The herd loves the Kindle and Nook book readers. As an old fashioned fucker I have no use for the devices. I like books. I like used books. Not only do I walk amongst the dinosaurs but I am also very much a cheap bastard. Nonetheless, if you (as a burgeoning web sewer magician) are not contemplating how to create clever assemblies of words to be sold for these devices then you are losing a residual income opportunity. As I allow domain after domain to expire or be sold each month I will be spending my time as an esteemed author of the highest order.
My wife took a chance and upgraded her POS HTC Android and got herself a Windows phone. My first reaction was along the lines of what the fuck? Microsoft has a phone? Why did you not at least participate in the proprietary arrogance of an iPhone or get yourself a beefier ‘droid. She being a consumer of prominent acumen did her research and determined the HTC Titan to be of value. After assisting the marital unit with downloading pertinent apps, syncing her contacts and shit, I determined that the phone is one badass motherfucker. In fact that is what I refer to it in conversation with the unit. Hey Mrs. Splork, how is the “badass motherfucker”? Microsoft may take its sweet time in creating worthwhile products but let me tell you, this phone is outstanding. Google and Apple may be well ahead but don’t discount Microsoft next year.
Obama is set to ask Congress to increase the debt limit again. This time the asshole wants $1.2 trillion. It will put our overall debt up to $16 trillion or so. Congress is ever so happy to give it to him. It is rather interesting that Obama called Bush “unpatriotic” for increasing the debt limit 4 trillion in 8 years. It only took Obama 3 years to be that “unpatriotic”. Funny how in 2006 every single Democrat voted against raising the debt limit but today they are more than happy to give their Dear Leader all the money he needs to expand the government. Assholes one and all. Fuck it, just raise the debt ceiling to $100 trillion and be done with it. $16T. $100T. Neither will be repaid.
We obtained a Blu-Ray player as a family gift of sorts. It wasn’t a priority as I am rather sick of material clutter (except food storage, water, guns and bullets) but the price was ridiculous and it gave us a chance to watch Amazon Prime movies through the device. I must say I was amazed at the quality of the picture of the movies. How it can be better than a regular DVD player is astonishing as I thought those were pretty damn good. But Blu-ray movies look great. The first movie we rented was Thor. Excellent movie. Couple of days later we rented Horrible Bosses. Jennifer Aniston’s boobs notwithstanding, that was a shitty movie. Thought that crap was supposed to be good!? Anyway, I think maybe I might have a movie review column on this esteemed blog just for shits and giggles. It’s already pretty worthless. Adding a few well placed words on movies or whatnot won’t really matter.
My youngest and I received a mini helicopter from Santa. After an hour or so of crashing the thing into every head, wall, table and chair in the splork abode, we finally got it under control. The morning after Christmas the oldest was awakened by a helicopter hovering a few inches above her head. She was not amused, but I damn sure was.
If in the near future you folks living in the United States of Socialist Amerika find yourself in a bind over oil prices, or supplies being less than what you hope them to be, find oil-based products exceedingly high or gasoline ripping more pennies from your pocket, by all means make sure you place the blame squarely at the fucking idiot the vast majority of you assholes voted into the land’s highest office.
You see, our neighbors to the north practically begged this country to add another pipeline so they could easily disperse their huge resources into our economy. Canada wanted the U.S. to build the Keystone XL pipeline. Obama decided that would not do as too much is owed the fucking wealth destroying, socialist, leftist environmentalist fucktards. You see the elections are upon us. No political decisions will happen in this country for the next year, unless the ability to pander to the constituency herd is accomplished. Fucking pathetic.
So Obama basically told Canada that we wouldn’t be building the pipeline and certainly not until he is re-elected.
This is problematic for at least one giant reason, energy security. See, Canada wants to move the product. They wanted to provide us with the oil. But now they are planning on shipping it to Asia. All the while the good people in Amerika are getting supplied by the oh so friendly Middle Eastern sheiks.
