tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70390246606116291362024-03-18T22:55:01.258-04:00The Prepared ChristianA blog aimed at helping Christians prepare for uncertain times ahead. Focusing on Bible study, Homesteading and Preparedness issues.
Including but not limited to organic gardening, organic farming, homesteading, hunting, fishing, trapping, survival and bible teaching. Not necessarily in that order. Randy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.comBlogger226125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039024660611629136.post-64917794078946306562022-09-15T22:30:00.001-04:002022-09-15T22:30:41.233-04:00We had to sell the homestead...Sad day<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BD3x2CzrkwE/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/BD3x2CzrkwE" frameborder="0"></iframe>Randy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039024660611629136.post-13787891823788980072022-01-29T09:15:00.001-05:002022-01-29T09:15:29.832-05:00Frosty Morn #shorts<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/TWCOunIv2XU" frameborder="0"></iframe>Randy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039024660611629136.post-67450513979385592292021-12-21T15:32:00.001-05:002021-12-21T15:32:31.881-05:00A little controversy...The Three S's or How to deal with problem animals...<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/MO6H0fc3K9Q" frameborder="0"></iframe>Randy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039024660611629136.post-48077080201419874962021-12-17T12:07:00.000-05:002021-12-17T12:07:27.658-05:00Perfect Gift for the Man (or Lady) in your life... Christmas, Birthday, Any day!<p><b><span style="color: red;">What would John Wayne Do?</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p>I am a big John Wayne fan...</p><p>I follow the official account on Facebook and get to read all sorts of interesting things.</p><p>Today this wonderful product come up in my feed on his account.</p><p>A new book on survival by the publishers of John Wayne Magazine... And while looking at it I also discovered <a href="https://amzn.to/3F5b9rO" target="_blank">The Official John Wayne's Handy Book for Men</a></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3skKhAB" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="504" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaoIsMXv6gFbA3zKOwYr58Z-rOVZDMXX0r_XwXbFUq1YM2hU7NODvha3dhMb8ppkSdpPuEeQbN-5YEcA9VS1mFE8Qc-9z65F286Zsfg25Yp8Ph2TkshLpYeSJXTDMdmv9DELn_PiSELeY/" width="151" /></a></div><p><br /></p>And then we have the newest book<a href="https://amzn.to/3suATKP" target="_blank"> The Official John Wayne Handy Book of Bushcraft</a><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3suATKP" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="254" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZevB05VPaXbqRj6qfV8H5Ovh0OWkbYdK8v75bc7QJZG5o6n4S2uHuA92u-lJz67YwAP42oYybkZKfBeHTdwK4U56WoE58p7rvEstpyM2JK_PZKr6ppu7sstDTOwOKcjcd9Z9al5rhGeo/" width="150" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>So what would John Wayne do for a gift idea?</p><p>I'm pretty sure these would be high on the list.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still clinging to my God and my guns,</p><p>Randy</p><p><br /></p>Randy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039024660611629136.post-86291564755606702322021-11-08T10:14:00.002-05:002021-11-08T10:14:20.052-05:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This once was popular but is getting hard to find, so I will park it here for your viewing pleasure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9NiPO5YSiYVOjwTnr3WhE9XbN2jkjWIwA9rj4M71Nk11t5xnIxzVauTz1hTpDXjpL2TNl6LRDfbGxDygK6e5dHVO1idRuz2r_0gk9Dt1wxaefmnBGD39VwIcfxhyphenhyphenUva-M5uF97L2UW4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="787" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9NiPO5YSiYVOjwTnr3WhE9XbN2jkjWIwA9rj4M71Nk11t5xnIxzVauTz1hTpDXjpL2TNl6LRDfbGxDygK6e5dHVO1idRuz2r_0gk9Dt1wxaefmnBGD39VwIcfxhyphenhyphenUva-M5uF97L2UW4/w509-h620/image.png" width="509" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Randy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039024660611629136.post-79756833521082906582021-09-28T16:27:00.006-04:002021-09-28T16:27:40.928-04:00Will Your Black Rifle Feed You?<div>A few thoughts heading into winter...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/0na15ERN4tg" width="480"></iframe>Randy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039024660611629136.post-92030528698787586172021-07-09T15:29:00.018-04:002021-07-09T15:41:24.649-04:00For a Useful Woods Knife? Make mine a Kukri.<p> </p><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjTL9Q4c584qnfNIJRJ9y8bQ9AIbniauxHFr8zEs1Zkh69-p2-GqgqJSkUi7sNrsSb31i21sQTau4SjJr_0pMeiI_L2PAmAKG0k9booPzW9r0gdHXdgudd7Odr7OhG69QniPWTjL8XXM/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1024" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjTL9Q4c584qnfNIJRJ9y8bQ9AIbniauxHFr8zEs1Zkh69-p2-GqgqJSkUi7sNrsSb31i21sQTau4SjJr_0pMeiI_L2PAmAKG0k9booPzW9r0gdHXdgudd7Odr7OhG69QniPWTjL8XXM/" width="320" /></a></div></blockquote><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">For a Useful Woods Knife? Make mine a Kukri.</span></p><p><b id="docs-internal-guid-78b2402c-7fff-2ecf-e23b-60fe90354565" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I bought my first Kukri over 40 years ago at a flea market as a gift for my dad. He promptly put it on a </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">shelf and I didn’t see it again for years. I got it back a couple months ago as he was downsizing. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I wasn’t impressed…</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is on the small side, the handle is too short and thin to get a good grip on. I’m sure this knife was made for tourists and never intended to be used. Knowing what I know now I never would have bought it. It’s a wall hanger for sure.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">My next Kurki I bought at an auction about 30 years ago. A local pawn broker was retiring and there were a lot of interesting things being sold and when the auctioneer held up a handful of knives and sold them choice. I knew I had a decent deal when I picked up a real Kukri for $10.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">This knife was almost twice the size of the earlier cheap one. Hand forged from carbon steel. With really great geometry (More on geometry later).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">You could tell this knife was made to be used, and probably was well used before it made its way across the ocean. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">It wasn’t without its problems. It had a small cold shut on the spine (A flaw in the forge welding). It was also kind of shallow just in front of the handle. I was always worried about breaking it, but it held up for years.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have not forgiven myself for selling it when I moved away from the Rockies. (Stupid on so many levels)</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">So Why a Kukri?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">A Kukri is a unique shaped knife that has many uses in the field. It is also the official knife of the Nepalese army.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Kukri is very handy for chopping and can be used like a machete in clearing a trail. Since it is on the large side it works well for processing larger game.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Due to the blade shape the Kukri offers a couple different working edges depending on your task.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">As the Nepalese have proven it also makes a great fighting knife to use for self defense.</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">What do I look for?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">When it comes to what I look for in a Kukri, I am definitely opinionated. Similar to real estate the three most important things the look for in a Kukri is geometry, geometry, and geometry.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oh and the feel of the handle…</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are a plethora of Kukris on the market. Many made by big names in the industry. They are all probably okay knives, but most of them I would not consider an actual Kukri.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Remember I am jaded because I had a real hand forged one…</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first thing to look at is the angle of the blade. Is it a good working angle? Is it close to the traditional angle?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Next look at the belly of the blade. A good working Kukri will have a smooth, shallow (Compared to others) belly.