09-09-2023, 05:02 PM
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The Incredible Dumbing Down Of Americans Is Handing Tyrants Tyranny On A Silver Platter As A Crippling Portion Of The Population Can No Longer Exercise Independent Thinking
By Steve Feinstein for All News Pipeline
September 6, 2023
Here it is: the biggest missed story of this century is the incredible dumbing down of the American public, to the point where a cripplingly large portion of the adult population is no longer willing or able to exercise independent critical thinking in order to take decisive action on a wide range of issues that shape the direction of our economy, culture, and personal freedoms.
Indeed, too lazy and unmotivated to analyze readily available, credible data, far too many people have ceded their personal independence to government dictates — dictates clearly designed to increase government control over the population, rather than having been put in place for the genuine good of the people. Let's look at some examples:
Masks
When COVID first hit, we were told to "mask up." The COVID particle was smaller than the weave opening in non-professional masks, yet people went dutifully along anyway, unwilling to look at things logically. Then we were told to double-mask. Then it was the plastic face shield over a mask. Nothing sums up the dumbing down of America better than the image of a person driving alone in his car, all masked up.
Vaccines
The COVID vaccines were — and remain — experimental. First we were told that if you take the vax, you can't get COVID. That was wrong. Then we were told that if you take the vax and a booster, you can't get or transmit COVID. That was wrong. Then we were told that if you get double-boosted, you'll be protected from all future variants. That was wrong. Then we were assured that the inexplicably high number of adverse reactions to the vaccine was totally coincidental, despite earlier vaccines having been pulled from the market for having only a fraction of the adverse reactions of the COVID vaccines. Yet when people were told "no entry unless vaccinated," they went along.
2020 Election fraud
- More votes cast and counted than there were registered voters in the district. No possibility of fraud there.
- Ballot-stuffing in drop boxes caught on camera during the wee hours of the night. No possibility of fraud there.
- Late ballots coming in in a statistically impossible 90+% manner for one candidate. No possibility of fraud there.
- Republican poll observers being kicked out and then an overwhelmingly high proportion of votes suddenly materializing for the Democrat candidate. No possibility of fraud there.
- Mail-in voting procedures being widely implemented because of "COVID concerns," but there were no verifiable chain-of-custody procedures in place and no mechanism to confirm voter signature authenticity. No possibility of fraud there.
- Voting machines proven to be connected to the internet, despite vehement protests to the contrary. No possibility of fraud there.
How can any reasonably intelligent person not question these things? You may still believe that the 2020 election results were valid, but simply raising logical questions does not make someone a criminal.
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Those humorous "man in the street" interviews are fun, and granted, only the most outlandish ones make the cut onto the TV segment. Still, answers like "1924" when asked, "What year did the Civil War begin?" and "Hmmm...Spain?" when asked, "Whom did we win our independence from?" are emblematic of the widespread, deep-rooted "couldn't care less" attitude about knowing about the United States that's evidenced by so many adults today, especially Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z.
This wasn't always true. In WWII, whether from Massachusetts or Kansas, Catholic, Protestant or Jewish, Red Sox fan or Cardinals fan, American G.I.s were fiercely loyal to one another and their country. It mattered.
In the 1950s, the vast majority of ordinary Americans knew all about the "arms race" with the Soviets and knew exactly where the public fallout shelters were in case of attack.
The Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962 was followed by everyone, eyes and ears glued to the television for hours on end. We as a country pulled for JFK to find a way out. We didn't say it was the Democrats' or Republicans' fault. The country stood as one, calm, concerned, and informed.
In 1969, the Apollo 11 lunar landing was hailed as a unified American triumph, without any thought of conservatives vs. liberals.
In 1989, when the Berlin Wall fell, the majority of American adults completely understood the significance, having lived with the Wall as a defining element of foreign relations for most of their adult lives.
But in recent decades, especially after 9/11/2001, the Democrats have made a conscious, concerted effort to divide the country along political and demographic lines for the express purpose of seizing ever-greater power over the electorate. In addition to convincing various groups that they are suddenly victims as a result of Republican policies, Democrats have willingly attempted to make sure that as wide a swath as possible of their potential voting base remains uninformed. Hence the phenomenal, almost criminal, misinformation and outright lies fed to the public about things such as Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine. These COVID treatments could've stopped the pandemic in its tracks had they been widely disseminated early on.
Instead, we got highly regarded doctors being banned from Facebook, hospitals succumbing to liberal government pressure and refusing to prescribe these treatments and liberal cable news commentators referring derisively to ivermectin as a "horse de-wormer" — all in service to one overriding fact:
- Great portions of the American public will not seek out the truth if it's the slightest bit inconvenient. These same people are only too willing to accept liberal government lies and being told what to do. A frighteningly high percentage of potential Democrat voters are far more interested in their own personal comfort and convenience and far less interested in doing any kind of hard mental analysis of complicated issues.
The Democrats know this. They know that if they tell their voting base to keep their mask on while in line at Starbucks, they will. They have no interest in weave opening versus particle size. They just want their Grande Iced Caramel Macchiato, and don't bother me with anything else.
There's a funny Facebook meme that's been making the rounds. It goes something like, "Not saying the current generation is dumb, but your grandfather's car owner's manual had a section in it describing how to adjust the valves. Today's cars owner's manuals tell you not to drink the battery fluid."
The high proportion of self-absorbed, convenience-obsessed, unintellectually curious adults in America is the biggest story of the 21st century. This is what is driving the direction of the country and shaping our culture.
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America Has Fully Passed The 'Event Horizon' Towards Self-Destruction, Arriving At The Place Where A 'Boot Stomping Upon A Human Face, Forever' Is Fully Embraced By Braindead Masses
By J.B. Shurk for All News Pipeline
September 7, 2023
It is striking just how much leftists enjoy being dominated by Big Government. Please make us stand six feet apart! Please monitor and police our speech! Please punish us for skirting COVID lockdowns! Please mandate new experimental goop for our veins! Every time the oppressive authoritarians in positions of power abuse that power to make outrageous and unconstitutional demands of the American people, the leftists hop to and beg for even more obnoxious restrictions. Politicians and bureaucrats are just people (often bad people), but to leftists, they're celebrities, (needed) father figures, and the atheist's empty-suited pantheon of false gods.
As Sam J. wrote in a righteous, all-caps, truth-telling rant over at Twitchy, no matter how nonsensical or harmful the government's often-illegal-but-always-idiotic commands, the masochistic left can be heard shrieking, "YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. GOVERN ME HARDER, DADDY! MASK ME UP! TAKE SCHOOL FROM MY KIDS! YAAAAS!" Nothing makes the left happier than a system that insists on ruling over leftists in perpetuity. No group is more worthy of the left's hero worship than an army of control freaks who take pleasure in inconveniencing, voyeuristically surveilling, and intimidating the masses. Silence the vaccine skeptics! Force the anti-maskers into hiding! Imprison anyone who still attends church even after the State's Marxist priests banned the unapproved exercise of religion! In this brave new world, the cowards demand cowardice from everyone.
Or, as the Babylon Bee insightfully observes, the reason Democrats are so irrationally offended by the appearance of Revolutionary War–era Gadsden flags is because everything they have been brainwashed to believe screams out, "TREAD ON ME!" Perhaps it is natural for those with crushed souls to plead for crushed spines, too. If leftists didn't snuggle up next to tyranny, after all, there would be little else to keep them warm at night.
It is as O'Brien — the enigmatic Inner Party inquisitor from Orwell's 1984 — tells Winston Smith: "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever." Leftists alive today crave that boot stamping on their collective face. They need the threat of that boot's punishment to find any sense of meaning in their otherwise empty, fruitless lives. Receiving and inflicting pain is the only way for them to feel...something.
ANP Emergency Fundraiser: The globalists war on ANP is all part of the globalists 'Big Tech' effort to silence conservative and independent voices, allowing them to maintain a monopoly on the flow of information. As George Orwell made clear to us decades ago, "The further a society drifts from the truth, the more they will hate those who speak it." But, with your amazing help, we at ANP promise to keep 'speaking truth to power' because, as Orwell also reminded us, "If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."
Leftists have been conditioned not to think for themselves and to project their fears and inadequacies onto others. It doesn't matter if a person has twenty academic degrees and is hailed as an "expert" by all the "very best people." If that person mutters tripe such as "the science is settled" or resorts to labeling anyone with an opposing point of view a "denier," then that credentialed crouton is still just stale bread in the left's soup of mental midgets. No person in possession of a first-rate mind ever thinks anything is "settled." No person with the capacity for creative thought would resort to an insult as hackneyed as "denier." When has a thinking person ever stopped pushing the boundaries of knowledge? When has a genius confident in his own thoughts not found more to learn from those who disagree? Only the dogmatic insist on censorship. Only those who lack confidence in their beliefs require other people to be punished for their own.
In many ways, leftists are like PTSD viruses infecting others with their own internalized anxieties. Unfortunately, masks are just as ineffective at preventing the Marxist disease from spreading as they have been with COVID. I joke about a lot of things, but I take post-traumatic stress disorder seriously. If you have ever suffered from the condition or know someone who has, then you know how it can leave a person almost frozen in time.
One of the most astute descriptions of PTSD that I have seen comes from an Israeli therapist, Arian Lev, who has treated thousands of civilians and IDF veterans suffering from the traumatic experiences of firefights, building explosions, missile attacks, kidnappings, and imprisonments. Lev isolates subconscious codes that get activated by trauma — "life equals danger" and "I equals delete." PTSD sufferers "actually delete themselves" so that "they do not exist." "We change 'life equals danger' to 'life equals security and safety,'" and "when you change 'I equals delete' to 'I equals exist,' people become alive again. We reprogram them. They exist in their bodies and they are able to focus on the present and the anxiety is released."
