I can’t think of where if that’s the case. Catchy, familiar, to the point:
“Just say no to thugs!”.
If we don’t start saying no, and soon, it’s only going to get harder. It’s scary to do so, for sure, and especially without buddies doing it with you. Freedom buddies – get some! History is very clear about the progression we can expect to see. It’s a stone’s throw from curfews to detention centers.
Since leaving familiar ground, I’ve gotten to experience personally the affects of some of the more severe restrictions. Since California is going full out draconian, my young men won’t be able to travel there to spend Thanksgiving with their Dad. The situation is just too risky. I’m relieved, actually, but sensitive to their disappointment.
For all struggling in health due to the rather nasty flu-related virus aka ‘corona’, my prayers for a good recovery. We’ve always had challenges with losing folks to such things, and it’s just common decency to be compassionate and supportive of those who are affected.
I had dinner this week, with my family and a couple friends, in a quiet restaurant with no mask signs on the doors, no masks on the employees, sitting inside at a table. I was so appreciative I almost cried. For some, that may sound like a dumb thing to do, risky, etc…
For me? Freedom.
Farmgirl –
It’s a new dawn. A new day. Now you stand in the place where your dreams took you. Through so many months, a wide variety of challenges, you fought to get to this day.
May this be the place where you laugh your very best laugh. Dance your most endearing dance. Sing your greatest song. And love with all that your heart holds.
Welcome to happily ever after for you and yours.
M’Lynn,
Thank you. That’s a beautiful blessing, and when I get my printer hooked up, I’ll print it out and put it on the fridge. Life is what we make of it, half full or half empty, challenges and all. There’s always something to complain about, or there’s always something to be grateful for. I’ve been trying to focus on the latter, as life’s just better for me that way.
Last night I just stared at the piles of boxes, a bit overwhelmed and not knowing where to start. To cap off our adventure, the water to the house was shut off due to a break in the line somewhere near the chicken coop. At this point, I just shrug those things off, lol. I mean, hey, we didn’t have to sleep in the truck, after all!
Water got fixed today, woo hoo! Lots to do, cleaning and unpacking, but I had my morning cup of tea here, a familiar ritual in a new place. Made a fire in the wood cookstove (so excited about having one of those!). Found the old boombox, and a stack of CD’s to accompany the settling in. Dancing my way through the packing paper. 🙂
Farmgirl . . . So nice to hear you sound so happy.
Anony Mee,
I know it seems like a completely contrary time for that, given all that’s happening in our country, and the rest of the world, too. There’s a lot of serious stuff going on, and I’m not forgetting it. I’m sure I’ll come on here sounding grumpy and ringing alarm bells in the not too distant future. For now, though, yeah, I feel happy. Lots of blessings, some very unexpected ones, and lots to be thankful for. It’s been one hell of a journey to get here, and I know I don’t get to rest much at all because I have to get this place set up whilst also stacking and packing. The zombie apocalypse waits for no one.
The next couple of days though I’m just going to be a farmgirl gettin’ to know a new farm, and looking forward to new like-minded neighbors and the bloom of new relationship. It’ll be good to have company. 😉
MSB Patriots
I know, We all have plans, for protection of our homesteads and Family. I know I do.
I have a question.
I am reading many articles on, Us Patriots need to prepare for WAR, with what is/may occur if Nuts and Slut come to power.
What does “prepare for WAR”, mean to you Patriots?
SMG,
Mild mannered retired contractor/farmer by day…
VC style guerrilla by night…
SMG,
I take it as being ready for every conceivable attack (physical, mental, financial, etc…) on people who do not go along with the program.
To me, it means being toughened up for an onslaught of new restrictions, a lot more propaganda against free-thinking, a lot of pressure to conform. It already feels like nearly all of my values are under attack. I guess what I’m saying is to me, the word “war” does not just mean the potential for physical confrontations, it means being ready to deal with threats on a variety of fronts.
SMG –
It’s the synonym to your name.
Peace isn’t self-sustaining. If you want peace, prepare for war. Reagen shortened it to Peace through Strength but it still means the same. You have to fight for it constantly, otherwise you begin to get weak and your skills become sluggish. You have to actively guard against apathy so that when you are faced with adversity, you’ll stand your ground to see it through. But you can only do that before the battle ever begins by laying the groundwork for the fight, in whatever form it may take.
Stand, I remember two years ago in January that a Swedish farmer (on his blog) said his country was told to make sure they had several months of food on hand (6 months I believe) and to prepare for war. It was extremely unusual because in his country you are taken care of by the state. And the term used was war. Must be Trump delayed whatever they were attempting back then so we are now knee deep in this global takeover.
DAMedinNY –
I downloaded that pamphlet from Sweden at that time because everyone was talking about it. “If Crisis or War Comes”, sent at the behest of the Swedish government to all households. It’s a neat little overview and reminded me of the old Civilian Defense publications from the 60’s that we had.
Our next door neighbor growing up was one of the wardens that were around throughout the city. He wore a pith helmet with the CD logo and would answer anyone’s questions about what foods to stockpile, how to grow gardens in backyards and can, who to call to build a bomb shelter, where to go away from home to find a shelter. He was truly what would be considered today a preparedness guru. Yet as kids we pretty much thought he had a few screws loose! But boy I would love a chance to talk to him these days and actually wish there was still that sort of neighborhood resource to walk people through the steps involved with truly getting prepared. Yet I haven’t heard of any US efforts still underway with Civil Defense. We’re the country that could benefit from even a small pamphlet like Sweden’s right about now!
I had hopes that at least a couple of hosts at Fox would buck the tide but no. Seems Tucker is the latest to fall leaving no one at Fox to listen to. I had not listen to Tucker for a couple of days and was very surprised to listen to him attack Sidney Powell. Wow, just, wow.
aka
Same here, acdh found another program to record during that time slot. FakeFauxFox is no longer being watched in this household. Exception is the business channel. There are still folks over there that we like to listen to of course it is in the early hours. Will see how long they last before the owners twist their arms behind their back. Then it will go good bye, after we alter the channels to drop all of FakeFaux from our programing.
aka , I probably saw the same newscast that you saw. I was under the impression that what T C wanted to see was tangible evidence that the ballot fraud had actually occurred. Anybody can make allegations, but having the facts to present to the public as truth is what we want. I don’t think he was trying to attack Ms. Powell, but show me what you have found. Supposedly the “bombshell” is to be released sometime this weekend. That’s just my take on what I saw.
aka, Antique Collector, and Spec5:
There has been plenty of evidence of election fraud already presented. I call it election fraud, not voter fraud, since most of it comes from politicians rather than voters.
It had been documented that Republicans were kept from adequately viewing the voter counts in many jurisdictions. That alone proves fraud, since why would the Democrats restrict their ability to see the counts, if there was nothing to see.
Further, there have been several relevant items on-line: the counts for Biden show sudden spikes and data analysis that show where those spikes were 98% or even 100% for Biden. In some cases those spikes amounted to hundreds of thousands of votes. In one clip, showing a CNN broadcast frame by frame, you can see thousands of votes suddenly switch from Trump to Biden. There are also affidavits that you can see on-line that state that witnesses saw large boxes of ballots arriving at 4 in the morning (after which sudden spikes for Biden were recorded), and votes for Trump recorded as votes for Biden, and election workers campaigning for Biden at the voting locations.
All of those things and others that I didn’t name here, are evidence. No one can say there is no evidence.
The media is demanding that the Trump team disclose ALL their evidence in advance of the trial. If they did that then the Democrats would have time to manufacture a way to counter that evidence. They can’t disclose that for fear of prejudicing their case. The corrupt media knows that and is trying to force them to show their cards ahead of time.
Statistics is a science. Funny how the media doesn’t want to follow the science suddenly.
But it’s not gender studies or political psychology, so it doesn’t count. I mean, Statistics deals with numbers, duh. Numbers don’t mean anything. *sarc off*
That is because math is now racist, didn’t you know?
Yes, probably same interview. It was his tone. It was rude, nasty. Went on about how they asked for info and didn’t get it and how awful Sidney was. I later heard a reply from Sidney Powell. She said that info was sent – even some info that (can’t remember the word she used) sounded like shouldn’t have been shared yet. Tucker’s pretty smart and savvy. Knows very well that you can’t give out info/documentation until the appropriate time. We all want the facts but we are not going to get most of them until it goes to court and then like Daisy said we have lots of evidence being shown on TV to ponder in the mean time.
I saw his tone and wording as attacking and a bit vicious. Could easily have handled it in very different way. I’ve been a Tucker fan for several years and he really disappointed and blew me away. <shrug>
AKA,
Carlson is an entertainer not a journalist. He is paid 3 times as much as Cronkite got at his pinnacle with adjustments to our time. He is smart enough to not soil his own foodbowl(Fox). So,he will follow orders plain and simple.Self preservation takes over in times like this…
Yeah, sad to say your right. I watch snips of stuff on youtube and watched one where Tucker responded to the question of ‘so where do you go from here’. referring to would he be moving on to somewhere else. Of course he would not have said anything derogatory but he was pretty emphatic about how good things were where he was at and said something about expanding what he was doing- or something along those lines.
