Which One Is Your Neighbor?

Map Of FEMA Camps: Find The One Nearest You!

Which one is your neighbor? Do you consider FEMA Camps an undesirable neighbor? How many are in your neighborhood?

Preparing for What is Coming as Government is Activating Fema Camps Across U.S.

-->  Single state defies Obama detention plan <--

How about your state?

Related:

Homeland Security Moves to Man FEMA Camps

How Homeland Security Monitors Its US Journalists

NDAA – Wake-up America

Montanans Launch Recall of Senators Who Approved NDAA Military Detention – Updated

Silent Running – Targeting of Americans

Martial Law Attempt in Louisiana Echoes Ron Paul’s Warning

Nazification of America

Stratfor Security Breach Was Not For Credit Card Data According to Hackers

SOPA and PIPA Sponsors Caving In to Opposition  -  These are designed work along with NDAA

A request to the American People- Nationwide Protest against NDAA- ACTION ALERT -  Seems the Occupy Protestors are joining the Tea Party and other conservative groups in this endeavor.

Ready for Life ‘Off the Grid’?: GBTV Launches Reality Show ‘Independence U.S.A.’

Here’s the news release:

GBTV LAUNCHES ITS FIRST REALITY SHOW- INDEPENDENCE U.S.A.

Video: Ready for Life ‘Off the Grid’?

This January 2012, Join the Belcastro Family as They Prepare for an Independent Life Off the Grid Co-Production Between GBTV and The WorkShop, L.L.C. Whose Team Has Produced Shows For History, ESPN, HGTV, Travel Channel, Lifetime, Discovery Channel and TLC, Among Others

(New York, NY December 13th, 2011) GBTV, Glenn Beck’s live streaming video network unveiled today its first reality show, Independence U.S.A. The show follows Frank Belcastro and his family as they try and become completely independent and prepare for life “off the grid.” Independence U.S.A. is being produced by GBTV and The WorkShop, L.L.C. whose team has produced shows for History, ESPN, ESPN Classic, Animal Planet, HGTV, trutv, Travel Channel, Lifetime, Discovery Channel, TLC, The Golf Channel, and Broadcast Syndication. The show will debut on January 18th 2012 and will air weekly on Wednesdays.

Concerned that the economy could collapse? Or that a natural disaster could wipe out our infrastructure? So is Frank, and he is doing something about it! Believing that America has become too reliant on a crumbling foundation, Frank is preparing his family for life “off the grid,” admiring the way people lived in the 19th century. Like them, he longs to become completely independent. So he is embarking on one project at a time hoping to prepare his family for the worst, such as building a car that runs on wood in case gasoline supplies are interrupted, becoming expert hunters when grocery stores are no longer in existence, and making his own alcohol for barter when the dollar collapses. Frank does it all with determination, intelligence, and good humor. He’ll need all that and more, as he attempts to motivate a family that neither shares his fervor nor wishes to sacrifice the comforts and conveniences of 21st century life. In the series premiere- “A Hunting We Will Go”- we meet the Belcastro’s as they set out on a journey to be a self-sufficient family. Frank wants the family to be able to hunt and kill their own food but not every one is on board. Starting with making their own weapons Frank and his son Adam really learn an appreciation for the hunt but wonder if they will succeed.

Joel Cheatwood, President of Programming at GBTV said: “Independence U.S.A. is the perfect way for GBTV to enter the reality genre and promises to be an entertaining and informative look at how one family tries to grapple with their concerns for America.”

Frank Belcastro said: “This show, for me, is a fun and sometimes funny way to get people to open their eyes and see what’s going on. Americans are so reliant on the infrastructure around them but when you can create something with your own hands and everybody works as a team, everybody does a part, you can focus on the positive of this. You can spend time with your family and your community.”

This announcement follows the recent news that GBTV signed a deal with Icebox, the innovative animation production company to jointly develop an animated comedy series. Since its launch, GBTV has already added a wide range of original programming including Liberty Tree House and the comedy news show The B.S. of A. GBTV features Glenn’s two-hour show, which is broadcast live weekdays from 5 to 7PM ET from a newly-built set designed by Glenn and his team at the iconic NEP Studios in Midtown Manhattan. The show, which will be moving to Dallas next year, features Glenn’s unique fusion of entertainment and enlightenment and includes contributors like Amy Holmes, Will Cain, S.E. Cupp and Raj Nair.

Learn More About The Belcastro Family:

Frank Belcastro
“The Man with the Plan”
A carpenter by trade, Frank’s not afraid to experiment in order to get his family one step closer to self-sufficiency but will he succeed? No idea is too big for Frank and he always sees them through. His family doesn’t always agree with him, but they’re always on his side.

Kim Belcastro
“The Skeptic”
Reluctant to accept change and always afraid of what she’s going to come home and find, Kim is always there to question Frank’s ideas. Afterall, it’s her house too and when you bring Frank’s ideas to life anything can happen!

Adam Belcastro
“The Wingman”
The youngest of the family, Adam is a local fire chief and Frank’s right hand man. No matter how crazy Frank’s idea is Adam is ready and willing to try it. Together this Father-Son team is unstoppable.

Emma Belcastro
“The Realist”
Emma is so comfortable in modern society that she doesn’t always see the point in her dad’s plans. She is always there to give Frank a hard time but at the end of the day she believes he has their best interest at heart.

About Mercury Radio Arts

Mercury Radio Arts is Glenn Beck’s fully integrated multi-media production company. Mercury produces all Glenn Beck related properties including The Glenn Beck Program, America’s third highest-rated radio show, Beck’s New York Times bestselling books, and his live stage-show business.

Mercury’s digital platforms now include GlennBeck.com, the fan portal; GBTV, the live streaming video network; Markdown.com, the e-commerce site for connecting consumers with valuable discounts; and TheBlaze.com, the News & Information network.

Founded in 2002, Mercury has a full time staff of over 100 employees and is based in New York, NY.

About The Workshop, L.L.C.