If Lev's research is correct, and large numbers of people in society possess these subconscious codes that can be triggered, consider how the leftist worldview plays directly into these mental struggles. Whether it is COVID, "climate change," fear of overpopulation, the threats of racism, whatever — leftists are constantly teaching people of all ages to equate life with danger. Simultaneously, the answer to every "danger" is some totalitarian communist system that requires each individual to "delete" himself. Life = danger. I = delete. Arian Lev has spent a lifetime trying to fix busted (but not broken) minds, and at the same time, the Marxist globalists are building a world that spreads doom-and-gloom fear, while programming people to view their own freedom, wants, and needs as "selfish." In my estimation, leftists are working overtime to give everybody a bout of PTSD, and the skyrocketing rates of suicide and drug overdose in society seem to back that up. Forget about COVID; the most lethal disease today is Marxist globalism.
Wherever totalitarianism spreads, dissenters are imprisoned for "disloyalty" to the State. That means Marxism first attempts to infect its host with equal measures of propaganda, pain, and PTSD and then sends any holdouts straight to prison.
While thinking about these deadly leftist pathogens, the lyrics of a song called "Pets" from the '90s alternative rock band Porno for Pyros run in my head: "Will there be another race / To come along and take over for us? / Maybe Martians could do / Better than we've done / We'll make great pets!" When I watch leftist zombies obsequiously obeying every stupid and harmful governmental edict, all I think now is, "They'll make great pets!"
They do make great pets. Give them a little government money. Promise them that you'll redistribute other people's paychecks directly into their food bowls. Pat them on the head with supercilious compliments such as "we're the ones we've been waiting for." Assure them that they'll "save the world" by gluing themselves to the asphalt of public highways in protest of hydrocarbon fuels, so that wealthy corporate bankers can make windfall profits on otherwise uneconomic "green" energies." Condition them with poor schooling and overt indoctrination to believe that freedom is "dangerous" and that government is "sacred." Encourage them to assume that anybody who cherishes liberty is really a "racist," a "religious extremist," or a Nazi fascist. Give them enough government cookies so that they never think to question how people who do not want Big Government in their private lives could be "fascists" who believe Big Government should control all our lives. Yank them on the collar should they try to walk in a different direction from those who hold their leash. Reward them for barking and biting anyone outside the pack.
Why would leftists need Martians to turn them into pets when the D.C. Uniparty has already spayed and neutered the leftist horde? You can't have babies, after all, if you're obsessed with "shouting your abortion" or castrating yourself on the way to an "authentic gender." As any veterinarian will tell you, this kind of behavior will help decrease the number of animals in need of shelter. And in a future world where you "own nothing" and the government provides your shelter, the pet owners prefer not to have a lot of human pets in need of homes.
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With Globalists Intent On Destroying The Bulk Of Humanity, Leaving Them Feudal Overlords To The Remaining Slaves, We're Witnessing The End Times Destruction Of Our Planet
By Alan Barton - All News PipeLine
September 9, 2023
Absurdity. Merriam Webster’s definition leaves much to be desired as it is circular in nature. They say “the quality or state of being absurd” while looking at absurd gives the more expected result; “ridiculously unreasonable, unsound, or incongruous” and “having no rational or orderly relationship to human life”. That is more like it, and as a noun they say “the state or condition in which human beings exist in an irrational and meaningless universe and in which human life has no ultimate meaning”. I think we should play with those bolded phrases keeping in mind the obvious linkages that will be presented today. Although those items are incongruous in and of themselves, the unmistakably malevolent intent is, as stated, most unequivocally and definitely absurd especially in the harm to human life aspects of the term.
The battle cry is “global warming” or more specifically “man-made global warming” that is the specific predetermined point of all of the irrational claims of that falsehood. Or is it? Perhaps it is IN FACT man-made and intentionally misrepresented as to specifically what form that being “man-made” takes. The excuses they attribute to it all are your driving around in your damned SUV’s and diesel pickups that are causing so much of it with later versions complaining about your air conditioner use, your using gas stoves and other appliance, that interminable abundance of cow farts and buffalo farts before that, the exhalation your very breath contributes and so on and on and on ---. Yes sir, just too many people in this world creating the abundance of carbon dioxide that they say is a huge poison to our systems and is killing us all, so eliminate those CO2 sources and the few left living can do so in healthful bliss. The primary point being there is a war on the carbon cycle.
What they refuse to acknowledge is that Earth is filled with an abundance of carbon based life, from the lowest forms of bacteria to the monster groves of quacking aspen and from the deepest oceans strange life forms to the highest mountain climbing mammals; with of course, Man at the pinnacle. God’s creation is perfect; it is the manipulations of man that has let it down. There are some fallacies in the current model of carbon cycling such as the fact that petroleum is NOT dead dinosaurs but rather manufactured deep in the earth in what is termed the Abiotic oil formation theory. While the proofs of this theory are more recent, the idea that the Earth actually forms the carbon forms like natural gas, oil, coal and such is ancient and has been the primary idea in most areas of the world still today, with the United States and closer friends being the primary detractors of natural formation of petroleum and related hydrocarbons in favor of the fault ridden dino theories. In September of 2009 in Science Daily report states that “Researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm have managed to prove that fossils from animals and plants are not necessary for crude oil and natural gas to be generated. The findings are revolutionary… Together with two research colleagues, Vladimir Kutcherov has simulated the process involving pressure and heat that occurs naturally in the inner layers of the earth, the process that generates hydrocarbon, the primary component in oil and natural gas.” I will state that it involves an adiabatic process deep within the earth’s mantle as given in the Advancing Earth and Space Sciences article that mentions “The theory of the abyssal abiogenic origin of petroleum is a significant part of the modern scientific theories dealing with the formation of hydrocarbons. These theories include the identification of natural hydrocarbon systems, the physical processes leading to their terrestrial concentration, and the dynamic processes controlling the migration of that material into geological reservoirs of petroleum. The theory of the abyssal abiogenic origin of petroleum recognizes that natural gas and petroleum are primordial materials of deep origin which have migrated into the Earth's crust.”
There is far more to this but that is not the thrust of this column so I will leave it at that with this one last reference; “There is widespread evidence that petroleum originates from biological processes. Whether hydrocarbons can also be produced from abiogenic precursor molecules under the high-pressure, high-temperature conditions characteristic of the upper mantle remains an open question. It has been proposed that hydrocarbons generated in the upper mantle could be transported through deep faults to shallower regions in the Earth’s crust, and contribute to petroleum reserves”. Personally, I subscribe to this view of hydro-carbon formations. The primary point of this is to show that the advertised theories are not valid and using them to fabricate harsh social structures around them is, well, absurd. But they will use any theory to destroy all that is good.
Those recent massive forest fires in Canada, Alaska, and elsewhere are most obviously not just happenstance. The fact that they start almost together, that they also follow on the boundaries of the earth’s faults as shown in many recent videos by Dutchsinse on his YouTube channel (Thank you Mr. Janitch). He has also shown proof of DEW weapons (Directed Energy Weapons) being fired, and out of fear or respect for foreign intel activities, has quietly refrained from pointing them out anymore. That those fires are intentional and arson related is not up for question by anyone that knows how to think, read and analyze data that is presented in so many forums. DEW weapons consist of electromagnetic energies consisting of frequencies ostensibly in the HF (High Frequency) range of 2.7 to 10 Mhz but there are also reports of from ultra low frequencies to much higher. Those in the much higher ranges are from alternate transmitters, and they range from VHF, UHV and up thorough microwave into the visible light ranges and much higher as X-rays, Gamma rays and so forth. Many of these are used already such as the microwave “Havana syndrome” anti-personnel weapons to the weather modification systems that we have covered here before. Their uses are very widespread and the targets are as well. What exactly is the reason for those fires? Theories from filling the sky with smoke to shut out the sun, to hiding widespread satellite access to data, to poisoning our skies in larger quantities than the intentional train wreck chemical attack on East Palestine Ohio.
With disinformation and outright fabrication of “evidences” of DEW weapons being used to start those fires as well as the more recent devastating Lahaina Hawaii fires being published, we must also use our brains and acknowledge that they are, for the most part at least, totally fake. Using pics of missile launches, of meteor strikes, of oil refinery fires and so forth and claiming they are lasers igniting those fires is absurd on many levels. Yes we have high powered laser weapons that are active and in operational status, but they do NOT use visible light. Yes we use HAARP, microwave generators and such to modify the weather, but we also use aircraft dumping toxic aluminum powder and other things in the skies to activate storm fronts by not only the government but many private companies as well. Flight tracking software has proven they are being used all of the time to seed storms ahead of them reaching dry or other target areas such as the recent Hurricane Idalia and the coming one as well, they are being strengthened and directed to specific targets. There are many inconsistencies in the fire burn spread in Maui that may be direct evidence of a DEW attack on that island such as the weird lack of blue items not being burned, but that is still not an absolute as other factors may be involved.
