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March 21, 2018 - Health Ranger - Mike Adams
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Top 10 things you should be doing this Thanksgiving (instead of stuffing yourself with turkey)
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Alright, it's Thanksgiving yet again.
Thanksgiving weekend is here and because we like to have a little fun with our special report titles and even provoke pathetic weak-willed people who are easily offended, the title of this special report is The Top 10 Things You Should Be Doing This Thanksgiving Weekend Instead of Stuffing Your Fat Ass With Turkey.
Alright, so let's go on to that list.
And this is really a list about preparedness.
Yes, I want you to be prepared because there's some crazy stuff coming.
We've got the economic implosion that is inevitable, although it may not happen this year.
We don't know when exactly.
But we've got that going on.
We've got Obama provoking war with Russia.
We've got open borders allowing ISIS terrorists to walk right into the United States and they'd love to probably blow up a few Christians on Christmas, right?
That's the kind of sick minded stuff that these people do.
So there are a lot of potential threats and I want you to be safe and I want you to be prepared.
So here's the list of the top 10 things to do on Thanksgiving weekend instead of stuffing your fat ass with turkey.
Now I'm just assuming you have a fat ass, but you may not.
So either way, please be offended.
Okay, number one, determine which family members you can count on and which ones you can't.
When you're gathered around your pathetic family members at Thanksgiving, you need to sort them out in your mind.
Make a list.
Like, oh yeah, we can count on Uncle Joe over here and my nephew, you know, Bob or niece Susanna or whatever.
Make a list of who you can count on and who you can't, because if things get crazy, you want to obviously have family strength, family common defense, take care of each other as much as you can, but you don't want the meth head leeches that exist in every family, it seems, to bring your family down.
Those are the people who will be out there breaking into local pharmacies.
They'll steal your handgun and break into the pharmacies so they can get their hands on some methadone or whatever, pain opioids, pain pills, I don't know, whatever.
I mean, these junkies actually know these drugs far better than I do.
I don't even know what to steal at a pharmacy.
I wouldn't even be there.
I'd be at home taking care of my medicinal herbs.
They'd be at the pharmacy causing trouble.
And maybe getting you shot as people track them back to your home.
So who knows?
Anyway, you need to sort out your family members in your mind and know who's reliable and who's actually a risk.
And then, I don't know, maybe you can talk to those people, maybe not.
Maybe you should just keep your distance.
That's for you to decide.
Alright, assignment number two here is that you should...
This is your homework for Thanksgiving.
Usually when you're doing a Thanksgiving get-together, well, I shouldn't say usually, but often you're meeting family members in the city.
You might live in the city, and you might be meeting your family in the city.
Sometimes, I know you go out to the countryside, but if you're in a city...
I'd like you to take this weekend and observe the vulnerabilities of the city.
This is very important for your preparedness and survival strategy.
I want you to think about if all electricity were shut down, where would you go to get water?
How would you defend yourself?
How would you exit the city on foot?
By the way, do you have a bug-out bag?
Do you have everyday carry items with you?
Do you have a little pack?
Like a little bug-out pack that would help you get out of the city?
If you're in a city?
Think about that.
Look around.
Look at all the vulnerabilities.
Look at the population density.
Look at the lifestyle that people are living that would trap them in a city if something bad happens when they're in the city.
So, you know, take time to observe those things.
Okay.
Point number three.
Practice using your water filtration devices.
Now, you probably already own some kind of a water filter.
Maybe it's like a big Berkey type of gravity filter.
Maybe you have a camp filter that's a pump-operated filter.
Maybe you have something else.
I don't know.
I don't know what you have.
Whatever it is, I want you to practice using it because it's very important that you know how to use this when things go wrong.
And yes, things are going to go wrong at some point.
We don't know when.
We don't know how.
There's going to be a trigger event of some kind.
Maybe something by ISIS. Maybe something from Russia.
Maybe something economic.
Maybe China announces a gold-backed currency.
And the whole world dumps the dollar overnight.
And the federal government can't fund the EBT cards.
You know, the food stamp cards.
And you've got 50 million people running around American cities.
Suddenly they can't buy food.
And since they don't have jobs, they don't have any spare money.
They're panicked.
They're freaking out.
What are you going to do?
Well, you should obviously have a backup of food and water.
And when it comes to water, it's important that you know how to use that device.
Preparedness devices and then don't ever use them.
And you might have parts missing that you don't even know until the day you try to use it.
So anyway, be smart about that.
Point number four.
Double check all your food storage.
Kind of already mentioned that, but it's a good time to just check everything.
Look for rodent damage.
Make sure mice didn't get into your beans or your wheat or whatever.
Make sure that moths haven't infested your grains.
You know, just take a look.
Take some inventory and make sure everything's good.
Point number five.
This is for those of you who live in areas where you can legally own firearms, which if you don't, maybe you should move.
Clean and lube all your firearms.
Now, for some of you, I know that might take a year because you've got like 150 rifles.
So clean and lube the ones that you need.
How about that?
For others of you, you only have one handgun.
And if you can clean and lube all your firearms in 30 minutes, you probably don't have enough firearms.
That's a pretty good rule of thumb right there.
So this should take a few hours.