I get most of the news from Newsmax and OAN these days but typically just skim headlines right now unless it looks especially earth shattering.
aka,
Still a few shows on Fox worth watching: Hannity, Mark Levin, Ingraham, maybe a few others. And on Fox Business watch Maria Bartiroma and Lou Dobbs. Though Dobbs is getting senile and interrupts way too much. Angrily interrupts — getting worse all the time. Just like the anger we are seeing from Biden. Wait for a couple of months; Biden will get worse.
Has anyone else noticed that the media at large has so far refrained from referring to President Trump as a “Lame Duck”? I wonder why. Gosh, one might reasonably think they would really get off slinging that phrase around. Hmmm, what’s going on with SCOTUS this afternoon, now that markets are closed?
It hasn’t stopped them before, and Biden’s team as well as the media have stated that the transition has begun.
Never will be my president, PERIOD!
Also, Senator Harris hasn’t resigned her seat
I believe that’s so if their grand plan falls apart, she can slither back into the Senate and continue her treasonous ways.
On a different note, without all of the hoopla and celebrations taking place commemorating the 400th anniversary of the transatlantic voyage of the Pilgrims and the signing of the Mayflower Compact, we may be tempted to let it slip from our memory. Wouldn’t want that to happen!
Very thankful that the Indians helped them learn how to survive. That’s one good reason to appreciate the American Indians.
The past couple of weeks have been hectic. My DB will be moving in with us in a couple of weeks. So I ordered and received another refrigerator to expand our cold storage. I didn’t even try for a freezer. As it was, I couldn’t get the refrigerator delivered for 3 weeks. People must be buying extra refrigerators as the first four I wanted were not in stock, and they were not expected to come in before December and January. Then I promptly went shopping and loaded up the refrigerator and added to the pantry.
I also replaced the toilet in the main bathroom with a more efficient toilet that only uses 1.28 gallons of water per flush. This was really necessary as we are still in a drought situation. Lots of people are having their wells go dry, my DD is one.
My DD and fiance came and took down two trees that were damaged. This is future firewood. I estimate that I now have about 3 years of wood for heat. Most of it still need to be cut and stacked, but its on the property so I can work it when I have a notion too.
I also re-painted my kitchen, ceiling as well. I had been wanting to paint ever since my soda experiment went awry.
Peanut, not sure where you live, but the Lowes here considers refrigerators a must have/emergency delivery. Maybe you can get it sooner. Some drugs must be kept cold for instance.
Thanks Mrs. U. I wasn’t aware of that. I have the refrigerator now, but I’ll keep that in mind for the next time.
And, so it goes. The incoming cardboard administration is filling the box with Facebook executives and other lapdogs that served Obama and the other elites well through the election cycle. This is nothing more than a “in your face” takeover of our country. I bet they wake up every day amazed they are getting by with it. Indeed, decades of brain-draining “higher education” is paying off now. And, shame on the so-called conservatives we’ve elected for not screaming from the rooftops and standing behind the fight to uncover election fraud. They all are there for one reason-self promotion. Duped to the highest degree.
The idea of being tucked away being entertained by nothing more than the sounds of nature is becoming most appealing.
A little bit of a rant, and I hope it can help someone in the future.
HEALTHY SEEDS DO NOT MOLD. Healthy seeds do not turn into goop after a few hours of soaking. I don’t care what kind of seeds you’re dealing with, if you do a germination test and one of the seeds immediately starts growing mold, it is dead. Healthy seeds will not soften to the point that an accidental poke makes the seed fall apart.
Healthy seeds have safeguards built in so they won’t be eaten by the most prevalent of the “feeders,” which happen to be molds and bacteria. If someone tells you that a soft seed covered in mold filaments is alive, they have no idea what they’re talking about.
If the mold was on another seed and transferred over, but the seed still looks alive, wash the seed off and put it back. If it continues to grow mold, it’s dead. This is why I always separate the seeds when I do a germination test. I can tell where the mold is coming from. The mold is still feeding on the other seed, using its stored sugars to attack the good seeds.
If you talk to a seed vendor and they tell you a soft seed that falls apart or molds is perfectly normal…they’re full of it.
Lauren:
Excellent “Rant”, and good information for those that dont know.
Thumbs up for sure.
Foggy morning here on the mountain. Got my morning chores done. Second weekend of modern gun deer/bear season, most of the week-enders came in last evening. Got one of the Baofengs scanning the 22 GMRS/FRS frequencies to get an idea of how many folks in my immediate area that might be using those channels. So far, no radio traffic.
New Barred Rock chicks are doing well. Growing like weeds. Full three weeks old, they’ve gone from little black fuzz balls to almost fully feathered speckled miniature chickens. Still keeping the brooder lamp going, but I’m guessing that another week they can make it w/o the extra heat.
Been able to get in daily therapy sessions, mostly concentrating on my cowboy revolvers. About evenly divided on time spent with the Ruger Wrangler .22 and the Cimarron Lightning .38 spec. Both have fixed sights. The Wrangler came from the factory with sights dead-on, the Cimarron shot low but windage dead-on. Filed the front sight down about a 16th of an inch, now it’s dead-on using my 148 gr double ended wad-cutter handloads. Both revolvers are accurate enough that I rarely have a shot land outside the 4 inch square painted on the chest of the full size steel silhouette out to 25 yards. Can’t always say that with my “combat” pistols.
Shot up about a hundred rounds each of rimfire and .38 spec. during my therapy. Loaded up two hundred rounds of my .38 wad-cutters.
For Calirefugee: Ran a little experiment with my .38 wadcutter reloads. I buy my bullets from a small commercial bullet caster. They come pre-lubed in the lube groove. As an experiment…I sprayed the bullets with Hornady One-Shot case sizing lube, let them dry overnight, loaded them the next day using my standard 2.9 grains of Tite-Group. Chrono’ed 6 rounds of them and 6 rounds of my standard loads w/o the spray on lube. The untreated rounds averaged 810 fps, the treated bullets averaged 835 fps. Not a huge, but a significant difference worthy of further testing………..
Dennis,
I do the same thing!
“Got one of the Baofengs scanning the 22 GMRS/FRS frequencies to get an idea of how many folks in my immediate area that might be using those channels.”
I let it run (scan) and listen-in on what’s going on out there…
Ken,
Without trying to sound paranoid, it has crossed my mind that, in a post shtf scenario, a coordinated group of ne’er do wells approaching your homeplace with evil intent would most likely use that type of communications. Scanning those frequencies just might give a person the edge he/she needs……..
Has anyone re-used pickle brine? I was thinking of saving the brine from my homemade dill pickles and pickling green beans or other vegetables.
I have. I boil the brine, and prepare vegetables like you would normally do, place veggies packed in clean jars and pour the brine over them and seal the jars. Put in fridge, wait to open for at least 48 hours. These are not canned, so they must be refrigerated and last up to 2 months.
Thank you. I thought it would work and appreciate knowing it’s doable.
Pickle Beet juice for boiled eggs,,,yum!
Yesterday at work I used the company computer and network connection to look up something specific and silly, that I ordinarily have zero interest in. Then last night, at home, on my own network connection, YT starts popping up all kinds of suggestions based on what I searched at work. … How the actual eff did this happen?! Very scary stuff. Because the ONLY common point between home and work, is my cell phone. Many have long suspected that our cell phones spy on us photographically and by audio snooping. Is it possible that our phones are now passively filtering and storing WiFi traffic from other devices nearby?
Yes, it’s called cell phone sync. Normally you have to down load a program for YOU to sync your phone but it seems various Search Engines “Ahem HELP” you in this process.
And to think We BUY our Own Spy Devices…. How clever is that?
Used to be only Siri and Alexia “listened” to us. Now everything with a microphone even a “Off” flip phone can be used to listen in if your a “Person of Interest”.
1984 wasn’t supposed to be a training manual. Maybe the Hunger Games was?
I think about that whenever I am talking to DH about our preps, plans, or even opinions. I wonder if our OPSEC is compromised.
Phones off unless they’re being used. No modern TV’s in the room, and no computers.
Lauren as aka just mentioned that they TURNED OFF the Location stuff on their laptop and they STILL have location … What’s that old TV show “We control the Vertical, We control the Horizontal..”
It’s a well known fact if your a person of interest (and who isn’t?) the 3 letter folks can listen in on you with your cell phone, computer turned off…
Has been proven by stingray towers pinging OFF Cell Phones and court evidence from OFF cell phones.
Now a phone in a EMP bag I suspect is not operational via the Patriot Act 3 letter crew.
Any talk in the presence of an electronic device with a microphone is suspect. That includes smart TV’s, Fridges and most cars today.
A while back I was in Lowes and walked past a wall display that had a “connected” tool set. All the pieces could talk to each other, and to your cell phone.
Even your tools are spying on you! : )
To be completely “off the air” one must remove the battery.
Got ONSTAR in your vehicle? It can be remotely opened and and you can be eavesdropped upon.
Reminds me of a post I did back in 2011:
General Motors, Tracking and Selling Your Movements
Within, I quoted a statement from a police officer which reads:
“I’m a police officer. The On Star customer who canceled his subscription is not enough. As long as the device is in the car, it can be remotely turned on. They (On Star) can locate your car at any time and listen in on what you are saying in the car and you will have no idea the device has been activated. We the police, can simply present exigent circumstances not even reasonable suspicion, or probable cause to request this information.”
