(Epic Economist)—American Patriots, the world is quickly barreling toward a major collapse unlike anything we have ever seen before. While the modern world has brought with it a wide range of conveniences that have made life easier, it has also made us dependent on systems and technologies that may not be able to withstand a major disaster.
Today, Patriots need to be aware that we could very likely find ourselves facing an event that threatens our way of life. Whether it’s the impending crash of the economy, the looming threat of an attack on American soil that could very well happen at any time, or a catastrophic natural disaster, being prepared is essential. Patriots, this is crucial to surviving after the collapse! Learn these skills, and prep for what’s right around the corner.
Editor’s Note: Experienced preppers will look at this list and say, “Duh!” There’s nothing earthshattering about this list. But for those of us who are either inexperienced at survival/preparedness or who have put all of our focus on supplies rather than skills, this list will make for a great reminder and will hopefully prompt people to start learning skills as soon as possible.
- First Aid
- Fire Starting
- Animal Care
- Gardening
- Food Preservation
- Bartering
- Butchering
- Candle Making
- Carpentry
- Fishing
- Foraging
- Hunting
- Traditional Medicine
- Soap Making
- Navigation
- Mechanics
- Well Drilling
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Five Things New “Preppers” Forget When Getting Ready for Bad Times Ahead
The preparedness community is growing faster than it has in decades. Even during peak times such as Y2K, the economic downturn of 2008, and Covid, the vast majority of Americans made sure they had plenty of toilet paper but didn’t really stockpile anything else.
Things have changed. There’s a growing anxiety in this presidential election year that has prompted more Americans to get prepared for crazy events in the future. Some of it is being driven by fearmongers, but there are valid concerns with the economy, food supply, pharmaceuticals, the energy grid, and mass rioting that have pushed average Americans into “prepper” mode.
There are degrees of preparedness. One does not have to be a full-blown “doomsday prepper” living off-grid in a secure Montana bunker in order to be ahead of the curve. In many ways, preparedness isn’t about being able to perfectly handle every conceivable situation. It’s about being less dependent on government for as long as possible. Those who have proper “preps” will not be waiting for FEMA to distribute emergency supplies to the desperate masses.
Below are five things people new to preparedness (and sometimes even those with experience) often forget as they get ready. All five are common sense notions that do not rely on doomsday in order to be useful. It may be nice to own a tank during the apocalypse but there’s not much you can do with it until things get really crazy. The recommendations below can have places in the lives of average Americans whether doomsday comes or not.
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Secured Wealth
Whether in the bank or held in a retirement account, most Americans feel that their life’s savings is relatively secure. At least they did until the last couple of years when de-banking, geopolitical turmoil, and the threat of Central Bank Digital Currencies reared their ugly heads.
It behooves Americans to diversify their holdings. If there’s a triggering event or series of events that cripple the financial systems or devalue the U.S. Dollar, wealth can evaporate quickly. To hedge against potential turmoil, many Americans are looking in two directions: Crypto and physical precious metals.
There are huge advantages to cryptocurrencies, but there are also inherent risks because “virtual” money can become challenging to spend. Add in the push by central banks and governments to regulate or even replace cryptocurrencies with their own versions they control and the risks amplify. There’s nothing wrong with cryptocurrencies today but things can change rapidly.
As for physical precious metals, many Americans pay cash to keep plenty on hand in their safe. Rolling over or transferring retirement accounts into self-directed IRAs is also a popular option, but there are caveats. It can often take weeks or even months to get the gold and silver shipped if the owner chooses to close their account. This is why Genesis Gold Group stands out. Their relationship with the depositories allows for rapid closure and shipping, often in less than 10 days from the time the account holder makes their move. This can come in handy if things appear to be heading south.
Lots of Potable Water
One of the biggest shocks that hit new preppers is understanding how much potable water they need in order to survive. Experts claim one gallon of water per person per day is necessary. Even the most conservative estimates put it at over half-a-gallon. That means that for a family of four, they’ll need around 120 gallons of water to survive for a month if the taps turn off and the stores empty out.
Being near a fresh water source, whether it’s a river, lake, or well, is a best practice among experienced preppers. It’s necessary to have a water filter as well, even if the taps are still working. Many refuse to drink tap water even when there is no emergency. Berkey was our previous favorite but they’re under attack from regulators so the Alexapure systems are solid replacements.
For those in the city or away from fresh water sources, storage is the best option. This can be challenging because proper water storage containers take up a lot of room and are difficult to move if the need arises. For “bug in” situations, having a larger container that stores hundreds or even thousands of gallons is better than stacking 1-5 gallon containers. Unfortunately, they won’t be easily transportable and they can cost a lot to install.
Water is critical. If chaos erupts and water infrastructure is compromised, having a large backup supply can be lifesaving.
