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Non-electric items for the non-electric world

james@thecovertprepper.com (James Smith) — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 06:29:00 -0400

Image via WikipediaCallie from Memphis TN writes, "What kind of non-electric items should I stock up on?"
Okay, there are two types of non-electric items:

Mechanical devices
Other fuel powered devices

Let's start with #1:
To give an example: A can opener. An electric can opener is a God send. But it's as useless as a brick when there is no power. So you get TWO manual operated openers. One to go into your preps, the other goes in the kitchen drawer. If it breaks, you buy a replacement - don't take the one from your preps. That defeats the purpose.

Other mechancal items would include:

A wash board
a manual clothes washer that looks like a keg of beer
a foot powered sewing machine
a hand cranked radio
a hand cranked butter churn
basically - anything hand cranked.

The nice thing about an apocalypse - we all will lose weight and high cholesterol will be a thing of the past.
Now for "other fuel" items: an oil lamp. For 5 bucks or so you can get an old train style oil lamp from WalMart. For another 5 bucks you can get a bottle of oil. For about 5 bucks you can get spare wicks. Remember I suggested 5 bucks a week - there you go, three weeks of preps.

Other fuel items would be:

Propane gas stoves - but get the adaptor for the BIG, BBQ tanks. use the smaller stoves to cook as they use less gas. Use the haybox to finish cooking things.
Wood burning stove or chimenesta. These are great for outdoor cooking, and romantic ambience.

Now remember to stock up on wood post collapse. And if you can plant quick growing trees not far from your home, you can harvest them. Look in the library for trees that are native to your area that grow quickly.

Another option is the Sun Oven. You can go to: http://www.sunoven.com/podcast and look at their ovens. If you don't have a mechanically inclined bone in your body consider buying one of these sun ovens. You'll have hot food and won't have to consume fuel.

Be creative and think outside the box. If people don't normally use an item one way - try it. It may work better.

Cows give us meat, milk, and filtered water?

james@thecovertprepper.com (James Smith) — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:22:00 -0400

Image via WikipediaLinda from Salt Lake City Utah writes, Did you know you can make a water filter from cow dung?
Actually, yes I did.

But for the others, let's elaborate and describe the process.

1) Make the clay mixture
Crush reddish-brown terra cotta clay into a powder. Mix one handful of clay with one handful of dry, organic material (preferably coffee grounds, rice hulls, or tea leaves). Add water until the mixture is firm enough to be handled and shaped.

2) Shape into pots
Shape the clay into a cylindrical pot with an opening of about 4 inches in diameter. The wall of the pot should be as thick as your finger. Let the pots sun dry.

3) Build the fire
After the pots have sun dried for at least 6 hours, create piles of dry cow manure and place the pots on top of them. Surround the pots with straw or leaves and add two to three more layers of manure. The pots should be completely covered. Light the straw or leaves and stoke the fire until it burns steadily.

4) Add manure to the fire
The fire will reach approximately 1292 degrees fahrenheit in 30 minutes, and will reach 1652-1742 degrees fahrenheit after 50-60 minutes. (THIS WILL MELT MARAGING STEEL!) Add more manure, covering any holes in the mound, to keep the fire hot. The fire should burn a bright orange to yellow color. The filters should fire at that color for at least thirty minutes.

5) Remove the pots from the fire
After 45-50 minutes the organic material will burn away and the pots can be removed. They will be red hot, so do not touch them. More pots can be put on the fire at this time, if you have them, and covered with additional manure.

6) Filter water
Allow the filter to cool. Rinse out any charcoal or dirt and fill with water. After the first round of water is discarded, filters are safe and ready to use. The filters can be held or set atop bottles or glasses to catch the clean water during the filtration process.

These are going to filter very slowly. SOOO.. Go nuts - make a bunch and when you need to filter water you'll have more, faster.

My mom is SUCH a riot... No really, she's in the MIDDLE OF A RIOT! HELP!

james@thecovertprepper.com (James Smith) — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:09:00 -0400

Vernon from Chicago writes, "Okay Mister 'where Sun Tsu and McGyver Meets The Waltons', I have a 82 year old mother that's down the street, and what am I supposed to do when the race riots start?"

Well bless her for making it that far. She's lived through the Great Depression, WWII, the Korean and Vietnam wars, as well as Gulf War 1, 2, and now the war in Afghanistan. Do you see the theme: She has lived through them. And she live through any Chicago riots. Why? Probably because it's in her character. She didn't give up and neither should you.

Whatever civil riots may take place probably won't be about race. It will be about MINDSETS. There is a prevailing mindset that says, "I get whatever I want and I don't have to work for or pay for it." And they will burn down whatever it takes to keep that lifestyle. Look at the London riots - predomantly white kids. The riots in France - predomantly arab kids. The riots in Seattle - predomantly unwashed kids. They have two things in common:

They want without giving anything back
Someone else is pulling the strings

Now what can you do about your mother:

Unless you live in the middle of a tinderbox, you'll have some time to collect your mother and bring her to your home. Zombie proof your home and you can find the video on my youtube channel.
Second: Consider "non-traditional" weapons:

Bow and Arrow
Snares and metal bear traps
bear traps
A piece of plywood with nails sticking up and out

None of these require permits - but can be illegal as heck if used outside of prescribed uses!

The idea is you want them to stay away from your windows and front doors. Is there a risk of firebombing, yes. So get yourself a few A-B-C-D fire extinguishers to put out any fires. MAKE SURE IT'S A-B-C-D type fires. If all you can find is A-B-C that's okay, I don't think they're going to throw lithium, sodium, or Magnesium into your home.

Be prepared to stay in your home for at least a week. Plan what your going to do, and include neighbors. There is strength in numbers.

Livin' large in LA after the Big One!

james@thecovertprepper.com (James Smith) — Tue, 6 Sep 2011 10:21:00 -0400

Barbara from Los Angeles asks,

Just how much food do I really need to store? Do I need tons of it, or what?

Barbara, you need enough food to keep you and your family fed for months. Assume a very simple diet of 1500 calories per person per day. If I ate that much and laid around, I would achieve my ideal body weight in a few weeks and be able to maintain it.

Let's say a disaster strikes tomorrow in LA. You are going to need a garden, but where to build it? Consider the roof. No body can see the garden, you have a defensible area, and because it will be a raised bed, you won't have to worry too much about flooding from heavy rains. Once your stored foods are all used up, you will have this garden, and hopefully many more that you can grow stuff year round. Avoid spending too much space on herbs - a little bit goes a long ways. Stick to root crops as they are where the higher calories are. Tomatoes are tasty, but offer little in calories.

Remember, if you have cats let them bring dinner back to you.

