SURVIVAL TIP: CASH ON HAND

An event in the news this spring reminds us of a key survival and preparedness tip – the importance of cash.

Preparedness isn’t just a bunch of gear you buy, or a checklist you follow in case of disaster (though those are part of preparedness). Preparedness is a mindset. Considering the preparations you’ve made, what are you prepared for? How many different scenarios does a single prep make you ready for?

That depends. But if you’ve made preps, then the more scenarios they protect you from, the better they are.

For example, if you’ve got six months of food stashed where you can access it, that covers you for any scenario in which food is difficult or impossible to obtain for up to six months. The exact reason why the normal supplies of food are unavailable only matters for estimation as to whether your preps will outlast the crisis.

GRID DOWN

Near the end of April, the city of San Francisco experienced a massive blackout. The outage extended to over 90,000 businesses and residences, leaving multiple neighborhoods (commercial and residential) without power from about 9AM to 4PM.

The cause was a catastrophic failure of a large circuit breaker at a power substation, causing a fire at that substation.

Here’s the most interesting quote from the article:

Johnny Sadoon, owner of Sutter Fine Foods on Nob Hill, sat against a register eating vanilla ice cream from a Häagen-Dazs carton. He figured he had but a few hours before he should start to worry about the food going bad and the ice cream melting in the freezers.

He had kept the store open despite the blackout and a few customers perused the darkened aisles, but because the credit card machine doesn’t work without power, sales were few and far between.

“No one pays cash anymore,” he said, spoon in hand as a siren wailed outside. “I’m angry. I’m annoyed.”

So this owner was prepared enough that he was set to withstand the likely duration of outage. He was ready to continue doing business, and would not suffer the sorts of product losses various other food businesses suffered.

BLACKOUTS

I was in California during the rolling blackouts right before Enron collapsed. I didn’t have much sympathy for it and felt the Californians brought it on themselves. Enron was saying it was a lack of power production, and no wonder. You can’t build a nuclear plant because it might explode like an atomic bomb. You can’t build coal or fossil fuel plants because they pollute. You can’t build hydro power because it affects the natural streams and waterways. And you can’t build wind power because all those turbines ruin the view (I’m not joking, this was an actual complaint I heard several times back then all over the state). So that leaves solar, and it just doesn’t have the capacity to power everything we need it to.

And then it turned out the real reason for the blackouts was monkey-business from a corrupt energy company: Enron.

So there are many things that commonly cause massive blackouts today. It doesn’t have to be an EMP attack on the US. It could be a bad storm damaging part of the grid. It could be corporate malfeasance. Or it could be a simple equipment failure, either due to poor maintenance practices, or due to Murphy’s Law and completely unexpected.

When the blackouts hit my neighborhood, they lasted longer than a day. I lived in an apartment and as I got hungry, I tried to find something to eat. The microwave was down, as was the electric range, so I wouldn’t be cooking anything at home. I walked a few blocks to the nearest shopping area and found that all fast food places were closed down, as was the local grocery store. None could function or do business without power. And so I had to be hungry until the power came back because everything in my pantry required cooking, but I had no ability to cook.

When night fell, I had no candles and my activities became limited with the lack of light.

CASH

Back to the store owner in San Francisco this year. What if you lived in that neighborhood? What if you were just passing through on that day and hour?

Let’s imagine the scenario in a more rural location. You need gas or something else from the local convenience store and gas station, and it’s the last stop for the next 60 miles. The owner is sitting there, ready to process cash even though the credit machine and ATM are dead. If you were there today, would you be able to buy gas? Or food? Or drink?

My recommendation: go to the ATM today. Pull out your max daily limit (for most folks, this will be either $200 or $300.) It’s probably going to be in $20 bills.

Now stash it somewhere in your car. Put it in there, well hidden from anyone who might be looking, and forget about it until you need it. Maybe do it again next week, and again on the week after, and you’ll have nearly $1000 in cash in your car.

That’s a small enough sum that it won’t hurt too bad if anything did happen to it (theft or fire), and also small enough that asset forfeiture from the DEA wouldn’t come into play. Technically, they could hit you on only $20, but that’s a lot harder to make stick to the accusation than an ice chest with $30k of cash.

But with that cash in the car, you’re ready. If you pass through that neighborhood where the power is out and you really need to buy something that can’t wait until the next stop, you’re not stuck waiting for power to come back to the credit card machine. As long as the owner is taking cash, you’re good to go. (I’m not so sure he’d take silver or gold bullion. How’s he going to check the current exchange rate?)

Or perhaps something goes wrong with your bank accounts. I was once on the road in weak cell phone area and a funds transfer into my bank account had failed, bouncing various credit card payments and such that as I drove, I had no idea that I went from having 5 figures available to negative numbers. Then I was at that truck stop with no way to buy gas or food, and not enough gas in the tank to go any farther. I sat there for hours, making calls to various financial institutes when I could get a phone signal, and waiting for them to sort out what had gone wrong.