To mitigate this, you might find the proper fuse for the system, and remove it.
Ken I was chatting last year with my best mechanic. He said he tried to disable the On Star from his own vehicle and it disabled the vehicles computer until reconnected.
Try looking up what you have to DO to remove an iPhone battery…. Hint you need tools and some skills if you ever plan on replacing it.
Seems the Masters don’t want those chains of spy information removeable.
I wonder if a mylar bag would work as an EMP bag? Anybody know?
Chipmunk ,,,,,,,no ,won’t work ,and while I’m here for tenth time no need to seal ammo cans or garbage cans with foil tape , but do separate item electrically from the can ,a cardboard box will do ,,, no need to ground the can either,, in fact
in a CME a grouned anything can get very hot
A EMP and aCME are to very different events. With different possible out comes
If the bag is designed as an electro-static bag, used for shipment of electronic components, it might work. However, no one should be dependent upon electronics in any case.
So, your radio survives the first EMP, when everything goes dark. So, interested in what the non-existent radio broadcast has to say, you break out your EMP protected device…and scan the freqs looking for some panicked words from some uninformed twit, who only knows what is going on down the hallway of his studio.
Then, after a few hours of this…another EMP hits…and cooks all the devices people though to protect from the initial blast. Thus, returning one to the status of everyone else, who has no idea of what is going on…past where they can actually see.
Ision,
Kind of like… why have an extra can of food? You’re just gonna eat it and then you’ll be out. I’m not concerned with the “twit.” If ya prepare, you can have comms with folks you care about. To each their own.
I have all location stuff turned off on my laptop and when I shop, my location still comes up.
there is such a thing as a de-googled phone. could b a wise investment.has a you tube channel.
Mcgyver
Had the same thing happen
was talking to my son about something he just bought and I said “we used to have those at the place I used to work at”
that night I had an ad for the item and the place I used to work at
@tmcgyver,
It is amazing how “they” ( the system(s) ) can tie it all together. “The System” somehow knew / knows that it was “you” while on your work computer network / browsing, etc..
It requires extra diligence to (try) and mitigate tracking. Additionally it’s not always possible. Welcome to 1984…
Ken and others in reply – This damned phone knows everything I am about to do. In the morning when I walk to my truck, before I open the door and before any BT connection can establish, the phone dings and advises me of any traffic issues on the way to work. Same thing happens at night when I go home. Most retailers are now pushing hard for contactless payments, so out comes the phone, and upload goes my shopping list to a central DB. If there is any good news, it’s that the phone seems to be a lynchpin to the surveillance state. Should I ever need to “go dark”, the phone gets blow torched.
tmcgyver
What about a EMP bag for that device that knows your every move or thought?
Put it into a baggie to shut it up & only bring it out when it is required. 🤔 😂
Howdy AC – It’s a great idea, except I don’t know if I need my phone until someone calls me. And if it’s inside an EMP bag, I’m out of business. And with half of my co-workers 15 time zones ahead of me, it is difficult to set off-limit hours. Like Ken said below, not just the phone but “lots of other life changes!” Ya know, like forfeiting an income and abandoning a career. It is a rather trapped feeling.
For sure… “go dark” REQUIRES no phone… And lots of other life changes!
Probably because he had used his personal email on that computer at some point.
Tmac, I now leave my phone at home when I go anywhere. Although I do understand if you need it for work. Plus, our phones and computers after use are always kept in rooms we are currently not in at the moment. Bedroom during the day, home office or kitchen at night. I already had some weird experiences with them ‘listening’. And then ads popped up the next day perfectly matching our conversations. Too weird. Scary weird.
I finally ditched ink jet printers for a laser printer. It is so trouble free and is a joy to use. No color but who cares!
My closest neighbors (weekenders) and a family I trust, just stopped by. No luck on their morning hunt, but showed me pictures of a huge boar hog she shot last evening. Picture was of it hanging in their meat tree, over 7 feet long, close to four hundred pounds, impressive tusks, has all the features of a Russian boar. Pretty squared away young woman (35) to be getting her Phd. next spring…………..
Dennis,,
Would an old boar like that even be edible? Just curious as we dont have those in the Rockies.
Minerjim,
They are pondering that right now. Even though they are both educators by profession, his parents and grand parents, in addition to being farmers, founded a medium sized meat processing company and retailed their own brand of sausages and bratwurst in particular, regionally. They sold the brand name, but still do all their own game processing. He believes he can make summer sausage out of the boar. They did that with the big black bear she harvested last year….gave me some and it was as good as I’ve ever eaten….and was the first bear meat I’ve eaten. I’m betting they figure it out……
Dennis,
Hope they do, that’s a lot of meat. Years ago I took a friend’s Dad hunting in the Rockies.He brought some boar meat from a 600# animal he shot in his home state. Put it in spaghetti, tasted great, if you could get it past yer nose! Gamey would be an understatement. But did not want to insult the old gent, so we ate it down. Proof that with enough vino anything can be eaten.,lol.
Minerjim,
I understand completely. Every time I kill a ‘possum, I tell my wife that if things go south, that’s stew for two-three days. She says, she’ll never eat ‘possum….I always come back with “you just ain’t been hungry enough……yet”……..
I kill many possums that eat my citrus every year. IF I get that hungry, and I might, I would be sure to cook it very well done, very well. They are some of the nastiest animals I know of. One I shot immediately pooped. Well while making sure he was dead and not suffering I noticed the poop shimmering in the spot light. Closer inspection was he was literally full of worms! Very well done indeed!!!
I have plans to not get that hungry..
Grandma used to cook them, she would clean them well.and cover and roast them., after fork tender-. last hour they were covered with sweetpotatoes.They are a very greasy meat.
This was related by my DearDad several years ago.. If they could find it to harvest- they cooked and ate it.He was issued 2 bullets to harvest meat for the table and he had to account for all of them..with meat for the pot. He was born in 34. Grandma had 4 boys under 5 by the time he was 5.Was a “hard candy Christmas” every year- until he got old enough to handle a team, and pull in extra income. 2 teams/2 “men” paid the same no matter what the age of the second “man” for many jobs.
If I recall correctly, Foxfire says, cage the opossum for a week and feed it milk and sweet potatoes. Thus cleaning out the gut and other places.
Dennis,
LOL, have said the same thing with my Italian Queen. except with the beaver I shoot in the irrigation ditch. Oooh “That Look” I get!
Minerjim
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On the pig blog I frequent there is often talk of “boar taint.” Some boars have it, some don’t; some people are sensitive to it and others aren’t. Seems genetic in both species. I’ll be butchering one of my boys next year, but so far (he’s about 10 months old) he just smells sweetly of pasture. But he comes from a generally taint-less line.
Anony Mee,
Interesting, so maybe not all wild boars have this “taint”. I like the thought of 100s of pounds of wild bacon roaming the woods, free for the taking. Unfortunately Colorado div of wildlife does not feel the same and have even banned wild boars from fenced hunting clubs.
Minerjim
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Not surprising. First rule of pigs is Pigs get out. They are amazingly destructive and prolific. Well-fed hogs can successfully breed from an early age – shoats sometimes at two months and gilts at three and a half. Sows come into heat every three weeks and after nearly four months of gestation produce a litter of 6 to 16 bacon bits, depending on the breed.
Antony Mee, it is important to keep the AGH away from females also if you plan to eat the uncastrated male. You don’t want them around a gilt or sow in heat. We have harvested 2 yr old uncut boars and they were excellent, but they were not around my girls. We now cut all males but the ones we plan to grow out to service the girls to avoid accidental pregnancies if someone escapes their hot fence, which can happen on occasion. We did not have any problems with boar taint and all that tastes the meat thought it was the best pork ever.
Dennis and minerjim, I was squirrel hunting one fall day in south Arkansas many moons ago, walked up on a big ole hog rooting around in a mud hole about 40 yards away, 22 long rifle between the eyes and he dropped stone cold dead, don’t know how old he was, but after field dressing and pulling him out of the woods to the road with a buddy helping, and getting him back to camp and dressing him out, turns out that it was some of the best and sweetest meat I ever eat. He probably weighed somewhere around 200 lbs. so probably wasn’t real old
David,rcb,
My brother killed one like you described. Skinned it out like a deer, slow smoked it for 24 hours. He said the same thing…as sweet and tender as he had ever eaten………
Yep, it was that!! It was a chore dragging that big joker to the road where we could load him in the truck though, and I was a young man then. Heard a day or two ago that the friend that helped me with the hog fell out of his deer stand and broke a few vertebrae in his back recently, he’s in his early eighties now, I need to call him and see how he’s doing.
Have killed many hogs with 22LR, granted all close range but dead is dead
Kulafarmer,
Said it before, say it again…..not a more versatile, useful, all around gotta have caliber for a homesteader. Having only one gun is poor planning….making sure at least one is a .22 rimfire is only using your head.
Dennis, true, if it was just one I could have, it would be the Ruger 10/22
David,rcb,
My first and favorite was a Winchester 62 pump gallery rifle. Passed it on to my son, who will pass it on to his son.
