Thinkingaboot Number 4:Not a survivalist a Prepperationist

Not a survivalist a Prepperationist
If any post captures Thinkingaboot it is this one.


I am not a survivalist. I believe the media over amps violence and fear, and governments of all stripes echo this because it makes them seem more useful and relevant. Now Canadians are under attack from a government that is pushing a law and order agenda that has been proven to create the opposite. Surely this is the goal. In relatively crime free Canada it’s hard to get the population to fear for its safety, so the Government is going to bring us an American style nihilistic underclass, as a foil to extend its ideological grip indefinitely. Therefore I have been projecting that in my future situations that exist in the USA and worse places will come to Canada. 
I spent a couple of weeks on business in Buenos Aries before the economic collapse. My hosts kept me constantly occupied continually exposing me to all aspects of life in Argentina. I left with nothing but platitudes for that country. I have lived on continental Europe for most of a decade and spent years in most Asian countries. At that time if I had to choose to live elsewhere Argentina would be a top consideration along with Australia and New Zealand. Recently I came across the blog surviving Argentina. It was shocking to read about the dystopian reality of today's Argentina. It was more shocking to read the authors conclusions and evidence that America was deep into the precursor events that changed Argentina.

Although I have real fears the US will descend into madness, I am hopeful Canada will not change much and repelled by events in America will soundly reject our current Conservative government. Nevertheless I was both a Boy Scout (always be prepared) and an avid consumer of speculative fiction. Therefore I will use this post to gather materials and methods to survive the potential collapse.

Location, location, location, geography is going to be the biggest factor in any scheme. In my scenario I rule out tropical islands, and moving to New Zealand. I am not independently wealthy and billionaires are going to be the first to fall unless they are extremely clever. Assume I have a couple of million, but anyone can take something from the coping solutions I follow.
City or country: its counter intuitive but in a simple economic collapse the city is safer than the country. It is far too easy to plan an attack on an isolated location. There will be organized gangs who make it their business to forage upon the remote defenders. Furthermore, isolation means little hope of reinforcements. So I am choosing a suburban environment.
Picking a location that has temperate climate, good soil, water and sustainable population narrows the field considerably. Then one must consider the three secrets to success. 1) Education 2) Effort 3) Native cunning. With native cunning predominate in a society in flux. Therefore pick someplace you understand. Pick someplace you’re going to have allies you can gauge for trust and reliability. In conclusion moving someplace you have never lived is a huge risk. Don’t even consider places where you are not a fluent speaker.
I have selected a 50 acre farm in Niagara on the lake. This is relatively densely populated area, with wind, sun, water, good soil and a temperate wine growing climate. Creating a compound of three shipping container basedQuik will provide sustainable security. The houses would feature armored shutters, external fires suppression, and air exchange from a hidden source. Two of the homes would be for families sharing my survival dream. With electronic sentinels, remote firearms and a network of blinds, defense of the realm against gangs is accomplished.

Firearms
In Canada the selection of legal firearms is relatively restricted. Handguns are not legal accept under very very tough terms.

The Remington R-25 semi-automatic is a beauty, .308 caliber bullets will punch through armor and be deadly at long range.

Remington R-15 recoilless .22 semi-auto. Perfect for women and children.

PS90TRYes its the civilian version of the Stargate gun.

Hi Fernando,
Whats better a Glock and and AK or is the Stargate gun?

A better choice. The ammo can be shared with a pistol, and the weight is considerably lighter than either of the alternatives. The argument against, Ammo hard to find.Steve

"Hi Steve, its not a bad set up and I really do like the 5.7 pistol, but it comes down to millions of units and decades of proven reliability. It just takes time and considerable success to achieve that, and so far the Glock is still to be beaten and the Ak has set the standard for carbines. Its not a bad weapon combo, and as you say light amo, fast follow up shots, light weapon sistem. Still, I preffer the more time proven models. That's just me, others like the light recoil and accessory of the AR and there's guys still packing 1911s because they feel that works best for them.
Regards,
Fernando"

The Black Special is a civilian version of the Swiss Army Rifle.


Crossbows like the Excalibur can’t live without them.