This week Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper said,
“I am very serious about selling our oil off this continent, selling our energy products off to Asia. I think we have to do that.”
“When I was down in the United States recently, it was interesting. I ran into several senior Americans who all said, ‘Don’t worry, we’ll get Keystone [pipeline] done. You can sell all of your oil to us.’ I said, ‘Yeah we’d love to,’ but I think the problem is now that we’re on a different track.”
The implications are Canada is tired of being jerked around by American politicians. They will run that pipeline West and ship that shit to Asia.
This country is led by complete morons and we will all suffer for it. Obama alone could have made a single call and said “build this fucker.” Thousands of hands would have begun work and millions of barrels of oil would be flowing into the U.S. resulting in decreased need for Middle East oil.
Un-fucking-believable.
I hope Harper is bluffing. But why would he be? That oil will be enriching another region while we blow on our windmills and burn solar panels for warmth.
One day I’ll get around to writing a real post. Things are quite busy right now so I haven’t really had time to sit down and formulate some thoughts on anything worthwhile. I do feel compelled to re-share this video by…Glenn Beck. OK, settle down. Quiet down. I realize that many people feel the man is a an idiot or baboon or lesser human substance but these are the same people that has never bothered listening to him.
He had an interesting segment on his web TV show yesterday on Obama. Seems our favorite liberal socialist hit the campaign trail demonizing Capitalism. Apparently the fascist is not a fan. Said capitalism never worked.
Glenn Beck sets about detailing Obama’s lies about capitalism. It’s a great segment.
Privacy is for shit anymore. Just found out that my Android phone probably has been spying on me and sending the results back to some nefarious outfit called CarrierIQ. From Yahoo via the Atlantic Wire:
An Android developer recently discovered a clandestine application called Carrier IQ built into most smartphones that doesn’t just track your location; it secretly records your keystrokes, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
Now, most companies want desperately to spy on you but they give you a choice to opt out. Remember those Firefox boxes that would pop up when the damn thing crashed and asked if they could collect the info about the event? You could opt in or opt out.
These CarrierIQ assholes don’t give you the option. They run some little program in the background, so secretive the program, it took an Android developer to discover it. And when this dude, Trevor Eckhart, tried to go public, CarrierIQ “aggressively” tried to keep him from doing so, to the point the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) took up his case.
Now what the fuck is this company collecting that is so important that the purchaser of these phones are not to know that the keystrokes are being logged?
I use TextSecure on my Android. You know, because governments have decided that it is fine for law enforcement to look at your phone records pretty much whenever they want without warrant. Well unless you have the passcode you won’t be reading texts on my phone. But of course even encrypted, if the fucking program is logging keystrokes, the conversations are collected in a database somewhere.
You know, as long as the federal government is wiping its collective ass with your privacy rights, then why would we expect them to protect our privacy from private companies?
My online experience has drastically changed. I use Cocoon to hide my IP address as I surf. I use additional add-ons like Better Privacy, No Script and Ghostery to protect my surfing habits. For web searches I use Startpage. From their homepage:
When you search with Startpage, we remove all identifying information from your query and submit it anonymously to Google ourselves.
I keep my email secure with Hushmail as well. It works best when you email others with a Hushmail account which I insist on with family and close friends.
BTW, No Script will fuck up your browser experience if you don’t know what you’re doing. It’s excellent at killing scripts but since most webpages are full of them the page will look like a third grader built it or shit won’t work. You’ll spend some browsing time enabling those scripts back in your pages. It’s cool, for instance I haven’t seen a Google ad on webpages I visit since I installed it.
Anyway, I happily participate in any means possible to fuck up the machine and protect my privacy. Of course now I have to deal with this CarrierIQ shit. I suppose some propeller head will provide a means to block this egregious invasion of privacy.
Look, I realize that this sounds like I am turning into a tin-foil hat, bearded, conspiracy man having a psychotic breakdown slapping strangers in the face with pizza slices. Of course we know this to be untrue as it’s obvious I enjoy a distinguished mustache with a slight curl at the tips and prefer Molotov meatballs to the nuts.
