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Covid escalation makes 2022 mail in ballots more palatable and keeps the door open for unprecedented spending on unprecedented things.

Early on in my career, someone told me something that's stuck with me for a lot of years. There is no them. Even if there was some organized cabal - they're just not smart enough to pull anything off on that kind of scale. Rephrased - never assign to malice what can reasonably be attributed to incompetence.

Look under his ICON. Murfreesboro.

While I agree to an extent and that phrase applies to a lot of things there's far too many getting very rich off these problems to believe it was incompetence that got them there.

Without getting too political, continuing the scamdemic plays right into their agenda. They can, and are, using it to force the jab, attempt to pass voting legislation, and keep the focus away from other major problems like our border.

Hey TGOers, Putting my Colt Competition 1911 up for sale. I'm the only owner and I'd estimate no more than 600 rounds through it. Bone stock except for a small strip of grip tape on the front strap that helps alot with grip but is easily removed. Also including 2 8rd colt mags and 1 8rd Wilson Combat mag. Asking 900 obo for just the pistol and mags. Also have a Privateer Leather owb and TT Gunleather iwb, which are both fantastic holsters, for an additional 200 OR 1000 for total package. Not interested in selling just holsters. Always open to interesting trade offers but prefer sale. Ftf around Nashville, cash only, HCP required. Thanks, ShootrMgavn

Don’t underestimate the importance of good, friendly neighbors. They can be a life saver in a rough time. The best way to have good, friendly neighbors is to be one.

In the older days even the 70's and '80's, companies didn't care if you were sick. Come in or don't get paid. People needed to get paid. Today, seems most tell you to stay home which I agree with. But big companies still like to keep their thumbs on your jugular. My wife works for a very large worldwide company. She's been working from home for several years now. She just told me her company hired an outside company that would insist you send them your proof of your vaccine. I was pist because she did it before telling me. She said either that or I lose my job which is bs. Cause they want to clone her and they can't afford to lose her. I said if everyone stood up and said eff you, they would not force it. Under the contentions they'd be fired? Hah! Doubt it. They can't get people now and the training cycle is waaaay too long. This is what's causing the problem. The sheeple are afraid to say no. Why would my wife be a threat to her company where she has not seen an office for years? We are both vaccinated but they have no right to force proof. Especially when you are not a threat. Too many 'sheeple' and not enough wolves!

Praying for your wife and you. I've been battling Stage 4 Colon Cancer and Liver Cancer. I know the feeling of prayers. Hang in there and take care of her and yourself, God will bless the both of you.

Update: weakness on left is diminished, just battling dizziness which is a blood pressure issue vs. brain function. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory! Your selfless labors, praying for her, is working. I have been praying for all of you: that He keep you safe from all anxiety and the Peace of Christ is upon you.

Still heavy rain and wind gusts in Biloxi, no obvious flooding and it appears power is still on.

Those people are known as IDIOTS. My office has a bunch of old farts in it (so am I), so when someone comes to work sick, they endanger a lot of people there. And not just with COVID, but the flu or any other tranmissionable virus. My two cents, get the jab. If you aren't sure about the Phizer or Mederna vaccines, then go get the Johnson & Johnson. It's no different than the vaccines, you all got as a child. All three are easy to find in the Knoxville area. My wife got the Johnson & Johnson and our youngest, got the Phizer on Friday.

Well at least not externally. https://rightsfreedoms.wordpress.com/2021/05/19/scientific-study-finds-the-spike-protein-used-in-covid-vaccines-causes-strokes-heart-attacks-and-blood-clots/ Referenced Article https://www.salk.edu/news-release/the-novel-coronavirus-spike-protein-plays-additional-key-role-in-illness/

Regardless of the vaccination, anyone should stay home if you are sick. Vaccinated people can still transmit the china virus

Selco had some good advice in his early postings... funny, I just shared it (and re-read) with a friend... https://lulz.com/surviving-a-year-of-shtf-in-90s-bosnia-war-selco-forum-thread-6265/ Link was literally still in my clipboard! Bic lighters... who knew!

That’s a pretty disingenuous statement considering (1) neither the vaccine nor the virus have been around long enough to know long term effects, (2) the vast majority of people that have come down with either of the COVID variants never need hospitalization, vaccinated or not. At this point it appears that those that are predisposed to have a bad outcome with COVID have a much better chance of survival if they get the vaccine, but that is not the majority of people. Since we now know that the vaccine does not protect the vaccinated from catching or spreading COVID, it is hard to justify the lengths that are being taken to force or shame those that do not want the vaccine to get it.