The WorkShop, L.L.C. is an independently owned production company that specializes in creating high quality professional content. Whether The WorkShop is producing a broadcast television series or a broadband “webisode” series, each client is guaranteed to work with our award winning team of professionals. This multimedia service approach allows our client to choose the distribution platform for their project and have it executed in a way that best suits their consumers. The management team at The WorkShop has produced shows for The Golf Channel, History, ESPN, ESPN Classic, Animal Planet, HGTV, trutv, Travel Channel, Lifetime, Discovery Channel, TLC, and Broadcast Syndication.

Source:  The Blaze

Personal Preparedness, The Leibowitz Society, Coming Collapse and how long things will last…

The Leibowitz Society - coming collapse...how long things will last…

The Leibowitz Society - This is the official blog of the Leibowitz Society, a loose-knit group of like minded people who foresee the coming collapse of human civilization and want to preserve as much knowledge as possible for when the time comes to rebuild in the future. There is no membership requirement, nothing to do but read, discuss and start putting aside knowledge in preparation for the next Dark Age.

To Prep or Not to Prep?

The posts which have received the most comments on the blog have been centered around "prepping" and the speed at which we expect collapse to occur, if we expect it to occur at all.  Prepping has long been a staple of the idea of personal survival, even if it hasn't always occurred in the framework of a breakdown of modern civilization.  After all, what's a root cellar but a means of putting food aside for when it might not be available in the future?

Prepping, itself, is just a modern, reasonable, interpretation of "storing up for winter," expect that we're storing up for when there's nothing left on grocery shelves and never will be left again.
The attitudes around it, either favoring prepping, or dismissing it, seem to really reflect our own personal views of how we think the course of civilization is most likely to proceed.  Logically, this makes a lot of sense.  If we think that we'll see a gradual decline, why would we spend a lot of time and effort on acquiring supplies that would likely never get used, when we could still obtain what we needed?  Likewise, if we expect that the bottom could fall out from things overnight, we would want to have all we would potentially need because we would think that we could not acquire it again.

Logic tends to point to this being the safer route.  The assumption has always been the collapse of industrial civilization through attrition of resources as being the most likely form of collapse, to the point where looking at anything else becomes somewhat "heretical."  The idea of a gradually decreasing slope on a curve of resource availability and industrial activity is just there to keep people from getting too nervous about the contraction.  The reality is that a best-fit isn't going to reflect what is most likely to happen -- a chaotic curve of fits and starts as we see pockets of collapse appear, followed by desperate human activity to try to restore some sense of normalcy (the "bailouts" in the past few years as evidence of this).  For a casual observer, that would be a blip on the radar, but for the person living through a food riot, it would be very real.

Collapse through de-industrialization would proceed in fits and starts, but what about a more sudden and profound sort of collapse?  A pandemic, resulting from the bird flu or somesuch, would be devastating and would quickly spell the end for our complex systems as people would not be able to maintain them.  War of some sort is always a specter waiting in the wings.  The poles shifting, pick something.  If we look at things from a mathematical perspective, the odds that there will be a civilization-ending event are almost certain, given enough time.

In the end, I think a reasonable case can be made for erring on the side of having more goods set aside, than not.  In a sense, this is a companion to Pascal's wager -- instead of dealing with the existence of God, we're dealing with the possibility of collapse.  Does it make more sense to prepare for a collapse that may not come within our lifetime or does it make more sense to assume it won't occur and then be left with only hoping that it doesn't?

I drew up the following list as an intellectual exercise to try to figure out how long things would last following a complete collapse, based on general expiration dates. Obviously, it's not complete, and these are just rough estimates. But, it's interesting to still think this through in terms of a generational exercise. If we accept the core principle behind the Leibowitz Society -- long term storage of knowledge -- then we also should accept the idea that the preparations we've made for ourselves to get through the coming collapse are also likely to be used by our descendants, and we should plan accordingly for them, too. Also… knowledge must be saved in the form or printed books and materials… printed photos… tangible things… art, crafts, etc. Everything you own that is electronic or digital could be lost if we really go into a dark age. *Consider going back to a film camera, have your photos printed and have negatives to save for posterity.

2 years:
Canned foods, medicines, seeds

5 years:
Gasoline, diesel, kerosene
Batteries (dry and wet cell, lipo)
Paint
Soap
Elastic
Non-leather shoes
Pens and ink

20 years:
Modern roofs, acidic paper

20-40 years:
Ammunition, preserved foods

50 years:
Metal tools

100 years:
Wooden furniture, wine, distilled liquor, firearms

While not inclusive, it would be interesting to hear of examples of people setting things aside for the long term, or if they can think of prepping supplies which don't have long shelf lives and or will be used up quickly and people will have to find substitutes for them.

Video: ‘Rollover’ Movie (1981), predicts frightening worldwide currency crisis!

Dramatic scene from the Movie "Rollover" (1981). A frightening worldwide currency crisis we should be prepared for in our lifetimes. The Dollar has lost 95% of it's value since the inception of The Federal Reserve system in 1913.

Preparedness Checklist for Hard Times

by Terence Gillespie - Contributor Marion Algier

(Editors note: Originally published at lewrockwell.com, this list supplements the Top 101 Things You Will Want In A Disaster Survival Situation)

As we approach what many say will be the “Greatest Depression” I was inspired to combine lists into items needed in hard times. What follows is a list of lists covering areas that sustain the average family.

Most U.S. families have no such checklist. Good times, as far as we can remember, don’t inspire planning for hard times. We’ve been immune from such worries for 65 years since the end of World War II. The average historical memory is probably only 20–30 years.

That lack of historical perspective is a handicap against what is currently happening to the U.S. economy. And, the U.S. is exporting their worst problems to the rest of the world. Ironically, “other” countries are facing hard times now, before the U.S.

My interest in optimizing all things leads me to prepare for good times and bad. I’m a natural optimist and believe that our Creator gave us the ability to overcome all obstacles. Checklists like this are proof of that ability. It was wise, not pessimistic of the Biblical Joseph to store seven years of grain before the famine.

