Baby Discusses Obamacare

Baby Discusses Obamacare
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Even an 18 month old baby boy knows that Obamacare was sold to us as a lie.

If it was as good for us as they say, then why aren’t they upfront with us.

What I don’t understand is how just the website cost enough to give every single American one million dollars  – how did they pay for that?

Oh yeah, they mortgaged my boy’s future…

This is an attempt at humor, because gallows humor is about the only thing left after this disgraceful law was passed “without having read it”.

So listen as my baby discusses obamacare with me.

I realize not everybody thinks that Obamacare is a bad thing, but statistical evidence backs up the claim that the majority of American’s are happy with their healthcare, that most without healthcare choose not to have it, and that most of the supporters only want to ensure that those that can’t get coverage are allowed to.

It seems that throwing the baby out with the bathwater is the chosen solution.

The entire argument is false and based upon a lie – it seems that the commerce clause of the US Constitution is being touted as a reason the Government can pass such sweeping legislation, but the commerce clause only impacts trade across state lines – when there is a federal law in place that says insurance cannot be sold across state lines.

The government passed a law using something they had outlawed.  and it only gets crazier from there…

52 Prepper Projects Book Review

52 Prepper Projects: Book Review

 

Book Review: 52 Prepper Projects
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52 Prepper Projects is a book about self-reliance and the journey toward a more self-sufficient life.

The author, David Nash, has been a “prepper” his entire life, and has always tried to learn how to do things instead of searching out where to buy things.

This book is designed to start with simple projects and progress to more complex projects.  The projects get better as the reader gains more skill and confidence.

Each project in this book can be completed with simple hand tools and many projects build upon tools and skills created in earlier projects.

The 52 Prepper Projects Book is full of projects like the ones in this site.  Actually some of the projects are on this site.  However, in the book they are better documented and arraigned in a manner that makes sense.

The Book Is Similar in Content to This Site

This book is a companion to the tngun website.  I feel like the projects in the book are worth having on paper in the even the internet is ever throttled or shut down.  At one time that idea seemed like a 1984 type conspiracy, but Google and other internet giants have been working to reduce this type of information on the web.

This is more likely to happen than most American’s think.  Therefore, having paper copies of things you find important is becoming more vital every day.

 

How to Make DIY Mosquito Repellent Holders

How to Make DIY Mosquito Repellent Holders

How to Make DIY Mosquito Repellent Holders
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My boy loves being outside, but kids are especially sensitive to mosquito bites, due to the bees we cannot use traditional pesticides, but I did see this idea on an Alaska bush craft site and decided to try it out while camping.

It worked very well for us last summer, and I finally got around to documenting it.
One of the most popular bug repellent to cover large areas such are patios, decks, and yards is the mosquito coil.

These coils use an incense style delivery system where you light one end and it burns as an ember producing smoke containing the repellant. As the air currents spread the smoke around the bugs high tail it out of the area. This is handy when you are working in an area and need wide coverage.

The problem is the small metal coil holders aren’t always appropriate for putting the coils around your work or recreation area. The ones that are able to hang can cost up to $7 to $11 a piece.

Here is a method to make as many as you want for less than a dollar each.

I happen to have some left over rabbit cage wire I used, but if you don’t have scrap, purchase a one foot by three (or four) foot piece of metal screen at your local hardware store.

How to Make Mosquito Repellent Holders

  • Cut the pieces of screen into units that are 5 inches wide and 12 inches long.
  • Fold the piece in half.
  • On either edge adjoining the folded edge, bend the screen over itself, thereby creating a holder with two sides open.
  • Insert a wooden pencil or dowel between the two halves of screen and gently reshape the metal fold to create a bit of a space or gap between the two sides so that it won’t pinch the mosquito coil. (The coil may extinguish itself if the screen is pressed tightly against the coil.)
  • Add a loop of cord or an “S” shaped piece of wire for hanging on whatever objects are handy around the area you want to protect.

Hang several in large areas or where changing air currents require positioning coils in many locations.