Agree on the 10/22, but for me, it’s a toss-up with the Remington Nylon 66. Had two, kept one, passed the other to a grand son. Amazing rifles. Weigh about 2 1/2 lbs, accurate, don’t think you could make one jam. In my old age, it’s amazing the difference between a 2 1/2 pound rifle and a six pound rifle when strolling through the woods. Gravity keeps getting stronger here lately………………..
Dennis, I totally agree about the gravity. But if I get where I can’t carry that 10/22. I’ll probably be in an old folks home sittin in a wheelchair not worrying about anything but how I’m gonna use that charmin to wipe my rear end, lol 😝
Woul love to find a Nylon 66, I remember staring longingly at the ads for them in my old Boys Life magazines. Always wanted one.
I love this quote. “If you gotta put holes in ’em a .22 will do it. “Because nobody wants extra holes in ‘em.”
NRP & Blue
Saw a news article about the gov in your state closing grocery stores. It appears they are the stores more frequented by normal shoppers.
Believe your gov is a woman, she must be totally nuts especially with Thanksgiving next week.
You are stuck with an idjit same as we are. Now I question did he win or was he dump on us by the [dominion]of evil.
AC,
Not to worry, about NRP, I bet he has all he needs anyway. If not he can drive north over the border to the SW People’s Republic of Colorado, DRO. Have we heard from him lately? Maybe he’s trying to get the last bit of fishing in on the Great Orange River of the SW. Truthfully our respective guv’nas leave a lot to be desired, but people are waking up, so there is hope.
I think he’s just spending quality time with Blue and a fishing pole. He’s commented a couple times.
He said he is “lurking”
😎🤙🏻have a cold one MRP
Antique Collector:
Thank you for the post.
Yes I have a 1000% Communist Governor here.
Have not seen the Grocery stores closed, but have not been to one in weeks, except to gander a bit at the skyrocketing prices and lack of stock.
I was a little concerned about only having 5 16# Turkeys in stock with Thanksgiving coming up, but will try to make it… 😁 😁
I’ve been a bit busy lately with a home I’m helping with for brother, but will be back in full about 2-3 weeks. Try to stop in a cpl times a day, but not posting much……..
Minerjim is correct have two states I can get to very easily so no problems with supplies, OR just hit up the Deep Pantry.
Blue says Hi-Ya to every one of my friends here on MSB and again a HUGE thanks to Ken for his continued hard work and tolerance of the FOOLS that seem to show up at times.
PS: please remember:
Life is short, enjoy every minute you can…..
“Is 600 rolls really enough?” 😁
NRP & Blue
Happy to hear you both are doing fine, and do not worry you can put some more of those Turkey birds in your freezer when you pass by DRO to see Minerjim.
Did you not hear dry sheets per SMG are the in thing now for wrinkle free buttock, where by you can save your 600 rolls of tp for emergency use. 😂
Hey NRP
been gettin any golf in?
Hi ya, Blue and NRP
NRP,
Wally World Las Lunas apparently closed and so are some targets in ABQ. Milk and cream is very hard to come by in the big city, TP, well, better have the 1 K amount of rolls.
Meat is getting here in the stores pretty weird looking and spoiled.
Also, target has finally rubbing alco available.
As did Sam’s and Albertsons in Roswell for similar reasons of employees being diagnosed with CCPP (Chinese Communist Party Plague). Don’t know if Wally World has decided to close.
NRP and Blue the Lurkers and All, stopped at Costco yesterday everything looked stocked except tp….just one small pallet of Bamboo TP yes Bamboo, little mini rolls. Only one pack per member household per day, you have been forewarned LOL 😉 I did see a lot of Kleenex going out of the store. Wally World no TP, just about 20 boxes of Kleenex left.
Ruby the hugable chicken and Blue Star the silvery Maine Coon barn cat send their best regards to all…Good Shepherd bless you!
I am just south in the same state as NRP. They close the grocery stores when some precentage of the employees come down with Covid 19. We have one, 2 shelf store with a gas station and little restaurant. The husband and wife owners came down with covid and it is closed. No gas for 50 miles one way and 40 the other. For travelers it is 90 miles. They are often seen sitting at the pumps because they have been told there is gas here. They don’t have automatic readers at their pumps.
Ever have one of those days? Three times today, I started to post something on this site. Thankfully, I censored myself, again! It is never my intent to start troubles. I think I’ll go read an old book. A recent, for no apparent reason, gift from a ham friend. I’ve never met this guy, in person. The name of the book: VHF Radio Propagation. Written by J.D. Stewart. Copyright 1978. It just showed up in the mailbox.
An old school approach, I bet. Likely, just the approach I’ll need. Bad times are headed our way. The old ways are what will see us through. Back to the basics. The 3 B philosophy, with a little comms mixed in for the advantage I will need.
Plainsmedic -“Bad times are headed our way. The old ways are what will see us through. Back to the basics.” Truer words are rarely written.
Ken, I think we need an article on vacuum sealing pistols and rifles and methods of storage. As one of our members talked about operational security,discussed in the favorite 2 pistol/2 rifle brought up yesterday. If Biden/Harris-Beto are our new leaders. Gun tax,confiscation and grab will be real event…I don’t think waiting for Supreme Court to save second amendment will have time as executive orders fly off Biden”s desk. For our members in the hills,mountains and farm back country this may not be as pressing, wish I was with you. Prepping to me is “prepare for the worst and hope for the best” Thanks for all the good articles that you written.
PS some commercial vacuum food machines use 15 inch wide bags in long rolls.
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Good idea, jim
options…
If you need to go through this effort to hide your weapons, it is exactly the moment in history for you to use them against the tyrannical government seeking to confiscate them from you.
No one lives forever. Do not wait for them to come….go to where they are…and use your weapons to place fear their eyes…just before rendering them sightless.
lsion, you know that old line, if life gives you lemons make lemonade. Well now that Biden will soon is in, I can’t wait until they start doing “Buy Backs” cause I have a ton of guns I would like to sell, and you know the Government always pays Top Dollar when they buy something, and I’m not going to need all these extra’s. Just the two long guns of my choice and the two handguns that I mentioned in Ken’s other article. Trekker Out
In the past when they have dabbled in buy backs, some enterprising individuals would go to these buybacks and would cherry pick those firearms worth having. Discretion would be in order of course.
Perhaps if if you do “spare’ a gun in a buy back, it will give some gray cover.?
Thats about the dumbest statement ive heard all week
They will shut off your utilities your banking etc not come to your door. They know we are not timid Europeans going quietly to the boxcar. I would welcome the Marxist to the door if they had the clones to do it themselves.
I wouldn’t worry about them going door to door. .Gov always goes for the lowest hanging fruit first. They will deny renewals of FIDs and CC permits first. It will be as it always goes with them, a long slow attrition…then they will expand things what makes you a ” prohibited person” they will try to tax ammo out of reach, it won’t go kinetic until there aren’t enough of us left to make a difference.
Haha! NONE of our local law enforcement will be enforcing Newsom’s curfew tonight; they came right out and announced it at the top of the hour news. Apparently there is also a mass protest party down at Santa Monica pier tonight too. Up yours Newsom! Scrawny, sick little freak; lipstick plastic and paint, just like Aunt Nancy.
tmcgyver
Rally Sally was on the radio this morning, an apparently they are having a ’10PM curfew party’ at one of the major parking lots close to the free way so others may join in the:
“UP Yours–Newsom”
Rednecks in the State of Jefferson,,gotta love them. Sheriffs said they would NOT be enforcing this idiotic diatribe.
Guatemalans are currently burning down their Congress building
Stand my Ground: No kidding? I didn’t the think little fellers had it ’em. I had an email exchange go off the rails last week at work from a guy in Venezuela who wondered out loud why we Americans weren’t doing the same thing.
TMC
Yet,,,,
still possible,
Watching biden loose his cool every time a reporter asks him something he is not prepared for is reward enough for the last 4 years of the press badgering POTUS DJT and him handling it like a champ…
BIDEN IS A CHUMP AND DEMOCRATS ARE TOOLS
Really poor internet all Saturday afternoon. I hope this isn’t the beginning of something worse.
Mine too, but I don’t think we’re in the same area.
The end is neigh!
run, run for the trees!
But the trees are spying on us. And they’re blocking the internet. 5G told me so.
Pigs are strong and, without meaning to be, very destructive. And biological imperatives just make them more so. Thank goodness for the sweet temperaments of my AGHs. The fence destruction is continuing. Think it’s going to take a bigger investment than originally planned. One of my potential keeper boars just walks through hot wires, including hot nets, that send other pigs jumping and screaming away. All to get to the girls. When I am beyond frustrated, though, I just imagine the sound and smell of frying bacon, and my blood pressure goes back to happy. And I remember, too, that this is a deliberate and reasoned choice in my preparedness plans.
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Other than dreaming of bacon, have been getting place set up for ease of the folks who will be doing the feeding this coming week when I’ll be away.
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Hoping all o’y’all are looking forward to warm, peaceful, loving Thanksgiving celebrations.
If we are going to war we must be as healthy as possible.The virus is our enemy.
The virus is the ally of the others.
We can’t waste time arguing amongst our selves so if you are at all interested in
been in shape for the fight consider the following.
Critical Care COVID-19 Management Protocol:Developed by Eastern Virginia University Medical School.