Don't be afraid to try different animals if you have to hunt. Rats have kept people alive in the past, just boil them well. Roaches are also an option. No, it's not a steak, but it is protein. Raise pidgeons if you can for meat. LA is near the water, so how about sea gulls for food? Never assume something is inedible because you can't stomach the taste. That's why we made ketchup and mustard.

Prepper Podcast Radio Network News

james@thecovertprepper.com (James Smith) — Thu, 1 Sep 2011 11:56:00 -0400

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It can't be TEOTWAWKI - It's sunny outside!

james@thecovertprepper.com (James Smith) — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:05:00 -0400

Vera from Salt Lake City Utah asks:
What can I do to prepare for an EMP?

First, recognize and identify those electronics you want to keep safe, such as a lap top, cell phone, insulin pump, etc.
Second, you can make a Faraday box very easily with a large cardboard box and tinfoil. Get a larger box so that your Faraday can fit in. I'll explain that in just a minute.

Wrap your smaller box with tinfoil, but keep the top free so you can put stuff inside.
Put this box inside a slightly larger cardboard box - but don't cover with tinfoil. This second box protects the first box from developing rips or tears.
Create a tinfoil lid that goes over this box. What you can do is GENTLY tape the box shut, make the tinfoil cap for the box by pressing the tinfoil that hangs over down, and then lift the cap off and remove the tape.

In the event of a solar event and you have warning, put the electronics into the box, tape it close, put the tinfoil cap over the box, and tape it down - creating a totally tinfoil covered box. Then close the second box, and tape shut. This will make sure:

No one knows it's a Faraday box
No rips can be caused by moving it around

For large items, tape bits of cardboard around the corners and then wrap the tv in tinfoil, making sure none of the tinfoil touches the items. Make sure the electric cord is either removed or is taped up inside the foil.

If you have only a minute or so, empty your kitchen sink and put a towel down in the sink, with a phone book on top of the that. Put your electronics on top of the book, stacked as best you can, and then cover the entire sink with tinfoil, again making sure nothing touches any of the sensative equiptment.

In all things EMP, keep that stuff protected until you get an all clear, or until you absolutley need the item. I would wait at least two weeks to make sure the solar storm is over.

Why I hate stupid people

james@thecovertprepper.com (James Smith) — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:02:00 -0400

Cassandra in San Francisco asks: "Why do you kill your animals? They're not huring (sic) you. You shold (sic) be arrested for animal cruelty. You don't plan on eating people, do you?"

I don't kill my chickens and rabbits, I harvest them. There is a difference. I harvest them for 3 reasons:

1. After 2 years the chickens stop laying eggs and why should I feed non-producers?
2. Harvesting animals is a post apocalyptic skill that is needed. If you can harvest a chicken, you can harvest any small fowl like turkey, and a rabbit is similar to a squirrel or a wood chuck.
3. I harvest them because I like to eat meat. I like the sound of barbecuing chicken. I like the smell of rabbit stew.
As for eating people I have only 2 words for you: Soylent Green.
Search Amazon.com for soylent green

Generators, wall worts, and what???

james@thecovertprepper.com (James Smith) — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:54:00 -0400

I've gotten a few emails about the generator letter I received, so here are my notes:
Ralph from I have no idea where write, "Hi James. I've been listening to your podcast since episode 1 and look forward to new episodes. Great show!
I have a question I would like your ideas on. I have a small generator, a Honda EU2000. It's compact, pretty quiet, easy on fuel consumption, and with care can run most essential things around the house if need be. Like all generators it needs to be run outdoors for safety. My question is this, most likely it will be needed in bad weather such as snow, heavy rain, or something similar. What would you do by way of some type of enclosure to protect it from the elements if I need to run it outside in some sort of storm? Also, assuming it may be needed during a blackout, what can be done to further quiet it so it wouldn't be as obvious to nearby neighbors, and maybe make it less obvious than the bright red box that it came in? I've run it a number of hours to test it and make sure I can rely on it, and another good thing about it is the exhaust comes out of a small hole about an inch in diameter and it isn't very hot. You can put your hand pretty close to the exhaust without getting burnt.
Well Ralph, here's the thing: Safety is first and foremost. Don't run it where the fumes can enter a living space. What I have done is closed in my back porch to make a "mud room", where you take off muddy shoes. I have put shelves up there so that can put garden stuff up and out of the weather. I made it using pallet wood and some 2x4's. I use 1 inch pipe to make the doors secure. Look at the last photos of "zombie proofing your house". You can't force a door like that open, it will need an ax or explosives.
Assuming you have a back porch you can do that, it's going to be a big blessing. I bolted my genny to the floor using anchor bolts to help keep people from carrying it out, and I wired the ground to a nearby cold water pipe. I put the genny output through a GFCI outlet, and on the power box I have the breakers marked for that outlet, and the heat plant so I know to turn everything off except those two.
I took a metal dryer vent tube and made a jig from a tuna can to connect the exhaust out through an outside dryer vent. The vent tube and plastic are all one unit and are cheap. When I run the genny the exhaust goes outside of the mudroom, giving the genny clean air for intake.
To make something quieter you need sound absorbing material, like foam rubber to put inside the mud room. It will reduce, but not eliminate the sound.
Now Ralph related to me how he made a power out sensor. I made one a few years ago to let me know when the power goes out in the dead of winter. So let me tell you how I did it.
I took a small wall wart that is rated at 12 volts and about 100 mA. I attached it to the power and ground part of a small 12v relay I bought from radio shack. I then took a 9v battery connector and a piezeo alarm and put it on the connectors of the relay that if there is no power to the relay - will allow current to flow. The way you find that is to put the red wire of the connector to the relay, and one of the leads from the alarm to the opposite side of the relay. Connect the black wire and the other alarm wire together. Provided you have a 9v battery on the connector you should hear a sound. If not, change to a different spot on the relay. So when you apply power by plugging in the wall wart, the sound goes off. Remove the wart or turn off the power, you get an alarm sound.

