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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Surviving on Small Game, Clean your Rifle, 15 Foods to Never Buy

Bruce’s Poor Man Survival Bulletin

A Digest of Urban Survival Resources

http://www.PoorManSurvival.com

For Independent Minded People!

ISSN 2161-5543

"A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt about a tragedy. He said, “I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, angry, violent one. The other wolf is the loving, compassionate one.” The grandson asked him, “Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?” The grandfather answered, “The one I feed.” "
-- Native American Story

In This Issue:

1. Quick guide to surviving on small game

2. Free family survival & emergency guide

3. 15 foods you should never buy again

4. How to clean your rifle-video, Profit in trash, Make your knife sharp as hell

5. Drone wars-We see you…

Quick Guide to Surviving on Small Game

Having the skills to procure food in a long term wilderness survival situation or post-event world is critical. You must have a working knowledge of the edible plants in your area and be able to identify them without hesitation. Wild edible plants are not enough though; you must also possess the skills needed to harvest the wild game species native to your environment.

Hunting and Trapping for Survival

There is a reason that primitive peoples were not vegetarian; wild vegetation alone cannot provide the needed sustenance to survive the hardships and physical labor of a life in the field.

For the most part, plants are low in calories. They excel at supplying trace minerals and vitamins, but lack the cellular structure to provide you the energy-rich food you need in a survival situation. That energy comes from animal products in the form of protein and fat.

Common Survival Myth About Hunting

A common survival myth is that you can just head to the nearest patch of forest and live off the large ungulates (deer, moose, elk, caribou, bison) that abide there. The fact is, these types of critters can have a huge range and are not a reliable food source to stake your life on.

Plus, the caloric expenditure needed to actively hunt them could outweigh the gain and put you in a worse off position than you were to begin with. You should look to large game as a bonus rather than the rule when in the field.

Small Game Are Plentiful

The go-to wild meat source is small game: squirrel, rabbit, chipmunk, dove, waterfowl, packrat, songbirds, beaver, mice, raccoon, etc. Essentially any living animal that crawls, flies, or swims is fair game. The population density of small critters is much higher than that of the mega fauna on any given tract of land.

These animals are where you should spend your time and effort. A survival situation is no time for food prejudices. Although you cringe at the idea of eating something like a coyote now, I can assure you that when facing starvation that slab of meat is going to be top-shelf cuisine to your pallet. The photo below shows a nice boar raccoon roasting over an open fire. More at:

http://www.poormansurvival.com/Pages/Hunting.aspx

15 Foods You Should Never Buy Again (Reader's Digest)

PM’s Compendium of Useful Resources

The Poor Man is a member of the United States Civil Defense Association

Survival Family Emergency Response & Preparedness Guide

For Natural and Man-made attacks and disasters to protect you and your family and Survive

The United States Civil Defense Association (USCDA) is a private organization and not a government entity and it exists to provide humanitarian aid, emergency preparedness and disaster response and relief on behalf of the duly elected constitutional county sheriff's across America. The USCDA provides emergency services, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief where needed in the sheriff's area of jurisdiction where those citizens are in need. These services may include search and rescue, safety, force multiplier and improved force protection, and all aspects of security. During man-made or natural disasters USCDA will respond to requests from any Constitutional sheriff around the country.

http://www.lagunajournal.com/survival_family_emergency_respon.htm

National Preparedness Coalition

http://community.fema.gov/connect.ti/readynpm/view?objectId=191603

Al roker reveals 3 steps to weathering a disaster

As part of the nation's largest online resource for preparedness, it's easy for us to forget that not everyone is thinking about preparedness. Did you know that while 60% of Americans agree it’s important for all Americans to be prepared for natural or man-made disasters, only 15% believe they are prepared for a disaster situation?

If this statistic is alarming to you, you are not alone. Good news: you can help to change it…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uwmc8Z7q_w&feature=youtu.be&a

Cleaning Your Rifle

A clean rifle is a safe and accurate rifle. Watch Larry Potterfield of Midway USA demonstrate how to clean your rifle quickly and easily.