</span></p><p><a href="https://theskilledsurvivor.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Skilled Survivor</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Has a great article showing some of the popular Kukris on the market. If you look at the knives </span><a href="https://theskilledsurvivor.com/who-makes-the-best-kukri-knife/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> You will see the pronounced difference in the belly design of modern Kukris. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Of the five knives shown the EGKH is by far my preferred knife design. It is a traditional design with smooth lines and great geometry.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are in the market for a Kukri, Check out Glenn’s site for other reviews.</span></p>Randy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039024660611629136.post-12020140781886099712021-05-01T12:46:00.001-04:002021-05-01T12:46:20.624-04:00What is the Rule of Three's and why is it important?<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/T5U7Va7uhe8" frameborder="0"></iframe>Randy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039024660611629136.post-3914637085027423582021-02-20T11:53:00.001-05:002021-02-20T11:53:54.804-05:00How to open a feed bag #shorts<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/laMqIxE8mNc" frameborder="0"></iframe>Randy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039024660611629136.post-54280312728237802172021-02-15T17:32:00.001-05:002021-02-15T17:32:18.684-05:00Can I make it?<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/WSAdork5-KU" frameborder="0"></iframe>Randy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039024660611629136.post-7091858009801226352020-12-21T15:49:00.001-05:002020-12-21T15:49:57.547-05:00Good News in a Troubled Time 1 Kings 20 #shorts<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/rB10PwBAIj8" frameborder="0"></iframe>Randy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039024660611629136.post-12523030841248270912020-12-16T08:43:00.001-05:002020-12-16T08:43:08.151-05:00Good News in a Troubled Time Luke 1:39-46 #shorts<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/fLx2b8rC6Uo" frameborder="0"></iframe>Randy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039024660611629136.post-20349998336251956992020-12-15T11:16:00.000-05:002020-12-15T11:16:03.180-05:00Good News in a Troubled Time Jeremiah 33 #shorts<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qe0N9t_9xjM" frameborder="0"></iframe>Randy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039024660611629136.post-74976825232706983942020-12-14T15:34:00.001-05:002020-12-14T15:34:26.982-05:00Good News in a Troubled Time Job 19 #shorts<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/zqS30kr8u3E" frameborder="0"></iframe>Randy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039024660611629136.post-74923128579270070262020-12-12T14:24:00.003-05:002020-12-12T14:24:26.927-05:00$21 Prepping Challenge - Northshore Preparedness<iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/xXBdlIwtM2I" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div>What can you add to you preps?</div>Randy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039024660611629136.post-71886961439790987842020-11-29T17:55:00.001-05:002020-11-29T17:55:27.723-05:00Survival Farming Episode 1<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/z44uJ5SLRsc" frameborder="0"></iframe>Randy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039024660611629136.post-70880705984044608812020-11-27T15:06:00.004-05:002020-11-27T15:06:57.894-05:00Black Friday / Weekend Deals on Amazon for the prepper or Christmas Gifts<p> Here are some prepper things you might want to stock up on.</p><p>These would make great Christmas gifts!</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikn_NsUSNBL7nsJrxSUXGyqucV-UYSKeCL6jHSKtoNPVeB1GJa2-6XtMF2VKn3Uz3HT0Afl9U7eZz282ZWFH55yLDEV8qRIFiYoC7va6pIHWa29vQ0aYrBcDLPtFHkBYuCLKV6MndgttM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1301" data-original-width="348" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikn_NsUSNBL7nsJrxSUXGyqucV-UYSKeCL6jHSKtoNPVeB1GJa2-6XtMF2VKn3Uz3HT0Afl9U7eZz282ZWFH55yLDEV8qRIFiYoC7va6pIHWa29vQ0aYrBcDLPtFHkBYuCLKV6MndgttM/" width="64" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://amzn.to/3leVfA4">Lifestraw $12.97</a><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36xFREgILtewGR9NuwRaKH3WdXQK77xCIVedRzDgTw1IH9u2kruMVf0W5eNJfDZ_G0NtrYaxi-YDeZiLt3ECTum0NnsgXgZeo2oq8NjsrdUeGl2LojHUlBwVXq0Pr0sSQ6xHL61PDa44/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="898" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36xFREgILtewGR9NuwRaKH3WdXQK77xCIVedRzDgTw1IH9u2kruMVf0W5eNJfDZ_G0NtrYaxi-YDeZiLt3ECTum0NnsgXgZeo2oq8NjsrdUeGl2LojHUlBwVXq0Pr0sSQ6xHL61PDa44/" width="236" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We started right at the ranch and headed into an area I had never been to before.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="c663">Good thing we took the dude horses since neither Nix or I were very good with them, but things went nice and smooth.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTd2JErxjuu9G5R2YL3Gfd65jCyvvBt6B4vmz8oXml-FAWoANmPBiO983ogoBRX3mQ9hphjHe7rbBV40F0OH4Xixu9YVRRcN8Rz4ol-4yLCVmpjQ8P0H7SgBI9MzhJji45CZLyFcj84Fg/s480/1.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTd2JErxjuu9G5R2YL3Gfd65jCyvvBt6B4vmz8oXml-FAWoANmPBiO983ogoBRX3mQ9hphjHe7rbBV40F0OH4Xixu9YVRRcN8Rz4ol-4yLCVmpjQ8P0H7SgBI9MzhJji45CZLyFcj84Fg/s320/1.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="c663"><br /></p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="63f1">We got to the camp in early afternoon and our rancher friend’s grandpa was there waiting on us with coffee and beans. We’ll call him Fenster.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="6d8f">Our friend left us in his care and went back down the mountain to the ranch to take care of his usual work load.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="b65f">Fenster was a crusty old rancher who had spent his entire life on the ranch. “Born in a log cabin and likely die in one too” I remember him saying as we were introduced.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="6561">Fenster turned out to be quite the mountain man as well.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="48b7">He knew the area we were as only someone who had spent their entire lives there could.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="e528">He took out for a ride over some of the easier terrain to do some glassing, and it seemed like every break in the trees or ridge top held a story about some dude (that is what they called the hunting clients) or another either shooting a monster deer, elk or bear.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="fd1e">Along with the success stories were peppered stories of great train wrecks that some dude had caused.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="2054">He even told us a story of a dude that had shot his guides horse out from under him, when he fell asleep and was startled by the guides return through the trees.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="386b">It was great fun for a couple high school punks who had hunted a lot but had never been privy to the closed ranching community. Fenster gave us quite and education traipsing all over those ridges.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="e57d">The greatest stories came at night around the fire. Fenster would sip on a bottle of Old Quaker and tell us tales of the Gunnison Valley that his granddad had told him growing up.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="a036">The last night we were in camp Fenster imbibed a little more than usual. He told us some of the stories we had heard before, but then he just stared into the fire for a while.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="847a">After a time he looked at us and asked, “I got somthin to tell you boys but you can’t tell no one else.”</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="1a93">Nix and I looked at each other and naturally we shook our heads in agreement.</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="dc87">“This ain’t for those outside to know about.” he said after a time.</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="c64d">“It happened when I was just a young shaver…5 mebbee 6. We had a hard winter and during spring calving something was coming in and killing our calves.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="34c1">“Actually now that I think of it it started a couple weeks earlier with someone breaking into our root cellar out by the barn and stealing food from it.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="c935">“I remembered that because that is how we caught him.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="f629">“Who?” Nix asked.