Riots and you

james@thecovertprepper.com (James Smith) — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:52:00 -0400

And let's talk about the riots in England. We may not live in England, but the mindset that was on parade for almost a week is clearly here, and is not being reported to the fullest. I am going to be pulling from several British newspapers, I won't take the time where they are from, but just use a search engine for London Riots 2011 Reason
The Tottenham riots that blindsided Britain were sparked by the fatal police shooting of Mark Duggan, a 29-year-old black man. Katharine Birbalsingh said in The Telegraph that they’re race riots, and denial of that fact isn’t going to fix the country's problems.
Some will tell you that the riots are absolutely justified. A number of adults would agree with them because “people are very angry.”
Mark Duggan is dead. He was shot by the police in a shootout. Duggan was in a minicab and shots were fired from both the cab and the police elsewhere. A police officer was hurt in the incident and a bullet was found lodged in a police radio. Either Duggan was shooting at the police or the driver of the minicab was. Either Duggan was in the wrong place at the wrong time and his death is a terrible tragedy -- he was caught in the crossfire -- or he shot at the police and the police defended themselves. Whatever the explanation, the police did not kill this man in cold blood.
UCLA sociology professor Darnell Hunt said in a L.A. Weekly blog post by Simone Wilson that much like the L.A. riots, looters don’t have a reason not to loot. The riots in Los Angeles and England, in 1965, 1992 and 1985 and 2011, respectively, all began with a confrontation between police and a black man, Wilson writes.
"It's almost like the slightest misunderstanding or provocation can quickly go full-scale revolt," Hunt says. "There's so much anger -- so much frustration -- over years of fiscal policy that's left these people out of the loop. It almost becomes immaterial whether or not this guy is a criminal."
Okay, so this is about race. We have an 1/2 African, and 1/2 American President, so we shouldn't have a race issue, right... Wrong. Two things that happened this week need examined:
In Philadelphia: This past weekend, more than 200 young people were arrested in London as three days of violence and looting spread through some of that city's poorest neighborhoods. There, the young people set fire to buildings and cars, and threw bottles and fireworks at police. The violent riots were thought to be sparked by anger in the black community over a police shooting of a 29-year-old man. High unemployment was also cited.
It's easy to dismiss a connection between the Philadelphia mobs and London's riots; Philadelphia's mobs don't have a "cause" and have not been prompted by an external event.
And how about in the midwest, at the Wisconsin State Fair:
According to witnesses, a group of anywhere from 30 to 100 young black men descended on the Wisconsin State Fair last night, beating fairgoers and looting carnival games, in what witnesses said were racially-motivated attacks, Milwaukee's WTMJ reports.
One witness named Eric, an Iraq veteran, said the attacks reminded him of war:
"I had a black couple on my right side, and these black kids were running in between all the cars, and they were pounding on my doors and trying to open up doors on my car, and they didn't do one thing to this black couple that was in this car next to us. They just kept walking right past their car. They were looking in everybody's windshield as they were running by, seeing who was white and who was black. Guarantee it."
Another witness, Norb Roberts, corroborated that: "We were just like cattle being herded out of the park, and they were picking and choosing who they wanted to beat on," he said.
Another person said, "I saw them grab this white kid who was probably 14 or 15 years old. They just flung him into the road. They just jumped on him and started beating him. They were kicking him. He was on the ground. A girl picked up a construction sign and pushed it over on top of him. They were just running by and kicking him in the face."
This incident follows the ugly Fourth of July weekend attacks in Milwaukee. About 60 young people beat and robbed a smaller group that had been watching fireworks from Kilbourn Reservoir Park. The injured people were white, the attackers were African-American, witnesses said.
I don't care what your color is. I don't care what your religion is. I don't care if you male, female, blind, handicapped, or mentally ill. I care that you treat others with respect. I care about each and every one of you who listens to my show. Not because you listen to it, but because your mindset is one of preparing for hard times. You could be a Hispanic, double amputee lesbian, and I will still call you friend if you are a prepper. I will call you Miss or Miz otherwise. I will share my food with my friends, and teach the others how to prep for disaster.
And when it comes time for riots in your area, remember ZOMBIE PROOF!! Find it on my blog, email me about it, look at the YouTube video. Exercise your 2nd Amendment right as the ABSOLUTE last step. If they set your house on fire, protect your family first and foremost. If one of the boxes of ammo gets set off by the fire and some rioter catches it with his head, the it's poetic justice.

Obama frets over 'lone wolf' attack

james@thecovertprepper.com (James Smith) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:40:00 -0400

From the article on Yahoo:

"US President Barack Obama on Tuesday played down prospects for a spectacular Al-Qaeda attack 10 years after the September 11th strikes, saying he worried more now about solitary extremists."

And the article concludes:

""When you've got one person who is deranged or driven by a hateful ideology they can do a lot of damage and it's a lot harder to trace those lone wolf operators," he added."

Care to guess who fits the category of being hateful?
Care to guess who the Administration will try to pin this on?
Care to guess is ACTUALLY is behind this 'attack' Mr. Obama is planning?

1. You and I
2. You and I
3. Himself, or the CIA/NSA/Spetznatz/GRU-KBG

Ah... So they can pin it on ordinary folks. Like this from a FBI Pamphlet

Those of "Christian Identity"

Those who "Make Numerous references to US Constitution"

Those who "Request authority for stop"

Those who are "defenders of the US Constitution"

and don't forget "Lone Individuals"

So when this "worried about event" actually happens in the first half of September - Look to the source: Mr. Obabma. This will raise his poll numbers at the cost of REAL American blood - not some African blood from a back-water nation where he is from.

The Irish Potato famine and you...

james@thecovertprepper.com (James Smith) — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:49:00 -0400

I love gardening. It's a passion I have that I believe everyone should give their hand at upon occasion. Besides being practical - it's theraputic. It teaches you to be patient, to be kind, and to appreciate the value of hard work.
Where I live, like most of America, our weather has been hitting extremes. Rain, hail, heat - you name it, we've had it. Imagine my disappointment when I went to harvest my potatoes, and about 1/4 of them have turned to mush. I showed my kids as we were digging them up just how rotten they were. Because knowledge is power: I imparted some knowledge.
During the summer of 1845, Ireland suffered an unusual blight in their potatoe crops. Typically, spuds can be grown in even bad soil, which is why they were grown in the peaty Irish soil. Let's take a snippet from Wikipedia:

In Ireland, the Great Famine was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration between 1845 and 1852.^[1] It is also known, mostly outside Ireland, as the Irish Potato Famine.^[2] In the Irish language it is called an Gorta Mór (IPA: [ənˠ ˈɡɔɾˠtˠə ˈmˠoːɾˠ], meaning "the Great Hunger")^{[fn 1]} or an Drochshaol ([ənˠ ˈdˠɾɔxˌhiːlˠ], meaning "the bad times").
During the famine approximately 1 million people died and a million more emigrated from Ireland,^[3] causing the island's population to fall by between 20% and 25%.^[4] The proximate cause of famine was a potato disease commonly known as potato blight.^[5] Although blight ravaged potato crops throughout Europe during the 1840s, the impact and human cost in Ireland — where one-third of the population was entirely dependent on the potato for food—was exacerbated by a host of political, social and economic factors which remain the subject of historical debate.^[6]^[7]
The famine was a watershed in the history of Ireland.^[8] Its effects permanently changed the island's demographic, political and cultural landscape. For both the native Irish and those in the resulting diaspora, the famine entered folk memory^{[fn 2]} and became a rallying point for various nationalist movements as Ireland was then part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Modern historians regard it as a dividing line in the Irish historical narrative, referring to the preceding period of Irish history as "pre-Famine".

