Bruce’s Poor Man Survival Bulletin
A Digest of Urban Survival Resources
For Independent Minded People!
ISSN 2161-5543
In This Issue:
1.
The
steep cost of a cashless society
2.
How to establish a farm school program
3.
Swap Online – makes trading easy
4.
Homeland Security now tracking Prepper Sites
5.
The Dumbest Generation?
Inflation is taxation without legislation. - Milton Friedman
The Steep Price of Living in a Cashless Society
Believe it or not…the government is shredding billions of dollar and
burying them in landfills according to the New York Times…the push for digital
money.
The trend is very clear: Cash is on its way out. It might take another
10 or 20 years or longer for the US and other economies, but eventually so few
businesses will accept cash that it will be relegated to jangling jars and
cruddy sofa crevices. Governments will have no choice but to halt the fresh
minting of coins and printing of bills, and eventually non-electronic money
will dry up all together.
On the good side, some of that cash is being recycled into roofing
tiles, fuel pellets and postal packing material.
What it means is dozens of central banks are starting to abandon paper
money which will force all Americans into a new, trackable currency.
It may come as a surprise, but there is no legal requirement for
businesses to accept US dollars.
Example: Apple stores won’t
accept cash and Southwest Airlines won’t take cash when you purchase cocktails.
More than 90% of our money supply is already digital in nature. What this will mean for Americans
(eventually) that unless you’re willing to barter for something, your only
choice may become a debit or credit card.
There is already a bill being floated in Congress that would remove
legal tender status from US coins and FRN’s.
The Treasury Dept already requires Social Security payments to be
direct deposited into bank accounts.
The introduction of
‘mobile wallets’ or smart phones are paving the way for an all digital economy
AND all that makes it easier for government snoops to track you! This will make
many companies, such as Verizon, incredibly wealthy at the same time.
Did you know that lint from washing machines is a
leading cause of expensive septic system failure?
PM’s
Compendium of Useful Resources
Swap-online.com has been created to be an online
community of people who embrace
the idea of Trade & Barter. The concept is quite simple…everyone has stuff
that they no longer need or want and other people want that stuff and are
willing to barter & trade for it.
Free and
Useful Prepper related downloads
Daily Deals -
As Low as a Buck
How to establish a Farm to School program
A three-step approach offers a way to implement a locally sourced,
healthy eating plan in any community.
Part of a
trend
Similar programs have
been established at 9,807 schools in 2,305 school districts in all 50 states,
according to the Farm to School network website. “Because these numbers are self-reported, there are
very likely more programs going on than this,” said Chelsey Simpson, the
Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Farm to School membership and communications associate.
Farm to School is a
nationwide program that connects students in grades K-12 with healthy, locally
sourced food through a variety of education and experiential learning
initiatives. “We like to think of this as a win-win-win,” said Simpson.
Nicolas Leschke is the co-founder of Efficient City Farming, a company currently building an aquaponic farm on the roof of an old malthouse in Berlin that will produce both vegetables and fish.
Nicolas Leschke is the
co-founder of Efficient City Farming, a company currently building an aquaponic farm on
the roof of an old malthouse in Berlin that will produce both vegetables and
fish. Previously, Nicolas was the Interim CEO at Malzfabrik, the co-Founder of
Project Dharma, the Business Development Director for Entrepreneurs’
Organization across Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and he was the
co-Founder of the Accelerator Programm Germany. He also founded Planet Audio
Guide in Italy, which claims to be the first GPS audio-guided city tour in the
world. Nicolas holds a BA degree with honors in International Business Studies
with French and Spanish from London’s European Business School…read the
min-interview here:
What's better than earning a higher interest rate on
your savings? Helping a worthy
entrepreneur, in the process. Microloans offer the opportunity to beat the
banks while you save the world.
On sites like Microplace, you make microloans to entrepreneurs around the
world — usually in locations where there’s no easy access to banks and
financial services, especially for the poor. No ATMs, no credit cards, no
insurance – according to Microplace, this is how 40 percent of the world lives,
on as little as $2 a day. The idea behind these small, short-term loans is to
help people out of poverty with business loans that spur entrepreneurship and
provide stability.
Use baby shampoo to get rid
of mud stains from clothes. Brush away
what you can, then rub a few drops of the shampoo in before placing it into the
washing machine.
