Bruce’s Poor Man Survival Bulletin
A Digest of Urban Survival Resources
For Independent Minded People!
ISSN
2161-5543
The Brain on the brain…
Some they use it
Some they don’t
And some, you just can’t tell!
From The
Smiling Dog Saloon Files
In
This Issue:
1.
Natural Remedy Cheat Sheet
2.
Food storage secrets
3.
Ronald Reagan TV commercial about socialism
4.
Cheap justice-Broken Laws
Natural Remedy Cheat
Sheet
Useful DIY remedies can save money and they work just as well...
Acne
Dab tea tree essential oil onto acne for a quick-healing spot
treatment. (Find 100% pure essential oils here.)
Dab frankincense essential oil onto acne scars to reduce
appearance.
Bruises
Burns
Apply 100% pure lavender essential oil to a fresh burn to ease
pain and speed healing. (Find it here.)
Chest congestion
Coughs
Brew a cup of tea with elder flower, marshmallow root and
plantain. Use ½ teaspoon of each herb per cup. (Find organic bulk herbs for this tea here.)
Cramps
Cuts
Sprinkle on yarrow flowers before applying pressure to quickly
stop bleeding. (Find organic dried yarrow here.)
Wash fresh cuts with a strong calendula infusion (how to make
an infusion) to prevent infection and soothe skin.
Diaper rash
Apply a drop of pure lavender essential oil to speed healing.
Dilute in a tablespoon of coconut oil. (Find 100% pure lavender EO here and organic coconut oil here.)
Diarrhea
Dilute a drop of peppermint essential oil in a tablespoon of
coconut oil and rub on the lower abdomen. (Find pure peppermint EO here.)
Brew a cup of red raspberry leaf and lemon balm tea. Use ½
teaspoon of each herb. Drink throughout the day to stay hydrated, soothe the
stomach and stop diarrhea. (Find these bulk herbs here.)
Headaches
Have a glass of water; you might be dehydrated.
Layer one drop lavender essential oil and one drop frankincense essential oil on the temples and forehead.
(If peppermint doesn’t work or you don’t have any.)
Insomnia/trouble sleeping/crazy kids
If lavender doesn’t work, mix a drop of vetiver essential oil with a drop of a citrus essential
oil. Apply to the back of the neck.
Nose bleeds
Roll half a square of toilet paper so that it resembles a tampon
(for lack of a better description), roll in herbal healing ointment and insert
gently into the bleeding nostril. (We use this remedy quite often.)
Owies
Rashes
Add one drop each of lavender and tea tree essential oils to a tablespoon of coconut oil. Apply to the rash every few hours.
Sore or scratchy throat
Drink a cup of marshmallow root tea. Add a little raw honey, too (don’t use raw honey under 1 year of age).
Upset tummies
Yeast
Add probiotics to the diet. If possible, apply the probiotic,
like homemade
yogurt, to the affected area.
This list is by no means a comprehensive natural remedy guide,
but rather a quick cheat sheet for the person who wants to use natural remedies
for common issues, but doesn’t want to dig through an herbal remedy book every
time something comes up. Feel free to print it off (using the print button at
the end of this article) so you have your most-used remedies in one place! You
can use this list for your own family and add or take away from it so that it’s
most useful for you. Find more useful
natural living ideas here:
PM’s
Roundup of Useful Resources…
Here’s some people who have taken the plunge, purchased
some rural land, and a tiny house to put there. Remember, if they can do it you
can too! Here’s the video (oh, and they’re open to suggestions if you have
any)…
Continue reading Going
Off Grid in Our Tiny House (video)
Food Storage Secrets
When dinner's over, does the leftover soup go straight into the fridge right in the pot rather than into a plastic container just so you can save a few minutes on clean up? Here are some alterations in food storage, though they might take an extra five minutes, that will save you considerable time and money later.
When dinner's over, does the leftover soup go straight into the fridge right in the pot rather than into a plastic container just so you can save a few minutes on clean up? Here are some alterations in food storage, though they might take an extra five minutes, that will save you considerable time and money later.
Watch this
50-year old commercial with Ronald Reagan about Socialism
The
Nanny State- Your Freedom at
Risk!
Law enforcement agencies around the country are using the
International Mobile Subscriber Identity locator (IMSI catcher), known as
Stingray, to track cellphone users for the purpose of assisting criminal
investigations. Stingray masquerades as a cellphone tower, tricking phones into
sending it a signal that law enforcement can later use to identify the serial
number of the phone and track the subscriber or cellphone user. Privacy advocates
are worried about widespread police tracking of cellphones and violations of
privacy.
There
are thousands of federal laws and many more coming from the states. So many,
that at the national level the government doesn't even try to add them up
anymore…No one can keep up with our laws.
The US has more laws, rules and regulations THAN ANY OTHER NATION (and
we’ve been around a lot less longer than most).
United States of Unfair Taxation You know that
broken-record mantra that Democrats have about the rich paying their fair
share? That load of BS should get tossed out of the window with the most recent
study undertaken by the Congressional […]
The
Parting Thought – Nothing to worry in the land of the free!
Cheap Justice, Bad
Law = Broken System
Many blogs have been written here that deal with the
phony “War on Drugs” and the negative effects it has on society, particularly
those lacking resources, or being people of color. This piece is not about the
“War on Drugs”, but this ridiculous “war” has actually driven the abuses of our
criminal justice system that is my topic today. Because the “War on Drugs”
provides context for this subject I’ve included links at the bottom that supply
the context behind my opinions here. Human Rights Watch produced a report
this week about how most defendants in Federal drug cases are forced to plead
guilty under the threat of the imposition of a mandatory sentence. I read an
article in Huffington Post referencing this study and it immediately
brought to mind two aspects of law enforcement and prosecution today that raise
my ire.
The first is the process of plea bargaining, which I
believe makes a mockery of our Criminal Justice System. The second is the
concept of Mandatory Minimum Sentencing (MMS) which in my opinion leads
inevitably to miscarriages of what we would like to call justice. The idea of
negotiation, bargaining if you will, is that each of the two sides has the
ability to provide enough of value to be able to establish a mutually
beneficial contract. Clearly though when it comes to a Prosecutor bargaining
with a defendant there is, except in the case of the wealthy/powerful, an
unequal negotiation. The Prosecution has the authority and resources of the
State backing it up.
Most defendants and indeed most people in prisons, have
little resources. In the public’s (thus jury’s) mind, most defendants are
really guilty until proven innocent, despite the “presumption of innocence”
that is supposedly a hallmark of our legal system. Adding immeasurably to the
Prosecution’s resources are “Mandatory Minimum” sentences (MMS). They were
instituted by legislators who wanted to appear “tough on crime” and so
represent drastic solutions to punishment needs, in order to appear as “tough”
as possible.
With the trump card of MMS prosecutors are in a position
to threaten a defendant to “cop a plea” to avoid a more draconian prison
sentence. The Human Rights Watch study shows how these two procedures
have become a feature of American Criminal Justice that in my opinion makes a
mockery of it. Read more of this
post
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