Watch the Video

Print a Free Target

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymyw7CLFWOk

The best way to manage your firearm collection…

http://mygundb.com/#081cceb3

Earth 911 - Find Recycling Resources Where You Live

Researching ways to buy in bulk and found Earth 911; it’s a site that shows you how to generate less waste in general.

When I was there Everything You Need to Know About Buying in Bulk was a featured article on the main page, along with kitchen gadgets that actually reduce waste, energy saving tips and more.

Navigation is easy! There are featured articles on the main page as well as Recent News, the Spotlight section, Polls, Popular Articles, and Slideshows. At the top of the page you’ll find navigation strip with the categories: Automotive, Batteries, Construction, Electronics, Garbage, Glass, Hazardous, Household, Metal, Paint, Paper, and Plastic. These sections help you figure out how to cut down on waste, how to recycle the items, or how to dispose of them safely.

Check this one out today!

http://earth911.com

Profit in Trash-8 Companies that make money from recycling

http://earth911.com/news/2012/02/06/8-companies-that-make-money-from-recycling/

Nothing warms you on a chilly morning like a bowl of hot cereal. That's why in this section, you'll find a wide variety of great-tasting grains. We used to make some of the best wheat cereals from bags of grain…just clean and soak overnight, then cook.

Find out the benefits of hot cereal grains and how to make oatmeal, cracked wheat, brown rice, and other rolled grains; explore hot cereals and healthy alternatives to oatmeal in this free video on whole grain cereal tips. http://grains-nuts-soy.wonderhowto.com/how-to/make-hot-cereals-and-whole-grains-227528/

Make your knife sharp as hell!

http://knives-n-swords.wonderhowto.com/how-to/make-your-knife-as-sharp-as-devil-himself-0141845/

Use these tools to reduce the cost of your mortgage
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The Nanny State Updates… Americans are fat n happy while their rights are trampled!

Our America: High School Students Suspended For Chanting ‘USA’, While Illegal Immigrants Tell Congress Not to Call Them Illegal

Here’s video of the offending display…

Meanwhile, as patriotism is punished, breaking federal immigration laws is not. Jose Antonio Vargas, an admitted illegal alien, went to Congress and scolded them for accurately referring to him as … well … illegal.

Via the Washington Times (h/t Memeorandum):

Jose Antonio Vargas, an illegal immigrant and former reporter, scolded a congressional panel on Wednesday, saying that he should not be called illegal, and saying it is an insult to his family who brought him here.

“When you inaccurately call me illegal, you not only dehumanize me, you’re offending them,” he said. “No human being is illegal.”

Mr. Vargas testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee alongside Chris Crane — a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent and president of the ICE agents’ union — who is unable to arrest him under the administration’s new non-deportation policies.

Human beings aren’t illegal, but their actions are Mr. Vargas. This is why you are classified as an illegal alien – because you illegally entered the country.

What to do when you can't afford your pet's medical bills
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The Parting Thought- the continuing demise of your rights

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't!
- Mark Twain

The government is out of control in the US and in many other countries. But their actions are more like death throes. Like a big, mortally wounded beast, the state is lashing out with the strength and ferocity that comes from panic. It senses death approaching. And that may make it temporarily more dangerous. But the end is in sight. All their actions are actually reactions to fact that they're losing. They are trying to close the doors, control the flow of information and restrict the flow of capital, but people are finding ways around everything (especially people like us and the people who read publications like this).

The blatantly obvious and rather pathetic attempts at information control keep coming. Like the latest in a long string of executive orders signed by President Obama just before the recent State of the Union address. The order will expand the power of the Department of Homeland Security to "share" information with private industry. In other words, it will be easier for the government to gather information about you from the electronic media you use. And of course, there is the much-talked about "internet kill switch" that Obama and his fellow heads of state are dying to make a reality.

Also bothersome, the push (by military contractors) to create legions of spy drones to spy on US citizens…all in the name of public safety…

Drone Wars-Draining more of your privacy every chance they get…

The widespread use of drones among civilians represents a deep and dangerous intrusion into American life.