Somewhere around 200 MILLION acres have burned in Canada, then add in the US, Alaska, and other nations in the West this year. That is a lot of smoke generated, but to what end? I mentioned a few ideas above, but then perhaps this headline speaking of Bill Gates has the more nearly accurate truth in it; “Bill Gates-Funded Group Plans to Strip 70 Million Acres of Forest to Save the Planet”. We discussed the carbon cycle very early on in this column for a definite purpose, and that is to help understand just how important the flora contributes to the regulation of carbon in the atmosphere. Burn the trees, cut down on the oxygen in the atmosphere, increase the carbon dioxide, destroy the earth’s ‘lungs’ basically. That does not affect the same cycles that our oceans provide, but then they may have something up their sleeve for just that. Another article said the plan is to bury those trees underground all in an attempt to slow down global warming. Atmospheric CO2 has NO EFFECT on the weather of this planet; it is NOT a “greenhouse gas” as they claim. Cutting down our trees will have exactly the opposite effect that they claim it will. It is all a lie, so what are they doing this for? It destroys not just the forests, but the animal life as well. But that is of no concern for them as they claim planting solar panels covering once productive farmland and arid lands not good for agriculture, but they are also cutting down forests to plant wind turbines to take out our flying fowl en-mass as they also destroy our off shore sea life by those same turbines mounted at sea. Save the Whales used to be their call, but they are intentionally killing them off with those wind turbines. Same with our planets birds including our national emblem, the bald headed eagle, and endangered species like the very rare California condor. And this is supposed to replace carbon fuels in power generation to save those things. This is an absurdity of the highest order in my estimation.
Destroy the Environment order to save it is the key takeaway that these idiots are up to. Destroy our farmlands, our protein production of cattle, chickens and so forth in order to feed the world and make very unreliable energy that fails just when it is required. Destroy the bulk of mankind to make life more enjoyable as slaves to the new class of feudal overlords is more like what they have in store for us. But of course, pushing for major world war, with the possibility of wiping us out entirely seems also to be on the table for them. That would be a true Black Sky event.
Next consider this idea; that the End Time’s destruction of our air, of our life support, of our oceans and planets inhabitants is by some act of God and/or by some massive war but one third of all sea life, one third of all animal life and one third of all mankind will be exterminated. It may not all be by acts of God, but by acts of insane Satanists out to glorify themselves in their acting out as though they consider themselves gods. We went over that concept previously, and it appears that those end time disasters are by our own making in many instances as our Creator allows us to destroy ourselves. This is the reality of our present prospects as we move forward in this age of massive evil, of pure demonic presence.
Absurdity; “the state or condition in which human beings exist in an irrational and meaningless universe and in which human life has no ultimate meaning”.
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There Is No Limit to State Power, and There Never Has Been!
By Gary D. Barnett
September 9, 2023
“Winston Smith: Does Big Brother exist?
O’Brien: Of course he exists.
Winston Smith: Does he exist like you or me?
O’Brien: You do not exist.”
~ George Orwell, 1984
From the time of birth, Americans have been inundated (indoctrinated — brainwashed) to believe that they live in a free country, and that the reason for this rests on the notion that the United States was ‘founded’ on the principle of a ‘limited government,’ where the State is greatly restricted in its power. Fiction at this level resides only in the most extreme fantasy, and can only be propagated successfully if the entire population is put into a type of mystical trance where critical thinking is completely absent. This did not occur recently, it has always been the case in every government on earth since the beginning of what is falsely referred to as ‘civilization.’
I should preface my remarks for those who still cling to the ridiculous idea that government can be benevolent, restricted, limited, and that any government document called a constitution, has anything whatsoever to do with rights or freedom. It absolutely does not. The State as a political structure is based on fear, force, terror, and power gain, and nothing else. The idea of freedom is based solely on the premise that no man has any right to rule over any other. All government is in direct contradiction of this premise, and therefore it is the antithesis of liberty, not its creator or protector. Every aspect of the falsely claimed ‘founding,’ was and is a lie in my estimation. This statement will anger most, and what that exposes, is that people’s desires (emotions) outweigh reason and logic, and cause total confusion concerning what are the actual rights of man.
The natural rights of man are inherent; they do not come from the sky or heavens, nor any government, as each and every one of us as an unique individual, is born with a right to live, a right to life. All other rights spring from this clear assumption, regardless of those who believe otherwise, or who claim that man has no rights at all. Because each individual has a right to his life, it stands to reason that he has every right to defend his life. In addition, he has every right to sustain his life, which indicates that he has a right to work, to prosper, to supply his every need, which leads to his right to property, and all the fruits of his labor. Every individual has a right to do whatever is necessary in order to sustain, protect, and continue his life, so long as he does not aggress or infringe on the same rights due all other individuals.
This demands the understanding that there is no such thing as a collective right, which is a government scam used to fool the herd in order to control what are falsely referred to as ‘societies.’ Since every man is an unique individual, there are only groups of individuals, not collective ‘societies.’ This leads to the reality that no one has any right to take the property of one to benefit another or any State. Therefore, there is no right to be fed, housed, or supported, no right to medical or health care, no right for State retirement, no right to basic income, no right to universal defense, no right to universal infrastructure, no right to any ‘welfare’ by the State, and on and on. There are no ‘social’ rights whatsoever, there are no paranormal rights; for if these unfounded mystical rights were to exist, the individual would cease to exist, and no right for any man could then exist. In fact, if any so-called ‘social’ rights exist, it would demand the slavery of all in order to sustain by force and violence the lives of those unwilling to be responsible for themselves. This would negate every right of every man.
This is why any constitution created and drafted by government is absolutely worthless if the actual rights of man are considered. In fact, the very idea of constitutions issued by the State is ludicrous, and based on deception. The single concept alone, that government (The State) can give, define, or protect rights, is asinine, for if the State could do so, it could just as easily take all rights away at its whim, which it has done, regardless of the most idiotic notion that government could ever define human rights in the first place. They are natural, and therefore cannot be questioned. This is little understood by this largely dumbed down and indoctrinated population.
The ruling class, and the State, and all governments, have but one agenda, and that is to rule. In order to rule, the State must seek total power, therefore it will never limit itself, or restrict its own ability to garner control over its ‘claimed’ territory, or that of other states and nations. Pieces of parchment cannot limit government, it can only enhance its ability to fool the people into believing a lie, and therefore letting down their guard in the face of extreme tyranny. The permanent goal of all States, is to gain more power, so eliminating all limits and restrictions on its powers is the ultimate goal. This has always been, and always will be, so if real freedom is sought for the individual, the State can never be allowed to have any power over any individual.
This is why all states in existence are structured as single entities, seen to be populated only by collective hordes, all overseen by a political monopoly. This allows for all to be considered as single units, instead of areas populated by individuals. This is only a recipe for mass control. Towns, cities, counties, states, and nations, are a plot to collectivize all individuals, so that the individual is made impotent, and destroyed in favor of the group. This is simply a control mechanism meant to avoid the power of the individual; this because to accept the individual, is to abandon all government.
This short essay is meant to clarify the basic tenets of real freedom of the individual, as opposed to the evil power of the State. It is based upon the ideas of common sense, logic, reason ethics, morality, and reality. The State has no limits, and could not survive if that were not the case. Since all government is based on force and compliance, it is impossible for the existence of any State to coexist with the individual, his natural rights, and freedom.
Quotes by Ayn Rand:
- “A government is the most dangerous threat to man’s rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.”
- “The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.”
- “Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.”
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Are Lockdowns Coming Back?
Get Prepped NOW, Just in Case
By Daisy Luther
The Organic Prepper
September 9, 2023
It’s beginning to look a lot like lockdowns,
Everywhere you go.
Take a look at the grocery store shelves. They’re emptying once again.
With Xs and lines that tell you where to go.
It’s beginning to look a lot like lockdowns.
Masks in every store
But the ugliest sight to see is the media that will be
Lying on every score.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a bad feeling of deja vu right about now. The media is filled with stories about Covid outbreaks and the “new variable.” On every network, serious-looking doctors hope for their five minutes of fame as they discuss why you should wear masks that don’t work and get shots that don’t work.
There are personal stories, too. One of my best friends was shocked when her fiance came home with a positive diagnosis. Another friend told me that half of her grandaughter’s 3rd grade class was out with Covid. My next-door neighbor has it. My daughter’s friend has it.
All that being said, the purpose of this article isn’t to scare you about all the sick people. Sick people happen, and contagious illnesses happen. We all know how to better our chances of not becoming sick and how to take care of ourselves if we’re ill.
But some things are outside of our control.
Things like government mandates, lockdowns, and the ensuing hysteria. Things like being lied to at every turn. (Masks don’t work! Just kidding, you HAVE to wear masks! Two weeks to stop the spread! This shot will protect you!)
If you look at the patterns that preceded the first lockdown, we’re seeing almost identical intensity in the ramp-up of warnings, spreading mask mandates, and other restrictions that led up to it. This article isn’t about whether or not this is right or wrong. It’s about getting prepared before the general public empties the shelves.
I strongly advise you to get prepped right now and make a plan on how you intend to handle it if this comes to pass. This warning is not a prediction – no crystal ball here! It’s a comparative analysis of the circumstances surrounding previous lockdowns. I’m big on patterns. By examining patterns, you can often deduce what’s coming next.
Whether you agree with lockdowns or not, you will most likely be affected by them or by whatever other draconian measures the government takes to “protect” us while simultaneously destroying the economy, the supply chain, and small businesses.
Use what you’ve learned about lockdowns.
This isn’t our first rodeo or even our second. That means we have some experience under our belts that can help us be even better prepared if another round of restrictions comes to pass.
We may not have full-on lockdowns again, but you can bet your bottom dollar we’ll face some type of restrictions in the not-so-distant future. Why would a government give up on something that worked so well to seize power and redistribute wealth the last time around?
Think about what you’ve learned and ask yourself the following questions.
What do you wish you’d done differently?
It’s easy to play quarterback after the game is done, but this exercise isn’t about beating yourself up. It’s about learning from your experience.
Is there anything you wish you’d done differently?
What food did you run out of the fastest?
Were there non-food supplies you didn’t think to buy?