</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="4be5">“The f**kin’ Mountain Devil that’s who!”</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="1f3c">Nix and I both sat back as this was the first time in the week we had been with him that we had heard a course word escape Fenster’s lips.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="b7cf">Fenster just stared into the fire and didn’t say anything. Nix elbowed me and nodded towards the old man…”your turn” he mouthed at me.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="5caa">I swallowed and said “Fenster, What’s a mountain devil?” in as meek and innocent voice as I could muster.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="690b">Fenster took a long pull of Old Quaker and cleared his throat. “Well I only seen a youngun, and we only had him for a day, but he was sure a sight to see.”</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1v2b5VbHhLeiXttQgqqoRTiWbQcBEgvhhuAUA3h3Vb_oQ9r2wsiNfwheAkYOVfBESfzCgy7ZmxbtERjbQvP8C6lXLnC6scrwKoWO0yRZBwkhGrn_PHRe75wNMHvK-7yIUg1qLCQyN82U/s582/7188286760a7cbd5998170d02fe7a0aa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="432" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1v2b5VbHhLeiXttQgqqoRTiWbQcBEgvhhuAUA3h3Vb_oQ9r2wsiNfwheAkYOVfBESfzCgy7ZmxbtERjbQvP8C6lXLnC6scrwKoWO0yRZBwkhGrn_PHRe75wNMHvK-7yIUg1qLCQyN82U/s320/7188286760a7cbd5998170d02fe7a0aa.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="690b"><br /></p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="bc61">“Ya see my Granddad didn’t take to someone stealing our food, not to mention our calves, so he kinda rigged up a special latch for our root cellar door and turned it into a trap.”</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="3ea4">I’m pretty sure he was expecting to catch one of our theivin’ neighbors, but weren't we surprised at about 4 in the morning when we heard a gawdawful hootin’ and a hollerin’, and a banging and crashing coming from outside.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="9c52">“It woke everyone up and granddad and pa run out with guns…they said after that there was a couple somethings big and dark pounding on the roof of the root cellar.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="f42c">“They shot in the air a couple times and whatever they were ran off!”</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="ba85">Nix and I were completely enthralled by this point. We had heard some of the ranch kids mention mountain devils but neither of us had heard of anyone with first hand experience.</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="4afb">“So what did they do?” Nix couldn’t contain himself.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="cef8">Fenster looked sideways at him but continued on.</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="c824">“Pa lit some lanterns and they stood guard until first light. The whole time there was whining and screeching coming from the cellar, with similar noises coming off the hillside behind the old log house.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="d49b">“You probably saw it at the ranch. It sets up closer to the tree-line than the new house, and we park hay equipment in front of it.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="f9d9">“Ya I saw that.” I said hurriedly “Then what?”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="77bb">“They waited until it was light and went out to see what they had caught.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="b5e4">“By this time the answering sounds on the hillside had gone quiet, and the cellar noises had mellowed as well.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="e464">“I remember looking past my mama in the doorway while she held a shotgun, and granddad and pa walking over to the cellar to see what was in it.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="906c">“They went up to the door and tired to look through the cracks with a flashlight. Finally pa told granddad to watch and undid the lock and opened the door a bit and shined the flashlight in.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="310f">“I remember watchin’ him stumble back while holding his gun on the door, and he was shakin’, I mean down right hands shaking!”</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigF8elP_LAwer_0fkGLZLL9KKtVeBsN0m7v92IdjeRHe5Wt374N5H9hq-UQsVa0JFzBgv6M8FVoAokeJkWwTcxn_KAe6dFs9Rl5fN7vEsMb4X30nr5h21_Rp8Q4hvmGHmDmJovgjBUqHI/s1023/depositphotos_23962797-stock-photo-cellar-dugout.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1023" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigF8elP_LAwer_0fkGLZLL9KKtVeBsN0m7v92IdjeRHe5Wt374N5H9hq-UQsVa0JFzBgv6M8FVoAokeJkWwTcxn_KAe6dFs9Rl5fN7vEsMb4X30nr5h21_Rp8Q4hvmGHmDmJovgjBUqHI/s320/depositphotos_23962797-stock-photo-cellar-dugout.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="310f"><br /></p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="a8e7">I ain’t never seen my pa scared before or since but he was sore afraid right then!”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="8078">“What was it!” one of us asked, I don’t remember who.</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="e9cd">“Turns out it was a baby, more like a toddler or kid.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="0374">“What are you talking about !?” Nix sounded annoyed.</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="3139">“It was a kid mountain devil. It was about five feet tall and covered in hair…Oh and it stunk to high heaven!”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="7601">“I guess when pa opened the door it went back into a corner and kind curled up in a ball and just laid there, kinda whining.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="ead3">“There was a lot of discussion about what they was gonna do with it. I remember ma wanted to call the sheriff, but granddad would have nothing of that!”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="7103">“He was the type that handled his own problems, and he didn’t want no “gubernet” men on our place.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="c104">“So they took turns “guarding” the devil, and by that afternoon all us kids had pestered the adults enough to let us see it.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="8ff8">“They wouldn’t let us in the cellar but they did let us walk by the door while the pa held a flashlight and his gun on the devil.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="ed68">“By that time the devil was sitting leaning with his back against the wall.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="367c">“I will never forget looking into his eyes and seeing…well it’s hard to say… not a person but someone, inside. It was like you know a dog. A dog has a personality, but this was a lot more.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="8acf">“I think I should mention that the devils killed our dogs when all the hoopin’ and a hollerin’ was going on.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="76d4">“It started getting towards sundown when we heard the first “WHOOPS” up on the hillside. Pa got everyone inside the cabin, and locked up the cellar as best he could.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="e652">“As soon as the sun went down it started.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="aee9">“What” I said.</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="7863">“The attack.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="7c38">“They started throwing things on the house and against the walls. Pa had the wooden shutters closed so we couldn’t see what was going on, but I remember huddling in the bathtub and crying with my sister whilst mama sat there with a shotgun.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="6ccc">“Things crashed against the house all night long. Every once in a while the whole thing would shudder when something big would hit it.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="e8c2">“By morning the noises stopped. Pa and granddad went out loaded for bear, but we didn’t hear a shot.”</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="fcf1">After a while they came back in and told us to “come and see”.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="333f">“Outside was a disaster! Rocks and sticks and even logs were on our roof, the logs on the side of the house were all dented up.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="0db2">“We went over to the root cellar, or at least where the root cellar had been and there was just a crater in the ground.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="087e">“The mountain devils had tore the thing completely apart getting their youngster back.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="9a16">“After that we didn’t lose anymore calves, and never seen ’em at the home place again.