For almost everyone, bugging in is going to be better than bugging out. Even city-dwellers are usually going to be better off staying put. You know the area and have some semblance of a support structure through neighbors. Plus survival gear and all the crap you get stored up is hard to move and harder to defend on the move. That's not to say that the time to "git out" wouldn't come, but it probably shouldn't be most folk's first option. Remember that those hills and mountains everyone plans to run to already have people living there who likely won't take too kindly to a horde of newcomers. For bugging in plans - the best place to start is in your own home and pantry. Also start small. Don't try to plan for the end of the world if you can't get through 3 days without electricity. This is a gun forum, so I'll assume you have security covered. For food, the trick is to get a rotation going. Storing 500 cans of SPAM when you don't eat SPAM is just going to end up with 500 old cans of SPAM when disaster never strikes. Likewise 500 cans of hard red winter wheat from the local LDS cannery won't do you any good if you don't know how to prepare it. Instead look at what you actually eat, especially shelf-stable items like canned & jarred goods and pasta. Then start building up that supply. e.g. Instead of having 2 or 3 boxes of spaghetti on hand, maybe you get 10 or 20 to start with. As you use a few boxes, buy some to replace them and put the new ones at the back of the pile. A vacuum sealer (like FoodSaver) is also a good thing to get started with. You can buy some items in bulk like rice and divide it into smaller bags you seal up. That's a good place to start. Then you can start looking at the more extreme things like MREs, mylar bags with O2 absorbers, and those cans of hard red winter wheat. For non-food, think about what you'd need for an extended camping trip and start there. Proper clothing and footwear for everyone. Tools and skills to make a fire. A good first aid kit and knowledge of how to use it (you probably don't need an AED, but something more than Band-Aids is a good idea) Some emergency "space" blankets. Street and topography maps of the area, a compass, and knowing how to use them. Flashlights/headlamps and extra batteries. Maybe a solar charger for small electronics like one from GoalZero. A hand-cranked water filter or something like the Sawyer mini filters. A camp stove and fuel. Or if you have a propane grill, keep an extra tank on hand. An extra bag or two of charcoal. Do some thinking about bugging out too if the time comes. Ask questions like where would you go? Would you be welcomed there? How would you get there? Are there bridges or other features that make a funnel for thieves or worse? Can you avoid those points? Can you plan multiple routes? How much fuel do you need to make the journey? As for your questions: Canning: Yes, a pressure canner can be used for pretty much anything. A water bath process should only be used for high-acid foods like fruits and some veg but never for meat. Most (all?) the info in the Ball canning book is also on their website: https://www.freshpreserving.com/canning.html Hunting: TWRA Hunter ed site: https://www.tn.gov/twra/hunting/hunter-education.html Water: Water is going to be a challenge for most of us. Few people have the ability to store large quantities safely. Instead, look at what you need to get through a normal disruption for a few days or a week, then plan on a way to replenish the supply. Again, start small. I always have a few cases of bottled water on hand that we cycle through, plus I have a couple of Aquatainers for camping that I keep full year-round at the house. That's enough for just me and my wife for any normal disruption to service, plus we'll have the water heater and toilet tanks too for anything a little longer if we can't drive out to get more. For a true TEOTWAWKI, we'll have to make it up a bit as we go along. I'm a camper so I have water filtration and UV devices and there's a river 1/4 mile from the house. Schlepping water up from there won't be fun, but it's doable. A hand truck or wagon will help. If you can have a well dug, that's the best long-term supply. A pump can be solar powered or you can get a hand pump. Another option some people do a rain water catchment system using rain barrels or the big plastic cubes. This water MUST be filtered/treated. Generator: For sizing a generator you need to decide what you want to power with it, how long you want to run it, where you'll be running it, and what kind of fuel you want to store. Start with sizing. Kw Size: A small 2Kw generator is plenty for a few lights (esp. LED bulbs), a TV, computer, and a fridge. You'll need bigger if you plan to power your HVAC, microwave, electric stove, electric water heater, clothes dryer, etc. Look at the labels on each one and it will show you the power required. Add up all the ones you'd want to run AT THE SAME TIME and that's your requirement. Note that generators are sold with labels of their peak output, not running steady output. Physical size: Portability and storage should be considered. They'll range from ~25lbs and the size of a large cantaloupe for a 1Kw up to tractor-trailer-sized for the big industrial ones. I have a Honda EU6500 that's easy to wheel around the garage, but at 253 lbs. without fuel, it's a struggle for 2 capable men to put in a pickup truck if I have to take it anywhere. If I had it to do over (and I may still do it) I'd get a ~50 lb. 2Kw set like a Generac iQ or Honda EU2000 or EU2200 and maybe get a second one capable of being tethered together to do ~4Kw. Noise: May or may not be a concern for you. If you're on a 100 acre farm, you can worry about the noise less than if you're in a tightly packed neighborhood. Inverter generators are quieter and safer for sensitive electronics. Honda's EU series has been the gold standard for a very long time, but gennys from Yamaha and the new iQ line from Generac are every bit their equal at a lower cost. You'll find more support for Honda though because there are so many. Fuel: Gasoline is the easiest, especially on the smaller-sized gennys but it's harder to store a lot of it without it going bad. If you have natural gas or propane at your house, you can find tri-fuel gennys or conversion kits for the most popular brands like Honda. Propane and natural gas burn cleaner than gasoline so less maintenance/gummed up carbs, but they're also hotter and some gennys can't take it. You'll find lots of genny advice on RV forums. The big gennys usually run on diesel. I haven't seen any small home-owner grade ones running on diesel. Don't forget to have a heavy chain and good lock to secure it. Get some of those basics down, then you'll start thinking about longer term stuff like gardening, coordinating with nearby like-minded friends & neighbors, and communications (HAM radio is still a thing . . . It's kind of like hunting - no license needed if there ain't no government left ). Then you may or may not move on to the more dedicated prepper world like bunkers, hydroponics, aquaculture, etc. But that's only for kooks . . . . until it isn't. Something often overlooked in our consumer-driven world is skills vs. supplies. If King Monkeylizard the Great of Fortress Apocalypto has to choose between letting in an empty handed but skilled engineer or letting in a doofus with a truck load toilet paper, well....let's just say I'll have a good engineer and a lot of toilet paper. We like to think we can buy a bucket of food from Wise, stick it in the closet, and "hooray! we're safe from Zombies!". Think about the kinds of skills that would be useful and start trying to learn them, and use them as a way of life if possible. It doesn't have to be the end of mankind for those skills to payoff. Maybe learn to reload ammo. Canning is a good skill and you get to have healthier food for your family year round. Knowing how to wire up solar panels and batteries is useful and something you may be able to use on a mission trip or something. Make some new friends in the amateur radio world. Know how to repair a car. Medical skills are always useful.