Was there anything that broke, and you didn’t have the necessary tools or supplies to repair it?
About what item did you think, “Dang, I wish I had XXXXXX?”
Were there people who hunkered down with you who made things difficult or unpleasant? How can you make it better with those folks in the future? And will you even want them to come over next time?
Are there things you could have prepared to keep your kids or other family members more content?
Ask yourself these questions while you’ve got some time to sit and contemplate the lockdown. The things you wish you’d done differently are going to be very important things to address for the future.
What are the things you were satisfied with?
Luckily, we all probably had more successes than failures in this lockdown, so think about the successes. Here are a few examples of some things that may have worked well for you.
You had enough in your emergency fund to cover any shortfalls.
You were able to make tasty, nutritious, and filling meals from your supplies.
You didn’t need to leave the house for X amount of time for groceries.
You and your family bonded and enjoyed spending this time together.
You discovered your group worked really well together.
You did something productive with your time at home.
So, for you, what were the things that worked, and how can you replicate those things in the future?
Make some notes.
Go over the two lists you’ve made and start a third list of the things you either need to buy or need to do before the next time there’s a lockdown. Using the examples above:
Get more ingredients for your favorite meals.
Restock your pantry so you can avoid the pitfall of missing ingredients at the store for a couple of months.
Get a larger quantity of the things you ran out of first.
Get any needed tools and repair materials.
Grab multiples of the things you may have forgotten, like shampoo, soap, toothbrushes, etc.
Get some things to stash away for future entertainment purposes.
Figure out how to extricate yourself from partnerships that didn’t work.
For partnerships that did work, make sure they’re on the same page for the next time around.
Do an inventory of supplies so you can replenish the things you’ve used.
This is something that will take longer than 15-20 minutes at the kitchen table. Really spend some time being thorough with regard to this self-analysis.
Look at your budget.
Millions of Americans saw dramatic changes in their incomes over the past months. This is an important factor in future preparations.
If you’re just barely managing to pay your bills, you may have difficulty stocking up for Round 2. If this is the case, you’ll need to take a close look at your budget.
Be sure to take advantage of whatever the government is offering in the way of financial assistance.
Talk to your creditors and see if they’ll work with you.
Try a month of flat-broke eating. to put aside some cash for stockpiling.
Add just a few extra things per week. (These are the things I buy nearly every time I go shopping.)
Don’t spend frivolously. I know it feels like we just got out of prison. However, if you go and spend hundreds of dollars eating at restaurants, you’re going to regret it when the next lockdown rolls around and you don’t have enough supplies.
See if there are any fixed expenses you can cut.
Check out this book on flat-broke prepping
This is the time to reduce your output as much as possible so you can replenish your home for the future.
What should you get for the next set of lockdowns and shortages?
Aside from the things you’ve determined above that you need, there are some other things you may want to get for the second wave of lockdowns. Think about the things that ran out first and the things that had purchase limits. when you see them back on shelves, do some stocking up:
Toilet paper (the gold bars of the coronavirus pandemic!)
Paper towels
Lysol wipes
Paper plates
Hand sanitizer
Disinfectant cleaners
Bleach
Flour
Yeast
Baking powder
Baking soda
Meat
Canned goods
Dry foods like pasta and rice
Cough medicine with an expectorant
Cold and flu medicine
Ibuprofen
Tylenol
Vitamin C
If you store them properly, all of these items will serve you well in the future, even if this article is totally wrong and there is never another lockdown. They’ll help you to be ready for all manner of emergencies, not just mandated self-quarantines.
Make sure you have the following medical items, too so you can monitor yourself and your family:
Pulse oximeter – these became nearly impossible to acquire for a while
Touchless thermometer
N95 masks (if you ever want to leave the house, you may be required to mask up – even if you refuse to wear a mask, if your child is injured or sick, and needs to see a doctor, you’d be forced to abide by the rules there)
Another issue we ran into with shortages was appliances such as chest freezers and refrigerators. They couldn’t be had for love or money after a few months into the last crisis. Parts for repairing central heating and air systems were scarce. There were long waits for many automotive parts, too. If you have a major household or automotive component that needs repair (or will soon) if you can afford it, you may want to be proactive about that. Other shortages included computers, computer cords, tablets, headphones, and other devices for working or schooling from home.
When should you start getting supplies for the second wave?
Think back to when the outbreak began to come to the public eye back in 2020. It only took two days for the shelves to become nearly bare. Here are some pictures as a reminder. It would be pretty foolish to wait until the rest of the country becomes aware, and there’s another run on things, leaving the media to scold preppers for hoarding.
Of course, it wasn’t preppers doing the “hoarding.” We already had our stuff weeks, months, or even years ago.
My advice is to start replenishing your supplies immediately. Take a look at your lists and begin fulfilling them as soon as you can.
You don’t have to buy these things all at once. But start now. Grab a couple of items and put them back. Do this every time you are out. If money isn’t tight, buy one of everything on your list that you might reasonably need when you’re out.
The supply chain never completely bounced back after the last time around. Think about anything you might need to repair or replace, and if you can afford it, get the parts and items you may need.
Mentally preparing for the next lockdown
Something that is potentially even more important than your physical preparations is the mental ones.
Did you find yourself reeling in shock that it happened? Were you depressed or anxious? Lonely or isolated? Understand first that all those feelings are completely normal during a time period of dramatic change. You’re human, and you’re allowed to have feelings. When there’s so much uncertainty, it can be difficult to prepare for the future. It’s the ability to move past these feelings and still accomplish the things that need to be done that is important. A lot of people have suffered problems with their mental health during the past few years, and being a prepper doesn’t exclude you from a normal reaction to prolonged stress.
Think also about the personalities you encountered within your group. Obviously, you’re not going to kick your bratty teen out of the house the next time there’s a quarantine, but the involvement of certain people is optional. Some folks really surprise us (unpleasantly) with the way they behave under pressure.
Other things you may want to do before the next lockdown
The following items are miscellaneous tasks you may want to undertake. Most of them will be effective not only in a lockdown scenario but also during other types of emergencies.
I’ve established care with The Wellness Company. They are a network of doctors who will prescribe the medications you need, regardless of popular media opinion. A membership is only $10 a month and I find it to be very worthwhile. You can also get medical exemptions from the doctors there if you believe that certain mandates may be bad for your health.
You may have also noticed things in your outer circle that were unsettling. I wrote more about the different kinds of people you may have encountered – friends, neighbors, coworkers, etc. – during the lockdown. You should take some of the time you have between now and the next lockdown to assess these folks a little bit more closely. Pay strict attention to the things they say and do once this is over. Do they “joke” about coming to your place? Are they spending frivolously? Did they learn a lesson and decide to get better prepared? This will tell you a lot about them and let you know if you need to begin quietly distancing yourself from them.
If you weren’t happy with where you took shelter during this period of lockdown, examine the reasons why. We were in an apartment that didn’t have a place for a garden, and there were a few issues that would make the house fairly easy to break into if someone was interested in doing so.
When you examine this, you may need to make a major decision – is it time to relocate? Or you may simply need to make some adjustments to the place where you are, like a padlock on the gate, a new fence, security film on the windows, etc. This article has some tips on home security.
If your home needs some repairs, do it while supplies are easy to find and while mandates don’t make it difficult to get someone out to your place. Our dryer died during the first lockdown, but we weren’t crazy about the idea of some repair person stomping through the apartment, potentially seeing our stockpile of canned goods. If you have an appliance giving its last gasp, this might be a good time to replace it. The better maintained your home is, the less likely it is that you’ll have a repair emergency during the lockdown.
Take the opportunity to get any services performed that were needed before or during the lockdown. If there is a medical procedure you require, go ahead and get it done. Many patients saw their treatments delayed for months to prevent them from possibly coming into contact with COVID patients. Get everyone a dental exam and get your pets to the vet if necessary. If you need to have your house sprayed or gutters cleaned, get all of that stuff done as soon as you can.
Work toward greater self-reliance. Get those chickens you’ve been thinking about. Plant a garden and set up cold frames to extend your growing season. Get yourself well-positioned for an uncertain future.
Prepare your family
Your family may want to live in a rosy world in which this was an unpleasant interlude and now it’s over. It’s tempting to let them have that happiness, but it’s a mistake not to add at least a small dose of reality. If it hasn’t crossed their mind that the future could hold more lockdowns, it’s going to be a stunning blow when (or if) it happens again.
You also don’t want to meet pushback when you try to replenish supplies. Consider reminding them, “Remember the toilet paper apocalypse? We don’t want to run into that problem again!” or “Weren’t you happy we had this when we were stuck at home?”
If you see the situation is beginning to look like you might be facing another lockdown soon, casually mention it to family members. Don’t terrify them, but begin gently making them aware that the situation could change quickly.
On the other hand, you may find that family members who previously thought you were a little bit nuts are now far more on board with preparedness. This might be a great time to start teaching them more.
The time to prepare is right now
Here’s a great article written by other preppers who share what they learned during the first lockdown.
I may be wrong. I hope I am. I don’t see how our economy will withstand the restrictions we’ve gone through before. We’re still in terrible shape from the rules that were forced upon us in 2020 and beyond.
But the signs are all there. The urgency is increasing. The fear of those prone to hysteria is palpable. The best thing you can do is be ahead of the crowds. I also think we’re going to see even more stress, increased violence, and complete desperation for many families that are at the ends of their ropes. As well, this time around, we’re going to see a lot more pushback. Many of us do not want to participate in this again, and we’re done being forced to follow pointless rules.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/09/dais...ming-back/
The Incredible Dumbing Down Of Americans Is Handing Tyrants Tyranny On A Silver Platter As A Crippling Portion Of The Population Can No Longer Exercise Independent Thinking
By Steve Feinstein for All News Pipeline
September 6, 2023
Here it is: the biggest missed story of this century is the incredible dumbing down of the American public, to the point where a cripplingly large portion of the adult population is no longer willing or able to exercise independent critical thinking in order to take decisive action on a wide range of issues that shape the direction of our economy, culture, and personal freedoms.
