MERRY CHRISTMAS! Thus, this is not as long as normal. See you later for Monday Memes. And this is late, both because of Comcast being down and my having bought Monopoly for the kids. I’d forgotten how loooooong that game goes.
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First, I am merely an “enlightened amateur”. Please vet & check on your own. Caveat emptor. Consider these to be priming the pump for your own investigations. I know this is a long post; I am attempting to put out a lot of information as a resource. Read or skip sections depending on your interests.
Second, I fear spicy time is very close, but even a month of food, water, etc., puts you well ahead of most of the sheeple. IMHO, set your minimum sights on a three-month period.
Third, two things will be critical for having the best chance of making it through:
- Mentality: first and foremost in survival is having a flexible mentality and cultivating the ability to adapt. Vanity has no place in survival.
- Develop a meatspace network of people that are likeminded: cultivate your community ties and build alliances with neighbors (note: don’t babble about the Jab or globalists or depopulation, or start pointing political fingers when doing this)… and remember, the first rule of PREP CLUB is that there is no prep club.
And please follow both me, Nitzakhon, on Gab… as well as my blog host Granite Grok and also on Telegram Tommy Robinson Official plus his Urban Scoop site. And don’t forget posts sometimes get cloned on American Reveille as well, which is a good site to check out in general.
FYI, here’s a link to the last Survival Sunday – SITREP Edition.
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Not my idea of a vacation, but… useful to know.
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Top of the fold:
Just… it’s coming.
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Prepper Site URLS:
Most have daily articles; revisit daily. Please recommend others in the comments.
Ask a Prepper, how to prepare, survive and thrive, latest news
The Organic Prepper Home – The Organic Prepper
SurvivalBlog.com – The Daily Web Log for Prepared Individuals Living in Uncertain Times.
Survival World – Everything You Need To Know to Survive
Homestead Survival Site – How to Live Off The Grid in Comfort and Style
Urban Survival Site | How to Survive a Disaster in the City
Mind4Survival – Survival and Preparedness
Sustainable Living (sustainablelivingideas.com)
The Classic Survivalist – Surviving in a Modern World
Primal Survivor – Practical and sensible prepping advice
Em Off-grid – We & Our Off The Grid Life – Em OffGrid
Resource for Practical, Daily Prepping Skills for SHTF & Survival (geekprepper.com) (new)
And three aggregate sites listing their top favorite sites & links too:
TOP 50 SURVIVAL & PREPPER BLOGS
Prepper Website – Preparedness • Survival • Alternative News
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Specific, one-up articles:
Christmas in Venezuela – The Organic Prepper
Learn from the experiences of others. Related:
Mentally Prepare Yourself for the EPIC Economic SHTF That’s Coming (theorganicprepper.com)
Emergency Binders: What Should Preppers Put in Them? (mind4survival.com)
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Why Should Preppers Care About Mass Formation Psychosis? (theorganicprepper.com)
Many warning signs today.
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Rechargeable Emergency Items To Always Have In The House (askaprepper.com)
Depends on your ability to get power. Realistically, if the power goes out for a year – Hashem forbid – most people will be dead.
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5 Insanely Delicious Thrifty Things to Make with Crushed Tomatoes (thefrugalite.com)
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Related to Spicy Time:
Aim Small, Miss Small – According To Hoyt
We are in a strange place and no mistake. I mean, it’s been said for a long time that we’re in that awkward space when it’s too late to vote them out, but too early to start shooting.
It used to be amusing. Not laughing right now.
Added to that no sane person wants to start shooting, because we know if it ever starts it will make the French Terror look like a teddy bear picnic. And that the left isn’t sane and in their all-consuming lust for power they don’t realize the rest of us aren’t merely holding the worst back, but we are the worst that we’re holding back. And good men tested to the limits of their self-control can break: When tired, when sick, when despairing, when their children cry with hunger.
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Ideas. Strictly as an intellectual exercise, of course.
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Interesting thoughts on field and fighting gear from a Ukraine veteran
What’s useful and what’s useless.
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Short of years and untold wealth, you cannot possibly be fully prepared for everything (I have to keep reminding myself of that). But even some preparations, ideally at least 90 days of food, water / water purification, etc., puts you head and shoulders in front of the vast majority of the sheeple who will be in jaw-gaping astonishment when the SHTF. The only relevant questions are:
- When does it start?
