Sitrep: Bird Flu risk increases, Mers Virus in Saudi Arabia, Rule of Law Collapses, Secrecy Control and Tyranny, Stock Collapse

Bird Flu Risk  Increases as we are only a few away from human to human transfer.
It is closer every year and if it happens you can expect the body bags will be in short supply.  Preparations?  Get ready to stay home and hope your home does not share air with others like in an apartment complex or townhouse.

Mers Virus  
The death of one and the infection of others from the deadly strain show that the reappearance of this virus may portend a wider spread and worldwide transmission.

Deadly Yellow Fever Mosquito found in California.
It is a byproduct of open borders for both humans and cargo.

Deliberate effort to undermine the rule of law by Administration.
The collapse of the law enforcement system is underway with the intent to invite an unbeatable voting bloc of illegals into the country and give them citizenship.  What this means for Americans is the loss of sovereignty and our culture.  It was nice while it lasted.

Executive branch reaches for new levels of control and secrecy.
This is obvious to anyone that is honest in assessing what has happened to open and free flow of information from government.

Stock Collapse
The predictions are for a total market collapse of up to 80%.  Whatever happens, it appears the main support for such high stock prices is an increasing money supply and low interest rates.

Smart Bracelet for Gun Owners

AG wants Americans to wear bracelets to own guns.
This would allow them to shut off all guns when they decide to go for mass arrests or confiscations.  Who thinks this is a good idea.

How to Survive an Economic Collapse - Shelter is all encompassing and primary.

There are 3 primary things you can do to protect yourself.  Here is the short list that I have compiled through investigation, research, and most importantly family history.  If you do nothing else, do the first three.  I'll add a fourth to give you the means of holding the first three.


1.  Shelter - With shelter comes everything else.  Mortgage -Pay It OFF.   If you own your own home outright and it has access to water or water storage that is independent of the grid and public water then you are 2/3 of the way there toward survival.   Remember, if you have water you can bring in soil and create a self sustaining garden on even a small lot.  Of course it helps to have lots of space. This is also your best investment to survive a collapse since all paper investments and bank holdings are subject to fiscal destruction in the form of  government theft through devaluation and inflation.  Actual bank failures and closings may make all your paper assets unavailable.  Real estate on the other hand cannot just disappear though admittedly a home can go up in a puff of smoke unless it is made of stone, but the land isn't going anywhere unless you own a sink hole, a waterfront lot that is washed away,  or the side of a mountain that landslides away.  Other than that you can usually count on it being there long after your time is over.  If you have a wooded lot you have a built in source of heat that will allow you to avoid freezing during the winter.  Though harvesting wood and splitting it is a big effort it is nice to know you have the option.  If the electrical grid goes down it is also nice to have other energy options other than the electric outlet.

Here are some suggestions from another blogger for dealing with a power outage.

Living in a van is an option if you have a place to park it.  Cheap land is out there.

2.  Water - Water that must be available and safe.   A hand pump well is of course the final fail-safe option and in between that is a water storage bladder that will hold a thousand gallons ready to use.  A generator powered well is of course an excellent option until the fuel runs out.

3.  Food - Grow your own food.  Store food.  - My grandfather and great grandfather survived through multiple wars in Europe by having their own food sources during these wars and depressions.
Here are a few links for backyard food gardening.

Better Homes and Gardens on your first backyard garden.

4.   Weapons - Self defense and holding your property against takers is a good enough reason to own at least one weapon.  If I had only one choice and no other, I'd go with a 20 or 12 gauge pump shotgun preferably a Remington 870 or a Mossberg 500.   If you notice during the ammo shortage there is still plenty of shotgun ammo around.  You can defend your home and hunt with this unlike a handgun.  Second on the list would be a 9mm pistol and that choice would be a Glock 19.   As for rifles I'd add that you have so many choices that are economical such as military surplus rifles that second as great investments that I'd leave it up to you for research.  Buy ammo.

I left .22 out in both pistols and rifles until the shortage disappears.  If you go beyond the first two choices I would add a rifle and it could be a .22 if you find some bulk boxes.  Other than that it is hard to justify going with a .22 when the price is approaching that of centerfire ammunition.  Another great option might just be air rifles for practice and pests. You can still find AK ammo for .30 cents per round in some places so that extra ten cents buys you some real capability even if you just go with an SKS.

Do these 4 things and you probably have your based covered for most short term, intermediate term, and a few long term problems.  Beyond that, if you can still work then you can survive.

5.  After the other four are handled you can look at stocking up on precious metals to include lead, silver, and Gold in that order.  I'd keep some cash around but in the end we may all take a hit if they devalue the currency.

Here is an article that talks about the dollar value drop.

Doomsday risk of a market drop. 

Jobs are gone forever.  You had better come up with a way to make a living without a boss.  Self employment even on a small scale at least gives you some control over your income.


Recommended Books for self sufficiency

Possum Living by Dolly Freed

Collectivism: Another Name for Tyranny

The tyrants are at work steadily eroding your rights, freedoms, and liberty.  Some of the minions of these power grabbing types are focusing their rage and vitriol on a few of those brave souls that stand up to them.  Defending liberty always has a cost and I for one am thankful that this man is one of the few willing to pay it where he could probably go along to get along like most business leaders do.

Here is a statement from one of the Koch bothers regarding this.

 Check out the Swedes and their move toward totalitarian thought control. 

Former member of the Supremes, Liberal Justice Stevens A OK on changing 2nd Amendment individual rights of ownership. 
You know where this would go don't you.  It would mean confiscation and a all powerful police state with no recourse.

Sitrep: Russia Looking to extend reach,

Russia negotiating access to ports and facilities to extend reach.
Putin isn't playing around and he is proving that he has totally owned the U.S. President.  This bodes badly for our national and personal security.

Sweden and Finland worried about Russian Intentions.
Forget the Swedes since they have lost everything about their Viking heritage.  The Finns at least proved they can hold the Russians at bay.  Joining NATO now will only add costs to the allies already in while the Swedes would be a weak ally. 

Gauging the Intelligence of your Foe or Friends

According to this article it is possible to judge the intelligence of an individual by their looks if they are men.  Women on the other hand are hard to judge by men simply because men lose focus on their face and inspect other elements of their subject not related to intelligence, always since this is hard wired.

This may be a function of what is called thin slicing where acquired knowledge of characteristics of a area of knowledge can be refined down into a few simple elements that eventually make a quick decision possible. 

Force Multiplier - Snipers

Here is the story of a British sniper in Afghanistan that used one bullet to take out six Taliban.   The point is this.  Unless you have overwhelming force it is best to focus on ways to avoid direct confrontation in close combat and instead work toward disabling and distracting actions to attrit your opponents with minimal risk to yourself.  In this case the sniper found a way to use the enemy's equipment against them which is this case turned out to be a wonderful target of opportunity.  He turned the weapon the tallies were going to use for terror into a meat tenderizer.  Good show ole chap.

Think about down the road where you may have to defend your town, neighborhood, or maybe your home.  There will likely be no medics or ambulance service so a distant stand off defense is a much better choice than Close Quarter Battle.  Leave that up to the young Rambo types.