tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post6386382278851722754..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: CW to collapse 2James M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-11556397468840747462019-10-07T15:15:06.059-07:002019-10-07T15:15:06.059-07:00And, you could cast your own black powder cannon t...And, you could cast your own black powder cannon to repel boarders! :)James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-22865852089860160262019-10-07T15:12:14.371-07:002019-10-07T15:12:14.371-07:00I choke down one cup of whole wheat flour a day. ...I choke down one cup of whole wheat flour a day. I can't imagine eating much more than that ( unless Spicy Times ). If my math is close that is two pounds a weekJames M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-29913610137322694162019-10-07T13:45:35.479-07:002019-10-07T13:45:35.479-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Demented guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17071191996716087797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-27125412113375620382019-10-07T11:20:07.394-07:002019-10-07T11:20:07.394-07:00To James:
While I tend to agree with those who sup...To James:<br />While I tend to agree with those who support forming groups, your deep thinking exposes the limits of that; in fact, when you think deeply enough you come to see that being strong and being lucky is all you've got. <br /><br />My latest fantasy: get a big enough sail boat, live on it the harbor in the Pacific. Buy a condo in Ensenada. When SHTF happens here, get the kids to meet me and sail on out. Stock the boat, make sure the guns don't rust. <br /><br />I won't do it. Just showing how ideas start. Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04141804481453083170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-61606118182810497162019-10-07T10:22:21.139-07:002019-10-07T10:22:21.139-07:00It doesn't even matter what the winning strate...It doesn't even matter what the winning strategy will be. Someone will be doing it, the strong survive, the species continues and our stupid asses are road jelly no one remembers. All the debate is just folks panicking since they want to be in the winning group. Me? I don't think I'll be that lucky. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-25643451090555315502019-10-07T09:12:49.286-07:002019-10-07T09:12:49.286-07:00No one knows what the winning strategy is, which i...No one knows what the winning strategy is, which is why we can fill up the internet with endless discussions. My view of history is that every militia/army, sooner or later, runs into a bigger, better army and gets laid to waste. So, if someone decides to form an militia when rule of law breaks down be sure to enjoy it while it lasts. Your tough group of 20 will run into a group of 200, or your group of 200 will run into a group of 2,000. I'm just not a "joiner" at heart. I'd rather live in the boonies where most people prefer not to live and be my own boss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-186355475060229442019-10-07T09:06:38.907-07:002019-10-07T09:06:38.907-07:00Tree crops vary a lot year-to-year. A certain per...Tree crops vary a lot year-to-year. A certain percentage gets taken by animals or has worms, etc. Any excess can be used as animal feed for meat. 4-5 trees per person is in the neighborhood of 200-500 pounds per person per year. Not nearly 5 pounds per day, particularly when considering you won't yield 100% of what the trees produce. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-67000929586502036902019-10-07T07:00:48.369-07:002019-10-07T07:00:48.369-07:00Didn't he advocate for the increased power of ...Didn't he advocate for the increased power of the king, to avoid said conditions? Outside that quote, meh. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-52853123860332306032019-10-07T06:59:23.586-07:002019-10-07T06:59:23.586-07:00That's five pounds a day. How much of that we...That's five pounds a day. How much of that weight is the shell, because there is no way that is even possible. You'd be eating all day long. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-20407224763927795832019-10-07T06:56:42.406-07:002019-10-07T06:56:42.406-07:00But there is no strength in a crappy group. Most ...But there is no strength in a crappy group. Most preppers as is have little motivation to move, or to store quantity over quality, or to conform to group standards that they themselves didn't fashion to save themselves money. And if you form a militia, you are one of the first ones targeted. Most likely the only group you will get is whichever one you stockpile for yourself, on your dime. Then choose people just on your trust of them-much more important than how much weight they can ruck. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-78899605224914728332019-10-07T05:06:49.542-07:002019-10-07T05:06:49.542-07:00No one knows the future. There are too many variab...No one knows the future. There are too many variables, including those we don't even know exist. Preppers should consider one possible variant of a SHTF situation:<br />--- The US begins to come apart. Demographic changes, unrealistic expectations whipped up among the socialists' base, followed by their victory at the polls, the loss of American military supremacy as China rises, a big economic collapse -- these shocks could certainly destablize our 250-year old Republic. Now... what might happen?<br />One possibility is an attempt at separation (let's not use the word 'secession', which has unfortunate connotations): this could come from several directions, just as it did in the former Yugoslavia. One possible direction is 'red state separation' -- an attempt -- which might be successful -- by the 'red states', or some of them, to separate and from a renewed American republic.<br />Surely preppers would want to emigrate to this new country, if they don't live there already, rather than attempting to survive on their own in one of the failed states that would be left behind. So if they're not living in such an area already, they ought to consider emigrating there when/if they can.<br />In any case, the 'lone wolf' scenario is a Hollywood-induced fantasy. There is strength in numbers and in organized and prepared numbers. This means: join, or form, a militia.Doug1943https://www.blogger.com/profile/03833632801624062004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-35659150035134414272019-10-06T19:44:22.398-07:002019-10-06T19:44:22.398-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Demented guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17071191996716087797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-53223316020357358202019-10-06T19:40:31.071-07:002019-10-06T19:40:31.071-07:00Thomas Hobbes...
https://yalebooksblog.co.uk/2013...Thomas Hobbes...<br /><br />https://yalebooksblog.co.uk/2013/04/05/thomas-hobbes-solitary-poor-nasty-brutish-and-short/<br /><br />TSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-22708362697439649042019-10-06T15:46:48.538-07:002019-10-06T15:46:48.538-07:00Tree crops, like acorns or chestnuts, are about th...Tree crops, like acorns or chestnuts, are about the only way I can figure to raise/grow enough calories to feed people without raising row crops that stand out like a sore thumb. Trees weather drought better than row crops as well. You can get up to 50-100 pounds per tree. 4-5 trees per person and your starting to actually feed someone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-27776576787239832272019-10-06T15:03:36.370-07:002019-10-06T15:03:36.370-07:00Damn good idea. Nope-no acorn love in the desert ...Damn good idea. Nope-no acorn love in the desert :)James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-25987912529996398782019-10-06T13:37:22.441-07:002019-10-06T13:37:22.441-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Demented guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17071191996716087797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-20038069964790714822019-10-06T10:45:48.801-07:002019-10-06T10:45:48.801-07:00DAMN, DUDE! Well, I asked for it.