#1Vitamin C 500mg.BID
#2Quercetin Daily
#3B Complex Vitamins
#4 Zinc 30-50mg. Daily
#5 Vitamin D3 1000-3000 IU Daily
#6Melatonin (slow release) start at 0.3mg. increase to 2.0mg at night
#7 Ivermectin ( this is a anti parasitic drug that has human and animal uses and
is Rx only.
There is an in-depth explanation of this Protocol on Dr.Chris Martensons U Tube
channel. It is intended for Prophylaxis purposes for people with no symptoms and no known close contacts.
Updates at evms.edu/covidcare
We will need everyone all in for what is coming.
Quercetiin dose not on this list, found in literature… 500mg daily…
Ivermectin, not compatible with some blood thinners.. if on a blood thinner check this out closely.Be sure your physician/provider is aware of everything you take and possible side effects.
It is time of less sunshine.. If you are an area where insufficient sun available.. a base line D3 level is advised D3 has been recently researched and has many different uses by the body…if your personal levels are lower than normal Physician might be prescribing heavier dose to build level to optimum levels.
The channel is Peak Prosperity, Look for the one titled “best ways” to prevent and treat co vid, also one on “Vitamin D reducing mortality..” This is a good channel to binge watch..
“In fact, research shows that quercetin, not caffeine, is the primary compound in coffee that’s responsible for its potential protective effects against this illness”
Alzheimer’s disease.
Well, no wonder I haven’t contracted it yet. I drink up to 8 cups a day.
Wondering if quercetin levels in coffee are affected by de-caffeinating process?
That would be interesting to know. Will go take a look see.
NIH has info on taking Ivermectin. Might be good to read.
so do peak prosperity am Med cram on u tube..
Dennis: Thanks for the note about bullet lube. i currently have enough Alox lube to last for all events short of a zombie apocalypse. I found best results by thinning it out with Mineral Spirits until it will be liquified at room temperature. I lube bullets in small batches ( tumble lube ) I place them on their bases so they do not touch each other and set them outside where the mineral spirits can gas-off. Final step is to lightly coat the bullets with ground mica to reduce tackiness.
To date, I have not found another process that provides a more consistent product for my needs. I have won small local matches using my bullets that I cast, sized and lubed at home. Winning a match with home cast bullets is almost as satisfying as harvesting game with reloaded ammo.
I prefer to hunt wild pigs that are actually feral Hampshire breeds because of more usable tender meat when compared to the Russian Strain. California had both roaming the hills and it is one activity I truly miss about living in the Southern latitudes. Another key to tenderness was trying to go after those pigs that were between 150 to 200 lbs. Besides, shooting a bigger pig for me meant that I would have to pay the guide a trophy fee. ( an extra $200.00 ) and the meat was frequently tougher. Sounds like the folks who took down the ginormous pig know what to do with the meat and it will be put to good use.
The strangest tasting meat from feral hogs came from pigs that were feeding off wine grapes and those that were eating carrion during times of extreme drought and hardship for wildlife in general.
Regarding the ammunition shortage……..it’s not just ammunition that is in short supply! Reloading is a passion of mine, and I have several friends who do the same. Thank God we had sufficient stock to keep us going, for a short time, because primers, cases and projectiles have literally disappeared from the shelves of local stores, and the backorder times from most major suppliers can be 8-10 weeks or more, this in spite of the fact that they claim to be running 24-7, and in some cases, increasing tooling to keep up with the demand. Question: Ammo aside, where are all the components going? They are NOT hitting the shelves of retailers, or if they do it is in miniscule quantities! I have seen people paying $50.00 for a box of 50 9mm bullets, $1.00 per round for 223. Lots of scalping going on but it isn’t slowing the demand! When primers are selling for as much as $40.00/1000, up to as much as $50,00, and they are not available, it’s more than a little suspicious. Someone is grabbing as much of the production as possible, the question is, who? After all, there are at least 3 major manufacturers in the USA, and I know of three major companies out of country that sell primers here. Logic dictates they would be doing any and everything to make a killing with the demand and prices being paid, but I can’t tell you when was the last time I saw a box of Wolf primers anywhere!
Personally, I don’t have a clue as to where the ammo and components are going, I don’t think hoarding is the only answer. I believe it is possible that We the People are being deliberately starved, again, I don’t know who or what, but I have some strong suspicions. In and of itself, shortages of ammo is bad. Add to it shortages of components, CV19 lockdowns, a possible dem presidential win with the associated stated gun control threats, and potential food shortages, and you have the makings of a good book and a conspiracy theory for the ages.
Periodically during this whole thing I have spoken to various people in the grocery system who have told me that their orders are being side-tracked. Some have been told that the .gov absconded with it, others have simply been told that the product they requested and paid for is suddenly not available. Hm…
Lauren,
In our state , WA, the state is stockpiling food in a warehouse ,supposedly to distribute through food banks.If many states are doing this I think it would contribute to shortages on the grocery shelves.
My point was implied rather than stated. I have no doubt that the .gov, on all levels, is also stockpiling ammunition, or at least trying to get it out of the hands of those who might use it against them.
Lauren, almost guaranteed that’s what’s happening
Trying? Under Obama .gov stock piled millions upon millions of rounds. Odd ball places. Who knew that the post office and IRS needed ammo?
aka, You forgot the Social Security admin. they bought something like 3 million rds. of ammo.
Bluesman ,,,,,,i’ve been posting about this since September , the worst is yet to come ,was in the distribution center a couple of weeks ago ,earmarke stock for January was going out at that time ,that has the potential to make for very interesting times to come ,,, December things will be hard pushed to hold the line , but the holidays require a good face at all cost ,,there are factions that would like to see a problem in January,,, but what do I know I’m just a janitor of sorts ,,,,i all ways get to clean up messes ha,ha,
What about February??sort of like the sucking sound of water down the drain ,don’t you think
RAND told a good story , trouble is its going on all around us ,,,,,,,,,
Tea and popcorn,
Perhaps the larger companies are ‘taking’ the groceries. Our Wally is packed right now.
Grayfox and all: Imagine for a moment there was a state with 41 million people, who must submit to a background check, to purchase ammunition. You want to know where your ammunition is going? An awful lot of it is headed west folks; in private vehicles; for anonymous resale at insane markup. A lot of people are out of work and this is easy money. There is plenty of ammunition – just not where you are looking.
Was thinking the same thing, plenty just wrong time/place.
I can only assume there are at minimum around 500 people in each state that likes to reload, potentially a couple thousand in each.
that’s a min of 25,000+ in addition to hoarders, people trying to stock up, “resellers” and regular people that just want a lil extra and possibly gifters for xmas.
That could account for the shortage in reloading easily.
1/2 of that putting in orders at/near the same time is far more than enough to stress the system.
Lee Loader company in south central WI(I used to live 3 miles from the place) gets overwhelmed easily because aside of regular orders the unexpected is abnormal, they can handle small surges in demand.
Evan Hafer is a co-founder of Black Rifle Coffee. Yesterday he caved to the Antifa crowd by denouncing any association with Kyle Rittenhouse after Kyle was seen wearing a BRC t-shirt after being bailed out of jail. I had less than half a bag left, now in the compost pile. My roasts are better anyway. Their website has a ‘chat-bot’ that has already been loaded to respond to trigger words about Kyle. Have some fun with it. Meanwhile the guy who bailed Kyle out is Mike Lindell of the My Pillow company. He’s getting a new customer tomorrow. As we sit half a step from the cartridge box, steering our purchases is one last peaceful way to protest.
Thank you for that information. We, too, have supported BRC in spite of equally as good coffee at much lower prices. Control what you can is about all that’s left, and we can sure control where we spend our money-while we still have it. Sort of a knucklehead move considering their marketing demographic-maybe I’m wrong.
tmvgyver
We really like their pillows!! I am famous for beating mine up to the point they end up in the recycle bin at our house. This pillow is going on 4 years or more and still as has life left in it. Well worth the money a person will spend on them. mo
Very saddened by BRCC. Success has a way of ungrounding people from their principles.
I looked up the official BRCC statement and read news reports about the tweet of Kyle wearing a BRCC shirt. Shameful PR response. Could have been handled differently. Suspect a HUGE impact on their sales this holiday season.
But…but that would be racist! *sarc off*
tmcgyver,
Yes, starve the enemy ,feed a freind .Way to go.
I simply asked the chat bot one question and got a canned response and a link:
My question – Why did Evan denounce kyle rittenhouse?
Response – “We don’t traffic in national tragedy and to us, that’s what this is. We are not legal experts or members of law enforcement. We fully support all law enforcement officials and believe in the integrity of the legal system.”
After clarifying the company’s continuing sponsorship of Blaze Media, she added:
“Our concern is that use of the discount code in the post did not reflect our values. That’s a concern we’ve addressed with the journalist and that he understands.”
B
The Salt Lake Tribune
The US must be divided into three separate countries. The West States, the Central States (Idaho to Arizona and the Dakotas to Florida), and the Eastern States – Or everyone goes into the Globalist sewer of bankruptcy, filth, faithlessness, servitude to the rich, hunger, ….
But why would I expect 73 million citizens to get off their asses to actively separate when they will not even demand justice for the past corruption by the esteemed leaders and the intelligence agencies. Enjoy your chains Republicans.