1997 Mercury Grand Marquis GS, Blue 54,000 Original Miles Garage Kept ,New Battery, Fairly New Tires Very Good Mechanical and Visual Condition Everything Works. My Dad Literally drove it to and from Church, Grocery, etc.. He'll be 100 Years old next Year, therefore reason for selling. Partial Trade on Firearms possible SOLD

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I used to make a lot of mead, cider, cyser, pymet, and other variants. Typically I was in the 2.5 to 3.5 pounds of honey per gallon range for most of my meads. I would buy in bulk from keepers I had come to know or small operations like orchards or farms that kept bees as part of their operations. Using store bought stuff is a risk. Half of it comes out of china and half of that is (at least in part) corn syrup. I started out making beer an transitioned to mead and cider variants when I found I tolerated it and enjoyed it more. I had begun to have some health issues with beer. Sadly now I don't tolerate much alcohol at all so my making days are behind me. Back in the day I actually won quite a few medals with my meads and ciders at homebrew competitions. Got a bit of a reputation for it and was asked to do radio radio and speaking gigs about it over the years.

But entirely less fun...

Not that I am an expert, or have all the answers, but I do have a lot of info put here: http://leveledsurvival.com/a-homepage-section/ I think I have a bit of a different approach than a lot of sites. If you want to prep for the Zombie Undead Apocalypse, then you can, but most people plan for much smaller levels of disaster. We are much more likely to be caught in a blizzard, flood, earthquake, or tornado than a full on societal collapse. Those scenarios are a good place to start and can be built upon to plan for larger events. When you just get started prepping, it all can seem so overwhelming. Just remember, no one built a stash of 5 years of food and water, a full armory, and a level 1 trauma center all neatly placed in an underground bunker in a month (or ever in most cases LOL). Make smaller goals. Maybe start by identifying foods you can store cheaply and easily that your family will eat. It doesn't have to be beans and rice or all Mountain House freeze dried foods either. Buying extra boxes of pasta and jars of spaghetti sauce is a perfectly cheap and easy way to get started. Then a few cases of store brand bottled water give you a bit of a cushion if the water goes off a few days. Just don't get marred down in trying to survive for 30 years from day one. There is WAY too much to take into account. Things have caused me to not post on the blog in a bit, but I am catching up and plan to pick back up. Hunting is going to be an odder one to plan for. Have you ever hunted before? Do you already have "hunting" guns? What are we talking about hunting? Deer, rabbit, or dove hunting are very different things.