If I’d had cash then as I’m recommending today, I could have made the rest of my journey that day and made calls from my hotel. Without cash, I was stranded.

At home you may want to stock away even more, but then again your home is likely more defensible than a vehicle. A large safe, especially if concealed, could be a good place to lay up three or six months’ of expenses.

Be prepared. Don’t rely on the power grid and the credit grid.

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I AM NOT AGAINST ISLAM , BUT DO NOT TRY TO TAKE AWAY THE FREEDOMS PAID FOR IN BLOOD BY MY ANCESTERS

What is Sharia Law and how it affects Americans

by Carmen Amedori

Most important to know and understand is that Islam is first a “political organization” of totalitarianism – NO individual rights. With it comes Sharia law. Under Sharia, it is the duty of every Muslim to act as Mohamed commands – it is not about Allah – it is all about Mohamed’s militarized slave society surviving on the “host.

INFILTRATION

Ninety-one percent of all the refugees in the U.S. are on welfare. Dictator Obama has reached his goal of importing “at least 10,000” Syrians ahead of schedule which means he could easily increase the number to 11,000 or more by the end of this fiscal year on Sept. 30. Then there is next year. At the United Nations refugee summit on September 20, Obama will announce his goal for the number of refugees brought into the U.S. for fiscal 2017.

THE ARRIVAL of these refugees is a huge threat to our already dwindling free society. There are three stages of Sharia and how implemented in our communities.

1 – The Muslim is weak– this is with a one percent population. It means there is a “hidden” Sharia. Most practices are within the homes, and local mosques. It is not for public consumption and/or shared with any outsiders. They are peaceful.

2 – The Muslim is in good standing – with an increase of population to two percent, they begin their lobbying efforts. These lobbying efforts take place in our prisons, poorer neighborhoods and our schools and universities eventually, to our legislators.

3 – The Muslim in Power – When the population goes beyond three percent, power accelerates and intimidation tactics begin. This is the “penetration stage” and the current status in many communities in states including Texas, Michigan, Mississippi, Kentucky, Kansas, Virginia and West Virginia. There are many examples of how radical Islam and Sharia are slithering onto our land in an effort to transform America as it has Europe.

For example, an increasing number of public American schools with Muslim students are holding Islamic prayers towards Mecca while public American universities continue to build Muslim-only washing facilities such as the one at the Eastern Michigan University. In addition, more than a dozen universities like George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. have footbaths, many installed in new buildings.

Additionally, in 2013, Skokie School District 68 in Illinois became the first US school district to celebrate “Eid al-Adha,” a Muslim high day, as a school holiday, in lieu of Veterans Day. In 2014, Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins, Colorado became the first high school to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic, replacing “One nation under God,” with “One nation under Allah.”

With GROWING ISLAMIC populations, comes accelerated power and with an effort to subjugate the nations to Islamic laws even indirectly. The goal is to control freedom of speech, liberty and expression, the media and the U.S. Constitution to the point of enslavement. As we speak, there are many front groups under the guise of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Sharia Law v. The United States Constitution

Article VI of the U.S. Constitution says the document crafted by our Forefathers shall be the supreme law of the land. Therefore, when we compare Sharia covenants to the U.S. Constitution it is solid as to why the two cannot Co-Exist. In a side-by-side comparison, aside from the obvious, the following comparison chart shows why the U.S. Constitution and Sharia Law can never co-exist.

The U.S. Constitution Article 6:  “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby.” 1st Amendment:  “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”    2nd Amendment: “The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” 5th, 6th, and 7thAmendments: “No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime… without due process of law.” “ Public trial by an impartial jury.” AND “the right of trial by jury shall be preserved.” 8th Amendment: “…nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” 14th Amendment: “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. “

Under Sharia and the Quran “The source of legal rulings for all acts of those who are morally responsible is Allah. There is only one law, which ought to be followed, and that is the Sharia.”   Quran 4:89.: “Those who reject Islam must be killed. If they turn back (from Islam), take hold of them and kill them wherever you find them. Under Section 295C of the Pakistan Penal Code Blasphemy merits the death penalty:  Speech defaming Islam or Muhammad is considered “blasphemy” and is punishable by death or imprisonment. Non-Muslims are not to harbor any hostility toward the Islamic state or give comfort to those who disagree with Islamic government. Under historic and modern dhimmi laws, non-Muslims cannot possess swords, firearms, or weapons of any kind. Muhammad said, “No Muslim should be killed for killing a Kafir (infidel).” Non-Muslims are prohibited from testifying against Muslims. A woman’s testimony is equal to half of a man’s. Under Quran, 5:38 punishments are barbaric. “Cut off the hands of thieves, whether they are male or female, as punishment for what they have done – a deterrent from Allah.” AND with Sura 24:2. A raped woman is punished. Additionally, “The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication – flog each of them with a hundred stripes.” Under dhimmi laws enforced in modern Sharia states, Jews, Christians and other non-Muslims are not equal to Muslims before the law. Under Sharia law, women, girls, apostates, homosexuals, and “blasphemers” are all denied equality under the law.

