Bruce’s Poor Man Survival Bulletin
A Digest of Urban Survival Resources
For Independent Minded People!
ISSN 2161-5543
In
This Issue:
1. 10 Ways to fly ‘under-the-radar’
2. Using Food Shed Maps
3. DIY water filter & purifier plans
4. Track Me if You Can+More on an Over
Criminalized America
A man's admiration for absolute
government is proportionate to the contempt he
feels for those around him."
-- Alexis de Tocqueville
feels for those around him."
-- Alexis de Tocqueville
According
to the Survey of Income and Program Participation, the number of people who
worked at home at least one day per week increased from 9.5 million in 1999 to
13.4 million in 2010, increasing from 7.0 percent to 9.5 percent of all
workers. The largest increase occurred between 2005 and 2010, when the share
grew from 7.8 percent to 9.5 percent of all workers, an increase of more than 2
million.
The median household
income was significantly higher for mixed workers at $96,300,” the survey says,
“compared with $74,000 for home workers and $65,600 for onsite workers.” Mixed
workers are those who are based in an office, but also get to work from home
part of the time.
The fastest-growing
work-from-home jobs involve computers, engineering, and science – those jumped
69 percent from 2000 to 2010. A quarter of stay-at-home workers are in
management, business and financial jobs.
More resources at:
Pets: Cats love newspaper: whole sheets, crumpled
or torn - its absorbent and free. I have a homemade pet door.
Frontline/advantage are toxic to environment, but I use them: get large (126
lb.) dog size and a free 1 cc syringe (drug store) WITHOUT needle, draw up 0.75
cc (do your own weight calculations) per month. I give kibble, with just a tsp.
of wet food to keep their diet interesting, leftover chicken, and a daily tsp
of safflower oil to those with dermatitis (they love it).
PM’s
Compendium of Useful Resources
Make Your Own Homemade
Water Filter & Purifier
Just Need an “Emergency Only” Water Filter &
Purifier?
10 Ways to
Fly Under the Radar
…1.3 million requests for cell phone data were made by
law enforcement last year. Cell phone
carriers turned over text messages, caller locations and more without batting
an eye or regard to warrants or privacy.
Track Me If You Can is a must-watch for anyone
interested in protecting their privacy. He covers some of excellent tips and
gives a lot of necessary information. We live in a world where we are being
constantly watched and monitored. What would it take to wipe the slate clean and
live a life free of big brother? Security expert Aton Edwards takes the viewer
on an amazing journey off the grid and under the radar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXkPU9NSfPQ
Consider
your options. Since
surviving an encounter should be your number one goal, think about your two
primary options. The first option is to give the attacker what they want. If
this option is not available, you may use what is known as "The Nike
Defense." This simply means: Run away. Survival is much more important
than looking tough or injuring someone for sake of your pride.
Food
Shed Maps
What is a
"foodshed"?
Though it may be unfamiliar, the term "foodshed" was used almost 80 years ago in a book entitled How Great Cities Are Fed (Hedden, 1929) to describe the flow of food from producer to consumer. Seven decades later, the term was used to describe a food system that connected local producers with local consumers (Kloppenburg et al., 1996). In this project, the general definition of a foodshed is a geographic area that supplies a population center with food.
However, the Mapping Local Food Systems Project focused
specifically on potential local foodsheds, areas of nearby land that
could theoretically provide part or all of a city's food needs (Peters, 2007).
Though it may be unfamiliar, the term "foodshed" was used almost 80 years ago in a book entitled How Great Cities Are Fed (Hedden, 1929) to describe the flow of food from producer to consumer. Seven decades later, the term was used to describe a food system that connected local producers with local consumers (Kloppenburg et al., 1996). In this project, the general definition of a foodshed is a geographic area that supplies a population center with food.
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No
Increase in Standard of Living
Since 1997” |
There’s a belief among certain
economists — and the wider population — that if the government takes a more
active role in the economy, the social outcome can be improved. Dr. Lacy
Hunt, executive VP of Hoisington Investment Management Company (HIMCO), says
it’s a false belief...and he has proof to back it up. An unprecedented buildup
of debt, he shows, can only lead to one outcome: a drop in Americans’
standard of living.
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You do not need to let an attacker take the first shot. Most legal jurisdictions in
the United States recognize your right to defend yourself if you feel you are
in immediate danger of being harmed.
The Nanny State Updates…
I remember as a child being so
grateful that I lived in America.
I felt that America would always
be a bulwark of freedom from oppression and torture…today, I’m not so sure!
The U.S. National
Security Agency asked AT&T Inc. to help it set up a domestic call
monitoring site seven months before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, lawyers claimed
June 23 in court papers filed in New York federal
court.
Senator Frank Church – who chaired the famous “Church
Committee” into the unlawful FBI Cointel program, and who chaired the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee – said in 1975:
“Th[e National Security Agency's] capability at any
time could be turned around on the American people, and no American would have
any privacy left, such is the capability to monitor everything:
telephone conversations, telegrams, it doesn’t matter. There would be no place
to hide. [If a dictator ever took over, the N.S.A.] could enable it to impose total tyranny, and there would be no way to fight back.“
Now, the NSA is building a $2 billion dollar facility in
Utah which will use the world’s most powerful supercomputer to monitor virtually all phone calls, emails, internet usage, purchases and
rentals, break all encryption, and then store everyone’s data
permanently.
The former head of the program for the NSA recently held
his thumb and forefinger close together, and said:
We are, like, that far
from a turnkey totalitarian state
Good news for salt lovers who are concerned over its affect on blood
pressure…The USDA says today’s top source of sodium is processed foods. Fix this by eating more home cooked meals and
lightly salt to taste which can cut your sodium intake by 50%.
The Parting Thought-
Less Government equals More Freedom from the District of Corruption…
The past 75 years in America have witnessed an avalanche
of new criminal laws, the result of which is a problem known as
"overcriminalization." As the United States Congress refuses to stop
new and unwarranted criminal laws, the key to curbing overcriminalization is
the American public.
The past 75 years in
America have witnessed an avalanche of new criminal laws, the result of which
is a problem known as "overcriminalization." As the United States
Congress refuses to stop new and unwarranted criminal laws, the key to curbing
overcriminalization is the American public.
Key Points
- 1 No one knows how many federal crimes exist. Many criminal laws regulate conduct that is not inherently blameworthy in the commercial and environmental fields, for example.
- 2 Often, those laws do not require proof that a person intended to break the law or knew that his conduct was inherently blameworthy or harmful. As a result, people risk committing crimes without having the “guilty mind” required by the common law.
- 3 The practicalities of the legislative process contribute to this dilemma. There generally is little or no constituency for reducing the number or severity of criminal laws, and prosecutors are a powerful political bloc and seek to expand the reach and severity of the penal code.
- 4 Legislators may enact unduly broad laws in the hope that prosecutors will exercise good judgment, which is not always the case. Public awareness is therefore essential if this problem is to be addressed.
Download our series of reports on Taking America Back from
Dysfunctional Politicians at:
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revolution”, the Poor Man
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