Response to Grayfox114:
Lately I have been observing some people bringing home-loaded ammo to the range and observing an increasing number of people firing squib loads and other reloads that will not chamber etc. I take this as an indicator that many new shooters are trying to “guerilla reload” their ammo on-the-cheap. I also see a lot of bad info being dispensed on the internet as well.
I take this as many people new to firearms are attempting to self educate themselves by jumping into the reloading game as well. Now they have the gun. Now they want the ammo.
Here I will step upon my soapbox and make the following proclamations regarding safe reloading:
#1. Obtain reloading manuals from online or the store. ( Speer, Hornady and Lyman Cast Bullet manual are good places to start. They all have good directions on how to do things.)
#2. Turn off the computer and read the manual and follow their directions indicated by the reloading manual. Most reloading manuals are written by engineers and technicians that have tested and proven the loads that are published within the manual.
#3. Buy good quality equipment and store it properly. My tools have lasted for years and I use them frequently. ( dies, shell holders, presses, primer seating tool, chamfering tool, case trimmer etc.)
#4 Do not try to shortcut this process. Get a notebook and keep notes of successes and failures.
Those of us that go to the range and win contests with reloaded ammo have been doing this reload game for years. ( evidence that old age and treachery shall overcome youth and skill.). One cannot argue with meat on the ground or plaques and trophies on the wall. ( or antlers on the barn )
I have been trying my best to stay politically neutral in the past year butt if you come to me asking for help reloading and you are wearing or espousing your left-leaning intentions to harm citizens or police etc, I will not help you and I may in fact report you to the police myself.
You are certainly correct. There are no safe short cuts in reloading.
I expect to see an increase in accidents attributed to poor reloading with negative impact on those who do it correctly and safely. Maybe an excuse to “regulate reloading for the public safety” will happen.
Deep South,
don’t give’em any ideas. I’m surprised they haven’t tried to ban reloading “ it’s for the safety of the children”.
I wonder how many here have dipped into their food storage with recent record Covid 19 cases and shutdowns?
Being in the vulnerable class of people for Covid 19, I have gone to survival mode when these cases started skyrocketing by staying home. My whole county is colored red with high infection rates where a week ago it was sporadic in this part of the forest. ……They must be counting squirrels and porcupines.
I mailorder all my dogfood and dry goods/food now and found savings compared to the stores and gas to get there. I am using my survival food storage now, and finding how good they are. I made 6 thanksgiving dinners and froze them in old plastic Swanson TV dinner containers. I am using my Mountain House teriyaki chicken, chicken and noodles, Emergency Essential food and I have 78 large cans yet to go in which many need using up because they are 8 to 10 years old now… So how about you guys? Dipping into any food storage?
Since one is constantly purchasing new foodstuffs, one should always be dipping into their storage, consuming the oldest nutrients in a constant rotation. The exceptions would be bulk items, such as rice and beans, or foods stored in a manner for longevity and not as subject to deterioration.
Remember, the Zombies are edible.
Stardust, As Ision said below, I am always adding to my stores, to the point I have to create more space than I already have. This naturally pushes the oldest stuff forward. Sometimes we find a bad surprise like the several large jars of Italian tomato pasted that lost their vac seal. Other stuff from as far back as 2012 is still good. Even beans and rice get rotated as they are part of our normal diet.
I must part ways with Ision on the issue of zombies being edible. He’s definitely a hardcore, certified bmf, but that’s just nasty. I’m gonna stack some chewy granola bars and cans of wasabi almonds, maybe some cold beer to wash it down, for those between meal cravings – leave the zombie stew for the manliest of men.
Aww man I haven’t heard ‘long pork’, since I toured Luzon in ’89. Bon appétit, my spooky brother from another mother.
My tour on Luzon was at Subic Bay 83-85’.
We dipped into our food stores during the early part of this COVID nonsense but since then we have built them back up and added to our non-food stores.
I’ve also stopped shooting at the range, simply because of replenishment issues but I’m as accurate as I’m going to get at my age.
We plan on hunkering down with some family during the holidays and watching this craziness from the confines of our little homestead.
Stay safe and Godspeed y’all!
Just wait until they get close. When you open fire, you want to be able to drop four, or five, quickly…after they are well within range. This way, those running for the trees have too long a run to escape your well placed shots.
Stardust, we rotate through most of our food storage to keep things “fresh”. That term can mean something that has a 5 yr shelf life. We try to eat what we store as best we can. However, many grains can last decades so those I have stored as ELTS (extremely LTS) and don’t worry about it. When I purchase grains, I pour 30 lbs into my 5 gal bucket with gamma lid and seal 20 lbs for ELTS with O2 absorbers, Mylar bags, and totes. I do stay away from crowds and shopping anytime larger groups gather (weekends, holidays, EBT card load dates, etc).
5 gal mylar bag vacuum hack.
I made an extension of my hose, used to vacuum jars, 5ft. Pull, or cut, the plastic jar adapter, and place on one end of the new hose, leaving the other, end just the hose. Seal both sides of mylar bag, leaving just enough space in the middle for the hose to enter. Place hose about 4 to 5 inches inside bag. Hit canister button, repeat 3 times. Quickly pull hose, and seal the 1/4 inch opening.
I use 5, 500cc, O2 absorbers per 5 gal, plus 250 cc desiccants (food grade)
I got my hose at Ace hardware.
Found out that a Non Ethanol pump is close by at a local gas station. Finally rotated out the last of the Gasonline that was treated with Stabil, as I’m switching over to the non-ethanol treated with PRI-G. Of course the directions were 1 Oz of PRI for 16 Gals. of gas. Took me a while and a trip to the kitchen to get the conversion tables to see that 1 Oz is equal to 6 Tsp. Since I had a bunch of the 5 Gal cans I divided the 1 Oz by 3 and used 2 Tsp’s and a small smidge more for each 5 Gal can.
My question is this…. How would be best to store a larger quantity of gas, especially if using the non-ethanol treated with PRI, that could last up to a year from what I’ve researched? I’ve seen the 35 Gallon storage tanks with wheels on Amazon but they’re pricey. How do you guys store gas, if you were to store it 🙂
55 gallon fuel drums with a hand pump and stabilizer.
With the socialist/Marxist takeover of the country, how long do we have until:
But hell, it is not affecting my little part of this country. Millions of us Republicans still work but earnings hardly keeping up with inflation and taxes. Millions collect some form of payment from the government (bread) and we can attend a Trump rally so we have the “circus”.
So, all you 73 million that voted Republican but will not rise up against the ruination of this country, get on the cattle cars.
Yes, this is a harsh opinion, but the death by a thousand cuts is closer that you think.
hermit us,
Short answer to your question about the wait is, IMHO, about 3-6 months. We are heading into winter and I feel it is easier to control people during that season.I think of rolling power outages,food shortages & rationing and the mental state of the masses at that time.
The media is a huge control feature and we don’t own it. Remember the Tara Reade lawsuit and the info on Biden’s laptop. All swept quietly under the rug.
Planting a garden in May means some homegrown food in perhaps July.
Our government is a pit of corruption at all levels from small town to the top levels.
The Dept. of Justice is a farce.Remember the last time someone in a high office was incarcerated , me neither.
The fed owns the money system we are forced to use.
Yes, your opinion is a little harsh but it may end up being reality because we are quickly running out of bandaids.
I apologize if I’m late to the “party” with this post but I recently watched a video by Van Jones (of CNN) about what may happen if Trump does not concede.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZWRhLW7Y8w
and I gotta ask in all honesty, could this actually happen? What would be the ramifications if any, if he didn’t make a concession speech? But most importantly could the Democratic Party force him to make a concession speech?
If there is any president in the history of politics who would have the courage to do this, it would be him and I would stand behind him with all I have.
Eli,
I don’t see Trump refusing to vacate the White House if his complaints go through to a final ruling by the Supreme Court and they rule against him. Concede under that scenario? I doubt it, and I wouldn’t blame him for not conceding. I would though, expect him to vacate and continue his fight for justice in the aftermath.
On the other hand…if his legal challenges succeed, and he is declared the winner….I expect all hell to break loose….and I also believe…even though it goes against all that is good about our constitution and the duties of and oaths of the Supreme Court justices….these justices (not all, but enough of them) will base their vote on their desire to avoid chaos on the streets and maintain the D.C. establishment more than to uphold the constitution.
There is no way to paint a pretty picture of what is coming our way……….in the meantime…life is still good on the mountain…I ain’t going to waste that worrying about what I can’t change…will keep thinking about meeting the challenges that will come……..
Excellent post my mountain top friend
Eli,
There is no need for him to concede. Not yet!!.The votes are not certified, There are too many voting irregularities in too many places. How many districts have more voters than they have people of voting age..? There is NO way that can be legal.!.
The Leftists have NOT accepted him and its already 4 years since the 2016 election.. He has tried to help our country and country-men and women…He has been fought by those who who were perceived to be centrists and conservative. in addition to the loonie lefties.
Eli,
There is no law that says any president has to concede. I believe it has happened before.
Interesting that this video was published back on Oct 26 2020 and he is talking about everything our country is currently dealing with.
He speaks of a president conceding after Hitlery all ready told OBidet not to concede no matter what.