To optimize one must first be thorough. When it comes to preparing for hard times that means making a thorough checklist. You may not have to purchase, store or do every item on the checklist. But, there’s many benefits to making one.

If your family could check off all the items on this list as either done,not applicable or have access to then you’ll be doing far better than average even in good times.

Benefits of The Checklist, Itself

Just making your own version of this checklist leaves you mindful of the many tools and things that sustain us. It may even point out some weaknesses you haven’t yet addressed or thought about.

Another benefit is realizing we don’t need to own everything on the list. Simple access to many items is fine, and sometimes better, than ownership. That’s where friends and community come into play: We trade and share to make life easier and to be smarter. Being more smart with what we have leads to needing less things to begin with.

Guideline:

1. You need them, anyway, so nothing goes to waste.
2. Buy them now, while they’re available.
3. Buy them before inflation raises their price (And your boss doesn’t raise your wages).
4. Get bulk discounts.
5. Less trips to the store is more efficient.
6. The cost of not having essentials is a “high price” to pay.
7. Thinking through this checklist tends to optimize your household which leads to needing less things.
8. Awareness of essentials gets your mind spinning on creative ways to obtain them.

You might say this is a good list for good times. And it’s a great list for hard times.

Gold, Guns, Groceries and God in Reverse

Gold comes last, not first.

“Before you buy gold, buy what you’ll need the gold for.”

We still have division of labor. That makes everything needed in hard times available for purchase now. If we get to a time when gold is needed to survive many essentials won’t be available at any price. Distribution channels for things that are available will be crippled. That will make their price rise even in gold terms.

By the way, have you seen the price of gold, lately? With one ounce in your pocket who will be able to make change for $1000 when you need milk and eggs at the store? It may be time to learn what our ancestors knew: Gold is for kings and Silver is for people.

The Checklist

Making this list forced me to recognize my limitations. As much as I value self-reliance being the sole provider of every item would be hard, if not impossible. For any truly hard times I’d want my family and friends around, at least. Any kind of optimal living, however, would need to go beyond that. That’s why I recommend adding one of the most urgent and crucial items onto your list in the ‘personal’ section: “Find people you can trust.”

Medical & Health

• hydrogen peroxide
• alcohol for sterilization
• Vitamins / Minerals / Herbs  (Protein Powder)
• Bandages
• hot water bottles
• Ice packs
• sterile pads
• slings/splints or raw material to make them
• tweezers
• hemostats
• sutures and needles
• clamps
• stethoscopes
• blood-pressure cuffs
• thermometers
• scalpels and blades
• non-disposable syringes and needles
• wound cleaning syringes
• Iodine
• Imodium
• anti-histamine
• aloe
• Mercurochrome
• Betadine
• “Bag Balm” (an antiseptic lotion)
• dental floss
• baking soda, instead of toothpaste
• Personal medications
• Augmentin / general antibiotics
• Get dental work up to date
• Painkillers, aspirin
• Anti-fungal spray
• DIY Dentistry kits (Oil of cloves, temporary filling kit, extraction tools)
• burn treatment supplies
• minor surgery kit (inexpensive Pakistani stainless steel instruments)

Water

• Install Whole House Water Filter (Chlorine)
• Install three-stage water filter under sink for drinking water
• Atmospheric Water Generator/Filter for water from the sky
• Rainwater catch from roof
• House downspout (Redirected with sheet metal into barrels)
• Water Containers for rainwater
• Clorox hypochlorite bleach for sterilization
• Berkley Water filters for rainwater/travel/car
• Water containers for car
• Water containers for barter
• Dig a well
• Install a cistern

Food

• Choose & Order 6-month supply of Freeze Dried food for entire family
• See Water section for rehydrating freeze dried food
• Decide on Storage Solution (Freeze dried makes that much easier)
• Purchase containers to store the food
• Designate cool & dry space for food storage
• Purchase DVD canning instructions
• Consider supplementing Freeze Dried storage with:
• Cereal
• Crackers
• Canned goods
• tuna
• salmon
• fruit
• vegetables
• soup
• chili
• milk – evaporated
• beans
• rice
• peanut butter
• popcorn
• Dried pasta
• olive oil
• coconut oil – Best for long term storage
• coffee or tea
• beer
• wine
• whiskey
• pet food
• protein bars
• baby food/formula
• spices (Makes all other list items taste better)
• salt – sea salt and some iodized
• seeds if you have land, water and ability to plant them
• if possible put in a garden now and begin canning

Food Preparation

• backup stove – BBQ Grill or portable Colemen or the like
• fuel for backup stove – 6 propane tanks, Sterno, white gas
• Grain mill if using flour or require grain grinding
• pots, pans, utensils, dishes
• paper towels
• Mylar bags
• Aluminum foil – Heavy (Can also be used for barter)
• Wax Paper
• pots and pans
• buckets
• mops
• measuring cups
• measuring spoons
• metal mixing bowls
• baking sheets
• roasting pans
• cleaning brushes
• canning jars with seals and lids
• baby food jars (excellent for storage)
• thermos bottles
• can openers
• potato peelers
• spray bottles

Hygiene/Sanitation

• Toilet Paper
• Paper Towels
• Razors
• Toothbrushes
• toothpaste
• lotions
• Soap (hand, dish, laundry, cleansers)
• Shampoo
• Hairbrush
• Ladies’ supplies
• Toothpaste (or powder)
• Floss
• Q-tips
• Sunscreen

House

• Electricity Generator
• call local utility company regarding solar panels
• decide on which source of fuel (gasoline, diesel, natural gas/propane)
• prepare city approval plans
• decide on contractor or self-install
• Consider only installing transfer switch and renting during emergency
• install generator
• test generator
• house inventory of tools and box contents
• garage sale items
• sort out what needs to be stored
• sort out what needs to be sold
• inventory box contents
• decide on storage for box contents
• Decide on barter storage space
• store barter items
• pellets for winter
• firewood
• LED lights for all rooms in the house
• lighters