The Nanny
State Updates…
They're
Watching:
Homeland Security Tracking Visitors Across Alternative News and Prepper Web Sites
Homeland Security Tracking Visitors Across Alternative News and Prepper Web Sites
No one is immune to
the surveillance state. Whether you're a prepper, alternative news buff, or
none of the above, the government wants to know what you're doing.
"Just because
you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you."
If there ever existed
individuals and groups that threatened the status quo it's now, and they can
often be found congregating at alternative news websites, forums and
preparedness oriented online communities. Government officials at the
Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have done everything in their power
to marginalize their dangerous ideas and activities going so far as to even issue security bulletins to private businesses like banks, surplus stores,
coffee shops and other retailers outlining what employees should look for and
when to say something to law enforcement officials.
Activities like
putting a Ron Paul bumper sticker on your car, paying cash, buying gold,
stocking up on food, promoting "anti-U.S." and "radical
theologies," and demanding personal privacy are all now considered to be
suspicious in the eyes of a government hell bent on destroying the
Constitution.
A recent report from well known survival author James Rawles suggests
that Preparedness oriented web sites are a prime target of government snooping
and sniffing. A website like Rawles' Survival Blog, or even the PoorManSurvival.com site.
It has come to my
attention that from August of 2011 to November of 2011, the FBI secretly
redirected the web traffic of more than 10% of SurvivalBlog's US visitors
through CJIS, their sprawling data center situated on 900 acres, 10 miles from
Clarksburg, West Virginia. There, the Feebees surreptitiously collected the
IP addresses of my site visitors.
You can be assured
that if the FBI is engaging in this type of surveillance, Survival Blog and
other preparedness web sites aren't alone. Chances are that, as Rawles
mentions, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of websites being tracked and
monitored in similar fashion. Areport from the
Intel Hub confirms these suspicions
and we'd venture to guess that most other web sites in the alternative news
sphere will see similar access logs.
Lift out grease stains from garments with Wonder
Bread. Rub the stains with a slice and
it will absorb the stain.
The Parting Thought – The Dumbest Generation?
Everyone is
entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.
NEWSWEEK gave
1,000 Americans the U.S. Citizenship Test--38 percent failed. The country's future is imperiled by our ignorance…
Too many
Americans can’t even tell you how many sides a triangle has…
American citizens are naturally stupid. I hope this doesn't offend the
few smart, nice Americans (still not found by scientists but believed to
exist).
Americans are prone to
a condition known as dumb-and-dumber, where those afflicted
believe what they would like regardless of the facts.
Americans are
also enslaved easily, which is why they continually vote the same slave-masters
into office. You just need to
offer them free stuff and they will follow you without hesitation. If they
resist offer them food stamps or other ‘benefits‘.
Historians believe
that writers and philosophers once roamed the Great Plains and traveled down
the Mississippi. Evidence suggests they may have been chased into Canada,
Europe, or burned at the stake. Some Americans find the idea of a species of
free-thinking individuals roaming the United States blasphemous
One of our sideline
businesses includes answering the phones on weekends for a storage
business. Folks who rent these units owe
rent on the first of the month and are given a 10-day grace period before late
fees kick in. Invariably, calls come in
after the 10th to ‘let us know they’ll be late with their payment,
do I have to pay a late fee?” Almost
always, it’s the same people who call each month. (Of course, they always call after business
hours knowing full well the office staff won’t be in).
A woman in Benton
Harbor, MI fell off a pier into Lake Michigan while texting on her phone. Nearly 33% of auto accidents are blamed on
distracted drivers, usually due to cell phone use.
A Gallup poll shows that 1 in 4 Americans believe we won our
independence from a country OTHER than Great Britain. Many people said France.
Others said China. I'll let that sink in. China? Most folks don’t even know the
Great Wall of China is in China.
American spending on public education is in the top five of the world, yet the results are dismal at best…
I’m sure you’ve all
seen this cringe-worthy video on YouTube of Kellie Pickler (of American Idol 15
minutes of fame). Competing against a 5th grader, she was asked: “Budapest
is the capital of what European country?“. Her reply? “I thought Europe was
a country“.
For a sampling of Jay Leno’s Street Walking clips (where Americans demonstrate their lack of knowledge about our own country and the world) click here:
“Until the next
revolution”, the Poor Man
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