Indeed, too lazy and unmotivated to analyze readily available, credible data, far too many people have ceded their personal independence to government dictates — dictates clearly designed to increase government control over the population, rather than having been put in place for the genuine good of the people. Let's look at some examples:
Masks
When COVID first hit, we were told to "mask up." The COVID particle was smaller than the weave opening in non-professional masks, yet people went dutifully along anyway, unwilling to look at things logically. Then we were told to double-mask. Then it was the plastic face shield over a mask. Nothing sums up the dumbing down of America better than the image of a person driving alone in his car, all masked up.
Vaccines
The COVID vaccines were — and remain — experimental. First we were told that if you take the vax, you can't get COVID. That was wrong. Then we were told that if you take the vax and a booster, you can't get or transmit COVID. That was wrong. Then we were told that if you get double-boosted, you'll be protected from all future variants. That was wrong. Then we were assured that the inexplicably high number of adverse reactions to the vaccine was totally coincidental, despite earlier vaccines having been pulled from the market for having only a fraction of the adverse reactions of the COVID vaccines. Yet when people were told "no entry unless vaccinated," they went along.
2020 Election fraud
- More votes cast and counted than there were registered voters in the district. No possibility of fraud there.
- Ballot-stuffing in drop boxes caught on camera during the wee hours of the night. No possibility of fraud there.
- Late ballots coming in in a statistically impossible 90+% manner for one candidate. No possibility of fraud there.
- Republican poll observers being kicked out and then an overwhelmingly high proportion of votes suddenly materializing for the Democrat candidate. No possibility of fraud there.
- Mail-in voting procedures being widely implemented because of "COVID concerns," but there were no verifiable chain-of-custody procedures in place and no mechanism to confirm voter signature authenticity. No possibility of fraud there.
- Voting machines proven to be connected to the internet, despite vehement protests to the contrary. No possibility of fraud there.
How can any reasonably intelligent person not question these things? You may still believe that the 2020 election results were valid, but simply raising logical questions does not make someone a criminal.
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Those humorous "man in the street" interviews are fun, and granted, only the most outlandish ones make the cut onto the TV segment. Still, answers like "1924" when asked, "What year did the Civil War begin?" and "Hmmm...Spain?" when asked, "Whom did we win our independence from?" are emblematic of the widespread, deep-rooted "couldn't care less" attitude about knowing about the United States that's evidenced by so many adults today, especially Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z.
This wasn't always true. In WWII, whether from Massachusetts or Kansas, Catholic, Protestant or Jewish, Red Sox fan or Cardinals fan, American G.I.s were fiercely loyal to one another and their country. It mattered.
In the 1950s, the vast majority of ordinary Americans knew all about the "arms race" with the Soviets and knew exactly where the public fallout shelters were in case of attack.
The Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962 was followed by everyone, eyes and ears glued to the television for hours on end. We as a country pulled for JFK to find a way out. We didn't say it was the Democrats' or Republicans' fault. The country stood as one, calm, concerned, and informed.
In 1969, the Apollo 11 lunar landing was hailed as a unified American triumph, without any thought of conservatives vs. liberals.
In 1989, when the Berlin Wall fell, the majority of American adults completely understood the significance, having lived with the Wall as a defining element of foreign relations for most of their adult lives.
But in recent decades, especially after 9/11/2001, the Democrats have made a conscious, concerted effort to divide the country along political and demographic lines for the express purpose of seizing ever-greater power over the electorate. In addition to convincing various groups that they are suddenly victims as a result of Republican policies, Democrats have willingly attempted to make sure that as wide a swath as possible of their potential voting base remains uninformed. Hence the phenomenal, almost criminal, misinformation and outright lies fed to the public about things such as Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine. These COVID treatments could've stopped the pandemic in its tracks had they been widely disseminated early on.
Instead, we got highly regarded doctors being banned from Facebook, hospitals succumbing to liberal government pressure and refusing to prescribe these treatments and liberal cable news commentators referring derisively to ivermectin as a "horse de-wormer" — all in service to one overriding fact:
- Great portions of the American public will not seek out the truth if it's the slightest bit inconvenient. These same people are only too willing to accept liberal government lies and being told what to do. A frighteningly high percentage of potential Democrat voters are far more interested in their own personal comfort and convenience and far less interested in doing any kind of hard mental analysis of complicated issues.
The Democrats know this. They know that if they tell their voting base to keep their mask on while in line at Starbucks, they will. They have no interest in weave opening versus particle size. They just want their Grande Iced Caramel Macchiato, and don't bother me with anything else.
There's a funny Facebook meme that's been making the rounds. It goes something like, "Not saying the current generation is dumb, but your grandfather's car owner's manual had a section in it describing how to adjust the valves. Today's cars owner's manuals tell you not to drink the battery fluid."
The high proportion of self-absorbed, convenience-obsessed, unintellectually curious adults in America is the biggest story of the 21st century. This is what is driving the direction of the country and shaping our culture.
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America Has Fully Passed The 'Event Horizon' Towards Self-Destruction, Arriving At The Place Where A 'Boot Stomping Upon A Human Face, Forever' Is Fully Embraced By Braindead Masses
By J.B. Shurk for All News Pipeline
September 7, 2023
It is striking just how much leftists enjoy being dominated by Big Government. Please make us stand six feet apart! Please monitor and police our speech! Please punish us for skirting COVID lockdowns! Please mandate new experimental goop for our veins! Every time the oppressive authoritarians in positions of power abuse that power to make outrageous and unconstitutional demands of the American people, the leftists hop to and beg for even more obnoxious restrictions. Politicians and bureaucrats are just people (often bad people), but to leftists, they're celebrities, (needed) father figures, and the atheist's empty-suited pantheon of false gods.
As Sam J. wrote in a righteous, all-caps, truth-telling rant over at Twitchy, no matter how nonsensical or harmful the government's often-illegal-but-always-idiotic commands, the masochistic left can be heard shrieking, "YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. GOVERN ME HARDER, DADDY! MASK ME UP! TAKE SCHOOL FROM MY KIDS! YAAAAS!" Nothing makes the left happier than a system that insists on ruling over leftists in perpetuity. No group is more worthy of the left's hero worship than an army of control freaks who take pleasure in inconveniencing, voyeuristically surveilling, and intimidating the masses. Silence the vaccine skeptics! Force the anti-maskers into hiding! Imprison anyone who still attends church even after the State's Marxist priests banned the unapproved exercise of religion! In this brave new world, the cowards demand cowardice from everyone.
Or, as the Babylon Bee insightfully observes, the reason Democrats are so irrationally offended by the appearance of Revolutionary War–era Gadsden flags is because everything they have been brainwashed to believe screams out, "TREAD ON ME!" Perhaps it is natural for those with crushed souls to plead for crushed spines, too. If leftists didn't snuggle up next to tyranny, after all, there would be little else to keep them warm at night.
It is as O'Brien — the enigmatic Inner Party inquisitor from Orwell's 1984 — tells Winston Smith: "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever." Leftists alive today crave that boot stamping on their collective face. They need the threat of that boot's punishment to find any sense of meaning in their otherwise empty, fruitless lives. Receiving and inflicting pain is the only way for them to feel...something.
ANP Emergency Fundraiser: The globalists war on ANP is all part of the globalists 'Big Tech' effort to silence conservative and independent voices, allowing them to maintain a monopoly on the flow of information. As George Orwell made clear to us decades ago, "The further a society drifts from the truth, the more they will hate those who speak it." But, with your amazing help, we at ANP promise to keep 'speaking truth to power' because, as Orwell also reminded us, "If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."
Leftists have been conditioned not to think for themselves and to project their fears and inadequacies onto others. It doesn't matter if a person has twenty academic degrees and is hailed as an "expert" by all the "very best people." If that person mutters tripe such as "the science is settled" or resorts to labeling anyone with an opposing point of view a "denier," then that credentialed crouton is still just stale bread in the left's soup of mental midgets. No person in possession of a first-rate mind ever thinks anything is "settled." No person with the capacity for creative thought would resort to an insult as hackneyed as "denier." When has a thinking person ever stopped pushing the boundaries of knowledge? When has a genius confident in his own thoughts not found more to learn from those who disagree? Only the dogmatic insist on censorship. Only those who lack confidence in their beliefs require other people to be punished for their own.
In many ways, leftists are like PTSD viruses infecting others with their own internalized anxieties. Unfortunately, masks are just as ineffective at preventing the Marxist disease from spreading as they have been with COVID. I joke about a lot of things, but I take post-traumatic stress disorder seriously. If you have ever suffered from the condition or know someone who has, then you know how it can leave a person almost frozen in time.
One of the most astute descriptions of PTSD that I have seen comes from an Israeli therapist, Arian Lev, who has treated thousands of civilians and IDF veterans suffering from the traumatic experiences of firefights, building explosions, missile attacks, kidnappings, and imprisonments. Lev isolates subconscious codes that get activated by trauma — "life equals danger" and "I equals delete." PTSD sufferers "actually delete themselves" so that "they do not exist." "We change 'life equals danger' to 'life equals security and safety,'" and "when you change 'I equals delete' to 'I equals exist,' people become alive again. We reprogram them. They exist in their bodies and they are able to focus on the present and the anxiety is released."