I recommend you protect what’s left of your privacy. Be as anonymous as possible. Try to achieve invisibility in regards to the machine, both corporations and government. They do not have your best interest at heart. They only want to profit from you and control your life. Fuck that, people. Fuck that indeed.
I was embarrassed to be an American after watching the coverage of “Black Friday”. Rioting over a damn $2 waffle iron? Pepper spraying people so you can ensure you will get a TV? Walking over a man having a heart attack? Stampeding into stores at midnight to buy cheap, plastic shit? No dignity whatsoever. Me? I took my youngest to the gym, worked out and then had a pleasant swim. We pretty much had the pool to ourselves. Guess everyone was standing in line checking out with their 50 cent towels and $249 LCDs.
It’s not just the US. The world has gone mad, which to me is basically the U.S., Europe and the Middle East. All in the news 24/7. Countries are drowning in debt. Governed by complete morons and/or dangerous psychopaths. Citizens sitting in the pot slowly boiling without a clue.
I wonder what life is like in countries that are not theocracies or war machines. What is life like on Belize where the only thing worth worrying about is the sand accumulating in your jock? What are the peaceful citizens of Uruguay thinking about today? Is life in Singapore as stressful as it is in the United States where we now deal with black clad Nazi-style military police across towns and cities large and small? Is it as intimidating and unpleasant to travel from Finland to Switzerland as it is from the United States to anywhere and back? Or even from Atlanta to Denver and back?
I continue to consider my options abroad. From residence, banking, investing, I no longer feel like my best option, my safest option, to be within the United States. If not for family, friends and church, I would immediately seek refuge elsewhere as far from the reach of the imperial federal government as possible. Regardless I find it imperative to make alternate plans to remove myself and family from this ever increasing police state and financial shit pile.
The U.S. is this weird fusion of crony capitalism, Socialism, police state and constitutional republic. Leaders love crony capitalism and hate the constitutional republic. Takers love Socialism. Big government loves to expand their presence into the States with DHS military partnerships. All the while a few citizens are doing everything they can to reign in control of the government.
The Tea Party tried and was seemingly neutered by the establishment Republicans. Occupiers had potential but was subverted by the unions. What was a movement is now your basic inner-city camp out. Of course, the Tea party wants government smaller and the Occupiers want the government more involved. But the useful idiots of OWS still didn’t get that their message was really about crony capitalism. They were too stupid to take advantage of their moment.
Lost ball indeed. Irony that I feel more lost than ever due to the world wide collapse. Making money online is the least of my worries. My online activities from whence this blog was spawned continues unabated. Success is met with failure. I don’t take it very serious. The activities that are required of a successful online business interests me little. Collection of email addresses, social interaction via Facebook, paid forums…all that shit, bores me. I continue to do the least amount possible while collecting a few coins in the process to make it worth the effort.
I think it is important to have multiple income streams. I am still employed but that could obviously change by the end of today. I can make the bills with income made from online activities. It’s about survival. Doing what I have to, to survive whatever comes. I was a Boy Scout for many years. “Be Prepared”.
Zero out your debt. Hoard food, water and bullets. Make sure you will always have warmth and light, even if the power goes out. Survive.
Things that I would have thought were for asshat conspiracy theorists and redneck preppers are now important to me. I sure hope I don’t have to use any of the things I’ve accumulated or skills I’ve attained, or in the process of acquiring. I read books about things I would have laughed about 3 years ago. I hoard shit that I never would have given a second thought about last year. Seems silly but I no longer give a shit how it looks or sounds.
This blog has changed since I decided to find other things to write about. Some of you have stuck with this shit for far longer than is warranted and for that I appreciate it. I have to write more. The fewer posts I do the more cynical the content. The more I post the lighter it becomes.