"What we used to know as privacy is finished," said John Whitehead, a constitutional scholar and president of Virginia-based Rutherford Institute. "Big Brother is here to stay."

Both the progressive American Civil Liberties Union and the libertarian Rutherford Institute cheer legislative efforts to place strict limits on unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs. And prodded by privacy groups, state lawmakers nationwide -- Republicans and Democrats alike -- have launched an all-out offensive against the unmanned aerial vehicles.

In at least 13 states, lawmakers this year will examine bills to place strict limits on how government entities can deploy drones. No state has embedded such regulations into law.

Canyon County, Idaho, already has one, a camera-equipped Draganflyer X-6 it bought for $33,400 with federal grant money. About a year ago, Mesa County, Colorado, used $14,000 to purchase its drone, a 4-foot-long, 9-pound plane that can maintain flight for about an hour. The Seattle Police Department spent $41,000 in August for its Draganflyer X-6.

With the booming interest in the myriad uses of UAVs comes nervous anxiety about the creep of the surveillance state. Read more…

This article was originally posted on Watchdog.org

Then watch this video and sign the petition…

http://lfb.org/petition/drones/?xcode=X4LFP208

“Until the next revolution”, the Poor Man

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Saturday, February 16, 2013

Prepper foods from the grocery store, 60 Money saving tools

Bruce’s Poor Man Survival Bulletin

A Digest of Urban Survival Resources

http://www.PoorManSurvival.com

For Independent Minded People!

ISSN 2161-5543

Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.
- Frank A. Clark

In This Issue:

1. Prepper foods from the grocery store

2. Making simple flatbreads

3. Videos-Basic gardening, rope making skills, at-home jobs

4. 60 Money-saving tools

5. The continuing demise of your rights in America

Can you get 'prepper' foods at the grocery store? Yes, if you know about these cheap emergency foods we often overlook…

The rise of the modern “prepper” is no accident, with shows like National Geographic Channel's Doomsday Preppers heralding a larger shift in social awareness. In the wake of storms like Katrina, Irene, and Sandy, even stubborn New Yorkers are realizing that Mother Nature packs a punch, and that most people aren't ready to roll with it. This combined with rising concerns about economic troubles and bumbling government has caused a flood of newbie preppers to take to the stores, eagerly looking for the security of stored food, water, and medicines. The prospect can be daunting, especially if you're trying to prep on your own or for a small group. Often, the biggest mistake new preppers can make is looking too far from home for the supplies they need.

The temptation to blow several hundred dollars on specialized freeze dried foods in durable looking specialty packaging can be almost too much to resist, and it’s the most common mistake new preppers with tight budgets make. In fact, many “prepper foods” are so cheap. You probably already have some and forgot about it.

The ubiquitous jar of peanut butter is practically an American icon, and serves as an ideal prepper food in its own right. Dating all the way back to the Aztec empire, peanut butter offers protein, fiber, B vitamins, potassium, and healthy fats. Available at nearly any dollar store, the plastic jars store well (anywhere from two to five years), and even if it does go bad, it won't hurt you. According to Maribeth Cousin, a professor of food science at Purdue, "Some people actually eat rancid food without knowing it, depending upon their individual taste buds." Even rancid, the nutritional content remains intact, though the flavor suffers. Since rancidification is linked to oxygen exposure, sealed jars are not likely to go rancid.

Honey is another good choice as a prepper food. As natural sweeteners, honey and sugar are neck and neck, but where honey really shines is in its medicinal values. Honey packs a variety of nutrients, like B and C vitamins, iron and magnesium, and has powerful anti-fungal, antibacterial, and antiseptic qualities. Combined, these two facts mean that honey is a digestive miracle worker and can even be used to topically treat injuries like cuts and burns. Honey, also, never goes bad. Literally, it can't do it. As moisture leaves it, honey takes on a crystalline structure, but a little heat will melt it right back down into a more usable state.