If Lev's research is correct, and large numbers of people in society possess these subconscious codes that can be triggered, consider how the leftist worldview plays directly into these mental struggles. Whether it is COVID, "climate change," fear of overpopulation, the threats of racism, whatever — leftists are constantly teaching people of all ages to equate life with danger. Simultaneously, the answer to every "danger" is some totalitarian communist system that requires each individual to "delete" himself. Life = danger. I = delete. Arian Lev has spent a lifetime trying to fix busted (but not broken) minds, and at the same time, the Marxist globalists are building a world that spreads doom-and-gloom fear, while programming people to view their own freedom, wants, and needs as "selfish." In my estimation, leftists are working overtime to give everybody a bout of PTSD, and the skyrocketing rates of suicide and drug overdose in society seem to back that up. Forget about COVID; the most lethal disease today is Marxist globalism.
Wherever totalitarianism spreads, dissenters are imprisoned for "disloyalty" to the State. That means Marxism first attempts to infect its host with equal measures of propaganda, pain, and PTSD and then sends any holdouts straight to prison.
While thinking about these deadly leftist pathogens, the lyrics of a song called "Pets" from the '90s alternative rock band Porno for Pyros run in my head: "Will there be another race / To come along and take over for us? / Maybe Martians could do / Better than we've done / We'll make great pets!" When I watch leftist zombies obsequiously obeying every stupid and harmful governmental edict, all I think now is, "They'll make great pets!"
They do make great pets. Give them a little government money. Promise them that you'll redistribute other people's paychecks directly into their food bowls. Pat them on the head with supercilious compliments such as "we're the ones we've been waiting for." Assure them that they'll "save the world" by gluing themselves to the asphalt of public highways in protest of hydrocarbon fuels, so that wealthy corporate bankers can make windfall profits on otherwise uneconomic "green" energies." Condition them with poor schooling and overt indoctrination to believe that freedom is "dangerous" and that government is "sacred." Encourage them to assume that anybody who cherishes liberty is really a "racist," a "religious extremist," or a Nazi fascist. Give them enough government cookies so that they never think to question how people who do not want Big Government in their private lives could be "fascists" who believe Big Government should control all our lives. Yank them on the collar should they try to walk in a different direction from those who hold their leash. Reward them for barking and biting anyone outside the pack.
Why would leftists need Martians to turn them into pets when the D.C. Uniparty has already spayed and neutered the leftist horde? You can't have babies, after all, if you're obsessed with "shouting your abortion" or castrating yourself on the way to an "authentic gender." As any veterinarian will tell you, this kind of behavior will help decrease the number of animals in need of shelter. And in a future world where you "own nothing" and the government provides your shelter, the pet owners prefer not to have a lot of human pets in need of homes.
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With Globalists Intent On Destroying The Bulk Of Humanity, Leaving Them Feudal Overlords To The Remaining Slaves, We're Witnessing The End Times Destruction Of Our Planet
By Alan Barton - All News PipeLine
September 9, 2023
Absurdity. Merriam Webster’s definition leaves much to be desired as it is circular in nature. They say “the quality or state of being absurd” while looking at absurd gives the more expected result; “ridiculously unreasonable, unsound, or incongruous” and “having no rational or orderly relationship to human life”. That is more like it, and as a noun they say “the state or condition in which human beings exist in an irrational and meaningless universe and in which human life has no ultimate meaning”. I think we should play with those bolded phrases keeping in mind the obvious linkages that will be presented today. Although those items are incongruous in and of themselves, the unmistakably malevolent intent is, as stated, most unequivocally and definitely absurd especially in the harm to human life aspects of the term.
The battle cry is “global warming” or more specifically “man-made global warming” that is the specific predetermined point of all of the irrational claims of that falsehood. Or is it? Perhaps it is IN FACT man-made and intentionally misrepresented as to specifically what form that being “man-made” takes. The excuses they attribute to it all are your driving around in your damned SUV’s and diesel pickups that are causing so much of it with later versions complaining about your air conditioner use, your using gas stoves and other appliance, that interminable abundance of cow farts and buffalo farts before that, the exhalation your very breath contributes and so on and on and on ---. Yes sir, just too many people in this world creating the abundance of carbon dioxide that they say is a huge poison to our systems and is killing us all, so eliminate those CO2 sources and the few left living can do so in healthful bliss. The primary point being there is a war on the carbon cycle.
What they refuse to acknowledge is that Earth is filled with an abundance of carbon based life, from the lowest forms of bacteria to the monster groves of quacking aspen and from the deepest oceans strange life forms to the highest mountain climbing mammals; with of course, Man at the pinnacle. God’s creation is perfect; it is the manipulations of man that has let it down. There are some fallacies in the current model of carbon cycling such as the fact that petroleum is NOT dead dinosaurs but rather manufactured deep in the earth in what is termed the Abiotic oil formation theory. While the proofs of this theory are more recent, the idea that the Earth actually forms the carbon forms like natural gas, oil, coal and such is ancient and has been the primary idea in most areas of the world still today, with the United States and closer friends being the primary detractors of natural formation of petroleum and related hydrocarbons in favor of the fault ridden dino theories. In September of 2009 in Science Daily report states that “Researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm have managed to prove that fossils from animals and plants are not necessary for crude oil and natural gas to be generated. The findings are revolutionary… Together with two research colleagues, Vladimir Kutcherov has simulated the process involving pressure and heat that occurs naturally in the inner layers of the earth, the process that generates hydrocarbon, the primary component in oil and natural gas.” I will state that it involves an adiabatic process deep within the earth’s mantle as given in the Advancing Earth and Space Sciences article that mentions “The theory of the abyssal abiogenic origin of petroleum is a significant part of the modern scientific theories dealing with the formation of hydrocarbons. These theories include the identification of natural hydrocarbon systems, the physical processes leading to their terrestrial concentration, and the dynamic processes controlling the migration of that material into geological reservoirs of petroleum. The theory of the abyssal abiogenic origin of petroleum recognizes that natural gas and petroleum are primordial materials of deep origin which have migrated into the Earth's crust.”
There is far more to this but that is not the thrust of this column so I will leave it at that with this one last reference; “There is widespread evidence that petroleum originates from biological processes. Whether hydrocarbons can also be produced from abiogenic precursor molecules under the high-pressure, high-temperature conditions characteristic of the upper mantle remains an open question. It has been proposed that hydrocarbons generated in the upper mantle could be transported through deep faults to shallower regions in the Earth’s crust, and contribute to petroleum reserves”. Personally, I subscribe to this view of hydro-carbon formations. The primary point of this is to show that the advertised theories are not valid and using them to fabricate harsh social structures around them is, well, absurd. But they will use any theory to destroy all that is good.
Those recent massive forest fires in Canada, Alaska, and elsewhere are most obviously not just happenstance. The fact that they start almost together, that they also follow on the boundaries of the earth’s faults as shown in many recent videos by Dutchsinse on his YouTube channel (Thank you Mr. Janitch). He has also shown proof of DEW weapons (Directed Energy Weapons) being fired, and out of fear or respect for foreign intel activities, has quietly refrained from pointing them out anymore. That those fires are intentional and arson related is not up for question by anyone that knows how to think, read and analyze data that is presented in so many forums. DEW weapons consist of electromagnetic energies consisting of frequencies ostensibly in the HF (High Frequency) range of 2.7 to 10 Mhz but there are also reports of from ultra low frequencies to much higher. Those in the much higher ranges are from alternate transmitters, and they range from VHF, UHV and up thorough microwave into the visible light ranges and much higher as X-rays, Gamma rays and so forth. Many of these are used already such as the microwave “Havana syndrome” anti-personnel weapons to the weather modification systems that we have covered here before. Their uses are very widespread and the targets are as well. What exactly is the reason for those fires? Theories from filling the sky with smoke to shut out the sun, to hiding widespread satellite access to data, to poisoning our skies in larger quantities than the intentional train wreck chemical attack on East Palestine Ohio.
With disinformation and outright fabrication of “evidences” of DEW weapons being used to start those fires as well as the more recent devastating Lahaina Hawaii fires being published, we must also use our brains and acknowledge that they are, for the most part at least, totally fake. Using pics of missile launches, of meteor strikes, of oil refinery fires and so forth and claiming they are lasers igniting those fires is absurd on many levels. Yes we have high powered laser weapons that are active and in operational status, but they do NOT use visible light. Yes we use HAARP, microwave generators and such to modify the weather, but we also use aircraft dumping toxic aluminum powder and other things in the skies to activate storm fronts by not only the government but many private companies as well. Flight tracking software has proven they are being used all of the time to seed storms ahead of them reaching dry or other target areas such as the recent Hurricane Idalia and the coming one as well, they are being strengthened and directed to specific targets. There are many inconsistencies in the fire burn spread in Maui that may be direct evidence of a DEW attack on that island such as the weird lack of blue items not being burned, but that is still not an absolute as other factors may be involved.