Tools

• Socket sets
• pocket multi-tools
• wrench sets
• drill bits
• chisels (wood and metal working)
• files
• Allen wrenches
• screwdrivers
• driver bits (with manual drivers)
• cutters (side-cutters, end-cutters, snips)
• clamps
• hammers (of all sizes)
• pry-bars
• shovels
• rakes (the heavy gardening type)
• handsaws (hacksaws, crosscuts, etc.)
• axes
• oil
• grease
• WD-40
• graphite grease
• Gardening tools
• Auto mechanics tools
• Welding
• Bolt cutters
• Woodworking tools
• Gunsmithing tools
• work gloves
• wire of various gauges
• duct tape
• chain
• nails
• nuts and bolts
• weather stripping
• glue

Security

• Alarm System (Connected via wireless cell, not landline phone)
• Connect alarm system to smoke detectors
• 3rd-Party (ICE) contact for separated family members
• Handgun
• Shotgun
• Rifle
• Ammunition
• Magazines, speed loaders
• Gun cleaning kit
• Spare parts for all gun tools
• Gun Safe(s)
• DuraCoat
• Bullet making equipment
• eye and ear protection
• carrying cases
• bullet proof vests for all family members (even the pets)
• Many people are again building bomb or evacuation shelters and panic rooms with supplies

Firefighting

• Fire Extinguishers
• Upgrade to a metal roof?
• Clear brush around house
• 2″ water line from your gravity-fed storage tank (to provide large water volume for firefighting)
• Fire fighting rig with an adjustable stream/mist head.
• Smoke and CO Detectors

Business & Finance

• decide now on computer and hardware upgrades
• decide now on software upgrades
• Pay all vendors as far in advance as they will accept
• Pay all subscriptions (internet, software upgrades, etc.) in advance
• Pay all service providers in advance
• Pay off all high-interest loans within reason
• Keep money in a range of currencies or gold/silver
• Reduce exposure to US Dollar as much as feasible
• Consider 2nd backup business if primary is vulnerable
• Read The Hyperinflation Survival Guide: Strategies for American Businesses(Paperback)
• Spare copy of all crucial documents

Barter

• Water (From ecoloblue generator)
• Eggs (Freeze dried)
• Milk (Freeze dried)
• Salt
• Silver
• Gold
• Cooking spices
• Ammunition (9mm, .38, ,.357, .40, .45 ACP, .44 Mag, .223, .308)
• Rope
• Candles
• Flashlights
• Batteries
• Whiskey
• Meds

Personal

• Make separate list for everyone in house
• Prescription and nonprescription medications
• Spare copy of all crucial documents
• Backup eyeglasses
• Backup reading glasses
• sunglasses
• Keep dentistry up to date
• Any elective surgery that you’ve been postponing
• Work off that gut
• Stay in shape
• Find people you can trust

Clothing

• jeans
• belts
• warm durable jackets
• wool sweaters
• wool work clothes
• T-shirts
• Jean shirts
• underwear
• work gloves
• boots
• sneakers
• sandals
• baseball caps
• hats for sun protection
• Web gear/Bullet proof vests?
• towels
• leashes and harnesses for pets

Books

• Bible or Spiritual Book
• Physician’s desk Reference (PDR) & or PDR for Herbal Medicines
• Gray’s Anatomy (not the TV show)
• The Holistic Health Guide Natural Care for the Whole Dog /Dog and Cat
• Carla Emery’s The Encyclopedia of Country Living
• A Patriot's History of the United States...
• The United States of America (Constitution, Bill of Rights, etc) and The Original Argument
• Favorite novels or non-fiction works
• Survival Handbooks
• How Things Work type books
• Recipes
• a Few Valuable Personal/Family Photo Prints or Albums, Negatives & a Photo Disc

Tactical

• Batteries of all types
• pencils and pens
• paper
• Mosquito repellent
• sleeping bags for each person
• flashlights
• penlights
• Escape route maps
• Topographic maps of your area
• Safe room areas mapped out for your house/neighborhood
• Home Invasion procedures & guidelines
• Spare Masterlocks

Communications

• AM/FM radios (crank power)
• shortwave for local communication and monitoring
• longwave for backup communications
• police band monitoring
• List of frequencies used in area

Transportation

• advance maintenance for cars
• replace tires that will wear out within 1 year
• make sure have spare tires for all cars
• emergency kits for each car
• Make sure bicycles are in shape

**Have an Emergency Bug out Bag for each member of family – packed and ready to go if you have to leave quickly without notice – These items should be separate from the items above if possible.  If not, make them your back-up items for the list above and include them in your use and storage rotation, if they are perishable or have expiration dates.  Also remember to include items for your dog or pets that you plan to take along.  Also include  the Bible or spiritual book, a pocket copy of the Constitution and few photos of your family and loved ones.**

What goes in a bug out bag?

Anticipating worst-case scenarios is never fun, but to properly pack your bug out bag with only the essential items, you must start here. Imagine no food, no electricity, no water, and no city services for days. What types of things would you need to survive?