My pleasure. Yeah, agree with your last statement. What really HIT me reading his stuff... some of his other posts are more, intimate, detailed.... that wasn't some third-world ####hole we're talking about. A major 1st world European nation. In a matter of weeks, it was a devastated warzone. In weeks! All the while the government mouthpieces and talking heads on the tee vee telling you everything is fine. Younger folks I guess I understand... but anyone old enough who still believes anything government tells you is willfully ignorant.

It's a virus, that's what it does to survive.

To maintain my place in the TGO community and not see the ban hammer I will only say certain people have become masters at slight of hand and redirect. If you think Covid and Afghanistan playing out like this wasn't "planned" then you fell for the redirect.

Well, the most effective traps are the ones you can't see.

I a amazed by the people that know they were exposed and did not stay home, and not just the chicom crap but with the flu. Even when they have a fever they still come to work!

I will tell you that I hunt with a thermal at night more than I hunt during the day. I haven't looked at the regulations for this year, but normally they say " no night vision equipment between sun down and sun up". Translation...sun up to sun down is good to go. If you want to hunt during the day, you're good. At night it gets a little interesting. We hunt in Texas or South Carolina about 5 to 7 times a year. Pigs and coyotes are fair game at night. We kill a little over 100 Pigs a year. In Tennessee, you'll need a permit for night hunting. I will tell you this, people will seek you out to hunt at night on permits if you are good at it. I was on 7 permits this year. You have to be absolutely above board though. It is a completely different world. During permit session, I hunt 3 times a week. We have to keep meticulous records for the TWRA. Next year will be interesting. Coyote hunting at night almost passed. The vote was 50/50. The guy pushing it is in charge this year and the next vote is coming up early next year. Coyotes at the moment are off limits at night unless they are attacking your livestock or pets. No permits for them. I can't stress this enough, learn to shoot at night if you do this. Shooting good with the sun is only the start. It's like learning a new language. PM me if you need any advice.

https://merrileebeazley.org/army-doctor-reveals-more-soldiers-have-died-from-the-vaccine-than-died-from-covid/ https://rumble.com/vkopys-a-pathologist-summary-of-what-these-jabs-do-to-the-brain-and-other-organs.html https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-28/antibodies-waning-the-immune-system-has-a-backup-plan-for-that https://www.bitchute.com/video/D6fH9ZDrbRF8/ https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/ http://www.smithmundt.com/

Also most who get COVID are not dying.

In reality, 1/2 the population wouldn't last 3 months without electricity and bottled water. My wife and I have 5 kids in the house. I'm going to feed them one way or another. I've got about 6 months of food give or take at any given time. My Wife takes care of that. She is also in the medical field and can perform minor surgery. We have spring water on the property and grow food. Two of us are accomplished long range shooters. One is a damn good mid-range shooter (600 and in). One is in training. The problem is meds. I have a Daughter that need them to survive. We only get them once a month. The first thing I'd have to do it hit the pharmacy and the veterinarian. Fighting the guys that want painkillers would be an issue. It would only be a stopgap for her. Once the meds run out her time is up, but I'd have to do it. No choice. Security is the next issue. I have a house on a hill. Everyone has to come up hill from all directions. The house can not be seen from the road, but I do have a long driveway. I have a pretty good way of making that inaccessible though. All the people near by would be helpful at first, but wonder how the road got blocked. I make sure I have multiple ways to make power so i can charge batteries for things that will help keep us safe. For an emp, I keep equipment that will allow me to convert a vehicle. If all else fails,....... I'd be a bad guy. Plan and simple. My family comes first. Everything and everyone else is a resource. No one really says that, but most believe it in the back of their mind. However it would be the last resort for me and we'd have to be starving.

If you want to hunt now, you need a hunter's safety course and a license. If you're hunting because we've collapsed, then you only need a gun and ammunition.

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Thanks Moped. I’m definitely not trying to get rich on this one!

Ok. I'm fine admitting I fell for it. What was the redirect?