Somewhere around 200 MILLION acres have burned in Canada, then add in the US, Alaska, and other nations in the West this year. That is a lot of smoke generated, but to what end? I mentioned a few ideas above, but then perhaps this headline speaking of Bill Gates has the more nearly accurate truth in it; “Bill Gates-Funded Group Plans to Strip 70 Million Acres of Forest to Save the Planet”. We discussed the carbon cycle very early on in this column for a definite purpose, and that is to help understand just how important the flora contributes to the regulation of carbon in the atmosphere. Burn the trees, cut down on the oxygen in the atmosphere, increase the carbon dioxide, destroy the earth’s ‘lungs’ basically. That does not affect the same cycles that our oceans provide, but then they may have something up their sleeve for just that. Another article said the plan is to bury those trees underground all in an attempt to slow down global warming. Atmospheric CO2 has NO EFFECT on the weather of this planet; it is NOT a “greenhouse gas” as they claim. Cutting down our trees will have exactly the opposite effect that they claim it will. It is all a lie, so what are they doing this for? It destroys not just the forests, but the animal life as well. But that is of no concern for them as they claim planting solar panels covering once productive farmland and arid lands not good for agriculture, but they are also cutting down forests to plant wind turbines to take out our flying fowl en-mass as they also destroy our off shore sea life by those same turbines mounted at sea. Save the Whales used to be their call, but they are intentionally killing them off with those wind turbines. Same with our planets birds including our national emblem, the bald headed eagle, and endangered species like the very rare California condor. And this is supposed to replace carbon fuels in power generation to save those things. This is an absurdity of the highest order in my estimation.
Destroy the Environment order to save it is the key takeaway that these idiots are up to. Destroy our farmlands, our protein production of cattle, chickens and so forth in order to feed the world and make very unreliable energy that fails just when it is required. Destroy the bulk of mankind to make life more enjoyable as slaves to the new class of feudal overlords is more like what they have in store for us. But of course, pushing for major world war, with the possibility of wiping us out entirely seems also to be on the table for them. That would be a true Black Sky event.
Next consider this idea; that the End Time’s destruction of our air, of our life support, of our oceans and planets inhabitants is by some act of God and/or by some massive war but one third of all sea life, one third of all animal life and one third of all mankind will be exterminated. It may not all be by acts of God, but by acts of insane Satanists out to glorify themselves in their acting out as though they consider themselves gods. We went over that concept previously, and it appears that those end time disasters are by our own making in many instances as our Creator allows us to destroy ourselves. This is the reality of our present prospects as we move forward in this age of massive evil, of pure demonic presence.
Absurdity; “the state or condition in which human beings exist in an irrational and meaningless universe and in which human life has no ultimate meaning”.
https://rumble.com/v3dvg9m-maui-fires-an...apons.html
https://twitter.com/crossroads_josh/stat...7806856578
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1015668428468211
https://allnewspipeline.com/End_Times_De...Planet.php
There Is No Limit to State Power, and There Never Has Been!
By Gary D. Barnett
September 9, 2023
“Winston Smith: Does Big Brother exist?
O’Brien: Of course he exists.
Winston Smith: Does he exist like you or me?
O’Brien: You do not exist.”
~ George Orwell, 1984
From the time of birth, Americans have been inundated (indoctrinated — brainwashed) to believe that they live in a free country, and that the reason for this rests on the notion that the United States was ‘founded’ on the principle of a ‘limited government,’ where the State is greatly restricted in its power. Fiction at this level resides only in the most extreme fantasy, and can only be propagated successfully if the entire population is put into a type of mystical trance where critical thinking is completely absent. This did not occur recently, it has always been the case in every government on earth since the beginning of what is falsely referred to as ‘civilization.’
I should preface my remarks for those who still cling to the ridiculous idea that government can be benevolent, restricted, limited, and that any government document called a constitution, has anything whatsoever to do with rights or freedom. It absolutely does not. The State as a political structure is based on fear, force, terror, and power gain, and nothing else. The idea of freedom is based solely on the premise that no man has any right to rule over any other. All government is in direct contradiction of this premise, and therefore it is the antithesis of liberty, not its creator or protector. Every aspect of the falsely claimed ‘founding,’ was and is a lie in my estimation. This statement will anger most, and what that exposes, is that people’s desires (emotions) outweigh reason and logic, and cause total confusion concerning what are the actual rights of man.
The natural rights of man are inherent; they do not come from the sky or heavens, nor any government, as each and every one of us as an unique individual, is born with a right to live, a right to life. All other rights spring from this clear assumption, regardless of those who believe otherwise, or who claim that man has no rights at all. Because each individual has a right to his life, it stands to reason that he has every right to defend his life. In addition, he has every right to sustain his life, which indicates that he has a right to work, to prosper, to supply his every need, which leads to his right to property, and all the fruits of his labor. Every individual has a right to do whatever is necessary in order to sustain, protect, and continue his life, so long as he does not aggress or infringe on the same rights due all other individuals.
This demands the understanding that there is no such thing as a collective right, which is a government scam used to fool the herd in order to control what are falsely referred to as ‘societies.’ Since every man is an unique individual, there are only groups of individuals, not collective ‘societies.’ This leads to the reality that no one has any right to take the property of one to benefit another or any State. Therefore, there is no right to be fed, housed, or supported, no right to medical or health care, no right for State retirement, no right to basic income, no right to universal defense, no right to universal infrastructure, no right to any ‘welfare’ by the State, and on and on. There are no ‘social’ rights whatsoever, there are no paranormal rights; for if these unfounded mystical rights were to exist, the individual would cease to exist, and no right for any man could then exist. In fact, if any so-called ‘social’ rights exist, it would demand the slavery of all in order to sustain by force and violence the lives of those unwilling to be responsible for themselves. This would negate every right of every man.
This is why any constitution created and drafted by government is absolutely worthless if the actual rights of man are considered. In fact, the very idea of constitutions issued by the State is ludicrous, and based on deception. The single concept alone, that government (The State) can give, define, or protect rights, is asinine, for if the State could do so, it could just as easily take all rights away at its whim, which it has done, regardless of the most idiotic notion that government could ever define human rights in the first place. They are natural, and therefore cannot be questioned. This is little understood by this largely dumbed down and indoctrinated population.
The ruling class, and the State, and all governments, have but one agenda, and that is to rule. In order to rule, the State must seek total power, therefore it will never limit itself, or restrict its own ability to garner control over its ‘claimed’ territory, or that of other states and nations. Pieces of parchment cannot limit government, it can only enhance its ability to fool the people into believing a lie, and therefore letting down their guard in the face of extreme tyranny. The permanent goal of all States, is to gain more power, so eliminating all limits and restrictions on its powers is the ultimate goal. This has always been, and always will be, so if real freedom is sought for the individual, the State can never be allowed to have any power over any individual.
This is why all states in existence are structured as single entities, seen to be populated only by collective hordes, all overseen by a political monopoly. This allows for all to be considered as single units, instead of areas populated by individuals. This is only a recipe for mass control. Towns, cities, counties, states, and nations, are a plot to collectivize all individuals, so that the individual is made impotent, and destroyed in favor of the group. This is simply a control mechanism meant to avoid the power of the individual; this because to accept the individual, is to abandon all government.
This short essay is meant to clarify the basic tenets of real freedom of the individual, as opposed to the evil power of the State. It is based upon the ideas of common sense, logic, reason ethics, morality, and reality. The State has no limits, and could not survive if that were not the case. Since all government is based on force and compliance, it is impossible for the existence of any State to coexist with the individual, his natural rights, and freedom.
Quotes by Ayn Rand:
- “A government is the most dangerous threat to man’s rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.”
- “The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.”
- “Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.”
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/09/gary...-has-been/
Are Lockdowns Coming Back?
Get Prepped NOW, Just in Case
By Daisy Luther
The Organic Prepper
September 9, 2023
It’s beginning to look a lot like lockdowns,
Everywhere you go.
Take a look at the grocery store shelves. They’re emptying once again.
With Xs and lines that tell you where to go.
It’s beginning to look a lot like lockdowns.
Masks in every store
But the ugliest sight to see is the media that will be
Lying on every score.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a bad feeling of deja vu right about now. The media is filled with stories about Covid outbreaks and the “new variable.” On every network, serious-looking doctors hope for their five minutes of fame as they discuss why you should wear masks that don’t work and get shots that don’t work.
There are personal stories, too. One of my best friends was shocked when her fiance came home with a positive diagnosis. Another friend told me that half of her grandaughter’s 3rd grade class was out with Covid. My next-door neighbor has it. My daughter’s friend has it.
All that being said, the purpose of this article isn’t to scare you about all the sick people. Sick people happen, and contagious illnesses happen. We all know how to better our chances of not becoming sick and how to take care of ourselves if we’re ill.
But some things are outside of our control.
Things like government mandates, lockdowns, and the ensuing hysteria. Things like being lied to at every turn. (Masks don’t work! Just kidding, you HAVE to wear masks! Two weeks to stop the spread! This shot will protect you!)
If you look at the patterns that preceded the first lockdown, we’re seeing almost identical intensity in the ramp-up of warnings, spreading mask mandates, and other restrictions that led up to it. This article isn’t about whether or not this is right or wrong. It’s about getting prepared before the general public empties the shelves.
I strongly advise you to get prepped right now and make a plan on how you intend to handle it if this comes to pass. This warning is not a prediction – no crystal ball here! It’s a comparative analysis of the circumstances surrounding previous lockdowns. I’m big on patterns. By examining patterns, you can often deduce what’s coming next.
Whether you agree with lockdowns or not, you will most likely be affected by them or by whatever other draconian measures the government takes to “protect” us while simultaneously destroying the economy, the supply chain, and small businesses.
Use what you’ve learned about lockdowns.
This isn’t our first rodeo or even our second. That means we have some experience under our belts that can help us be even better prepared if another round of restrictions comes to pass.
We may not have full-on lockdowns again, but you can bet your bottom dollar we’ll face some type of restrictions in the not-so-distant future. Why would a government give up on something that worked so well to seize power and redistribute wealth the last time around?
Think about what you’ve learned and ask yourself the following questions.
What do you wish you’d done differently?
It’s easy to play quarterback after the game is done, but this exercise isn’t about beating yourself up. It’s about learning from your experience.
Is there anything you wish you’d done differently?