Pharmaceuticals and Medical Supplies
There are multiple threats specific to the medical supply chain. With Chinese and Indian imports accounting for over 90% of pharmaceutical ingredients in the United States, deteriorating relations could make it impossible to get the medicines and antibiotics many of us need.
Stocking up many prescription medications can be hard. Doctors generally do not like to prescribe large batches of drugs even if they are shelf-stable for extended periods of time. It is a best practice to ask your doctor if they can prescribe a larger amount. Today, some are sympathetic to concerns about pharmacies running out or becoming inaccessible. Tell them your concerns. It’s worth a shot. The worst they can do is say no.
If your doctor is unwilling to help you stock up on medicines, then Jase Medical is a good alternative. Through telehealth, they can prescribe daily meds or antibiotics that are shipped to your door. As proponents of medical freedom, they empathize with those who want to have enough medical supplies on hand in case things go wrong.
Energy Sources
The vast majority of Americans are locked into the grid. This has proven to be a massive liability when the grid goes down. Unfortunately, there are no inexpensive remedies.
Those living off-grid had to either spend a lot of money or effort (or both) to get their alternative energy sources like solar set up. For those who do not want to go so far, it’s still a best practice to have backup power sources. Diesel generators and portable solar panels are the two most popular, and while they’re not inexpensive they are not out of reach of most Americans who are concerned about being without power for extended periods of time.
Natural gas is another necessity for many, but that’s far more challenging to replace. Having alternatives for heating and cooking that can be powered if gas and electric grids go down is important. Have a backup for items that require power such as manual can openers. If you’re stuck eating canned foods for a while and all you have is an electric opener, you’ll have problems.
Don’t Forget the Protein
When most think about “prepping,” they think about their food supply. More Americans are turning to gardening and homesteading as ways to produce their own food. Others are working with local farmers and ranchers to purchase directly from the sources. This is a good idea whether doomsday comes or not, but it’s particularly important if the food supply chain is broken.
Most grocery stores have about one to two weeks worth of food, as do most American households. Grocers rely heavily on truckers to receive their ongoing shipments. In a crisis, the current process can fail. It behooves Americans for multiple reasons to localize their food purchases as much as possible.
Long-term storage is another popular option. Canned foods, MREs, and freeze dried meals are selling out quickly even as prices rise. But one component that is conspicuously absent in shelf-stable food is high-quality protein. Most survival food companies offer low quality “protein buckets” or cans of meat, but they are often barely edible.
Prepper All-Naturals offers premium cuts of steak that have been cooked sous vide and freeze dried to give them a 25-year shelf life. They offer Ribeye, NY Strip, and Tenderloin among others.
Having buckets of beans and rice is a good start, but keeping a solid supply of high-quality protein isn’t just healthier. It can help a family maintain normalcy through crises.
Prepare Without Fear
With all the challenges we face as Americans today, it can be emotionally draining. Citizens are scared and there’s nothing irrational about their concerns. Being prepared and making lifestyle changes to secure necessities can go a long way toward overcoming the fears that plague us. We should hope and pray for the best but prepare for the worst. And if the worst does come, then knowing we did what we could to be ready for it will help us face those challenges with confidence.
There are a lot of “implied” material needs that go along with these skills but one I would like to mention is … maps. To be in need of navigational skills implies either the GPS satellites have been compromised or there’s nothing to power your GPS device with. Or both. In either case, an old school magnetic compass will be a necessity. Silva is the gold standard, and there’s one in every price range. But the ability to navigate is of limited use if you don’t have maps. Paper maps, not digital. So stock up NOW. If you’re serious about “land nav,” you’ll need to learn to visualize terrain by analyzing the contour lines on a topographic map, and learn how to perform intersection-resection, which is how you pinpoint your current location and plot your course to your destination. It’s not difficult, the army teaches high school dropouts how to do it all day every day.
The #1 answer for survival protein is raising domestic rabbits because their natural breeding instinct serves your need for meat, and no other animal yields so much protein from the same caloric input. Plus they can survive on browse and other natural feed if commercial rabbit food isn’t available. Does become fertile again immediately after giving birth and if you don’t give them any time off, a single doe can bear eight litters of eight kits each in a single year. You’ll “wear out” your does sooner by breeding then so frequently but you’re breeding their replacements as part the process, and if human lives are at stake, ethical animal husbandry has to take a back seat. Inbreeding isn’t generally a problem for meat production but at some point you will have offspring that should be harvested rather than used for breeding stock. There are many suitable breeds but kits of either the New Zealand or Californian variety will reach a weight of around five pounds at about 10 weeks age, which will yield about three pounds of edible meat. A single doe can (theoretically) give birth to 64 kits in a year, which will yield about 190 lbs of meat. A single buck can service 10 does which, with high-intensity breeding, could yield five pounds of meat (on average) per day. From just 11 breeding animals. At current rabbit pellet prices you’ll spend about $2 on feed for every 1 lb of rabbit meat on the table. Less if you’re supplementing with hay and natural forage. And (cute factor aside) rabbits are easy to slaughter, dress and butcher. Select a variety known for the warmness of its coat, learn to tan and sew, and you’ll also be producing pelts in quantity for toasty winter clothing.