Powdered drink mixes are another easy, long lasting, and cheap way to stretch your budget and your diet in an emergency. As an example, Tang provides 100% of the daily dosage of vitamin C in an eight-ounce serving (after all, it was invented for astronauts). Kool-Aid® mix is another option, since it’s also high in vitamin C and E. Personally, I recommend powdered Gatorade. Not only will it stretch your diet by adding calories, carbs, and vitamins to your water, but also it can be used to treat dehydration. A study in 2005 found that Gatorade was effective in treating cases of acute dehydration, which makes it an excellent option for families with young or elderly members.

Read the rest at:

http://www.poormansurvival.com/Pages/citizenpreparedness.aspx

Did you know that you could make money at the farmers market?
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PM’s Compendium of Useful Resources

Making Simple Flat Breads From Food Storage Staples Can Sustain Life In An Emergency

Everyone loves fry bread, tortillas and pita bread. All these breads can be made from a few staple ingredients.

If you get caught in an emergency situation, these breads can be made and eaten to sustain your life. Add canned meat, beans, rice and rehydrated vegetables and you have a meal.

Wheat Grinder Or Grain Mill

A wheat grinder or grain mill is very important to have. If you have a wheat grinder, you can make whole grain flour that is much more nutritious than white flour. I suggest you have an electric grinder for everyday use and a hand-operated grain grinder for emergency use if the power goes out

http://personalliberty.com/2013/02/11/making-simple-flat-breads-from-food-storage-staples-can-sustain-life-in-an-emergency/

· The ancient Native American technique of growing Corn, Beans, and Squash together in an arrangement called the Three Sisters is the ultimate in companion planting.

Free Online Gardening Videos

Seed your lawn, grow tomatoes, prune evergreens and more at:

www.FineGardening.com/videos

Safer Medications

Drug lookup, giving meds to kids, personal drug tracker and more at:

www.SafeMedication.com

Mastering traditional rope making skills video…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjguY7Eae1g&list=UUZa3iPkT5Q9-gipZuSDzgGw&index=60

Want a job where you can work from home, make a decent living, and take care of your children? Or perhaps you want to work from home simply to save on transportation costs. Whatever your reason, check out these opportunities and you're sure to find something that will work for you:
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60 Free Money Saving Tools

Imagine your finances were fully optimized. You always found the best deals. You paid the least amount possible on everything from insurance to cable. And if a coupon applied to your next purchase, you actually used it. How much money would you save each month?

While I can't answer that question for you, here are 60 free tools to help you save some dough on just about everything.

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Synthetic oil is vastly superior to blends when it comes to protecting your engine from extreme temps…Once your car reaches 75,000 miles, switch to a higher viscosity oil.

The Nanny State Updates… Americans are fat n happy while their rights are trampled!

A Group of Drug War Profiteers Are Asking Eric Holder to Stop Legal Pot in Colorado and Washington

A coalition of interest groups whose members profit off marijuana prohibition, including the former leader of a chain of abusive teen rehab centers, have sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder demanding that the Department of Justice prevent Colorado and Washington from taxing and regulating marijuana.

Drones
Seattle mayor says no to drones

Seattle mayor Mike McGinn has shut down the Seattle Police Department’s drone program before it started. McGinn said the police need to stay focused on “community building.” The announcement came just one day after the city held a public hearing to discuss restrictions to be imposed on drone use by the police departments. Many citizens voiced their concerns about possible violations of privacy.

Privacy
Legislation to require Internet privacy baseline not around the corner

The European Union has set tough privacy protection laws and is even considering a proposal which would set even stricter requirements on Internet companies, including allowing users to access and delete data collected on them. The United States, however, has very few privacy protection laws. Some argue this is a good thing.

Police Officer Lands Helicopter To Confront And Search Hiker

This video of a San Bernardino police officer circling and confronting a woman hiking in the desert has raised the anger of many about the increasing intrusion of police surveillance and operations. The officer lands his helicopter and confronts the woman without any evidence of reasonable suspicion, let alone probable cause.

Read more of this post

A second story on why military drones are soon going to be used against American citizens, right here on U.S. soil. Who knows, maybe they'll launch Hellfire missiles at random pickup trucks driving around LA!
http://www.naturalnews.com/039046_military_drones_American_citizens_murder.html

Make cakes easier to serve by sprinkling some granulated sugar on to the cake plate, and slices will slide out more easily.