Swords but you have to practice. Good knives Gerber gear featured on the Walking Dead.and Ontario Tactical Knives, official wet work weapons. Buy swords here. and here

Seal Team Six Knives

Zombie Fighter

New double barreled gun

Practical safe house.

A container house without the container.

As a bug out vehicle Fernando loves his CRV, and in his estimation, gas mileage is almost as important as reliability and jumping curbs.

If your going to go seriously off road there are a number of good suggestion given by a guy who has had mondo experience on the exploration side of survival. Gas mileage not a considerationhere. I like the idea of a EClass.

The Beast I would add some kind of fenders and a rattrap. However a pure electric is a preppers delight.

A Factory in a box
Basic prep is playing Fallout, and picking locks, an invaluable skill.
http://www.bussecombat.com/knives/index.shtml

Personal Radiation Monitor (EMP resistant)

Geiger Counter watch
Remote fire station


A Better Remote Fire Station. It tracks using x box tech.

blog by a real survivalist, he has lived our nightmares.
Flashlights, going to need light
Better eating greenhouse tips.
Watches that will last.
Food
Pressure Cooker to self-preserve your food
Pemmican

Now thats a knife
Detailed Plan
Wireless Remote Webcams. See whats going on where they are installed from anywhere you have a internet connection.
http://www.humbleseed.com/

http://www.urbangreenenergy.com/products/eddygt

http://www.businessinsider.com/robert-greenes-48-laws-of-power-2012-4#never-outshine-the-master-1

http://boingboing.net/2012/06/11/recreational-robot-shooting.html

http://www.pinterest.com/tough3rrhino/zombie-apocolypse-prepperation-board/

http://www.maxpedition.com/
Floating Island

Best Professions for the end times

Scalable Electric Independence using Stirling Engine and thermal mass.

Prepper shop on line

Owners Manual for the rebuild

Preppers Subdivision in Panama.
The official Steve Prepperation clothes. 500 Denier Cordura, indefinably highly zombie resistant. Check out the collar, no Zombie hickies.


I have mixed feelings about a dog. They are another mouth to feed, and can get you into situations better avoided. Nevertheless surely the plus side wins handily. The best choice a Dogo Argintino. You can buy a good one here.

I Met The Walrus

Raven is not an X-Men

Raven's not an Xmen
but to the trained eye
her abilities lean that way
especially because she
exudes power and influcne
with so much energy
to spare
your still gonna get a shock
from her chair
an hour after she has chairparted

Storm Berry got nothing
on the Raven
cause even Xmen

have to die

 weary from the years
of conflict
renewals need new generation
pigswailing the hot bridge
to the future
saving all men
by turning their heads
in the right dircection
never misleading
humanity
in one selection

Raven's special power
seems to be breaking hearts
and she is not even trying
to connect
its just the circumstance
that follows her around
like the laugh that
is genuine
not the funny ha ha
of the clowns

the black widow

Thinking About Number 5 the Military Industrial Complex Massive Fail

This was my first post on an ongoing horror story for NATO taxpayers everywhere.
This post is a compilation of many.

The Military Industrial Complex massive fail
Floating F35 massive fail. But its only $36 Billion.
Fat slow plane gets fatter and slower.

Canada pushes the reset button. But there is still a lot of unanswered questions. The DND insists the price per plane is only $87 million, but the US DND has now pegged it at $135 million. Thats if every plane everyone on the planet every dreamed about getting is purchased. That is highly unlikely the US at best will take 1000 instead of 3000.

Does anyone believe the open competition for a new fighter will not have the Government cheerleading and misleading in order to see the F35 selected? Over at the mound of sound reasoned speculation that if there is a fly off like Canada conducted to pick the CF18 the F35 will not even show up. The reason being it would be so badly embarrassed by a competition in the sky vs talking points, Lockheed would never do it.

Why the F35 is a Chiwawa in a Dogfight


Update Dec 18 2012
The disinformation campaign is in full bafflegab mode.

Update Nov 28, 2012. The cost has ballooned to $400 Billion dollar just for purchase. Not including the enormous cost to maintain these hanger princesses. New Radars are already deployed that negates the stealth advantage. The actual planes cant do what the computer predicted. No one knows if the millions of lines of code needed to make this plane operate can ever be cleaned up. Best case instead of 3000 planes, 2000 will be purchased. What that means is the development cost applied to every plane just went up 33%. The cost now is pegged at $137 million per plane and soaring.