The missus and I were invited by friends to attend the Heritage Foundation dinner with Donald Rumsfeld in Nashville. A couple of hundred folks filled tables to hear some words from the HF and remarks from Rumsfeld. A pleasant evening with mostly like minded folks listening to a polarizing man give his historical accounts of working along side Reagan, Thatcher and Bush among others. Truly interesting to hear a man who was there when historical moments, good and bad, were being made. Outside of the political arena the man is quite affable.
Unfortunately the Occupiers found out about the event. They protested outside the hotel on some public land that was their right to stand on. At the beginning of the Rumsfeld talk a woman got up and began yelling “war criminal” at the man. She was unceremoniously hustled out. Unnerving but probably shouldn’t have been unexpected.
5 minutes later a young woman behind us, another young woman and a bearded radical dude across the room began screaming the same shit. They were thrown out on their asses. The hotel security was quick to establish control, Rumsfeld’s HUGE bodyguards were not playing around and when we left the discussion there were cops standing outside the door to the conference room. We overhead them (cops) say that the hotel security took care of the problem before they were needed. I was happy to note the cops holding conservative brochures from Heritage.
I wish I was more aware because one of the young woman came up to our table looking for a seat and I heard her say briefly “oh this is reserved”. I didn’t think much about it. I found out in news reports today that some anonymous benefactor paid for their tickets and were apparently properly credentialed. My money says it was a “Code Pink” operative. They were also dressed appropriately for what it’s worth.
If you do not agree with Rumsfeld that is more than fine. But there are honorable ways to show your displeasure. These idiots pissed a lot of decent people off and did nothing to advance whatever cause they are squawking about.
It made my wife extremely nervous. These particular Occupiers were bottom line rude and obnoxious. It did, however, awaken me to the possibilities of these radicals doing harm to me and mine at any venue. I am on alert now. If they can infiltrate and disrupt a hotel with security during a paid for dinner and discussion then there is reason to believe they could achieve mischief most anywhere they choose. They are dangerous and have seemingly little to lose, based on how little respect they have for themselves and apparently others. I choose not to dismiss any longer the possibilities of their violent tendencies.
The people of this country (U.S.) are losing control of its government. Other countries around the world are not so lucky to have a government “for the people and by the people”. Used to be that meant something. It really hasn’t meant shit since 1860. But now ever more so.
There is so much about the governments in this country from local to state to federal that concerns me. Unfortunately I am becoming more and more concerned about cops. Used to be you could count on “peace officers” . Frankly I am afraid of the local, state and federal gestapos. And that is without the TSA fuckers getting involved. The whole country is becoming a fucking military-style police state right before our eyes. Just take a look at the jack-booted thugs keeping the asshats among the Occupiers in line. Some cities have their own armored personnel carriers.
Because the military cannot patrol our country, and if they could I believe they would do it, they rely on an ever increasing local military presence. Small towns with SWAT teams. TSA teaming up with local law enforcement. What the fuck is all this about? Do you feel safer? I bet this guy who got his head kicked in by these NM shithead cops doesn’t:
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two Albuquerque police officers were fired Wednesday following the release of unedited video that showed them apparently doing a celebratory belly bump after one officer kicked a suspect in the head more than a dozen times.
Officers John Doyle and Robert Woolever both were issued termination letters, a police department statement said.
Is this the kind of “peace officers” we want serving our communities? NM did the right thing and terminated them from the force. But would they have even been caught if not for parking lot surveillance cameras?
Apparently the “Justice” Department (you know, the one with an AG that is either a liar under oath or that is completely incompetent) is sorting through “20 officer-involved shootings and other questionable behavior among officers” in Albuquerque. Unbelievable.
Unfortunately for cops is that people are waking up to their abuses and are taping the interactions. Many cops don’t like to be taped and will try to confiscate the camera or arrest a citizen taping a police officer doing his job. Folks you can most certainly tape anyone in a public area doing public business. You can’t interfere but you can definitely record the event. The cops do.
I can tell you if I am ever stopped by the cops for even a simple traffic infraction I won’t pull over until my phone is recording sights and sounds. I won’t overtly hold up the phone and record the interaction but I will lay the phone in the middle of the console with the camera and microphone facing up…just in case. I simply do not trust the cops anymore.