1. A couple rations of food (I buy from MountainHouse.com). We have a big bag of rice, and several packs of packaged tuna with a two-years shelf life. Both have a lot of calories and are easy to prepare, but are relatively light to pack. (Also make sure you have food, water and supplies for any pets you plan to take.)
2. 3 Gallon Rigid Water Containers. Keep a couple of these on hand and toss them in your trunk before bugging out. At 3 gallons, it is not so heavy that the wife and kids couldn’t lug a couple in an emergency, or if I wasn’t there or was out of commission. These rigid style containers are more durable than gallon water jugs, so they are less likely to leak.
3. Flashlights. Be sure to pack at least one flashlight per bug out bag. And never burn more than one light at a time to preserve batteries. A hand-crank light can come in handy too, for battery-less operation.
4. Batteries.  Be sure to have the right size for your equipment, and pack plenty of extras.
5. Glow sticks. When flashlights fail, or when you don’t need a high concentration of direct light, glow sticks are a wise choice.
6. Hand-crank emergency radio.  Staying informed is a key to survival. A hand-cranked radio requires no batteries or electricity, and can provide news bulletins, weather updates, and information on evacuation routes, etc.
7. Multi-tool. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere without a multi-tool!
8. Knives. At a minimum, I’d recommend a folding camp knife with a saw edge, a Swiss Army knife with attachments, and a large, fixed-blade survival knife.
9. Rope/cord. Some 550 paracord is a must-have in your survival kit for tying up food, making a shelter, and plenty of other uses.
10. Change of clothes. This is not vital, as you can always wash/dry clothing in the field. If you have room, take along an extra set and lean towards cold weather gear.
11. Water purification tablets/drops. Boiling water is the most effective way to reduce the risk of ingesting a parasite. However, purification tablets are a close second when boiling isn’t practical. Of course, at home I’d just use my Berkey Light water filter.
12. Anti-diarrhea medication. Be sure to have this one hand in the event you or a family member does suffer from diarrhea, which can lead to life-threatening dehydration very quickly in a survival situation.
13. Stainless steel Kanteen. I like this stainless steel Kanteen for carrying water (no worries over BPA’s in plastic), and it can be heated by hanging above a flame through cord threaded through the screw-on cap.
14. Bottle of multi-vitamins. While on a survival diet, chances are you will be lacking the required nutrients from food alone. A good multi-vitamin will help keep your immune system up.
15. Emergency blankets. These Mylar blankets help hold in heat in an emergency. In addition to those in our bug out bag, we also have a couple in the glove compartment of our car, just in case.
16. Bug repellent. After water disasters (floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, etc.) there will likely be standing water nearby, which is great breeding ground for mosquitoes. Mosquitoes, and other insects, are known for helping transmit diseases in these conditions, so keep your skin protected at all times.
17. Compass. Nothing fancy needed here. Just look for a compass that can reliably provide a north heading.
18. Map of your surrounding area. Who needs a GPS? When it hits the fan, I’d rather have a map of my city and state than something that requires power and communication with a satellite.
19. Fire-starting materials. We have a butane torch lighter, water proof matches, a magnesium stick, kindling sticks, cotton balls and petroleum jelly.
20. Signal mirror. Putting a signal mirror’s reflection on a rescue pilot or boat captain is one of the best ways of attracting attention.
21. Sun block. If caught out in the open on a hot summer day, you’ll be glad you packed sun block to prevent the sun from cooking your exposed skin.
22. A safety whistle for each family member. Safety whistles can be used to attract attention from rescuers, and to communicate with family members if separated. Plus, they take a lot less energy and make a lot more noise than screaming.
23. Fishing lures and line. If you can get to a natural body of water, chances are there is a food source in there. It’s possible to catch fish without lures and line, but having it sure improves your chances!
24. Ziploc bags. Great for waterproofing items, rationing food, etc.
25. Hand sanitizer. We personally packed a few bottles of Purell hand sanitizer. If you shop the cheap stuff, just be sure it has a alcohol content between 60% and 95% to maximize germ-killing effectiveness.
26. Camp axe. Probably the most important tool when setting up a camp. A good camp axe can help clear a camp site, split firewood, and chop down small trees for shelter.
27. Folding shovel. It isn’t pleasant to think about, but you may have to bury waste, or have the less-gross task of digging a fire pit. Either way, a folding shovel will do the job.
28. First aid kit. I prefer the soft-sided kits here because they are more compact and flexible than the large, plastic box first aid kits.
29. Survival handbook. A good survival handbook should cover information such as how to make shelters, identify plants and animals to eat, and strategies to get rescued.
30. Roll of duct tape. Duct tape is the do-it-yourselfer’s best friend, at home and in an emergency situation.
31. Cash and coins. We keep a couple hundred dollars in cash in a waterproof tube (originally purposed to hold waterproof matches). Also consider taking along a roll of quarters for any coin-operated vending, or to make change.
32. Ponchos. When you have to leave shelter in search of food, or to move away from danger, keeping yourself dry greatly reduces the chances of getting sick from exposure to a cold rain.
33. Tarp. With a section of tarp and a little rope tied between two trees you can provide instant shelter in a survival situation.
34. Deck of cards (to fight boredom). Don’t discount the psychological aspects of survival. After a day or two, boredom will set in and you’ll be glad to have a deck of cards to pass the time.

We are living in unusual times and the best gift you can give yourself is preparedness!!  If things don’t get this bad, so that you need these supplies, you will be overly prepared for any emergency…. just look at all the natural disasters and weather emergencies we have experienced just this year.

Don’t think you will need this if our system collapses?

This photo is of the grocery store shelves in anticipation of Hurricane Irene

Empty Shelves:  Hurricane, Disasters, and Civil Unrest – a Contingency Plan

The Stethoscope – Watch Video:  You Will Be Pleasantly  Surprised  We must learn to put our trust in the right place while doing what we can for ourselves!!

Important Alert… Especially for Parents and Grandparents! - Frightening!

 

Video:  Smartphone pictures pose privacy risks

You may be perfectly safe after changing the settings… but who really knows?

How to protect your mobile phone and computer from illegal police searches

http://www.naturalnews.com/032985_illegal_searches_mobile_phones.html

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, long defenders of electronic rights, has  written a legal guide

(NaturalNews) The U.S. Constitution is clear about the issue of privacy. In fact, the Fourth Amendment states, in part, "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated..."

With that in mind, it's safe to say it's more than just a little disturbing to know that, in certain circumstances, police can search your cell phone and computer(s), even if you don't want them to and even if they don't yet have a warrant to do so.

The good news is, someone out there has recognized the problem and has taken steps to help you protect that vast amount of data you have stored on your smart phone or laptop.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, long defenders of electronic rights, has written a legal guide designed to help you better understand your rights and, more importantly, when police can - and cannot - legally confiscate and search your personal electronic devices.