Yes it could happen and I believe that is what Trump is holding out to happen. Thats how smart our fore fathers were. They created a fail safe for every issue. It’s disgraceful how Jones calls it a coup and trashes the Constitution.
Doesn’t matter who wins, civil war is around the corner!!
A&O
Yesterday, I hear my vacationing neighbor, sighting in his gun.
I’m up on the balcony, readjusting my Trump flag and notice the direction of his targets.
Across his field, my field and the horse and cow pasture.
After several shots, I became neighborly and decided to have a chat with him.
Your sighting in a rifle?
Yep, just got it.
Do you know were your rounds are going? I have livestock in that general direction and unless you want a law suit, I would suggest you setup elsewhere. Like maybe toward your deep woods and brush. Thata way, over there, not toward my pasture.
The guy has money, so his love of hunting is new learning process to him.
Dumbas$.
Short ribs and acorn squash on the smoker. Scalloped potatoes in the oven.
I saved the acorn seeds to wash and save.
Was headed to the clothes washer when I was stopped in the hallway.
Ohh, no ya don’t.
So I used the dishwasher, instead. Extra soap and ran the pots and pan cycle. Extra long dry time.
How do you all do your seed wash for next years planting?
LOL
Forgive me
I’m so tired of idiots
In a collander or tea strainer… I Never do in hot water! warm maybe..
TOJS,
Yeah, I do the same, only cold water. Let the seeds air dry on a paper towel. Stuff em in a marked envolope
I thought the dishwasher was a funny idea…..
Well it was a rough weekend…..
We take our amusement where we can get it, right?
How I dry depends on the seeds, usually just in a bowl or on a paper towel after the initial cleaning. Squash seeds need to dry until they can be snapped in half, or you’ll end up with mold in an airtight package.
Thanks for the extra tip, Lauren.
Have I gotten into my food preps? Yes. I built a stand-up canned goods rack, a while back. Pull from the bottom and the rest just naturally roll/fall down. Kind of a gravity food rotation thing. Lots of ideas online. Just made what the wife wanted. Turned out very nice looking. Kind of a wasted effort on making it nice. The wife made a decorative curtain to keep wandering eyes diverted. Everything is topped off plus.
Been plinking some .22, but that’s not unusual. There are some BIG talking folks on various sites. I’ll do this and then I’ll do that. I wonder just how many people have watched a gun shot victim die. Working EMS all those years, I’ve seen quite a bit. Trust me, it ain’t like the movies. I hope it doesn’t ever come to that. It could!
Not sure what else to do. I can always add to what I’ve done. How much is enough? I did splurge and bought myself some very good drill bits. Who knows what “projects” may be required. I’ve been getting by with my old bits forever. It’s amazing, how many bits and blades and tools, a man can accumulate over the years.
I need to rebuild my distilled water maker. It’s solar powered. The wood has rotted out in a few places. I’ll probably start from scratch. I have to have distilled water for all the batteries around here. A good winter project. Enough of my rambling
I also have been working remodeling projects in my home upgrading the kitchen as cheap as I can spend on it for a million $ look. I hate to admit it but as a female I collect tools too just in case I need them, and I do need them with my woodworking and tree cutting because I can’t get a man out here to do the harder tasks for me being single. I offer to pay but they never show up and so I do them myself. It probably is a good thing to be self sufficient in many things.
Your homemade solar distilled water maker seems unique, not just for deep cycle batteries, but many other uses. The closest I come to it is snow ment and rain water.
Stardust,
The distilled water thing: Airtight wooden box (or as close as I can make it) with a slanted top made from glass. Basically the sun creates condensate which collects on the interior of the glass top. It runs down the glass into a home-fab pvc gutter. Then into a clean bottle. Not all that hard if you’re handy. It works.
Don’t know what is going on but I read this announcement:
Attorney Sidney Powell released a statement late on Sunday after the Trump legal team announced that she was not part of their legal defense team.
Powell is working on her own and if she has a case she can prove her accusations. Even Trumps democrat lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, said Trump has a strong case about the computer switch with 2 other types of fraud.
I saw the votes switch thousands from Trump to Biden on that computer on election night, and Tucker Carlson said she never demonstrated that a single actual vote was moved illegitimately by software from one candidate to another. Not one.
I wonder what the “conservative” world is coming to.
Then who is paying her? Somebody has to be. and sure sounded like she worked for Trump.
I saw the video also with votes being moved.
Crazy world!
Expected this, as she is Gen. Flynn’s Lawyer. If Trump is going to Pardon him it wouldn’t look good for her to be on his payroll now would it. She has a site set to collect donations to fight this battle on her own.
got to be pardoned/cleared. one of see’ers said he was to lead a 17 nation attack on evil. not something normally lsten to, but guest on anothr program… i backed that up 3 X.lol
cnn aired it in real time and Bill Still highlighted it.showed it with the 35 second timing…
Stardust and aka,
Think about it this way… I have watched this woman.. She is woman on a mission to save our constitution and election process.. She believes in the mission, will not be deterred.
When certain materials are released to media- much of that becomes inadmissible in court- a nothing burger.She was protecting the case and not giving the opposition any info.. The witnesses are in danger..she protected them.
She ..detached from a tight legal team ..is released from restraints, that would bind her…probably- campaign stuff Since had made a public break any funds she receives are not necessary to be made public- giving her more available and not immediately traceable..
These people are being threatened and their families are threatened. I do not believe in everything printed in Before its news, but an article there./on split between legal team and Powell…. and has tweets included in it from michael Flinn JR.
Just think, sit tight.Continue to pray for our nation,Our President Donald John Trump and those who are trying to right this ship. Pray for their success to prove the case and for it to be done quickly, and in a concise manner- so the clueless can see.
If i understand correctly,the kracken is the computer program that recorded the fraud.recorded it all in real time.
TOJS
Better to be a knight, bishop, queen or king than the pawn. Everyone that is on the same page must realize that they are playing a high stakes game of chess. Keep your friends close and your enimies closer.
Only time will tell if this strategy play and tactics will come to fruition. 🤔
Yeah, I think that there is more going on than we will know for a long time, if ever. It’s a complicated, very complicated and game that is playing out.
Our prayer meetings at church do include her among others.
I’m done for the day!!
aka –
The statement was merely to establish that Sidney is not being paid from the same legal fund as Rudy and Jenna. By being independent she does not need to vett any of her actions through the RNC, nor stay within the scope of their mission. She’s free to go after anyone she so chooses, from either party, without compromising any of the campaign finance laws that would come into play.
In addition, Sidney is involved in a much larger case, whose scope surpasses civil election fraud to include felony conspiracy, bribery, international sabotage and espionage, treasonous actions by political officials and agency personnel, and involves national security issues. She is involved in much more than a Civil case. She is involved in a case entailing the violation of Federal criminal law and the National Security Act 1947, which can result in long imprisonment and execution.
So, what may apply to this election in regards to stopping the Democrat coup will be applied via civil litigation, but no matter the results of them, the criminal acts discovered by Sidney have their own life and processes.
Sadly, she is probably not long for this world… unless she has her own SEAL team 24/7
Indeed. I hope she understands this.
What is intriguing is the entire GERMAN RAID thing. When Sidney remarked in the press conference she did not know if the Bad Guys…or the Good Guys..got the server, it sent up a red flare in my mind. This remark seems to indicate an event, where two factions of U.S. forces were in contest with each other. American special forces fighting other American special forces…in Germany.
This indicates the existence of a U.S. Military Command structure (Officers) who are operating in opposition to their oaths, and, whose loyalties are with the enemies of the American people.
Civil War much?
The Beav, You are giving out false information. The raid and the server is in Patriots hands along with the program that was tracking in real time…The Patriots have confirmed it is real and present. Go away you are not wanted here. we fight disinformation every day do not need you adding to it.
The Beav, and yet a US representative (Gomez) and attorney with close ties got the current sitting President (Powell) both mentioned it….hmmm.nothing to see here folks.
Ision, If i understand the Kraken.. it is a gov controlled spy ware to track and record..everything is recorded in real time…. if that is correct.. and they eventually get the server- i understand- from several different sources… it is now secure…Not only can they see the original votes , but what was done to change it- knowing who was able to manipulate and who was in control.. the manipulated server becomes a critical end game piece- who developed, challenged , refused, and encouraged it for its “safety” also become suspect. There is that book..says..”you shall know them by their fruits”..
Ken
She most likely will have a combo of SF, Delta, and Seal members on her 6(as they say)24/7/365. Sure she received a good indoctrination from defending Mr. Flynn from the wolves. mho
She has been threatened multiple times- due to her involvement tin the Flin case… and now this.. She- her family and all dear to her, MUST have protection!
Correct. And it is that scope that’s not only growing but also bringing to light the scale of rogue actors. As she has stated, the tendrils to this lead back farther than most realize and encompass both sides of the aisle.
Through representing Flynn she gained insight about a variety of moving pieces at play. My personal belief is that she was read in to different aspects that weren’t yet declassified to gain full understanding of the width and breadth of what has been transpiring. Much of which will be international in nature, yet will link solidly to domestic vulnerabilities.
AC and aka,
all the more reason to include her in every prayer..thru the day…. for her abilities, her strength, resolve. When discussing what we can do sometimes, we will say- “all is can do is pray for you”… when in fact that is the MOST important thing we can do.