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="e88f">“You mean you have seen them?” Nix asked.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="6d30">Fenster hesitated once again before answering. “Well I think that kid we caught was pretty close to my age, and like I said there was something there when I met its eyes.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="727e">“Pretty near every year since I been coming up to this elk camp, one of them mountain devils will let me see it.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="dd8d">“I never know when or where but I will usually come around a bend somewhere and there it will be looking at me.”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="6748">“Been happening since I was about 15. I’m not sure how long these thing live, but I’m sure feeling my age, and that’s all I got to say about it.”</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="6ac9">Fenster just shut up after that and no matter what we said he wouldn’t give us any more details.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="8151">The only thing he told us was to look at the old house and the pit where the root cellar was when we go back down to the ranch.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="b3a5">Nix and I didn’t get much sleep that night, and in the morning Fenster loaded us all up on the dude horses and led us back down the mountain to the camp.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="d9df">We got to the ranch and immediately Nix and took off to look at the old log house. The side facing the uphill tree line was covered in dents. A couple of the logs were cracked and some looked like big gouges had been taken out of them.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="0804">Next we wandered over to the barn and in the side of a small hill you could see where there had once been a dugout, most likely a cellar. The area had been opened up like a crater some time in the past.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="4295">Our friend saw what we were doing and came over with a worried expression on his face.</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="a06e">“What exactly did granddad talk about up there in camp?”</p><p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote" data-align="center" name="1db8">“He told us…” Nix started “Not much, just hunting stuff” I interrupted.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="b709">He looked at us narrowed his eyes and said in a low tone. “If you ever tell you will never be welcome here again.”</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="e3b5">As of this day while Nix and I have discussed it many times, we have never shared this story, until now.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="11a5">Fenster, and his son, our friend’s dad have both passed, and they don’t take dudes up on the mountain much any more.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="f435">I do wonder if Fenster’s mountain devils still live up there, and maybe some day before I pass, I may go and try to find out.</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="f435"><br /></p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="f435">Truth or not? You Decide...</p><p class="graf graf--p" data-align="center" name="f435">Randy</p>Randy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039024660611629136.post-67854145959688951162020-08-22T16:32:00.000-04:002020-08-22T16:32:20.248-04:00The Library for Preppers and Homesteaders<p>What books should you have in your library?</p><p>You have a library right?</p><p>I have a couple thousand on just about every topic, but I really don't need all of them.</p><p>I am putting this list together of 5 books (plus a bonus) I think are important, that you can get from Amazon, and yes they will be from affiliate links, but well worth your time and investment.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1. <a href="https://amzn.to/3glY3t5">The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live it. By John Seymour</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img alt="Amazon.com: The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It: The ..." src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61F5uZBR+cL._SX260_.jpg" /></p><p>I have the previous edition of this book and it is pure gold for those trying to make their way on their own small piece of land.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>2. <a href="https://amzn.to/2QgocPd">The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla Emery</a></p><p><br /></p><h1 class="a-spacing-none a-text-normal" id="title" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><img alt="The Encyclopedia of Country Living - Northwest Nature Shop" height="422" src="https://www.northwestnatureshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Encyclopedia-of-Country-Living-1.jpg" width="326" /></h1><div><br /></div><div>This is the 50th Anniversary edition, but any of the editions are great!</div><div>This is the book that launched me into seriously pursuing the move to a homestead.</div><div>My wife and I even corresponded with Carla about one of the later editions before she passed away!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>3.<a href="https://amzn.to/3hltuoz">The Disaster Preparedness Handbook: A Guide for Families by Dr. Arthur T. Bradley</a></div><div><br /></div><div><img alt="The Disaster Preparedness Handbook: A Guide for Families by Arthur ..." height="400" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442676757i/11797922._UY500_SS500_.jpg" width="400" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Very detailed book going into most aspects of surviving a disaster.</div><div>This book has some good and handy forms that you will find useful in the back.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>4.<a href="https://amzn.to/3gg3mKo"> Back to Basics edited by Abigail Gehring</a></div><div><br /></div><div><img alt="Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills - By: Abigail Gehring
" src="https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/web/f400/143690.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Another more or less complete guide to doing it yourself on the homestead.</div><div>Excellent and popular book!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>5.<a href="https://amzn.to/3gmSVEK"> The Backyard Homesteader by Carleen Madigan</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img alt="The Backyard Homestead Book" height="328" src="https://www.leaderevaporator.com/images/Product/large/62014-11.jpg" width="328" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Even if you live on a large spread this book give you lots of insight into doing this in a small efficient way for big results!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Bonus: <a href="https://amzn.to/3lbkOmP">You can Farm by Joel Salatin</a></div><div><br /></div><div><img alt="You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Start and Succeed in a ..." height="258" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1390173794i/629310._UY630_SR1200,630_.jpg" width="491" /></div><div><br /></div><div>While I don't own this one, I must have checked it out of our library 100 times!</div><div>Joel takes you through many, many ideas on making an income on a homestead.</div><div>If I could pick one book on learning to make a living from the land this would be it.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>So there are 6 of the best books out there to put in your library.</div><div>It was difficult finding ones that were still in print and immensely useful.</div><div>Check them out and if you can't afford them try your local library's inter-library loan, they can probably get them for you.</div><div><br /></div><div>Still clinging to my God and my guns</div><div><br /></div><div>Randy</div>Randy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039024660611629136.post-71533153558980255492020-08-06T13:25:00.001-04:002020-08-06T13:25:25.278-04:00Are We Facing Famine in America?<p> </p><h2 class="gv gd bi bh fq gw gx gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf hg hh hi hj hk hl bm" id="d8ef" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: medium-content-sans-serif-font, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Geneva, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 32px; margin: 0.79em 0px -0.42em;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Has our agribusiness model broken?</span></span></h2><div><br /></div><div><img alt="Image for post" height="229" src="https://miro.medium.com/max/5760/0*PoC2ZweZrxo5XGRn" width="343" /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">With a full page ad in the New York Times, Tyson Foods warned, “The food supply chain is breaking.” Tyson doesn’t seem to be alone in this sentiment. Many other large food producers have cut back, or shut down completely in the wake of the current pandemic.