"In the heat of the moment, it can be hard to remember what your rights are and how to exercise them," says EFF Senior Staff Attorney Marcia Hofmann. "Sometimes police can search your computer whether you like it or not, but sometimes they can't. We wrote this guide to help you tell the difference and to empower you to assert your rights when the police come knocking."

Adds EFF Staff Attorney Hanni Fakhoury, "With smart phones, tablet computers, and laptops, we carry around with us an unprecedented amount of sensitive personal information.

"That smart phone in your pocket right now could contain email from your doctor or your kid's teacher, not to mention detailed contact information for all of your friends and family members," Fakhoury continued. "Your laptop probably holds even more data -- your Internet browsing history, family photo albums, and maybe even things like an electronic copy of your taxes or your employment agreement. This is sensitive data that's worth protecting from prying eyes."

According to a summary of full EFF legal guide:

· Always say "no" when police ask if they can search your server, personal computer or cell phone because if you give them permission to search, they don't need a warrant - even to enter your home;
· If police tell you they have a search warrant, ask to see it because you have a right to;
· Make sure police are only searching the areas outlined in the warrant;
· Be silent - you don't have to help the police or answer their questions, and that means you don't have to give them your encryption keys or passwords;
· If you do decide to talk, don't lie because lying to the police is a crime;
· Finally, if you can consult with a lawyer before police conduct a search or even just talk to you, that's ideal.
This guide is extremely helpful in this digital age when being secure in our "papers" and effects now includes our data-filled electronic devices. Know your rights; that is your best protection.

Consistently watch the other hand my friends… we are living in scary times.  Technology may make things easier for you… but it also makes it easier for Big Brother and the other bad guys (pedophiles, robbers, etc) to keep an eye on you and your loved ones… and they are!

By Ask Marion

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Deputy A.G. Ogden: 'Obama ordered fast and furious' / B.O. suddenly announces new gun control plans sans Congress.

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2. Jones interviews Larry Pratt (While alex has criticized R and D alike, and embraced some conspiracy theories re: 9.11, he has not budged on the 2A)

3. Los Zetas interview en espanol, received guns from US.gov directly in some cases.
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http://rightwingnews.com/videos/video-shows-obama-and-holder-ordered-gun-running-scam-to-drug-cartel/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rightwingnews%2FhGmL+%28Right+Wing+News%29

“Project Gun Runner (Fast and Furious) was launched under the orders of President Barack Obama with the knowledge of Attorney General Eric Holder. Deputy Attorney General David Ogden announced the Obama Administration’s new and aggressive ‘comprehensive plan’ on March, 24, 2009. The plan was aimed at disrupting gun trafficking between the United States and Mexico.”

Video Shows Obama and Holder Ordered Gun-running Scam to Drug Cartel  -  Written By : Jane Jamison

Last week, President Obama “couldn’t remember” when he knew about “Project Fast and Furious,” the deliberate gun-running scheme operated by the U.S. Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms [ATF] to sell high-tech rifles to the Mexican drug cartels. [ read IWatch report on "Fast and Furious"]

Perhaps the video below will refresh his memory. Obama knew about this criminal operation all along, as we have suspected.

More updates and commentary follow below:
Here is the news conference announcing “Fast and Furious.”
Attorney General Eric Holder’s alibi is also unraveling fast:

Via Weasel Zippers:
Washington Examiner — On May 3, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testified before House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa’s committee that he only learned about the government’s sale of weapons to Mexican drug cartels “in the last few weeks.”

But Big Government found a 2009 speech by Holder on the Department of Justice’s own website that proves the attorney general was well aware of Operation Gunrunner back in 2009:
The problem with Holder’s feigned ignorance is that he gave a speech in Cuernavaca, Mexico, on April 2, 2009, in which he boasted about Operation ‘Gunrunner” and told Mexican authorities of everything he was doing to insure its success.

When questioned by the media, Holder also denied knowing anything about Gunrunner:
“Holder’s office at first vehemently denied ATF has ever knowingly allowed weapons to get into the hands of suspected gunrunners for Mexico’s drug cartels,” CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reported.

But at the arms trafficking conference in Cuernavaca, Holder not only acknowledged the program, he bragged that he was in the process of expanding it:

“Last week, our administration launched a major new effort to break the backs of the cartels. My department is committing 100 new ATF personnel to the Southwest border in the next 100 days to supplement our ongoing Project Gunrunner, DEA is adding 16 new positions on the border, as well as mobile enforcement teams, and the FBI is creating a new intelligence group focusing on kidnapping and extortion. DHS is making similar commitments, as Secretary Napolitano will detail.”

So Holder’s May 3rd denial appears to be refuted by his own words.”
Gen. Antonio Erasto Monsivais holds up a seized .50 caliber Barrett model 99 single-shot rifle in the seized weapons warehouse at the headquarters of the Secretary of Defense in Mexico City. Mexican authorities have repeatedly complained that most of the weapons used by drug cartels there — including Barrett rifles — are coming from the U.S. The ATF’s Fast and Furious probe allowed guns to be trafficked south of the border in an effort to nail high-level cartel operative /Eduardo Verdugo/Associated Press
Via the Right Scoop:

“Via Free Republic, documented at Pajamas Media: Project Gunrunner was funded by 10 million taxpayer dollars in the Stimulus that Obama signed himself:

For an additional amount for ‘State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’, $40,000,000, for competitive grants to provide assistance and equipment to local law enforcement along the Southern border and in High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas to combat criminal narcotics activity stemming from the Southern border, of which $10,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Salaries and Expenses’ for the ATF Project Gunrunner.

Here’s a link to the actual text at Open Congress.”
Meanwhile, the guns that Obama and Holder allowed to “walk” to the drug cartels…some of which have killed 2 Border Patrol agents and dozens of Mexicans, are still showing up in all the wrong places ….like, Arizona crime scenes.