The Parting Thought- the continuing demise of your rights

Amerika is a Police State-In response to last week’s issue about rebellion

A police state is generally defined as a totalitarian government that exerts extreme and pervasive social, political and economic control over peaceful citizens. Ayn Rand called it “the ultimate inversion...the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission.”

One way is to compare what you see in America with the following standard description of a police state. A police state maintains its control through the pervasive surveillance of peaceful citizenry, through a vast number of laws with draconian enforcement, and by converting rights into privileges that can be withheld – for example, the ability to travel. Our national disgrace, the expensive TSA, is working hard to make travel here as difficult as possible.

Surveillance of daily life has soared; even the Supreme Court has consistently expanded the "right" of police to perform warrantless searches. A vast array of laws now dictate the minutia of life, from what you may not eat to the light bulbs you may not use as well products you must buy (e.g. health care insurance). On one day in January alone, Obama issued 23 executive orders to start the process of gun control.

Another way to judge the degree of totalitarianism is to answer yourself four questions:

How many peaceful activities would make you a criminal if you did them? In his book Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent, civil rights attorney Harvey Silverglate. argues convincingly that, “The average professional in this country [the US] wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes home, eats dinner, and then goes to sleep, unaware that he or she has likely committed several federal crimes that day. Why? The answer lies in the very nature of modern federal criminal laws, which have exploded in number but also become impossibly broad and vague.” You are a felon whether or not you have done anything wrong.
How much of your life is spent working to pay taxes and other government fees? According to the watchdog Tax Foundation, in 2012 Americans worked “107 days into the year, from January 1 to April 17, to earn enough money to pay this year’s combined 29.2% federal, state, and local tax bill.” The figure hardly captures the scope of economic enslavement. The problem is not merely the taxes that consume a third of your life, it is also the unseen costs. For example, compliance with labyrinthine taxes and regulations costs small to middle-sized business 1 in every 3 dollars. This expense gets passed along to consumers while the benefit goes to the government.
How freely can you relocate your assets and person outside state jurisdiction? There are at least three stages in the relocation of the most simple asset – money. You must establish a foreign account, get the money under your control and, then, transfer it. The easiest step should be to get your own money; after all, banks should be merely holding it for you. That step is far from easy. In an article entitled “Get Your Assets Out of the US NOW”, a relocation expert warns that the bank will “make a federal case out of it. Literally.” You will wait from five to ten days for the transaction to clear. The manager will “begin to ask you a lot of questions. She's required to do it.” He adds, “Here's the scary part. When you tell them you want to withdraw $100,000 in cash or wire it to a foreign bank, they are REQUIRED to file a SAR. They are PROHIBITED from telling you that they are filing it....They can freeze your account until they are satisfied that what you want to do with YOUR money is legitimate.” Those are just some of the problems arising at one stage of what should be the simplest part of relocating assets. [Editor's Note: This should help you realize how urgent that it is to relocate your assets while you still can.]
How freely can you use your assets and person within state jurisdiction? Circumstances vary so widely that everyone must answer for themselves.

The war on terror is an engineered hysteria. In its wake, the institutions of America have changed. Public ones have swelled in size and appetite; private ones have retreated. Some of the changes are so glaring that people noticed immediately. It is difficult not to notice the militarization of law enforcement when your children are lined up at airports and touched by uniformed strangers in a manner that would be called child molestation elsewhere. But the dehumanizing process is accepted in the name of security.

The foregoing scratches the surface of "how" a society becomes a total state. It does not explain the "why." Why do Americans who pride themselves on rugged individualism stand by and watch the triumph of totalitarianism?

The daily erosion of freedom is far less real to them than their daily routines.

The difference between America and a communist regime lay in its institutional protection of the individual against the state. That difference no longer exists.

Wendy McElroy is a renowned individualist anarchist and individualist feminist. She was a co-founder along with Carl Watner and George H. Smith of The Voluntaryist in 1982, and is the author/editor of twelve books, the latest of which is "The Art of Being Free". Follow her work at http://www.wendymcelroy.com.