It is clear that under our Republic there is no room for Sharia.

With the help of the Muslim Brotherhood and the many funding front groups it umbrellas, the 7^th century barbarity of Sharia is advocated in many states. A 2011 study by The Center for Security Policy, revealed 50 legal cases across 23 states, all published appellate cases, where Sharia was either relevant or highly relevant to the arguments or outcome of the case. Thus, there is a real need to have legislation, which focuses on American Laws for American Courts

Such legislation outlawing Sharia based on its unconstitutionality passed in states such as Kansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. Challenged by Eric Holder’s Department of Justice, Oklahoma’s 2013 legislation prohibits the application of foreign law, including but not limited to Sharia, when it would violate fundamental constitutional rights such as due process and equal protection. The law modeled after Oklahoma’s is pending in dozens of other states. Therefore, it is imperative that We the People do not allow our courts to be bullied, intimidated, or terrorized into implementing Sharia law.

Ironically, all the women groups advocating for this co-existence, will be the first to lose their rights under Sharia. Apparently, they have never read or even perused the Quran – As under 2.223 it states, “Your women are your fields, so go into your fields whichever way you like . . . .”

ADDITIONALLY, men can divorce the wife simply by saying three times, “I divorce you.” Yet, there are no rights bestowed to women for divorce – or otherwise for that matter. Under Sharia, women are brutally mistreated and held as slaves to the man. A man can marry a monotheist as long as she converts and vows to raise the children under Islam. Women have no such rights; and to save “honor” blood must be spilled.

This influx of refugees with hidden Islamic agendas is another brick in the wall to the destruction of America – our home of the free. We are a tolerant society. We allow our Constitution to extend to those who are not citizens, we strive to live and let live. Yet, we are the ones under siege by terrorists who continue to bully and belly ache that we are phobic, racists, and irrational because we want to keep the Republic of fairness and justice for all. Without a watchful eye, the intolerance of radical Islam will ultimately change the Republic given to us by our Forefathers.

KNOW THIS Sharia has consequences. It cannot co-exist with our Constitution. We need to fight against it, stand up to it. We the People need to continue to stay on top of our elected officials and push to have the American Laws for American Courts enacted in every state. It is absolute truth that the Muslim Brotherhood is alive and well in 100 countries all with ties to radical Islam. And they are alive and well in the U.S.A.

Islam wishes to destroy all states and governments anywhere on the face of the earth, which are opposed to the ideology and program of Islam regardless of the country or the nation that rules it. The purpose of Islam is to set up a State based on its own ideology and program. There is no room for the U.S. Constitution in Islam and there is no room for Sharia in our United States.

AMERICA TODAY !!! Is this what we can expect for the future

Bats

Did you know this about bats?

A newsletter from "The Texas Gardener" said:

 

Put up a bat house to encourage the presence of these shy animals. Bats consume 3,000 or more mosquitoes andother insects nightly, and bats are less likely to be rabid than dogs are.

 

 

Need another reason? Bats are responsible for up to 95percent of the seed dispersal essential to the regeneration of forests.

 

 

Our planet is populated with plenty of bizarre and astonishing creatures.

Here are three specimens from the Bat Family.

 

 

Sucker-footed Bat

 

 

Red-Winged Fruit Bat

 

 

 

Left-Winged Ding Bat

I'm Still going t0 vote for her.

 

 

Watch what you buy in the Grocery Store

 
Very interesting piece on what we are eating and now the requirement to show "Country of origin" on product labeling is no longer required!!!

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. ALL OF US NEED TO BE AWARE OF WHAT WE ARE EXPOSED TO WITH REGARD TO OUR FOOD.

Smithfield Farms, the largest pork producing farm in the USA was sold in September to China with the unanimous
support of its stockholders.

The hogs will still be raised here, but slaughtered and packaged for sale **there** before being sent back
here. This includes labels: of Morrell, Eckrich, Krakus, Cudahy, Premium Hams, Cook's, Gwaltney.

The same is true with chickens under these labels. They can now be shipped there, but when they come back
all that needs to> be on the label is that they… WERE RAISED IN THE USA. Not that they were processed in China.