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">What does the future hold for the agricultural model in this country, and is this something we should have seen coming? What can we do to stop it, or at least to live with the consequences of the choices Big Food has forced on our farms and farmers?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">David Beasly the director of the UN food agency recently warned that the world could face a famine of Biblical proportions within a few months.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">Facing a possible famine with a possibly broken agribusiness model, where do we go from here?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;">The Soviet Model</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">A teenage Ukrainian girl boarded the train to Kiev with her mother. They were a well-to-do family with both parents holding government offices. They lived in a small rural city and were going to Kiev to buy necessities that were not available locally. They carried with them the equivalent of several hundred dollars in order to stock up while they were in the capital.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">This teen girl, now a US citizen, told me what she saw when they entered the largest market in Kiev. Bare shelves! Row after row of them. She told me that there were a few loaves of bread, some fish and poultry in the meat section and very few fruits and vegetables.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">This family was rich compared to their neighbors, but was unable to buy much with all that cash because it simply wasn’t available.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">This was Soviet era Ukraine with all the wonders of collective farming. The Soviets had highly mechanized production but were forced to sell all the food produced to the government. I know that is a very simplified version of how the system worked, but it is fairly accurate.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">All across the USSR, the government had its hands in the production of the peoples’ food. Mandated inefficiencies by Stalin were somewhat alleviated by subsequent leaders, but the system was still far from efficient. Add into that a few years of bad crop production, and the usual corruption and you had a recipe for the famines that helped bring down the Soviets.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;">American Farmers</span><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">American farmers aren’t anything like the old Soviets, you say. True. But I will say the system that American farmers are forced into has all the hallmarks of one that will collapse upon itself, given the right (wrong?) set of circumstances.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">Instead of selling what they produce to people, the farmers sell to a cooperative (collective?). Most of what farmers grow is then fed to animals. Then these animals are put into a pipeline of processors, and then distributors, and finally to groceries where people can buy the product several times removed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">The Government makes sure it stays involved with the whole process by passing laws that make it illegal for a farmer to sell milk, eggs, meat, cheese, along with several other products directly to the consumer. For sure there are small communities of people who ignore these laws and buy directly from those willing to take the chance and sell directly to them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">The American farmer is now, for the most part, just a cog in the American agribusiness corporate model. And similar to how the Soviet model came apart, we are seeing something that could break down agribusiness in the coming months.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;">Meat Producers</span><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">I mentioned Tyson at the beginning of this piece. However, there are more, many more who are following suit. The animals have been raised and are ready to be processed (butchered and moved on), but the meat packing plants are closed, so many of these animals are just being killed so that they no longer have to be fed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">If the pipeline of animals has been stopped, then there is no reason to start raising new replacement animals. Tyson holds contracts with poultry growers all around, near their processing plants. These contracts stipulate how many and how fast the birds must be raised. If no birds are being processed, then no new birds are being started. No grain is being purchased for food, and everything grinds to a halt.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">Many of these producers live contract to contract and carry a mountain of debt. A stoppage in the pipeline of animals has the possibility of finishing many of them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;">Egg Producers</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">Egg producers are in a similar boat. Eggs are being given away all across the country. Thousands of dozens, all because there is no restaurant market for them at this time. At least these birds don’t have to be killed to produce. But food still needs to be purchased in order to keep them alive during this time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">Eggs might be the go-to source of protein for many who are not able to locate meat for sale. Government restriction on selling eggs is less restrictive than on selling meat, so some egg producers may survive an agribusiness crash.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;">Milk Producers</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">Milk producers have been living on government subsidies for years. Recent milk prices have just stayed at rock bottom, far less than the cost to produce. Many dairy farmers across the country are being forced to dump part of each day’s production of milk since school and restaurant orders have dried up.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;">Grain Farmers</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">As I said earlier, most of the grain grown in this country goes into feeding animals. Grain farmers are going to plant this spring no matter what happens, so there will be a fall crop. What that crop is worth when harvest comes is a matter of speculation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">Grain farmers can sell to the public, but why should they, and who would buy it? Monocrop farming relies on a system like we have in place, where all the surpluses can be shipped around and used far away from where it was produced.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;">What do we do?</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">That is the big question begging for an answer. If the system fails, cities may end up like Kiev, with no food on the shelves. Do you remember what happened to the toilet paper?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">American agribusiness is not set up for a disruption in the flow of goods like we have shaping up. It teeters, facing a collapse that, if we don’t prepare for it, we may see far worse things than we have seen from this pandemic.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">There is a way people can take charge of their own food security, and face this possible crisis head-on with confidence. It started back in the 60’s, and is enjoying a modern renaissance of sorts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;">Back to the Land</span><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">The Back to the Land movement had people leaving the cities, buying a plot of land, and growing their own food so that they knew what was in it and that it was humanely produced. There are many excellent books in publication that tell you just how to do this, and most of the information is still accurate. A person can buy a plot of land and humanely produce most of their own food without buying into the agribusiness model.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">If that is not an option for you, the current iterations of this movement are homesteaders and off-gridders. There is much overlap in these movements, but the main thing seems to be self-sufficiency.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;">Homesteaders</span><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">Modern homesteading looks much like regular farming did 100+ years ago. A small family farm that has a biodiverse selection of crops and animals provides a well balanced land usage along with increased fertility and production. This allows the homesteader to produce a healthy food supply, and in many cases a marketable crop.