Should break it down by tiers that correspond to how much $$$ ya got to invest in this survival campaign. At the most basic level one would need a blade- I recommend a cold steel bushcraft so you can make a spear with it to hunt & fish…
If you know any of these skills do not teach them to leftists for any reason or any amount of money.
This is why many will be dead within months of a sustained grid collapse. It’s doubtful however, it will be longer than a few weeks to soften us up for whatever they have in store for our enslavement.
Friend, is the following of interest ? Jim
Congress, and Alasdair Macleod in THE INTEREST RATE DILEMMA seems to miss the point. [Ref. https://alasdairmacleod.substack.com/p/the-interest-rate-dilemma ]. A stable economy is not the Fed’s objective. Ref. https://stateofthenation.co/?p=217386
Benjamin Ginsberg in FATAL EMBRACE documents numerous historical European Rothschild national banking ventures that were driven into bankruptcy FOR THE PROFIT OF THE BANKERS with total social chaos. The Federal Reserve is the sequel for Ben. Profit for the Rothschild private owners of the Fed is the goal. Every dollar of deficit spending is a covert dollar of profit for the private Rothschild owners of the Fed. The scheme will be continued as long as possible.
THE FEDERAL RESERVE
BEHIND THE CURTAIN
Lewis Carroll gave the public a walk down the Yellow Brick Road of economics 150 years ago and exposed the wizard distorting his image. Today, the Federal Reserve has, for a century, operated a smokescreen of the government borrowing money. It is a Ponzi scheme—THAT CAN NEVER BE PAID OFF— destined for exponential bankruptcy and with extreme hidden profit for the instigators. The fiat principal of a ‘loan’ is created by issuing a deficit spending Treasury security, but the ‘interest’ to pay it off does not exist. Let us walk down that yellow brick road once more.
Our walk, to expose covert profit, begins with the U.S. Treasury sending Treasury securities, as authorized by Congress for Deficit Spending [DS], to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York [Bank]. The Bank, operating as a fiscal agent for the government, credits a government ledger with fiat book-created value, in the amount of the security. The Treasury disperses value for bills from the account and merchants deposit the checks in commercial banks. Voila !! The market value has just increased and inflation has occurred.
But what has happened to the DS securities at the Bank ? The Bank would like to sell them, but how ? The Bank walks them down the hall to the department that is preparing securities for auctions to redeem the securities that have matured from prior years. The average life of a security is about two years and is perpetually rolled over.
The DS security is divided into components and added to redeeming securities for auctions. TreasuryDirect Institutional tabulations, supplied by the Bank, have listed Redeeming while the DS value is listed as ‘New Cash.’ Redeeming, in large part, involves Primary Dealers who are TBTF New York City banks. The auction funds, which currently amount to >$15 trillion annually, are handled exclusively by the Bank and have never been audited. {They are client accounts — not operational accounts.] Ref. 31 CFR §375.3.
What happens to the New Cash ? Repeated inquiries to TreasuryDirect are not helpful. There is no documentation as to their destination. They certainly do not appear as received on any government account. If they disappeared by buying securities, it would eliminate any increase in the National Debt and would negate any inflation. If they do not go to the government. then they must go to a private entity—such as shareholders of a closely held FR Board of Governors, Inc.? Are these potential recipients of $34 Trillion in New Cash the same bankers who conspired on Jekyll Island to create the Fed ?
With $34 Trillion, I think I could laundry funds and purchase ownership of all Fortune 500 firms [via BlackRock, CFR and Vanguard]; dominate countless nations using the IMF, CIA, US military and sanctions; establish the UN and WHO for more gov control and to create international chaos with global pandemics; overthrow a Constitutional Republic with a Southern invasion and a Soros corrupt political structure; and promote a global Great Reset; among other items.
The supreme nefarious act is to get the taxpayers responsible for the book-entry credit that has been floated by the Bank. By spurious legislation, the credit has been labeled as a legal tender; i.e., the taxpayers are responsible for the fraud that has been perpetuated. When the Ponzi scheme implodes, the Fed is wanting the deplorables to be liable for the value. This appears to be the method Benjamin Ginsberg describes historic Rothschild banks collapsed and bankrupt European nations in his FATAL EMBRACE book.
The GAO has standing authority to audit any account of government funds upon congressional direction without additional legislation. FOIA is also valid for any official record of any FR bank record. Ref. Bloomberg v Fed, aff’d, 601 F.3d 143 (2d Cir. 2010).