#1. Yes. Roari...DAMN, DUDE! Well, I asked for it.<br />#1. Yes. Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression followed exactly that.<br />#2. It wouldn't have. Supposedly we had gold reserves from 1913 to at least WWII, if not all the way to 1971. You can still print too much money even on gold.<br />#3. No. The government will steal any wealth accumulated as such. See FDR's theft of gold or the gov's changing the rules on the Hunt brothers.<br />#4. a central bank funds a colonial expansion better than any other economic system. We got exactly what we needed when we needed it. It only fell apart recently.<br />#5. in theory, inflation keeping pace with energy and wealth incoming is neutral. It cancels out deflation. The issue has been that inflation is many times increased instead of taxes being raised ( although inflation IS another kind of tax ). Debt is bad under ANY system.<br />#6. in a way. In theory, investing the money creates a return, which cancels out the inflation. In practice, they have been getting hosed the last decade.<br />#7. less inflation, BUT, also less gain from investments. Even if there is NO paper currency to ruin the gold holdings, you still have had the historically odd Carbon Fuel Age increase in precious metals, having the same effect as the Spanish holding the New World. Gold supply inflation. Oil, and prior coal, and prior to THAT, gunpowder colonialism, skewed the whole economic paradigm. AFTER all this crashes, THEN we can return to the historic gold/silver paradigm. Not until thenJames M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-53052735192976077822019-10-06T10:33:44.480-07:002019-10-06T10:33:44.480-07:00I had forgotten what the link was. Went there, di...I had forgotten what the link was. Went there, discovered that the Kindle version was free since I already bought the paper version. I need to reread it. I honestly remember it being Not Terrible. Since I'm VERY critical about everyone, this surprises me. I'll have to see what I missed the first time ( or, did I read it a second time and forget? Not sure )James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-54213196429268543232019-10-06T09:23:14.927-07:002019-10-06T09:23:14.927-07:001. Did the creation of the Federal Reserve system...1. Did the creation of the Federal Reserve system bring about the creation of money out of thin air?<br /><br />2. How would an economic system based on gold reserves have prevented #1?<br /><br />3. If an economic system is based on gold reserves then is it possible, and is it highly likely, that some people can corner the market on wealth by owning more of the gold than the rest of the saps out there?<br /><br />4. If my line of question is correct --big IF there -- then what does the Federal Reserve system really do? Does it create a false middle class with more people living better and fewer poor? <br /><br />5. Creating money out of thin air. Does that put money into circulation that allows more people a share of the pie, as long as they don't go into big debt?<br /><br />6. Creating money out of thin air. Is that the reason why so many people have money invested for their retirements? <br /><br />7. If their retirements are just as phony as the system which created their accounts, how would these people who have played the game for decades, have fared without funny money in a system based on gold? <br /><br />Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04141804481453083170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-88182028317806309562019-10-06T08:42:04.263-07:002019-10-06T08:42:04.263-07:00re:
today's linked book
I acquired Snuffy'...re:<br />today's linked book<br /><br />I acquired Snuffy's fictional book at a prep expo probably three years ago. I thought the story was simple and unimaginative, narrow and short, and forced the goofball characters to rely on technology.<br /><br />I keep it handy, ready to give back to the author next time I see him. Free, no strings attached. Keep my ten Federal Reserve Promissory Notes, he needs them more than me.<br /><br />In Snuffy's shelter-in-suburbia book, the forward by ,Rawles has zero connection to the content. I'll go further... ,Rawles had zero influence on the content. I'll go further... no decent person with a lick-o'-sense influenced the content.<br /><br />It is embarrassing.<br /><br />Glancing through it at the author's table at the Albany Oregon prep expo a couple weeks ago, I felt like I ought to worsh my hands after I returned it to the stack.<br /><br />My advice:<br />Get training from Red Cross.<br />Do not get training from those green-helmet C.E.R.T. goofballs. You don't need a clipboard and flashlight to survive a disaster involving vibrant rioters abusing your tender Caucasian heinie.<br /><br />Warning:<br />I am part of WordCrafters, the authors group dedicated to improving written content. If you ask, be prepared to hear me tell you your writing is rubbish, incoherent, irrelevant, and appropriate only for out-houses after the good-stuff runs out.<br /><br />The material in Snuffy's two books is an outline waiting to be formed into a rough first draft.<br /><br />Ossifers. Honestly!<br />.<br />.<br />Bison,<br />Nice line about the puppet-masters ['TheMalignantOverlords', thank you SeaGypsyPhilosopher Ray Jason!] abandoning the goofball bureaucrats. No way this can fail to be entertaining!<br /><br />PS:<br />Try to not be a goofball.LargeMargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530497760743766465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-83068294001238272352019-10-06T08:28:23.755-07:002019-10-06T08:28:23.755-07:00My writing? :)My writing? :)James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-13169418702956025882019-10-06T08:12:58.710-07:002019-10-06T08:12:58.710-07:00"....solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and shor..."....solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short..."Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04141804481453083170noreply@blogger.com