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;">Government Reform</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">If American agribusiness is truly broken, the best thing the government can do is to loosen the restrictions it has placed on small producers like homesteaders. You should be able to go to your local farmer and buy milk. You should be able to buy meat right from the farmer. Lifting these restrictions will help Americans.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">The current trend of trying to eat locally will expand many times, with the result being Americans having access to more locally grown, healthy food than ever before. We will have to be willing to spend more of our budget on food, realizing the artificially low prices we enjoy now is a construct of a greedy middleman system with very little to do with supply and demand.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">The current news keeps saying things will be different when we emerge from this pandemic. Let’s hope that we can take our current agricultural system and turn it into a healthy one that will help small American farmers and homesteaders instead of rich middlemen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">Sources:</span><span style="color: #292929;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 14.0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-famines-united-nations-warning/"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; language: en-US; letter-spacing: -.03pt; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Georgia; mso-default-font-family: Georgia; mso-greek-font-family: Georgia; mso-latin-font-family: Georgia; mso-latinext-font-family: Georgia; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #085296; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single;">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-famines-united-nations-warning/</span></a><span lang="en-US" style="color: #292929; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; language: en-US; letter-spacing: -.03pt; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Georgia; mso-default-font-family: Georgia; mso-greek-font-family: Georgia; mso-latin-font-family: Georgia; mso-latinext-font-family: Georgia; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #292929; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 14.0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tyson-millions-of-pounds-of-meat-will-disappear-coronavirus-2020-4"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; language: en-US; letter-spacing: -.03pt; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Georgia; mso-default-font-family: Georgia; mso-greek-font-family: Georgia; mso-latin-font-family: Georgia; mso-latinext-font-family: Georgia; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #085296; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single;">https://www.businessinsider.com/tyson-millions-of-pounds-of-meat-will-disappear-coronavirus-2020-4</span></a><span lang="en-US" style="color: #292929; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; language: en-US; letter-spacing: -.03pt; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Georgia; mso-default-font-family: Georgia; mso-greek-font-family: Georgia; mso-latin-font-family: Georgia; mso-latinext-font-family: Georgia; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #292929; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dairy-farmers-hit-hard-by-coronavirus-are-spilling-a-lot-of-milk/"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15.75pt; language: en-US; letter-spacing: -.03pt; line-height: 119%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Georgia; mso-default-font-family: Georgia; mso-greek-font-family: Georgia; mso-latin-font-family: Georgia; mso-latinext-font-family: Georgia; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #085296; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single;">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dairy-farmers-hit-hard-by-coronavirus-are-spilling-a-lot-of-milk/</span></a><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt; language: en-US; line-height: 119%; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://medium.com/@randyaugsburger/are-we-facing-famine-in-america-b9e7fd91174f"> Original Post:</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>Randy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039024660611629136.post-66084605892153961452020-08-06T13:18:00.000-04:002020-08-06T13:18:52.180-04:005G Technology; Harmless or Harbinger of Apocalypse?<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #292929; font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.063px;">Conspiracies vs Concerns</span></p><p><img alt="Image for post" height="183" src="https://miro.medium.com/max/5285/0*tx6_85p6nWHFer-k" width="274" /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #292929; font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt; language: en-US; line-height: 119%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="color: white;">The 5G rollout is coming, and while many are looking forward to all the advantages offered by this new technology, there are those who fear this rollout as the beginning of the end for mankind. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">Is there any validity to these fears, or is it just fear mongering that comes with anything new?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">How will we know before it is too late?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">Researching the facts of 5G will help you decide for yourself. Facts are available from reliable sources and they, not the conspiracies, can tell the story you need to hear to make up your own mind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;">Follow the Money</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">Any time there is a new controversial technology introduced, it pays to follow the money and see who will benefit, and who will make the most money.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">The benefits are supposed to be to the end user. 5G offers 50 to 100 times faster speed than current 4G technology. With its dense arrays, 5G will be able to be used to integrate homes, vehicles, manufacturing and even farm equipment into a true global network.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">China seems to be the biggest mover behind 5G. It is hard to track down the exact players involved but it seems several Chinese companies are trying to consolidate control of 5G technology.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">President Trump blocked one such move in 2018 when Broadcom, a Singapore chip maker, tried taking over rival Qualcomm in an effort to block China from building an advantage in the market.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">Business has become the new battlefield in our age. We don’t need to kill each other when we can control each other’s technology.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;">The Blame Game</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">Some of the fun facts I have seen being pushed on-line (I remember some of these with every new G roll out)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-text: ·; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; unicode-bidi: embed;">·</span><span style="width: 12.75pt;"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><span dir="ltr"></span>5G was rolled out to break up the Hong Kong protests.</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-top: 16.5374pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-text: ·; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; unicode-bidi: embed;">·</span><span style="width: 12.75pt;"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><span dir="ltr"></span>5G is why people are getting sick and the coronavirus is made up</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-top: 16.5374pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-text: ·; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; unicode-bidi: embed;">·</span><span style="width: 12.75pt;"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><span dir="ltr"></span>5G will melt your cells</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-top: 16.5374pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-text: ·; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; unicode-bidi: embed;">·</span><span style="width: 12.75pt;"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><span dir="ltr"></span>5G causes cancer in a matter of days</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-top: 16.5374pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-text: ·; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; unicode-bidi: embed;">·</span><span style="width: 12.75pt;"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><span