Update Sept 25, 2011. CF18 pilots have had to shut down one engine more than 200 times. In the F35 that would be 200 crashes.

Updated March 16, 2012, F35 on deathwatch in Canada. In the USA may live on as the Zombie Fighter from Hell.

Wall Street Journal has revealed the full lifetime cost of maintenance for the F35 will be $1.35 Trillion.(not including $335 Billion cost of planes) Compared to an F16 or F18 it will cost 33% more according to Pentagon estimates. The real cost God only knows. By comparison the Moon landing cost $164 Billion and the US superhighway network $213 Billion. It’s worth considering the guns or butter argument, especially when the F35 is in the eyes of those without a dog in this hunt a complete turkey. It is an updated F105 lead sled. At Ausairpower they make a compelling case for buying a Eurofighter instead. For countries like Canada the cheapest option would be to zero hour the existing F18.

The F35 program may be the jump the shark moment for the Pentagon and the Military Industrial complex. Not only is the plane unaffordable it’s not a good plane. When congress really looks at what could be accomplished with a tiny portion of this expense it may change the world. For countries like Canada we face the ruination of our defense budget to support a plane we don’t need.
Pierre Sprey

Update from the Galloping Beaver. It seems Stealth as predicted is not a long term thing. Now the full article in Wired covers its asp, but the implication is clear, Stealth will be defeated before the planes are actually deployed. What do you say now Pete?
Update from Mound of Sound, Harpers Canada, Americas sharp end of the spear.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/07/plenty-of-blame-to-go-around-for-disappearing-warship/

http://www.economist.com/node/18958487

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/10/23/canadas-first-f-35-jets-wont-have-ability-to-communicate-in-arctic_n_1027335.html

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/senators-love-stealth-jet/

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/03/jsf-test/

March 22, 2012 Massive Fail

http://the-mound-of-sound.blogspot.ca/2012/04/f-35-killer-is-already-airborne.html

http://elpdefensenews.blogspot.com.au/p/f-35-reading-list.html 

I rail against the tribute the F35 represents.

More Tribute

Do not believe me about the F35

60 Minutes bought sold and paid for?

First the F35 was never meant to be an air superiority vehicle. Its primary task was as strike bomber, whose role is to sneak up on targets under the air superiority cover of the F22. When the F22 became to big an expense to not fail, the F35 suddenly became this magical Swiss army knife of aeronautical impossibilities.

All I know is that someone has launched a Lockheed Martin propaganda strike at the US treasury, and has the skill and influence to use the 60 minutes brand. Leaving many viewers shaking their heads at what has become of what used to be institutions.

Why the F35 is a turkey in the Air

Turkey in the air, Princess in the hanger.

I am calling Bullshit on a couple of prime suspect: The F35 and the Bunker Busting Bombs

No matter how much money you ferret at high velocity to slippery winged people one can not change physics. 

Gold Plated High Speed Rail or the F35?

Duh, the princess in the hanger, turkey in the sky F35 looks like its ours at a price of $40 to $50 Billion. What a waste of our precious tax dollars. We could have the worlds greatest high speed rail from Windsor to Quebec city for about $30 Billion, and it would be a revenue stream. Not a flunky pisshole.

The Greenest Warriors

If Canada bought the best fighter instead of the most politically correct one.

What might be the death null for the F35

Canada can not find enough fighter pilots

Top ten reasons RCAF uses Temporary Foreign Pilots

1) Canadians do not apply because they want to bond with their Children

2) Canadians don't apply because Gen X wants to skip pilot and go straight to astronaut.

3) ISIS airforce has better veteran care so they are getting all the top guns.

4) Canadians are smart they know the F35 only has one engine and do not want to die from engine failure.

5)Harper can fool them into thinking he is commander in chief.

6)Canadians wont go to Cold Lake Alberta

7) Polish and Hungarian Pilots hate Russia without propaganda.

8) Canadian pilots are too polite.

9) Canadian pilots always say EH instead of Rodger and it drives the Americans nuts.