- How bad will it get?
- How long will it last?
- What will the aftermath look like?
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Fascinating. But at the end he goes off into man made climate change. Still, a lot of info I didn’t know – or at least not to the level of detail that I do now.
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Foraging:
I just started a FORAGING group on Gab.
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One-up articles
6 Backyard Plants You Can Turn Into Bread – Ask a Prepper
I keep an eye out for crabgrass specifically, and make mental notes of the location. If it weren’t for the wife I’d just seed the whole backyard with it. Musing: Assuming we’re still around in society next year, I’ll harvest some crabgrass and seed some vacant lots around as an off-site reservoir.
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Foraging (permanent feature):
Foraging (practicalselfreliance.com)
Wild Harvests (arcadianabe.blogspot.com)
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Books (permanent feature):
Feasting Free on Wild Edibles (old but good)
The Lost Ways (much more than just foraging)
The Forager’s Guide to Wild Foods
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO EDIBLE WILD PLANTS FOR BEGINNERS
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Shortages (broadly):
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‘Tripledemic’ Leading to Shortage of Children’s Pain Medications (legalinsurrection.com)
Had a hard time finding both cough syrup and cough drops the other day too.
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Gardening, Canning, and Other Food Preservation:
Canning Lemons ~ Three Ways (practicalselfreliance.com)
Interesting that, with all that acid, heat is still recommended. I can understand sealing it, but…
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How To Make Survival Dandelion Jelly with 2 Years Shelf Life – Ask a Prepper
Just remember to get your dandelions from pesticide-free areas. From the same site:
10 Long Shelf-Life Canned Foods Every Prepper Should Consider Stockpiling – Ask a Prepper
When opening cans, listen for the hiss. If you don’t hear that vacuum-breaking hiss, MHO, not fit for human consumption. Now, you can dump it outside – if in a suitable environment – to feed the animals… and then harvest those animals. On that:
How To Craft A Deadly Slingshot – Ask a Prepper
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20 Ways To Preserve Eggs – Ask a Prepper
From the above:
How To Pickle Eggs – Ask a Prepper
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Links on old-time food storage (permanent feature):
Thanks to the Canning and Preserving group on Gab, I now have these links:
Preserving foods by drying | How to dry foods safely (uada.edu)
USDA-Complete-Guide-to-Home-Canning-2015-revision.pdf (healthycanning.com)
Canning | SDSU Extension (sdstate.edu)
Food Preservation– Canning | Consumer Food Safety | Washington State University (wsu.edu)
Canning Timer & Checklist App | OSU Extension Catalog | Oregon State University
National Center for Home Food Preservation (uga.edu)
Canning Recipes | Ball® Mason Jars (ballmasonjars.com)
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Topical Books (also permanent):
Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking & Curing
Salumi: The Craft of Italian Dry Curing
A Guide to Canning, Freezing, Curing & Smoking Meat, Fish & Game
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Self-defense (broad) & Hunting:
Burglar Climbs Through Bedroom Window, Homeowner Shoots Him Dead
Taxpayer relief shot IMHO.
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5 Freedom-Based Solutions to Mass Shootings – American Thinker
IMHO – the riskier you make it for the perp, the less likely they are to try.
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SCOTUS says you can carry a gun. NJ says says ‘Go ahead and try’…
Got to know the state laws. I was talking with someone the other day who does competitive shooting tournaments. He said that despite there being a federal law that if guns are legal in the state where you started and to where you are going, there are some states that will nail you anyway. E.g., when he drives to the Midwest to compete it’s pucker-factor through all of New York state.
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It’s not illegal when private companies do it. So if this starts – understand that banks are limiting your purchasing of a legal product.
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Concealed Carry Mistakes You Have To Avoid At All Costs (askaprepper.com)
All good advice.
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Concluding thoughts if I’m moved to comment:
Simply – Merry Christmas to you Christians, a brilliant last night of Chanukah to all Jews, and in general may the coming year be one of revelation and victory of good.
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Palate cleansers:
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Please check out my MEMES collections; last one here. Mockery, ridicule, and the wrapping of uncomfortable truths inside humor can penetrate the cognitive shields of normies far more effectively – IMHO – than dry facts and figures.