Believe it or not, the Irish population has never risen to pre-famine numbers. Part of my family tree comes from County Kilkenny, you know, the fighting side, which goes well with the Viking side, you know, the fighting side.
Our extreme weather we in America have experienced this year alone may cause a famine. You simply cannot produce food out of nothing. Starvation can and will set in upon us all

UNLESS WE PREP!

Start prepping today. Search this site for a Scotch Broth recipe, and how to prep cheaply. Network with others. I occassonally have friends over using my dehydrator, and use my vacuum sealer. They buy the bags, they can use it until they're done.
Network. Prepare. Pray. Those are the watchwords for all preppers.

Why is the TSA hiring child molesters?

james@thecovertprepper.com (James Smith) — Sat, 6 Aug 2011 16:07:00 -0400

On Twitter I was chatting with @living4shelly who asked me to talk about the Transporation Safety Administration or TSA about how the pat downs on children so that the kids are getting used to being groped by pedophiles. So I did some research:

Howard Portnoy of the Libertarian Examiner wrote in December of last year
“Teach your children well,” the ancient song lyrics advise. And if you don’t, the new “lesson” being imparted by the TSA may have disastrous repercussions should your little ones cross paths at some point with a sex predator. So says Ken Wooden, founder of Child Lures Prevention, regarding a new TSA technique for getting children to cooperate with airport screeners by telling them that “pat-downs are a game.” Wooden notes that the touching-is-a-game line is one of the most commonly used ploys by sexual predators to initiate inappropriate contact with a child. Following a spate of recent TSA horror stories, including the circulation of videos showing TSA personnel crudely patting down toddlers, a regional director for the agency insured the public that Homeland Security was on the case. The director, James Marchand, told Chattanooga TV newsman Steve Simon: "You try to make it as best you can for that child to come through. If you can come up with some kind of a game to play with a child, it makes it a lot easier".

Children, Ken Wooden told The Raw Story website, "don't have the sophistication" to distinguish between a pat-down carried out by an airport security officer and an assault by a sexual predator, adding that the TSA policy could desensitize children to inappropriate touch and ultimately make it easier for sexual offenders to prey on our children.
In response, TSA administrator John Pistole noted that the agency may change its screening rules for victims of sex abuse. It is worth remembering that Pistole claimed last month (November 2010) that children under 12 are not subjected to pat-downs. That was before the video of young Many Simon’s ordeal hit the fan.

Could it be that perhaps Pistole is not the man for this job?

Anybody remember that babies and children 3 and younger are getting the patdowns??
And from another article, this one from World Net Daily, written by By Bob Unruh about the same time:
The issue is that experts confirm that making a "game" of touching often is how pedophiles will approach and then groom small children they intend for their victims.

"Of course this opens the door to future pedophiles, teachers, little friends and others 'playing' the 'pat down game' with children, and taking it further as the traumatized child tries to understand what is happening," Dr. Judith Reisman told WND.

Reisman, whose work on pornography has spanned the decades and who has served on presidential commissions dealing with the issues, also is a consultant, has been the scientific adviser for the California Protective Parents Association and is former president of The Institute for Media Education. She's also consulted for four U.S. Department of Justice administrations, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
She told WND that pedophiles have revealed that they often get jobs in schools, hospitals, child centers and other locations where they have access to children.

"What a fantasy! Here they can molest whom they wish freely and with the imprimatur of the state, to 'protect' the population. If roughly one in four girls and one in six boys are identified as early molest victims, how many are to be additionally traumatized by these invasive molestations, which indeed they are. If the Israelis can fully protect their travelers with the simple procedure of profiling, it is unconscionable for our government not to do the same." she said.

While government officials have said children are exempt from pat-downs, a multitude of videos have documented that that is not always the case.

"That 6-year-old, traveling with her Anglo Saxon mom, born in New Jersey, is not carrying explosives, period, nor are the males who do not fit the well established profile of terrorists. To allow men and women to sexually molest children under the heading of 'security' while refusing to profile for terrorists is criminal, in my opinion." Reisman said.

This is a personal liberty issue, but it's also could be much more sinister. If you kill the airline industry by decreasing the traveling population - in order to save it, the industry will have to be nationalized. In the book Atlas Shrugged, the government nationalized the rails - after the rail use was diminished because Reardon Steel, a much safer and better quality steel, was not allowed by the government to replace the aging rail tracks.
Don't bother watching the left hand when the right hand is doing the trick, look at both feet of the magician.

Starvation coming to America!

james@thecovertprepper.com (James Smith) — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:34:00 -0400

I saw this today:

A rising hunger among children
BMC sees more who are dangerously thin and facing lasting problems
By Kay Lazar
Globe Staff / July 28, 2011

Doctors at a major Boston hospital report they are seeing more hungry and dangerously thin young children in the emergency room than at any time in more than a decade of surveying families.
Many families are unable to afford enough healthy food to feed their children, say the Boston Medical Center doctors. The resulting chronic hunger threatens to leave scores of infants and toddlers with lasting learning and developmental problems.
“Food is costing more, and dollars don’t stretch as far,’’ Sandel said. “It’s hard to maintain a diet that is healthy.’’
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/articles/2011/07/28/ranks_of_hungry_children_swell_worrying_doctors/
Kay Lazar can be reached at klazar@globe.com.

So then, what is A solution. Not THE solution, but A solution:
Scotch Broth.

Here is the recipe:
8 pounds of rice
2 pounds of red kidney beans
2 pounds of pearl barley
2 pounds of yellow lentils
1 pound of green split peas
1 pound of chick peas (garbanzos)

Combine in a big tote and put into a container and store. In order to use you:

MAKING SOUP.

Take 16oz of the dry mixture and put in about 6-7 quarts of water (with a nut of butter or a tsp. of olive oil to prevent soup boiling over) and add 3 tblspns (or to taste) of powdered soup stock. We like to use chicken stock.

Then add any veggies, meat, & seasoning you like (if available). (We like to also put in lots of garlic) (DO NOT USE ONIONS - they'll spoil the mixture).

Bring to a boil and let simmer for two hours and you have enough soup for two days for 4 people.

On the second day you'll need to add some more water (it thickens in the fridge overnight) and another teaspoon of stock. Make sure to boil for at least 10 minutes the second day to kill off any potential bacteria, - especially if you are not storing in fridge, but just in a root cellar or like that in the event of no electricity in summer.