10) Canadian pilot candidates worry they might end up working for Air Canada.
Littoral Ships Fail

A great darkness full of piss
So major phama dictates
where the failed F35
will be deployed
and the damage
that will not be done
t0 the Emmery
will end up in civil
court
lick  a clASS
action for attentiveness
assholes
that in the next phase
will be separated
from life
That's harsh
but sometimes
killing people
proves we are smart.

What a bunch of bullocks
as the English would agree
killing on man for purpose
brings down on you positron
the whole family tree.
These are not people from Ferguson
they have not lost a single flawed soldier
they have lost a piece of humanity
which now the sun dictates
the angle of the drone
that willl blow them
apart.

The drone did it
no a human
so no re come it
everyday what
you might acknowledge
no matter how smart
this is part of your
backpack.

the others

When your fears consume you: Stephen Harper edition

Canada used to have a sterling reputation for stepping up. Harper likes to back away. Politically its suicide to maintain the wall of bullshit preventing Syrian refugees from flooding Canada Vietnam boat people style. The only explanation is that Harper really believes a crazy world view where groups like Al Queda and ISIS are real threats to Canada. Paralyzed by his own fear like a rabbit in fern, he will be destroyed by the real world.

BTW

FUCK YOU STEVE HARPER

Gamebreaker

Kaitiakitanga

The long-established Māori system of environmental management is holistic. It is a system that ensures harmony within the environment, providing a process of, as well as preventing intrusions that cause permanent imbalances and guards against environmental damage. Kaitiakitanga is a concept that has "roots deeply embedded in the complex code of tikanga”. Kaitiakitanga is a broad notion which includes the following ideas: guardianship, care, wise management.  (read more)

Requiem 2019

Thinkingaboot Number 6 the Mystery of ISIS child

ISIS oh ISIS your a Mysterious Child

To summarize my past analyze of this group : Bullshit.
There are so many things wrong with this picture its hard to know where to hang oneself. I just know in my heart the group that manufactured ISIS were Bob Dylan fans. They are Bob Dlyan fans! I might have to support this effort. They are Bob Dlyan fans.

They are throwing babies out of incubators, no not yet but soon I expect.

A group so bad Al Queda threw them out. Thats like being so rich wall street will not deal with you. Major fake poppycock.

If they really want to make a Islamic superstate why not project their message to the Islamic states instead of speaking English aimed at the American people?

So the US will give a half billion dollars worth of the finest tech weapons to moderate fighters. Is this like a weight class. Seriously, no I mean it is official US policy to interview rebels and make sure they have Western Values purity. Yeah I have tried bacon but did not like it. "Okay you get a TOW missile." I like to look at naked women. " A tank for your and an extra gas can full." I have been to a strip bar, and paid for a lapdance. " An A10 Warthog for you" There is no climate change only God's will " a F22 and a B2 and all the F35 we cant sell"

You do not need to be a salesman to know your being sold.

universal flux

Time stamps Equilibrium

Whispers of life we never hear
the whispers of life
become screams
sometimes
but for the most
its background noise
cause we never really listen
at all really

When the whispers of life
become scrreams
the source is most
often an unusual thing
one time it brings pleasant surprises
letting pealing joy bells ring
repeated offences become
ugly small town dings
where your car is keyed
and then the horror is
up in everything
no cell phone

Still no matter how loud
no matter how proud
the clock it never stops
its a gravity planetary
trip on life
that we work to save
with psychics and physics
and any damm thing we can
grap hold of
as time slips away

The clock it never stops
be it mechanical, quartz or

celestial
worse than that no matter
the price of the timepiece
it will still play with your
mind
continuously distorting time
moving the goal posts fast and slow
when we know
we have more or less
in time in  mind
to finish

here here here here here here here
on our lifeboat defined by location
living in snow shaped spheres

or globes
always shaken
we fool each other
pretending its all real
some kind of grand idea
bigger than getting our
next meal
just because Mr Carrier
invented refrigeration
and the Vikinging
discovered you
can salt a lot of fish.

how are you feeling ?