Some do not realize it is chess- they think they are playing another game…some think i pick up sticks and others checkers.. only the highest players know how close the game is… Just my 2c
My church is having special prayer meetings several times a week
I wonder about 2 different things. First, this must mean she has a basis for having “standing” to bring a case apart from representing the President. Second, is this the real case and the other Guilliani efforts the public relations distraction from the real case?
Every fraudulent vote diminishes the value of every legal vote. Is there a venue and a legal team where the voters in any of these states with provable fraudulent votes counted could sue Dominion and related vendors as well as elected officials? I am thinking a class action type lawsuit. We see all sorts of wildly crazy class action suits. How about one for the good guys? What is the monetary value of not having your vote fully counted?
Finally Dominion saying no physical way to switch votes implies a mechanical action to me. The vote switching algorithm within the software isn’t a physical action. The machine counting a 50/50 vote count would send a data transmission reporting the votes 65/35 instead. No physical intervention involved.
I am not sure that anyone has an answer to some questions being asked – but it would seem that Jan. 20th would be the ultimate date. Once a president is sworn in can it be undone? Can this possibly be sorted by that date? Really be best to have answers before the electoral votes take place.
If Treason proven..charged under military law they can be removed…loose all rights..git mo should be already full of these butts.
Some thoughts on the Sidney Powell story……….
The lawsuits being brought on Trump’s behalf are civil litigations…..Sidney Powell is a former U.S. Attorney and current criminal defense attorney. Criminal law is here forte.
The evidence she claims to have is criminal in nature. This evidence could, and probably will be admissible in civil litigation, but it also begs for criminal prosecution…a totally separate issue than is being addressed by Trump’s team.
Sidney Powell has reported that computer servers have been secured by “the good guys”. That could only happen through the Department of Justice, with help of the State Department, and would require probable cause of a crime to secure permission from a foreign government to carry out the seizure of the servers on their soil.
Would….could…the public distancing between the Trump legal team and Powell be paving the way for the anticipated “bombshell announcements” promised for this week? Would it be possible that the Justice Department is ready to jump into the fray? Possibly with some indictments? Wouldn’t it be doubtful that Powell would be privy to what the DOJ was doing in securing the servers…unless she was working in concert with them?
Oh well….probably wishful thinking….hope it warms up a little…I feel the need for more therapy…………
To follow up on my statement above, this is Sidney Powell’s stand alone funding site for the Election battles she’s waging on her own.
https://defendingtherepublic.org/
Dr. Fauci, says that if you take the shot(aka vaccine)you may develop herd immunity.
How many of you are aware that in 2003/2004 this was breaking out in China? Dr. F went there collected samples brought them back to study. Our government gave him grants to study this virus. Look at how this has come back around to bite us in the backside. China & Dr. F were working on this virus at the same time.
It has been document, by those who have been digging up his past vile pursuits. Where did I hear this, on a radio program about 3 or 4 weeks ago(Freedom in Action). The party who has been working on this was a guest to the radio program. Thought I should pass along this information before anyone thinks Dr. F should be believed. Oh, the guest speaker does their homework before they say anything on a subject in case you were wondering
Just another day in Paradise.
AC: Why, this cannot be so! ALL of the major tee-vee networks told me it was one of those nasty Chinese slurping down a bowl of bat soup at a “wet market” in Wuhan that started this plague. The tee-vee people are the last word AC, they won a Golden Globe last year. They are journalists, M’mmkaay? They explained it in a most revolting and derogatory way, while nit-picking at a rare, cultural eccentricity guaranteed to rile up any right-thinking ‘murkin. Please stay on the scripted narrative, M’mmkaay? Thanks.
tmcgyver
Yes it is soo! They received an award for LYING🤔🙄. wow (lol)Golly be, who would have known. 😉
Vile pursuits indeed. I suspect Dr. Fauci has a copy of “The Prince” by Machiavelli by his bedside.
A disturbing thought about vaccines. In Machiavelli’s time the Borgias (Known for their “Hospitality” to enemies and competition) gave lavish dinners where given the Mores of the Time you had to be SEEN there.
They mastered the TWO Part toxin gig. They could SHARE meals with their Enemies (Showing how they couldn’t be the nasty people) and only after their Enemies got the second part of the toxin was harm done.
Is the Vaccine part ONE of the two part KO?
After all a truly nasty Bioweapon is nearly uncontrollable as it spreads wildly. However IF part of the kill REQUIRED an injected material…. EVERYBODY got the COVID Mk 2 BUT sadly so many folks passed…
That and the question What BATCH of vaccine DID you get?
STILL ODD that the Russia Gate Democrats *Still* have not gotten COVID19 eh? Oh yes minor Democrats AROUND them and many Senior Powerful Republican’s have gotten it but…. Nancy and Crying Joe Schumer sure LOVE the face to face microphone action EVERY STINKING day they are at work… Must be sheer luck and good genes, yes that’s it.
NHM,
I read that: only 1% of material will be modified w/additional load that’s different in some respects.
That 1% will infect everyone who had the prior.and they will have a cytokine storm reaction….ie. over reaction by their immune system. Who are they wanting to inject first.?
.. babies and old folks., Veterans… my idea of reason- is stop reproduction and those that have already faced the fire. ..who have done took all they are going to take.Deeply grieving people do not fight- until they focus past the grief.
Mortality of this group is estimated to be 85%…did not specify time line of that number.Think i read this on nat. news article abt 10 days ago..
If you take the Vax , YOU will be forever changed.. nano bots begin to break down at anything over 70 negative degrees… Hummm wonder what those things do in 98.6 environment… Our gov. denied money to china for research on this virus.. .Dr.F was the one who transferred the money to them anyway… Nothing to see here.. don’t trash this guy… move along, move along.
Should be called Lemming immunity.
Nor-Mal-See-By-As. Nor shall they see the bad, even if they’re sitting on it as hard as they can to keep it from exploding.
Minerjim,
Looked at the loop skywire. Printed out simple directions. I could make this work. Thanks for your insights and knowledge. If needed, I’d likely do the 40 meter dimensions. It would be a chore to get it all 40 feet in the air, but I have trees, cordage, etc. I hope I never need it.
Plainsmedic,
40′ in the air is the suggested height, but as with almost all antennas, “height is might”. You’ll find that even at 20′ your reception will be good. For long distance transmitting on HF, higher is better. for short distance HF, with great coverage in rugged terrain, lower to the ground is better in NVIS fashion.(this works only on HF bands, its a physics thing). Look up NVIS antennas online, (Near Verticle Incidence Skywave) and read the very basic theory. You will begin to understand why our Armed Forces us this type of antenna in theaters of action. I am hoping to do an article for Ken on NVIS antennas in the future, if work will calm down a bit this winter. 73
Plainsmedic,
Forgot to add : Get yourself an antenna tuner. With it you can turn just about any random length wire into a transmitting antenna, as the tuner electrically matches the antenna to the radio for optimum transmission. Kits are availible under $60, small ones already built around $120. make sure they cover the bands you want and the power of your rig.
Minerjim,
Thanks again for the advice. Ya can’t buy knowledge, ya hafta earn it. In my situation, there is little chance I’ll ever tx. on hf. I have found some fun with this ham stuff. At some point, maybe I’ll try for the general license. Other than the nvis, which you have described well, I don’t see a need for tx on hf. For me, ham is all about preparedness and contact with VIPs.
I have one VIP in particular, who is not capable of the general license. I’m extremely proud of this person for getting the tech license. My VIPs all have old 2m all-mode radios. My radio is newer and capable of nearly all bands, yeasu 857d. I couldn’t talk to them anyway on hf, they don’t have it. All of our radios will fit in popcorn tins, faraday.
2m ssb was the plan from the start. Thankfully, it worked out even better than I hoped. IMHO anything beyond 200 miles, is unlikely to directly affect us here. It would be nice to know what’s going on further out. So…… my interest in listening to hf.
I guess it’s like the guys with a baofeng. 2 maybe 10 miles, is that enough? Who knows. 2-10 miles is definitely NOT good enough for my situation. Ham has the answer(s) for whatever your needs may be. Minerjim, please keep the ham tips coming.
The socialists have used our freedoms against us. We rely on morals/ethics to live in a free country and we are surprised when lying, cheating, corrupt people stab us in the back. Yet, we continue to turn the other cheek.
There are a very few hero’s that refuse to give up. If a few million would get behind them, expose the corruption, find more brave individuals that can testify about the voting irregularities without fear, we could save this country.
But, complacency is allowing the ruination of the country just as deadly as poison gas in the trenches of world war one. Enjoy your chains and the train ride Republicans.
Hmmm, down voted for criticizing the chicken s**t Republicans (RINO’s included) for allowing the country to head towards where one of the wealthiest countries was just a few years ago – Venezuelans now eating pets.
I know several people so disillusioned and heart broken over the way the country is going, that they are spending every dime they have to enjoy their few remaining years, and to hell with the rest. Is this what we want for our future generations?
I don’t know why you were down-voted. I suspect it’s someone who wants to create division and drive away those who actually contribute.
Ignore it.
Hermit,
i bet the pets are long gone,,,,
Looks like the Third Circuit overturned the PA judge to allow review of the President’s team initial brief, and may be allowed to enter discovery.