Our theory is that this was a Machiavellian move by the president and Attorney General Eric Holder to “gin up” public support for assault gun and other weapon controls.

This theory becomes even more compelling by the president’s own announcements this past week that he will “bypass Congress” to institute gun controls “of some kind” soon.
We are in a constitutional crisis with this administration. We have accessories to murder and obstruction of justice in the White House. Who will take action?

These guns “walked” into the hands of some of the most violent criminals in the world, and have been connected to the murders of two Border Patrol agents and several dozen Mexicans. Many innocent people have died to further the radical liberal gun-control agenda of the White House.

Barack Obama and Eric Holder should go to jail for this. Will the shameful, ideological American news media ever begin to cover this scandal?

Link here to the video of Mexican attorney Mario Gonzalez Rodriguez who was tortured by the drug cartel and eventually shot with one of the “Fast and Furious” weapons sold to the drug barons. [very graphic ] Barack Obama and Eric Holder are responsible for the victims of these weapons. Obama and Holder lied, people died.
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http://thetruthaboutguns.com/2011/07/brad-kozak/atf-death-watch-33-c-spans-smoking-gun/
ATF Death Watch 33: C-SPAN’s Smoking Gun.
Posted on July 9, 2011 by Brad Kozak
Here we are thinking that there’s got to be a Watergate moment – the 18½ minutes of tape, Deep Throat, the Plumbers – to connect the final dot between the ATF’s Gunwalker scandal and Obama. Nope. Turns out, we just had to go back and watch some C-SPAN reruns, and there it was, straight from the Assistant US Attorney’s mouth. Obama Ordered ATF’s Gunwalker. Wow. I mean, so we’re clear, the U.S. AG’s office was bragging about Gunwalker as a part of Obama’s “get tough on the border” policy. Or to put it in terms that a Democrat can understand, “he was for it, before he was against it.” Um-hmmm. And he approved it before he tried to distance himself from it.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/07/obama-unveil-gun-control-reforms_n_892633.html
Obama To Unveil Gun Control Reforms In Near Future
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http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/07/07/six-months-after-tucson-shooting-white-house-readies-gun-control-stance
Six Months After Tucson Shooting, White House Readies Gun Control Stance
by Kelly Chernenkoff | July 07, 2011
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Townhall The Tipsheet Katie Pavlich
Obama Adminstration to Implement More Gun Control Without Congress
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http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_070711/content/01125111.guest.html
Furious: The Obama Regime Gave 2,000 Guns to Mexican Drug Lords
July 7, 2011
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http://pajamasmedia.com/tatler/2011/07/08/obama-gearing-up-for-gun-control-moves/
Obama gearing up for gun control moves

Source and see related videos HERE

Last night on Coast to Coast with Steve Quayle.  Here was the discussion:

Get a satellite phone. it might not work well but it doesn't go through the internet. A ham radio wouldn’t be a bad idea either!

Plan on a war starting sometime between August and the end of year (2011), people might not be able to go to Israel for Beck’s event or any other reason.

Many feel this move on guns and the second amendment may accelerate the possibility of violence or even a war in the U.S.

If you don’t own a gun, plenty or ammo or a way to make it… now would be the time to think about how you plan to protect yourself, if the worst happens!

Don't plan on election in 2012. In fact don't plan on much for 2012 except hyperinflation. (And if there is one, you can bet that it won’t be fair… so remain vigilant!!)

Stock up on what you can now. Might not be able to later.

Prepare America and Pray!!

Here is the Coast to Coast broadcast:

Steve Quayle Angel Wars 1_3 on Coast To Coast AM July 10, 2011
Pt 1, Pt 2, Pt 3

h/t to Sue Hooper and Jean Stoner

And remember the words of Thomas Jefferson "The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." See Video of Suzanna Gratia-Hupp’s Congressional Testimony: What the Second Amendment is REALLY For HERE.

The blood will be on Obama and Clinton’s hands.

GETTING OFF THE GLOBALIST CHESSBOARD: AN INTRODUCTION

April 17th, 2011

By Stewart Rhodes of Oath Keepers
And Brandon Smith of Alternative Market Project

To put it simply, America is nearing a checkmate scenario.  Like the final torrid maneuvers of a rigged chess match, we have been pressed, manipulated, and attacked into the last remaining corner of the “grand global chessboard” left to us; centralized control of all social and economic power into the hands of an unworthy elite.  If we continue playing the game by their rules, we will lose.  There is no doubt.  There have been many solutions presented to us in the past to combat this development, but nearly all of them function within the constraints of Federal politics.  Working within the system has earned us no quarter, and frankly, no results.  Our only recourse (and, frankly, the best recourse all along) is to STOP relying on the rules of their game, and to walk away from the chess board completely.

Globalization is essentially just another word for centralization, and the key to centralizing any system is to remove all options until the masses are completely and utterly dependent upon a single dominant paradigm.  Globalists have deceived many Americans into believing that centralization is a “natural” process – that their game is indeed the only one in town.  The widespread acceptance of the fiat monetary system is a perfect example of the average person’s unfortunate lack of economic flexibility.  Only recently, in the face of dollar devaluation and complete financial collapse have many finally begun to question the legitimacy of a single brittle and corrupt economic structure.  American politics are no different.

The elites have conned us into thinking that the only possible “solution” to where we are is federal elections, which only vote in new puppets for the puppet masters to manipulate in an illusory shell game.   We have been tricked into thinking we are free because we come together from time to time to select our rulers.

But of course, this country was not founded as a democracy, but as a Constitutional Republic, and in such a Republic as ours, liberty is not just about “kicking the bums out” every few years only to vote a new set of bums into Congress, as the globalists would have us think.  Federal elections are just one small part of it.  The Founders intended us to be active, sovereign citizens, in strong communities and strong, sovereign states, and that is about far, far more than merely voting.