You've got to have a pistol, a shotgun, and a rifle.
That's kind of the bare minimum to cover all the different areas in which you might have to use a firearm for self-defense.
So anyway, make sure they're all in good working condition, and it's a good idea to just clean and lube those firearms, especially if you haven't fired them for a long period of time.
Which brings me to point number six.
This is a great time to practice with your firearms.
Again, keep it legal.
Practice on a range or if you live out in the country, maybe you can do it in your own backyard.
Who knows?
But it's a good time to beef up your skills just to kind of re-familiarize yourself with shooting skills.
Obviously, practice all the basic gun safety rules.
All firearms are loaded.
Don't put your finger on the trigger until you're ready to fire and you're on target.
Know what's in front of your target.
Know what's behind your target and so on and so forth.
In any case, Use this weekend to get up to speed on your firearms.
I know I am.
This is going to be fun.
I've been looking forward to this weekend for a long time because when I get time off, I like to brush up on all my preparedness and survival skills.
And I've spent a lot of time in the last two years on food, food production systems, and I haven't done enough practice on some of the rifles.
So I've got some new glass, a new scope from Schmidt& Bender that I'm just dying to get into.
Can't wait.
It's got a Tremor 2 reticle on it.
So I'm going to try to find a real windy day and do some wind holds with that.
It's going to be a lot of fun.
Can't wait.
All right, number seven.
Start planning for where you're going to grow a spring garden.
Now, I know it might sound too early for that.
You're thinking, what?
Spring garden?
It's only November.
Well, but I think you should start thinking about it because you might have some time off, some days to start organizing things in the garage or in the shed or in the yard, for that matter.
And you should start thinking about growing your food this coming year.
If you haven't been growing some of your food, it's a great time to start, you know, the spring of 2016.
Why not?
And I guess if you're listening in Australia, then this is actually...
Well, I guess this is the spring, so you could start growing now.
And that would be a great time for you as well.
Anyway, even if you're in North America, or especially if you're in Canada...
I want you to think about what you're going to grow when spring does come around.
Start thinking about it now and plan ahead.
Point number eight.
And again, these are the top ten things you should be doing this Thanksgiving instead of stuffing your fat ass with turkey.
Number eight is acquire reference books that you'll need if the net goes down.
Right now we tend to think, oh, if we ever need any information, we'll just log on to the internet.
Just check out a website.
We'll just search for it and we'll have it.
Well, what if the internet isn't there anymore?
What if your connectivity is down?
What if there's been an EMP attack and all the power transformers across the country have been damaged?
Or who knows?
What if cyber warriors from China have taken over the domain name system?
I mean, who knows?
So you need to have some reference books, and obviously you need medical reference books.
Let's see, Ditch Medicine is good.
Books about antibiotics.
Books about how to build simple farm items out of wood, like farm implements and things.
Books, all kinds of reference books that you might need in a survival or preparedness situation.
You know, wilderness type of skills like wild crafting foods, looking at wild crafted herbs, you know, identifying plants, how to harvest plants, how to engage in gardening, how to do soil composting, how to do water, rainwater collection.
All these kinds of things.
Just basic, you know, rural living type of skills and reference items.
Things you might need on your shelf just in case the internet goes down.
Again, you don't have to go crazy on it.
You don't need a freaking massive library in your home, but a few good books could really be a lifesaver in the right circumstances.
It brings me to number nine.
I think you should also acquire more antiseptics and antibiotics.
Now, a couple of caveats here.
Antiseptics, of course, these are the things that are normally in short supply in any kind of a war or collapse or crisis.
A lot of people die from just common infections, believe it or not.
So you should have some antiseptic solutions, povidone iodine, antibiotic ointments, things like that.
Just basic, basic antiseptics.
They're going to be a big deal.
You know, bleach even is important.
In terms of antibiotics, now, you can buy fish antibiotics for use in your fish aquarium.
And these happen to be the same chemicals that humans use.
But with a word of advice here, be very, very careful.
You can kill yourself or somebody else with antibiotics if you don't know what you're doing.
Or you might just be totally ineffective and waste all the antibiotics.
So you really need to have medical advice from a qualified medical person and have some reference books on antibiotics so you know which ones are useful for which types of infections.
And number 10, prepare for a cold winter without fuel or electricity.
Yep.
Now, there may not be a disaster this winter.
Let's hope there isn't.
But you can bet somewhere somebody's going to have a power outage or high winds, I think, happened in, what was it?
Was it Washington State?
And people have been out of power there for six days.
Well, what if you're out of power for two weeks or three weeks?
What if you can't heat your home?
How are you going to survive?
I want you to think about that.
Have a sleeping bag.
Know about shelter.
Know about insulation.
Have a way to keep water running so your pipes don't freeze.
Or have a backup supply.
Make sure you can survive a cold winter without fuel, you know, heating fuel or electricity.
So those are the ten things that, in my opinion, you might want to think about doing this Thanksgiving instead of stuffing your fat ass with turkey.
Am I going to be stuffing my fat ass with turkey?
I might, because I've already done most of these things.
Anyway, no, I'm going to be out there playing with the rifle and the Horace II reticle.
So have a great Thanksgiving, everybody.
Take care.
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