Our great FDA at work. The chickens under these labels will all be processed and most sold to fast food restaurants,
schools and supermarkets. The China slaughter and processing requirements are, for the most part,
unregulated and far inferior to requirements of the U.S.A.*

We recently learned that Starkist Tuna is now owned by Korea and is in conflict with the U. S. concerning quality, safety,
and records keeping, which Korea refuses to produce.*

I read several articles on Google about this, and even one that was defending the eating of tilapia fish said to avoid the
fish that came from China. Also, I had just returned home from buying Albertson's 4-day special of 4 bags of frozen tilapia
for the price of one. Sure enough, on the top of the bags it read "farm raised", and on
the bottom, in small print, it said: "China.*

Recently, on TV, a Food inspector said he had lived overseas and he had seen the filthy conditions
their foods are raised and processed in. It is enough to make you throw-up. Some foreign workers have
to wear masks as they work in these places because the food is so rotten and filthy, it
makes them want to throw up.

Many of their fish on Fish Farms are fed raw sewage daily. He said he has seen so much filth throughout
their food growing and processing that he would "never" eat any of it. They raise this filth, put some food coloring
and some flavorings on it, then they ship it to the USA & Canada for YOU to consume and feed to YOUR
families. They have no Food & Safety Inspectors. They ship it to you to buy
and poison your families and friends.*

Imported food we eat is junk kiss emoticon

Green Giant frozen vegetables are from China, and so are most of Europe’s Best.
Arctic Gardens are Okay. So is Birdseye.*

Never buy the grocery store garlic unless it is clearly marked from USA or Canada, the other stuff is grown in
people’s… dung (even worse than chicken poop). China is the largest producer of garlic in the world; U.S. is next.*

Buy only local honey. Much honey is shipped in huge
Containers from China and packaged here.*

Cold-FX is grown and **packed** in China and is full of fecal bacteria. Doesn't work anyway; it is a big scam.*

If the country of origin on a product is not clearly marked, “beware.” If the product is produce, ask an employee.*

Watch out for packages which state "prepared for," "packed by" or "imported by" or "distributed by."
We advocate mandatory labeling, especially the produce.*

The country of origin should be clearly shown on the item in the store.*

Go to the local farmers' markets in season for your produce and keep a wary eye open the rest of the year.*

Please read this very carefully, and read to the very bottom.
It's important for all of us.*

The above facts indicate how it is possible to ship food from China cheaper than having it produced in the U.S. or
Canada.*

PLEASE NOTE--THE "OUR FAMILY" BRAND OF MANDARIN ORANGES SAYS RIGHT ON THE CAN 'FROM CHINA'

SO, FOR A FEW MORE CENTS, BUY THE LIBERTY BRAND. GOLD BRAND OR DOLE ARE FROM CALIFORNIA.*

Beware, Costco sells canned peaches and pears in a plastic jar that come from China.*

ALL "HIGH LINER" AND MOST OTHER FROZEN FISH PRODUCTS COME FROM CHINA OR INDONESIA.
THE PACKAGE MAY SAY "PACIFIC SALMON" ON THE FRONT, BUT LOOK FOR THE SMALL PRINT.

MOST OF THESE PRODUCTS COME FROM FISH FARMS IN THE ORIENT WHERE THERE ARE NO REGULATIONS ON
WHAT IS FED TO THESE FISH.*

Recently The Montreal Gazette had an article by the Canadian Government on how Chinese feed the fish

They suspend chicken wire crates over the fish ponds, and the fish feed on chicken dung.*

If you search the Internet about what the Chinese feed
their fish, you'll be alarmed; e. g, growth hormones, expired anti-biotic from
humans.
Never buy any type of fish or shellfish that comes from these countries: Vietnam, China, Philippines.*

Check this out personally. Steinfeld's Pickles* *are produced in India - just as bad!*

Another example is canned mushrooms. No-Name brand comes from Indonesia…*

Also check those little fruit cups. They used to be made in Canada, in the Niagara region, until about 2 years ago.

They are now packaged in China. Most sold in Aldi
stores.*

While the Chinese export inferior and even toxic products, dangerous toys, and goods to be sold in North American
markets, the media wrings its hands! Yet, 70% of North Americans believe that the trading
privileges afforded to the Chinese should be
suspended.*
Why do we need the government to suspend trading
privileges? THIS IS A YOURSELF PROJECT.

Simply look on the bottom of every product you buy, and if it says 'Made in China' or 'PRC' (and that now
includes Hong Kong), simply choose another product or none at all. You will be amazed at
how dependent you are on Chinese products, and you will be equally amazed at what you can do

THINK ABOUT THIS:*

If 200 million North Americans refuse to buy just $20 each of Chinese goods, that's a billion dollar trade imbalance
resolved in our favor... fast! The downside? Some Canadian/American businesses will feel a temporary pinch
from having foreign stockpiles of inventory.*
Just one month of trading losses will hit the Chinese for 8% of their North American exports. Then they will at least have
to ask themselves if the benefits of their arrogance and lawlessness are worth it.*

Share with your friends. Start reading labels more closely and
buy something else even if it costs a few cents more.*