To make a pot of soup that will last 2 days, simply use one cup of soup mixture, one rounded tspn. of bouillon, and three quarts of water per person to be served.

For 2 people, - double the amount, for 3 people, - triple it and so on.

One cup of soup mix weighs half a pound.

IF YOU PLAN TO ADD VEGGIES AND/OR MEAT to the broth, it will last at least three days, and depending upon how much you add, I've known it to stretch out to four days.

Of course, on the third, and fourth days you will add a little more water and bouillon to achieve desired taste and preferred thickness.
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The code breaking contest

james@thecovertprepper.com (James Smith) — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:01:00 -0400

The rules: None
Clues: None

No quarter will be given. This is the same type of code you will need to know how to do to communicate securely. I was going to go easy, but screw it... This is for all the marbles. Tell me what the message says and you win a FREE COLOR COPY of my book, "The Covert Prepper's Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse"

I dare you.

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Reality check in our upcoming police state

james@thecovertprepper.com (James Smith) — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:38:00 -0400

"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power government has is the power to crack down on criminals. When there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws." - Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

What has become of this great nation when a child's first foray into business is shut down by a government that claims to care. It is not a nanny state we are becoming but a police state. It has been said that it will be a sad day when it happens, but I say to you that it already has happend.

It's not time for the bullet box or pitchforks. It's time for common sense and the power of recall of some of the elected officials. The ballot box has not been utilized yet. We may still have hope.

Are you new to prepping?

james@thecovertprepper.com (James Smith) — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:39:00 -0400

This was from my latest show on Saturday.

Sandy in Perris, California asks, “I’m new to all this. Where do I get started?”

You get started at the beginning. You and your family sit down and they brainstorm as to:
What do you see as to the most probable disaster that can happen? Which in your case would either be earthquake or civil unrest

How many people are you planning for, and then add about 1/3 more, just in case.

What do you currently have to meet this disaster? For example, do you have an outdoor pool to be a water supply, or an orchard for fresh fruit? What kind of personal supplies do you have, such as tents, or weapons?

What kind of skills does you or your groups currently have. If you’re all plumbers then you’ll need to get books on a wide variety of subjects, such as, gardening, first aid, carpentry.

Is there a location you all can leave to if things get bad? Such as a summer home, a private campground, or even federal or state forest land? If so, what would it take to get there ahead of time and stash extra food and water, as well as other supplies? I would make that a priority.

If there are young children in the group, do they need diapers? Are there elderly people? Do they need extra medicine? If yes to any of those – stock up now on these needs and set them aside.

Your best bet is to listen to the Prepper Podcast Radio Network, as well as past shows that you can download from the site and make notes. Email the hosts if you have questions. I love questions!

It's a disaster! and what are you gonna do about it?: A basic first aid & disaster preparedness manual from Fedhealth

How to prep at $5 a week

james@thecovertprepper.com (James Smith) — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:33:00 -0400

I found this at http://outlands.tripod.com/farm/5dollar.htm with the original author being Olga Jones.

I don't know just how old it is, and you may spend a bit more than $5, but hey, it's the thought that matters that you are saving food for a disaster. Plan now, or starve later!?!?!

{Olga says:]Know anyone who thinks they are too poor to prepare? Help is at hand, from the PREP list...

Ok I finally got the copies of the Food storage for $5 a week. I don't remember where I got it, but it wasn't off the internet. What you are supposed to do is set aside $5 a week and then buy specific items each week. You have a kitty set aside that you put the $5 in and you can't touch it for any reason but to buy the food storage item for that week. You put in whatever remaining change you have back into the kitty. Some things in the beginning are going to be cheap and then later will be more expensive. In order to pay for the expensive stuff later you need to keep the leftover money in the kitty.

Week 1:	Two cans tuna fish, 2 boxes salt
Week 2:	5 boxes of Macaroni and Cheese, 4 cans tomato soup
Week 3:	3 cans mushroom soup, 1 2.5 lb peanut butter
Week 4:	1 bottle vitamins
Week 5:	4 cans tomato soup, 1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 6:	1 bottle aspirin (500 tablets)
Week 7:	1 100 lb container wheat
Week 8:	1 5 lb powdered milk
Week 9:	1 5 lb honey
Week 10:	4 cans tuna, 4 boxes macaroni and cheese
Week 11:	1 10 lb sugar, 1 box salt
Week 12:	4 cans mushroom soup
Week 13:	1 bottle vitamins
Week 14:	1 100 lb wheat
Week 15:	1 box macaroni and cheese
Week 16:	1 5 lb honey
Week 17:	2 cans tuna, 4 can tomato soup
Week 18:	1 10 lbs sugar
Week 19:	1 100 lbs of wheat
Week 20:	2 10lbs of sugar
Week 21:	10lb powdered milk
Week 22:	1 can mushroom soup, 1 10 lb sugar
Week 23:	1 can tuna, 4 cans tomato soup, 1 10 lbs sugar
Week 24:	1 10 lbs sugar
Week 25:	2 cans tuna, 2 cans mushroom soup
Week 26:	1 100 lb wheat
Week 27:	3 10 lbs sugar
Week 28:	1 10 lb sugar
Week 29:	1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 30:	2 10 lb sugar
Week 31:	1 can tuna, 3 cans mushroom soup
Week 32:	1 can tuna, 4 cans tomato soup
Week 33:	1 100 lb wheat
Week 34:	2 cans tuna, 1 box salt
Week 35:	1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 36:	2 10 lb sugar
Week 37:	4 cans tomato soup, 2 boxes salt
Week 38:
Week 39:	1 100 lb wheat
Week 40:	1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 41:	3 10 lb sugar
Week 42:	2 cans tomato soup, 1 10 lb sugar
Week 43:	2 cans tomato soup, 2 cans mushroom soup
Week 44:
Week 45:	1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 46:	4 cans tomato soup, 4 cans mushroom soup
Week 47:	1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 48:	4 cans mushroom soup, 1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 49:	7 cans of tomato soup
Week 50:	7 cans of mushroom soup
Week 51:	2 10 lbs sugar, 1 box salt

A few weeks you will have "off" to replenish the kitty. I haven't figured it out myself, but by the end you should have 700lbs of wheat, 240 lbs sugar, 40 lbs of powdered milk, 13 lbs of salt, 10 lbs of honey, 5 lbs of peanut butter, 45 cans of tomato soup, 32 cans mushroom soup, 15 cans tuna fish, 10 macaroni and cheese dinners, 500 aspirin, and 730 multiple vitamins plus they suggest adding 6lbs of dried yeast and 6 lbs of shortening and this should be enough to sustain 2 people for a year. For every 2 people you have in your family add $5 more and double or triple the amount of whatever you are buying that week. I hope this makes sense and if you have any questions let me know. For those of you not in the US, you'll have to figure out the equivalents yourself, sorry.