Taking the scope off and putting it back on isn't a good idea. We scan with the guns. The guns are mounted on trypods. When we move we move with the trypod and gun as one unit. Before we hunt a new place, I map it out on onX hunt. Any structures are marked. We use this to map out acceptable shooting vectors. If we get an opportunity for a shot in a different spot, we check our location on onX and the target. If we are hunting out of state we let our host make that decision, however they sometimes get excited. Had a guy tell us to shoot towards his truck. We had pigs run between us and the truck and he wanted them dead. . We got the pigs but we didn't shoot in direction of the truck. Some of the guys in Texas use a scanner. It works good, but it's 47,000 acres. It's broken up over the whole county. We scan with hand held units as he drives down the road. The local game warden gets a call before we go out to let them know the area we will be shooting. That's the only place we go that does that though. It gets a bit expensive when you are running a 10k to 12k gun and also get a 3k scanner. I just popped for a second gun. This is a bolt gun and I'll be ordering a 50mm soon. It'll be set up for things other than pigs. If the coyote thing doesn't happen, I'll move the scope to the 28 nosler and use it for the 400 yard and over hogs we normally pass up on in Texas or a scanner.

Yes, I've seen all of that. Thanks, but so far no luck. In the last couple of months we've looked at many cars, traveled many miles and wasted lots of time on cars in her price range, but none were any good. We're checking craigslist and facebook marketplace every day. We saw one just today. Photos looked great, seller talked it up well, but when we saw it in person, it was just another junker. This is getting to be the common trend. You need to understand, the lady is disabled and doesn't get around very well. Her sole income is SS Disability. She probably doesn't drive maybe 50 miles a month. But she does have places she needs to go. Doctors, groceries and such. She needs a car. Its taken a lot of scraping to come up with what little money she has ($3400). A year or so ago, that would have bought a decent used car. But thanks to Covid and all the economic issues its caused, the used car market has gone completely nuts. The lady needs something that is road ready and reliable. She can't afford to buy something that needs repairs. She just doesn't have the money. We keep hoping, but can use all the help we can get.

Did you see this? https://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/120946-1997-grand-marquis-gs/

someone posted a 2011 camry with 140k on facebook marketplace in Nesbit Ms for $3800 obo...

Taking a few days off (hopfullly only) My primary laptop currently will not start up and all my photos are on it. I have everything backed up but hope I don’t have to move it to a different computer. Currently trying to make an iPad work for my needs till I can get lap top fixed.

You can't get a permit for coyotes in TN. The permits are for other things. I know it sounds crazy, but if I see a coyote killing a deer at night....I can't shoot the coyote legally. I've watched it happen and had to walk away. Get the best scope you can afford. I shoot an N-vision NOX 35mm now. I would use a N-vision, Trijicon, or Pulsar. Get the highest resolution you can get. One of my hunting partners uses a $1900 pulsar and does well, but he's not as fast as me on identifying what's in the field. I've killed game at 400 yards, however under 200 yards is 99.9% of shots. Shooting Coyotes is a strange thing. I have a dog that looks just like a coyote through a thermal. So how do you know if it's a dog or a coyote? I ask it if it's a coyote. After watching it's body language, I literally say " are you a dog ". A dog will go bat s@=t crazy barking. A coyote will circle you. Once they wind you, they will watch you. Sometimes within 30 yards. (Depending on the moon) if they get hunted at night a lot, you'll get busted. It's better to let them go than to make a mistake. I've had people apologize because they were not sure on a set. My rule is that everyone agrees that it's a good shoot before we shoot. If someone is undecided, we don't shoot. The next thing is distance. You have zero depth perception at night. I run a Silencerco radius range finder. It's invaluable. Several thermals have range finders in them now. It's a game changer.

I thought this was a joke when I first saw it but it comes from Accuweather and is sometimes used by FEMA. What is the Waffle House Index? https://www.accuweather.com/en/accuweather-ready/what-is-the-waffle-house-index/667995

The Chinese ammo never came back.

You got me there boss. I surely thought it would.

And let me say. I AM AGAINST MANDATORY VACCINATION This is American and you have the right to choose what is right for you. however if you choose not to get vaccinated Please stay Home if you get sick

Update, should be discharged Monday, travel home, 2-3 weeks of inpatient physical therapy. Thanks for the continued positivity and prayers you are sending our way. It is making a difference and this experience will help me witness and testify.

My wife is an ICU nurse. At this time all but 1 of their patients are COVID positive non vaccinated and on vents. while it is indeed unsure of the long term side effects of the vaccine. We know for sure the long term effects of not getting the vaccine and have a bad case of Covid

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