dir="ltr"></span>5G gives people radiation burns</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-top: 16.5374pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-text: ·; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; unicode-bidi: embed;">·</span><span style="width: 12.75pt;"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><span dir="ltr"></span>5G is a cover operation to increase the saturation of HAARP</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-top: 16.5374pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-text: ·; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; unicode-bidi: embed;">·</span><span style="width: 12.75pt;"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><span dir="ltr"></span>5G is an advanced form of mind control (think the movie “They Live”)</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-top: 16.5374pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-text: ·; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; unicode-bidi: embed;">·</span><span style="width: 12.75pt;"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><span dir="ltr"></span>5G is being rolled out as most countries are being quarantined</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-top: 16.5374pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-text: ·; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; unicode-bidi: embed;">·</span><span style="width: 12.75pt;"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><span dir="ltr"></span>5G will be a bigger disaster than Chernobyl</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-top: 16.5374pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-text: ·; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; unicode-bidi: embed;">·</span><span style="width: 12.75pt;"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><span dir="ltr"></span>5G is one of the final steps into a one world government</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-top: 16.5374pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-text: ·; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; unicode-bidi: embed;">·</span><span style="width: 12.75pt;"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><span dir="ltr"></span>5G with its many more towers is a power grab by increasing government surveillance capabilities</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-top: 16.5374pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-text: ·; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; unicode-bidi: embed;">·</span><span style="width: 12.75pt;"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><span dir="ltr"></span>5G is China’s attempt to rule the world</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">This is the merest fraction of the fun “facts” being bandied about by 5G conspiracy theorists.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span dir="ltr"></span>5G Real Fun Facts</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">These are some of the facts that could help you decide.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-text: ·; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; unicode-bidi: embed;">·</span><span style="width: 12.75pt;"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><span dir="ltr"></span>5G uses millimeter waves vs microwaves of 2G-4G technology</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-top: 16.5374pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-text: ·; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; unicode-bidi: embed;">·</span><span style="width: 12.75pt;"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><span dir="ltr"></span>5G uses new technology such as active antennas, phased arrays, and MIMO (Massive multiple inputs and outputs), all of which have been only lightly studied for safety</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-top: 16.5374pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-text: ·; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; unicode-bidi: embed;">·</span><span style="width: 12.75pt;"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><span dir="ltr"></span>5G will run concurrently with 4G technology and there has been no study to measure the effect of the combined millimeter and microwaves.</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="http://www.5gappeal.eu/"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><span dir="ltr"></span>5G Appeal</span></a><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"> is a group of over 300 scientists and doctors who want a moratorium on 5G rollout until the proper funding and research into health effects has been conducted<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-top: 16.5374pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-text: ·; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; unicode-bidi: embed;">·</span><span style="width: 12.75pt;"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;">With the density of 5G towers, almost no one will be able to avoid continual exposure to the 5G signal</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-left: 22.5pt; margin-top: 16.5374pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-text: ·; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; unicode-bidi: embed;">·</span><span style="width: 12.75pt;"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;">China is a world leader in 5G technology</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.0419pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">At this time we do have studies that show an increase in head and neck tumors due to cell phone radiation. We have no studies showing what happens while running 4G and 5G together.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">Also at this time China is slated for almost one third of the initial 5G roll out. So regardless of the conspiracies, this will give China a distinct advantage in communication and data over the rest of the world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;">You Decide</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">Weighing the advantages and disadvantages of the 5G rollout is something you need to consider for yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">With the required density of the towers you will need to retreat to the country, the northwoods, or possibly the wilderness to avoid it completely. This may appeal to some of us, but others may be required to be near a population center and by default the 5G signal 24/7.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">Is your lifestyle one that can accept this technology or will you retreat to uncovered areas in order to distance yourself from the effects?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">The choice is yours to make. Get the best information you can, and make the best decision for you and your family.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 14.0pt; margin-top: 31.5pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;"><span style="color: white;">Sources:</span><span style="color: #292929;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 14.0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-qualcomm-m-a-broadcom-5g/what-is-5g-and-who-are-the-major-players-idUSKCN1GR1IN"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt;">https://www.reuters.com/article/us-qualcomm-m-a-broadcom-5g/what-is-5g-and-who-are-the-major-players-idUSKCN1GR1IN</span></a><span lang="en-US" style="color: #292929; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; language: en-US; letter-spacing: -.03pt; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Georgia; mso-default-font-family: Georgia; mso-greek-font-family: Georgia; mso-latin-font-family: Georgia; mso-latinext-font-family: Georgia; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #292929; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/we-have-no-reason-to-believe-5g-is-safe/"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt; letter-spacing: -0.03pt; line-height: 119%;">https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/we-have-no-reason-to-believe-5g-is-safe/</span></a><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt; language: en-US; line-height: 119%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.5gappeal.eu/"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 119%;">http://www.5gappeal.eu/</span></a><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt; language: en-US; line-height: 119%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt; language: en-US; line-height: 119%; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><br /></p><p class="hy hz bi ia b ib ic id ie if ig ih ii ij ik il im in io ip iq gb em" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="9a51" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #292929; font-family: medium-content-serif-font, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"><a href="Is there any validity to these fears, or is it just fear mongering that comes with anything new? How will we know before it is too late? Researching the facts of 5G will help you decide for yourself. Facts are available from reliable sources and they, not the conspiracies, can tell the story you need to hear to make up your own mind. Follow the Money Any time there is a new controversial technology introduced, it pays to follow the money and see who will benefit, and who will make the most money. The benefits are supposed to be to the end user. 5G offers 50 to 100 times faster speed than current 4G technology. With its dense arrays, 5G will be able to be used to integrate homes, vehicles, manufacturing and even farm equipment into a true global network. China seems to be the biggest mover behind 5G. It is hard to track down the exact players involved but it seems several Chinese companies are trying to consolidate control of 5G technology. President Trump blocked one such move in 2018 when Broadcom, a Singapore chip maker, tried taking over rival Qualcomm in an effort to block China from building an advantage in the market. Business has become the new battlefield in our age. We don’t need to kill each other when we can control each other’s technology. The Blame Game Some of the fun facts I have seen being pushed on-line (I remember some of these with every new G roll out) 5G was rolled out to break up the Hong Kong protests. 5G is why people are getting sick and the coronavirus is made up 5G will melt your cells 5G causes cancer in a matter of days 5G gives people radiation burns 5G is a cover operation to increase the saturation of HAARP 5G is an advanced form of mind control (think the movie “They Live”) 5G is being rolled out as most countries are being quarantined 5G will be a bigger disaster than Chernobyl 5G is one of the final steps into a one world government 5G with its many more towers is a power grab by increasing government surveillance capabilities 5G is China’s attempt to rule the world This is the merest fraction of the fun “facts” being bandied about by 5G conspiracy theorists. 5G Real Fun Facts These are some of the facts that could help you decide. 5G uses millimeter waves vs microwaves of 2G-4G technology 5G uses new technology such as active antennas, phased arrays, and MIMO (Massive multiple inputs and outputs), all of which have been only lightly studied for safety 5G will run concurrently with 4G technology and there has been no study to measure the effect of the combined millimeter and microwaves. 5G Appeal is a group of over 300 scientists and doctors who want a moratorium on 5G rollout until the proper funding and research into health effects has been conducted With the density of 5G towers, almost no one will be able to avoid continual exposure to the 5G signal China is a world leader in 5G technology At this time we do have studies that show an increase in head and neck tumors due to cell phone radiation. We have no studies showing what happens while running 4G and 5G together. Also at this time China is slated for almost one third of the initial 5G roll out. So regardless of the conspiracies, this will give China a distinct advantage in communication and data over the rest of the world. You Decide Weighing the advantages and disadvantages of the 5G rollout is something you need to consider for yourself. With the required density of the towers you will need to retreat to the country, the northwoods, or possibly the wilderness to avoid it completely. This may appeal to some of us, but others may be required to be near a population center and by default the 5G signal 24/7. Is your lifestyle one that can accept this technology or will you retreat to uncovered areas in order to distance yourself from the effects? The choice is yours to make. Get the best information you can, and make the best decision for you and your family. Sources: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-qualcomm-m-a-broadcom-5g/what-is-5g-and-who-are-the-major-players-idUSKCN1GR1IN https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/we-have-no-reason-to-believe-5g-is-safe/ http://www.5gappeal.eu/">Original Posting link: </a></p>Randy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039024660611629136.post-63521064593516234762020-07-29T13:37:00.000-04:002020-07-29T13:37:46.689-04:00Water Purification with Ozone<br />
I was tasked with writing an article a couple months ago about water filters, and water purification, and in my research I came across information and products that use electrolytic Ozone to kill off germs and help purify your water.<br />
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Ozone is used in many industries including bottled water as a purification method.<br />
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Electrolytic Ozone is where the Ozone is actually created using the water itself, instead of just pumping the Ozone through it. This according to the company Roving Blue means a more thorough saturation, thus a better job of making the water safe.<br />
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Since the Ozone dissipates from the water there is no chemical aftertaste.<br />
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Ozone is a substance allowed in the production of organic products.<br />
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The Ozone producing products while not inexpensive may have uses for preppers who want to make the investment in this type of water purification.<br />
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Ozone is effective against this partial listing of microbes:<br />
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<a href="https://amzn.to/30a5cHW">The O-Pen</a><br />
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The O-Pen is a USB rechargeable personal size unit that can go with you anywhere in the world. The unit is perfect for treating questionable water wherever life may take you. </div>
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The O-Pen will purify appox. 16 oz. (.5L) of water in 1 minute with about 50 uses per charge.</div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/3f6ns9f">Ozo-Pod 10</a></div>
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The Ozo-Pod 10 is a kitchen sized Ozone treatment product.</div>
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You can use it for treating your water just like the O-Pen, but the Ozo-Pod can also be used for treating fruits, veggies and other foods you want to clean before use.</div>
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Again Ozone treatment is allowed in organic farming so you are bringing advanced cleaning technology into your home for the well being of your family.</div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2P4gJC7">Roving Blue</a> has more products available on Amazon and they might just fit into your prepping plans.</div>
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Sting clinging to my God and my guns.</div>
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Randy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039024660611629136.post-39135809908863672812020-07-21T09:32:00.000-04:002020-07-21T09:32:57.850-04:00To Mask or Not to Mask? That is the Question.I have avoided taking sides in this debate.<br />
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I have friends and family who are working on the front lines of this crisis and I have other friends and family who have watched a youtube video or two.<br />
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So what is a Christian supposed to do?<br />
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Do we demand our rights to not wear a mask or do we feebly submit to an overreaching bureaucracy?<br />
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My friend Jeremiah J. Wright wrote what I think is a very accurate blog post about what our attitude as Christians should be toward wearing masks.<br />
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<a href="https://jeremiahjwright.com/untitled-post-about-masks/?fbclid=IwAR1Hy2U_9wXcSapJr2mNe7j43G6a5XeNkohBs73xVeoMOPxJxHKiEPXe74I">Jeremiah J. Wright Untitled Post About Masks</a><br />
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I hope you find it an interesting read.<br />
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Still clinging to my God and my guns<br />
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RandyRandy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039024660611629136.post-5450161058140571872020-06-17T22:35:00.001-04:002020-06-17T22:35:40.288-04:00Blessed Through Community Relief Ministry<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0GfhBNia6ow" width="480"></iframe>Randy Augsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442643853791899691noreply@blogger.com0