CONTEST!

james@thecovertprepper.com (James Smith) — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:27:00 -0400

Survival Weekly has teamed up with several vendors to put together what promises to be a fun little contest. Here’s how it works.

There are hidden special images on several different websites. Your job is to find them. We’ll show you what the image looks like and we’ll give you the link to the website. Each website will have one unique image, but it could be hidden on any page on the site.

Click the below link for all the details. Several great prizes, such as a personal first aid kit, a small survival kit, and water bottle style purifiers.

http://survivalweekly.com/survival-weekly-scavenger-hunt/

How to get rid of bad neighbors - the invading kind

james@thecovertprepper.com (James Smith) — Mon, 4 Jul 2011 21:05:00 -0400

I started working on this after I and a friend talked about the Chinese Government wants to put a 50 square mile city here in the US, just outside of Boise Idaho. I have listed links, but I have edited the material for space, and those salient points I want you to ponder:

China Wants to Build a 50 Square Mile City in the US
http://www.eutimes.net/2011/06/china-wants-to-build-a-50-square-mile-city-in-the-us/comment-page-1/
Posted by EU Times on Jun 10th, 2011

Thanks to the trillions of dollars that the Chinese have made flooding our shores with cheap products, China is now in a position of tremendous economic power. So what is China going to do with all of that money? One thing that they have decided to do is to buy up pieces of the United States and set up “special economic zones” inside our country from which they can continue to extend their economic domination. One of these “special economic zones” would be just south of Boise, Idaho and the Idaho government is eager to give it to them. China National Machinery Industry Corporation (Sinomach for short) plans to construct a “technology zone” south of Boise Airport which would ultimately be up to 50 square miles in size. The Chinese Communist Party is the majority owner of Sinomach, so the 10,000 to 30,000 acre “self-sustaining city” that is being planned would essentially belong to the Chinese government. The planned “self-sustaining city” in Idaho would include manufacturing facilities, warehouses, retail centers and large numbers of homes for Chinese workers. Basically it would be a slice of communist China dropped right into the middle of the United States.
So exactly who is “Sinomach”?
The following description of the company comes directly from the website of Sinomach:
    With approval of the State Council, China National Machinery Industry Corporation (SINOMACH) was established in January 1997. SINO-MACH is a large scale, state-owned enterprise group under the supervision of the State Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.

Sinomach has recently dispatched delegations to Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania to explore the possibility of establishing “special economic zones” in those states.
According to Dr. Jerome Corsi, the U.S. government has already set up 257 “foreign trade zones” across America. These “foreign trade zones” will apparently be given “special U.S. customs treatment” and will be used to promote global free trade:

    “The FTZs tend to be located near airports, with easy access into the continental NAFTA and WTO multi-modal transportation systems being created to move free-trade goods cheaply, quickly and efficiently throughout the continent of North America.”

So what do our politicians think about all of this?
“Idaho’s the last state that should say we don’t want to do business with Asia,” Idaho Lt. Gov. Brad Little said last year. “Asia’s where the money is.”
Perhaps a few, but the truth is that these “special economic zones” that the Chinese are setting up are designed to be self-contained communist Chinese communities. Some Americans will likely be employed in these areas, but not nearly as many as our politicians would have you to believe.
In addition, these “special economic zones” represent a massive national security threat. The communist Chinese could potentially be able to bring in and store massive amounts of military equipment virtually undetected.
The following quote originally appeared in the Idaho Statesman, but has since apparently been taken down:
    “The Chinese are looking for a beachhead in the United States,” said Idaho Commerce Secretary Don Dietrich. “Idaho is ready to give them one.”

Now while that all may sound like just a "nice idea" to a progressive, let's add in one more bit of news of what this administration has snuck into being:

Does The New ‘White House Rural Council’ = UN’s Agenda 21? 6/23/2011 By Mike Opelka <EDITED FOR BREVITY>
http://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2011/06/23/does_the_new_%E2%80%98white_house_rural_council%E2%80%99_=_un%E2%80%99s_agenda_21
On June 9, 2011, President Obama signed his 86th Executive Order, and almost nobody noticed.
President Obama’s E.O. 13575 is designed to begin taking control over almost all aspects of the lives of 16% of the American people. Why didn’t we notice it? Weinergate. In the middle of the Anthony Weiner scandal, as the press and most of the American people were distracted, President Obama created something called “The White House Rural Council” (WHRC).
Section One of 13575 states the following:
Section 1. Policy. Sixteen percent of the American population lives in rural counties. Strong, sustainable rural communities are essential to winning the future and ensuring American competitiveness in the years ahead. These communities supply our food, fiber, and energy, safeguard our natural resources, and are essential in the development of science and innovation. Though rural communities face numerous challenges, they also present enormous economic potential. The Federal Government has an important role to play in order to expand access to the capital necessary for economic growth, promote innovation, improve access to health care and education, and expand outdoor recreational activities on public lands. < BUT NO LEGAL STANDING TO DO SO PER 10th AMENDMENT -JS>
Warning bells should have been sounding all across rural America when the phrase “sustainable rural communities” came up. As we know from researching the UN plan for Sustainable Development known as Agenda 21, these are code words for the true fundamental transformation America.
The third sentence also makes it quite clear that the government intends to take greater control over “food, fiber, and energy.”
The last sentence in Section 1 further clarifies the intent of the order by tying together “access to the capital necessary for economic growth, health care and education.”
The new White House Rural Council will probably be populated by experts in the various fields that might prove helpful to the folks who live and work outside of large urban areas, right? <There are 25 Federal Agencies involved, many that have nothing to do with raising crops or cattle. -JS>
It appears that not a single department in the federal government was excluded from the new White House Rural Council, and the wild card option in number 25 gives the president and the agriculture secretary the option to designate anyone to serve on this powerful council.
Within the twenty-five designated members of the council are some curious ties to Agenda 21 and the structure being built to implement it:
Valerie Jarrett from the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs served on the board of something called Local Initiatives Support Corportation (LISC). LISC uses the language of Agenda 21 and ICLEI as their web page details their work to build “Sustainable Communities.”
Melody Barnes head of the Domestic Policy Council – Former VP at George Soros-funded Center for American Progress.
Hilda Solis from the Labor Dept – in 2000 received an award for her work on “Environmental Justice.”
Nancy Sutley head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality – Served on the board of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Water District and was one of the biggest supporters of low-flow toilets that are now credited with costing more money than expected while causing some nasty problems.
Is it possible that concerns about 13575 are just typical anti-government paranoia? Let us review the mission and function of WHRC:
Sec. 4. Mission and Function of the Council. The Council shall work across executive departments, agencies, and offices to coordinate development of policy recommendations to promote economic prosperity and quality of life in rural America, and shall coordinate my Administration’s engagement with rural communities.
“Economic prosperity” and a better “quality of life,” that all sounds fairly innocent and well-intentioned. But continuing deeper into the order we find the council is charged with four directives:
(a) make recommendations to the President, through the Director of the Domestic Policy Council and the Director of the National Economic Council, on streamlining and leveraging Federal investments in rural areas, where appropriate, to increase the impact of Federal dollars and create economic opportunities to improve the quality of life in rural America;
The vague language here sounds non-threatening. But, is there a hint here that a “rural stimulus plan” might be in the making? Will the Federal government start pumping money into farmlands under the guise of creating “economic opportunities to improve the quality of life in rural America?” It is difficult to discern as the language is so broad.
We continue with the functions of the WHRC:
(b) coordinate and increase the effectiveness of Federal engagement with rural stakeholders, including agricultural organizations, small businesses, education and training institutions, health-care providers, telecommunications services providers, research and land grant institutions, law enforcement, State, local, and tribal governments, and nongovernmental organizations regarding the needs of rural America;
Virtually every aspect of rural life seems to now be part of the government’s mission. And while all of the items in (b) sound like typical government speak, you should be alarmed when you read the words “nongovernmental organizations” (NGOs). NGOs are unelected, but typically government-funded groups that act like embedded community organizers. And NGOs are key to Agenda 21's plans.
Continuing:
(c) coordinate Federal efforts directed toward the growth and development of geographic regions that encompass both urban and rural areas;
That one sounds very similar to the language found in the United Nations plan for sustainable cities known as Agenda 21. Managing the population in both rural and urban areas, with a focus on controlling “open spaces.”