Look, I realize the vast majority of cops perform their job honorably and some even believe in the service they provide. But look around you. The police are becoming more militarized. Why? The drug war? Terrorism? Ultimately to keep the herd in line? It seems a little too “1984″ to me. Too ominous.
I have spent the last year or so consumed with thoughts of leaving this country. To somewhere that is not broke. To somewhere that is not building a worldwide empire. To somewhere that believes in the individual and not collectivism. But to where? Europe is a mess, socialist and militarized. Canada? Too friendly with the buffoons to their South. Singapore? Expensive. Southeast Asia? Not sure I am in an adventurous mood with a family. South America? Uruguay, Paraguay, Ecuador have potential. The bottom line is my family, friends and church. All things that I care about and have problems disrupting or leaving. But there will be a tipping point.
Anyway, the direction this country is headed is disgusting. A Republican president will not make much of a difference. We will still have the fucking Patriot Act lording over our lives. The Socialists, Marxists and communists still want to fundamentally change America. The takers will still overwhelm the makers. Big business and big government will continue to jerk each other off.
I’m just not sure there are enough people willing to give up their “lives, fortunes and sacred honor” for the glory of this once great nation. Men and women of character once defeated tyranny in this country. Today the people of this country seem more willing to embrace and accept tyranny than fight it. The collectivists of NYC, LA, Chicago and other cities are overwhelming the individualists of the heartland.
Edit 12Nov: Fuck it. Fuck OWS. I did my best to try to understand whatever the hell these idiots were whining about. I’m a schmuck to think that they could ever be about anything but the the utter destruction of the U.S.
I’ve been thinking about the “Occupy” movement and the Tea Party. I’ve been giving some thought to the corrupt Democrat and GOP party.
I’m not sure if people are seeing the potential for historical relevance that the Tea Party and Occupy movements are having on the political discord in this country.
As crazy as it sounds I think it is conceivable that the Tea Party and Occupy movements will one day merge into something far bigger than the establishments want to admit. I couldn’t be more of any idiot to think so.
I think that is why the GOP was quick to subvert the Tea Party and is why the Democrats have quickly embraced the Occupiers.
The “establishment” Dems and GOP are not that different. They want the status quo. Spending on wars and military and entitlements.
At the core, the Tea Party nor the Occupiers want this. I think the average Occupier want the government out of their lives just as much as the Tea Partiers. The fucking Occupiers want more government tit to suck on.
It may appear that the Occupiers want more government to fix their problems but I’m beginning to believe that is just media bias. The media, big business and big government all seem to want the same thing: status quo. The media sucks donkey balls. OWS sucks media balls.
They are also extremely scared of the changes that could happen if the Tea Party and Occupiers are not folded into the establishment tents.
Want to see the establishment completely shit themselves? Have the movements come together for an accord. Sure there are disagreements between the movements but damn if they aren’t very similar. Remove the racists, rapists and establishment quos from the groups and you have the real possibility of creating change in this country. Remove the rapists and thieves and you are still left with Socialists, anarchists, hippies, druggies, Marxists and communists.
The establishment needs to be afraid of the people. They ARE afraid of the people. It’s just too bad that the GOP and Democrat operatives have gained control of their radical elements. Isn’t it obvious how powerful our government has become?
Our government is a fucking cesspool. It is corrupt at every level. Too many interest groups creating laws to suit them through corrupt politicians. Fat cats in the Congress getting rich and staying powerful to the detriment of the serfs. Crony capitalists squeezing the middle class. Laws and regulations that are choking the economy. Government spending that is creating massive debt that future generations will not be able to overcome. Printing money to postpone an eventual end game.
What worries me is the (misguided) Marxists, communists and Socialists among the Occupiers. I want no part of that ideology. But I really believe that the intelligent beings among the Occupiers simply want a fair opportunity. Guess what? Marxism, communism and Socialism is not fair. So fuck that.