What food did you run out of the fastest?
Were there non-food supplies you didn’t think to buy?
Was there anything that broke, and you didn’t have the necessary tools or supplies to repair it?
About what item did you think, “Dang, I wish I had XXXXXX?”
Were there people who hunkered down with you who made things difficult or unpleasant? How can you make it better with those folks in the future? And will you even want them to come over next time?
Are there things you could have prepared to keep your kids or other family members more content?
Ask yourself these questions while you’ve got some time to sit and contemplate the lockdown. The things you wish you’d done differently are going to be very important things to address for the future.
What are the things you were satisfied with?
Luckily, we all probably had more successes than failures in this lockdown, so think about the successes. Here are a few examples of some things that may have worked well for you.
You had enough in your emergency fund to cover any shortfalls.
You were able to make tasty, nutritious, and filling meals from your supplies.
You didn’t need to leave the house for X amount of time for groceries.
You and your family bonded and enjoyed spending this time together.
You discovered your group worked really well together.
You did something productive with your time at home.
So, for you, what were the things that worked, and how can you replicate those things in the future?
Make some notes.
Go over the two lists you’ve made and start a third list of the things you either need to buy or need to do before the next time there’s a lockdown. Using the examples above:
Get more ingredients for your favorite meals.
Restock your pantry so you can avoid the pitfall of missing ingredients at the store for a couple of months.
Get a larger quantity of the things you ran out of first.
Get any needed tools and repair materials.
Grab multiples of the things you may have forgotten, like shampoo, soap, toothbrushes, etc.
Get some things to stash away for future entertainment purposes.
Figure out how to extricate yourself from partnerships that didn’t work.
For partnerships that did work, make sure they’re on the same page for the next time around.
Do an inventory of supplies so you can replenish the things you’ve used.
This is something that will take longer than 15-20 minutes at the kitchen table. Really spend some time being thorough with regard to this self-analysis.
Look at your budget.
Millions of Americans saw dramatic changes in their incomes over the past months. This is an important factor in future preparations.
If you’re just barely managing to pay your bills, you may have difficulty stocking up for Round 2. If this is the case, you’ll need to take a close look at your budget.
Be sure to take advantage of whatever the government is offering in the way of financial assistance.
Talk to your creditors and see if they’ll work with you.
Try a month of flat-broke eating. to put aside some cash for stockpiling.
Add just a few extra things per week. (These are the things I buy nearly every time I go shopping.)
Don’t spend frivolously. I know it feels like we just got out of prison. However, if you go and spend hundreds of dollars eating at restaurants, you’re going to regret it when the next lockdown rolls around and you don’t have enough supplies.
See if there are any fixed expenses you can cut.
Check out this book on flat-broke prepping
This is the time to reduce your output as much as possible so you can replenish your home for the future.
What should you get for the next set of lockdowns and shortages?
Aside from the things you’ve determined above that you need, there are some other things you may want to get for the second wave of lockdowns. Think about the things that ran out first and the things that had purchase limits. when you see them back on shelves, do some stocking up:
Toilet paper (the gold bars of the coronavirus pandemic!)
Paper towels
Lysol wipes
Paper plates
Hand sanitizer
Disinfectant cleaners
Bleach
Flour
Yeast
Baking powder
Baking soda
Meat
Canned goods
Dry foods like pasta and rice
Cough medicine with an expectorant
Cold and flu medicine
Ibuprofen
Tylenol
Vitamin C
If you store them properly, all of these items will serve you well in the future, even if this article is totally wrong and there is never another lockdown. They’ll help you to be ready for all manner of emergencies, not just mandated self-quarantines.
Make sure you have the following medical items, too so you can monitor yourself and your family:
Pulse oximeter – these became nearly impossible to acquire for a while
Touchless thermometer
N95 masks (if you ever want to leave the house, you may be required to mask up – even if you refuse to wear a mask, if your child is injured or sick, and needs to see a doctor, you’d be forced to abide by the rules there)
Another issue we ran into with shortages was appliances such as chest freezers and refrigerators. They couldn’t be had for love or money after a few months into the last crisis. Parts for repairing central heating and air systems were scarce. There were long waits for many automotive parts, too. If you have a major household or automotive component that needs repair (or will soon) if you can afford it, you may want to be proactive about that. Other shortages included computers, computer cords, tablets, headphones, and other devices for working or schooling from home.
When should you start getting supplies for the second wave?
Think back to when the outbreak began to come to the public eye back in 2020. It only took two days for the shelves to become nearly bare. Here are some pictures as a reminder. It would be pretty foolish to wait until the rest of the country becomes aware, and there’s another run on things, leaving the media to scold preppers for hoarding.
Of course, it wasn’t preppers doing the “hoarding.” We already had our stuff weeks, months, or even years ago.
My advice is to start replenishing your supplies immediately. Take a look at your lists and begin fulfilling them as soon as you can.
You don’t have to buy these things all at once. But start now. Grab a couple of items and put them back. Do this every time you are out. If money isn’t tight, buy one of everything on your list that you might reasonably need when you’re out.
The supply chain never completely bounced back after the last time around. Think about anything you might need to repair or replace, and if you can afford it, get the parts and items you may need.
Mentally preparing for the next lockdown
Something that is potentially even more important than your physical preparations is the mental ones.
Did you find yourself reeling in shock that it happened? Were you depressed or anxious? Lonely or isolated? Understand first that all those feelings are completely normal during a time period of dramatic change. You’re human, and you’re allowed to have feelings. When there’s so much uncertainty, it can be difficult to prepare for the future. It’s the ability to move past these feelings and still accomplish the things that need to be done that is important. A lot of people have suffered problems with their mental health during the past few years, and being a prepper doesn’t exclude you from a normal reaction to prolonged stress.
Think also about the personalities you encountered within your group. Obviously, you’re not going to kick your bratty teen out of the house the next time there’s a quarantine, but the involvement of certain people is optional. Some folks really surprise us (unpleasantly) with the way they behave under pressure.
Other things you may want to do before the next lockdown
The following items are miscellaneous tasks you may want to undertake. Most of them will be effective not only in a lockdown scenario but also during other types of emergencies.
I’ve established care with The Wellness Company. They are a network of doctors who will prescribe the medications you need, regardless of popular media opinion. A membership is only $10 a month and I find it to be very worthwhile. You can also get medical exemptions from the doctors there if you believe that certain mandates may be bad for your health.
You may have also noticed things in your outer circle that were unsettling. I wrote more about the different kinds of people you may have encountered – friends, neighbors, coworkers, etc. – during the lockdown. You should take some of the time you have between now and the next lockdown to assess these folks a little bit more closely. Pay strict attention to the things they say and do once this is over. Do they “joke” about coming to your place? Are they spending frivolously? Did they learn a lesson and decide to get better prepared? This will tell you a lot about them and let you know if you need to begin quietly distancing yourself from them.
If you weren’t happy with where you took shelter during this period of lockdown, examine the reasons why. We were in an apartment that didn’t have a place for a garden, and there were a few issues that would make the house fairly easy to break into if someone was interested in doing so.
When you examine this, you may need to make a major decision – is it time to relocate? Or you may simply need to make some adjustments to the place where you are, like a padlock on the gate, a new fence, security film on the windows, etc. This article has some tips on home security.
If your home needs some repairs, do it while supplies are easy to find and while mandates don’t make it difficult to get someone out to your place. Our dryer died during the first lockdown, but we weren’t crazy about the idea of some repair person stomping through the apartment, potentially seeing our stockpile of canned goods. If you have an appliance giving its last gasp, this might be a good time to replace it. The better maintained your home is, the less likely it is that you’ll have a repair emergency during the lockdown.
Take the opportunity to get any services performed that were needed before or during the lockdown. If there is a medical procedure you require, go ahead and get it done. Many patients saw their treatments delayed for months to prevent them from possibly coming into contact with COVID patients. Get everyone a dental exam and get your pets to the vet if necessary. If you need to have your house sprayed or gutters cleaned, get all of that stuff done as soon as you can.
Work toward greater self-reliance. Get those chickens you’ve been thinking about. Plant a garden and set up cold frames to extend your growing season. Get yourself well-positioned for an uncertain future.
Prepare your family
Your family may want to live in a rosy world in which this was an unpleasant interlude and now it’s over. It’s tempting to let them have that happiness, but it’s a mistake not to add at least a small dose of reality. If it hasn’t crossed their mind that the future could hold more lockdowns, it’s going to be a stunning blow when (or if) it happens again.
You also don’t want to meet pushback when you try to replenish supplies. Consider reminding them, “Remember the toilet paper apocalypse? We don’t want to run into that problem again!” or “Weren’t you happy we had this when we were stuck at home?”
If you see the situation is beginning to look like you might be facing another lockdown soon, casually mention it to family members. Don’t terrify them, but begin gently making them aware that the situation could change quickly.
On the other hand, you may find that family members who previously thought you were a little bit nuts are now far more on board with preparedness. This might be a great time to start teaching them more.
The time to prepare is right now
Here’s a great article written by other preppers who share what they learned during the first lockdown.
I may be wrong. I hope I am. I don’t see how our economy will withstand the restrictions we’ve gone through before. We’re still in terrible shape from the rules that were forced upon us in 2020 and beyond.
But the signs are all there. The urgency is increasing. The fear of those prone to hysteria is palpable. The best thing you can do is be ahead of the crowds. I also think we’re going to see even more stress, increased violence, and complete desperation for many families that are at the ends of their ropes. As well, this time around, we’re going to see a lot more pushback. Many of us do not want to participate in this again, and we’re done being forced to follow pointless rules.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/09/dais...ming-back/