(d) and identify and facilitate rural economic opportunities associated with energy development, outdoor recreation, and other conservation related activities.
This function of Executive Order 13575 ties energy development with outdoor recreation and “other conservation related activities.” When did outdoor recreation become a conservation related activity?
Aside from the content of this order and some its vague intentions, the timing of the signing should also be considered. Later this month, Washington DC is hosting a meeting of the Agenda 21 operatives who are members of ICLEI:
Washington, D.C. – ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA (ICLEI USA) and U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) today announced the launch of the National Press Club Leadership Speaker Series to be held on June 28. The event’s inaugural keynote speaker will be the Honorable Sha Zukang, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), whose keynote address, The Road to Rio+20, will explain the role of key global and national stakeholders, and the impact and vision of this historic conference.
As Secretary-General of Rio+20, Ambassador Sha Zukang will convene high-ranking leaders from government, the private sector and civil society to chart a pathway to accelerate the implementation of sustainable development decisions and the green economy through the creation of an institutional framework and inclusive participation.
The United Nations has pushed their sustainable development program for almost twenty years. The UN’s “social justice” blueprint called Agenda 21 requires governments to control almost all aspects of an individual’s life, but has recently met with substantial resistance in America. Since The Blaze covered this topic and the story appeared on Glenn Beck’s Fox TV program, we have been inundated with reports from around the country about efforts to remove ICLEI and Agenda 21 from local governments.
There appears to be a developing, grass-roots movement to reject programs like Agenda 21. It remains to be seen if these groups might also reject a Washington-based control over rural lands, like the council created by Executive Order 13575.
As long as there’s not another Weinergate, maybe they’ll notice.

Let’s add one more: Remember all the foreclosures that banks have done? Did you know it’s really hard to buy a foreclosed property? Did you know it’s a common practice to combined non-performing assets into one big asset and then sell it off? Did you know that China has the money to buy all these assets? That means the Chinese government can move people into these homes at their leisure.

So what shall we do… Hmmm… Well let’s take a bit of knowledge from one of my sci-fi shows, “First Wave”. One of the premises of the show is there is approximately 117 different personality types. Well let’s think about that one for a minute.

In a typical scenario planning session a military guy will say, “they’ll attack from here, using such and such”. Great. So now let’s use the one personality type that very few people care for: Passive Aggressive Personality.
What is a Passive Aggressive? Well, The book, Living with the Passive–Aggressive Man lists 11 responses that may help identify passive–aggressive behavior:^[1]

Ambiguity or speaking cryptically: a means of creating a feeling of insecurity in others or of disguising one's own insecurities.
Chronically being late and forgetting things: another way to exert control or to punish.
Fear of competition
Fear of dependency
Fear of intimacy as a means to act out anger: The passive–aggressive often cannot trust. Because of this, they guard themselves against becoming intimately attached to someone.
Making chaotic situations
Making excuses for non-performance in work teams
Obstructionism
Procrastination
Sulking

Ahhh.. Do you see them?? Key words would be: Ambiguity, “chaotic situation”, obstructionism, procrastination

So let’s assume that this 7 mile by 7 mile area has been claimed by the Chinese next summer. What can we do about it? MANY THINGS! Remember to think outside the box if you want to throw the shackles off.

Now you have to be annoying. You have to be a hemmoroid on their backsides. Be that itch that can’t be scratched. Be like me!

· Look up history of “sabotage” so you know what you’re doing and the history behind it.

· International law RE: environmental concerns in sovereign territory like embassy

o Can they be sued to stop building due to a rare animal?

§ If so, put a few animals that are rare, could be classified as rare, or you can get someone to agree with you is rare

§ The same way with plants, trees, migration patterns, drainage into wetlands or rivers

o Can they be required to deposit a large financial bond for damages that may occur. Think mining or timber operations. They must post surety bonds. Now if the state or fed don’t require it, how about county governments? And how about it being 50 billion dollars. The dollar is collapsing, you know.

· Check embassy laws – location restrictions.

o Sue that this is an embassy and that according to the laws cannot be placed here.

· SUE SUE SUE SUE

o Sue CONSECUTIVELY, NOT CONCURRENTLY.

o This keeps them having to continually be in court and they won’t tie suits together.

If the suits don’t work, then God must intervene. Well, his representatives at least. Not angels

· Animals

o Naked mole rats

§ Dropped into utility lines

§ These things will dig through concrete. They eat through electrical and phone lines without worry.

o Fire ants

§ Dropped in via catapult

§ Not just one, but as many queens as you can recover

o Bullet ants

§ Dropped in same way, but when bitten it feels like you’ve been shot.

o Wasp attractant via catapult

§ Any attractant: Bear, beaver, badger, wolverine, starlings. Whatever you can find and you don’t want in your neighborhood – send it flying!