My Complete27 Prepper Precepts

PRN Episode #41 27 Prepper Precepts

52 Unique Techniques for Stocking Food for Prepper
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One of the things I hold most dear is my moral compass, my morals may not line up perfectly with “traditional” morals – and I know they don’t line up with modern “morals” – but as Heinlein said “I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.”

This isn’t a political show – nor a talk show that deals in morality – it’s a prepper show – so how in the world does this apply to disaster preparedness?

My moral code, precepts, are guides for action that make me who I am, and since the underlying foundation of who I am determines how I act.  It is the reason I work so hard to be self-reliant, self-determining, to take responsibility for myself.  This explains why I choose to do things to protect my family instead of going the easy route.

My 27 precepts guide me in deciding how best to do those things.

My rules are why I spend so much time DIYing.  It shows why I choose to bug in rather than bug out, why I have guns, and why I don’t have a LOT of guns.

Frankly, my precepts are what make me, ME. While that has it’s faults, I am sharing my 27 precepts with you because I feel that some of them may help you prepare for disaster.

I am interested to know if your principles are similar to mine, or how they differ – I am not looking to change my core beliefs, but I am interested in how and why people think as they do – as it helps me learn and grow as a prepper and a person. Please feel free to email me and share your thoughts on today’s podcast.

The show is scheduled for Monday at 10pm central time at this link.

If you cannot listen on Monday, you can always download the podcast for listening at your own leisure.

Sterilizing Water in a Pressure Cooker

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This method Sterilizing Water in a Pressure Cooker is much like pressure canning. Except instead of sterilizing food, we will be sterilizing drinking water in glass canning jars. Unlike filtering or distillation, this will not do anything for contaminate – just organisms.

To truly sterilize something, it must be free of all microbes AND spores.

Boiling does NOT kill all bacteria. Some bacteria are actually resistant to the temperature of boiling water at 212° F. (100 ° C.). Many bacteria formed spores can withstand boiling.

To kill all the bacteria, you need to raise the temperature to about 250° F. (121° C.). Sterilizing with steam heat is the most common method to obtain this level of sterility.

It is also the most effective, since spores can resist dry heat, but 30 minutes of exposure to steam at 250° F. 121°C will kill almost anything.

As a matter of fact, pressure canners kill so effectively, you can use them to sterilize medical equipment.

Procedure

  • Add approximately 2 inches of water into the pot.
  • Place the supporting rack inside.
  • Fill the canning jars with water, leaving 1 inch head space before closing the lid, and only tightening the bands just finger tight.
  • Add the water filled jars to the pot.

For Canners or Cookers with A Weighted Pressure Regulator

  • Lock the lid in place, but do NOT place the weight on the vent pipe.
  • Turn the heat to high
  • As soon the water at the bottom of the pot begins boiling the steam will displace the air inside the unit.
  • Let the steam escape from the cooker or canner in order to expel the air.
  • Wait until a good jet of steam is venting from the vent pipe before replacing the pressure regulator weight on the vent pipe.
  • Once the pressure setting reaches 15psi, turn down the heat and start a 30 minute timer.
  • Make sure the pressure setting remains constant, if pressure drops, get back up to 15 psi and restart timer.
  • After 30 minutes, turn off the heat and allow the pot to cool naturally until the pressure slowly drops.
  • The jars of sterile water should now be removed immediately.

As long as the sterilized liquid remains sealed the jars should be free of microbes until it is opened again.

It occurs to me that if you are having to sterilize water in a pressure cooker, the chances are good you kitchen stove isn’t working so I have included below instructions in using a pressure cooker on a wood fire.

If your pressure cooker is stainless steel and does not have any sort applied coating or non-stick finish, it can be heated outside over a wood or charcoal fire.

  • Start by digging a shallow depression in the dirt and build a fire in it.
  • Build up a large enough fire to produce a deep bed of coals.
  • Position the canner in the heart of the coals.
  • Cooking on a fire is harder than on a stove because it will be necessary to reposition it in order to maintain proper pressure
    Moving it in or out of the hottest part of the coals as needed.