But because the globalists – with the aid of complicit domestic counterparts – have been able to capture our education system, our media, our political system, and our legal system, they have succeeded in dumbing us down and duping us into thinking that all other mechanisms for constraining power have been removed from the table.  In fact, we have been convinced that all of the other fundamental institutions of our republic– aside from voting – are illegitimate, or even criminal.

The Founders gave us a dual sovereignty republic. That means states are as much sovereign within their sphere as the national government is within its sphere, with a  national government of limited, enumerated, and divided powers.  As our Tenth Amendment makes clear, “[t]he powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

In Federalist 45, James Madison (widely considered the ‘father of the Constitution”) promised the American people that:

The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government, are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected. The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State.

Clearly the design of the Founders’ has been turned on its head. With the aid of complicit judges – which Thomas Jefferson called a “corps of sappers and miners” – who willfully misinterpret the Commerce Clause to grant Congress the power to regulate literally anything, we now have a ruling class who will admit of no restraints on national power with a national government of nearly unlimited de facto powers, grown like a metastasizing cancer far beyond the bounds of anything foreseen by even the most skeptical of Anti-Federalists from the Founding era. All actual, physical and structural powers of any real meaning – legislative, military, legal, law enforcement, and economic – are consolidated in the hands of the federal government.   On top of this, they have grafted a hydra-like overlay of international law and international unelected agencies and untouchable international “officials” that are also being imposed up us by means of treaties, executive partnerships (such as the supposedly now defunct Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, now being revitalized by the Obama Administration ) and other constitutionally dubious mechanisms.

While we are distracted with elections, they are planning the destruction of the dollar, the collapse of our economy, the final destruction of our sovereignty, and the total absorption of our entire system into the vapid body of an unaccountable global government.

This is why we must stop playing by their “rules,” must get off of their artificial chess board, and instead play by the rules of our Constitution.   This means taking power into our own hands as individuals, communities, counties, and states.

To do this, Neithercorp Press, the Alternative Market Project, and Oath Keepers are working together to focus on concrete solutions that can be applied by the average American in their day-to-day lives, in both the private and public spheres.   In the limited time we have left, we urge Americans to focus on the following four key strategies (arranged in order of priority of needs):

1. Food and fuel independence and security – and other essential infrastructure(general preparedness) – as individuals, within local veterans organization chapters, neighborhood mutual aid societies, churches, co-ops, farmers markets, and at the town, county and state levels).   In the aftermath of an economic collapse, food is the hardest necessity to improvise, and food scarcity is a serious achiles heel, exploited by oppressive regimes throughout history.   To get started on food storage and independence, follow the advice on http://www.providentliving.org/ (you don’t need to be LDS to learn from their experience in food storage and preparedness, or to use their canneries).  Likewise, we will need fuel, emergency medical, and resilient communication that can function in a grid-down crisis, devoid of internet communication (or with the internet shut down intentionally by means of a kill-switch).

2. Physical security and Independence - again as individuals, neighborhoods, towns, counties and states, to include forming neighborhood watches, mutual aid associations, a volunteer sheriff’s posse (staffed by volunteers under direct command of the sheriff), and county militias established by county ordinances but staffed by self-supplied and self-funded volunteers (as is done in volunteer fire departments all over this nation), and ultimately, a true state militia capable of “repelling invasions” (using the research and model bills of Dr. Edwin Vieira).   Americans have plenty of guns, but not enough organization.  See www.operationsleepinggiant.org for details.

3. Economic security and independence – as individuals and communities, including barter networks, use of silver and gold as real money, the development of valuable trade skills, and sound money bills at the county and state levels (as Utah just passed  into law).  The localization of community commerce is the only sure way to counter globalization.  The more independent and insulated cities and states are from the corrupt and dysfunctional mainstream economy, the more safe and secure they will find themselves when that economy implodes. We must have an alternative to the fiat money system in place to preempt such an event.  See www.alt-market.com for details.

4. State sovereignty and nullification of unconstitutional federal laws and actions.  Veterans must support only sheriffs, state legislators and governors who have the guts and integrity to keep their oaths.  To vote for an oath breaker, is to become an oath breaker.   We must defend the powers reserved to the states and to the people by supporting state sovereignty resolutions and nullification of unconstitutional laws.  Seehttp://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/.  And eventually we must kick the bums out, as GOOOH recommends.  See http://goooh.com/

We will soon be publishing an upcoming series of articles that will provide in-depth details on each of the above four key pillars of action.  While we should not turn our backs on the tactics of educating the public, supporting constitutional legislation, voting for honest and principled representatives, or nullifying unconstitutional laws (we should certainly make full use of the soap box, the ballot box, and the jury box) it is now time to dedicate ourselves to much more.  The very future of our country, our liberties, and the prosperity of the next generation depends upon this.

For the Republic,

Stewart Rhodes and Brandon Smith

Oathkeepers… Not on Our Watch~

Comments:

Debbie K: 

I want to add: get to know your neighbors. Get involved in the community, volunteer, help out. Make your face and name known.  Be there cheerfully, but with ideas, answers and a plan.  The basic advice here is good, and worth looking into, as well as sharing.

Marion:

One of our greatest weapons is prayer and is too often overlooked.  Here is a great example from Brazil:

The Country That Saved Itself - Brazil 1962 - In 1962 there was a looming threat of communist takeover in Brazil. A woman there named Dona Amelia Bastos was known to have formed a Rosary rally among the Brazilian women there to do their part in opposing the looming threat. Their goal was simply to pray the Rosary in large groups asking the Virgin Mary for help in opposing the Communist takeover which the President of Brazil was leaning toward at the time. In Belo Horizonte 20,000 women reciting the rosary aloud broke up a Communist rally. In Sao Paulo, 600,000 women praying the rosary in one of the most moving demonstrations in Brazilian history, caused the President of Brazil to flee the country and not a single death was encountered, sparing the country from Communist takeover.

Let us not forget the power of prayer as we fight to save America. Remember the Prayer Center in Wilmington, Ohio…  In whatever form, I believe adding more prayer to our mission is necessary!