Thinkingaboot Number 7 the non skynet Robots making more Real Estate September 2012

Robotic Parking

The conclusion of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol stars a robotic parking system. Today's Globe and Mail makes a great case for making these mandatory in urban areas. If Toronto's city hall parking was converted to robo parking 20,000 gallons of gasoline would not be burned. At $1.30/ liter that's $118,000 dollars not spent. Therefore if such service was mandatory in the old city of Toronto, the collective users of the parking would be saving two to three million dollars a year. That does not take into account the reduction of wear and tear on your car from driving/reversing/idling a cold engine around a parking garage.

As the article points out in areas of high land value these systems cost less than traditional parking garages, and all the flat parking lots wasted opportunity cost could be captured. Additional benifts include the option to have your car washed, to detect heartbeats and make sure no child or dog is ever accidentally left in the car. In the case of electric cars the robots could charge them during the day, effectively making electric an option for 80% of commuters. Everybody gets to park and depart steps from the door, protected from the wind and the rain. For those with attached garages winter commutes would start and end without winter. Break ins and car theft from parking lots would be eliminated.
The massive parking lots around malls and big box stores could be converted to condo's. Go stations could be communities.

Imagine commuters coming into Milton from the west in the morning, exiting from the ramp to a parking garage attached to the Go station. Half the system capacity could be on the other side of the 401, and on the return journey commuter drives right on to the ramp headed in the direction home. Of course a skybridge would be needed, but imagine the gasoline and time saved. A network of Go parking built around the 400 series highways could eliminate gridlock.

2525

Thinkingaboot Number 8 and the legacy of Tony Blair from June 2011

Dr Kelly -Still Dead

Fair Game is a super movie about the Bush Administrations manipulation of intelligence to justify the Iraq war. Dr. David Kelly was the British counterpart to Valiere Plame, he ended up dead. Do you remember Colin Powell’s presentation to the UN? His key evidence was recording of what sounded like Cheech and Chong, and photos of mobile germ factories. In the role of weapons inspector Kelly had been to Iraq and concluded.

“They are not mobile germ warfare laboratories. You could not use them for making biological weapons. They do not even look like them. They are exactly what the Iraqis said they were - facilities for the production of hydrogen gas to fill balloons.[11]”

Kelly leaked to the BBC and was dead days later, parliament never learned of his skepticism and went to war with Iraq. Without the English there would not have been any coalition of the willing, and likely no war. Furthermore Kelly inferred there might have been a deal with the Iraqi to prevent the war. Due to the circumstances an inquiry into his death was performed by Lord Hutton. Some may conclude he would be a perfect pick to ensure the official conclusion would not be in doubt. It is a great thing that in Canada when we have Official Inquires there is not a pool of Barons and Lords to select from. Lord Hutton found everything was above board and sealed the records for 70 years. There have been numerous attempts to reopen the Inquiry, and it looks like the last one was thwarted today.

Draw your own conclusions, do we live in a society ruled by law, or is it only a veneer, often and easily circumvented by the rich and powerful.

The other major player in this drama, Tony Blair has alledgedly received 27 million British Pounds from the government of Kuwait since his retirement. I did not bother to look up all the consulting fees and sources he has collected, but I understand there may be much, much more

Tenth year anniversary.

The Former Canadian Minister of National Defense Paul T. Hellyer

I have some undertanding and the Accinets call it LOVE

So lets all vote for the Love Party'
cause it could not be worse
than the Hate

Memphis Belle

stop the bullshit cause history proves it just an matter of fact

Fuck you all belibvers
cause his songs make
me want to kill myself
instead of healty teenage
agnst
If your not afraid
your not alive
amd I a work
there every
day

the worlds religions
as I have said

mannyy mmamndyhyd
mamdy g[mmmandh
]mannyyy mamy
times before
make no sense
yes everyone of them
including the most bold
attempt to go clear
sicitnoltiy

Could not say totally
because of lawyers']
like 25 whoe
would love to
see a charter chanallagn

too o ooo life so live

wheh we all know
its all dead
dead dead
like the dead
sea scorlls
if your looing
for wisdom
a billion years
old
uour stupid

SEEDING FEAR

Reety alone now new vitches Moslem Scum

Like I do not have the faith
to be a pedophile even thoght
god told me I should
be Vic towes
and bang the babysitter
cause the lord impored
old men should fuck\
children and at teh  heart of the
matter screwing  13 year
olds makes the world
run day to day
while I am neer gooing
that way