· Plants

o Cudzo

§ Around perimeter and dropped in via catapult

§ It practically takes an act of God to get this stuff to stop growing, and it grows everywhere.

o Increase stink w/cadaver plant

§ Horrible on a hot summer day. It smells like rotting corpses.

o Pot burn near the area

§ Have the local law enforcement burn confiscated drugs there.

§ If the fields are often burned at the beginning or end of a season, wait until the winds are right to burn the fields.

o Tansy Ragwort for their food animals. It’s horrible to do, but it has to be done.

· Vibration

o VLF 3 hz w/drum skins for damage

o VLF 6 hz for anxiety causing

o Goes through solid objects nicely

o Don’t use a speaker. Use a solenoid that is attached to a drum. Have it pull the drum skin using a simple 555 counter circuit. The bigger the surface area the better.

o Point it at concrete or wood structures

· Block employee cars w/zombie cars.

o Hope the tires aren’t flat!

· Don’t adulterate food/water

o That’s what got Rajneesh 2^nd in command, Ma Anad Sheila, in trouble with the feds

· Grossly deflate property values around neighbor

o Get the druggies to come in

o Illegal aliens

o “Lightning strikes” take out transformers – maraging steel?

· Are you a school teacher? Take the kids on an outing – but do nothing: except a slip-n—fall, backed by another teacher – and little kids who will cry loudly because you were hurt

This is your land. If you want a foreign invader in it that’s your business. There are those of us that don’t need to keep looking over our shoulder for an invasion.

I smell the bullcrap and it's stinks!

james@thecovertprepper.com (James Smith) — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:37:00 -0400

I am absolutely sick and tired of the left-wing doomers. Oh the sky is falling!!
OH NO, WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!

Well duh! Know anybody that's lived forever??

Geesh. Okay, what am I ranting about: Climatecrap. There was a time about 200 years ago when science was science and fools were afraid. Now it's science for fools and the science minded are ignored. "Let's make a buck on this!" is their mantra. "Invest in green technology before we legislate it and we'll be in easy street!" True humanitarians. I bet they are - eating people before they taste the sweetness known as honesty.

Case in point, Mr. (Billions and Billions of stars) Carl Sagan:

"Apocalyptic predictions require, to be taken seriously, higher standards of evidence than do assertions on other matters where the stakes are not as great." Carl Sagan, Foreign Affairs, Winter 1983 -84"

So true believers, what do we see here? Well, let's parse his words:

Apocalyptic predictions must be based upon irrefutable evidence. Everything else can be debateable.
Great. So big time peacnik Sagan says we must have IRREFUTABLE evidence.

So then, where is it?

Models are not evidence. They are transitory and not to be trusted. Remember the models predicted a horrible hurricane seasons in 2008 / 2009 / 2010. And what did the models prove - they are fallible and at times laughable.

Perhaps we have evidence of Climate Change right before us?? Except... Climate is the weather for an area over a long period of time. Everything else is just, "weather". There are days in the middle of winter we had real Global Warming. I'd rather shovel rain than snow.

Oh, let's not forget the Global Warming conferences in April getting snowed out, in Mexico. Yup. We have a problem, Houston.

Data received, recorded, or developed from records is just that, DATA. It neither proves nor disproves a given hypothesis. Data is a form of FACTS. Facts never change - unless you need to massage them like the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia University in the U.K thought they needed to do. The leaked emails showed that the data had to be adjusted to meet the theory, not the other way around. Thing is... the data suggests a cooling trend. We need to pump out more greenhouse gases if we want to stay warmer. The Solar Minimum will be upon us where the globe cools down DUE TO SOLAR ACTIVITY.

Let's get back to the Nuclear Winter paper that Carl Sagan and others wrote. It's called the TTAPS report, named after the initial of the researcher's last name. Here's what some people had to say.

Author Ralph K. White sums it nicely up in his book, "The Fearful Warriors":

"Horror is needed. The peace movement cannot do without it."

Russel Seitz nails the left in his article, "The Melting of 'Nuclear Winter'":

"What they got was surreal -- a Secular Apocalypse"

What's the difference here? Nothing really. Nuclear War (committed by evil Republican) or Global Warming (caused by evil Corporations). Let's add in another "evil". War. Remember the 60's and how the Commies tried to ruin America by sponsoring Peace meetings?? "Oh.. End of the World if ______________ "(fill in your favorite cause).

So when the next time some joker says, "If we don't start..." Stop him right there and ask him two questions:

1. Where did you hear that?
2. Did you test that theory out or are you just parroting it?

Odds on favorite: #1 is going to be some brain dead, butt sniffing, inbred, cheese and whine (yes, WHINE) chugging liberal. And the answer to #2 will be "No... but I..."

Take a crayon and mark his name next in the "Useless Eaters" column in your preps. When the collapse happens, have him go home to home looking for medicine for the sick. Someone won't like him poking around and will ... You fill in the blank.

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Happy Father's Day!

james@thecovertprepper.com (James Smith) — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 10:48:00 -0400

It's the day once again to honor all fathers who act as a security guard to their teenaged daughter, the monster-slayer to the evil monsters under the bed, and the ATM for the son going out on his first date.

Those are the moments I cherish. The mundane things like "Pick up your socks! Your mother is not your maid!!" just are an extra bonus.

One of my fondest memories of my Dad is when he met my ship in Hawaii for a Tiger Cruise and traveled with me back to San Diego. He got to see my weapon system demonstrated, eat the food (it was better for them) and my living conditions. He got to see that little kid he taught how to ride a bike could actually handle 20mm Depleted Uranium rounds into on of the most lethal killing machines. He saw how I had used his lessons of common sense and thinking ahead had paid off.

And really, isn't it nice to see how our advice is used by our kids? So Happy Father's Day everyone. May everyday be special.

The 2011 Suvival Conference - Now on video

james@thecovertprepper.com (James Smith) — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:11:00 -0400

Get the videos of the conference now!

This will be a limited time offer at this price point. Right now, it's $49 for instant access to over 20 hours of streaming video.
Registration will close a week from Friday (midnight, June 24th) and when it opens back up again, the price will be much higher...
There will be more bonus content when it re-opens, but those who get in now will receive all upgrades and bonuses
at no additional cost for the next year.

The book is coming! The book is coming!

james@thecovertprepper.com (James Smith) — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:40:00 -0400

The book is now at the publisher and I want you to know that you can pre-order your copy!

Here is the link: http://thecovertprepper.blogspot.com/p/guide-to-surviving-apocalypse.html or you can click on the "Guide to the Apocalypse" just under the banner.

96 pages of great info - new material no found on the blog, and best of all - your family will appreciate what you're doing for them.

So pre-order and I'll autograph it for you!