The Tea Party want what is fair too. Believe it. They want changes just as much as the Occupiers. They just want the government to stay within the confines of the Constitution. What is wrong with following the rules? The only change the Occupiers want is the head of the rich served with a side of salad and Pabst Blue Ribbon. They want nothing but the devolution of the U.S. They want nothing but taking from those that make. Assholes.
Anyway, the Tea Parties and Occupiers would do well to come together. Turn to each other and work toward defeating their common enemy: GOP and Democrats. As a Tea Partier I’d sooner work with a college pot-smoker that wanted an opportunity in a fair capitalist society than some Mitt Romney operative that is excited about the status quo. I don’t want nothing to do with these big government leaches and cretins.
Everybody got a comfy seat to watch the collapse of the system? It should be a good one. The Euro-Socialists have blown their wad on Greece – the lesser of all the impending economic collapses. Next up – Italy. A country too big to fail and too big to save. Sort of like California here in the States.
Unless the West stops spending, right now, virtually every single country is going to default. There is no way the United States can ever honor 15 trillion in debts. Plus the entitlements of course. No way. Unless there are massive cuts and government shrinks. And this will never happen no matter what asshole occupies the big chair in the White House. Too many special interests want government cheese. Politicians will never cede power. Too many dependent on government welfare.
The United States government is demonstrating its massive stupidity in putting their latest hopes and dreams on the so-called Super Committee. 6 GOP and 6 liberal asshats are supposed to make a decision where the Congress didn’t have the balls or intelligence to make. So what happens? More gridlock. Just in a smaller group. Shocking.
The “Occupy” movement is showing the world what Democracy looks like. It’s why this country used to be a functioning Republic. Democracy sucks. Loving the violence from the Occupiers though. They haven’t a fucking clue what they are railing against but between puffs on a blunt, flinging a Molotov and abusing some stupid co-ed they are liberals, Islamists, communists, Marxists and Socialists most favorite useful idiots.
Too bad the Occupy movement is populated by morons. Instead of venting their jealousy against Wall Street they should occupy central banks, Congress and the White House. Government policies, regulations and general socialist meddling is what is fucking up everybody’s world, not just 35-year old Stan who is tired of living in his grandma’s basement.
It is a shame that the people of this country are so divided. The Tea Party protested big government and was co-opted by the GOP. The occupy movement wants bigger government and is co-opted by the left. The parties and movements benefit nobody except the fucking political class.
The political class loves these movements. The social chaos will provide them with even more reason to destroy our liberties and freedoms. You know, all in the name of safety. You would be livid knowing how much shit the government and businesses know about you. Or more to the point, you should be livid. But most sheeple are happy as long as their iPhone works and they can still get a cup of shit from Starbucks. Your privacy is gone. Done. Read the 14 news ways the government is watching you.
I think the only way that the government can be controlled is if we can starve it. The Constitution used to limit the government but the political class no longer follows it. Allow me to venture into a fanciful scenario: A system collapse will reset the country but it is a gamble that a new republic would be formed. Unfortunately the leftists have been planning for this collapse for years (right Francis?) and would probably try to take over ala National Socialist ideology. There would most likely be an ideological civil war. No way the South would follow Marxist or communist doctrines. Plus we have all the guns.
The world is burning. It is not yet a full inferno but we are getting close. I’m watching intently from my comfy chair. The governments will lose control one day. It will be quite a show.
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I made a nice chunk of soon to be worthless U.S. dollars from my Halloween Squidoo lenses. I created 35 costume lenses. 28 were mostly useless it turns out. 4 collected a few sales. 2 did really well. 1 was exceptional. Well worth the effort though if the 1 did not do well it might have been a waste of time. I assume Halloween will be celebrated next year so it’s nice to have them at the ready.