Vangelis

Thinkingaboot number 9 and over time I still love the 5 seies wagaon as a serious end of the world plan

2008 - 2010 BMW 535i E60 Wagon $15,000 to $30,000

Its relatively rare like most wagons. This is a $70,000 car that was state of the art five years ago. Its like a video card that was made to be overclocked, but even out of the box its a superior performer.
The body was created by Chris Bangle and two thousand years of German Engineering. The front half is mostly aluminium and other exotic alloys. Why only half? To get 50/50 balance on the tires, all of which are driven. BMW has a fantastic paint system that starts with a full e-coating of the frame. Looking at cars ten year old its pretty clear the European luxury brands have conquered rust. This boost value incredibly because its unlikely the car will ever need a full tear down paint job.


Next the N54 twin turbo engine is one of the finest power plants every conceived let alone created. Unfortunately it had some huge nagging problems. First the high pressure fuel pump that fed fuel directly into the cylinder was prone to failure. This is good news bad news, the good news is it has accelerated the depreciation. The better news is the aftermarket loves the N54 engine. Replace the turbos, add a better inter cooler, exhaust and air filter and you may have Honda like reliability. A few upgrades and your 300hp luxury sportwagen is now a 350 Hp beast without even tweaking the boost or fiddling with the chip. There are lots of options to pump the N54 up to a stable 500Hp.

Most direct injection gasoline engines have problem with gunky valves. There may be a solution for the N54. Nevertheless its another issue that has increased the depreciation of this near perfect car.
Lastly the 2010 535ix had most of the latest tech available, lane departure and infra red vision included.

In summary this is a collectible car you can use as a daily driver, that can haul like both an SUV and a race car.

Toyota MR2 1984 -2005 $1000- $15,000

There are 3 body styles available the last was available in North America between 2000 and 2005. I like this version because its a convertible. What makes it collectible is its mid engined. One option I would investigate is putting a Pirus or pure electric drivetrain in. This is another
summer daily driver that I predict will always be desirable.

Jaguar XJ(R) and Super V8 2007-2009 $15,000 to $30,000

Both of these cars are rare. New they both cost over $100,000. Al aluminium construction makes rusting out a distant problem. Due to their extreme light weight all models of the XJ are great candidates to be converted to pure electrics. Although the first al XJ came out in 2004, the later models look better and have most the legendary Jaguar gremlins tamed.
Standard equipment was a 500Hp 4.2 liter supercharged V8.

Herbert Schirmer

When I wish I wish for everthing but tonite its Dylan for when there is no thought he is democracy

We wish for many things
good health and other flings
with mortality as we
prove we are alive

to tell you the truth
right now in my very sage
well connected world
I am horrified
at the death of 
a child

So many kids have died before
but this one is on the front page
of the world
and he could have had a Canadian passport
months before
if the fascist
was not in control
that guy is killing Canada
and I dont care if we got economics
which by the way he out to lunch
I just want my Canada back

We got nothing more than a rucksack
and a smile in
my day
and the world walked with us
in kilometers
and no one needed a band
to know
Canada
the quiet beauty
with flawless skin
and it had never been 
manicured

Whats ridiiculous

so many things my friends
and today is a time to be angry
about everthing
but you know what
it will past
but under the surface
the horror lasts

so what we knew that everyday we
were alive and we cant let it consume
us
because the ones that make us
think that way
a dead child can play
anyway
with enough press
okay for today
I am sick enough
I wanted to talk 
about violins
and fiddels
and flutes
and making music
the celtic way
of which I am one
although I am Ungarn
Hungary for the uneducated

So what is crazy
and what is sane
I have been blooging
about this for at least four
years and no one cared
exept my 14 loyal members
of which 12 thoght me insane

Wake up Zombies is something'
I used to shout till
the blood ran out
and I became a walking
dead immoratal
with a human exipiry
date
both contradicaions
writtien in blood

We got a big cruise ship going on here
and when we hit a reef
it should be all hands on deck
instead of just
die here

Timothy Good Interview

The Purpose of Life it came to me cooking spagatti

Its have fun