I am working lenses for Christmas but have yet to really find a successful technique. Simply going to Amazon and creating a lens on the most popular toy is shit as every stay-at-homer is working in that sewage. There are lists upon lists of “popular toys for Christmas 2011″. Same goes for electronics. Housewares. Etc. I have to figure out an angle for products that people aren’t working. And try to make it informative and interesting too. Just putting up a photo and affiliate link for puppy play poo is not going to work.
There are a lot of people preparing for the apocalypse. Seems one of the most popular blog types floating through the web sewers these days is the survival blog. There are more wilderness survival blogs than there are bears shitting in the woods. City slickers have urban survival blogs. The impending economic collapse even has its own survival blogs from people pimping gold and silver. Survivalists have even carved out a niche called “preppers”…those that are preparing for the impending doom.
I’m not sure what the fuck many of these people are doing quite frankly. It’s like they’ve watched too many re-runs of “I Am Legend” or view “The Walking Dead” as a documentary.
I am all about being prepared. We hoard food. We can food. We grow food. We stash water. Collect plenty of bullets. But it’s not because I expect “Eli” to walk by with the Book.
I prepare for the possibility of supply disruptions. For civil chaos closing stores for a few days. For a natural or man-made disaster that makes getting supplies difficult for a few weeks. I do not want to have to go stand in line with the herd when I can simply consume from my own supplies. I do not want to have to rely on the government for my needs. FEMA? Please, fucker.
A few years ago I witnessed what supply disruptions can do to people. For some reason gasoline supplies were low in Middle TN, particularly Nashville. People were desperate to get their cars filled up. Lines were hours long. Gas stations were out of fuel. People would literally follow tankers around. It lasted a week or so and sucked it you needed gas. Now, I won’t be hoarding gasoline any time soon as I can survive without it. But what if something similar happened with food or water? I’ve seen a microcosm of what happens to the herd when they get desperate. It wasn’t pretty. What do you think these fuckers are going to do when they are hungry?
I prepare for two main scenarios: 1) An electrical grid shutdown from the effects of an electro-magnetic pulse from the sun or from terrorism or 2) Losing my job.
Either way I want to ensure that I have enough cash, food, water, and bullets to outlast any problems that this may cause.
If I lose my job then I want to spend as much time replacing the income lost without worrying if I can feed my family. Instead of spending hundreds on food I can use that money to pay the mortgage or keep the lights on.
The EMP outage could be devastating. Most people I know carry little cash these days preferring to use a charge card. How are you going to exchange for goods when the bank is closed? The most paranoid think they are going to tool around and have to use gold coins for trade. Whatever. Most shitheads wouldn’t know a Gold Panda from a bottle top.
I’ve seen survival gear lists that would blow your mind. Bug out bags. Tactical gear. Survival kits. Is this survival? This is just consumption. More shit to store.
Look, if your life has the potential of ending because of earthquakes or fires or hurricanes then you would be crazy not to have a preparedness list of gear you need to bug out with. But a wire saw? Only if you intend on sawing through your hotel door I guess.
If you are going into the woods then you need a wilderness survival pack. Absolutely. If you live in the north where snowdrifts are buildings then you need winter survival gear in your car. Of course if you live in the south where snow might touch the ground for more than an hour then you need to plan on the apocalypse complete with 90 days worth of cigarettes, Pabst Blue Ribbon and moon pies. Ever seen a grocery store after the herd grazes through before an impending snow flake? Not pretty.
I own two of the Bear Grylls Survival Kits. We keep them in the car. Mostly it’s because they are really cool. I suspect that I will never need them. Then again my daughter swears there will be zombies. She even has a zombie survival guide. No shit.
Survival is a funny thing. Most people prepare like they are going to be home watching Factor X Dancing Idol when the fan hits the shit. Rather I suspect the herd will be slaving away in the cubicles or across town buying yarn or taking the spawn to a shitty movie. That’s why minimalist survival is what I’m more interested in.
. We keep them in the car. Mostly it’s because they are really cool. I suspect that I will never need them. Then again my daughter swears there will be zombies. She even has a zombie survival guide. No shit.
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